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CjrTtfi.' ; f $ : ELGIN. OKLA. FARMKk v. H A M P I O N Just Received A shipment of men's and young men's suits and Extra Paats. Local News Items -i VM-fafcaVM-!- I'llltl t Arthur Vawtcr of Apscheli here today visiting relatives, Famous Sweet Toned Starek For S1p -Silver Wyandotte eggs $1.00 per 15. K. C.Choens. EUlSi K ?' bf ! Hi I'l l 1 l"nrNiiinr: r fcOmBS c Siioe ) f LEATHER IS HIGH! AAIi! WAR! We havs lots of shoes at the old price, and have the lar- gest spring stock of new and UD-lo-date shoes we have ' ver carried, at prices as cheap as they can be bought, quality considered. iThe Curlee Brand We guarantee to please you in style and quality. Lois us (sell you your next suit. Hats We have the best line of REAL UP-TO-DATE hats lever shovn here. We have hats for every taste. Buy your next hat of us. J. H. Willhite spent Saturday and Sunday witL his mother in Oklahoma City. , Qt n 'j W fi ry. tk tr KJ&WU Tl U' r OicJ Are cominf? in now. early vhile the stock plete. Buy is com- Let us take care of your wants; you will be proud SO WILL WE of it, IIj O Kprra & iW 'j$tt Hiriw 3 Farmef' Champion W.d.,c.day l.c.i. MarUtc . Corn, new 00 WffmtUnEl. & SONS, .wheat 1.71 1 Oats 5(5' Kafir, per 100. threshed.. ..2.U0 Uogs 12.85' Cream 3 Buuor 25-30 , MWs Evel.wi IlicLi went Chickashn Fridny et.ning spend the week-end. EDrCORS AND rURhlSIlBKS. Published Evory Wednesday Cll'in, Februnry 28 IKDKPENDKKT IN PO..ITICB Entered aa fiecond-class ina.t tcr, December 3ru, 1012. at the postofflr-o at Elem, O'riahomn, tmrtw tNe Act of iMunih 3rd. 1875. SUHHC TUITION Oat aar v ...... tl.W HIS nuaaUtl,..." -...V Tjwi eittier!rUi nan i Iraxl or "ill aurptrw v'th rhla Wi I' '' I ivrtn fW m Iria urarajin mi-tw tliia . rirtftn. ' Eirus Honfl ... 9pringre Stags... . Cox Turkeys . . . 2S 15 to 1( 16.10 . 12 1H 80 18-19 CrveirriBimj i,teh: ttU Sjaes j4 ciwm;. j Spa tut if t1i ltviirvro t-trTj j w i on lVX narta. All 4rti1.r 'inirstr rtiii ri1) rwM uti" MUr.! iut Advertise tr iou V.'aola Coot, Waal ajClii l Want Partner Waal a Situation Want n Servasl Girl V'anl lo Ei!l a Plaso Want lo Sell a CarrU! Want loSellTuwarrapcrly Want lo Sell Veer Crocoriea Wael lo Solt Your llardwor Waal Cualooera tcr AaythirJ AdvvrlUa Wetltly la This Taper. AdvtrtUIni Ii bo Way U Soccraa AdvartUlot Driaa Cutlomtra AJvcrtialaf Keeps Cuatooicra AdvcrlUtutf lutarca Suceeia Aderllin Show Eacrgy Advai lUic Showa Pluck ArfrartUIni U MBli" Advsrtlis ar Baal AdvcrtUa Loa Adtrll.a Wtll ADVERTISE Al Oaca In This Paper DAILY DIET HINTS Or OR. T. J. ALLCV Fort S;illllt. A MONODIET EXPnniMENT. A reader of these hints, Im pressed with the reasonableness af the argument In favor of the monodlet, tried the plan of eat. Ing only one food at a meal. The immediate rrsult was un satisfactory, beciiijc, cs chs aid, she always felt as if she hadn't eaten at all. She Was never satisfied, even though she 4te much more than formerly, vrhen .he mixed her food. That seemed strange, tut she admit ted that, however much she rmuht feel unsatisfied afier eat ing her evening meal, she was no mor hungry In tha morning than when the Mad eaten In the old way, The vitality consumed In di gesting a single fuod Is so much less that the feeling may ba compared to the effect of sud denly turning on the full current to an empty street car at rest. I do not advise everybody to adopt the monodlet, and never suddenly, thnuah I rarely eat more than tv.o articles at a ir.tal myself, but I always advise It for the Invalid, for a time. The chief argument against the sim ple diet, that we must have vari ety to get full nutrition, Is un reasonable: for milk, for the In fant, wheat, corn, figs, paean nuts, oatmeal, dates, prunes, bananas (allowing for moisture) nd some other food contain, each In Itself, a far better bal ance than the avsrag peraen Beta at the o-dlnary meal by mining several foods. .. --j't fyis7?r",--Ar - ,--, LadJauyiJ4LL.J Jf OR THE I CARfg2H a it- ti smaii i ncmrisiaanij D "ST" O VOU know ol nnone ho is old t'nouch to rend, who has not seen that sign at a railroad crossing? If everyone fas sern It at om time or oilier, then Mhydoetn't the rl!ro d let the a!, n mt away t V i.y dors the tailroad company continue to keep lhoc i:i:n at eveiy crossing 7 Mayb you think. Mr. Me-chsnt, ".Viet ev-ybody knows my store, I don't have to bdvettlse." Vom store and your poodt r'i-d mote ad'-eit su ( thun the n il jordj need ''o to warn ('ro U lo "Look Oit lor the Cars." Knihlnp l ever completed In tlia ndvciliairg vorJd. The Department Storti are a ve- i 'od examr.e-Ihey tre ct it iu'.'y otlvertijinp and the) mi lumii u'lly doing f gooO b- isucsi. ' t p ys to run a fe- ads 'rotird o'h ut C ntttrai time, It cer tu'i v "'l t y you lo run d vcu .euieiiti about jllll.e time. It's just N .lr.cn. that's alt. to ADVERTISE in vTIIIS PAPER Wan tod -Two worn out hinder. bull wheels of T. A.Spenuer, White OrpitiRton epgr. 75 cents', a-iuniKi 3ansiaciion guaianteoa. John Cost. Adv. L. C. Cofiln returnee Thursday oveninK from the Masonic jjrund looue meetinsr -'it Oi.lahomaOty. Dr. J. F. Gamble and family returned Fiiday from Crumpler, N. C, where they had buen for two months. Sheriff FroneLerger of Lawton was here today uettiu what ev id"iice he could concerning the Elin bank robbery. K. V Hoffer, wifo and bHby autoed to Oklahoma City Tuesday for a two weeks' visit with friendu. Strnyed -One boar hour from my place Sundav evptnnfr. Find-1 ur plrnRo notify Tom Sperling, rente 2, Elin. ,C.Stnpr roturnpd Inst Wrdrii- day night from Okluh-imn Cit vliere ho was atteiidiiiu; tht meeting of the MdSonic grand lud Re. I IV I KyMpKaiHBF K -j f! Special yas vujkM.fl'S , Piano K,!Ti tjTt $& y A I !'" "tyi . . .J135 WKrzmj&2:VArl tzLWMmk vMW'tt? ' -if a uw3$raa WSMsA Wbss V?i-M Vi4 "WljrMl Kn.be Sttinway , Earriea KiobilJ . Stutk . ' Wn hart ennttanllr en bind a lareg otimtir ol Mihtlv ittii ind ri nna hind pianos oi nil itandrd tnnlcct. TLc nboto Atn a kw ample batralnl. Se id (or our lalrst ccmplclo si.CbDd-baiid bircam nil. Sweet Toned Guaranteed 25 Years You will liedeliglitcd with the sweetness, tiuritv and noucrof tlie tone i if the Stare!; I'ianj. You ul lie ptcaird with Iti brautr nd the finrc ss of Its construct! n. r.acnrisrcK I'lanoissocarei ' r nni'.i lliaf it it Lruaranti pd tor 2Sli tr. '1 ..la auarantec meant somithlne. bi'Caue ft hj Eaek d it an old I'Staulubcdi rciponsibla puno liC'J!-. Celebrated Starek P!aycrPiano This wonderful instrument makes musiciati3 of us all. The Star.k Pla) cr l'iano i rich-toned, easy to operate and durable. It has many i lusiv. up to datelealur that make It tu th- lntr ru nt tou nerd In j urbome. Our direct tro n fi tnrr prices are Ion. snd Tic will tao tour old piano la exchange. Free Music Lessons To err-rr purchaser clFtnr VI t n is we tr!r (rea5Jruiik listens in n 1 1 tin j'tkntin -liiols in CMTiffo. Iou take tin s N snns in 1 )u,:r oaii h'rar. br nail, tea a lu!i rear Inttrt.kt'an is otiercd, P. A. STARCK PIANO CO. iManofacturcrs CHICAGO Direct From Our Factory Vill Save You $1C0 or More OUR Bij Offar is to send you for 30 diys free trial in yuur hone nric Jl f-l puarai'cdS a-rkPiarj cJiie'ln mc f t rjit-1 ,etjy sav ing you l(X).0O or mure. V'c rT'i'fc 9 PJC,J ' l Tnc. YdU arc not atk- iJ tic u.n arm.i -y In any v. W All -..ia ri j is to take the r'no into yi jr home fur .'Odavs free trial, v.ln re J test it and try it in your ail "fiiy. At tho red ot VI !tTi roa d?c!d l i lb r the piano is )uit the cc jr. mt II it n T ukciit par Irff ( i r ifAv lactnrr to b nit pilots Inti-im. "ttmu!tT u. II laanr I. ti.lt iliii lMt be up to r ' ratwrt t s In etrrrwav and lie fuust pi.no jtu hjv8etr . n l .r il. mi.m r. ma mar send (t I arl. . rd In that nJ vs will p7 llio fialght boUa war. Easy Payments Ynt arc not asked to pay anr c-ri d u. but c't r SJ I tri i nt i n Urmn -r- ctn b'irin I vr t. iln st ft a L7ail ua in 'ii.' turr uti t r",is are arrant Alto tn If r c n P nr. nni- ican hura t im I r r h n without nit tni: ttn m-m,. $ FR1LE, f jano tiooa: (cujop P. A. Starch Piano Cc. 21C8 Stuck mil- Oil.-.jo Please send rr- aalthi ut r M ration rn r- rrt i ait i i lllustrattd plcr-i h-- id f I'riiiiti n ri.ucernli t iactw la tittce pi., t &ad oast- parment terms. Nan Strtat No..r R.r.D.. i T4n a-l lute Elliott's ofnrlnnd shiTx;;, enn limine principally nt vnudovilK ir'sic, iintt rrnvmjr pictorus, vlll, hiw at thu B T'n rink Tharndny ; ind V- idnr "vr-ninKta if this wtioti. Vatii; 10 mid 15 ei-i.tu. ' udv. i Railroad Time Table EAST BOUND 10 lcavcfl. ..... 8:-5 a. m. m m. No. No. 112 leavwa. . .-. . . .3:So p WEBT WOXD 411 leaves 11:20 n. ft 4()7 leartvos 0:17 m 'Nc, No Cot your oidor in now nnd yo -vill Mir tt cjjris frirn wit- i- laver" reus matPfl bpf'tr-q rijristniHH. lifru" S 85. Si CO ., . . . . SI. 25. SU 50 ami 5270 per IB. , DR. C. PCI. MARTI Adv. m 11 P. Wettekckl. PhyBtciaii and Stnvoon Elgin 3cU'b22 Shop Does All Kinds Of Torasori a I Work Brine la Yocr I.cuntlVy- NID. C.MYERS, Prop. Champion nda. ?0t rrsnults. ElgiB, Ohla. Tel. in Con. i Don't forgot ad ii uet ihsuIu. that Cuaxpion' o o 'ilk? S i w ::!":: ..j r..;..;...;.. .;..:..:":::::! -i"!-- -M"-:-:-t--i----:-:--: HUE ORPINGTONS MATING LIST, JANUARY, 1917 V After Business In a business way the advertising vay. An ad In this paper offers the maximum service at the minimum cost. It reaches the people of the town rnd vicinity you want tc reach. i. v Try It It Pays . PEN NO. 1. Flpndod by n rcrnnd cockrrel. Snow Flake, nired by lav cock at thn Oklahornn Gold Spec ial Bhow, Janunry, 1910, a'.so won 1st as cnckt-rel at nutne show in January, 1915. This bird is the vury picture of his sire in every particular, and on January 1st scored a few points hifiht-r than his str did in Decum bpr. Muted to him are eiuht lare hens of excellent type, wtitchinir from 8 to 8 1-2 pounds each. Four of these hens are sired by a cockerel from the Oklahoma state champion cock, Keno, nnd thu other four score blither than they do. They are heavy Infers and during the first part of January tlmi low) I! en unite iwr rlnv mi Epvprnl riuva. Tills pen will produce show winnern and help1 you to build up Your Iloek. Lkjis from this pen 52 CO per 15. On J.vinnry 4 twelve ettiiR fr"m these hens weighed 30 ounceo the largest ejjgs I huve ever seen. i PEN NO. 2. Handed by cock that was the 1st pen rock erel in Oklahoma Gold Tpoclal show, Jnnuary 1010. He has thd true Orpinjjton type and is n wood breeder. To him am mated eight large, early hatched pu)lK the pick from nearly 100 head of my 1JUG hutch. They aru high soorinK birds, basing been scored in two shown in December, tnking 1st, 2nd and ikd in one show, Thcao ado nre extra wood layers, having received five eggB frum thsun on sev ral days the fir?t jiart of January Uuth cock and pullets in this pen have heary bone nnd deep pink legs. pen 31.50 pur lu. Eyga froaa tbis PEN NO. 3. This p-m is headed by th 3nl prize cocker el at the 101G Oklr.boma State Fnir, in com petition with some- of the beat WhiteOrpington breeders in tho state. He made a quick de velopment in growth and is of the large bone, pink leg variety. Mated to him are eight pullets from n prize winning strain, birds of good type and color. Lge,s from this - pen II 25 per 15. PEN NO. 4. In this pun nr.j two cockerels, one cock, eight heiiB and 1(5 pullets. The two cocKer cls are from n prize-winning strain nnd have the size and build; one of tham wns the heaviest cocker"! from my l'JIG hntuh. The cock is just a little over a year old nnd tmtdo a good score under a competent judge. The tight hens are tho pick from my li15pullGte, one of them taking 1st priz- us n pullet in tho 1015 local Bhow. Tho IB pullets were pickml from my HUG early hatches trom ncurly 100 head, nfter the eight in pen No. 2 were taken out Pnrtxif them are sired by the 1st pun cockorel of the 1910 Gold Special show, now at tho head of pen No. 2. Eggs from this pen $1.00 per 15 or $G 00 per 100. PEN NO. 5. In this nre four cockerela of good type for utility stock, muted to four hens of mv 1015 hatch nnd about forty pullets, some of them from the cock in pen No. 2. Every birJ in this pen, as well as nil other puna, hii3 heou thoroughly examined and there is not bird ?ramB th.em with iwi'inllficHtlon on it i win nm aecp a mra in my pens that haR uin(ouiincauon on it. tjgga from this 5.80 p 15 or $5.00 per 100. n pun I H. P. I ELGIN, WETTENGEL OKLA. !- HIWI I ! HI, M i . p