The Prague Patriot. (Prague, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1904 Page: 4 of 8
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THE PATRIOT.
INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS
Published Every Thursday in the Intereit
of Prague and Vicinity.
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W. S. OVERSTRCET, Proprietor untl
Business Manager.
Subscription Trie* $1.00
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BOTH SLEIGH AND 8ULK/.
Better Hsve One to Taks Out Your
Best Gill Next Winter.
Anyone who has been sleigh riding
with IUh beat girl and suddenly comes
upon a clean stretch of road from
which (ho snow has disappeared and
finds his old nag unable to draw the
sleigh over (ho rocks and stones and
nits (hut beset him will appreciate the
idea of n sleigh which can Immediate-
ly be converted into u wheeled sulky
ihal will rattle along over the Ury
mound until another snow-covered
highway is found.
The idea is clearly conveyed by the
picture herewith presented. Wheels
The Sleigh Sulky.
.'ire attached to the rear of the sleigh
ami by menus of a handle may be low-
ered to come in La contact with the
■ ««.rth. raisin); (he sleigh runners and
at once transforming Iho vehicle into
a. wheeled affair for use anywhere.
'Hie reversal of the handle or lever,
when desired, lotufr.j iho sulky to II
original sleigh form.
Playing Poker With Dollar Billc.
Friends of a well-known business
• an wi re Interested considerably the
•ther day when he received change
from a fiv dollar note after paying a
mall bill on seeing him closely ex-
V lne the severe* ;ninhnr« on the one
lollar notes received.
"There's a full l*Guse, aces and
treys," bo remarked to himself, "and
there are two pairs, and there's a
straight flush."
'•What aro you talking Shout?" said
•no of his friends.
"Why, there are three good poker
hands. I'm goftg to save them, anil
tomorrow when I meet the 'gang' at
luncheon, we'll have a little game with
•ne dollnr notes. The loser pays the
hill for (he crowd. Thai's why I ex-
amine the serial number on every one
dollar nolo I get so carefully. Every
•ne 1 get that makes a good poker
band 1 save, and I haven't been stuck
for the dinners yet."
Hat Umbrella.
Corenns make the umbrella Into a
jiieco of headgear, leeving the handy
free.
Five-Lcggcd Calf.
Joseph 1-aile of Benson, Vt., has n
tive-legged calf born June 2, which Is
thrifty. Mr. Laflo has been offered
5150 for the calf and his mother.
Prefer to Risk Lives.
i Only one person In flvo uses th«
tunnel built In T ndon for crossing
the street near the Bank of England
Tho others prefer to take thelj
chances among tho horses and ve
hides.
W£FAPM oA
^<^uMny
Taking Care of the Crops.
Tho greatest handicap which can
bo placed on a miller is to have to
contend with tho off-grade wheat.
Wheat that has been wet in the
shock, sprouted, blenched, inusty
luff, mean to handle and impossible
to grind, this is the worst of all evils
which may beset the operative and
une of tlie greatest sources of loss in
running the mill.
There is also the wheat which has
gone into tho stack in apparent good
shape and because of bad winds and
heavy rains become soaked with wa-
ter and then by heating become stack-
burned and mouldy, or gone Into the
bins in a damp condition and come
out later as bin-burned wheat, which
is not only deceptive stuff to buy,
but which makes unsound flour and
loss if by any mischance it reaches
(he rolls.
No other subject is of more vital
importance to millers than tho quality
of the wheat they grind. The miller,
by force of business necessity, has
no use for poor wheat. Unlike the
statistician or the crop estimator, he
thinks less of tho number of total
bushels raised or the given number
of bushels per acre than he does of
the quality of the grain and tho pro-
portion of It which finally reaches his
bins in a condition which will allow
it to be milled into the pure, uniform
product upon which his trade is
Vased.
Id the settlement of a new coun-
try, where the production of wheat
largely exceeds the local demand and
(he farmers arc poor und have not
tho means to build granaries to hold
their crops, there is a heavy move-
ment of wheat "from the machine" as
the quickest aiid easiest method of
getting the grain raised off their
hands. To get the money it brings
Into circulation is the one ambition
of the farmer. The greater the num-
ber of acres of wheat ho can raise,
tile cheaper the cost of production,
and the celerity with which it is
rushed to market counts for more
than quality of product. Under such
conditions there is little stacking of
wheat and all the rains and winds
have full opportunities to damage.
The most promising outlook of a fine
quality of wheat will be ruined in a
week of had weather while tho farmer
is "waiting for the machine," and as
his neighbors are in the same ex-
pectant attitude, a period of bad
weather succeeding harvest will ruin
good grain and cause the loss of thou-
sands of dollars in the lowering of
grades.
The b'.sl atld most successful farc-
ers have learned from years of ex-
perience that it pays to stack their
grain, especially their wheat. That
mysterious process of going "through
tho sweat," by which wheat is im-
proved in color and strength after be-
ing cut, had best be passed in th«
stack, for investigators and experts
have found that the longer tho period
during which the berry rotnaius in
the chaff and straw the greater is the
improvement of its quality.
Tho market depression which fol-
lows the custom of rushing the wheat
to market immediately after harvest
is too well known to need any com-
ment. The supplies are temporarily
larger than the power of absorption
and prices are lowered io conse-
quence, to the greatest detriment to
the farmer himself. The miller later
on suffers from this cause by having
the cheap wheat exported to be
brought into competition later in the
crop year.
The interests of the mille- In taking
care of the wheat and having the
farmer hold it as long as possible
for gradual marketing is evident.
There is nothing which can be done
to regulate or control the weather,
hut all arguments favor the best pro-
tection which can be given the crop
from tho elements. As the harvest
season approaches farmers should be
urged to stack their wheat and give
it the best chance possible to be
high in grade and dry and sweet
when threshed. If threshed in a dry
condition there is little danger of a
loss of grade afterwards. A differ-
ence of 10 to 15 cents a bushel in
price because of quality alone is often
the result of stacking wheat in a wet
season. The farmer is the winner and
the miller is glad to pay full prices
for the best grain, and he don't want
the poor stuff at any price.
Tho question of the best care of
the crops is of increasing importance
ns milling demand requires more of
th« \vhoit rai«ed. A 'vnicod firming
methods grow up side by side with
increased milling facilities and both
are benefited. There are no two
classes which are in such close de-
pendence upon each ott er as tho
miller and the farmer. The success
of the one usually means the success
of the other. In no other particular
do the two Interests harmonize as in
the Improvement of the wheat crop.
No other element will improve the
(allty more than tho care of the crop
after cutting. It is in tho interest of
every miller to urge "stacking the
wheat," and both will bo tho gainer
by better qualities Milling aud
Grain News.
System in Feeding.
Animals cannot get the best results
from their feed unless it is given
them regularly and in quite uniform
portions. Every farmer should have
a regular system for the feeding of
his farm animals, whether the ani-
mals be the ones used for the produc-
tion of meat and milk or for the pro-
duction of force to be expended in
labor. Irregular meals are as had for
animals as for human beings. The di-
gestive systems adapt themselves to
certain habit* and seem to lie as
much opposed to irregularity as if
they were sentient beings. On many
farms there is no system of feeding
and tho results obtained are poor.
One man will work his horses for
hours beyond their regular meal
timeri. During the last hour or so tho
animal Is losing vigor rapidly. He is
given food when his strength is partly
exhausted. Tho stomach had not the
vigor of digestion that it had at the
regular eating time, and tho result is
more or less disarrangement, some-
times resulting in tho imperfect diges-
tion of the food taken. This is a mat-
ter that every human being has ex-
perienced himself. The results are
far more disastrous than we have
been led to suppose. The fact is eas-
ier to establish than the reason for it.
The cow, the pig, und the sheep, when
depending on man to do tho feeding
faro best and thrive best when their
food comes in accordance with a reg-
ular system. It, is not so much a
question of how many moals an ani-
mal has a d^y as of their regularity.
Cleo In Iowa.
Tho Iowa Supreme Court has hand-
ed down another decision going to
strengthen tho posiiion of the state
law on the question of oleomargarine
colored to resemble butter. The state
law prohibits the selling in the state
of all oleomargarine colored yellow to
resemble butter. A Chicago company
appealed a ease from the lower court
on the contention that the law ol
Iowa as it relates to the cploroi mat-
ter in oleomargarine is unconstitu-
tional, as the color in the oleomargar-
ine canto in naturally by the use of
ingredients natural to the things from
which oleomargarine is made. The
court holds that it makes no differ-
ence how the color got In; if the col-
oring matter is there in sufficient
quantities to make the oleomargarine
resemble butter it is an illegal prod
net. The court goes further and de-
clares that the stato could, if it
wished, prevent absolutely the fqIc ol
oleomargarine. The decision also re-
cites that the original intention in the
manufacture of oleomargarino was to
mal;« it so resemble butter that the
consumer could not tell it from tbe
thing it imitated and thus permit the
dealers to sell it for butter.
Trial Orchards.
The growing of trial orchards in th«
different states is a practice that in
proving immensely beneficial to the
fruit growing interests of the states in
which they are grown. Illinois now
has eight of these trial orchards, and
Wisconsin has four. They aro placed
In different, parts of Iho states, and in
them are tried the varieties that are
being placed on Iho markets by nur-
serymen, or that, are to be placed on
the markets. Our people would dc.
well to familiarize themselves with the
results of the work iu each of thes?
orchards, as it will save them front
paying out. good money for worthless
trees. It is not a difficult task to find
out what is in a variety, If it is care-
fully grown in such an orchard. A
nurseryman puts a new variety on the
market or an old variety that he
claims to be a new variety. The mac
in charge of the trial orchard takes it
puts a few scions into a branch on a
mature tree, and iu two or three years
has results. Tho fruit may be found
to be only an old one tinder a new
name, or a new variety that is worth
less. The discovery of such a fact is
of value; but of still more value is
the discovery of what each variety ol
apple or other fruit will do on any
kind of land. The experience of the
men in charge o£ tho trial orchards
accentuates this fact very clearly
Some of tho varieties that do well or
a prairie soil are about worthless or
timber soil, and the reverse is true
We think, from what we have seen
that the work of the trial orchards
is very valuable, and that our legislat
ors can well afford to expend the mon
ey necessary to carry them on.
Disinfecting Curing Rooms.
Canadians that have charge of num
hers of curing rooms follow the prue
tice of washing tho shelves with somt
disinfectant before putting on cact
batch of clicese. Both formalin nnt
corrosive sublimate are used. Th<
formalin is used at a strength of on?
part of formalin to ten of water anc
tho corrosive sublimate at the rat<
of ono part of the poison to 1,000 ol
water by weight. The formalin it
certainly less dangerous than t.h<
other. The object of the treatment
is to prevent the development of molt
spores, which make so much trouble
In many of the places where cheesf
is ripened.
The Happy Husband.
TIhw many times I huve *ondcred
How titv would seem, dear heart,
i. from our modest dwelling
Stern poverty should depurt;
K thi- cottagu beeame ;t castle
Furnished with treasures rare.
And we bail evirything thai we'd huve
If I were a millionaire !
Suppose. a stately butler
Awaited your every sign,
Aud the water upon the table
Should change to sparkling wine;
StippMO that a dainty pheasant
Jtepteteeil our now humble fare.
And the table with the things we'd have
If I were ;< millionaire.
Suppose that our sfabfes ''hollered
l ull inanj :i well-groomed steed:
That you rode in your vie in comfort
Or hunted o'e'r field and mead;
Suppose that each day brought nothing
Of worry und trial and tare.
As we'v' often thought the cloys would
he
If I were a millionaire.
Would the logs in tho hearth burn
brighter
Than tho*;- chips ip our tilLV grale?
Would the feeling or home ue stronger
if dinner were served in state'.'
Would a spin in your vie he better
Than our walks in the twilight rare?
Would the love in our hearts he greater
If I were a millionaire?
Would we be more to each other
If trouble Were swetit away?
Would the sun in tho west kIow softer
Than now at the close of day?
J.ife is but a mi.vhty heart-throb
And the love I hut makes life fair
Would be no greater, and truer, dear.
If I wi ' a millionaire!
- Colorado , Springs Ciasctte.
NEWS or- THE LABOR WORLD.
Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.
The Commercial Telegraphers'
union now reports 10,00u members.
The bureau of labor has commenced
an investigation of the labor difficul-
ties in Colorado.
Qua thousand school teachers of
Pittsburg have organized to demand
an Increase of wages.
Terence V. Powderly, former head
of the Knights of Labor, has opened a
law office in Washington.
It is better to secure the confidence
then the advantage of others.—Week-
ly Bulletin of Clothing Trades' Union.
The glove cutters' strike, which has
been, on in Gloversville and Johns-
town, N. Y., for more than six months,
was officially declared off.
The three tod mills at the steel
mill**, Joliet, have been closed, affect-
in; «00 men. Tho closing of other
departments is looked for in the. near
future.
It. is announced thai the American
Smelting and Refining company will
distribute $1011,000 among its em-
ployes who have been with the com-
pany for the last two years.
The first number of the new week-
ly newspaper, the Illinois State Labor
News, has just been issued. It is
edited by John Felker, while E. J.
Ryan is acting as business manager.
A report issued by the employment
bureau of the Chicago Employers'
Association shows thai an average of
115 applications for work a day have
been received so far. There have
been inquiries for I!t0 employes made
by employers.
Journeyman Tailors' Union No. 5
has taken steps to organize u. central
council of all unions allied with its
craft. It has also levied an assess-
ment of 25 cehts a member to raise
a fund for the. relief of striking min-
ers in Colorado.
Bookbinders' international conven
tion's most important decisions were:
That strike benefits to be paid only
after the second week of a strike; to
promote the interests of women's local
unions, and prevent friction between
local unions in cities where there is
more than one union.
Charles 11. Moyer, president, and
W. I). Haywood, secretary and treas-
urer of the Western Federation Of
Miners, and thirty other men were
charged with murder und inciting
riot in connection with the deaths
of Roseoe McGee and John Davis
during the riots at Victor.
Recently in Detroit, during the
"open shop" controversy in the build-
ing trades, the police essayed to drive
a number of trade union pickets from
a church in course of construction.
The pickets showed that they were
not only members of the church but
were on its building committee, and
they successful contended for the
right to picket their own building.
A settlement as to wages to be
paid for the year beginning .July 1
has been practically agreed to by the
committee of the Amalgamated Asso-
ciation of Iron, Steel and Tin Work-
ers atld the American Sheet and Tin-
plate Company, on tho basis of the
present scale, which is 18 per cenl.
lower than the original scale for 1903-
'04.
International Typographical union
has withdrawn the charter from the
typographical union at Tulluridc, Col.
This action was taken on the com-
plaints filed by the typographical
unions at Ouray and Durango. The
season of the withdrawal of the char-
ter from the nnion al Ttilluride was
owing to tho fact that the printers
participated in the deportation ol' mitt
i ts from their homes.
To prevent hasty action and to giv<
employers ample notice of intended
changes in wage or time scales, tht
San Francisco Labor Council require?
thai every union must give at least
three months' notification of demands
for improved conditions, and that ti*
new rates of wages or schedules o!
hours shall be enforced on a building
from the time work begins until it if
completed.
Four hundred employes in the cat
shops of the I'ullman Company at
Pullman havo been laid off, and s< i
oral hundred more, it is expected,
will ho thrown out of work within ti
short time, as a result of a decreast
in tho volume of business. Official*
of the company say they are unable
to tell when the preseut slack condi-
tions will end, and it may be several
months before the mei} can go had;
to work.
Leaders of tho strike of garment
workers declare the tieup to be com-
plete and estimate tho number of per-
sons out. at 35,000 to 40,000. In a day
or two 10,000 finishers, mostly Italia*
women, who take the work home, will
be added to (he number of those idle
It is the biggest clothing strike thai
New York has seen for al. least six
years. No wage demand has bees
made, tho strike being merely against
the "open shop."
Fifty thousand clothing workers
have joined the strike against the
"open shop," inaugurated by tho Na-
tional Clothiers' Association, accord'
ing to the executive committee of the
Garment Makers' Trades Council, it
was said that the strike would spread
and that, thousands mora would joi
the strikers in the next three days.
Assistant Secretary Crouchley of the
United Garment Workers of America
said the union would win.
Less than 10 per cent of the mem-
bership of tho brotherhood of boiler
makers and Iron shipbuilders were in-
terested enough to vote on the refer
endtim election of international offi
cers. "If cities havo bad government
because many of their reputable citi
zens do not go to the polls on election
days," said one member of the boiler
makers, "what kind of officers are la-
bor unions to have if 90 per cent ol
the Membership does not vote?"
After a conference with tho Unit. «
Garment Workers. Samuel Gowpers?
president of the American Federation
c-f 1-ttbor, announced that he was sal
isfied with tho action of the Non
York garment workers in striking
against tho "open shop," and that the
American Federation of Labor wi!
aid the strikers in tliolr fight. The
garment workers struck against the
"open shop" several days ago, and
according to the strike leader/, severtV!
thousand men are out.
Everywhere throughout tho count!.
the cause of organization among tin
wage earners, for the purpose of be!
taring their condition, is becomins
stronger and stronger. Not a day
passes without new bodies beinp
formed, and, as the workers are beinf:
educated along the lines of what an
the real aims and objects of union
labor, the employers are also learning
that it Is with Iho organized workers
they will receive and do receive thf
best returns.-—Freight and Baggage
man.
Railroad brotherhood magazines are
commenting at length on the recent
decision of the United States Supreme
court which laid down the principle
that a telegraph operator for a rail
road company aud a fireman on a rail
road engine are "fellow servants," anil
that (he negligence of the former
causing tho death of the latter in the
operation of (rains was a risk the
fireman assumed and was not a ground
for damages against the railroad com
pany. The Advance Advocate, the offi-
cial organ of the Maintenance of Way
Employes, makes this editorial com-
ment on the decision: "We may next
expect the Supreme Court to lay down
the principle that a passenger may
not recover damages on account of
Injury received in a railway accident,
or that his legal heirs may not rc.
cover damages on account of his
death from such cause, because in
purchasing his ticket he 'assumed the
risk' of being killed or maimed. At?
this decision comes from the United
States Supreme Court there is only
one thing for railway employes of
every grade to do, and that is to de-
mand thai, they be paid for their la-
bor in proportion to the risk and dan-
ger tff their positions, so that they
can buy and pay for life aud accident
Insurance without depriving their fam-
ilies of any of the immediate necessi-
ties or the comforts of life, which
they aro entitled to enjoy as sharers
in the prosperity which they have
helped to create.
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