The Garber Sentinel
Kay Peters, Ed. 4. Pub.
GARBER : : :
OKLA.
But baseball Is sucb a strain on tbe
rolce!
Thunder and
rather familiar.
lightning! Seenia
"Swat the fly." Yes, swat It way
out into the outfield.
About tbe only croaking one hears
these days is done by the frogs.
Many persons do not like the cab-
aret. preferring to know what they
eat
St Louis boy swallowed a whole
crawfish. Fortunately, it wasn't an
eel.
Tombstone cutters are on strike—
an added argument for the lower cost
of decease.
About this time, the preliminary
step is taken In the formation of
June brides.
Only two per cent, of musicians are
bald, but It Is too late for many men
to Join a band.
As soon as all women wear fend-
ers on their hatpins the men can quit
carrying nippers.
The farmer ought to be a happy
man about these times. Ever?'body
■wanta to help him.
Our opinion is that the world will
■urrlve despite Incomprehensible pic-
tures and slit skirts.
However, the kind of umbrella that ;
you cannot lose is not much good for j
keeping out the rain.
One trouble with simplified spell-
ing is that the authorities still fool-
ishly Insist upon regular rules.
Experts tell us how to achieve *
ripe old age, when what one wants is
to retain one's verdant youth.
While adopting those dinky little
hats the dear women cling obstinate-
ly to the old long range hatpins.
There is a peculiar fascination in
the accoutrements of angling now dis-
played in certain shop windows.
Some persons do not like the pleas-
ant chorus of the frogs, but some per-
sons have no music In their souls.
A German banking house has failed
and its chiefs have fled The exam-
iner over there has a fierce mustache.
A German banker named Puppe
has fled, leaving debts' of $7,500,000.
Sort of going to the dogs, so to
speak.
For the. cure of cancer $2,500
worth of radium was applied. At this
rate few people will be able to afford
to have one.
Have you heard the wail of those
who are humiliated because the lux-
ury of paying an Income tax is de-
nied them?
Is the wearing of a green hat with
a neat little bow In the rear an indi-
cation that the wearer possesses
temperament?
A Boston chiropodist has been ar-
rested for bigamy. Possibly he haB
been throwing himself at the feet of
too many women.
Then there is that morbid form of
self-conceit that leads a man to con-
sider himself a hoodoo because the
home team always loses when he at-
tends a ball game.
Climbing 200 steps after breakfast
took superfluous weight from a wom-
an It probably would have the same
effect upon a horse.
The fact that some women can be
Induced to resent bitterly the charge
of being too well dressed shows that
feminism is marching.
And after It has taken us all these
llong years to learn to spell, why In-
flict misery through being compelled
to learn all over again?
EVER since the abdication of the
emperor It had been rumored
In Peking that the imperial
family was planning to retire
to tbe palaces at Jehol, situat-
ed 160 miles northeast of Peking.
Desiring to visit these palaces before
their occupancy by tbe imperial fam-
ily should render them inaccessible
to the public, the correspondent de-
cided to make a trip to Jobol. As
Willis R. Peck of the Chinese secre-
tatariat of the American legation was
planning to make the same Journey,
we decided to Join forces and travel
together.
Mrs. Peck very plucklly Insisted on
accompanying her husband. In spite
of the fact that the country through
which we were to pass had been In
a more or less disturbed state ever
since the revolution, and brigandage
had been rife on all the principal
trade routes. Mrs. Peck argued that
any place was safe for her that was
safe for her husband. We tried to
tell her that only one or two foreign
women had eve rgone to Jehol, but
she answered that this was the very
reason why she wanted to go. in
the end her arguments prevailed,
though we had some misgivings about
the advisability of a woman's maklog
such a Journey. When it was finally
decided that Mrs. Peck Bhould accom-
pany us, we took care to put in an
extra supply of cartridges for our re-
volvers and guns.
Mules for Transport.
The road which leads from Peking
to Jehol passes through some very
mountainous country, and is more
suitable for mules and donkeys than
for horses. We therefore, decided to
dispense with horses and to use only
pack mules and donkeys. We en-
gaged five pack mules and three don-
keys. The owner of the mules and
donkeys agreed to send two muleteers
with us to care for the animals.
On Tuesday, July 9, we set out
from one of the northern gates of Pe-
king and traveled in a northeasterly
direction. The pack mules carried
! yard, which is usually full of horses,
mules, donkeys, camels and a great
profusion of merchandise and bag-
gage. To those unaccustomed to Chi-
nese Inns the Btamping and braying
i of the mules is very annoying.
A room in a Chinese Inn has no
furniture, excepting a table and a
' couple of chairs. Instead of a bed,
! there is a raised platform of brick
called a "kang." on which the trav-
eler spreads his bedding. In the
front part of the "kang" Ib a small
fireplace which connects with a num-
ber of air passages radiating to all
i parts of the "kang." It is, therefore,
| not incorrect to say that the Chinese
sleep on their stoves.
All the next day we were gradually
approaching the mountains and were
beginning to wind our way up a beau-
tiful valley through which flowed a
large river, which we crossed by
means of a ferry boat We were now
passing through a beautiful farming
country. We noticed that the farm-
ers did not live on their farms, but
were congregated in villages and
towns. Almost every farmer had a
hut on his farm, where he could camp
out while watching his crops
As soon as we had traveled a day's
Journey from Peking we began to at-
tract a great deal of attention. The
people were curious to see the for-
eigners. The children often fled be-
fore us, crying, "the foreign devils
are coming."
Accept the Republic.
Wherever we stopped we tried, by
conversing with the people, to ascer-
tain their attitude toward the repub-
lican government It was very clear
from what they said that they ac-
cepted the republic as an accom-
plished fact, and believed that it had
come to stay. Just what a republic
was the ordinary people did not seem
to know. Most of them seemed to
think It was a new order of things
which would gradually compel the
Chinese to cut their cues and to fol-
low foreign customs In general. Some
of the more intelligent people believed
FOB THE IS
!BEES A GREAT HELH
IN RAISING ALFALFA
A Few Stands Will Work Wonders In
Assisting the Pollenization of
the Flowers
STATE FAIR WILL ENCOURAGE
PRODUCTION OF GOOD SWINE
AMONG OKLA. YOUTHS.
MANY VALUABLE PRIZES OFFERED
The Liberal
Governing the entries and Con-
test Are Announced By
Those In Charge.
Every farmer in Oklahoma who has
a field of alfalfa should have a few
I stands of bees. Not only will his
stand make a better seed for next
season, but a larger yield of hay will
result from better pollenization.
Hildebrand gives the following
data:
"A large number of representative
matured pods were gathered from an
alfalfa field less than one-half mile
rizes an the u es away from a ]arge apiary, and a like
number from, another field of much
the same soil, and practically under
like conditions as the first field, except
that the second field was situated
t,  , . ... , twenty-five miles away from a colony
js o ka oma, there s money in of bees. No bees were observed in
hogs-go to it and raise pigs! ; (he fie,d and ,he character of the sur.
Thais the ke>note of the Boys' Pig j roundings, there being no timber or
club contest announced by the Okla- ' probable living-place, was such as to
^orna State Fair and Exposition, preclude the possibility of wild bees
Oklahoma City, September 23 to Oc-I m the vicinity. The p'ods from each
tober 4, 1913. i locality were carefully opened and the
C ash premiums and sweepstakes number of seeds in each counted. In
amounting to $235 have been arranged number of seeds in a pod was found
for the contest, and the managers of ; to be 5.58; seeds plump; pods numer-
the two big packing plants, as well as ; 0us in cluster; pods having several
the Oklahoma National Stockyards spirals. In the other field the average
company, are co-operating with the number of seeds in a pod was 3.35;
State Fair management. seeds in at least one-third of the pods
With hogs bringing 9 cents in the were small and shriveled; pods few in
Oklahoma market and with Just about ciuster; short, with but few spirals,
half enough to meet the demand, of- The seed crop of the first field, on this
ficers of the State Fair believe they basis, could be estimated at two-thirds
can assist the farmer boys of Okla-
homa in no better way than by en-
couraging the breeding of more and
better hogs.
0
greater than that of the second field."
A GOOD BROODER HOUSE
't. • . H'atos
Oklahoma's hog family, at its best, „ _
has never averaged more than 1,839,- PraC''Cal A:r™8"nent for Taking
*30 head, with a total value of $11,• | Care °f Tw° Tho"^nd Chicks
1(97,641. The absolute capacity of the , ...
two big packing plants is said to be I fa™ Po^ry keeper who raises
24.000 a week, or a total of 1,248,00(1 5V* hU°dr^ 0rl. more ehlcks a year
in a year-more hogs than were raised ' *OU'e an all"0Bt
in Oklahoma in 1912. The two plants Pensable ad^nct-   " Possible
combined have alwavs figured on 10, ° ,al;e care <*e chicks with the
000 hogs for each week, but for I le.aB lab°r' ,glVe8 'j16"1 an ab"ndanco
months past they have not had more ? &\T 8nd pleD J °f r°om toJ exercie?
than 6,000 each week. The average ■t°rmy ,weather when they
hog of 218 pounds is worth $19.62 \°° C'°8ely Confined in sma11
brooders.
Rules for Contest. | The brooder house in use in Mis-
1—Competitors must be members '< souri experiment station and recom-
in good standing of an Oklahoma corn ■ mended by Director Quisenberry to
or kafir club. j anyone who raises large numbers of
2—All entries must be made by 1 chickens hatched by incubators is 40
June 1, (1913. feet long by 14 feet wide on a concrete
3—Each competitor may enter one
pig. The pig must be less than twelve
months old, October 1_ 1913. •
4—On the last week in May two
foundation with rat-proof floor.
A matched board partition through
the center provides two apartments,
each having its own heater in flie
dis-interested witnesses must weigh | center of the room. If the heater gets
the pig and report to I. S. Mahan, Se(> , too warm for the chicks nearest to it
retary, Oklahoma City, Okla., tfie | they move back to a comfortable tem-
weight, age, ear marks, color and sex j perature, which they cannot do if
P'S- j kept in a small room. Each apart-
5—Any breed or mixed breed may j ment will house two thousand chick-
be used. j ens and should not be used for less
8—Any feeds, including packing I than five hundred, as their own heat
house tankage, may be used, provided helps to regulate the temperature of
that no other manufactured stock food j the room, and the cost of building and
or tonic may be used. i running the heating plant is too large
1—County contests should be held j for a small number.
at county fairs or at some central rail- j   —
road station in the county. No County WHY OKLAHOMA IS PROSPERING
contest should be later than Satur-!  
day, September 20, 1913.
8—County awards should be based
on this score card:
Greatest gain in weight, 50 points.
Best type of market hog, 50 points.
Our Livestock Is Rapidly Gaining
Reputation Over the Country
Those persons in some of the older
states who have looked upon Okla-
9—Pigs should be shipped prepaid j homa as a new section, famous for
to Superintendent Boys Pig Club, j open cattle ranges, and somewhat in
State Fair Grounds, Oklahoma City, the rear in the raising of fine live-
Okla. Pigs should reach Statd Fair j Bt0ck, will be startled to learn that a
not later than Moiwlav, September 22. ' livestock breeder in Blaine county hag
10—The State Fair association will . gold a herd of thirteen thoroughbred
make no charge for pens or for care | shorthorn cattle to Iowa livestock
of pigs. Feed will be1 furnished by | men.
DRAWING WATCH FROM A WLLL
Baseball becomes more scientific
•every year. Expert fans now have
telephone calls arranged In advance
to summon them from their work.
Only one child was born to every
thirty families In Paris last year,
which city would not be a desirable
place for a baby carriage factory.
That Seattle Judge who made a
prospective bride and bridegroom
listen while he tried a divorce case
certainly doeen't cater to the marry-
ing trade
Dur provisions and baggage, while
the sure-footed, Bturdy Peking don-
keys served us as mounts.
Toward noon we reached the town
of Sunho, where we rested in a Chi-
nese inn and had lunch. Here we
saw the filtering tanks of the Peking
water works, which were the last
signs of modern Improvements we
saw on the whole Journey. After a
short siesta, we set out again and
arrived at Nlu Lung Shan, a walled
city, about seven in the evening. In
the west suburb of the city we found
a fairly good Inn. A Chinese inn usu-
ally consists of a number of one-story
houses arranged around a large open
courtyard. The guest rooms and
stables all front on the same court-
that the republic would In some way
lead to a participation in the govern-
ment on the part of the people. Just
how this participation was to come
about they did not know of care.
While cliarv about talking politics,
the people were not averse to discuss-
ing the adalrs of their own particular
community. We found every particu-
lar community had its own fund of
legends and folklore. At Shihsla,
where we stopped for lunch on July
11, we were told that the place owed
Its name to the fact that there was
a huge stone In a neighboring valley
resembling a gigantic treasure chest.
This stone is said to contain a vast
fortune In the shape of gold, silver
and precious stone*
State Fair, and cost of same deducted
from proceeds of sale of pigs.
11—Boys should reach State Fair
Grounds and report at Secretary I. S.
Mahan's office, Sunday, September 28.
Free admission to State Fair Grounds
will be granted to first and second
prize winers of county contests.
16—Awards will be made by the
following score card:
Greatest gain in weight, 50 points.
Best type of market hog, 50 points,
rcemore. bhda t ,vz.de B
1st 2nd 3rd
Best pig fattened on corn
(other feeds except
kafir or milo may be
used with corn) $15 $10 $5
Best pig fattened on kafir
or milo (other feeds
except corn may be
UBed with kafir or milo)$15
Sweepstakes best pig,
any feed  $15
In addition to above prizes each of
Without making much noise, Okla-
homa has advanced in livestock rais-
ing, and produces not only, the quan-
tity, but the quality. Only last fall a
dairyman of Nowata county won first
prize at the Iowa Dairy show for the
best Jersey animal. Oklahoma now
competes successfully with the older
states in raising poultry and live-
stock, and these industries are to be
the means of creating more wenlth
Jn Oklahoma in the future than any
other pair of industries.
$10
Sequoyah County Farmers Organlzs
One hundred farmers and business
men of Sequoyah county met at Sallt
saw recently and organized a branch
of the Eastern Oklahoma Agricultural
j asociation with the election of tha
; following officers: O. P. Delaney, Sal
lisaw, president; R. F. Allen. Vinn,
first vice-president; A. P. Seabolt!
.Muldrow, second vice-president; Alej
the packing houses offer prizes as j Foreman Sallisaw, secretary; L. C.
follow s: For the best packer hog, ?Io°r,e' Mu'drow' t" «urer; J. M.
first $15, second $10; third $5. ! Brockman, Vian; Dr. J F. Cox, Vian;
Sweepstakes, best packer hog, $10 Joseph A. Peters, Pocie Chapil, and
The Oklahoma National Stockyards H; S Wrne' Brent' execu"ve com
Co. offers the following prizes: mittee.
Best pig 8 to 9 months old. $ 5
Best pig 7 to 8 months old.. 5
Best pig 9 to 10 months old., 5
Best pig 10 to 11 months old. . 5
Best pig 11 to 12 months old.. 5
Sweepstakes, best pig, any age 10
$3  
3 Gets Registered Hog
3 S. A. Harris, assistant postmaster
3 at Waurika has received a registered
3 Poland China boar from the Charter
.. — k--".' —1 wis. i is, biij iu Oak Stock farm of Butler, Mo. It is
The Oklahoma Stockyards National I a splendid animal and since Mr. Har-
Bank wyll give prizes for the best ! ris is a great believer in thorough
•tory of "My Pig and How I Fattened bred stock, will try to introduce mor«
It": first prize So. second iJ. third $2. i It if his vicinity.
For Every Baking
CALUMET
BAKING POWDER
Best—because it's the
purest. Best—because
it never fails. Best—
because it makes every
bakinglight, fluffy and
evenly raised. Best
—because it is moder-
ate in cost—highest in
quality.
At your grocers.
m
RECEIVED
HIGHEST
AWARDS
World's Purs Food Ezpo*
■ ition, Chicago, UL
Pari* Exposition, Frmnc*.
March, 1912.
Vou don't save money when you buy
cheap or big-can baking powder. Don I
bt misled. Buy Calumet I I l more
economical — more wholesome — gives
best results. Calumet Is (at superior to
sour milk and soda.
Bent on Getting Money.
"What excuse did the arrested cash-
ier give for being crooked?" "Ha
claimed he was in straitened circum-
stances."
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 YsRrs.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Caston*
Practical.
"He certainly touched me with his
story of hard luck."
"For how much?"
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES
one size smaller after using Allen's Foot-
Ease the Antiseptic powder to be shaken In-
to the shoes. It makes tight or new shoe*
feel easy. Gives r. st and comfort. Refuse '
substitutes. For FRFE trial package, aj-
dress Allen S.-Olmsted, L© Roy. N. Y. Adv.
The Kind.
"On what plane are his ideals?"
I think they are on aeroplanes."
PAINFUL, TRYING
TIMES
Housework Is
hard enough for
a healthy wom-
an. The wife
who lias a bad
back, who is
/ - //[I weak or tired
//v «" the time,
l ' finds her dutleB
' a heavy burden.
Thousands of
nervous, dis-
couraged, sick-
ly women have
traced their
"£w n imt Tells troubles to sick
* Slum'' kidneys — have
found quick and thorough relief
through UMlng 1 loan's Kidney Pills
The painful, trying times of
woman s life are much easier to
bear if the kidneys are well.
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