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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-05-07
CITY BRIEFS

A meeting OF the board Of directors
o fthe Chamber OF Commerce will be
held at 1890 O'Clock Monday noon.
Only routine matters will be discussed.
Otis Smith and Jack Jones spent
Saturday In the oil fields.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wolverton mo-
tored to Gainesville late Saturday TO
spend today with friends.
A short meeting of the Federal Farm
Loan Association was held Saturday ar
ternoon at the office of the county
agent.
In response TO the call issued few
days ago for funds with which to con-
tinue the work on the Salvation Army
Hall a very nice sum was realized
Perry Maxwell states, adding however,
that a much larger sum is required
and must be paid if work is to con
tinue on the building.
Among visitors at the office of the
county superintendent Saturday were
Mrs. Lucy Eldridge of New Zion. Miss
Ada Ferguson. Cheek, Mr.. and Mrs
A. A. Willis, Wilson; r. r. Covey and
l.. H. Wood, Woodford.
Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Amerson and
daughter of Milo, were among Ardmore
visitors Saturday.
The second Merchtnt's Day prize
giving event will be held in Ardmore
Tuesday, May 16 at $3.50 O'Clock, in the
afternoon, according to announcement
made by the Retail Merchants Asso'
citation,
John Easley has returned from a
business trip to Oklahoma City,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-05-07
Silk Underwear

We are featuring a fine
line of crepe de chine and
jersey undergarments, suit
able for graduation gifts.
Sister will appreciate some
of these lovely under things
Prices range from
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-05-07
KELLAR MAN APPOINTED
DEPUTY SHERIFF SATURDAY.

George Salyers of Kellar was ap
pointed deputy sheriff Saturday by
Sheriff Ewing C. London to fill a va
cancy caused by the resignation of Gus
Gaines on May !.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-05-07
BraSSiereS

The willoway is an excel
lent summer brassier and is
fast winning favor with
most Ardmore women,
shown in several styles and
most reasonably priced.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-05-07
$3.50 to $4,000
Hosiery

Summer time calls for many
additional pairs of hose
silk does not give the serv-
ice in the summer as it
does in the winter, unless
you buy an extra good
quality, Gordon and Van
Roalli are both recommend
ed by us and may be had in
a wide range of styles and
prices.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-05-07
White Silks

For the graduates dress we
are showing many pretty
materials suitable Canton
Crepe, Satins, Crepe de
Chine, Etc, and all most
reasonably priced.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04

I ecognition Of his efficient service in
training troops, and was among the
early expeditionary forces to arrive ia
France. At Argonne he received a
serious wound in the arm from a
bursting she'll which necessitated his
return home. Upon his recovery he
was assigned to special duty in the
office of the adjutant general of the
army in Washington. and upon receiv-
ing his final discharge after the close
Of the war ne reestablished himself in
Standpoint in the practice Of law. Two
years ago Captain Conner was prom
inent candidate for the United States
senate being defeated for the nominal
ton by Senator Gooding. His work
during the past two years as assistant
attorney general makes him the logical
candidate for the chief position, and
his nomination will doubtless be fol- !
Owed by election by a record majority. !
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04
SAVING THE SUBSTANCE OF Gov
EMINENT OIL LAND.

Senator Lafollette seems to think h,
has something on" the Harding ad.
mnistratiOn He has visions of the oil
lands owned by the government being
turned over to the oil octopus for ex-
ploitation. and has introduced a resolu-
ton calling for an investigation of a
lease of old land in Wyoming recently
made to the Sinclair oil company. Con-
trary to the insinuations of sinister
purpose made by the Wisconsin sena-
tor. the lease seems to have been exc
cuted by Secretary of the Interior Fall
for preventing loss TO the government
In a recent public statement regarding
oil lands held by the government, Sec
rotary Fail explained that in many
cases where the government has lands
in oil regions, the government holdings
consist of every other section. the al
ternate sections of land being in pri-
vate ownership. If the government
owned all its lands in a solid block,
there would be no loss through failure
to operate. but this is not the case
where the government owns each al /
ternate square mile of land Under |
the present checkerboard system, the |
owners of land entirely surrounding a
section of government land can and do
sink oil wells close TO the border but
on their own side of the line. BY that
means they drain oil out of consid-
cradle area of government land. When
the government or its leasers under
take to sink wells on the government
land, the wells must be sunk at some
distance from the border line. as all
the oil near the border is lost. In a
great many instances. particularly in
California, the government has been
deprived of part of its oil deposits by
drainage into wells on adjoining lands.
The democratic administration failed
o take any action toward either leas-
ng or sales in order TO protect the I
government interests. '
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04
THE DIRECT PRIMARY AN Elk
PENslVE SYSTEM.

While there is a widespread demand
for economy in state and county gov
eminent, an organized effort is being
made to force the direct primary sys-
TEN upon the state, a system that en-
tails a heavy expense upon the tax
payers and which has proved abso-
lutely barren of beneficial results
Four years ago Idaho abandoned the
general direct primary and adopted a
compromise through which county can
didates and delegates to state conven-
tions are selected by that system. the
conventions nominating candidates for
state offices. In view of the divided
opinion in Idaho on the question. this
was a very satisfactory solution. But
it does not please the extreme direct
primary advocates, who want to re-
store the system in it's entirety with all
its expense to the taxpayers and worse
still. its unfairness to men of moderate
means and the advantage it gives men
of wealth to win state office through
expensive propaganda to say nothing
OF even more questionable means Our
the state of Washington. still
has the blessed primary but they arc
getting weary of paying the bills with
out any cOmpensating advantages, ac-
cording to the following paragraph
from the Washington State Weekly:
THE taxpayers of the state have
expended $2.OOO,OO for the direct
primary without any ap-
preciable return. This has been
the approximate cost of the addi-
tiOnal election necessitated by the
direct primary system. Yet no one
believes that we have had any bet
ter government as a result or an
added measure of efficiency or con-
duct in the administration of pub
lie affairs"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04
CAPTAIN CONN CANDIDATE
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

There is at least one state office for
which there is no doubt who will be
the republican nominee, and we might
add whose election is equally free from
doubt That office is attorney general.
Captain Albert II. Conner appears to
be by common consent scheduled for
that position. and it is not likely that
he will have any opposition in the re-
publican convention Captain Conner
is now assistant attorney general and
special adviser for the Interstate utin
ties commission. While in Standpoint
his home town. last week he formally
announced his candidacy. He was in
this city last Saturday and received
cordial assurance of support from
many old friends. Captain Conner re-
sided in Wallace several years before
going to Standpoint. and his successful
career in Idaho which started in this
N''F "e'9 "NoH N"tSHeu Win muCu sat
isfaction. Soon after being admitted
to the bar in this county. Captain Con-
ner located in Standpoint. which has
since been his home He represented
Bonner county in the legislature and
was elected speaker of the house a
position in which he won the highest
from both sides of the
house for his ability and fairness as a /
presiding officer. When war was de-
'lared against Germany he entered an
officers training camp and earned a
ieutenants commission. He was soon
advanced to the rank of captain in
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04
THE HOTEL HoLDUP.
Irwin Falls News.)

New York and other big city hotels
are beginning to feel the pinch of the
times. Instead of turning patrons
away for lack of rooms they are stand
ing at the entrance welcoming them
with open arms. Whole sections of
big New York Hotels which not long
ago were full up" at all times, are
being closed for lack of patronage.
COincident with this patrons are be-
coming more insistent on service and
reasonable rates. It is declared that
banquets once held in the larger hos
telries because of the prestige are now
seeking side street restaurants where
the food is said to be just as good and
much cheaper
Another source of irritation has been
the hat and coat graft, the right to
which is sold by some hotels. The
class of patrons who are resenting this
form of banditry seems to be growing
larger and if their only escape from it
is to eat in a more humble place they
will do it,
Business depression has brought its
trials and sufferings. but if it can
eliminate some of the autocracy and
that are part of boom
times the American people will no.
nave lost everything.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04

several states.
AS more than 30 states have passed
such laws and it is now proposed in
the Denison bill that the government
shall make it illegal TO sell stock by
mail in violation of the several state
laws. there are apparent these two
facts. which all parties must recog
nize:
l. That the majority of the states
have definitely decided to regulate the
sale of stock in corporations. for the
protection of buyers.
?. That regulations as now practiced
and proposed would make it practically
impossible to finance mining prospects
until they are fully developed, when
they would naturally pass to the people
of great wealth. leaving no place for
the person of moderate means in min
ing.
The evident solution of the problem
lies in finding a way to protect the
public from fraud and still make pos
sible the sale of stock in undevelopod
mining properties on its merits, and
the conference that is suggested seems
to be a natural procedure to center
thought on such enactment.
Undoubtedly there are a good MANY
persons in the mining sections who
will hold that the old restricted way is
the best, but even if that is the case, |
there is the fact that two thirds of the /
states have declared for restrictions
and it is in these states that the stock 1
must be sold. Hence, whatever the /
feeling of the mining states may be |
the determining factor is in the Other /
states, unless an agreement can be
reached that will be acceptable to all.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04
LOOKS LIKE ALEXANDER.
lNampa Leader Herald.

(Nampa Leader Herald.
1t seems reasonably well assured
that Moses Alexander will be a candi
date for the democratic nomination for
governor and if he is he will be nOmi
mated. In that event we may look for
the same old tactics When he was
mayor of Boise he refused to make
public improvements or to keep in re-
pair the improvements already made
BY this method he, of course. made ar
apparent saving though in fact it l.
extremely wasteful not to keep streets
and buildings in repair.
The following city administration
had therefore. to do what he had
failed to do. In other words it had tc
spend a lot of money that really be
longed to the Alexander admnistra-
ton. BY comparison it, of course.
looked as though Alexander had been
very economical. It was precisely the
same when he was governor. HI
starved all the state institutions. re-
fused to build state roads or bridges or
to keep up state property, found a full
treasury and left the office with de-
ficits of a million dollars and Their
claimed he had made a great saving
The Davis administration had to make
good on what Alexander failed to do
When he is prating about the money
spent by the present republican ad
he should say that much
of it is to pay for repairs and improve |
ments that belonged to his administra
ton or for deficits that he made, but |
he will not be honorable enough to dc |
that His stock in trade is to tell half |
truths and adroit Juggling of figureT
make it appear that he is saving the
peoples money. though in fact the
most expensive governor the state ever
had.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04
ASSESSMENT WORK SUSPENSION
Denver Mining Record.)

! Denver Mining Record)
Sentiment in practically all meta
mining districts of the west is pro
nouncedly adverse to further suspen.
sion of assessment work on unpatenteo
lode and placer mining claims. held b,
location.
The TOnopah Daily Times. in an
editorial carrying the above caption
declares that the senators and repre-
sentatives from the active mining
states should see that the movement
does not reach further than the intro
ductory stage, by killing it in commit
tee and burying it so deep that it will
never be resurrected."
Continuing the Daily Times declares
suspension of work has gone far
enough There was good reason for
legislation during war times when la
Dor was scarce and supplies difficult
to procure but the law as it stands
today is about as acceptable as ha
been offered" and concludes by stat
ing that "the movement does not EN-
anate from the real prospectors
through whose efforts mines are de-
velOped and wealth added"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04
WEATHER IN APRIL.

W. 5. Berglund local weather OBJ
server gives the following brief sum-
mary Of weather conditions during the
past month. together with some com
Parsons:
Inc mean monthly temperature was
42.2s as compared with 40 for April
ISzl' The normal mean temperature in
wallace for the month of April is 445O.
Hence the mean monthly April tenn
perature during the past two years
was below normal by 23o and 1.50 re-
spectively. The precipitation for the
month was 2.S9 inches. which is bv a
small fraction below the normal aver
age for April. The highest tempera-
ture recorded was 740 on the 21st and
the lowest 90 on the 18th. In April.
1921 the corresponding figures were
10 and 90. There was a total meas
urable snowfall of 6% inches. as COM
pared with 21k inches in April. 1921.
Somewhat more snow than shown bv
these figures has fallen in the shane
u snow flurries but most of this snow
las melted as fast as it has fallen and
'ould not be measured as snowfall. but
S included in the amount of general
precipitation
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04
Senator Borah on American History

fathers relate to their children the
story of the long struggle for Ameri-
can independence. its sufferings, the
hardships endured, the sublime forti-
tude which no dark hour could over
come, and calling attention perhaps TO
the men who tramped the snow at Val
ley Forge with their bloody feet or
/ Washington kneeling to the God of bat
tie. And all this in the opinion of this
writer is to be overcome by a properly
written history and by broad minded
teachers.
l must be candid with you. l have
no patience with that class of people
in this country who wish to overthrow
our government by violence. But
have much more respect for those who
openly advocate this doctrine than
have for those who would subtly I'M
dermine the pride and the devotion OF
the American youth by Withholding or
coloring or modifying the real facts
touching our colonial life, our revolu-
tionary struggle, and the great events
which have led to our present domin-
ance in civilization.
If there is anything we need in this
country more than anything else it is
not less pride, less love, less devotion.
to our institutions and government. to
our country, but more 1 would prefer
to see the story of those heroic days
told over and over again that the youth
Of this day and generation might catch
the heroic inspiration and imbibe
of the sturdy manhood of
those days. l want truly American
history-one which will help us build
up our common country and give us
IN American mind, an American pur-
pose and American ideals. You had
ust as well talk to me about having
wholesome community after the sa-
red unity of the family had been de-
itroyed as to talk to me about civiliza
ion after love of country and national
ride were no more.
Very sincerely,
VIM. E. BORAH.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04
Salute to the Trees
(By Henry Van Dyke.)

Many a tree is found in the wood
And every tree for its use is good:
Some for the strength of the gnarled
root,
Some for the sweetness for flower OF
fruit;
Some for shelter against the storm,
And some to keep the hearth-stone
warm;
Some for the roof and some for the
beam,
And some for a boat 10 breast the
stream:-
In the wealth of the wood since the
world began
The trees have offered their gifts to
man.
But the glory of trees is more than
their gifts:
'Tis a beautiful wonder of life that
lifts,
From wrinkled seed in an earth
bound clod,
A column. an arch in the temple of
God.
A pillar of power dome OF delight
A shrine of song. and joy of sight!
Their roots are the nurses of rivers in
birth;
Their leaves are alive with the breath
of the earth;
They shelter the dwellings of man;
and they bend
Ger his grave with the look of a loving
friend.
] have camped in the whispering for
ests of pines,
l have slept in the shadows of olives
and vines;
In the knees of an oak, at the foot of
a palm
I have found good rest and slumber's
balm.
And now when the morning gilds the
boughs
OF the vaulted elm at the door of my
house.
| open the window and make salute:
God bless thy branches and feed thy
root
Thou hast lived before, live after me.
Thou ancient friendly, faithful tree"
-Scribner's Magazine.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04
BLUE SKY LAWS.
(Reno Gazette.)

lIteno Gazette.)
Apparently the time has come wher
the matter of governing the sale Of
stocks and bonds must be threshed out
in national way. The Dillingham; bill
in congress is forcing the issue that
heretofore has been handled by the
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04
enterprise

Resolutions protesting against the
passage Of the Denison bill by various
organizations representing the mining
industry in the west have gone 10 such
extremes in picturing the deplorable
consequences that the effect is liable
tc be the opposite of that intended
For example. the Ada county chapter
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04

p Not long ago p. b. Arnen, of Salem
Oregon, wrote Senator Borah regard
ing a proposed new history of the Uni
ted States to be known as an Ameri-
can English history and asked an ex-
preston from the Idaho senator re-
garding the matter. He got what he
asked for in the following truly Ameri-
can letter, couched in vigorous and I'M
evasive English:
Senator Borah's Letter
Washington, d. c., April 3, 1922.
p. b. Arnell manager Oregon Teach
ers Monthly. Salem Oregon-Dear
Sir: l received some time ago your
letter in which you advised me you
are interested in the proposition of
writing an American English history.
Why not an American histOry-ex-
clusively and singly American? What
is the justification and whence the in
| sDiration for hyphenated history? Is
there not ample material, after all pos
sible errors have been corrected, to
make an American history? Even if
it were no more than a plain, candid
unadOrned narrative of the building of
this republic, it would still be the most
inspiring story in all the annals of re
corded history. The patience. the
courage, the sacrifice, the leadership.
the almost divine foresight which such
story would reveal and which no can
did story could conceal, would still be
sufficient for purely American story. |
Revise our u. S. history from its too !
plainly partisan standpoint. especially =
insofar as it touches our past relations /
with Great Britain" This is a sentence
from your letter and discloses the
whole purpose as 1 take it, | have no
desire to have our history do any in
justice to Great Britain. It is not nee
essary. But l do not want facts con-
cealed nor events ignored in order to
satisfy those who seem to regret that
their ancestors ever came to this coun-
try. Rewrite our history as often as
you choose so long as you tell the plain
truth and all the truth. The truth is
ample not only as to 1916 1912, 1904.
out in the blessed year of 1922. Is the
Declaration and its indictment lie?
And if not has any history been writ
en- which goes farther in this supposed G
bias and craftsmanship?
| presume our next step will be an
edition of this document ,
md upon the Fourth of July-should
hat day continue to be observed-it 4
will be read with appropriate apology. I
md in due time some sycophantic in Y
ellectual interloper will feel constrain- ,
d to urge that we withhold from orr n
Dung men and women the unjust at "a
lck so long made upon the American s,
'nglish gentleman known as Benedict m
rnold. He is the most worthy exem- 8,
lar l know Of for those who feel that a,
merica alone is not quite sufficient n
nat we must be broader and more nil n
ole-not so pronounced in our Amer IL
anism -
In the article which you enclosed as IL,
lie leading article of your journal. I pa
nd this sentence: s,
Pupils have. in nearly every in tn
ance, approached the study of the of
rly history of our country thorough ha
prejudiced against England by their co
me training. by stories of colonial is
e and of the Revolutionary war" pr
d so forth.
take it from this that it is deemed
'st unfortunate that there are stil tn,
mes in American where mothers and be,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-04

At one time kings and mobiles were
the only persons permitted to wear
boards
Evening journal., 1922-10-30
RATLEDGE BAIL
IS INCREASED
Spends Weekend in Cell
After Bondsman Sur
renders Him
POLICE INVESTIGATE
ANOTHER AUTO CASE

Surrendered by HIS bondsman
Clarence H. Ratledge. president OF
the Ratledge Motor Car Company.
who Is awaiting trial at the next
term Of the Court OF General Ses-
sions on three charges Of receiving
stolen goods and two charges Of
having in his possession motor cars
with the engine numbers obliterated.
was held TO furnish new bond by
Deputy Judge Lynn in Municipal
Court this morning.
Edward duRoss, who was bonds
man for Ratledge. surrendered the
man on Saturday and as a result
Ratledge spent the week-end in a
police station cell.
Deputy Judge Lynn. too, increased
the bail in one charge OF receiving
a stolen automobile from $500 to
S2500 at the request OF Assistant
City Solicitor Green. who stated that
Il is reported that the man contem-
plates leaving the city. Ratledge Is
under S3500 bail on tNo charges Of
receiving stolen automobiles and two
charges Of having in his possession
automobiles with the engine num-
bers obliterated, on which he was
indicted at the last session of the
county courts. and now on s250O bail
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