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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
MCNider to
Visit City on April
4 on Tour of State
Legion National Command
er Will Go to Duncan
While on Three Days
Tour of Oklahoma; Big
Program Planned Here

Hanford SIacNider, national com
mander Of the American Legion, will
be in Ardmore Tuesday April a. ac-
cording TO announcement made by
the local legion post,
Plans for Commander lacNider's
visit to Ardmore have been under way
for some time. but not until Friday
was the definite date of his coming
decided upon Arrangements for his
reception here are being made and
will be announced soon.
Commander MacNider will spend
three days IN the state. Tentative
plans call fer a brief stop in Okla
homa City, thence to Ardmore, from
here motor trip to Duncan, thence
to El Reno and Tulsa. Details of the
itinerary have not been given out.
The presence Of the commander Of
the American Legion in Ardmore will
be most important event and it Is
estimated tiiat several thousand Wis
itors from throughout southern Okla
welcome him. Occupying as he does,
a position of national importance, and
representing what is fast becoming
the recognized organization Of the
world, every ex-service man and his
family will want to pay homage TO
the man who has from the time OF
election as national commander de-
clared that the first duty of the legion
was the disabled veteran. and who
has been directing every energy 10
that end.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
FIVE HUNDRED
JOIN GROTT0
Several Hundred will be In
itiated at Ceremony on
May II; Membership
Expected Reach 1000.

The big ceremonial of the Aahmes
Grotto will he held on May - when
itiatod
Thus far approximately 500 have
been received in the Grotto. only re.
Gently 100 being taken in. The objec.
tive number. however. is 1000. and
there is very little doubt but that this
number will he reached by the date Of
the ceremonial.
\ band OF 20 pieces has been organ.
ized. This viii be- augmented by 10
more pieces before n great while.
Patrol drills are conducted Thurs.
day night OF each wec. II is stated
that only those men six feet In height
are eligible us members ot the patrol
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
0KMULGEE Count
OFFICERS SPREAD
NET FOR DENNIS
Three Other Prominent Men
are Wanted on Grand
Jury Charge in State;
One Will Report
KENTUCKY OFFICIALS
QUERlED BY SHERIFF
Nine Of Defendants, Including
Governor, Have Made Bond
for Appearance

OKMULGEE, Okla County authori-
ties here are continuing their efforts
to located Fred c. Dennis. former
state banking commissioners, and three
men of this county who are wanted
on charges in indictments returned
against them and nine other persons.
among whom was Governor Robert
son, after an inquiry into state bank
failures in this county.
Sheriff Frank Sewers has notified
authorities at Georgetown. Ky, to be
on the lookout for Dennis as It was
thought he had gone there to visit
his mother. Early today. however. he
had received no reply to his request
that the former bank commissioner
be apprehended and the sheriff was
widening the net for his capture by
communicating with officers in other
parts of the country where Dennis
had been reported seen at various
times since his disappearance after
resigning from office.
Dennis Is charged jointly with Gov
ernor Robertson with accepting a s25,
900 bribe from officers of the former
Guaranty State bank here to permit
the bank TO operate after it had been
found insolvent.
Nine Of the defendants. including
the governor. have made bond for
appearance at their trial and District
Judge Mark l.. BoZarth has announced
that they will be given an early hear
Ing. He said he expects to call ;
criminal term of court PROBABLY with
In three or -four weeks. when th'
cases will be set for trial.
One OF the men still at large has
notified the sheriff he viii he her,
soon to perfect bail. No trace has
been found of the other two. III,
sheriff said. one Is understood 10 b,
Il prominent local financier and tn,
other is wanted in connection will
the failure Of bank at Preston.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
Millions
GIVEN TOCHURCH
Last Three Years Have
Been Profitable for Me-
thodist Episcopals, Sec-
retary Says in Report

PHILADELpiIlA,- Eighty million
dollars were contributed by the mem.
bers and ldherents OF the Methodist
Episcopal church during the last
three fiscal years, Dr. Morris W.
Ehnes OF Chicago. treasurer u the
committee. told the Philadelphia con-
florence In session here. Speaking OF
the expenses OF the committed. Dr.
Ehnes said that $4,000, 900 was paid
for ministerial support. but increases
and improvement cost one million
and missions and benevolence required
s25.o0o.0o OF this amount. he said.
st4, 2so. 900 was contributed 10 the
centenary program of the church.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
Final Election OF
Directors is Active

Conldcrobly moro interest and ac.
tlvity is being manifested In the final
voting OF the Chamber Of Commerce
than in the prellmlnaries. c. T.. Ring.
er, acting secretary. states.
Ballots are practically all In and at
o'clock saturday morning the count.
ers-o. w. King, u. n stiles and
w. r. Salisbury--will count the votes
to determine the five new directors To
become members OF tho board
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
IS
FLOODED IN TWO
HOURS BY rain
One Body Recovered; Three
Still Missing; Property
Damage Placed at one
Million Dollars
HOMELESS FAMILIES
FACE FOOD SHORTAGE
With Railroads Washed Out,
Town of 10000 Fighting
to Relieve Condition

BURLINGTON. Kan--A cloudburst
which struck here Thursday evening
sent Rock creek out Of its banks and
in two hours the main street OF the
town was a torrent The water
rushed against stores on Neosho
street, the main business thorough
fare, crushing in the walls and sweep
ing counters, goods and fixtures be-
fore it. John Redmond, editor of the
Burlington Republican. Friday morn
Ing estimated the damage at nearly
one million dollars. One body has
been recovered and three persons miss
ing are believed to have been drowned
and their bodies washed away.
Facing Food Shortage.
So complete was the destruction OF
the stores and their contents, the
town Is facing q food shortage. Only
two grocery stores escaped the flood
and outside aid will be needed. The
Emporia Chamber of Commerce Is or
ganizing for relief of the stricken
town.
One mile OF the NJ. X. & T. track
north Of the town and two culverts
are washed out. Tracks south OF
town are also out.
Mud and mire cover the streets.
In the flood waters came automobiles
show cases. overalls and store goods
Of all kinds.
Worked All Night.
All night people worked in boats by
aid OF lanterns resouing marooned peo-
pie. In several places It was neces-
sary 10 chop holes in the roofs OF
houses to let the people out. The
water stands six feet deep on bridge
near Neosho rapids. Che water came
up so rapidly It carried away many
head OF livestock. The high water
from the small streams will cause the
Neosho river to overflow below Hart.
ford, and Burlington may face new
flood danger If the Neosho overflows
Although several other towns near
here reported heavy rains, none Is be.
lieved to have suffered much damage
Burlington Is the county seat Of Cof
fey county and has a population OF
5000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
This Is A Sad Story
But It Must Be Told

OKLAHOMA CITY.-When Mrs.
Alton j. Sexton. Il widow. came
to her restaurant here early Fri.
day To open for business, she
found a young man pilfcring the
contents Of the cash drawer. The
young man sought safety In flight.
but Mrs. Sexton caught him as he
came through the door. A lively
fight ensucd, and when two po-
llcemen arrived several minutes
later with n patrol wagon, Mrs.
Sexton had the young mans
bloody nose almost hidden in the
dust and was sitting astride his
back.
The Intruder gave his name to
the police as Leonard Whitney.
The officers said he fought all
the way 10 the station.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
GRANVILLE JONES
TO LECTURE HERE

Granville Jones. lecturer. will return
to Ardmore on April 9 for series OF
five lectures under the auspices OF tho
Lions club, it was announced at noon
Friday by the Rev. Crayton $. Brooks.
who with ]. T. Hamilton constitute
the Lions club committee to close con-
tract with the lecturer.
BY telegram Friday Mr.. Jones ac-
cepted the offer and announced tho
dates OF his lectures. Rev. Brooks
said that .he lectures will be given
at the Convention hall and that no ad-
mission VIII be charged.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
CITY OFFICIALS
VISIT DAM SITE

ln company with the entire city force
of engineers aud representatives from
two companies Interested In the con.
struction of the water dam, city Man
ager Dyer spent all day Friday at
Hickory Greek at the dam site.
Surveying aud the making of csti.
mates for the proposed dam will re.
duirc several days upon completion
contract for the building OF the dam
will be let and work started immediate.
alV
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
|MyOpiiniion Is
Evep day TIE Ardmsrsits euestisrs five
yuDas on . snbjeot of GENERAL interest.
n snsvcr are published with lie aAnss
Il thee intsrvtsvs1.

Wha, steps do you thing could he
taken by the city TO prevent lettering
of small boys ON the streets. especial.
ly after dark
W. X. suACkELFoRD; It IL un
to the parents. They should Use the
old.fashionod hickory switch-the kind
we used to get 40 years ago.
J. A. COOPER Give ms Young
Mems Christian Association.
w. II. pitATER; A more rigid re.
gard for discipline by the parents
\. l.. MATHEWS. The city should
make parents more responsible FOL
their children
la L. LONG. The "cuwhide" prop
crly used hv iha PARENTS
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
CUT NECESSARY
TO SAVE STATE
COAL INDUSTRY
Operators at McAlester
Face Eight Demands of
Miners, Who Told Threat
of Strike April l.
If OPERATORS REFUSE
VOTE DECIDES ACTION
Workers Want Six Hour Day,
Five Day Week, Overtime
Pay and Short Contract.

MALESTEE, Okla.--Demands that
the operating costs in the coal fields
must be cut in order that the Okla.
homa coal industry may meet other
fuels and the coal products of other
states on an even competitive basis
were made in statement issued here
Friday by ID. c. McAlpine, president
of the Oklahoma Coal Operators as
sociation, following a two days con
ference of the operators.
Competition with non-union mined
and New Mexico, together with the
increasing use of cheap Texas crude
oil as a fuel, is blamed by the oper.
ators for the necessity of cutting
wage scales.
Interests Are Identical.
"In the long run, the operators
feel that then own interests and the
interests of their employees are identl-
CAL" the statement says.
ANY solution Of this problem
should be predlcated on the conditions
existing in the Southwest and not
upon the basic scales arrived at in
the Eastern states where both mining
and competitive conditions are differ
en- from those that prevail in Okla
homa."
The statement sets out that the
following demands are about 10 bc
presented 10 the operators by the
unions
Eight Demands Made.
Retention of the present wage
scale on day work. monthly men,
tonnage and dead work.
2.-Al inequalities on differentlals
yardage and dead work to be taken
NJ for local adjustment
"a six.hour day and Il five.day
week
4.-Time and half pay for over
time work and double time for sun
day and legal holidays.
5.--Weekly pay days.
G.-Abolition of the automatic pen
atty clause.
1.-Universal biennial contracts for
all states beginning April /.
S.-If operators refuse these de-
mands. same to be submitted to rank
and file for referendum vote TO deter
mine whether or not the miners shall
strike before April /.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
GENERAL LIQUIDATION AGENT
MAY BE MOVED IN STATE

OKLAHOMA c1Ty.--A plan FOR the
appointment Of general liquidation
agent for the state. to have an Office
In the capitol and devote his entire
time TO liquidation OF assets of failed
bands is under consideration by Roy
walcott. acting state bank commits
sioner. walcott declared Thursday
the outlook in the state is better a.
this time than ever before. addlnU
that survey Of all slate banks q
them to BE- IN GOOD shape ana D1
bllity Of future failures r<mG1A
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
UNIONS PROTECTED nv
COMBINING IN GROUPS

CtIlCAGO.-Th nmalgamation OF
unions doing similar work was urged
In resolutions adopted yesterday at
OF Labor. II was explained that un.
der the proposed plan the unions
would not lise their Identity hut would
merely combine In compact groups
for their own protection.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
SMALLPOX DEATH RATE
INCREASED IN 1920

WASHINGTON. Deaths from
smallpox in the death registration area
Of the country In 1920 totaled COS as
compared with s5S In 1919, the census
bureau announced today. II was
pointed out. however. that virtually
the same low rate was maintained
during the year as had prevailed since
1904. which was the last that the
death rate from the disease exceed
one per cent OF the population.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
Button is Removed From
Throat After 3 Months

PHILA ADELPHlA.- Three-year.
old Louise Nettles Of Pottstown,
Pa, for four months had been
able to breathe only through the
four small holes in button
lodged in her throat, today was
well and happy as q result of an
operation by Philadelphia surgeons
The child swallowed the button
while playing last November and
it lodged IL her windlpipe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24

WICHITA, kan--rhr Rev. W. T..
Callahan. pastor Of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Nuskogee, Okla,
has been appointed prcsidcn. of Port
Arthur c0llcg, at Port Arthur Tcv.
as. Bishop Ernest l.. Waldorf an.
nounced here Thursday
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
Ct iRDSMEN 10 RECEIVE
PAY FOR LAST YEAR

Payment !or service In the national
guard organization will be made to
the 40 members of Company Il. l79th
infantry. at the regular drill Friday
night at gao o'clock The payment
covers from September to Decem
ber n, 1921.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
Appeal to Harding.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Harding
and his cabinet We're urged in a tele'
gram taken to the White House today
by Representative Upshaw, Democrat.
Georgia, to take action to compel
mine operators to meet the miners In
n wage conference before the present
contract expires ON March II, or In
event of refusal Of operators 10 do so
for the government take over the
mines and operate them until the
operators agree TO such confer
ence.
The agreement was from III Quinn
Of the Atlanta, Ga, Federation of
Trades, and Mr.. Upshaw requested
that the matter be brought before the
cabinet at It's meeting today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
Card Of Thinks.

wish 10 thank my friends and
neighbors for their many deeds OF
kindness and aid extended to me and
my children during my. severe illness.
r. HOLT. Glenn. Okla.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24

peadcd bass are quite as popular
as ever. The only difference In the
new ones IL that the designs are a
little more defined.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
WANTED

To find some reading family In
Ardmorc that doesn't take the
Daily Ardmorelte. II Is our be.
lief that practically every reading
family In the city IL now n sub.
scriber TO the paper. We may be
wrong and we are willing to pay
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
Sl.O0

to any family who has resided in
Arimore at least sixty days who
has not already subscribed 20 the
Ardmorelte. The dollar to be APP
piled on a twomonths' subscription
to the paper. This offer will be
good five days
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-03-24
WEATHER

Tonight and Saturday UNI
settled; cooler in north
west portion Satur lay.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-06
FARM WOMEN ARE ASKED
TO FARM BUREAU MEET
CONTINUED from page u

Home-Makers' week. Speakers will
be j. w. Coverdale, national secre-
tary, Mrs. Vera Schuttler of Mis-
soui, nationally known woman
leader in Farm Bureau work and, in
all probability, Henry Waliace, Sec
sretarys.of Agriculture. Mr.. Wallace
will attend if he can arrange other
] engagenI Ints SO as to permit the trip
West. ~ :.@l,-A -, ~,
The second day will be given over
to reports Of the various Farm Bur-
eau committees, department heads
and persons directing the grain, live
stock, wool and dairy products ter
minal marketing agencies with which
1.-The Bureau is cooperating.
The Farm Bureaus Agricultural
program for Minnesota in 1923 will
be up for adoption. :
The closing day will be devoted to
the annual business session and elec-
tion of officers for the coming year.
for the round trip has been arranged
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-06
RE-DlSTRICTlNC COUNTY
WILL BE GIVEN HEARING

Re-districting of Beltrami county
is at the present time one Of the big
topics of the day, and although no
action will be taken with reference
~ county division at this meeting Of
the court. commissioners, the board
IS to announce that q hearing will be
held at the next regular meeting,
which will be held on January 2, to
consider the matter of re-districting
Beltrami county as the result Of the
division of the county and the north
end becoming the Lake of the Woods.
Routine business constitutes the
bulk of the present session of the
board, which convened here Tuesday
out the next meeting, which will also
be the annual session, is sure to be
TN interesting one with plenty Of ad-
ditional work to be done. The board
is required to re-district the county
at least six months before the next
general election, but it is expected
that some definite action will be
started at the next session when the
hearing is held.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-06
INTEREST IN BETTER STOCK
pryebred-S Sire Movement Is Making
Rapid Growth; Enrolment
~ Passes 5000 Mark.

With the growing understanding sf
ne utility value Of purebred live stock
n;t,d especially purebred sires, the list
4 persons enrolled in the Better
aires-Better Stock" campaign is rap
,Sly increasing. The middle OF Aa-
rust it passed the 5000, mark, signify
;ng that many persons have filed
statements with the United States De.
partment Of Agriculture that their
livestock breeding operations will be
conducted ;henceforth on pur ebred- .tt
sire basis. This includes all classes OF
domestic live stock, including poultry.
lii some counties of limited area the
number of farms Is relatively small.
9ordon B. Nance, county agent of
Oldham county, kentucky, points out,
however, that although his county has
only 1885 farms, 10 per cent of the
farmers have signed enrolment
blanks, which signifies active partici-
patton in, systematic livestock Inn
Droyement work. Other counties in
which 10 per cent or more OF the
farmers are using purebred siresss ex-
clusively are: Pulaski county, Vir-
ginia,s So per cent; Kittitas county,
washington, 1S per cent; Greene coun-
~, Ohio, 13 per cent; and Orange
county, Virginia, 10 per cent. In this
connection the bureau of animal in
tustry points out that the proportions
are for all farms and that the per-
centages for farms in which live stock
Is the principal market product prob
ably would be muc,s higher. +.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-06
New Use for Typewriter Cases.


New Use for Typewriter Cases.
A new use has been found for the
carrying case of a widely known make
Of portable typewriter. The owner,
who is~ very enthusiastic about her
machine, recently was planning a
weekend trip. When she began to
pack she found that another member
Of the family had borrowed her trav-
cling bag. She was at her wits end
70 solve the difficulty. She must either
abandon the visit or turn borrower
herself and there was little time left
in which to do the latter. .-
Then she had brilliant idea, uS.a
the typewriter was removed from its
case, set away on the piano and the
necessities for the week END visit were
packed. sgE -
z $+As the young woman started for
the train, case in hand, she admon-
<fshed the only member Of the family
who had witnessed the proceedings
"And don't tell any OF the rest that
I have my clothes in this. Let them
think 1t is the typewriter I am taking,
or the next time I won't even have the
case to fall back on Ia@ a. S}t-s..s
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-06
ALL WORN OUT

Does morning find you with a lame,
stiff and aching back? Are you tired
ga'l the time work a burden?
Have you suspected your kidneys?
Bemidli people endorse Doan's Kid
ney Pills. Ask your neighbor! You
can rely ON their statements.
Herman Mildred, West Hotel, Be!
midi, says: "About three years ago
my back seemed to give out on me,
caused by trouble I had with my kid
neys. I was doing some plumbing
work at the time when felt a dull,
steady ache across the small of my
back. When got up in the morn
ing / felt tired and worn-out. My
back gave out quite easily. Then,
too, my kidneys weren't acting prop
eriy and between these symptoms, I
knew I needed attention. Looking
( for a reliable kidney medicine to rid
me Of this trouble before it got any
further, remembered what I had
seen Of Doan's Kidney Pills, so I
bought box at Barker's Drug
Store. Faithful use Of Doan's cured
me. I took several boxes and have
had no return of the trouble since"
Soc, at all dealers. Foster-M Milburn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-06

Il Vi DO r
ters till I got tired of sending them
back. He followed me until it was
less embarrassing for me to let him
walk with me and talk his head off.
He made love to me. He begged me
to marry him. told him was al
ready in love and engaged to be mar
ried. He said that didn't make any
difference. Then called him fool.
II Next time he saw me he said he
must explain. He meant was being
true to a man who, everybody on the
border knew, had been lost in the
desert. That-that hurt. Maybe
maybe it's true Sometimes it seems
terribly true. Since then, of course.
I have stayed in, the house to avoid
being hurt again. feel like poor
little rabbit holed by a hound. And
I daren't peep out" a, Z,..5
Somehow the thing struck Bedding
as funny, and he laughed. He had
not had laugh for so long that II
made him feel good. He stopped onl!
at sight Of Nell's surprise and pain
Then he put his arms around her.
'"Never. mind, dear. I'm an old bear
:: Nell, it's only the old story. The fel
lows fall in love with you. It's your
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-06

only 36,OOO,OCD sheep in the country
as compared with 64,00O,O0O io 1903.
Ehis is a. decrease of 43.7 per cent
during period when the population
Increased steadily. 1t is hardly prob
able that itogs are, responsible for
such a reduction, but, in the opinion
Of the author, there would be many
more sheep in great many farming
sections if there were more good dog
laws backed up by public opinion. The
possibility of producing early-matur-
ing lambs from a maximum of paStur-
age and inexpensive roughages, and
the coun:ry's need for an increased
SUPPLY OF meat and wool, he cites as
reasons why sheep production should
oe one Of the most profitable enter
:orlses tf the farm. -.tu,:
Bulletin Is Available.
. In addition to the discussion Of
laws, the bulletin devotes some at
.entiorA to the habits of sheep killers,
co dog-proof and wolf-proof fences,
end suggests how dog lovers may aid
II preserving the reputation Of the
respectable members of the species.
The bulletin may be obtained free by
addressing the Department of Agri-
culture, Washington, D. G. -