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THE DEMOCRAT
VEWOEA.
OKLAHOMA
OKI 4H0MA NtWS NOlfS
An Oklahoma oil
tiiouKb crude
■II >■ lirtiralilf,
A rump of Son* of VrliTHiiii has
boon nri-nniezil al Perry.
t •
That thirty-two-page edition of the
t'hecotah Time* al?o among the nifiy
holiday production*
The Chicago bank, a private Inatl
tut Ion. which oflcrfd to pay low per
Cent an all depoait*. t> lii tht-r one cent
or fifteen thousand dollar* in cloasd.
Kight dead and eivrn injured waa
the toll of the * reck at Ashtahula,
i Ohlo.wheu u 1-ake shore and Michigan
Soutln rn coal truin atruck a street car.
J. II. Lngue, .'.5 year* old. proprietor
of J. II. l.omje ti Co . diamond dealcra,
waa found murdered in hia offices in
McVicker'a theater building at Ohtea-
R«. Itohhery Ih believed to uuve b< < u
the motive.
OKUHOM
MM IE*
INQUIRY INTO VARIOUS HUH-
CHASE! FOR THE STATE
PENITENTIARY.
In the
McGuire to aeeura 11131 in.
tton regarding the price the vnr d«
pertinent paid for H. but that he dl<
not know a hat the result a as. a;
Beeler waa doing it in a personal »h;
and not for nor 'through the hoard ol
affair*.
Investigate n af Code Completed.
Additional testimony in the Hunn,-
Harria controversy concern! :iK the
‘annotating of the Oklahoma code aaa
(offered before the xenate Invetstlgrt-
I ing committee, completing thia phase
‘of the Investigation. Thu committee
; adjourned Tuesday for the t'hrlatmaa
- presence of Governor Denecn Senate Committee la Making Inveati- kolldafa and will not convene again
COMPfiriVf BIDDING OPPOSfD
Pol tu" atomic couii
"ms held at Hhaprnee with many en-
tries.
Five Jurors who failed lo respond
to roll call for the October term of
court at McAlester were lined $5 each.
The Interdenominational
1 sonville. Florida, said that if he found
poultry show * conditions favorable at Panama he
| would take steps to establish civil
government In the ('anal Zone
Joan Jaures, the socialist editor of :
Paris.received a challenge to personal
j combat from Senator lldiri Hereutser.
The reason given for the challenge Is
I an article reflecting upon the senator
which appeared in Jaures’ new-spuper.
Sunday
School association of Kay county held j",^
Its semi annual convention at Pone* j
Cltjr. ) The Swiss government. In view of
i the possibilities of war. Is augmenting
The petition of Phony Johnson, gt Ike amount of ready cash at Its com-
convict In the state penitentiary, for niand. A consignment of $6,000,000 in
a release on a writ of habeas corpus. , Kt*ld and silver urrlved in Herne by
was heard by Judge I.iedtke of the apeclnl train from Paris ami was
superior court at McAlester and the lodged In the Swiss National Hank.
d*Rl®d. ) The differences between the peace
of Illinois, his staff and a large party
of Illinois veterans and representa-
tives of ;he government, the monu-
ment to the memory of Illinois sol-
diers buried at Andersonville. Ga.,
was unveiled.
News of the supreme court's de-
cision in the anthracite case ■•.•nt up
prices of slocks with a rush 011 Wall
Street Excited bidding for Heading
came after the first word from Wash-
ington and for a few minutes there
whs a wild scramble of brokers about
the Heading post on the exchange.
gstion of Prices for Ita Supplies
—Particularly Khaki Cloth
and Coffoo.
GMHM WEEK
M CHICAGO
CANADIAN EXHIBITS AT LIVE
STOCK ANO LAND SHOWS CEN-
TER OF ATTRACTION.
The bats were doffed to Canada
during the two weeks of the Land
Show and the week of the Live Stock
Show at Chicago. Willing to display
Its goods, anxious to let the people of
the central states know what could
he produced on Canadian farm lands,
and the quality of the article. Hon.
Or. Rocha, minister of the interior
directed that sufficient
Jntil almost time idt* the legislature
to open Ita session, whtn the Inves-
tigations of John II. Ooollu and Hen
W. KUey will be held. I
Oaring the day. Judge Sam Harris
That the state benefits by reason 1 *nd C- O. Kunu were the principal ( of Canada,
of the fact that state warrants are ] witnesses. The testimony was con- 1 space be secured at the United
now equivalent to cash and discounts J t® matters concerning the com- States Land Show, recently held, to
can be secured on purehaae of goods. PiilnK. annotating and indexing of the * give some adequate Idea of the Raid
w here a year ago many concerns ■ Oklahoma code, in order that the
would not sell supplies to the state ! work might be completed Without un-
necessary delay. Judge Harris waa
asked to prepare a written statement
with diagrams to illustrate the man-
ner In
Login-, a diamond
merchant, In his office in the McYlck-
it Theater building. The police
profess to believe at least two of the
men have been connected with a
. _ ..... 1 dories Of daring automobile holdups
The Consolidated OH anil Gas com- !?.:**■_ ®_f. Turkey and ^e Halk.n un(i 0,h(.r robberies recently
pany, which has eight strings of tools
working in the Wayside and Bolton
la-cause these firms would have 10
wait Indefinitely for their money; and
that the penitentiary at klc-Aleater Is
Nne suspects, four women and live being maintained at a leaa per capita which he asserts Hunn Is fall-
men. are held In connection with the <°“t 'ban *ny other prison in the Uni- ,n« to comply with the contract. The j raw wheat that weighed 68 pounds to
murder of J. II
resources of western Canada. Those
In charge had splendid location, and
Installed one of the most attractive
grain and grass exhibits ever seen
anywhere.. Tbounanda, anxious to get
“back to the land." raw the exhibit.
allies, now In session in Im>ii«Ioii are
so great that It seems likely an out-
v -m Mde power would l*e asked lo mediate.
on the Geiger farm* near Bolton***'?* 1 pn4r,k:a,,y a" “*** Run,pean powora
Helds, brought In
* ••venty-barrel oiler on the Neer
farm at Wayside.
H. C. Selvidge of Hanna, had a
preliminary hearing before a United
Htates commissioner at McAlester on
are In the struggle, the United Htates
may be invited to net.
County Uhvslelan William J. Pitt-
man, aged 72, was found dead below
•n Iron Mountain railroad trestle in
the outskirts of Ft. Smith, Ark. He
had either fallen or was knocked to
ted States, were statements for the 1 Jud«e agreed to do so. Bunn also the mossuaed bushel, oats that went
heat fit or the senate committee In , •» 4® prepare a, statement, showing I 48 and barley that tipped the scales
the' investigaiion of methods Of the ab*' steps he hss taken to comply j ut 65 pounds. The clover, the alfalfa,
board of affairs. 1 the terms of the contract. the wild pea vine and vetch, the ry#
Warden R. W. Hick of the state 1 Hunn made a statement In which he grasa, the red-top and many other sar-
penitentlary was questioned regard- ,old bow hl* *‘**ur«-d the contract M culent and nutritious varieties of wild
ing the purchase of khaki cloih. Mem BT.SOO and the way In which he n-. grasses demanded and deserved from
hers of the board of affairs stated been carrying It oul. He Muled that their prominence and quality the at-
that in making the order for the he agreed to pay Hariiu $2,000 for '♦‘"'•on they received. The grain In
goods they had acted on the recoin- | certain historical notes autl that fl,- 'be straw, bright In color, and carry-
450 of t^e amount has been puld.
Mexican railway employes who nr- the ground, a distance of twenty feet,
rived on handcars and afoot from i His buggy was found wrecked and the
Mexican points report the Hlmost to- harness stripped from the horse, sotnn
tnl destruction of the Mexican North- ; distance away, while Ills lap robe and
mendution of Warden Dick and his
storekeeper, as to price and the qual- i 'h*’1’* b**1"* * court action now pend-
lly of the goods. Mr. Dick told the |,nB *° compel payment of the balance,
committee that he personally knew
nothing as to whether the price was
right relative to the kind of goods
ordered, that he, too. depended on
* cb*b'® °f introducing liquor and I western railroad below Juarcs. With j medical case lay upon the top of the ( his storekeeper; that the "”pr‘ e fur-
*** bound over In the sum of $600 to forty-five railway stations already trestle. 1 ->-•—■ **-- *--—■ -» -
await the action of the federal grand
Jury.
A. Clark, for twenty-live years
• missionary .to Oklahoma Indiana,
now a superannuated minister of ihe
600 federal troops are stationed.
Instructions forwarded by the Otto-
M. B. church aouth. left Lawton with ,nan government to Kerhad I'nsha. the
hia family to reurn to his old home •‘‘flder of the Turkish peace delegation
in Georgia. They will make their *n London, authorise him to treat with
bonus there among relatives. fbe Greek delegates without their pre-
vious signature of the armistice proto-
B. F. Wylie, living twelve miles
northwest of Lawton, la suffering from
so much to tho advantage of
Turkey that the Turkish government
would demand exceptional conditions
before signing an armistice with
Creece.
DOMESTIC
John 8. Huyler, 19 years old, young-
est non of the late John 8. Huyler,
millionaire candy manufacturer, fell
uiidei a 1 lain at at Morristown, N. J.,
death from hia Injuries following.
The news that President Taft has
made up his mind to accept the Kent
professorship of law at Vale was re-
ceived with keen pleasure In Yale
circles at New* Haven.
Judges of the United States circuit
court of appeals at St. Loula gave the
attorneys for the International Har-
vester company sixty days in which
to prepare for the hearing of the har-
vester company’s witnesses in the
a pronounced case of meningitis, but j of the Turkish^attltudeToward Greece
•■recovering. ABO,h*r **•« *• ro* la the result of the fact that the sltu-
fv* . rom t.otton county. Precau- j at ion In regard to Greece has now
tlons have been taken and there is ■ turned
little fear of the disease spreading.
The unallotted land rale opened In
Haakell county and Commissioner J.
George Wright sold 203 of the 374
tracts up for sale. He disposed of
12.7*0 acres oat of a total of 25.000
acroa for sale. The Initial payment,
one-fourth of the purchase price,
amounted to $10,102.
Tho general store of George Bald-
ridge, located at Maple, an inland vil-
lage In Sequoyah county, was de-
stroyed by lire, together with tho en-
tire contents. The postoffice, wbidh
i* located In the store also Waa de-
stroyed. Only a part of the books
were saved. The loss Is estimated at
$3,000, partly covered by Insuranee.
Charles McCain, the Rock Island
detective who fired a shot to frighten
Fannie Cbson. an El Reno negro girl,
aged IS, while the latter was picking
op coal In the yarda here, the bullet I B°vernment B,,*t to dissolve the cor-
deflectlng off a rail and hitting the P°ratlon 88 a 'rust
child In the head and causing death. J William J MacDonald of Calumet.
.T“ ®aon*rated by a coroner's jury Mich., defeated for congress on the
it being shown that he was blameless, progreaalve ticket in the Twelfth ds-
Joe Mitchell, aged 66. a coal miner tr,ct* hav,nB bl’, n counted out to, the
left his boarding house at Dow with atate c,nv4,,lng board because of an
hia month’s pay and a new shovel he I error ,n tbft Printing of hia name, was
had just bought. He was found near den,ed a wr,t of mandamus by the
Dow, dead, seven feet from the rail- *upren,e *°urt- MacDonald wished to
road track, a blow had fractured the compel the board to reconvene and
ahull at the base of the brain causing ahow cauae whjr the 468 votes cast in
death. His hat, money and the shovel °ntona«on county for “Sheldon Wll-
hav* not been found, and the officers ,,an> J’ MacDona,d’’ ahould not be
are working on the theory that he ®°unted ,or b,in-
waa murdered and robbed. One million, one hundred thousand
“Not guilty,” was the iurv. were ao,d ,n one da>' ""der the
lu the era. of 8«m Norton orom^n TU8p,Ce‘ °f the CUca*° c,®an ^
citisen of Seminole count^, who wjj the rampalgn to break the
charged with numerous forgeries of mark® ' The manaB‘>rs claim the
deed, to Seminole Xm™?. ” y,Ct,ory a"d 'a<* 'hat the
’ dealers throughout the city have of-
Tbey’re having near-war In Blaine fered for "a,e ffwaranteed eggs at the
township, Garfield county, in a con- '^ague’s price of 24 cents a dozen or
solidated school controversy that haa ,feaa’ A few ®*B ee,,lnB stations will
ran the gamut of the courts. Consol- j be maintained permanently in differ-
1_‘ ’ * waa an-
that
burned, the rebels continued their de-
struction of the American-owned line
within twenty miles of Juarex. where although the
scarcely $400 upon the Aine Itself in
the previous year, was told of by
George W. Stork, u federal account-
ant who testified in the trial of A. L.
Wianer and John VV. Meyers, at New
York. The defendants are charged
with fraudulent use of the niaila In
promoting Ihe mining property of A.
Freedmen Share in Distribution.
The right of 7,000 Cherokee Freod-
nii-n to participate In the distribution
of the lands and funds belonging to
the Cherokee Indian nation waa sus-
col. In official circles at Constantl-
nished the board of affairs was sir-
Gold mine stock, which Is alleged ! pl)r don«’ lo an advisory way and they j tained at Washington by Judge An-
to have realised $360,000 on sales, cou,d have changed It had they de-|detson of the District of Columbia
promoter^ had spent ; a,rod *° do ■»*. ! supreme court. The court sustained
He '’so sal0e|n atiswer ro a quea-i'be government'a demurrer to a suit
tion that the board could ignore toe ' of 'he Ketowah. or Kuight Hawk so-
recommendations regarding supplies ! clety, to restrain the secretary of th*
and purchase wbat It wished, but that' Interior from permitting the freed
be might refuse to approve the claim
for the same when the goods came to
him. Members of the board said that
men participation In the
The case was dismissed.
The freedmen claim that
property.
their
nople jt la explained that the change I L. Wlsner and company.
in some instunces they were guided shares in the property run anywhere
H. M. Bradley, who says he was at
one time a resident of Kansas City,
Is in the Houston Jail charged with
the murder and robbery of his part-
ner, J. h. Wright. They were in the
automobile business. Wright disap-
peared and Bradley asked the police
to look for him. saying that he could
not account for his absence. The
police complied with his request, with
the result that they arrested Bradley.
Ho confessed to killing Wright, but
claimed It waa unintentional.
The eve of Christmas week brought
good cheer to the several hundred
men who through the year take care
of the lawns, paths and shrubbery of
Central Park. Mrs. Rtianell Sage drove
up in her automobile to the arsenal
in the park and delivered to Park
Commissioner Stover a box tied with
ribbons. In the box were 327 envel-
opes, each containing a $6 gold piece,
one for every park employee whose
pay does not exceed $2 a day. Mrs.
Sage has made similar g'fta to the
men at Christ maa time fo.- several
years.
greatly by recommendations from
beads of institutions and In some in-
stances felt they were justified in
acting on the suggestions, else when
from $5,000,000 to $50,000,000. Tho
Ketowah society is composed of full-
blood Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
______________________ .. „tl. The freedmen are the descendants
It came to approving claims the heads '°r 8,aves of the Cherokees and are of j have made 4helr home,
of institutions would not do 1L mixed Indian and negro blood. I A 'ea,ur® ®» «»e exhibit
Ing heads that gave evidence of the
truth of the statements dt Mr. W. J.
White of Ottawa, and his attendants,
that the wheat would average 2$ to
35 bushels and over per acre, the oats
66 to 105 bushels, the flax 12 to 26
bushels, were strongly In evidence,
and arranged with artistic taste on
the walla. The vegetable exhibit was
a surprise to the visitors. Potatoes,
turnips—cabbage. In fact, all of ft
proved that not only In gralna waa
western Canada prominent, but In
vegetables It could succesfully com-
pete with the world.
One of the unique and successful
features of the exhibit was the suc-
cessful and systematic dally distribu-
tion of bread made from Canadian
flour. It was a treat to those who got
It. Canadian butter. Canadian cheese
and Canadian honey helped to com-
plete an exhibit that revealed la a
splendid way the great resources of
a country In which so many Amer-
Warden Dick stated that when the
goods were received hia storekeeper
called hia attention to the quality
and said they were off weight. The
matter was reported to the board of
affairs immediately and the claim
held up. Mr. Dick said that he aotl-
fied the company sending the goods
and It volunteered to make a reduc-
tion In price. He approved the claim
but asked the board of affairs to look
more closely into* the matter. The
latter did and a further reduction
was secured.
The court in dismissing the suit
said the freedmen were clearly en-
titled to equal rights with the native
Cherokees. The freedmen have the
right of appeal.
New Directory of Manufacturers.
Secretary Paul B. Smith of the
Stute Manufacturers’ association has
practically completed a revised direc-
tory of Oklahoma manufacturers and
coal operators which he will distrib-
ute to all members of the association
In the January Usue of the “Bulletin”,
That the wuole system of competl-l* Publication de jted to the ac .ivlties
tlve bidding nu supplies for the state ;of the home manufacturers. Secre-
institution? Is wrong and not condu- ;tary rays the directory pub-
clve to the best interests of the state |,i8*le<l *n the issues of the “Bulletin”
was the statement of Warden Dick. in ,he ear,y months of the present
He cited a number of Instances to'*frar baa PTOVed a, valuable help to
bear out his contention, and raid that 14,1 members of thd association, and
If the board of affairs could go into'ow*nB *° *be many changes which
the open market and buy supplies like :tooh place during the year the secre-
idated District No. 2 has been dls- ent parta of ,he *cl,y'
solved, but that fact makes the school nounced- ** “monitors*- to see
board of the defunct district more re- tbe prtce °* ®KK8 i« kept down,
solved. The Garber Sentinel suggests Information that Mrs. Belle Gun-
that “when the time comes that they I nrasf on whose “murder farm” near
must tarn over their records and ac- Porte. Ind., in 1908, thirteen bodies
count for the money spent." there were found. Is believed to be in Leth-
llkelv will be a bit of gun play. Word bridge. Alberta, was received at La
was sent out from Enid the other day Porte, by Chief of Police Melnke In a
for the opponents of the consolidated telegram sent by Frederick Wise. A
school to go to the school building woman answering the description of
and remove the seats belonging to Mrs. Gunness has been under surveil-
various district schools. When this I lance several days.
i^g* T"°,ld*ted bu,,d' In a fl*bt ,n the b,na at Tamala
garrisoned by “con- Springs. Cal., between a young deeper-
soiidatlonists. • but they became as ad‘*» name unknown, about 30 years
meek as Iambs when the deputy sher- old> and more ,han 100 county officers,
iff read a court order. The 'cons”
then filed out, about sixteen of them
sll armed with double-barreled shot-
guns of repeaters.
WASHINGTON
Governor Wilson announces ih«t
the names of his cabinet members
will not be made public till March 1.
Senator Bristow t»r Kansas Intro-
duced a bill providing for a prefer-
ence primary for the appointment or
postmasters, which would affect the
appointment of every postmaster In
the United States who, received $300
or more g year. \
The right of 7.000 Cherokee freed-
men to participate in the distribution
of the lands and funds belonging to
the Cherokee Indian nation was. sus-
tained by Judge Anderson of the Dis-
trict of Columbia supreme court. The
court sustained the government’s de-
murrer to a suit of the Keetoowah
society to restrain the secretary of
the Interior from permitting the freed-
men participating in the property.
The case was dismissed.
William R. 'Hearst. who published
the now famous ’‘Archbold letters”
gave to the senate campaign funds
committee photographic copies of all
letters in his porsession, Indicating a
connection between John D. Archbold
of the Standard Oil company and legis-
lative and campaign activities.
the wholesale houses there would be
a great saving and the best goods
could always be secured.
Investigating Khaki Purchase.
Chairman Thomas of the committee
asked Secretary Howard of the board
of affairs if any correspondence kad
been had with army headquarters as
to the price paid by the United States
tary' has obtained fresh data with
which to revise the list. The direc-
tories have benefited members great-
ly in the past as a source of reference
in making up their mailing lists.
Cattleman Asking for Special Law.
A meeting of the Oklahoma cattle-
men is to be held at the Hotel Tulsa,
for the army khaki. Howard stated j for the purpose of securing legislative
that he had not. He did say. how- action. Tho Oklahoma League of Cat-
ever, that he bad understood that T.' tlemen Is trying to get through a state
C. Beeler, once aa employee of the law to permit the closing ef section
board, had on his owu personal re- lines in grasing districts and the erRe-
sponsibility sent a telegram to Con-. tion of gates thereon.
SINGLE CHRISTMAS PRRDON GRANTED
guardsmen and citizens, the outlaw,
who had attacked a young girl was
killed.
When Arthur. Lewis, alias Louis
The Nowata Star Brirk ________I Forbes, who with two companions Is
brick manufacturers of this cltv PfliJa be,nB be,d at a Chicago police station
rail in the district court agalwt the • “ aUeKed automob,,e band,ta-
Southwestern Surety Insurance com-
pany of Durant for $17,163. which
amount plaintiff claims is due because
the defendant company guaranteed ac-
counts made by a construction com-
pany. now bankrupt. All the rest of
the creditors filed tbeli clanns in the
■apOTlor court at Muskogee, but the
firm company is relying on the Dur-
■«tf company for payment. Tho
?V*pni|g|^ brick furni*bed for
was
searched, a card was found in his
pocket showing that he is a member
of the Tuesday Evening club of Trin-
ity Episcopal church.
Eva Walls Bailey or Shreveport, La.,
convicted of attempting to poison her
husbanu, C. C. Bailey, a week before
he .»** murdered by A. L Watson,
now awaiting execution, was sen-
tenced to five years in states prison. I
Representative Dyer of Missouri In-
troduced a resolution to create a com-
mittee of fifteen representatives to
represent the house at the unveiling
and dedication of the Thomas Jeffer-
son $460,000 memorial at St. Louis,
to commemorate the acquisition of
the Louisiana territory. The dedica-
tion ceremonies will be April 30 next.
The Democratic Senate caucus
reached a decision to permit only con-
firmation of army and navy nomina-
tion before holiday recess.
The determination of the adminis-
tration to adopt a stiffer policy toward
Mexico, as disclose^ in the ann >unce-
ment of the purpose to make fresh
representations to that governent
regarding the continuation of th* re-
bellion, Is directly attributable to hs
recent return to Washington of sev-
eral persons thoroughly conversant
with alleged evil conditions existing
south of the border.
he was at was for colored people. He
moved. And he tells that the people
of that town enforce the Jim Crow law
to the letter.
Out of approximately 300 requests
that have been made to Govern®!-
Reid. Jackson county, a 17-year-aid
boy Yho was serving a sentence at
McAlester for burglary, was the lucky
one.
The town of Alen is excited be-
cause a number of oil men have been
viewing the country thereabouts.
Frang B. Long. Indian agent at
Tulsa, resigned to engage In the o|)
business. Is succeeded by George M.
McDonald of Muskogee.
A good story Is told on a Sapulpan.
He had been called to Tallahasse, a
negro town. Not knowing Its charac-
ter he took a night train and was
landed in a negro hotel. The next
morning he went into the dluing room
and took a seat. *. waiter approached
him and asked him to take a seat
at a single table, saying that the table jBghts.
The Choctaws and Chlckasaws have
$1,352,814.28 to their credit, held in
trust by the federal government. This
money Is laying Idle in the banks of
St. Louis.
Judge Wade Stanfield of Sapulpa
has the oil fever and wants to quit
bis Judgeship.
Sheriff J. F. Lamlson of Medford
rayp the state orphanage at Pryor Is
one of the most useful eleemosynary
Institutions In the state.
The oil mill at Wapanucka Is a
great benefit to that town, paying out
$13,600 a year In wages and swelling
the tax roll by $100 per month.
J. W. Whitehead and J. F. McMUlIn
of 8oper, and Lon Stokes of Forney,
have organized a company and will
supply the town of Soper with electric
Canton Files Report.
Adjutant General Frank M. Canton
has filed a written report with Gov-
ernor Cruce regarding his visit to
Delaware county where he Investi-
gated the necessity of state troops to
prevent bloodshed In the county seat
fight between “old” Jay and “now*
Jay. The report gives the details of
his trip, but makes no recommenda-
tions and contains essentially the
same features aa were given out to
tne newspapers upon his retsrn.
Watt Asking Change
Ben Watt, who was executive clerk
to Governor Cruce when the adminis-
tration began, but later mss made
deputy game warden, located in the
eastern part of the atate, believes that
some changes should be made In the
game tows and will probably make
these suggestions himself. Watt
thinks the term “deputy” w ,riea
should he changed to ’’district” ward-
en. He believes there ahould be two
fish hatcheries la the state, oae oa the
naat aid# and one m the west aid*
was tbs
placards, announcing the several re-
cent successes of Canadian farm
produce and live stock in strong com-
petition with exhibits from other
countries. Thera was posted the
Leager Wheeler championship prig*
for Marquis wheat grown at Rosthera
In 1911, beating the world. Then 1.
Holmes of Cardston entered the com-
petitive field at Lethbridge Dry Farm-
ing Congrera, -and won the wheat
championship of 1912, besting Mr.
Wheeler with the same variety of
wheat. Hill A Sons of Lloydmlnster,
Saskatchewan. In 1911 won the Colo-
rado silver trophy for best oats grown,
competed for in a big competition at
Columbus. Ohio, in 1911. The produce
of British Columbia at the New York
Land Show In 1911 carried off the
world's championship for potatoes,
and Incidentally won a $1,000 silver
trophy, and then, hut a few years ago.
the same province carried off the
world's prixe for apples at the Horti-
cultural 8how In London, England.
But that was not all. Theaa
dians, who had the temerity to state
that corn was not the only feed for
finishing high-grade beef cattle, en-
tered for the fat steer championship
at the Live Stock Show in Chicago a
polled Angus—“Glencarnock Victor.”
Nearly 300 entries were In the field.
“Glencarnock Victor” didn’t know a
kernel of corn from a Brasilian wal-
nut. There were Iowa, Illinois, Ne-
braska. Kansas. Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin and their corn-fed article, deter-
mined to win, hound to heat this black
animal from the north, and hia “noth-
ing hut prairie grass, oats and barley
feed,” as his owner proudly stated, but
they didn’t. Canada and McOtwgor *
Sons, with their “Olencarnoek Vlctog”
won. and today the awelldom of Amer-
ica is eating of iMb steaks and roasts
—the champion steer of the world.
But once more the herd of cattle
that won the Sweepstakes at tbs
same show waa bred and owned by
the owners of “Glencarnock Victor.”
fed only on prairie grass, oats and
barley, near Brandon, Manitoba. The
royal reception given to Mr. Mc-
Gregor on his return to his home
town waa well deserved.
Omission must not be made of the
wonderful and beautiful display of
apples made by British Columbia, oc-
cupying a full half section dt the
greet Land Show. This waa la per
sonal charge of Mr. W. E. Scott, dep
nty minister of agriculture for *4»w*
province; who was not only a host to
those trho visited the exhibit, but
was also an encyclopedia of Informa
tion regarding the resources of that
country. With 200,000 Americans go-
ing to western Canada this year, it la
pleasing to know that so many from
this aide of the line can participate la
the honors coming to that new coun-
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