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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-27

In these days Of the high cost of
living the following story has a de-
cided point:
The teacher OF primary class
was trying to show the children the
difference between the natural and
man-made wonders and was finding
i. hard
What" she asked, do you think
is the most wonderful thing man
ever made?"
A little girl, whose parents were
obviously harassed by the question
of ways and means, replied as sol.
emnly as the proverbial Judge:
"A living for a family"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-27

r. l.. G3ob) Castleman announces
that he is candidate for Sheriff,
subject to the action OF Democratic
voters.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-27

John Milwee announces that he is
candidate for County Commissions
en- southern district of Grady county,
subject to the Democratic primary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-27

j. j. Lancaster announces that is
candidate for County Commissioner.
Southern District of Grady county,
subject to the Democratic primary
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-27

Too Big to Miss.


The average foreigner can rarely
comprehend the geographical area OF
the United States. as was quite fully
Illustrated by the Englishman and
his valet who had been travelling due
west from Boston for five days Al
the end of the fifth day master and
servant were seated in the smoking
car, and it was observed that the
man was gazing steadily and thought
fully out of the window Finally his
companion became curious.
William said he, "of what are
you thinking"
Il was just thinking, sir, about the
discovery of Hamerica' replied the
valet. columbus didn't do such
wonderful thing, after all, when he
found this country, did he, now
sir? Halter alrs said an done, ow
could e 'elp it?"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-17
Always your pal,
DEVISE PLAN TO KEEP :
COMBAT UNITS FILLED
Soldiers Cured OF Wounds Are
Returned to Their Old
Commands.

Headquarters American Army in
France, Sept. 16.-The problem OF
keeping the combat units Of the ar
my up to full strength, or replace
ment as it is technically termed, has
been a perpleXing one to the military
authorities. Here the experience OF
the French and British did not an
swer. Their systems of replacement
are based on different conditions
than those that confront us. Both
are fighting virtually at home while
we are overseas.
Originally it was planned to Gre
ate one replacement division for each
corps. This was to be fully equip
ped and organized division fed from
n depot division as men were drawn
from it to fill the combat division
Theoretically this was perfect. but
problems of many kinds began to de-
velop in practice. First in time OF
need it was seen that a completed
and trained division could not lie
die. but inevitably would be drawn
into the combat troops, thus destroy
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-17
Franse, July 18th. 1918.

Friend Henry: Well Henry I
: hooked up old Hardboiled and Jen-
nett this a. m.-them's the mules
drew out Of the lot Henry-and II
was just like pie.
The boys all say old Hardboiled
has bad glim and might be bad II
he wanted to. but.jf he never let on
this morning: He was Just as gen.
tie as a kitten.
The only time he pricked up his
ears was when the guns started
shooting. guess they must be
something doing up on the front
from the way 1t sounds.
Anyway Henry I guess I can ge,
away with this mule skinners jot
like 1t was nothing. The only thing
I don't like Is that / have to be a
noncom batant all the time and can't
fight like want to. But it's a
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-17
essential replacement re-

ing the essential replacement re-
serve.
Then came question of personnel
and morale. A very high percentage
of wounded soon are able to return
to the front but, under the proposed
system when they were discharged
from hospital their original units
were filled and they were sent to
strange commands. In this way the
spirit and loyalty that is developed
in each division, making it coherent
body with characteristics all its own,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-17

under command Of the corps COM
mander. its strength is not fixed but
will vary as circumstances require
and it has only a small permanent
personnel. AS wounded officers and
men of class A are evacuated from
hospital they go to the replacement
battalion of their original division
and eventually find their way back
home to their army family. Only
when a division commanders requi-
sition exceeds the number OF men OF
proper grade and arm originally be-
longing to his division do new men
find their way in.
The plan has been worked out af-
ter a careful analysis Of British and
French casualties with a view to de-
termining what percentage OF cas-
ualties are evacuated from hospital
IS of class A that is. men able 10 re-
.urn to combat troops, and the army
authorities believe that for the pres-s
ent at least it will meet the situation
that had arisen. 1t tends to per-
petuate the unit personnel and non
commissioned grades will be to a
certain extent filled by promotion
from within the division itself.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-17
Franse. July 18th, 1918.

Dear Henry: Well Henry you ain't
got, nothing on me much. I'm at the
front ossie. OF course / amt quite
as near as you are maybe but I am
SO close it amt healthy to go out
promonading in no quiet country
lane with a madamoselle on your
arm like used to do down in the
S. o. S.
Well they was a lot Of mules COM
ing up here from down in the S. o.
s.. town where l wrote to you from
and it seems that they needed some
mule skinners right quick to take
them up. One morning the c. o.
come over to our company and
wants to know If there's any mule
skinners in the doughboys that
wants to go to the front.
Now Henry what don't know
about mules would fill a fair sized
ensiklopedia / never even looked
one up before. but it's almost like
hooking up a tame horse and /
would of done anything Henry to get
TO the front. So I stepped out OF line
and pulled my hat over on one side
and kind of spit sideways to give the
old bird good impression of the
real thing he wanted most right then.
Well Henry I got to come alright.
We left the S. o. S. about ten days
ago and we just pulled in. All we
had to do on the way up was to
carry water for them pesky rabbits.
1 can just bet you Henry that a
mule can drink twice as much water
as elephant any old day.
But the worst part OF it now that
I'm up here is that I'm still a non
combatant and am still a doughboy
too. l enlisted to fight Henry and
about the first time get a chance
I'm going right up in the front line
thrensh with the doughboys and
take a crack at a Hun.
Good luck old Pal
s. r. B.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-17
Dear Editor:

btdl Euiloi.
l am one of the boys who left
Lancaster Sept 20, 1917. for Camp
Jackson. and am now with the A. E
f. lover hereJ and must say that we
came over when I did have been to
the front once, except myself and a
number of others who happened to
be mule skinners," who do not go
of the results of the war and see
more and more every day, but must
say the best thing that I have seen
yet was one of Germany's High
Flyers" that was brought down by
aircraft guns and machine guns.
Oh, he looked good coming to the
ground, but his fate was no more
than that of which many OF his com
rades met sHbile intruding where
they are forbidden for another one
of them was caught in the same trap
the next day right near the same
place.
.I1dNe seen uuulDeI Ol DlB guns
I'm action, among them was 15-inch
gun that was tossing the Germans
hard rations from distance of
from Is to 90 miles. oh, it was
some popgun-there's no doubt of
that
Enclosed is a clipping from the
"Stars and Stripes" of a mule skin
ner's practical experience at the
job, which you may print in your
paper if you wish. / occasionally
see The News over here. Some OF
the boys get it at times
Well for fear / should tell toe
much I suppose l had better stop
With best regards to everybody
back home, / am, sincerely. Wag-
oner Willis F. Ballard, Supply Co.
11Sth Inf, A. P. o. No. 749 A. E.
F.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-17

were threatened. Officers and men
"eturning from hospital went into
the replacement divisions and then
might so where chance sent them,
into new regiments and new divis-
ions, even into new corps
The military authorities soon saw
this was destructive to morale and
were then faced with an alternative
system.
A recently issued general order
provides for a replacement battal-
ion" for each corps. This is to be
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-17
.sMULE SKINNER" HAS
AN INTERESTING TIME
Lancaster Boy i'm France, One of
First to Go, Writes of Life
and Work There.

The News has received the fol-
lowing letter, with enclosure, from
who went to camp with the first in
crement of the 1917 draft:
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-17

whole lot better than being back in
the S. o. S. at that Henry.
So long Henry,
S. T. b.
p. S. Before 1 turn this over to the
sensor I'll tell you some more about
old Hardboiled. went out this p.
m. to where l got him anchored
down to a captured German cannon
and what do you think he pulled off
Henry? He laid his old grizzled
nose over on my shoulder just as
though he was a kitten. / amt no
more afraid of him now than l am
a cat.
You can say what you please Hen
ry but 1t takes gentleness to get an
animals goat. Treat a mule right
and he'll treat you right Henry.
could handle any kind of a mule the
army has got on its books and get
away with it because i got mack
of handling them with kindness.
Well Henry there goes the mess
call, l missed some calls in this
Army all right, but that's one call
don't miss only here it ought to be
called stew call because stew is what
we get. S. T. B.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-17

when 1 get back to that mule skim
it just as much as If a rich uncle had
died or something. I got Boche
and the fun l had was worth q
dozen mules especially one like
Hardboiled. Write me toot sweet
Henry.
Always your pal,
8. 7. B.
p. S. Don't ever let anybody tell
you this mule skinner's job is a non
combatant job Henry. It's every
thing but that.
Seth T. Bailey, Corp. Inf.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-17

Or. w. $. HOLLY, Veterinary Ply
sician. Surgeon and Dentist. Office
at Gregory, Heod Live Stock Co.
stables. Residence Phone 1856,
Office Phone 226.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-09-17
PROFESSIONAL CARDS =
q = . 4 q . q q q 4. Z 1. q = 4

DIR. J. REECE FUNDERBURK. -
Dental Surgeon.
Office Hours:
$3.50 to 1890 A. M.
2:00 to 500 p. NJ =,
And by Appointment.
Office Phone 160. :,
Residence Phone 291.
Office over Lancaster Pharmacy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-15
GRANDMA USED sleE
TEA TO DlRkEn HAIR
She mixed Sulphur with it tc
Restore Color, Gloss,
Youthfulness.

Common garden sage brewed INTO a
heavy tea with sulphur added. will
turn gray. streaked and faded hair
beautifully dark and luxuriant Just
a few applications will prove q revela-
ton II your hair - fading, sire aket or
gray. Mixing the Sage Tea and sui
phur recipe at home. though, is trou-
blescme. An easier way Is 10 get .
bottle OF wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound at any drug store all ready
for use. This Ii the old-time recipe
improved by the addition OF other IN
gradients.
While wispy. gray. faded hair Is not
sinful. We all desire to retain our
youthful appearance and attractive
ness. By darkening your hair with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound,
no one can tell. because II does it SO
naturally. so evenly. You just dan pen
q sponge or soft brush with IL and
draw this through your hair. taking
one small strand at . time: by morning
AL gray hairs have disappeared, and
after another application or two. your
hair becomes beautifully dark. gle ssy
soft and luxuriant.
This preparat ton II q delightful toilet
requisite and i9 not intended for ths
cure. mitigation or prevention OF dis.
ease.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-15
DRUGS EXCITE YOUR
KIDNEYS, UG.%TS
u yeof BaAk b aching q xAAdss
eoehsrA drink lsts Of vatog
and eat - moaA

When your kidneys hurt aaa yH sneaI
eeaS sore, don't get scared and pEpsasa
- losd your stomach with Lee a kup
ehAe sEcite IL kidneys and ir1sDsAs e.
satfso nsiAayy tsaCt Keep your 6dnags
ehsAo liza you keep your bowels clean,
By nunAing them with Q mild, harmless
aSh WHICH removes the hodys urinous
vas>s and stimulates them 70 tAaif nor
nal eseivity. The funetioo Of The El.
ney1 b - Alter Tho hood In ~ sor.s
they stsai1 from is 800 gr.ins q Aid
and waste. % w esa readily unA.sv&asd
che vitAl inPsFtAsos q ksspiae o. ~
seys askivA . =
Drink bsts q v1ter-you aan'S lsiai
TO nueh; also get from any phAsuaist
about four Dunes OF jed Saj0; tie
. tablespoonful In d giaaa Of vlAsr
before breakfast sarh morning ioe few
asys and yosr kiAnes viii s-t 6ns.
This fADous 0lta l. mAis irs8 tia
aa6 Of CsYo and lemA juice. canbiusd
nth kAiA, and AAs hrss used for eraer1-
tisa - saean era stimulate clogF1 KID
aSySs 40 "a neutS.lre the s.Sds In
RTiAs % h - iGgey - . souri,. Of irri-
eatin9, tins sry4in,, bladder vel. mesa
led S~hs 10 inexpensive; cannot in
iuysJ AAko q delightful sdervescns
litAiarwster drink which everyone ss,oali
take nov and .Asa - Keep their KID.
neys clean and active Try this, also
kssP UP tAe water drinking, ind nc
doubt yoa viii vuadsr what beoma Of
{uW dAae1 troahls aaa basksehs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-15

Ges . email package of Hamburg
Breast Tea, or "a the German folks
call Il, "Hambuiger Brust Thee" at any
pharmacy. Take q tablespoonful Of the
tea, put, q cup OF boiling water uPon
pc, pour throughHs sieve and drink a
teaeup' full at any time during the
day or before retiring. It 10 the moss
effective way. 20 break a cold and cure
grip, as il opens The pores of the skin,
relieving congestion. Also ,oossns the
bowels, thus breaking up a cold
Try it the next time you suffer from
8 cold or the grip. It 10 inexpensive
and entirely vegetable therefore safe
and hsymless
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-15
CREAM F0h cATAnRH
"OPENS UP N0SThllS
1eils How To Get Quick Ralik
from Head. Colds. It's Splec LII

In one minute your clogged nostrila
Will open, the air passages OF your head
will clear and you can breathe freely.
No more hawking, snuIling, blowing
headache, dryness. No struggling for
breath &C night; your cold or catarrh
Twill be gone.
Get : - small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
. little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. II pen
etrates through every air passage OF the
head, soothes the infamed or swollen
mucous membrane and relief comes in
SANITY
It's just ane. Don't stay stuffed-up
with cold or nasty catarrh-Relief
comes so quickly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-15
STOP A MOMENT!
LISTEN TO THIS
Cincinnati man tells how to
lift off any corn without
hurting one bit

You reckless men and woman who
are psstered With corns and who have
ID least once q week invited an awful
death from lockjav or blood poison are
now told by Q Cincinnati authority to
use drug called freezone, which che
uomsat . few drops are applied TO any
corn, The soreDass is relieved and soon
the entire corn, root and al, LITE oHs
with the fingers.
1t 10 sticky substance which dries
the moment it 10 applied and 10 said
10 simply ahrivel the corn without in
aaming or even irritating the surround
inc tissue or skin. It II claimed tina,
q quarter Of an ounce OF freezone will
cost very little at any of thesdrug stores
but Is sufficient to rid ones feet o.
every hard or soft corn or callus.
You are further warned that cuttipl
at corn is a suicidalAhabit.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-15

at New York City was 1928 per bush
ell Here is how he went about it:
The freight rate from SikestOn TO
New York being 1898 cents per bush
ell, he deducted that from $22S per
bushel and found the price at Sikeston
TO be s. 1902 From this he deducted
l per cent per bushel for the commits
sion firms charges, which put the net
price f. q. b. Sikeston at So 1902.
He next compared this price with
what he could get if lie sold at st.
Louis. his nearest primary market AT
St. Louis the basic price is $2.1S per
bushel and the freight rate from
SikeSt0n TO 81. Louis 8 cents per BUSH
el. This would make the Skest0n
price 81 IL. less | cent per bushel for
selling charges. or Sill net. The st.
Louis price would therefore govern,
being advantageous to the SikeSton
seller.
IL our imaginary bushels Of wheat
had started from Sik-Ston. since it was
a No. grade, we must deduct cents
per bushel, which would bring the
price T. q. D. the elevator point 70
81 0S02 per bushel As our imaginary
elevator man is charging cents per
busbel for handling. which includes
the commission fee just mentioned, we
deduct an additional 4 cents tc arrive
az the price The farmer received This
price would he 81 0I02 ar the elevator.
Some Of that cents Will return 10 our
farmer IL the elevator prospers for II
Is owned comparatively.
When Farmer ard Elevator Man Dis
agree.
Had this elevator been owned by pri-
vate nrIn or person. o. had Il been q
Zine" plant. Col. Jenkins would not
have been 90 bland and trustfrIl.
He might have refused 10 sell ~ oil
and arranged to store his wheat or be
might have taken IL over TO q CON-
petitive concern which offered q high
er price: for the Food Administreu ton
has not yet attempted TO regulate the
prices paid farmers for wheat AZ coan.
try points. u does, however, ensr 90
sell for any farmer or farners' organ
ization wheat offered at terminal
points, but makes . commission charge
Of per cent for IL services
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-15

ing WAS taking place. Uncle Sam
had started on this remarkable ex-
pertinent; he was going TO see wheth-
er wheat could be marketed minus
rake-oifs TO the spectators. This
.lscessituted complete control by the
Government of storage facilities trans
pOrtatiun snd diStributive agencies,
and the marketing machinery for
whp,t aud rye
Everybody WAS troubled; most OF
all. The officials of the Food Admins
trati0D Grain Corporation who had
undertaken, without salary, ami at the
sucrii z uf their personal connection
with The grain trade. TO whip into
SHAPE tie forces that would drive for
whrt Tie big business machine for
marketing American wheat. single
control: and a SJO.0O0,OOU nonprofit-
making corporation 10 do the work.
This work * h necessary arm of the
Food Administration, allowing he
Government TO do business quickly
und without red tape. Its stock is held
In trust 10y the President OF he Unit
rd States. For the time Of the war IL
will supervise the rate or purchase
the part commercially available Of the
$50 100 OuO bushels of wheat and the
5O,OUO.0O0 surplus OF rye grown IN
America in 1917. Its JOB is 10 ind
market FOR every bushel, irrespective
at class and grade. Under Its patron
aye. wheat screenings are moving just
Ms easily rs No. Northern. IL must
AL" work out satisfactorily the local
prices for wheat al each Of almost
2U'sp country elevator points, ADJUST
thousands of complaints. organize the
gathering aud analysis Of date. Inspect
cuiircih- reported ~ dealing unfairly.
solve NvxatiouS disayi ,-eIhents among
the trade and deal effectively with the
allies purchasing agrn; and Ine peu-
trails who may desire Ia purchase
Ia the early days. following the de-
termination OF prices for 1917 wheat
by the Presidents Fair Price Commits
sion. confusion existed In every part OF
rhe wheat-producing regions. This was
Intensified by the inauguration Of the
New grain grades, as promulgated by
the Department OF Agriculture, which
took place about the same time. and
ied 70 diverse complaints snd a feel
In among farmers that the Grain Cor
rorat1oI OF the Food Administration
vas responsible for both the price as
determined and stricter observance IT
grain grades. sut the corporation was
responsible for nslther act II 10 pure
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-15

Uncle Sam IS now trans
iatiDg into the pockets OF both prOduc-
ers and consumers benefits derived by
the Nation. He has shut Off specula-
lion, produced a free market and
movement of all grades OF wheat, cut
expenses and Induced a normal flow Of
wheut 10 natural directions, and eff
fected a thousand other economies.
The Food Administration Grain Cor
poration. which supervises the sale. or
Itself buys every bushel Of wheat pro.
duced In the Nation IN its progress
from country elevator to foreign buy
ers or domestic consumers. marks a
new step toward national efficiency.
How I'm four short months IL has been
done Is told In the following episodes
wherein two bushels Cf wheat travelled
70 market.
One fine fall afternoon, Col. Bill
jenkins. who farms somewhere In Mis-
souri,. loaded his wheat into n wagon
and drove along the black road that
led across the prairie to town. When
he reached the cooperative elevator
Of which he was a stakeholder, he
pulled up on the scales, checked his
gross weights carefully, and began 10
unload The manager came out and
asked.
when you want 70 sell this wheat?"
Il Dunno" he answered. Zone
lines about as good as another
these days. IT won't weigh any more
iater he added. with q dry smile
Wheat shrinks a lot" admitted the
uanager II hear the Government
wants as much wheat as II can get
Just northumberland the Allies do
eat a terrible lot of 1t since the war;
"Wbst's wheat to-day?" asked Col.
Jenkins, getting interested.
well, let RE see," parleyed the
manager. Il guess this wheat'd be a
good No 2 under the new grades"
-Grsdes: What about grades? That
Food Administration seems to mix into
mighty nigh everything from rabbits
to axle grease"
Hold on. Colonel" said the eleva-
tor man. good naturedly. 1.-THE Food
Administ ration Is not to blame. Con-
gress passed the act and told the De-
par.meDt Of Agriculture to fix the
grades They became effective last
July sent out a letter on It."
"Wen. guess you better sell for
the hest you can" said the farmer.
Il Am needed at home" And he drove
away.
a New Order In the Grain World.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-03-15
RUB RHEUMATISM FROM
STIFF, Aching JOINTS
11o Befsnso hea joints and musctas
With . small trial bottle Of
. cid D. Jacobs OIL
Stop dosing rheumatism.

Stop "dosing" rheumatism.
It's pain only; not one case In hfty
requires internal treatment. Rub sooth-
ing, penetrating "6t Jacobs Oip' right
on the tender spot" and by the time
you sag Jack Robinson-out comes the
rheumatic pain. est. Jacobs Oil0 is
a harmless rheumatism cure which never
disappoints and doesn't burn theskin. It
takes pain,s soreness and stiffness from
aching joints, muscles and bones; stops
bciatica, lumbago. bsckaehs, uelralgis.
Limbo" upi Get Q Is cent bottle
Of old-time, honest $40 Jacobs Or
from any drug store. andsin . noneat
you'll be free from pains, aehes and
stifnesa . Don't suffer! Rub rhsums-
tism away.