The Geary Times (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 20 x 13 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
THr OF. A R Y TIMRS
COLONEL HOUSE, WILSON'S
[ Inglv time enough has jjoue by «iul
| ililnp enough liatc bwn pruvnl or
disproved t< certainty to ths
CDICMH WAT A MVCTCD V nril that Wodruw Wilson has found
riULNU IlUi A IfllOlLKI Kd*srdM. lL.v uu advisor, asset
________ - There hardly can be much of real
I mystery about a man who twice since
Unofficial Counsellor of the Pres- 'h,m d*u ^ ln,° th® r'sces where men i this grest war tM-nn r.a hron aent
ident Is a Modest But Well
Posted Man.
ibrong. If one wants to know about
liim through motive* other than those
of the Idleness of curiosity he can see
| him and talk with hlin. and the
I chances are that he will be told every-
■n.nrnT r uinm n irriinp ,hln* concerning the subject of hla In-
SIUDENT OF WORLD AFFAIRS « ulrin« «"•"•** «>«« **j «*
| modest mien and Inclination naturally
would be * tiling to telL Colonel House
New Gathering Data on Economic and
Which Muat Bo
tha Peace Table— Has
Qualifications That Oo to Make
a Sound Diplomat
AUTHOR S KOTB—Men hav, marts a
■trstsry of the life arvd the doinea of Cot
Mwsri U. House, the friend and advisor
•f Wood row Wilson If there has been
mystery. It Is none of the Colonel s mak-
ing. I venture tha hope thai whatever
■ay have seemed to be hidden is dis-
closed in this article, the material for
which was obtained In the only way In
wklcb such material can be obtained, by
contact Inquiry and
By EDWARD B. CLARK.
tce |lla n lilt. Wee*ere Newspaper fata* >
la a genial man who seemingly never
has sought to define for personal use
the meaning of either of the words,
coldness or austerity. He has a aenae
of humor well developed, and a tem-
peramental warmth.
Secret of Mia Rower.
In Houston. Texas, In the year 1858.
Edward M. House was born. He was
educated at the Hopkins grammar
school. New Haven. Coon., and at
Cornell university. He has been active
all hla adult life In Democratic politics,
but never has been a candidate for of-
fice.
Add to these admittedly meager de-
tails one fact and unquestionably you
will have the secret of tills man's pow-
er to attract other men to him for the
purpose of consultation on really high
Washington.—Who Is Col. Edward ' public matters. From the day that he
In Paradise
By Charles Frszer Ross
abroad as a special commissioner for
the president of the Cnlted States. Coh
onel House has beep twice In Berlin,
fl\e times In Paris, and frequently In
other of the gnat European capitals.
Some day It may be that Woodrow
Wilson will write what may be called
an autobiographical review of his ad-
ministration. If he d\>ea It la entirely
likely that the part taken by Colonel
House In the shaping of some of the
policies of the president may be given "Travel." recommended Dr. Lucius
the page place which many men txr Thorpe to Archer Wayne, not profes-
lleve that it deserves. slonslly consulted, but as an old-time
__ friend and adviser.
No Mystery There. „Not fof my heaIth mnjly „ M(J
While living in New York Colonel Wayne. -I never was In better trim
Houae residea in an apartment not in ,„y
very far uptown. It la s homelike -phyrtcali,, returned the med-
placs where good books are found and "Mentally and socially—a per-
* here good friends may come. It Is s Terted nondescript"
genial place and no curtain of mystery "Thank you 1" observed Wayne
bangs over the door of any one of Its dryiy.
"Oh, don't get offended. We are real
rooms. Men go there snd are wel
come. They go snd they talk. Man
learns as much from mun as he learns
from books and more perhaps If we
I relieve the ancient saytng about the
proper study of mankind.
frlenda. It' was a blighting destiny
that chained you down to a desk and
kept you there, a mere machine, for
ten years. It sort of soured the milk
of human klnduess In your natural
I asked Colonel House whst his rec- makeup. At twenty-five you are sud-
Mandell Ilouae who Is to gather war was old enough to undertake serious | reatlons are. He said, "Friends, read- denly lifted from mediocre subsistence
data for the Cnlted States government «tudy. Edward M. House has been deep ln* ■«"' walking." His library shelves to 0,,uience through an entirely unex-
for service on a future day of peace? |„ the books of politics, economics and i sh,,w 'he kind of books that he has pecej legacy. You are thrown on the
This Is a question that Is being asked legislation. He has marshaled In his
by a very Isrge proportion of the peo- mind all the greater events which have
pie of the Cnlted States and In fact hsppcned In these three words. More-
ef sll the allied nations.. i over, he has the men. the things and
Colonel Honse does not wear the I the motives connected with each case
record of his deeds on hl« sleeve. It ; constantly In procession before him.
Is pmhshle thst If this unofficial coun- , He Is quick to trace a cause to an ef-
sellor to the president of the Cnlted feet, or to go the reverse route. He
States were to be elected to congress has been a student of human nature
the autobiography which he would pre-
pare for the congressional directory
wonld read like this:
Bdwsr.1 Mandell House. Democrat of
Aasttn. Texas; born 1W; elected to
the ' congress. November.
In this brief, ultra-modest. If you will.
way wonld this Texan he prompted to
write an autobiography. Justified
Bouhtless from the viewpoint of other
■ten In being extended Into many
chanters.
Who Is Col. Edward Mandell House.
who. until the day when the final order
"Os«e Firing" comes, la to study In
behalf of the government of the Cnlted
States the economic, the geographic.
the democratic and the humanitarian
problems which the American counsel-
lors at the peace table must seek to
solve sfter a manner which the people
cf a great democracy can spprove?
Consulted by President
In the Washington dispatches some-
thing like thla l« read several times a
yesr- •'Colonel House has been In the
elty for twenty-four hours aa the guest
of the president. He will leave for
New York tomorrow morning."
Beyond this the reader gets nothlnr I
from the dispatches except the wr-rd
that the president and hla visitor dla-
enssed Mexican matters, or Enmpean
Matters, or It may be. hut In tnls lat-
ter ease rarely, political matters.
The pnhlte has known little more
■boat Colonel House than that he Is
• man frequently consulted hy Wood-
row Wilson snd s man In whose Judg-
ment on political, economic and legis-
lative matters the president puts con
Bdenee. There Is a sort of a glainonr
about men and things which are mys-
terious. It would seem that because
of the attraction which mystery has
for the people, as shown If you *111
In I heir gluttonous trading of detec- '
tlve stories snd the like, that writers
•f the news of the dsy In part have
chnocn to treat the goings and com-
ings of the colonel and his conferences
with men of affairs ss If they were
• tMlhernte attempt to hedge them
h> and hide them from public knowl-
edge.
It Is Just as possible to get st the
troth In the case of Colonel House si
M Is In ths esse of any other man
whone doings are of public Interest. It
Is modesty not mystery which has been
the hnstc difficulty.
Colonel House will not tell yon that
he is s modest man. aa I know from
personal contact with him. To claim
modesty for one's self I* to be Immod-
est He does go from his present abode
In New York city to Washington occs-
slonsll.v or frequently as the requests
may come, to give what he can of "the
counsel of his views" to the president
of the Cnlted Ststes. Why should he
any more thsn any other man aeod a
trumpeting herald ahead or a band of
cymbal claahers?
He goes to the White House, stays
Ills while snd lesves. and because no
great nolaea fill the streets at ap-
proach or depsrture. excluslveness. Ke-
el uslv i-ness and secrecy have been the
order of the day's words concerning
•ach visit.
Gives No Word of Work.
It perhaps Is not too much to ssy
thst If the full record of the results
of the conferences which House of
Texas hits had with Wilson of ths
I'nlted Ststea Is to be read It must be
■ought in some of the sccompllahed
deeds of the present administration.
That Woodrow Wilson has been moved
to certain courses or strengthened iu
hla purpose to pursue them, by the
counsel of Edward M House Is not to
he doubted The 1mpos«lble task would
he to get from the latter a definite
word concerning the public work in | friend Colonel Houae until the days
which his counsel has played a part. when he waa hold.ng office aa gover-
Those who have built up a wnll of , nor of New Jersey. It Is said by
mystery shout the mnn who la study- ( friends of Mr. Wilson thst almost in-
Ing matters against the day of peace 1 stantly he came to understand why
apparently have not wished to pull 1 the Texan had been of service slong
down their handiwork. The wsll can constructive lines to
as It has shown Itself In many of the
great problems of human life. This
mesns thst he hss ln him. or at any
rate men believe that he has ln hlin. ' of possibly more than passing hutnun
the qualifications which go to make I Interest.
up a sound diplomat. j George Frlsble Hoar of Massachos-
Through successive administrations I etta waa one of the scholars In politics.
In Texss the governors of the state | It wss said of him that he had read
one sfter snother. consulted Colonel • everything from Arlstophsnes' "Frogs"
read, still Is reading and will continue worl)1 surfelted with money and __
to read, for those In the b«>ok cases nnuaed to the opportunities for enjoy-
are made the companions day by day tuj, lt „ an author. Therefore. I say
of the others as they come from the travel, get acquainted with the world,
hands of writers worth while. cultivate friendship, fellowship, and. If
No man probably can read politics, the right young lady comes along,
legislation, economics and history con- love."
stantly without getting some of Dr. The word fell upon ^ull hearing. It
Dry as-Dust's characteristics. So It Is was a word, nothing more to the man
that Colonel Houae does not read the to whom all womankind represented
four formldables constsntly. He turns mystical, dainty creatures, for whom
to fiction stvl hers one finds something he hod not cultivated even casual re-
gard. He felt this and other deficien-
cies of knowledge, however, and de-
cided to see the world at large.
Six months later Arthur Wayne had
nearly clrcuuinavlgated the globe. He
had been a lonely tourist, for lt was
difficult for him to cure his settled
m
Fascinated Him.
Edward M. House.
to Locke's "Human Understanding"
snd from this Istter book of "dlsmsls-
ties" to the lighter minded reader,
down to everything heavy and semi-
heavy which waa published to the
week of his death. Senator Hoar kept
his mentsl condition balanced by turn-
ing not merely from the heavy to ths
light on occasion, but to the actual
featherweights of fiction. Ha rand
"Nick farter "
Woodrow Wilson. It Is said, turns
away from the studies of states, past
reticence. But he had brushed elbows
with new peopla and had learned to
observe their ways, and ever and Anon
found a congenial spirit It was all ln
a day'a companionship, however, and
he msde only casual acquaintances.
The great modern capitals did not
attract him. Tha historic held all of
compelling interest Egypt, India, the
Ganges, the Kuphrates. Asia Minor, the
romsnce and reliquaries of olden
times held much of fasclnstion for
him. One day st sn obscure town
fringing on a wonderful sketch of
greenery and mountain expanse, hs
left the tourists sojourning at son*
celebrated medicinal springs, shoul-
dered his traveling pack and strolled
forth slone. The natives offered guide
and servsnt assistance, but be wished
to be alone. Nature was at Its most
House on public matters. How deep
in Impression he has made on Texas
■eglslstlve history never msy be known
definitely, but there Is enough salient
to make Texans know that they are
right In attributing to him many of
their public welfare acta.
Though not accounted wealthy In
these dsys of huge fortunes. Colonel
House Is quite well fixed flnsncislly
snd Is not engaged In business of sny
kind.
Has Studied Hard.
I have talked to Colonel House snd
hsve learned things which make me j reading of what the English call penny
feel that 1 shall not go wrong when 1 I dreadfuls, snd whst the Americans In
try to put sn Interpretstlon upon some | the old days called yellow backs. It
of his methods of doing things. He Is Is ssld that the speaker of the house
free enough to say that he hss studied of representative*. Champ Clark, stops
hard at economic, political and leys frequently his mental digging Into all traversed a beautiful valley when be
latlve subjects. He probably even i kluils of history to take up for relief found dusk Just approsching. His
would be willing to adroit thst he pur|>oses books of the kind which compass gave him no hint of the prox-
thlnks the results of theae studies con rnske a hoy happy.
tlnued and their results retained, have Reads Good Fiction.
enabled him to be of some service i„ the library of Colonel
when men were seeking Information the, |S plenty of good fiction. He
concerning events In the past which not turn to Nick Carter, nor to
have relation to events In the present -The Hidden Hand" of Mrs. K. P. K.
or events expected In the fature. ; N. Boutliworth. nor yet to "Owl Face.
Therefore, there Is hers s man who The Pawnee" of Bead'e dime novel
has hi Id what he hss studied, who ; fame, but he msnsges to keep the nien-
snd present and In prospective to the glorious along the narrow paths. The
hum of busy Insect life, the soft whls-
perings of the broad leaves seemed
say: "I am nature—come Into my
workshop."
Wayne strolled for hours. He had
tha road. You could rest there Hi
morning. Oo."
Wayne kept on. He was truly weary
as at the end of an hour. Finally he
crossed a plankway spanning a flow of
sparkling surplus water, snd. tracing
its source, he made out a stone pa-
vilion on a knoll half hidden ln a nest
of luxuriant flowers and vine growth.
"I shall watt until daylight." he so-
liloquized, as be ascended the steps
of the pavilion, dropped to a bench be.
aide a marble table and gava utter-
ance to a sigh of profound relief. Then
with s violent start, almost a thrill,
he stared wondering at the end of th«
long bench. It held another occupant
than himself, a woman, fal.* and
comely.
She was asleep, and her face with
closed eyes and placid Hps was turned
towards him. Her silken golden tresses
formed a pillow for one arm. The
pellucid moonlight clearly outlined the
classic features. Archer Wayne aat
spellbound. Who could she be—a ven-
turesome tourist, belated, lost. Ilka
hlmaelf? For the first time In his Ufa
he found the opportunity to study, to
analyse the fnce of a woman. Tha
lines of character and loveliness at-
tracted him, the strangeness of thq
occasion enchained fancy and satisfac-
tion.
Abruptly the fair blunderer sighed,
opened her eyes, and then, discovering
that she had a companion, arose to
her feet ln some trepidation. Wayne
followed her example, lifting his cap
courteously, with the words:
"I fear you, like myself, are a ven-
turesome wanderer, out of your bear-
ings."
His clear voice, his utter manliness
reassured the lady. She hastened to
smooth her disarranged tresses, aha
smiled ln a pleased way.
"If that Is your trouble, like my
own," she said sweetly, "I am glad you
have come. Yes, I have lost ray way,
and the pavilion offered shelter, and 1
shall not feel frightened now."
Wayne bowed In thanks at the ex-
pressed confidence In him of the beau-
tiful stranger, and said:
"Perhaps we had better wait for
dawn. In the meantime," and he lift-
ed to the stone table his tourist pack
and opened It "If you are half fam-
ished aa I am, yoa will enjoy a little
luncheon."
Her bright eyes twinkled approving-
ly as he brought Into evidence an elec-
tric tube, pressed Its button and set It
upon the table. Then Wayne pro-
duced an appetizing array of food
which his precision had secured at
the settlement. Even to salt pepper,
▼Inegar, the materials were at hand
to season a most satisfactory cold
luncheon.
She Joined him. a gladsome Invited
guest, with all the zest and enjoyment
of a healthy normal woman. They
chatted, the repast concluded. Some-
how, her eyes so full of natural Interest
and sympathy, won him to tell his life
story bit by bit Wayne felt drawn
more closely to this companion as she
ln turn told of lonely orphan years.
She was of a party who were at the
hotel at the settlement. She had
strayed far to gather floral specimens,
and he pulsated with new and vivid
emotions, as she showed him the books
ln which she had pressed her collec-
tions and her perfumed breath swept
his cheek gentle as the fluttering of
an angel wing. T*ien the conversation
died down. Her head had dropped R>
the support of the bench. He sat Im-
movable, scarcely breathing. She
seemed so beautiful In sleep. Her head
touched his shoulder. A nameless
ecstacy possessed hi* belug. Thus
passed the sweet night away, and by
stages his own senses stole Into a slum-
ber, and he awoke to find the rising
sun of a new glorious day coming up
over the hill tops.
There was enough snd to spare for
an early morning refection. Hilda
Brnughton was bright and sparkling
under the Influence of gratitude for the
care and companionship of the true
gentleman who had rescued ber from
the fears and discomfort of a night of
loneliness.
"Did you know." she asked as they
started on to locate the town, "that
these natives sbont here declare that
all this country around here Is the
original location of the Garden of
Eden?"
He had heard of It. and his heart
beat fsst st the trustful contrast of
the smsll gloved hand on his arm. Not
now the time, but later on. he resolved
on that, he should tell her that he
hoped he had found his Eve.
NATIONAL SYSTEM OF ROADS
Expert at National Capital Illustrates
How Schema la to Be Brought
to Successful End.
The establishment of a national sy
tern of highways U greatly facilitated
by the federal aid road law. which
compels all the states that would share
In Its benefits—and that means all of
the states—to equip themselves with
state highway departments With these
state highway departments devoting
their attention to the building of state
systems of main, through-line hlgh-
I ways, every condition Is favorable for
the next and crowning act—the estab-
lishment of a national system of high-
ways.
By way of Illustrating how a na-
tional system ol highways is about to
be evolved by easy and logical stages,
sn expert at the national capital made
1 the following statement:
"Gradually the state has made Itself
a compelling factor In the handling of
local road problems and, as a logical
sequence, the federal government, first
through educational activity and later
by the financial aid provided by the
federal aid law. has made itself s
powerful factor In the working out of
1 the state highway problems. The next
, logical step follows the same course
which has been pursued by the state
t governments, namely, the broadening
i of federal participation to provide for
the establishment of a system of na-
i tlonal highways.
"This policy can be pnt Into effect
j without disturbance of existing organ-
izations. without providing new means
of finance and with hut little change
In existing laws. The process would
logically take a course somewhat as
follows:
"1. The state highway departments
I and the federal office of public roads
' would make an Initial selection from
■ existing state highway systems of
| those highways which are of interstate
Importance.
j "2. A system thus selected would be
approved by congress, with the re-
1 qulrement that federal funds be ap-
plied only td such system on and after
a specified date.
| "3. The federal aid should be ex-
tended to maintenance as well as con-
struction. as the national system of
highways should have for all time a
close relationship with the federal gov-
ernment.
"Some of the states already have
made plans for ntlliiJng the aid grant-
ed by the federal aid road act on roads
which could net properly be Included
In a national system. But this need
HOME
TOWN
HELPSfe
I
REMODELED HOUSE LIKE NEW
I Dwelling That Is Made Over Majl
Come Nearer Meeting Needa TVi
Oaa Canatructad
I The remodeled houae Is
! comfortable, charming and
; than one bollt new.
already bnllt Is much like
rlothea ready-msde; It Is
a perfect fit; there la ne
harmony with Individual needa aad re-
quirements. says Noble IM«
Hoggson In the Phlaldelphla PubUe
j Ledger. Remodeling makes It vlrta-
! ally a new house, with the added sd-
vantage that the general plan being
satitrfsctory. It Is easier to see Just
what modifications snd Improvements
are needed than to see them In Imag-
ination from a study of the archi-
tect's plans for a complete new
building.
An old house, endeared through
years of occupancy and association,
grows Into a familiar adjustment to
the needs of the family. But usually
there comes a growing realization of
the many ways In which It might be
nltered and Improved. The growing
family requires more rooms or
changed arrangements ; or the taste of
the owner, becoming finer with the
years, or bettered fortune making It
onsier to make his dreams a reality,
brings him face to face with tha
problem of remodeling, should he not
crre to more to a new dwelling which
might prove, when tested by occw-
puncy, less satisfying.
The two principal reasons for re-
modeling are the utilitarian and the
esthetic; the need of more space or
more convenience and comfort and
the natural desire to make the homo
more beautiful to the eye. Both re-
quirements can be met perfectly by
proper remodeling, which may really
prove an actual transformation. Re-
modeling gives a stamp of Individu-
ality to a dwelllhg as nothing else
can. for It means the revising of the
building within aad without to har-
monize ,with Individual taste* and
needa.
Concrete Road in Miaaissippl.
not cause extreme conflict, aa the fed-
eral funds for the first three or four
years' operation of the present act
could continue to be applied as now
plunned. The appropriations for the
first two years are already available
and considerable time necessary must
elapse before the national system
could be laid out and made ready for
the application of federal funds.
"In all probability the new schema
would come Into effect as an extensloo
of the present federal aid road act"
cost shoIjld be in harmony
Amount Put In House Should Net Be
Out of Proportion to the Value
of the 81te.
One of the most grievous mistakes
the owner can make Is to build a house
which Is out of proportion to the valae
of the lend on which lt Is erected. The
higher the cost of the land the better,
as a rale, the character of future build-
ing operations In the neighborhood.
For Instance, It Is generally unwise
to hulld a house costing $5,000 or
Sti.000 on a site costing less than $2(1
to $40 a front foot Nor should the
reverse mistake be made of building a
cheap house on an expensive site—
though that Is governed by the
strictions which most developers of
htgh-grsde subdivisions Impose. Coat
of house and cost of site should be In
fairly strict proportion.
Buy as much ground ss yon can rea-
sonably afford. Twenty-flve-foot lots
In a subnrban section are an abomina-
tion. Fifty-foot frontage should be the
minimum for sny modern residence
built for a home, and 100 feet with tha
added possibilities of attractive lawn
and garden Is better.
Aa a bit of advice here Is an excerpt
from a booklet recently Issued by a
realty broker:
"Forced growth ln anything la haz-
ardous ; natural growth la a guaranty
of stability and permanent Valuea. De-
mand governs supply, not supply de-
mand. A piece of reial estate hus no
fixed value until someone takes It to
keep and Improve."
WHY FAMILY MOVED TO TOWN
ef
Imlty of settlement or hamlet. It
guided him north, however, and he
knew that somewhere In that direction
lay Mahdl.
A full, glorious moon lighted his
way and enhanced the rare beauty and
grandeur .if his Mvlronmcnt. He had
about decided to unpack, eat and
spread his blankets for a full night
has collsted ami correlated the hap- tal balance even by an evening lamp rest, when he noted a flag waving In
penlngs of history, who has drawn hour or two with the writers of fie- the near distance. He kept It in sight
lessons from them, who tskes an In- , tlon who can lay claim to what the and came to a board enclosure, when
terest as deep In ths living present as *-—*- * — ■
he does In the dead past, and who men
believe Is able to make his knowledge
serviceable, for old as It Is let us say
It. history repeats Itself.
book reviewers call literary merit the tinkling of a bell attracted him.
Today Colonel House Is entering up- Beyond the spiked fence he msde out
on the work of prefaring msterial a man. He wore a bell strapped to
which one day, perhai« fsr In the fu- his knee.
turc. wUl be serviceable to the Aiuerl Can you take me In for the night.
he demolished by anyone who trlee to
get at the foundation of the fiction.
Edward M. Houae lives ss open a
Nfe as that of any American whose
jtrofoNalon or busluess does not call
Woodrow Wilson did not meet his [ csn commissioners at the great peace called Wayne a (TOM the fence but the
f* 1 conference. Another has written this msn inside waved hU arms dlseentlng-
eoncemlng the choice by the president |r almost threateningly.
of Colooel House for this work: "He ..ik.
EEL-:
the gov the war has raised and by his Integrity ^ ^t"V. This Is the
ernors of the state In which be has I of mind and character
lived moat of his life. For six or seven "Sherlock, will yoa taks on the
venra Mr Houae has been the roafi House Mystery raseT"
dsnt snd the coansellor of the presl "Mystery! my deer Watson, there
dent of the Catted States, and seem- ' Isa't any."
"How near caa 1 And a habitationT"
'nqulted Wayne.
"None near. Yon might reach a
'tug pavilion a league or more down
Comforted Departing tolditr.
He was aa straight s young cor-
poral as you ever was In khaki. And
he was telling the woman who sat
next in the car that he wished the war
could be over In time to cut and shock
the corn.
"My father Is a good farmer, bat he
Is nesrly sixty snd thst's too old for a
man to be working when he has a son
to do for him. And my mother Is so
little she can walk under ray out-
stretched arm. but—here's whst I keep
studying over up here—dsd cried and
begged me to cocne borne the first
chance I got but mother said: "Bub,
you know how I hate to have you go,
but you are fighting our fight for un,
and though it Is only a day's ride from
here to Washington city I want you to
come back by way of France—' "
Tliere was nothing to It of course,
except for the comfort It gave the
youngster to tslk of his mother's
bravery and his father's corn.
And comfort means a whole heap.—
Washington Star.
Compelled to Make Change
Poor Schools and Bad Roads-
Remedy fsr Psverty.
"Why don't they go on to a farm?"
Is the question with which many men
dlsmiMS from their minds the story of
some poverty-stricken family. The
chances are five to one that that ssme
family was Induced to more to town
because of poor schools snd poor roads
In the country. The remedy for much
of the poverty now In our towns Is
good roads and good schools in the
country. Why should not country
schools be given the ssme attention
given city and town schools! Why
should not the children Ifc permitted to
go to them over good roads with dry
feet. Instead of wading through mud
snd water? Good roads will mske the
country a better place In which to live.
Native Trees Are Desirable.
Msny people hsve the decidedly mis-
taken Idea that the only trees worth
buying and setting out sre the more or
less expensive shrubs or evergreens
which are not native to most sections
of the country. The Idea of paying oat
good money for a pine or a birch or a
maple seems to go against the grain.
As a matter of fnct there are uiuny
places where such trees are to be had
for the trouble of digging them up and
transplanting them, but even thla la
considered too high a price. And yet
for many purposes rlnes snd nispiae
sre as good trees ss cun be bad. and
there is nothing listed ln the catalogue
more beautiful and graceful than a
well cared-for group of white
New Dlaceveries.
"What new lesson did yoa learn at
school todsy, soaT'
"Found s new way of getting oat of
school sn hoar by snuffln' red ink op
ay nose."
Cull Growing Flock.
Cull the growing flock of chicks as
much as possible, market all that are
In any way Inferior but In good health,
and kill and bury all which seem weak
or alckly. It will not pay to keep sny
but the strongest snd best chicks.
Fall Beat Time te Paint Houae.
The fall of the year la by far the
best time to paint the exterior of a
house, for paint dries more alowly la
cool weather and consequently lasts
longer. The heat of the summer sua
on s house painted In the spring does
much more harm than any wlrtter
weather and a fall painting la well sea-
soned before the next summer arrives.
Small files and Insects are also a pest
la spring painting.
Rrevest Tuberculosis.
To prevent tuberculosis, all milk
and milk products should be cooked
l«efore being fed to hogs. To control
hog cluJern use sanitary
nd auti hog cholera
Where He Waa Bound For.
"Do yoa think yoar boy Josh la going
to rememSer the advice you gave him
when he left home for the army?"
"Not thla trip," replied Farmer Oom-
L "By sheer force of habit hie
>id him te be sure aad keep
eat at trouble"
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Seger, Neatha H. The Geary Times (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1917, newspaper, November 8, 1917; Geary, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc184182/m1/2/: accessed June 11, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.