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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-15

Your boys and girls are looking for
ward eagerly to Christmas morning
in the hope that Santa Claus will
bring them THE BOOK OF KNOWL-
EDGE. the Childrens Encyclopedia.
1t will come into thousands of homes
on that day. The children them
selves have been begging for It and
every father and mother in this broad
land knows that 1t is the important
task Of getting an education, and to
be guided in their daily occupation
and their play. 1T is THE BEST
THING MONEY CAN BUY FOR
YOUR CHILD'S CHRISTMAS be-
cause it pays dividends OF interest
and knowledge from the very first
day it comes into the home.
For information Phone 1913, or
write L. l.. Snively, local sales di-
rector. Gen. Del. l2- 2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-15
Election Notice

The regular meeting of the share
holders of the First National Bank
OF Ardmore. Okla, will be held at its
place of business in said city and
state between the hours of 10 a. m.
and p. m. on Tuesday, January H.,
1921, for the purpose of electing five
to fifteen directors to serve for the
ensuing year and for the transaction
of such other BUSINESS as may come
before the meeting.-Adv. 7-30
ED SANDLIN, Cashier.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-15
OLD MAN PUZZLE

A boy was writing down what
he wanted for Christmas. On a
sheet of paper he wrote in one
column. Candy, toy horse, drum,
ring, stockings, toys, games, apples,
sled" He wrote uneyenly and was
surprised to see that, reading down.
ward and taking one letter from
each word another big word ap-
pearcd. What was it,
fApswer to yesterdays:
Twas the night before Christmas
And all thru the house,
Not a creature was stirring.
Not even a mouse.)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-15

Harold Robinson. 16 years old.
and his father, Hugh Robinson, of
Keyport, N. J., have been expert
menting with a long distance wire
less telephone. They report some
remarkable results.
Recently George w. G. Benzie, a
wireless telephone operator of
Scotland, wrote a letter to Mr..
Robinson telling him that he had
heard his message sent from Key
port, N. J.. and had recognized
Harry LADDERS "Roamin' in the
Gloamin'", a phonograph record
which the Robinson's sent out on
the wireless telephone. 1t had
travelled $500 miles.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-15
BOYHOOD STORIES
OF FAMOUS MEN
Edwin Booth

Edwin Booth
Edwin felt himself snatched up
in pair of strong loving arms.
and up to the ceiling he was
thrown, but the same strong arms
were there 10 catch him as he came
down.
Father, | am going TO be an
actor, too" asserted little Edwin
to Mr.. Booth, who had left the
stage midst storm of applause.
But | shall be the villain or no
body" he declared.
Edwin Booth became 4 very fam
GUS actor. His greatest success
was achieved when he enacted the
role Of Hamlet"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-15
AN EXPLANATION

In an item appearing in Mondays
edition of The Ardmoreite relative
to the arrest of two women in con-
nection with series Of thefts, the
name Mrs. Morris" was published.
The name should have been published
as Mrs. Emma Morris"
This explanation is given in justice
to other women whose name is Morris.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-15
OLD LADY RIDDLE

In what part of the church do
they ring the bell(e)s?
ANSWER to yesterdays: The letter
IS" Is invisible, yet never out Of
sight)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-15

FIRE WORKS. CHRISTMAS.
FRESH DE LUX CAKES, NORRIS
GROCERY co. 1916
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-15

Frank, translate rex fugit."
"The king fees"
mo, the perfect tense is trans
lated with have or has"
THE king has hcas."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-15
WHO IS HE?

WIN 10 he.
A Powerful
Br tt s h Cen
eral.
(Y e s t e r1ay:
John Masefield.
author.)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-12-15
QUESTION FOR DEBATE

SJE1EFVN FON DEbAIE
Resolved: That football should
no Logger be a high school sport
unless it is radically changed to
eliminan its dangers
lD.sin< tho pn~t season twelve foot
Aap s.slrrs. nasty high school boys.
were killed in action
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

apathy even Of the revolutionaries
than to any energetic counter meas
ure of their opponents.
Budapest is in a very different
frame Of mind. The reaction from
Bolshevism and the departure of the
Rumanians have induced a strongly
national, even chauvinistic, tenn
per among the people. Sensible,
clear-thinking men, such as the
Prime Minister, M. Huszar, or Ad-
miral Horthy, may see we'll enough
what is in Hungary's interest, but
large sections of people, including
even business men, speak freely of
the inevitable revanche against the
Rumanians and of the gertrude that
the Slovaks will soon come back
again automatically to Hungary.
Zone should not, perhaps, take
this exaltation too seriously, but it
cannot have escaped notice that
among the conditions of recognition
of the Huszar government Sir George
Clerk laid down that the Hunga-
rians we're to abstain from making
any attack upon their neighbors and
were to respect the provisional
boundaries Of the country pending
the final delimitation by the peace
conference. The conclusion Of peace
and the restoration of normal condi-
tions with a democratically elected
Parliament will doubtless do much
to turn mems minds into more peace
ful channels, but an impartial OBJ
server is bound to record the pres
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

Ing as exists Is more honored in the
breach than in the observance. Meat
less days are unknown, and If the
poor do not get regular supply Of
bread, and If sugar and potatoes are
practically unobtainable, the work.
men are somehow obtaining a suf-
ficiency Of vegetables and other farm
products.
"In Vienna one cannot walk fifty
yards down the Ring without being
accosted by beggars. Apart from
war crippies, have never yet seen
a beggar in Budapest. This fact is
significant Of the entirely different
spirit animating the two countries
to-day. The Austrian is utterly
down and out. He appears to have
no energy left except to sit in cafes
and read the newspapers during the
day time and to listen to music in
the same cafes during the evening.
with very few exceptions the
government Is equally spineless, and
the conditions In general are not un-
Ike what obtained hero under the
Karolyi regime. The provinces are
In no mood to aid a capital where
the soldiers and workmen's councils
have long instituted system of Boil
shcvism au lait, and II Vienna avoids
falling into the same abyss as did
Budapest it will be due more to the
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

perate measures. If we put the
question Of conscience as to break
ing law entirely out Of it, the price
demanded was so large that the
makers of this deadly whisky
could well have afforded to purchase
the purest stock. Some yet remains.
Their first crime was that Of TAX
ing money under false pretenses, of
receiving money for goods which
were not what they purport to be-"
"The Indianapolis News" in an
editorial entitled "Wood Alcohol"
places the blame on those whose job
was to enforce the prohibition act.
It says:
Eastern dispatches report that
after several people had died the
authorities closed the saloons The
wood alcohol whisky had been sold
openly over the bars. The illegal
traffic had been going on without
much fear Of arrest or conviction.
Some of the blame rests with the
officials whose sworn duty it was to
enforce the law. In some communi-
ties where the law was unpopular no
effort was made to see that it was
observed. If the authorities through
out the country had assumed a firm
attitude in dealing with booze ven-
ders and had made it plain that
booze could not be sold, there would
have been fewer Deaths"
"The Detroit Journal" express
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
6KAG0 MNLc

<576f50I NE~
completely prohibit, but by the es-
tablished and workable laws against
murder. Publicity may diminish tho
number Of victims, but not till the
mixing and dispensing Of poison
booze has been mercilessly punished
will there be an end of this detesta-
BILE business"
In the view Of the Anti-Saloon
League it is not legitimate news,
says "The Philadelphia Record" !"
commenting editorially on the views
of the "dry" organization.
According to the Anti-Saloon
league the "wets" are carrying on
widespread propaganda in at least
eight different lines Of attack upon
the Eighteenth Amendment If the
other seven are similar to that which
involves a wide publicity for deaths
due to the drinking Of wood alcohol,
the 'drys' are in for some annoying
days ahead. The newspapers are go
ing to publish the truth, whether it
reflects unfavorably on the workings
of prohibition or not. They will give
the favorable side, too, so that read
ers may draw their own conclusions.
Newspapers, having more independ-
ence and conscience than Congress-
men, will not allow their opinions
and policies to be directed exclusively
by the Anti-Saloon League in a mat
ter Of such vital public interest"
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

ing it's opinion, declares that "there
are others who must bear part Of
the blame," and it continues:
"They are the Federal, state and
municipal authorities who are sup
posed to prevent the sale of alleged
intoxicants-the boards of health
which are supposed to guard the
health and safety Of the public-the
members of medical societies whose
duty it is to instruct the public in
the danger Of promiscuous guzzling.
Let these agencies function as they
should and there will be an end to
the drinking of poison as a beverage
and to the inevitable aftermath of
misery"
ut does not require special prohi-
b;tion laws to deal with men of this
kind" says "The Cleveland Plain
Dealer" "as there are homicide laws
on the statute books of every state
in the Union which are adequate to
provide punishment. 1t is conceiv-
able that few of the victims have
drunk the stuff in full understanding
of it's toxic potency comments the
same paper.
"The great majority have undoubt-
edly been dupes Of the concocters
and have imbbed the poison in the
belief that it was not harmful. Such
men must be protected, not by pro-
hibition laws which do not as yet
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

occurred on the evening Of Decem|
Der IL last, when an Airco airplses
crashed in a field near Caterhap
in the County of Kent. The @
passenger carried by the machm
was instantly killed and the pie'
Arthur Burnley by name, was SER
ously injured. "The London DaW
Express" reports:
at is supposed that the pilot wa
endeavoring to find landing pise"
being unable to proceed owing "
the density of the mist. Anotn"
theory is that the pilot found cio@
resting on the top of the line OF h'
and went up into it, calculating =
cross it safely. g,
1.-THE machine was badly smasny
and the passenger was instsns
killed. The pilot was seriously
jured.
"The pilot, Arthur Burnley, IS chs
of the most experienced in the A'lv
Company's service. and has made 'a
journey to and from Paris on maw
occasivns.
"This is the first time fatality ~
occurred to passenger since e'o'
flying was officially permitted =
May last. Since that date 70 ~
vember ! there have been more wy.
$1,000 flights, and $4,000 passenes%. :.
have been carried distance oi aD0''
S03,000 miles." -
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

TT ALL depends on the point of
view. The scores Of deaths
throughout the country as re-
suit of drinking whisky concocted
from wood alcohol are pointed to by
the 'wets" as proof of the iniquity
Of prohibition. The "drys," on the
other hand, urge the terrible nature
IF the drink habit in general, in that
t impels its "slaves" to risk even
!eath to satisfy their appetites.
But, regardless of whether the
particular writer is ."wet" or dry"
the editorial opinion Of the country
is unanimous n,its demand for the
punishment Of the makers of wood
alcohol whisky.
''It is plain MURDER" comments
"The Baltimore News" and it is
typical Of the great bulk Of editorial
opinion in the daily press. "The
News" says, in part:
"There is a sense in which this dire
business has nothing to do with pro-
hibition. It is plain murder and
murder of the most sordid kind
that inspired by the greed for a few
dirty dollars. The new law may have
been the occasion for 1t, but the
cold, unscrupulous purpose back of
it is one that sticks at nothing. 1t
is no excuse to say that the law was
tyrannical and forced men to des-
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

ster's shoulders; but really, mon
ster is too mild an expression. His
habitat is the interior of the Bel
glan Congo and his favorite pas
time is eating darkies. However.
we cede the floor to the Port Eliza
beth (South Africa) correspondent
of 'The Daily News":
"The head of the local museum
here has received information from
Mr.. Lepage, who was in charge Of
railway construction in the Belgian
Congo, of an exciting adventure last
month.
while Mr.: Lepage was hunting he
came upon an extraordinary mon
ster which charged at him. He fired
but was forced to flee, with the mon
ster in chase. The animal before
long gave up the chase, and Mr.. Le-
page was then able to examine it
through his binoculars"
The results Of the examination
are given above. Mr.. Lepage pro-
ceeds:
THE animal later charged through
the native village of Fungurume,
destroying the huts and killing some
OF the native dwellers. A hunt was
at once organized, but the govern
ment has forbidden the molestation
of the animal on the ground that IL
is probably relic of antiquity.
There Is wild, trackless region
in the ncighborhood which contains
many swamps and marshes, where.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
Jenna Down and Out But Budapest Is the Home of Optimism

ago the population was undergoing
a reduced weekly ration which al
lotted Il ,o27. grams (about 2 pounds)
Of bread and 125 grams ~. pound)
Of cooking -four to hard workers.
and 6S7 grams (a little over one
pound) Of bread and .125 grams of
cooking -four to other people. Tho
children even Of well-to-do people
apply to be fed at the kitchens in
stituted by the American and other
charitable missions.
"Nourishing food is the universal
desidsratum. To quote personal
experience; brought with mo to
Vienna = year ago several tins of
dripping, some Of which have en-
ployed As dublin on the leaky paper
shoes that ono buys there In ex-
change for equally worthless paper
money. An Austrian friend was hor-
rihed at such profusion, and, acting
on his hint, now find that II one
wants to SEQ an official quickly or
get anything done, tin Of dripping
has all the persuasive eloquence Of
tho sovereigns which Sherlock
Holmes used to handle sbstractedly
before dilatory, hsnsom cab drivers.
"1n .Budapest the food conditions
are distinctly. better. Such ration
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11
I NoNDIT1ONS at Vienna and
Budapest, formerly the
proud capitals Of the Haps-

Budapest, formerly the
proud capitals Of the Haps-
burg Empire, but now re-
duced by defeat to misery and insig
niicance, are compared by the cor
respondent Of "The London Times. -
He writes:
III It was always easy TO draw q
contrast between Vienna and Buda-
pest the task to-day 10 easier than
ever The two cities arc nov spir-
itually the antithesis tho one Of the
Sther, with the balance. 80 far as
material comforts are concerned.
heavily in favor Of Budapest.
Tho casual stranger coming 70
Vienna would not, perhaps, realize
at first into what plight the city
has fallen. 50 long as he remains
in the wealthy quarters Of the town
hs will And shops still stocked With
furs, jewelry. lsathsrwcrk goods
and the hundred and one articles Of ,
luxury that one finds only In proud
espftal; he will find the opera and
theaters In full swing, he Will ind
the same crowds In the countless
csfss, the same luxurious hotels.
Hut disiIlusionment com4s quickly.
Whsn left yisnns three days
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

ent national excitement and even to
admire the elasticity of temperament
which can so quickly recover from
three months of enemy occupation
superimposed upon the long months
of Bolshcvism under Count Karolyi
and Bella Kun"
THERE are malcontents who
be theirs a chronic case of phi
losophic pessimism or just liver-are
doing their darnedest-as General
Sir Julian Byng might have said
before Cambria, but didn't-to per-
suade their contemporaries that the
defeat of Germany did not bring
peace to the world.
The argument of these wiseacres
is now utterly and finally crushed; !;
for there is at last unmistakable evil
dence that peace has come to stav.
or else, what would the story about
errlnc dragon-a real, live, hon.
est-to goodness prehistoric dinosaur
--be doing on the front page of "The
London Daily News?
And what dragon, at that! He
is twenty-four feet in length, with
long, pointed snout, adorned with
tusks like horns, and short horn
above the nostrils: His front feet
are like those of horse and the hind
hoofs--oh, horrors!-are cloven
There is q scaly hump on the mon
New-York tribune., 1920-01-11

says the head Of the museum. it is
possible that few primeval mon
sters may survive"
To which "The Daily News" an.
pends comment as follows:
THE interest in the foregoing story,
with its suggestion of Conan Doyle's
Lost World lies in the fact that it
tends to strengthen the belief. held
by many undoubted authorities, in
the survival of certain monsters of
the prehistoric age in the swamps of
Central Africa.
"The Belgian Congo borders on
Rhodesia. and the late Karl Hagen
beck, in his well known Book
Beasts and Men, has left on record
his own conviction that in this re-
gion there still exists some kind
OF dinosaur,' seemingly akin to the
brontossurus.
"Hagenbeck says he received re-
ports on the subject from two in
dependent sources. The beast to
which he refers was described by
natives as half elephant and half
dragon Precisely similar reports,
he points out. were received from the
negroes by Menges several decades
previously, while on the walls of
certain caverns in Central Africa
actual drawings Of these strange
creatures are to be found"
Morris tribune., 1920-08-13
Irish Republic Meeting

Charles T. Spreading, of Los An
geles, California, an American of old
line Revolutionary stock, represent
ting the American Commission on
Irish independence, of which E. T.
Foley of st. Paul is the State Chair
man, addressed an interested aud
fence of about 800 at street meet
ing at Mullen's corner on Wednes-
day of last week. Mr.. Spreading dwelt
upon the debt that the United States
owed to the Irish race especially for
it's part in our war of the Revolu-
ton.
J. B. Ormond, of Morris, presided
and introduced the speaker. s
Mike Mahoney is the chairman of
the Stevens County committee which
will have charge of the campaign in
this and Pope counties for the sale
of the bond-certifcates of the Irish
Republic.
Mr.. Spreading said among other
things:
"In the Revolutionary War, when
our soldiers were thinly clad and
poorly equipped for fighting against
the soldiers of the rich, old mon
archy., our fathers asked the public
for help. Our people were poor.
Morris tribune., 1920-08-13
UNEXPECTED VISITOR
DISCOVERS GAMBLERS
Stanley Ryan, Police Officer, In
terrupts Poker Game at La
Grand Hotel

A full house, each individual
member of which was overcome by
flush" was discovered by officer
Ryan on Sunday afternoon, culmin-
ating in run of one" on Monday.
All of which was most consistent,
since the direct cause of the distress
ing affair was a poker game, waged
at La Grand Hotel on Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. Ryan arrested five of the card
enthusiasts, G. Pushor, Sam Gar
berick, V. Fischer, H. Lynch, and
H. C. Christensen. Andrew Schaaf,
proprietor of the hotel, was not
arrested, since a man cannot be
arrested on his own premises for a
misdemeanor. AS Judge Beise was
out of town, a warrant was not OBJ
tainable.
By the time the necessary paper
had been secured Con Monday Mr..
Schaaf, had folded-not his tent, but
his personal belongings the
Arabs of poetical fame, and had
stolen away quite "as silently" With
elaborate care, he neglected to leave
an address. His wife left Morris
about a week ago, and no trace of
the couple has been found as vet.
When Mr.. Schaaf is discovered, how
ever, he will be brought back to
Morris, and arrested on the charge
of running a gambling-house. His
return is particularly desired by his
creditors of whom he is reported to
have many, including the girls work
ing in the hotel who have not re-
ceived their wages.
One of the men arrested has plead
ed guilty to the charge of gambling
before Judge Beise, and paid his fine;
two of the others have also gone to
his Office for the same purpose, but
the Judge was not in; it is expected
that by the end of the week, they
too will have deposited their ten dol
lars in payment for their Sunday
afternoon game.
Morris tribune., 1920-08-13
Sow Thistle is Covering State

The perennial SOW thistle, until re-
Gently merely a local pest, now
threatens the conquest of the entire
state. Its suppression is fast be-
coming a statewide problem" says
R. G. Dahlberg of the Minnesota seed
laboratory at University Farm, st.
Paul.
The weed this year has been re-
ported from areas hitherto considered
free, adds Mr.. Dahlberg. Specimens
have been received at the laboratory
from Fillmore, Martin, Redwood,
Swift, Chippewa and Rice counties,
and a great many have been sent in
from Ramsey and Hennepin coun-
ties, as we'll as from other places.
This Bolshevik weed, it may now
be assumed, is found in practically
every county in the state.
For this reason, and because this
is the time for farmers to eradicate
the weed, the seed laboratory and the
people Of University Farm are bend
ing their energies to interest the
farmers in a movement to suppress
the menace to Minnesota's prosperity,
now developing so rapidly.
The weed is still comparatively
rare in the southern part of the state,
but, if not controlled now, the ex-
pense Of eradication will become
enormous. Every farmer is, there
fore being urged to consult his coun-
ty agent taking to him any SUSPECT
Gus looking weed growing on the
farm. Specimens may also be sent
for determination to the Seed Lab
oratory at University Farm.
Morris tribune., 1920-08-13
Daniel Quinlivan Dead

The Graceville Enterprise brings
the following notice of the death of
an old settler, Daniel Quinlivan, on
Monday, July 26.
Daniel Quinlivan, the aged faith
er of Mrs. c. J. Lane and Mrs. Chas.
Morgan of this place, died Monday
of this week at his, home at
Browns Valley of infirmities due to
his advanced age, which was SO
years. Mr.. Quinlivan was one of the
old settlers, coming to this section in
1880, and has many friends here who
sincerely sorrow at his demise. He
is survived by seven children, Mes
danes Lane and Morgan, of this
place, Dan Quinlivan, who lives in
James, of Dickinson, N.
D., John, of st. Paul, Mrs. Morrison,
of Valley City, N. D., and Miss Eliz-
abeth Quinlivan, who lives at Browns
Valley. The funeral was held Tues
day at Browns Valley"
Morris tribune., 1920-08-13
LEE ARGUES FOR GRAVEL
Continued from Page ~

NCOuIlnuSu lIOLu rage IL
to build better roads so that people
can go to entertainments.
They say I am talking in favor of
]. D. Rockefeller because you save
gasoline on a hard surface road, but
tell you that $4,000 of gravel road
will save, more gas than 1000 miles
of hard surface. And they tell you
the hard surface will save on tires
too, but I do not believe that. You
know that you wear out your shoes
more on paving and cement side
walks.
The horses get stiff when you drive
them over a cement road, and you
have to shoe when you leave for
town and shoe again when you start
home. And take a hill that has a
hard surface, and what chances have
the horses got to hold back. Take
the 500 hill in Glenwood, and if a
team started to take load down
that hill they would slide into the
lake.
In winter the snow would not stay
on hard surface road, and if you
left your farm on a snow road and
then got onto the paving, there you
would stay.
Trucks are all right and it is all
right to ship by truck if you live