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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
ROADS WILL ANSWER THE
RIDDLE
ada Evening News)

Down in Grady county farmers for
lack of buyers are feeding peaches to
the hogs. In many cities people are
paying five prices for peaches. when
they are able TO get them at any price.
Down at San Benito tons of cabbage
rot in the fields while hundreds of thou
sands of people in eastern cities are un-
derfed. In almost every county of the
nation foodstuff is wasting because the
producer has no means of getting his
stuff to an open market. In almost
every county many people are wonder
ing where and how they can get their
next meal. Getting produce TO an open
market is one OF the serious problems
of our age.
Hard surface roads that will enable
motor trucks to reach the producer and
convey his produce quickly to market
are more to be desired than fine gold.
Much of the enormous profit that now
goes to wholesaler. middleman and job
Der would then go TO the farmer. Much
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

carded dress goods after every female
gathering, the style does not change.
But this voluminous skirt has little
to do with the modeSty or immodeSty
of the wearer. What corresponds 10
the veil of the harem beauty in zap
is a thin cord of fiber which every
woman, old or young, must wear about
her neck at all times.
THE large money of the Island
consists Of millstone-like disks of lime
stone from BaDelthaup, 400 miles 10
the south, and one of these disks four
feet in diameter is the usual price that
is paid when the bachelor club abducts
a new mispi Such a piece of cur
rency may be worth 10000 coconuts.
The small change of the island is
made of shells, which the natives carry
strung on fiber as does the Chinaman
with his cash. For external trade the
coconut is the common standard OF
exchange.
1T is not necessary that the zap
Croesus should shelter its entire pile
in his house. He simply lets 1t be
known that that particular half-ton OF
money belongs to him and no one
steals it. on one occasion very 1lne
piece of money was shipwrecked in
transportation and its owner is credit
ed with the wealth represented in that
fine bank pile which is now reposing
in a safety deposit vault composed OF
400 feet of ocean water. When the
Germans wanted TO have the roads re-
paired they could devise no way OF
filming the people until they bethought
themselves of attaching some of these
limestone pieces of currency, after
which the roads were soon repaired
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
9OPOUND SALMON CLIMBING
COLUMBIA RIVER-AND THIS
Is A TRUE FISH STORY

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 2S.-up at
Kettle Falls, 1000 miles by river from
the point where the mighty Columbia
empties into the Pacific, thousands ol
huge salmon weighing as much as W
pounds are leaping headlong at the
waterfall in the effort to ascend the
river to their spawning grounds. 1t is
a wonderful scene and many tourists
visit the spot to view the spectacle.
The falls derive their name from the
remarkable potholes worn in the ever
lasting rock where centuries of cascad-
ing waters have slowly but surely worn
giant kettles. In these great holes the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

a fine failu, or bachelor house, the
hostess of which must DE secured by
force or cunning from some distant
tribe There she lives under poly
androus system where no man becomes
jealous and the wives of the village
never object to their husbands even
ings at the club" If one of the men
eventually marries the hostess he sets
up new home for her, but the tat
tooed hands and legs which dlStln-
guished her as mispl or queen OF
the club" remain to prove in her weak
ened old age that once she was the
darling of the district. If the mispil
shows a preference for any one mem
Der Of the club, that member is told
to seek other fields for his social graces
and the party goes on without any bad
feelings.
The chief decora ton of the male is
a string of pink shells made into
nacklace, and since no man Is rich
enough to own such treasure, the best
ones are loaned out for such a period
as the wearer may choose to be dress
ed in the height of fashion. AS there
are no buttonholes the man may wear
two bouquets in each cara sort oil
corsage bunch in a large hole in the
lower lobe and a small boutonniere in
a smaller hole higher up in the car.
Shell cuffs made of conchs add the
finishing touch to the correct attire.
"Yap women do not wear the veil.
Their only dress is a voluminous skirt
made of leaves or fiber and composed
Of four or five thicknesses. Although
one month is the average life of
woman's dress and it is necessary for
any one to sweep up a bundle of dis
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

'of CWhen President Wilson receiv-
las ~, i,,,.,,.,,a,, ,oroi,,,, ,aIation, com.
-, mittee to discuss the peace treaty,
ov mention was made of an island
,rc which the president said he never
no happened to have heard of until
\r' its status was discussed at Paris.
lie He could not recall the name of
ia ii. Senator Williams of MssiSS-
or ippi suggested it was the Island OF
ha zap, and the president assented).
Washington, ID. C.-In connection
with the announcement by President
Wilson that the Island of zap may be
acquired by the United States as a
'eparation for the sinking of the Lusi-
.ana and as 4 wireless or cable sta
ion. the following bulletin is issued
~ the National Geographic Society
"Iap, the westermost of the West
arn Caroline Islands, is situated about
90 miles southwest of Guam and 500
miles east of the Island of Mindao
# the Philippine group. II has a popu-
alton Of about seven thousand and was
ne administrative center for the West
.rn Carolines, the Pelew and the La
irone Islands. The Germans had made
1lans to locate a wireless station
here but We're prevented when the
Australian troops captured the islands
October, 1914.
"Yap is strangely old and strangely
10 to date. Its inhabitants are still
the stone age of progress and copra
almost the only export, but there
are features in their life that seem
=. Is ultra modern as the latest socialist
doctrines.
"On the island of zap. the natives
ire strict prohibtionists, made so by
he race that made Pilsen and Munich
amous Children belong to the com
nunity are frequently adopted or eX-
hanged and throw off parental con
rol at an early age. Bachelor clubs.
olored TO the women, dot the islands.
What CORES ponds to the zap dress
iuit cannot be bought but Is rented
the young beau who desires to shine
society. And since food and drink
md clothes all grow on trees, where
p tnyone can secure them, the money OF
he island represents labor rather than
my material thing. But one can bet
er understand the meaning OF the
burden of wealth when one hears that
single coin Of their stone money
ometimes weighs hundreds of pounds.
"Yap, or Zap, when translated means
he land, and is the only land that
Z many Of the islanders know, although
many native from this island has been
iriven hundreds Of miles away from
ais home and returned without chart
,r compass among islands where he
could not speak a word Of the Ian
,uage used. zap is surrounded by an
toll but is itself Of volcanic origin. The
,nly good harbor is Tonil Bay.
Married and unmarried men alike
,elcng to the club which maintains
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

General Smuts has made many re-
markable speeches, and issued many
remarkable statements, during the last
| five years On more than one occasion
he has shown himself able. as only
very few have done, to put the hali'
formed thoughts of the people INTO
clear language, and thence to lead the
way to higher views and broader
ideals. In this manner, he has carved
out for himself place in the general
estimate which is most exceptional
Ills transparent honesty. his splendid,
practical labors, whether as general
in the field or a minister in the couh'
ell chamber, have placed him in pos
sition where he can say things Win
out offense, things which might be
i'll taken, or at best simply misunder'
stood. from man with less achieve
ment to his credit. Thus he could sign
the peace treaty under protest. lie
could issue statement criticizing al
versely many points in the peace cove
nant. and that at the time when all the
world was giving itself over to reJoic'
ing, and yet leave his standing entire
ly unaffected.
In his latest statement. issued TO the
British people just prior to his depart
ure for South America, there is again
that same note of lofty, practical IDEAL
ism which people have come to expect
from him The peace settlement may
not be what he had looked ana hopeo
for He may even feel that, as II
stands at present, "it cannot brihs
about the lasting appeasement or the
nations" Nevertheless, he utterly re
pudiates the idea of discouragement'
Instead of sitting down in despair
| as reactionaries or anarchists we should
continue to march forward with llrlh
step as those who have the great
hone" The fundamental significance
of the war has been, he declares, tine
victory of the spirit, of the moral over
the material factors of life. The great
ideals of progress have won; that Is
the real and abiding significance OF
this war and its tremendous conclu
sion"
And then, having thus laid his foun'
dation. General Smuts carries his SUD
ect to the next inevitable point. For
if this is really the meaning OF the
war. then the baser elements of human
nature have Decn ueledleu III tic -
emy. and they should not re'estabiish
themselves in the victor. The great
Christian qualities of mercy, pity ana
forgiveness must be kept ever in view,
and the word reconciliation must
be written large on the skies. for
General SHUTS is under no delusion
as to the future. Full of hope and re-
ioicing over the goodly prospect whlcn
he sees opening out before the world
he sees, too, very clearly that TINS
prospect cannot be realized without
hard work, selfsacrfice, and a high
sense of duty. Just as Mr.. Lloyd
George declared in the British House
of Commons, the other day, that the
world has need to renew its strength,
to throw off its war WEAKNESS, anu
boldly to claim the heritage which lies
in work and service, so General Smuts
insists that if the war called for cheer'
full sacrifice, the peace that has foi'
lowed the war calls for much more
of it. 1t calls for "a mission OF rescue
work such as the world has never
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

as We find it advisable to get up in meetin'
neand admonish our sprightly contemporary, the
Ada Evening News, against too free use OF
htop credit lines. Last Tuesdays News carried
mia "By the Associated Press" line above dis
brJpatch from Washington to the effect that Con-
thgressman Ferris was in Washington attending
saio his duties while Senator Gore was in Okla
homa Cooking after his political fences and
lid not vote on the daylight-saving repeal, the
dispatch giving Mr.. Ferris high commenda-
tio.ion for his work in behalf of the repeal bill.
saAs the Ada News should know, the Associated
%oPress never permits itself to become press
noagent for a politician or for anybody else. The
unAssociated Pres did not send out that dis
.nnpatch, a copy of which The Ardmoreite also
brteceved. When newspaper which is a men,
thc)er of the Associated Press thus misrepresents
M he association it casts discredit upon q great
gathering institution whose chief asset IS
puts reputation for disinterestedness
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
II . Th@ Editorial Page of The Daily Ardmoreit@ q
CLEVELAND AND WILSON

\ RECENT ISSUE of the Kansas City Star
~ carried a highly interesting article on
Grover Cleveland, written by John p. Gilday,
formerly of Ardmore. The rugged honesty
and the high conception of his office as pub
lie trust. which made Mr.. Cleveland one OF our
greatest presidents, are emphasized. we re-
produce brief excerpt:
Looking backward now, far removed
from the clamor of detraction and calumny
that beset him in his day, none Will be
found to deny that his was the clear-seeing
mind and the steadfast hand that checked
the rising tides of anarchy, made firm the
foundations of the nations financial credlt,
rehabilitated the Monroe doctrine and
taught the nations of the earth new re-
spect for American citizenship, at time
when only heart of courage and an un-
faltering purpose could have accom-
plished these things.
A very different type of statesman is in the
White House today, but Woodrow wilson
shares with Grover Cleveland the quality OF uil-
purchasable integrity. Like Cleveland also, ne
looks upon public office as a public trust The
problems with which Cleveland had to deal
were important, but those with which Mr.. Will
son has to deal are super-important. CleVe-
lands administrations were easy work com
pared with the ADMINISTRATIONS OF w lSol. lHc
greatness of Cleveland lay in his bulldog de-
termination to do his duty as he conceived 1t,
without fear or favor; and the politicians de-
spised him because he refused to turn the ras-
Gals OUT unless he was absolutely convinced
that they were rascals and deserved turning
out
We are now quarter of a century past the
Cleveland era AS Mr.. Gilday points out, the
splendid services of Grover Cleveland now are
recognized by friend and foe alike. When we
are a quarter of century past the Wilson era,
it will be said then, to quote from the tribute
to Cleveland and apply it to Wilson: Looking
backward now, far removed from the clamor
of detraction that beset him in his day, none
will be found to deny that his was the clear
seeing mind and the steadfast hand that
checked the rising tides Of anarchy, made firm
the foundations of the nations financial credit,
rehabiltated the Monroe doctrine and taught
the nations of the earth respect for
American citizenship, at a time when only a
heart of courage and an unfaterng purpose
could have accomplished these things"
The schoolboy senators who calumnate
Woodrow Wilson now and try to block the
path of progress along which he is guiding
this nation and the world will, if living, be
amongst those who look backward twenty-five
years from now and give credit to Wilson for
his cear-seeing vision and his steadfast hand
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

DO person we know-he is no kin to us-de-
whlared that the other day he bought a bottle OF
hair-restorer at an Ardmore drug store, for
(which he paid one dollar On the label was
toornted the makers price-it was a st. Louis
NwSproduct--at which the goods were to be re-
frtailed. :.The printed price was rs cents, some
lis.imes kstown as six bits The purchaser called
the clerks attention to this "Oh, but they've
nomarked up the price on that, on account O ma
Therial m everything gon up" explained the
asclerk. When our friend took home the hair
restorer he read the label still more carefully
kmnd found that the stuff was manufactured in
inqS95. He said he had observed at first that
nohe label looked little yellowed. Just to salts
ofry his curiosity he wrote to st. Louis ana
ttOqearned that the manufacturer of that partlc-
Lee lar product had gone out of business in 1898
is he year of the Spanish war. AS to whether
cahe stuff retained sufficient strength to restore
cohair we have not learned-that having really
wenothng to do with this little story.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
~
What Happened August %.
Copyright 1919. New Era Features)

vance on Dniester--Germany de
clares war on Rumania; fifteen ma
tions now involved in conflict.
1911
Presiednt Wilson rejects Popes
Peace Plans: cannot trust German
rulers General Korniloff warns
Russian National Conference in Mos
COW of appalling condition of Army
Germany promises Argentina TO
make lndemnities for ship losses and
to observe international shipping law.
1918
French capture Chaulnes reach
Somme, advance eight miles-Ger'
mans hasten retreat forty towns
free-Americans in bitter fight on
Nesle 100000 Germans captured
since July last, 1900 pieces of artil'
lery-Samuel Gompers on labor mis-
sion reaches London.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
GENERAL SHUTS STATEMENT
(From The Christian Science Montor)

seen" Europe, he adds, is, and for
this generation will be, the greatest
mission field in which the energies
of a great hearted people can be spent.
All this, of course. is very far from
being an argument for pessimism. But
General SHUTS is the best Interpreter
of his own writings, and he sums up
the matter in these words Now
more than ever, should the banner
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

salmon lurk when weGrieL by their
ceaseless efforts to ascend the river.
Many of the magnificent fish are cap
tured daily. Individual fishermen take
as many as IS with net and spear. In
dams are camped on the scene and their
smoke houses are in full blast curing
the flesh of the noble fish for the lean
months OF the winter.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
ONLY TWO L. :. SOLDIERS
STILL ON MISSING" LIST

Washington, Aug. 2S.-Only two
men of the thousands of the American
expeditionary force who went into bal'
tie against the Germans remain unac'
counted for, according to casualty
list issued today by the war depart
ment. The previous list showed more
than 100 missing in action.
Total casualties now are placed ut
291 1928, with 77,422 deaths, from all
causes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

And also, those good old days when you
could get your pants pressed for dime have
vanished out into the viewless abysm of the
has-been.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

1914
British fleet sinks five small Ger.
man warships of Heligoland-Ger-
man General Won Kluk defeats Eng
lish at Maubeuge-Victorlo Rus
slams in Prussia twenty miles from
Konigsburg-Belgian Congo attack
ed by German troops-kiao' 'Chau
shells japanese Fleet.
1915
French aviators repulse air raid on
Paris-Kaiser comforting with cabi'
net on submarine issue; for peace
with L. S.-Russians retreating on
Galicia front.
1916
Rumania attacks Austria; action
shocks all Germany, nine hundred
miles added to German front-Pro'
Russian riots in Bulgaria-Serbs
drive Bulgars back-Russians ad-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
1916

Of the Spirit be borne aloft by all OF
us, as at once the symbol and secret of
victory"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-24

CIR THIS QUIT WORTH MONEY
DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this slip.
enclose with SC and mail II = Foley &
Co., 1886 Sheffield Ave, Chicago, H..
wrifine YOUR name and address clearly.
You will recefe in r-turn trial package
Containing Foley,s Honey and Tar Conn
v,orss5 for coughs colds and crpup.
FoIav kidney pills for pain In sides and
hack. rheumatism. backache. kidney and
bladder ailments; and Foley Cathartic
TahIafa wholesome and thoroughly
eIes nsfrg cathartic. for constipation.
biIiousness. headache. and sluggish
bowels sold everywhere---Adv
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-24
FEDERAL CHAIN
OF HIGHWAYS
IS ADVOCATED
SENATE CHAIRMAN OF PosToF-
FIcES AND POST ROADS A COM
PREHENsivE HIGHWAYS BILL.

Washington, D. c., May 23.-At q
conference called by Senator Town
send, the chairman of the senate COM
mittee on postoffices and post roads.
consideration was given by men prom
inent in national affairs to national
measure providing for a connected
system of main highways to be con-
structed outright by the federal gov
eminent
In the closing days of the sixty
! fifth congress Senator Townsend in
, troduced a measure for a national
highways system with a view to a re-
Introduction of the measure at the
succeeding session of congress, taking
advantage in the meantime of all con-
structive thought, SO that the bill
might as nearly as possible fully meet
national needs. Constructive sugges-
lions have been brought out to such
an extent as to assure a comprehen-
sivt and we'll balanced measure which
| If enacted into law viii result in a
national system of highways, built and
maintained by the federal government
under the supervision of commission
dealing exclusively with this one phase
of national activity.
While the conference was made UP
of individuals prominent in the nation
+, al field, it was strikingly evident that
the men present represented a prepon-
derating public sentiment throughout
the nation. Roy D. Chaplin, former
chairman of the highways transport
committee of the council of national
defense. took a prominent part in the
conference, as did T. C. Atkeson, mem
Der of the executive committee of the
| National Grange: Elliot C. Goodwin.
general secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States; Geo.
P. Coleman, chairman of the executive
committee of the American Associa-
| ton of State Highway Officials; Geo.
C. Diehl, chairman of the good roads
1 board Of the American Automobile
Association; S. NJ. Williams and II. c..
/ Shirley, president and secretary re-
/ spectively of the Highway Industries
Association. and the federal highways
council; PIXIE Johnson. secretary of
the highways committee of the Ma
| tional Automobile Chamber of Com
merce, and representative of the Ma
tional Automobile Dealers Associa-
ton; w. c. Rutherford. representing
the Motor and Accessory Manufactur-
ers' Association; j. E. Pennybacker.
formerly chief of management of the
bureau of public roads and now di-
rector of roads of the American Auto.
mobile Associations; A. R. Hirst. presi-
dent of the American Association Of
State Highway Officials. Other state
highway officials present We're Col
W. D. Uhler. chief engineer, Pennsyl-
vania state highway department; Paul
D. Sargent, chief engineer, Maine state
highway department: Max T. Cum
ningham, state engineer of Oklahoma;
w. S. Keller, state highway engineer
OF Alabama: Ira r. Browning. stats
road engineer of Utah.
! Predominating sentiment was ex-
pressed as to the necessity for a com
! prehensive and specific national poll
cy in regard to highways.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-24
CHIROPR PRACTICES
AUTHORIZED
And REGULATED
SENATE CONCURRENT REsoLC-
TON DIRECTS BOARD OF
HEALTH TO SELL ITS TRAIN
laY HEReERT FELKELl


Tallahassee May 23.-It was by a
vote of 81 TO that the senate passed
the bill to sauthorize and regulate the
practice of chiropracticS in Florida and
to create a state board of chiroprac-
tic examiners, which previously had
passed the house.
Senator MacViIliams said if they
were going to practice in Florida they
should be regulated and permitted to
sign death certificates. and the pend
ing amendment by Senator Roland to
forbid their signing death certificates
was defeated
Senator Mac Williams declared that
it was every mans right to go wher-
thought his physical condition could be
bettered thereby and he said he had
many letters and kilograms from per-
sons who claimed to have been bene-
fitted by these practitioners.
Half jestingIy he declared that the
doctors (meaning the regular M. D's.)
buried their mistakes while the law
vers,@errors survived. faaere being M
amendments, the rules We're waived,
the bill read second time by title
only. placed on its third reading and
final passage, with the above stated
result.
First and Second Primary.
The senate refused to reconsider the
vote by which it passed last week
the Cash primary bill providing for a
first and second primary, the eIimina-
ton from the ballot of such officers
as delegates to the National Demo-
cratic convention. and the election of
county commissioners and members of
the school boards at large The meas
ure goes to the house
The house concurrent resolution di-
recting the board OF health sell its
train was adopted by the senate.
Senator Mathis introduced bill
authorizing the trustee of the internal
improvement to sell all the moss. stand
ing and fallen timber in the Dead
Lakes of Colhoun county
Senator Butler introduced another