The Weleetka American (Weleetka, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 18, 1923 Page: 2 of 8
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THE WRLEETK A AMERICAN
POULTRY RAISING "
PROFITS IS TOLD
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Every Farmer Should Raise Chickens
He Declares
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Ray O Weems commander of Car
nie Welch Post No 27 of Sallisaw
was selected as the American Legion
representative from the Soldiers Re-
lief Commission by the Department
Executive Committee this week
Weems jucceeds H B Fell who re
signed following completion of the
hospital building program as
private interests made it impossible
for him to give further time to the
duties as a member of tlic Commis-
sion Fell was Chairman of the
Commission which has provided hos-
pital facilities for ex-service men
equal to or better than those of any
other state
Weems was formerly State Presi-
dent of the Young Men s Democratic
league and formerly had charge of
some uerk for the State bchoot Land
Department He is an y-thusiastic
Legion worker
At the recent banquet to memDers
of the State Bar Association of Ok-
lahoma and their wiv’s Dudley C
Monk the Department Commander
of the American Legion was one of
three selected on the program for an
address At the business session
Wm L Eagleton Jr of Tulsa De
partment Judge Advocate of the
American Legion was re-electdd
State Treasurer of the Bar Associa
tion Leon H Brown of Blackwell
Department Adjutant of the Legion
was made a vice-p-sidnit of the
Association
James Monroe Roach Post No 41
of Altus has equipped pjst headquar-
ters according to Roy L Volk post
adjutant Sixty-five ousmess men of
Altus are contributing Sld'J K'
month toward payment on an electric
piano according to irgim headqunr
The Altus post already -has more
members than it had during 1922 be-
ing the fourth post in Oklahoma to
renew its membership
The Post Historian of Platt Nation-
al Park post No 148 Sulphur is pre-
paring a complete service record of
all its members according to J F
Rollins P A A copy will be given
any member who transfers to another
post
The Sulphur post is keeping a rec-
ord of the number of hours devoted
to Legion work during 1923 by Le-
gionnaires 1
— -Donaldson-Walker post No 108
Cushing has been giving band con-
certs at the churches of Cushing
Free will offerings were made by citi-
zens to provide expenses for taking
the Legion band to the National Con-
vention at San Francisco next Octo-
ber Business men and civic clubs of
the city are all helping according to
C D Phelps post adjutant
Jesse Hill Post No 260 of Tecum-
seh recently emulated the Walton-inaugural
idea with a square dance ac-
cording to Karl Montague adjutant
of the Post
A big crowd attended from the
town and surrounding country and
two sets of dancers kept the fiddlers
busy continuously
The citizens of Tecumseh contrib-
uted to the Christmas Cheer fund of
the American Legion Tecumseh was
second in the state in the amount
contributed to provide remembrances
for the Oklahoma disabled ex-service
men in 29 hospitals in 19 states
The Legion basket ball team of
Harry Dobbs post No 55 of Duncan
is “all dressed up and waiting to go"
They want games with other Legion
teams Those interested should write
H B Davis at Duncan who is manager-
Victory Post No 45 of Burlington
promotes a regular monthly
his
F O B Detroit
Equipped with electric start-
ing and lighting system de-
mountable rims extranm and
non-skid tires all around-the
Ford Sedan at the new low
price of $595 FOB Detroit
is the greatest motor car value
ever produced— an enclosed
car of comfort convenience
and beauty Buy now Terms
Completely
Equipped
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Riggins Motor Co
Phone 124
Weleetka
Oklahoma
Ingle & Allen
Practical Plumbers and Gas Fitters
Your Business Solicited and Appreciated
PALACE BARBER SHOP
Clean and Sanitary
A New Towel For Every Man -
We carry the best line of TONICS that money can buy
You-want something that will do you good
Come and See Us
WE KNOW HOW
WE KNOW THE ROAD
The most profitable side line to
general fanning is that of raising
poultry for the Oklahoma markers
so Smith A Testerman told the crowd
that attended the organization class f
at the poultry short course which has
been established at Union Consoli-
dated School No 2 half way between
Tulsa and Broken Arrow The first
class was held last Thursday night
but starting this week the poultry
classes will be on Wednesday from
7:30 p -m
Dealer in Real Estate Oil-Leases
and Royalties
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until 10 p m the topic
to be “Incubator and Brooding" '
There will be a weekly meeting
open to farmers truckers and others
residing in the Union district who
are interested in the growing feed-
ing and raising of poultry Every
phase of the poultry business is tak-
en up and thoroughly discussed by
the teachers
To the first class Testerman cited
some facts that startled the men and
women present He said that the
average hen kept for egg laying cost
!!2 housing cost $1 a year feeding
another dollar a year and the aver
age well-kept hen laid 150 egg or
12 dozen at an average price of 40
cents a dozen or $480 per year per
hen or a profit of $280 per hen
He said that every farm should
have a flock of hens but that these
should be well housed well fed and
that they would soon prove a greater
source of revenue than any other
part of the farm program -“The
market in Tulsa and other
towns and cities in Oklahoma for
pure and fresh eggs as well as poul
try is the best in the southwest’
said Testerman “Today Oklahoma
supplies but 5 per cent of her own
needs importing 95 per cent of the
poultry products- that she requires
W A WILSON
OIL FIELD and HEAVY HAULING
Office Phone 25 Rea 62 — 194 — 216
We Invite Oil Men to Make Our Office Their Headquarters
WELEETKA !: OKLAHOMA
Agent for the Local Building
and Loan Association of Okla-
homa City
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Office in rear of First National Bank
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WOUNDS PROVE FATAL
Indian' Boy Who Was Stabbed at
Dance Dies From Tetanus
That Develops
PLAN DRIVE ON
COTTON WEEVIL
Senator Would Establish Zones for
Non-Growing of Fiber
MARKET LETTER
Oklahoma City Jan 16 1923
Cattle receipts continue light not-
withstanding the market has been
steady throughout the week The of-
fering has been of better quality than
usual due to the finish the stuff is
carrying A few warmed-over cattle
did not bring what was anticipated
which goes to show that it pays to
finish well securing the most weight
and the best price Steers are steady
butcher stuff steady to a shade lower
Stockers 15 to 25c higher and a good
demand calves 50c higher a good de-
mand for stocker calves
Receipts of hogs very light The
market reacted 40c lower than for
corresponding period last week This
due to the flooded runs on the north-
markets which has its effect at this
place
A few sheep received which sold at
$1350 showing that there is moaey
in this kind of livestock if properly
cared for and fat when marketed
Many more could be used by the local
packers
The horse market continues at this
place with steady prices plenty of
buyers today and the market very
active
The Biggest and Best Live Stock
£how ever held in the Southwest
will be held here March 12th-17th
1923 — Special entertainment features
in connection with show
OKLAHOMA NATIONAL
STOCK YARDS CO
Okemah Jan 15— Wash Barney
Bear an Indian boy about 19 years
old died Saturday night from blood
poison as the result of a knife wound
received in a free-for-all fight at a
dance at the Charles Simmer 'home
seven miles southwest of Okemah last
Monday night
The county attorney has been un-
able to learn details of the fight ow-
ing to the fact that all the partici-
pants are Indians and they do not
seem inclined to talk On last Tues-
day Solomon Buckley an Indian was
arrested on a charge of assault and
later released on bond Buckley was
badly cut about the head and beaten
up as was Joe Bear a brother of the
dead boy All parties connected with
the affair are said to have been drunk
According to the officers no doc
tor was called to attend Bear an In
dian doctor being in attendance Bear
was cut across one arm the arteries
being severed Prompt attention by
a physician would have saved the life
of the Indian boy Many friends
from Okemah and other places at
tempted to persuade his people to
have a doctor but consent could not
be gained Finally bloo® poison set
up in the wound but when this was
explained to the parents they an-
swered that they would rather the
boy died than to have his arm taken
off and save his life The dead boy
was a son of Washington and Mona
Bear living southeast of Castle
A warrant was issued for thft ar
rest of Solomon Buckley on a charge
of murder and he was arrested and
placed in the county jail When seen
here Charles Simmer the Indian at
whose home the dance and fight took
place refused to talk of the matter
Washington Jan 13 — A new and
drastic campaign for stamping out
the boll weevil in the cotton lands of
the south will be outlined definitely
for the first time in a bill shortly to
be introduced in the senate by Sena-
tor Smith democrat of South Caro-
lina it was learned today
Smith’s new plan said to be the
latest scientific development of the
department of agriculture calls for
both federal and state aid to assist
in eradicating that the South Caro-
lina senator termed “America’s grav-
est national menace"
Briefly the bill will provide:
That the president be authorized to
open negotiations with governors of
cotton states to divide the south into
six zones to be designated “non-cotton
growing areas”
Each zone will be 290 miles wide
and will extend from the Atlantic
coast to the Mississippi river
Starting next year for instance
Smith’s plan would prohibit cotton
planting in the first zone which
would include the state of Virginia
Each succeeding year for six seasons
the non-growing zone would be mov-
ed 200 miles southward with an over-
lapping of 60 miles in the preceding
zone until it reached the Rio Grande"
In this way Smith hopes to force
the weevil below the United States
southern boundary and in order to
keep the pest out of the country he
would establish a permanent non-
growing area 50 miles wide above the
Rio Grande
new Legion members for 1923 ac-
cording to G P Noe Department
Vice-Commander
The Department Executive Com-
mittee of the American Legion of Ok-
5 lalhoma will present a gavel to Mur-
clay I ray F Gibbons Speaker of the House
SHIP MANY PEANUTS
Bryan County Growers Sent Out of
State 100 Cars of Home-
Grown Nuts
pigeon trapshooting contest among
its members according to A J Lam-
bert The Post owns its traps and
has afforded the citizens some enter-
tainment Rollie McCartney Post No 97 Paw-
huska has arranged with H E Jar-
lell of the Pawhuska Radio Company
to furnish “entertainment from the
air” to members of the Legion
The merchants of Pawhuska have
offered prizes for the members of the
of Representatives Gibbons is an
ex-service man and was formerly a
member of the Department Execu-
tive Committee :
At a meeting January 14th the De-
partment Executive Committee of the
American Legion of Oklahoma can-
vassed further reports received from
Posts on the referendum vote on a
state bonus A majority vote of
nearly twenty to one has so far been
cast in favor of some form of a reas-
Durant Jan 13 — More than one
hundred cars of peanuts were shipped
from here this season the largest
production ever made in the county
The price was unusually good all fall
at one time rising to $185 a bushel
which was said to have been the high-
est price paid in the United States
for peanuts this year
Cotton made a fairly good yield in
this county but peanuts made the
farmers more per acre than any oth-
er crop grown Including nuts and
hay A J Clark one farmer received
$2400 raised on 48 acres an average
of about fifty dollars an acre
Just received a shipment of the
Spring Ginghams A large range of
patterns and prices
Skinner & Sims
LETTER FROM FLORIDA
The Weleetka American:
Leaving Weleetka on the 1st of Oc-
tober I went south to Holdenville
where I changed cars for Memphis
arriving in Memphis at 8:40 on Oct
2nd Looked the city over and found
it a very thriving city and up-to-date
in every respect Leaving Memphis
I ’took the Southern R R via Iuka
Miss and Decatur Ala arriving at
8 A M on Oct 3rd at Chattanooga
Tenn 1 visited the Battlefields of
Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge and while at Chattanooga had
fine visit with old friends that I had
not seen for 30 years I then took
the N C R R for Nashville and had
a very pleasant visit in the capital of
Tenn -where I also met many old
friends Leaving Nashville I head-
ed for Columbia Tenn where I spent
several days My next stop was at
Fayetteville Tenn in Lincoln Co
once famous for making good red
whiskey but those days are’ gone for-
ever Here I met a host of friends
as Lincoln county was my boyhood
home Becoming restlesson Nov 3rd
I turned south to “The Land of 'the
Flowers” passing thru Georgia and
Jacksonville Fla I arrive at Tampa
on November 8th Continued later
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