The Ames Review. (Ames, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, August 24, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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THE AMES REVIEW AMES OKLAHOMA
STATE-WIDE
MOMENTS
STATE TAX LEVY FINALLY
FIXED AT ONLY TWO
MILLS PER HUNDRED
OTHER HEwToT THE STATE
Little Incidents and Accident That
Go To Make Up A Week’ History
Of A Great Common
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Oklahoma City — The ad valorem
tax to be levied by the state for 1918
will be two mills for general purposes
bringing the total levy to two and one-
half mills when the levies of a quarter
of a mill each for road and school pur-
poses are added as fixed by the consti-
tution This was the decision reached by
the state board of equalization acting
upon a report by Fred Parkinson state
examiner and inspector who asserted
that a two-mill levy would take care
of all appropriates made by the Sixth
legislature
Comes As Surprise
The levy suported by Governor Wil-
liams and his adherents was one-half
a mill less than was expected and
came as a surprise to Frank H Gault
and E B Howard who previously had
announced that they would not vote
for more than a two-mill levy Gault
and Howard voted against the levy as
fixed
The agreement to support a two-mill
levy was reached at a caucus of Gov-
ernor Williams Fred Parkinson S P
Freellng and W L Alexander It was
planned that Freeling should introduce
the motion to fix the levy but J L
Lyon secretary of state whose sup-
port had not been counted upon ral-
lied to the two-mill proposition and
made the motion before the adminlstra-
tion followers had an Opportunity
The motion was seconded by Fred
Parkinson and only Howard and Gault
voted against It
When work on the state levy was
first begun it was expected that there
would be a deficit of more than a million-dollars
to be taken care of from
1917 Parkinson's report however
showed the deficit o be only $107-
83263 and this was offset by an esti-
mate of back taxes for previous years
to be collected amounting to $275000
and released revenue from lapsed ap-
propriations of $200000 making a net
surplus of $36761737
Only Two Mills Needed
The total appropriation for 1918 was
$578385307 Subtracting the net
surplus from this leaves $541623570
With the addition of 20 per cent for
delinquent taxes which is $108824714
the total amount of revenue necessary
to raise is fixed at $649948274 The
estimated income from sources other
than the ad valorem tax was estimated
by Parkinson at $383062510 leaving
$266885774 Two mills ad valorem
tax on the total valuation Is $1334-
(28871 will yield exactly this amount
By far the biggest individual source of
revenue outside of ad valorem taxes is
the gross production tax which alone
fields $1750000 Revenues produced
by the different departments of the
tate including the gross production
tax exceed the general ad valorem
two-mill tax by more than a million
ACQUIT MUSKOGEE MAYOR
Jury Exonerates Wyand of Charge of
Neglecting Official Duty
Muskogee — Mayor J E Wyand was
acquitted of the charges that he bad
wilfully neglected to enforce the vice
laws of the state and had permitted
gambling dens liquor and houses of
bad repute to flourish unmolested
The district court iury after an hour
and a half deliberation returned an
unanimous verdict of not guilty
Wyand after a two weeks suspen-
sion is again chief executive of the
city Attorney General 8 P Freeling
who brought the accusation against
him and who personally led the state's-
case moved in open court after the
verdict bad been received that the
mayor be reinstated
The Jury took four ballots In arriv-
ing at Its verdict The first vote was
eight to four for acquittal the second
ten to two the third eleven to one and
the fourth unanimous
Bridge Between State
Fort Smith Ark — The Sebastian
bridge commissioners set August 30
aa the date for opening bids for a
$500000 concrete bridge to be built
across the Arkansas river at the foot
of Garrison avenue The bridge con-
nects on the Oklahoma side with Se-
quoyah county Although the esti-
mated coat is $600009 It is said bv
the engineers that it will be built lor
less The -Oklahoma approach has
been located by Engineer Ira J Head
rick of Kansas City
MINIMUM llAW SUSPENDED
Circuit Court To Decide If Injunction
Will Be Permanent-
Guthrie — The temporary Injunction
case brought by the gas companies of
Oklahoma to test the constitutionality
of the statute passed by the 1917 ses-
sion of the Oklahoma legislature
known as the “minimum charge for
gas" law was disposed of by Judge
John H Cotteral of the United States
district court a hen he acted favorably
upon an agreed stipulation whereby
the enforcement of the law will be sus-
pended pending final determination
This case was transferred to the fed-
eral court for determination and la
finally to be heard before three federal
judges one of whom must be a circuit
judge one the judge of the district
court where the case Is brought and
the other to be designated Judge Cot-
teral Judge Youmana of the Arkansas
circuit and Judge Kimbrough of Mis-
souri will finally pass upon the case
Meanwhile the consumers will pay
the minimum rate of one dollar a
month The gas companies have given
a sufficient bond that in case the law
is upheld The consumers will be re-
bated the excess collected
It is urged that the law is confisca-
tory and unconstitutional for the rea-
son that it only names gas companies
and does not Include other public serv-
ice corporations
DRUMRIGHT STRIKE ENDED
Sinclair Company Grants 15 Percent
Increase to Workers
Drumright — The strike on all the
Sinclair Oil and Gas Company leases
in the Drumright field came to an
end when I- J Parker field superin-
tendent notified the strikers that the
company had decided to grant the
increase in wages demanded
The 300 striking employes resumed
work and pumps started at the 200
wells which have been shut down
since the strike was called ten days
ago
Under the agreement all oil field
workers are to receive a 15 percent
increase in wages except cleaners
who will receive $150 a month This
is the first oil field workers’ strike
ever won in the Oklahomafields and
was accomplished without a single act
of violence or any attempt to destroy
property The strikers themselves
co operated with the officials in pre-
venting destruction of property and
warned I AV W members that their
assistance was not wanted and their
presence on the leases would not be
tolerated
Cato Sells Is Coming
Muskogee — Cato Sells commission-
er of Indian affairs was in Muskogee
last week for conference with Gabe E
Parker superintendent of the Mus-
kogee Indian agency- Officials declin-
ed to reveal the purpose of Mr Sells'
visit or to discuss it other than to say
it was a “highly important mission"
It is said that one thing which brings
Mr Sells to Oklahoma is the alarming
statistics compiled by physicians who
examined Indians for the new draft
array and -which are said to disclose
that the majority of them are suffering
from disease
Seventeen Tanks Fired
Drumright — Seventeen tanks of oil
ranging from 1600 to 05000 barrels
each and entailing a loss of over
$2000000 have been struck by light-
ning and destroyed within a radius of
two miles of Drumright during the
storms of the past three days The
Standard Oil and its subsidiary com-
panies are the principal losers Huge
clouds of smoke rising from the burn-
ing tanks on all sides have kept the
city in darkness for three days Tanks
close to the residence section wero
shot by cannon to let the oil run out
Osage Attorney Appointed
Pawhuska — George V Labadie the
first Osage Indian to become an active
advisor in the Indian service has been
appointed special attorney to handle
the biggest tax payment an Indian
nation ever encountered By a series
of decisions the Osages are to pay
$800000 to the atate taxes due from
1910 when the state first undertook
to collect from surplus lands The
payment is to be made in October
without penalty Labadio succeeds A
L Woodward resigned to enter an
officers' training camp
Former Socialist Sheriff a Stacker
Chlckasha— Mark Read ex-aherift
of JTcCluln county Oklahoma was
tried before - United States Commis-
sioner Speak in this city on a
charge of falling to register under
the draft law He was bound over
to the district court under $1000
bond Read was elected sheriff of
McClain county on the socialist ticket
and served two years He claims
that he was more than 81 years old
when the draft law was passed but
the county records ere said to show
that he is only 28 years old now
RAT-PROOF BUILDINGS
Plan Given for Construction of
Crib and Granary
Metal Strips Prevent Rodents From
Climbing Higher Than Lath— Leave
No Opening Around Doors
Large Enough for Mice
The accompanying sketch shows
one method of construction for a rat-
proof crib and granary which Is to be
separate and apart from other build-
ings The wire cloth or metal lath
should have no meshes wider thnn
one-fourth to three-eighths Inch Either
slats or boards may be nailed outside
the lath The metal strip prevents the
rodents from climbing higher than the
metal lath Care must be taken to
see that no openings nre left around
the doors large enough to admit mice
writes F W Ives In Ohio Farmer
If a one-story structure Is desired
a building 18 feet square and 10 feet
high to the plate will hold 500 bush-
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Rodent-Proof Granary
els of ear corn and 500 bushels of
smnll grain A crib on one side of
a 4-foot central alley will be 8 feet wide
and IS feet long while on the other
side of the alley the grain bln would
be 6 feet wide and IS feet long The
grain bln might be subdivided Into
smaller bins
The studs may be set In patent sock-
ets In the concrete floor Instead of
spiked to a sill bolted to the founda-
tion The concrete floor should be five
Inches in thickness A tile drain
placed around the foundation will in-
sure against dampness
CALF AFTER SKIM MILK AGE
Animal Should Be Kept Gaining From
Birth to Maturity-Give Heifers
Some Grain
The problem of caring for the dairy
cnlf is by no means solved by the end
of the mlld-feedlng period The anlmnl
should he kept gaining constnntly from
birth to maturity If good growth is to
be expected Calves are frequently
well cared for up to four or five
months of age and then given little at-
tention If good growth Is to be se-
cured heifers under a year of age re-
quire grain In addition to hay or pas-
ture Since the condition of the heifer at
posture Is not so closely observed as
when in the stall the heifer beyond the
milk-feeding period is more likely to
be neglected during the summer when
on pasture than during the winter
months
FERTILIZER FOR GARDEN USE
Should Contain Three Chief Ingredi-
ents Nitrogen Phosphoric Acid
and Potash
I ‘
For genernl garden crops a fertilizer
should contnin the three chief ingred-
ients in the following per cents: Nitro-
gen four phosphoric acid eigbtj and
potash ten If for bulbs the potash
content should be at least doubled
PACK CANTALOUPE IN CRATE
Standard Is Placed at Forty-Five Uni-
formly Graded a to 8ize and
Also Quality
Tbe standard pack for cantaloupe Is
45 in a crate uniformly graded as to
size and quality It Is believed there
Is a profitable field for the “flat crate”
holding one layer of nine to 15 melons
This innkes a package which the re-
tailer can sell unbroken to tbe con-
sumer CANVAS COVER FOR ALFALFA
With High Price of Hay and Frequent
Showers Protection Afford Big
Dividend
This has been a year when tbe can-
vas covers for alfalfa have paid a divi-
dend with tbe high price of bay and
the frequent showers Stack covers
will pay as well as no one can afford
to have any loss In quality of bis bay
With tbe dust batb tbe ben cleans
her body - -
SPREAD BEAN RUST ON VINES
Wisconsin Plant Disease Specialist of
Wisconsin College Give Seme
Timely Advice
“Farmers who understand condi-
tions In the spread of bean rust or
anthracnose as It Is termed never cul-
tivate or walk through tbe field while
the vines are wet with rain or dew"
This is the Information given by R
EL Vaughan plant disease specialist at
the College of Agriculture University
of Wisconsin When the bean plant
are dry there la less danger of brush-
ing off the tiny spores which spread
the disease
Tbe bean anthracnose In common
with one or two other spot diseases of
garden beans Is most successfully con-
trolled by careful selection of healthy
seed Owing to the greatly Increased
acreage of beans In Wisconsin this
year it Is highly Important that grow-
ers become familiar with conditions
which affect the crop Spraying Is of
little value in controlling the disease
under field conditions
KEEPING HOME GARDEN BUSY
By Using Intensive Methods and Suc-
cessive Planting Maxim Amount -of
Food 8ecured - r (
As soon as one crops has been har-
vested in the garden the ground should
be prepared and another one planted
The early crops are removed In tlmd
for late ones and by practicing sac1
cesslve planting a supply of fresh vege-
tables can be had all summer and Into
the late fall Sweet corn string beans
beets turnips tomatoes' squash pump-
kins late cabbage cucumbers winter
onions fall lettuce radishes spinach
are some of the crops that can be
planted after the early things are out
of the way Sometimes it Is practica-
ble to start corn or beans between the
radish and lettuce rows and by time
the latter crops are used up the form-
er will have made a good start By
following Intensive methods and suc-
cessive planting the garden can be
kept busy all season and bs made to
produce the maximum amount of food
material
TO CLEAN SEPARATOR BOWLS
Handy Washing MachinsWill Perform
Operation in 8hort Order— Sim-
pler Than Brush
One of the cream separator manu-
facturing companies haa added to Its
list of handy things a washing machine
which will in a few minutes clean the
separator bowl You stick the washer
Into the separator after yon are
through with it tura a crank and
Separator Washer
quickly find the bowl la clean It la
much simpler and easier than the od
hand and rag or brush method and Is a
boon when you are all tired out and
face the prospect of having to clean
out the separator or risk disease by
letting It go dirty until tomorrow--Farming
Business
Be Progressive
It is not becoming in the farmer to
cat his grass with a mower instead of
a scythe and let his wife pump water
when a windmill or a gasoline engine
would do It for her
The Horse’s Feat i
The feet should be cleaned out after
each day's work la done Don't lot
tbe feet become too dry Road horses
especially should be watched carefully
In this respect
Sunlight Kills Germs
No openings In your cow stables to
admit sunlight? This Is a great mis-
take Sunlight is death to many forma
of germ life
Dispose of 8urplua ' '
Toros and turkey bens geese end
ducks not absolutely needed for next
year's breeding should be disposed of
Keep Children Away
Do not let children go near geesa
with broods of goslings for the geese
fearing Injury to their goslings may
attack and seriously hurt the children
There ia no profit In rearing under-
sized or weak chicks and auch should
be disposed of early
Broilers and fryers generally bring
double the price per pound of ronatln$
chickens In October
LABOR SHORTAGE IN ALASKA
i — —
Wages Ar Mounting Higher Ordinary
' Laborers Being Paid as Much
aa $13 a Day
An Alaskan correspondent writes
that the shortage of labor In Interior
Alaska has' become acute and In con-
sequence employers are bidding
agalnat each other for the services of
such laborers aa are to be had with
the resolt that wagea are mounting to
unprecedented figures ' This condition
la especially noticeable In the Fair-
banks district where as much as $12
a day has recently been paid for ordi-
nary pick and ehovel laborers There
are not nearly enough workers to fill
the available Jobs and Instead of Im-
provement tbe condition la expected to
grow worse
Tbe Alaska road commission which
received an appropriation of $500000
for the building of roads and trails this
year Is In the market for a large force
of laborers and where they are to
come froai nobody knowa Moreover
mining operations are Just beginning
in a lurge way and this Industry will
require more men than the preseut la-
boring population of the Fairbanks
region and If they cannot be bad the
Industry will suffer severely Similar
conditions but lesa severe existed last
year and were due to the draining of
the labor resources by the government
railroad which is atilt abort of men
Aa In all former years many laborers
will undoubtedly come In from the
states but not enough are expected to
even fill the wants of the railroad com-
mission much lesa to adequately re-
lieve the needs of private employers
What is true of tbe Interior labor
shortage was also true In a less degree
of the coast regions until recently Of
2000 laborers sailing from Seattle to
Alaska last spring not a halt dozen got
as far as the interior the men finding
Jobs In the const regions Should some
means not be found to relieve the labor
shortage In the interior Its develop-
ment wilL be affected more seriously
than last year when a shortage of la-
bor resulted In many ventures being
abandoned Many mining companies
were unable to complete their season's
operations and not a few business
men went broke because of Inability
to fill their contracts
The Pries of Freedom
Oh the dreary length of the days In
which we go to school with the law—
the old dame with her cupboard foil
of pains and penalties i Oh the bit-
terness of the continual repression of
desire the galling of the bands the
chafing of the fetters! Oh the heavy
stupidity of authority — how It makes
us fume and fret! Oh the monotony
of the path with its trim hedges and
the everlasting warning to trespassers
wherever to our furtive eye there
comes a glimpse of a wider wilder
world which ‘ promises the' chance of
risk and adventure! But patience my
heart patience a little while Some-
thing meanwhile ia growing deep and
strong within thee This Is thy true
freedom and at such a coat has It to
be purchased One day when at last
thou art able to bear thy freedom thou
shait awake to a world In which thou
mayest roam in every wood loiter in
every glndev drink of every stream fol-
low what path thy desire prompts thee
to and without hurt or peril all things
shall be thine richly to enjoy I — Ed-
ward Lewis In the Atlantic
Killed 18000 Rabbits Laat Year
During the last year Aruthur Oliver
has killed 18000 rabbits He has done
most of the slaughtering on tbe Miller
and Lux ranches and ia paid a small
bounty for each rabbit he gets He Is
permitted to send the rabbits to Snn-
Franclsco and other markets Oliver
also has killed many coyotes during
the year He declared that with the
aid of the ranch people and the prices
he receives for his rabbits in the mar-
ket he does not worry much about the
high cost of living — Frenso (Cal)
Republican
8lgnal Fills Twofold Furpoee
Near a dangerous curve In Loring
avenue at Salem Mass a conspicu-
ous warning signal haa been erected
for the benefit of motorists It con-
stats of a tall brightly painted wooden
figure representing an officer with one
hand raised and the other holding a
red flag - Because of Its slxe and
color the sign cannot escape notice
and therefore doubtless has a great-
er effect than would a more conserva-
tive sign It was Installed by a tire
company beside one of the latter'a bill-
boards and thus performs the two-
fold function of calling attention to
the curve and so-and-so's products
Somewhat similar advertising schemes
have been used elsewhere to good ad-
vantage — Popular Mechanics Mags-
aloe His Turn
Dubb — Wife and I argued for half aa
hour last night
Chubb — Did you convince her that
you were right?
Dubb— This argument was with my
wife remember I didn’t say a word
Til get my Inning the next time We
bars company
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