The Texhoma Times (Texhoma, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, July 30, 1915 Page: 2 of 10
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THE TIMES. TEXHOMA. OKLAHOMA.
uiHOMtn HIES RUSSIA NOT REAGY CAME TO MINISTER
TO LEAVE WARSAW
SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS.
Auft.30-3!, Schools land i-alc, Alva.
Sept. 1-10, School land sal*. Cherokee.
: Sept. 11-22, School land aale. Enid.
Sept. 22-Oct. 7, School land ale, Med-
ford.
Oct. 9-12, School land sale, Newkirk.
Oct. 13-16, School land sale, Perry.
Nov. -u-27—State iviucational Associa-
tion, Oklahoma City.
Fairs, Picnics and Carnivals.
Auk. 31-Sept. 4—Elchth anual reunion,
(Southwestern Hlue and Gray Association,
[Bridgeport.
! Sept. 1-3, Pontotoc County Fair, Ada.
I Sept. 7-9, Binger Fair. „
Sept. 7-10, Kingfisher County lair,
(Kingfisher
Sept. 8-11, Greer County Fair, Mancum.
Sept 9-10, Johnston County Fair, Tish-
omingo. _ '
Sept. 14-15, Woodward County Fair,
Mutual.
Sept. 14-17, Pittsburg County Fair. Mc-
Alester.
Sept. 14-17, Cimarron Valley Fair, Guth-
rie.
Sept. 15-1*. Bryan County Fair, Durant.
Sept. 15-17, Tulsa County Fair. Tulsa.
Sept. 15-18, The Sterling Fulr, Ster-
ling.
Sept. 1«, Cherokee Celebration. Perry.
Sept. 16-17, Harmon County Fair, Hol-
lis.
Sept. 16-17. Kiowa County Fair. Hoburt.
Sei't. 16-18, Cleveland County Fair, Nor-
man.
Sept. 16-18, Jackson County Fair, Altus.
Sept. 16-18, Lincoln County Fair,
Prague.
Sept. 16-18, Washita County Fair, Cor-
dell
Sept 17-18, Tillman County Fair, Fred-
erick.
Sept. 17-18, Coal County Fair. Coalgate.
Sept. 17-18, Marshall County Fair. Ma-
dill.
Sept. 18-21, Creek County F i'. ttipulna.
Sent. 20-22, Atoka Countv Valr. AtoVa.
Sept. 21-22, Pottawatomie County Fair,
Shawnee.
Sept. 21-23, Peanut carnival. Duncan.
Sept. 21-24, Pawnee County Fair. Hal-
lett.
Sept. 21-24, Beckham County Fair. Elk
City.
Sept. 22-24, Canadian County Fair, El
Jleno
Sept. 22-25, Kiamichi Valley Fair, Tali-
hina.
Sept. 2S, Football. Stale University vs.
Sept. 26-Oct 2, State Fair, Oklahoma
City.
Sept. 27, Old Soldiers' P'nte Fair.
Sept. ?7, Indiana T)av, Slate Fn'r.
Sept. 27, Fraternal Pay, Slate F«lr.
I Sept. 2s. Kentucliv Ituv, Stair- Fair.
Oct. 1, Missouri Hav. Stat" Fair.
Oct. 1, Press Pay, Ht:ite Filr,
Oct. 4-9, New-Slate Fair Muskogee
Oct. 5-9, Caddo County F>ir Anadarko.
Pec 27-.Ian 1, Eastern Oklahoma Poul-
try Show, Tulsa.
Prospects for a record-breaking corn
crop in Seminole county are the best
for several years.
The First. National bunk of Chick-
asha announced last week that. Its de-
posits had passed the million mark.
Dave E. Ftooker, former chief of
police of Ardinorei was appointed re-
ceiver of the Ardmore Electric Rail-
way Company.
Miss Glenna Windham, 14 years old,
and her younger brother, Carl, 11 years
old, were drowned while fishing In
Shell creek, eleven miles east of Tulsa.
Assessment of town lots In Okla-
Much Work Yet to be Done by
Teuton Allies Before the
Polish Capital Falls.
LONDON SEEMS MORE KOPEFUL
Army Under Field Marshal Von Mack-
ensen Almost at Standstill Along
the Bug River.
London, July 2G.— Only the northern
point of the pincers, which the Aus-
tro-Germans have been trying to close
around Warsaw and the Russian
armies, has made any progress during
the last few days. This point has
forced its way across the Narew river
between the fortress of Pultusk and
Rozan, and is advancing toward the
Bug river, which stands for the great-
er part of the way between it and the
Warsaw-Vllana railway, its objective.
The other point which Field Mar-
shal Von Mackenson is directing at
the Chelm-Lublln railway has hardly
gained a yard since it reached Relo-
vetz.
The Russians are making a threat
at Von Mackensen's flank along the
Bug river from the east of Chelm to
east of Lemberg. Between Kdylow
and Sokal their attacks have been se-
vere, compelling the Germans to send
reinforcements.
Along the Vistula to the south and
west of Warsaw there has been little
change except for the occupation by
the Germans of some positions evacu-
ated by tho Russians when they drew
in their line.
While Warsaw is under heavy pres-
sure the Austro-Gerinans have a lot
of stiff work before them If they are
to bring their operations to a success-
ful ending by its capture. After cross-
ing the Narew they 'still have the
broader Bug, lined with fortresses, to
face; while In the South the Russians
have geen positions north of the Lub-
lln-Chelm railway which might prove
the undoing of the army which at-
tacked them.
Many are of the opinion that the
most dangerous attacks at the mo-
ment are those being made in the
provinces of Courland, Kovno and
Grodno, on the lines of communication
between Warsaw and the northern In-
terior of Russia. These attacks are
homa City was Increased by the state delivered for the most part by cavalry
board of equalization 8 per cent above
the return made by the county assess-
or.
Ewatd Schroed, aged 23, of Orlando,
died of injuries received when an auto-
mobile In which he was riding was
struck by a passenger train near Fair-
mont He never regained conscious-
ness. Three other Injured are improv-
ing in a haspital.
Charging that her atlorney, Guy A.
Curry of Stigler, got off with all of a
$30,000 judgment obtained for her In
the district court of Latimer county
in 1911, Mrs. Bonnie E. Mitchell, dep-
uty In the McAlester office of Ed.
Boyle, chief mine Inspector, luis np-
pealed to the district court of Pittsburg
county for relief.
Within two weeks actual work of
•construction will commence upon the
nanItorium the government is erecting
on the mountains near Talihina for the
Choctaw Indians. Material is arriving
dally and as soon as a sufficient quan-
tity of material for the foundations is
received ground will be broken. The
sanitarium will cost $250,000 and will
be erected by a St. Paul firm.
From returns submitted by seventy-
two of the seventy-seven counties in
the state and from action already
taken by the state board of equaliza-
tion on the great majority of the pub-
lic service corporations, State Auditor
R It Howard estimated that the as-
sessed valuation of Oklahoma this
year will be approximately $2,282 700,.
(tOO, or about $100,000,000 above 191«.
Petitions asking for a special elec-
tion to vote on a bond Issue for the
building of a court house for Okmul-
gee county have been prepared and are
being circulated. This Is the third at-
tempt to build a court house within the
last two years, and is the second at-
tempt within six months. Cost of I ho
proposed building is to be $12"),000,
which is $25,000 less than tho amount
asked for at tho last election.
When Bob Newberry. 2fi years old,
grabbed "Texas Jack' Clemshire's
horse at Dewey the latter shoved hiin
away. This Angered Newberry who
Mission of Jesus on Earth Was
One Disciples Were Slow
to Comprehend.
It waa very hard for the twelve apos-
tles to understand the sort of kingdom
that Christ came to bring. They were
poor men, not learned, and the sort of
kingdom they had been accustomed to
think about w>s one of glittering tin
sel and Imposing pomp; one in which
purple and fine linen and the blaring
of trumpets and the bowing of knee:
played all Important parts. Many of
them seem to have gone on following
Jesus all the years of his ministry
wistfully hoping and believing that
somehow, somewhere, he was going
to turn around square in his course
and bring about a political revolution
which would drive the Romans out of
Palestine. Power and cabinet minis-
tries should then reward them for
their months of bumble following.
And even James and John, the son?
of the fisherman, Zebedee, who were
closer to him than most of the apos
ties, could not shake off this delusion
at first. Perhaps the kingdom might
not come on earth, they reasoned, but
they wanted to make sure of thrones
In heaven. Places of authority and
importance, where they would be
looked up to. And so they went to
Jesus privately and asked him to
save them places.
Followed Him Loyally.
Looking down the years of loneli-
ness and persecution and poverty that
lay ahead, he asked them with a touch
of sorrow if they could drink his cup
Confidently they answered that they
could. And they did right gallantly
though they had little notion of what
the cup would be. James preached
the Gospel as far away as Spain, then
the western limit of the world, and
John, after years of wandering, during
which he was once banished to the
YOUTH HEADS bIG CONCERN'HIS WIFE'S NAME OMITTED
Youngster of Fourteen in Charge of j Considerably Depreciated the Value
Corporation Which Is Well of the Book Containing Speeches
on Its Feet. j of Greatest Talkers.
Russel Monbeck, a fourteen-year-old "Sir," said the sleek-looking agent.
Dayton (O.) boy, Is president of the ' approaching the desk of the meek-
looking man and opening one of those
folding thfngamajlgs showing styles of
binding. "I believe I can interest you
in this massive set of books contain-
ing the speeches of the world's great-
est orators. Seventy volumes, one
Boys' Box Furniture company, incor-
porated under the laws of the st^te.
It Is a co-operative organization, num-
bering among Its stockholders 28
boys ranging from ten to seventeen
years.
The company operates from 4 to 0 I dollar down and one dollar a month
p. m. daily and the company products until the price. $C80, has been paid,
are chairs, music racks, piano benches, | This set of books gives you the most
writing desks, flower boxes, bird
boxes and other light articles, for
which It finds a ready sale.
The profits are divided up at the
end of the year on a basis of the num-
ber of hours worked by each boy. Last
celebrated speeches of the greatest
talkers the world has ever known,
and—"
"Let me see the index," said the
meek man
The agent handed It to him, and he
year the 28 stockholders divided near- ] looked through It carefully and me-
ly $9,000. | thodically. running his finger along the
The capital stock is one dollar a list of na-i
share. Some of the boys are anxious I Reaching the end he handed the in-
to buy more stock, but the rules of the | dex back to the agent and said: "It
company prohibit it. | Isn't what you claim It is. I happen to
Young Monbeck has systematized j know the greatest talker in the world,
the producing and selling ends of the | and you haven't her In the Index."
business.—Cleveland Leader.
An Instance.
"We do everything in this country
by machinery."
"Yes, everything. Why, even in this
very apartment house, they bring up
the children by elevators."
Municipal Research Chickens.
Fanner—These are chickens.
City Guest—I presume one breed
lays scrambled eggs and the other
fried.
Female suffrage, says an old bach-
elor. Is caused by a scarcity of hus-
bands.
mini
No bother to
get summer
meals with
these on hand
Vienna Style
Sausage and
Potted Meats
Just open and serve.
Excellent for sandwiches.
Insist on Libby 's at
your grocer 'j.
Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago
Contrary to the general belief, files
do not pay particular attention to
baldheaded men.
University of Notre Dame
NOTRE DAME, INDIANA
Thorough Education. Moral Training. Twenty-
one courses leading to decrees in Classics,
Modern Lettersfjoumalism.Political Economy,
Commerce, Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacy,
Engineering, Architecture, Law.
Preparatory School, various courses.
For Catalogues address
BOX II, NOTRE DAME, INDIANA
THAT OLD Hi HUT
S?."a 1STdS/nSe.™: HeadP'ece 0id as a Bank,
and Did It Well.
slapped Clemshlre twice across the
face and body with a knife. Clemshlre
Btarted to run and when he saw New
berry was going to overtake him. he
hit Newberry over the head with ;i
board. Newberry dropped dead with
bis skull crushed. Clemshlre, who la
24 years old. Is held for murder.
All oil field workers, just the same
as men employed In other lines of
endeavor, are entitled to benefits tin
der (J'" workmen's compensation law.
according to the belief of members of
the stale Industrial commission.
Dr. Charles U Hill of Guthrie has
been appointed superintendent of the
state asylum for the Insane at Fort
Huppl.v, succeeding l)r. K. S. Newell,
resigned. The salary Is $2,000 a year,
anil Dr. Hill will take charge August
1 The place was first offered to Dt
Wm Rucka of Guthrie
and doubtless will be met by the con
centration of Cossacks.
The French report another success
In the Vosges at Uan-de-Sapt, where
they claim to have taken more than
400 unwounded prisoners and the Ger-
mans admit the loss of a portion of
their trenches there. There is no dim-
inution in the Italian offensive along
the Isonzo river, which the Italians
say la proceeding favorably, but which
the Austrlans declare is meeting with
no success.
Fierce Attacks Continue.
I ndon, July 24.—The Austrlans
and Germans are hurling their attacks
agalnit the Russian armies defending
Warsaw with undiminished energy,
and Field Marshal Von Mackensen,
operating between the Dug and the
Vistula, continues his wild, sledge-
hammer blows against the Cholm
Lublin line of the Russians, directing
them now particularly against the city
of Lublin.
The Oermaulc armies at some
poiuts report that progress has been
made. They are operating, however,
through country which the retiring
troops have laid waste, and where
what roads there are, are little suited
for the movement of the heavy artil-
lery which Is necessary for the bom-
bardment of the great fortresses that
bar their way.
It is not expected, therefore, that
decisive actions on any of the fronts
will be fought for a few days, al-
though the 'battle between the Vistula
and the llug river has about reached
Its climax. According to the German
official communication this afternon,
the Germans have Bucceded In break-
ing the Russians' resistance and
forced them to retreat at several
point*.
Ruts Prepare Defenses.
The Russians, however, have had
lots of time to prepare a series of posi-
tions, and it Is believed that they will
make every effort to hold them until,
If It becomes necossary, their army Is
able to retire from Warsaw. To the
south of Warsaw, In front of the fort-
ress of Ivangorod, the Russians have
retired to the Vistula river, which
with Its forts and a lack of bridges,
It is believed, must form a barrier
which the Austrlans and Germans will
find it difficult to overcome.
Tho northern Germany army, under
Field Marshal Von Htndenburg also
Is reported to have made progress,
but It. Is stnted that it has not yet
been able to cross the Narew river.
city of Diana. They were both men
of nnusual Are; Jesus called them Bo-
anerges, which means sons of thun-
der. It was John who once complained
of one who cast out evil spirits in the
Lord's name without being associated
with the band. And bo it is not sur-
prising to find In them the faults of
strength; the deBire to elbow forward,
regardless of other people. They
were accustomed to gettfng there.
Their question afforded Jesus the
opportunity to speak to tbem of the
great guiding principle of his life, un-
selfishness. He came not to be min-
istered unto but to minister. You
wonder how much James and John
understood then. Jesur waa constant-
ly making the disciples wonder by the
things he did and said. You remem-
ber how at the last supper he washed
the feet of the twelve; they must have
Bat a trifle shamefaced when their
leader, whom they loved, did what
their stubborn little prtde would not
permit them to do for one another.
Always Spirit of Service.
Through all his teachings and the
acts of his life there rings this spirit
of service. He war thinking always
of what he could do for other people
rather than of what he could do for
himself. It showed in little things.
You remember how, when the apostles
had fished all night and caught noth-
ing, Jesus showed them where to let
down their nets and they brought up
a great draft of fishes. There is a
curious country expression which de-
scribes him well. He was so "com-
mon." The common people, the com-
mon things of life Interested him and
pleased hfm. He used to feed the
crowds with his own hands, breaking
the bread and the fish.
It puzzled his disciples at first and
distressed them. It was not fitting for
n king, they thought. Rut by and by
they caught a little of the spirit of the
man and they came to see, even more
after he was gone than while he was
with them, wherein his real klngllness
consisted. He left to us no greater
heritage than this, of laboring not for
ourselves, but for the men aronnd us.
You may call It socialism or brother*
hood or Christianity; It exists im all of
them.
Plot Against War Plants.
Cleveland, o , .inly 24.— Officials of
threo Cleveland concerns said to be
turning out wur supplies, have beeu
notified by local federal ofliclals, un-
der orders from Washington, of a re-
ported plot to blow up their plauts.
To Ask Berlin About Orduna.
Washington, July 24—The United
8tatcH will make diplomatic Inquiries
of Germany regarding the submarine
attack on the Cunard liner Orduna at
a 'line when It was bringing a score
of Americans home.
Persistency In Prayer.
Every right endeavor, no les3 thas
every trustful petition, by which men
seek one or another benefit from the
Providence which they recognize as
the source of all their blessings, Is a
prayer addressed to God. By our acts
as well as our supplications we Invoke
the divine bounty. And whatever the
providential reason may be, the best
gilts are bestowed on those who per-
sistently seek them, who are not dis
couraged by one or two failures; who
work and wait with a purpose that
never falters, an Industry that never
abates, and a patience that Ih never
worn out, until success is achieved.
Whether we seek wealth, or fame, or
social distinction, or knowledge, or
virtue, we do not usually get them in
answer to a single supplication. We
are compelled to knock many times
before the door Is opened; and the
less perseverance we have, the greuter
Is the probability that we shall go
away with our ueed unsatisfied.
Heart Hunger.
For my own part 1 do not profess
to know God intellectually. Yet I feel
my need of him, and sometimes I
feel it so acutely as to make It easy
or me to believe that he Is himself
creating that hunger of the mind and
leart — Joseph Parker.
The great man Is he who does not
lose his child's htart.—Menclus.
Convivial Gentleman Had Not In-
tended It for the Purpose, and
Flash of Memory Made Him
Richer by Neat Amount.
Misers' hoards have been found in
all kinds of queer places. The expe-
rience of Postmaster Habelton of
Marysvfile, Mich, proves that a man
may bank money against his will and
be made right glad after many days.
The postmaster made a trip to Port
Huron to- do some purchasing. That
was months ago. He took a $100
bill along to meet the proposed out-
lay. After he had named everything
be needed and the articles were be-
ing wrapped up be looked for the
$100 bill—and looked in vai*.
Search everywhere was made, In
garments and along the street to the
point where the postmaster had left
the interurbun car and then the car
Itself. No trace of the bill waa found
and the police department and the
sheriff were notified of the loss. It
made things a little Inconvenient for
Mr. Hazelton, becaase every mail
can't lose 9100 without having his
finances thrown out of adjustment.
After things had been arranged to
smooth over the loss the postmaster
placed a pencil In his vest pocket one
day, and noted its disappearance. He
Investigated and foand a I vole. In
the search something crinkled. It
was the )106 bill. As the postmaster
had adjusted- himself to the loss he
called the situation "an absolute find ! the new hat with an overwhelming
of $100." I rush.
Mortimer Sheridan of Brooklyn | Without taking the trouble to re-
placed a $500 bill la the lining of his move his new high hat he bolted oat
high silk hat one night while with a of the bouse in ehase of his old one.
jolly birthday party. The next day I He caught the startled youth by toe
he was short the amount and abso-
lutely forgot about the high-hat inci-
dent After worrying a bit about it
he concluded to accept the loss philo-
sophically and say nothing to any-
one.
Time went on. Sheridan only wore
the hat at state occasions, and these
did not often come to hira. The hat
did him very nicely for five years
longer. For his daughter's wedding
his wife persuaded him to buy a new
hat insre in the mode.
The- youth who delivered the new
high hat to Sheridan lingered until he
attracted attentions Finally he said:
"If you haven't any use for that old
high hat, Mr. Sheridan, I'd like to
take it along with me. I sell all the
old hats we get at the store to a sec-
ond-hand! man."
"Sure, you can have It," answered
Sheridan. It's been a good feat to me
in a general way, but every time I've
looked at it since I lost $5W a few
years ago- T remember I had on that
unlucky night. So>r tfs better out of
my sight."
"Well, wife, how do you like my
new beaver?" asked1 Sheridan after
the youth had left. In the conversa-
tion that followed Mrs. Sheridan
learned of the disposition of the old
hat.
"Did yo«i look In the lining of it?"
she asked archly. "T read the other
day of a man who always put 1Mb spare
change tltere so his wife would not
know where to findi it when he got
home.
But Mrs. Sheridan* had only reached
the word "lining" Before Mr; Sheri-
dan's recreant memory brought the
incident back in a great flood of recol-
lection. Wherever the remembrance
of it had been stored up only the sci-
entists may say, but at amy rate it
eame to the owner of the old and
arm three blocks down the avenue
and wrenched the old beaver from his
grip. Tearing the cover from the
box, be brought forth tbe hat he had
used as a bank and plunged his hand
in the lining. Withdrawing it his glad-
dened eyes beheld the $500 bill
clutched between his lingers.
"Here, son, here's $10 for you," he
said to the open-mouthed youth, "and
you can't have the hat now. It's
been too good a bank. I'm going to
keep it for 1-uck." And that hat still
hangs on the Sheridan hall rack.—
New York Sun.
The Meter's Record.
A representative of the gas depart-
ment called on a householder and in-
timated that he was afraid something
was wrong with the meter. From the
official point of view, of course, meters
can only show one fatrft, and the symp-
tom which had cast suspicion on this
meter was that it had registered less
during the quarter than in the corre-
sponding part of the previous year.
But the lady of the house has a con-
vincing explanation of the decline.
"You see," she said, "my daughter
was engaged last winter. She got
married in June."
The official, who was evidently a
parent himself, was quite satisfied,
and the meter left the court without
a stain upon its high character;
After a Catch.
A man with a small mesh net was
seen returning to his bungaltaw.
"Been out after the speckled beau-
ties?" asked a neighbor.
"No, I'm going in after mosquitoes,"'
replied the net bearer, with vengeance
in bis tones.
Directions Wanted.
Oculist—You will drop a little of
this into your eye three times a day.
Patient—Before meals> or after?
If the man who gives advice freely
knew it was good he would probably
use it himself.
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