The Okeene Leader. (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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nu.L« of '«rto)» ooco got* a .oot
koM (to) do ao* toe 'bo industry toff,
bat oa «bo contrary, it to over oa ibo
tocreaae la many aortioaa of oor
country tboy are raised by tbo hun
frtoi for market nzd Mill tbo demand
ta *o (rear tbat tbe price to higher
than It oa* fifteen year* affo It to
oo hardship to rats* 1240 worth of
good turkey* oa 'he average farm.
Will lutot'tutr Cotton for Juts.
Meaapt.a Teaa —A Movement oa
| tbe port of the planter* of tbe booth
toward* making King lottoa" the
moor used product la tbe world wa*
4t*eu**ed at a me- mg of tbe pre*l
deal* of tbo thlrteea cotton a'a'o*.
bed m tbi* city Tbo meeting waa
caitod primarily for (be purpose of
appointing a committee to p>toe 'he
•tailorMs of the union in the band*
of lea members J E Montgomery,
national vice pre*idea<; C L l>ee,
Georgia. H Q Atotender. Nona <ar-
otiaa. and J A Taylor will eompoae
tbe committee, which will draw up
the artlc> for tbe use of tbe state
presidents to gathering and dissemi-
nating reliable crop in forma too.
D J Neiii. state president of Tex-
as. R D Bowman, chairman North-
western district of Texas, and Nation-
al Committee-man luoodenntlk left
UCISUTIK MD IMS
fifNATOR fiTAFFORO INTRO-
DUCEfi MEAfiURE
(EftltS III lillllTiS CITIES 1 THIS
bcos.de* for the CodAcation of all
Oklahoma's Municipal Laws and
Intended as Mean* to Incor-
porate C'tios and Towns
haccnd
DURANT WINE OVER ADA
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to white gw.1d.n9 g ii
tno Lower House
Guthrie. Ohio —Like a well orgar-
Ixed sad drilled army tke force* is
tbe tower boose behind tbe movement
for the immediate location of aevera?
j ubi c institution* w< a another nc-
tory Thur*d»y and passed to third
reading and final passage tbe Mil by
Durant of Bryan chanty locaur.g tbe
! Southeastern Normal at Durant Th-
Mll was b> a pre-arranged plan
-jetw*-en the Durant advocate* and tbe
. Ada forces, tbe only eomi-etitor of the
southeastern city for tbe norma, to
fight the matter out squarely on the
j Boor. The deciat-e vote stood 44
to 41.
Guthrie. Oh to.—The proposed new
nuaicipal code, codifying all of Okla
ioma'i municipal lab*, which ha*
$300,000 For Now Penitent ary
Guthrie. Oh!a—Governor Hathelf
Memphis for Washington where tbe .............. will transmit to the legislature recom
n*'tonal cotiiml"ee will meet for the Introduced by Senator Stafford n^ndatlm* „t Superintendect R \V
achievement* of all time
Great Hrl'aln ;u#t n->» is In a state
of fe-.*ri»b exc.'etneat over Its army
If the excitement k*e|« up some one
may bo tempted to enlist
Aristae a'ic bote.* m I>rykm tew
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many of whom long bare be-en ac
qualaied with pedlrreed lobsters.
Msa arrested for trying to do up
the Canadian customs As the Illustri-
ous Nelson would have put it: “Can-
ada expects every man to pay his
duly."
Earthquake* seem to be wandering
a." ir.d tbe world in a happ) go-lucky
w<atner as if they had gotten out of
their subterranean prison* and cannot
get back.
Farmer* May Pool Crops.
Frankfort. Ky.—Tbe Court of Ap-
peals ba* decided that farmers can
still pool their crop*, but trust and
combines can not unite to enhance
tbe price of any article above Its real
•aloe, nor depreciate tbe price below
Its real value It was also decided
tbat tbe amt-trust act of Iftttt to not
to conflict with tbe act of 1904. which
empowered the farmers to pool their
crops to obtain better prices.
Judge O Rear delivered the opinion
and Judge* Barher. Iasstng and Hob-
son dissented. The case was tbe
Commonwealth against tbe Interna
ttonai Harvester Company from Har-
din county.
Of ’he appropriation of $k"0 400 au-
thorlxed by congre** for participation
at tbe Alaska Yukon Pa'tflc exposition
tU4.W4 will be used In tbe construc-
tion of building*
H«ad»*ar made of straw wax al
ready In use among tbe ancient
Greeks but straw ha»* like those we
wear, did not come into use In Europe
until half a century ago.
The Ideal Ear of Corn.
Authorities have decided tbat the
best form for an ideal ear should be
as near a cylinder as possible. It
should be about ten inches long and
about seven inches in circumference
or at lean this ratio should be main-
tained. Tbe rows of grains should be
as near parallel as possible and the
grains should grow- well over tbe tip
and butt. The grains shouid be wedge
shape and their length should be at
least twice their width. The cob
should be small, from 84 to 90 per
Caviar to now made in large quan cent of an ear of corn should be grain.
titles at lake Winnipeg from sturgeon
roe It is shipped to Hamburg In kegs
and comes back to this country In tins
and Jars as Russian caviar
Baltimore* contribution to the
earthquake sufferers was not the larg
est in the world, but it was large
enough to prove that the people of this
city are generous and charitable.
Castro, it is decided In Venezuela,
la to be tried on the charge of assas-
sination conspiracy. Hut then Castro
to in Kuroi»e and tbe old recipe applies
to *'he orraHlon first catch your
hare *
In yellow corn the cob should be red
and In white c-orn it should be white.
If one desires bis corn to have a high
protein content, the germ or heart
should be large. If meal is to be made
tb« white or starchy end should be
large. The grains should be firm on
tbe cob and the ear should be firm,
solid and heavy. The grains of the
“dent” varieties will be more or less
wrinkled on the outer tip. otherwise j wherever the same could be used
the surface of the ear should be
smooth and glossy. A dead color usu-
ally Indicates low vitality.—8. W.
Black
Whist, mon* It Is being told about
that better Scotch whisky Is made in
this country than in .Scotland It may
be better, but the amount of good
Scotch whisky made anywhere
mighty small.
The state superintendent of Inst rue
tlon In Wisconsin sa\* the college girls
eat too much >andy. The Imlly Car-
dinal of the Cnlverslty of Wisconsin,
after Investigating, has decided this is
true The girls deny It.
A physician In Indiana died from ao
operation which he voluntarily under-
Birds Save the Forests.
Those who are trying to stop the
ruthless destruction of birds should
be strongly seconded by foresters. Ae-
i„ cording to a recent government re-
port insects cause an annual loss to
trees of the country of over $100,000.-
000 This would be many times great-
er If It were not for the birds which
seek and destroy them. There are
400 species of insects which prey
upon the oak. The willow has 180
species which threaten its destruc-
tion. the pine 16ft, the hickory 170,
the birch 108, and the elm 80. The
of the stomachs of
the
Om
tbe '
went to prove a certain theory It Is X>dpicked m"mice kinglets wrens
true this wav of teeing theories Is 8rof*1P*'rk‘'™. titmice, kinglets, wrens,
flycatchers, swal'ows and others show
that these birds are busily engaged
In consuming numbers of these very
Insects. Many birds are fond of the
destructive vegetable growths that
The txretary of commerce and la are found upon trees. .Mice and oth-
bor has decided that a trained nurse er small animals that gnaw the bark
Is not a laborer Hut when one con are eagerly watched and devoured by
slders some of the patients who have owls, hawks and other birds of prey.
more or W-ss conclusive: but
trouble is that when decided In
negative, It |* as conclusive for
theorist at- for the theory.
to l>e nursed, even the beneficiaries of
this decision will agree with the con-
tention that labor Is about tbe right
term for the work Involved
Aside from this robins and divers
birds, by scattering seed, are active
agen's in reforestation.
A man In one state who stole three
chickens was sentenced to a year In
prison A man In another state who
choked his baby to death because It *
crying annoyed him, got two years
And set Justice proceeds on Its even
stride and never -eem* *o notice that
In all Its picture* Its *s-ale* are &
nlficantly lopsided
President Roosevelt and the nine
meiiil>era of his cabinet will take with
them the chair* they have occupier! at
cabinet meeting* when the president
retires from office on March 4 They
will replace them at their own ex-
pense This. Secretary lywb says, ha*
tieen the custom of former presidents
and cabinet member*
purpose of influencing legislation ia
behalf of the cotton growers of the
South. especially in having cotton
substituted for jute, which to now
used for bagging, twine and other
forma of outside wrapping
Tbe farmer* argue tbat tbe use ot
cotton, wbicb is a borne product,
would greatly aid in strengthening
the financial condition of this coun-
try. wh I* ih«- use of Jute, wbicb to a
foreign product, annually takes mil-
lions of dollars away from this coun-
try. Cotton, they claim, is far better,
as cheap and will stand harder wear
than the material which has been
used for the past several years.
Letters written to statesmen have
been answered with great encourage-
ment Tbe union has secured tbe co-
operation of President Roosevelt,
President-elect Taft, Secretary of
War Luke E Wright and the com-
missary and quartermaster generals
at Washington The last two have
already put their promises into ac-
tions, and have advertised that no
bids for sacking, cording and other
contracts of like nature, can be sub-
mitted unless the same be of cotton
manufacture. The packing compa-
nies are in favor of the movement,
and one has adopted cotton materials
for bagging exclusively. The largest
salt company in the world will in fu-
ture put up their product in cotton
sacks .
The Farmers’ 1’nion, It is under-
stood from authentic sources, will en-
deavor to have this question taken up
in all the government departments,
and circulars have already been sent
to the large packing and manufac-
turing houses all over the country.
In order to make this plan a suc-
cess. Instructions will be sent out !
from national headquarters to the
effect that every member of the union
insist on having cotton materials.
to
advantage. In this manner they hope
to create a demand which would soon
lead to more acreage and better
prices.
President Neill of Texas, through
an error tu the letter notifying him
of the meeting in Memphis, arrived
here a day late, but was greatly grat-
ified with the work, and expressed
himself as being well pleased with
the reports submitted.
Dairying in tha South.
I'nder a special appropriation by
Congress a systematic effort, in co-
operation with state authorities, has
been to Introduce dairying into the
8outh where It has not existed be-
fore. It has been demonstrated be-
yond doubt that dairying can be car-
ried on profitably in the 8outh. and
not only have Southern farmers been
enthusiastically engaged in the work,
but some of the states have made ap-
propriations for its extension.
Supplementary to the inspection of
creameries performed by stale dairy
officers, this department has initiated
a system of market inspection of but-
ter followed by reports back to the
creameries in which it is made, the
object being to provide the butter
maker with information concerning
defects Through the efforts of the
department there has been a general
awakening on the part of creamery
owtiers and managers to the immense
loss annually sustained by reason ot
incompetent business management,
and the publicity given to this work
•a without exception the most extend
•4 and comprehensive measure lntn>
duced In either house of the egista
ture during the present general as
tembly. In ail. there are 143 closelv
typewritten pages dealing with 37$
Dick of the state penitentiary attd th>
state board of prison control, with
other suggest^pns from himself, advo-
cating the immediate appropriation of
I340.W4 for a penitentiary.
Superintendent Dick says in his rec
ommendations that there ara now
wettona. all of which have to do Oklahoma approximate;, v
1 m <_ I edXMWlo' many of them desperate*
•he reffutotion of municipal affair* ^ ^ ^ nQt „ fh#
The bill to intended as an act provtd- pCMj 0f the state adequate facilities
iag for the incorporation of cities and for fh#|r prop«.r care and keep. That
towns, classifying them, prescribing keeping them separated in srrth .
their privileges and defining the <iU’| groupi enlarges the cost of maint*
ties and ptwri of officials nance and also the chances for escape
One of the most important section* jay* tbat adequate quarters should
># the bill Is that which describes ^ provided as soon as possible,
and classifies cities and towns of the board of control will recom-
itate and which makes all cltie* of tn*.n(j that $200,©0o be appropriated
over 5.000 Inhabitants cities of thei
first class: cities between 2.000 and pee g,n Passes Senate
5.000 inhabitants cities of the second Th<> **„ate passed finally the su-
'toss and defines town* a thorn having premP court fee bill by Graham, with
less than 2.000 people. It also pro on«, amendment, which cuts the fee
vides that in cities hating more than ^gj. entering a continuance from "■>
23.000 Inhabitants there may be ap- centg to 37 j.j cents, but the emer-
pointed an auditor by the mayor and
members of the city council.
No change is made in the date of
elections a* provided by the present
law, but it 1* provided that cities of
the second class may be raised to the
first class.
One of the important sections of
tbe bill to that which provides for an
occupation tax or license for the va-
rious professions as well as i>eddlers
and transit dealers. This section is
*0 broad that none can escape.
Weights and measures are given at-
tention in a special section and pen-
alties for short measure and weight
is provided.
GOOD TO OKLAHOMA
gency was lost. The Franklin joint
resluticn accepting terms of the Da-
vis bill pending in congress for fed
eral aid to secondary agricultural
schools, was also passed
Favorable committee reports were
made on Franklin's bill authorizing
the corporation commission to open
up street crossings over railroad
tracks. Cunningham's bill for a state
rescue home at Guthrie. Billups' bill
allowing inmates of asylums to hare
one regular correspondent and the
house bill by Price, increasing the
salary of the bank commissioner and
his associates.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
Senate Committee on Indian AffaVs
Makes Liberal Appropriation
Washington. D. C.—The senate
committee was more liberal to Okla-
homa than the house committee and
wh«m the Indian appropriation trill
came out of the committee it had $1.-
300.000 more for Oklahoma than
the house bill provided. The biggest
raise was In the school Item. The
house had cut this to $150,000. The
senate committee restored it to $300,-
OOO, to which It was last year.
Twenty-five thousand was added for
Commissioner Wright’s office at
Muskogee, making It $165,000. while
$10,000 more was aded to the district
agents fund, making It $100,000. The
house refused the Ferris amendment
to give the Kiowas. Comanehes and
Apaches a half milion dollar pay-
ment this year and the senate com-
mittee put It on and for good meas-
ure added $600,000 for the loyal
Creeks. The Stephens clause, pro-
viding $1,000 to erect a monument
over the grave of Cynthia Ann Par-
ker. mother of Quanah Parker, was
cut out. Senator Owen succeeded in
getting in an amendment providing
that If the work or Commissioner
Wright If not completed by July 1,
1910, what remains shall be turned
over to the I’nion Agency at Mus-
kogee. This Is designed to wipe out
what remains of the old Dawes com
mission .
Buying Cattle.
An experienced biet-der give* this
advice to the beginner In buying cat-
tle: A lot of young feeding cattle
are changing bands, and a few hints ' hn» caused three great dairy schools
may be appreciated by those who are ’° °ffer ’h'8 winter for the first time
buying feeders for tbe first time. Buy ! course* in creamery manage-
ing locally is a good practice for the men*.
beginner Then he can see the ani Twelve years In behalf of Improved
rnal before buying and ran examine d*iry conditions has caused, through
the herd from which It comes. A lit-J P'‘vate means, the organization of a
t'e <are In buying in generally Just national dairy show association,
a* Important as the feed Aa a rule. I holds an annual show at Chi-
cago It brings together everything
In dairying from the breeding and
Isaac Charles Johnson, the Inventor
rf Portland cement, is still living In
Graves' nd, ling and active at the age
of 98. lie was born In the year 1810.
when George III wa* king and Jeffer-
son wu* president, anti when Napoleon
«an at the zenith of hi* power. Mr.
Johnson won an edueatlon under dif-
ficulties. as his parents were poor.
promising young rattle are retained
at borne, and the scrubs of the herd
are sent to market. One ia very like-
ly to get the ' three year old yearling'
In almost any bunch, and often a good
many aucb We have sent off a few
aut h cat'le several months after buy-
ing and have found the weights no
heavier and occasionally lighter. My
advice to the cautlou* beginner Is not
to be ra*h or In a hurry. See the
good* yourself Be on watch for bar-
gains the first time that In, soma
thing good one at a price that makes
one comparatively safe.
In Favor of the Recall
Guthrie. Okla—By adopting the mi-
nority report of the committee on
election* and privileges, 'he senate
declared in favor of the recall of pub-
lic officers, a. proposition whach was
given serious consideration in the
constitutional convention, but finally
rejected there. The committee had
made an unfavorable report on the
joint resolution introduced by Senator
Yeager, providing ftr a constitutional
amendment of that sort, but a minor-
ity report was made by Senator Tay-
lor. who moved that It be substituted
for the majority rei>ort. and the fight
came on that proposition..
feeding of dairy stock to the finished
dairy products in the form of butter,
cheese and milk It is the center of
a great annual gathering of dairymen
In the broadest sense of that term
and is becoming a great fartor in
dairy education and advancement.
Open sheds facing the south fur-
nish the best roosting quarters for
Senate Agrees or Tax Ferret Law
Guthrie, Okla.—The senate In com-
mittee of the whole adapted the
Blair bill repealing the tax ferret
law. The action was taken after
Smith's proposition to substitute for
it a state revenue agent law had
been voted down and replaced with
an amendment by Hackett changing
turkeys. You cannot raise turkeys the present law so as to reduce the
KUcccxHfully in confinement. Thej commission paid ferrets from 25 to
must have a wide range of fleiu. I 15 per cent.
The house committee favorably re-
ported out Senator Franklin's chiid la-
bor bill.
The senate passed on third reading
the Blair bill repealing the tax ferret
law. but the emergency section was
declared lost.
Wilson introduced a bill appropriat
ing $200,000 for the state fair at Ok-
lahoma City, money to be used for
buildings, maintenance and improve-
ments.
Terral of Hobart presented a me-
morial from business men of Hobart
asking the passage of a law requiring
all railroads to keep watering troughs
in stock pens and cattle yards.
A wide extension is given to the
powers of the corporation commission
by three new bills by Senator Frank-
lin. intended to get around the recent
supreme court decision limiting the
powers of the commission, and which
would give it practically absolute can
trol of the railroad situation.
C. G. Jones, of Oklahoma City, of-
fered a resolution for several amend
nients to the constitution of the 6tate
relative to the consolidation of pubHc
service corporations, requiring rail
roads to maintain responsible heads
in the state, and regular reports tc
the corporation commission and re
quiring that licenses issued shall con-
tain a provision that all differences
with employes shall be submitted for
arbitration.
That the school land commissioners
have acted without authority of law
in paying the expenses of the school
land department with its hundred ern
ployes, but of the income from the
school funds, and that they have had
no authority to hire attorneys. Is the
opinion of Attorney General West in
a communication to the legislature
He*waa asked for the opinion by sen
ate resolution 13
S. G. Ashby, representative from
Jackson county, has returned frorr
Kansas City, where he was three
weeks in the hospital because of ;*
serious stomach ailment, to his seat
in the lower house In a much Improv
e»l condition and optimistically say*
that he Is feeling better than he ha.-
ln months. He is a son of the fa
moils ' Stump" Ashby, member of tlu
first legislature.
A bill was Introduced by Senator
Raddle appropriating $25,000 for an
Industrial school for negroes to be es
tnbllxhetl at Holey, and a joint resom
tlon by Memmlnger, authorizing tlu
secretary of state to supervise the
publication and distribution of the
session law*
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