The Independent And The Dewey World (Bartlesville, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 13, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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THE INDEPENDENT
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AND THE DEWEY WORLD
Bartlesville. Washinoton County,
VOL. 11 No. 40.
Okla. April 18 1917
Smt War li
IMPORTS ARE INCREASING
30.000 INDIANS
A Mm Far Cray Tmij
never been such an impressive ^ Mb M Tbu (later dV r^^r^fen^/m^e I TO FARM < By H. M. Brainer. agricultural
fact as now. The entrance of tka hfVMM Flftectivt Tariff everybody happy. Pasture And - and industrial agent of the Atchi-
the United States. China and *--- a rain crops were verv much in Mnraaat Wfl *111111** AM IlS Waite *on‘ T,Peka 4 8anu F« Railway
probably Brazil into the conflict The Artt six months of 1914 need of moisture and the rain il Fift Cirilute Tribal Uo™P*«y. Topeka. Kansas.)
has added many millions of peo- was the era in which the present coming as it did will help the _ ** every city home as well as
ide of those already embroiled in Tariff law had an opportunity to wheat and oats to get a good I t ^ eve,ry farm homc wcr* iuPP,ied
the struggle Including the show its real workings. Although start Gardens were u row ins L "v*'ry Indun Oklahoma un with a good garden, much would
countries named, there are today it was passed in October of the slowly but the weather beinir I *r ,he KnHrdu,u,"P °*thc Unitcd bc »cs«plished toward solving
more than s billion and a half previous year, some of the im cool and the ground so dry the. L! tTTTSf W,“ ** draftcd ,he h'*h co>t of >‘v|ne Such a
people engaged in war As the, l>ortant Tariff changes did not go were not doing much good *"l° lhC Vmtcd 8ta,ei. sta,es
impualtion of the earth, according mtoeffect until 1914. These in- Abont an inch and aquarter of ** ,nstruct,ons
to the most reliable estimates, is t,ud*d the woolen schedule and rain fell during the night and TCC'"Ci' bj ° h Pa,kcr’ *u
1.1191,761,000, it will be seen that the sugar duties But the peri | day.
only a small proportion of the in od from January of that
habitants of this planet are en
joying unbroken peace.
On the side of the central pow-
garden would cut down the
scr-
neces-
•ity for buying many articles of
Pcr,|t I of food supply, such as are today
tendcnt ol rhe five civilized tribe, | bought in large quamitie. in (in
Irom Cato Sells, Indian commis
cans and in other forms,
family in this country had its
gulden, there would be much less
prevailed.! • ere and leading Indians together I demand for many manufactured
era there are four nations These Our exports during that period , * aho,n* .J, April 9.—The immediately for an organised ef. food produsts, and prices doubt-
with their populations are: Aus averaged in value one hundred “,,ice °"h* for. under your continuous super •ess would he lowered. The good
tria Hungary, 50,000,«MJO; Bui j and seventy four million dollars Kansa* & Texas railway system vision. * Superintendent Parker garden is not a fad; neither is it
garia, 4.800,00<>; German Empire; a month. American exports dur d,iContlnued »**»■ morning is authorized to take the older |»n experiment
81.000. 000, and Turkey, 24.500, inK the same period in 1618, un l,B te,?Kra*>h offices, s-»ve boys out of school for farm work. A garden the size of an ordinary
U00— a total for the central pow- der the operation of the Republi I °*f dlv*** n points where dis- Acting under these instructions J tuwn let, if we|j caretj for> wj,j
ers 160,300,000. On the side of can Tariff law, averaged about werccloMd Superintendent Parker has called supply an average family with
the Entente allies (including the one hundred and ninety four mil ’’ams Wl11 bc d,8P»tched b, tele a conference of the entire field vegetables from spring until fall.
United States ,China, Brazil and lions a month- p on r as hereto*ore. I he • ffice force of the five civilized tribes. In addition to the every-day fam.
Cuba) there are: Belgium, 22,- What the war has done for our h **** .d,v,*,on •uP*rin«endent including government farmers, for 'Ij needs, a garden of this size
600,000; Britshh empire 448,000,- export trade can easily be seen ere ff,ve “« accurate es Aprils It was said at the In. will furnish a surplus for tanning
000; France, 87oO* Japan, American goods sent to foreign hi'* *"* "umb*r of °P«ra o'* dia" °®ce* that more than 3°,«o° Und storing for winter use for
74 000,01*0; Italy, 37,000,0^0; markets under the present Dem nil * restricted Indians would be placed hucb vegetables as beets, string
Montenegro. 500,000; Portugal, ocratic Tariff law averaged one T i V Western Union upon farm worn under govern- beast, tenutoes, peas, cucumbers,
15.000. 000, Rumania, 7.600,uou; hundred and *ev,ntJ-four mil 11',?"/,^"^^'''"h'"' supervision by the order. cabbage, cauliflower,
Kussia, 175,0* 0.01HI; Serbia, lions a month. The war brought offi '■ ,0«*ted--carrots and turnips.
4,e00uw; United States, 112,- theseexporta up to an ave.age L",** Kan‘*8f rexaa SeM Us Hare Tka. IW The cost of this family garden
00 *,(H*0, China, 400,One,Cuba, of four hundred and fiftrsejn T 10 K*0#‘“ °AUhon,a’ Ol Hilt TbM Ever need be but little more than that
2,500,000; Brazil, 24,000,ouu. A millions a month. And now the ^paraU Webern Uni™ r - for seed and labor.
total tor the Entente allies of fortunes of the war are sending ■ • nion oBilc is Imports of cotton cloths tuwo Itardc”. the labor can be
1,410 6000,00). the average down at the rate of do!ed»• ’ ***** u“por*,ly counted to 17,823,896 in the sev^^ fur")*Med by members of the fam.
Of the land area involved, there one hundred and forty-seven mil [ f -. en months ending Jamtary, “y without interfering with their
is more than four fifths of lions a month Such are the un- L ^ 1 c rai roid c mP ,n3 an increase of $3.|kx),oOo over the °,ber regular duties. In fact,
the world’s territory. In Eu cerainties of a trace that is de-L ^ ’ nie'1 ,hat lhc act*,,n had same seven month of th-previous r*11* f»arden can be well cared for
rope only Scandinavia. Holland, pendent upon the needs and LT! *^en *'» forestall ihe possi- year In the seven months end dur'ng the mornings and evenings
Switzerland, Spain and Greece plans of the combatants of the * y °. an 1™pend,n*r te^raPh' MnU January. 1917, Great Britain |lbe same as d'Ores and the person
arc not actively involved in hos- waring nations Vet for twol » C policy o» geneia! sent us cotton cloths of the value ,0'Mff '* will be benefited in
lii,;tie8- years our export figures have^ 2t,6o6, which was inoie 1 health as well as in pocket book.
In Africa there is only Abys been held up by the Administra^ *s*signe yt em as the »ason than doub'e the value of the sev I Garden products, in season, can
sinia and Liberia In North tion as a proof of the permanent 01 1 le c the affices. en months ending January, I916 be made to supply a large part of
America only Mexico s suppos and lasting prosperity that has ~~ If the British can more than don. :^e needs °f the table,
cdly neutral, while in South Am- been brought about by its legis- Wht Plfl the Ttriff b’e ,ht ir saI**5 tn us «I cotton fab. ras>' matter for the housewife
erica, British and French Guiana lation, and especially by the tar- _ r'cs 1,1 sI3‘te wa • what wi 11 econ°stze and at the
and Briz 1 are either at war or iff law by its making. Is the Tariff a tax on the domes l,*Cy d° af,,M 1 he war ends, and
upon the verge of it In^iaon- What that law really did was tic consumer, or is it a iax tint W"1 havc a Free Tra‘,t* That i
ly Persia, Afghanistan and Siam to decrease our exports to the must be mainly paid by the lor
are not involved Kansas Ciry tuneof twenty millions a month, signer who wants to get his good-
Journal* and to make the balance of trada | into out market? That
run
If every
own
year --—-
gives a fair test of what the law Katy viB Operate Tniai bv T«Mmc
would do under the normal con-
ditions, which then
er.
Parker is directed to "call farm-
parsnips,
In case of a
It is an
to
same time
get a good meal, and plenty of it,
if she has a garden to depend up-
Whaf is better
wr
m
vites the whole world 10 dump its
industrial products on the Amori- nom'cal. especially when prices
are high, than to be able to
on.
or more eco-
can market ?
sup-
ply the major part of at least two
meals each day from what is pro
duced on the back lot or on an ad.
question
against us because of the j was well answered by aw English
great increase of imports that manufacturer when he said:
came to our shores. It has “
brought about an average impor the
tation to the Uaited states of two must make our goods, and the less
hundred millions a month Dur we can afford to pay labor. The
ing 1912, the last complete year) least possible reduction in the Un-
of the Republican Tariff, the
erage monthly importations
amouuted to one hundred and
Will Be Chief if Nice
Te Head Militiry Beard
The truth is,
tariff, the
the higher
lower we
joining one? Think
of fifty
Mayor elect Easter has tender*! cents worlb of s^ing beans that
ed the position of chief of police | actuahy cost but five cents, in la-
to L. U Gaston, who has
nounced that he will accept the I cabbage, beets radishes, green
position as soon as the new board ’ons' lct|l|ce, celery, cucumbers
of commissioners pass on the ap and otbcr vegetsbles thrown in at
poinment. | the same rate, and you will have
Mr. Gaston ran against Chas J nothing more than is expected
Allen for the nomination for ^r°ni the first class garden. The
sherffi last fa*l and was defeated, S01* 's available for this garde
Allen in turn being defeated by as Wl1* be a,*° sunlight, air
Griff Graham. and rainfall. Buy the seed; do
the work; get the results. It is not
too late to start this garden
somcof it can be planted as late
as May. Remember the garden
means a constant saving of ex-
pense, not only for a few days,
but for the enttre growing season.
Governor Williams has appoint-
ed T J. Leaehy of Pawbuska as
chairman of the hoard of control
bor and seed, with tomatoes,
peas
on.
an
ited States Tariff wi*l he a grand
thing for Bradford, but how it
will affect your industiie*
hardly say
sell our goods in France for the
same price as we did before they
enacted their higher Tariff, and
the Bradford manufacturer is pay-
ing the duty, not the French
having to do with military and
av-
athletic training in the public
schools of the state The beard
consists of five members, the fifty millions a month more than
under the Republican Tariff. If
the administration officials will
study and analyze their own of-
ficial trade figures, they will
cease to prate of the prosperity
which the* have brought to the
united States, and will do
thing to build a real foundation
for American trade.-Philadel-
phia Press.
I can
Wc are obliged to
other two to be named later
The last, legislature passed a
hill authorizing such training in
the schools of the state Certain
fees collected for this part of the
school education will be used for
the expenses of the b<»ard.
a,
con
sumers of the goods. I know from
practical experience what I
talking abont ’’
now.
SHtberaten Fnd Ctnaeitc
some
am
Under the call of the Chamber
of Commerce of Atlanta, Ga., a
food conference was held
sist and push forward the plant-
ing of greater food crops. The
meeting was attended by repre-
sentative citizens from all
the South and a resolution was
passed urging the banks to
ist the farmers in every way to
buy seed and equipment to
food crops.
Enlistnent SUw Here
Gnsy Like te Be Draiied
Amtell te HcAfo
to as-
I^ess than a dozen have enlist-
ed in Bartlesville since a arcruit
ing officer has been stationed
he e Men are not willing to en
list under the conditions that the
Sallisaw, Oklahoma.. April 10.
t be Spriukie
C4
What is the matter old top?”
“Oh, it’s that infernal dog of
my wife’s. She makes me sick
the way she goes on over him.
All women love dogs.
But she bathes, powders »»4
perfumes this one. I don't sen
why the deuce she doesn't take
him out and have his pants
pressed.”
Oscar T Crosby, of Warren-
ton, Va, is appointed assistant
secretary o’ the treasury. Mr.
Crosby recenty
dejMirtmeQt are imposing. If a with the American
call for volunteers is made, theie for relief in Belgium and in S37,700.
Construction
Company has been awarded a
contract by the couuty ^commis-
to drain Grassy Lake,
covering 4.500 acres, at a cost of
The total cost of the
will be no shortage of applicants charge of the work iu Belgium improvement will slightly exceed
and northern France. $70,000.
over
ii
sioners
was connected
commission
it
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ass
grow
in this city.
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Dixon, W. E. The Independent And The Dewey World (Bartlesville, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 13, 1917, newspaper, April 13, 1917; Bartlesville, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1506338/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.