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PROPOSALS..
PROPOSALS.
NOR CONSTR uCT1ON OF
STATE AID HIGHWAYS


SeAleh proposals. will bo rorcived by shs
state Highway Depart tmcnt. Mt the ofiicc oi
the sysscs @ County Highway lmprovcmcn.,
: o,c oeE. p. M, Psprunrs 3, isao, and d :: :;
that place and timo publicly opened, for Me
construction OF Is miles OF State Aid High
inx the following approximate guam tisics
Covcrdale Gross Roads--Jacons school.
~ ROO Gu. yds Grading
400 Gu yds, Concrcte Mapnry
NJ. 600 lbs. Reinforcement
70 lin. ~. is In. Reinforced Concrete Pipe.
s02 lin; r. ~ IN. Reinforced Concrete Pipe.
es lin t. 10 in. Reinforoed Concrete Pipe.
1900 I'm. II. Piles.
1So tons Stone for M~rasiam
2tOo I'm. II. Wood Guard Rail.
AMp Gu yde. Cement Concrete Roadway.
no Joints.
CONTRACT c. 6. 7-aso MILES
nladcs-C Concord
30 acrcs clearing and gr,ibbing.
f7.l0o Gu. ds. Grnding
a. Gu. yds. Concrcte Masonry.
500 lbs. Reinforcement.
GO lin. II, Is in. Reinforced Concrete Pipe.
l7o lin. IT. Is in. Reinforced Concrete Pipe.
g I'm +. - IN. hcanforced Concrete Pipe.
$50 tons Stone for Macadam.
600 lin. IL. Wood Guard Rail.
$500 GU. yds. Cement Concrete Roadway.
CONTRACT c. $. lo-s.ss MILES
2 acres clearing and grubbing.
l1,OO0 Gu. yds. Grading.
40 Gu. yds. Concrete Masonry.
g 400 lbs. Reinforcement.
300 lin. II. Is In. Reinforced Concrctc Pipe.
I36 Ian It. 1s in. Reinforced Concrete Pipe.
l36 lin. It. "a in. Reinforced Concrete Pipe.
lso lin. Il; Relnid PIPE.
$50 tons Stone for Macadam
GOO lin. II. Wood Guard Rail.
s7eo Gu. yds. Cement Concrete Roadway.
ITO Joints.
CONTRACT @. s, LIES MILES
Roxana-Millvifle
zoo sores clearing and grubbing.
10 900 Gu. yds. Grading.
500 GU. yds. Concrete Masonry
$4,000 lbs Reinforcement
l3o lin. II. Is In. Reinforced Concrete Pipe.
2<o lin. IT. Is In. Reinforced Concrete Pipe.
$50 lin. II. - in. Reinforced Concrete Pipe.
so I'm. IT. Relaid Pipe
500 lin. IT. Piles.
10000 tons Broken Stag Base Coursc.
80 900 30. yds. Bituminous Macadam Sur
face lPenetration,l
Performance OF contract shall commences
within ten (iol days after execution of the
contract and be com pleted on or before sep
tembeT 3oth. 1920.
Monthly payments will be msdo for 90 per
cent OF the construction completed each
month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided hy the Depar tment.
Each proposal must be accompanied by q
surety bond. certified check. or money to the
amount of at least ten uo) pcrcontum OF
the total amount Of the proposal.
The envelope containing the proposal must
be marked: Proposal for the Construction
of a State Aid Highway under Contract No.
&. =. q. c. :. =, G. \. 10, q. \. IL.
THE contract viii he awarded or rej~c ted
within twenty (2ol days from the date Of
opening proposals.
The right Is reserved to reject any or all
bids.
Detailed plans may be seen, and inder
plans and specifications may be obtained
upon deposit OF $1,000. which amount wfii be
refunded upon return Of plans and spesri6-
cations In good condition at the office of
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
DOVER, DELAWARE
Chas. NJ. Uphann, Chief Engineer.
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AGENTS AND Statesmen


AGENTs-Get particulars of the "Zanor'
The highest quality Of favors. soaps. per
fumes, laundry specialties. food products
&c. Get our brand new money making
plan. Write today. American Products Co.
$40 American Building. Cincinnati, o.
MAN-To sell trees, shrubs. roses. vines.
bulbs. Permanent. We are growers. Brown
Brothers, Nurseries. Rochester, n. y.
MAN-To work this city refnishing chan
delicrs brass beds automobiles. by new
method. $40 daily without capital or es-
perience. Write Gunnetai Co, los Elm,
Decatur. III.
statesmen WANTED.
To make 500 per day selling oil stock
for company Incorporated under tho strict
age in Desdemona, Sipe Springs and Burk-
burnett Fields. Has well almost completed
in Burkburnett now. For full particulars
address Old Dominion Oil Co, Mason
Building. Houston Taxas.
WANTED-High-class man on commission
for Wilmington and suburbs. 20 sell obr
full assortment OF beautiful trees. shrub
tross, Sc. We pay full selling commissions
weeltly as orders are turned in. No deliver
inf or collecting. Any intelligent and thor
ougtly reliable man can mako good money
in these times. Well rated references res
uuired. First National Nurseries. Rochester
n. Y
SALESMAN for coffee by long established
well known rosstars. Require thoroughly
experienced city salesman, ACQUAINTED Vii
ufngton retail grocers. Give particulars
past and presept positions age. salary.
phone. Rep les confidential. Unusual op-
portunity rgnt man. lowering Coffee Co,
Baltimore, Md.
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MODERN BUSINESS COURSES.
Hines Private Business College

4N2 ". 22d Sc. Phone 532TW
Absolutely individual Instruction. Thor
ouehly experienced instructors. Our stcno-
graphic and commercial courses include
English, spelling. Arithm tic. Adding Ma
chine auc complete Office cuuipment
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WANTED-W hite man for stable work
/ X l. Laundry, sixth and Orange streets.
YOUNG MEN for railway mail clerks. s1io
month. Experience unnecessary For FREQ
par rticulars, exsmina tions. write J. Leon
ard former government examiner1 1908
Equitable Building. Washington.
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UPHuISTERING AND REPAIRING.

MAKING OLD FURNITURE look squs
10 new repairing, u.Snoist terinx and can
os Phone 81 o6 W. 30 French street.. s2ss
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FARMS FOR SALE.
VERY DESIRABLE FARMS
AT REASONABLE PRICES.

f272) oS acres, ~ miles ninth of rcvsrt
fO-reou sf0ne and framB bouan and usual
outbuildluzs IN fair condition. prizes s7d0C
fg92} % aerss. near pclaware city, alorz
Outbuilfiugs IN good conc3tiou. Price S5s5o,
t3ff) - acres. two miieg west 81 Ner7ri.
sescn-TOorn frame house outbuildtngs. or
chard Sc. Price $500
(3s7) - acres. near 0issrow. Eirhs-rooua
frame house. outbulldings. fruit. Price
s65Oo
(894j 2s4 acres. near Glasgow. f75 sr--s in
thlage Eight-rooTn orick house. outbpiid-
CfOe) 81 acres. near Hockes~iu. Al land -
tiilagc Fiye-rOon frame hou-e. barn and
wagon shed Near trolley. Prioe $3.50
9ti) i57 acres near Kifkrood. l23 scres
house and outbuiidings in good condition.
Price siO-50o.
f43i} - acres near Porter Five-roofn
frame house and usual outtruildings. Price
$3.50
1861 I60 acres near Newark I2s acres IN
tillsge. iI-room frame house. teusng house
and outbuiidings. Orchard " mixed fruits
Price SIG 500.
1885, u acres. near Iron Hn Ffvg-oorl
frame house and outbuildi1gs. Price $3.50.
f8eGt 80 acres. near xix Ton. Six-room frame
house Cutbuildings end small orchard.
Price $3.50.
ber four acres tiiiage. F0ur-room frame
house. tnree-room BUNGALOW outbull6fngs
and orchard. Price Si7JO.
f4Dd3 - acres and sforp properrv nezr
sinzeriy. Seven-rOom frame houss Uffn
store front, outbuiIciags and orchard. Price
$500.
f4ts) 1I3 acres. near Appleton. Il-room
brick house, large barn and other outbuiid-
ings. Price $4,000.
(fI9) 62 acres. near IsIkton. Two-a,prv
frame house With etght rooms ourbuiid-
ings- orchard, sc. Price $1,000
t427) e. acres, near Corentowu- Ffyr-
room fr3Yas house with attic and outbuiid-
ings, in good condi tiOn. Prize $3.50
g4S0l IS acres near EIeton Four-rnoni
frame house and the usual oufbUiidinRs ia
fair condition. Price $500.
Albert l.. Teeie Farm Agency Inc
sl2 King St. Wilmington.
FOR SAIE-Fsrm and country home. ne-r
broom house. hot water heat bath and a n
modern improvements. never falling supply
OF spring water forced To all buildings. tins,
lawn with plenty of shruDbery. tract Of tim
Der tnaB ~ hne % acres Of as gnssd land a.
can be found in our state. This IS a broad
statement. nut mean every word Of 10,
nave had eXper.eIlcE with land zua iC=,rnssf
what ] know rom digging in the Garth
sho. me your land anu / viii tell you sbar
- VIII grow. | love the farm and never tire
talking OF it. If YOU want a farm tell me y9glr
wants; I personally viii try to fnd it, We
have large list of farm and suburban
HAMILTON
The S,llare Deal Farm Agency.
7o5 Madison st.
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MASQUERADE SUITS.

MASQUERADE SUITS and wigs to hirs.
Specialists IN painbs and mateups. Frank
Biesngcr corner Fourth and Walnut streets.
Phoue G25g W.
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AUTO REPAIRING.

ITO kV
AUTOMOBILES bought sold. exchanged
and repaired.
PRICE MACHINE CO,
General MachInistS
AIS West Front Street
i. COSBY AUTO RADIATOR REPAIR
WORKS. Radiators. tenders. lamps tanks
mufIiers wiudshieidS bodies straigh tened
Ali work guaranteed. 5I2 W. Third street.
Wilmington Del.
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PUBLIC SALES.

PUBLIC SALE Wednesday. February ! 4,
1920. William ". kiair sili teii for phiilp
Chandler, at his farm. near Hcc&ca~iu.
All his stDf's and farm implements. Par
ticuisrs later. D~nsr, Philip Chandler.
Manager, william ~, Hlsif.
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HssfnNLL.s 8 FtEtIc sALE
VALUABLE FARsf PROPERTY

II NfsW 'fAfajtf.1 INV ft1fftFf
Pursuant 10 an order ~ ths curt ~
Common Pleas of Chester county. VIII he
sold AZ public saie on Friday, February
"a, 1870. on the prtWIses IN New gardTn
township, Chester fpuntt. PennryiFanis
ono mile north gf landeuburg. tho
Aeoud3ie rvsSJ. all that certain fnefansxf
and tract ~ land bounded hg lands nos
or latn Of isaiah Watson. Charles ganbr
H H Cr0assB George ~ Chandler and
others. containing 30 aerrF, more or lfss
late tFie property ~ ThonHs y iseattif.
The improvements cOnsiet ~ Stone hons
pebble dasrHrf ~ 70 - fppfnHf Win rath
through house, slate r0yf, hot water heat
stone and frame barn with state rOOf, stab
ling FOR fs--9r head of bofaeg and 20 head
of cows never falling supply Of running
water al barn. franc WOOdshod. wagon
house and chicken houee railroad siding
90 premises. Hsio viii cofnfoescf a. o'clOck
q. ~ Conditions made knONn a. sAie By
sAM DEL u. RAMSHY.
Aasiznos.
I2s n High STREET West Chester. "a.
q. NJ. Ortlip, AuctiOnser.
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MOTORCYCLES REPAIRED.

READING Standard anu hor motor
cycles. Expert repairing on al makes
Used machines at reasonable prices. MiI-
Inington Cycle Co.. 1906 Market street ID.
& A 1867
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CAUSE q GlLPiN

Real Estate and Insurance.
llth & Orange SITS. Phone To79
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HOTELS.
TYPEWRITERS.
STORAGE.

STORaf5 ROOMS ior rent. Both nhcues
Georg " Lang Co. 1905 Orange street
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DOLL HOSPITAL.

DOLL H0SPITAls-Heads and wigs. Comb
tngs made up in any style. 6fS W. Sow
entn street. III Walnut street. Phone 2926J
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FOR SALE.

We have several Of the finest farms
N the beautiful section Watersd bv
the Brandyeine and scores Of Others
along pure streams
Most OF these properti have sub
stAntlal stone homes with modern i'm
proyefnents and often commandiu-
lovely extensive views. Farm huild-
ings are complete and the soil is the
best.
They are within a short automobile
drive from Whining ton and is s7ie il
arranged now possession may be had
this spring.
Dozens more all sizes and prices.
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WE HAVE SOMETHING NEW IN INK
PUT UP IN CONCENTRATED FORM
SOLD BY MAIL UNDER OUR SPECIAL
SELLING PLAN. / IT'S REPEATER.
SIT IN YOUR OFFICE OR HOME, MAKE
$50 TO SIS PER WEEK ON $3.50 INVEST
MENT. VIZ HAVE CONTRACTS WITH
U. 5. GOVERNMENT FOR THIS INK.
ALSO BANKS, RAILROADS AND PUB
Lie INsTIT UThONs. JASMINE IN
SSTANT INK FYDToRY. NORFOLK.
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PIPELESS HEATERS.

JOO j. OfNEm.L CO, us WEST THIRD
STREE T. ROOFING, HEATING
AND SPO UTING. PIPEIESS HEAT
ERS INSTALLED. PHONE 5304-W.
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HAIRDRESsING.

RATHuRINB FfNAN Hair Dressing Par
iors. nroNneon Bldg.. Fourth and JACK -on-
Electric sbatnpDo faciai massage. wsving-
curling and dressing Every thing in The ine
of hair goods. Phone 5i3s.
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FOR SALE-Bsrgain. No dealers rord
roadster and five passenger bort, 10th in
drst-claSs condition. f. mcfarland. She'll
pot Park. Call Bell Phone 4536.
INDIAN motorcycle with side car. and a
hve-passenger Chalmers. II you want TO
sell your car, bring 10 20 garage, GII2 Tat-
nall street.
REQ touring. 1917 model Al condition.
Good rubber. Address rs, Every
Evening once
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ELECTRICIANS.
--~------- -
ELECTRIC REPAIRS

vacuum Cleaners. irons. heatees. percuia
tors, motors and generators. a. X. CAnn-
Tenth and Washington SITS. Phone t4sJ.
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PSYCHIC PALNtISTRY

MADAM GLOVER. Paimist and Psychic.
personal effleaency. Daily. 10 a. N. to p.
II. Sundays 10 a. M 70 9 p. m. I7l0 Arch
street. Appointments. Bell Phone 1871 Lo-
Gust.
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BICYCLE REPAIRING.

WILMINGTON CYCLE SHOP of sos w
Front street has moved to new quarters
corner Fourth and Scott streets
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HELP WANTED.

MAN and wife. Man to work on farm,
woman in house. Tenant house, on trolley
line four miles from Wilmington. r. O..
Box 50.
wANTED-Young man or woman as bill
ing clerk; references. Apply or address
VIM. ID. Mullen Co. Fifth and French
streets.
MEN-WOMEN, Is up wanted. slo0-SI50
month. Government Jobs. Hundreds or
posi- tons Write for list. Franklin Institute.
Dept. Al A, Rochester, N. Y
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BOARDING AND LODGING.

ROOM and board on west side. Phone os58
W before q m.
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CHIROPODTS STS.

DO YOUR FEET HURT ? guaraneee -
give relief. Electric foot rnsgkage treat
msnt. Mrs. 0ertFuds Morltz 40 Naskcs
street
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REMOVALS.

REMOVAL NOTICE-Chas. Stewart &
Bro, Plumbers, are located at $40 adams
street. Jebbing given personal attefstion,
Phone 1856.
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PRINTING, ENGRAVING. .EMBoSSINC

! am no~ prepared TO give good service ia
PRINTING. Both quality and delivery.
G. III. Gray. Printer. IL L. Eighth street.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

VoR SALE Upholstering manufacturing
estabiisbn1ep iu Philadelphia. doing an
nuaI business of SIS 900. for tho past Is
Years. Funy equipped workroom for max
ing awnings. carpets, shades. and all
kinds Of upholstery work. also electric car
pct sewing machine IS 600 annual profit as
sured. For immediate sale will accept So, 500
including stock and good will. Lease ex-
pires February /. therefore immediate action
rs required for renewing lease. Address II q,
Every Evening Office.
STORAGE BATTERY business offered for
sale. Nationally advertised battery. is
splendid oppor tunjty. About 5000 viii buy
the stock equipment. Address ID rs. Every
Evening Once.
WO ULD YOU incest one dollar q week for
10 weeks on a chance to make $1,000 or
more Particulars free. No obligation
Write j. A Caritcn, Box 676. Fort Worth.
Texas ai
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SITUATIONS " ANTED.

TWO YOUNG ladies desire tipping or
clerical work in evenings and have had
two years experience. Address T. %. Every
Evening Office.
FIKST-CLAsS dressmaker wants sewing.
Childrens clothes . speciality. Miss krag-
enbrink. 222 West street. Phone 304l j.
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PLAsTERISG.

PLASTERING
LOWE BROS.
Phone 57O7 NJ. Res. 1907 dhailcross Ave.
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STATE OF DELAWARE.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
I, Everett c. johnson. Secretary of State
Of the State of Delaware. do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing is a true and
CORRECT cppy OF stAtenent of the reduction
of the authorized capital stock of du Pont Sc
curitieS Company as received and filed In
this of1ice, the sixteenth day of January,
A. ID. 1920, at 9 o clock. =. m.
In Testimony Whereof 1 have hercunto
set my hand and official seal, at
Dover this sixteenth day of Jan
SEAI. uary, in tho year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and twenty.
ENEkETT @. JOHNSON,
Secretary OF State.
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I'VE SELL the famous Empire Pipeless
He ers. 5. q. williams. Third and Tat
nail streets. formerly '5I9 Orangs street.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-30
X. T.. ECH0LS
For Corporation Commissioner

Leavenworth, kan.-Brent Dow Allen
son. serving Il five year term in the
Leavcnworth federal prison for draft
evasion, was released by special order
OF the war department,
PALACINE OIL co. $40 WEST
MAIN, WILL OPEN FRIDAY. 28.a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-30
v EAR|EO OF WANOER|N c.
AN OUTCAST WITHOUT A
COUNTRY CONSC|ENT|
SURRENDERED

Portland, Oregon, July S0.-Three
years Cf wandering in all but deserted
mountains of southern Oregon, in eff
forts to escape charges Of evading of
the army draft were ended today
with Alfred Fattig, 27-year old farmer,
in Jail here. He surrendered, it is
said because of loneliness, which be-
came unbearable. During his wan
derings, he told county authorities,
the meat of wild animals and ber-
ries had been his principal means
Of subsistence.
Fattig and his brother, Charles. fled
to the mountains in 1917, because of
conscientious scruples against war. he
declared. They took clothing salt,
matches, weapons and ammunition
and a prospector's pan.
1--WE tried to be prospectors when
we occasionally met miners or other
people in the mountains" Fattig told
the authorities once returned
home in February, 1918. / saw my
mother and returned to the noun
tains. About Christmas Of 1918, we
heard from an old miner that the
war was over. Last fall, my brother
said he had enough and was going
somewhere to work. l decided to re-
main in the mountains alone. Final
ly, it got so | simply couldn't stand
it, any longer. | wanted to be with
leople. / came out and surrendered"
Charles Fattig has not been appre-
hended.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-30
Just Look at
Your Teeth!

Notice cosely--rlght at tie edge OF
the roots, next TO the gums. Aren't
they somewhat tainted? That's tartar.
You can't brush It off Tartar discolors
enamel 1t irritates the gums But
worst Of all, it's an ideal harborlng
place for the treacherous germs Of
pyorrhea. $50 Of all adults are vic
tins of this insidious disease. Some
don't even know it-not till the gums
begin 10 bleed. not til the teeth be
come loose and sensitive!
STOP the rayages OF pyorrEea. Save
your teeth--your gums-your health
Do 1t quick. Use PYROS, the pene
trating antiseptic PYROS kills pyor
rhetlc bacteria. Dsintegrates germ
breeding tartar Restores the gums.
Preserves the teeth. PYROS has the
most agreeable, soothing, healing eff
fects. Gives the mouth q pure, cool
clean, delightful feeling-Sweetens and
purifies the breath. Harmless 10
healthy tissues, dentine or enamel. En-
dorsed nv leading dental authorities.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-30
STATE ACTO ROADS.

Oklahoma City, July 3O.-Road con-
ditions in Oklahoma, announced today
by the highway weather service Of the
weather bureau here, were:
Altus, fair; Alya, fair Blackwell,
fair; Carnegie, good; Checotah, very
good; Cherokee good; Chickasha, fair;
Cleveland, fair Clinton good but
rough in spots Dodge City, Kansas,
good; Duncan. fair; Durant. fair; Ell
Reno, good; Enid, fair muddy in some
places; Fort Smith, Ark, fair; Fred
erick, good; Guthrie, good; Hastings,
good; Hobart, good; Holdenville fair;
Hugo, excellent; Hydro very good;
Idabel, good; Kingfisher, fair; Lawton,
good McAlester, fair; Miami, fair;
Newkirk, good; Newton, Kansas, good:
Oklahoma City, fair muddy in places;
Ponca City, good; Poteau, fair; Pur-
cell, good; Tahlequah, good; Taloga,
very good Union City, good Waurika,
fair; Wichita, Kansas, good; Wister,
fair
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-30
OIL COMPANY is
DEFENDANT IN BIG
SUIT FOR DANA GES

Houston, Texas, July 30.-A suit for
s6,SSS, 500 damages, one of the highest
amounts ever sued for in this county
was filed in district court Thursday
by the Brooks Petroleum company
against Frank Melvin and z. p. Shell
ton, both of I'll Paso.
The suit charges failure to carry
out an alleged agreement to sell 10,-
900 barrels of Mexican crude oil per
day for five years at a price OF 81
delivered at Port Aransas The peti-
ton alleges that the defendants said
they had secured as a customer a
Mr.. Ryan, purchasing agent of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail
way company. OF the amount sued 70,
$780, 900 Is claimed as exemplary dam
ages md the remainder actual dam
ages.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-30
ROAD DEPARTMENT.
SECURES WAR EQUIPMENT

Oklahoma City, July 30.-Oklahoma
has received through the Department
of Agriculture, war equipment valued
at million and a half dollars TO
be used in the road building pro
gram.
This statement is contained in
letter from Henry Wood, Commissioner
of Highways, addressed to DR.. Clar-
ence j. owens, director general of
the Southern Commercial Congress.
War material suitable for road
building purposes, is being allotted
to the several states under a povis-
ion famed by DR.. Owens and intro.
duced in the senate by the late Sena-
tor Bankhead of Alabama as rider
to the postoffce appropriation bill OF
1919 At the same time DR.. Owens
presented the matter to each OF the
forty-eight state governors who gave
hearty endorsement, and with this
concert of demand the measure pass
ed without opposition.
Mr.. Wood in his letter 40 DR.. owens
says:
oklahoma has received from the
Bureau of Public Roads of the Agri-
cultural Department, war equipment
conservatively valued at sl,50o,OO0.
This equipment has been obtained At
very small percentage of its cash
value and has been distributed to the
counties and subdivisions of the state
to aid in road building.
This has been great thing for
Oklahoma and will be the direct cause
of much good being done in the bet
terment of our highways. We certain
ly appreciate the interest OF your
organization in this matter"
The vital assistance given the good
roads movement throughout the coun-
| try by this distribution OF hundreds
of millions of dollars worth Of war
materials Is but one phase Of .
gigantic program of constructive states
manship, carefully planned and stead
lily carried forward during the past
ten years by the Southern Commerc-
ial Congress under the direction OF
| Dr. Owens.
The main theme of agricultural
reorganization for the country was,
at the beginning of the campaign, di-
vided into four subdivisions, finance.
distribution, production and organiza-
ton.
Under the head of finance much Of
minor Importance has been accom-
plished, but the great service rendered
the agricultural interests of the coun-
! try under this subdivision is the
Federal Farm Loan Act, entire cred-
ern Commercial congress by the con-
! gress of the United States.
Under the subdivision, distribution.
DR.. Owens directed an exhaustive sur
vey of the trinity of transportation--
Railways, waterways and highways.
Incident to this work he wrote an
amendment to the Postoffice Appro-
priation bill in 1915 making provision
for a fund to conduct experiments in
the Postoffice Department in shipping
farm produce from produced to con-
sumer direct. A niggardly ten thou
and dollars was appropriated for the
work, but it was sufficient 10 demon
strate q saving Of more than forty
three per cent to the consumer by the
direct method of purchase and de
livery by post. Within the year the
business of handling this class of par
cells post had grown to such an ex-
tent that it required practically the
entire time of the office of the Fourth
Assistant Postoffice General.
Going steadily forward in the