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Arizona republican., 1921-09-27
SUPERIOR MIAMI
 HIGHWAY CLOSED

The Superior Miami highway will be closed until further notice. accord ing to an announcement made by the state highway department.
 Though the highway is not yet completed it has been open to through traffic from time to time, as condi- tions permitted. Now the character of the work is such that a complete blockade tostraveI is deemed neces- sary and for this req son no one will be permitted to travel over the road until certain portions are completed.
 Two shifts of prison labor are now employed on the road and these are at work enlarging the tunnel in Queen Creek canyon. The tunnel will be
Arizona republican., 1921-09-27

The Frolic The Frolic will open tomorrow eve
Arizona republican., 1921-09-27
The Green Mill Gardens

Don't forget the big barn dance
 Wednesday night and the old fash
 toned dances. Ask mother about the
 time when she was a girl, when they
 danced the quadrille, the iancers and the jolly Virginia reel. Did you ever attend a barn dance in small coun-
 try town. If you did not you have a
 lot to lool- forward to. There were the old sets of harness hanging on pegs scattered around the barn, old Beck and his side-kick quietly munching their hay, while old Bossey
 complacently chewed her cud and wondered what the dickens it was all about. The nine- piece band de luxe generally consisted of a fiddler and a mouth harmonica, but fun-oh, shucks, you will have to come to the Green Mill Gardens Wednesday
 night and see for yourself. Then there is the milking contest Every girl who milks the COW on the ball
Arizona republican., 1921-09-27
Empire State Makes Record Voyage From
 Yokohama To Frisco

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 2s- - The time made by the liner Empire State. which docked here last night, on her latest voyage from Yokohama. was announced today to be a new trans Pacific record The Empire State was 12 days. Is hours and 4S min utes. actual running time, on the way. The best previous mark was set by the Golden state. a sister ship. It was I3 days. : hours and 40 minutes
Arizona republican., 1921-09-27

fools of themselves about Dodo. and worst of all Dodo. continued to lead them on. So Herby decided not to take his wife's assertions that it was all harmless for what it was worth, but persuaded his bosom friend, Bobo Brown, to flirt with Dodo, invite her to his bachelor apartments and let her vamp to her hearts content and then report to him. Bobo (Roscoe Karns) went through with his part of it but 1t constituted the most wildly evciting evening he had ever experi- enced.
 This all happens in "Our Little Wife, the Avery Hopwood farce which Is being produced by the Bain- bridge Karns stock company at the Elks theater this week. Aside from it's comedy value it breaches a lesson to wives and husbands as forceful as any sermon ever preached from the pulpit It runs for the balance of the week with popular matinees on Wed neSday ard Saturday.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-27

day, eight period in study hall of Liberal Arts building for the purpose of organizing the club.
 The second team came out on the small end or the score. 13-0. with the St Johns Mission football team. The boys put up a good scrap but the braves showed a little too much speed.
 The first squad was put through a hard grind last evening in prepara- ton for the alumni game. The men are in the best of condition
Arizona republican., 1921-09-27
ADJUSTMENTS
MUSICAL PROLOGUE
 AT THE COLUMBIA

A scene from "The Fortune Teller will be staged as a musical prologue to Little Italy," Alice Brady's latest starring vehicle. at Mauk's Columbia theater today and Wednesday. This is the first time that such an under taking has been attempted in Phoenix The prologue will be patterned after prologue settings of the larger and better theaters.
 r. Y Garrison. well known baritone, will sing the role of Sandor in the prologue, which is destined to inter- pret the screen production One of the numbers will be the Gypsy Love Song so popular a few seasons ago. The role of Mazelle will be enacted by Mrs H. N- Lewis.
 Little Italy," the screen play, has tc do with the new world atmosphere of thriving Italian colony, in which the Italians keep alive many of their old world customs and all of their old world prejudices and feuds-especial- ly the feuds-
 Rosa, only child of the widowed Marco Mascani, the wealthiest Italian in the colony and leader of one faction. is the belle of the settle ment- But like her famous country woman. the fair Juliet. she cares nothing for the suitors who are en- coHraged by her father, and loses her heart in one meeting with fascinat- ing youth who turns out to be mem her of a family prominent in the rival faction
 Poor little modern Juliet, hankering after a forbidden Romeo and passion ately loyal to her fathers tradition. Rosa was in for an agonizing struggle, ms you can easily see for yourself
 A Snub Pollard comedy entitled What Whopper." a Literary Digest Topics and a Select News reel are other film numbers on the program for today and Wednesday. the whole being offered at regular Columbia hnaSe prices
Arizona republican., 1921-09-27
Morning Pigeon Flies
 I2O5 Yards Tn Minute
IRepuoIican A. p. Leased Wire1

NEW YORK. Sept 25.--A homing pigeon flown by S. Uprichard of Clifton. N- J., was first to finish of the 3,30e- birds entered in the Wash ington to New York race of the United Homing Pigeon Concourse of
Arizona republican., 1921-09-27

New York today. It made 204-2 miles in four hours, 57 minutes and foui seconds. flying at the rate of 1.2os yards per minute. A southeast winc hampered the birds. The record rate of flight for the course is 2.200 yards per minute.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-27

impossible until this work is com pleted. This, together with heavy rock work and blasting on other sec tions of the road, will make travel impossible at this time.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-27
Ramona Theater

| A big gift night treat is in store for Ramona patrons tonight, when many valuable gifts will be presented.
 'sMy Aunt From BraziP will be the attraction in musical comedy today and tomorrow. This bill started Sunday and has had two days Of record breaking business. It is filled with sparkling dialogue. delicious comedy, ridiculous situations and ex- cellent musical specialties. Bobby Greer, the eccentric comedian with the Greer-Lawler Pioneer Girls com pany, assays the roll of female i'm personator with nirth provoking suc- cess. The Pioneer Boys quartet is back on the job this week and con- tinues to please, with an entire new selection of song hits.
 Roy Stewart in one of his best screen contributions, 'sThe Laws Out law" is heading the picture program for today It is capably seconded by Hoot Gibson in Bandits Beware" a thrilling two-reef western which com pletes the program.
Arizona republican., 1921-09-27
ks

Herhy Warren was jealous, insane
 1v jealous of his pretty wife, Dodo Warren. and if you can believe him he had just cause for being so. Herby claimed he couldn't come into the house without finding some idiot making love to his wife; he couldn't xo to a dance without finding his wife slipping away in some corner with a love-sicl lunatic, and when they gave a dinner party five out of six of the men persisted in making
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22
WHITE SQUAWS SEEK
ESTATE OF INDIAN

FAIRFAX Oka.-Two white women
today are battling for the rich es-
tate of an aged Usage warrior, each
claiming 10 have been his wife.
Three Striker, so named because he
killed three Chrokees in the last bat
tie between that tribe and the Osages.
died in an asylum, w h. Mcclure
being appointed administrator OF his
wealthy estate.
During his lifetime Three Striker has
always longed for a "pale-face' wife.
At the age of seventy he was legally
married 10 a white woman, his tribal
wife having died some years before.
The sea Of matrimony became tur-
bulent with his white wife. He de.
his riches, and subsequently he filed
suit for annulment of his marriage
Mrs. Three Striker drawing $500
monthly alimony.
Following the death OF Three Strik-
er his divorced wife began proceed
ings to have set aside the annulment
decree and laid claim to his holdings.
Following publication of the facts in
the case another white woman now
has come forward seeking TO gain
possession of the estate. The woman
claims she was married TO Three
Striker fifteen years ago and was
never legally divorced. The case is
docketed in the district court.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22
CAPT. NOBBS BUSY
FINISHING UP ON
CHRISTMAS TREE

!, Capt. Maggie Nobbs of the Salvation
Army doesn't overlook n thing when
il comes to providing the necessary
gifts to the poor of the city and after
making a complete survey of the stu
alton she announces that included in
gifts TO be distributed Saturday night
there will be a number Of cooking
utensils.
What's the use Of giving folks
something TO cook if they have moth.
ing to cock it in, tho big hcatred
captain asks with an air that conveys
the instant impression that she
doesn't believe in that kind of giving
and that she didn't hesitate in her de-
cision and she purchased so pans and
other utensils.
= captain Nobbs states that up to the
noon hour today she has purchased
66 pairs Of shoes; 70 pieces of under
wear; dress goods sufficient for dresses
for four women and 80 children; 20
good wool sweaters; - pairs of
trousers and coats; 40 pairs of stock
ings for women; GO pairs for chill.
dren 12 blankets; 100 handkerchiefs; I;
eight caps for boys; - knitted petit
coats; besides all the food to go into
the baskets.
Fifteen hundred sacks containing
candies. fruits and nuts are TO be dis
tributed; sleepy dolls galore and toys
that will delight the hearts Of boys OF
all ages will be given.
Santa Claus will come to Ardmore
Saturday afternoon and viii remain
here several hours until every chile
ia visited.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22

the lads face. His father knew that
mother would be calling for him, but
who could resist continuing before
such an enwrapt listener?
Now then, let me tell you some
thing more about Santa which most
people have forgotten all about Santa
Claus is with us the whole year round
and not just for Christmas only. Sure,
il is love who takes the basket of jel-
lies and pies and chicken to the poor
boys and girls who have no father or
mother to take care of them.
80 then whenever any folks tell you
that Santa isn't real you just tell them
you know better.
Now before mother calls us agar
maybe I can tell you something elst
about Santa. He always has his mes
senger. Wouldn't you like to be one
I've tried to be one for q long tim
and it is just lots Of fun"
Alfred expressed his delight with
perfectly ldssable smile as he nodde'
his head.
"Well sir! Tomorrow is Christina
and it is the time for little boys an
girls and everybody too to have
happy joyous day. Tomorrow you wi
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22

wake up early, ! know. You Will
waken too early for me but since ii is
only once year I'll forgive you. Any
how, after you have found all the won
derful things stuffed in your long
stockings and played with all the
things hidden under the Christmas
tree, we are going to be messengers
for Santa Claus.
you and mother and l are going
to fix up big basket with good
things to eat We will bundle up real
warm and take the basket around to
the block beyond the old church. Wi.
dow Miranda lives in little cottage
with her little girl and we are going
to surprise them with this basket
They will be so happy because they
will know that Santa Claus has not
forgotten them. Won't that be fun?'
"Oh yes, daddy" exclaimed Alfred
clapping his hands, Lets be Santa!
messengers. Oh l can hardly wal
until morning.
"All right" said his father" th'
quicker TO bed the sooner will Christ
mas be here. Come on"
Alfred grasped his fathers hand an,
they marched off in response to tn
mothers insistent call.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22
Enid Commissioners
To Fight Gas Company

ENID Okla, Dec. 22.-Not only is
Enid going to resist any advance in
gas rates. as ordered by the state
corporation commission, but city com.
nissioners have detrmined TO fight
back at the Oklahoma Gas and Elec.
trio Company here by installing
municipal electric light plant
City commissioners at meeting
Thursday morning instructed the city
attorney to prepare data TO be used
in fighting the threatened hike, in gas
rates and also ordered him TO see II
1t will be possible to bring about
forfeiture OF franchise now held by
the Oklahoma Electric and Gas COM
pany.
Commissioners estimated enough
money can be saved by the city in
electrical bills in one years time to
pay for the installation Of a munic.
ipal power plant.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22
Will Teach Trainmen
How to Be Courteous

LOS ANG GEI.ES,-A novelty in rail
way instruction departments has been
inaugurated here. with the installation
OF Miss Nina Martin as q school
marm" for trainmen OF the Los An.
geles Railway. 1t will be Miss Mar.
tins special duty to give conductors
and mortormen lessons in courtesy
toward patrons OF the local street cars
The courtesy course will also touch
on the personal appearance OF train.
men, and motormen and conductors
will receive lectures from their new
teacher on keeping their uniform tidy
and their shoes slicked up.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22
WARREN DISCUSSES PROBLEMS
RELATIVE TO TENANT FARMERS

and is content to let the tenant DO
all the rustling.
The land.trd With this kind Of q
tenant does not have as a rule any
thi0g TO sell in town, usually content
ing himself with bunch OF cattle or
hogs that he ships to market once
Vt twice each year.
Some OF the largest land owners
in Carter county were once tenant
farmers but you can rest assured they
were not OF the first class mentioned
by me, the largest taxpayer in Car
ter county was once a tenant on some
OF the identical land he now owns.
Finally Become Land Owners
Nearly all the better class OF ten
an! :armers fiGolly become land own
crs themselves they pur ,lI''e - sthl''
tract OF land and add to it as their
means will allow and are among our
most substantial citizens.
There is not large land owner in
Carter county but what will help a
hustling tenant to become an owner
himself If he shows any disposition
to get ahead in the world, farmers
throughout the entire county are pro
viding their tenants with better homes
better barns and surroundings, and
are encouraging them to raise chick.
ems, hogs, cows and above all TO
plant and cultivate n large garden,
the tenant farmer who does this
need have no worries about a place
TO work, he will be in demand as
long as he cares to remain a tenant
farmer, and when he decides to pur'
chase land and start on his own ac
count, will find plenty of land owners
TO help him along"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22
Fuel Alcohol Made
At 8 Cents a Gallon

HONOLULU.-Due to the lack of
wood fuel available for use in stoves
in its employees houses, combined with
the low market price offered for mo
lasses, the Maui Agricultural COM
pany. one OF the largest Hawaiian
sugar companies, is making extensive
experiments in the production OF
fuel alcohol from molasses. and Off
cials OF the company report that tn.
experiments are successful.
Making use of the new type of still,
it is found that about SO gillons Of
alcohol can be produced from ton OF
molasses. At ga estimated price of
81 per ton for nolasses the cost Of
fuel alcohol is brought down TO less
than cents per gallon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22

~JS there really Santa Claus, dad
dy?' asked Alfred. his anxious
eyes aglow as be stood by his faith.
er's knee.
1t was the night before Christmas
and the family was gathered together
in the living room before the fireplace
whose flashing and dancing flames
glistened on the silver and gold fes-
toons decorating the Christmas tree.
An irregular row of stockings hung
from the mantle and were silhouetted
against the fire The family had had
happy time listening to the Christ
mas Carols from the phonograph and
to their father who was gifted with
remarkable fund of stories.
1t was now time for Alfred to &c
to bed. his mother had already left
the room. He, however, was in nc
hurry.
rs there 4 Santa Claus?" he asked
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22

Yes, my lad. there is" responded
his father. Some folks will try to tell
YOU that Old St. Nick is just a story
and not real at all. l feel sorry for
those kind Of people. Do you know
how old Santa Claus is?"
Alfred shook his yellow head.
Santa Claus" continued the father,
sis as old as old can be. Santa Claus
was here long before there ever were
little boys and girls.
Now listen real carefully and I'll
tell you secret about Santa Claus
which most folks don't know. Santa
Claus is love- Yes, sir, Santa Claus
is love. 1t is love who will fill those
stockings tonight.
Course you can't see love nor car
you see Santa Claus but he is rea
Just the same"
A light OF understanding frightened
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22
SEAL SALE WORKERS
START FINAL WEEK

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 22-An
eleventh hour whirlwind drive 10 Dflms
the total in the 1921 tuberculosis Seal
sale in Oklahoma to the 100000 mark
started over the state Monday, the
opening day Of the final week OF the
drive.
According TO reports received az
the office of the Oklahoma Public
Health association, large percentage
of the money is still TO be raised. A
r,apority Of the counties were count
ing on this final week. during which
streets will be crowded with Christ.
mas shoppers. 10 put the sale over.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22

Fire Chief II. o. Bailey is tcday is
suing second warning to parents
regarding the use of fireworks within
the fire limits of the city. While there
is little damage to result from fire
crackers, roman candles and sky rock
cts are very dangerous, the chief
points out.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22

MISS JANE ANDERSON is now in
Washington gathering material for
new book on personalities and events
OF the arms conference, to be published
simultaneously in Great Britain and
the United States. She is a noted Nor
wegian writer whose books and ar
ticles on the British submarines and
other war topics were among the lit
erary sensations of the war.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22

Quite a number Of farmers were III
the city today selling country sausage
lard and ribs from wagons. the farnl-
ers this year for the first time in
many are able to do SO for the rea-
son that most every one in the coun'
try raised a surplus of hogs last sea-
son.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22
Cat Earns Its Board
by Catching Rabbits

SAN BERNARDINo. Cal.-Mrs,
G. W. Smith. who resides near Clare
mont has a cat that earns his own
board His name is Tiger and every
day for some time he has been goins
out In the fields near the Smith home
and bringing hack RABBIT.
When thoroughly scrubbed and
cleaned said cotton.tail furnishes
meat for the Smith fanny And a
wellcooked piece always goes TO III
ger lie is happy And he's cutting
down the nigh cost Of living Tor the
Smith family.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22
Trees are Sprayed From
Above by Airplane Squad

DAYTON The possibility ot the
airplluc IN assisting crops was dem.
onstratod by McCook Field fliers and
n French aviator at Orchard Grove
near here. when several planes took
up insect killing liquids and other
sermioidcs and sprayed trees.
The experiment was made on n
grove Of catalpa trees and was watch.
cd by large crowd % farmers. The
test was pronounced a great success,
and full report, SO Is said. will be
made 20 tho federal agricultural DC.
partmout
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22
Ouawpaw Wants Gas Hike

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. %. - The
Quapaw Gas company late Monday
afternoon filed complaint with the
state corporation commission for in
crease in its city gas rate. The pres.
ent rate is 25 cents.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22

Only one drunk was reported during
the "a hours ending at noon today
by the police During the past week
there has been few drunks consider
ing the nearness of the Christmas holi-
days and the weather conditions, police
say,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22
SOLDIERS PULL orr SFiRS
"HorSeless" Artillcrymen Want TO
Know Why They Wear Ornaments.

HONOLULU. l. H-with horse.
less field artillery how can a field a..
tillery officer with proprcty wear
spurs and carry "a riding ,rop. and
without these articles ~ personal
adornment what does life hold of JOY
for an artillerymanF
These questions are agitaunE the
commissioned personnel Of the field
artillery branch ot the service station.
81 In Hawaii since that arm became
motorized A return to the swagger
stick appears probable AZ one way out
but for spurs no satisfactory substitute
ls In sIEht.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22
Woman Ducked h, Train

wATERTowN. y. N..-Nrs Fred
SHREDDER. uf Beaver Pals, suffered
"ducking" and lost s66 when. as she
was walking across railroad tres
tie. a train struck and tossed her
Into the river below. The purse In
her hand contained tisi in bills The
bills were scattered on the flowing
waters. Rapid work by swimmers Of
the train crew salvaged SIS. Mrs.
SHREDDER was rescued.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22
OI,lahOman Killed i'm Kansas

MIAMI. Okla, Dec. 22.-T f. Rau-
er, of Miami, was killed at Kansas
City, Monday in a cave-in OF sewer
ditch according to word received here
today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22

The fire department made run TO
the 500 block of East Main street this
morning to stop fire which was caused
by exhaust from truck. Some OF
the woodwork on the body was burned.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22
CITY BRIEFS

RI. A. Ledbetter and G. +. McDamon
left today for Kansas city where they
were called on legal business.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22

Reports from the western part ~
the county this morning says that
light rain was falling. The usht pi
cipitation was greatly appreciated o'
farmers generally
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22

Otis Coffey, a prominent farmer o'
Lone Grove community was uai
sacting business in the city today
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-22

Judge Clyde Logsdon of Marietta ar
rived here today at noon and heard
few deferred cases in district court
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County Judge Winfrey is prepar.
ing the docket that will be taken up
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before him next Tuesday in resuia'
January term.
, 1921-09-15
EIKs TO HAVE BIG TIME

Rawlins Lodge No. 500. B. P. O.. E.
ts planning on having a big time on
Tuesday. October 26th. when q large
class will be initiated into the order.
Last winter the RawUns lodge
initiated q class of e 100 into the
ut one time. The affair was
such . success and such general
good time was had by everyone that
1he members decided to have AN,
other suck . day this year.
! IN Tia near future . COMMITTEES
A. J. Roster. H. b. Mag
ness, 4, w. Dinsmore. H. r. Dunlap
and Frank. Ksete expect to visit each
community IN the county for the puf-
pose Of visiting the members % the
order living there and making ar-
raneements for the meeting to b.
held here tho 2Sth.
It 10 expected that q class of at
least. leo will b initiated on the
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