The Cimarron News. (Boise City, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1914 Page: 3 of 4
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The Strike Situation
The strike situation in the Colorrdo Coal Fields has changed
very little from last winter. From all indications at the pres-
ent time, the coal situation this year will be as bad or worse
than last year. Why not lay in your winter's supply while
the price is low and while it is possible to get it.
about ioo tons of SUGAR1TE CANON in storage now
We have
THE SIM LUMBER COMPANY
ELKHART, KANSAS.
THE REVIVAL MEETINGS
hitve.;
it httft
It itt true that Sudan jri-ass be-
ing a ntw orup. iniiy be noun?*
The meeting, which ha* been! whatoverad verthwd. ami poani-
in pronrof.* l« r the past two | bly does not posses* nil the tuur
weeks, ia druwinRne.tr a elo««* j it* callmed f< r it. I' may be
Lirm crowd* have been turning that t he price* prevailintf for seed
afterno jnsand evening*to hear [ of thi- gni«s have hud something
li' V. l'mlips, uno of the greatest to do with aouiHuf the utrong en
• viingelinU thin community lias dor-omenls. It- may develop in
hud the pleasure of hearing in a the future that there are diaw-
lunn time and we hope no one connected with the crop, not at
hart beeu di'pnveil of thistfreat this time known, ten ding to low-
privilege. There wore many ier the preaent ueio -nd i ntimate
forceful «ermon prf-nched I of it* worth. Oil tae other hand
and ii we would but heed the the same iihwii.'m and lack of
; tender pleading* and timely I i/eueral information ciinceruing
warnings that gave us with such 1 the crop lend* to the conclusion,
eamestenss, how much better i out of a spirit of Uirness, that
our lives aud surrounding* would j there may bo virtues in conneiv
be. Two were taken into the tion with it, yet to be disclosed jt u
church and theie have been suv I by fuller Information. He that
Ural converts this week. as it may, there is apparently no : (.
ltev. Steele went to Llertraml' reason why tin* crop may not ()|in ^
and Wheeless Sunday, preaching I become one of the very best ever n|
I at b >th places, while Rev. 8tew- introduced into the southwest.be jpr0p j
'art went to Union Chapel audi Sudan uraa* aunnosed to The ri
id wh re 1 have irrigate'!
timed light yellov*^n eftr
or and the growth has
checked. Hie drv land trntsM
that planted in 40 tneli row*) Is
doing tine, and tnikincr a sitiju-
fac'oi v growth, but it rnusi. bn
taken into consideration th<t, wo
have bad an unusual Quantity of
moisture this season.
'"From my observation, it f«
tiiv judtrment that Sudan icraHs
is gomif to prove one of the very
v land crops to tfr<>w for
I f " d it Krf n to n y
d secured a marked in-
n flow. Sudan grass w|ll
•• two heavy crops of hay
Kocky I'Wd, 1 ooosider
onflorful annual forage
best <
for a g
I *tiWs
prod)
here
r
from
holuI' the parent stock of the cultivated ably
sorghums, posesses many char-1 duct
nearly every evening by Miss | a(.terHtics making it a crop wll jor<
there be returned
wero favored with a solo
4P
st
St
YOUR STATIONERY!
Nichols. .She has a wonderful | ll(Japl0tl l0 southwestern oondit
voice and we predict for her °
^labrigtit future in the musical
world. Mrs. Campbell also lav
orc.d us with some tine selections
We know that these meetings
h.tve been a woneerful blesamg
I to our community,
certi
ions. rUs cio„e cellular construe |on th i i
tion makes it a plant capable of j frost I.,
hstanding drouthy conditions i ant <1 n,.
quahtec
hand'"ii
crop*
Like katin it. lias power to "cell'
its sap during extremely dry
weather, thus enabling it to live
THE EUROPEAN WAR
HOULD be your
traveling represen-
tative, and is such, and
in oider to be effective
and command respect
must be modern, must
be as much up-to-date
in its appearance as you
should be when making
a business call away
from home, and more
so because it is only a
silent caller can offer no
explanations.
The point is—let us do your print-
ing. We know how.
for weeks, often without any vis- ioften
ihle growth, waiting for moist- jentin
hay y
undo
undo
estin
To
ally
against Euglitud, France and Rus- jas a drouth resister, in fact, hc
biu on the other the outcome is'cording to available data it
hard to forecast. One tlunn is I seems lair to assume that tnis
certain: the toll of lives and prop | new crop
j ure. When the moisture is re
Iceived the plant resumes its
The war in Europe is now occu- i growth and the crop matures-
pyiug the attention of the whole I As compared to kattir, milo,
wot Id. Witu (iermatiy, Austria, and even feterita, Sudan takes
and Italy lined up o:i one side I Jta place among the best of them
Sudat
I
I
1
I
in modem history
When we begin to think about
the actual strength of the lighting
nations, however, no words are
strong enough to exprere the
thought, Servia has 1100.000 fight-
ing men, France 2,oUU0,(XX), tiua
sin 5,40J.UUU, (ireat Hritian
iuOO.OOO. Austria has S00,000
Buldiers, Germany 4.H000 ami Italy
S,i(XJU. Here are 18,UU0,000 men
divided almost equally on two
side6. No mind is big enough to
picture what wiH happen wheujthey
meet, One thing, uowever is rea-
sonably certain. In spite, of the
feadly nature of modern weapons
it will take some time for either
side to annihilate the other. This
war may last for yeaft instead of
mouths
The cost of the conflict will be
stupeuduous. Folks |who like to
figure are already saying that the
war will cost not less thau
$0,000,0U0,000. That's an amount
lhaa uo one can really comprehend
but it's bo large that even think
ing about it has stood the world's
head. All I
tc
' conditions.
somewhat better
irrigated
While some enor
mous yields have been secured
under irrigation, reports from
humid and dry-land (sections in
dicate that returns from the dry
land crop are even more profit-
able, cost of land and quality of
product considered.
In Lubbock county. Texas,
during 1913. one of the dryest
and trying years on record in
northwest Texas, J- C. Burns liv
ng near the city of Lubbock,
produced 2,53K pounds of Sudan
gresssted from four and seven
.: u of l.hii e:itii nf 52(1
eigths acres or at the rate of 520
pounds per acre and one of his
neighbors grew 977 pounds of
seed on three and one-fourth
acres, from a poor stand
A letter addu^ssed to me by
W.G Pulliatn. HoflvTlie, Calif.,
gives his experience with Sudan
grass in the southern portion of
that state:
•'Will write telling you a,s near-
ly as I can what, Sudan grass
will do in southern California-
On March 27, 1914.1 planted five
to Sudan grass ui rows
count of scarcity of 8u
ass *eed and the incident*
i prices, hut little of th«
as been made into hay,,
■•►it crop has almost invarl-
men handled for the pro-
>n of seed, and the second
ias been more or less nn
n as to maturity depending
lateness yr earliness of
li-noe the lack of abun-l-
m the hay producing
pn of t.he plant. Wher«
for hay alone, two good
. '• certain and thejtliird Im
i^xuriant. It ig deemed
v conservative to place the
"id at one ton per cutting
dry land conditions, whif«
irrigation conditions tfie
Lte s somewhat higher,
nsure large yields, espe< •
?nder drOuthy conditions,
i grass should bo planted
in rows lorm thirty to thirty six
six in lies apart using from two
to four pounds of jaeed per acre.
This method of planting in rows
enables the grower to cultivafe
the c rop with the ordinary culti-
vator. thus killing weeds |and
conserving moisture, and inci-
dental'.y insuring very much
bette yields than by sowing
broadcast without opportunity to
I cultivate.
DaVi on the feeding value <"t
Sudan .grass hay is not avail
able i.v reason of toe new
ness of the crop and th«
great lemand for seed. 1* is
the genertil opinion of those wtio
have sown Sudan grass hay thufc
it is e«|0al to if not better than
Johnson grass. I am convinced
that Sudan grass will make un
excf il^nt silage crop, if allowed
to properly mature before placed
in silo —ft. M. Bainpr.
CONTEST NOTICE
TMCIMARRON NEWS]
financial system on its
of the stock exchanges in the acres
worlil. including tna, ,,f id'.m Jan.
'22 I harvested ■ t. getting (500
of seed to the acre As
lhe crop w * harvested.
Country Correspondence
Bertrand
E. B, McMahan. J, A
r John Lewia, Misbcs Grace Hamil
e
v
i country «t New Yoik, have
| close'! indefinitely. To aid in pre
| venting h money panic the United Pouu *
i Slates government has issued | «on"
I $5000 000.000 ill new curiency afld 1 plowed it. an ' s ' J?
boue™ in Ind «er
dti« are also i 8n.,« rlaan,,,; one more r.n* ■
I ificn.wu Wh„,h ou«* ur I haps a small ciop d ..ay at ti- r
lery boys oue day last week and
turned the defective reeds in their
The farmers have commenced to orgau making it sound very much
ywish for rain in this community. | better,
load of I There is promise of a splendid
maize crop, Fred Burrow counted
15U0 "heads on each of several
John Glatthart took a
ifine cabbage to Boise City the lirsi
part of the week.
J. W. Shireman returned Mon-
day from the city where he has
(been working the past week
J D. Paine has been putting
Tttp barley and millet the past week
C. Q. Mai lory has complete! his
silo which he has been working on
for some ti Die.
Mrs. McDaniel returned to her
home in Erie, Kansas, Saturday.
Professors Black and Perry
spoke ai the Bertrand church on
Wednesday night.
The little daughter of Jeff Oneal \ day.
has been real sick, but is improv '
ing nicely.
Leon McDaniel is nursing a
broken arm at present.
Sasnpse! Settlings
Most everybody is pnllin broom
*joro this week. It is a very
.crop,
quarter mile rows at that rate if
they run five to a pound, it would
yield 2700 pounds per acre. He
counted 1*200 heads per row on the
same ground two years ago.
Clarence Boylan is worktng at
the Caytoti ranch this month.
J. E. H uskey has put his honse
on a stone wall recently.
E. T. Lowery and John Gra-
ljenl went up to the teachers' nor
nial to spend Sunday.
Ernest < at man and wife are to
come liouie from Kansas this Tnes
Wheeless
that. I think Sudan >- *ne oe.st
;e ever neon ti led in
states, ali <-
livestock like it. 1 lei
of ! 1 1'^ ',a-v l r,Mn ll,n
hi exiled, apd the mum
fd t" likn it beli.nr th
nav
cities are- also issuing eleanng
house tcertiticatea which pass as, i.hinlfSudi
. money as ttisy did in the panic of I that. 1
ton and Zilpha McClain were j ™m y y ! hay 1 have ever seen t. ml
among those from Boi>e City who ''j[^ ti rat result of the war will I western
attended the Bi-State picnic at Mex | ^ ^ tl(.M)0r.t|,zauon of our for
homa Saturday. 1 eigti trade. Until tl'e dominion
John Miller came in from the th.i sea shall be settled the carry |
Kansas harvest Balds a faw days !'nc ttada will ba at a stiindstlll
I It. 16 possible that the result of
Mgo*. tl^wir will bi much higher prices I The following slatem-nt taken |wwj
Mr. Machotka has completed I for wheat. Coffee, sugar and from a letter re^ v-d by me Ueini^
his house and moved into same. I uiauy other staples have had a big from Prof. K Blmn- sopenn- j
advance in prices The only crop j tendent of the Rocky d Colo.. ;;f.
latJ've to
s .me ««i | Lhi-i
ad bc-en ;>,«i
lion
weei' j.-wB
u a I fall a
yon i'11
proof
i er oi
BALLARD BUYS BIG RANCH
in prices
jftiinot be helped by war isjext
riment station
Sudan grass in the Arnansas val j
I Ml Wljl
| be
: cue le
whi'eii
cotton. The annual export trade .
, ou cotioii is 10,000,000 bales nn; ley of Colorado may be of inter
•J) .1.^Ballard, who for many j unless the war should suddenly j est:
years a" prominent cattleman of I cease there wilL be no export mar I "TJhis season 1 have hve acres j
Baca county, has purchased the ket this fall foi cotton. ! under irrigation in 30-inch row •
Mesa Domay ranch in Lia Animas There is only one good thing j and about, eight acres un^er dry u ..
comity at a consideration close to we can see that has resulted from "In in 1913 I was abvi*ed by |
$100,000. the War and that is the prospect I one of the United States depart i ;;
This ranch comprises 13,000 I ive railroad strike of 55,000 em ■ tn^nt of agriculture men to try |
acres and affords sutSiwent range j loyees w.nch wn eKoiccc l to j a little Sudan grass, at which j
for 40.000 head of sheep and 4.000 | t.abe place on Aug. 7, and which time h« said that if. was consider |
of cattle. It hsa natural bounda-! would have tied up every inter- ed thejjgreatest forage plant in-
i lies tnat require uo fencing The ! state railaoad in the United States; trod need since the ef-odnction
ranch is one of the largest in the j west of the Mississippi river. In of alfalfa, that it would grow
state of Colorado and whs obtained j view of world wide conditions
Inrnnv vnara aijo bv a Mexican ! however, they have agreed to arbi
good
The Bi-State picnic at Mexhoma
was well attended both days ^ A
large number were out from Clay-
torTand also quite a number from
Boise City. Many interesting
addresses were given. .Among the
speakers were: Judge Toombs of
Clayton. Bon Perry, Des Moines,
The Griggs and Willowbar ball ! New Mex , Prof. Black. President
teams aie to cross bats at this | of the P. A J of Goodwell Mr.
nlace next Saturday afternoon. ICollins and many others. Many
^ Jgood thoughts were brought out
T. C. and N Vv • Cay ton visited : - ^ ^ >>Hkera aud rt mo9t en]oy.
at their home oyer Sunday._ f ey , ^ ^ hy a„ pre8ent,
are operating ;t new threshing out-1 . . ...
tit this side of the Beaver nearj The holiness revival is still
proy resa.
irate matters aud the strike has
been called off and the trains will
run as usual.
graitt. '1 his is an ideal ranch so
reports say. In the summer the
cattle range along the ridges and
hills and only require the super
vision of a few men. while iu ihe
winter ran.eof the finest kind is
obtained iu the canyons. It is; Sudan "grass, to all outward
said at one time the owner of this apPt;ar>ir4ces the twin brother to
ranch refused 1100 000 for it j0jj0don gi*ass, is at present
SUDAN 6RASS
but owiug to financial troubles ■
fronj live to seven l'e«-t high- very
densely with leuve** clear to
the ground: and the tiorses and
cattle ate it and did. well on it.
On May Ho, 19lo. 1 pan in one-
half acre with rows i0 inches
apart, sown at the rate of five
pounds to the acre;! 1 irrigated
this crop twice during the sea-
son, and cut one-fourth of an
'acre July 7. getting about one
acre. Fol
progress leading , ton of dry hay to the
Texhoma.
A. C. Kineannon and R. 1>
Wheeler are near Garlington pull-
ing broomcoru.
A nice rain came last week with
a little had in some places.
A. G, Rutledge is enjoying a
vis'^t froui his son and two grand-
daughters from Indiana.
was compelled to sacrifice it Mr j toward itiS permanent establish-1 lowing this dry cntting. the sec-
Ballard bas now acquired what lie j mpnt aR xodder and silage ,ond growth made tw:: inctiea or
has long labored for, a range from ^ throughout the south west, growth per day for forty days
I which his herds can never be!than other known gras3 and on September J. i cat stalks
. driven by the incoming settlers- jT j is receiving favorable 10 hj6 the
10 ; The Artesia (Colo .)Ch11 ; comn)ent from parts where it bas stems wore not coarse 1,km sor
Mr. Ballard was a n«dent of | ^ ^ven a trUh and froin nnne j ybuni. 1°"e j Ho^-To-Ohre Qaloloa To Chll^eiu
this county for several years having I f these a rowers >s there I fourth acre of the 191 . crop ror
lived ou a ranch down on the Cim I scarcejy a word „f adverse criti- and threshed 450 pounds of
OL>. I IflU
Department of the Interior. U. 3.
taand Offlw at Woodward, Oklahoma*
Wooilwnnt. okjn.
Auk 13. lull
To K Tiitum of tiuknown oontenf^B.
You .ir. ii.if.-by not'fteil thnt Morua Tiktum
who n v.w Wlllowlur. Okla. hi* | -utofflno
mhl'Ok-, clnl on Aur.H. lOH. file In this o«.-.
111* .I'll. • .<i-ii>l;orntR<l iippllcMtloii to contPtt
jin l * cancellation <f y ur liom«-
Htenil ■ NolWJo Serlnl No. i><im# ma i*
:!-il-l«IO ;i>t lot-. 3 ii'iil 4 nouth ' j of nw U mso.
2 i« |. i ; r.niar« H K. M. itnd a« uroan.W
tor liU < ni'ii , li« allegM that * M Utwrge J.
Tut.in> hft'.w/holly iioinnloncil miiId naot. uii'l
lin* not roHnli. ilUj'Oii. cilltlv ied or Improved
tliwuamti ii .my nianuiir lor a pei-ioil f<t fix
inont i " "ii.i nn-' lliv'ii*.\f prior to (lute her«.>r
r,h '. !if"■ t anud title by tlitre yi'ttff
ri hlil' i Ilia; 111- c«l)l *Hant is the dc*«rt.Hl
wifi j-.i -n il i.ij .lfit«e uml that iJ«o. J. Ti'tuirt
hns 'a;. (-lint-morn th«ii?on« your, that ho
l.fi >i.. ..Ili.it.l wllbnut rnmnx of upj'Crl.
ihat • j* |,|ui\.-1>1 re«liit-ui-« i* nnUnowii 10 thin
iiiiiii-,' UMI default imn not b.:«w
i-nrvd t'- iln't-
i V .hi j:m . i lofore, further notified that th#
the itHi.l i * w'H ,m tike|1 l'J' 0U1£C ,il'
;. | !■ ii v'init by you, and your smd <- •-
hi | ny ,i; i i .. . .mcnlled thereunder withoui .,<.ur
f i fiirO I, he hoard therein, either bcfi-ra
I it.;, f..... . .in appoui, if you fail to file in tM*
rt -nty duyi" lifter the Fourth p •.!>•
..lii-i notice, its shown helow, your ■«-
ii.it,lj, itiioeiilonilly meetiii and re-
iin'-M- allegittioim of oonteet, or if
i i.i Miat time to tile in tine olliee rf.ui
.hi Ituve i-erved a eoj>y of your ttitn-
i ill ftontestaot either in person or
.1 mull, li thiij iu>rviqe is made hy
, nf u copy of your aniiver to the ci i-
„-i proof of such service must Vj
ti.,d i; hii.c.huiiH wrilteivackiiowiedn-
■ildivery w:is made stating whou nod
.t.v was delivered: if wade by regw-
iirnof of sucli service must consmt
it. oi the person by whom the co|,y
i .'adug when and the post-oUloa
i.i.-' mailed, and this affidavit nt-m
,n..il by tiio postmaster's receipt for
lil itate ill your answer the naiu> . if
iv in which you desire future not
Mr«?lure Pyndtcat*. ]
arron. He sold out down there i
cism. Practically ail of the ex-
last year to J. Martin Ford. | periment stations as well as in
seed,
land
conditions-
40
H. N. Cl.irk called on the Low - j turniug Saturday.
Mr.. Arthur Woolen ^®^l.re glad to hear of Mr. Ri.ll.nl! be -j ir^er. have the 8*me.ro«. Pan of the.30 loeh .
fr.>oi noriB.1 Friday eve m« to, ^ BO fortD,Mte to seeure such an f b,ereportto ol lhe|loBhas not been irrigated al
take in the picnic Saturday re | ranch and it is the oest growth tu
. Uatnpflav ' crop.
!>ietrade-mark nam* given to an
It ii * Tastelesa Syrup, pte"s-
ant to taix> and doe* not disturb the stomach.
,| Children tat.- it ana never know it Is Quinine.
1.1'-, II Also eapeciolly adnpfe«l to adnlts who cannot
-ti-.-<>fl- take ordiaur/ Quinine. Does not tiauseste nor
' ! cause neryouaoess nor ringing in the head. Tt y
at ail. 1 It the writ time- you oe«4.Quinine for any t"' -
, f t pose. Aflk to ■ J-oucce ogteinal packaae. The
>&t 1 aairt FIvBntiTNK is ttoLn inbotUe. ctats.
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