SanDiego, Cal., Aug. 25.—
•Is the United States preparing
to go into Mexico?" This is
the question asked by visitors
at the SanDiego Exposition the
other day when 400 marines
stationed on the grounds turn-
ed out in heavy marching ord-
er, took their field pieces and
camp equipment with them,
and joined 500 sailors from
the cruiser, Colorado, and wor-
ked out a war game problem
on the beach here.
Wheeling their field pieces in-
to pos'tion the marines drove
out the imaginary enemy,
while the sailors were being
landed under the cover of the
Colorado's guns. Then the
marines advanced thru the
streets as scouts, their purpose
being to drive out "snipers."
Wi+n the way clear, the flag
v planted, and it was de-
« iared that the position was
occupied by Uncle Sam's for-
tes. Tho there was no blood
shed, the maneuvers closely re-
sembled actual . I rvice condi-
tions, and in view of the fact
that tho Colorado has orders
to continue similar maneuvers
each week, it is declared by
many army and navy men that
the invasion of Mexico is close
at hand.
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A Presidential Possibility.
San Diego, Cal., Aug. 25.—
Considered one of the presi-
dential possibilities for the re-
publican party, Senator Theo-
dore E. Burton, of Ohio, will
arrive at SanDiego, this week,
and will deliver one speech
while here. He will touch up-
on natural questions now in
the public mind, and incident-
ally will have something per-
tinent to say of the Adminis-
tration.
Senator Burton has just re-
cently returned from a trip to
South America. His name has
been mentioned more of late
as a presidential possibility
than the names of others who
were considered likely some
months ago.
Another distinguished visit-
or who will be at the Exposit-
ion August 27, is John Barrett,
president of the Pan-American
Union. Barrett's visit will be
a formal call on behalf of the
Union. He is no stranger at
the Exposition for he played
conspicuous part at the giound
celebration a few years ago.
Do No« Itijur* Plant*, and N tU May
04 Easily Octroyed.
[Prepared by t'nilt-ij Stttnj department
of usfricuUun:.J
An unosual number of complaints i
have hem received this year by tho
department of agriculture from per-
son* who say that ants are lujurliifi
th.-ir lawns and gardci;* As a matter
in' fact, th auis do little harm, and j
the injury that i-s attributed to thorn ^
is usually 1 nust d by howothiii£ else. j
lu ii!i"4«' numbers, however, the small j
. unit ;tl in •-Is which they hulld on lawns j
are Homowhat uiialghtly and on this
account it may be desirable in some
cases to destroy them.
Where there is only1 a small area to
!>   • vered the simplest method is to
drench the nests with boiling water.
Another simpie remedy Is to spray the
luwu with kerosene emulsion or with
a very strong soap wash prepared by
dissolving any common laundry soap
i:i water ul the r.lte of one pound or
one-half pound to a gallon of water.
Such methods are particularly well
adapted to small !:.wns and for the or
dinary little lawn ant.
For larger ant colonies of other spe-
cies, bisulphide of carbon, a chemical
which ran bo purchased at any dru«
store, will be found effective. '1 bis
BUbstancc can be placed in the nest by
means of an oil ui or small syringe,
the quantity required varying from, j
one half ounce for a small nest to two
or three ounces or more for a large j
one. An oil can with a long spout is |
a convenient lustnynent. as It can 1*
inserted into the nests and the liquid!
Injected w ithout Its belug brought close
to the operator's nose, for the fumes oi
blsuiiihide of earbon, although not p^j
sjiious, :! r i • uausf.-uing. To la * illt:i te
the entrain e Into the nest of the chem-
ical, the ant hole can be enlarged with
a sharp stick or iron rod. Alter the
bisulphide of carbon has been injected,
the opening should be closed by pros
sure of the f..ot in order to retain the
bisulphide. Tills will penetrate slow
ly thoughout the underground ehan
nels of the nest and kill ail the inmates.
It is important to remember that while
bisulphide is perfectly harmless if kept
away from all lire, It is very inllamma
hie and may, under certain circum
stances, explode when ignited.
Kxcept for the unsightly appearance
of their nests, however, the lawn ants
do no appreciable harm. They outer
houses very rarely and. on the whole,
may be said to do no harm of any kind
except In s ) far as they lessen the at
tractive appearance of the lawn. On
the other 1 and. it i> quite possible that
by bringing up from the lower depths
sand and earth they may distinctly in
crease fertility by forming a top dress
lug or soil mulch, and at the same time
Imtniit belter aeration of the earth.
Making the Little
Farm Pay
I Crude Pric* Now Is 2 Cwta
Below Coveted Dollar
Mark.
By C. C. BOWSFlELD
<>! poultry meat
.v. mill ivstrlct:-il
nr.- it jkm] siZeit
prcijHM' ulli'ntl in
111 tlio proUuvtlori
farmers work iu a  '
w:iy imless 11 icy pro
liiiyil):ilor aii<l tflvo
;is i i, i„ ■ 11 i, N •. rl.. ovory i'nrm-
i'v ' jin i.i it pa., to Ue.'p liickouB
n:.ij dij.rUrt Tito wilo of youuK fowls
at t. iMoiii!.. is lii.rily proHialilo. anil
a l.i, • ■ tra.ld ruu Im worked up lu a
s!i rt time.
In '.llliis : u liK'uliutor <are uv.wt be
Mk-ii to sp-uiv the freshest Uliul of
f.-rtllo aii'l tliej niifctt not be
■ •hilled. It Is never a   I plan to
use nv >r u week old. The sooner
ti,. ;.- are phve.l iu the Ineuhator nfter
h i".' laid the better hatch will re-
sult. The eu-as th.it are held for many
day; are apt t i beeonie (.'billed In eold
weather, anil the germ cradtmlly Rrows
wea'ior with tlm-. K_'s for Inetiba-
:i in <'il weather should be gather-
ed twice dally, especially on cold days.
Keep a roof of prosperity over your
head and help your neighbor to do
likewise by trading with him in
business.
You Help Him, and He
Help You
HOME TRADE MEANS HOME
SAVINGS. This paper is booming
this town all the while. HOW
ABOUT YOU?
Will
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( HICAKNS AND DUCKS AUK I1KNI.11ALI.V
eitoFi lAisiai.
In speaking of the big Texas
storm, J. H. Patterson, who
■with Irs wife have just return-
ed from that state, says that
the general public does not ev-
er. have an idea as to the sev-'
erity of the storm. Rain beat
right into the houses and the
wind blew with cyclonic pro-
pensities.
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11,000,000 People Vi-.it Fair.
To Hang a Gate.
Take n locust stake >1 hy •'  inches ill
size and IS Inches Ion4 owl drive It
Into the ground until only three Inches
are left above the surfa-e. Hore an
hole in tin* top of the stake and
put at', iron bolt in the hole; then l i re 1
r.vvfifr^
San Francisco, Aug. 2'1.
the total number of visitors to' u bole the same size In the bottom of
the Panama-Pacific exposition >u«- - - i ami ;>ia.v it over the
has reached 11,000,000. it was "s 1,1 t!"
announced today. The aver-
age daily attendance since the
exposition opened February 20
has been 59,910. The average PnUtoa, For stock F«d.
for the past two weeks has, -j-,* p-oiu : i mil the low
been 70,277. nrl eof |intatt es have directed attention
Fasten the
■iitf at the top with a piece of strap
Iron hem and halted ns shown.—Soulh-
ern AtTiiMlltnrlst.
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The Athlete At Home.
City Visitor—Your son at
college is quite an athleto. 1 un
dorstand. Great at thniwing
the hammer.
i to their \ alue for sto«k tml Hitherto
tlii^ subject has ii« i received much at-
| t«*ution in this country because under
| onlinary etu. i.tions other feeds are un
ilouhte'Uy la'vii cheaper and hotter.
Some estimate t it  'vcn it l."  cents a
bushel i; > more expetiuve to fee l po-
tiltO.'S t -- • h M i; is t-  t'-M I
T v hiU* <>n the other hand it is scarcely
> armor xuiwbyCK—t jr«)l prolur that t!i farmer can raise po-
durn it! Last time he was to':t,„. f„r ench ic-  than :*> «vt ts a
home t gave him a hammer to •; T'n-ir a.-tr-H v r«.r feert d«
• fYx- th' barn an' he threw it so pen is up.m m.« ••• . but it i- bet
hiatned fur 1 hnint seen it at u'r :
ill since.
The Only Relief.
Mrs. Kelly
hood seems to be a bit noisy
Mrs. Flynn.
Mrs. Flynn
toime it's quiet
on ha ml rathw tha;: let them r  t
In <ierinany. where the potato orop
is proportionately far greater than in
fhi eountry. the question has been
mo- thoroe.uhlv studied The tubers
™ . 1 nn be wd : >r ftHHlitiK ew < horses,
I U1S QOl -1 dm) pii{s, but they are best
il bit noisy,  ,J; t t^1 for pius. To sr. ure tlie best
: results wiili swine the potatoes shoultl
Yis, th' only first be oooked and than made into a
h <>re is \vhin!,,,i • ' with '•«>nitneal I .^t die off.
and they must be kept in a warm room
of rather even temperature until used,
r.uirs that have been chilled may start,
to hatch, yet In most eases the jrerni
is so weak that the chick will not he
strong 'enough to break the shell at
birth. There must be plenty of male
birds for the eggs «*f a thick of chick-
ens to be of liiixli fertility. It is often
n good plan in filling the incubator to
place more eggs in the tray than it is
expected to carry through the three
weeks period. When the eggs are
tested for fertility the infertile ones
are removed, which usually gives
plenty of room in the tray for the
good eggs. In this manner a goo^
«d:*ed hatch may he expected from 'lie
m: 'liine Never put in the c--s until
the chamber has been heated for forty-
eight hours.
r,u:«rdi:ir the health of newly hatch-
ed chicks is of prime importance. The
first week is the critical time. There
have been found certain degrees of
infection in white diarrhea bacillus
Some carry malignant Infection, some
so light that not many of the chicks
infected die with it. The Infection
passes from hen +o hen by means *of
the nest litter The original source of
Infection is from the ovary of the
mother hen. The organism is in the
yolk, fhiekens produced from these
eggs have the disease when hatched.
The disease spreads from these to
other chicks through the infected food,
the water or by the normal chicks eat-
ing over tile droppings. Infection
would not take place from chick to
chick if it ^rere not for the sick chick
drinking and eating with the well.
Tics is why the disease can be stopped
by the instant removal of each droopy
chick and a thorough cleaning out < f
its droppings Kspeeiallv is this more
easily d«uie for the well if the disease
doc not show up in the infected until
the third or fourth day.
The feeding of fresh buttermilk to
the exposed was fully trhnl on certain
; farms where tho disease appeared last
i year, and with due caution the results
of the lactic acid treatment gave good
results in large numbers of healthy,
fast growing chicks.
T' n't buy eggs from yards where this
disease was known to have been last
year, ns the same old infected hens
may still be there.
Coops should be made windproof and
water proof on all sides, which also
means top #it§ bottom. Rubber roofi
ing is cheap material if kept painted to
roof the coops with. Ventilation is
best given above the door, the ventila-
tor covered with screen wire and [pro-
tected, from rain. Roomy and dry is
the Idea. Everything should be kept
clean and with good care to keep them
comfortable and good wholesome feed,
including green food and free range,
any farm flocks should go through the
summer in ^ <*1 condition, lay well and
The
Quality Printing
th' elevated train goes by ;
drowns th' noise.—JikIk?-
E L, Ford juiii Clinton
Steinberjier have formed
other grain If sklmmiik is added
i the Value .j the feed is much increased
j In feeding pot alow* to dairy cows
■ from one-half peck to one peek should
I be fed to start with. They should be ,
' I given raw and should be run through i
1 a root cutter to prevent choking the
partnership for the practice of eGws ,\n excessive ford of potatoes
law at Prague. to n dairy cow is liable to cause scours.
 o j but as much as one-half bushel a cow
! a day has been fed without bad re- ,
Miss Bessie Schrum, of full*, in addition to the nutrients con-
Stroud, is here this week in the potatoes giv • succulence to a
interest of the "movies." ' U' u'r of ">
ing dairy cows.
Why Cows Give More Milk.
Cattle used to be bred chiefly for
work, says the Farm and Fireside.
Therefore the cows did not give much
milk. Breeds improve the thing for
w Uieli they are selected.
rn 171)0 the work cows of Germany
gave an average of a pint and a half
\ day. Interest in milk increased, and
uy 1 the average yield was a quart
and a half. Breeding went on milk-
ward. and in ism the Herman ows
averagvd two quarts of milk each per
day, in 1820 three, in 1S30 four, and
The German experiments with pota-1 there the gain stopped for thirty years.
TICKETS of every design I *° t1onr ^()r bread during the war illus- lint In ism the production had ire r-*as-
at reasonable prices. Call tit! tr",e the too$ valUe of ,be p"",t0, | to Mxjinnrtsana hyjsro toeiKhL
the Record office. I Advertise in the Record!
You can aid materially 'bv doing
your shopping anp marketing with
the advertisers in this paper to-
Build Up Your Town,
Up Your Home
Don t forget that this is a commun-
ity of home makers and home keep-
ers and that one of Your Most Im-
portant Duties is to keep it so.
Lima. O.. Aug. 2?<.—Crude
oil markets for the central
states soared again today with
the opening of the market
I when the Ohio Oil Company
J added oc a barrel to North and
| South Lima, Wooster. Prmee-
i ton and Illinois, while Indiana
i also got its first raise.
North Lima now only 2:
below the coveted dollar mark
and operators predict a $1.50
market.
Guthrie Merchants Awake.
Guthrie merchants are re-
ported to be planning a big
advertising campaign this tall
for out of-town business. The
Chamber of Commerce of the
city will have charge of it. The
local newspapers of the coun-
try within a radius of 60 miles
of Guthrie will be also used to
further the advertising cam-
paign.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mrs. J. H. Patterson is on
the sick l:st.
F. C. Miles was a Shawnee
visitor, Tuesday.
O. H. Bevers is another new
subscriber to the Record.
Frof. P. G. Rawdon is over
from Chandler, this week.
J. L. Gray of near Oak
Grove, was in town Tuesday.
Jake Smullicin was a busi-
ness visitor to Stroudthisweek.
Chas. Hopkins returned
home Monday from Oklahoma
City.
Finis Ward and Arnold Run-
dell are contemplating goin to
Morris, Okla., ne:vt week.
The sunshine for the past
couple of days has certainly
been fine on cotton and the
threshermen.
The Record invites vou to
call and visit and talk over
crop conditions or other nu.:-
j ters of interest.
Teach the child when it is
young that politeness costs no
one anything, but that it is a
very valuable asset to have.
We understand that Miss
Bonaline Bishop was married
in Guthrie this week. Partic-
ulars unobtainable at time of
going to press.
The McAlester News-Capi-
tal is holding space for a pict-
ure of the original Roosevelt
man who attempts to stam-
pede the Republican party to
the "strenuous ONE."
Geo. R. Sutton and farmh-
and W. E. Wells returned to
their home in th's city Tues-
day afternoon from an exten-
ded fishing trip and visit in
Arkansas. George reports
that they had a "bully" good
time, and he looks like it. ac-
cording to reports reaching i s.
So does "Abe," but as to our
personal knowledge of the
matter, we have nothing to say
up to the time of going to
press, for we have not seen ei-
ther one of them, and when we
do see George he is likely to
tell us to come over and take
care of an "overdraft." No,
we are not "lookin" for him.
Build
DEEPER PADEN TEST.
The Prairie Oil & Gas Co.,
will begin work this week
deepening its test in section 8-
12-7. This well was drilled
to 2,807 t'eet and is making
about 6o barrels per day tnd
as much water on the pump
It is oelieved this sand, of
which there was only two
feet of pay, is the Layton
which would put Bartlesville
| at about 3,900 feet. This test
will show whether there is
any such thing at that depth.
Charged With Selling
Mortgaged Property.
Sam Kinnasnon was bound
over bj the Justice Court of
Shawnee, Tuesday, on a charge
of selling mortgaged property.
L. B. Hampton was the plain-
tiff in the case. It is alleged
that the defendant had dispos-
ed of cert .in property on-'hich
Mr. Hampton held a chattel
mortgage, The case will come
up at the next term of the Stir
povior court of Pott-county.