Oklahoma Ledger (Sterling, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 4, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME VII
$1.00 Per Year
Successor to the Sterling News and the £tgin-Sterling News
STERLING OKLAHOMA, COMANCHE COUNTY, APR. 4 lf 12
NUMPER 37
Senator Renews Clarence Rybolt
Corn Growing for County Supt.
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Kaffir Corn Growing Contest
And Prize to Industrial
G'rls
Senator Gore's offer of a free
trip io Washington, which was
contested for by over six thous
and boys of Oklahoma last year,
was won by Mr. Phillip Wolf of
Kildare Oklahoma. Phillip rais-
ed eighty—five tiid one half
bushels to one ace, and after
being awarded the prize, came
to Washington, and was enter-
tained by Senator Gore, and the
Secretary of Agriculture.
The Senator has again renew
ed this offer, a free trip to Was
hington, to the winner in this
years content. Those desireiog
to enter the Corn Growing con-
test for this year, should write
to Mr. W. D. Bently, State
Agent of Oklahoma for the
Agricultural Department, who-
se post office address is Yukon,
Oklanoma. Mr. Bently will give
the boys instructions, and the
rules and regulations g vetoing
the contest, and then a little
later' the boys will recievefrom
thfl Agricultural Department
bulletins instructing them in
corn growing. These bulletins
areof great •.&!««.iw ihfc- work.
Kaffir Corn Growing Contest
He has also made an offer in
cash to the boys entering the
Kaffir Corn growing contest.
This is a Cash prize. He has g.v-
en fifty dollai s to be given in
this contest, the contest, and
the awarding of the prizes to be
governed by Mr. John W. Wilk
;rson, of the State Agricultural
and Mechanical College at Still
water. Those desiring to enter
this contest should write Mr.
Wilkinson at Stillwater relative
to it. He will furnish them with
all the information.
Prize to Industrial Girls.
He has made a third offer of
fifty dollars in cash to be awar-
ded ly Mr. John W. Wilkinson
of Stillwater, to a contest to be
superintended by Mr. Wilkinson
The rule3 and regnlations gov-
erning this centest ara to be
supplied by Mr. Wilkinson, and
also the awarding of the Prizes
It is his intention to organize
girls Industrial clubs, and this
money is to be divided, or given
to the winners in the contests
that Mr. Wilkinson originates
Boys and girls desiring to en-
ter these contests should keep in
mind the proper parties to write
as to entering. The first, the
corn growing contest, a free
trip to Washington, is being
supervised by the Agricultural
Department, and cur state
agent is Mr. W. D. Bently, of
Yukon. All communications re-
lative to this contest should be
addressed to him.
The two latter contests, that
is the Kaffir Corn growing and
the Girls Industrial clubs, are
being superintended by Mr.
John W. Wilkinson of Still
water, and communications re-
lative to those should b) address
ed to h i m.
I I recieved diploma for com-
p'etion of common school course
jin 1895 near Cincinnati, Ohio,
| after which I worked my way
| through one of the most thor-
ugli high school cou;sea.-< f that
state, i cluding epecial teachers
training course in the common
branches graduating in 1899
with highest honors.
I then come to Oklahoma and
enteied the normal inst jU.e at
ElReno, immediately after
which I entered upon my career
of teaching.
Having taught in that vicin-
ity for five years, four of which
were in the same school. I then
came to Comanche Co. in Zelle
township where I have since
taught. The last four years
beiug engaged in the same
school.
During my time in Oklahoma
I have attended seven normal
institutes, three of which weie
in this county. I was appointed
by Supt. E B.Nelson n 1905 as
a member of the teachers ex-
plaining board which position I
still hold.
Upon t-..e above mentioned
experience m school wcrk in
Oklahoma, and Comae he Co.
I base my claim to the office of
County Supt. and if elected
shaH use "vwy means t-n.fo
promote the present educational
progress of our rural schools
Oklahoma's Agricui"
turai opportunites
Land for many generations
has proven the su rest and best
investment a man may make.
This aplies withjequal force to
wise investments in growing
Cities with a future and to good
farm lands. Never in the history
ot the world has this princiaple
been to fundamental as it is to-
day Always in the past there
have been new lands awaiting
exploration, ojeninig up, and
settlement; but all this is a thing
of the past and today we are
confronted with putting into
cultivation the vacant lands all
about us and bringing about a
larger degree of intensified far-
ming with all lands that have
until now been only scratched.
Between the Alleghany Moun-
tains on the ea^t and the Rock-
ys on the wes£ are the great
agricultural lanes of tho world.
For two to three generations
these lands have been tilled, with
the exceptions of the Southwest,
which has only been scratched
in the valleys and on the richest
ridges. The largest acreage of
really good lands that may pe
bought cheap aicrin Oklahoma
Oklahoma has in round num
bers forty-five million acres' of
which about one third are tilled,
ifc would be an easy matter to
double the nurubor of acres till-
able, and by applying the mod-
ren methods of tillage to again
double the anount raised per ac-
re. other words instad of suppor-
ting a little less than two mill
ion inhabitants and having a
urplns to sell, we could easly
support seven torten millions « f
people within this young state.
The surpiise that confronts
the fai rer ihai « onies to Okla.
from Iowa, Illinois Indiana or
Ohio is the great variety of crops
that may he produced in this
state. Th re one good crop, with
possibly a half a crop of one or
two others cereal?, is the limit.
Here cotton and corn grow side
by side apparently vining with
each other as to which is the
greater success. In the worst
season in the history of the stale
Oklahoma has just marketed a
million and sixty thousand bales
of cotton, and tho crop is net all
sold. This crop notwithstanding
the low price, brought the far
mers fifty millions of dollars.
Then we grow wheat kaffircorn
mi'omaize, oats broom corn,
potatoes, and all kinds of veg-
etables and fruit, n f to mention
the most protital le crop in Am
erica alfalfa.
There are hundreds and thous
ands of examples in Oklahoma
where alfalfa last year produced
more cash leturns per acre than
the first cost of the land upon
which it, grew. Twenty miles
west of Oklahoma- City in Can-
adian valley ia a patch of altai
fa of nineteen act e&that netted
:he owner ?30 per acre for three
ha;, crops and *130 p \ acre for
two feed crops, umi.;ug, a total
of >160 | * r acre last year It
a common 'hhrflgji spite of
•• !'.«• -•■■'ft i'w uJ. aifaau u/
produt e $t>0, $75 and flOO per
ine.
Oklahoma oifei st.he greatest
opportunity in the com try to
injke money through her alfal
fa fields, there are thousand- of
oj p iviunities t< huv r.nfls ju-tt
as good as this foi $50 $10 Uud
$75 an acre, and after seedingit
to alfalfa, cut enough from tht
first year's crop to pay for tho
land
No stat*1 in the union has a
better climate and few have one
half as good. We have enough
frost to inaks one feel like hus-
tleing, and yet escape the rigors
of such weather as they have
had this winter all over the
north. Summers are hot i i the
middle of the day and this heat
contributes to the luxriantgrow
th of all vegilation. The even-
ings and nights are delightfully
cool, in fact so much that we
usually sleep under blankets.
For Winding up
Indian Affairs
Typewrites*
Given Away
Representative Carter
Measure Intrest Stu-
dents of Conditions.
enrollment*
These t° be Adjudicated by
Interior Secretary Within
Six Month.
Spring hats
Our line of spring hats is now
complete. For superiority of
style, exclusive quality,
durability and economy.
MRS. W. A. SAPP.
Mrs. J. M Hudgens, who has
been vary low for the last three
weeks, ia reported a little better
.
at the present writing
Mississippi floods are becom—'
ing serious and great danger is
threatened.
3Fl;
BY OLIVER KUHN.
Washington' April 1. - (Spec-
ial.) Great intrest is being sho-
wn in Represeutave Cartel's bill
providing for the winding up of
the Five Civil zed trides, not . 4
ly m Oklahoma but in Washing
ton' |>artieulary among those
members of congress who havi-
long been studentis of the great
American native.
By the provi.-ions of the bill
the secretary of mteriol is dire
ted to adjudicate the right to
enrollmen t en the final approv
ed rools of the Five Tribes of ail
Indiana and inter marred persons
whose names are on socalled list
of fifty! wo or on the Pollock list
traiif-mitted by the secretary of
interior in Febiuary. to^alher
with the cases of all persons
whose enrollment on the final
approved rools of the Five Civil!
zed Tribes was directed by the
'secretary u< interior w.t mn .-ix
months prior to March 4, 1907,
but whose names do. not appear
on the final rools and who had
no hearing or opportunity to be
heard, to show that, the said fi-
nal order or decison in their fa
vor should not be ignored or
annulled'
It is provided that the right of
all persons to enroilmet shall be
finally adjudicated within six
months from the date of the
passage of the act aud the nam
e3 of all such persons found enti
< .ed to nisuch enroir'ient if any
shall be added to the respective
rools, but no person enrolled sh-
all be peimited to enter suit or
contest for any tract of land pre
viously allotted In the case of of
restricted Indians, enrolled und
er the provisions of the Measure
it is provided that compensation
of attorneys for thtir services
shall be file J bj> t' e se.'ietary of
Interior.
To Enc." >trc; m of Claims
Themeu.-uro u . . d not an
end to the ever inctvaj i.g <■!
ms to the itghi of enrolment aud
the hundiednof suits which are
filed to obf.un the promiscuous
raopning of the rools. It provid-
es that the action of the secre-
tary of interior shall be final and
conclusive, after which the rools
shall be consideied as finaly clo-
sed and the secretary of interior
shall proceed as expeditiously as
practicable to dispose of all trib-
al l&nds reqired for allotments
and distribute the proceeds am-
ong the members of the tribes
entitled to share in them.
It further is provided that the
secetary of inteaior shall under
rules and regulations to be pres
ribi 1 by him oaim all the re-
maning unallotted lands belong
ing to the Choctaws and Ohick-
awft tribes in the state of Okla
Th* Emerson Typewriter Company
of Woodstock Hi. have recently given
away over 400 of the highest grade,
whooly visible Emerson Typewriters
I made in the world They have gone
Rights , into every state and territory in tho
■ | United States. There may be ono in
■ your town. They are giving Ihem av.
I ay everywhere to men, women, boys
1 and girls, over 18 years of age, on
surprisingly liberal conditions.
If you could make any use of a
8100,00 typewriter, providing it did
not cost you even one cent, then in a
letter or on a postal card addressed
to Frank L. Wilrer, president, Wood-
stock 111. simply say Mail me ah you
Free effers, the names of over four
hundred who have recently recieved
typewriters free, and you will learn
on what easy conditions you car ret
ono of their typewriters right awuv
The Kmerson Typewriter is one of
the highest grade, whooly visible
typewriters made in the world. Many
who have used the EMERSON" and
other makes, pronounce the EMER-
SON" superior to any *100,00 ty-
pewriter on the market. It is a whooly
visible machine, has every new up-to-
date feature, looks like other high
grade $100,00 typewriters though it
sells reguarly for less and on terms
of $1,00 down and ten cents a day
until paid for. The Fmerson has every
new improvement univertal keyboard,
back spacer, tabulator, two color-
ribbon, everything tho best is the
ideal machine for beginners as we!!
as for the most expert atonograpbeis
just the typewriter for tile largest ot
smal lest office.
j If j ou could 'powvfy iv'&c 1H
a high graie typewriter evev tbwegh
it didn't cost yeu oi s c<. t of iieney
be sure on a postal raid or in a let
ter addressed to Frar.k L Wilaei
President, Woodmhck 111. say ^lail
me yonr tree offer.
homa, except the lands segre-
gated for school building purp—
oscs and t he mineral deposits in
the segregated mine.al land' to
be classified and Sold.
The Carter masure further
provides that the classification
of lands shall be as agricultural
graziug and timber lands'each
tract to be place ! in the class
which gives the highest, appras
ed value and such classificat ion
hall be-completed within six
months from the date of : he ap-
proval of the act and shall be-
come effective when appioved
by the secretary of the interior
Ex —
Mrs. L:*ah.
is here visiting her folks.
! vvet k.
Jones, of Duncan
this
hv v8 V—
Mr. Tom. ■ r>. and son
Clarance was in Town i;.i- *:iy.
Mr. Maxwell, .f Ftetiher, was
in our City Tuesday attending
to business.
Geo. Malvern, made a u i:,ess
tlip to Lawtoo wedensdav.
Mr. Emmet, Rurheford, made
a trin to.Lawton, to have too-
th puMel
, '
Mr. H uner. Allen, gave the
Ltxlger office a pleasant call
Tuesday.
Mr. Sapp, has just
his new bidding.
rnived into
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