The Geary Journal (Geary, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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The Geary Journal TWO IMPORTANT REQUISITES
IN PROFITABLE PEAR ORCHARD
M. B. CARLEY, Editor
GEARY. OKLAHOMA
«■ —
The tragedies of nvlntlon keep pace
With Its achievements.
Once again the prospect of winning
the pennant Inspires the fan.
Objects to be Obtained In Pruning and Training are to
Secure Symmetrical, Evenly Balanced Heads)
Admission of Sunlight and Air and
Foliage for Shade.
Among the world's hardest workers
may be numbered the convention
claque.
A Cleveland wr!tPr offers one dollar
to everyone who will read his book.
It would probably be money well
earned.
Again It has been declared that the
hobble skirt Is doomed. Its slaves will
probably r:jolce and the world at large
certainly will.
That reported microbe for the pres-
ervation of youth must have tried It
on itself. The exlllr of youth Idea Is
rather venerable.
A walking club In New York holds
cut exceptional social advantages as
an Inducement to Join To walk Into
New York society Is a new fad.
Westerners who are praying for
rain overlooke the fact that the easi-
est way to start a rain storm Is to
leave their rain coats at home.
Henceforth It Is going to be post-
ble to alight from a street car with-
out being bowled over by some auto-
moblllst with more gasoline than
sense.
The goosebone prophet says we are
to have a hot summer. We usually
have high temperature In the summer
time, and we need It; at least the
crops do.
We stand * "h both feet for the
abolition of the ancient practice of
hurling rice and shoes at bridal cou-
ples. The bridegroom suffers enough
without It.
fIFTY COUNTY EXHIBITS FOR
SHTt FAIR AND tXPOSIT
Already More Than Twenty Have Entered and Indications are
Whole State Will Be Represented at the Big Show
September 24th to October 5 th.
More than fifty counties are ex-
pected to have county exhibits at the
Oklahoma State Pair and Exposition
thi year. Already more than twenty
have entered and Secretary I. S. Ma-
han reports that he is In correspond-
ence with at least thirty others.
Among the counties that have already
engaged space might be mentioned
the following: Harper, Kay, Caddo,
Okmulgee, Woodward, Roger Mills,
Cleveland. Johnston, Noble, Lincoln,
Dewey, Custer, Greer, Okfuskee,
Grant, Haskell, Washita and others.
On July 1, 1911, only seven counties
had engaged space, and when the
doors oT the big agricultural building
were thrown open there were no less
state, as shown by the correspondence
in Secretary Mahan's office.
Fifteen cash premiums have been
offered by the Oklahoma State Fair
and Exposition this year for county
collective exhibits. It seems certain,
therefore, that when the gates of the
State Fair and Exposition are opened
wide on September 24, to remain open
until October 5, the agricultural bulld
ing will furnish the greatest com-
posite picture of the state's resources
ever made. The premiums will be
distributed as follows: First $200,
second $150, third $125, fourth $100,
fifth $90, sixth $80, seventh $75, eighth
$70, ninth $65, tenth $60, eleventh $55,
twelfth $50, thirteenth $45, fourteenth
$40, fifteenth $30. Winner of first pre-
mium will receive a beautiful silver
Intermediate or Natural Form.
It might be possible to make chick-
ens grow faster by shocking them with
electricity, but Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Hens may make it
undesirable
Two Minneapolis youths have been
Sentenced to ten days in Jail for call-
ing a woman a chicken. What would
have happened to them if they had
called her a hen?
In Belgium the man who refuses to
vote Is thrown Into Jail, but there are
not prisons enough to accommodate
even a fraction of the nonvoters In
this patriotic land.
The American marines at Peking
won first place in target practice at
800, 400 and BOO yards agninit the
military guards of the other legations.
Peace hath Its victories.
(By G. B. BRACKET?. Pomologlst, Unit-
ed States Department of Agriculture.)
Pruning and training are Important
requisites In the successful manage-
ment of a pear orchard. The objects
to be attained are: (1) Symmetri-
cal, evenly balanced heads; (2) the
admission of sunlight and free cir-
culation of air Into all parts of the
tree tops; and (3) the maintenance of
sufficient foliage to protect the trunks
and branches from the intense heat of
I he Bun's rays, which would otherwise
be likely to scald and Injure both tree
and fruit.
Pruning should begin as soon as the
trees have been planted by cutting
back the young tree at the time of
planting to tho height from the ground
it is proposed to start the branches to
form the head of the tree, which
should not be over 12 to 15 Inches, as
shown in figure 3. This cutting back
will cause several of the upper buds
to break and grow, thus starting the
top or head at. the proper height. The
starting branches should be watched
and only such left to grow as are to
form the main branches. The
strongest shoots should be left at
equal distances apart around the stem
and should tend obliquely outward so
as to spread and make an open head.
The second year these shoots should
be shortened back to the extent of
about half of the growth, as shown
In figure 4. The same plan should
be continued the third and fourth
years.
In all pruning, to give the desired
form to the head and especially while
the tree Is young, the orchardist
may be renewed by severe pruning,
cutting back all the branches that are
not In a healthy condition. This prun-
ing will cause new, vigorous shoots to
grow. The new growth will need to
He cut back as occasion requires. By
persistent pruning an entire new top
may be formed in a few years.
When the removal of a large branch
is necessary, the wound should be cov-
ered with grafting wax, paint, or some
other substance that will prevent
evaporation and keep the wood from
checking and consequent decay.
The intermediate form is probably
the best for training the pear. It 1«
a compromise between the vase and
the pyramidal forms and its outlines
The French aeronauts say that two
centuries will pass before men will
safely fly across the Atlantic. This
transforms the present generation Into B"ou^ keep clearly fixed in his mind
mere Innocent bystanders. *^e form of the tree as it is to be
J when old; for what may seem to be an
An American spendthrift was ar- 0fWn head when the tree 18 young may
rested in London for throwing money pr.ove t0 be to° dense and crowded
Into the street, but as a rule the wait- , en ^re6 'a older. The branches
TASTY?
I thev're r
Yes indeed —
they're real pickles—crisp
and fine—just as good as
you could put up at home and
far less troublesome. But
then—you should try Libby's
Olives or Catsup—in fact,
any of
Pickles
and
Condiments
First Prize Winner at 1911 State Fair
•rs and porters do not allow Ameri-
can visitors to go that far.
Stuttering, according to an Investi-
gator, is three times as common
among boys as among gli^s. We al-
ways have noticed that a girl seldom
has any trouble In talking.
should not be too close together for
convenience In gathering the fruit.
During late winter or in early
spring before the Bap starts, each
tree should be carefully looked over
A Parisian scientist la fighting the
germ of old age and thinks he is on
the way to prolong life indefinitely. If
he Is successful, he will practically de-
Oslerlze the human race.
Just now the man without a straw
hat Is as conspicuous as was the man
▼1th one in April
"Why are miners depressing?** aska
an exchange. Ask some big leaguer
Who has been shipped back to them.
California woman saw a burglar en-
tering a window and beat him over
the head with a chair We take It that
ber husband comes home every night
at a reasonable hour.
A Philadelphia fish dealer discover-
ed among his wares a fish wearing a
diamond ring This is a great ad-
vantage over the restaurant oyster
which sports Its pearls unset
Two-year-old pear tree. The lines
show where to cut back at time of
pruning.
Vase or Goblet Form of Top.
are not so conventional. The tree Is
allowed to grow more In accord with
its natural habit, but it must be check-
ed more or less in Its growth so aa
to conform to the ideas of the planter.
Different varieties of the pear vary
greatly in their habits of growth.
than twenty-six fine county displays.
The show was admitted to be an eye-
opener as every one regarded Okla-
homa crops as literally destroyed by
the drouth. Every county having a
display put on its best with the re-
sult that the counties represented re-
ceived a world of advertising. The
exhibitors were so well pleased and
the good work brought such splendid
results that so far as is known every
X>ne of these counties will be back
again this year with bumper crop ex-
hibits. The enthusiasm is rapidly
spreading to other counties of the
Passing of the Tollgate.
The passing today of the old toll-
gate at the northern entrance to the
city is well worthy of the fireworks,
oratory, and general judication which
Is has Inspired. Strangers entering
Baltimore by the Reisterstown road
could hardly believe that this waa
really a city of the fifth order, when
a village functionary had first to lift
a bar and demand their pennies be-
Jore they were permitted to enter the
aacred metropolitan confines. The
good roads movement, so Intelligently
orged and fostered by Governor
Crothers and the Democratic party,
kas already done more to instill life
and enterprise and a new spirit into
the counties of this state than all
•ther movements of recent years com-
bined. The passing of the old toll
gate Is symbolical of the new order
and the larger spirit of enterprise
and progress.
trophy which was awarded to Noble
county last year. The trophy (a silver
loving cup), will be returned to the
Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition
to be competed for at the sixth annual
fair this fall. The sum of $100 has
been offered by A. H. Classen of Okla-
homa City to be distributed equally
among the county exhibits not receiv-
ing one of the fifteen premiums, no
such county to receive over $25.00.
Full details concerning county ex
hibits will be sent to any person oi
organization in any part of the stats
on application to Secretary I. S. Ma
han, Oklahoma City.
Would Encourage Marriage
Citizens from Aculco, state of Mex.
Ico, have come to this city, says the
Mexican Her lad.ot b gtUUn..no
Mexican Herald, to complain againBt
the action of the parish priest who
recommends that all men of marriage-
able age should marry because if they
do not they are liable to be enlisted
by means of a lottery and made to
serve in the army.
There's a goodness to them
that beggars description. One taste
and you'll want more. Purity?
Libby's label is your guarantee.
Economy f They're not expensive
when you consider their superior
quality.
Always Buy—Libby's
Don't accept a substitute. Whether
it be relish—soup—meat—asparagus—
preserves or jams — insist on the Libby
label. Then you're sure of satisfaction.
At All Groccra
Libby, M£Neill
& Libby
Lovers' Tokens.
Spanish lovers present their fl-
ancees with fans on which they have
Some trees are upright and some are ! wrltten the most Impassioned poetry,
of a drooping habit. Both of these j embroidered garters with love mottoes
forms should be modified. Upright
branches are shortened back and In-
duced to spread out; and the limbs of
the tree Inclined to droop are en-
couraged to grow more nearly upright.
RAISING BELGIAN
HARES PROFITABLE
Care In Selection of Stock Is First
Important Consideration
In Starting In the
Business.
Announcement Is that the United
States mint Is to resume the manufac-
ture of golJ coins We wondered why I *nd *11 branches which are likely to
they had been so scarce lately, but Interfere with adjoining ones should
thought they had all been spent
" growth thinned out; side branches
Parts has a new ballet which ha* *hlch are making a stronger growth
so shocked some of the critics that then the others should be checked
they refuse to review it The an- J by shortening In. so as to maintain
The so-called Belgian hare Is a
domesticated form of the wild rabbit
of Europe, being bred with reference
to Its value as a food animal, and its
flesh is now generall considered bet-
ter for food than that of the ordinary
hu&ch rabbit.
Rabbits may be propagated without
costly investment in land and build-
ings, and possess the further advan-
tage thst they contribute another ani-
mal to the farm stock that may be
and prepared for the table at
be cut out and the centeri of dense ! "hort not,ce- As a rule- th® Bam«
aouncement of their refusal has. of
course, led to overflowing audlencea
That Connecticut eagle that tried to
earrr off an 8 year old girl was not
working for a summer resort, either
The wind whisked a ti00 bat
from a Chicago girl the o<h<
and blew it so far that It ha* -
been found. This settles It W
fcare te do something about tha
an evenly balanced head. Some va-
rieties have an upright habit of
growth and some make a slender,
•traggllng growth. All need attention
each year. In cutting back the last
year's growth the top bud should be
left on the side of the branch facing
sway
r day
ot yet
> shall
the i
needs
there
the ti
treatment applies to all forma of rab-
bits, except the lopeared variety,
which require heated quarters In win-
ter.
Care In the selection of stock Is the
first Important consideration upon
entering upon the raising of rabbits,
and for the rest of the enterprise only
observation and Judgment are <ssen-
woven In silk, and lnnumeabrle boxes
of sweets. Engagement rings are not
given, the bride-elect receiving in-
stead a gold medal, which she wears
suspended from a chain round her
neck.
Kerosene
We cannot say too much about the
great value of kerosene as a helper in
cleaning time. It causes dirt and
grime to vanish like a charm. It Is
good to use In boiling clothes. It will
remove iron rust and fruit stains from
almost any kind of fabric. It la an
excellent bath for the old clock that
Is too full of dust and grease to keep
time any longer. It Is excellent to
use In wiping off furniture and hard-
wood floors. As a fuel It Is con-
venient and economical.
Worlds Good Things For All
Along all our pathwaya sweet flow-
ers are blossoming, if we will only
stop to pluck them and smell their
fragrance. In every meadow birds are
warbling, calling to their mates and
soaring into the blue, If we only stop
our grumbling long enough to hear
them.—Mi not J. Savage, D. D.
STATES AWAKING TO DANGER
Additional Hospital Beds for the
Treatment of the Tuberculous
Are Being Established.
Nearly 4,000 additional hospital beds
for consumptives in 29 states were
provided during the year ending June
1, according to a statement Issued by
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis. This
makes a total of over 30,000 beds, but
only about one for every indigent
tuberculosis patient in this country.
In the last five years, the hospital
provision for consumptives has In-
creased from 14,428 In 1907, to over
80,000 In 1912, or over 10 per cent.
New York state leads In the number
of beds, having 8,350 on June 1; Mas-
sachusetts comes next with 2,800; and
Pennsylvania a close third with 2,700.
Alabama showed the greatest percent-
age of Increase In the last year by add-
Ing 57 new beds to Its 42 a year ago.
Georgia comes next with 109 beds add-
ed to 240 a year ago. New York has
the greatest numerical Increase, hav-
ing provided over 1,800 additional beds
In the year.
Finance.
Stella—How do you suppose
will finance a third party?
Bella—Don't know; I can't
father pay for one.
they
make
deed.
Sparrow Travels 3,000 Miles.
The most Interesting traveler that
came to port yesterday was a perky
English sparrow that flew aboard the
steamship Austrian Prince In New-
castle, England, and made the 3,000-1 arson,
mile voyage to this country In the rig-1
glng. Captain Davles said the bird
flew down to the deck for its food and
at night perched on the girders of the
stokehole, where it was warm.
Must Be Paid For.
The benefit we receive must be ren-
dered again line for line, deed for
to somebody. Beware of too
The man who sticks closer than a
brother. Is sometimes a second cousin.
Brilliant baseball plays are diamond
sparkles. *
Often
SALLOW FACES
Caused by Tea and Coffse
Drinking.
How many persons realize that tea
The Call of the Cuckoo.
Snperstititious young women In
some part8 of the world are nervous
when they hear the first cuckoo's call
In the spring. For they believe that
they will remain single as many years
aa te bird utters his call when they
A rat hear him.
much good staying in thy hand.—En* 4,1(1 coffee 80 disturb digestion that
they produce a muddy, yellow com-
plexion?
A Novel Idea.
A foreign Idea la to have the place
card at table held In the beak of a
small wooden hird or the mouth of a
email animal, that ie balanced on the
edge of the tumbler. These cunning
little imported birds have the gayest
of plumage.
A Japanese Master.
At a sale In I,ondon, a Japanese col-
or print of Ichlkawa Danjlro, 1679-
1762, of a man seated outside a house
of Ivy holding a love letter signed
Toril Klyomasu, sold for |400.
Convenient Pail.
For the convenience of persons who
have small amounta of waahing to do
at home there haa been Invented a
pail with a washboard sliding la
grooves In one side.
By thi
While not affording large promts.
In which the growth Ith' n}*tng ot ™bblu ,n a 8n-aI1 *ar
, I may be made Interesting and fairy
remunerative, as well as affording at
agreeable change In the family dl«°
where ordinary meats are high priced
or difficult to obtain.
Only Strong May Dare.
Only those who are strong enough
to model public opinion dare ignore it.
Pineapple for Sore Throat
A Honolulu remedy for sore throat
Is fresh pineapple, aa much aa one caa
digest The effect is said to be mar-
velous.
The Germans have adopted baseball
and are said to have become highly
proficient in the art But tt will be
years aad years before they have be the tree suffers lew Injury"
come proficient la the vocabulary. , Old trees that have beea neglected
hod
111 be no difficulty In shaping
► Into any desired form. '
All prui>lrg and training possible
ould be done while the trees are
ung and the growth of wood la
Oder At such time the healing
more rapid and complete, and
8eparste Ailing Chick.
At the first sign of droopineee In
chick separate tt from the rest of ti
flock aad U tt does not quickly •
cover ase the ax aad burn the body.
Love That Lasta.
Mrs. Fllpp—"I wonder If my hus-
band will love me when my hair Is
grayT Her Friend—"Of course he •*
will. He'e loved you through three!
shades of hair already."
Futility of Wealth.
'A man who can draw his check! •••ewhere.
• >r 910,000 ought to he happy."
me contemplative man. "Tea," re-
P'J*"d the philosophic friend. "Buti hh«i i au ,Uh- tn
•• " *■ loM to M .tmuu.
Time for Courtesy.
Life Is not so short bnt that there
Is always time for courtesy.—Emer-
The Animal In Him
who
A ten days' trial of Postum has
proven a means, In thousands of cases,
of clearing up a bad complexion.
A Washn. young lady tells her ex-
perience:
"All of us—father, mother, sister and
brother—had used tea and coffee for
many years until Anally we all had
stouaach troubles, more or less.
' We all were sallow and troubled
with pimples, bad breath, disagreeable
taate In the mouth, and all of us simply
so many bundles of nerves.
"We didn't realize that tea and cof-
fee caused the trouble until one day
we ran out of coffee and went to bor-
row some from a neighbor. She gave
ns some Postum and told us to try
that
"Although we started to make it,
we all felt sure that we would be sick
If we missed our strong coffee, but we
tried Postum and were aurprlaed to
find It delicious.
"We read the statements on the pkg,
got more and in a month and a half
you wouldn't have known us. We all
were able to digest our food without
any trouble, each one's skin became
clear, tongues cleared off, aad nerve*
In fine condition. We never use
Isn't 11^ * "T b00# thlD* n0' but Poet urn. Th^uYot£
Ullwherl' * "OCh °f * N— glren by PoSi
eisewnsre. i ^ BaM* Creek. Mich.
"There's a reason." and It Is ex-
plalaed In the little book. "The Road
to Wallville," la pkga
Always a Chance
mm* tmu *r
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