The Oklahoma News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 101, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1918 Page: 3 of 12
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FOOD PRICES
ARE DROPPING
BY Mil.TON BKOWKK.
Washington. .Inn. 1’4—Detail food |
prices are £o;ng down.
This is shown l»> a table of food '
costs, Just prepared in Washington. I
Prices have been dropping since I
last .May, when the apex was,
reached before the food ndmlnistra- i
lion under Herbert Hoover pot in
its work.
Official f"<<d experts, however,
hold out little hope of further re '
duct Ions.
The Keason.
They lay the present conditions:
to cooperation between food dealers J
cutting out of speeulation, and1
handling of the wheat, flour, pork I
mid sugar situations.
All that can he done now, they ;
say, is to cut out wartime profiteer ,
log.
That we are still the most fa
vorod nation is shown by these
comparisons:
The increase in food prices in
Germany is 120 per cent, in Kng-
land 105 per cent, in Canada *o l>er
cent. In this country it was f»o per
rent last May and now it is about
40.
Compared YYllli Civil War.
During our Civil War the mar
kets of the world were open to us
At present we are the market of
the world, which looks to us for
food. Despite the difference, the
prices in Civil W^r days, when
profiteers who allowed full swing
nre comparatively much higher.^
For instance, during the Civil
War wheat jumped from 94 cents
to $2.1 ft a bushel; butter iron. l • 4
rents to 55 cents, flour from $8,375
to $17 a barrel; augar from h.i
rents to 30 cents a pound; potatoes
from V to $» a bushel; lard from
8,, cents to 24.5 cents a pound; ha- .
con from 5.5 cents to 15.0 cents a
pound; cheese from 7.S cents a
pound to 25 cents; hogs per 100
pounds from $4.18S to $1
Other prices were in similar pro-j
portion.
If wo started with our prewar
prii-OH un.l figured what om- .......
would roi-t us if it went up In .....
portion to Civil Wiir I "lees, it
would l>e something like t,1ls;
wheat, $ 13- a bushel; nogs, for
100 pounds, butter, J1.7C a
pound; cheese, $1 a pound, Horn,
j-j3.f,8 a barrel; lard, 7" vents a
pound; bacon, 0.7 cents u pound;
sugar. i!9 rents a pound, potatoes,
t7, 4:» a bushel.
Table of I’rlees.
Here are comparative prices
showing: First, the avfrrage for
the first throe months of 1P17. sec
ond tlie prices May la, 1717 and
latt in each case, the prices Pvr.
15:
Wheat flour, IS
bid. bag .....$1,379 $3,134 $1.01"
Wheat bread (10-
l livi uiv unniJ
WILL PRODUCE
200-EGG HENS
iiM-m ±
Mrs. William K. Hick is a pa-P"*- •>""» Astor (Madelino
font at Johns Hopkins hospital. *W "lf- *>f C'olu,lel 'U"r
f |. perished on the Titan.c. I In* bo>,
Daltimom, nndor trie uuo of l>r ^ ^ w> lntcnV.cd In mamas
Lewdly n 1*. Darker. wrist watch, is John Jacob Asior
Her condition is not serious, It i* 1 in. posthumoua son of Colonel Ah-
stated. Mrs. Dick was formerly I tor.
I
Trcparctl h> the News KimhI De-
partment.
Will \ hm lay an egg every
day? A member of the poultry
class wants to know,
f Many hens lay an egg a day for
[maybe two or three weeks at a
|time, but the hen '.hat can lay ev
jury day hasn't been invented
Gradually poultry raising experts
are getting i<* the egg a-day h«n.
and now have produced hens which
will g*» over 500 eggs a year.
The •?("• « gg hens are more nu-
merous*.
100-Kgg lien Costly.
! The lot* egg hen is hardly worth
her keep, considering the high
price of feed.
liens moult, that is, change their
old feathers for new, m late sum
j mer, and then do not lay until
feathered again
I liens of the uncalled "meat
breeds” get broody during the sum
mor, often several times, and as it
does not pay to set a hen lit that
time, the hen should be "broken
up.” Tills may he done by pen
ning her in a small coop where
sin cannot get to a nest.
Don't Hatch T m l-atc.
It isn't well to hatch eags late
ut il in extremely hot weather aial J
they will prove poor winter layers, *
arriving at egg laying maturity ini
life spring when eggs are cheapest.-
Chickens to \h* killed should not |
1k» ted the day before. The leath-
ers may be picked while the body
is still warm and Weeding. That's,
the IH*st method, as it insures a
cleaner looking bird. If you wait s
until the body is cdld you should
immerse it for a moment or twoi
in hot water w hen the feathers \
inuv l*e slipped off.
Poultry raisers make their larg
est profits in meat production b>
| selling when tin* chickens are
.young, in the broiler stage. The
feed expense is then smallest, and
the market price for poultry high-
est.
Tills completes The News pool
try lessons, hut does not end our
feed department's activities in be
half of Oklahoma City lood pro
dlicers.
The News will have other food
production classes, hi gardening,
pigeon raising, bee keeping, rabbit
farming, etc.; and from time to
time, will have further helps for
poultry growers, taking them all
I tin'll the season, from chick time
to winter feeding and care.
LATE TRAIN FLIES THRU
FIRE AT 70 MILES PER
storms annum « nicgo, aim a west
bound passenger train on the same,
road, dashed thru a sheet of fir** .
at Honey Creek, Iowa, in oefler
to get past llie burning railroad
station at that place.
When the trains reached Honey
Creek they were flagged and told
to take sidings, “rails are curling
under tin* heat," the engineers were
told.
Defusing to be blocked, tin* en-
gineers of both trains wit no re w
two miles, got their trains under
full head, anil Went thru the fir*'
at To miles ati hour.
Itcfore the passenger train wav-
sent thru the flames, all passengers
were ordered to keep away from
windows and to gel in tin* middle
Tonight! Take Dodson’s Liver Tone!
Better Than Calomel For Liver
Calomel Fickens! It’ bilious, constipated and he;ul-
a< hy road niy guarantee.
of the cars
off the cars.
I*.
burned
1 Jitten to me' Take no morel
ickeneing, salivating calomel when
In! lulls
I kni t lose
< ninth a, N
tu The Wir*.
. Jan. 24 \ north
WHO GOT THE SMOKES
FATTY SENT ACROSS
rr.it, ’I I'ns*
With tin* American Kspeditnui-
nt’\ Army. France. Dec. 20. 111 v
Mail.) Dost »>«• Arlan k!o sent a
package of cigarets to Franc** t«*
be given to tin* Sammies.
Fatty, tin* laugh maker wouM
never guess in a million years win*
got those cigarets.
Telling is against tin* rules Ini’,
m.ivho Fatty Arhtiekle call reeoi'-
nine the recipient from these facts
a'suit him.
Six feet tall, lanky. fier\ red-
«iiii« It-
of the
coiistlpat e«l.
| a day's work'
Calomel Is mercury •»
1 silver v Inch causes necro.s
j banes. Cu .»inel, w hen i
I into contact \\ it 11 sour bile
| into It. breaking it up Tla - is
I vvlien you feel that awful luusea '
• an«i ('ramping. If you are sluggish
I und all knocked out." if >our U\*t
• is torpid and bowels constipated or
you have headache, dix/lliess, coat-
Jed tongue, if breath is l»ad or
, stomach sour, just take a spoonful
j of harmless D*»«1soi»’h Liver Torn*.
Here's your guarantee * I *» to
any drug store and get i bottle of
{ Dodson's Liver Time for a f**w
| I'ents. Take a spoonful tonight,
and tf it doesn't straighten \ou
right up and make >ou Del fine
md vigorous In mornlnrr. I want
v«*u to , o b o k to the store and
get your money. 1 unison s Liver
it it el >
Tone !•
mel b*
i'lit**; *
it (.HI liot
Hick.
I gu.irant
Dod mi's l.i
sluggish 11 v
iviiur the sal** of r$»lo-
it is real liver medi
vegetable, therefore
ulivat** or inako you
th if one spoonful of
r Tone will put your
to work au<l clean
your bowels of that sour bile mid
constipated waste winch Is clogging
your system and making you feel
miserable. 1 guarantee that a
bottle of Dod on's Liver Tone will
keep \ otir entire family feeling
fin** for inonths. Give it to your
children. It Is harmless; doesn't
gripo and they like iu pleasant
last**.- Advertisement.
1’.litter, lb
Cheese, lh.
Lggs, do/..
Total:
p'd .405 .522 of those who are technically Austro
;d0 .338 .348 r Hungarian subjects but who cam**
4'i<» :pis .549 to tills country to escape Magyar
|i;.s4 $k.2J $7 71 J persecution and hate the dual
l’igur«*s from Mav show an in-1 iinmarchy with a hatred surpass-
crease of 1* per cent over the first ing that of any American,
three months of the year, while j While exempt from the draft,
figures for December show a de these men are willing to give their
crease of IS 1 2 per cent from |jVes beneath th** stars and stripe-.
those in May, demonstrating how jf th** 1. S. will pay and equip
the food administration has brought them and allow them Slav officers,
down prices from the apex reached Czechs. Slovenes, Dosnians and
before it got full charge. Serbs are ready to answer the call,
— - — - the captain says. Thousands *>t
rmo- unu/ftllAM ^dcda ; F"‘1>h in America have alrea.ly
FtRSl hAWAIIAN uPERA answered Serbia’s call and have
WRITTEN BY MRS. LONDON ", Salonika.
Men’s Suits
Cleaned and Pressed
75c
Good Work—Auto Service
SUCCESS CLEANERS
Walnut 6771
17) .......
.071
.085
.105
Fornmeal, lb.
.*•40
.054
.o07;
Klcp, lb.....
.091
.105
.113
Dotutocw pk.
.70.4
.919
.135 j
Doans, drie«l
vy. lb.....
mi-
.149
.191
.185
Onions, I!>.
.105
.om;
.052
I'runes, lb.
.110
.155
.171
Cantu J Salmon,
No. 1 can ...
.717
.1 - -*
. — •* 4
.270
Sugar, 11*. • • ■
.OKI!
.100
.098
Tea. lb......
.540
.hoi
.GIG
CotTo*', 11*.
.299
.302
.306
Duron, 1b.
.512
.410
.189
Dork Chops,
lb..
.258
.gad
.340
Ilam, lb. . ..
.520
,:;ss
.411
Steak, round,
lb.
.258
.290
. 1
Mens, lb.
.200
.295
.281
Lard, lb.
.225
.2 t S
.329
Milk, qt. ..
.099
.105
.125
liil Unit'd Pitsh.
Oakland. C:tl., Jan, 94.—An H iwai,- |
ian graiul opera- the first ever '
j reduced- written by Charmian
London, wife of the late Jack Lon >
don, and Kaine Dennett, is to
make its appearance during 1918. |
The libretto will he written larg*
ly hy Dennett with Mrs. London'
drawing on her experiences in the
islands when she cruised the South ,
Seas in the "Snark" with her hus-
band.
Mrs. London is in New York ar-
I r inging for the music, to be written ,
'either by Puceini or Leoncavallo. !
SUBJE TS OF ENEMY
ASK TO FIGHT FOR U. S.
Hi/ I ii iIni /V»’y#.
Wasliington, Jan. 24 —An Ameri- '
«*in foreign legion of 100,000 so-
called "alien enemies" could be on
Pie battle line within eight months
1 if 11;#» g-overnnu’nt accepts an offer
of Captain Gordon Smith of the
j Serbian army staff.
He has urged this country to
1 accept this legion from the ranks
.*► _____
Howling. Hilliard*. I.rc-llnrklna.
Old Shoes Like New
rlimit* Walnut ^1*12. Work Called
for iii.iI IIHhrmi l-'rer.
Mistletoe Co.
ICohin«iin and First Street*.
"(Put
Grafonola
Headquarters
Wish to Announce |
A CARLOAD SHIPMENT i
OF THE NEW 1918 |
MODEL GRAFONOLAS
And Over 2500 Brand New
Popular Records.
Come to Headquarters. You
arc sure to find what
you want.
A WORD
To Everyone Interested
In the Athletic Line
Come in and Let U3 Show
You Our Goods.
Sporting Goods Co.
Oklahoma Citv
113 NORTH BROADWAY
Phone Walnut 7460.
Th. \mcrican Nation is now engaged in a f ivlm;? -am-
paiga that will make ii"t«- thrifty th** o'l I *T ** * '*
• . lo-rations in tome IViitti'-s, *tim**s ;t*ui «iuart**rs are ail
waiclif*! very closely ami the \\ .sc on* s are p a«ung tlani
in r. S. < Jovernineiit Thrift Stamps. This is (-spc-t.i I ly bring
done hy the housewives who see an opporlunitj i" save
11*•!'(• and th«*r*s i ; hiving f**r th*- i. i*-hen
|< _It. XI It \ lv | N (a lMlUDI .lt
*ffords an opportunity of saving ten cents on each pound
ran This with oth*r little savings will provide enough t«>
huy a Thrift Stamp anti soon many others. L-H-M Making
i’owder is wholesome, efficient and economical and th*.*
saving is yours.
J; \- helping the government, you help yourself
HIDIAOI It-II \ lv I It >li:iD \ NTH l: HIMIUM
OKI \ IIO>l A ITI \ , I . *».
loud \ dniiiii>m* tor's l.lernse \«*. <> 04517.
A Thrift Sale of Shoes
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
P r=
Make your plans to spend at
least one evening at the auto
mobile show. It is education
and entertainment .'ill in one.
Meet all your friends there.
Yon will find plenty to interest yon even if you have no in-
tention of ever buying a ear. Nothing like it ever before in
Oklahoma Citv. digger, better, more gorgeous than last year's
big show. You're missing something if you don't see it. Live
cvotirselt a treat, Conic _1
Today !--Tonight!
Carhart Building Four Big Floors
A dazzling spectaeular review ol the newest and best in 19]^
111<a11r ears. Limousines, roadsters, tonring cars — accessories
ol every kind. Yon can learn more about automobiles in a half
hour at the automobile show than vou can in a day’s trudging up
and down automobile row. besides the automobiles and acces-
sories there will be amusement and entertainment of the high-
est order.
BIG JAZZ DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT
Three Floors Cleared—Everybody Come
Everybody Dance
LAST NIGHT—DON’T MISS IT!
AUGUMENTED ORCHESTRA GRAND OPERA CABARET
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a'"I e- ■'•'y.
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Our Special
Outfit
MACHINE AND TWELVE
LATE SELECTIONS j
Only $99.50
TERMS OF ONLY
$1.50 WEEKLY
V i mav furl it elsewhere,
hut vn'i'c sure U> !n"l >-
lie.v.
Armstrong’s
211 WEST MAIN ST.
Oklahomn City.
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In tiles,- days of high prices niie wants to save whenever and wlieie
ever possible. Manv thriftv people "ant to wear stylish di'irs^cl 'hey
do n< .t w ant 1" pay flic price asked hy the 'big stores. Walker's Sh"c
Store.was established just to serve such peojile. Why pav So < r SI a
pair more t"r shoes w hen you can huy the latest styles at the f• d 1-.w ing
prices.
$3.85 $2.85 $1.59
Bargain Prices on Shoes for Men, Women and Children
Walker’s Cut Price Shoe Store
Come to the Little Shoe Store With a Big Conscience
Second Door North of Liberty Theater. 29 NORTH ROBINSON I
ADMISSION 50 CENTS, INCLUDING WAR TAX
Farm Power Show in Enierson-Brantinflhani Budding, on,- Glen s, noi th
of Katy, or one block east of Santa Fc-Frisco Depot.
Big Show—Band—Orchestra—Good Speakers.
OKLAHOMA CITY AUTOMOBILE SHOW
Carhart Building Broadway at Sixth k- h. ilAUN. Mgr.
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Parker, G. B. The Oklahoma News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 101, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 24, 1918, newspaper, January 24, 1918; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc859673/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.