The Peoples' Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, December 31, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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The Peoples Voice I WIDE STRIKE POSSIBLE POSTAL DEFICIT GROWING
By JOrfO_S. ALLEN
NORMAN OKLAHOMA
NEW STATE NOTES
F. E. Applegate of Muskogee, Oltla.,
has been appointed to a clerkship at
the Osage Indian agency.
6WITCHMEN BREAK PEACE NEGO-
TIATIONS WITH RAILROADS
COSTS UNCLE SAM MILLIONS EV-
ERY YEAR TO CARRY MAIL
The Crescent hotel at Erick was
completely destroyed by tire last
week together with all furniture and
wearing apparel.
A movement to establish in Okla-
homa City a tuberculosis hospital is
expected soon on recommendation of
Dr. T. W. Riley, head of the city
health department.
Sheriff Jesse VV. Phillips of Atoka
was seriously wounded in the lower
part of the abdoinin last week in an
effort to capture Will Miles, a negro
bootlegger.
A. C. Hoeffer, leader of the So-
cialist party, Alfalfa county, announ-
ces that he will be a candidate for
congress In the Second district next
year.
Road overseers of Foraker town-
ship, Osage county, have determined
to open section liiie roads all over
the township. This action will mean
the cutting up of some large pastures
and the cattlemen probably will make
strong opposition.
"Taxes paid prior to Feb. 1 are not
liable to the 18 per centum per an-
num penalty," says Attorney Oeneral
West in a letter to United Slates In-
dian Agent Dana H. KelBey of Mus-
kogee
John W. Ashcraft has resigned as
postmaster at Aline, Alfalfa county,
Oklahoma, and Congressman Morgan
has recommended S. C. Tiinmons, ed-
itor of the Aline Chronoscope to fill
the vacancy.
There is a ruinor in Guthrie that
Mrs. Bird McGuire, divorced wife of
the congressman of that name, is
bidding her friends a long farewell,
and in going to New York city to
make that city her permanent home.
W. A. Shealian, trainmaster on the
Panhandle division of the Rock Is-
land, with headquarters at El Reno,
has been transferred to the position
of trainmaster of the Kansas division,
with headquarters at Htrriugton,
Kansas.
Because the district court held that
the marriage of Cleveland Grayson
to Delia Jones was illegal, N. M.
Schantz of Muskogee, lost a piece of
oil land that he had bought from
Grayson, said to be worth 850,000.
L. Hudson, a Jackson county farm-
er, planted four acres of peanuts last
spring and has cleared $.10 an acre on
his crop, besides getting lots of pas-
turage for his pigs.
At a recent meeting of the regents
of the state university at Norman
two very important steps were taken.
One was provision for the summer
session in 1910 and the other the es-
tablishment of a school of education
for teachers.
By a vote of about two to one the
electors of El Reno last week ex-
pressed themselves in favor of the
proposed bond issue of $80,000. Of
this amount $50,000 Is to be expend-
ed In the erection of a city hall.
Prof. Gould, of the geological sur-
vey, has discovered Indications of oil
end gas In the Sugar Loaf mountain
country or Le Flore county. Here may
Le developed a great sweet oil indus-
try.
The Moun'ain, Valley and Plains
railway which will extend from Guth-
rie to Cimarron, New Mexico, is soon
to be a thing of reality. W. H. Har-
rington, vice-president of the com-
pany, with a corps of surveyors, left
Guthrie las# week to locate the
route of the road between that city
and Higgins, Tex.
According to Secretary Ed Cassidy.
of the school land commission, the
sales department has completed the
preliminary arrangements for the sale
of the third division of the state
school lands. The commission will
probably set March 14 as t!ia day to
begin.
A rigid investigation of all public
hnildmgs now being erected under
contract for the state and the eiflii-
pliance or non-compliance of the con-
tractors with the prescribed plans
and specifications Is promised by a
well founded mm ir that Su.te AuJi-
tor M E. Trapp !s negotiating with
a well known architect of the state
to make such Investigation.
An explosion occurred in the Sam
pies Number Two coal mine thr>e
miles from McAlester, last week, 'n
which, It Is reported, many miner*
\ ere burt.
Arrogance cf Railroad Officials Cause Loss on Rural Mail Delivery Is Con-
Fire In the clothes cleaning estab-
lishment of C. T. Hpter In Tulsa last
week threatened thi county court
house and records and caused n panic
among the thirty prisoners in the
county Jail. The lire started jnip-
posedly from an explosion of gasoline
and resulted in a loas of $8,000.
Appeal to Federal Govern-
ment—Situation is
Serious
St Paul, Minn. Developments Mon
day in the controversy between the
railroads of the northwest and the
striking switchmen lesulted in a wider
breach than has heretofore existed.
Not only have the switchmen .de-
clared all negotiations with the rail-
road terminated, but the labor leaders
say there is a strong possibility of a
general «trike by all or the allied
orders belonging to the railway branch
of the American Federation of Labor.
H. B. Perham, who has been acting as
chairman of the railway council in
session here, left Monday night for
Washington to seek advice.
"There may be a general strike,"
said Mr. Perham.
Preslednt Hawley, of the switch-
men's union, asserted:
"Several other members of the rail-
way council besides Mr. Perham, left
for their headquarters to make prop-
ortions for a strike of their respec-
tive orders."
Mr. Perluim in speaking of Mon-
day's developments, said:
"Friday we were on (he verge of a
settlement with the railroads and we
thought the matter would be fixed up
Monday. But the railroads presented
a mysterious ichange of front «anu
assumed such arrogance that we de-
cided at once to have nothing more
to do with them.
"As the Intervention of the state
authorities has failed, I shall seek the
aid of the United States in putting an
end to a controversy that is causing
bankruptcy and suffering among the
innocent who have no voice in the
matter."
In the conference of the railroads
and labor officials the railroad offi-
cials refused to take back all switch-
men at once, but agreed to re-employ
all those whom they havo places for.
The offer was immediately rejected by
tho labor leaders.
Eater in the afternoon President
Hawley and Mr. Perham called on
Governor Eberhardt and asked him
to invite the interstate commerce
commission to Intercede. The gover-
nor replied he did not care to act
on this request until he had consulted
th« attorney general, who was out
of the city. Asked as to how long
It would take to call out a general
strike, if such action is decided upon,
Mr. Perham said:
"Some of the orders can be called
out immediately. There would be
some delay in calling out others, ow-
ing to a difference in the method of
procedure In such cases."
The failure of the negotiations at
St. Paul is regarded here as a for
runner of a sillar result of the Chicago
conference, at which the territory Is
represented.
Commence Road Campaign
Foraker, Okla. The overseers of
Foraker township have decided to
commence a road campaign at oncti
In the Osage Indian country. They
propose to open 'ill section lines that
are practicable and establish public
highways thereon.
Zelaya Robs Nicaragua's Treasury
Managua.—Madriz has severed all
connections with Zelaya's party and
wholesale arrests among Zelaya's fol-
lower are expected. Investigations
may show that Zelaya has looted the
treasury of fifty millions during his
life. The country is bankrupt and
Madriz 's trying to pu ,Iu govern-
ment on a firm foundation to thwart
Estrada. He has already arrested Ze-
laya's son in-law, the minister of fi-
nance. Fori Iflcntlous a:e bring
strengthened in expectation of an at-
tack.
Shipped Away for Burial
Shawnee, Okln. Fragments or the
bodies of V. p. Kerr and Henry
Johns, killed in the explosion at the
Rock Island shops hero last Friday,
were gathered together and shipped
away Monday for burial. Kerr's body
was gent to Clef-ton, Iona, while
Johns wis takni to Paoli, Okla. There
is no likelihood oC an inquest.
It is believed row that all those
Injured will recover, though some
may be crippled for life.
Plan Health Sanitarium
San Antonio, Tex.—For the purpose
of erecting a large "Health Farm" C
A. Burton and A. I. Hoover of Jack
tonvllle, III , have acquired a tract of
land of about 1,000 acres, 12 ipIIps
south of Port Lavaca, on the Gulf ot
Mexico. The men interested In the
venture will spend about $100,000 In
Improvements on Hie tract. The lnnd
has a long stretch of beach and arte-
slnn water with medicinal properties.
Pnrt of It v.lll be converted into truck
farms.
stantly Growing—Enormous
Deficit Now Confronts
the Government
Washington.—Confronted with a de-
ficit of $17,479,770, the present admin-
istration of the postofiice department
began its operations. This was the
largest deficit in the history of tho
postal service. So long as the deficit
in the departments aggregated only a
few millions of dollars annually, little
attention was paid to it, but. when, in
the last few years it leaped to upward
of $10,000,000, and finally, in 11109, ex-
ceeded $17,000,000, "ordinary business
prudence suggested that the causes
bo definitely located."
These are statements in the annual
report of Postmaster General Frank
II. Hitchcock. Concerning the results
of inquiries into the deficit, the post-
master general says:
"Recent Investigations have shown
flint the two great sources ol' loss to
the postal revenues are second-class
mail matter and rural delivery.
"The loss on second-class mail mat-
ter has been increasing for many
years, until it now amounts to $64,-
000,000.
"The loss from rural delivery, a ser-
vice begun hardly a dozen years ago
and of unprecedented growth, leaches
as high as twenty-eight millons.
"In these two items alone the pos-
tal service now suffers an annual loss
of more than the entire national de-
ficit of the last fiscal year.
"Simultaneously with tho growing
deficit in the postal service, the na-
tion's income suffered last year a ser-
' ions depletion incident to the finan-
cial depression.
"Since the opening of the adminis-
tration the postmaster general and his
assistants have adopted measures in
conformity with the president's policy
ot retrenchment.
"It should be staled with emphasis,
however, that economy is not to be
enforced at tha cost of efficiency.
"Only such measures of economy
will lie adopted, therefore, as can be
made a consistent part of a general
program.
"The annual los? on third class mall
Is something over three million dol-
lars. The mall matter carried free un-
der congressional franks costs the
government annually about a half mil-
lion dollars."
Rock Island Adopts Pension System
Chicago, 111.—Official announce-
ment has been made of the inaugura-
tion on Jan. 1 of a pension system,
which includes all t he officers and em-
ployees of the Rock Island roads. In
connection with the system the Rock
Island has established an age limit,
vlilch will be governed originally bj
the employment on the Rock Island.
Under the new rule no inexperienced
persons over 35 years of age and no
experienced persons over 45 years of
age will be taken into the service of
the company. Pension allowances will
be one per cent of I he average regular
monthly pay received for ten years
preceding the retirement.
Roosevelt's Coufin Dead
New York.—Elbert Roosevelt, a sec-
ond cousin of the ex-president, died
Saturday at Pelham, Manor, aged 45
May Not Admit New States
Washington.—Statehood legislation
at the present session of congress
will not go beyond giving authority
to the people of New Mexico and
Arizona to hold constitutional conven-
tions and provide the means for such
con\ ntions, if the wishes of leading
members of congress dictate the pol-
icy. This program is in harmony with
the message of President Taft.
During the last session of the Six
tleth congress tho bouse passed a bill
to admit New Mexico and Arizona s
separate states.
Mr. Taft's recommendations, it is
sl id, will supply the excuse for delay.
The president urgo3 that "care be ex-
ercised In the preparation ef the leg-
islation affecting e-wli territory, in
order to secure deliberation in the se-
lecliou of persons as members of the
convention to dr:ift a constitution of
the incoming stale," and tlir.t "such
constitution, after adoption by (lie con-
vention, shall be submitted to the
people for their approval at an elec-
tion in which the sole Issue s-hall bo
the merits of tho constitution."
School Children Increase in State
Guthrie, Okla.- Reports of county
superintendents being made to State
Superintendent Cameron show an In-
crease lu the scholastic population of
the state. Forty three of the sixty-
one counties that l.ive made reports
show Increases. The counties are vi-
tally interested in the school enumer-
ation as it is upon that that the state
EChool f'.nd proceeds are prorated.
Oklahoma county leads in popula-
tion, having 18.RS3 school children
against 18,194 of school age in 1908.
ASKS AID OF OTHER SMS
HASKELL INVITES GOVERNORS
TO CONFERENCE ON BANK LAW
WIRES APPEAL TO KANSAS AND NEBRASKA
Asks Co-Operation of Other States
Who Have Mutual Interests in
Bank Law—Case in U. S.
Supreme Court
Lincoln, Neb.—Governor Haskell of
Oklahoma Tuesday telegraphed an ap-
peal to Governor Shallenbarger of
Nebraska to join with Oklahoma and
Kansas in testing the guaranty or
deposits acts of the three states. He |
asks for a conference between the |
governors for the purpose of mutual
I co-operation in an appeal case. Tho
governor of Nebraska has not yet
replied to the appeal. Governor Has- j
kell's telegram follows:
"Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma [
have mutual Interests in the banking J
law question. Our test case origl- j
nated in state court. It was lawfully j
upheld by our supreme court. Case j
now in United States supreme court :
on appeal from state supreme court.
It can probably be reached by Feb- j
ruary or March. I believe all three
states are mutually interested in the j
Oklahoma case and therefore have !
decided to invite conference and mu-
tual co-operation between Kansas, Ne-
braska and Oklahoma. Kindly ad-
vise me if you think well of this con-
ference and co-operation."
Governor Shallenbarger has accept-
ed an Invitation from Governor Has-
kell to attend a conference between
these two with the governor of Kan-
sas to discuss a way to defend tho
banking laws of Oklahoma.
Governor Shallenbarger is much im-
pressed with the banking law of Tex-
as, which goes into effect January 1.
This law provides that the state
banks must guarantee their deposits
either by taking out an indemnity
policy or by a mutual arrangement.
He has received a copy of the Texas
law and has the opinion of Attorney
[ General Thompson that it would stand |
the test of the constitution in Ne-
braska.
"As Governor Haskel suggests," j
said Governor Shallenbarger, "Kan- |
sas, Oklahoma and Nebraska are mu-1
tually interested in tho question of
the guaranty of bank deposits. I no-
tice that the laws in Nebras-j
ka and Kansas were^ attacked j
from different points, so it seems'
ti: me the suggestion for a conference!
is a good one. The attorneys in the
cases hould get. together and see what j
can be done. I shall wire Governor j
haskell that I approve his sugges-
tion."
The guaranty bank law was passed j
in Nebraska by the recent democra'lc j
legislature at the earnest solicitation
of W. J. Bryan and Governor Shailen- J
barger, who is himself a banker. It J
was attacked in the United States!
circuit court at the instance largely of
the national bankers of the state. The
law provided for a compulsory guar-
anty fund and compelled ail banks, in-
cluding the private institutions, to
come under its purview. In a decision
by Judge T. C. Munger of Lincoln,
and Judge Vandeventer, the law was
declared invalid, the question of the
inclusion of all institutions being the
chief point upon which the unconsti-
tutionality hinged.
Two Drainage Ditches
El Reno, Okla.—The county commis-
sioners have advertised for bids for
the excavation of drainage in Cana-
an county lor the reclamation of
large scopes of land.
TUBERCULOSIS OF HOGS
CAUSING HEAVY LOSSES
Report of Bureau of Animal Industry of Department
of Agriculture Shows Raiser and
Packer Alike Suffer.
Reports gathered from the various
meat packing centers of this country
show tuberculosis of hogs to be on
the increase and causing heavier loss
to raaiser and packer alike than any
other disease.
Statistics show that a year ago
there were over 56,000,000 hogs in
this country and their value at that
time was over $339,000,000. Federal
inspection at the abattoirs of the
country show two per cent, of the
hogs slaughtered to be affected with
tuberculosis. Reports from Europe
show a far more widespread infection
that runs as high as 5.5 to 7.5 per
cent.
The small amount of money re-
quired to start in the hog-raising busi-
ness and the quick returns on the
amount invested make it an attractive
field for operations. Hogs will make
greater gains on less feed than almost
any other live stock and at the same
time utilize profitably waste food
products of every variety if properly
prepared. As tuberculosis of hogs is
chiefly contracted through feeding, the
significance of the latter feature is
obvious.
Hogs from Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Texas are remarkably free from tu-
berculosis, due to the methods of car-
An investigation carried on by the
bureau of animal industry in a certain
section of the middle west consisted
of tagging hogs hauled to market in
wagons. Of 3,4420 animals tagged it
was learned that all of the affected
stock came from less than six per
cent, of the farms.
It is known beyond doubt that the
majority of tuberculous hogs are pro-
duced by the following causes:
1. Feeding raw milk and slime from
creameries.
2. Feeding hand-separated milk
from tuberculous cows.
3. Feeding behind tuberculous cat-
tle.
4. Feeding tuberculous carcasses.
5. Feeding slaughter house offal.
Sooner or later the packer will buy
subject to post-mortem examination,
as some are now doing with certain
classes of female cattle. Then the
hog raiser who persists in fattening
with tuberculous material will be
made to feel the cost of his indiffer-
ence or lack of knowledge. To-day
the buyer makes his purchases with
the knowledge that a proportion ot
his animals will be condemned and
the price fixed accordingly, with the:
result that the careful breeder suffers
with the careless one. This is not
A Small Hog Cot.
Ing for them, or rather the lack of
care. They are not restricted to feed
lots, where disease is commonly
found, but roam over large areas to
shift for themselves. No prolonged
feeding is practiced in narrow limits,
but from birth to maturity they are
pastured on alfalfa, oats, corn, rape
and peanuts. Hogs raised in the for-
est regions of Hungary are likewise
rarely affected with tuberculosis. In
striking contrast are the hogs slaugh-
tered at three cities in one of the
le&ding dairy states where there are
a large number of co-operative cream-
eries and the raw skimmed milk is
fed.
Buyers for packing houses are
learning from bitter experience to
avoid sections of certain states and
two firms will not buy hogs from one
state known to be badly infected.
equitable. But when the packer buys
subject to post-mortem results the
painstaking and intelligent raiser will
receive more than he does now and
the ignorant or indifferent breeder
will get less, which Is more nearly a
fair deal for all concerned.
The hog cot illustrated above is R
feet wide, 8 feet long and 6 feet 2
inches high in front and 3 feet high in
the rear. The floor is built with 2
inch by 4 inch stringers and the frame
is held on tho floor by blocks at each
corner. Lumber required will be:
Twelve pieces 2 inch by 4 inch, 16 feet
long, for frame; 4 pieces, 1 inch by
12 inches, 16 feet long, for floor; 13
pieces, 1 inch by 2 inches, 16 feet
long, for roof and ends; 10 battens.
16 feet long, for sealing crack be-
tween boards. Total cost, about
$12.50.
PROPER STABLE VENTILATION
New Honor for Hoffman
Chandler, Oklal—In a letter receiv-
ed Tuesday from Gen. Robert Shaw |
Oliver, assistant secretary of war, 1
Col. Roy Hoffman of 'his city is in-
formed that he has been appointed a
member of the national board of rifle!
practice, in the place of Col. Walter]
F. Coney, of Georgia, whose term of
service has expired.
This is one of the moBt important
military boards in the service of the
var department, consisting of five
members and controlling practically
eli the work of the target practice
of the United States army. The
bond formulates all rules governing
national contests, has much to do
•.v 1 *'h the distribution of funds for such
I urposes.and in time of war is next
to the board of strategy . Col. Hoff-
man, besides being a member of this
board, following his appointment, is
H.so a member of the board of direc-
tors of the Nat Ion ail Rifle Association
of America and a member of the ex-
cutive committee of the United States
consisting of seven members.
Radium Ore at Joplin
Golden, Colo.—President Vic'or Al-
derson, of the school of mines, left
Monday for Joplin, Mo., to Investi-
gate the reports of the discovery of
pitch blend in the zinc belt contigu-
ous to that ci'y. Information of tie
I'.nd was received at the school bore
tie a result of an endowment by Thos.
F Walsh, multimillionaire mining
n an, of Vinton . The Walsh research
fund is being used for the prosecution
<.l a search for pitch blend, a compo-
nent of radium.
Some years ago Prof. F. 11. King of
Wisconsin made an experimental
study of the effect of ample and de-
ficient ventitatlon upon 20 milch cows.
Tho experiment was made in a half-
basement stable, represented in ac-
companying figure, having three out-
side doors, 13 large windows and
a door leading by a stairway to the
floor above. The celling was nine feet
above the floor and the stable con-
tained 960 cubic feet of ifpace per cow.
Leading upward from the celling were
two hay chutes two by three feet in
cross sections, 20 feet high, which
could be opened or closed at will, and
a ventilating shaft terminating near
the ridge of the roof inside.
During tho trial the cows were kept
continuously in the stable with the
hay chutes closed during two days
and then with them open two days,
the trials being repeated four times.
Following these four trials the hay
chutes were left closed during three
consecutive days for poor ventilation
and left open tho following three,
making 14 days in all.
It was found that measurably the
same amount of feed was eaten under
both conditions of ventilation. But
during the days of Insufficient ven-
tilation the cows drank, on the aver-
age, 11.4 pounds more water each
dally and yet lost In weight an aver-
age of 10.7 pounds at the end of each
period, regaining this again when
good ventilation was restored, and
this, too, when they were drinking less
water. During the good ventilation
days, too, for each and every period,
the cows gave more milk, tho aver-
age being .55 pounds per head per day.
At the end of 14 days the cows were
turned into tho yard and exhibited an
Intense desire to lick their sides and
limbs, doing so In many cases till the
hair was stained with blood.
Examination showed that during tho
interval a rash had developed which
could be felt by the hand, In the form
of hard raised points, and the rasping
of these off caused the bleeding.
New Harvesting Machine.
A new harvesting machine has been
introduced in Nebraska. Tho har-
vester is propelled by its own power
and is followed by a truck-carrying
gasoline engine, which operates the
harvesting mechanism of tho ma-
chine. This is used mainly In wot.
fields, where the power of the har-
vester is not sufficient to make head-
way.
t
Coca Leaves in South Africa.
More than 40,000,000 pounds of coca
leaves are raised by the farmers of
South Africa, a large proportion of
which are sent to this country to be
used In th* manufacture of coralnt.
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