Renfrew's Record (Alva, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1915 Page: 7 of 8
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RENFREW'S RECORD, ALVA. OKLAHOMA
State Probation Commission Is
Lauded by New York.
Experiment Has Proved in Every Way
Worthy, and Authorities Are
Unanimous in Opinion That
It Be Maintained.
One of the most active of the email
departments of the New York state
government is the state probation
commission. As shown by a recent
report on the state departments pre-
pared for the benefit of the constitu-
tional convention by the department
of efficiency and economy and the
New York bureau of municipal re-
search this commission is entirely sep-
arate in its organization and duties
irom any other state department. It
has a large and unique field, namely,
that of developing, extending and im-
proving probation work in all the
courts of the state.
Probation is defined as a system by
which a court seeks to supervise, dis-
cipline and reform offenders without
branding them as prisoners and with-
out sentencing them to jail or prison.
It is intended especially for the young
or first offenders. It is used in all
kinds of courts and for all sorts of
offenses, but it is perhaps of greater
importance in the juvenile court. Pro-
bation has been called "the right arm
of the juvenile court."
The first probation law in the state
was enacted in 1901. Following the
enactment of this law probation work
in the courts developed slowly and
Irregularly throughout the state. A
special commission to study the work
was authorized by the legislature of
1905; ten men and four women were
appointed on this commission by Gov-
ernor Higgins. The commission made
a thorough inquiry and presented a
report the following year. Out of its
work and recommendations grew the
present state probation commission.
The commission was created by the
legislature in 1907. Homer Folks has
been president of the commission since
its creation. Frank E. Wade, another
of the original commissioners, is now
vice-president. The other members
are Edward C. Ilium of Brooklyn,
Edmund J. Butler of New York, Judge
Aiphonso T. Clearwater of Kingston
and Dr. John T. Finley, commission-
er of education. The present secretary
of the commission is Charles L. Chute,
who succeeded Arthur W. Towne in
1913.
Some of the work the commission
has accomplished toward extending
and developing the probation system
in the state is indicated by the follow-
ing facts: When the commission
began its work in 1907 there wcie
were 1,C20 persons of all ages on pro-
bation. At the end of ’>914 there were
10,925. Besides assisting in this
great extension, the commission has
constantly urged discrimination in the
selection of cases and the all impor-
tance of careful and thorough work on
the part of probation officers.
The report of the commission ex-
tending over seven years show that
more than 70 per cent of all persons
placed on probation are reported by
the probation officers each year as
completing their terms of probation
successfully and being discharged with
improvement.
The cost of the state prisons, penij
tentiaries, adult and juvenile reforma-
tories, for maintenance alone in 1913
was $2,292,349. This takes no ac-
count of the vast sums expended in
lands, buildings and equipment and the
sums spent annually for repairs nnd
new construction. The average daily
population of the institutions
throughout the year was 11,414, mak-
ing the per capita cost for a year’s
confinement $200.83. The entire es-
timated cost of the probation system
for the year 1912 was $253,675. This
includes salaries paid to all probation
officers, an estimate of their expenses
and the total appropriations to the
state probation commission, which
amounted to only $12,620. The aver-
age number on probation throughout
the year was 8,485 persons. There-
fore, the average per capita cost of a
year's probation was only $29.92, less
than one-sixth of the average ex-
pense for a year's imprisonment.
Besides the saving to the state and
the various localities in dollars and
cents, there is a greater saving. If of-
fenders can be safely allowed to re-
main in society and continue as pro-
ductive members thereof, society is
relieved of the burden of supporting
their innocent wives and children.
Canned.
"Is your wife putting up any fruit
this summer?”
"No but I've canned a few peaches
myself.”
"You have?"
“Yes. I've had three different
stenographers this year, and not one
of them knew half as much about
spelling and grammar as she did
about the latest fashions."
Not Likely.
"A curious thing happened to me
this morning,” began the man who al-
ways told long-winded stories.
“Did somebody stop to listen to one
of your yarns?” inquired the other,
reaching for his hat.
They All Do.
Jinks—I'm taking it easy now.
Blinks—Out of a job?
Jinks—No; got a political job.
Good for Boys
Camping time is a time of joy for the youngsters.
Very few things are needed for a cracking good time
—a tent, blankets, plain, stout clothing, and plenty of
good, wholesome food.
A splendid food to take along is
Grape-Nuts
It’s an ideal camping food—nourishing, appetizing
and always ready to eat.
This delicious wheat and barley food contains
great nutrition with little bulk. It is made from the
natural, whole grains, retaining all of their vital mineral
salts, particularly neccessary for building health and
strength in growing boys and girls.
Grape-Nuts is ready to serve direct from the
package — just add good milk or cream. Summer rains
won’t hurt the supply—packages are wax-wrapped
and moisture-proof.
“There’s a Reason”
for
Grape-Nuts
—sold by Grocers everywhere.
One Wiy to Lengthen Life
Uti In life, when the orpins begin to
weaken, the bard-worktng kidneys often
tire out lint. Falling eyesight, ■tiff, echy
joints, rheumatic paint, Ume back and
distressing urination are often due only to
weak kidneys. Prevention Is the beat cure
and at middle age any sign of kidney weak-
ness should have prompt attention. Doan't
Kidney Pilla have maae life more comfort-
able for thousands of old folks. It la the
best recommended special kidney remedy.
A Kansas Case
#fwe Rflof*
TMailirr"
J. T. Cannon. 404
S. Seventh 8t.. Ar-
kansas City, Kan.,
aye: “Hardships
during the Civil
War gave me kid-
ney trouble. My
back was always
lame and painful
and It was hard for
me to walk. I was
stiff and lame all
over. Doan’s Kid-
ney Pills restored
tne to good health
and best of all. the
cure has been per-
manent.”
Gat Doan's at Aay Stora, 50c a Ben
DOAN’S V/ISV
FOSTLR-MILBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y.
SHOULD NOT
HAVE MOVED
Story of a Man Who Was Male*
ing Good, but Roving Fever
Got the Best of Him.
WHERE THE INCHES COUNTED
DT in/ LOSSES surely prevented
111 A I H by Cutter’s Blackleg Pills. Low-
1/l^ilVll priced, frstih. reliable; preferred by
Western *toclum*n. because they
am mmm protect where other vaccines fell.
1 ■ - Write for booklet and testimonials.
I W* I w 10-dot# pkge. Blackleg Pills $1.00
50-doss pkge. Blackleg Pilla 4.00
Uae any injector, but Cutter's best
The superiority of Cutter products la due to over IS
years of specializing in vaeeines and struma only.
Incist on Cutter's. If unobtainable, order direct. >
The Cutter Laboratory, Berkeley, Cal., or Chism#*. IIL
Barnum’s Frankness.
On one occasion Barnum had an
elephant engaged in plowing on the
sloping hill where it could plainly be
seen by the passengers on the New
Haven and Hartford railroad, an agri-
cultural innovation that he knew
would get notice of some sort in every
newspaper in the country.
It was even said that he received
letters from farmers far and wide
asking how much hay one elephant
ate, and if it were more profitable to
plow with an elephant than with
horses or oxen.
His replies were invariably frank,
and were of this purport:
“If you have a large museum in
New York, and a great railway com-
pany sends trains full of passengers
within eyeshot of the performance, it
will pay, and pay well; but if you
have no such institution, then horses
or oxen will prove more economical.”
Magic Washing Stick
This la something new to housewives—
something they have wanted all their lives,
but never could get before. It makes It pos-
sible to do the heaviest, hardest washing In
less than one-half the Ume it took by old
methods, and it elimluates all rubbiu and mus-
cular effort. No wasbiug machine Is needed.
Nothing but this simple little preparation.
Wbieh Is absolutely harmltti to tbi fleet) fabrics—
white, colored or woolen. It makes the
hardest task of the week a pleasant pastime_
a delightful occupation. You will be de-
lighted at the clean, spotless, suow-whlte
clothes that come out of the rinsing water-
?.nii ,»1Lwlthout .iff effort on your part. The
Washing Stick foes ft all—and remember,
without iujury to the most delicate goods,
colored or white, woolens, blankets, laee cur-
tains, ete. Contains no acids, no alkalies.no
poisonous ingredients to make its use dan-
gerous. is washings 25 cents.
Sold by all Druggists and Grocers everv-
wbere. If yours doesn't handle It, show him
tills ad—he'll pet it for you. Or send ale in
stamps to A. g. RICHARDS CD.. Sherman. leia*.—Adv.
Melted Away.
John Grier Hibben, president of
Princeton university, said at the Lake
Mohonk arbitration conference:
"The day is not yet come when vio-
lence and oppression will melt away
before right like the plumber's bill.
“Like, I repeat, the plumber's bill.
For a plumber, you know, once pre-
sented a millionaire a bill of $100
for mending a pipe.
“But the millionaire handed the
plumber a dollar note and said se-
verely;
“ 'Receipt that bill of yours In full.’
“ ‘But—but—’ said the plumber.
‘“Receipt it in full,' the millionaire
repeated. ‘I used to be a plumber my-
self.’
“The plumber at this gave a great
start, receipted the bill and handed
the millionaire 50 cents change.”
On May 4th, 1915, the St. Paul Farm-
er’s Dispatch contained a very inter-
esting account of the experiences of a
man from Staples, Minn. Realizing
that he was not making much head-
way, he decided to look up a home-
stead In Canada. With $250 he and :
his wife took up a homestead near
Outlook, Saskatchewan. After recount-
ing his experiences of a few years, in
which they had undergone hardships
which were likely to bo unavoidable,
with a small amount of capital, he
continues the story by stating that
in the fall after a fair summer's work
on Ills 100 acres cropped, he cleaned
up nearly all his debts, having now
four good horses, a complete set of
farm machinery including two wagons
and a "Swell” top buggy and eleven
head of cattle. He continues, "How-
ever, I was not satisfied. I had been
reading of the splendid homesteads
that were to be had in Montana.
Wheat was cheap and I thought it ,
would get cheaper, so I began to think
that homesteading as a moneymaking
proposition was better than farming.
I did not stop to consider that wheat
was not the only thjng; as a matter
of fact 1 had sold pork for 14 cents a
pound. Eggs and butter had kept us
in groceries and more, we hnd now
four milch cows, two heifers coming in
and more growing up. We had a cream
separator, and some hogs. We had a
quarter section of land that could
raise an abundance of small grain,
roots and grass for feed, but I could
not see all that; I had the ‘moving*
fever, and decided to sell.
I set the price on the land at $3 000
cash. I could not find anyone with
that much money, however, so I came
down until I finally sold for $1,400.-
We had an auction and sold the per-
sonal property. On the sale we got
just about enough cash to pay the auc-
tioneer; the rest was all notes.
The horses brought about two-thirds
what they were worth. The imple-
ments sold for hardly one-thtrd of
what they had cost. The cattle
brought a good price.
Muat Make Another 8tart.
We now have a homestead in Mon-
tana, but we find that after moving
here and getting settled, what money
we had did not go far. We have three
horses, about all the implements we
need, and a little better buildings
than we had on our former place. We
hare no cattle, though we had to build
much fence to keep ranch stock out
of our fields. We have about $500
worth of honest debts.
True, we have a half section In
place of a quarter, but that is no good
to us, as long as we have not the
capital with which to work it.
In summarizing it all up I see where
I made my mistake. It will take fully
five years to get into as good circum-
stances as we were before we made
the change. It is five years lost.
My advice to anyone contemplat-
ing a change of location is to think
twice before you act, and if your pres-
ent circumstances are not too bad,
‘stay by your bush till you pick It
clean.’"—Advertisement
British Statesman’s Remarkably Neat
Retort to Chalrman'e Shaft
of “Wit."
Lloyd-George’s wit on the platform
is well known, but here is one of the
neatest retorts he ever made.
He was addressing a meeting In
South Wales, according to Pearson’s
Weekly, when the chairman, thinking
to be witty at the chancellor’s expense,
remarked to the audience that he was
a little disappointed in Lloyd-George'a
appearance.
"I had heard so much about Mr.
Lloyd-George," ho said, "that I nat-
urally expected to meet a big man in
every sense; but, as you can see for
yourselves, he is very small in stat-
ure.”
Many an orator would have been
grievously upset by such an unfortu-
nate beginning to the proceedings, but
not so l.loyd-George.
“I am grieved (o find." he said, with
mock seriousness, “(hat your chairman
Is disappointed in my size, but this is
owing to the way you have here of
measuring u man. In North Wales we
measure a man from ills chin up, but
vou evidently measure him from his
chin down!”
After that the chairman made no
more personal remarks.
RESIN0L SURELY MAXES
ITCHING ECZEMA VANISH
There is immediate relief for skins
itching, burning and disfigured by
eczema, heat-rash, or similar torment-
ing skin-trouble, in a warm bath with
resinol soap and a simple application
of resinol ointment. The soothing,
healing resinol medication sinks right
Into the skin, stops itching Instantly,
and soon clears away all trace of erup-
tion, even in severe and stubborn
cases where other treatments have had
no effect. After that, the regular use
of resinol soap Is usually enough to
keep the skin clear and healthy. Ev-
ery druggist sells resinol ointment and
resinol Boap.—Adv.
Beating the Bakers.
"Oh, I am almost tired to death!"
said the woman who spends half her
time addressing club meetings. "Our
political economy club has been in
session all day passing resolutions
and drawing up petitions demanding
a law regulating the price of bread.
Only thlrik! Three dollars' worth of
flour costs, when baked into bread,
$13. It's outrageous. We'll soon all
be bankrupt. The bakers must be
made to feel the power of the law.
You should have been at the meet-
ing.” ,
“I couldn't come, I was too busy,”
said the calm-faced woman.
“Busy on a club day? What on
earth at?”
"Baking bread,” said the calm-
faced woman.—New York Times.
TENDER SENSITIVE SKINS
Quickly Soothed by Cuticura. Noth-
ing Setter. Trial Free.
Especially when preceded by a hot
bath with Cuticura Soap. Many com-
forting things these fragrant super-
creamy emollients may do for the
skin, Bcalp, hair and hands and do it
quickly, effectively and economically.
Also for the toilet, bath and nursery.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
Not Gillty.
“Hey, you big busher!” yelleld an
excited fan as the pitcher of the home
team issued his fourth successive base
on balls, forcing a runner across the
plate. “Where did you learn to pitch?
In a correspondence school?”
If the pitcher heard, he made no
sign, but another spectator sitting
near the excited one administered a
stinging rebuke.
“You talk like a fish,” he said
scornfully. “What makes you think
that dub ever learned to pitch any-
where?”
Probably Not.
“1 believe a man should be mas-
ter in his own house," said the new-
ly married man. “There can be only
one head in a family, and I mean to
j be it."
“That’s a very good idea,” answered
| his friend, who had been married
more years than the other had lived.
"A very good idea indeed. Have you
spoken to your wife about it?”
Charity.
“I hates dese suspicious guys,” said
the panhandler.
“What have dey been doin’ to you
now?" asked his friend.
"A gink gives me a dime dis morn-
in’ to git somethin’ to eat, and den he
follers me into a restaurant and
watches me spend it.”
Most particular women u«e Red Cross
Bali Blue. American made. Sure to please.
At ail good grocers. Adv.
Tired of Him.
He—I always pay as I go.
She (yawning)—I don’t think' you’ll
ever become a bankrupt.—Judge.
The emptiness of things here below
is apt to be keenly felt before dinner.
RIASiY W ill ZONK HOSPITALS
Have ordered Allen'- Foot-Eese. the antiseptic
powder, lor use among the convalescent tr 'CPS.
Shaaen into the shoes or dissolved in the foot-
batn, Allen’s Foot-Ease gives refreshlnp rest end
contort and prevents the feet getting tlrqd or
foot-sore. Try it TODAY. D -n’t accept any sub-
stitute. Sold Everywhere, 25c For FREE sam-
ple, address, Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy. N. Y.— Adv.
What He Did.
“Papa, who Is this Thaw that the
papers are always talking about?”
"He’s the man who put the ’b’ in
‘rainstorm.’ ”
Heard.
“Where did you buy the candy?”
”At the jitney and dime emporium."
—Boston Evening Transcript.
There is at least this to be said for
the angels; They do not play tho
bagpipe.
IN SUCH PAIN
WOMAN CRIED
Suffered Everything Until Re-
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkh&m’s Vegeta-
ble Compound.
Florence, So. Dakota.—“I uted to be
very sick every month with bearing
down pains and
backache, and had
headache a good
deal of the time and
very little appetite.
The pains were so
bad that I used to
sit right down on tho
floor and cry, be-
cause it hurt me so
and I could not do
any work at tlioso
times. An old wo-
man advised no to try Lydia E. Pink-
ham’s Vegetable Compound and I got a
bottle. 1 felt better the next month so
I took three more bottles of it and got
well so I could work all the time. I
hope every woman who Buffers like I did
will try Lydia E. Pinkhnm’s Vegetable
Compound.’’—Mrs. P.W.I.anseng, Box
8, Allyn, Wash.
Why will women continuo to suffer day
In and day out or drag out a sickly, half-
hearted existence, missing three-fourths
of the joy of living, when they can find
health in Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound?
For thirty years it has been the stand-
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands of women
who haVe been troubled with such ail-
ments as displacements, inflammation,
ulceration, tumors, irregularities, etc.,
If yon want special advice write to
Lydia E. Plnkham Medtetne Co. (confi-
dential) Lynn, Maas. Yonr letter will
be opened, read and answered by l
woman and held In strict conlideooa.
No Insult Meant.
Shortly after a certain marquis
received an important governmental
position he was overwhelmed with
begging letters, the result of the re-
markable statements sent out con-
cerning his unbounded generosity.
Among the letters he received was
one which became a standing joke
among his friends. It was from a
woman who wanted a Bewing machine,
and her letter commenced thus:
“Dear Sir—A year ago you came to
our town to make a speech. 1 went
out to hear you, and I have been
ill ever since.”
The fact Was the lady caught cold
on the occasion in question, but she
certainly did not refer to the matter
in very diplomatic language.
Mean Disposition.
“Before engaging rooms in your
house,” said the bachelor, “I want to
know If there are any families with
crying babies staying here.”
"I’m afraid there is,” replied the
landlady; “but we—”
“Well, I was Just going to say,” con-
tinued the other, “that if there are, I
want you to put me in the room next
to theirs. I want to wake up in the
night and hear their trouble, so that
I can congratulate myself again that
I’m not mqrried.”
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
No Use.
"They’re using an awful lot of au-
tomobiles in the European war,” re-
marked the auto enthusiast.
“I know,” said the disgruntled pe-
destrian. “But what good does it do?
The manufacturers keep turning the
blamed things out faster than those
fellows over there can bust 'em up.”
Modest.
“He’s a very modest young man.”
“Very. He hasn’t one of those loud
electric horns on his automobile.”
In .1 Restaurant.
Angry Diner—Waiter, you are not
fit to serve a pig.
Waiter—I'm doing my best, sir.
Why does the bore never consider
himself in that class?
The Female of the 8pecies.
“Look, dear, at that bird In yonder
tree. How clear his song notes! He'a
been twittering happily for over an
hour.”
The husband looked up from bln
paper, but not at the bird.
"I wish you’d understand one thing,**
he said. “When you hear a bird)
twittering don't make the mistake ot
referring to it as ‘he.’ The twittera irs
Invariably the woman birds.”
Always use Red Cross Ball Blue. Delights
the laundress. At all good grocers. Adv.
A la Blbla.
"If I kissed you on one cheek, what
would you do?”
“I'd turn the other cheek, also."
Sold Under
a Binding
Guarantee
For Mm or Boot*
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For Cuts, Burns,
Bruises, Sprains,
Strains, Stiff Neck,
Chilblains, Lame Back,
OldSores, Open Wounds,
and all External Injuries.
Hade Since 1846.
Price 25c, 50c end $1.00
All Dealers
Constipation
Vanishes Forever
Prompt Relief—Permanent Cum
CARTER’S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS never
fail. Purely vegeta-
ble — act s
but gently
the liver.
Stop after
dinner dis-
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indigestion,
improve the complexion, brighten the eyes.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
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■ASOLO SOURIS. 1H D. K.lk At. , Brootljn. I.
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PARKER’S
HAIR BALSAM
A toilet preparation of merit.
Helps to eradicate dandruff.
For Restoring Color and
Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair.
60o. and $1.00 at Druggist*
W. N. U„ WICHITA, NO. 31-1915.
Death Lurks In A Weak Heart
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