The Okeene Leader. (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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The Okeene Leader
J. H. Ragland, Pub.
OKEENE.
OKLA
TO TEST AERIAL BATTLESHIP
CARRIES GUN THAT SHOOTS
DOWN FROM ANY HEIGHT.
FRIENDS OF THE FARMER.
The Department of Agriculture has
come to the relief of the grosbeak.
He Is a very much maligned bird,
this high authority avers, and Instead
of being destructive to crops, Is of
great benefit to the farmer. A bulle-
tin Just issued by Secretary Wilson
says that seven kinds of finches
known «h grosbenks summer within
the boundaries of the United States.
They are easily distinguished from
other finches by their stout form,
bright plumage, massive bill* *nd
melodious voices. Those which most
Interest the farmer are five to rum-
ber—the rose-breasted, the card final or
redblrd, the black-headed, the blue
and the giay. The bulletin concludes
as follows: “Present Investigation*
prove that the services of the gros-
beak In destroying Insect pests are In
valuable. Each kind payj especial at-
tention to certain tie'd-a which If un-
checked would causs enormous lose.
Few of our birds are to be credited
with more good and with fewer evils
than the grosbeak, and none more
clearly deserves protection by tbe
practical farmer.” The probability Is
that the farmer would do better to
protect the whole race of birds than
to look with toleration on their Indis-
criminate slaughter.
Hope of Military Men for Accurate
Means of Throwing Bombs From
Air May be Realized.
New York, N. Y.—Military and
naval authorities the world ovor will
be interested in the tests that are
now to be made at Mineola with the
first bomb dropping apparatus for
aeroplaues. Lieut. Riley E. Scott, a
graduate of West Point, has invented
a gun that, can be aimed from any
height while an aeroplane is in mo-
tion and discharge a bomb that Is ex-
pected to hit the mark.
Guns have been invented that will
shoot at aeroplanes from the ground,
but heretofore no gun has been built
to be used from a Hying machine.
With Lieut. Scott’s device the ex-
act speed at which an areoplane is
traveling and its height from the
earth can be determined, something
that has been heretofore practically
Impossible. Knowing these two ele-
ments the operator is able to release
the bomb with more certainty than
ever before that it will find its mark.
CLEARING HOUSE FOR FARMERS
Kansas State Agricultural College
Will Help Producers Dispose of
Their Crops.
New York Hnd New Jersey are mak |
Ing a joint stiidy of the evils of cold
storage. A bill Is pending In congress
looking to a reformation of the same
evil, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. ;
The question is a large one, with
many angles. It Is not so much talked
about as It was a year ago, but st.111
merits the attention of legislative
bodies. Cold storage of food products
Is a modern necessity. Rightly used,
It serves the public by keeping prices
steady, by storing in the season of
plenty for use in the season of nat-
ural shortage. No one argues against
cold storage as an institution. It is
when food is held baca in order to
maintain abnormally high prices,
when It Is kept so long that It be-
comes poisonous, when cold storage
Is made a curse instead of a blessing
to mankind, that government- must
step In with a restraining hand. The
period of storage Bhould be strictly
limited, and the sale of stored prod-
ucts rigidly regulated.
lxmg ago the wasp waist, consid
ered so fashionable, departed from
feminine favor. Now the small foot
Is following in its wake, which proves
that womankind is falling into line in
approving safe and sane fashions
Occasional freaks like the hobble
skirt may appear, but in the main
women are deciding In favor of com-
mon sense and freedom as opposed to
the ridiculous and unbeautiful restric-
tions of other days.
A woman in Pennsylvania got two
licenses simultaneously—one to got
married and one to teach. This was
a wise provision, as in case one failed
there was the other to fall back ou.
A western aviator who flew over
three states in an afternoon was era
braced, wept over and kissed by Mme.
Bernhardt when he landed. Next time,
probably ,he will keep on flying.
A Philadelphia woman says the na-
tion’s best cooks are farmers’ wives
And the old dinner bell makes sweet
er music than the hotel orchestra.
A high-hatted and opera-cloaked
burglar was given the option of leaving
the country or going to Sing Sing. He
chose to go abroad, as they do not
dress for dinner at Sing Sing.
When it becomes necessary to ar-
rest a man for sobbing too loud at a
funeral we begin to suspect that there
Is something more than sorrow in his
Bystem.
Manhattan, Kansas.—Farmers who
have been having trouble finding
markets for their products should
write to the Kansas State Agricul
tural college for help. That institu
tiou has a sort of clearing house fo
buyers and sellers of farm produce
The “clearing house’’ at the agricul
tural college was planned and put in
to operation last year by C. V. Hoi
singer, horticulturist with the exten-
sion department, and it is a success.
This department will be glad to
tell the farmer where he can market
his goods at the least expense to him.
It makes no difference where he
lives, whether it is on the Rock
Island, the Union Pacific, the Central
Branch or wherever it is a list of
the most reputable buyers along all
railroads in Kansas has been com-
piled for his benefit, and it is free
for the asking, This “clearing
house” will tell which markets are
the most convenient and which can
be reached the quickest. It will also
answer questions about picking, pack-
ing and shipping.
HITCHCOCK WILL ASK CHANGES
Many Alterations in Methods of Postal
Business Will be Suggested
to Congress.
Washington, D. C.—Frank H. Hitch-
cock, postmaster general, who has re-
turned from New York, is the only
member of the president’s cabinet in
Washington.
Mr. Hitchcock indicated the legis-
lation for the postal service which
will be recommended to congress this
winter.
In his annual report Mr. Hitchcock
will recommend the establishment of
a parcels post service on rural mail
routes; the crystallization in law of
proposed increases in second-class
mail rate, and the enactment of the
proposed law providing for a radical
change in the system of compensat-
ing the railways for transporting the
mails.
CRAZED BY HEAT, RUNS NAKED
Member of Surveying Party May
Have Perished in Nevada Desert
Near Reno.
Reno, Nevada.—Suddenly becoming
crazed, apparently by the extreme
heat, James Mahoney, a relative of
W. Bourke Cochran, either perished
or is wandering naked on the Ne-
vada desert, 50 miles east of Reno, at
a point known as the Eagle Salt
Works.
Mahoney left Reno to accept a posi-
tion on a surveying party. He ap-
peared at the Eagle Salt Works,
stripped himself of clothing and ran
madly across the barren sands.
A bachelor puts himself up In a raf-
fle, the proceeds to apply upon a church
debt. This is taking commercial ac-
count of a well-known and unromantic i
estimate of marriage
A monument has been erected in
London to William Penn. It is up to
Philadelphia to go the Londoners one
better and raise a monument to Con-
nie Mack.
Women Drove Out Mormons.
Kamrar, Iowa.—Two elders of the
Mormon church left this city afoot
with the din of many dishpans echoing
in their ears. The elders were mak-
ing proselyting speeches when a
crowd of women, beating vigorously
on kitchen tinware, created such a
disturbance that the speakers could
not be heard.
Another attempt will be made to fly
across the Atlantic, this time without
an equilibrator. How do they expect
to prove an alibi In case of failure?
Gov. Cruce Wants to Know.
Oklahoma City. Oklahoma—Gov.
Cruce has sent letters to all the news-
paper men in the state asking them
to ascertain the sentiment in their
community regarding a special ses-
sion of the legislature. The governor
says he wants to know the will of the
people before calling the legislature.
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BLUE RIVER LEFT MANHATTAN
"PROTECTION” WAS PAID FOF
REMOVAL WILL PROBABLY BE
PERMANENT.
Officers to Learn Who Got the Money
Paid Out in Cherokee County
by Liquor Men.
FAREWELL BANQUET TO TOGO
Admiral Expresses His Gratitude t*
American People for Courtesies
Extended.
Seattle Washington—The final funo-
tlon on American soil In honor of
Admiral Count Helhachiro Togo took
place here when one hundred business
men sat with him at a banquet given
for him by the chamber of commerce
and the commercial club. Admiral
Togo took occasion to reiterate his ap-
preciation of the courtesies extended
and to express anew his gratitude at
the good will shown him as a repre-
sentative of Japan by the American
people.
Seated with the Americans at the
table were many Japanese, among
them Commander Hiraga, naval at-
tache to the Japanese embassy at
Washington; Consul General Ka<a-
inara of Ottawa, Ontario; consul
Yada of Vancouver, British Colum-
bia, and representative of the Jap-
anese association of California and
Oregon.
FEARS FRANCO-GERMAN CLASH
Belgium Engaged in Strengthening
Frontier to Prevent Invasion by
France of Germany.
Liegt, Belgium.—A sensation hai
been created among the Belgian peo-
ple, especially near the boundary of
France and Germany, by the military
precautions which are being put into
New Channel is Three Miles Away
and Takes Direct Route to
Kaw River.
Manhattan, Kansas.—Manhattan has
lost one of its rivers and it has also
lost one of its beautiful views. The
Blue river has moved away from the
town and unless some fast work is
done its removal will be permanent.
In the flood of l‘J03 the Blue cut a
new channel several miles east of the
city and beginning some three miles
north. It takes a direct line to the
Kaw river. After the .1907 flood the
Blue still retained its old channel,
using the new one for surplus high
water. The new channel was not
deep enough to carry only the exces-
sive flow of the river. Most of the
year the new channel was perfectly
dry.
Btit a month ago the heavy rains In
Nebraska and northern Kansas sent
the Blue on a rampage again. The
water poured into the new channel
and washed it deeper and wider and
now all the water from the Blue goes
down the new channel and into the
Kaw through it. During the flood some
water went down the old channel. The
Kaw was hig>h at the same time that
the Blue was on a tear and as a result
of the backwater at the mouth of the
Blue there is a big bar of silt sand
across the mouth and no water can
get through it.
TABLOID PAPER FOR CHICAGO
Newspaper in Magazine Form is New
Venture in City Journal-
ism.
Chicago, Illinois.—Chicago is to
have a daily newspaper in tabloid
form.
The offices have been rented, a
printing press is being set up and
two linotype machines have been in-
stalled. The new afternoon daiiy will
be known as the Daybook and will
consist of 32 pages of the ordinary
magazine size.
The proprietor and publisher of the
tabloid newspaper is N. D. Cochran,
formerly connected with the Toledo
Bee^. Mr. Cochran has had to ride in
Chicago street cars in rush hours.
He believes the crying need of the
day is a newspaper which Americans
can read without poking out the eyes
of a fellow passenger, as he hurriedly
turns a page to get the “score.”
Jumped From Top Floor.
Kansas City, Missouri.—A plunge
from one of the top floors of the new
12-story Rialto building at Ninth street
and Grand avenue brought Instant
death to E. Goin of Leavenworth.
Goin is believed to have been a brick-
layer, but so far as could be learned
was not employed on the building,
which is yet unfinished.
Frost in Nebraska.
Norfolk, Nebraska.—Frost is re-
ported from parts of northern Ne-
braska. At Creighton, Neb., ice form-
ed on still water. Corn is not dam-
aged. The killing of tomato vines is
the only damage. The thermometer
went down to 43 at Sioux City, but no
j frost is reported.
Socialists to Fight.
Wichita. Kansas—Wichita Social-
ists again will fight to place a candi-
date on the ticket in the recall elec-
tion to held here early in October.
The Socialists at first announced that
they probably would not attempt to
gain recognition for any candidate of
their own.
Columbus, Kansas.—Who gets the
“protection” money raised by the
liquor dealers to prevent prosecution
in liquor cases? That is the question
T. T. Burr and Frank Lindsay, attor-
neys for the state, are attempting tG
answer now.
Raids upon joints have resulted in
the capture of some Interesting docu-
mentary evidence that may lead tc
more ouster suits against public offi-
cials soon. The documents reveal the
fact that since the first of last Jan-
uary a charge of $1 has been added
to the price of every keg of beer and
50 cents for each case of beer. The
foreigners who have been arrested
say that this extra charge is collected
for the purpose of raising a “pro-
tection fund.”
Who gets the money?
“We are going right after this in-
formation,” said Mr. Burr, “and we
expect to get it. We know that when
we first started our campaign the
jointists received ‘tips’ from some
source.”
REMOVAL OF MAINE STOPPED
Part of Work Will be Finished and
Balance Must Wait for Con-
gress to Act.
Washington, D. C—It has Just be
come known that as much of th«
wrecked battle ship Maine as the
available funds will permit will be re-
moved or prepared for removal from
Havana harbor and then the mam-
moth cofferdam surrounding the ruins,
will be refilled with water to await
an additional appropriation' by con-
gress to finish the raising operations.
Congress failed to act on the presi-
dent's request for an additional $250,-
000, and because oi the lack of funds
even funeral services over the re-
covered remains of the dead and the
erection in Arlington national ceme-
tery of the mast of the^ill-fated vessel
as a monument jo them must be post-
poned. The bodies and the mast
will be sent to the cemetery to bo
stored there until congress acts.
To Better the Cavalry.
Washington, D. C.—The war de-
partment is struggling to make the
American cavalry soldier a perfectly
fearless dashing rider, like his fore-
fathers in the days of the Indian cam-
paigns. With that end in view' Capt.
Conrad S. Babcock, Capt. Henry H.
Richmond and Lieut. Adna R. Chaffee,
all of the cavalry, are about to leave
this country for a year’s course of in-
struction in equitation in the French
school at Saumar.
effect by the Belgian government.
Great military activity has been in
evidence the past few days. Largo
supplies of shells for the frontier forts
and rifle ammunition have been sent
forward and additional batteries of
artillery and rapid-lire guns have been
Bliipped to re-enforce the posts on all
roads leading to the German frontier.
Disquieting rumors are afloat as io
the prospects of war between France
and Germany. Several Belgian jour-
nals affirm that Adolphe Messimy, the
French minister of war, has called
the attention of the Belgian govern-
ment to the weakness and neglected
condition of this country’s defenses
on the German frontier.
UNEMPLOYED HOLD CONVENTION
Washington Honored by Visit From
3,000 or 4,000 Hoboes Under
James Eads How.
Washington, D. C.—Between 3,000
4,000 hoboes are holding the first ses-
sion of the "Brotherhood Welfare as-
sociation” convention in this city.
James Eads How, ‘millionaire hobo,”
is presiding.
The great topic to be discussed by
the knights of the road, who have
arrived here from various sections of
the country, some beating their way
on freight trains and river boats, is
“Bread for our children and work for
ourselves, with a fair chance In life.”
This conference or convention was
arranged by Mr. How, the leader of
a vast army of unemployed, for the
purpose of soliciting aid through the
labor committee of the house of rep-
resentatives in .securing legislation
which would be a stepping stone for
future beneficial enactments by con-
gress toward relieving the situation of
the unemployed.
CHINESE WARSHIP TO VISIT IJS
First Vessel Flying Dragon Flag to
Enter American Ports is
Hai Chi.
Plymouth, England.—China’s big-
gest warship, the protected cruiser
Hai Chi, is taking on 600 tons of coal
here preparatory to sailing for New
York on its voyage around the world.
Although the Hai Chi ranks with
the second class protected cruisers ot
the American navy it is the queen of
the Celestial fighting ships. It will be
the first, war vessel to fly the dragon
flag In New York harbor and the first
Chinese naval vessel to visit Aneri-
can ports.
Farm Values Increase.
Washington, D. C.—Preliminary
figures indicate that the value or
farms in the United States, including
buildings and implements, is about
$36,000,000,000, which is more than
double the value shown by the census
of 1909.
Treasury Deficit Is Larger.
Washington, D. C. — Government
finances for this month will not com-
pare favorably with August, 1910
A deficit of $22,000,000 in ordinary ao
counts already is shown in compari-
son with a deficit oj $14,000,000 last
year.
Woman Up 2,700 Feet.
Chicago, Illinois.—C. P. Rodger*
the aviator, took Mrs. B. F. Roller
wife of the wrestler, to a height ol
twenty-seven hundred feet in Ills bi-
plane. Rodgers also took his mother
up for a 6Dtn through the air
To Punish Her Pride.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.—Bar-
bara Weaver, the 15-year-old Okla-
homa City girl, who was shorn of her
locks as she lay asleep, lost her crown
of glory because she was ‘stuck up.”
It is strongly suspected that the van-
dals who snipped off one of her silaen
braids were two boys, former play-
mates of hers, who resented what
they regarded as her growing ten-
dency toward aristocracy. Private
detect Ives arc engaged In an effort to
find the culprit
Motor Accident Fatal.
Tec urn Belt, Nebraska, In a motor
rtr accident which happened near the
town of Johnson, N’ernftha county,
two pernorm were killed and one in-
filled William Bourller, 27 years
old. wIiorc home was near Julian, and
Mr* William Hlodan, aged 30, daugh-
ter of A M< Marttta of the same neigH*
borbuml, worn the victims.
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Ragland, J. H. The Okeene Leader. (Okeene, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1911, newspaper, September 8, 1911; Okeene, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1173762/m1/2/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.