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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
Old Stories
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Twenty Years Ago
This morning the newly organized HI.
cycle club taxes a run IN Yukon and
return About twenty bICycliSts will
join in the nun
Large heavy all linen towels. each 70
Large heavy MI linen huDk towels,
N-in long. hem,lllChcd border
each ,........... ................F
Turkey red table r'ulh ward .......l5c
Some rlare should be- provided Tor
lhc hnDhng oi farmers horses other
than awning posts Yesterday am avn
INK post va, icrkcd uu' hy llc action,
ol q fractions horse and there is danger
ilat similar action NAV bring a heavy
awning down 600 'hr heads OF passing
pedestrians
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
HIM

"ll is impossible 10 he in two places
AZ once" sighed the Back Room
Philosopher As he wound the alarm
clock and prepared lo retire
"Oh ! don't know" replied the alarm
clock 81 can go 0ii and stay right
where I am. can't I F"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21

This is the spring fever season, although there art
those who have it the whole year round
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
AnY Oihtr Nnminnlinn,2

VIII g. DcNinc. Of Nashville. Tenn
has been nominated for Chaplain of the
Club
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21

Anyhow, residents of forty-seven states be prop
ery grateful they don't live in Wisconsin
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21

However being under fire is particular novelty to
Secretary Baker whoha been the center Of several
.oF.s bombardmentS
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
mn

when ! play poker with n man,
! ny tO win all that can.
llr may lose everything tu mo
Bul be- viii win my sympathy
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
A Tribute To Water

Colonel Bob Make, typical South.
crn gentleman oi the old school. was
surprised when at q banquet IN Arkan-
saS hr found that he was down 10 re-
spoud TO the toast Water And this
/, what the Colonel said.
Water is the purcst and best oi all
the things that God created have
seen u glistcn IN tiny tear drops ON the
sleeping lids Of infancy. / have seen II
irCklr down the blushIng checks OF
youth, and go in rushing torrents down
the wrlnkIcd checks OF age ] have
seen It in tiny dcwdrops ON the blades
Of grass and leaves Of trees, flashing
like polished diamonds when the sun
burst, IN rcSplcndcnt glory DER the
eastern hills ! have seen II triCklc
down the mountain sides IN tiny rlvu-
lets with the music Of liquid silver
striking ON beds Of diamonds have
seen it in the rushing river ripping
over pChhly bottoms, purling about lut-
ting stones, roaring over prcclpltouS
falls in its mad rush 10 Join the mighty
father oi waters. and in the mighty
father Of waters | have seen it 60 in
slow and majestic sweep to Join the
ocean And have seen it in the
mighty ocean on whose broad bosom
float the battle fleet, Of all nations and
the commerce Of the world But, gen
llemen. ! want 10 say to you now, that
as a beverage, il is a d-n failure"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
Lines worth Remembering

Our present and immediate task Is
to win the war, and nothing shall turn
us aside from it until It is accomplished.
Woodrow Wilson.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21

Berger, the man who made Milwaukee Infamous, wont
get to be Wisconsin senator, not all Of that state be
ing ,s Prussian as the beer metropolis
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
LukRMLn4e
His Column
oh, JOY
Tho skies arc fair,
Ny mind dlyefts,
For they'll soon wear
Their Ase Moro skirts
No Joks

"li seems to me that few Of lhe mod
ern dances are graceful" said the Old
fogy
That's right" agreed the Crouch.
"But q lot OF them are disgraceiuI"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21

They marry and they rent nat
Dear Honey and his Turtle Dove
And then they both discover that
The onion In cure for love.
Luke McLuke
This should cement their love. that's Nat
And give a greater length.
For We nre often admoulshcd that
In onion there Ia strength.
Newark Advocate
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21
Names Is Names
Our Daily Special

A. Rcdhead is a constructor in Tor
onto, Ohio
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-03-21

Familiarity Often Breeds A BlaCl
Eye.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

The News earnestly requests
the friends and relatives of all
soldiers who went from Adair
county to send us their names,
ages and what record of service
that can be obtained. We are
especially anxious to secure the
name of every soldier and sailor
that served abroad. and that was
killed, died from any cause, OF
that was wounded. 1t is our
purpose to make a complete ros.
ter of these men and publish il
in the News that the record may
be preserved as a part of the
county's history to future pos.
terity.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

In the next few days there
will be many happy meetings in
Kentucky. Boys who have been
oversee will begin to arrive at
home. While there will be much
rejoicing, there will be many
aching hearts. Some of the boys
were left on the other side, those
who made the supreme sacrifice,
their bodies now lying buried on
the battlefields of France.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

Affair county has suffered Sc
verely in killed and wounded and
several of our boys have given
up their lives just as nobly, be.
fore they were permitted to make
the supreme sacrifice on the bat
tlefields. While other counties
and cities are preparing for fit
ting memorials to their heroic
dead, let US not be last in this
noble sentiment. We hope to
see at very early date an or
ganization formed in Adair coun-
ty, for the purpose of erecting a
fitting monument to the memory
of our martyred boys who
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

Great Britain tho going into
the war with a poorly equipped
army, and badly beaten by Ger
mans in the earlier battles comes
out of the struggle VIGOROUSLY
mistress of Empire and ruler of
the seas. The Anglo-saxon race
truly predominates in the world.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

Next Thursday will be the
most significant Thanksgiving in
the history of the American peo-
pie. Let US all give thanks to
God for the end of the greatest
and bloodiest of all wars, for vie
tory, for peace, for the small
number of casualties that we
have sustained, for the bravery
and heroism of our boys, and for
the man, Woodrow Wilson, who
guides our ship of State.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

Justice will not be done nor
the fruits of victory and peace
mature and ripen until Won "Trip
itz, the Hohenzollerns, the Haps-
burgs. and the other royal GRIM
inals and murderers be brought
to trial for their crimes, and
proper expiation of their bloody
and treacherous misdeeds be re-
quired.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

King Albert now reigns in
Belgium and the people are re-
joicing. He is the most admira-
BILE ruler of any foreign country.
While his heart is bleeding on
the account of the treatment of
t:eslgium women and children
Ana the waste of their property
by the Germans, he will at once
inaugurate plans to build up the
waste places.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27
Advertising Rates.

Obituaries are not news items. ALI
news items are gladly received and
published free.
Obituaries, cts, per line up to &c
lines. More than 20 lines 2Octs pei
inch single column.
Display advertising 20 TO so cents
per inch single col.
Local readers: Eight point type,
10cts per line. Heavy 10 point black
face type, IA cents per line.
We handle the best grades of all
kinds of stationary that can be fur
nished from the mills at very reason
able prices. We guarantee all mail
orders. Write for samples and prices
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
$3.50 per year in advance in Adair
County and lst and End Postal Zones.
$500 per year in advance beyond the
End Postal Zone.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

If Turkey and Germany both
had their dues as criminal ma.
tons, they could justly be given
over to be victims of the fren.
zied within of a Nero or Caligula.
Fortunately for them the Chris.
tan spirit of allied civilization
does not permit Of punitive re-
venge.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

Everything indicates that the
country will settle down to bust.
ness much sooner than has been
expected. Prices have not be.
gun to fall, but it will not be
lofg until the consumer will be
getting his supplies much cheap.
er.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27


The Peace Congress will be
held in the Grand Trianon in his
toric Versailles. where the grand
father of William Hohenzollern
was made Emperor Of Germany.
President Wilson will attend the
peace congress not as commits.
sioner, but as president of the
republic that brought victory to
the arms of those nations who
fought for civilization and world
democracy. 1t is fitting and In
keeping with democracy that
the President should attend.
The armies of America at home
and abroad will be demobilized
and the boys sent home as fast
as is practicable. The American
army of occupation is being joy.
fully welcomed in Alsace-Lor.
raine as they proceed to take
charge of the sector allotted tt
them along the river Rhine anc
on the new German frontier.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27
An American battle souat

An American battle squadron,
probably including five dread.
naughts. commanded by Rear
Admiral Hugh Rodman, of
Frankfort, KY, and operating
as a unit of the British grand
fleet, participated in the passing
of the German sea power.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27
ABOUT OUR ROAD.

1uS VluCcI 10 IdSC dppIOdCu-
ing, and the Town of Columbia,
and some $1,000 people of Adair
County are dependent to a GER
tain extent upon the condition
of the Pike from here to Camp
bellsville for business and COM
mercial necessities Tor the next
five or six months. We had oc-
casion to ride over this road last
week, and find these conditions:
For several miles out of Colum.
bia, the road is in fairly good
condition. The bed has been
we'll covered with gravel for sew
eral miles, and one can ride for
three miles without fear of i'm
mediate death or bankruptcy in
the direction of Cane Valley.
From three mile zone to Green
river, we hesitate to either ex-
press an opinion or ride, since
We are 40 longer required to en-
dure the hardships of trench
warfare.
The road from Green River in
to Campbellsville is in fine shape,
and the only criticism that we
could make is 1.-THE high cost OF
living" on this golden path of
private ownership.
But there is little excuse for
the condition of the pike in Adair
! County. 1t is owned by the
county and maintained by the
county through toll charges and
supplements from the tax reve.
nues Of the county.
Commensurately speaking the
| Adair County end of the road
should be better than the Taylor
County end. There is no trou-
BILE to understand about the Tay.
lor County end of the road. II
is still owned and kept up by
Mr.. Geo. Gowdy. In spite of
the high rate of toll, nobody is
objecting, since the road is kept
in good condition. But, the con.
dition of Adair county's end
where more revenue is available,
is in a deplorahle condition, and
will continue to get worse as the
winter season advances. Co.
lumbia, and Adair county are
the worse handicapped gooo
town and county we know of,
due wholly to the bad condition
of the roads. A county of won.
derful resources and a town un
surpassed for its splendid citi
zenship and happy attractiveness
let us hope that now since tn.
war is over, our people. will turr
their attention to the building Of
bette1 roads and to the genera
! improvement of our rural indus
trial life.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27
The Turkish Empire from Il

The Turkish Empire from 1856
to 16o0 was one of the most pow
erful on earth. Today the Prov
ess of the house of Gilman
shrouded in ignominious defeat
and disorganization passes as a
memory into the nights tales of
Bsgdad.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

Germany has surrendered and
turned over to England and the
allie her entire fleet of battle
ships and submarines.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

The Hun may not have chang
ed his brutal ways of thinking
and doing, but it will be a long
time before he can give the
world trouble again.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

Congress adjourned last Thurs.
day for ten days. 1t will meet
again next Monday.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

The meeting of the Masonic
Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter
and Grand Council will be held
in Louisville, beginning Deem
Der 10.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

The war being over, the daily
papers do not attract as much
attention as they did two weeks
ago.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

The Germans have handed over
their ships to the great allied
armada.
The Adair County news., 1918-11-27

sleep in France for freedoms
cause.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-09-27
Gives Simplified Premium.

"John, the FISHERMAN" everyone
who sells bivalves here is known as
john, has hit upon unique scheme
to make his customers eat oysters out
of season. To each. customer who
comes into his place he hands them an
envelope, pay size, with an enclosure.
Printed on the envelope is the fol-
lowing: "Simplified Coat Hanger. The
most universally used coat hanger in
the world. Made of the finest drawn
steel wire by automatic machinery.
Easy to attach wherever and when
ever needed. Warranted for five years
with ordinary usage" And when one
opens the envelope they naturally ex-
pect to find something new to hang a
coat thereon. They are not disappoint-
ed. but 1t is n surprise Wrapped in
small piece of paper is "the simpli-
fed coat hanger" 1t is nothing more
or less than new one-inch wire nail.
New York Sun.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-09-27
HONE -
TOWN -
HELpSR]
PRACTICAL CLEANUP DA\
How the People Of an Iowa Town I'M
proved the Roads Leading into
the Place.

In Farm and Fireside a writer
says:
"When the town of Mitchellville.
H., with population OF 300, decld-
ed on q general cleanup, woman
arose in meeting and promised the
helm of the women In every way pos
sible. She suggested that perhaps
about all they could do would be to
cook a picnic dinner. Whereupon one
man arose and gave it as his opinion
that inasmuch as Iowa was In fair
way to have equal suffrage shortly
and the Mitchellville women had been
insistent upon 1t, he, for one, Thought
the women ought to work alongside
the men on cleanup day. And work
they did!
"While other towns were content,
on such occasions, to remove the I'M
slightly ash heaps that disfigured back
yards and otherwise make more pre-
sentable the general municipal ap-
pearance, the Mitchellville workers
decided there was no reason why every
uDIe-DOuItu anu 'AAcAi>~
not put in ten good, solid hours work
on the roads leading into the town.
"Roads, they argued, were a coun-
try towns principal asset, as with
out them the country trade, which
kept the town prosperous, was not
forthcoming. What If there were
an ash heap left at night, would 1t
not be better to have few miles
Of good roadway all completed, SO the
farmers could come In with produce
and 90 back with their wagons and
automobiles filed with all sorts OF
store goods?
$50 men and women alike OF
Mitchellville worked all day long,
though the sun was hot and the work
was hard. Today the Mitchellville
speedway, six miles long, Is monu-
ment to the efforts Of the men and
women of Mitchellville who decided
that cleanup day should mean some.
thing more than Just idle talk and
newspaper publicity"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-09-27
Garden Sprinklino Harmful

watering plant or Il garden space
by sprinkling is usually more harmful
than helpful, inaSmueh as it induces
the growth, up in the moistened area,
of fine feeding rootlets that should be
ieep in the ground. says Woman's
Home Companion. These, reaching In
a network near the surface for the
moisture, find themselves exposed to
the fierce and baking heat of midsum.
mer whenever the moisture dries out
aud dry out 1t will. They are unable
TO bear this Scorchlng, being extremely
tender and demanding cool earth
around them, and the result is either
death to the plant or so weakened and
miserable condition that it might as
well die.
ms surface watering by hose or
hand bears no relation, of course, to
a thorough saturation as system of
irrigation makes possible. But unless
such a system is installed, | would
urge every gardener in the country Ia
pin his faith TO the cultivator and his
own industry Herewith, rather than
to any method of watering by hand
Certain things may be "watered in
when transplanting; but otherwise
eschew the hose and watering can.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-09-27
NIGHT BOMBING
RAID DESCRIBED

burst few random shells. lie could
see the puts of smoke, white In the
moonlight, drift beneath him.
Hit Railway junction.
We ignored the searchlights and
few steadily on with engines roaring.
The big city twinklIng with hundreds
Of carefully shaded lights lay spread
now below the observers peephoie.
The f0re-nnd-aft bar of the bomb sight
drew near the station and touched IT,.
The observers hand reached out TO the
bomb release lever at hts side.
The luminous range bars crossed
the edge Of the junction. He pushed
the lever hand over drew 1t bnck
and pushed 1t over again and again,
Below he could see for "A moment the
fat cylinders spinning down toward
the railway junction.
He climbed up beside the pilot and
told him to turn. The searchlights
erruticaly swept to and fro with every
suggestion OF panic, fear or lack of
skin. The airmen laughed at them
and. sweeping round. started on the
long homeward journey.
The observer was looking down In
teDtly to the black triangular mass sf
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-09-27
WHY DO MEN WEAR HATS?
Really, When You Come to Think OF
1t, They Are of Little Use and
Not Ornamental.

Men themselves do not know why
they wear hats. Hats aren't ornamen
tai. They do not keep off the rain. A
mans hat is legacy of tradition, bru-
talized In it's descent from the age of
adornment. Straw hats are the least
awful.
The derby, the iron lid of common
phraseology, is tragedy, and the silk
hat is useful only to lend dignity to
men who otherwise might be undigni-
fed. This dignity is traditional rather
than real. Bridegrooms, undertakers
and members of congress need all the
dignity they can command. So they
keep the silk hat handy.
Spring, which brings the straw hat,
is welcomed by men, since it removes
the hideous necessity of wearing other
sorts of hats. The straw hat rouses a
dim memory in the blood of the days
of garlands. 1t may be worn with a
bright band. On the whole, it makes
life little easier for those who
haven't the courage to go without hats
at all.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-09-27
ADDED TO NATIONS WEALTH
Home Gardens Have Been Of Great
Benefit Both to the Country and
to Communities.

The campaign so persistently con-
Quoted last spring and summer to en-
list families in the home garden move
ment can be said to have been an ex-
traordinary success. The estimate that
$3.50 100000 worth of produce has been
raised in war gardens in the United
States this year and that housewives
have canned at least 460,O0O,OO0 jars
Of vegetables and fruits is impressive.
The figures, of course cannot be any
where near exact, but there can be no
question that the total amount of food
stuffs produced has been enormous,
and they are probably not excessive.
All of 1t was clear addition to the
wealth and resources of the nation.
Thus, labor and land that had for
merly gone unused brought practi-
cal benefit to the laborer and the ma
ton. The investment has paid so
well that it ought to be repeated on
more extensive scale next year. Hun
dreds of families who never had gar
den before have enjoyed fresh vege-
tables from their home yards this sum-
mer. Many of them have learned some
thing of the art of gardening and Have
become keenly interested in it. All
have benefited physically from inter
esting work in the open air.
These need not be advised to plan
for bigger garden next year. But
those who through procrastination and
Incidence, failed to realize the profits
of gardening this year should start
making plans for next spring now.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-09-27
Canada Gives Up Luxuries

Vancouver T. C.--Here ARE q few
Signs showing what Canada Is doing
10 help win the war by conservation
I'm civilian life.
The biggest ssnlt hns been prohibit
,inu. The pomin.ne Is dry as the Sa.
hara
The consumption of candy aus been
cut ~ per cent.
Picture shows aud theaters have
shrunk Ia number To marked de-
gree.
You can travel from the Atlantic 10
the Pacific and never see piano. a
photograph, violin or other musical In
strument offered for sale. Everyone
Il wearing his old clothes.
why should we buy luxuries and
music when our defenders need bread
and the Red Cross Is begging for mercy
funis7" the Canadian reasons.
Travel Is falling or The summer
tourist Is becoming rnre. one of the
largest resorts Ia the Canadian Rock.
o. eas 81 average OF only 80 guests.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-09-27
GOT THE PROMISED CHILD
How chiIcat Natives Kept Their Word
With the Missionaries, OF Five
Years Standing.

In my Intimate companionship witt
Muir In Alaska / saw many instances
of his warm human sympathy. s. Hall
Young writes in World Outlook. One
occurred when in 1879 we were visit
ing the tribe of Chilcats. These Chill
cats, recognized as the most warlike
and arrogant Of the Thlinget tribes,
were nevertheless so interested In the
gospel message / had to bring them
that they crowded the house where we
lodged, filling it full and prying Off
planks from its side so that those with
out could hear.
The first night we spent in the vii.
lage, after an all-day's palaver, we
were about to retire to our blankets
when woman brought baby to us
which was almost a skeleton from lack
of nourishment. and whose feeble cry
was most p'tiful o hear. The woman
explained that the baby's mother had
died. and that they had no food for the
chid-nOne Of the other women being
In condition to nurse it. At once Muir
and l set about preparing condensed
milk for the baby. We diluted it with
warm water until we thought 1t Of the
proper consistency, and fed 1t to the
starving baby. The child was almost
too weak to take this nOurishment, and
1t required the utmost patience and
care to feed it. Muir worked with
that little papoose almost all night,
rocking it in his arms and soothing
it's cries, and when at last 1t rested In
healthful, refreshing sleep, he care
fully showed the woman how to pre-
pare it's food, and insisted upon leav-
ing all of our remaining canned milk
for the baby. The natives voluntarily
told me when we were about to leave
that If the baby lived 1t belonged to
me and they would bring it down to
Fort Wrangel. l thought but little Of
this promise, knowing how easily
people forget such things; but five
years after this occurrence I was sur
prised to have some Chilcat natives
bring sturdy and healthy little boy,
and formally give him to me, saying
that this was the baby whose life we
had saved, and he therefore belonged
to us. The child was taken into our
mission at Wrangel, and I baptized
him with the name of "John," after
my friend.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-09-27
Meet After SIS Years

New fork.-louiS Campbell of New
York city and Anderson Campbell of
Lacey, Ga, brothers and Veterans of
the civil war. met recently Tor the first
time since their parting 81 years ago.
After bidding farewell to each other
ON the eve of the Battle of Fredericks.
ourg Anderson was made Il prisoner
during the hattle of charlottesville
AZ the close of the war he went fur
Their South, while his brother returned
home 10 the Orange mountains.