The Weleetka American (Weleetka, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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The Weleetka American
By ERWIN W. JAMES
WELEETKA.
OKLAHOMA
Women's eyes nre the only weapons
left her in Chicago.
What causes divorce? "Rum grub,"
shouts the army of dyspeptics.
GREAT FINANCIAL FAMILIES UNITED
When Spring Comes Around
Man's Mind Turns to Them.
Poorly cooked food often drives
men to drink and women to suicide.
Every hen will have to be taught to
lay her egg under an automatic dating
stamp.
The comet with two tails is doing
nicely in getting past the nature fake
detectors.
San Francisco ought to take that
little earthquake as a timely warning
to be good
Get into the new census by all
means. All our best people are head-
ing for it.
Buy your own home in the country,
nnd become a perennial instead of a
hardy annual.
Paris enthusiasts who are planning
to prevent the slaughter ot African
fauna are a year too slow
No fight against the hat pin will
gain enough of a victory to send femi-
nine fashions back to bonnet strings.
There is no way for the house fly
to get arbitration in the war the Chi-
cago health department is making on
it.
Passengers in France who stayed
aloft two hours in an aeroplane found
the earth still running nicely on their
return.
When the pocket wireless really
comes into use a man no longer will
be able to forget to mail his wife's
letters.
Poultry farmers can point proudly
to the fact that so far as they know
there is no such thing as eggine on
the market.
Messages from Africa are io the ef- I
feet that Col. Roosevelt is as hard as ,
nails. This explains why the tsetse
fly was stung.
Science is pretty good, but it has
not yet identified the whooping-cough
germ, to say nothing of isolating it out
of the small boy's reach.
Feverish Anxiety for Poultry Is Shown
in Kentucky Newspaper Contain-
ing Advertisements In "For
Exchange" Column.
Galveston, Tex.—When the gentle
sunshine of springtime opens the buds
J and fills the mind of man with doubts
•is to whether. After all, life isn't worth
living, the soul of the average man
j apparently turns to chickens. Pick
! up a newspaper at random and see
! how the yearning of his soul displays
itself in cold type.
! Below are some yearnings taken
from the classified advertisements of
a Kentucky newspaper; Kentucky be-
ing selected as a central point from
which to view this feverish yearning
for poultry, says the News. The ad-
vertisements following were under the
heading "For Exchange," and in one
issue of an afternoon paper:
"S. C. Black Minorca eggs for com-
mon hens."
"Female collie for chickens."
"Good bicycle, just in need of front
tire and chain, for chickens."
"Pair of ball-bearing skates and bi-
cycle with clincher tire for chickens."
"Sewing machine, bench wringer,
and light harness for chickens."
"Full paid, $120 correspondence
school course for chickens."
"Maple trees and fine strawberry
plants for Black Minorca or other
chickens."
"Outdoor brooder, 60-egg incubator
and Springfield rifle for chickens."
"White Leghorn rooster for chick-
ens."
'Platform wagon, push pole and
shafts, top, for 85 chickens."
"Set of good buggy harness for six
good hens."
"Grocery scales, capacity 200 pounds,
for chickens or ducks."
"Party dress for chickens."
"Water motor, large willow rocker,
jardiniere and artificial plant for
table for chickens."
"Visible typewriter for chickens."
"Incubator and brooder for chick-
ens."
"Spring wagon for incubator."
Largo size 1900 washer for Blue
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NEW YORK -The marriage of Anibony J Drexel, Jr., of Philadelphia
to Miss Marjorie Gwynne Gould, just celebrated, unites two of the
great financial families of America. The bride is the eldest daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George J Gould and will inherit a va3t fortune.
Mr. Drexel will soon be the head of the distinguished Philadelphia family
of financiers and bankers. America has been especially pleased by Miss
Gould's selection of an American husband, for she has been wooed by many
titled foreigners, among them being the duke of Braganza and Prince
Komanowski. who is related to the czar of Russia.
Andalusian chickens. Golden Sea
Bright Bantams or Feking ducks."
"Thoroughbred bloodhound for Cor-
nish Indian game chickens."
"Rolltop desk for good brooder."
"Lady's gold watch for Black Mi-
norca or Rhode Island Red pullets or
cockerels."
"Novels by good authors for chick-
ens."
"Handsome peafowl for Rhode is-
land Red pullets."
"Gold watch, open face, for chick
ens or ducks."
"Coal vase, large size water cooler
and three-burner gas stove for chick
ens."
All of which would seem to indicate
that a great and overwhelming desire
for fowls is among us, leading us to
strip our backs and our homes, to sell
our party dresses, our jewelry and
pretty much all we may own in order
to satisfy this desire.
And who knows that some day,
judging by these examples, the great
American hen may not be adopted as
legal tender as the savages used
cowry shells? For certainly the
chicken has come to be regarded as
having sound value.
Deserts Nest for Kittens.
Columbus, Ind.—The most remark-
able instance of alliance ever report-
ed in this county is that of a hen
owned by Miss Minnie Thayer of Clif-
ford, which has descVted a setting of
high-priced eggs and gives her entire
time and attention to caring for three
iittens that are in a box near her
nest. The hen cannot be induced to
return to the nest. The mother cat
ind hen go along well together and
divide the time between them of car-
ing for the kittens.
200KING IN SPANISH STYLE
Some Recipes That May Be New and
in Any Event Are Worth
Remembering.
To make Spanish spaghetti take
one-half pound of ground steak that
has been put through a mincer and
cooked with a good-sized piece of but-
ter in a skillet, add half can of to-
matoes. Season with salt and chill
peppers. Add one-(juarter pound of
cheese cut fine. When thoroughly
cooked add two handfuls of spaghetti
which has been previously boiled. Stir
all together and send to table hot.
This can be served as a separate
course.
Stuffed and Baked Onions.—Use six
medium sized onions. Take out the
center with a scoop, parboil them for
three minutes, then put them upside
down on a cloth to drain. When
drained fill the inside with forcemeat
of bacon and sausage, mixed with the
heart of the onion minced fine, also
bread crumbs, pepper, salt, a pinch of
mace and a spoonful of cream.
Stuff the onions with this and sim-
mer in the oven for an hour, basting
frequently with melted butter.
When done take the onions up care-
fully so as not to break them, place
them open end uppermost in a vege-
table dish, add to the gravy in the
baking pan the juice of half a lemon,
four tablespoons of cream and a little
browned flour. Boil up and pour over
I the onions.
! Arrox Con Polio (Chicken and
Rice)—Put three tablespoonfuls of oil
| in. a pan and when hot put in small
I pieces of chicken, which are to be
j cooked slowly in the oil for half an
: hour. By this time the pieces should
be brown. Meanwhile, in another pan,
j fry also in oil, onions, garlic, tomatoes
! and red peppers, adding this mixture
j to the fowl, together with six to eight
; ounces of well-washed rice and one
j pint of stock.
Poor Testh of German Children
Dr. Jesson reports the astounding
fact that out of a total of 100,000
school children from the dirrerent
German states 81 to 99 per cent.(W o
German states from 81 to 99 per cent
were found to have diseased teeth
and that practically only one per cent
had normal, healthy mouths.
Looking Backwaid.
Even those among us who are corn*
parativey young can remember when
only one or two of the railroads had
fourth vice-presidents.
Americans the Only Consumers.
At one of ^-e most important gro-
ceries in Hambury they think they
are doing well to dispose of 30 to 40
pounds a month of sweet potatoes ta
resident Americans.
Still to Be Determined.
The dealer was busy filling bottles
from a hogshead of wine, "what kind
of wine is that?" queried an innocent
bystander. "Don't know,' answered
the dealer. "I haven't labeled it yet."
Sane Fourth Up to Children.
New York.—The school children of
Montclair, N. J., are to have the op-
portunity to vote on the question of
a "noiseless Fourth." The returns will
be considered by the town council
later. Fireworks dealers are stocking
up in anticipation of the outcome.
What is sometimes paraded as a
heart-warming international romance
generally proves to be nothing more
than a sordid commercial affair.
SPORT ON PRAIRIES
Somebody has enunciated the the- !
ory that, sleeping in church is a dis- j
ease. Well, it will gradually diminish,
now that the golf season is coming on
Modern Motor Car Used in Cha-
sing the Fleet Jack Rabbit.
Incidentally, take note that the la
test life saving signal, which now may
summon one take a drink or lend a
dollar, is not "C. Q. D.," but "S. O. S."
A woman of seventy-seven has been
srrested and held in Washington for
running a poker game. Which shows
that one is never too old to enjoy the
good old American game.
One of the latest wrinkles in Ar-
kansas is to raise large quantities of
rice by an improved American meth-
od. Every state can do something
new and valuable to increase the food
supply.
One of the oculists announces that
few people are able to see things as
they are. This is perfectly true, es-
pecially with regard to the ability of
people to see things which affect them
personally.
As defense in a separation suit a
taxi chauffeur alleges that he makes
only eight dollars a day. The wife
claims that he draws down $110 a
week. Of either sum any railway en-
gineer and most college professors
might be envious.
Swearing in the New York subway
was punished by a $10 fine. New
Yorkers will please take warning and
get out of the subway before express-
ing themselves. Swearing at and not
In the subway is the more economical
as well as appropriate.
Texas is coming out strong in many
ways, and particularly in onion cul-
ture. That state reports an extraor-
dinary expansion in railroad building,
development of sections heretofore un-
settled, creation of various industries
in addition to farming and a big boom
in onion growing. The Texas onion
has practically supplanted the Bermu-
da variety in this country, a fact that
almost takes the breath away.
While "on the carpet" in New York
following a charge that he was vio-
lating the pure food law, a manufac-
turer of breakfast food declared that
he discovered his product through ob-
serving the sleekness of his horse
while he himself was suffering from
dyspepsia. He emulated the horse,
and as a result is now a healthy man
This is supposed to warrant the ad-
mission of bran and middlings to the
breakfast table.
The department of agriculture will
live in historic gratitude if it can
get up a cook book that will give the
check book a vacation.
Recent railroad accidents, while
they Indicate no improvement in op
crating safeguards, at least give evi-
dence of a gain in safety through
more substantial equipment. For
trains to come In collision with each
other ten years ago or for a section of
a train to leave the rails at high speed
would have meant a larger casualty
list than is now the case.
Coyote Is Run to His Hole, Then
Hunters Pour in Gasoline—When
Animal Emerges Wild Race
Across Open Is Resumed.
Topeka, Kan.—The faithful horse is
going into the discard in Kansas as a
necessary adjunct of a hunting party
or the chase of a horse thief. Motor
cars are becoming so plentiful in the
state and they have been found so
much better in chasing the fleet jack
rabbit or driving the common coyote
to its lair or catching those who take
horses and mules from stables with-
out the owners' permission that the
horse is being relegated to the rear.
Rabbit and wolf hunts have long
been a common sport in Kansas. Men
would go out with horses and dogs
and have a rabbit or wolf drive. Now
a party of a dozen men in three or
four motor cars go out and make more
successful drives than 100 men with
horses.
A wolf hunt with a motor car is
about as exciting sport as any one
would care to indulge in. In middle
and western Kansas are thousands of
acres of wheat and corn lands with-
out a fence. Often one can drive five
or ten miles across the country and
encounter few fences except those
around a small pasture on each farm.
Motorists can drive miles and miles
across the prairie lands of the western
half of the this state without running
into a fence or creek or gully.
It is not much trouble to stir up a
coyote or prairie wolf in western Kan-
sas, and when the motor party sees
one the race begins. The coyote runs
in a large circle. He does not dodge
back and forth, or zig-zag much, so it
is a comparatively easy matter for the
driver to keep right behind Mr. Coy-
ote. But that motor car must be
moving along at a lively gait. The
coyote can hump along across the
prairie at about 30 miles an hour, and
he can also do some tall spurting when
necessity demands.
In the days of coyote hunting with
horses and dogs, the wolves were
never driven to their dens. But about
an hour's driving with a motor car
gives the coyote about all the running
he cares for, and he makes for his
den. But his rest is not long, because
the hunters pour some gasoline down
the hole, and the fumes soon drive the
coyote out, and the race begins again.
Within the last month not less than
eight coyotes have been run down and
killed by the wheels of the motor cars
or shot by members of the party after
the animals had been driven until they
could run no longer.
The Kansas jack rabbit is also a
"nifty" chap on his legs when it comes
to hitting a hot pace across the prai-
| lie. The rabbit cannot run so long,
but can go faster than the coyote. The
rabbit does more or less short dodging,
but he also runs in a circle of about a
mile in circumference, and the short
dodges to one side or the other of the
path are simply by-plftys. The. driver
of the motor car keeps far enough be-
hind the rabbit to turn to either side
and head the rabbit off when he
makes these turns, and still close
enough to keep the rabbit going at
full speed. About two runs around
the circle are enough for the rabbit,
and the hunters have no trouble in
driving up close enough to shoot.
Sometimes the hunters are able to
pick up a rabbit alive because he is
too tired to run further.
FOR THE BREAKFAST TABLE
Variety of Dishes That Will Stimulate
the Appetite Even of the
Invalid.
Chopped Apples and Nuts.—Wash,
core and chop nice apples, fill the
dishes, sprinkle with chopped nuts
and sugar, and serve with cream.
Oatmeal With Dates.—Add a table-
spoonful of seeded and chopped dates
to each dish of well-cooked oatmeal
and serve with sugar and cream.
Wheat Biscuits With Strawberries.
—Pour a little hot water over a
shredded wheat biscuit and drain;
cover the top with canned or pre-
served strawberries, and serve with
cream.
Wheat Biscuits With Peaches.—Pre-
pare the biscuit as above, cover with
canned or preserved peaches, and
serve with cream.
Sliced Oranges.—Peel the oranges
and slice from the outside to center
in small pieces; sprinkle with sugar.
Baked Apples.—Wash cooking ap-
ples, cut out the core, and fill the cen-
ter with sugar; place in a granite
dish, pour in a little hot water, and
bake; serve with cream.
Graham Mush.—Take boiling salted
water, thicken with graham flour,
steam 20 minutes, and serve with milk
or cream.
Trouble Causc-d by Oil
The pious wish expressed by Sena-
tor Jeff Davis that Mr. Rockerfeller
might be burnt eternaly with his own,
oil recalls a petition presented to the
United States congress in the early
days of the Standard Oil Company
The petitioners prayed that a stop-
might be put to the irreverent and ir-
religious proceedings of the trust i-n
drawing such enormous quantities of
petroleum from the earth and tflus
checking the designs of the Almighty,
who had stored it there with a view
to the eventual destruction of th^
World.—Chicago eNws.
Aluminum Papei*.
Aluminum paper, a cheaper sub-
stitute for tinfoil is made by press-
ing the powdered metal into a thiu
coating of resin on parchiuent-j ke pi*
per.
Never Sees Own Discoveries
Dr. Mav Wolf of Heidelberg, te
whom astronomy owes the discovery,
: by the aid of photography, of 36 new
asteroids, has himself never seen a
single one of these little planets. He-
has only looked upon the images of
the stars discovered by him, leaving
j to qther "searchers of the sky" the
' pleasure of viewing them through
telescopes.
Plows Up Silver Coin.
Little Rock, Ark.—While plowing in
his field five miles north of Clarks
ville, in Johnson county the other day,
Ben Brey unearthed a tin box which
was found to contain $235 in silver,
all coins of the mintage of 1859. ex
cept $12 in Mexican money.
"The Old Man in the Belfry" Is Dead
John Dechara, known for many
years as the "old man of the belfry"
and for 40 years elder and trustee ot
the Church of the Sea and Land, is
dead. He was a familiar figure on the
East Side, and his time was solely
devoted to the amelioration of the
lot of the poor. Mr. Denham was uorn
in Scotland in 1826, and came to New
York in 1860, working for many years
thereafter as a tailor. He became el-
der and trustee of the church, and
when he retired from business, fifteen
years ago, he took up his residence in
the belfry of the building, so that he
might be near the needy persons in
the neighborhood.—New York Post.
18,000 Slums Knocked Out
Liverpool City Council Razes Insani-
tary Dwellings and Spends $5,000,-
000 in New Ones.
Liverpool.—The greatest movement
in any city in the world for the purifi-
cation of the slums is in progress in
Liverpool. More than 18,000 insani-
tary dwellings have been demolished
and 4.000 remain to be dealt with
About 6.000 of the dwellings have
been destroyed by private enterprise
to make room for business premises,
while 12.000 have been cleared away
by the municipality. There has been
bo "graft" In it.
The city has put up 2,170 dwellings
on the site of a greater portion of the
houses which were swept away by the
Doctor Saves Kitten's Life
Boston Physician Rebukes Brutal
Driver and Takes Injured Cat
Into Drug Store.
Roston.—It was one of those lean,
yellow cats that cringe in fear at
every strange noise, and It slouched
across Scollay square, dodging in and
out through the traffic. But a honking
taxicab crushed it beneath a wheel
and sped away, leaving the quivering
form lying on the pavement. The
driver of a three-horse truck laughed
brutally and deliberately veered his
horses so as to crush the cat beneath
their hoofs.
"You big brute Stop!" shouted a
man on the sidewalk, running out and
grabbing the bridle of the off horse.
The frightened horses reared on their
hnunches and^the man picked up the
eat and stepped hack on to the side-
walk before the astonished driver
fully comprehended what had hap-
pened
Stepping Into the drug store at the
"ornor i<e went Into the rear and laid
#—— r
the apparently dead cat on the floor
in a corner. Opening the physician's
bag that he carried, he stitched up a
deep gash In the animal's aide that
had been cut by the tire chains of the
taxicab Adroitly examining to see if
any bones had been broken, he stood
it on its feet to see if it could walk.
I'nable to at first, the cat Anally stag*
gered back into the corner, curled it-
self up and lay quivering with fright,
but having apparently Implicit faith in
its savior.
When the physician left, after rub-
bing from his fur coat the mud from
| the body of the cat, the r orter asked
the proprietor what the doctor's name
was.
"He wouldn't like to have me give
you his name." answered the druggist.
"«ut that man is one of the largest
anonymous contributors to animal res-
cue leagues In New England. His
heart is as big as a washtub."
A glutton is merely a man who can
eat almost as much as a small boy.
municipality and on the other sites
required for like purposes
More than 260 courts and alleys,
mainly insanitary slums, have been
cleared out of existence and in their
places now stand wholesome dwellings
for the occupancy of the poor. About
$5,000,000 has been spent in this work
of demolition and reconstruction.
More than 20,000 persons, chiefly
former denizens in the destroyed sec-
tions. are housed in simple comfort
and under sound conditions In these
new buildings. The operations are in
the hands of a committee of the city
council.
The plans now under way provide
for 80 houses of four rooms each, 188
of three rooms and 277 of two rooms.
No single-room tenements will be
constructed. The 558 dwellings will
contain 1.480 rooms. There will be
a recreation ground.
The net annual tax for the hous-
ing reforms is less than one cent on
the dollar.
No such work has been attempted
In America, owing to the cry "social-
ism." which has been raised In New
York and other large cities. The Trin-
ity church corporation, which is said
to have a similar plan in mind in deal-
ing with the future of Its dwelling-
house tract on the lower West side in
New York, has had forwarded to It a
full report of the progress of the Brit-
ish enterprise.
Experts from all over Europe say
the Liverpool plan for housing the
poor is working well.
"Paris Is Still Paris."
Paris.—The Matin Is worried over
the aftermath of the flood. In a re-
cent editorial it says: "Foreigners,
believing that Paris has become, owing
to the recent flood, a city of ruins and
desolation, have ceased to visit us
Our theaters, hotels, and restaurants
are empty. Our pessimism has been
exaggerated. It is time we informed
the foreigners that Paris Is still Paris "
Another Good Luncheon Dish.
Sever the joints of a tender chicken
and prepare as if for stewing. Let the
pieces soak in a French dressing of
olive oil and lemon juice for half an
hour. Ileat three tablespoonfuls of
butter in a frying pan, fry an onion
in the butter until it is brown; drain
the chicken and fry with the onion for
ten minutes. Empty the contents of
the frying pan into a larger pan and
add a cupful of stock and one of
strained tomato juice. Cook gently !
until the chicken is tender. Take the I
pieces from the gravy and leave in a
strainer over hot water to keep warm.
Return the gravy to the fire and add
three-quarters of a cupful of rice
which has been soaking in cold water
for an hour or more. Cook until the
rice is soft. Return the chicken to the j
pot and when thoroughly mixed and j
heated heap upon a platter and ;
sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Apple Dumpling.
Make a rich baking powder crust
such as is prepared for biscuit, then
roll out pieces about six inches in
diameter and one-half inch in thick- I
ness.
In the center of each put cored ap- |
pies or tart apples peeled and cut in
small pieces, then gather the edges
cf the crust and pinch tightly to-
gether.
Put the dumplings in a deep, well-
buttered pudding dish, sprinkle with
sugar, cinnamon and pieces of butter, 1
turn on boiling water enough to cover
and bake for half an hour In a hoi
oven.
Comfort in Automobiles.
An engineer correspondent of the
London Times points out that the
prevalent opinion that the comfort or
automobiles is best promoted by hav-
ing all the weight carried within the
wheel base is incorrect. The passen-
gers should be seated within the base
but weight placed behind and n front
♦ends to steddy the chassis, and thus
fj free the passengers from the effect
of shock. If weight be placed outside
the wheel base, both front and back,
he says, an improvement in smooth-
ness in running is obtained without
any increase of the total weight of the
car.
OKLAHOMA DIRECTORY
□
For Soups and Gravies.
An economical browning for soups,
gravies, etc.. may be made from the
peelings and outer white skin of on-
ions; put these into an old iron
saucepan with brown sugar in the pro-
portion of a tablespoonful of sugar to
the peels of six onions; set the sauce-
pan on the stove and let the contents
gradually cook until they are a deep
brown, pour o.T what liquid there is
into a bottle and keep it closely
corked.
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