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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-13
CITY REAL ESTATE FOR sALR

Fuli hALl,-5a room rlrDily modern
house, cement "rNr, pHfbR' lui lul1
HlLo barn, ben house. lUWUI ll3, IS
lal ~ WnlnIl 1910
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-13
kANsAs CITY.

KANSAS CITY March 10 --CONNs
olose Mar, ii,nh; May ,iv: July
tiNH Sept (i.nk
ST LOUIS, March i5.--cORN. Ne
4. ul0i No. q white tlt1 OATS; Ne
2, &c; No. > white 0HUNkc.
Vote for Gunter. school treasurer.
Wga
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-13
Crooks Make Most Noise

Ten crooked promoters. IT lci' To-
use their own devices without inter
ference. could r0rutefar, the inpreS-
son made by - legitimate 0il op-
orators, because the crooked man
makes more noise abou, wha, he IS
doing
He can afford 10 spend almu,, any
sum for advertising. for he i' m The
business of producing oil stocks. not
OF, and nearly all the money he ,aIy'
IN is velvet"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-13
3ll AmoTlran NlU1nll Damn IlIlR-
AtHItff .#.u

ron BALE by owner, ii.ioom fnsl.
drnon. modern, double garage, large
hsfn; best residence plu ~ city. on
rsf llue, gcIt bargain $4,000. Wal
uut 1872
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-13

lrI'sH ~ 'rH Faroas sisurs ~ oatils
HIH approximately nH follows
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-13

ON ALli iDtlrE pY, viii sell NlmUhi
new huufplnW. nNo tpnniH ana htRf
breakfast room. nh built In fobtursa,
two rooms IN och YHlf block from Ger
line and near o.. huur has large chicken.
house AMI Sari. fruit trees Srnll pay
Wrul8 Phone owner. NHIuui nlii
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-13

TWo.ttofy. s.fo0m home; garage,
chicken house. modern. close to tl"s-
sen. for unS s. 800. good torms
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-13
Need for Concentrating Efforts.

Nccu iOf concentrating hilotu,
Other agencies were in the field
before We were called into the matter,
but for one reason or another, each
was powerlesS TO get quick results,
Some had no power beyond state
lines, Others, OF broader scope, did
not have authority to take definite
action, Others had authority, but
their action was certain TO be SO
slow tina, the horse would be stolen
before the stable could be locked
Yet properly directed, the efforts
OF each OF these agencies were worth
while. 1t was necessary, first to
center all the fire upon the enemy-,o
stop ra4dom shooting,
We did Coordinate the work and
the Influence Of these various agencies
and TO the force thus engendered, we
added our own energy and influence
Crooked Promoter Prospered,
When the Associated Advertising
clubs were invited into the fight. the
crooked oil stock promoter had al.
most free hand, Action had been
taken in some quarters, vet he was
still able TO buy advertising space IN
all sections Of the country to exploi,
his sure thing, high dividends
stocks.
Such was the situation when W,
catered the fight under the leader.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
OPPORTUNITY TALKS

opportunity Is talking to you.
She says that one hundred anG
twenty million people of America are
bore prosperous than ever before.
She says that these one hundred and
twenty million people who had the re-
sources and the courage to be the de
cisive factor in winning the war are
all set, with greater resources ant
greater courage, to win the victories OF
peace.
She says that these people, instead
of owing Europe five billion dollars as
they did in 1914, now have ten billion
dollars coming to them from Europe.
She says that America has produc.
ton and distribution efficiency tina:
would have been regarded as impos'
sible two years ago.
She says that America has in devel.
fleet in the world in preparation to
carry her products to markets that are
calling for them.
She says that there will be work for
everyone, good wages for ALL and good
profits in every legitimate enterprise
She says that the greater market at
home and abroad will assure high
prices for all of the food that can be
produced.
Opportunity says to get out and
hustle, do your part of the big bust.
ness az hievements, and get your part
Of the big business rewards.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
ENGLAND MUST IN
CREASE WHEAT YIELDS

According to the editor of the Unit
ed States Experiment Station Record,
director Russell of the Rothamstead
England) experiment station says
that "the English farmers task in the
future will b" to increase his yield"
But he further. states: 1--WE must
strengthen the straw. improve the
tillering, regulate to some extent the
development of grain and control the
pests. Until these are all solved we
cannot hope to get much further with
Increased wheat yields"
The interesting part of this is that
so good an auth r;ty sees the necessity
of still further increasing the English
yields of wheat per acre. In this coun-
try, although we produce less than one
half the English yields per acre, some
of our would-be agricultural econo-
mists tell us that we have solved our
production problems, have even al
ready given too much attention to
production. So long as American
farmers produce only about IA bushels
of wheat per acre while England pro-
duces for an average of ten years 1913
bushels of wheat per acre, it Is ridicu-
Ious to suppose that, while in cOmpeti-
ton with English farmers, we have no
further production problems calling
for solution. The great American ag-
ricultural problem is greater soil fer
tility and greater yields per acre.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
DOGS AND HENS ARE WISER
Physician Arraigns the Modern Prac-
tce Of Treating Influenza
Patients.

New Orleans, La.-"When dog
gets sick, what's the first thing he
does? He sticks his nose between his
hind legs. What does he do it for?
SO that he can breathe the warm mir.
When chicken gets sick, the first
thing 1t does Is to tuck its head under
its wing-so that it can breathe the
warm air. Physicians who advocate
the cold-air treatment for the flu
have less sense than either dogs or
chickens"
Such is the opinion rendered by DR..
Cooper HOltzelaw of Chattanooga,
formerly president of the Association
of Surgeons of the Southern Railway.
He said it before the hundreds of sur
geons who attended the twenty-third
annual meeting of the association,
held in this city.
He was arraigning the modern prac-
tice of treating influenza patients in
the open air. He insisted that the
best treatment for influenza is TO keep
the patient under such conditions of.
care and freedom from exposure as
were wont to obtain when our moth
ers of the old school used to treat the
measles.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
SEEKS NEW PROFESSION
Man Has Tried Many and Is Still
Undecided.

Maybe this man is the original
Observation-Disclosures If he isn't, those
who know his story agree that he's a
close second.
With puzzled look in his eye he
strolled into the San Francisco Y. M.
G. A. and sought Prof. w. M. Proctor
of Stratford who gives free vocation
al advice to discharged soldiers and
sailors. And here is what he said:
81 attended college east up to
three months of graduation time. Then
/ decided that degree wasn't of any
particular value, so l left. l went in.
to a business school and became an
accountant. But l didn't like account.
"ancy and entered law school.
"a few months before l would have
been graduated l decided that l was
not made to be a lawyer, so l left
and started studying craftsmanship.
"After selling for time, | decided
I'd rather be dentist. One year in
dental college was all / could stand.
Now I want to get into some new Oc-
cupation that will give me a chance
to satisfy my inclination toward ideal
istic PHILOSOPHY.
The professor advised him to Gull
tivate liking for one occupation he
had followed and develop his philO-
sophical interests as an avocatiOn.,
"But don't know which of my near
professions to cultivate" said the man,
shaking his head.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17

sweet by liberal use of lime, either in
the form of ground limestone or burnt
or hydrated lime.
If plant food is lacking In the soil
il must be supplied before good clover,
or any other crop will grow. Some
farmers try to supply this plantfOod
through the longtime process Of add
ing small amounts Of manure and
turning under sod now and then.
This plan may maintain fertility but
il will seldom add fertility. The small
crops grown on the impoverished fields
do not supply sufficient humus-makine
material to get the soil into u loose.
mellow condition, and since but little
plantfood Is available from year 10
year no progress toward higher fer.
tility is made.
II is poor business to spend years In
trying to bring up" badly depleted
soil by cropping and cultural methods
alone. There is nothing to build on.
1t is far cheaper iIr the end to buy
good fertilizer at first and grow crops
which will not only pay for the labor
expended but will leave humus-making
roots and stems in large enough guam
tity to improve the soil for next years
crop.
After a year or two of this latter
sort of treatment most any soil, ex-
c,E.t the lightest sands or heaviest
clays, Will grow good clover.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
Their life" BELTS
LOADED WITH BOOZE
Bulky Figures of Two Young
Women Aroused Suspicion
of Policeman.

Their unusual appearance, which in
Dictated that they had grown Won
1erfully in av0irdupOis since they left
The city the day before, attracted the
attention of Patrolman Mcintosh of the
,ity police department to two young
women of Charleston. w. Va, as they
stepped from a passenger train at the
local station. The policeman was sus-
Dicious that the two women had
OF of liquor in their possession, and
he sent them to police headquarters
for investigation.
Chief CharnOck ordered that the
women be searched at the Central sta
ton, and they were found to have to.
tai of 171s pints of liquor on their
persons. The women had life belts
IF bed ticking, with pockets each large
enough to hold a pint bottle. The
belts were strapped around the waists,
with bands running over the Shout
ders.
The women were held under bonds
of $500 each for their appearance be-
fore the grand jury. They furnished
the bonds.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
CARRY SILVER SAFELY
Trains Cross Continent Without
Loss of an Ounce.
Mint Director Revealed How Wartime
Shipments to India Were
Handled.

Washington.--Now that the govern
ment has completed it's wartime ship
ments to India of silver from melted
dollars, Director of the Mint Baker
has disclosed how thousands of tons
of the metal were hauled from the
Philadelphia mint to San Francisco in
special trains, guarded by armed men,
without loss Of m ounce and without
general knowledge of the procedure,
Eighteen of these treasure trains
made the trip across the continent in
the IL months ending last April %,
with the silver like big bricks piled
high In each of the five express cars
composing special train.
Two men with automatic pistols at
their hips and sawed-Off shotguns on
their laps sat in each Car, and later
guarded the secret transfer of the
white bars from train to ship ut San
Francisco.
Each silver brick weighed about 62
pounds and was worth $1,000, and each
train carried between $5,0O0,0OO and
S1O,O00,OO0 of the bricks. Wrecking
of the trains and theft of the metal
by bandits was considered an ever
present menace to be guarded against.
Guarded shipments of silver dollars
also were made from the United States
treasury in Washington and from
the New Orleans subtreasury in Phila-
delphia. These dollars travelled in
stout bags Of 1000 each and were
handled much like bags of sugar, ex-
cept that armed men always were
near.
More than 265,OOO,OOO silver. dollars
were melted and shipped to India dur
ing the year, to meet urgent war de-
mands for coinage.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
THIEF STEALS FROM COPS
Takes Loaded Revolver From One
Policeman and Shoes From
Another.

Philadelphia.-To, steal police
mans shoes and then swipe another
"cop's' loaded revolver is what Sam
uel Smith put over in Lilanerch, u
suburb of this city.
Smith broke into the home of Sam
uel Love, policeman, at Lilanerch
while Love and his family were sleep
ing, pocketed Loves revolver and
quietly evacuated the premises.
A short time later Roy Jenkins, an
other policeman of the village, espied
@ man acting suspiciously. The man
was carrying pair of perfectly good
shoes in his hand and keeping in the
shadows. Jenkins arrested him. The
shoes belonged to the patrolman.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17

FERTILIZER MANUFACTURERS
HAVE STANDARDIZED
THEIR PRODUCT
The "Standards" for Wheat.

The willy and elusive fertilizer analy.
sis has been roped, tied and branded.
No more will 1t be free to bob up In
forty different combinations to worry
the perplexed farmer, If the plans of
the fertilizer manufacturers can be
carried out TO full finish.
Instead Of thousand or more an
aiyses, each differing from it's nearest
relative but little, the manufacturers
with the aid of the soil and crop eX-
perts of the different states have
picked out score Or so analyses
which will answer all needs, whether
the crop be wheat or onions, and
whether the soil be loan or clay.
This is a most important step in adj
vance, and through the elimination of
so many needless grades, each requir-
ing it's separate mixing, separate bag
ging, and separate listing and book
keeping, considerable money and no
end of confusion will be saved all
along the line.
The analyses selected for wheat are {:
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
Says Professor Agee.

II am convinced that the av-
erage individual loses his chance
for The largest net income from
land by failure to fertilize lib
orally. When one lacks capital
1t is perhaps II serious matter
to run up II big bill for ferti-
liZerS, but when labor and seeds
are to be rislled it is poor bust
ness not to have enough plant
food TO make.a good crop. Poor
land does not get one anywhere
at least in the direction he
wants to travel."-Alva Agee,
in National Stockman and
Farmer.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
Fortune From Small Capital.

Six years ago larry DruXman went
to Aberdeen, Wash, with capital OF
$50. BY diligent efforts he acquired
two general furniture stores. Today
he has $4,000 in the bank, having sold
the stores lives III fine house on a
hillside and is devOting his time to
building new temple for the Moose
lodge, in which he is active. A fair re-
turn on money. say local bankers, who
have watched DruXman's efforts.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17

Sharon, Pa.-Neither the New Tes-
lament nor his mothers, picture ward
ed off the German bullet that pierced
the heart of Private Alexander Patter-
son. Among the personal effects re-
ceived by the family are a copy of the
New Testament given by the Y. M. G.
A. overseas, photograph of his moth
err and a fountain pen, all damaged
BY one bullet.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
Finds Pot o. Gold,

Virginia. Ill-John Severon Is show
ing his friends pot Of gold which fell
nj his feet out Of foundation near
= Cannilerville. Severon bought the old
Robert Morgan estnte north of Chand
Ieryille recently. He was sounding the
stone undcrpinning Of the house. built
before the. Civil war recently. He dis
lodged an ancient kettle and 1t contain
ed 14O $40 gold pieces.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
WILL YOUR LAND
GROW GOOD CLOVER?

All over the country clover Is the
Foundation of good farming. Land
that will grow good clover will ordi-
rari;y grow good corn, good oats and
good wheat. OF course the growing
of clover in itself makes the other
crops produce more bountifully, but
clover will not grow on poor land.
The first requisite for clover Is a
sweet soil. A sour soil can be made
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
Tab for Artificial Dou.

Wheeling, W. Va.-Squire A. A. Min
der has decided that the law in Wheel
ing does not discriminate between nat
ural and artificial dogs and James Sell
ers, a music dealer, was ordered TO
purchase a tab and place 1t on the
neck of an artificial dog that he has
standing in the window.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
Jokers Kidnap Bride
on Wedding Night

Bridgeport, Conn. - Charles
Brownell of this town was the
victim of an Impractical" joke,
In his opinion, when friends of
the young man kidnapped his
bride following the ceremony,
took her to the home of one of
the young women conspirators
and held her prisoner until the
following morning.
Shortly after the wedding
cake had been cut an auto drew
up in front of the door and the
appearance Of the bride was the
signal for action by the kidnap-
ers. She was hurried into the
machine, which sped away at
full speed. Not until the next
morning was she returned to the
disgruntled husband, who ad-
mits he failed to see the joke.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17

Where no manure Is used on wheat
land, where wheat Is planted late, or
where land Is not plowed for wheat
select from the first group.
Where plenty Of Dapure Is used, or
where clover does well and Is grown
,rsuiarly and at short intervals In the
rotation, select from the second group.
On sandy soils, where clover fails,
or where no manure Is used, use the
higher potash analyses.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
Marion Comma On.

Living on Il farm, the children heal
their fathers talk of the different
crops. Orr little neighhor was over
to visit my 1-year-old daughter, who
has never had much hair. Returning
home, she. said to her mother: ma
ron is certainly getting fine or "
Of hair now."-Chicago Tribune.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
FIRST PLANE WEDDING
Couple Married in Texas 1000 Feet
Above Spectators.

Above Spectators.
Soaring aloft in "A giant Handley-
Page bombing airplane, more than
1000 feet above the heads of 10000
spectators at Ellington field, Texas,
Lieut.. r. w. Meade of Cincinnati, o.,
and Miss Marjorie Demont of York
vile, Ind, were married by Chaplain
j. E. Rees of Neven, o.. while the deaf
ening exhaust from the two big Liberty
motors rOared forth the wedding
march. The ceremony, the first of its
kind ever recorded, was one of the
stunts arranged in a program to slim
ulate recruiting for the air service.
Including the bride and bridegroom
the big airplane carried a wedding
party of twelve persons.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
Is 1t a Real One?

Here is quite an easy way to tell
whether a,diamond is a genuine one or
not. Make small dot on piece OF
paper with lead pencil and look at
1t through the diamond. If it shows
,nly n single dot it is genuine stone,
aut if ii shows more than one dot
you've been "had."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17

The war demonstrated that the ma
ton can "organize, train and transport
troops of superior sort at rate
which leaves far behind any program
for the manufacture Of munitions" AS.
sistant Secretary CrOwell, director OF
munitions, declared in his Introductory
summary to the official history of
Americas Munitions"
A critic has an easy opportunity to
discover that certain things were not
done, Secretary Crowell frankly says
and then enumerates the outstanding
failures:
american airplanes did not arrive
at the front In sufficient numbers;
American guns In certain essential cal.
ibers did not appear at all; American
gas shells were not fired at the enemy;
American troops fought with French
and British machine guns to q large
extent"
Goal Seemed Far of.
Reviewing the historical facts which
have been cited as explaining these
unaccomplished hopes Mr.. Crower
pointed out again that 1920 had been
definitely set by the allied governments
as the goal for which America should
strive; that 1.-THE decision to prepare
heavily for 1919-192O and to sacrifice
for 1917-191S the munitions which
might have been produced at the cost
Of less adequate preparation for the
more distant future was based on
sound strategical reasoning on the part
Of the allies and ourselves"
The official program for American
cooperation, adopted by the supreme
war council is stated to have COM
prised four lines of endeavor, which,
In degree Of Importance, were:
To keep the allies from starvation by
shipping food.
To maintain the flow of material al
ready I'm production for them.
To send as many men as could be
transported by available shipping.
To bend ali energies to the future
great army which would deliver the
final blow.
Plea Swiftly Answered.
When the enemy's spring offensive
brought the Cry for "men--more men,"
the report says, the response was so
thorough that in July, 1918, the num-
Der sent across was three times that
contemplated In the original staff esti-
mates.
Attention was called to the fact that
while the army war college had on file
detailed plans for defending American
harbors, coasts and borders, there was
no plan for 1.-THE equally important and
equally necessary mobilization of in
dustry." The years 1917 and 1913. the
volume says, will forever stand as the
monument to the American genius of
workshop and factory, which in this
period insured the victory"
The munitions report was prepared
by more than score of officers and
civilian officials, each of whom super
vlsed the chapter dealing with his par
ticular department. 1t was prepared
In compliance with request from Sec
rotary Baker, who declared that, "as
the whole people have been called
upon TO make sacrifices for the war all
the people should be given an opportu-
nifty to know what has been done in
their behalf"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
Ultimate in Gloom.

Hook-"OldbOy is the most melan-
choly fellow know" Crook--"You're
right. He proposed to a girl once by
asking her how she would like to be-
come his widOw."-London Tit-Bits.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
Two Centuries of Spouting.

The most active volcano In the
world is Mount Sangay. 1t Is lT,lN
feet high, situated i'm Ecuador, In the
eastern chain of the Andes. 1t mas
been in constant eruption since 172S
-Indi,napolis News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-17
U.S.. TROOPS USE
FOREIGN Guns
Yank Fighters Race Ahead Of
Own Supplies.
STORY OF MUNITIONS IS TOLD

Government Publishes Volume Giving
Official History of "America's NUM-.
tions"-Enemy's Spring Offensive In
1918 Brought Cry for "Men, More
Men"-Year 1920 Set as Goal for
Which America Should Strive.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-11-13
A'IAL DIA COMO HOYA
~nR@@ Ev@
"Re
ls DE Nov1EMBRE DE 1896
FL periodico REvIsTA DE PUERTO

FL peri6dico REvISTA DE PUERTO
RICO, que dirigia en- Ponce ell sefior
Francisco Cepeda, decfa:
"Es dia de immense jibilo en- la au-
gusta mansion del Pindo.
Luces de miriples colores iluminan
la alabastr'na estancia donde ell dios
Apollo, alegre remozado, en- su trono
de nacar y con la lira de ORC en- la ma
no, escucha los dulces acentos de las cas-
talidas que lie rodean.
-Alguien viene-dijo una voz- y
las demas cesaron en- Ell celeste coro.
Abrese la aurea puerta, y, llevado de
la mano por la musa de la Historic, apa
rece el simpatico bardo Mufioz Rivera,
cue va recitar su poesia Ultima, Ia
Ultima inspiration de su fecundo nu-
men: PARIS.