Cherokee Weekly Messenger. (Cherokee, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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C L WILSON Editor
Cherokee Alfalfa County Thursday July 13 1911
Volume 12 No 52
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'
Prepare for Drouth
Farmers Must Pay Par-
ticular Attention to
jSoil and Crop
Perhaps Most Important Con
deration in Connection with
Moisture Couservalion is
Plowing— Use Disc and Har-
row
F Patterson Montana
periment Station)
It is not possible for anyone to fore
-tell the season and it is not thfc pur-
pose of this article to try to predict
the amount of rainfall during the com-
ing spring and summer months The
season of 1910 was very dry in nearly
air parts of the United States pre
vious to 1910 we had a number of very
wet years A good many authorities
are of the opinion that the wet and the
dry seasons alternate It is not the
purpose of this “article to leave this
impression for the writer has not ac
cess to the precipitation tables over a
long enough period He does not know
whether the coming season will be dry
or wet but in the event that it is dry
it is well to be prepared for it Then
if it should turn off wet the extra la-
bor would still bring one in good re-
turns To protect himself against a dry
seas’on the farmer must pay particular
attention to -the method of handling
the soil and to the crops that are
planted It has been stated that the
equivalent of about seven inches of
rainfall can be stored ia the soil by
proper methods of cultivation' If this
amount of water ia saved and if then
there is any rainfall during the grow-
ing season one is quite sure to haye
good yields If however the soil ' is
not properly prepared and moisture"
has not been saved and if then it turns
off dry there is nothihg to do but fall
Perhaps the most important consider-
ation in connection with moisture pre-
servation is the - plowing The land
should be plowed as early in the spring
as possible It should be plowed to a
good depth and the plow should be
followed immediately with the disk and
the harrow The disk will pack down
the land fill up the air spaces aid in
decaying the organic matter and the
harrow will place a dust mulch over
the surface' This dust mulch will act
as s cover and prevent the evaporation
of moisture
Whether or not it will pay to seed a
crop upon this newly plowed land is
difficult to say In some instances a
quick growing crop would give a yield
and in many instances it would not In
order to be on the safe side it is sug-
gested that the land should be summer
fallowed the first season and seeded
the next fall or the next spring
The second consideration that means
success or failure in a dry region is
the crop that is grown Crops that
are especially well adapted tothe dry
land areas should be used The quick-
growing varieties seem to give the
best results There are both winter
and spring-varieties of quickly matur-
ing grains The Turkey Red wheat
seems to be very desirable for fall
seeding The seed Bhould be sown
vquite early in the fall This will give
opportunity for a good root develop-
ment Then sgain the fall sowing
permits the grain to start very early
the next Bpring Because of these
characters Turkey Red wheat will ma-
ture before the dry weath&r of July
and August If one is to sow a spring-
grown crop he should also secure a
variety that will mature in as short a
time as possible and one that has a
hardy root growth These character-
istics will tide the plant over a dry
Bpell and no dopbt will mature a crop
Too much emphasis cannot be placed
upon the method of handling the land
and in choosing the varieties of grain
that are used
Ex
Somebody Must Work
The other day I was talking to a
man who has made a great deal of
money— that is it seems like a great
deal for this western country although
maybe he wouldn’t rank so very high
among the multi-millionaires of New
York He was figuring on faking his
family to a cool northern lake to spend
the heated season
Now I have no criticism to make of
that man because he is getting away
from the heat and burning sun If
there is anybody who wouldn’t get
away if he had the money he could
spare juBt as well as not to pay the
expenses it seems to me that he is
rather foolish in the head
Hut unfortunately there are 10 peo
pie who can’t afford to make the trip
to every one who can Somebody
must do the work of the world no mat-
ter how hot the weather is
It occurs to me that the people who
have tte money don’t often appreciate
what they owe to the people who do
the work They really seem to think
they are superior bile the fact is that
if it wasn’t for the people who work
and smell of sweat there would be no
possibility of a summer vacation
’ If there were no grease-smeared en-
gineers and firemen there would be no
trains run to carry the passengers If
there were no people willing or possi-
bly compelled by necessity to live and
work in hot kitchens there would be
no swell dinners for the people with
money The truth is that most of the
people with a great deal ot money are
after all of mighty little use Even
the handling of their money they leave
to confidential a d trusted employes in
most cases
The people who do the work are the
real important people after all They
are never mentioned in the press dis-
patches They don’t manipulate stocks
and make something out of nothing on
Wall street but if it were not for the
humble citizens who work and sweat
things would certainly go to the dogs
mighty fast— Mail and Breeze
Review of Bulletin No 7
Bulletin No 7 of the Oklahoma Geolo-
gical Survey has been received ' The
Bulletin is 'a preliminary report upon
the Clays and Clay Industries written
by L C Snyder the assistant director
of the survey The whole book con-
sists of about 290 pages and is well
illustrated
The first six chapters comprising
about 100 pages' are of a general na-
ture and deal with the origin classi-
fication and composition of clays their
physical properties methods of work-
ing and burning and a consideration
of the different clay products and their
uqes Especial attention is paid to the
making and using of drain tile as the
writer believes that this will be an im-
portant factor in the developement of
much land in the state
Chapter VII gives the results of the
tests on about 100 Oklahoma clays
The tests were made by Mr Snyder at
the Laboratories of the United States
Geological Survey at Pittsburg Pa
The working drying arid burning
shrinkages absorption and porosity
are given in full for each clay togeth-
er with remarks on the suitability of
he clay for different products
Chapter VIII consists of a general
discussion on the distribution and
character of the principal clay and
shale deposits of the State In con-
nection with this discussion descrip-
tions ’ of all the brick plants now op-
erating in the State are given
The report shows that there are
vast deposits of clay and shale in the
State which are well adapted for the
manufacture of common and face
brick paving brick drain tile roofing
tile sewer pipe and the common kinds
of pottery No high grade pottery or
fine clays have been found but as only
a small portion of the deposits have
been tested it is possible that such
clays will yet be found
The vast deposits of clay’and shale
the enormous fuel resources the trans-
portation facilities and the market
produced bv the rapid growth of the
State should make Oklahoma a leading
state in the clay industries in the near
future
The report Is intended for general
distribution and will be sent to any one
upon receipt of 11 cents in stamps to
pay postage Address Chas N Gould
Director Oklahoma Geological Survey
Norman Oklanoma
New Grain Dealer
L D Sautbine has opened up for
business at the old Spangler Elevator
and as will be seen by his advertisment
in this issue is ready to purchase the
products of the farmers
Mr Sautbine is an experience grain
dealer and has permanently located in
Cherokee where his family will Boon
arrive and make their home Creed
Coffee has accepted a position with
the new firm which will be known as
the Cherokee Grain Co
The world’s most successful medi-
cine for bowel complaints is Chamber-
lain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy It has relieved more pain
and Buffering and saved more lives
than any other medicine in use In-
valuable for children and adults Sold
by all dealers
Cotton Above the AVerage in
Oklahoma 1
k Under date of Jnne'30 The Globe
Democrat prints the following:
A favorable outlook for cotton but
a poor prospect for other farm crops
is shown by the monthly farm bulletin
of the State Board of Agriculture
issued today In spite of dry weather
in almost every part of the State the
cotton cop has stood up to 100 per
cent in many of the larger cotton coun-
ties and the average for the State is
789 per cent as compared with 85 a
year ago with 50 per cent the lowest
condition reported from any point at
this time In Blaine Kingfisher Cad-
do Custer and a few other counties'
the seed was late in germinating but
little or none of it spoiled before com-
ing up Twelve counties report aver-
ages over 90 per cent and 53 counties
report the growing condition at 75 per
cent or better
The report on corn is discouraging
the lack of early rainfall has stunted
the crop to snch an extent in many
parts of the State that it is practically
worthless The bulletin showB a con-
dition of 509 per cent on June 25th as
compared with 82 a month ago but it
ia admitted by statisticians of the
board the condition is too bigb and
that the local conditions today would
be hardly half that figure
In many cases where conditions are
known to be bad the crop reporters
left the space blank which maker the
average higher than it should be while
conditions also deterioated materially
during the past week The condition
of the Winter Wheat which was har-
vested at the time af harvest was 449
per cent compared with 53 months ago
and the average year yield is reported
at 86 bushels per acre
A large part of the Wheat was never
harvested however so that no esti-
mate is made as to the total yeald in
comparison with the normal In the
same way the average yield for oats
harvested 'as given at 145 huahels
with a maturing condition of 33 per
cent as compared with a growing con-
dition of 53 per cent one month pre-
vious Alfalfa has suffered greatly from
drouth much of the damage being due
to last year’B dry weather the report
shows and average condition of 508 as
compared with 886 Per cent in April
of this year and about 65 per cent a
year ago The bay crop harvested as
compared with that of last year is
given 496 per cent
The report on Broom Corn shows an
average to be only &5 per cent of that
grown last year and the crop prospect
to be 673 per cent
And there you are Cotton is the on-
ly thing that looks good in Oklahoma
say what you may in this semi arid
where the sun shines warm and yhot
where the rainfall is scant and uncer-
tain it takes a dry weather drouth
resisting plant strong enough to re-
sist and overcome atmospheric condi-
tions able to endure moisture or get
along without it If you want to plant
a crop and reap a harvest with any de-
gree of certainty Such a plant is cot-
ton There is no finer soil under the
Bhining sun than in Alfalfa County for
growing cotton It will make from
one-half to one bale per acre any year
As a money crop it will beat wheat
oats corn or alfalfa with certainty
celerity and security
Alfalfa Meal and Milling Co
By A M Dicks
The above item was written before
the present rain and contains good
logic and will be discussed further by
the editor of this pater who has re-
sided in this "semi-arid” country 26
years These communications are of
value and we would be glad to give
publication’ to any of our practical
farmers who would desire to do so'
There ia a certain news paper in this
County that values its space very
highly Buch as trying to roast other
papers and recently sent out a lot of
bids on some publications that were
about to be let placing its Bpace at
$150 for a $500 publication Now if
this is all this paper values its space
worth we would like to know what
other people values it at They prob-
ably have to have a magnifying glass
to find it— Byron Republican
It was the same publication whose
editor after cutting prices in order to
get business not otherwise merited
suggested that “we” raise them We
can be worked once
G A Winkleblack and wife of Peace
Valley Mo arrived last Saturday for
a visit with John Rackley and family
and other relatives Mrs W is a sis-
ter to Mrs Rackley
Obituary
EnBley M Lewis was born Septem-
ber 17 1866 in Jay County Ind and
died at Cherokee Oklahoma July 5th
1911
When but 13 years of age he with
his parents came to Kansas and jater
moving to this city where he h as made
his home for the past three years' He
was married to Miss Mabel Sapp June
22 1910 At the time of his death he
was a member in good standing of the
A F & A M of the Chapter also
the I O O F both of the lower
lodge and of the Encampment and al-
so of the M W A
Mr Lewis way an honorable and up-
right husiness man and a skilled me-
chanic Re was an exceptional son in
his devotion to his parents and a kind
brother to his sister and brothers and
a loving husband He was a credit to
the city of his adoption and one we
could ill spare from our midst but we
bow tc the higher wisdom of him who
doeth all things well
The wife who so early is called upon
to undergo so great a sorrow has the
heartfelt sympathy of the members of
the orders to which her husband be-
longed besides that of hosts of friends
who had learned the worth bf her bus-
band ' ' i
May the Loving Father comfort her
The funeral was held from the late
home of the deceased Thursday even-
ing being under the auspices of the
Masonic fraternity the sermon being
preached by the writer
Neal Overman 1
Received Certificates i
Following is thp names and grade of
certificates issued by the County Sup-
erintendent from examination held
recently
FIR&T GRADE
Public Sale
On Saturday afternoon July 15th
at three o’clock I will sell in front of
the Lee Johnson building in the City
of Cherokee the following property
to-wit: 1 bay mare soon to foal 1
buggy 1 set buggy harness 1 straw-
berry cultivator 1 mounted water bar-
rel 1 cook stove nearly new 1 Round
Oak heater 2 commodes 2 rocking
chairs 1 kitchen cabinet 2 stands 2
Old Trusty incubators and a lot of
other goods too numbrous to mention
Terms: On all sums of $10 and over
a credit of 6 months will be given on
bankable notes All sums under $10
cash 5 per cent discount will be giv-
en for cash on sums of $10 and over
Terms of sale must be complied with
before removal of property
Neal Overman
Telegraphy Business Stenography
and Penmanship courses given at
"Standard” ENID RUSINESS COL-
LEDGE Enid Okla Positions for
those who qualify write for journal
“A” J E George President 7-110-1
Friends Church Notes
Sunday June 18
Sunday school 10:00 s m
Preaching 11:00 A M‘
Junior C E 3:00 p m
Christian Endeavor 7:00 p m
Preaching 8:00 p m
Prayer meeting Wednesday 8:00
Choir rehearsal Friday 8:00 p m
Meeting every night at 8:00 p m:
Rev OB Ong of Cleveland Ohio
will be here
W H Bertram pastor
Publication Notice
Notice is hereby given that at a
special meeting of the Board of Coun-
cilmen of the City ofCherokee held in
the City Clerk’s office on the first Mon-
day in July 1911 the following estimate
of money needed for the various funds
and purposes for the above named
city for the fiscal year of 1911 end-
ing June 30 1912 was made as pro-
vided by law and the same haa been
certified up to the County Excise
Board to be raised by tax levy on the
taxable property within said city
CONTINGENT AND SUPPLY FUND
Outstanding warrants ’$ 310 31
Legal claim pending 225
Estimated expense for fiscal
year ending June 30 1912 200000
Total estimated money need-
ed for above purposes 231256
Less cash in hands of Co and
City Treas 1 ! 31256
Less total of these two items 31256
Net amount to be raised by
tax levy 200000
STREET AND BRIDGE FUND
Outstanding warrants $ 26859
Estimated expense for fiscal
year ending June 30 1912
Total estimated money need-
ed for above purposes
Less cash in hands of Co and
City Treas 26859
Less total of these two items
Net amount to he raised by
tax levy 1
STREET LIGHTING FUND
Legal claims pending: 13543
Estimated expense for fiscal
year ending June 30 1912
Total estimated money need-
ed for above purposes
Less cash in hands of Treas
Net total of these two items
Net amount to be raised by
tax levy
FIRE AND WATER FUND
Outstanding warrants $ 121210
Estimated expense for fiscal
year ending June 301912 115000
Total estimated money need-
ed for above purposes
Less cash in hands of Co and
City Treas 70437
LeBS income from other mis-
cellaneous sources that go
to this fund
Less total of these two items
Net amount to be raised by
tav levy 115000
SALARY FUND
Outstanding Warrants $ 42350
Legal claims pending 12341
Estimated expense for fiscal
year ending June 30 1912
Total estimated money needed
for above purposes
Less cash in hands of Treas
Less total of these two sums
Net amount to be raised by
tax levy
PARK FUND
Estimated expense for fiscal
year ending June 30 1912$
Total estimated money needed
for above purposes 71607
Less cash in hands of City
Treasurer
Less total of these two items
Net amount to be raised by
tsx levy
INTEREST AND SINkFnG FUND
Estimated expense for fiscal
year ending June 30 1912 $1550000
Total estimated money need-
ed for above purposes 1550090
Net amount to be raised by
tax levy : 1550000
JUDGMENT FUND
Total estimated money need-
ed for above purposes $ 501443
Net amount to be raised by
tax levy 501443
RECAPITULATION
Contingent and Supply Fund 200000
Street and Bridge Fund 50000
Street Lighting Fund 50000
Fire and Water Fund 115000
Salary Fund ‘ 120000
Park Fund 25000
Interest and Sinking Fund 1550000
Total amount estimated to be
raised by tax levy 2611443
TO THE PUBLIC:
We the Board of Councilmen of City
of Cherokee composed of the following
members to-wit: A J Titus Chas
M Gould William Jay O E Mc-
Dowell C S Dunnington A J
Henderson In special session assembl-
ed on this the 3 day of July 1911 act-
ing in compliance with the law for
levying Taxes on an advalorem basis
for County municipal and School pur-
poses after giving the above revenue
warrant debt and expenses our care-
ful consideration beg to submit to the
taxpayers of The City of Cherokee
Okla the foregoing estimate with a
feeling that we have carefully and con-
scientiously performed our duty and
that said estimate is both conservative
necessary and just
Respectfully submitted
A J Titus
Chas M Gould
William Jay
O E McDowell
C S Dunnington
A J Henderson
Attest J W Rackley Clerk
(SEAL)
County Court
ESTATES
Absalom J Lehman Wiladmitted to
probate Certificate of proof of will
issued Letters testamentary issued
to Margaret Lehman Appraisers ap-
pointed Caroline Putnam Order for gurdi-
an to sell real estate
Columbus Thomas Decree of set-
tlement of final account
G E Littlefield Found insrne by
Board of Insanity
Jacob W Leeper Decree of settle-
ment of final account
Chas Nuckles Decree of settle- ’
ment of final account
Jacob H Hebei Order hearing
petition for letters of administration
Barbra Neese R P Neese dis-
charged as administrator
Cleveland J Tuttle W C Dev-
eraux discharged as administrator
with will annexed
James W McGee Will admitted to
probate Certificate of proof of will
issued Letters of administration with
will annexed issued to John J McGee v
Appraisers appointed -Robert
A Lsngdon" Order appoint-
ing administrator -
CIVIL
C A Marshall vs First National
Bank et al Motion to make more de-
finite and certain sustained 1
First National Hank vs W E Coop-
Jider Suit on note Appeal from
Justice Court
To the Boys and Girls of Alfalfa
County
You are a resident of Alfalfa
County Our local pride of a state
school located within our own borders
should appeal to all of us to make a
great effort to make this school a
great success
The State Board of Agriculture is
watching us to see how much effort
we the people of Alfalfa County are
making to make this school a success
as to numbers and efficiency I feel it
is the duty of all the young men and
women to assist the people in making
a school here that the whole state
may be proud of and show the" Board
of Agriculture that we are worthy of
the trust they left in our hands by
patronizing this school and helping
build up a great school in numbers
nd name
Will you not help us not only with
your own name and influence but ask
your boy and girl friends to come with
you?
I shall feel greatly disappointed if
fewer than 75 of you who composed
that fine graduating ’ class of 11 at
Cherokee last week are not enrolled
with us Will not that number make
a fine FRESHMAN CLASS?
Make arrangements to be one of
them We want yon Write when vou
expect to enter Watch out for the
catalogues— they will be ready in a few
days If you think of a friend who
should have one send his or her name
to me
Hoping to receive your enrollment
very soon or a letter of inquiry or
better to meet you and your parents
to talk over this important matter
with you I am
yours very truly
W S Calvert Superintendent
Lecture at M E Church
Next Monday evening July 16 Dr
Gordon will give a lecture at the M E
Church at 8:30 Subject "The Fruit-
age of Ideals” Admission 10 and 25
cents
Everyone urgently requested to at-
tend and assist in giving him a good
audience which his ability as a lecturer
justifies
From 8:00j o’clock to 9:00 o’clock
Saturday night we will sell $150 $175
and $200 Dress Shirts at $105
Pickrell Ddpartment Store
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