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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-17
MANY COUNTIES WILL
HAVE TO CUT DOWN
R0ADBUILDING WORK

oklahoma City, June lT-State high.
way department officials were today
tabulating the amount of bonds voted
In the various Oklahoma counties in
an effort 10 determine which will be
affected and in what amount by the
fact that more road bonds have been
voted in the state than have been
matched by federal aid funds Notice
that Oklahoma counties had voted
bonds totaling SSG2 1893 more than the
(t33S,2i5 set aside by the federal
government was received by highway
officials late yesterday
Z D. Clark. state highway commis-
sioner said no statement OF the ef-
feet ON the counties could be made un-
I'll q complete check had been made
He said this would probably be fin
ished tomorrow.
10 Is thought, however that a num-
Der will be forced to curtan the
amount Of the road work contemplated
County Clerk Harris reported this
afternoon that Il was not definitely
known whether Carter county would
suffer any curtailment on the federal
road project between here and Heald-
ton as a result OF the report that ap-
proximately S36O,O0O Of the expected
federal aid would not be forthcoming
IN oklahoma
He gave his opinion that II all of the
federal ala projects are curtailcd simi.
larly. the roads through Carter county
would suffer in like proportion. II is
probable, however. that work on one or
two roads which have not been start.
ed yet will be deferred This would
prevent any curtailment to roads al
ready underway.
The unexpected decrease in the fed
eral aid was caused by the excessive
number Of projects launched In the
state. The amount stipulated by the
federal government was approximately
SS6O,OOo less than had been planned
in the state
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-17
TODDLE. SHUTTLE, SCRAEcH
SHINY BARRED CHICKENS

Wichita, June 17.--Wichita dance
hall proprietors posted notices
condemning as indecent or uncon-
ventional the following steps:
Toddle, shuttle, chicken scratch,
cootie crawl, shimmy, rocking chair
walk, staircase glide, Dixie flutter,
Lemon squeeze and the honey grip.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-17

Washington Title to approximately
1000 acres of valuable oil land To-
Gated in naval oil reserve number two
in California, is at stake In series
Of hearings which started before secre-
tary Fall. The Hcnolulu oil Company
is seeking to establish its title to the
lands which have produced more than
5 million dollars worth OF Oil since
1904
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-17
Memorializes National Leg
islature Not Nullify State
Rights to Settle Matters
Of Domestic Moment
CITIES ASPIRING FOR
1922 CONVENTION
FORT WORTH, TEXAS; CINCIN.
MATT, OHIO, AND BIRMINGHAM,
ALA, WOULD ENTERTAIN
NEXT ANNUAL GATHERING.

Denver, June 11.--Efforts to un-
seat all male debates who did not
wear union label on all articles
OF wearing apparel, were defeated
BY an overwhelming vote in the
annual convention OF the American
Federation OF Labor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-17

Washnston-The senate rejected by
one vote the packer regulation bill
reported out BY the agricultural com
nlttse
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01

THE eye notes obstacles that strea
Berlin's One-time path of ambition to
Bagdad One may trace the sea route
which island Britain gained by legiti-
mate means to her Asiatic spheres.
'KarIsbad may be as charming by
its new name of Karloyy Vary bun n
Is harder to find. Our mythical Mar
tan needs with his map an index with
old and new names to learn his way
about Patriotism has made HaHy re-
stored cities unrecognizablr without
SUCH aid.
Formerly the average layman re-
garded a map much as he did rail-
road time table 1t was essential up
on rare occasions Today the well
Informed must employ a map to under
stand the great educational value OF
his daily newspaper.
''To him who reads a map with the
care that he scans the printed column
the map will impart its fascinating story
of historic peoples, their present-day
struggles. the constant inter-aetion OF
the human being and his physical en-
vfronment."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01
Map Published by Ma ienaI GEO.
graphic Society Eei els Mace
Over C0ntiLe.t oil Europe.
Changes Effected by All the Treaties,
Agreements and PIebiscites Are
Recorded to pate-show Rem
nants of sysone Splcndor.

"Mayflower coionists
Americans of 1921 can almost imagine
their sensations as we gaze at map
of the New Europe" says a bulletin
from the Washington headquarters of
the National Geographic society.
ITO man whu has been on Mars
since 1914, the continental Europe of
1921, save for Its peninsulas and
islands, virtually would be new
world" continues the bulletin, issued
in connection with map recently pub
lished by the society 10 record changes
effected by all treaties. agreements
and plebiscites to date.
Even bird's-eye view of the made.
over continent would disclose:
Cleaver-shaped CzechosIOvakia, un,
Willingly symbolical in contour
tamming its western wedge far into
Germany, ligl tly tipping with its east
ern panhandle much magnified Rou
mania.
''Shrunken Austria and pared down
Hungary nesting below, remnants o.
bygone splendor and objects Of pres
ent economic charity. seem not muct
larger than Maine. and they are not.
Add Flavor of Medieval.
"Resurrected Poland to the north he
speaks reincarnation rather than {
relic Two free cities, Fiume and Dan
zig, give added flavor to the medieval
'Even the shapes of the nations o.
central Europe tell a significant story
Compare their curving contours, as i
they had been ground and rounded b.
| ceaseless war storms, with the angular
mosaic patterns of the Western state:
of the United States.
Three tiny republcs-Esthonia
Latvia, Lithuania-rear their AphrO
| dite heads from the Baltic waters
Above them is suspended Finland
/ born without the terrible birth pang!
of the new lands farther south.
''The patchwork that formerly de
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01

work. The official figures of national
park attendance show more than q
million visitors last summer, and
this season the figures most likely
will run TO a million and a quarter.
Of these about 20 per cent travel id
their own cars. And a good big per,
centage are fixed for camping. The
National Park service says in it's 1870
annual report:
Final travel figures. reaching a to-
tai of 1,05S, 455 visitors, show healthy
and substantial growth of American
tourist travel in America. This travel
has now reached a proportion where
it must be seriously considered as an
economic factor in our national life.
Surely travel of this proportion is not
born 'of merely a restlesSness on the
part of our fellow citizens to be going
somewhere just for the going, but de
notes deeper feeling, pride OF coun-
try, desire to see and know their
land and to make that use of their ma
tiunal parks for which these play
grounds were created.
"Just as the rail lines brought people
to the parks froIa every state in the
Union and from many foreign coun-
tries, so were motorists recorded trav-
cling in private cars from every state
and from Canada and Mexico. More
than half of these carried their own
supplies and camp equipment and en-
joyed their Fairgrounds in their own
way"
The plain truth of the matter is
whisper it-that the camping-out
folks at the peak of the season often
Jared better than the stay-at-a-hotel
folks, for the simple reason that things
got decidedly iammed up in August at
several of the principal parks.
Rocky Mountain, for example, had
10000 visitors-it's the nearest to the
travel and population center-and So
coo autos. And hundreds were turned
away Tor lack of hotel accOmmoda-
lions. or course the motor-gypsies
weren't turned away; there's always
room for them in Its 400 square miles.
This year therell be more hotel &C
mmodatIsns-and likewise bigger
auto camps. as In all the principal ma
tionai parks.
This nnoter-gypsying Is Increasing
like an unfought forest fire. And why
not? II appeals so many ways.
In the first place, It's cheap.
have run scross many an outfit that
were having the time of their lives on
mighty little money. One old farmer
from Nebraska put his case in a nut
shell thus:
Here we are-me and my wife and
our five children. I've been wanting
for years to show 'em this country,
hut couldn't stand the expense. Now
I've got 4 car, and it's all right. T.av-
cling this way won't cost much more
than staying at home. And a good
time--well. say"
But don't fool yourself into thinking
that it's question of mere dollars
and cents with all the gypsies, You'll
see the most expensive cars as well
MS flivvers. And I'm them will be peo-
nile who don't have to count their dol
lars. The idea, you see. Is oasea
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01
He 4 =.
Earns His Way

EN- prop me up with pillows like !
am now.
Il intended going into the 1eweIry
business at the time was hurt. But
OF course, couldn't go on with that.
And so for a while | just lay here"
One day a girl friend who dropped
in to see Hal brought along a box of
pastels that she didn't want. She knew
he had been clever with his pencil at
one time and thought he might amnss
himself with them.
I'm naturally right-ha 1ded," went
on Hal. But there's nothing like
trying. l played around with the
pastels and copied magazine cover.
There it is" He pointed TO the wall.
When / found l could use the old
mitt / got an old Bohemian artist to
show me how to handle oils. He left
something Of his own over here one
day and copied 1t. He couldn't tell
'em apart"
The living room of the Ehrig abois
is bright with evidences of Halls south,
paved artistry. And he's sold a los
more, two of them for $50 each. Some
Of his canvases are six feet long. Hal
has them suspended from the bar run,
ming parallel with his bed and works
as II painting on the ceiling
How He Took Up Music,
Now for the music.
81 took up song writing aeeut
three years ago" Hal went on. Some
fellows were over seeing who could
write the best poetry. They liked mine,
and we sent it 10 a music house to
have il put TO music. Il was war song
called when We whirl Into Berlin"
Some copies went TO pal of mine
overseas and it pretty near started a
riot. The boys wanted 10 dash right
up TO the front"
Since his initial venture into the
realm of song Hal has written several
more.
I'm crazy about RsBsic." he con-
tinued. hut, really think IN make
most of my money on my dogs Got
two Of Combustion wolf hounds,
worth 5000. They're wonderful dogs.
eNpect TO open exclusive kernels
and sell puppies. A pup brings ss
much as S300
you know, when went to he'd
was n years old and feet inches
tall, Now I am IS years hid and I'm
9 feet inches TALL Aad ms face
hasn't chsnsed-I don't ierS a day
older than when vs.s ha~ @vnaw
iSAf hg-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01

Will SIuTI UHl WITH
camping equipment and a solemn VOW
to camp by the roadside every single
night. Some of them will keep the
vow they swore, but many will fall by
the wayside-instead of camp-and
the hnny-on-the-spot hotel will get
their hard earned dollars. Others of
the gypsies will run on g $3.50 schedule
camp when the camping is good, and
the hotel for them at other times.
OF course the first hundred or so
miles are the hardest on Middle West
gypsfes, for the nearer they get to the
Rockies the more numerous and pre-
tentious are the auto-camps. Pretty
soon they get into a country where
every seif-respecting community offers
a really comfortable camp, with rum
ming water, wood, fireplaces, electric
lights an everythin'.
While there will be motor-gypsying
all over the land, the rush will un-
doubtedly be to the national parks of
the Rockies and beyond. The fame of
the "Delectable Mountains is abroad
in the land. To the people of the sun
baked Middle West the thought of a
land where they will sleep under
blankets is impelling. And actually
to need sweater morning and eve
nings! And trout streams that are
tce-cold! And everlasting snow in
sight on the mountain-slopes Just
The thought of these things along
about the middle of July is enough to
pack 'em In the old fiivver and start
'em due west on the Lincoln highway
or some other transcontinental road.
The folks up North who see snow
every winter haven't the faintest idea
OF what snow In midsummer means
TO folks down South who never see
1t. Why, the sight of 1t is worth the
whole trip from Louisiana or Texas.
One August day at the foot of Longs
Peak In Rocky Mountain National
park car carrying Texas license
came along with four husky young
texans In it. One jumped out and
came up TO my tent.
He asked me politely II / could tell
MIN what was that white patch up on
the mountain, pointing to the eserlast-
ing snow on the farther side of Boul-
oelfeld, about thousand feet below
the summit. 1 told him. "How comet"
ne wanted to know. l explained.
Could anybody get to It? said he
could walk right to II and roll In 1t.
de asked how far II was. i told him
that 1t was just about five miles. with
climb OF 1000 feet, and gave him de-
tails of the trail. Then he let out a
Sell-a Texas yell-and dashed back
10 the fiivver. Then followed an ex-
cited eonfab, all four talking at once.
Then away went the fiivver, full speed
ahead for the slope of Longs-snow-
bank or bust!
Fellows like that should start lit
Tie earlier to get around to the winter
sports and ski tournaments in Mount
Rainier along about the Fourth Of
Iulyl
This motor gypsying is no guess
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01

upon one of the oldest and funda-
mental instincts of The race-the call
of the open road.
For joy is the faw of the open road
And glad are its ways, it's laughter
free;
Away with your town-wrougiit weary
load,
Come hit the tail with me"
And In this matter of gypsying, we've
got the gypsy heat to a FRAGILE. The
mileage that can be covered is Iimit&<
only by the length of vacation time. !
know of one family last summer that
started from Philadelphia June a. and
returned September II. They visited
Rocky Mountain. They climbed Pixies
Peak. They saw the petrffed forest
on the way to Los Angeles over the
Santa Fe trail. From San Francisco
| they went to the Yosemite, and thence
back home over the Lincoln highway
just about 10000 miles, camping al.
ways, except when conditions were TO,
unfavorable.
Conditions in this year OF 1921 and
the trend of public opinion warrant
the prediction that it will be only a
| few years before an American motor
gypsy will be able to start at the At.
Iantic coast and make the round trip
to the Pacific on good roads and camp
ing by the roadside in comfort on pub
lie ground-national, state, county.
municipal and local parks. That is
the keynote Of the campaign begun
last summer at the national conference
on parks at Des Moines.
1t is a shame TO talk about making
money in connection with motor-gypsy-
ing and trout streams and snow-clad
peaks. but here goes: Suppose every
one of these 100000 gypsieS who Wis
| tied the national parks scattered an
average of 500 along his route That
means 1O0,000.O00 American d liars
kept at home and put in circulation
and business for all sorts of people
along the read. Do a little figuring
for yourself along this line, guessing
at the number OF motor-gypsies there
were In addition to those who visited
the national parks 49,
The best thing about all is that the
people are beginning TO get it through
their heads that the national parks be-
long to them. And they are begin
ming to use them. And maybe ii isn't
good thing for the people and coun-
tryl Maybe II doesn't make for ac-
qualntance and mutual respect and
democracy
| saw In the Big Thompson canyon
in Rocky Mountain National park q
bunch OF several cars-dlfferent makes
from several different sections of the
country and carrying several different
kinds of families. Well. the women
were getting lunch ready and the chill
dren were playing together and the
men we're whipping the Big Thompson
close by for trout. Enough said.
This 1921 civilization of ours Is
pretty compleN-maybe too complex TO
be sane, safe and sober" Nature Is
about the best antidute for a good
many of it's Ills. And gypsying by auto
mobile isn't the worst way in the
world to get fairly close TO nature.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01
With All But One Arm ParaIyzed,
Hal Ehrig Learns Painting
and Music.
MAKES BIG MONEY AT BOTH
Injury That Laid Him UP Is Rather a
Mystery to the Medical Profession,
but He Has Hopes That He Will
Be on His Feet Again.

Chicago.-How much courage and
optimism would you have left If you
had lain ON your back for seven years
able TO open your mouth one inch, end
the rest of you numb and lifelesS ex-
ept your left arn7 Would you feel
very much like taking up painting and
music and Russian wolf hounds, and
making your living by them?
Hal Ehrig. GAG West 61st street. sur
vived two serious motorcycle acct
dents, one in 1911 In an endurance
race to Michigan City and another In
1912 In the bowl at RiyeryIew park
Each time his left hip was badly In
jured, but each time he recovered with
apparently no permanent disability.
But with Hal, the third time was the
charm. While driving an automobile
ut dusk he encountered a drainage
ditch in the road The car overturned
on his bsdy. decorating the same hip.
In Bed Seven Years.
To-day he lies in half reclining pos
sition in a bel by the window. He
has lain that way for seven years But
he has smile ON his face and un-
shaken belief that few years will see
him on his feet gain. playing with his
Russian wolf hounds
My injury is rather u mystery 90
the medical profession" said he. I've
got a wonderful appetite and eat my
three square meals every day. But I
can't move except this one arm" And
he gripped the wooden bar that runs
parallel 10 his bed aud raised him.
self. THE doctors explain my eondi-
ton as being nervous shock-when
the left hip tightened up II pulled the
other side of me for support.
4 could feel myself stiftening all
over. l didn't know how long was
going to be laid up, but de ided to be
As comfortable as could So aad
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01

sounds as If a woman were just an
appendage. meant to tell you TO
be sure and write MIR. and Mrs"
The expression on Johns face was
almost tragic, so FASTENED to as
sure him that ii wasn't that serious
"But 1t Is serious. What do You
suppose I've dones registered John
Brooks and Mary Allen"
Just then there was a Iud knock
AT the door. II was the house ietee
tive. or course everything was ex.
planned all right. but II certainly was
embarrassing. CHICAGO Trib..l
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01
els ale. of d" j.
Wars Changes

noted the Balkan states seems to have
squirmed its queer way northwarI to-
ward the Baltic AS new countries
are scattered freely about, Montene-
gro, of romantic memory. has disap-
Peared. And familiar Turkey has all
but gone.
Ukraine tentatively slices of cor
ner of Russia an area comparable TO
that of France Jugo-Slayia is the
archftraye for a pediment of states
that bear down upon the tripartite
Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and SIo-
venes until it fairly bulges into the
Adriatic.
"a map of the new Europe visualizes
some phases of geography more clear,
ly than many pages Of explanation.
Obviously, a peninsular people have q
preferred safety insurance in modern
warfare. The freedom of the seas
seems to have a double entendre re
specting the shores that reach out fol
its kindly protection.
"All Europe is peninsula Of Asia
Then again western Europe Is a sec
ondary peninsula. pendant from Rus
STA, its broad isthmus spanning tht
eastern boundaries of Poland and Rou
mania from the Black to the Balti
seas, - -..
Were AIoof From War.
Scandinavia, Denmark, Spain, Ital,
and Greece therefore may be describes
as third-degree peninsulas. The frs
three were aloof from the war; actua
fighting did not penetrate far into tn
latter two. .-....-.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01
BREAKING THE ICE.

There Is story that when Peter
the Great introduced the social re-
forms In Russia In an effort to bring
mis- country abreast OF western Eu'
rope, the Russian women were so
aNerse to the immodest French dances
that he caused ardent spirits to be
served straight" In wooden spoons,
20 every young woman ut the ball be-
tore the beginning of the dance. To
break the Toe of Russ.an reserve more
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01

Caught Pocketbook in Trout Stream
Bellefonte, Pa.-While fishing for
trout near here William Garman no
ticed something floating down tbs
stream. As II came closer he recog
nized 1t as a poeketbook and worked
it ashore. 1t contained $50 in bills
with no clew TO the identity at the
owner.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01

1Dry" Officers Get corks but Het Man.
Clarksburg, w. Va.-More than 1.0oc
corks are held in jail here. The.J wiz
fit half pint whisky bottles somewhere
The police are trying to locate the
bottles and also the moonshine still
to which the corks were consigned
A man dropped them when chased bH
prohibition officers.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01
NsMIMeds.

NV husband and having been mar
r,ed inst a short time, arrived In New
York and went to one of the best
known hotels. My husband regis
tered and we went up TO our room. 4
said "oh, John, hope you didn't reg
lister and wife. / hate that. u
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01

thoroughly he issued ukase that the
partners should kiss after taking the
positions of dancers and before be-
ginning their steps, Louisville Conr-
er-Journal.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-01
NALIESS

ant his
wife and kids are going
m o I o r-gypSying this.
summer, Thousands are
already on their way,
and the rest are get
ting ready to start. Bs
midsummer the scenic
West will be alive with
motorists. Its a good
guess that half of them
I'LL
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1921-05-27
Wedding Came as Sur
prise to Friends Here

Miss Brooke Freeman, daughter
of Register and Mrs. r. B. Freeman,
and Mr.. Herbert Brasfield, son OF
Mr.. ]. A. Brasfield, Martin jewel
err. were united in the holy bonds Of
wedlock Tuesday evening at the
home of Elder Eph P. Smith at Mar
tin, Brother Smith officiating in the
presence Of several young friends OF
the contracting parties.
The wedding came as surprise
to the friends of the bride, here,
though not entirely SO, as they had
heard whisperings of the event for
the past month. The bride is, indeed,
beautiful young lady. She pos
sessed many rare charms and person
al gifts that have endeared her to
a wide circle Of acquaintance. The
groom is associated with his father
in the jewelry business at Martin,
A host of friends unite in wishing
for the happy couple a long life Of
undisturbed matrimonial bliss.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1921-05-27
WEISS HARRIS CAPTURED
WHILE ASLEEP IN BARN

On Wednesday night Sheriff Bull
lock got a tip revealing the hiding
place of Wess Harris, wanted on a
charge Of larceny, and the sheriff
Immediately summoned Deputies
Will. Dunn and Egbert Bullock. Har-
ris was found asleep In barn on
the farm of Will Dawson, north Of
Dresden. He was brought to town
and placed in jail.
It was at the home Of Harris q
lot Of goods, alleged to have been
stolen from various parties were
found Thursday night Of last week,
Harris making bis escape while the
officers were searching the house
Harris told the officers Wednesday
night that it was lucky for them that
they came upon him while he wal
asleep, as one Of their number woulf
have been left dead