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Consumers Can Help Prevent
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GARFIELD SOUNDS WARNING
Better Borrow Money Now to Buy
Than Do Without Later He Saya — If
Your Storage Space Isn’t Large
Enough Enlarge It
By HARRY A GARFIELD
United States Fuel Administrator
Every householder every public util-
ity and every Industrial user of coal
engaged In work essential to the prose-
cution of the war are earnestly ad-
vised and urged to place without de-
lay their orders for coal to cover their
’ needs for the 12 months beginning
April L
During the past 12 months there has
been suffering among consumers and a
- curtailment of essential production by
Industries through inability to obtain
necessary fuel after the beginning of
winter A year ago consumers were
1 led to believe that they might safely
withhold their orders until later in the
year They labored under the Impres-
sion that coal could be bought and se-
cured as well at one time as another
They were told that there was plenty
of coal for everybody and that there
would’ be plenty of coal cars to move
the coal in also
This advice and Its acceptance by
consumers was one of the contributing
causes to the coal shortage with its
consequent suffering among domestic
consumers and lessening in production
of commodities needed in our war ac-
tlvltiea
- The Fuel ‘Administration was not
then in existence and did not begin its
work until August 23 It was then si
ready too late to undo the barm which
had been done The Fuel Administra
tlon would be negligent of its duty to
the public If It failed to call attention
at this time to the unfortunate results
of the mistaken course pursued by the
public a year ago and to warn all con
suiners in the most emphatic manner
possible that a repetition of those re-
sults can be avoided only by accepting
and acting immediately upon the Fuel
Administration's advice here given:
Order Your Coal at Once
Let every consumer of the classes
mentioned ascertain his fuel require-
ments for the coming year Do this
at once Order sufficient coal to meet
those requirements Flace your orders
at once If domestic consumers have
not sufficient storage space for the
coal they will need they should en-
large their bins If public utilities and
Industries engaged upon government
work have not sufficient storage space
they 6hould at once provide it
The production of coal in 'this coun-
try is fundamentally a transportatlqn
problem There are enough coal cars
and enough locomotives to transport
- the necessiyy quantity of coal only If
every car and every locomotive Is
used to its maximum capacity every
day In the year There are enough
operatives In the mines to get the coal
from the ground If those operatives
can work e ery day in the year and if
the coal cars and locomotives are
available every day
The fuel problem is to get the coal
from the first place of deposit to the
final place of deposit with as little de-
lay as possible and in as steady and
continuous a stream as circumstances
will permit The railroads may be
compared to a water pipe which needs
to run full all the time to carry the
necessary amount of water to its des-
tination If that water is shut off for
any appreciable time It means an tfftl-
mate shortage The pipe can carry no
more than its maximum capacity per
day
Borrow If You Must
Inconvenience of paying for coal in
the spring or summer when It will not
be needed until autumn or winter
should not influence any consumer to
delay placing bis order and securing
his supply It is far wiser to borrow
' money In the Bpring to pay for one’s
coal than to wait until antumn or
winter when if the coal has not been
mined and shipped money cannot pro-
cure IL
The Fuel Administration through
the State Fuel Administrators and k-
cal committees is prepared in every
reasonable way to aid public utilities
essential industries retail dealers and
domestic consumers In placing their
orders and in securing assurance of a
sufficient supply of foeL All these
governmental agencies however are
powerless If the consumers themselves
fall to act Again therefore the Fuel
Administration urges every consumer
to place his orders Immediately This
should ordinarily be done through the
medium of supply upon which the con-
sumer has relied In the past If this
course is followed It may he hoped
That the suffering and loss of the past
winter will not be repeated If It Is
sutt done consumers will have tbem-
Wdvas te blame
Saturday April 20th 1918
I
At East Livery Barn in Helena Begins at 1 P M
20 IHlead of Mules 20
Seven of them horse mules and thirteen mares and from 3 to 8 years old and alj
P over 15 hands high
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One Sorrel Mare coming 5 weight 1260
One Grey flare coming 4 weight 1200
One Grey Hare coming 8 weight 1250
One Roan Mare smooth mouth wt 150
One Bay flare smooth mouth -
Wih Colt by side
One Pony Mare with Colt by side
One Set of Heavy New Work Harness
One Saddle
5
One Calf To be Sold for Benefit of Red Cross
TERMS: 8 months time with interest at 10 per cent
Rexroat & Johnson Owners
BURGESS & LACY Auctioneers
FARMERS STATE BANK Clerk
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specialty
RINGWOOD - - OKLA
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Paper-hanging Painting and
Sign Work At Drug Store
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H JACOBI
Dentist
Helena Okla
IN COLTRY WEDNESDAY AND
SATURDAY EACH WEEK
PICTURES OF CHIEF
HUNS ARE SEIZED
“Y” Worker Ships Likenesses Seized ia
Ellis to CooociL
Oklahoma City Aprill 17—
Eight pictures of the kaiser ant
two pictures of von Hindenburg
seized from the homes of ten Ger-
man families in Ellis county by
L H Knight Y M C A worker
who has been making addresses in
that section of the state under the
auspices of the state council of de-
fense are enroute to Chester
Westfall assistant secretary of the
state council according to a tele-
gram received this morning ’ from
Mr Knight
Mr Knight who has seen much
semrice in the Y M C A huts in
France was making an address at
Woodward when he was informed
that a large number of disloyal
Americans had pictures of the
kaiser and Hindenburg adorning
the walls in their homes The Y
M C A official made personal
visits to the homes seized the
pictures crated them and is turn-
ing them over to the council for
further “disposition"
WOMAN’S EXCIAIOE
For Hand made Good Chro Tatting
and Home Cooking Keats 1’ wt Bread
Cake
Lunches - - 20c
U1 E Randolph - -- Enid Okla:
Twister at Helens Sudsy Eve
From Helena Star ’
Sunday evening brot the hard-
est rain of the season to Helena
It came from the south-west and
was accompanied by hail and a
high wind which did considerable
damage in the west part of town
The high school building seemed
to have received the greatest
damage altho several small struc-
tures were severely damaged
The large chimneys to the school
building were blown down even
I with the roof and nearly all the
slate shingles on the west side
( blown off or damaged Water
came in and much plastering was
broken off Window glass in the
west side of the building was
nearly all broken and much
damage resulted from rain coming
into the building The repair bill
here will amount to several
hundred dollars with no insurance
Other damage to town property
consisted of barns and small
buildings blown down but no loss
of life or injury except to orphans
at the State home Here some
children had taken refuge jn a
wagon which was blown over
slightly injuring them Mrs Lus-
comb’s barn was crushed and the
wreckage blown into the street
Tom Fleming lost his barn and
sheds George Myers a barn the
Francis property moved from its
foundation ditto Jim Pettay’s
house in the north part of town
The twister then struck in the
country at the home of A L
Smart a half mile north of town
where it demolished some out-
buildings At the John Couch
farm a few rods north it twisted
a windmill tower demolished a
fine milk house and blew down
orchard trees' The Alexander
farm was next visited by the
monster where it did considerable
damage to buildings and at the
Liebrand place where it moved
he big barn from its foundation
1 Jranville Williams lost the roof
: rom his barn Charles Hubbell
ost his garage granary and some
sheds and had his house damaged
"rom there it went to the Utility
il Company’s property where it
lew down the big derrick The
twister seemed to develop just
south-west of town and could be
plainly seen by residents as it ap-
iroached It came so quick that
eopIe did not have time to get
into shelter
When eleven
George Peabody
I Banlicr and Philanthropist y store boy at middle age
a merchant prince
friend of royalty and active American patriot Peabody
gave millions for free education in America and Eng
land "Economy and thrift" was his motto
If you aim to get ahead in life you could
adopt no better motto The man who works steadily
and honestly lives sensibly- and saves a portion of
what he earns' is certain to enjoy some "luck"
Deposit a part of your pay this week in this
bank where it will be absolutely safe and always sub
ject to your cal Add something every week Get
ready thus to meet opportunity half way Be prepared
to endure the rainy day cheerfully
Multiply your money in our care
BANK OF RINGWOOD
Ringwood
Oklahoma
More and more the enclosed motor car grows
strong in popular favor It’s natural especially
with Ford cars which are busy running every
day of the year— winter and summer the Ford
serves faithfully and profitably So for a real
genuine family car there is nothing equal to the
Lord Sedan at $695 fob Detroit Seats five
Lorge doors plate glass sliding windows silk
curtains deeply upholstered seats latest type
ventilating windshield — a car of refined luxury
with the everlastingly reliable Ford chassis
Come in and know more about this superior car
ED WALLS Agent
Ringwood Oklahoma -
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AWFUL SUFFERING
T suffered untold agony
with neuralgia I thought I
would go mad with pain A
friend of mine advised me
to taka Dr Mllea’ Anti-Pain
Pllla I did ao and the pain
stopped almost at onre
Then I commenced urine
Dr Mile" Kenrine and be-
fore ton I was no that I did
not havo there pains any
more" E J WINTEIL
ICt R rtatto Are
Colorado Spring Coin
Close attention to
work is the cause
of much Pain and
many Headaches
Obtain relief by
taking one or two
”1 DR MILHS
ANTI-PAIN PILLS
Then tone up the Nervous
System by using
Dr Miles
Restorative Nervine
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IF FIRST BOTTLE OR BOX FAIL
TO HELP YOU YOUR MONEY WILL
BE REFUNDED
SELL CBlCKEKf GRADUALLY
Washington D C April 17—
Don’t glut the market with
ckickens live or dressed soon
after May first when the Federal
Have buyer for unimproved 80 “closed reason” on htns ends
Let u know what you bare— This advice to farmers is given by
Agriculture
“Too many fowls on the marktt
may result in food losses” says the
department Poultry stock should
lie sold gradually Farmers will
have belter markets if they avoid
Watkins band Co Helena Okla the United States Department of putting them’'