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The Moore Messenger
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P. R. SIMMS. Lo t Editor.
Mrs. Mae Leverlch visited in Okla-
homa City Thursday.
('. H. Heand transacted business in
Oklahoma City Tuesday.
Mrs. Ben Leverich was an Oklaho-
ma City visitor Monday.
Robert Endicott of Norman was visi-
ting friends in Moore Tuesday.
Miss Elphia Esbensbade was shop-
ping in Oklahoma City Tuesday.
Mrs. Florence Hall spent Sunday
with her mother. Mrs. Richardson.
W. O. Jack went to Norman Friday
to serve on the jury in the I'oM.r
case.
Clinton Force an old residenter of
Moore was in town a few hours Thurs-
day
Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan of Shileds ad-
dition were Moore visitors Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Jack enjoyed a visit from her
aupnt from Oklahoma City a few days
this week
Sam and Bill White left for south-
ern Texas the last of the week to
visit relatives.
Mrs. John Hlevins and Mrs Jack
Smith were shopping in Oklahoma
City Friday.
Mrs. H. P. Dreessen, Sr., went to
Seward Thursday, where she will visit
her sons, George and Albert.
Mrs. E. A. Hassman. who has been
visiting her sister for the past week,
returned home Thursday.
Geo. Milton shipped his machine to
Pampa, Tex., Friday for the remainder
of this season of threshing.
Miss Cloe Myers of Pauls Valley,
arrived here Saturday to spend a
couple of weeks with Miss Gladys Mc-
Lennen.
The candidate including Sharp,
Akin. Roberts, Denison and Dyer were
up Friday. They intended to debate in
Smith's hall, but on some account it
was called off. The Hobers home
band was present and every one en-
joyed their good music.
An ice cream supper was given Fri-
day night at Pleasant Valley, the
proceeds to go toward paying for an
organ. Prof Roberts and his family
entertained the people with readings
and music. Prof Akin gave an inter-
esting talk.
Messrs Cloe Myers. Helen OoanJi
Gladys McLennen and Messrs. Amos
Dreessen. Babe Smith, Russell and
Angus McLennen made a trip over-
land to Seward in A. J. Smiths' au-
tomobile Sunday. They took dinner
with Geo. Dussen. His mother was also
his guest.
The stock of groceries at the clos-
ing out sale conducted by James A.
Cowan is complete, fresh and up-to-
date. Take advantage of the bar-
gains there and savemoney.
OKLAHOMA (MOOJtK) OKI,A110 M A. Till 1JSPAY, A CO 1ST 1. UM
81.00 I'KK YEAR
Who will not tell of the virtues of
the popular food chopper, or grinder.
It has many uses and has practically
suppalnted the old chopping knife
and bowl in grinding meat, vegetables,
fruits, dried bread, and such. And
there is nothing better to use for
grinding up dried corn bread for baby
chicks. We always bake corn bread
for the little chickens, but used to
find considerable waste In the crusts
and dried pieces we could not break
up fine enough with our fingers.
FARM PAGE 2448
Record Price for Silage Beef
The coming of the silo is develop-
ing some new records for high-priced
beef, and is not only making a great
saving in the production of stock, but
also reatly Improving its quality. On
May 13th, in the Kansas City Stock
Yards, were sold three carloads of
steers, averaging 1,340 pounds each, at
the record price of 8.85 per hundred
weight. These steers were fed
during the winter and early spring a
ration of ground corn, cotton-seed
meal and corn silage.
Movement has been started at Mc-
Loud for a city waterworks and elec-
tric light plant.
LAWN RIDGE AND ELM CREEK
ITEMS.
Mrs. Tillison was seeu in Oklahoma
City Monday.
Oille Rhudy called on Nina Win-
stade Tuesday evening.
Albert Waller and family was shop-
ping in Oklahoma City Tuesday
Ithraer Winstade made a business
trip to Oklahoma City Tuesday.
Delia and Llllie Rhudy spent Tues-
day evening with Mrs. Charley Con-
ley.
Mr. Roberts' home band from Noble
gave a nice entertainment at Clothier
school house Tuesday night. It was
attended by a large crowd and every-
one enpoyed themselves and thanked
them very much for their fine music.
Grandma Petty and granddaugter,
Very Petty, spent Wednesday night
with Grandma Petty's daughter, Mrs.
Flenchum, and family.
Mrs. Peachee called on Mrs. Kitchen
and family Thursday-
Susie, Ollie and Delia Rhudy spent
Wednesday with Kvalena Patterson
and her two friends who have been
spending the last few days with her.
Miss Edith Ross of Oklahoma City
came out Tuesday to spend a few days
with her friends. Miss Evalena Pat-
terson.
Lawrence Flinehman had the mis-
fortune of getting his nose and mouth
mashed a little by a team running
away with him Monday.
Leonard Bell and Kvalena Patterson.
Glynne Peachee, Almr ' '^ens and
Edith Ross attended tin service
at Clothier school house Tuesday nigh
George Allen and son. Clifton, spent
from Monday until Tuesday evening
with a friend in Oklahoma City, Mr.
Bewaters.
Mr. Bewaters and son, Jacob, spent
Wednesday and Thursday with George
Allen and family.
Mrs. Tina Benedict and daughter,
spent Wednesday night with her
sister, Mrs. Fiinchum.
Mrs. Poe and family spent Wednes-
day evening with Mrs. Patterson.
Willie Kitchen, who has been sick
for the past week, is thought to be
taking the slow fever.
Mrs. Tillison and daughter. Flossie,
spent Thursday evening with Mrs.
Kitchen and family.
Cecil Kieth spent Thursday with
Claud and George Kitchen.
Mrs Paul Lesley spent Friday with
Mrs. Gross.
A crowd of young folks went hay
riding last Wednesday night, those on-
joying the trip being Grover and Clif-
ton Allen, Glen Peachee, Leonard Bell,
Jake Bewaters and Oren Wilson; Alice
and Ada Durham, Susie Rhudy, Evy-
lena Patterson. Alma Owens and Edith
Ross.
Mrs. S. L. Rhudy and daughter spent
Sunday with Mrs. Kitchen.
Mrs. F. K. Rhudy and family spent
Sunday with her parents, W. H.
Peachee, and family.
Mrs. Haybegger and two daughters,
Stella and Ethel,spent Sunday evening
with their daughter and sister, Mrs.
John James.
Mrs. W. T. James called on Willie
Kttehen Sunday evening who has the
fever
Susie Rhudy took dinner Sunday
with Mrs. John Petty and family.
The singing at Mr. Lyon's Sunday
night was attended well and all who
were present enjoyed themselves
fine.
Jasper Smith spent Sunday night
with Odis and Oscar McBride.
Maudie and Georgie Kitchen spent
Sunday with Lillie Rhudy.
Leonard Bell and Roger Lesley de-
parted Saturday for Pampa and Pan-
handle, Texas, to see their girls.
Jessie James spent Saturday night
with Mr. Wilson's boys.
There was a large crowd at'W E.
Gross's Sunday and all report a fine
time.
The singing at Mr. Soweyer's Sun-
day night was enjoyed by every one
present.
Ithmer Winstade spent Sunday
evening with Phillip Soweyer.
Nina Winstade spent Sunday with
Mrs. Ethel Waller.
Edith Ross who has been spending
a few days with Evylena Patterson
left Sunday eevning for home.
WHEN LIFE NEARS ITS CLOSE
Physical Changes That Paralyze, In
Varying Degree, the Mind and
Limbs of the Aged.
One of the chief tragedies of oncom
Ing age is the increasing difficulty In
moving about and in grasping new
ideas. Limbs and wit* both become
less nimble and agile.
It has now been discovered to what
this condition is due. Certain sub-
stances separate themselves from the
gray matter of the brain and cause a
thickening in the cells of that part of
the brain lying under the frontal bone,
forming a gland-like body, which
scientists call "plaques." These
"plaques" are ray-shaped kernels,
more or less irregular in form and fre-
quently assuming the shape of crys j
, tals.
Just what substances cauBe the
growth of "plaques" by segregation
from the brain matter, scientists do
not know. But they do know that
these substances are the substances
which make tor nlmblenesB, quick-
ness, ease of thought and movement
The favorite place of the plaque, the
front portion of the brain, is also the
part of the brain which becomes dis-
eased, in cases of paralysis, so that
Home biological analogy exists be-
tween difficulty of movement and
speech and impossibility of movement
and speech.
The "plaques" are found chiefly in
'he rind of the brain. Very rarely
they attack the spinal column. If
present in minute numbers, the per-
son attacked shows only the milder
symptoms of old age, slowness of
j movement, fatigue, inability to under
stand quickly. If presented In large
numbers, senile dementia, one of the
most horrible conditions into which
i the human body lapse, occurs.
They attack the intellectual and the
dull-witted people alike In old age.
for some of the brightest minds be-
come afflicted with dullness and ap-
parent stupidity, even to senile de-
mentia In some instances. On the
; other hand, people who have always
i been dull-witted, even Illiterate, are
afflicted In a like manner, so it can-
not be claimed the affliction Is due tc
an overworked brain.
Bryan Won Scriptural Argument.
After William Jennings Bryan had
courted the beautiful Mary Balrd for
what he considered a sufficient length
of time, the commoner, then a strug-
gling young lawyer, concluded to put
the vital question to the father of the
future Mrs. Bryan. William, after fin-
ally downing the lump In his throat,
sought refuge In the Scriptures.
"Mr. Balrd, I have been reading
Proverbs a good deal lately," said Mr.
Bryan, "and I find that Solomon says*
'Whoso flndeth a wife, findeth a good
thing and obtained favor of the
Lord!' "
Father Baird, being somewhat of a
Bible scholar himself, replied: "Yes,
I believe Solomon did say that, but
Paul suggests that, while he that mar-
rleth doeth well, he that marrleth not !
doeth better."
Bryan, who never has been at a loss
for an answer In his spectacular life,
quickly replied: "Solomon would be
| the best authority upon this point, be-
I cause Paul was never married, while
Solomon had a number of wives."
Whereupon Father Balrd capitu-
lated.
TAILOR DIES HERO
OF "WHITE DEATH"
Hunchback Who Had Learned
All That Sermon on Mount
Had to Teach.
LIVED LIKE A HERMIT
Crippled George Kramer of New York
a Voluntary Exile for 17 Years That
Fellow Man Might Benefit—Called
It Duty.
New York.—George Kramer was
found dead the other day in a dark
room at 317 Furman street, Brooklyn.
MOORE TIME TABLE.
Eastbound.
No. 16 leaves 7:05 a. m., K. C. ex-
press.
No. 412 leaves 6:45 p. m., Chicago ex- j
press.
No. 420, #rfi{£ht, 3:41 p. m., ex-
cept Sunday.
Westbound.
No. 411 leaves 9:35 a. m., Cleyburn !
express.
No. 15 leaves 10:05 p. m., local to ;
Purcell.
No. 423, local freight, leaves 10:15 '
a. m. to 4'urcell.
M. L. DOWD, Agent.
ABOUT YOUR EYES
—GO TO—
MCVEYS
THE RELIABLE
OPTICIANS
139 West Main St.
Oklahoma City.
The physical department of Cornell
university was asked some time ago
to name seven wonders of the modern
world selected from a list of 57 out-
standing inventions and structures.
The faculty, graduates and seniors in
the Physics seminary balloted, the
award of the voting going to wireless
telegraphy, synthetic chemistry, radi-
um, anitoxims, aviation, the Panama
canal and the telephone.
Odd Case of Friendship.
At the present time a most unusual
case of affection between a domiciled
and a comparatively wild animal is to
be witnessed at the little English ham-
let of Spoon ley, near Market Drayton.
On the farm of Mr. William Woodburn
for a week or two past, a small rough,
somewhait vicious tqrrieV from the
farmstead has been noticed gambolling
in the fields with a large well-devel-
oped hare. Such an attachment is
most uncommon.
Two Interesting Patents
Among recent patents which attract
attention by reason of their novelty
are one for making sausages without
casings (a searing process) and one
for an illuminated flat iron. The lat-
ter contrivance is described as con-
taining incandescent light bulbs which
serve at the same time to heat the
iron and to illuminate the work which
is being ironed.
Eager to Help.
He—My dear Miss Gladys, I have
been converted, but I find there are
some things I must do. The minister
has told me, for instance, that where
I have done wrong, I must make resti-
tution.
She (sympathetically) —Sometimes
that cannot alwayB be done. For min-
isters ask hard things.
He (doubtfully)—Now, Miss Gladys,
the other day I stole a kiss from you,
and. according to the minister. 1 must
give It back.
She (promptly)—Well, I suppose you
aught to do what the minister tells
fou.
Mourning Colors.
"When people who write for fashion
publication," says a Vienna letter,
"have nothing more to say about
queer-shaped hats, grotesque skirts
and other equally 'important' matters,
they tell us that black is going out and
white is to be the mourning color—if
white may be bo termed. This 'fashion
news item' may be looked for several
times a year, but black, sombre black,
still maintains its place. The band on
the sleeve has done much to save
money for those who still wish to wear
a badge of mourning, but the sleeve
band will never be white. The greater
display of mourning is made with sta-
tionery, the size of the cards and the
depth of the black borders indicating
—what? There will be real mourning
among the stationers when one may
announce the death of a beloved one
or tell of his good qualities on paper
which is pure white."
Education in China.
One of the first official acts of the
new Chinese government was to is-
sue an order for the resumption of
educational work on a modern and uni-
form basis.
Walked Through Back Streets.
He was a mute hero of the "white
death."
Kramer, handicapped *l?i life by a
twisted, puny body, was a tailor in
past years. He worked at his trade,
doubled up on a bench in a dimly light-
ed loft, until 17 years ago two red
spots grew on his cheeks and his de-
formed spine began to be racked with
a merciless cough. For a time the lit-
tle tailor kept a stout heart and toil-
ed at Ms bench, but meanwhile read
in the books of the "white death" and
he became convinced of his duty.
"I will stop work," he told his em-
ployer, "and I will shut myself up. It
is dangerous for others that 1 should
be abroad; that they should work at
the same bench with me. Goodby."
So George Kramer, the hunchback
who had learned all that the Sermon
on the Mount had to teach, went to
live alone—that others might not be
infected with the virue of the white
death. He had saved some money.
He carefully computed how long, with
Infinite care, that money might pro-
vide the bare necessities of life, and he
set the order of his life by the hard
tally of dollars and cents.
He had one room on the second
floor of the Furman street house. To
that room he kept by day, never show-
ing himself to the other tenants In
the house. Most of the peoplo there
only knew that the "coughing man"
lived In that little room, whose blinds
were always closed.
But at night—late at night, when no
one was on the street but the police-
men—George Kramer used to creep
down from his retreat and take walks
through the back streets—alone. All
others, he reasoned, were in bed and
safe from the peril that was always
with him. So George Kramer used
to walk at night, with the white death
ever at his elbow.
Only Half Body Perspires.
Central Village. Conn.—An em-
ployee of one of the factories here,
amed Van Nessa, has furnished a puz-
zling problem for the doctors. The
man perspires on only one side of
his body, the other side being dry as
a bone Asked what he thought was
the reason for this peculiar condition
Van Ness said: "Well, my father was
French and my mother German, and
possibly the German dried up the
French part of me."
Nine-Year-Old Girl Looter.
Pottsville, Pa.—Annie Sulden, aged
nine years, 1b Baid by the police of
this city to be one of the most ex-
pert store thieves in the country. An-
nie confessed that a girl from Wash-
ington, D. C., taught her how to steal
and that she outclassed her instructor.
The interior of Annie's home looked
like a department store.
Too Cheap.
Flgg—Well, you know the old say-
ing 'Contentment is better than
wealth."
Fogg—That's so; people don't try
to borrow It from you.—Stray Stories.
The years went by, and then Mrs
Caroline Walsh moved Into the Furman
street house. Mrs. Walsh Is a mother;
she has a great mother love, which
means love for all. She got to know
the "coughing man" by conversations
through the panels of his door. She
saw his fare rarely. But she hearten
ed him—this mother, who w as the only
one in the house to think, except with
loathing, of the "coughing man."
Mrs Walsh used to step ti the
door almost every morning and ask If
there was anything she or her children
could do for Kramer—any little er-
rands. Usually they would go to the
grocery store for him and leave the
food outside the closed door, because
Kramer Insisted that they should nut
come near him.
A few days ago Mrs. Walsh and the
children went out of town. When
they returned, and before she opened
her owu door Mrs. Walsh knocked at
the door of the "coughing man." No
answer More knocks, and still no an
swer. Then the janitor broke down the
locked door.
The man who had walked alone with
the white death for 17 years had con-
sented to go to a far country with
his grim coinitanlon.
The only possession of value he left
behind him was $1 By just $4 had the
"coughing man" overromputed that
margin of necessity which had been
the measure and the iron bound of his
life of sickness.
MAD BULL TIES UP TRAFFIC
Charges Full Speed Through Busy
Streets of New Jersey City, Tramp-
ling Many People.
Paterson, N. J.—A young bull charg-
ing at full speed up Main street, the
busiest thoroughfare of the city, early
the other evening, caused considerable
excitement and tied up trolley traffic
until it was finally corraled.
The bull escaped during a stampede
at an abattoir at Riverside, where
there had been a flre, and darted along
River street, gathering speed as It
reached Main street. Hundreds of
men and boys followed In its wake.
When the animal reached the Intersec-
tion of Main, West streets and Broad-
way, many people were trampled In
the rush for safety.
Traffic Officer James McCormack at
this point Joined the race, which con-
tinued for several more blocks. The
fleet-footed cop chaseu the animal
Charged Full Speed.
NEW POINT IN CANAL MATTER
Washington.—Senator O'Gorinan of
New York charged in the Senate that
railroad influence was behind Great
Britain's protest against the Panama
Canal bill, and he joined with Sen-
ator Lodge in declaring the United
States possessed full rights under the
British treaty to give free passage
to ships of American register. These
two speeches marked the debate in!
the Senate on the Panama Canal bill. |
The support for the provision giving'
free passage to American ships against I
w hich measure Great Britain has pro-1
tested, was more emphatic than at any
time since the Senate began con-j
Hideration of the bill. Mr. O'Gorinan,
Mr. Cummins and others said if the
United States had to construe the
treaty literally in giving the ships of
all Nations equal treatment, It would,
by other terms of the treaty, be pre-
vented from defending the canal in
case of war.
Senator Burton of Ohio, who made
the first speech In support of the Brit-
ish theory, declared war would suspend
operation of the treaty. Senator Mc-
Cumber, in a speech against the free
provision, conceded It was his belief
the canal would have to remain neu-
tral. even in time of war, and that the
United States would be forbidden by
the Hay-Paunceforte treaty from tak-
ing any measures to blockade or use
the canal for Its own protection.
Senator O'Gorman declared railroad
influence wus behind the British pro-
test.
"I don't think British shipping is
greatly Interested," he said. "1 believe
the railroads of Canuda and the rail-
roads of the United States have been
enabled to secure the co-operation of
the British Office of Fireign Affairs
to embarrass this Government in the
attempt we are making to secure leg-
islation to keep railroad controlled
ships out of the Panama Canal.
"The only Government that has as !
sumed any especial burden under the'
treaty is the United States," said Mr.
O'Gorman. "England and other coun-l
tries have assumed no burdens be-'
yond the payment of tolls and the
agreement as to the terms of its neu-
trality.''
Senator Lodge raised the question
whether the United States would have
a right to interfere if another country
should undertake to pay the tolls of its
ships when passing through the canal.
No foreign country, he Said, could In-
terfere with any arrangement the
United States might make for the pay-
ment of tolls.
Futility of Wealth.
"A man who can draw his checlc
for $10,000 ought to be happy," said
the contemplative man. "Yes," re-
plied the philosophic friend. "But
think how annoyed you'd be If you had
to do It."
Use Pa't Check Book.
Miss Rocksey—"But, papa. Georgo
is a hard-working young man." Old
Rocksey—'That's it, exactly. The
man 1 wish you to marry must be able
to mke money without working!"
J. W. PAYNE
Implements, Wagons,
Buggies,
DRY CELL BATTERIES,
UNDERTAKERS' SUPPLIES.
MOORE
Best equipped Blacksmith
and Shoeing Shop in
Cleveland county
Cold Tire Shrinkers, Band Saws
Press Drill. Lathe. Trip Ham-
mer, etc. All kinds of repairs
done promptly and neatly
A. C. JANACEK
A. J. Smith
Groceries,
Dry Goods
Shoes
MR. BLANK,S MISTAKE
"I made a bad mistake today" said Blank to his wife. "I went to
pay that subscription to the dail„ which was $5.00. I found out after-
wards that I handed the agent a $1 0.00 bill and didn't notice it until he
was gone—guess he didn't either. I suppose the fellow is honest and
in K«'t my money back, but it'll be some trouble." "I've telling
you" said his wife, "that you should deposit your money in the bank
and then pay by check. Then you won't be making such mistakes
and having so much trouble."
Was she right? She was. We invite YOU to open a checking ac-
count with us.
THE BANK OF MOORE
Into the vestibule of a five and ten
cent store, and as the officer was about
to make a grab the bull lowered Its
horns, made a charge, throwing the
cop and diving headlong into a big
plate glass window, smashing It.
By this time McCormack had re-
covered his breath, and after throw-
ing the bull in true western style, he
sat on it until the arrival of the re-
serves.
Heiress Not Allowed to Land.
San Francisco.—Nine-year-old Adele
Ginger, heiress to millions and an or-
phan niece of Antonio Ramierez, Guat-
emalan coffee king, has been refused
entry at San Francisco by immigrant
officials because her uncle could not
produce legal proof of his guardian-
ship. It is expected a special coifrt
of Inquiry will permit her to land.
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Prices, Honest Work
Particular Attention paid to all details of the work.
Remember: All work acsolutely guaranteed. $
Dakota Cloudbursts Expensive.
Fargo, N. I>—Cloudbursts in the
Had Lands district of North Dakota
have caused a property loss of |500,-
000. No lives have been lost, al-
though narrow escapes were numer-
ous M Meyer, wife and children of
New England, were rescued after
standing the entire night In water
nearly up to the children's shoulders,
Jumps Into Well to End Life.
Scranton, Pa—After trying to Jump
from a second-story window, and fall-
ing. Frederick WeiBer killed himself
by Jumping into a well at Salem,
Wayne county. Pa., where he was sum
merlng. lie was worth a half million
dollars, made from sausages.
The season is here for LAWN MOW-
ERS, SCREEN WIRE and COTTON
HOES. We have a complete line always
on hand.
H. P. DREESSEN
DRUGS : SODA : CIGARS
( PURE : FRUIT : FLAVORS )
CHOICE CRUSHED FRUITS Olllv !
We Use
I PURE : SUGAR : SYRUP I
Our Cold Drinks Are Sanitary and Satisfying!
Era Drug Store
Moore, Okla.
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