Clearview Patriarch. (Clearview, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 77, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1912 Page: 2 of 8
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ERECTING A PUMPING STATION
LEGAL ADVICE
PQLO W PUSH
IT OKUHOMA STATE FAIR
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Picture of immense push ball which will provide fun for young and old
at the Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition Oklahoma City September
24 to October 5 1912
One of the Interesting features of
the sixth annual Oklahoma State Fair
and Exposition September 24 to Oc-
tober 5 1912 will bo tho polo and
push ball games between the Okla-
homa City Polo Team and the Rock-
wall Ranch Team of Amarillo
Texas This fine sport on horseback
in the mammoth live stock pavilion
proved to be such a big bit last year
that Secretary I S Mahan has again
contracted for exhibitions every
night of the Horse Show
Captain Warren Jennings of the
Takes Physically Weak Student
From Universities and Makes
Them Well in New Mex
“No man has any right to live and
hot have behind him some monument
of his love for suffering humanity”
said Richard W Lewis of Cumber-
land N M in telling about the open
air college he has founded thousands
of feet above sea level in behalf of
students of both sexes who lack both
money and health Mr Lewis himself
failed in health several years ago
but was cured by the air of New Mex-
ico Thus the idea of helping young
students grew out of his own painful
experiences
"The beauty of our school Is” said
Mr Lewis “that not a college in the
land will be in opposition but all in
affiliation with us When a student
falls elsewhere for lack of money or
health his school will gladly send him
to us so that he may get well in our
wonderful climate while completing
his course If we only had the room
we could accommodate hundreds
more students Our climate is ex-
cellent for the cure of hay fever
asthma bronchitis and Incipient con-
sumption Tho actual cash required
is only sixty dollars a year tho re-
maining expenses are paid In service
students working from one to fivo
hours a day Wo help the student to
help himself
"The students work out of doors
most of the winter plougla'ng ditching
Oklahoma City team says his boys
are all good horsemen and have de-
veloped into a rough riding hard hit-
ting bunch In a letter from the cap-
tain of the Rockwall team Mr Jen-
nings is informed that the Oklahoma
City team will have to play harder
than ever before to keep from going
down to defeat
The ball shown in the illustration
is six feet two inches in diameter
and cost something like $300 It was
bought especially for the games this
fall
and irrigating and when the alfalfa is
cut in the spring and summer it
brings from $10 to $16 per ton and
from four tp six tons per acre When
our apples are gathered in the fall
they bring from $300 to $1000 per
acre Our students can produce every-
thing they eat and have the very best
food We have 120 acres of land
forty of which are devoted to apples
and alfalfa and twenty to small fruits
and vegetables
"We are somewhat hampered at
present however because of limited
quarters We must get larger accom-
modations One young man who came
to us recently was one of only two
out of 175 students of the University
of Kentucky to pass a'ccrtaln exami-
nation He' ’was in bad shape In
three months he gained fifteen pounds
We have numerous such cases"
The founder of this self-help college
and his wife have given two-thirds
of their land for the school and every
cent they could sparo from a family
of ten children
Locomotives Diet
Young Freddie Is a natural student
and observer and he Is especially In-
terested In railway matters The oth-
er day waiting with his mother in a
train mysteriousy "held up’ as a way-
side station Freddie pondered: "Mam-
ma I guess this Is where the engine
gets its dinner They feed it on coal
hot water and matches and I gueBS
they let It have all the hot air it wants
for desert"
1 More Certain to Obtain Good Water
Supply In Valley Than on the
Mesas or Plateaus
Before any extensive plans are car-
ried out regarding the installation of
a pumping plant the source of supply
the ground-water must he thoroughly
Investigated as to quantity and qual-
J lty It is Impossible to lay down hard
and fast rules regarding the occur-
rence of underground waters which
will apply to all sections alike
Naturally we should be more certain
of obtaining water in a valley having
a large drainage area and through
which flows a perennial stream than
on the mesas or plateaus near the
base of a mountain range writes H
L Bixey in the Denver Field and
Farm The supply is not found at a
uniform depth in any section the
depth often varying within a radius
of two or three hundred feet After
drilling a well It may be found that
the flow is Inadequate to supply the
required needs Another well may
be put down a distance of 1000 feet
or even less and be found to yield an
abundant Bupply The topography of
the country and geological formations
of the sub-strata have a great deal
to do with the occurrence of ground-
water and the obtaining of the same
at economical depths In a section
where it is proposed to institute pump-
ing for irrigation it is wise to hire a
professional well driver and have him
put down a test well of the size
thought to be suited to the needs of
irrigation — from six inches to twelve
inches Several interested persons
should bear the expense of such a
well each paying his pro rata As
the well is put down a log of the
various depths should be carefully
kept taking samples at every foot to
determine the character of the vari-
ous materials encountered Thus
when the well is completed or drilled
to a satisfactory depth it will be
known at what depth or depths the
water was found and the character of
the strata If the water-bearing strat-
um is found In a good gravel form fif-
teen to twenty feet In depth very
favorable conditions obtain and a good
flow of water Is almost invariably as-
sured Under such conditions a good
flow being certain the well may be
operated as a community proposition
or the various Interests may be pur-
chased by one person the well thus
becoming his sole property If the
well la a failure those interested may
consider that the money was well
spent and that considerable money
has been saved Some one may say
at this point: “Suppose that water
were encountered only at great depth
then the well would be useless es
there is a limiting depth beyond whicn
it is unprofitable and impracticable
to pump” This is all very true and
the importance of sinking the well
before investing In expensive machin-
ery is the more strongly emphasized
by this query In many sections it
is unnecessary to sink test wells as
successful pumping plantB are already
in operation In many of our moun-
tain valleys there seems to be an un-
derground water supply sufficient for
almost any number of pumping plants
Some wells yield more than others as
the gravel strata are found at varying
depths and character The greatest
difficulty encountered Is In the han-
dling the quicksand Where the
quicksand occurs with a coarse gravel
a good well Is almost always certain
as the quicksand can be pumped from
the gravel leaving open spaces in
the gravel through which the water
will flow more rapidly giving the well
a larger supply than when there Is
only quicksand One should not de-
sire too coarse a gravel as difficulty
Is found in sinking ths casing or re-
moving large boulders from the well
In case the first stratum of water-
bearing gravel encountered does not
give large enough flow the well will
either have to be enlarged or sunk
deeper with the view to striking ths I
second or third stratum
Open Air College Builds Up Health
t
Lawyer — If you wish to get off with
the minimum punishment I’d advise
you to confess everything and throw
yourself on the mercy of the court
Accused — But If I don’t confess?
Lawyer — Oh! in that case you will
very likely be acquitted for want of
evidence
Wanted Minute Evidence
Orfla the celebrated doctor being
examined as an "expert” on a capital
trial was asked by the president
whether he could 'tell what quantity-1
of arsenic was required to kill a fly I
The doctor replied:
“Certainly M le President But
I must know beforehand the age of
the fly its sex its temperament its
condition and habit of body whether
married or Bingle widow or spinster
widower or bachelor When satisfied
on these points I can answer your
question”
Show Devotion to Queen
Queen Alexandra was very much
touched by the devotion of the wom-
en of every station of life who sold
flowers on Alexandra day for one of
her pet charities the hospitals of
London More than $150000 was col-
lee ted and next year It is said that
all of England will celebrate the
queen mother's day in the same way
It is sometimes a good plan to
sure the other fellow is righjthen
follow in his footBteps
The average man makes the mis-
take of overestimating his greatness
A Triumph
Of Cookery —
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Toasties
Many delicious dishes
have been made from
Indian Com by the (kill
and ingenuity of the ex-
pert cook
Gut none of these crea-
tions excels Post Toast
ies in tempting the palate
“Toasties” are a lux-
ury that make a delight-
ful hot - weather economy
The first package tells ’
its own story
“The Memory Lingers
Sold by Grocers
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Poatunt Cereal Company liraitrd
DettU Creek Mich U S A
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Thompson, J. E. Clearview Patriarch. (Clearview, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 77, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1912, newspaper, August 15, 1912; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1860849/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.