Daily News-Republican from Lawton, Oklahoma • 1

ie (110 0001NO listorical Foclety LAWIONOKLA THURS DAY FOUR O'CLOCK A I 11( S-LIZE tL IC AT I Lj NE 7 19 UVOLNI 1 032009 DO YOU WANT A GOOD FOUNTAIN PEN? IF SO OFFER A SUGGESTION-GIVE US YOUR IDEA FOUR O'CLOCK DO YOU WANT A GOOD FOUNTAIN PEN? IF SO OFFER A SUGGESTION-GIVE US YOUR IDEA FOUR O'CLOCK TODAY'S SHADOW OF THE SUN SCARCELY VISIBLE IN THIS REGION IT Is 1N MIR ECLIPSE CITY ENGINEER KENNARD COMES TO DEFENSE OF PLANS PREPARED BY HIM FOR WATER WKS DAM WATCH THE SUN SET THROUGH SMOKED GLASSES THIS EVENING Commencement Exercises Lawton Business College Local Ball Team Lost To Hitner-Moody Co The base bail game played yesterday on the fair grounds diamond between i The base ball game played yesterday on the fair grounds diamond between Total Only Near North Pole-Partial Eclipse in United States Commences Here About 5:30 members or the tilitner-Nloody Theatrical compaul and local players resulted in the defeat of the latter The game was interesting throughout and was witnessed by several hundred BY EMINENT AUTHORITY ON DAM CONSTRUCTION VISABLE HERE AS PARTIAL ECLIPSE Next Total Esclipse Due June 8 1919 --First outs Kind in History of Astronony Tontorrow night at the Congregations! rhumb will oecur the Seventh Annual Commencement exercises of the "anion Business College The graduating class has 24 members Here is the HMO ROI: Invocalion Rev Lona Mask "Staccato Coprice" Max Vogrieh Alm Metilithon Address of Weleome Harry Maxwell t'lass History I iss Pearl Jenkins Vona Solo "Sunshine and Hale Jacques Blumenthal AL Dunlap SCI1001 AVORK Dunlap Blind Type rill lag Speed Typewriting liner Morris Arlo Hoagland Shorthand Dictation HMaxit ell Morris liandierker Oa Mena Albert Young Pete Work Jay Self It AND CALCULATION Fred It 1 Konrad Maier Bert Chism Bruce Fleldm A Wendt Morgan Otto Huffman Vocal Solo Miss Huth Meech Class Prophecy Miss Myhlred Brewer Baccalaureate Address and Presentation of Pilaw Sen Thomas Preseillathot of College Cane Ch errs liiiiiiei Don Winluor4 Benboli (President of 4 luss Bids for a $10000 Structure to Be Let Next Monday Night--Make Lake Covering 320 Acres Atlantic ocean near Cane Farewell 7 who would take the trouble of calling on him lie seems certain of his ground and is willing to stake his rep' utalle as an engineer on the olans I he has prepared KIIESS111ELL BUHL ING IS ASSUMING NEAR COMPLETION STAGE 1'illiN01)(Lt GUN Cid EH MET LOCAL SHOOTERN AT l'AllitOROUND crtA1 '-eqg t-tfgii 5 4 70 'I tm13-vtA j4 '1 t1135'4444' i -t 114 Washington June spectacle of great interest to the astronomical world will be this evening's eclipse of the sun and preparations were made today by the savants of the capital The opportunity for ntaking important observations will be very brief Off the Olin sots at Washington shortly Otto' the -first contact The phenomenon will be visible in its totality only in the region of the north pole but it may be seen in the western part of the United States near sunset and in the eastern part near sunriae through a smoked glass Phe next eclipse of the sun which will be observed in totality in this country will occur June 8 1918 and will be visible from Oregon to Florida The eclipse will begin at Boston at 7:09 at New York 7:02 at Washington 6:56 at Charleston 6:58 at Cincinnati 6:30 at Chicago 6:14 at St Paul at Denver 5:18: at Ogden and at Seattle at 3:43 in the afternoon The eclipse will not be visible south of a line drawn front San Francisco through Tucson Aria Cottons Christi Texas The central eclipse will be annular for a short Lime at beginnlog and end and total The Chattanooga (tun club fire in number drove across in the country In automobiles this afternoon and met an equal Squad of local marksmen at the fair ground in a return shoot bar log defeated the Lawton teatn in their first contest last week 1 A The 'Kress building with Its handsome gray brick front is rapidly assuming the appearance of completion It has passed the lathe and plait-ter stage The front upper story is being finished for (Alice suites A modern systein of plumbing is being installed with lavatories in the hails All offices are arranged with reference to light and ventilation The building will the heated with steam In fact it is the only modern office build Mg In the city with the First 'Natkmal SPE( I tL DEMONSTRATION FARM WORK PNDER RUNNELS MAKING PROGRESS Runnells special agent tor the Department of Agriculture in the farmers cooperative demonstration work returned last evening from a trip in the southwestern part of the county and reports that crops are looking fine on the average that they have had even more rain than around Lawton The object-of the farmers' cooperative demonstration work is to allow the value of am especially the necessity of a more thorough system of cultivation A good many 'arrrers over the county have agreed to till their crops (part of them at least) in accerdance with government methods 'altd The land of these farmers will te used as special demonstration farms Ho predicts that the farmers will have some good proanas to exhibit at the fairs 'nig fail I Miss Sheppard the well known and pmoular caterer has recently heed the Aberdeen rooming house and has Just had completed a commodious an4141L to be used as a dining room and kitchen She is now prepared to greet her old patrons and the public generally with the hest of treahment Cood moats clean and comfortable bPd8 haul: building as a fit companion It Is due to be finished one month from today OTTO RITNER Tonight at 'Martin's Roof Garden! Airdome the llitner-Moody pkople will present "When Reuben Comes to Town" They announce it as one of the beat comedies full of specialties and amusing incidents Tomorrow night (Friday) they have the promise of a local couple who agree tq be milted in marriage onth3 1tage during the performance The News4tepublican has not been authc- lied to give the names of the contracting Parties A News-Republican reporter had the privilege this morning of inspecting a draft of plane prepared for the new dam by City Engineer Kennard As the dam appears on blue prints It is to be a Massive pile of masonry whose upper conteur le 175 feet in length with a GO foot line acr)os the channel of the stream 15 feet thick at the base 20 feet high and a 5 foot surface line at the top The main prosure said the engineer is at the bottom of the water bed where the structure must be strongest and here the greatest strength Is provided The water surface is perpendicular-ivhile the down atream edge elopes from top to base The engineer insists that his plan is tnechanically correot and that it has been approved by the consulting ea gineer IV Bullock of Kansas City Chief Engineer Newell of the government reclamation department at Wash ington something over a year ago epon the approve! of Mr Newell the government turned over the' city's nioney $02000 in amount ills approval and recommendations are regarded by Nit' Kennard as a strong endorsement of big plant--alta practically says Lawton has a competent engineering ilepartment More than a year has been employed in maturing thete plans and they have undergone critical inspection by competent civil engineers On next Monday night bids will be opened and soon thereafter I contract will be let for the construction of this damn The city has on hand $2300 worth of controlling works material which will be belt-into fice darn The city controls 120 acres of land for water storage purposeS and will need 200 acres addition for impounding purposes when the new dam is completed Should the dam ever be enlarged to a height of 5-0 feet as provision is made 2200 acres warb eneeded over 1082 acres of which win constitute the lake Mr Kennard said he would take pleasure in explaining his plans to any taxpayer or citizen of Lawton Pittabitrg Pa June 17--1According to Professor John Braehear an Allegheney astronomer the eclipse of the sun will be totally unlike In) other recorded in the history of 'icy-gazing Believe "The eclipse will be of a very latereating character from the fact that for a few it will be annular eclipse then change to a total eclipse then back to an annular eclipse tot the second time cannot find record of any such occurrence in any history of astronomy although we have records of annular eclipses for 400 years and of total eon tor thousands of years The ecllps -a a 'partial phase of greater or lesser magnitude will sweep over the North American continent from the north derreaaing In size as It passes through and the states" Thursday June 17 there will be an eclipse of the sun and the fact of its not being visible to anyone In this part of the world ordinarily warrants no more than a mere mention of fact were it not f3r a striking peculiarity which renders this coining eclipse as exception to all known astronomical laws governing phenomena of this nature To begin with all solar eclipses come under two general classifications annular and total and the latter vane ety are only seen in their totality when the observer chances to be on that particular part of the earth's surface where the line of dense shadow creeps along away from that "line of totality" as it is called and is viewed as a partial eclipse' the moon being to one aide or the other from the direct line drawn between the observer's eye and the sun The central line of totaiky in the fortheornieg eclipse commences near Tomsk in Siberia travels eaatward lust nisaing the north pdle of the earth and skirts the east coast of Greenland where it ends at sunset It is unfortunate that the kvtereating features noted above are only visible in the North Polar region As It le (Continued on Page Four) GLENN 1101 RETURNED and a taible furnished with the best during the remainder or the course the market affords 1 The path or the central eclipse corn- mences at Siberia passing over the John lerritt of Sterling was a north pole theme Along the wee'coast Lawton visitor today of Greenland terminating in the north sewing and dress making 307 Summit Glean Ross who went up to Cluca asha Nionday to accept a position al night foreman and "make-up" on the Morning Journal discovered upon his arrival there that in addition to his other duties he would also be required to do press work This was niore than his Christian spirit could stand so he promptly resigned and last night returned to Lawton and today assumed his old job as make-ut On the 'News-Republican Powers Gives Some Practical Views on the Uniformity in Method and Circulation is the Kind of Advertising Needed Cotton Compress Situation The young ladies employed IL the register of deeds office were today handing out delicious candy to all comers A representation of the Newsl)utlcazl ot all that was coming to him And so soon after having had his fortune told too! register of deeds' office were today handing out delicious candy to all comers A representation of the News- Republican got all that waa coming to biol And so soon after havinghad hie fortune tol(l too! I iln conversation with a News-Republican RIOT CALL FROM CACHE TURNED 4 CHAIllittiPA ATTRACTIONSSEND WORD THEY ARE COMING 1 this market This compress could be installed on easy terms and would hi operated for one year at the risk of the company Oct puts It In if t1e end of that time It is sati9factury and can do the work It Is to be Liken by the city or some local company This seems fair and free from risk to home people Again he says a $16000 cotnpress company can be formed here but a WOO company is beyond our reach and could not be fordier If the cheap er will do the work and take care of the cotton It would be a waste of dine and money to adopt the $10000! plan The cheaper compress is guaranteed Is to be operated for a year es a loin and Is to stand or NH on Its own merits without a aingle dollar's risk or outlay to local people Furthermore provision Is made for an additional press which w1t double Its capacity at a slight additional cost It is within our reach said Sir Powers and arrangements are nearly closed for Its Installation here It once established here the laws of the state prohibit the shipping of cotton from or through point woere there Is a compress to another place for compress purposes Hence the thing to do is establish a compress 1 here and shippers will patronize It I Nit Harper is a practical cotton and compress man and he Is aiding the compress committee to work out the 'problem He Is very favorable to the compress the committee is trying to land Let every encouragement be givI en to the committee for It means notch to Lawton A Compress Is badly needed here and the chances for getting one seem bright INTO SHERIFF'S OFFICE I The Oklahoma Blue Book man Is In list of prizes to be offered at the next Bean man this niorning the city with another of those fine' county Institute In accordance with took exceptions to the interview y2s looking advertising schemes about resolutions adopted at the last county terday's paper by George Yeung ir the forty-seventh that has been-work- Institute held here in January At an this one paint only both Sir l'owe4 eel off hero if he would make good1 early date he will 'mulish a list of and Mr Young agree that is Lewon he might be encouraged: but will be? prizes and the relic governing con- Is much In need of a cotton compresa Every community like this Is auscep- tests for them On all other points they diff Sle Mile to just such schemes because it Leslie Oren came front 0010110- Powers says the compress propotun Is energetic with pride and ambitions NoTORIOI'S 1100ILEGGER 2)us Ohio today to visit bis parents under consideration by the Chamber el to get Its merits and leading features ON TRIAL 'Nils MORNINO Sir and Sirs A Oren He has Commerce Is In all respects fair sa1- before the world in the most fascinat- The somewhat notorious Leo Turner been attending school there lie la pie and feasible Mr Smith dr yoea lug light So wrapped up are the of Chattanooga the most prominmt both deal and blind Mace he was 2 1-2 to install a S16000 compreas lin a people of every progressive city in tnei bootlegger in this county the one that I years old caused by sleknees capacity of 30 bales an hour lr Well desire for effective publicity that they has given the officers more troubte bales in a da3r of ten hours 141e halcs become over-credulous and are easily than any other man In the business district Indian agent a week or 5000 bales a month kiille Imposed upon by fake advertisingi twy court as on trial this morning 'fii the cowl- was in Hobart on official business to- shift This he slim would enlli tithe schemes Knowing their weaknesses day care of all the cotton that e0111E01 0 the fake artist takes advantage of their credulfty and ensnares them byll What Could 13 With kis plausible misrepresentations Circulation is the principal thing to be considered This blue book scheme' is a good one if dts publishers will put out 30 or 40 thousand copies as they promise But if they get your adver-1 Any such Things as These tisement or write up on that basis and i then only put Out four or five hundrel I copies they fake you This man is asking extravagant pric- I the hard puzzles come at more fro LI ws silent es He promises to print 30 or 40 I I quent intervals as the contest pro thousand books and place one in ev- Th ceeds and before the close our boys A Ladles' Aid society of the tat ery hotel of the state They would be 120-dol 01 I tillby hureh will serve ice cream worth far more if placed in every 1 will be calling on "dad" and the girls tI and cake on the church lawn corner Ns I' will be consulting with mother for Bog- Fourth and Friday evening Indiana 1 gegt10118 This city could much better get alit 11 Now what is this 'Isomething that FOR BENT--Booming house en hotel In Kansas fissouri Illinoi and Its Own book and see to ite circula Baby doesn't use?" at City Bakery (Ion It could be done for what el will cost In the blue book and ttleu the city could control its ublicatton The $500 or WO sent out of Lawton on a aeheme of the blue book kind Slot would put out a fine system of adver- ring The Chamber of Commerce shoull :1 HIS coupon entitles the holder tie adopt an advertising plan ant" mer- to one guess at the correctsolu- chants should turn all the geneeal advertising over to that holy This tion of prize puzzle picture pubhshe would insere uniformity In methml 1 1 Pr and ortection to the peopie against' in Daily June 1 I fake schemes givii4 to them an nan-I est service and an effective medium My Name a and I I or publicity man this morning Po took exceptions to the intfrview I y2sterday's paper by George Yeung In this one paint only both Sir l'owes and Mr Young agree that is Levi-on Is much In need of a cotton compress on all other points they diff Mc Powers says the compress propoi4011 under consideration by the Chamber of Commerce is In all respects fair smple and feasible Mr Smith pryoss to Install a $16000 compreas lin a capacity of :10 bales an hour lr bales in a da3r of ten hours IR lo hales a week or 5000 bales a month shift This he says would eas'ir thke care of all the cotton that comes The Ladles' Aid society of the 1st church will serve ice cream and cake on the church lawn corner Fourth and Friday evening 1 -y in 31 Dal epu lean une 1 7 My Name is and I el 1 Sey Kirkham reports the Chautauqua situation in satisfactory shape All the members on the pro7ram have been beard from ang are coming Just this morning a letter was recelv ed from the Southland quartette stating that they would be here for the opening Tuesday June 22 Gov Buchtel is coming direct from Denver for appearance in the afternoon of the first day Governor Glenn of North Carolina is coming from some Iowa engagements William Gel! the noted traveler de on his way from Washington and the east tilling some Intermediate dates and will be here on schedule time He has ordered a bath and inquired as to provisions for his entertainment He is a prince on the lecture stage So too all the others have bees heard from and ail express their intention of being The arrangements are complete and everything la practically in readiness for the big th So: too: all others have bees heard from and aH express their is- tendon ot bedng The arrange- nients are complete and everything practically in readiness for the big A riot cati from Cache was 'turned Into the sheriff's office yesterday evening stating that a band of semi-outlaws were shooting up the town and help was called for Riley Hefley and Herring two deputies were dispatched across the country in a rig Upon arriving upon the scene of warfare the of the general peace of the community had dispersed except Jim Cherry who was placed under arrest and brought to this city where a charge of disturbing the peace was lodged against him His hearing was set for June 28 Ed Leekey cashier of the Cache hank and Miller the lumberman at that place came in this morning and went on his bond It aeems that the difficitity grew out of a feeling of resentment against a man tumid Cooper an active member of the AntlSaloon League at Cache The distupbere hill loaded up with fighting teiOrie Ina- cursing ranting and quarreling they threatened to shoot up the town People became al I MTV WENT TO ('titlE tNT NIGHT BY MOONLIGHT FOR LODGE WORK Something that Baby doesn't use What is It? Here is a dandy Just imagine the many things that Baby 1aino particular use tor and then guess the panic-tiler one charaded in the accompany- lOg picture In checking over the guesses yesterdab the editor finds that eighty-nine IItiln fnItrm Something that Baby doesn't use What is It? Here is a dandy Just imagine the many things that Baby Usi no panic- ular use for and then guess the panic- uiar one charaded in the accompany- big picture In checking over the guesses yester- 4 1 I Dr Meeker Fred oDennan 11 Turner and Mr Schowalter went to Cache ache last night overland in Mr Me- I Lennaies Buick where the) put ot some work for the Masonic lodge at reticle at I dus ttp nnvmoelf 41 -6 flowee veM USta UV i 'Damen' was given tne brewers and dip rcoluc 011PIKA TRIP nrinr tom 60 11ff 067117 MAU WOW mionm to river' Dear Port dllhann that with a renntatton Sold hi Innen! Hon nt heine tho lareoRt eft In ti onftblo them tn ttitnnna PltriaTYPNT efirlrrY.