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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-10
Novel Apartment Building.

A San Francisco woman realty oper-
ator has planned a novel building. Her
idea is to utilize a steep bluff $50 feet
high. On 1t she proposes to erect a
series Of apartments running in STAIR
step fashion from the street down to
the water of San Francisco bay.
1t is proposed to have each apart
ment equipped with its OWL elevator
entrance, pergola and roof garden,
with a ~glass-covered inclined elevator
connecting all with the private wharf
for fishing and boating. Other fea-
lures projected are a specially warmed
sea-water bathing tank and glass in
closed and a heated playground for
children on the beach. Steam heat.
hot water, laundry. garage, billiard,
club and ball room are to be provided
matters of course. The site COM
mands q fine view Of the Golden Gate
and the sea outside, according to the
prospectus, and 1t Is said the apart
ments, which will rent at a %prohibitive
(for most Of us) price, r already
under lease, even before the building
has been started.-Kansas City Star.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-10
LANDMARKS LEFT ~ JEWS
Many cltiss % Spain Can Show the
Rename o. Streets and Build.
lnos They Occupied.

In many big towns In Spain there
r beautiful remains Of the ancient
Jewries, the streets and buildings hav-
ing been preserved intact to this day.
There are, for instance, says the jew
ish Tageblatt Of New York city, sever
al fine residences which belonged to
wealthy Jews before 1892, especially
ledO, with their Hebrew inscriptions.
In Cordova, an important part Of the
old Jewish quarter still exists, and
there is a beautiful little synagogue
with inscriptions around the building,
which Is situated in a street named
Gale Maimonides. In Seville there are
four churches which were formerly
synagogues. One Of the most beauti-
full Jewries is that Of Cordova, the
birthplace Of Maimonides (Ramban).
1t is built in a fine Gothic style, and
the old communal house is now used
as a school. In Saragossa there are
whole streets Of the old Jewry still pre-
served with residences Of wealthy Jew
ish denizens. Another old Jewry Is
that Of ~Pontevedra, which Is supposed
to have been the town where the al
legged Jewish forbears Of Columbus
lived. There are thousands Of Span
ish families bearing Jewish names, and
they know they are of Jewish extrac-
ton. Several members Of the Spanish
nobility are also Of Jewish origin. 1t
is cry remarkable hat the Jewish
type Is ever still preserved with such
purity in those parts Of Spain which
have large Jewish communities, es-
pecially Andalusia and Catalonia. New
er can n see in Europe such beauti-
full types Of women with their wonder
full eyes, natural elegance, and most
attractive elasticity and dignity as are
to be found in Seville and Granada.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-10

Emperor SkilifuI Enojneer.

From imperial times until today the
Tiber has been a torment to all gov
ernments. Caesar elaborated a sys-
tenn that would have made Rome a
rival OF the London or New York OF
today, but his associates found the
enterprise too gigantic. When a dis.
tant successor, the Emperor Claudius,
came to the throne, he took up the
scheme, and though he did not embark
on it SO extensively, he compelled the
wonder Of the time by the capacious
waterway afforded. He was an engi-
neer by taste. His name is associ.
ated with tho m aqueducts,
Aqua Claudius and Anio Novus, the
wonder Of modern engineers. He
caused a harbor at Ostia to be dug.
The breakwater vas not built in the
right direction, and the harbor ulti-
mately filed up.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-10
FATHER OF POSTAGE STAMP"
Or Rowland Hnl Had . Fight Hard
70 Get Great Britain 70 Adopt
ochemo He Advocated.

The power Of q postage stamp, in
unjust taxation. in 1778, rent her
American colonies from Great Britain.
Viscount Hill, q tough old British
soldier. ancestor of Sir Rowland Hill,
the great philanthropist, and inventor
OF penny postage, was born on August
II, 1772. His fighting qualities blus-
tered again in his descendant, Sir Row
land. In 1885 his fearless originality
and %largeness Of view flung itself into
the question, How shall the poor send
letters at l shilling and 4 pence (33
cents) each" The government hos
tile to him, he suffered insults, yet
he steadily pressed his s~cheeme-the
penny stamp. Every obstacle was
thrown in his path. Parliament foam
ed at the mouth, and declared he would
ruin the country, and upset the throne.
The official world guffawed when he
appeared before a commission of post
office inquiry to describe his inven-
ton the penny stamp-"an adhesive
postage stamp, a bit of paper, just
large enough to bear the imprint of
her Majesty's bust, and covered at the
back with a glutinous wash"
But the diplomatic ability, and the
dare and push Of his old ancestor in
his veins, carried him through to tri-
umph for the people. On January 10,
1910, penny postage was established.
The gross revenue rose from 1000, 900
pounds to 100000 pounds. The bust
ness OF the money order Office multi
piled ffty-two fold. He was buried In
Westminster abbey. London-the high
est honor a grateful nation could &C.
cord him.-Kansas City journal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-10

Among the wealthy e%ccentrlcs Of
England was a man WHO lived near
Hastings. His fad excited much atten-
ton and amusement among his neigh.
bors. Principally at moo each day he
would appear in his front yard with
q crimson turban on his head, his feet
covered with richly embroidered and
jeweled sandals, and with a coolie
cloth round his waist. Then. absO-
lutely Indifferent to the boots Of the
people In the street, he would first
pray aloud to the sun. ''the father Of
light and good" and Immediately aft
erward PROSTATE himself before q
quaint miniature idol with diamond
eyes. What made his eccentricity re-
markable wal the fact that he was not
Of Eastern origin. mol had he ever been
converted to any religious faith or cult
Of the East.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-10
His Opinion.

"True, women's fashions are so i'm
modest as to shock the pure" said j.
Fuller Gloom. 1.-THE summers are also
hotter and the winters colder than they
ever were before. Just as usual, the
country Is going headlong to the dogs.
Every town In America has more fools
and crooks and gossips in 1t. in proper
ton to It's size, than any other town in
America. The poor are always growing
poorer and the rich growing fatter.
The end Of the world Is always at
hand, and probably always will be. In
fact, there Is everlastingly something
to howl about, II you want to howl.
The women have always worn exactly
what they pleased In just the manner
that suited them best, and there never
was and never will be any help for 1t.
And II their diaphanous garb offends
you there Is no law compelling you to
keep edging around until you get a
comedy woman betwixt yourself and
the sun. confound you kansas City
Star.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-10
80
ALL HAVE FAVORED NUMBER
Marked Preference for Numerals
to Their Fancy.

Some curious conclusions have been
reached as the result of what are
called the preferred numbers" Of the
inhabitants Of different countries. The
basis Of the investigations had to do
with the various denominations Of
money, postage stamps and other me-
diums Of value.
1t appears that nearly all races
evince a marked preference for the
numbers two, three and five and their
multiples. The Mahommedans, howev-
er. avoid the use Of the number three.
Among the French and other Latin
peoples two and FIVE are more popular
than three, while the English prefer
two and three and the Germans three
and five.
The Chinese are said to resemble
the Latins in their choice, while the
peoples Of India have q strong liking
for two. The number Y is most
used In the Slavic countries. The
higher numbers are not much used ex-
cept in Spanish-speaking countries, as
eleven In Salvador, seventeen In Mexi-
co. nineteen In Spain. The people Of
hawaii are said to be fond Of thirteen.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-10
Mediterranean Quail.

In the Mediterranean no bird Is bet
ter known than the quail from the
Spanish littOral to the Arabian hill
sides. Twice a year it passes ove the
great inland sea, %northward In spring,
and southwark in September and Octo-
Der. It's coming is quite a festival.
and many an outstanding bill and
many a peasants overdue rent is paid
at It's expense. When It goes north
ward In May to its nesting place in the
middle Of Europe the sandy italian
sea beaches are lined In the line of Its
flight with fine netting loosely held up
by stakes. and the unhappy little
quails, flying low over the sea. plunge
into these. and are securely held by
the falling meshes. No fewer than
seventeen thousand have been received
in Rome in one day. and in the small
island Of Dapri. near Naples. m hun
dred and sixty thousand are sometimes
taken in a season.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-10

trade With EngIand ana other y
tries. Tobacco and fruits were also
produced In great quantities. but. with
the discovery and settlement Of Brazil
and other South American countries,
Portugal rather discouraged produc-
ton in the Azores In order to aid her
colonies In South America. With the
sugar and tobacco trade snatched from
them, the Azoreans began the cultiva-
ton OF the vine. and the making OF
wine and other liquors became n OF
the chief industries OF the islands.
The population consists mainly OF
Portuguese, Moorish, and Flemish set
tiers, with a few negroes and a fair
sprinkling of English settlers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-10
.Es0PoTAMlA 70 COME BACK
Prophecy That Ancient Land 10 70 0o
]. Redeemed From Present State
/ % oarronneea.

Il may be remembered that, when
Gen. Sir Stanley Maude had to lay
down his work with his life In MesO-
potamia. that work was taken up and
carried on successfully by Gen. Sir w.
r. Marshall. The expedition which
he sent up the Euphrates freed that
river from the Turks. and just before
the armlstlce the force which he led up
the Tigris from Bagdad captured the
entire Turkish army Of 1000 about so
miles south Of Mosul. the city which
stands on the west bank opposite the
ruins of Nineveh. Since then the coun-
try has had peace. and all the way
north and west from Basra there has
been a notable revival of commerce
and agriculture. with a beginning OF
the great irrigation scheme devised by
Sir William Willcocks. 1t was through
irrigation that In ancient times the
land developed It's extraordinary fertil-
fty, and traces remain Of the network
OF canals that formed the center Of
Babylonia.
Is there to be a renewal Of that fer
tility In place OF the desert D~arrenneSS
produced by Turkish neglect and NAL.
administration General Marshall,
who has returned to England, Is Of
that opinion. Speaking recently at
Durham he made one very remarkable
statement. As a result of experiments.
he said. It was believed that Mesopo-
tamla would become the finest cotton
growing country In the world. That is
a large expectation. too large to dis
turb cotton growers In other countries.
Details Of the experiments. showing
surprising results. will have to be
made known before the "sea island"
territory Of Georgia, South Carolina
and Florida can believe that its SUI
premacy Is threatened by Mesopota-
mia. or that the beautiful long-stapled
silky wool of its peculiar variety can
be excelled anywhere.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-10
A2n.AADe~N5D ~
Japan,s First Railway STATEN.

The old stone building Of the SHIN
bashi station. which 10 familiar to all
the foreign residents who came TO
Japan before the completion Of the
Toxic station. IL to be moved to the
compound Of the Meiji Shrine, which
Is In course Of construction at Yoyogi.
This building vas the first railway
station built In Japan and 1t Is at the
same time one OF the oldest buildings
Of foreign style In the capital. Tho
station was constructed when Japan's
drst railroad was opened between
Yokohama and Toxic In 1872, under
the supervision Of an American enxi-
neer.-YOk0hama Journal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-10-10
AZORES AT A sTANDsTlLL
Population Has Shown Little Change
In Last Csntury-lost Trade In
!, Sugar and Tobacco.

The population of the Azores Is
about 245. ZOO, the number of inhabi-
tants having changed but little in the
last century, and, IL anything. having
diminished. This fact Is probably due
more to various political and social
conditions than to climatic. agricul.
tCral. or other conditions of the
islands. In the early days the Portu-
guese literally ''ralsed cane" on the
islands. and established a large sugar
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-27
DOCTORS PREFER
CALOTABS FOR
A LAZY LIV Err
Wonderful How Bright and Cheerful
the World Looks After Taking the
New Nausealess Calomel

Have YOU tried the new nacusealess
calomel that makes calomel taking
pleasure? If you have, you appreciate
the wonderful virtues Of calomeI when
robbed Of all its unpleasant and nau.
seating effects.
Calotabs is the sensation Of the year
in the drug trade. Pharmacists regard
it as perfect remedy for the liver.
Its effect in billiousness, constipation
and indigestion is most delightful.
The next time your liver needs
thorough cleansing try Calotabs. one
tablet at bedtime with a swallow of
water, that's all No taste, no nausea,
no salts, no gripping. You wake up in
the morning feeling fine, with your
system thoroughly cIupnsed and a
hearty appetite for breakfast. Eat
what you please-no danger of saliva.
ton.
Colotabs are never sold in bulk: for
your protection they are sold only in
original, sealed packages, price thirty.
five cents Your druggist will gladly
refund your money if you do not find
them effective and delightful. -ladvJ
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-27
GOVERNOR SIGNS
HIGHWAY MEASURE
ELECTION MAY 6
COMPLETES DETAILS OF THE AD.
ILLUSTRATIONS MAIN PIECE
or LEGISLATION.
(Stal' correspondence

Oklahoma City, March 26.-In the
presence Of Senator c. w. Board. chair
man Of the senate roads and highways
committee; Paul Nesbitt, chairman of
the house committee; Senators j. L..
Davidson, c. w. McAlister L. T.. Tucker
and n. c. Simpson, and Representatives
W. ~. Anglin, Lon Morris, y. T.. era.
Yer and Edwin Dabney, members Of the
conference committee Senate Joint Res.
olution No 10, the Gftymnlion. dollar
good roads measure, was signed by Coy
ornor Robertson yesterday afternoon.
The special election at which the pro
posed constitutional amendment win be
submitted to the people of the state.
viii be held Tuesday, May C. Governor
Robertson announced The bill spcci.
fed that date but gave the governor
power to change il if he desired.
Under the law the bill must bc pub.
lishcd i'm al least three state newspapers
before the election can ua called. This
win bc done this week Governor Rob.
crtson. after signing the measure. pre-.
soutcd it to State Secretary Joe Morris
ana urged that an possible speed be
made hy the election board i'm preparing
the ballots ana getting election machm.
cry In working order
lt win be the first state election m
which women have ever voted Robert
son estimates tina, at least 500. 600 bal
lots would ha necessary lie estimated
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-27
UNIVERSITY MAY GET
AN ARMY SECTION

Norman, Okla, March 25.-Adyisa'
b.li,y Of establishing an artillery divis.
ion OF the Reserve Officers Training
Camp at the University of oklahoma
is Qndcr consideration by the war de-
partment, according to letters received
here.
The advantage of the university for
such a camp include its proximity to
Fort sill from which heavy guns could
be borrowed for field work, proximity
to the remount station at Fort Reno
where horses could be borrowed, the
topography Of the country near Nor.
man which is suitable for an artillery
range, and the proximity Of the uni
versity to the South Canadian river
bed, which would afford large tracts
of otherwise useless land for field
work.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-27
MARIE ET'1TA
MRS. NATIVE y. ROSE
Agent ana Correspondent
Bell Telephone Office
Fun Carrier Service

Miss Aneta Jordan returned Monday
from weeks visit with relatives at
Valley View
Mr.. and Mrs Sam Strauss spent
the week end in Gainesville with Mrs
Strauss parents.
Misses Suprey Askew and Jane Sci.
yidge returned Monday from a week
end visit to Fort Worth and Dallas.
Sam Black, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Black returned Monday night
from France. Mr. Black was one OF
Nlariettas first volunteers, and the
first Marietta boy to reach France. lie
has been wounded severely in the
shoulder, and has spent much time in
the hospitals. He has been dischars
ed.
Prof. s. ~. Smith of Kanawa, Okla,
arrived in Marietta last Saturday and
began his duties as principal Of the
Franklin school taking the place Of
Miss Rena Gardner, who resigned her
position to be married last Saturday.
Rev +. D. Hamilton returned Mon
day from Healdton where he has lecn
the past two weeks, conducting 4 pro.
tracted meeting.
The young folks enjoyed a Jack
Gardner dance ON Tuesday night given
at the old Levine store building.
AIR. and Mrs W. II. Greggs oG.Loyos
Valley was i'm Marietta shopping Tues.
day.
George CI'ice, Robert Brown. Linn
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-27
FOREIGNERS ARE LEADING
IN SCHOOL GARDENS

Norman, Okla, March 2G-Chndrcn
of foreign.born parents are outstrip.
ping other Oklahoma children in United
states School Garden Army activities
Reports received by j. W. Bridges
assistant regional director of the gar.
den army for oklahoma, Kansas and
Colorado, show that the school pupils
in the mining districts Of Oklahoma
whose population is composed mostly
Of persons born in Europe, showed
more interest in the work last summer
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-27
Piles Cured in 6 10 II DAYS

Druggists refund money if pAXO
OINTMENT fails to cure Itching.
Blind, Bleeding or prouudmg piles
stops Irritation; Soothes and Heals
You can get restful sleep after the
first application. Price GOc. Adv
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-27
DIR. Willard Infirmarv

DIR. Willard Infirmary accepts for
treatment all chronic diseases of both
men and women that are amenable to
mediclne-nervous diseases, stomach
troubles, diseases of the liver, kidneys.
bladder, heart, rheumatism, neuralgia.
genltourinary diseases, etc. etc
Confinement cases have the environl
menlS of real home and at the same
time all the benefits of an up.to.date
sanitarium.
DIR. Willard Supt 79S Douglas Boulevard
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-27

Good things to eat at the tea room
in Convention Hall during the style
Show. 2j.3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-27

The hutomotive Show is on. 60 TO
Convention Hall and have good time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-27
SENATOR WALLACE
LEADS FIGHT TO
KILL BELL CHARTER
VOTE IN SENATE LACKED ONE OF
EMERGENCY But MAY BE
UP AGAIN TODAY.

u 4hu.hAAN IObA1s
BY Charles II. Adams,
Staif Correspondent.
Oklahoma City, March 26-In spite
Of repeated declarations that it would be
regarded as "a slap in the face of the
president and "a slap at the justices Of
the state supreme court" twenty-nine
senators voted yesterday afternoon in
favor Of the adoption of the resolution
to forfeit the charter of the Southwest
ern Bell Telephone Co., to operate in
Oklahoma. The passage of the resolu.
ton was by an overwhelming majority,
but the proponents of the measure
lacked one vote OF enough to pass the
emergency section which would make it
Immediately effective. A motion to re
consider the vote by which the emer-
gency was lost is pending.
Senator W. r. Wallace of Pauls Valley
made the principal speech in favor Of
the resolution and Senator's Warren X.
Snyder, Oklahoma City. ana j. Elmer
Thomas Tawton, argued against its
adoption The resolution was adopted
by the house several weeks ago.
The senates action yesterday after
noon followed the decision of the state
supreme court reversing the decision Of
the district court of Oklahoma county
which had granted am injunction re.
straining the phone company from en-.
forcing the increase In rates promul
gated bv Postmaster General EurIesun
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-03-27

Phone Inrirmory lilo Main St Office s7s.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-03-20
FERTILIZERS NOW ON HAND
Farmers, for First Time In Several
Years, Win Be Able to Obtain
Ample Supply.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
For the first time In several years
American farmers will probably be
able to secure adequate supplies of
fertilizers for use this spring. The
supply of heterogeneous materials Is re-
garded as ample because large stocks
of nitrate Of soda which were brought
into the country for munition purposes
are now available for agriculture and,
In addition, the producing capacity of
ammonium sulphate plants has been
increased since 1913 from about 2OO,'
600 tons to approximately 100000 tons.
The department Of agriculture also
has purchased out of a SlO,0OOOOO re-
volving fund supply Of nitrate of
soda which will be distributed to farm
ers at cost for cash, the price being
SS1 ton, plus freight.
There Is In the country large
surplus Of sulphuric acid-produclng
capacity, and native supplies of phos.
phate rock are available practically TO
any extent demanded. Some shortage
of potash may continue, as II IL not
thought that supplies can be obtained
In time for use this spring either from
Alsace or from Germany.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-03-20
GROWING CLOVER
TO ENRICH SOIL
Purpose Is to Provide Greatest
Amount Of Nitrogen and
Vegetable Growth.
CUT The FALL CROP FOR HAY
Second Year Crop Should Be Clipped
From 9 to ~ Inches High and
Allowed to Remain on Ground
Tractor Is Effective.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF AgriculturcD
Sweet clover is grown on many corn
belt farms for the express purpose Of
soil improvement, for which purpose IL
Is unequaled by any other legume.
In cases where sweet clover In
grown for this purpose the end In
view is to provide the greatest possible
amount Of nitrogen in the soil and
vegetable growth to he plowed under.
1t is clear that the second year crop
which would otherwise be devoted to
seed production will give the great
est growth in soil Improvement hut
there are difficulties in blowing UNI
der this crop unless certain methods
Of handling IL are followed.
Cut Fall Crop for Hay -.
The fall crop of the first year should
be cut for hay. which will not lessen
seriously the amount of material
finally returned to the soil. About
the middle Of May the second year
crop should be clipped from $ 10 L.
inches high and allowed to remain on
the ground. In order to prevent too
heavy growth II may be necessary
to clip the crop again early in July,
this time from Il to Is inches high.
II possible. This clipping also re
mains on the field. After the second
clipping considerable growth and some
seed will be produced, all Of which.
together with the two clippingS may
be plowed under later in the fall with
out special difficulty.
Tractor Is Effective.
This is the method that should be
followed II horses are TO be used for
blowing; but when n tractor Is avail
able clipping Is unnecessary, for with
this source Of power very heavy