Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 199, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME NINETEEN
CHICKASHA OKLAHOMA. FRIDAY AUGUST 23 1913.
NUMBER 199
SCHEDULE
FOR MEETS
IN COUNTY
County Agent Announces Ses-
sions to be Held in Interest
of Loans to Farmers for
Wheat Crop.
TELLS HOW PREPARE
SEED BED FOR WHEAT
Where Cotton Cultivated Late
and is Clean Ground is now
Ready; Gives Quantity
of Seed to Use.
Township meetings over the coun-
ty for tho purpose of organizing
farmers to participate in the federal
seed wheat loan began at Pocasset
yesterday morning and will continue
until every town in the county has
been covered according to the sched
ule announced by county agent J. W.
Owens. During the meets the agent
will outline the plan adopted by the
Treasury Department to practically
every interested fanner and banker
in Grady county.
Following is the program for coun-
iy meetings on the wheat loan pro-
position: Pocasset Tuttle Friday
August 23 I P. M.; Verden Monday
August 26 Id A. M.; Minco Tuesday
August 27 1 P. M.; Amber Wednes-
day August 28 10 A. M.; Norge
Wednesday August 28 2 P. M.;
Alex Friday August 30 1 P. M.
It will not be the purpose of the
government to increase the wheat
ucreage or even guarantee a nor-
mal acreage for next season but ra-
ther to tide bankrupt farnuTs y. tr
and encourage taeni' to stay on the
farm und produce food tho county
agent has been informed by tho De-
partment of Agriculture.
In discussing the movement this
morning r.Ir. Owens issued the fol-
lowing statement:
"Farmers who have been hard hit
by tho drouth conditions ought to
become acquainted with the plan now
on foot to furnish seed to them
through tho Federal government.
Tin's plan is in no way intended to
stimulate an increased acreage of
wheat nor to havo wheat planted on
1 1 : l.i t - i . t . .. . i . . .
... uu 0r.u i nmu.;-
uuu u u .or uie wncai grower or j Ia:;t Ill.lu a etJUon to t.xtcnt .ltv
tho man who has been accustomed tu water mains commencing at Kigh-
inakiiig wheat one of his crops and teenth and Idaho avenue running'
has failed to grow the same this west to Nineteenth street' and thenco
year and is as a result unable to south to Florida avenue occupied tho
get the necessary seed from his usu- main bill. After considering tho
al former sources. measure the council referred it to
"I wish to make it plain to the ex- the water committee ami tho street
tent that no' one will be disappointed commissioner who will investigate
when you make your inquiries re- r'10 need fnr water main extension in
garding this proposition and 1 hope t!l streets specifier! and make re-
the peoplo will not blame the local 'norlM 0 council at the next meet-
bank or the county agent or any !'"' The petition was signed by nine-
other agency if they are not eligible tetr'n Property owners. '
to receive this aid. rllu IJllIs of patrolman 1). Ilurbi-
"Many farmers are askng the ques- soa aml TraCf'c Officer C. C. Moody
tlou 'How best tq sow wheat thisPvere af:-t!l)lc(1 tc first ballot of
fall?' The first consderation for a
small grain crop is the seed bed.
Just how this is prepared does not
matter but the best one any farmer
can make or is already made is
where cotton has been cultivated late
and is clean. I here is no need to do I
any extra work on such land except
possibly where some have thrown
up a rather high ridge in tho last J
cultivation. If so this will need to
be torn down and the land is ready
to sow.
"On corn land It will bo necessary
in most cases to cut the stalks disk
the land twice harrow level and!
then sow. On stubble land if thero: AMERICAN CASUALTIES
has not already been considerable j Washngton Aug. "3. The follow-w-ork
done in the way of disking or ins casualties are reported by the
breaking it will bo mighty difficult Commanding General of tha Ameri-
to properly prepare a desirable seed can Expeditionary Forces:: Killed in
bed. Horse flesh will suffer badly if action 27; missing in acton S3;
a man undertakes to break his stub-( wounded severely 30; died of wounds
ble now. If a good rain should ma- IS; died from accident and other
terialUe soon this would be differ- causes 1; died of disease 11; wound-
ent. ed degree undetermined 10; total 132.
"Many farmers have already made ; The following Oklahoma men were
application for Federal Seed Wheat included in tho list: Private Ethan
Aid. Don't to afraid to accept tl A. Stone Snyder; killed in action
proposition. It is reasonable and feas- Private Ernest E. Wilcher R. F. D.
ible and there is no chance for you No. 2. Durant; wounded severely Pri-
to lose. See your local banker who vate Joseph Bitsco. Tusa; . wounded
will furnish you with the proper degree undetermined. Private ' Sterl-
blanks and inforniation. j ing G. Decordova Tishmingo; miss-( depth charge on the U. S. S. Orizada
"You who have sown wheat sow ing in action Corporal William A. at sea August 17. Lieutenant Com-
plain. But be careful about the seed "Kelley Cklahoma City; wounded in mander Williamson executive ship
Relative to the plan adopted by action. officer was immediately killed.
the government lor checking up
wheat production in the various
counties of the wheat belt C. M.
Ilollingsworth county food adminis
trator mid J. W. Owens county farm
agent have issued a warning to
threshermcn of Grady county to
make a full and complete report of
threshings on blanks furnished them.
The plan is to have every thresher
make a report to the county agent
and food administrator of the exact
number of bushels he threshes dur-
ing the season listing tho amounts
by farms upon which his outfit has
worked. In this way tho government
can get an exact lino on the wheat
producion if it becomes necessary
to use such information to prevent
hoarding. Tho statement issued to
the threshers by the food admfnis
tor and farm agent of Grady Is as
follows:
"About a month ago each of you
were sent a regulation report bool-
upon which you should have reported
your season's threshing. Hp to this
time not one of these reports havo
i.'een recived.
"It is necessary for the successful
prosecution of the war that this na
tlou knows how much wheat
available and for this reason you
were sent this book made out as the
Department directed and your repo;
should have been in before this.
"It ic hoped that this was an over
sight on your part and that the re
port will be received in a few days
so that the number of bush'ils of
wheat and other grain raised in
Grady county may be reported to the
Department at Washington.
"If it were not necessary for these
reports to be made the report book
would not have been sent you. Please
do not overlook this important mat
ter any longer"'
bed. Do not sow more than three
recks per acre. This is sufficient
seed for a year like this.
"Any needed information can be
had in regard to the Government aid
i.tdressing or calling the county
egenc.
CITY DADS
HOLD QUIET
MEETING
Extension of Water Mains on
Certain Streets Asked in Pe-
tition; Refer Matter to
Water Commissioner.
M a mQeting of the lilv council
the council but confirmation of two
new policemen who were appointed
! several weeks ago to fill vacancies
. made by resignations when the new
I force was appointed was not voted
I on. This will probably come up at a
.. t(J ca( the a tun(km of
pro)crty ownurs to Ul0 fact Ulat
men(8 on nvIng t now duo anf
snouI(1 1)e aUcdeJ to at once." 15 G
Reynold city clerk stated this morn
ing. "Some payments have already
come in but I merely want to call at-
tention to the matter as a reminder
to those who have forgotten."
POISONOUS
FEED KILLS
STOCK HERE
Ten of Twelve Heifers succumb
at one Time; Seven Stricken
East of Town; Results
Are Similar.
DRIED FEED STUFF
CAUSE IS BELIEF
Veterinarians Say Shriveled Kaf
fir Fetcrita or Cane Contains
Poison ; Will Also Affect -Horses
and Mules.
Grady county cattle are dying as
the result of having eaten kaffir fet
crita broom corn or cane leaves and
stalks that have become dried bf
the heat and drouth before matured
and veterinarians are sounding a
warning tn all stock owners to keep
their stuff away from the dried up
fields under penalty of losing them.
The heaviest loss has been report
ed from Ed Singleton's dairy west
of Chickasha where ten out of twelve
young heifers fell victims to tho poi-
sonous acid contained in the dried
up stalks. These animals had been
fed small bundles of feterita that had
.urtiaUy dried while standing in the
field. Within 20 minutes alter tha
animals had fed on the forage two
of them were dead and the rest were
apparently in agony. .A veterinarian
was summoned but despite all efforts
eight more of the herd died within
an hour. Only two wore saved.
R. B. Human tho veterinarian call
ed stated today that apparently the
stomachs of the animals cramped as
does the human stomach in an attack
of ptomaine poisoning. A postmor-
tem examination by Veterinarians Hu
man and Wilmott disclosed tho fact
that the stomach mouth had closed
to tha extent that no medicine nor
cveii water could enter. No -bloat
was in evidence in the cattle during
their brief Illness or after death but
on the contrary (heir entire bodies
took on a pinched or shriveled ap-
pearance. Another report reaching Chickasha
from the farm of John Jones living
east of the city stated that seven of
his eattlo were stricken Willi similar
symptoms after feeding In a broom
orn rield after the heads hud been
emovod. None of these cattle dind.
but it took heroic work to save their
livel Bruno Jono:; living in tho
snniG neighborhood reports a like
xperience. Ho was driving a herd
of cattle from one pasture to anoth-
At a point along the road whor-i
(hero was ho fence a f'jw of the herd
rossed into a field of feed stuff and
took a few nibbles. A quarter of a
mile farther along three were down.
An hour's work by a veterinarian
hastily summoned saved them.
Some expressed the belief that the
forusro would not affect horse:) or
mules in this manner. This theory
was exploded however when a mule
from the farm of J. E. McNeill west
of Chickasha was downed by an at-
tack. The animal had eaten of
some dried-tip forage stuff after
which ho v.-as ridden to town by a
boy. On the return trip the animal
fell in the road at the western edge
of this city. He was finally saved.
Veterinarians declare that the poi-
son contained In 'his feed sturt is in
the form of an acid principally in tho
stalk. The stalk and leaves are
shriveled by the heat and want of
moisture practically all substance i3
gone find only tho poisonous acid re-
mains the expert. declare.
"It is not necessary for the stock
to eat a large quantity of this poi-
sonous stuff in order to produce
death" said Mr. Human. "A very
small amount is sufficient to Kill the
lest animal in the country. In the
case3 that I have been treating only
a minimum amount of the forage wa3
eaten. It is absolutely useless as a
feed as there is no substance there t
and it is dangerous. 1 would advise
all farmers to ti.ke great care in feed-
ing their stuff at this time."
10 KILLED AT S5A
By United Press.
Washington Aug. 23. Ten men
were killed and 19 others severely
wounded by the explosion of a
GIVE CONGRESS FREE HAND
My United Press.
Washington Aug. 23. There
is little doubt that congress
will give the war department
a free hand in calling to ser-
vice boys of 18 tmd 1!) under
tho new man-power bill. When
convinced that these men are
imperatively needed in win-
ning the war in the shortest
possible time certain congress-
men will withdraw their ob-
jections to such inductions into
wvice it is believed.
i
REGISTER
YOUNG MEN
TOMORROW
All is Cleared for Lisiirg of 21-year-olds
Attaining Majority
Between June 5 and Aug-
ust 24 1918.
Registering ull men in the county
who have become of age since the
curoUmcnt June 5 last is scheduled
to open at the local board office in
tho federal building at 7:30 tumor- j
row morning and will remain in sway j
iinUl a late hour tomorrow. S. C. j
Durbin board chairman announced 23. The prisoners taken by the Brit-
this morning. Only men who have iKh m tne last tliree riay3 or fighting
reached their majority between June ' t()ta c ooo More than 1000 Herman
5 and August 24 BUS will be incltur-
ed in Saturday's enrollment.
The local board is today giving
widest publicity to the third regular
21 draft registration and there
should now be no coU'uslon in the I
minds of men who come within this hem is orgttnizinB new defensive lines
call as to the intent of the registra- ' iaT in tw n.aP f the present CJer-
tion. Advice recently received from mul 1)ortjtion' in Bicardy according
the office cf the adjutant general is () inforniation received from tho
to the effect that men who have bo- fn)llt lhia lll(niing. Marcel Ilutln
come of age are to he signed up in military expert of the Echo do Paris
order that the way may be cleared ; lMiiyYea nat the evacuation of No-
for the mammoth 18 to 45 enrollment ... nh-p-idv under wnv
expected within a few weeks.
Though the registration tomorrow
will probably ba light in the county
the local board will .have a full office 1
force on hand to accommodate the
boys as fast as i'iey appear to enroll.
The board office in tho Federal build-
ing will remain open at the noon hour
to accommodate registrants. Tho
l egist rant s will probably not. exceed
40 or Gn Mr. Durbin ban estimated.
Tonalties for Ignorin;; tho third
leguluar selective draft onrolhm'Ht
will' be the saui'i n't for previous rills.
The war department anticipates get-
ting this class out of tho way for fu-
ture enrollments.
ACCIDENT
MAY PROVE
BE FATAL
I
Boui.se Skeel the five year old
I
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Skeel
who live north of the city is in the
Chickasha Hospital today in a very'
critical condition as the result of an'
accident that occurred at t he home '
yesterday when her small brother
who was playing with a loaded shot-j
gun fired a charge of" fine shot into Lj.
the girl's body. Her recovery is
doubtful doctors believe.
The Skeel children were playing in 4
the barn lot back of the house ycs-'
terday morning when a neighbor boy
w ho had been shooting birds ar-1
rived on the scene and stood the gun
against a nearby fence after first '
having removed the shells. Later.'
however the loads were replaced
and in play the brother threatened
to shoot his sister. At comparatively
short range the hoy fired 40 No. 4
shot lodging in the child's body'
piercing the chest and entering the
internal organs. The face was also
i
I pitted by shot.
The little girl was hurried to the"
hospital where medical aid was ren-
dered. Her condition was considered
serious at noon today.
On June rs you made a solemn
obligation to invest your saving3 in
War Savings stamps. Are you ful
filling that obligation?
BRITISH IN
ATTACK ON
BIG FRONT. Tommy Atkins Drives Forward
. cn 20 Mile Line and Makes
rt i Ti . m
Back Counters.
HUNS ORGANIZE NEW
POSITIONS FAR IN REAR
Evacuation of Noyon under Way
is Belief; French Pressure on
Town Increases; Albert
Falls to Britisii.
By United Press.
London Aug. 2
The British are
! attacking on practically the wholu 20
mile front from Cojeau to tho vicin-
ity of Chatunes and are making pro-
gress at a number of points Field
Marshal Hals announced in his report
to the war office today. Slight addi-
tional advances have been made in
three widely separated sectors on the
amUrs fn)nt Gormau counter at-
taclcs north of Albert and northeast
of Bailleul were repulsed
British Take 6'000'
11 v ITiii(fil PresM.
uh Umj nriti!h fn Frallco Aug.
prisoners were taken south of the
Sommc this morning.
Huns Form New Line.
i.v iMitn-i ii-P;n
Paris Aug. 2!!. General Von Bo-
The French pressed on at various
points around the doomed town to-
day. Meanwhile the enemy is pre-
paring to make a stand at Hill No.
1G4.
British Take Albert.
By United Press.
London Aug. 2:!. -Albeit which
has formed the center of the German
resistance is in tho bunds of the
British today. An attack carried out
ye.-.ti'i'day on a six miki front between
the Alien: and the Solium' with Hik
Albeit action forming the left wing
made good progress.
T rench Press Forward.
By United Press.
Paris Aug. 2'!. -Tlie Urcncli ad-
vance coin Inui'd last nir.lit on practi-
cally the entire '.'.' mile front bo-
twern the Oise and tho Aisnc
war office announced today.
tho
30 IS CYCLONE'S TOLL
By United Press.
Tyler.' Minn. Aug. 2:;.- Thirty iden-
tified dead and three who have not
been identified is the toll of the
cyclone Wednesday night according
to the official count of the coroner
. .
today.
3
THE WEATHER
For Oklahoma.
. Tonight and Saturday part-
ly cloudy. Probable showers
in east portion.
Local Temperature.
Maximum 1"! ; minimum 7 I.
ttttttttftftttt
WATCH HUN PROPAGANDA
Bv United Press.
Washington Aug. 23. A
warning that enemy propa-
ganda will endeavor to use
"America's great shipbuild-
ing efforts as a basis for
arousing distrust among the
allies" was issued today by
Chairman Hurley of the Unit-
ed shipping board. He expres-
sed his confidence that the
entente nations will discount
the German efforts and main-
tain a solid line for democracy
to the end.
.
ALLIED OFFENSIVE IS
AT GREATEST HEIGHT
SINCE START IN JULY
Recent Operations Lack Spectacular Feature
of Soissons-Mame Hush but arc of High-
est Importance; French Advance Cre-
ates Deep Salient in Boche Lines.
Vigorous Winter Campaign.
! By United Press.
I With the American:! iti
' August 2:!.---The niiiod offensive in
now al. its greatest height sineo July
18 not only in accomplishments but
in probabilities.
Although the more recent opera-
tions lack the spectacular qualities
(r the Soissons Marno and British
attacks they are accomplishments!
of the highest importance.
The rapid advance of the French
between the Oiso and the Aisne
where the Germans have been rolled
back to within four miles of the orig-
inal battle line is fast creating a
salient in the Botho positions and is
increasing tho necessity for an early
withdrawal from the Vcsle to the
old Aisne line.
A small detachment of Americans
springing a surprise thrust on the
wear; Boche penetrated Tanniercs
a villago located six miles west of
Fismes.
FUNDS FOR COUNTY
FAIR NOW ASSURED;
BE PATRIOTIC TOUCH
That no hitch is possible in the fi- Carl Williams of tho Farmer-Stock-
naucia! end of the Grady County Free mail and John Fields of t he Okla-
Fair to bo staged here September 9- honla Farmer are slatod for ad-
10-11-12 was u:i assured fact this '"'''8ies'
. i The second day's speaking features
morning when tho county excise c addres808 by j fj. . A. Robert-
board approved the estimate filed SOn and Horace Greely McKeever.
to take care of the payment of pre- democrat and republican candidates
lniums for various exhibits of live for governor respectively. Both aro
stock and agricultural products. scheduled to deliver patriotic talks.
Fair board members are enthusias- t a short discussion of party is-
tic over the prospects now and are ..;. xviil permitted
busily engaged in working out final j i'alriotic l)av is slated for tl.n iliir.t
plans. The grounds at. Hlianoau ;
Springs arc being put in shape to ae-J
commodate the crowds and the man-
tigers of tlie fair are pointing with
enthusiasm to the fact that the locat-
ion selected furnishes :m ideal place
in which to stage the show. There is
plenty of shade and room for camping
purposes and mi abundance of good
water.
The fair board is stressing tho
point that one of tlie big features will
be tilt! patriotic touch given the
cnl ire program. Tlie Grady County
chapter of the Red Crssa will have
it booth as well as many of tlie aux-
iliaries over the county. The work
being done by the org miration will
be exhibited and from first to last
there will be something going in this
department of (he many booths.
On tho first day of the fair which
j is designated as Agricultural Day
HERE'S GRADY'S
OLDEST RECRUIT
FOR U. S. ARMY
William W. Parsons age 5 J a
farmer living near Minco is the old-
est volunteer ever accepted at '.he
local army recruiting office. Par-
sons reported here for examination
yesterday under tho recent 40-."!
department just opened up by the
War Department and was enlisted
in the quartermaster corps to begin
service at Fort Logan. Colorado.
When the Minco recruit appeared
here he was business to the guard
ami bad his affairs all arranged
ready for the plunge. There was no
delaying th issue he was array
bound and had no brakes. And this
was a case where father goes to war
and son minds the home. Parsons
. has a hoy scarcely old enough for
: service cn the Minco farm to take
Winter Campaign Favored.
By United Press.
Washington Aug. 23. That Gen-
eral Foch intends to pound tho Bocho
hard all winter is the view of high
military experts here. Several
prominent army officers on duty
here have openiy favoreti a strenu-
ous winter campaign. They oro ot
tho school who complained of tho ab-
sence of open warfaro and who havo
cheered louduly since this system of
fighting came Into play on the west-
ern front in Franco.
Hun Peace Drive Dub
By United Press.
New York Aug. 23. A now Ger-
man peace offensive will be launched
through Hungarian and Bulgarian
channels in tho opinion of Vojta
Benes secretary of the Bohemian
National alliance of America.
The Hun leaders bolievo that that
is the only way left open to them af-
ter 'disclosures havo destroyed the
usefulness of the Austro-Hungarian
government as a pcaco intermcd: ry.
day of tin; fair. At this time tun
.Stale Council of Defense will furnish
one of the best speakers obtainable.
While there will bo other depart-
ments running as usual on that day
the patriotic feature will bo tho key
note of the c ntro proceedings.
The last day will bo devoted to tho
awarding of prizes In the various
classes. These prizes will bo paid
entirely in War Savings Stamps and
Thrift Stamps and it Is thought that
better than ?3C0i) worth of tho baby
bonds will bo distributed.
In addition to the agrculturul and
stock exhibits shown tho home dem-
onstration work carried on iu the
county by Mrs. Nettie Coryell will
come In for a prominent place. Th)
use of substitutes in cocking will be
''own in this cepailmout as well as
the methods of canning drying and
preserving of all perishable foods.
care of his mother and "keep thd
home frcs burning till dad conies
home."
The man passed a first class physi-
cr.I examination and begins his lift
with Uncle Sam "old but fit as a
kid" he expressed it when signins
up.
Scores ot applicants many of them
fifty to fifty-five years old have
been coming into the army station
daily. Corporal Smith says. Business
and professional men are flocking
to the colors since the recent open-
ing in their favor reports from re-
cruiting branches show.
Entrance examinations for the old
class will be easier officers at the
station here believe. Special leniency
on th'j eyes will be allow-ed it ii
thought.
SATURDAY
ctrw. mlu
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