The Leedy Times (Leedy, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 31, 1924 Page: 2 of 8
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THE LEEDEY TIMES
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MRS JOHN D SHERMAN
DR J W S MACFIE
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ABOUT $1200000000 HAS
BEEN ADDED TO CROP
SINCE JUNE 9
HOGS ARE UP$3 PER HEAD
Table Shows What Farmer Has T
Look Forward -to as Price For
Produce For This Year Ac-
cording to Report
Chicago 111— Approximately $1200-
000000 Iiuh licen added to agricultural
values in tin L’ n it ml Stales since June
B acioriling to figures published The
above eslimuto is Ijiised on a compari-
son of prices on grains liogs ami cot-
ton" the paper suys The following
table was published showing "what the
farmer tins to look forward to us the
price to be paid for the agriculture
crops of I!i24 as bused on government
estimate"
Wheat $81)1000000
' Corn $220-1000
Oats $010000000
Harley $1HOOOOOO
Itye $'51 000 OOO
Cotton (New York price) $1020000-
000 Livestock totals vary it is said but
"averages show that Img prices to the
farmers have advanced around $250
per Img in tiie lust sixty days and
about $3 per hog over a year ago
while raisers are getting as much as
they did last year for cattle and
sheep"
Latest estimates on the world’s pros-
pective exportable surplus are around
725000000 bushels of wheat which is
25 IKK) 000 below the anticipated re-
quirements of I lie world
SHIP SINKS NONE ARE LOST
Three Are Badly Hurt When Confu-
sion Reigns On Dark Waters
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Norfolk Va — The excursion steamer
Gratitude with 2S8 employes of the
Texas Oil company and members of
their families on hoard sank off Crauey
Island in Norfolk hRrhor when she
struck a sunken barge So far as It
was possible to check the passenger
list no lives Were lost though three
persons two women aud a man were
taken to a hospital badly hnrt
The Gratitude was not completely
submerged and her passengers were
taken olt In smnll boats sent from the
New York Philadelphia and Norfolk
railroad steamer Pennsylvania and sev-
eral harbor vessels and launches which
picked up the distress signals from the
Gratitude and hastened to the rescue
Some of those who leaped into the
blackness of t lie harbor below the
siuking ship found they were standing
In water only knee deep having land-
ed on the submerged bar Others
were submerged to their necks and
many hasty rescues were effected at
the very side of the sinking craft But
for the fact that the ship had been
bold firm by the barge which sank Iter
she would have gone to the bottom
witli Iihtv loss of life
HOOVER FOR SUPER-POWER
Committee Reports Project Will Save
50 Million Tons of Coal Yearly
Washington D C — Recommenda-
tions for construction and development
of great inter-connected steam aud hy-
dro electric power projects throughout
ttie northeastern section of (lie T’nited
Slates estimated to make possible a
saving of 50000000 tons of coal an-
nually lowpr the cost of producing
electric power and extend the use of
electricity generally to farm areas are
made in a report made public recently
by the engineer snh-conimiltee of the
northeastern super-power committee
headed liv Secretary Hoover
The report covers the outstanding
features of the super-power devlop-
tnent long contemplated for the New
England and middle Atlantic states
area and goes into technical questions
Involved in the plan of utilizing rite
sources of electrical energy as derived
from both water and fuel and the
probable demands which will exist' in
lorto
NORTH EXPLORERS SAFE
MacMillan Expedition la Coming Back
To Civilization Radio Saya
On Board the D S S Milwaukee
Jfear Hawkes Harbor N F — The Mac-
Millan expedition locked In the Ice
floes of Greenland for more than n
year Is coming back to civilization
according to a radio message picked np
recently by the U S S cruiser Mil-
waukee from tbs Bowdin the expedi-
tion aldp
Mr John D Sherman of Colored
was elected president of the Federi
tlon of Women’s clubs at Ita convert
tion in Los Angeles
HUMANS DIE IN ANTHRAX WAVE
DOGS VULTURES AND FLIES
ARE SPREADING DISEASE
Hundredes Of Stock Die in the Delta
Of the Missippi As a Result Of
the Epidemic
Jackson 'Miss— Hundreds of head
of stock and in some instances hu-
man lives are victims of the anthrax
epidemic in the twenty-three counties
in which tire disease is prevalent ac-
cording to reports
In Issaquena county in the delta ani-
mals have died so fust the carcasses
have not been burned Dogs vultures
and flies are spreading the disease
among the people
‘ The first ease was reported In Har-
rison county a month ago In north-
west Mississippi the disease lias taken
a heavy toll in cattle Some farm res
have lost all work animals
PASSENGER SHIP RAMMED
First Mate Praises Coolness Which
Avoided Disaster Aboard Liner
New York N Y — Five hundred and
twenty-eight men women and children
passengers on the Eastern Steamship
company's sound liner Boston which
was rammed by the tanker Swift Ar-
row ofT Point Judith arrived here with
dranlatic stories of their rescue at sea
in a dense fog
Four hundred and eighty were
landed by the Priscilla and the others
by the Providence both of the Fall
Iliver line which picked them up from
crowded lifeboats some time after the
crash A few were slightly Injured
Several persons on the Boston said
they hail narrow escapes but prob-
ably none catne nearer death than S
K Paige Jr Winchester Mass Paige
was awakened when the bow of the
Swift Arrow crashed into his state-
room and stopped against the side of
his hunk Other passengers chopped
him out witli axes He was slightly
hurt
STEEL FIRM MUST REVISE
Corporation Argues Scheme Now In
Use is Result of Competition
Washington 1 C — The federal
trade commission ordered the United
States Steel corporation to abandon
the Pittsburgh plus system of deter-
mining the price of steel
The commission held it to be an un-
fair method of competition the sys-
tem by which the corporation and
its subsidiaries quote prices on roiled
steel products manufactured by and
shipped from their plants outside
Pittsburgh at a Pittsburgh base price
plus an amount equivalent to what
the freight charge would be from
that city
Calvin’s Grave To Be Guarded
Plymouth Vt — The military guard
which lias been doing duty at the grave
of Galvin Coolidge Jr son of the presi-
dent will lie continued through the
summer it was announced Many hun-
dreds of people visit the grave daily
and souvenir hunters are much In evi-
dence They have chipped pieces from
the old stone wall about the cemetery
Five Die Ae Home le Burned
Sharon Pa — Trapped in their sec-
ond story room home near Sandy Lake
twenty miles from here five children
of Mr and Mrs Fred Hedgelin rang-
ing In age from nine months to nine
years were burned to death when the
home waa destroyed by lire I
WHSeB
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Boiling Water Kills Typhus
Chemicalization of wuter or boiling
It will do much to reduce the number
of typhoid cases In Oklnhoma during
the summer months according to
warning issued by Dr Curl Puckett
itate health commissioner
‘‘There were 347 deaths from typhoid
In Oklahoma last year" said Puckett
“und this number cun be appreciably
decreased tills summer by proper pre-
cautionary measures Vacation time
is the typhoid season Anti-typhoid
vaccination Is one method of reducing
the prevalence of the typhus germ
"Wuter Is one of the coinmouest
causes of typhoid No one can tell
by the appearance of wntef whether
it Is pure aud fit to drink The only
safety lies In boiling or chemical dis-
infection before using
"If well water or any suspicious
water Is boiled for Jen minutes” said
Puckett "all harmful bucteria will be
destroyed
Puckett asserts that typhoid can be
reduced to a minimum by proper pre-
ventive measures
Guards Go To Fort Sill August 4
Twenty-five special trains will move
the Oklahoma stnte guardsmen their
horses and equipment to the state en-
cumpment August 4 according to Brig
Gen Leroy Irwin post commander
who has been advised by Baird H
Markham adjutant general of the
plana
Niue of the truins will arrive Au-
fust 3 and sixteen on August 4 The
transportation cost will be $100000
Plans for moving the trains Into the
reservation and detraining of men and
horses have been perfected Each
train Is so timed ns not to arrive at the
post while another contingent is de-
training In addition to the more than 6000
men of the national guard there will
he several cars of artillery complete
marching equiment for each man
ind 314 horses belonging to the guard
More than 000 horses will be re-
quired by the guard units and the
post will supply more than 500 mounts
ind draft animals
To Pick Million Bale Of Cotton
Oklahoma’s cotton crop will be 1-
JOOOOO bales according to the mid-
summer crop report Issued by Carl IL
Robinson statistician for the depart-
ment of agriculture
Based on present spot prices which
hover between 29 aud 30 cents a
pound Oklahoma’s crop will carry a
:ash value of approximately 145 mil-
lion Last year’s crop was only 655000
sales
The price of cotton jumped $10 a
bale of the New York and New Or-
leans market recently following the
government's forecast of 11934000
hales for the entire cotton belt as
omi a red to 12144000 bales forecast
one month ago
The crop in Oklahoma was found
to be in better growing condition on
July 10 the report says than In the
rest of the cotton states The con-
dition was 72 percent of normal in
Oklahoma and only 685 percent for the
whule cotton belt
State Orders Gobi Of Beane
Sugar and beans This is the main
diet of inmates of Oklahoma state ln-
Jtitutlons judging from purchases of
vrocerles made by the board of affairs
for the next quarter
Purchases of beans totaled 94100
pounds of sugar 88000 pounds From
these high marks the purchases
dwindled to one case of shrimp which
went to the State Industrial school at
Tecumseli The state also purchased
‘wo cases of mincemeat and three
cases of canned chili botii purchases
going to the penitentiary at Me-
Alester One of the large orders was for rice
the different Institutions dividing
14600 pounds of this staple Tooth-
picks were purchased In quantity lots
the prison getting 250 eurtons
Durant Class Hits High Peak
Graduation exercises was held at the
Southeastern State Teachers’ college
at Durant for 488 students
This Is the largest class In the his-
tory of the school Thirty-seven were
given bachelor of arts degrees 244 got
diplomas 109 received life diplomas
and 38 graduated from high school
Exercises for 157 were held at the
Northeastern State Teachers' college
at Tnlilequah according to officers
Thirty' of them were given bachelor’s
degrees and ninety-two received life
certificates
M A Nash state superintendent
made the commencement address at
Durant H G Bennett president of
the Southeastern State Teachers’ col-
lege conferred the degrees All of the
persons finishing at the school will
teach In Oklahoma next year
Dr J W S Macfts of tha famous
school of tropical disoasoa at Liver-
pool who with Profaaaor Yorle has
made the discovery that tha sting of
mosquitoes will cure paralysis
TEN ARE DEAD IN RAIL CRASH
YOUNG PEOPLE RETURNING
FROM PICNIC VICTIMS
New York Central Locomotive Plows
Into Truck Throwing Bodies
Hundred Feet
Oak Harbor Ohio — Ten persons
were killed and ten olheers were In-
jured some seriously when a New
York Centrul passenger train crashed
into an automobile truck at a grade
crossing outside this village
There were twenty persons In the
truck They bad been on a day’s out-
ing at Sand Beach on Lake Erie and
were returning to their homes when
the accident happened
Eye witnesses of the accident de-
clared that the driver of the cur had
stopped the machine at the railroad
crossing gone ahead to scan (he
tracks and apparently had failed to
see the approaching train He is said
to have gotten hack into the truck
and driven onto the tracks directly
ahead of the train which was hound
for Toledo from Cleveland
NEW LAND OR SEA “TANK”
Amphibious Mechanism la Developed
With Secrecy by New York Co
Washington D C — Purchase by the
army air service of the "first success-
ful tractor flying boat that is complete-
ly amphibious for operation either o
land or water' was announced by
Major General Mason Patrick chief of
the air service
A number of the machines will be
supplied under contract by the Loen-
ing Aeronautical Engineering corpora-
tion of New York Their development
flight tests has been conducted with
utmost secrecy
Air service officers who have stu-
died reports of the new machines test
pilots and engineering officers assort
that the new type of flying craft poss-
eesses remarkable and useful charac-
teristics It is said to have been
found by performance to compare fa-
vorably in climbing strength and gen-
eral maneuvers with the land type air-
planes of equal weight and power A
speed of about 120 miles an hour has
been made
’ The hull of the new craft is metal
covered throughout and the wings und
struts are made largely with metal
It is equipped with t lie inverted Li-
berty motor which has been success-
fully developed by the government in
co-operation with the builders
3 DEAD IN RANGER BLAZE
Escaping Gas In Hotel Is Cause Of
Fire Many Were Injured
Ft Worth Tex— Five Fort Worth
people were seriously injured In a firb
which razed two lintels took a deal It
toll of three and sent sixnthpr persons
to hospitals at Banger recently The
estimated damage dime by the blaze is
$100000
All of the dead were residents of
the town except M D McCrimon city
engineer who made Ids home at
Troup but who was staying at the Me-
Cleskey hotel which with the South-
land hotel was burned A boy once
saved from the flaming McCleskey
was burned to death when lie re-entered
to save his small dog
Escaping gas In the McClesky
where the fire originated transformed
the at first partially burning build-
ing into a sheet of flame Acts of hero-
ism which at another time would be
sensations In the town of Ranger pass-
ed Unnoticed as men climbed to the
rescue guests overcome by smoke
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Rainbow Upside Down
Eastport (Maine) folk have seen a
good many amazing things but noth-
ing tbat quite compared with what
they glimpsed In the sky the other V
day — an Inverted rainbow One man '
said that the fellow that wanted to
look for the traditional pot of gold
would have to have a long ladder to
find IL Nobody recalls having seen
anything of the sort before
Gtiuuie
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are not getting the genuine
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millions and prescribed by phy-
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Accept only
Bayer package
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Bandy “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablet
Alio tiottles of 24 and 100 — Drugglita
Aiptrli to tbi trade mark of Beyer Man
Cm tare ef Uoeee mtlcaeld— ter of SeUcyUeedB
Hotel Built in Clouds
On top of Jungfraupoch In Switzer-
land a hotel la being built at an eleva-
tion of 11480 feet The workmen have-
to brave elements that would ordi-
narily dismay those of warmer climes
The hotel when finished will literally
be among the clouds frequently
BACK ACHY?
Lame and achy in the morning? Tor-
tured with backache all day long? No
wonder you feel worn out and discour-
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to your kidneys? Weak kidneys cause
just such troubles and you are likely
to have headaches too with dizziness
stabbing pains and other kidney irreg-
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so lame Head-I
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drove me wild
and I had spells of dizziness My
kidneys acted irregularly I used
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the first and two boxes relieved all
signs of the trouble”
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Good Old Reliable Peterson’s
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"Had El ulcers on my leg Doctors
wanted to cut off leg Peterson’s Olot-
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Wilder Street Rochester N T
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Denson, W. W. The Leedy Times (Leedy, Okla.), Vol. 21, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 31, 1924, newspaper, July 31, 1924; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1757499/m1/2/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 2, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.