The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1912 Page: 8 of 10
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SUCCESS FOLLOWS
JUDICIOUS FARMING
IN
WESTERN CANADA IT
CERTAIN.
CRUCE RfOUESIS
JCllVf CISSIPtlCN
The story of the Big Farmer In
Western Canada, anil tho immense
profits he has made in the growing of
•rain, has been told and retold. He
has been found in all parts of the
provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
anil Alberta. His splendid farm hold-
ings have been pictured, his traction
outfits described and his princely sur-
roundings, resultant of his success in
growing grain, have been portrayed by
letter, press and camera. It certainly j
Is not to bis discredit that by sue- i
cessfully applying common sense and |
up-to-date methods to the conditions
that climate, a good soil, and splendid
market have placed at hand, that ho
has made the best use of them. He is
not too proud to admit that he came
to the country a very few years ago
handicapped as to money, leaving be-
hind him unpaid mortgages in his old
home land (which are now wiped out),
and he is still today the same good-
hearted fellow he was in the days that
he had to work for a neighbor, while
the neighbor broke the land on his
homestead, which went to make up the
aettlement duties.
Then, there, too, 1s the farmer and
the farmer's Bon, already wealthy, who
has bought large holdings in Western
Canada, in either Manitoba, Saskatche-
wan or Alberta, who has made forty
to one hundred per cent, on his Invest-
ment, whoso big grain crops and
whose immense cattle herds are help-
ing to improve the country. Health
and strength, energy and push, and
bull dog grit are as essential in West-
ern Canada as in Ohio, Indiana, Illi-
nois, Iowa, or any of the states from
which so many of these people come,
and then, when you have added to
that a fair amount of means, with
which to make a start, the land which
Is only waiting for the skill of the
husbandman will quickly respond.
But there Is the smaller farmer, the
man who has not made sufficient in (
four or fivri years, that he might com-
fortably retire If he felt like It. There
are many of them in all tho three
Provinces. It Is not the less to his
credit that he has earned his home-
stead by the three years residence,
that he 1s free from debt, ami has a
reasonable bank account. lie, too,
came to the country handicapped by
debts, and with very little means. He
Is contented, has a good home, land
free of encumbrance, some stock, and
with good prospects. One of these
writes: "I formerly lived near Hay-
ton, Ohio, on a rented farm, had as
good a chance as the average renter,
but after ten years of hard work, satis-
GOVERNOR ASKS ADOPTION OF
NEW SCHOOL LAW.
IT WILL LENGTHEN TERMS
State Executive Appeals to Voters of
Oklahoma to Provide Better
School Facilities for Re-
mote Districts.
In a personal apeal to the voters
of Oklahoma, Governor Lee Cruce
has asked for the passage of the pro-
posed amendment to the constitution
known as tho school amendment,
which is intended to help the schools
in the less densely populated commu-
nities in the state. These districts
ax-ti not able to levy taxes for the
maintenance of schools for a long
term, and as a result children of
school age do not get benefits they
should under the present arrange-
ment on the basis of enumeration,
and this naturally gives the advan-
tage to more thickly settled and
richer communities. Governor Cruce s
appeal to the voters follows:
To the Voters of Oklahoma:
As governor of Oklahoma, vitally
Interested in the primary education
in this state, I feel that I can render
no greater public service than to use
what little influence 1 have in an ef-
fort to arouse interest in the passage
of the proposed amendment to the
constitution of Oklahoma, that will
be voted upon in the approaching
general election, known as the
"School Amendment."
This amendment, if enacted into
law, will make it possible for the
state to extend aid to those common
school districts where the taxable
property in Buch districts is insuf-
i iiclent to support as much as five
' months of school per year. Under the
present provisions of our constitu-
tion, all state aid extended to public
| schools must be distributed upon a
per capita basis; the result is that the
rich districts receive benefits that
are not needed, and in order to give
to these districts that really need the
1 help sufficient aid to maintain the
public schools, It would require the
collection of a tax in the state that
would be unreasonably burdensome.
Longer Terms Desired.
I feel that 1 can call upon the men
of all parties to support this measure
wno reside In districts, tho taxable
property of which is insufti lent to
maintain schools. Many of the dis-
tricts In Oklahoma belong to this
class, and there are a number of dis-
tricts this year which have no public
school at ail, for the reason that tho
amount of revenue collected is so |
small as to make it practically use- j
less to undertake to have schools.
The lack of educational facilities
tor the children in the primary grades
of Oklahoma Is made plain to every
citizen by comparing conditions here
with general conditions over the
United States. The average Oklaho-
man indulges in the belief that edu-
cational advantages in this state are
equal to the advantages enjoyed in
the best states of the union, and are
far above the average. Statistics
show that the average time of attend-
ance in school for children through-
out the United States is one hundred
and ten days in each year, while the
average attendance of children in Ok-
lahoma Ib only seventy-one days, a
difference in favor of the average
state as against Oklahoma of thirty-
nine days. There can be but one re-
sult flow from such a condition, and
it will only be a few years until that
result will begin to tell disastrously
I upon the wealth of Oklahoma. A les-
sening of education among people
means a lowering of the standard of
citizenship and this condition Okla-
homa cannot afford to permit to come
to pass.
All Parties Appealed To.
I appeal to men of all political par-
ties and all professions to come to
the support of this just amendment.
I make this appeal In the interest of
the thousands and tens of thousands
of children whose lives will be made
happier, whoBe labors will be made
lighter, and whose future usefulness
to the state will be made greater by
the passage of this amendment. I
make this apeal in the interest of Ok-
lahoma, whose future will reflect the
wisdom of its passage and stand
forth as a perpetual monument to
those who have labored in the inter-
est of the aspiring youth of the state.
Remember that every man who
votes in the general election who
fails to register his vote in favor of
this amendment will be counted as
voting against it.
I hope that newspapers of Okla-
homa that have ever stood for the de-
velopment of the best things In tho
state will call the attention of the
voters to the importance of thi3
pending measure. Teachers and pu- ,
pils alike should become active in j
pleading the caubj of education and j
In arousing interest in behalf of the j
passago of this proposed amendment.
Respectfully,
LEE CRUCE,
Governor. I
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING-IN 1904
*0M WHM HAS THIS OUR
CAESAR.
SO
us .oy^/
ri
Are Richest in Curative Qualities
Here's Your Chance
To Own a Cattle
Ranch cr Stock Farm
It is the basis for the most independent
existence of the times. , j j (or
erass is scarce and cannot be leased tor
length of time. The Spur Ranch
Sexas) a famous old time ranch now
being cut up. and from it you can get on.
section or fifty, with any desired coinbma-
being cut up.
ton of splendid farming land for ra.smg
whiter feed. Prices low- terms easy
Secure your ranch tract before it
£? late. Many selections in many .lie.
We alsooffer straight farming lands. Write
Chas. A. Jones. Manager for
S. M. Swenson & Sons, Spur, Tex.
Constipation
Vanishes Forever
Prompt Relief—Permanent Cur*
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS never^
fail. Purely vegeta- i
ble — act surely
but gently on
the liver.
Btop after
dinner dis-
tress-cure ^
improve the complexion; brightenthecye^
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSL, SMALL I RICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
CARTERS
PILLS.
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country and from that paralysis it did
not recover for four years.
Can Successful Farming give a guar-
antee that the history of 1S92 would
not be repeated In 1912 if a Demo-
cratic victory should come? The Dem-
ocratic house in the present congress
passed tariff bills affecting the duties
on thirteen billion dollars' worth of
American products in the making of
which are employed four million
American workingmen. Fortunately
for the country these bills were vetoed
by a-courageous Republican president. .
But if a president should be elected
^ -r- win ron who would not veto them and con-
Statement That Gocd Times Will C I Bhould aKa)n pass them, does
tlnue, No Matter Who Is Elected, Is *ucce8gtu, Farming think the business
Shown to Be False, Because Legis- j ^ ^ country would go booming
lation Affects Prices of Farm Prod- j right along just as if nothing were im-
uct8. i pending? Would manufacturers go
| ahead piling up goods for future sale
In a recent issue of Successful= with -taint^that^the^ wout
Ing, under the heading A Popuiai . ( „n(ior n wncrn
PROSPERITY CAN BE ADVERSELY
AFFECTED BY DEMOCRATIC j
FREE TRADE LAWS.
PLAIN TRUTH FOR FARMERS
Kindred Association.
"Do you want this role?"
"Much 'dough' in it?"
Comparative Luxury. ^
"My father has a horse and buggy.
"Yes, but my brother was run over
by an automobile."
Tf vour appetite is not what It should Tj
nerhani Malaria is developing. It altecti
the whole system.. OXIDINE w, clear
sway the germs, rid you of Malaria una
generally improve your condition. Adv.
Will Soon Wake Up.
Cincinnati woman declares she has
discovered a man without a fault.
Wait till they've been married ten
years.—Milwaukee Sentinel.
her
the
lied myself that If I ever expected to for tho reason that ti e different po-
Becure a home, I would have to under- ; j^jcaj parties of the state, in their
take something else. Hearing of West- | yarjous platforms, have advocated
em Canada, I investigated, and seven lpg|slation 0f this character.
years ago last Spring settled In a Each public school in the state
homestead and purchased (on time) 1 Bhould ba open to students in the dis-
nn adjoining half section, arriving
with a carload of household effects and
farm implements, Including four
horses and three cows, and $1,800 In
money—my ten years' work In Ohio.
"The first year our crops gave us
feed, the second year 100 acres of
wheat gave us $1,800; no failure of
crop since starting here. I have now
22 head of horses, 15 head of cattle,
and 35 hogs. We own 1,120 acres of
land, and have same all under cultiva-
tion. Was offered at one time $35.00
per acre for a half section where we
live, and all the other land could be
gold today on present market at $30.00
per acre. Should we care to dispose
of our holdings, could pay all debts
and have over $30,000 to the good, but
the question is where could we go to
Invest our money and get as good re-
turns as here?
"We have equally as good, If not bet-
ter prospects for crops this year, as
we had three years ago, when our
wheat reached from 30 to 48 bushels
per acre. I never believed such crops
oould be raised until I saw them my-
«lf. I had is acres that year that
mad# 50 bushels to the acre. Our har-
vest will be ready by the 12th. We
have this season In crop 400 acres of
wheat, 125 of oats, 90 of flax, and
run three binders, with four men to do
the stooklng.
"We certainly like this country, and
the winters, although the winterB are
cold at times, but we do not suffer as
one would think. What we have ac-
complished here can be duplicated in
almost any of the new districts. If
anyone doubts anything I have said
In this letter, tell them to come here,
and I can prove every word I have
.written."
The name of the writer can be had
from the Superintendent of Immigra-
tion, Ottawa, Canada, who can give
the names of hundreds of others
equally successful. Adv.
For the Car.
"She worries every time he takes
the car out."
"Yes, I don't blame her. They had
to save a long time to get that car.
ro drive orr mamwJ system
Take tho Old Standurd UKUVK* i'AHl
THILL TONIC. Von know what yon uro lAklnf.
?"e formula.l plainly {""kwww
Jbowlos H I. JlnM
peopie and children, 60 oenu. Adv.
Not a Dry Book.
"This is the most lachrymose novel
I've ever read. The heroine weeps in
almost every chapter." "Then you
certainly can't call it a dry book.
As a fummer tonic there is no medidne
thi: TlilldsZ" the iV eno'uMaVen' ret
X'rly'pre^/M^H^darorTa.t.
less formula at Druggists. Adv.
At the Opera.
"That singer has a powerful voice/'
* • ' ■ l.aar TT W-
- i made in other countries under a wage
scale one-half or one-fourth that of
our own?
Prosperity Is a gift of God, savs
tricts for at least five months in the
year, and the state has not done its
-full duty by the children of Oklaho-
ma until it has made conditions such
as to give every child of common
school age this amount of educational
advantage.
By the terms of this amendment
the state would not be called upon
to render any aid until the district,
by local taxation, had gathered all
of the money for educational purposes |
In that district that the five mill levy
will realize. The extent to which the
state would give aid would be to sup-
plement this amount by an amount
sufficient to procure teachers for not
less than five months.
This measure should meet with the
approval of every man in Oklahoma
who believes In good citizenship and
In good government. We have hith-
erto boasted of the high degree of
literacy among the citizens of this
state. This boast cannot longer be
indulged in unless we do something
to aid in the education of the children
Home Politics.
"What is this initiative and referen-
dum?" "It's this way. If I want to
go anywhere or do anything, 1 take
initiative by mentioning it to my wife.
Then she decides whether I can or not.
That's the referendum." — Courier-
Journal.
Yes, How?
The state of Minnesota objects
strenuously to such a serious offense
as hugging a girl If the girl objects.
But how in the world Is a body going
to find out whether or not the girl
really objects? —Youngstown Tele-
gram.
Contest," there appeared among oth-
er things this paragraph:
"This is the year of our Lord 1912 ^ ^
when the farmers push back the ex-! gucVess'fui Farming^ If that Is true,
cited and noisy politicians and say j ^ wag God>s grace withdrawn from
At a Distance.
"She certainly tries to obey
mother's injunction not to let
young men get too near.
"Why, I saw a young man with his
arm around her last night.'
"I know, but she had a faraway look
In her eyes."
s
Go chase yourself. You cant make
prosperity any more than you can
make rain or sunshine. The goods
you are talking about are adulterated
with ninety-nine per cent selfishness
and political rot. We've got the gen-
uine over In our tent. Good-bye.
The paragraph was written in good
faith, doubtless by one who honestly
believes the prosperity of this country
will not be in any way affected, no
matter how the election goes in No-
| vember.
I That was precisely the position
taken by the Democratic orators and
| newspapers In 1892. That was a year
| of most bountiful crops, it will be re-
membered, and good prices. Facto-
! ries were running full force, capital
| was eagerly seeking investment, labor
j was fully employed. In a word, It was
j the most prosperous year the country
1 had known up to that time. The Re-
Out of Fashion.
"I see where fluffy skirts saved a
girl from drowning in the Chicago
river recently. The old styles were
the best styles after all."
"Huh, she probably tried to drown
herself because she had to wear the
fluffiies."
this country from 1893 to 1897? — ,
point of fact it was not withdrawn.
The earlier and the later rains fell as
usual the soil was just as fertile, the
people were just as industrious and (
the crops were just as bountiful as in
the preceding four years, and yet the
price of farm products during these (
four Cleveland years fell off In the
aggregate to four billion five hundred j
million dollars compared with what :
the same crops would have brought
If sold at the prices which prevailed
during the preceding Harrison admin-
istration. That is to say. the Penalty j - ^ some ^ Bharp nng y0> cayn
which the farmers of America paid for R ou[ wjlf? Ah don. jes. wan> to
Rose Matilda's Sprinter.
"Ah's got a sprinter f'm dat ol' win-
der sill in mah finge' Mis' Greene,"
announced Rose Matilda, who had
been scrubbing window sills, exhibit-
ing the injured member. "Is yo' got a
Experienced on Hearing the Sky-
lark in Honolulu.
Heating Churches by Electricity.
Owing to the large amount of water-
power in Switzerland electricity can
be applied to a good advantage and a
low cost, for heating buildings, and it
•SrissrSs j Ss£
isttirissssx |
~~ ' „ ! cessful Farming jeers them now.
A man always has well trained chil- "prosperity Is a gift of God and not
dren—if his wife attends to it. j of politicians," the Republicans were
told, and they were accused of a sort
I of blasphemy for attempting to argue
' that a Democratic victory might bring
j disaster As a matter of fact nobody
expected a Democratic victory, so
business went booming right along un-
til election day.
' But when It became known that
Cleveland had been elected and would
have a Democratic congress with him
pledged to reduce the tariff, there
Welcomed Old Friend
| and horses were grazing, and listened
" I for this minstrel from the motherland.
John Burroughs Wrote of Pleasure ■ ha(J no( ]on„ tQ wait Sure enough,
! not Tar from us there sprang from the
I turf Shelley's bird, and went climbing
j his invisible spiral toward the sky,
i„ nouring out those hurried, ecttatio
One of my pleasant surprises in „
. notes, just as I had heard him above
Honolulu—one that gave the touch of the gouth Downs of England. It was
nature which made me feel less a a moment of keen delight to me. The
ntmneer there, was learning that the bird soared and hovered, drifting
Furonean skylark had been introduced : about, as it were, before the impetuous
and was thriving on the grassy slopes current of his song, with ail the aban-
baok of the city. The mina, a species don and joy with which the poets have
of starling from India as large as our credited him. It was like a bit of Eng-
ViL and rather showily dressed, I lish literature vocal in the air there
\vlth a loud strident voice, I had heard above tliesa alien scenes. Presently
and seen everywhere both In town another went up, and then another,
5 Tuntrv hut he was a stranger the singers behaving in every respect
i r t appeal to me Yet the I as they do by the Avon and the Tweed,
thought of the skyhirk brought Shelley and for a moment I breathed the
i 4Vi TTnp'iiRh downs air that W ordsworth and
3 EETStf! Se^-ITo Hawaii."
four years of Democratic administra
tlon was equal to one and one-half
times the cost of the Civil war.
Bountiful crops are indeed in a
very large measure "the gift of God. j
But God does not look after the mar- j
kets That is man's business. And it j
is markets which really determine !
the prosperity of the farmer. It is not
what he pays for what he buys, but j
what he gets for what he sells that
determines his success or failure, and
the price the farmer gets for the
things he has to sell depends in larg- j
j est measure upon the purchasing pow- I
I er of his customer. Men who are |
sleeping in city halls and eating at j
public soup houses do not make j
profitable customers for the farmer. ]
Nobody can say absolutely, of j
course, that Democratic victory in ]
1912 would mean the same as Demo- j
cratlc victory in 1892; and nobody can |
absolutely guarantee that Republican
success will mean a continuation of
the good times prevailing now. But
side do the chances
lie?
came about an Immediate change over I on flny partlcu,ar reason why
I was eager to hear it. So early ona
jnornlng we left Pleasanton, our tar-
rying place, and climbed the long, pas-
toral slope above the city, where cattle
by John Burroughs, in the Century.
Instead of laughing at the mistakes
of others, try to profit by your own.
the whole face of the business world
Manufacturers did not dare fili their
warehouses full of goods which night
have to compete with similar articles
of foreign make. Jobbers and whole-
salers restricted their orders to Im-
mediate needs, while all over the
country retailers bought from day to
day because they did not want their
shelves filled with high-priced goods
when the low-priced Hood came in.
And so it happened that although the
new tariff bill was not passed for
Shelley I more than a year after Cleveland's
I election, the panic began at once. Not
j what the Democratic party actually
I did but what it was threatening to do
1 brought about the condition of uncer-
j tatnty in the industrial world which
simply paralyzed the business of the
Democratic victory on a similar plat- j
form to that adopted in 1892 should .
not bring about conditions that pre- |
vailed then? And can any plausible ,
reason be given why a continuation of j
the Republican party should alarm j
business or in any way affect the :
prosperous conditions that now pre- i
vail?
When Successful Farming positive- j
ly declares "No matter which party is j
victorious tho good ship of Btate will
ride the seas In safety because of
bountiful crops on farms," it Is giv- j
git , ,
leave it in, 'ca'se dem sprinters aln
to be trifle wif. Oh, dem's de t'ing'U
do de business," as Mrs. Greene at-
tacked the splinter with a pair of
tweezers and triumphantly drew It
out. "T'ank yo' Mis' Greene. Dem
teasers is de bes' t'ing to exkrack ,
sprinters wi'f."
A DOCTOR'S TRIALS.
He Sometimes Gets Sick Like Othep
People.
Even doing good to people Is hard
work if you have too much of it to do.
An overworked Ohio doctor tells his
experience:
"About three years ago as the result
Of doing two men's work, attending a
large practice and looking after the
details of another business, my health
broke down completely, and I was
little better than a physical wreck.
"I suffered from Indigestion and con-
stlpation, loss of weight and appetite, ^
bloating and pain after meals, loss of
memory and lack of nerve force for
continued mental application.
"1 became Irritable, easily angered
and despondent without cause, The
heart's action became irregular and
weak, with frequent attacks of palpi-
tation during the flrBt hour or two
after retiring.
"Some Grape-Nuts and cut bananal
came for my lunch one day and
pleased me particularly with the re-
sult. I got more satisfaction from it
than from anything 1 had eaten for
months, and on further investigation
and use, adopted Grape-Nuts for my
morning and evening meals, served
t
i
ing its readers assurances for which
there Is no more substantial backing | usually with cream and a sprinkle or
Be Serene if You Would Be Happy.
"Chores" a Word of Ancient Lineage
The word "chores," generally used Dont go to sleep with a frown on
in the plural, Is not slang, but an Eng your brow. A drawn dovrti mouth and
lish word of highly respectable line- > screwed up eyes help to bring wrinkles,
ige. in this form U is found only in But really one needs to think pleasant
America; In England the ipelllng and thoughts In the day-time.
"I should say so
I can't hear my-
ielf speak when he's singing.
pronunciation being "char," though
thla Is rarely used except in combina
tlon with "woman"—charwoman." Rut
in some of the provincial dialects, that
of Cornwall, for example, the word
! "chores" is used precisely as we use
I "chores." All these forms come dow*
to us from the Anglo-Saxon word
| "cerr," or "cerran," to turn over.
Pleasant
thoughts bring a serene expression to
tho face, which, as the years go on.
becomes permanent. The people you
meet who have pleasant faces are the
ones who have never allowed hard or
unkind, discontented thoughts to find
a resting place in their minds, and
there Is urgent necessity for cultivat-
ing serenity to fall asleep with.
COL ROOSEVELT'S TESTIMONY
Wilson's Election Would Mean Nation
Wide Ruin, According to Former
President's Prediction.
I In tho Outlook for July 27, 1912
Colonel Roosevelt predicted that
1 Wood row Wilson's election would pro-
j duce a panic and a disaster that
would be nation-wide. He Raid:
"If Dr. Wilson were elected, he
would either have to repudiate the
promises made atw&t the tariff In the
than one man's opinion and upon the i
validity of which the history of the |
past casts grave doubt.
Democratic platform or else bring ev-
ery industry In the country to a
crash which would make all panics In
our past history seem like child's
play in comparison, '.n short, were
Dr. Wilson elected on this platform, he
would be obliged at the very outset
of his administration to face the al-
ternatives of dishonesty or disaster,
the alternatives of refusing to carry
out the expressed pledges of tho plat-
form, or else of causing such disas-
I ter to every worker in the country as
would mean nation-wide fain."
salt or sugar.
"My Improvement was rapid and
permanent, in weight as well as In
physical and mental endurance. In a
word, I am filled with the joy of liv-
ing again, and continue the daily use
of Grape-Nuts for breakfast and ofte04
for the evening meal.
"The little pamphlet, 'The Road to
Wellvllle,' found in pkgs., is invari-
ably saved and handed to some needy
patient along with the indicated rem-
edy."
"There's a reason."
Name given by Postum Co., Battl*
Creek, Mich.
Kver rend the ho « leMert A new
•lie appfira from time to tlnit.
■ re s<>nulne, trut, «nd lull of houu*
tntereat. Adr.
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