The Weleetka American (Weleetka, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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The World's Wonders
STRANGE THINGS FOUND IN VARIOUS
PORTIONS OF THE EARTH
Pipes for King's Breakfast
BEATING DRUM
HOBBY
UNITED STATES SENATORS OWEN AND CORE
AND GOVERNOR CRUCE TO OPEN STATE FAIR
Oklahoma City.—Senator Robert L.
Owen, Governor Lee Cruce and prob-
ably Senator Thomas P. Gore, will
J touch the magic button which will
start the marvelous machinery of the
1911 Oklahoma Slate Fair on Tues-
day. September 26. Senator Owen has
less than a month away and with ar- j ready engaged space for county ex-
rangeinents completed for the entiiv hlblts and that ho expects at leass
twelve days, it remains for the people twelve more before the entries close,
of Oklahoma and adjoining states to "Fair time is drawing near," says
send in what they hate to show at the the secretary, "and people interested
earliest possible moment and then get in all departments, especially IIv®
ready 10 visit the big exposition anil stock,, farm and garden products,
see for themselves the wonderful e\ should write for premium books, en-
En
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Simon E. Rernhelmer, a millionaire
brewer of New York, died recently
Just as he was exultantly and delight-
edly in the exercise of his lifelong
hobby—t>eating a bass drum. It was
an odd revelation that a man of great
wealth and large affairs had found his
keenest enjoyment in aetlng as a mu-
sician in a band. Hernheimer has
spent thousands of dollars in the sup-
port of a musical association for the
mere privilege of wielding the big
baton with its huge leather ball against
the side of a booming drum. He had
joined a Masonic o ier in order to
get an opiiortunity to play the bass
drum as a substitute In the band, at-
tending rehearsals devotedly in the
hop that some night the regular bass
drummer would be absent and he
would get a chance. And when ho
did get It the other night he attacked
the Instrument with such vim and was
so highly excited withal at the oppor-
tunity that had come to him that ho
brought 011 a stroke of apoplexy that
killed him.
&GmwR
SENATOR ROBT. L. OWEN
GOVERNOR LEE CRUCE.
6ENAT0R TOM P GORE.
BOY'S REMARKABLE ESCAPE
; Oiilingniihcd Oklahom,
Nearly every morning, while King George is taking his breakfast at about
eight o'clock, his majesty's piper, Mr. Forsyth, plays the bagpipes under the
windows of the royal apartments at Buckingham palace, marching up and
down the while. Both the king and queen are fond of the pipes and Mr.
Forsyth is permanently attached to the royal household staff. The pipes he
uses belong to the king and are mounted In silver.
CRADLE ALWAYS IS HANDY
In the Caucasus the mothers of In-
fants always carry cradles strapped
to their backs, in addition to carrying
the babies, and whenever the little
ones become sleepy, the cradles are
placed on the ground and the babies
are rocked to sleep, there and then.
HE CAN TWIST BIG SPIKES.
Michael Mansor, a confectioner of
Wooster, O., although well along In
years, has just discovered that he has
wonderful strength In his hands. Man-
sor watched a street fakir doing feats
with nails. He tried some of them
and was astounded on finding how
easily he could twist and bend,nails.
Then he tried the largest steel spikes
and these he was able to bend and
twist with apparent easo. Mansor
made a chain of the spikes to show
what he could do with his hands. A
etrringe part of Mansor's dlscoverey Is
that although he has seen tricks of
the sort performed he never before
thought of trying to Imitate any of the
performances.
WORLD'S BIGGEST BABY.
In James Adolph Cody, two years
and three months old, Mount Airy, Ga.,
boasts the biggest baby In the world
James now weighs 122 pounds and Is
growwlng every day. The coming
giant already stands 40 inches, meas-
ures 36 inches round the waist, and
takes a 12-lnch collar. James sleeps
well, Is perfectly healthy and very
strong. His appetite Is more !'Vo a
frown person's than a baby's. For
breakfast he will eat three or four
large hlsci'Hi, with bacon, gravy, but-
ter and syrup, two glasses of butter-
milk and if allowed will drink two
cups of coffee. For dinner ho will eat
a big plate of greens or vegetables
with boiled bacon, corn bread biscpits,
a whole pie If he can get it, and two
glasses of buttermilk. He eats again
between dinner and supper, and hia
supper is in keeping with breakfast
and dinner.
DUMB MAN SPEAKS.
An unusual case was that of Harry
Wlltze, a dumb patient, in a New Ha-
ven hospital, who greeted the visiting
physician the other morning with
'Hello, Doc!" It was the first word
he had spoken for nine months, and
the first sane utterance in many
years. An operation was performed on
the patient, a section of his skull
which had come in contact with the
brain being removed, with the result
just recorded. There is every indica-
tion that the remarkable operation
will be perfectly successful.
A seven-year-old boy, Walter Gus-
tavage, had a thrilling experience at
Cihaidville, Pa., one day lately. A
chum dared him to jump over the
mouth of an air shaft at one of the
colliery mines, ami on making the at-
tempt he miscalculated the distance
and vent whirling down the chute 470
feet Into an excavation. He escaped
with nothing more than a few bruises.
When the boy disappeared into the
opening his companion spread an
alarm and rescuers were lowered Into
lhe hole with ropes, but could get no
response to their calls. An hour later
when those oil the surface had given
up *he boy for dead, a loader boss ap-
peared on the surface with the lad in
his arms. He found him on a gang-
waj platform crying from flight, but
pra"Mcall> unhurt.
Stuteitmen Who Will Touch the llutton rnd Open the Oklnhomn Stnte Fair
Oklahoma City, Tuesday. September 26
invitation to speak on hibits that have been gathered togeth
er from the four quarters of Oklahoma
and the entire country.
The Oklahoma State Fair Is anxious
accepted
the opening day; Governor Cruce has
accepted, and Senator Core has signi-
fied a desire to bo present If possible.
Both President John Fields and Secre
tary I. S. Mahan have every reason to
believe that Senator Gore will come
for the opening, which will be made
a memorable day In the history of
Oklahoma.
Senators Owen and Core are both
vitally interested in the Oklahoma
State Fair because they are Interested
In Oklahoma. Premiums amounting to
$1,000 have been offered by Senator
Owen in the Hoys' Corn Growing con-
test and Senator Gore will give a free
trip to Washington to t.10 boy who
makes the best total scoro in the corn
contest.
With the greatest fair in the west
try blanks and any other Information
as soon as possible. The samo rule
applies, of course, to the twenty other
departments."
this year, above all years, for farmers | Attention is also called to the fact
and live stock breeders to refute thf that every person In Oklahoma should
impression that has gone abroad about begin to get ready to attend the fair
conditions in general. Farmers of Oklahoma should not only
"What has been accomplished in Ok make It a point to be here early them-
lahoina this year?" "How did the selves but they should bring the entire
live stock come through?" "What family. They owe it to their wives
has -been done along agricultural and children. After having worked
lines?" hard all summer, the children are en-
These are some or the questions titled to a vacation, and a visit to the
that the world Is asking today and ; Oklahoma State Fair will not only be
they can be answered, according to , a delightful vacation but will be a lib
Secretary Mahan, by the farmers of eral education for every man, woman
Oklahoma If they will do their part in and child in Oklahoma. Thousands will
making the Oklahoma State Fair the bo here for tho opening day to hear
biggest agricultural and live stock j the three distinguished citizens who
show In the country. Secretary Ma- j will take part in the Inaugural con*-
han says twenty counties have al- monies and mako ringing addresses.
NOW THE ELECTRIC CARPET.
The latest electric Invention la tho {
electric carpet for heating rooms. It
was originated In Paris The under
side of the new carpet consists of a
network of steel wires through which
the current is equally distributed in
ail directions. It is said that the cost
of the new form of heating will be
less than that of any known system;
Indeed it is estimated that a room
fitted with one of these carpets can
be heated at a total cost of a penny
an hour.
SCOTLAND HAS A KLONDIKE
RULES AND REGULATIONS
OF BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS
Some Changes are Made Therein Owing to Changed
Conditions Caused by the Extremely Dry
Weather the Past Summer
LJS&gnPI
By Profeaaor J. H. Connell, President of A. & M. College. Stillwater
TWICE BURIED BUT ALIVE
Supposed to have been ground to
death beneath a freight train at New-
buryport, and to have been twice
burled, once in the potter's field and
again In Swampscott, after his body
had been so positively identified that
an insurance policy on his life was
paid, Raymond Smith is back at his
former home in Lynn, Mass.
Scotland now has a little Klondike
all Its own, but there has been r.o rush
of gold-seekers because It is all on the
property of the duke of Sutherland.
Considerable gold has been found In
the Sulsgill burn, a typical Scottish
stream flowing amidst wild and barren
country, and the duke has established
a mining camp with a score of labor-
ers under the charge of an experienced
miner from the real Klondike. Placer
methods are being employed.
Triumph of Topiary ArL
The topiary art—that of clipping and trimming trees and shrubs Into
regular or fantastic shapes—has been practiced in England for centuries, and
nowhere, perhaps, can be seen better examples of it than at Leven's Hall in
Westmoreland. In California and some parts of the south there are fine
spcimens of topiary work, and the Hunnewell estate at Wellesley, Mass, in
famous for It.
The work of last year will bo con- j
tinned by offering valuable contest
prizes to boys and girls who are mem- j
hers of the Junior Agricultural Clubs
organized by the A. & M. College.
These premiums relute first to prize-
winning boys and girls whose ex-
penses will be paid to one of the State
District Agricultural Schools for a
week's visit to the Short Course; the
three boys and the three girls winning
at each of the District Agricultural
Schools are to visit Stillwater and at-
tend the State Short Course in Agri-
culture'and Domestic Science, held by
the A. & M. College.
The other contest is for boys and
girls to attend the A. &. M. School at
the State Fair, Oklahoma City, the
last week of the Fair, October 2-7.
Rules governing these two groups of j
contests are given separately in the
following statement:
Because of the poor corn crop In '
many counties, some changes have
been made in the rules governing con-
tests for State prizes. , The following
rules should be studied carefully by j
all who are interested in the fall con-J
tests:
Rules for Schools and A. & M. College
Short Course.
I. Each county may send one boy
and one girl to a District Agricultural
School for a week's Short Course this
fall. These schools are located at
Goodwell, Helena, Broken Arrow, War.
ner, Lawton and Tishomingo. The
I dates of these short courses will be
I announced later.
I 2. Those competing to become dele-
j gates with expenses paid to these
j schools must bo active members of the
Boys' and Girls' Agricultural Club,
J and must be not under fourteen (11)
nor over eighteen (18) years of ago.
No delegate who has failed to make
required reports on his work to the A.
& M. College as a member of the
Oklahoma Roys' and Girls' Agricultural
Club, or who is not a member of the
said club, shall be entitled to have
expenses paid as provided In Rule 3.
S. Actual and necessary expenses of
delegates to the Week's Short Courses
will bo paid, provided the delegates
are selected In accordance with plans
approved by the A. & M. College.
4. Either of the following plans for
the selection of delegates will he ap-
proved by the A. K- M. College':
a. Contests in Judging grain, live
stock, bread, butter, etc.
b. Contests in exhibits of grain,
bread, cakes, sewing, etc.
e. Competitive essays by boys and
girls 011 subjects pertaining to Agri-
culture or Domestic Science.
d. Contests by boys and girls In se-
curing members to the County Farm-
ers' Institute, the Woman's Auxiliary,
or to the Junior Agricultural Clubs.
6. The County Advisory Committee
(County Superintendent, Secretary of
County Farmers' Institute, and Secre-
tary of Woman's Auxiliary), shall have
charge 01 the county plans and con-
tests. They shall report to tho A. &
M. College, Stillwater, not later than
September 5 the plans agreed upon
for the select ion of delegates, the
names, postofflee address, county, age
and Junior Club number of each dele-
gate. .-'allure to make this report will
forfeit the right of delegates from such
county to reimbursement of expenses
to the Week's Short Course at the Dis-
trict Agricultural School.
6. Hoys will not be required this
year to take an exhibit to the Week's
Short Course at the District Agricultu-
ral Schools. The contest at these
schools among boys will bo based on
a written examination covering the
week's work done at the School and
on a contest in corn judging, or equiv-
alent work, under the jurisdiction of
the school. The examination and the
judging shall couut fifty (60) points
each.
Girl delegates shall take to the
Week's Short Course at the District
Agricultural School a loaf of bread
and some sewing cr their own making;
the bread unci the sewing to count
twenty-live (25) points each. An ex-
amination covering tho week's work
shall count fifty (50) points. The
three boys and the three girls receiv-
ing the highest grades In this contest
shall become de'egatos to a week's
short course at tho A. & M. College,
Stillwater, in January; expenses paid,
provided that only one boy and one
girl from tho Panhandle Agricultural
Institute shall have expenses paid.
7. At the A. & M. College Short
Course, to be held at Stillwater, Janu-
ary 16-20, each boy and girl shall take
a written examination based on the
week's work. This examination shall
count fifty (50) points. Roy delegates
will enter a contest in live stock judg-
ing which shall count fifty (50) points;
girl delegates shall enter a bread judg-
ing contest which shall count fifty
(50) points. The boy and the girl
making the highest combined grade
shall be entitled to a year's scholar-
ship in any District Agricultural School
or at the A. & M. College, with neces-
sary and actual expenses paid.
8. Boys and girls who won prizes in
these State contests la'it year or who
attended the Boys' School of Agri-
culture at the State Fair last year are
not eligible to compete for these State
prizes this year. These prizes are not
transferable.
Rules for the State Fair Short Course.
1. Delegates must bo active mem-
bers of the Oklahoma Boys' and Girls*
Agricultural Club, and not under four-
teen (14) nor over eighteen (18) years
of age.
2. Each county may send two boys
and one girl, selected as follows:
a. The County Institute may select
ono boy and an alternate.
b. The Woman's Auxiliary may se-
lect one girl and an alternate.
c. A county organization of Junior
Agricultural ClubB, In a county con-
vention of delegate members, called
by the County Superintendent, may
select ono boy and an alternate.
In counties where there is no Wo-
man's Auxiliary, the girl delegate may
be selected as explained In c.
3. Any manner of selecting delegates
may be adopted by the organizations
mentioned In Rule 2. Tho following
plans for contests were used success-
fully In selecting delegates last year,
and are approVed by the A. & M. Col-
lege: Contests In exhibits of farm or
home products, competitive essays on
subjects pertaining to Agriculture 01
Domestic Science, and contests In se.
j curing members to the Formers' Insti-
tute, the Woman's Auxiliary and the
I Junior Agricultural Club.
4. The name, postofflee, county, ago
and Junior Club number of each dele-
gate and alternate must be sent to the
A. & M. College not later than Septem.
I her 5. In ease any of the organizations
mentioned in rule 2 fall to make tho
report required In this rule, the A. &
M. College will reserve tho right to rta
such vacancies from alternates of chat
or other counties.
5. Meals and railroad fare ol dele-
gates attending the A. & M. School at
the State Fair must be paid tor by the
delegates or by the local organizations
selecting the delegates. Meals will
cost about twenty-five cents each. Ad-
mission to tho Fair and cost for
sleeping will be free. *
G. Every delegate must promise to
bo present the full week and to com-
ply with all rules and orders. Viola-
tion of this or other rules will result
in the delegate beir.g sent home on
the first train.
No boy or 'girl Is eligible to attend
tho A. & M. School at the State Pair
this year who won a prize In a State
contest laBt year or who Is this year
a student of any District Agricultural
School or of the A. & M. College.
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James, Edwin W. The Weleetka American (Weleetka, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1911, newspaper, September 1, 1911; Weleetka, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc155297/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.