The Marlow Review. (Marlow, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, December 13, 1907 Page: 7 of 12
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FIVE HUNDRED ARE DEAD
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GREATEST LOSS OF LIFE THAN
ANY MINE EXPLOSION
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MOM If WISE CLOSES II WDHIUEI
Workmen Aro Held In Pite and Suf-
focated by Gee— Cauea of Dieaster
Merely Speculative— Coffine Being
Shipped
MONOOAH W VA: Three charred
bodiea lying in the Improvised morgue
four badly Injured men and 493 men
imprisoned by tona of coal rocks and
mine debrta In the depths of the hills
surrounding this mining town with
the chances all against a single one
of them 'being alive Is the most ac-
curate summary obtainable of the re-
sults of a mine explosion which In all
probability was attended by greater
loss of life than any former disaster
In the history of the bituminous coal
mining industry of America
It Is reported that the mine officials
have ordered 380 coffins shipped to
‘Monogah as soon as possible
1 The explosion occurred shortly after
'the full force of 500 men had gone to
Vork in the two mines affected These
mines are Nos G and 8 of the Consoli-
dated Coal company located on oppo-
site sides of the west fork of the
'river at this place but merged In
- their underground workings by a head-
ing and on the surface by a great steel
Itlpple and bridge
! There is much speculation as to the
‘ cause of the explosion but the most
generally accepted theory Is that it
resulted from black damp scientifical-
ly known as methame It Is believed
that a miner attempted to set off a
blast which blew out and Ignited an
accumulation of this deadly gas that
this In turn ignited the coal dust a
highly Inflammable substance found In
greatei -r less quantities In all West
Virginia mines However all explan-
ations of the cause up to this time are
necessarily speculative Only a thor-
ough Investigation after the mine Is
re-opened will disclose the cause if
It ever is ascertained
THREATENED COAL FAMINE
Enid Has Only About Two Weeks’
Supply on Hand
ENID: With hardly enough on hand
to supply the town for two weeks In
case cold weather should set In Enid
faces a most critical situation Coal
dealers declare that It Is Impossible
to secure a supply of coal
A movement has been started to
ask the corporation commission for
relief in case the situation becomes
worse Many families are without
fuel and calls for relief are made dall
"Two weeks of cold weather and
Enid would be out of coal" says L W
Lyons a coal dealer We have been
unable to secure a supply of coal from
the mines
"The reason given by the operators
for the shortage Is the lack of miners
They claim that large numbers of for-
eign workmen have quit and gone Into
other business making the output
short
“I hardly think that application to
the corporation commission will re-
lieve the stringency The conditions
are beyond tbe control of the opera-
tors and railroads"
A3K8 HASKELL’S APPROVAL
New Plan Proposed for Disposal of
Oklahoma School Lands
GUTHRIE: Tbe Oklahoma school
land lessees adopted resolutions ask-
ing Governor Haskell to favor their
plan of disposing of the school lands
There are 9000 school land lessees
In Oklahoma occupying over 1500000
acres of state lands reserved for tbe
school fund The lessees want legis-
lation for the sale of these lands on
bids preference right of purchase re-
served to the lessees and to pay for it
1 on long time at 4 per cent Interest
They also want a board of appraisers
In each county who will fix the value
of their Improvements Including or-
chards and cultivated lands each
county board' to work in some adjoin-
ing county
STILL AFTER CAPITAL
El Reno Citizens Plan Campaign to
Become Seat of Government
EL RENO: That El Reno will be
one of tbe aspirants for the location
of the state capltol Is an assured fact
and the different organizations are at
work on the campaign The citizens
are In favor of tbe legislature passing
a measure calling an election some-
time next year and to Immediately
start the construction of a capltol
building contemplating its completion
about the time of the expiration of the
limitations of the enabling act relatlvs
to location The enabling act pro-
vides that the capltol shall remain at
Guthrie until 1913 El Reno will con-
tinue her efforts to Induce congress
to donate the Fort Reno military res-
ervation of five thousand acres for
state capltol purposes The city will
then make the state the offer to erect
a five hundred thousand dollar capltol
building Over one hundred thousand
dollars has been already pledged In
this city
The Faxon Law and Enforcement
league of Faxon has been organised
and has placed a standing reward ol
25 for the arrest and conviction ol
each violator of the prohibition law
Not Exempt From Two-Cont Fare Law
GUTHRIE: The corporation com
mission refused to exempt the Fori
Smith & Western Railway company
from the provisions of the two-cent
fare law as asked by the railroad an t
renewed the order to comply with th
' constitutional provision The roai
was given sixty days additional time
however to submit new evidence th
commission holding that the evldenct
submitted so far Is not sufficient tc
prove the contentions of (the road
that a compliance with the constltu
tlon would cause the road to operat
nt a loss
MAY TAKE A HAND
Railroad Commisalon Will Compel
Companies to Maintain 8ervice
GUTHRIE Railroad Commissioner
Love states that he is of the opinion
that railroads of the state may be re-
quired by tbe commission to operate
a sufficient number of passenger and
freight trains for the necessary accom-
modation of the people His attention
was called to the fact that at Lawton
the Chamber of Commerce is circulat-
ing fifteen petitions in that town and
other towns along the Frisco between
Oklahoma City and Quannah asking
that the commisalon demand that the
Frisco company re-establish the tram
service that was recently discontinued
out of Lawton to both ends of the
southwestern branch
"Let them send their petitions" said
Commissioner Love and tbe commis-
sion will lake necessary action Of
course the commission will not take
the Initiative in matters of this kind
If the people are not getting what is
necessary from the railroads let them
appeal to us and we will do all we
are authorized to do In their behalf
It a man operates a hack line or a
stage coach line he Is doing business
for himself and provides such accom-
modations as he chooses A railroad
company on the other bandits a public
service corporation ana can be requir-
ed to furnish the public with neces-
sary accommodations"
KING OSCAR II
Late King of Sweden
STOCKHOLM: Oscar II King of
Sweden died In the royal apartment of
the palace Sunday December 8th sur-
rounded by all memoers of his fam-
ily The succession of the throne ot
Sweden now passes to Oscar Gustave
Adolphe duke of Vereland who took
tbe oath of allegiance under the title
of Gustave V
Chicago Gets Republican Convention
WASHINGTON: Kansas City lost
the republican national convention be-
cause it was considered Taft territory
The vote stood Chicago 31 Kansas
City 18 Denver 4 The other candi-
dates for president had control of the
convention
President Roosevelt who might pos-
sibly have changed enough to name
Kansas City failed at the vital time to
come to the rescue of the Taft boom
and the program mapped out by the
antl-adminlstratlon crowd went
through without a hitch The date of
the convention was fixed for June 16
1908
PAWNEE HAS $119500 FIRE
Nearly a Block of Business Buildings
Wiped Out By Blaze
PAWNEE: ' Wiping out almost a
block of business houses and destroy-
ing $119500 worth ot property a dis-
astrous fire threatened to wipe out
tbe town of Pawnee last night About
$7000 In saloon fixtures and liquor
was burned The total insurance will
be about $48000
All the buildings are located on the
west side' ot the square The losses
of the different-firms are as follow:
One Price CaSix House $30000
Globe Hotel $8000 Mentzer Brother
$8500 Robertson Grocery $3000
Wlenberg $25000 Postoffice $5000
Masonic Hall $20000 Globe bar $5-
000 Tbe fixtures :rd liquor in the
two bars amounted to $7000
Most of tbe buildings and stocks
were partly covered by insurance
A owman never pretends to be
young until she begins to fed old
FIVE BANDITS ROB A BANK
Gst $4000 From 8afe Cracked by
Nitroglycerine
CARNET: While two men at sn
early hour Friday morning time after
time charged the safe of tbe Bank of
Carney with nitroglycerin and ex-
plosion after explosion shattered and
broke up bank furniture three other
robbers stood guard on the outside ot
the building and kept up a steady rifle
Are In every direction shooting at any
citizen of the town who made his ap-
pearance 1
After five terrific explosions which
wrecked the Interior of the bank and
damaged the building the safe was
blown open and $4000 In cash secured
The town was thoroughly aroused
and a general alarm ' waa sounded
Church bells were rung and the citi-
zens' arming themselves were pre-
pared to make a charge when the rob-
bers calmly walked down tho main
street of the town and vanished In the
darkness
The men are known to have walked
Into town and deliberately robbed the
bank firing cooly at those who showed
themeselves
A lege posse with bloodhounds Is
scouring the district It Is thought the
gang Is the same that robbed the bank
ot Marshall two weeks ago and S a
result of these robberies bankers In
the smaller towns ere placing armed
guards In their buildings
The school land lessees of Okla-
homa by resolution have endorsed
ther ecommendatlon have endorsed
Haskell that the school lands be Im-
mediately sold Wm II Murray also
was commended for the speech he
made for the rights of the lessees
as set forth In his speech of accept-
ance as speaker ot the house of representatives
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FARMERS EDUCATIONAL 1
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CO-OPERATIVE UNION I
— IF 1MEIIM
It was Josh Billings who said: "It
flusent pay taw own anything yew
sent pay for"
Leave off running the government
occaalonally to take time to run the
place ntound home
On most of the well-regulated Union
farms are a lot of large frylng-slzed
chickens about now Have you a well-
regulated place?
Locality has much to do with the
success of any crop but common sense
methods has much more to do with It
hence EDUCATE as to methods
Don’t neglect sa opportunity to
plant a tree The day Is almost here
when tress will be of more value thaa
the lafid on which they grow
Get together and talk over the neigh-
borhood crops for the coming yenr
and try to have some sort of co-
operation la buying seed raising har-
vesting and marketing your crops
That is what the Union staads for
The thing to do about your school
Is to consolidate it with a bunch of
othera and get a better house better
teachers and a higher school course
You owe this much to your boys and
girls ’
A piece of land bought for sale
and not for use Is as much a specula
tlon as the buying of cotton futurea
It Is tbe hope of getting something for
nothing out of somebody’s needs that
prompts the purchase
For the encouragement of the faith-
ful It la not Inappropriate to state
that there are dead oodles ot cotton
In the warehouse! waiting patiently
for 15 cents and the time Is not tar
away when it will get that 15
Have you fixed up the kitchen and
all Ita belongings so that the partner
of your tils Is as well lived for com-
fort as you can make her? If not
you have a reformation coming before
you are even a tolerably good Union
man
The very fact that the farmer Is de-
pendent upon fewer people for his
comfortable living la the proof that
he Is the moat Independent man on
earth This Independence la bartered
away when a mortgage or consuming
debts are made
leave for the coming year that will
make the Union meetings more Inter-
eetlng? Mighty good time to get busy
and "think up” something to start the
year off rlghL How would a bit open
meeting do with a fine entertainment
by your boys and girls?
All Union men know that It la
easier to keep stock of all sorts well
than It Is to get them well after they
have been sick also It is easier to
keep them In good order than It Is
to get them In shape after they have
been run down by starvation and cold
The trolley line the telephone and
the rural delivery of mall leaves only
one thing due the farmer that he can’t
get by himself and that la good roads
He can make himself a good spilt log
drag and can set an example that will
aoon give him thia last great blessing
This is another fine week for fight-
ing the Implement trust by putting
sway all four tools and Implements In
a dry place and greasing them up so
that they won’t rust and so that they
will be ready In your own ahed next
spring Instead of In the dealer’s ware-
house The Union to do the work for which
It was created must stick close to the
tines npon which It was originally or-
ganised and not go off after any silly
theories that attempt to run the whole
gamut of commerce and manufactures
Let farmers farm let merchants make
the ways of commerce their road and
let the manufacturers stick to their
lines of trade and let the Unions keep
their eye peeled and get a square deal
from all of them
The successful farmef of today
keeps his books and can tell In a min-
ute where he stands In a financial way
He baa Just as much need ot It as the
business man In tact the only kind
of farming that pays la the kind that
la run strictly on business principles
If the reaulta of recent years la the
farming world have demonstrated any-
thing It la tbe fact that farming is n
science snd nn ezsct on nt that—
Terrell Transcript
The first duty of the Union Is to
devise some way to take the 80000
women out of the cotton fields of the
South and to establish good schools
for the children
There never waa a time when the
pig and poultry orop was too large
Don’t have little enough sense to
Jump on a frelghtened horse with s
whip thinking that you will make him
forget his fright you will give him
two scares Instead of one by such
folly -
It Is true enough to be accepted
as an axiom that so long as you are
under the control of your creditors
just so long Is the market for your
products under the control ot the
rings
THE 8Y8TEM IS WHOLLY WRONG
What mean the acahT'Tots In the
midst of towns and cities? Why skip
them snd build beyond? ‘ Land specu-
lation is the answer The owners do
not wish to build neither will they
soil as they expect prices to go high-
er Hence the builders the really
useful people must settle farther out
from the center and the city spreads
over an unnecessarily large area In-
creasing the cost ot streets water
mains phone snd light service eke
The same applies to tho farming dis-
tricts as welL Why Is speculative
land-holding tolerated at all la civi-
lized communities?
The man without land and without
money te buy land baa no legal right
to lire on the earth except as those
who hold the land convey him that
right And they generally aes to It
that he pays In hard labor the market
price before they grant him the right
That’s why they acquire and hold
more land thaa they caa use It gives
them the power to sell to their fellow
beings the right to exist The law al-
lows It but Is It right? Will msa al-
ways consent to pay a price In aweat
and toll for earth room which Is theirs
by right of birth?— Farmers JouraaL
All over the country there are being
held meetings ot all sorts ot commer-
cial bodies and nobodles to arrange
to present to Congress a petition
against the parcels post system which
It Is proposed to Introduce in a modi-
fied form In this country There U
too much excitement about this mat-
ter The truth to tell is that It would
not make much difference on the
whole country to pass or not to pass
the bllL As it Is proposed now the
bill would not be much more than a
mere excuse for a parcels post and It
may he that this proposition la only
to mollify and befuddle the publlo
with a botch to prevent the real
growth of the parcels post Idea In
this country At present the Idea Is to
make It operative only on rural routes
and for the patrons of outgoing routes
only In this way it Is argued tbe
rural route patrons can have smKl
packages brought to them from tha
towns where the route originate at a
small coat aay five cents for the first
pound and one cent a pound for larg-
er parcels How this would unfavor-
ably affect the local' merchants Inter-
ested Is hard to figure out but It la
this bobtail parcels post system that
Is raising all the sand among the dif-
ferent retail organizations
During the present financial flurry
the people have blamed the banks and
tbe banks have blamed the people
but after all the blame rests on all
the people about the same A lack ot
confidence In the security of things
was at the bottom of all the trouble
The foundation of the matter lay la
the fact that there was considerable
loose speculation but this was taken
advantage of by the politicians to use
It as a mountain on which to mount
to office and by the sensational news-
paper writer who wanted something
new enough to sell for a good price
All the time there was more money
In the United States than ever before
In tbe country’s history
There are two things necessary to
get a stated price for an article you
have for sale One of them Is to nsk
the price and take nothing leas and
the other Is to find the buyer nt the
price you nsk In the matter of cotton
selling there Is no trouble if the breth-
ren will only hold out to the original
proposition of 15 cents The crop is
short this year you'hold at the price
and your buyers will have to come
across after he gets rid ot the opinion
that you will take less
Don’t think that the Union will re-
lieve you of all the work and the
worry of this life for that will never
come It Is this business of the Union
to help you get the full results of your
labor but It Is not tackling the nets ot
providence Not yet
Keep It In mind that the county
mass meetings ere to take place on
December 14th snd that the National
meeting will take place on January
7th Go to both meetings If you oan
but at any rats he present at your
county meeting Tou may not he
needed but If you are it Is a mighty
good plan to be la a handy place as
soon as you are wanted always
Have you any new things up your
What this ngs needs mors than any-
thing else is the Impressive prenohlng
ot tbe gospel of contenL Not that
sort of content that comes from an
laslness but the godly content that
comes from the heart of the man whe
has made reasonable endeavor to help
himself and those whom he may he
able to help and who has no desire
to own the "whole shootln match"
Whatever yon do this coming year
do not confine yourself to one crop
It takes more thought and more care
to be a successful dlverslflcatlonlet
than It takes to be a oneeropper but
If you are able to partially succeed at
one crop you are dead sure on a dV
versification
Texas has been struck amidships
with a peanut boom Thousands ot
acres are to be planted this spring If
reports of the dally press are to be
believed Plant all ot ’em you want to
If you plant plenty of pigs and poul-
try to consume ’em If the price hap-
pens to taka a tumble
Have those who ere expecting to
plant cotton next spring paid any at-
tention to earing the very best seed
they caa get (or the planting? If not
it la likely that they have already lost
maybe 35 per cent of next year’s crop
BLACKLEG A FATAL
DISEASE AMONG CATTLE
Vaccination tbe Only Effective Method of Dealing With It—
By Dr Victor A Norgaard
There are but few countries In the
world where blackleg does not pre-
vail to some extent The ravages of
this disease are not confined to certain
zones or altitudes but occur as fre-
quently In the extreme north as In the
tropical regions and as often on the
highest mountain pastures as In the
lowlands As to the class of cattle
most frequently affected by blackleg
the majority of reports agree that full-
blood or high grade stock are more
subject to the disease than the com-
mon or low grade range cattle -It
Is the spring and the fall which
seem to be the seasons most fashion-
able for the development of blackleg
The disease Is however not confined
to these seasons but appears at all
times of the year with more or less
frequency In the north for Instance
in the Dakotas the reel blackleg sea-
son lasts from April to September or
October but outbreaks are reported
In every month of the year In Nebras-
ka and Colorado the outbreaks are
more evenly distributed over the whole
year with a slight Increase during
spring and fall and the same may
be said of Kansas but with a slightly
higher peroentage of cases during fall
and spring In Oklahoma Indian Ter-
ritory and the Panhandle of Texas It
Is difficult to single out any season as
being more favorable to blackleg than
others but In central and western
Texas the greatest number of out-
breaks occur during fall winter and
spring with but few cases during
June July and August
Tbe symptoms of blackleg are so
characteristic that the disease Is easily
recognized The first symptoms may
be either ot a general or of a local
nature though more frequently of the
latter The general symptoms are high
fever loss of appetite and suspen-
sion of rumination followed by great
depression Respiration becomes accel-
erated the animal moves around with
difficulty frequently Ilea down and
when water la near at band drinks at
short intervals and but a little at a
time The visible mucous membranes
are at first dark red and congested
but they change In the course of 12
hours to a dirty loaden or purplish
color
The most Important diagnostic feat-
ure Is the development of a tumor or
swelling under the skin Tbe swelling
may appear on any part of the body
and limbs except below the knee or
hock joint or on tbe tall It Is fre-
quently seen on the thigh or shoulder
and owing to the extensive discolora-
tion of the swollen parts as observed
after the animal haa been skinned the
disease haa been popularly named
"blackleg" or "black quarter"
Tumors may also appear on the neck
the chest the flank or the rump At
first they are small and very painful
They Increase rapidly In size and may
In a few hours cover a large portion
of the body One or more of these
tumors may form simultaneously and
when In close proximity to one an-
other may become confluent The
neighboring lymph glands become con-
siderably swollen
It Is very rare that an animal af-
fected with blackleg recovers In
Europe ve’ry few of the veterinarians
and scientists who have made Investi-
gations along this line have ever been
fortunate enough to observe a case of
recovery
Remedial treatment la of little avail
and consequently our principal re-
course against the disease la preven-
tion The various measures employed for
this purpose may be classified In two
groups: (1) Those which aim at de-
stroying or preventing the spread of
Infection In all places where cattle are
kept and which may be termed hy-
gienic measures and (2) those which
operate to fortify the systems of sus-
ceptible animals against an effective
Invasion of the blackleg germ and
which may be called prophylactic
measures
The effect of the vaccine prepared
by the bureau of animal Industry of
the agricultural department in pre-
venting outbreaks of the disease and
In Immediately abating outbreaks al-
ready In progress haa been highly sat-
isfactory and It la not to be doubted
that thousands of young cattle have
been saved to the stock owners during
the 11 years In which the vaccine haa
been distributed More than 12000000
doses have been sent out during thla
period and from reports received It
Is safe to conclude that at least 9-
006000 animals have actually been
vaccinated wberebr the percentage of
loss from blackleg has been reduced to
about one-half of 1 per cent When
It Is considered that in regions where
blackleg prevails the losses from this
disease alone exceed those from all
other causes combined and In certain
badly Infected regions amount to more
than 10 per cent' of the annual calf
crop then It la plain that the general
Introduction of preventive vaccination
must be of material benefit to the cat-
tle raisers in the Infected districts
With these figures before us there Is
every reason to believe that with tha
continued use of blackleg vaccine in
all districts where the disease to
known to occur and an earnest ef-
fort on the part of the stock owners
to prevent the reinfection of their
pastures ‘blackleg may be kept in
check and gradually eradicated
The distribution of blackleg vaccine
will be continued by the government
bureau until further notice and ade-
quate measures have been taken to
avoid all delay In sending the vaccine
Immediately on receipt of the applica-
tion It Is advisable that all stock own-
ers In Infected districts should vac-
cinate their young Btock regularly
without awaiting an outbreak of the
disease as heavy losses may be sus-
tained In the course of a few days
To prepare the vaccine In such a
way that It may be Injected hypo-
dermically It is necessary to obtain
certain Implements which together
with the hypodermic syringe are
known as a vaccinating outfit This
consists of a porcelain mortar with a
pestle a small glass funnel and a
measuring glass Our Illustration
hows the vaccinating outfit recom-
mended by the government bureau All
of the utensils Including the hypoder-
mic syringe and a package of absorb-
ent cotton are fitted In a strong pol-
ished oak box which by means of
an adjustable wire loop serves also
as a support for the funnel when tbe
vaccine la filtering The syringe two
hypodermic needles and an extra
glass barrel are packed In a separate
metal box which la Inclosed In the oak
box
FOUL BROOD
OR BEE PEST
The Investigations of the British
board of agriculture and fisheries Into
this affliction of the small holder have
resulted In the publication of a useful
little pamphlet which those who keep
bees cannot afford to neglecL It does
not contain anything new but It sum-
marizes the knowledge that waa al-
ready In the possession of those in-
terested In tha subject We are told
first that "Foul Brood Is caused by a
microscopic rod-eh&ped bacterium
termed bacillus alvei which Increases
by cross-division snd has under cer-
tain conditions the power of forming
spores It Is Important to note that
bacilli are present in the earlier stages
of the disease but In tbe later stages
when the brood has become rotten
and coffee-colored or has dried up to
a scale the bacilli produoe spores and
then perish These spores represent
the seeds of the evil they are a rest-
ing resistant Btage tiding the bacteri-
um over unfavorable conditions of
food temperature etc of giving rise
to the growing form of the bacillus"
The symptoms by which foul brood
makes Itself known are weak stocks
langor at work light swarming and
the general deterioration of the hive
An examination of the combs will gen-
erally disclose the symptoms In the lar-
vae which If diseased are found ex-
tended horizontally In tbe cell pre-
senting a flabby appearance and of a
pale straw color The preventive meas-
ures suggested are particularly to be
noted The beekeeper often dissemin-
ates the disease by falling to wash his
bands with carbolic soap and to disin-
fect the articles wtth which he has to
come in contact The only sure method
of getting rid of the diseases In a weak
colony is to destroy bees combs
frames snd quilts The policy of try-
ing to retain even a strong hive It
questionable It is said In a note: "It
may be added that In the case of mild
attacks disinfection or fumigation Is
sometimes resorted to formalin being
the chief agent used In attempting
such remedial measures however or
remedial measures of the nature de-
scribed above It would be desirable
wherever such help can be procured
to seek the advice of an experL"
The Roosts— Do not hnve roosts too
large for the poultry
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