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Muskogee Cimeter.
W. M. TWIN Keller.
MUSKOQEB
IND. TEli.
NEW STATE NEWS.
The lax valuation of personal prop
orty for Durant is $975425.
Oklahoma has moro cotton this
year than it has pickers to gather tho
crop
The Crowder Stato bank with a
capital of $15000 is a new Institution
ut Crowder City.
At a recent meeting of tho city
council at South McAloster twenty-
fivo miles of now sidewalk was or-
dcred built.
A rural route will bo established
at Merrick Lincoln county October
1 St.
Several thousand acres have been
leased for oil in tho vicinity of Coyle
und a well will bo put down at once.
The commissioners of Comancho
Samuel Coot and wife were arrest-
ed at South McAlestcr last week up-
on a charge of having robbed a hotel
at Shawnee.
Plans for a $12000 school building
at Caddo have been completed. Mrs.
Manning a resident of that place
has donated a site lor tho building.
Julian Taft was arrested at Law-
Ion last weok upon the charge of at-
tempting criminal assault upon a
five-year-old child.
The appraisement of lots nt Harts-
honve hns been given out by the
townsite commissioners. It is said
the appraisement was much too high
Tho attorneys of the Choctaw na-
tion have received nino thousand
deeds to bo given to those in posses.
Bion of thoir allotments.
Articles of incorporation were re-
cently grantod to tho Savanna-Mc-Alostor
Coal company with head-
quarters at Savanna I. T.
county have made application to tho
secretary of tho interior to authorizo
the construction of twonty-one bridges
with money derived from the sale of
town lots.
Farmers west of Ardmoro are com-
plaining about tho cotton outlook
They say tho excessive hot winds
and continuod drouth has greatly re-
duced tho prospects.
G. P. White one of the striking
Katy operators at South McAlestor
was arrested and fined for calling a
Blriko breaker a "scab" and using
abusive language.
Lightning recently destroyed the
bam of J. F. Denton in the Ponca
Indian country togethor with 5000
bushols of whoat. No insurance.
An effort is being made to secure
the unconditional pardon of V. H.
'Albright who was sent to the penl
tontlary two years ago for man'
slaughter. Ho lived near Guthrie.
Editor Frank Prouty of the Fallii
Star has been nominated by tho re-
publicans of tho sixth representative
district for representative in tlra leg
islature.
Circular lcttora are being sent out
to all Oklahoma school land lessees
whose rent Is due on October 1 ask-
ing them to be prompt with the pay
meat. About one-third of the rati
are due t that time. Tho total rent
als are f 400000 annually.
HOUSE COSTING $80
rWO-STORY STRUCTURE COM-
FORTABLE AND NEAT.
Residence ef Settler in New Country
That Leavee Nothing to be Desired
Plans Showing How the Two
Floors Arc Laid Out.
The home of Mr. Ernest Sitch.
Whito Fish Valley thirty miles from
Port Arthur Non the Duluth branch of
the Canadian Northern railway is
mown in the accompanying plans.
Mr Sitch has served in tho capacity
9f land guide for three years and has
helped to establish the colony. His
resldenco is 16 by 20 feot two stories
high. It has two doors five windows
down stairs and two upstairs. His
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Kitchen
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Ground Floor Plan.
160 acres when selected wai In a
vooded wilderness. The construction
of Mr. Sitch'sT houso Is described as
follows :
The material used in the construc-
tion of the building was cut within 50
yards of whero the structure stands.
Everything was hewed on tho ground.
After the building spot had been se-
lected the trees and shrubbery were
cut down stumps taken out and the
ground leveled A collar 12 by 16
feet was dug. At the depth of 6 feet
rock was struck and no better floor
ing could be had. The collar was
walled up with hewed tamarac. The
cracks between the logs were filled
with lime. In starting tho foundation
for this houso large tamarac logs were
flattened on two sides and laid on
cedar posts sunk into the ground. This
Upper Floor Plan
constituted the foundation. All the
logs that had been prepared for the
house were skidded and on a desig-
nated day the neighbors came and as-
sisted in the raising. Four expert cor-
ner men were secured and the build-
ing was put up straight and true. The
walls were made 15 feet high. The
sleepers and joists wore made on
the ground by tho settlers. The raft-
ors wore made of peeled spruce one
inch boards were used for sheating
and this was covered with metal shin-
gles. The metal shingles are used In
preference to tho wooden m they
provo a great protection against for
est fires. The two floors are made of
matched lumber. The slight cracks
left between tho logs were filled with
cedar slivers then with mortar. So
perfectly was this work accomplished
that the walls Inside are almost
imooth very few depressions belli
discernible. The lime cost about 95.
ll - r
About 1500 feet of lumber were used
in tho construction of the building.
The chimney is made of brick. Tho
soil which was thrown from the cellar
was terraced around the house mak-
ing a gentle slope; this has been seed-
ed down.
Taking everything into considera-
tion this is one of the cheapest build-
ings to be found in the colony the
entire cost not exceeding $76 or $80.
I do not think this homo could be pur!
cnaseu irom us owner lor sz.uuu al-
though it was free grant land four
years ago.
Peach Borer.
J. O. L. A substanco in tho nature
of a jelly has been oozing out of plum
and peach trees just below the sur-
face of the ground. White grubs are
eating into the trees.
The trouble with your peach and
plum trees is to be charged to the
work of the peach borer. The larvae
of this beetle works in the stem of
the tree just at the surface or
a little below the surface of the
ground. It ofton burrows so thorough
ly and industriously that tho treo is
completely girdled which of course
causes death. There is no satisfac
tory and sure preventive. Peachy
Miuwors mrougnout me country nave
settled down to the conclusion that the'
only way to keep tho trees free of
these insects is to "grub" them an-
nually. They make a business of go-
ing over the trees during tho early
part of June and digging out the bor-
ers with a sharp knife. It is not diffi-
cult to detect the presence of the
borer. Tho sawdust and gum deposit
is a sure sign of its work. When
borers have been removed it is a good
plan to paint the wounded parts and
then return the soil to tho stem of
the tree.
Seed Mixture for Pasture
A. H. M. What is a good mixture
to sow for permanent pasture for cows
and a horse? When is the best timo
of year to sow tho seed?
A mixture of grasses and clover
should be sown for a permanent pas-
ture. For a good seeding a heavy ap-
plication should bo given. "Tho follow-
ing application should be given. The
following is a suitable seeding for one
acre: Timothy G lbs.; orchard gWBS
4 lbs.; Kentucky or Canadian blue
grass 3 lbs.; red clover 2 lbs.; Alslke
2 lbs. and White Dutch clover 1 lb.
The ground should bo well prepared
in the fall and sown on a fine seed
bed in the spring. If the laud is clean
of weeds the seed may be sown alone
but If not very clean a thin seeding of
oats or barley should bo sown as a
nurse crop. This should be cut for
hay when it comes into head. The
field should not be pastured the first
fall after seeding. Good results are
often obtained by sowing the grass
seeds in August or September and the
clover soeds the following spring just
as the frost is going out of tho ground.
Finding Length of Batter Posts.
Trestle. In building a trestle what
Is the rule for finding tho length of
the batter posts the batter being two
to one or three to one as the case
may be?
The way to arrive at the length of
your batter posts is as follows: Draw
two lines at right angles to each oth-
er. If tho battor is one to three meas-
ure three feet on the porpendicular
line and one foot on the base line;
then the distance from these two
points will 'give you the length to cut
the batter posts. For instance if your
bents are eighteen feet high and you
wish to have tho batter posts ono to
three measure out six feet on the
base line and eighteen feet on the per-
pendicular line and the distance from
these points will give the length oflhe
batter posts.
How True!
"It's strange" remarked the break
fast cynio "but the young mas with
the weakest lungs can often blow In
the most money."
Calumet
Baking
Powder
complies with
the pure food
laws of all
states. Food
prepared with
it is free from
Rochelle salts
lime alum
and ammonia.
Trust Baking Powders
up 11 for 45 or 80 cents per
pound and may be identi-
fied by this exfeorbltant
price. They are a men-
ace to public heal tli as
food prepared from them
contains large quantities
of Rochelle salts a dan-
gerous cathartlo dru.
To Exterminate Tuberculosis.
Norwegian experts believe that bj
the establishment of sanatoriums con-
taining each about twenty persons II
will be possible to exterminate tuber-
culosis In time just as leprosy ones
to prevalent in their country was
(practically exterminated.
The Folly of Grief.
It is wicked to grieve. It la a sin
against the mind a sin against the
body and a sin against the minds and
bodies of all with whom the mourner
comes in contact. To grieve about
.what can not bo helped is foolish
and to grievo about what can' ba
helped means that we are Indolent
too indolent to get up and stamp out
tbe forces that make us miserable.-
Exchange.
They Always Make Friends.
"Since using one box of Cheatham's
laxative Tablets we have been
friends. They cured me promptly and
thoroughly of a bad case of chills. Any
one needing a remedy for malarial
troubles will certainly find them satis
factory.
"Tbey aro also convenient to carry
and pleasant to take."
John Everhardt
Harwood Tex.
25c per box.
Clever Sparrows.
A gentleman who from a casual!
Inspection had no other visible means!
.of support than tho bench he sat on
in Franklin square was seen feeding
the sparrows the other day with lit-
tle pieces of bread. The fat and'
greedy birds came promptly and ate
voraciously while the feast lasted and!
still hung around when it was over.)
Then the host fished in a pocket of his
scant clothing and pulled out a handp
ful of a powder composed of about
jual parts of tobacco dust and bread
crumbs. When he threw this down
it was immediately surrounded by the
winged gluttons but they did not at
once eat They eyed the stuff with lifr
tie sidewise turas of their heads aid
when they saw that nothing better
was forthcoming all but two few
away without as much as a peck al
It The two that remained however
began finally to fan the powder wMM
their wlagf and in this way efHttl
ft separation of few crumbs whic
iaty ate.-PfclltftlpMa lUcori ."j
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Twine, W. H. The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Indian Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 47, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 1, 1904, newspaper, September 1, 1904; Muskogee, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc69964/m1/2/: accessed May 2, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.