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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-02-13
HELP WANTED
Miscellaneous

YOUNG MEN. women. over IL. desir.
ing government positions. siso
monthly, write for free list Of posi.
tons now open. Il. Terry. 0ormer
Civil Service esaminerl. SO Continental
Bldg. Washington. d. C. ia
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AUTOMOBILES

BOWMAN & WILLIAMS Motor Co.
III South Mil Street open for
storage and repair work. Storage rates
for cars. $500 per month. Trucks
sl2,oo per month. win be responsible
for cars In case OF theft. &C.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-02-13

FOR RENT-One 5-r0om house 1913
b street northeast, $3.50. One 4.
room house on A northeast, 1922,
with garage, $27. Phone 1861. J. Il.
McCarty. 9.4
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REWARD FOR THE RETURN ON
ANY INFORMATION LEADING TO
RECOVERY OF 1890 MODEL FORD
TOURING CAR, MOTOR NO. itsSS1s.
LICENSE NO. lS5s06. NO QUES.
TIONS ASKED. PHONE NO. 8. Ols
GAIL AT $40 A NRTIEAST. lss
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FOR RENT room house with ga.
rage. New and we'll arranged for
two families il desired Phone 1913
day--2231 night. 1913
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PERSONAL

MRS. ARCH RANDOL, native
Frenohwoman, will take few pupils
for French lessons Either private or
In class. For rates. phone SO or call
at lO5 c. S. w. 81
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Neat bungalow

4 dandy neat, new five room mod.
ern bungalow, on n good street south.
west, east front. nice lot, price $4,000.
$500 cash. balance easy terms
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BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES

FOR SALE-THE ONLY EkCLU.
SiVE MILLINERY STORE IN
TOWN OF $500. GOOD REASON FOR
SELLING. FOR PARTICULARS, AID.
DRESS BOX 1888 OR PHONE l6,
MARIETTA, OKLAHOMA. 10:
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CLASSIFIED WANTS

One cent per word each insertion.
A minimum charge of 25 cents made
Tor ads run one day only. Copy must
be In Ardmoreite office by 10 o'clock
week days. If received after that hour
ads will be run too late to classify"
All want ads are cash. Advertise
ments taken over the telephone are
accepted only at customers risk and
the Ardmoceite will not be responsible
Tor errors unless advertising copy is
handed in at our office.
10 words, one tim6
10 words, two times
10 words, three
10 words, four tlmes-- 60c
ID words, five times
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FOR RENT (HOUSES)

FOR RENT-5-room house; gas, elec.
trio lights, city water. 1908 First
avenue northwest. $50. Roy Alexander.
phone 1853. $40
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FOR RENT-New six room house
with bath and screen porch. Cor.
ner Of 18th and b n. +. Phone 2375R.
1873
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-02-13

FOR RENT-7-room dwelling with 4
blocks Of land; furnished or unfur.
nished dwellings, large or small Phone
As or 175l-J. A. w. Dallas. 1913
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-02-13

FOR RENT-4.room furnished apart.
ment; on pavement; garage. 62O d
s,heet northwest. Roy Alexander.
Phone 1869. $40
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REAL ESTATE

FOR RkNT--STORE BUILDING AT
l0l EiS BROADWAY. GOOD L0-
CATION. RENT S,5 PER MONTH.
GtiLLOT & HALL. PHONE jS3. 30S
SIMPSON BLDG. 1913
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FOR RENT-Four room house cor.
ner X and Third northwest. Lights,
gas, water and garage. $500 a month.
Call at us 9Th Ave. N. w. 1873
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REAL ESTATE

FOR RENT-In building known as the
Mar-Shea Millinery: space in front
for hemstitching machine, also have
rooms in rear for rent; -dressmaking
school preferable. Apply $50 West
Main st. 1878
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Statesmen WANTED

sAf.rsMTN ladies or gentlemen for
country. i2i First Ave 3. w. 1873
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FOR RENT room furnished house,
modern, nicely furnished with gar
age. Price $40. Phone 1891. l0-G
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AGENTS WANTED

AGENTS. wANTED-Iarge manu-
facturcr wants agents sell Ndvcr.
Used brand mems shirts direct TO
yenrer. No capital or experience ie.
auired. Free samples. Madison Mills,
5os broadway. New York. iJ.j
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WANTED TO RENT for one year, six
room cottage, modern with garage.
Ralph Dillinbeck, care Gypsy Oil Co.
Tulsa, Okla. 12-4
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FOR RENT (ROOMS)

THREE nicely finished office rooms,
upstairs, Cannon G. Lane Building,
10k A Street N. w. Phone 121. 5.l0
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FOR RENT--3 unfurnished rooms 200
Moore Street S. L. Phone 1349.J af.
ter o'clock. 1873
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LOST AND FOUND

LOST-Martin choker between Colley's
grocery and ll5 Il n. W. Reward,
Phone 1924. l3.3
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have nice room cottages for rem.
in Northwest part of city. Also
3 rooms on Main Street west. Phone
$40 and night 1712-R. Henry Flynn.
1873
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-02-13

FOR SALE-Cheap. 1 room house,
1905 Third Ave-, N. e. Phone 569.
1913
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FOR SALE-Monarch dewberry plants.
Call at 90 Caddo st. G.. J. Flatt. 1875

1000 yards Standard C canvas. 3 doz-
en- feather pillows cheap. Henry
Flynn. 1873
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HAY FOR SALE-The City OF Ard.
more will sell and deliver hay to any
part Of the city, in lots not less than
ten bales. for aoc per bale. Get order
Tor same At city clerks office. is.5t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-02-13

65 ACRES good land located on rail.
road tracks about one block from
depot at Durwood, 10 miles east Of
Ardmore, 4 passenger trains each way
southeast Of the Berwyn oil test,
now drilling and said TO be on struct-
ure; price $1,000; payable $500 cash,
balance one and two years. If oil is
discovered in this vicinity, this would
be fine refinery site. j. G. Hester
1864 West Main St. 1913
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FOR SALE-Fairbanks Morse double
tub washing machine, electric div
en-, reversible wringer etc. Same as
new. Will sell or trade for chickens
or fresh milch COW. Also one Acorn
gas range, same rs new sor sale or
trade. Phone 22i7.R. StreeT address
lll7 Wolverton st.
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FOR SALE

JUST RECEIVED TWO CARLOADS
OF GARDEN AND FIELD SEED.
GRANT & EMERSON, PHONE 1048,
OLD CALIFORNIA RESTAURANT
STAND. 7-6
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TO Run posting machine. assist in
bookkeeping or do office work. Refer.
ences. Address A or phone No. 16sS.R
1876
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FOR RENT-3O acres good land, join.
ing city limits. W. J. Lane, Phone 625.
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POSITIONS WANTED

PRACTICAL Nurse. best references.
19S4.J. 1913
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REWARD FOR THE RETURN OR
ANY INFORMATION LEADING TO
RECOVERY OF 1890 MODEL FORD
TOURING CAR. MOTOR NO. &(.Ss7s.
LICENSE NO. lS5806. NO QuES.
TIONS ASKED. PHONE NO. 8. OH
CALL AT $40 A NRTHEAST. i:.s
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For SALE

FOR SALE
ONE IRON SAFE: FIRE PROOF
AND BURGLAR PROOF; JUST THE
THING FOR THE OIL FIELD
STORE. THREE TABLES, ONE SHOE
FITTING BENCH NEWMAN 4
COMPANY. 8.lo
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-04-19

rock breaker, feed elevator. trommel
screen. bull and fine jigs, tailings ell
eyator, hydraulic classifler and Will
flew tables The old operators Of the
mine, with no anticipation of milling,
started the long lower tunnel only 8
feet above the creek level, which
leaves little chance for gravity hand.
ling.
Economical Plant Erected
The entire plant Is run with 70
h. .. gas engine, has capacity OF 90
to go tons in "a hours, and Is equip.
ned with an automatic chrusher feed
device and light dewatering concen-
trate elevator from a converging pit
in the mill floor, to which the ore
discharge of each machine is carried
by gravity. The plant only requires
a o,1e.man crew on each shift, largely
due to the practical milling genius Of
Geo. Snow, whose broad experience at
the Mullan and Nine Mile plants OF
Federal and Tamarack & Custer COM
panies proved very valuable.
This little plant was built late IN
1919 at the peak of high prices, when
lead was selling at &c. but before we
got It finished and the first car of
concentrates on themarket the panic
broke the price Of lead to $40 and
the decent margin we had anticipated
was wiped out The enterprise was
Incorporated with a view to financing
some necessary equipment, but this
proved futile, as all our financial
friends had gone on strike or were
as stranded for new capital as we
were.
Twenty.one Cars Shipped
It has been necessary to keep the
venture alive on its own merits and
while the output could not be pushed
and the mill has only been run on day
shift, 81 cars of concentrates have
been made and shipped totaling 1000
tons, with gradually increasing mill
recoveries that have averaged 70 per
cent of both the silver and lead con-
tent in the ore. The tailings are be-
ing conserved for future considera-
ton. "
The last five cars have carried 80
to 40 per cent lead and over 40 oun-
ces silver. The whole operation shows
net operating profit of 20 per cent,
in spit of its small scale, and prom
ises handsome margin for more
mine plant and full-time operation at
present mill capacity.
The mine has recently been examin
ed by one of the most capable geol-
ogists in the Northwest from neigh,
boring state, and its levels plated IN
detail. This authority recognizes the
strong structural features of the de-
post and affords us considerable en-
couragement of finding additional crud
shipping ort-bodies for the necessary
development work, especially on the
lower levels, which are largely vir-
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gin' except for the main ore .,
For this purpose little or t,e shol|
tal Is now in prospect and tho the ,r Va
ton will shortly be expanded e ope,
Replica Of Wardner La.
The structural features ~ ~
posit and the fault contro, ' lne q
tion OF Its ore bodies are a ro ,Tral'1
tne Wardner lode conditions. ~
proves even a vest pocket ed,t,o,
that famous zone in ore producina
pac1ty, we will BIT satisfied
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Republican in Politics, Optimistic IN
Disposition and Working for a Bigger
and Greater Central Idaho.
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South Butte

Eialf way from the river exposure
of this zone to the Red Bird, the
South Butte mine has shallow tun.
mel develonr ent 200 feet under a
cropping Of red gossany lime shale
gauge, 40 feet wide and 400 feet lond.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-04-19
Ore Reserves Important

| OFe reserves important
| the ore reserves in sight have been
estimated by several leading indepen
dent company engineers who have ex
amined the property in the past al
from $4,000 to 10000 tons. The value
: nave varied within the narrow limits
T OF I per cent lead and one-half ounce
silver and have averaged all through
IL per cent lead and 8 ounces silver
per ton. These tonnage estimates
were made by critical engineers on
purchasing basis, with the mine in
dlapidated and gouged state. Re.
cent partial cleanup of the mine in.
aicates $4,000 tons between the No.
and No. 9 levels in one shoot alone.
with several other known shoots vet
to be cut at these levels.
While mine inspector, l repeatedly
trled TO interest. operating COMPANIES
IN this old property, but most of them
were AFRAID the ore would not concen.
trate and that the distance from the
railway was too much of an embargo
on operation. eo
Under Three.Year Lease
In the fall of 1919 I obtained -,
.hree year lease and option on the
property and interested two expert.
enced Occur d'Alene mining engineers
and mill men, the Snow brothers. Geo
"A. and William NJ, both well known
around Mullan. nav" Il
! Ihese practical operators had inst
completed four-year lease that In.
cluoed remining and milling n, 81,
zee OLD oXidized lOw.grade stona ems
OF the Pittsburg-Idaho mine ~ Oil
more IN Lemhi county, handling brown
carbonate ore values of only IN g
per cent lead and one-half ounce all
yer TO the unit of lead at a good nro.
nt' with excellent ration Of recov av
After preliminary tests, s;mnic
gravity concentrating min was hull,
al the Red Bird. 1t consists of a
Evening star., 1922-12-10

voted to them. Each woman has mar
BILE counters about her. on which are
displayed almost everything that
swims the sea or crawis on tho land.
The fish are laid out in neat rows.
and fresh mAckerel 10 sold at rs cents
pound. There are great Holsters, 30
displayed that they look like q rogi-
ment drawn up for review. ana there
are also vats Of running water, in
which eels are sQuirmtnS about. II
you want to buy one, the woman will
dip out a netfui and let you take
your choice. As we wait, the guide
tells US that the cells are all caught
outside Of Paris. because the river
Seine here is so winding they will not
enter the city for fear of breaking
their backs.
You remember the old riddle we
used 40 children:
What are little boys made Of?
Frogs and suaiIs and puppy dogs tails;
That's what littie bays are made Of.
And what are little girls made Of?
Sugar and spice and everything nice;
That's what little girls are made Of.
, Well. about all Of these things are
for sale in the Halles Centrales. !
will not vouch for the puppy dog
tails. although I know they are eaten
in China. for have seen them cook
ing over the fire in the restaurants Of
Canton on the ends of their owners.
Evening star., 1922-12-10

scattered here and there throughout
the city. There are market stores
everywhere, and outside the walls
all sorts Of ea.ables are displayed for
sale at lower rates than inside, as
the dealers there do not have to pay
tho octroi tax, charged upon every
thing that comes in.
. The Iialles Centrales are in the
heart of the city, not far from the
Seine and within a stones throw OF
The Louvre. They consist Of ten huge
pavilions, made OF iron and glass.
each large enough for q great expo
sition. They cover all told more than
twenty-five acres. and have moro
than 1000 different stalls. Between
the pavilions run covered streets. and
under tho halls are cellars for the
storage of goods. The front pavilions
are chiefly for retailers. while those
behind are for the wholesale trade,
which in tho early morning overaows
into the streets. The Congregational
Library at Washington, one of the fine
buildings of the world. cost $S.000.0o0.
and our National Capitol. which COW
ers half as much ground as the
Halles, cost about $1s,000,oo0. The
Halles are mere shells. but they cost
s10.000,0e0 when they were erected,
about seventy-avc years ago. and it
would take twice that to reproduce
them today. They belong to the city.
Evening star., 1922-12-10

farmers and its crop is especially
popular.
Leaving the snails. we go to the
flower market, located between two
of the largest pavilions. Here flow
ers are sold at prices that the ordi-
nary customer can pay. I see roses
at 3 cents apiece. bouquets of sweet
peas for 10 cents and carnations for
| little more. The stalls have every
kind of flower one can imagine. and
they come In from all over the re-
public. Many are raised in the gar
dens and hothouses near Paris. but
during the winter a special train.
popularity called the cut flower lin
tied express brings flowers from
south France to this city. 1t has ten
cars at the start. and some OF these
are switched of here to Frankfort.
Berlin and Munich. One car goes to
Brussels and another to Calais. where
it crosses the channel to supply the
markets OF London anu Manchester.
A great many flowers are sent by par
eel post from the same region. The
total is more than 100000 packages
of cut flowers per annum. and the
Evening star., 1922-12-10

color. mottled with green and brown
spots. 1t lives mainly on the land
and takes to the water only in WIN
ter and during the spawning season.
It loves damp locations near ponds
and water courses. The American
bullfrog is not known here. 1t is
larger than the French frog. and the
French who have tasted 1t say 1t Is
superior to theirs.
But come with me and look at the
snails over there is a booth. with a
great golden snail hanging above it,
and boxes of live snails on the coun-
ter The smaller ones bring 35 cents
per hundred and the fat ones sell for
double that price. They do not look
appetizine to me as they crawl about
In their boxes. but the French think
they are perfectly delicious when
served hot with melted butter. The
snails arc served in the she'll. like
oysters. each having it's own hole on
the plate. They are picked out with
tiny forks made for the purpose. and
we'll chewed before swallowing. I
find them not bad to taste, but for me
quite indigestible.
Evening star., 1922-12-10

But as to frogs and snails. nowhere
are more eaten than right here in
fastidious France. The frogs are
brought to the market both alive and
dead. In preparing them the hind
legs and part of the back are cut
off and skinned. They are then
strung by the dozen on a wooden
stick. and the bunch thus prepared
forms a commercial unit sold like
fresh meat or fish.
< :; &
TINE frog industry is quite impor-
i tant to France. There arc III
different kinds of frogs. and the two
edible ones are the green
and the red. The green frog Is tho
one most eaten. 1t Is found wherever
there are swamps or ponds and on
the margins of rivers and in bays
that contain fresh or slightly brack-
ish water. 1t feeds on worms. flies
and insects, and especially ON the
spawn and small fry of fish. The
Paris supply comes mostly from the
and from southwestern
France and Lorraine.
The red frog is of a reddish brown
Evening star., 1922-12-10

Paris eats almost 100000 pounds
Of snails like these every year. Rails
ing snaiIs is regular business, and
understand that half million Of
the first quality can be grown on one
acre of ground. They are fed once
day, usually in the evening. They
are especially hungry after a rain,
when bed Of 100000 snails will con-
sumo wheelbarrow load of cabbage.
Some Of the best are fed also on wine
dregs or on bran soaked in wine. This
is said to give them a special favor,
for the same reason, perhaps. as that
produced in our milk-fed chickens
and peanut hams. The snails are kept
in houses during the winter.
There are farmers in the depart
ment Of Jura who raise 2.ao0.O0O snails
every year. am told they ship them
to the CnitAd States and to parts OF
vLatin America. The snails usualIy
cross the ocean alive in November or
December. and must be carefully
handled to Withstand the voyage.
Switzerland also is a famous snail
market 1t has its exporters and
Evening star., 1922-12-10
Carpenter Describes Paris as Worlds Greatest Ea

value is in the neighborhood Of
$S.O00,000. From the same region
como some OF the finest of the Paris
perfumes. the business employing
large capital and many hands.
sDCT how about hootch?' asks one
ID Of the bibulous men OF our party,
as he quotes from Bishop John Still.
who lived at the same time as Shakes
peare:
cannot eat bat little meat,
Sly stomach is not good;
But sure. think, that I can drink
With him that wears q hood.
In reply we are led to a great
pavilion piled high with casks. bar
rels and cases OF wines and liquors
of every variety. The soil here is
Just right for grapes, and the wines
excel any produced upon earth since
old Noah began to be husbandman
and planted a vineyard" on the slopes
of Mount Ararat. A million and a
half people are employed in grape
growing, and. before the war the
French vintage brought In more than
a third OF a billion dollars per year
Almost every one drinks wine In
France, and in employing a house
servant you must include q bottle Of
ordinary wine per day as a part Of
his or her food. In drinking. the wine
is usually mixed with water, and 1t is
so light 1t is claimed there is but
little drunkenness in France. This
is true with respect to fntoxication
OF the rip-roaring stage. One seldom
sees man reeling along the street,
az Is common in some parts of Lon
don, and drunken women are nowhere
in evidence. Nevertheless. the French
peasant drinks a great deal of wine.
and often much stronger liquors.
Some Of them patronize the cafes and
are sodden with liquor a great part
Of the time. and it is very much a
question whether the use of light
wines and beers is as conducive to
temperance as some people claim.
Until recently France had prac-
tically a monopoly Of the wine export
trade. One of her chief markets was
the United States. and our prohibition
laws have seriously affected the In
dustry. 1t has decreased the exports
to America OF France by something like
$4,000, 600 year, and at present about
the only wine exports are champagnes.
which have been recently flowing into
America to the value OF about 100000
per month. on the ground that they are
needed for medicine.
This brings me to the champagne
cellars of Rheims, which protected so
many people during the war. and
which for generations have supplied
most of the champagne drunk by men.
That city is now emblematic only Of
sorrow. Its mighty cathedral is in
ruins. and Its people are trying to re-