Claremore Progress. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 15, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 26, 1907 Page: 3 of 8
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COUNTY SEAT MATTER
BACK TO COMMITTEE
CUV0Tr^°roRI!MOVALREQU,REMENT8 'S MA1N ~.NT Or
®OME CHANGES MADE-INITIATIVE AND REFER-
ENDUM UP FOR CONSIDERATION AND COMMITTEE REPORT.
ON IEGREOATEO COAL LANDS
GUTHRIE: Alarmed
u u^..u o„ «h- rr
county IxtiiTnl.-irirN committee locating , m.Jorl, " "I "y
eounty •..(* temporarily. ,he or,Mlla I „ Pr""d*1 however.
Won force* Thur.day tfuraooa auccMd- I six , * roun,y ' within
«1 by a .mull majority vote In havln« il,e seogrHpliicai esnter «'
the further confer.,th. ^ £ XZSfJT """ °'
taken out of the hand* of the committee J which !■
of the whole, ami referred back to the the conte
county boundaries committee. I After ...... _
The committee of the whole had pre- majority vol* * two-third*
vlously voted to confirm the locations of move the . . ,
all county seat* « named In the report I election* .hall I .""hi t Hny.r"U"'y a'"'
except In Moman. Hur,H.r and lie. khan. I once each „ n ve r "° thtt"
counties. Th® locations were pa#*.. I Th« i.. * 'arM
over until after other locations hail been , tiori on the fouT I!! #: 0° recommon4a*
ma4e. By this action the m I Ji-JTa. a /°Ur that had been
It to any town
not at least one mile nearer
■ of the county.
After January 1, • isn> .
shall be required to
these counties will be sidetracked until
the county boundaries committee sees
(It to submit another report.
The first hole was shot In the com-
mittee report when by a vote of 42 to 41.
Eufaula was given the county seat In Mc-
Intosh county, displacing Checotah, the
committee's choice. The organization
got Its second fright when a motion
Wednesday on the removal of the capltnl
of Grant county from Fond Creek to Med-
ford. The champions of the report got
their final scare when the Insurgents got
together and discovered that the county
boundaries committee, a majority
Whom had located county seats In their
own home towns, had practically made
the locations permanent by stipulating
that a rival town against each tempor-
ary location must put up a petition
signed by 15 per cent of the voters to
•ven get a place on the ballot.
A motion to give towns other than
th* temporary locations a chance to get
on the ballot by securing the names of
10 per cent of the voter* of the county
to the petition had as good chance of
passing when the Murray-Jlaskell •gan-
Isatlon succeeded In getting the whole
matter referred back to the boundaries
committee.
The Insurgent forces were recruited by
the fart that a number of Oklahoma dele-
Kates, who came from Oklahoma towns
not county seats, want the two-thirds
requirement abolished, and wnnt an op-
portunity of removing ** unty seats on a
majority vote even In old counties. They
argue that the cMinty sents In Oklahoma
were not fixed by the people and should
pot be given an advantage. There is
also a strong demand that county seats
may be removed In Indian Terltory by a
majority • ite. regardless of the geo-
graphical center.
The Initiative and referendum was
called up and the first section providing
that the people shall reserve the right to
enact or reject laws or amendments Inde-
pendent of the legislature, was passed In
committee of the whole. Kornegay. of
Vinita opposed tills section, declaring
that the proposed measure as now drawn
violates the terms of the enabling act.
In at least one dozen places, and that lis
adoption will be the surest way to get the
constitution of oklahoma turned down at
Washington.
committee
referred back to them Thursday.
| It developed Friday that Moman coun-
| ty had not been referred lia. k to the
j committee as was generally supposed. "
«. Mayes, chairman of the
of the whole, stated that the
had adopted the section of the commit-
tee's report asking that the county seat
of Moman county be located by the
ventlon and that action took It out of
the matters referred to the committee.
A combination of the conservative* and
prohibitionists In the convention secured
the adoption of an amendment to the
second section of the Initiative and ref-
erendum clause raising the per cent
cessary to Initiate an amendment to the
constitution from 8 per cent to IS per
cent.
IMscusslon of this section occupied the
entire afternoon, and at the hour of
adjournment the section had been va-
riously amended but not finally adopted.
GUTHRIE: The special committee of
the constitutional convention on segregat-
ed coal and asphalt lands In the Indian
Territory made Its final report to the
convention Friday In the form of a con-
gressional memorial notifying congress
and the president that the state of Okla-
homa desires to open negotiations with
the federal government and at an early
date purchase the lands.
The committee Is of the opinion that
the lAnds can be purchased for about
I15.000.0<)fl. The lands embrace one of the
most valuable mineral deposits in the
southwest, and the committee proposes
state ownership and state operation.
me INCLUDES chilocco
Commissioner L.upp Want* It and oth.r
Indian Coll.#** Atooll.h*d
WASHINGTON: Kran.es H I„upp
commissioner of |„dl<ul „ffjl(„ wajlt,
! ">«tltute at Lawrence. Ih. Chll-
occo. the school „JU,h of Arkansas City
snd .11 other non-reservation Indian
schools abolished Hi* mu I.
"• favor of ' " T , argument
ui h a< tlon before the senate
nn ln""n •
«e«ed that the schools be .lK„„l,ed grad-
;r- e .a.- dri:
«h* one lopw.,, oft IW.
MuT"^ ,""kH1 '
■"" - - -
•he largest , ■urrou,'d'ng . It I.
•alned by the .* n'li"n *ch"ol ™aln-
.enttii ve:;r:r;:,hav,n" "n • -
kell comes .... . "5 puh|1" Mas-
thlrd with 77« „ "V'" M4 n" Chilocco
hlg school.™,. * " 'he three
It will be comparable """ h"
the nil.... . '"fiaratively easy to ahan,l..n
">-two schools Of that
Problem of House-Help.
Cr^te., Difficulty wi,h Which ih. American Woman
Hea to Copt-Mm in the Kitchen May Prove a
Solution Word "Servant" Odious.
BY MARGARET E. 8ANGSTER.
«Jj>yrl«ht. I**, by Joseph „ ,
1 he only women in America
ho
the otli
class.
r::
"« .•>aCtt.t,°rIX*pW"h WhU*
tlvely „,1(lrt llln, , a , om"ara-
-of ,he^.u^:^.-'t-:
are now rortvd to do.
have0suThni,1r" °' ",,nwho
not look with fTvorWonh!h.,I"'lr d°
itrnl n.iii Tx-ltpp Hi'liems
nt HI lev or . arn,V P""t e'"'er
Kiley or l.eavenworth
tempt of the Indian
ollsh It
protest In Kn
'ommlasloner to ah-
I^ate Friday afternoon the committee
on counties and county boundaries
brought In a special report r
]ng an amendment to a section of their
former report, prescribing the
In which county seats may be
The proposed amendment provides that
where a change of county seat Is de>
sired, not less than 2S per cent of the
Inhabitants of the county shall sign a
petition to the governor within four
months after the ratification of the con-
stitution. When such petition Is filed
It shall be the duty of the governor to
call an election In the county within 70
days.
To be placed on the ticket, the name
of any town tnust be petitioned for by
not less than 300 resident voters of the
county.
Until the county seat shall have once
been located by the people In a coun-
Chalrman George Ilenshaw, of the
committee on suffrage, states that the
committee Is at present working on the
proposition of woman suffrage and that
they Will be ready to report In a very
few days. There have been two proposi-
tions passed up to the committee on the
limitation of suffrage, one making an
educational qualification and the other
the poll tax clause. It Is very llkelv
that both uf these will be rejected and
that there will be a report favoring un-
limited suffrage. Speaking of the mat-
ter Mr. Menshaw said: "I am In favor
of making suffrage unlimited. I do not
believe In restricting the qualification*
of any voter. It makes a better political
and social condition and my oplnli
that the convention will be very broai
on this matter.
Olrinh — Southern Kansas and
sssrsrr n° dou,'t
'or Indians maintained hyCe" govern"
MT,tphup1,an enr°"™' -
lessens*. VT °' Knn"n"' member of
the ... 7 ,n"i,,n committee will oppose
the abandonment of the schools.
Kansas I. well equipped with state
Institutions now." said he -| don't know
Haskell U;: ,h" *"1" '"u,d mak,> nf I he
Haskell property. If *u,e dld tak„
o r. . . T hBV" lo murh money
" Th" government now
spends the money and the state |* bene-
the'ore a"! fnv"r ot a continuation «t
the present plan."
WANT ALFALFA NAMED
Oklahoma Alrlcultural Board Desire* It
for State Emblem
H TltRlK: The Oklahoma board of
agriculture. In session «ier«- adopted re
iutlons asking the constitutional conven"
lion to name as the lloral emblem of the
now atato, also to provide f,,r si non
partisan H>ard of air'culturc. Kecretary
McNabb was re-eie, led for another term
A. J. WoiHlworth was re-elected
statistician Wcretary.
i-w officers name.1 are-
president: W. I, Fullertor
vice-president;
dell, treasurer
Ham Garrison, of I
•d member* of the board to
I.. A Ik ens
r Olustee
•ge !„ nishop. of Cor.
L. Bishop and Wll-
elect-
are altogether lndei>endent and
•urvey the servant question with in-
difference are the women who do
their own work. Manifestly, with the
number of affairs that crowd on the
time and tax the strength of the house
mistress, she must be a woman of
extraordinary vigor of body and sys-
tem of management who can success
fully do this.
In our country very few people main
tain a large establishment. Of course
are wealthy persons who are
able to keep and pay a staff of trained
workers In d«x>rs and out, and while
tney have their own peculiar trials,
the domestic problem does not touch
them so closely as It must the uia
Jorlty.
A lady of my acquaintance Is never
able to carry on her splendid estab-
lishment without at least ten servants.
Several years ago. in making arrange-
ments to rent a country house for the
summer, she found It very difficult to
obtain a mansion at once commodious
for the family and Its retainers. One
landlord facetiously wrote that
less the servants could sleep ,,n the
roof, he did not know where his cor-
respondent could secure accommoda-
tions for them In his neighborhood.
An Invalid lady of large wealth ad
vertlsed for a housekeeper accustomed
to the ordering of a great household
She was presently confronted with the
fact that while many women under-
stood how to direct the movements of
two or three servants, not one In a
dozen of her applicants had the faint
est Idea what to do when the ques
tlon was of controlling what seemed to
them an army corpa.
Mrs. Russell Sage, whose gentle dig-
nity and serene philosophy have been
conspicuous for many years, is one of
those American matrons to whom the
servant question has never presented
aspects of difficulty. Hhe has known
how to attach to herself nnd retain
for successive years the people she has
employed. This has not been because
she has felt timid or embarrassed In
the presence of delinquent servants.
She has never accepted slovenly serv-
ice, and has found fault when It was
necessary, but nevertheless her per-
fect housekeeping has been carried
forward without a hitch, both in town
and country, and coachman nnd cook
have alike stayed with her and re-
si>ected her authority.
I without this stigma, than shorter
hours und easier work with it. Where
a few years ago. Intelligence office^
'*ron*od bv lri*h «n" Crman
girl* who were tolerably efficient and
who could receive orders and carry
them out. the material now ready for
toe housekeeper's manipulation Is
rrude and raw In the extreme. Poles.
u """Karlans. Syrians, most
or them unable to speak Kngllsh. are
the applicants, and even they ask mu-
nificent wages while Ingeniously con-
fessing that they know nothing of
work, although they profess to be will-
ing to learn. As soon as taught, they
depart to seek another place and high-
er wages. "Wages Is rix," they say
with a childlike and bland expression,
smiling Into the faces of their despair-
ing employer*.
FARHER AND PLANTER' Celery for th* Home Gartfan.
The waning of summer acta mm
AS A NORTHERN MAN SEES US.
Urge* th* South to Wclcome Young
Farmer* from the North.
It really begins to look as if the hope
of the American housewife would soon
he the Introduction of men Into the
kitchen In place of women. The latter
gentle reminder to the home gardener
that, in order to have a crop of eel ury
for wlnier use, it U desirable to ««*
the plants imo the ground before tb*
season is too far advanced.
My heart I* with agriculture and I ' CV'tr>, cuiture* to t"' «ucces*f«J.
think the south I* the best opening w k U|,°n •u11* lh,! deeper
of any part of ihe country If only mi 1*1"^' thertby the rco:8 ar
the large,, plantation* c^ld be e!' Tv ? .iT' " " lhe
up Into small farms, and In.tead of tuci l^a m
paying as much attention to foreign rji r, f '"arch for moisture.
Immigration, pay more attention to be cl.l wi'ih" ,rt'qulref lhat "**•
the young farmers of the north There « Plenty of water, but oC
are hundreds of young lndu*.rto U " c"a id r"d ad-
farmers of the north who would be nil therefore, before planting, to
only too glad to .ettle where they de!^v* *r°UDd lllorou*hl^,
could hava a chance to get a home i J ,
of their own. but they cannot see their ' 1^ ^ ground In go.d, work-
way to buying 1.001} or more acres as fng^om ™°n' "l® 8t"P plant"
they have very Utile money, but' if [l n™L 1*1 T ?\ '° d° th"
they could buy 40 to 100 acres, and be in wHh ,h sU Bch «* f«rrow. fllled
made to feel at home and their neigh ! , , hrt'e lnches of fine, well-rot-
bors were friend* and considered "d TT* rk" The fur-
them as social equal* the south in a1 th" J n'leU u,arl>' w'th
few year, could lnd« d be madi ,0 I ' hlirfflc" wllh «" "'lxe.1 with
blossom as a rose, i think our young I mavT* ^warr- self blanchlng celery
farmers of the north are the ones to 1 and this f,.'r ^ h""U' BardeB>
build up the south for the benefit of! two and « h ir f ,planl,ad ,n row"
both There an. .. .. ... . 0 and * half reet apart, and n t
both. There are hundreds of them
up here with good teams and im-
proved farming implements, but with
*ery little money, who can never hope
to own a home here, but who, with
rpn„H. „ 1 !helr """'"standing of diversified
crowding every avenue of bus) farming and knowledge of the bene-
tilling niches in shops and | Its of Improved stock, could go south
mm. --• —• — and ln tt f(w years own a home. But
If they go to look for a home, of course
they have to depend
apart, and n«t
closer than six Inches In the row. The
tall sorts take up a good deal of room
ln the garden.
fill
Pelogate Pete Hnnraty, chairman
the committee on I.abor and Arbitration,
states that the work of that commit
is well under hand and that in a f
day* they will be able to report to I
convention, lie savs that the eight hour
there will le a provlison making all oper-
there will he a provision muking all aper
ators refer their labor troubles to «
state board of arbitration.
On Monday, Feb. I*, forty acres of land,
he homestead of Martin I.owe. a full
ilood Creek Indian, will he sold by secret
bids. The land lies "in the heart of We-
leetka, and is desirable for townslte pur-
■s. Three acres of It have already
lieen condemned for school purposes. The
bids will be opened In the office of Tains
Bixby.
BURFORD MAY LAND IT
Claim Mad* H* Will Be Judge of the
Weitern Oklahoma Dlatrlct
WASHINGTON: Judge John H. Bur-
ford. chief Justice of the Oklahoma su-
preme court, who Is here pressing hi*
claims for the position of federal judge
of the Western district of the new slate
of Oklahoma, had an hour'* conference
with Attorney General Bonaparte and
later colled upon the president. West-
ern leaders who are onto the sltuution
claim that Judge Burford will win.
It is practically settled who the marshal
anil clerks of the (WO f.-d.-ral districts
will be. I'nlted States Marshal Al>er-
nathy. of Oklahoma, will get the marshal
•hip of the Western district. He gcti
his pull through the p-esldent direct.
Fnlted States Murshal Porter, of the
Southern district of the Indian Territory.
1* slated for marshal of the Eastern dla-
trlct of Oklahoma, tie la a cousin of
Mrs. Roosevelt nnd gets the place on ac-
count of his relation, together with the
fact that he has made an efficient
official.
Charles Watson, brother of Represen-
tative Wntson, of Indiana, Is to be clerk
of the Western district unless the pro-
gramme Is changed and I. f. Harrison,
of Muskogee. Is to be the clerk of the
Kastern district. He Is now clerk 3f the
court at Muskogee. His pull come*
through Speaker Cannon. He used
run a newspaper in Cannon's town.
TWO PUT 27 TO FLIGHT
Battle With Winchester* on Territory
Oil Lease—Inv.ider* Hold the Derrick
BAPTI.PA: Claiming to be employes
of the Texas Oil company. J. M Sloan
and J, S. Sharp, armed with Winchesters
a baaul of men. twenty-8oven em-
of Litchfield & Sawyer, off the
Zeek Morris farm near Sapulpa and took
posses*' -n of a derrick which had Just
been erected. In the controversy several
shots were fired. The trouble arises out
' a contest over the lease.
Both companies have leases on the land
the precedence of which Is now before
the federal court for decision. A hi*
well recently brought In makes the lease
very valuable. SSeek Morris, owner of
Iue land. Is servinK time In the Kansas
pcrltentlary for gl\lnn fraudulent leases.
Solan Is general munaifr of the Okla-
homa Iron Works at Tulsa and Sliurp is
In the leasing department of the Texa-i
company which Is building a pipe line
from 'j ulsa to the Gulf.
PAID BUT STILL CIRCULATING
Chickasaw Warrants May Aialn Be Pre-
sented for Redemption
order has been
nt that all out-
general fund of
uid be paid by
r Jenkins made
'hoot fund war-
tlon. He found
i-orth of school
MI'SKOGEK
Issued by the Indian in
standing warrants on tli
the Chickasaw nation \
the government at one.
Two years ago insp.-,-
an Investigation of the
rants of the Chickasaw 1
that there were 12,ono
arrants that had beei
>t canceled. These were still |n clrcu-
tlon. He Incidentally found IHft.noii
orth of warants In the generul fund
that had apparently been paid once anil
't canceled, but nn these he had no
authority to act. Following his report
there was a big sensation In the Chhk-
isaw nation, some of the most prominent
iffliiuls of the nation being chamed with
Taft. It is believed that an Investigation
I>f Choctaw natlonul account* will foil.
Several reasons combine to render
the domestic problem a troublesome
one at this period. It Is not too much
to say that three-fourths of our cul-
tured American women have very lit-
tle practical knowledge of house-
work. Unless a woman knows how to
perform the duties she requires of
berths In mills and factories, that men
are forced out of places that used to
be theirs. A quick-witted Frenchman,
a soft-voiced negro, a deft handed Jap-
anese. a thorough and careful Chi-
nese, each In his own degree proves a
wonderful comfort 10 a storm-tossed
housekeeper, weary and worn with her
battle and desperate because she can
find no woman willing to stay with
her and contentedly assume the du-
"t>* of mald-of-all work.
A* a rule, n man goes home at night
and returns in the morning. This does
away with one source of anxiety and
confusion, the evening at home or
abroad which forms a theme of endless
discussion between mistress and maid
The newer practice leaves the maid
free to spend her evening as she
chooses, but old-fashioned housekeep-
ers cling stubbornly to the allotted
evening out. and foolishly forget that
the maid in the kitchen has the same
Boclal needs thnt the .laughter of the
house has. that she longs to meet and
talk with her own people, and that
work should end at an appointed hour
A man ha* a way of cutting this Gord-
Ian knot. He gets his work done and
he goes to his own home as anv other
laborer would at the end of his day.
Yet. there are clouds even on this
horizon. The Japanese man servant
who Is almost Ideal In quickness and
capacity, is restless and alwavs an*
ous to move on. One never feels sure
that her perfect servant will not po-
litely give warning at a most Incon-
>nlent hour. The Chinese are subtle
and do not form friendly attachment*
with ease. The negroes have spasm*
or indolence and are also supi>
be light-fln^ered. although the;
many shining exceptions.
The day of ease In the domestic re-
upon real estate
agents, who want to sell them as
large tracts of lan l as possible, and
instead of showing them small tracts
In perhaps more desirable locations,
will show them large plantations ao
far back they are discouraged from
attempting to assume so much Indebt-
edness and from placing their families
out of reach of school and social faclli-
ties. It looks to me the remedy is
for the states to see to settling ihe
northern farmers of limited means
(the rich ones can take care of them-
selves) near the towns on small farms,
which will keep spreading and build-
ing back, until the whole country Is
filled and peopled with small prog-
ressive farmers as is this country to-
day.
I have made a couple of trips south
In the last two years. 1 have fanned
for 2a years of my life, and I think
the south a line place for progresslvi
farmers. I tell the farmer* here ir
they can make money on 1100 per acre
land and feed their stock s months
in the year, what could thev do In the
south on 120 land, and feed onlv 2 or
3 ninnths1' Wi«it., ti.
The best day for planting celery U
ft I v rni H I ' W d"" °nP- Whe° ,h" 81,11 Wl" not
diversified have a chance to burn the root* of
the young plants. It might be well u>
soak these before removing from th«
s*edbed or box, so that tue roots will
more quickly mingle with the soil In
the new home Another good plan I*
to trim off the tops—say one-third—
and dip the roots in wat r. As a re-
sult of this the plants will goon send
out strong, healthy roots, be for*
throwing energy Into the top*.
subordinates, or at least comprehends of American^ouLkeepe'rThM
enough of their nature to be Just and not yet arrived. Could wo return to
fair in her ... b„ ,he *itnplirltv of 0u7graDdmothe™
... - urh in rfn anil Mfnhllahin
that she will allow
CONVENTION ENDORSES HITCHCOCK
Body of Democrat* Break the Record In
Supporting the Secretary
OITTIIRIK: For the first time In th
hisetory of the two territories n body
Kwed or a majority or democrat*
ha* endorsed an official action of Secre-
tary of the Interior Hitchcock.
The constitutional convention Friday
morning adopted a report from the com-
mittee on segregated coal and asphalt
land* which recommend* the adoption
of a memorial to congress and the presi-
dent endorsing document 402, house nf
representatives, "the same being a let-
ter from the secretary of the interior
submitting a draft of proposed legislation
to enable hln department to plat. ur-
vey slid appraise certain townslte* In
the Indian Territory."
$02,000 IN ILLEGAL WARRANTS
ChlckiMw Indian Officer* Hav* Issued
That Amount
WASHINQTON: Secretary Hitchcock
has submitted to congress a statement
showing the Clilekasaw Indian officials
hav* issued warrants amounting to $62.-
000 without approval of the department.
This make* them Illegal. The Item* In-
clude $1,876 overdrawn a* salary by
Governor Johnston and $«.M4 overdrawn
a* salary by members of tlie council.
Twenty-Flv* Ol* In F!ft**n Day*
SHAWNEE: Twenty-five death* with-
in fifteen day* I* the remarkable rec-
ord of fatalities from a strange disease
In a region along the Canadian river,
about four and one-half mile* from Kon-
awa, L T., southeast of here. Many
othare are seriously III.
The disease resemble* spinal menln-
Sltl*. but physicians declare that they
(differ In a number of way*. The age
0t the stricken persons, or th*lr pre-
vious conditio." of health doee not avail.
■AB «e within a few hours after being
Jule flrvaJit, a young man employed
at the Yukon Milling company's elevn-
at Minco, was *0 terribly crushed by
Wing caught In the machinery that he
died a few hours ufterwurd. He was en-
tirely stripped of clothing and every bone
In his body was broken before the en -
ulneer, attracted by his screams, stopped
the engines.
ASYLUM SITE IS SAFE
VICTORIA. U. c.: Advices from cen-
tral China tell of the Increasing h->rrori
of the great famine there. The peopli
of two district*. Plnchow and Pachow
are eating the children.
I'1 ants and grass which furnished
food for a time are gone, not even a root
being left.
A Shanghai correspondent savs that
there are many cases of canibrtllsm and
that he personally saw Instam i-.« of it.
He also saw human flesh being sold in
the public markets.
slighted and will spoil her servants
by over-indulgence.
A good step in the right direction Is
evident in the manual training that
forms part of every-day education
for girls in the public schools. If, for
example, women knew by actual con-
tact how much is taken out of vitality
by the laundering of the dalntv and
elaborate white frocks and petticoats
that have been so fashionable of late,
they would limit the number of those
articles in the weekly wash.
No woman who has washed and
ironed a tucked, frilled and deeply
embroidered gown, giving to it the pa-
tience, time and skill required, will ex-
pect that another woman can wash
and Iron three or four such costumes
in a single day.
On the other hand, a woman who
has no actual experience of housework
exaggerates its details and looks upon
quite ordinary affairs of routine as if
they were hardships. Servants who
have been a few months with her de-
generate under her lax hand and, n I
going to another home, advertise her
incomptence.
Setting aside this phase, the present
situation Is complicated by conditions
In the business world. Factories
abound and they offer opportunities to
the class who once found employment
In American kitchens. Regarded from
the standpoint of respectability, and
be perfect assistants In the home,
there would be greater permanence
and pleasure along this line than there
is at present.
A Crystal Wedding.
„fAtnaJ°7nt Crvl,,al Wl'ddlnif. Rlass
of all kinds was used in 11ecorating
the dining room. Many mirror* re-
placed the pictures on the walls and
these were festooned with smllax Cut-
glass vases and bowls were placed
about the room, filled with white
chrysanthemums. The candlesticks
on the mantel were of glass' and con-
tained white candli>s. in the cs
of the table was a large cut glass bowl
filled with white chrysanthemums,
resting on a circular mirror wreathed
In ferns. (JLiss candlesticks 1
placed at each corner. All the dishes
as far as possible, were of cut glass,
which gave a brilliant effect. The
souvenirs were glass slippers filled
with small after-dinner mints.
3 months? While there are so many
young farmers with limited means up
here wanting homes, and willing to
work for them. I don't like to see sucn
efforts made to get foreigners located
where these people should be — W T
W„ 355 W. Main Street. IV,
Southern Cultivator.
eru. ind.. In
Money in Raising Mules.
A. J. Thompson, of Edmonton, Ky
•old a pair of 2 vear-old mule* to
Franklin Dulln for $22.1.
W. N. (irittln, of Gallatin, Tenn
Bold a line young jack for S00 The
Jack cost him $300 a couple of years
Petticoats for Evening Wear.
Some charming and elaborate petti-
coats for evening wear can be evolved
by skillful fingers nt very little initial
outlay, if scallop work alone (s „Hed
as the method of trimming, although
many women with a taste for fine
needlework are carrying out In addl
tlon the most elaborate
MM. I lummy, ami, mm the most elaborate schemes In
this consideration is important In the; silk embroidery. In the first case
eyes o working women, the kitchen foundation of white or cam silk
wdth the factorv °W" ln com"arlson I sho ;<! be procured, or If econly Is
sSFSraS:
flounces—sufficiently deep-being but-
toned on to this and permitting of a
frequent change, flounces in pale col-
ors to match the gown with which they
are worn forming a good alternative
to white.
factory operatives rather than do-
mestic servants. The word servant is
odious in the ears of thousands of
young women. To them It I* a badge
of shame. They would infinitely pre-
fer harder work and longer hours
Krsklne Turner, of Gallatin. Tenn
sold a young lack to parties at New
Hoe, Ky.. for $5U0.
W . M. Knight, of near Niagara Kv
sold to Mr. Hunt, of McLean county'
Ky.. a <; months-old mule colt for $l'm'
Dr. John b. Gray, or Howling Green
Ky„ bought of Mr. Henry Chenault, or
Sumner county, Tenn.. a fine jack ror
$o0l). He Is 14 months old
Lark Garnett, or t'ynthiana Kv
sold George Kerree. or York. |>a 2u
head of yearling mules at $i"u ner
head. " v
The "Peau Dure" Fig.
This remarkable \arletv recently
Imported from southern Franco by
the Georgia experiment station, has
probably never before been brotigHT to
America—not even to Callrornia It, —
is a brownish-purple fig—of the coJor rome- Wha' "I *. '
known ln Fran _ . . .
Pork Curing in th* South.
When you kill your pork hog*, cut
the bacon, spread it. and let it lie Ions
enough to get out all the animal heat.
Then salt it down—covering It thor
oughly with salt. When it has salted
long enough, hang it and let it dry
well; then subject it to the rollowlng
process to keep it sound and sweet
by keeping off the skipper fly:
Get you some ashes, by burnlnC
sweetgum, hickory, and maple, either
separately or all mixed. Take dowu
your meat about the first or March,
wipe It well to get all the skipper eggs'
off. Have a rack of round sticks, on
which other sticks are laid twelve
inches apart; lay the meat on It. and
cover over the fleshy part well with
ashes. As soon as the skipper fly
makes Its ap|>earance. use the com-
mon fly poisons In smokehouses, make
up just as for house flies; renew it
twice a week, and It will attract the
attention of the skipper flies, and kill
them, and run out the rats, too. If
the above recipe is followed strictly
there will never be a skipper In the
whole number of your hams and
shoulders. A dark and tight house is
always preamble, so that the venti-
lation comes down through the top of
the house, which should be well wired
to keep the (lies from coming down.
Serving Waiting Customer*.
The ginner's lot I* not generally a
happy one. The reason Is that, a* a
rule, he is serving waiting customers.
If 11 belt becomes unlaced, or any
trilling delay occurs, it |9 a warm
time around the ginhouBe—and the
rmest man about I* the owner.
The occupation, therefore. Is peculiar
ail.I demands preparation not essen-
lal in other lines. The first, in the
urder or procedure, is to buy early so
as to be ready for the first rew scat-
tering bales that come in. The han-
dling of these Will give a fine chance
to try and to adjust everything, anil
get the help trained. No modern gin-
nery should be started with the vard
full Of cotton. The help is excited
but none more so than the owner, and'
If things don't go off just right rroia
he gf-rs a shock to hia con-
fidence which it takes weeks to over-
... , — 'Krlse" (crsy) and
this color in a fig is almost invariably
a guarantee or superior quality. This
the "I'eau Dure" unquestionably pos-
sesses. since it Is sugary, with a delic-
ious flavor, ami what Is very unusual
ln a fig. "vinous" or slightly add It
Is medium to large In size, and the
tree vigorous and healthy. The pulp
is crimson and the seed "crackle-
crispy under the teeth. Its name trans-
lated. Is "Tough Skin." It is a
elded acquisition.
*rery de-
Sweet or Sour Milk.
Would you advise feeding calves
sour milk, or giving them sweet milk
all the time, a Missouri subscrib r
asks. It is perhaps best to feed swvor
milk all the time or sour milk all
the time. The calves—and good ones
mitwlu~'"aV !,Klrals,'<l on ■'•ur skim
milk if properly handled. .Milk
edly sour is bett. r than that known
as ••bl,,o.ioh„ •• We d0 no, mean that
>efore
, , , — him completely
wouldn't phase an experienced man.
and the less he knows the worse ho
is scared. The other things he should
do are in buy rrum a responsible
house, buy the best and get the best
help to be had.
Senat* Lcjailz** Act Locating It at Fort
Supply
WASHINGTON: The senate passed a
bill legalizing the act of the Oklahoma
territorial legislature In locating the In-
sane asylum at Fo.-t Supply. The bill
ha* already passed the house. All that
now remain* to make It a taw 1* the
president's signature.
The action mean* that the a*y|um wlII
be located at Fort Supply, and with It
end* a feud of long standing In Ukla-
1 to the asylum location.
honia 1
WOULD PAY THEM $600,000
T*ll*r Ask* That Sum for Settlement
With Loyal Cr**ka
^VASHINOTON: Benator Teller has
offered an amendment to the Indian ap-
propriation bill to pay the loyal Creek
Indian* $$00,000 an payment In full of
all claim* aculn.t the government. Ten
Per cent of thi* amount I* to go to 8
W. Peel of Dentonville, ..rk., and 6 per
cent to David M Hudge of Tul*a a* at-
torney fee* In the cut.
v.f*,n '/ ontario should harness
w°uld not be the first time
t* t beaut/ fca* been oommsrctallied.
Oklahoma Will Contest Kansas
NORMAN: Word was received by th.
University of Oklahoma from the del
Ing council of the Kansas university fix-
ing the date of the debate with that
school March IS, 1907.
The debate I* to he held at Lawre
two men representing en.-h university.
Tlie only men who have announced their
intention of entering l„ thl* debate for
Oklahoma are W. c. French ami 8. Mc-
Kltrick. If any others enter, the loci
contest for the debate will Ih- held almut
the middle of February. If there are no
other entries there will probably bo no
local contest.
In Shadow Embroidery.
GUTHRIE: _A thorough investigation
I* now being made by Judge John Em-
bry, United State* attorney f„r Okla-
homa. of alleged land frauds In Beaver
and Woodward countle. In We.tern Ok
lahoma Just brought to llKht. Including
the operation* of a Chicago .yndlcat.
which fleeced numerou* victim* In Chi-
cago and It. vicinity on fake land en-
trle* In (leaver county, a. well u the
operation, of a well organised gang of
profeulonai conts.t sharper*. who*e
work I* still Mid to be to progre** m
Western Oklahoma.
Judg. Kmhry I* acting under direc-
tion* from the gtnaral land office.
as "blue-John
it should become
feeding. Some dairymen ncve7'u*e
sour milk until the calves are |ar o
enough to go on a full rati m of
milk, ir one has a separator It is. „f I a||
course nut neccssnr, use sour milk. I form the
It is more convenient in that case to 1 ernes for ,,
And perhaps that Is I the more j
Money in Onions.
At Cuthbert, C5a.. Mr. 8. B. McHan
grew and sold *110 worth or onions
upon one-rourth or an acre. He sows
the Bermuda onion seed in the rail and
transplants them In the spring, lit)
puts on stable manure and grows at
- -He or 40(1 pounds per acre. Had
eighteen inches apart and on-
Mr" f0"r drl11-
-Ir. Mcllan also mad.- good money
growing beans. He has only a small
Place In „ wn. but makes a good llv-
inu u> knowing I j «> \v tt. do and by doing
the work wit Is his own hands. There
s ample mom lor several men to do
likewise around all our small towns
and near our lar^c factories
the better plan, nil things considered.
If They Only Would.
If the people of the southern states
individually and collectively—by com-
munities. counties, districts and states
—would undertake the growing of land
frl*fowl ,h" ',rod"<-<ng or
fresh-laid eggs In winter, more wealth
:°r what It would cost could be added
to the sum total of the southern In-
come than from any other source.
Qo to th# Bottom.
Qo to the bottom or things, and
therefore plow deep. All the better
with a sub-soil plow.
Wher-
a man will grow sniff either ear-
lier or better Ihnn any one else he
can sell at good prices an,] niako
mon-.v. There Is pi nw 0r room for
ho woll 1. arn to grow good onions
I The return then all
r manure and work, and
expend the bettor ro
turns you may expect.
plaltis^tself. * ForThe^pron'do tTwVrk 'on*?.0* 7°^, The -'set <*>ver eg-
fight inches longer than you wish the inmn the rlght side. Cut the cloth (8)
in the pattern. When the em?^ry U ^ th° u^r •
on the right side and button-hoL 0x9 (embroider*
The Hurkey a Southern Bird
It may not be generally known that
the turkey is a native bird of the
south, and was first known to Euro-
peans through voyager* to the south-
ern colonies. who were so pleased with
its toothsome qualities that they took
specimens home with them.
Jhs Best Fertiliser in the $outh
The best fertiliser In the south Is
• spirit of Industry, enterprise and In-
telligence. Without this, lime and
gypsum, bones and green manure, marl
and guano will be of little use.
Will Hold Good Today.
\\e firmly disbelieve in farmers that
will not Improve; in farms that grow
poorer every year; in starving cattle:
In farmers hoy* turning Into clerka
and merchants: in rarmers' daughters
unwilling to work, and In all rarmers
ashamed of their vocation, or who
drink whisky until honest people are
ashamed of them.
Remedy for Sorehesd Chickens.
Take lard, keros. ne and a rew drops
of carbolic acid, grease their heads
once or twice and they will be well.
South Needs More Thrifty Farmers.
The south cannot hope to reach the
same degree of prosperity, so rar u
relates to farming, as the northern and
western states until i, has a mors
thrifty class of laborers.
The Kind of Crops to Grow
t.^r°iT.lar,!euC"'p" whlch ,eave th*
land better than they found It. mak>
Ing the farmer and the farm both glad
Th# Millennium.
•ry farm wlil have a good UrnMfi
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