Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. FOURTEEN, No. 205, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 27, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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OI-UME FOURTEEN
CHICK A3HA OKiAHOWA. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27 19- 3
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LENTY OF
GSADY COUNTY SAYS
Crowd Greets Rock Island Special Train
Expert Tells How to Make and
Keep Silage Canning Demon-
stration Given for Ladies
"A silo on every farm" is the slo-
gan of II. M. Cottrell agricultural
commissioner for the Hock Inland who
has bad many yews of practical ex-
perience as a farmer and stockman in
a dry country.
"I have made careful observation of
the com and other feed crops in Grady
county" said Mr. Cottrell "and I have
Been none that cannot be saved by
being placed in a silo. 1 have made
good silago out of corn that burned up
before tile ears were formed. In my
opinion Grady county haH twice the
amount of feed that will be required!1'1"1 found on the farms in the south
b;' the Mock now on hand provided
it is placed in silos. I have been
through drouths as bad ns this one in
Kansas and I did it with silos. The
thins to do is to save every pound of
feed and it can be done by building
silos right now. The more expensive
imiu is jireierreu uy most larmers urn
a p? silo will answer every purpose.
Spec'al Arrives.
The long looked for math heralded
Itoik Lk-tid "S:!a Social- a.-ri. it as!
per schedule yesterday evening and
v. as greeted by a large crowd not all'
of whom wero curiosity seekers as j
was evidenced by the clone attention j
to the speakers aud the nutiivfinis ;
tpKStioiiS Willi
r.wn i!!'d flf.T
whirl
11. M. Cottrell
nfji's'on of his I
j
speech.
As the special cradled in through
the yards in the reir of the "Firefly"
it bore a strong resemlilaanre io home
brand of circus organization and was
swamped by the crowd even before it
was "sot" on the main line rear the
passenger station. One section of the
special. Including diners mid sleeping I
cars had been set oil' her in the after-
noon the real business section consist-
ing of several flat curs upon which
is exploited every conceivable brand
of silo and a machine for the chopping
Of the silage before It is put Into the
1R "can." Fifteen different makes of
silos were on display "each one guar-
anteed to be better than the othej
fourteen."
Canning Demonstration.
While H. M. Cottrell w as talking
oilob to Ihe men Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Jeffords or. aro'h'T car v ere Rivinr
canniiiR demonslrations exphiinimj to
!.. ln!l.. ft.. m-A .r.:f -. .!.. Ha '
of canning fruits and veMctnbles.
Mr. Cottrell tj-okc in mtbuUnce us
follows:
Cottrelfi Talk
"riilage making is simply tannins
on a largo scale. The housekeeper
J'Ub food for her fauidy into a ipiarl
ieteplacle of glass or tin follows cer-
tain rules and the canned fruit keep?
for months or for years until she wants
to use it. The stockman puts Iced
into a larger receptacle culled a silo
and on a larger scale and in a coarser
way gives it the same treatment that
h.s wire does the fruit. The feed keeps
for months or years until wanted. In
every step in silage mak ng the prin-
ciples arc the same as those in r?.n-
"The silo must be air tight and must
be kept air tight on the bottom and
Bides and the top of the silo must be
sealed air tkht. Tim hottimi of the
t-ilo must ho air tight at all times.
This requires that the silo must be
located on dry ground. If the ground
is "seepy" where a silo is built air will
pass through it Tnio Hi- silo through
the same. pusaiv tliaf Varry the wa-
ter. In some districts rats are num-
erous and will often burro.v under the
silo walls anil tip into the silage. The!r
liuiways carry air sometimes i'n scf-
fieietu .quantity to rot bale the .n-
Knts of the silo. Where 1 in re is the
u.iiiger special preciuii ions must b"
taken with the bottom and foundation
of the silo. Sometimes a thick bottom
of concrete and a thick plastering of
cement on the lower walls will kfep
out the rals. On some fnnns the rats
FEE
TRELL SAVE IT
art1 so bad that it is necessary to mix
broken glass with the cement in order
to keep these pests out. There is very
Utile damage done by rats in most
districts in the southwest. Sometimes
It is advisable to have the bottom of
the silo six inches or a foot above the
Bin-face of the ground outside to pre-
vent storm water steeping in. In dry
j districts pit silos are very satisfactory
iuid the only precaautiou necessary is
to make the top or the silo high enough
ho that storm water cannot flow into
It. The silo is adanted to even- rami!.
west. The stockmen must remember
!ht the sides and bottom must be air
and water tight ami he can easily plan
j best way to make them so on his
j1'"1'"1-
I "The walls of the silo must be kept
' uir tight while containing silage. The
staves in a good silo must be drawn
so close together that they will not
admit air. there must be no cracks in
th" concrete silo no rust holes in the
metal silo.
"Silos are frequently built so weak
whH tiiey are filled the pressure of
the green material makes the walls
bulge. 'I his makes cracks that admit
tiie air ami' oftrii a large' Wrt 'of the
Isilai:
snage 13 'Jr-(l. . A silo should be to
sro" thai it may be safely filled with
water.
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" aat makes silage keep? This
punzles everyone who has not handled
silage. It keeps for exactly the same
reason that fruit keeps. Yon put ten
or a hundred tons of Riven material
into a silo packing it closely and
evenly. It immediately begins to heat
am' in a d'1' " two becomes bo hot
that you do not like to hold it in your
hand. Though you packed the green
material as closely as possible there
will be considerable air between the
pieces. This air contains bacteria and
the bacteria start a fermentation that
softens the woody fiber in the stalks.
The bacteria can live and work only
while they have air. As soon at they
(exhaust the air that is between the
j particles 01 green material fermenta-
' lion stuK aKi iluM' le no more
unless fresh air is admitted. The
closer the pieces of green material are
packed the less air there will be in
th-
mass and the let;s the fermenta
tion or souring. Should the silo bulge
or crack or rats make holes in it the
openings furnish a steady supply of
air ami the silage often ferments so
badly that it rots.
"HeMitig the top. When the silo is
filled the top is leveled off and four
cv live inches of chaff or coarse hay
that will pack closely is put on thu to))
and thoroughly soaked with water. The
heats and steam from the hot silag-t
causes a mold to form on this cover-
ing and the mold makes an air tight
sel that keeps the air from entering
the silage through the top. If it is too
much trouble to cover the silage with
chaff or old hay the top three inches
of the green material should be thor-
oughly soaked with water and mold
v. ill form on it.
"To prevent souring after the silo
i.i opened. The silage settles very
j compactly and when the cover la taken
off the silage is so solid the air will
(Continued on Page Two.)
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Oklahoma:
Tonight and Thursday
creasing cloudiness.
Temperaturt Yft9ray.
Kecorded the locl U
weather bureau obierrer:
Maxiniiim . . . 107
Minimum - 70
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MEXlN MESSAGE IS
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1 l e -idill by t'liiti
Washington Aug. t'7. l'i
resident j
u Ubon playeu ui.s trump card in the
Mexican situation today when before
the joint session of congress he read
his message in which he advised:
That all Americans be earnestly
urged to leave Mexico immediately
That Mexico be informed that sum
niary punishment would be made it
American lives were outraged.
The president said he deemed it his
duty to let the various factions fight
out their troubles and he must prohibit
shipment of arms to both federals and
rebels to insure strict neutrality.
The failure of the negotiations of
Lind was reported by the president
i
nui ne sain tne nor wns not
closed
to the resumption of p.
ice overture.
The president regards the situatio
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A m n THF.rnQT
The pit silo is the cheapest kind that
can be built and is probably the only
kind available for many men of mod-
erate means. It is highly recommend-
ed by Mr. fottrell. The following in-
formation concerning it is from an au-
thority on the subject:
Naturally there are a few objections
to the pit silo but it has been demon-
strated by a number of dry land farm
ers In rvie-iit year that siia.K
perfectly in properly constructed sil
01 this type.
Lotating too Silo.
In order that a pit silo may be 'a
success the soil where it is located
must be firm dry and well drained.
A pit silo should never be built in .;
humid region. The silo should be lo-
cated convenient to the place where
the siluge is to be fed. It. is often verv
i
j desirable to dig it at. the end of the
ham to build a small shed over ii
; and to handle the silage with a carrier
similar to the litter carrier or the to-n-mon
bay carrier equipment. Where
feed lois are located near a steep bank
it might he desirable to build the silo
near the edge of the bunk so as to
have a series of doo'rs on one sul .
These would then have to be rein-
forced Kaeh ease would have to be
(cnsiilered separately and would re-
quire individual planning.
Size of SHo to Build.
The size of silo to build will depend
' .m '''.-i fit 4 Well iil.tad -Will
l KY i f- op7efllI71lT
address -breathed
Irlendship for Mexican people but. ex-
trcme pessimism as to the outlook for
immediate restoration of pace be-
cause of Huertas rejection of the me-
diation plan.
The president said he believes Huer-
ta rejected the mediation proposal be-
cause "he was grossly misinformed up-
on two points: he did not realize the
spirit of the Amercain people In the
matter of their earnest friendliness
and jet sober determination that some
just solution must be found for Mexi-
can difficulties; thai they did not be-
lieve the present administration spoke
through l.ind for the people of the
1 tiited Sintea.
The (;f;'-f t-f this tinfnrtiint ml.
innderstainiine was to Imvo them icntnt
r.) and without frier who can .fW
i I tually aid tie
The iresident paid:
hjQ v T3t
upon the number of cattle and other
livestock to be fed aud the length of
the i ceding period. Silage is usually
fed to cou-s and beef cattle at the mt
of thirty to forty pounds per day;
therefore in two hundred days n cow
or steer would require from three to
four tons.
I i S T 7 T-'t J'S clriveu firmlv in the srronnd wbor
Ki ll !S f ft!f! CB"Ur "f tle " iH 0 bt' Assnm-
&J U I SJ SJ Ii I "i $ I that the silo is to be eight feet in
(diameter a light board 'say a lxf
! about six feet long is procured. A
Ii 'S Impossible to get Hie number
of silos tluit are being erected in the
county at the present time but. they
are going up in every section of the
j county almost as rapidly as did the
( laim '
silos 1
arks" in the early days. More
e been erected ihi-j year in
Givtdy county
than ever existed here
in all the years of Oklahoma's growth.
A few ef the we!! known farmers
and stockmen who ;;rj new erecting
silos are K'nink linker J; Y. ). Jiaih y
": liooae liailey f: .1. B. Sparks 2; J.
H. 1'. Schmidt 1; W M. luman. l. H.
II. Johnson who has since last year
been a silo enthusiast is erecting sev-
eral and will have a total of about :!().
"We cauot thrust our good offices
on them. The situation must be given
time." The president expressed the
belief that only a little time would be
necessary. Me said several powers
supported the United States in urging
mediation.
Huerta's Reply.
Huerta's position as shown by his
answer submitted by the president
with the message follows: He sug-
gests recognition. Declares his is the
leral government asks the appoint-
ment of a new American ambassador
requests that rebels be denied anna
urges strict observance 'of neutrality
'' charging- vtoltttion and asserts
thM he controls m08t of Mexico and
has made prog; ess in suppressing the
rebellion.
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Shape of the Silo.
The round silo is by far th most
satisfactory and most economical to
build. The walls must be absolutely
perpendicular and smooth so as to
facilitate the packing and even set-
tling of thu silage.
Constructing the Curb.
j After having decided upon the loca-
tion and size of the silo to be built the
j ground must be made perfectly level
;as this will help to keep the walls per-
lirndietilur iu digging. A short. ttu
nan is then driven through one end
of the board into the stake. At a dis-
tance oi four feet from the nail a small
hole is bored. Six inches from this
point another hole is bored. In these
holes small bolts or heavy nails are
placed. Uy revolving his board
around the cenier slake two circles
will be marked on the ground. The
space bmweeu theK0 circles is dug out
to a depth of eighteen to twei;tv-four
inches or far enough to come below
I he frost line great care being used
so that the walls of the trench are per-
pendicular anil as smooth as possible.
When the trench is completed it will
be six Inches wide and probably eigh-
(Continued on Page Two.)
R E. Hopkins a member of the com-
pany that is to drill for oil on the Pate
Jones place arrived in the city yester-
day from Guthrie accompanied by Bert
Iiaslett of Tulsa who will superintend
the work.
Together with Mr. Jones the two
oil men went out to the farm Tuesday
afternoon aud dotlnltely located the
test. Mr. Jone received the bill for
the first car load of machinery which
was expected to arrive at I.ueile today
"fly Saturday we expect to have all
the machinery on the ground" said
Mr. Hopkins "and within a week or
ten days drilling should be under war."
Mr. Hopkins also stated that his
company expects to begin drilling tiear
Alex by September 10.
To Drill East of Tuttle
Tuttle Okla. Aug. 27. The Zclma
Oil Co of Oklahoma City which no-v
has several producing wells and which
lias a big lot of leases on the prospec-
tive oil lands near N. castle east of
Tuttle Is now building an SO-foot
standard rig tower on the Redman
farm in that locality for the purpose
of putting down their first well.
A-contract ? tet- with a firm-of
drillers for them to drill a test well
000 feet deep the contract calling for
a complete brand new standard rig and
machinery which must be on the
ground within the next week and the
actual drilling must begin by Septem-
ber 20.
ROWD It
TBE.C0DRT
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i'Utt 1IM
Demonstration Follows Judge's Re.
ksal to Hear New York Law-
yersJerome Says it is
Cack to RlaUeawan
Telegram by United Pies;.
Sherbrooke Ai:.: 27. Jud? Gio-
bensky today refused to hear lawyers
for New York in opposition to Thaw's
application for a dismissal of the ap-
plication tor tiie wrt. cf habeas corpus
and he then adjourned court until '?
o'clock when he will decide whether
to allow withdrawal of the application.
The nio.-;t remarkable demonstration
ever witnessed in a Canadian court fol-
lowed the action of the court. "Hurrah
for the judge" "fair piny for Thaw"
"equal justice for all" filled the air.
The judge did not attempt to rebuke it.
Thaw was in court and was greatly
pleased. The Now York attorneys de-
manded a hearing insisting that in thn
commitment the magistrate erred in
bending Thaw to jail. They suggest-
ed that the magir.trato might be liable
for false arrest. The court held that
they had no standing as it was only
an "ex parte" matter.
(Teiegiam by United "ress.
Sherbooke.. Aug. 2?. KoIlo ing an
all night foiifcrence between New
York aud Canadian officials William
Jerome announced that. Thaw v.-ill re-
turn to Matteawan today.
Jerome said he had the assurance
of the Ci-.nadiaii authorities at Oltawa
that sharp practices will not he coun-
tenanced lie ' j anticipating the im-
mediate deportation of Thaw.
Former District Attorney John Mack
of Duchess county New York who
has been attending to the details for
Thaw's pa?snge throtlRh Vermont
j came here todav accompanied by New
1 Mrs. Woodward on Stand All Li)
Subjected to a Grilling Cress
Examination and Stands '
the Ordeal Well I
Special to the Daily Express. !
Lawton Okla. Aug. 27. Before the !
jury in the district: court this morning i
Mrs. Ada Woodward widow of Slier- !
man Woodward for whose murder
she is serving a life term In the state ;
prison re-told the story of the crime
in the trial of John Tremont alleged
to be her partner in the poison plot.
The woman was on the stand ail
morning and her testimony will likely
not be concluded till late this after-
noon. In reply to the questions of at-
torneys for the state she repeated her
confess! Jn as originally made reciting
all the details of the sordid story.
On cross examination Mrs. Wood-
ward -wag subjected to a grilling ordeal
by Attorney Riddle but she held fast
to her original story. It developed
from thu cross examination that the
defense would attempt to show that
Mrs. Woodward since she was sent to
the state prison had med statement
to confirm the contention of the
feuse that she' was promised some kind 'i
of immunity for her confession but ;
she flatly denied making any such (
statements. '
Just before noon the defense in try-
duced a letter which Mrs Woodward I
had written to Attorney Williams at )
Granite since she went to McAlesier: I
In this letter she declared she poison- !
ed her husband on account of fear of
the Italian.
The Woodward children will be the
next examined. Attorney John Fain )
who has been assisting the defense.
withdrew yesterday leaving the case f.
in the hands of Messrs. Riddle and f
Ilumtnerly. .Mr. Stephens a local at- t
torney who has been assisting the
state Is also out of the case. I
I "We may finish the trial this week.
but it is doubtful" said Mr. Simpson
today.
Opert'ng Statements. 1
M'hat the state expects to prove was
presented yesirralay afternoon by trio
assistant county attorney of Grady p
county. Judge B. F. Holding Attor-
ticy F. K. Riddle made the st"'rnent t
ftv the defense. As far as the suae- I
ments were concerned both were '
strong for the respective causes. E
The state iu its opening statement I
said the testimony would stow that i
Tremont prepared the last dose and l
he ftfl one Rffministered to Sherr '
Woodward. That he gave to the Wood- I
ward children the money with which t
to purchase the sardines and the rar
biscuit i
The defense intimated that test;- ?
mony would be introduced showing !
that Mrs. Ada Woodward had received i
assurance that if she would make a 1
confession implicating Tremont and
Mrs. Rivers she would never serve !
out her term. I
Testimony Begins 1
Immediately upon the conclusion of i
the attorneys' statements to the jury j
the first witness for the sta'e was '
culled which was Dr. Stiusou of Chk- 1.
asha who testified that he war cnrt I
on two occasions to administer to I
Woodward. He explained the poison-
sotting symptoms found but both times s
deceased had thrown off the re:iki C ?
fects of the poison and was sitting up. ?
Dr. Leeds also of Chkkasha testified !
as to being called. That he found pa
tietit evidently suffering from the -f ;
fects of poison i'.i.a he n-id e. - .
of his serious condition and that im
chances for recovery were narrow. In '
fact he believed the patient in a dy-
ing condition. Dr. Leeds showed fa-
miliarity with poisons and their r
when cross examined and bin teMi-
mony given through qiifsiiouirtr !v
the state remained unrh!tm"l i.P
Continued on fas .v' .
Hampshire and Vermont s!ht
if ''-j
pared to act as s.ou as Thaw
re ached either staie ';ii.
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