The Wister News (Wister, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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THE WISTER NEWS
A. A. Harder, Editor and Pub.
WISTER, . . OKLAHOMA.
STATE HAPPENINGS
At Hobart fire of unknown origin
destroyed a vacant livery barn and
two residences, entailing a loss of
t#2,000, with no insurance.
Harvest is on near Medford, a num-
ber of wheat fields yielding twenty
bushels In spite of the unusually poor
year. Corn is still looking good but
U needing rain.
A conference of the leading members
iOf the Choctaw tribe convened at
Goodland academy last week and held
a two days' session. Governor V. M.
Locke presided.
Fred Colliver, a driver for the Wa-
ters-Pierce Oil company was killed
when he was thrown from his wagon
and run over while the horses were
running away.
The barn of W. C. Patterson at Hugo,
together with a lot of feed was burn-
ed. A pair of horses were so badly
burned they had to be shut. The
Are originated from sparks from a
locomotive.
Road overseers from all parts of Ki-
owa county held a conference in Ho-
bart relative to stamping out the Rus-
sian thistle on Kiowa Indian lands,
the red-skins failing to comply with
the state law. The thistle will be ex-
terminated by the road overseers and
charged to the Indian lands.
H. A. Spielberger, who was manager
of the Busby theater of McAlester the
past season, has surrendered the lease,
turning the house over to Colonel Wil-
liam Busby, the owner. Colonel Bus-
by has been arranging the bookings
for some time in anticipation of the
change.
m
^DAM"
NEW SAFE FOR MILK BOTTLE
A. Parks and Jack Randall died In a
well they were digging at Rex, eight
miles north of Muskogee, being over- i
come by poisonous gases. Parks went
down first and was overcome. Ran- !
dall went down after the body and ha
too died before he could be gotten
out Both wer negroes.
W. P. Dunkle of McAlester, last
week performed a marriage ceremony
at 12:30 in the morning at the par
sonage, uniting H. Q. Marshall of
Oklahoma City and Miss Maude
Trout of Terrall. The couple ex-
plained that there was really nothing
extraordinary abouut the hour, Mr.
Marshall having come in on the west-
bound train and Miss Trout having
come in on the west. They conclud-
ed to have it over with.
William B. Herod, special assistant
federal attorney, spent some time re-
cently in Chandler, Oklahoma City
and Tecumseh Investigating for the
government the status of the Kicka-
poo Indian land cases, wherein the
purchasers of such lands ere turning
their deeds back to the United States,
following the holding of Judge Cott,er-
al that such titles were void. It is
understood most of the return deeds
have been made and to ascertain this
fact Judge Herod is making the in-
TestigaUon.
The battalion and band which rep-
resented OKlanoma at the Modern
Woodwien of America Foresters at the
Natiorcil encampment at Buffalo last
week received the honor of being de-
tailed as escort to Head Consul A.
R. TaAbot of the national order. The
honor was awarded the Oklahoma
delegation because It was the first
full battalion and band to report for
encampment duty. The Oklahoma bat-
talion was in command of Major E.
G. Fry of Oklahoma City, and com-
posed of teams representing the local
camps of Oklahoma City, El Reno,
Muskogee, Guthrie, Lawton and Sa-
pulpa.
llame Warden John B. Doolin re-
ceived from J. W. Owsley the stuffed
remains of "Fighting Bob," a ring-
necked English pheasant four years
old, which was said to have whipped
every bird which he had ever fought,
aiKl to have killed four of them. The
bird makes a handsome addition to
Warden Doolin's collection. Mr.
Owsley has been very successfuul in
raising pheasants. He now has fifty
o'.d birds and nearly 100 young ones.
Mrs. Oenette Elliot, of Oklahoma
City will read an original poem July 4
at the unveiling of a monument erect-
rd by the federal government near
Springfield, Mo., over the grave oi
Timothy Scruggs an officer of the Rev-
olutionary war. The ceremony will be
unique. Few, if any other of the pa-
triots who fought in the war which
gave the nation its birth, rest in
graves so far removed from the scene
of their struuggle for independence
from a foreign yoke. The exercises
will be under the auspices of the Sons
and Daughters of the Revolution. Mrs.
Elliot is a great grand-daughter of the
man whose memory will be perpetu-
ated by act of the government.
I
OR many weeks
plans for celebrat-
•& ing the anniver-
sary of the Declar-
ation of Independ-
ence as a great
civic festival have
been in prepara-
tion. Varied and ex-
tensive e n t e rtain-
ment should be
supplied so as to
make the day as-
sume the character
I A ) of a community fes-
tlvaL But the reck-
less use of danger-
/ oiis explosives by
children, too young
to realize their own
peril, is not necessary to the nation's
expression of gratitude that it is free
and independent. This sentiment has
at last crystallzed into a movement for
a sane Fourth, and throughout the
country various cities have made ar
rangements by which 1t Is hoped child
life will be better protected than it
has in preceding years.
It was on the third of July, 1776,
that John Adams wrote to his wife,
Abigail, the letter, since often quoted
as a prophecy, concerning the future
celebration of this period as a national
festival. Despite the fact that he was
one of the most important figures in
the stirring events of that historic
time, he wrote two letters to her on
that day. In one he said: "Yesterday
the greatest question was decided
which was ever debated in America;
and a greater perhaps never was nor
will be decided among men. A reso-
ution was passed, without one dissent-
ing voice, that these united colonies
are and of right ought to be free and
independent states." In the other let-
ter he wrote: "The second day of
July, 1776, will be the most memorable
epoch in the history of America. I am
apt to believe that it will be celebrated
by succeeding generations as the
great ^anniversary festival. It ought
to be commemorated as the day of
deliverance by solemn acts of devotion
to God Almighty. It ought to be
solemnized with pomp and parade,
with shows, games, 6ports, bells, bon-
fires and illumination from one end of
this continent to the other, from this
time forward forevermore."
The resolution for independence
was, as these letters show, really
adopted July 2. But the formal De-
claration of Independence was adopted
July 4, and copies of this declaration,
prepared by a committee of five head-
ed by Thomas Jefferson, were then
Bent to the states. The resolution
adopted July 2 was presented to con-
gress by Richard Henry Lee of the
Virginia delegation, June 7, 1776. It
read: "Resolved, That these United
Colonies are and of a right ought to
be free and Independent states; that
ttey are absolved from all allegiance
to the British crown; that all politi-
cal connection between them and the
State of Great Britain is, and ought
to be, totally dissolved."
Prompt action in so serious a matter
was not to be expected and congress
put it off until July 2, when the reso-
lution, much to the joy of Adams, who
seconded Lee's motion, was adopted.
In the meanwhile Lee, the mover of
the resolution, was called home by tha
illness of his wife. Otherwise he
would probably have been made chair-
man of the committee of five appoint-
ed to prepare a formal statement.
This committee was composed of
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Frank-
lin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and
Robert R. Livingston. It is usually
conceded that Jefferson wrote the Dec-
laration, which was reported and dis-
cussed until July 4, when it was
adopted. Copies were prepared and
sent to the states. Pennsylvania was
the first to receive its copy, and on
noon of July 8 it was read to a crowd
of citizens in the statehouse yard. It
was read from a wooden platform
erected in 1769 to enable David Rit-
tenhouse to observe a transit of Ve-
nus. k
Only the president of the congress,
John Hancock, and his secretary
signed the Declaration on the day of
its adoption. The final signatures of
the fifty-six who signed the original
document were not affixed until No-
vember.
Three of the fifty-six signers lived
to see the fiftieth anniversary of
American independence. They were
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and
Charles Carroll. Adams and Jeffer-
son died on the fiftieth anniversary,
July 4, 1826, leaving Charles Carroll
the sole surviving signer. Jefferson
and Adams had both served as pres-
idents of the republic which they had
helped to form. A third President,
Monroe, also died on July 4, but five
years later than these two.
Posterity, though it has fulfilled
Adams' prediction, selected the fourth
Instead of the second of July as the
day for celebration.
The corner stone of the Washington
monument at the national capital was
laid July 4, 1850. It was a very hot
day. President Taylor, who was pres-
ent, was exposed to the heat of the
sun for three hours. On his return
to the White House he drank freely of
ice water and Iced milk and also par-
took of some cherries. Shortly after-
ward he was taken ill and died July 9.
Benjamin Franklin, the oldest sign-
er, was seventy. Edward Rutledge of
South Carolina, the youngest, was
twenty-seven; Jefferson was thirty-
three. The average age was forty-
three years three months. Many oc-
cupations were represented, but law-
yers, of whom there were thirty, were
in the majority.
The first public celebration of the
event was that of Pennsylvania, July
8. On July 9 Washington, comman-
der In chief, annnounced in general
orders, "The honorable Continental
congress, impelled by the dictates of
duty, policy, and necessity, having
been pleased to dissolve the connec-
tion between this country and Great
Britain and to declare the United
Colonies of America free and inde-
pendent states, the several brigades
are to be drawn up this evening on
their respective parades at 6 o'clock,
when the declaration of congress,
showing the grounds and reasons of
this measure, is to be read in an au-
dible voice. The general hopes this
important event will 6erve as fresh
Incentive to every officer and soldier
to act with fidelity and courage, as
knowing now that the peace and safe-
ty of his country depends, under God,
eolely on the success of our arms. And
state possessed of sufficient power to
that he is now in the service of a
state possessed of sufficient power to
reward his merit and advance him to
the highest honors of a free country."
Ingenious Apparatus That Is Destined
to Balk Petty Thieves—Opened
Only With Key.
It took two Michigan men to de-
vise the milk bottle safe shown here,
but between them they contrived a
most Ingenious apparatus that is de-
itined to balk the petty thieves that
iteal milk bottles from doorsteps.
New Kllk Bottle Safe.
| The safe Is a box Just big enough to
hold two bottles, side by side, and is
! divided into two vertical compart-
ments. The door has a spring lock
and the key is held by the house-
holder, the milkman not requiring
I any. In Jhe fact that the milkman
needs no key lies the feature of the
device. In the bottom of one com-
partment is a trapdoor that strikes
the lock on the front door as it is
pushed up and opens the latter.
When a bottle is placed on the trap-
door, however, and a sliding bar ad-
justed Just above the bottle to pre-
vent its being raised, the milkman
can close the front dor of the safe
| with the assurance that no thief can
enter. At the side oi the box is a
hook to hold any extra bottles.
REGULAR TIME FOR MILKING
Job Should Not Be Performed by
Tired, Dirty Farm Hands, Just
In From Field.
There is much loss in mllkiqg be-
cause of having this wcrrk done by
tired and dirty milkers, but the men
doing the work are not to blame for
being in this condition, says a writer
In the Kimball's Dairy Farmer. They
come from the fields with their clothes
covered with dust and perspiration,
and as soon as they have their supper
commence the milking. Is it any won-
der that it is often only half done? If
farmers would make it a rule not to
compel the help to do milking out of
seasonable working hours they would
experience much less trouble in se-
| curing help. The milking should be
made a part of the day's work and not
an addition to it Many farmers, espe-
cially where only ten or fifteen cows
are kept, look upon this Job as a side
Issue; that is, the milking can be
done when they can't do anything
else. The milking is as important as
any part of the work, and whether
you are plowing or harvesting, make
your plans so that when the time
comes to milk it can be done without
any delay. Again, fhe best results
cannot be had from cows unless they
are milked at regular hours.
The 8low Luncheon.
Mistress—Why have you been so
long, Marie? I told you we wanted the
lobster for lunch, and it is now past
one o'clock.
Maid—It's on account of your hob-
ble skirt you gave me, madam.—Pele
Mele.
Hard-Hearted Wretch.
"1 overheard my husband talking in
his sleep last night," remarked Mrs.
Trigger to her closest friend. "Oh,
how interesting!" exclaimed the
friend. "Did he mention some strange
woman's name?" "No," snapped Mrs.
Trigger; "he was dreaming about a
baseball game."
Explained.
Phrenologist—Dear me, your bump
of destructiveness Is very largo. Are
you a soldier? Customer—No, I'm a
haulfeur! — Sydney Bulletin.
Worried.
"I'm afraid my wife is going into a
decline."
"Don't worry about that, old man.
She'll couie out all right."
"Yes, but what if she shouldn't? I've
got all arrangements made to send her
east for the summer."
She Little Knew.
Charitable Lady—I gave your fathef
the money to buy you a coat last week.
1 see you are not wearing it
Boy—No, mum; 'e put It on a
horse.
Charitable Lady—On a horse! But
he should have thought of your com-
fort before thatl—London Opinion.
The ImpreisTonltt.
"Wonderful, marvelous! And what
does your picture represent?" "Oh, as
to that, opiniong are divided."—
Journal AmusanL
GREEN RYE FOR MILK COWS
May Be Fed When It Heads Out and
There Is More Nourishment In ^
It at That Time.
Warm Milk for Calves.
Warm milk Is best for the calf, no
matter how old it is.
Old Cream Is Bad.
Deliver the sweet cream as often as
possible, at least three times a week
In the summer and twice per week
during the winter. Wrap a heavy
blanket around the can to keep the
cream from freezing on the road to
the creamery or cream station. During
warm weather soak this blanket in
cold water to keep the cream cold.
White Specks in Butter.
White specks in butter are some-
times simply fine particles of milk
curd, resulting from lack of care in
skimming. Sometimes they are small
6pecks of dried cream having been
scraped from the sides of the pan
and being too dry to thoroughly soften
and mix with the rest.
Works Up Big Business.
An Oregon grocer in a dairy com-
munity has worked up a big business
by delivering goods to his customers
within a radius of five miles at the
same time he gathers up the cream
from the farm. Orders for goods pour
in to him by telephone every morning
before he starts out.
Green rye may b'? fed as soon as it
heads out; there is then the most
nourishment in the stalks. Cut when
free of dew, and let it wilt a few
hours before feeding. Feed small ^
quantities at first. A half forkful may
be given to each cow after the hay
has been eaten. When fed thus there
is no danger of bloat or hoven. The
feeding of green feed to cattle should
be In the hands of a careful man, and
not given to boys or a careless hand.
Attention to this rule will frequently
save the life of a valuable cow.
Horses at work rhould not be given
green feed, as It is liable to produce
colic. Cows should not be turned out
to pasture too early. Wait until the
grass has made some growth, and
there Is some nourishment in the
grass. Before turning out to grass
give the cows a feed of hay or straw
first. After the hay is eaten they are
turned on the pasture. For the first
day or two let them graze, one or two
hours. When the cows are accus-
tomed to the change they may remain
out all day. , Experienced dairymen
feed a small grain ration throughout
the grazing season. If you are getting
16 cents per gallon for milk, it will
pay to do this.
EXCELLENT QUALITY OF MILK
Jersey Cow Is Unsurpassed for Beauty,
Utility, Profit and Superiority
of Product.
The milk of the Jersey cow will al-
ways be in great demand with the
critical consumer, because it contains
far greater proportion of nourishing
solids and rich, highly flavored, but-
ter fat than the milk of other breeds.
The man who investigates the ad-
vantage of the Jersey cow over the
dairy" breeds will generally invest his
money in a Jersey cow. and the profits
will demonstrate his wisdom.
The Jersey cow yields as much
profit as two or more ordinary cows.
She Is healthy, vigorous, and cbsts
no more to keep than an Inferior cow.
Prize Winning Jersey Heifer. ^
The milk from the Jersey cow is 30.4
per cent richer than the average cow.
The Jersey cow Is unsurpassed for
beauty, utility, profit and excellent
quality of product
Keeping Cows Clean.
Keep the flank and udder of the
cows clipped., It is much easier than
to clean the parts before milking. It
helps to keep dirt out of the milk. To
clip the cows all over once or twice
a year will do them good.
liad cream will not make good
butter. •
Dairying Is the most prominent
branch of farming.
A cow that milks for only five or
six months is seldom a profitable
cow.
Irregularity and too much gener-
osity in feeding the calf are often
dangerous.
When your cows do not pay for
their feed, it's time to change the feed
—or the cows.
Selling the products of the field to
the cows and hogs is delivering them
to the best market ^ftown.
If there is a noticeablc falling off In
the milk, see if a change In the ra-
tion cannot bring back the flow.
Milk cows must have an abundance
of water or they will fall off in milk.
The silo enables the dairyman to
keep more livestock on the same num-
ber of acres and at lesB cost in feed
and labor.
Never take a very young calf away
from its mother and put it on skim-
milk. Taper it off from whole milk to
skimmilk gradually.
Cows like molasses and as it makes
other feed taste good, naturally aids
digestion and is a good thing to feed
When calves begin to scour skip a
feed or two and they will generally
come around all right in a short time
A slovenly man who does not milk
the cows clean at every milking will
soon dry her up. Besides, imperfect
milking may lead to serloua uddei
trouble.
If you want to keep your calvei
healthy and growing every day giv«
them all the grain and roughage thai
they care to eat, but don't give ituna
all the skimmilk they want
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Harder, A. A. The Wister News (Wister, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1911, newspaper, June 30, 1911; Wister, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc131770/m1/2/?q=%22United+States%22: accessed June 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.