Maramec Weekly Monitor. (Maramec, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 26, 1912 Page: 2 of 4
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AUTOMOBILES
II III H fm SUECESSflll «M1V
preparation of soil-time and method op
SOWING CHOICE OF SEED
V
t. H*kt. A..-. C
Thorough preparation of the seed
b«d aud at the right time 1. tha moat
important point to be observed In th«
•owIuk "f alfalfa. AU guc7',.fU' i ;
It a grow on aay th*t a good iw
tad • easanttal to successful slfslfa
culture. The ground ahould be brok-
pn e*eral months before the P1*"1'1)*
la to be done, so aa to allow It to
b*ooma Arm and full of moisture^ A
liberal supply of molalure is ^ao
lutelv eaaentlal to a perfect aland,
tad not only inuat euough molature be
preaent to bring up the aeed. but
there must be enough to *upport the
young plants until more rain talla^
If the alfalfa la to follow an oat crop
is the fall, which la a very good prac
tic* the land ahould be broken Juat
mm aoon as the oat crop la off; and
after each rain the Held ahould be bar
rowed to retain all the molature por
ilble for the young planta.
•ron the alfalfa followa. and whether
•owe la the fall or aprlng. the prac-
tice of plowing the ground aeveral
dates one ittnnot bo successful, but
that It la the beat time. After Octo-
ber 1, the farmer la taking a rls*
which he ran ill afford with alfalfa
seed at Ita present h' ;k price.
When sown lu the aprlng. the soon-
er the sowing Is done after all danger
of freeilng la over, the better. Som«
sow aa early as February 15. but this
la usually too early for beat r«aulta
The beat time la from March 1 to
! April 15. Spring sowing has many
drawbacka. but on the whole is prob
ably aa much to be preferred as fa
'sowing. The worst trouble «Ith fall
sowing la that there Is uaually a de-
ficiency of moiature, and this la det
rlmentul to the young P^nts. In case
this condition can b« offaot. most al-
falfa grower* prefer to sow In the
I The manner of sowing differs with
almost every farmer. Moat of
aowlng Is done with wheat drills
which <«u be regulated to sow the
right amount of seed, or with other
on*..™ *",B B"p";
Democratic Candidate*
President—
Wood row Wilson
Vice President—
Thomas R. Marshall.
U. S. Senator
R. L. Owen, Muskogee.
Congressman at Large
Win. H. Murray, Tishomingo
.1 li. Thompson. Pauls Valley
Claude Weaver. Oklahoma City
Congressman First District
John .1. Davis, Chandler.
Corporation Oommiggioner
,1. K. Love, Sharon
State Senator, Tenth District
0. A. Waters. Pawnee.
Representative Pawnee County
John llogan. Terlton.
Pawnee County Officers
County Judge—George E. Merritt
Pawnee.
County Attorney—Redmond S.
Cole, Pawnee.
Sheriff—Oeo. F. Feaster, Paw-
1166.
Treasurer—J. W. Mosley, Hal-
lett.
1 County Assessor—A. H. Bagby,
j Pawnee.
Register of Deeds—Mrs. Nellie
Saunders, Pawnee.
District Clerk—J. W. Hunts,
Ralston. .
County Clerk—Allen Daniels.
Pawnee. ' .
Superintendent—T. W. Skinner.
Cleveland.
County Weigher—John Henry,
Pawnee.
County Surveyor—Thos. W.
Duck. Keystone.
Commissioner first district
Geo. n. Schroeder, Jennings.
Commissioner second district —
J. M. Allison. Ralston.
Commissioner third district
W. E. Brady, Blackburn.
Lagoon Township
Trustee- J. M. Stocker
Treasurer—G. W. Lawson
Clerk A. 0. Wilson
Justice—J. P. Smith
Constable—P. E. Perry.
Republican Candidates
President—
Win. H. Taft.
Vice President—
James S. Sherman.
U. 8. Senator
,T. T. Dickerson, Edmond.
Congressman at Large
Alvin D. Allen. Waurika, Okla.
J. 1<. Brown. Oklahoma City
E. D. Brownlee. Kingfisher
Congressman First District
Bird S. McGuire, Pawnee.
Corporation Commissioner
P. J. Low an, Cherokee.
State Senator, 10th District
E. M. Clark, Pawnee.
Pawnee County Representative
Stanley C. Edmister, Cleveland.
Pawnee County Officers
County Clerk—Chaa. Eshelman.
Pawnee. „
Treasurer—D. M. Walker, Paw-,
'^Attorney—J. A. McCollum.
Pawnee. ^
Judge—F. S. Liscum,—Pawnee
Court Clerk—Ed M. Kelly.
Blackburn.
Register of Deeds—Harry K
Pray, Pawnee.
Sheriff-C. C. Marshall Paw-
n*Supt. of Schools—John Stros-
nider, Pawnee.
Assessor—C. S. Davis, Pawnee
Surveyor—John Griesel, Paw
nee. c
Commissioner District No. 1—s.
M. Fugate. Maramec.
Commissionenr Distirct N o.2—
Jack Nail. Ralston.
Commissioner District No. •>
Walter Annett, Cleveland.
Lagoon Township
Treasurer-F. C. Tensfield.
I Maramec.
1 Trustee—O. R. Beeler, Yale
Socialist Candidate*
President—
Eugene V. Debs
Vice Pregident—
Kmil Seigel
U. S. Senator
' John 0. Wills. Granite
Congressman at Large
Oscar Ameringer, Oklahoma
City.
J. T. Cumbie, Sulphur
J. L. Langston, Oklahoma City
Congressman, Frist Districe
A. W. Renshaw. Hennessey
Corporation Commissioner
C. E. Hedgepath—Sayre.
State Senator, 10th District
J. II. Vanhoy, Cleveland.
Pawnee County Representative
E. A. Shirley, Cleveland.
Pawnee County Officers
County Clerk—J. L. Kelso
Treasurer—J. T. Craig.
Attorney—Fred Perry
Judge—W. E. Young
Court Clerk- Walter Hardy.
Sheriff—J. J- Roether
Register of Deeds—Geo. S.
Chilcote. .
Supt. of Schools—A. A. Trues
del1- t
Assessor—Geo. A. Moore
Weigher—S. A. Graham
Surveyor—M. A. Ellis.
Commissioner District No. 1-
P. L. Baker
Commissioner District Mo. ■£-
F. D. Slocnm.
Commissioner District No.
N. L. Benson
Guard Ycur CfcMren
Afnin*t Dowel Trouble
j*—n«j' .a'raJB
become cm.-., tea. ^
n con-
n* : .-nr. y ■' «>d be
tin. >n, :i t.. ' - " , . u
constsntl;. witcher • '
laxative - • V V ;"ir£
u : ,, .... i '.omen
srsjus! -. j*
cases of t ickncs sa> oi
•■Son.- tinr.c ,
Mile*' I .ix.itlv Tat' >s " ^ actU)n
we UK. .!.• ' y.'y; • rui for
hnvlnir* 'been'' made l-
much pleoaed."
TI - t'orm -and llnv-r of r medi-
cine is very important, no J*13""
X j. U ... Th, ...":
appi.uat... arc c.pec.ahj ^....ortant
wln -1 c"i ' '"C'' arc c - All
parent* V,. h-v h :rd it is t« give
iv.ru!.. . ..ild "medicitic. even
to'X .....nv-i;,/L£:
cu'tv « c.ercome. The si ape of
the table is. tlicir appearancc and
c tiulv- e -.a--vc at oncc siiivical to
itli the result that they
rr? ta':c:i wit'-out -ibjection.
t'... c'■ flavor and
all •' I , ' l5tc> roLake J I
Miles' Laxative i ablet, the .deal
remedy for children.
If i!h' first b '■ «! benefit,
"J" '"T I* uJ" ■ . ' Jns's cost#
^ M in talk.
MILES MEDICAL CO. L hart, In*.
#
I
dr. james dunlavy
General Practitioner
Special attention paid to diseas-
es of women and children. Chron-
ic cases a decided specialty. Calls
[answered day or night. Office
i across street from the Duff Hall.
I Telephone No. 5 on line 0.
mom ha In advance of so* in* ahould
to* followed wherever
plowing should be deep and «*>°™>Rn
and the surface put In good condition
before the seed Is aown.
So tar as present practices show,
no liming of soils for alfalfa Is neces^
■arv In Oklahoma, although this
claim has been made by "on re.idenU
•f the state In lectures delivered In
Oklahoma, lnnoculatloa is alao u ^
as has b*en shown time
«l«v, ttnn in tne successful growing
of alfalfa without II.
Th. amount of seed used to aow an
acre of alfalfa varlaa greatly 8ome
tenners use only about ten pounds
While others say to use not less than
twent* to twenty-five. The aVbrag
amount aown la approximately sevea-
tesa pounds. For the Inexperienced
man. it is probably beat not to sow
Uas than fifteeu pounda. and prefer
35
•f aeed required to an acre varies
with the condition of the ao the
a eason, the soil Itself, the quality of
tfce seed, the method of sowing^j tc
Poor land will require a
.mount of seed than rich and be^
cause the stalks will be smaller and
more required to th* acre to get the
ume or approximate yield.
The time of sowing also vane, to
%ulte a large extent. If ow« 1
tall ihe best time to so* is from
SUr to October 1 This does
not mean that before or after these
seeders of various kinds. U is best
to use some sort of a seeder ratner
to une w)iu ' wi v wa -
than lo sow broadouU by hawd. ai
the seed are so small that It is dl -
! cult to get au even distribution of the
1 seed In this manner, and an even seed
i distribution Is very essential Don t
1 *ow the seed too deep Moisture con-
ditions In the soil determine this to
a large extent If the surface aoll Is
dry. the seed will have to be planted
deeper in order to reach the ™objure
supplv; but under normal conditions
and If the aoll la In the right condr
tion as regards moisture, an inch of
covering Is sufficient Particular care
should be exercised if the land la
sandv. as it la a common mistake to
Ret the seed too deep on such soils,
and Ret a poor stand in consequence
Sow only Rood strong seed, free
from noxious weeds such as dodder.
I Russian thistle, and others equally aa
'bad Send a aample of >our seed to
the Experiment Station at Stillwater
'whero It will be examined for bad
weed seed and tested aa to germinat-
ing qualities They will do the work
free of charge, ao dont hesitate on
account of the cost.
If )ou have alfalfa land, aow at least
half of It to alfalfa There should be
at least t.OOfl 000 acrea of this crop
In the state Make of Oklahoma tha
leading alfalfa state In the union Al-
falfa means more livestock, and more
livestock means greater prot-perlty to
Oklahoma farmers
If You Think
You will Prosper
in California
Consider the Man
FROM DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS
POST OFFICE TIME CARD
Post offlee opens at 7:S0 a m. and
closes at 6 p. m Reopens at 6:30 and dis-
tributes mall from Frisco. South bound
mall Is made up at 0 p. m. North bound
mall Is made up at 8 p. m. East bound
'mall Is made up at 4:24 p. m Weat
i bound mall Is made up at 4.24 p. m.
1 Frlscc mill leaves at 8:11 a. m.
.: E. JOflNSf N
Foatrraster.
STEEL TRACK FOR WAGON ROAD
Mr j F Wood, bromide. Oklahoma
Tour recent *u«eatlon
the use of steel tm^ks '"jagou
roads haa been referred to me
At first glance, the idea of uaing
a ameoth steel track for wagon traf-
JT- practical difficulties. Uowoer
Sjsaarr-.irs
trmck it is true that a team can pull
££ nve time# •• - J ^
fe« tlt level s eel tracka.ona per^
^ Tm Htr cenJ grade
„ «uch and on a 10 per cent
v •. tra-k • aot kei t per
J^ilt elean h. difference doe# not
Mswat " much So in order to
Z o large extent fro- tto
SJ track «e would have to place
H^Tcvel or nearly ao Thi. would
roqutre expensive trading.
Aaother difficulty Is thai of keepiug
the track cleaa and frea from * ««
ot aanrt \ nle« It is kept in this coa-
.. u |>ttt little better than an
«orU road Another point to consM
er Is the stiffness or rigidity of the
1 track. A light steal bar would be of
little use unless placed on a rigid
foundation The cost of making a
firm aud unyielding track. Ilka a rall-
I load or streot railway would be pro
htbttive under preaent condltiona In
hiiy part of this state The difficulty
of turning out from the track when
one team lias to pass another has
been found considerable.
Tour prophecy that within lift*
year* the \«uclee on our hlRhw.xs
will b. propelled by electricity Is au
interesting and auggeettve one Last
year two eloctric omnibus lines were
opened In Bremen, tiermany Kaeh
of these Is about two miles Ion* The
power la supplied by two overhead
wires There Is no track The ia
hide runs on the pared street ron-
riiiions may be favorable for auch a
.onstruction as this In some parts of
thla country It would not b a im
inveetmont. however, to lay stee.
tracks on our highways «ow with the
idea of using them for electiitallv
driven vehMee thirty years from no*
The) would be tasted and aorn out
long before a a could make tlie be i
use of them —Alfred fto>ii. ivpart
meat of Knglneerin*. Oklahoma A a
1m Collage. Stillwater
Who not go? Many other per
sons who thought they could do
better in the southwest went there
and now—well, they're imlepeu-
j dent.
There's no reaaou why you also
should not do hs well. Special re-
duced fares will he made for the
Colonist Excursions
to Cslifornia. Arizona and
the Northwest
September 25 to October 10
Illustrated literature iriving
complete information about Cali-
fornia. Ariaona and other points
will be sent free and it may help
vou reach a decision
Just send me your name and ad
dress and mention the section in
which you are interested and
1 \yill send literature
and quote cost of ticket
from vour home station.
I M K F.N NY Agent.
Maramec. Okla
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PECAN RANCH
Afnaultuca lh.
Recently the t'oltege has called the
t-oun- Superlateadeots
J^*he pubMeatloti b, the lHpart«e,t
2sr>J3:
Mai sitk teachlaa a«n
pllea from a number of Count* Sv.p. r
tntendoMs upon thla subject ir.d: • •
lhal there are literally hundred* «>
Oklahoma rural schools in which «h«
subject of aarlealtare la being sue
cAafully taught
Mlaa A K l^ae. County Sup. • • •
tendent of Kiowa writes
-Agriculture t« tnucbt In " i
faahion In practically all our ncbools
aueb better la some than in oth'n
but to some eatant nt leaat la ne*rt
all. Blscerely
«Mlssl A. £ LAN*
eeesaaaaaaaaaee
Here we are atrain. health pret
ty good, with a fine rain and cool-
er weather.
John Brandon of Pawnee wan in
three part* buying cattle the pa*t
week, and he wa* paying a good
price C F llemler w axaisting
him. . I
A. H I'attiaon and wife visited!
at II (\ lohnnon's Sunday
l*aac Melntyrc and wife \ iwited
.1 \V F'tlwiler and familv Sun
day.
lj rl llnt.-a ha* been alutg hay
for Sam I Widen the pa«.t *<vk
Hv< rv 1mhI> went t« Pawnee la t
week to *ee the flying tnaebin. but
it faileti to fly. and they bad it in
a tent, ami charged H*e to *ee it
Mill, |mv\ni! a
siimrtrr n' the fatr
<5eo. Sikea and familv \wted
l i« faMic! ; r Pawne Sunday
.I m- Ilatea think* he i* a calf
rider lint he struck one the olh
' Business AblUty Needed
In tliese hard times of poor
'crops we are compelled to econo-
mize ;tnd « vt> wherever we can
! miike ends meet and in souie in
stances it is imponsible even then.
So likewise those who have charge
.of our county business are not lic-
ensed to recklessly handle the
county funds, yet such has been
the record in the present Republi-
can countv administration, as is
shown by "the records which are
open to the inspection of every
,,ne No man in whatever busi
ness engaged, feels like en-
larging business or increas
ling his expense of operation in the
face of the poor business outlook,
iand vet the men who were entrust-
ed with tlie management of the
•county affairs for the past two
iyeara and who were elected on the
promise of a reduction of taxes
and more economical administra-
tion. can see fit to increase the
taxes of every taxpayer in this
county more than one-fourth for
next year.
Mr Taxpayer, do you believe
I that men who have used such poor
I business ability as this should be
Ientrusted to office for another
period of two years, or should
I they l e displaced by men who are,
j competent in every way to per-!
form the duties of their office and ;
have the business ability as shown
j from their Mieeess in their private;
| business, to conduct the affairs of
'this countv This is * business
Iquestioii for you to decide: it has
no politics in it aud it i* to your
'interest to select those men who
can relieve you of the preaent high
tax burdens aud it i« your duty
to remove from office those who
!h*ve fixed these intolerable condi-
tion* upon you.
necessary, as the business ol the
offices may be :n< re than one ot
I ficial can handle, and others inaj
I he neeesaarv nntl are be-tuse ol
I the fact tha' the official elected
I1o the office «• liiimt perton:: the
! duties of tli - oifiee without the
. ussistance of the c.cputies.
Now. Mr Ti.npayer, wl.er. you
helped to elect these men to ilfice
did vou expect tliein to perform
the duties of the office, or was it
CHURCH NOTICES
At the U. B. Church. Sunday School st
10 a m. Preaehln* service# each and ev-
ery Sunday morning and erenln*. Jun-
iors at 3 p. in.. T. P. C. U. at 7 o'claek
p. m Prayer meeting at ij80 p. ra. aacn
Wednesday evenin*. The Woman s Aux-
iliary meets Thursday at 1 p. m.
REV W. A. MANION. Pastor.
At the Baptist Church. Sunday School
every Sunday at 10 o'clock a. m. Press-
ing n 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month
at 11 o'clock a m. and R o clock p. n*.
Business mating on Saturday WerB jW
second Sunday In each month, at 2 0 cioc*
P m' REV. J. M. PURSE. Pastor.
! your intention to allow them to
! draw the salaries and you pay ex
tin for deputies to do I lie work ?
REBEKAH LODOE NO. 1« <n*ats at
LJddlck'x Hall every alternate Saturday
bight. MRS. IDA CASTKEK N O
MRS. EMMA DUFF. Sec
Mr Pat1
on
S NT A r* TIM*: TABLE
NORTH norwn
I'x.frnrtr a J. a sa.
M trd Trsin 11 > m.
Elect Competent Men
This ta the fir*! time in > vei
ten years that the Republicans
have bad control of couuty gov
lernmelit Although they secured
[office on the promise of more
I economical administration ar..l on
the reduction of tax«*s. yet they
have%rled upon the taxpayers
the highest amount of ta*e* ever
levied in the count J
The incompetency and j«*or bus
inc«S jlulltv of the present Re
publiean officials si .ne arf iv
I sponsible for this ileplorable i
|. lit ion There ar- i « re high |.nc
Ul deputies ti c court t,
•I.... «er l ef« rt OW the* f|e|HI
The county's business should be
conducted oil the mine economical
plan as our banking institutions.
We arc not prone to go to the ex-
treme on Hie deputy question, hut
the greatest censure shoud be giv-
en the official who neither super-
intends. oversees or gives his per )
sons I attention to his office, hut
instead spends his time on the
street corner, or looking after his
ranch, farm or other interests. At
this time the county is paying five
deputies more than ♦300 per
j month, while their bosses are beat
;mg the woods for a second term.
Geo Schroeder is the Right Man
Ueo. 11 Schroeder is one of the
heavy taxpayers of Pawnee eoun
| ty. and has proven himself a titan
|of exceptional business ability.
I Such a man is the right m itfiinl
(for I'ounty t'omniissioner ami his
' election to a place 011 this import-
ant board will insure a reduction
of the excessive taxes now being
levied for county government.
I There is not a candidate 011 the
j democratic ticket but what is fill
!y competent I nduct tha nfficc
;to which he or ahe aspires Coiupe
, tent officials ill office reduce the
necessity for latK'- expenditures
1 for deputy hire This is a poiut
taxpayers should take .into con
1 side rat iot. when electing county
I tfficials on November " th
MARAMEC POST NO. SB. O. A R. meats
m ever." first and third -v^rrKK
month ti- 1 o'clock p. m —WM.
Adjntai;' T i. JOHNSON. Commandsr.
M. W. A. IXIDGE meets lit i">4 'j?
Mrnd • arriiiiK* of eacti .1
DIVINK I'lerk. C. E. TALET. Otmsul.
ROTA1. NEIOHHORS me-t every 2nd
41..I ith lay af:wi*. « j "
L'rif-, 1.1'LA TAnRArt. On."'e, BAR*
AH I. IN'I >ERS. llecordtt.
I <1 o F. L«-)t>ar meet* cvjry JJfVV
I it 1 l . . the Duff Hall —J W HKl.I- N
| * ;. V P.W13 Secretary
K AND 1.. OF 8. meets at Daffsh«Ulsn
every Tuesday night of ewh
O W I.AWSON. Pres.. At .BERT DAV
IS Secretary.
WOMAN'S REI.1EF CORPS. AUT;!
«n the O A R Meets e eo 2nd an«
41 h Wednesday -1 ,'ach 'month at
' ,i , k p 'ti m t.lddlck s Hall "
s 1 CON LEY. President. liUr.uW
W1TTKN, Seeretsry.
iMAIiAMEC I.ODOE NO. «S. A, " rl tM
meets Tuc-dav nl|M on or befoiatM
fult ■ f the iTKv.n of each monlh^n wnu
lock a Oenilevine fumlturs r< om
Inc inemlxi« cordially Invited .
\ WISI.EY. Prc«id"'t M.
lOltrRB. Secretary.
1! it< TH KllHOOD OF
YR..MEN ti. ,n^d meets rv«^ry W _
ablr To
1|. "'.r . , Sfctmr
JKSSK HALL tfonor
!J?WW WATKINS Cor-
M
in Mlf rnwM
Paid Political
A 113.000 judgmSBt—
AA $14,000 deficit—
A $15,000 increase in Uxes
and
An M8.000 increase in the eoun
ty s indebtedness
This. Mr Taxpayer, is the eco
nonucal (• ) word ol the present
Republican conntv sdminisiration
in one short Jt*r Will you ap
prove this record and return them
to office for another term?
Albert isiug)
Let me do vour
HAULING
I will do it prompt-
ly and Carefully.
Sam Stafford.
F C SHOEMAKER
Lawyer
Practice in all courts. Title "d
Probate Matter* a Sp- .'•* v
Okla.
1 Pawnee
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