Independent Speaker (Wagoner, Oklahoma), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1911 Page: 2 of 4
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Wagoner Independent Speaker
L L MOSHER Ed
WAGONLK - - OKLAHOMA
During this weather tba sofioi tb
drink lbs better
It Is tbs early bird too that gets a
look at tbo bird iiifn
Anntole France my (but all war la
doomed to perish Meanwhile swat
the fly 1
Speaking of high society a six foot
New York man W to marry a seven
foot girl
There are worse occupations too on
a hot day than that of eating Iced
eantuloupes
In 101 years the summer dad man
will look bin k with botror on the
coaled man of today
Anybody who wants a coat of tan
this summer ought to be able to
achieve bis heart's desire
Why swat the flies yourself when
you can keep a pel toad to attend to
the fly awaiting department?
Danger from rabies would lie gundy
minimized If all dogs were t'un
plenty of cold water to drink
Ausotyx la to chaige Its tobacco
auiokera ’! 000010 more nvmif' "Kl
object la net o cure t-n of smoking
either
A Massachusetts man wan choked
to death by Ills eeilulnld collar An-
other argument for ti modern up-
todalo 1 0i Bllller
A New York Judge has decided tha
a won an Is not entitled to alimony
when she tnak B lor husband cook bis
own breuktusL I' eray!
Peg tor Clark has a J1251O0 pipe
crgu In his mansion In when It
couii-s o ttusie we haie no doubt
that the rator prifers lafimi-
A linil h( at ted New Jersey 'V"il-
master held a freight car flie we ks j
on a siding because a thrush l ad
built her nest on one of It trucks
A professor of chemistry stop ed a
rura-vf-y horse by dashing ammonia
v - face There's a device that
S ' tried on runaway bui-i-ai '
'rom an ardent Egypt D
- fully r
' A'i iwno a uj "iUi iiis'i —
n:oun a Neiv York ludy baa applied j
for divorce I’rohibly they were
itlngy little kisses too
Out at Omaha a debating society has
decided that tho Lurie Is more lie !r-
able than the automobile The so-
ciety nuit he u ude up if e -pi- who
get wages In toad of an a h a
n!y da let ' If jf
I' e d v i i T
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nn I ly n Idress1 1 r
i ii r- -! 1- t
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A New Jersey won mi Is said to
bave been Inoculated with rabies by
being bit by a bullet which passed
through a mad dog Fast thing the
germ that cun booit onto bullet
The people of Charleston S C are
Jubilant because fifteen hablea were
born there In one night recently
Charleston may he expected to Imme-
diately apply for the taking of a uew
census
A "punch In the Jaw" delivered by
e wife iald her husband up for twen-
ty two weeks With a passion for ex-
act detail he also reports that the
third vertebra waa dibpluccd one six-
teenth of an Inch
A Philadelphia woman gets di-
vorce rather than live in Chicago
Quoting George AIe: "Somebody
must live here" However Ihe time
fictu I’hllale'i hla to New York bus
been cut to less than two hours
A Chicago doctor la quoted as say-
ing that tio per cent of the dogs that
bile people are Infected with rabies
Then the popular Irnpresblon that Le-
Ing bitten by a mad dog Is fatal seems
to he pretty thoroughly refuted loas
much as no rabies epidemic among he
man subjects bus been tepoited
A man In New York who has
achieved an International reputation
aa an inventive engineer w hile out on
bull on a charge of larceny now go
U Jail lor two years and six months
The Hate can well afford to see tbit
be has leisure In cupilvlty to go oo
with his luveutlons
Certain vague allusions In the pa
pera lead lo the suspicion that K-o
kuk Is building dam acrusa t hi
Mlhslssippl which wlil conserve all
the water of that eccentric old stream
that is not needed for the mainten
ante cf Its catfish Keokuk hitheric
baa hceu caliid the "gate city" Heine
forth It will to lnowu as — but this li
merely conjeciuruL
A pi ysldnn tells us that yaw n'n
Is gned f u tie health At any iiiti
peope w lo aie In the habit of yawn
lug rarely httak dewn from overwork
COUNTY COLIECTIVE EXHIBITS
OKLftllOMfl STATE FAIR FEATURE
No Less Than Thirty Counties Expected to Compete for
$1235 Cash Premiums and Cup— World
of Amusements at the Big Ex-
position This Fall
1910 COUNTY EXHIBITS
rinliu Ileckhatn Cleveland
Dewey Canadian Carter Cus-
ter Ccmani be Caddo llruly
Greer laekson Jnlll Moll
limb s Kiowa Ignore Lin-
coln I oie Mayes Major Mr-
llilorli I'n'law aloilile "Noble
Tillman and Washita
Oklahoma City July— They're all
coming bad:! And many more too!
County cellei (lie exhibits will again
feature the 1111 Oldiiluma Slate Fair
Oklahoma City September 21 to (V- been mlopti J for the Judging of C utility
tidier" Hardly a day pa--ses that Sec- j l-xlilbit s:
retary I i: Mahan does nm ren in
lettcis f 1 1 in seer 'ari-s of Fa is" fluid -n predurts embrai Ing regrt
Institutes or sei rotaries of romnori ini t aides melons etc
organizations ashing about rmn-ria- Field products
Of gu e In 11H Ih-re wtie Or haul produits
t ’"t i t y-h i e i out ties repm-i nted by
t- 1 I the "Millin' nil i' nil UT d buibl-
1 1- i st )i r laie mgMtiid tlulr In-
GTOIP OF 1910 COUNTY EXHIBIT WINNERS
On the left it the Lincoln county exhibit which won first premium on
the right Grady county which was second and the bottom picture shows
i Cleveland ccunty'a display winner of the third premium
i
e I lii "i cf laving a show at the blg Announcement la made that no
a or ibis fail New counties are asking premium- "HI be awarded to any
b y cer-1 coiiit v 'hon
V3 — rAiiu r’'1 1!7iV ut i) the
CJvee and It is rei-icMi'
C3 nut-— v-uij 111 1 ii re are tiie r
Mi'nn of i he 1911 Oklahoma Si to the best and u' lrcn“'J’"“ tJlTrt‘d
I ( — r t t ’ J f j V ('J j' ’
I a ml garden product- i county
!:ci is d Interest In tie co -nty ex- la the Sta e of Ohla'on i with the cx-
hihl's is said to bo duo to the fact that j ccptl-n of Okluiemn c m-ty uLlch Is
time Is a strung rlwtlry to see w lildi j not allow 1 to compete: First pro-
tection can make the lest showing ( niltn i $2o and State Fair cup aceond
under sdvi-rra clrtumstatcet Jt Is $l5c tbitd flj fourth ? l f-0 rftli
pointed out taut most any County can jpti sixth ventli $5 eiglith
-end a u ug il:: -ent display In a bum- $7" ninth I' ' tenth : eleventh)
per yri- bat there is some ue’ in t tvifrh f'o thi'eot tli fij-
ts to ' h co i nty can make too most ' fot teete I0 fifteenth Ml
red I tab - exhibit when tbecitpc'j "1 1 e Si to I V i r i up Is sun cl hiig new
dcit I lot I dl filed Kvetyom at 1 w ill he lot diced this ear for th
nov -laf te clri glit I its nm ifir t time it ' be n' idul each
0: e the fuel that copious rr ! a yir t tI secuti the first
btr saved the si uutlon I'or t li i s run premium
rnlHB llr own ftilvea nnj market
sectiiu the first them around 12 months of age or be-
sou brut second nnd third premiums iii u The t n'f thi'w nnlng twe‘n he aK”B of 12 nJ 18 bmnths
j as well as all tho rc ' of the prws eontity will 1 -rly engraved -here
may go to wbnt might be termed un 'on nnd the nip n t 10 return I ench
expected counties this year year to be comp-- I for at the nnual
Other exhibitors in thfysigrlcul-oM hurna Smte Fo r at
turnl department are unusually mi- City
merous and this part of the big exposl-' depar'ments of the big tposl-
tlon will set forth better than cvrrhn preparntl! are being m e fof
before a fairly complete Idea of the t! great event of lull In the ratter
soil and crop possibilities of the great of getting ready svil-nmli al'y 0 en-
New State In discussing the outlook 'ter in and Instruct half a mill! re
Superintendent William Alsrn said pl0 this fall the rr--et ma- ment
that It was gratifying to bint and those i has made better progress tlm ever
working with hint In the management 'before at this time f tP y
of one of the biggeat departments of The premium bo k whhh I "been
tle State Fair to note the greatly out for Bme time D -unph-t every
respect ntul gives full parti u!r con-
cerning the agrloulti 1 ilcjai-u (jt as
well as Ihe many i'i-r d-pai” enfs
number of county collective exhibits copy of the book :il bo fu: Ikhod
possible this year the Oklahoma State on 1 plication to 1 S Mai an eore-
Fair UBHociitlon has offeied 1 12115 o0 ’hT- Dk alu n a City It not or tells
In ctikh premiums Exhibits are limit- everything about ea 1 f t ( rus
ed to one from each county In Okla- 'branches of the blggeM iiow n r be-
horn and lu re w ill be no charce for fnrB attempt d but rutaiig oti -r In-
apuce TLe conditions provide that the formation H at Is valuable to every
display nnd decorations from ea h ' person residing In oilnhnmi tba
county shall be innfined to pr ducts southwest ortho Fnitel States
actually grown therein but the per-
sou representing the county Is not re-
quired to ho tho producer Awards
nnd prizes shall he based on li e qual-' Mass aw ko u r v
Ity and variety of products In tho sev- tried to j N u miII imI ci
cral exhibit: and hIuH bo mu do on lie had frntim 1 8 Jaw Wl
fifteen (f the he: t and largest displays month wide open he valkr-d more thnn
f-rm tho counties competing Somova mllo to a pi vs -Ian's o!!i at d had
thing liko thirty exhibits are expected the fracture rclued As ho’ wns
this year and ell persons conlemplat- leaving tie olll e Ihs Jtws un! eked
tug making such shows are urged to again Final y he was pbc-d rtd-r
write to Secretary Mahan at once ether and tho Jaw permanently
making application for space before It
' t0° lae They Both Need Them
Each exhibit must Inrludo a repre- Nw York hes shipped 25 mo Plble
aentatlvo collection cf Ihe cultivated to SnnFrarrlsco Nnh ily In New York
products of the farm orchard and gar- hss any uso for Ihhk r— MH waukee
den cereals grasses textile and lor- Sentinel
Bottles Left by Hessians
Two large bottles of lletsinn rum
150 years old are among the later t
finds of historical experts who are ex-
cavating In the ruins of old Fori
Washington on the Hudson river Just
above Klversldo drive New York The
excavations are on the si'e of the
Hessian barracks In what waa for a
long rime know n as "Death gulch” ft tn
the large number of llerslans who fell
In Ihe rout of U tthiiigii a army from
the heights The rum bottle wete
fould 12 feet under ground
ngr plants Fruits may be preserved
In the iiHlurnl state Native grasses
mils anil other useful products of the
soil may also bo Induded K ch
sample must bo plainly and correctly
labeled with the common name No
exhibit wliU It does not as a whole
creditably represent the products of
the soil In the county from whlih It Is
Mt sh-in be deemed worthy of any
loitnill of the money offered for the
( o'inly Cilb-itlie Kxl Hills
The Official Score
I veiv e'!''t should tie carefully
ami tastefully at ranged and Installed
by the exhibitor or Bn authorized
agent ns this feature will bo taken
Into account by the Judges Tho fol-
lowing Is tho score card which has
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Pleasure of th Children
There should be tome time during
the day even In the htiblent household
an hour at hast set apart in whhh
the older ntr miter of the fami'y hsould
tlevolo Ihemrehes wholly to the chil-
dren Lille olije t lessor or stories
roe nlng pratthal knowledge told tn
an Intere-tu g way will h kt:re In ho'd
th lr an to ion 1 e story of the g-t d
tm! format ton f tle f: u:ts flower-- rind
leg -table will d -light them bld will
he eagerly looked forward to and wh
way remembered
IMPROVEMENT MADE IN MODERN
TYPE OF BABY BEEF ANIMAL
Predicted It Will Continue to Increase In Popularity In Tboce
Districts XV here Farmers Do Not Wish to Dairy-
Vast Hanna Arens In West Have Iktn
Cut Up Into Small Farrar
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A Bunch of Prixa
Twenty-five years ago tho popular
beef animal was a mountain of meat
anil tallow Pasture land was cheap
ami labor low In price ao the raiser
could afford to keep the animal until
It weighed a ton before putting It
on the market The buyer wanted
tli kind of animal for meat was
i heap and the consumer could buy
largo cuts Hut new factors have
brought about a change In values As
land ami labor Increased In price the
farmer found that the longer bo kept
nn animal the more of bis labor went
In maintenance and this lessened bis
profit Just that much Then he found
that the higher priced lands could not
ho used for beef and that there was
more money In raising corn So men
who bad been engaged In raising cat-
tle for market started raising corn
and bo glit their steers from those
occupypg cheap lands and finished
them off themselves Throughout the
corn hi t the popular steer bag ranged
for 21 to 20 months old says the
Homestead The majority of fattened
steers went to market at 30 month
weighing from 1500 to 133 ) pounds
Tho farmer preferred to feed these
animals because there was generally
a good demand for them In the mar-
ket When purchased from western
rattle raisers they were In Ihla con-
dition but were rugged thrifty had
good appetites and were In the best
shape to make rapid gains
During the Inst few years de to
the
fcct that the sheen Industry " “ mt
VvMniil'er steira so
“ h Irild lD I- 100 la "concerned b dlu pCr
'‘west and ’Irrigating - "ave
made fnlt raising tiiccei-h'ih! j ist
rnnge areas h ive beep cut Into small
firtrs for setners who have tio rtoey
to Invest In cattle Then too g t
numbers of cows and young stock are
being sent to market each year with
a Tonse inent decrease In the number
i f breeding animals on the range On
cf the greatest problems that con-
fronts the ra'tle feeder of today Is
wh- i'e to get hold of feeders
A number of people who used to
feed rattle till 21 or 3) months of
ngo In the corn holt are attempting to
and weighing from 800 to 1000
pounds This Is what Is known as
tho "baby beef proposition and It la
question that Is exciting more In-
terest every year among cattle feed-
ers and producers
Baby beef hns not been popular with
steer feeder because under rondl-
tolns formerly existing the man on
the range could produce them more
cheaply than the man In the corn belt
could buy them The extra land neces-
sary for maintaining breeding cows
could be used for rorn the feeding
period of the baby beef anlntal lasted
from 6 to I or 12 months while that
of the 24 and 30 months old steer only
lasted from 90 to ISO days Then too
greater uniformity and more Indlea
lions of better breeding are necesnnry
In the baby beef proposition In feeding
out older caltlu Greater skill In feed-
ing and caring for the young animals
Is also necessary than In the case of
the olIer ones whose appetites do not
bave to he catered to The killer also
discriminate) against the younger ani-
mal because the carcass of the older
animal usually carried a little firmer
flesh thnn the young animal and there
Is less water In ihe carcass so that
they kill out a larger per e- ntof good
meat The feeder hit) self found that
unless he exercised great vigilance
the young an!innls shrunk more In be-
ing shipped to market and finally the
Spray for Cabtage Worm
A good remedy for the cnhbngo
worm wblrh Infest cauliflower and
- atibage Is an ounce of saltpeter dls-
consumer favored the meal from the solved In three gallons of water The
older animal I heads should he thoroughly sprinkled
If the caltle feeder alms to prodtt- o and If this I done one application
hla own feeders he cannot ufford to will he generally found sufficient
Ijraong
An excellent method for bracing
t!lD - - -t - r nd It la self explanatory
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Winning Feeders
let bis calves lose what Is known aa
"calf fat” It Is well known that young
animals gain more rapidly In propor-
tion to their live weight and to 100
pounds of food than do older animals
That Is they not only made more
economical use of their feid tban the
older animals but they take a shorter
time to make a certain total gain The
man who turns off a steer tliut weighs
looo pounds has If that calf weighed
100 pounds at birth been given 10 rer
cent of the total weight by the dam
while the man who keeps the animal
till It weighs 1250 pounds has been
given only 8 per cent The man who
can make a steer weigh lOui) at 12
months has iimre return for his
(rouble limn the mnn who keeps It
21 months with nn additional weight
of only 250 poun 1 s
rulchers too have clmiced to suit
the demand of the com oner Al-
though meat Is generally tonsldcred
a luxury In tho diet of the poor man's
family It rtlll remains sn absolute
necessity In the diet of the belter
clnsses lint where people formerly
ordered large roasts and steaks they
are ordering steaks and roasts now
that are from 50 to 70 per cent small-
er cn account of the advanced prices
They And that If they get small
roast from a large animal that It la
"long" on bone The butcher then to
suit the demands for smaller bone de-
mands smaller animals and during
the Is-t few months they have been
a premium on
i tbev have
b ought the price of sin -!0lri up
so close to that of the larg orei al
there Is really a premium c jme
steers when we consider the co 0j
production
We do not think that the 1205
pound steer will ever be entirely
eliminated from the market bu we
do think (If a ronjerlure Is allowable)
tbnt the baby beef snltnal will con-
tinue to Increase In popularity In
thoze districts where men do not wlsr
dairy
Placing the Halter
Wjih two fence staples fasten at
old hnrtu-s snap from which the
spring h t a been broken lo Ihe left j
side of the horse stall at a convenient
height above the niang-r teye 4
writer In I'rurtlcnl Farmer end see
that tho boyt hang up the halter
whenever the horse Is taken out
When ho Is brought In bis baiter la
neither under his fe-t nor In the man-
ger under his feed but Just where It
can be reached most easily and quick
ly The point of the snap should he
hammered In slightly to prevent tba
horse catching his halter upon It or
Injuring himself by rubbing
The Delicious Sweet Pepper
Your garden ought to ho well top-
piled w:h that most palatable vege-
table tho sweet pepper Many peo-
ple Imagine that all peppers are too
hot to be eaten wl-h comfort but
this la great mistake The only
hot portions are the seed and they
can ho removed before cooking
Green peppers are cooked In va-
riety of way and tbero Is no vege-
table that produce more table en-
joyment than these vegetables If
little study and care Is given to their
growth and preparation for tbs
table
-
corner ftnee post la show to th
eurek
ARKANSAS
me Ktsottr cr the ozasks
Youra foi health or pleasure Round
trip tickets on tale daily A beau-
tifully illustrated booklet fiee also
rates and Information Write
C D WHITNEY
M A N
Eureka Springs
Traffic Manager
a a r
Arkaaaa
Those who believe In reincarnation
would probably object to being colled
hasbeeiis
Mrs Winslow's WootUInc Wymp for Cbtldrea
iMibliiK dufirni VbF inivid rlur lbflamin-
Uo uj pAioeuri nnd colic Sfrc bom
Government Regulation
"You've got poison in your eya
tr in’’ said tle doctor to the patient
who thought ho had malaria
“Maybe I have” lie admitted "may-
be I have I don't eat anything but
what is guaranteed under the pure
food law" — Judgo:"
The Man Who Sued the Widow
A Ft Louis man Is suing a widow
for $100000 for refusing to marry
bill) lie must be one of those Iron-
gray whiskered men who want to alt
on tho fiont porch of a house that
was built with money earned by an-
other mail — Houston lott
Seventy One Years In a Shoe Store
I harles II Wilson of Troy N V
occupies the unique position of having
been In hualm-s lu one building for 71
years at least ho will have completed
71 year In Ihe shoo business at 242
214 Klver street August 12 next Thl
record It Is believed can bo equaled
by few- If any shoo retailers In llt
country Mr Wll-on lias olio been In
business for himself for more than Cl)
years Mr Wilson Is today Just as
much In active buslnes as he waa al-
most thr c quarters of a century ago
when as a thirteen year old lad ho en-
tered the employ of John 1-eonard
Williams of Troy To bo exact that
was August 12 1 S 10 Mr Wll'lrm
kept a Bltoe store at 212 244 Klver
street lit a building wlIh had been
now occupied by Mr Wilson for bit
ere led In ISO! ami so the building
retail shoo business Is one of the old-
est building in Troy
MISANTHROPIC
“That' Ker Dr Thirdly
you the way to raradlse” j-
"Yes I understand that mtEny
poor unhappy man wa mauled by
him”
FALSE HUNGER
A Symptom of Stomach Troubl Co
reeled by Good Food
There 1 with some form of atom-
ch trouble an abnoimal craving for
food which la frequently mistaken for
"good appetite" A lady teacher
writes from Carthage Mo to ex
plain howr with good food she dealt
with this sort of hurtful hunger
"I bave taught school for fifteen
years and up to nine years ago had
good average health Nine year ago
however my health began to fall
and continued to grow worse steadily
In spite of doctor's prescriptions anC
everything I could do During all thl
time my appetite continued good only
the more 1 ate the more I wanted to
eat — I was always hungry
"The first symptoms of my break-
down were a distressing nervonsnesc
and a loss of flesh The nervctisncsa
grew ao had that finally It amounted to
actual prostration Then came stom-
ach troubles whlih were very ialuful
consultation which brought on piles
dyt-pepsU and severe nervous head-
aches "Tho doctors seemed powerless to
help me said I was overworked and
at Inst urged me to give up teach-
ing If I wished to save my life
"Hut this I could not do I kept on
at It as well as I could each day grow-
ing more wretched my willpower
alone kteplng mo up till at last a
good atig-l suggested that I try a diet
of GrnpeNuts food and from that
day to this I have found It delicious
always appetizing and satisfying
"I owe my restoration lo health to
Grape Nuts My weight has returned
and for more than two years I havo
been free from the nervousness con-
stipation piles headaches and all the
aliments that used to punish me so
and have been able to work freely and
easily" Name given by PoMuin Co
IlHttle Creek VI h
Ilnd Hie lit: lok "The Ibutd to
tVellvIFe" In pt-gs "There's n Henson
FvFf ren i) (Hr tlmr Mrrt K nfft
ftfirirft from tlm In flmr Ihef
r fteultrv trt atf fnU 4f huwM
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Mosher, L. L. Independent Speaker (Wagoner, Oklahoma), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1911, newspaper, August 4, 1911; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1838647/m1/2/: accessed June 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.