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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
THIS GUNNER IS FAST ONE

Great Lakes, ILL.,, Feb. 19.-Sea-
man Allen N. Miller OF the Great
Lakes gunncrs' mate school is be-
Iieved to have established record
in assembling the Lewis automatic
gun recently at the Navy Pageant
in Chicago, The o. parts OF the
gun were assembled and the gun
made ready for action by Miller in
two minutes and IS seconds. Al
though no official figures are avail
able for previous performances,
Gunner Mcfarland, in charge of the
school, said he believed Miller's
time sets a new record.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19

can be purchased at the postofhcc
the three banks, and at leading busi-
ness houses. The entire west show
window Of the Westheimer Dry
Goods Company is devoted to a
war savings and thrift stamp dis
play. The window is tastefully dec
GRATED in the national colors. and
great numbers of thrift cards pur-
chased by the children and various
citizens are on display.
The United States Military band
Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas
will be in Marietta Friday. G. W
Barnes Of Muskogee, state director
for the sale Of war stamps; Ed Calf
of Ardmorc, district chairman:
Judge T. w. Champion, Garter
County chairman; Simon West
heimer, Love County chairman and
others will speak. United State,
army captains from Camp Bowie
and soldier direct from the trench
cs will also be present.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
Proposals.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS-PRO
POSALS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
LAUNDRY PLANT-Departm of
the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs
Washington, ID c., January 2S, 1918
sealed proposals plainly marked on
the outside OF the sealed envelope
Proposals for Laundry Plant, at the
Bloomfield Academy, Oklahoma" and
addressed to the Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs, Washington, ID. c."
will be received at the Indian Office
until two o'clock p IN. of March II,
1918, for furnishing materials and
labor for the construction of a laun.
dry plant in strict accordance with
the plans, specifications and instruc.
tions to bidders, which may be ex.
amined at the office OF the paper or
periodical in which this advertise
ment appears. the United States In.
dian Warehouse, at Chicago, Ill; st.
Louis Mo; San Francisco, Cal, and
the Builders Exchange, St. Paul,
Mimi, and at the office of the Super.
intendent Of the Bloomfield Academy.
Oklahoma. For further information
apply to the Superintendent of the
Bloomfield Academy, Oklahoma. Cato
Sells, Commissioner. 15.7
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19

CITY LOANS-Gunlot & HAL. agents
Georgia State Savings Association
offer best contract In city. 1891
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19

A well-known downtown druggist
says it darkens the hair so natural
ly and evenly that nobody can tell
1t has been applied. You simply
dampen a sponge or soft brush with
1t and draw this through your hair,
taking one strand at time. BY
morning the gray hair disappears,
and after another application or
two, it becomes beautifully dark
and glossy.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is a delightful toilet requisite
for those who desire more Youth
tul appearance. 1t is not intended
for the cure, mitigation or preven-
tion Ct disease.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
Financial

CITY LOANS-Home money; no delay;
easy repayment. Peoples Building &
Loan Association, G. p. Selvidge Sec
Phone 345. 24-fm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
Real Estate

FOR SALE-Buy this cozy little bunga.
low Of rooms and bath, with garage,
c street northwest, only $1,000, and
liberal terms arranged.
GOOD BUY-West Broadway, 5 rooms
and hall, bath, sewer, electric lights
and gas; $275O
A COMFORTABLE, modern bungalow,
well appointed, and with every con.
venience brick mantel and builtin
furniture, on + street southwest;
$3.50.
WE HAVE several good two-story
houses, frame and brick, situated in
the best residence districts, which we
are offering at less than market
prices. We arrange terms to suit
purchaser through our loan depart.
ment
TWO NICE little 3-room houses, on
Ninth avenue, between Washington
and A streets northeast; gas and wa.
ter. These houses have only been
completed a few months and we are
Offering them for $3.50.
We have a choice listing in all parts
Of the city and will be glad to show
this property to prospective buyers.
SEE US for bargains in lots in High
land Park, the beautiful addition,
which is being rapidly filled with new
homes. Lots 5Ox150 feet from $500
up. GUILLOT & HALL, Real Estate
Loans and Insurance. 17.3.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
NOTICE OF SALE.

On Feb. 25. 1918. the Board of County
Commissioners Of Carter county will or
fer for sale to the highest and best bid
der Odds to be sealed certain real estate
belonging to Carter county, more par
ticular described as follows, to-wit:
Lot Eight (9 in Block Three
Hundred Ninety $500 in the City of
Ardmore, oklahoma,
Bids will be received by the County
Clerk at his office at the Courthouse I'm
until noon. Feb. 25, 1918.
WITNESS our hands and official seal
this the gath day of January, 1918.
G. w. YOUNG.
Chairman Board OF County Commits.
sioners. Carter County. Oklahoma
Attest:
CLARENCE HARRIS. County Clerk
(SeaD 24.3p'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
Frisco.
Ringing Road
Westbound
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

Notice is hereby given to property
owners Of Ardmore that will be in my
office at the courthouse from Feb. q
to March Is, for the purpose Of as
sessing property for the year 1918
Would like to assess all Of Ardmore
before gonig to the country.
II. S. HENDON, Tax Assessor.
1To
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
New Ambassador From Japan.

Washington, Feb. 19.-Viscount
kikujiso lshii has been appointed
ambassador for Japan to the United
states and will soon reach Wash
.ngton. He succeeds Ambassador
Sato, who takes a place on the un-
assigned roll of diplomatic repre-
sentatives in Toxic.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
Positions Wanted

REGISTERED PHARMACIST wants
permanent position in Ardmore. Ad.
dress Druggist, Legrand Rooms or
phone $50.
WANpED-Position by Al bookkeeper. :.
can furnish best of references Ad-
dress 124, Ardmoreite. 17-3.
WANTED-A position as assistant in
physicians office by a graduate reg.
istored nurse. Address 215, care Ard
mOreite 15.7
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19

1t will pay you big % buy your
suit early this spring, We guarantee
to iit SIT Tailoring Co., 90 n. Wash.
ington street. 17.9
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
Business Opportunities

AN UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY
Trees at a big discount Must be
moved at once. 425 r. Main. Phone
1881. III.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
IN AND OUT or ARDMORE
Urom Union Station
Santa Fc.
Rock Island

Iastbound-
Train No. G52------------ $50 u m.
Train No. 6Si UnixPd'
Daily except Sunday------12:4O p. m
Westbound--
Frain No. 6S3 CNIlxedD
Daily except Sunday------- 100 p. m.
rain No. GJl----------------S SI5 p. m
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
Livestock

FOR SALE-One fresh Jersey cow
Phone 100. l9.3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19

FOR SALE-Some fresh Jersey cows,
some heavy springers, span OF good
mules and three work horses. Stock
can be seen at DIR. Anderson's barn,
South Washington st. Hoard G. Hart.
nit. Phone 7S3 and G99. $40
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
Classified Telephone Directory
Phone

SSHSSS@99 4SS VAVlO4NW4GV A|NA 0OSW4W y
Automobiles Phone
studebaKer Sales
cadillac Cole and REQ Moorehead
MaHon and odsmobhe Maywatkins
Auto Repairs and General Machine
aer Sies L. s. L. Service
Automobile Batteries
Ardnore Battery $50
Architects
= t NhHe Exchange
Auto Repairs and Overhauling
Bill Browns Garage Old Excelsior Laundry Bldg ---- 6sc
Building and Loan Association
Inc Peoples L. L. Association Deposits
Cleaning and Pressing
Keep-U'Neat N Washington Quality Service
The Reliable Dry Cleaning M
WAS, Civil Engineer and Surveyor
VIM KELLY Civil Engineer 17la n Washington 4s5
:" T. matthew's office s.
Drug Store
Bomar Drug Prescriptions Specially G..
Hardy Sanarum
Fireproof Building instant Ambulance Service - ,o,
Laundry
COOKS Laundry Watch for Wagons =,
. New and Secondhand Furniture
- T. li -I'Z ~ Caddo SAlso Exchange
New Shoes and Shoe Repairing
~ saws iou Nony on New Shoes or Repairing
- Second Hand Store
KINNEY Buys Hand Goods
o.-.-.,,. Steam VuvaniZing and Repairing
central Park Garage IS St, Bought and Sold
Timer
Keep Your Eye A - o.,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
Cleaners and Hatters.

) ,ils of ladies' and
mems clothes t. tlean, dye, press and
repair. Londons that is economy.
2O3 West Main St' Phone sO1. SO1m
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19

FOR SALE-Fiyeroom house and lot
1OXl9O feet. Phone 1892. III.
FOR SALE-Nice, close in, residence
lot, cheap. -Four blocks from post.
office on paved street, south and east
front. Half cash. Will consider car
or monthly payments on balance. Ad-
dress 3B, care Ardmoreite, or phone
$50. III
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
Oil Lands and Leases

WANTED TO LEASE for oil and gas,
40 acres Of land in SW IA or Sec.
26, south, . west, near Hewitt. J.
+. Morrison, guardian for Frank l..
and Fannie H. Morrison, Duncan.
Okla 19.A
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-19
Help Observation-Disclosures

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. stenographer,
male or female. state age, expert.
ence, salary expected and if subject
to draft which class in first letter.
Address p. O. Box 97l, Ardmore. 1910
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25
Sad Lot of the Grocer

To the Editor Of the EUeuing Public Ledger
Sir--The lot Of the average retail grocer
is not an enviable one at the present time.
He Is being made the goat for many or
the unpleasant complications Of the food
situation. In fact. the public is being edu-
Gated to believe that the average grocer is
waxing fat on excessive wartime profits.
It Is a familiar practice of the real thief
TO throw suspicion on the innocent bystand-
er to divert the chase in another direction.
and the grocer has TO suffer. If the retail
grocer makes an error in selling -four with.
out the proper substitutes, he faces a fine
OF $4,000 or the closing up of his business.
Were he to commit burglary or second-degree
murder his punishment would scarcely be so
severe. He is expected to sell sugar, eggs
and butter at a margin OF about to 10 per
cent, while the best authorities agree that
the overhead cost OF doing business is at
least l5 per cent for the average grocer
If he innocently willfully forgets to
comply with some of the technical points OF
the pure-food law, he faces a heavy fine
As a patriot he Is expected, II he has bought
goods at low price, TO continue selling them
at that price, even though It will cost him
more money to replace these goods than he
will get from the sale Of them. However
II he has bought goods at a high price and
the market drops he is unpatrotic and
prohteer If he doesn't at once drop his prices
no matter what the loss
Unlimited competition keeps his margin Of
mate at least 10 per cent of the grocers fail
In business sooner or later. Every time he
advances prices to meet market advances he
Is looked upon a robber, but whel he
lowers prices for market declines he gets
no thanks. If his customers meet with mis-
fortune, they expect him to carry them along
and too often forget him when the sun of
prosperity shines again
While retail grocers are failing bv the
thousands every year We note that the meat
trust, oil trust, tobacco trust, sugar trust
and all the other trusts are getting fatter
each year from excessive profits with no in
reference from governmental authorities
who are so busily engaged in running down
some lucltless, Insignificant grocer for some
technical violation Of the food rules that
they have no time to investigate the gigantic
offenders who, through their absolute controI
OF the necessaries of life, arbitrarily AX
their prices at such point as to give them
tens Of millions Of excessive profits each
year.
The farmer the wage-earner the profes
sional man are all getting at least 100 ner
cent more for their produce or services than
prior to the war and their patriotism is i'm
questioned, but the grocer is compelled 10
do business under costly war conditions on
the same or less margin Of profit as before
the war He surely is the goat"
Ashiahu' fa'' April "a GROCER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25
RIG MEN NEEDED

THERE is no finer way Of helping for
L the man over draft age who can leave
his family for six months or more and
can afford to pay his own way, than the
war work of the Y. NJ. c. A in France.
This work requires men of bodily and
mental vigor who have had keen busi-
ness experience, who do not know what
office hours" are and who are accustomed
to mingllng with men Of all classes.
A former assistant editor Of one Of the
largest magazines in this country, who is
now with the Y NJ c. A. in France, writes
to us as follows:
This thing over here Is much more Won
derful than we ever dreamed. It's one of
the great things OF the war. We need
men and better men. This is no job for
the conventional Y. NJ. c. a. secretary.
Please rub that in. We want the biggest
men we can get, and we want to get all
the men that can't carry a rifle and want
to get in this thing. For those who want
to serve in the war and be right in sound
OF the guns here's the way to do it, Tell
everybody you know to come over Make
yourself recruiting officer. You can do
great job over there in recruiting the
right kind Of people among your friends"
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Water Bureau Wages

To the Editor Of the Evening PubHc Ledger.
Sir--We are wasting lot of hot-air talE
on the police department and Public Safety
Department, but not one word is said about
other departments or the salaries city en-
pIoyes are getting in some OF these depart
Inents The question of salary seems foreign
10 the prevailing vice question in our city,
but II Is a fact nevertheless that the city Is
paving it's help about the lowest wages that
are being paid anywhere.
on January 1 the Water Bureau raised
its men from 5000 TO $1,000 a year, which
included oilers. hremen and engineers
oilers and hremen are averaging S2O per
week, engineers about S27 week, and yet
this is no salary whatever for man with
a family the way living is at present So
much comes OF every payment for the pen
sion; then there are assessments, which Is
a thing that was revived again after Mayor
Blankenburg had put stop to Il. Now,
with all this handsome salary, at the end
OF the year l find myself already in debt
70 the amount OF S267, and in all likelihood
1 will be required TO buy Liberty Bond
Now how am 1 going to buy Liberty Bonds
and keep my family on the handsome salary
OF 1900 a yeaF7 / DO not mean 10 be un-
patriotic, but cannot see my family suffer
so therefore ] am getting into debt head
over heels through the wonderful raise we
received IN the Water Bureau on January l.
These positions come under the heading Of
skilled labor yet private and Government
csncerna are payin9 double what ne city a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25
ECONOMY FOR MEN
By Elsie Duncan Yale

on, Mother must econOmize the best
" that she is able,
TO cut the cost Of living down on clothing
and on table; f
But why should she monopolize this pleas.
ant task? No, rather
Let some of this trugality be praCtioed sOs
by Father!
60, Daddy, don't discard your socks, for
~ that would be quite silly.
Trim off the tops for wristlets warm TO
wear when days are chilly;
Don't throw your old suspenders out, for
it would be far smarter
To cut them up with greatest care to make
stylish garter.
TNHE threadbare coat that long has been
your patient form adorning
VIII make very useful vest to wear on
Sunday morning;
While from your daughters ribbon bows
you'll cut. if you are thrifty.
Some neckties that for business wear are
really very nifty!
YOUR dress-suit coat is all worn out and
- looks quite ION its uppers"?
Twill make a good Tuxedo, then, to wear
to little suppers.
Don't throw your old cigar-ends out, but
chop them up so neatly,
To make an economic smoke and I'LL your
pipe completely.
THESE many little helpful hints with
best intent we're giving
SO Father, too, may help reduce this awiu
cost of living; -
For there are many, many ways husband
who is clever
May save a penny here and there II he win
but endeavor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25
What Women Can DO

To the Editor Of the EreainO Public Ledger"
Sr--I am writing this with the hope that
it may help other women as L nave beeh
helped. My first idea of military life was
obtained at the time of my only brothers
graduation from West Point some years ago,
! was greatly impressed with the soldiers,
not In war sense, but merely admiration.
Immediately after graduation my brother
now a captain. whom | shall call JACK, was
sent to Honolulu. Three years later he was
allowed his first furlough. He then sent
TO Mexico at the time of the Mexican trouble.
Fortunately that didn't amount to much
His next post was Texas The Texas papers
wrote columns about him and of the mutiny
and riot that arose between the blacks ana
whites Jack was considered the hero. He
came home last month for his farewell before
leaving for "over there" ! went home to
join the family reunion. ] asked him OF the
terrible night of the riot and if he wasn't
afraid. He said, when danger comes true
soldier never shirks but does his duty, If
you're going to get it you get it. It's far
better to die n true soldier for the cause
than to live and be a slacker-a disgrace to
the country
Then he told of his dear friend another
captain who was killed on the night of the
riot. lie said the dying captains last words
were, GO see my mother and tell her not
10 worry" Jack stopped at Virginia, his
dead friends home and saw his mother
She told Jack that this son made total
OF three that she had lost, two in France,
and she still had a fourth and only son left,
in France.
Yet Jack said she never broke down while
she was talking to him, except that she
seemed to have a far-on gaze at times once
or twice she blinked hard. but that's all. and
when she bade Jack goOd-by she smiled.
She's some woman. That's the kind OF
women we men want. 1t isn't going to the
theatre for us, but crying won't do any good"
know Of another lady whose husband
had been killed. She said the real meaning
of the war had not been brought home to
her until she received word OF her husbands
death. Now all of her time is devoted 10
war-relief work.
Young girls should be made TO realize that
we are actually at war and try to help the
soldiers, not 70 fall I'm lOve--with the SOL
diers and sailors. it Is up to us women TO
keep up the moral standing of the men II
We want to win this war Go in for Red
Cross work all YOU can, and above all, when
you bid him good-by, matter If your
heart seems TO be bursting and the tears
seem 70 choke you, hold back the tears until
you reach home hold up your head and
smile. Ii. e.
Philadelphia, April "a.
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AMERICANS AT sEICHEPREY

DY GRADUAL intimatiou the war De-
- partment permits it to be known that
the most important engagement in which
Americans have SO far actively partci'
pated on the western front occurred at
Seicheprey and that there were approNi-
mately 200 casualties--the largest num-
lber so far recorded for one day Who
these soldiers we're we are not told. y
force of some dimensions was cut of. The
men died at their guns.
Through such reports as these America
will finally come to realize something Of
the dimensions of the war. Our loss 50 far
may be counted in hundreds The Allies
have lost millions.
The German communique tells more than
our own reports. The Americans fought
tenaciousy." They 'resisted fiercely to the
last man." In hand-to-hand fighting they
"displayed amazing courage and endur-
ance." The Americans stood immovable as
long as they could swing a Eun-butt or
pull a trigger. Then they died.
Even the French and British, used to
epic heroism in regions where a man must
be brave or perish, praise the men Of
seicheprey. And yet the Government must
plead to sell its war bonds in the peace at
home!
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SENATOR SHERMAN PERFORMS

( CENATOR SHERMAN, in his hysterlcal
~ TRADE against the Administrations for
: eign policy and in his arraignment Of a
, large group of the Presidents aides as
"pestilential seditionists,' is in no danger
OF being taken seriously in any place out
side the limits of his own ivied ego
The Federal Government and Congress
have admitted the right of labor TO or
: ganize. Mr.. Burleson forbids this right to
employees of the Postofiice Department. Yet
the Senator from Illinois percelves Mr..
Burleson as a red" Secretary Baker is
a "red Socialist" in the eyes of Senator
Sherman. And the President, from the
viewpoint of Illinois, is playing with fire
in his amicable attitude toward the Rus.
sian revolutionary government.
The Senator seems not yet to have
learned what is known to all the rest Of
{ the world-that the Bolsheviki, with all
their red flags and their whiskers, their
faults and their wild hopes, didn't start the
revolution. Russia was crumbling under
the sins Of the recent dynasty and all the
foundations of government were rotted
out by corruption and pro-Germanism in
high quarters while the Russian masses
we're still fighting magnifcenuy. The sue.
cessive revolutions have merely repre-.
sented the forlorn hopes Of the people
more or less vainly assembled in desperate
cropping aspirations for decent govern.
ment.
In Europe months ago there were states-
men who talked like Senator Sherman.
Their utterances were the best sort OF
ammunition for German DrCna,andis+s in
Russia The world now admits that the
american 'licy in Russia was the only
sane and constructive policy
One wonders occasionally whether Sen.
ators OF Mr.. Sherman's type ever read
anything but the whims OF their con-
stituents.
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DECLINE OF THE LIE IN POLITICS

IF SUPERFICIAL observation and the
l. luminous hunch may be relied upon the
time has come TO wake the sleeping bells
and to swing them wide in joyous utter
ance From afar a voice comes upon the
wind. 1t is the voice of Allegheny Coun.
tvs own ]. Denny O'Neil. In measured
syllables loud and shrill, it informs the
Auditor General-a Mr.. Snyder, II mem
ory serves-that no lies may be told at the
pending investigation into the affairs OF
the State Highway Commission. a service
which Mr.. O'Neil adorns at the top. Phe
lie is TO be cursed out OF politics evicted
from It's ancient hearthstone, deprived OF
its old, old home or else Mr.. O'Neil is
babbling. as they say, through his kelly.
1t will not do to dismiss the phenomenon
lightly nor to assume that this O'Neil,
witohed by the stained glass saintliness OF
his chief patron, believes himself already
dead and running for Office in Paradise.
Mr.. o'Neil is an original-minded man. And
the lie is surely going out OF fashion. It
has acquired a bad name in business
Even women are beginning TO tire OF IT,
In politics and In the ambassadorial serv-
ice OF the Hun the lie stin persists In all
lhe grandeur Of us original state. 10
suppose ihat 4 might decline IN polltics
& |Q chefssb oe1ef ectnally eiaEeeflns