The Taloga Times. (Taloga, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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TfieOld, Old Story
tyn^^CClrigfct cA. Urttersoii
New Year's Eve—He Says:.
My dear,
Aa the old year U departing
I am thinking
Of what the new
May have In store for us.
For you and me and EtheL
I alt here smoking,
Burning up money needlessly.
Depriving myself and family
Of life's necessities
And possibly lux arise.
Let's add and multiply
These nickels I destroy;
Let us figure Interest and compound
It
Why. they make dollar*—
They make bank account*.
Without the weed
I should have been a millionaire.
I quit It now.
This night shall be my last
Of useless waste.
These nickels shall make of ma
A Rockefeller, a Morgan or a Car-
negie.
They mean an automobile,
A powerful, big red ear.
Oh! such comfort aa It will bring
With summer nights.
So smoothly gliding
Beneath the twinkling stars!
There la a college coarse for Ethel
In the nickels I will gave.
And she shall pick the beat
No common boarding school
Or female seminary for her.
Bat one In keeping
With the standing of her old dad.
And. too. that trip to Europe
We have often dreamed about.
That's possible now
With smoking out
You'd better begin planning for It
soon.
And then. Just possibly.
We might conclude
To keep right on and circle this old
globe.
Won't that be grandf
And Just to think
Theae things will com*
From cutting out a useless habit
And now, my dear.
Let'* go another step.
There's candy for yourself and Ethel:
It's needless waste.
Just figure what It means.
Bee what life would be without It
Why. In a year or two
I could quit the dally grind
And tell the "old man" to "go hang *
And with the Interest compounded
We three would live at ease.
Well call It done light now
And candy will be barred.
If only all the world
Would stop and think.
Would just apply a little sound horae
•ens*.
These Nsw Tear resolutions
Would bring tbe mlllentum.
The cost of living
Would no longer be a problem.
Old age would have no terror*
For tb* poor.
Hall to th* year nineteen thirteen.
THE OLD YEAR'S BLESSING.
t am fading from ro<t
Bui oae dfaweth near.
Called tbe aagel-guardlaa
Of the aamlng year.
t Wought good dsalre*.
Though aa yet bat eeedei
IM the New Tear make Ihea*
I NMHH t* MgMae
letjSe Wew Yaer Angst
Evening, January 5—She Says:
John,
What is It I smell?
An odor of nicotine,
A Tile cigar.
I know you hare been smoking.
So aoon you hare forgotten
The plana we made, 5
The automobile.
The trip to Europe,
The achool for Ethel.
It Is but live short day* ago
That I believed you. | ~
So go the plan* I made, j jT
Tbe dream* I dreamed.
All spoiled, all rained.
All evaporated Into uaeleu amok*
Becauae of man'a weak nature.
But tla all that women may expect.
To drudge and toll.
To aklmp and *av*
That man may not be denied
HI* cigar*.
He Says:
How dare you criticise!
How dare you condemn!
This morning I saw the candy beg
Tou thought so carefully concealed.
And I refuse to be tbe only victim
Of New Tear resolution*.
They can go hang—
The automobile.
The trip to Europe.
The school for Ethel.
If 1 muat alave all through my dayg '
I ahall have some comfort.
If only of tb* weed.
They Say:
Here's to nineteen thirteen.
Well live It aa we've lived before.
Well enjoy It
We'll have the little things we want
We will not dream of tbe Impossible
Tbe figure* lied
And we were fooled.
But only tor a few abort daya.
Here'a to nineteen thirteen—
And Ufa.
Si©
Vet True.
"I gave our young lawyer Mead a
paradoxical good wlab when be wag
graduated."
"What was Itr
"1 told him I hoped his brief career
weald be a long one."
Electrified.
"The gay spark wbo was ogUas
that pretty girl. EMI a tee aarprtee."
-What waa Itr
"A pcUosssan was aaar who
to be a mm
ENCOURAGES HOG
RAISING IN STATE
EPFOBT KINO MADE TO BEING
OKLAHOMA'S OOTFUT
UF TO NORMAL. -
Stllwatsr School Organlxee Contests
Giving Rewarde for the Seat
Speclmene of
Swine.
Tbe A. £ M. college of Oklahoma
during the present year has tried to
oreate additional interest in hog pro-
duction by arranging for hog raising
contests and prlsea for members of
the boys' and girls' clubs who would
undertake thla work. The need for
such work Is apparent when one con-
siders that the present hog production
of Oklahoma is far below what it
should be.
According to the last quarterly re-
port of the Oklahoma state board of
agriculture the total number of awlne
In Oklahoma for 1909 was 861,393 and
their total value *4,5V,<41; while for
1910 the number of awlne was 970,S88
and their value 16,060,088. This ahowa
| enures, with all expenses paid except
traveling expenses.
la this work contoatants were ex-
pected to raise and feed a litter of
pigs. From these tbe contestant waa
required to select one hog and exhibit
It at the county farmer*' institute fair
or regular county fair aa might be de-
cided on by the eounty advisory com-
mittee, composed of the county super-
intendent of schools, the secretary of
the eounty farmers' Institute, hod the
secretary of the woman's auxiliary.
No restriction waa made as to breed
of hogs, hut black or rod bogs were
recommended as being better raited
to the Oklahoma climate than white
bogs.
So tar as can be learned Poland
Chinaa and Duroc Jerseys are the
most popular breedrf with hog raisers
in Oklahoma. The Berkshire breed
la third In popularity, while the Hamp-
shire, Tamworth, Chester White nnd
a few other breeds are raised to some
extent.
A number of boys showed their In-
terest lit the work by going into the
hog raising contest About 104 boys
at tbe present time have enrolled In
the hog clubs and expect to make
good records for the coming year.
Two of the best records in the county
club contests were made, perhaps, by
Thomas Randol of Guymon, Okla*
and Warren J. Deerlnger of Clinton,
Okla.
Tbe National Stock Yarda Company
an Increaae In number for 1910 oUif Oklahoma City offers $100 In three
118,926 and in value of 9647,380. The
counties leading In hog production for
1910 are a sfollows: Custer, 36,707;
Comanche, 88,948; Caddo, 32,740;
Kay, 80,381; Stephens, 27,688; Grant,
26,845; Tillman, 25,746; Garfield,
26,014; Dewey, 21,182; Washita,
23,302.
To encourage the boys to take up
the work of hog ralaing the Oklahoma
A. A M. college during the present
year arranged both county and state-
conteets the college offered for the
beat fat hog, any breed, not over eight
months old, raised and fitted by the
contestant, as first prise a free trip
prises to He awarded according to tho
dressing-out value of the hogs aa fol-
lows: Fret prise, *50; second prize,
*35; third prise, |16. In this contest
any bog not over eight months old,
fed and fitted by tbe contestant, may
be entered.
In addition ex-Governor Haskell of-
fers apprise of *50 In cash for tbe
best live exhibit In a hog ralaing con-
teat to be exhibited at Stillwater dur-
ing the farmers' short course. Janu-
wide contest*. In the eounty club, .ary 18 to January 18, 1913. All boys
who expect to send exhibits for these
contests should write Mr. John W.
Wilkinson, the state supervisor of
Boye* and Olrla' Agricultural Club*,
with all expenses paid, to the ehor) 1 for' Information la regard to the exact
course at one of the district agrlcul- j time of making shipments and the
tural schools, and second prise, to the j manner In which the exhibits should
district agricultural achool ahort 1 be prepared for shipment
CAN THE CHURCH HELP FARM
State A. A M. College Endeavoring to
Co-op*rate to Improve the
Existing Condition*.
Country churches have fallen into
decay by the thousands In Missouri,
Kansaa, Illinois and other states.
When tbe farms break down tho
church and aoclety dependent on tbe
farm decays and the place that knew
It knows It no more. Many country
preachers In Oklahoma, we dare say,
are preaching. Sabbath by Sabbath, to
a vanishing congregation. In Oklaho-
ma, aa In other state*, there Is a lack
of stability In the rural social fabric.
Both church and school succeed or fall
aa these farmers succeed or fail finan-
cially.
What have the ministers done about
tbe matter? In many atatea tbe mln-
lators of all churches have Joined
band* with th* agricultural colleges In
tbe effort to eustaln and build up a
better social life and a better educa-
tional foundation In tbe farm commu-
nities. The A. A M. College invitee
the cooperation of the mlntatera of
Oklahoma In thla great and Important
undertaking. Do the several church
conferencea and sectarian associations
of Oklahoma recognise thla aa an emi-
nent problem? There la now an Inter-
est here and there. Indicating that lay-
men of the church and ministers are
beginning to underetand the situation.
On the Invitation of Mr. L. D. Ed-
dlngton of ° Hominy, Oklahoma, the
PONTOTOC DOCTOR
OIVES FARMS AWAY
College sent Professor W. A. Llnklater
of tbe department of animal husband-
ry to a meeting of farmers and citi-
zens held under the general auspices
of tbe Presbyterian church at Hominy
on the evening of November 20.
During the peat winter the college
cooperated freely In sending lecturers
to aasist a union church movement for
better farming and civic Improvement
at Goltry, Oklahoma. Thla movement
was under tbe auspices of the Rev.
Mr. McKee of the Congregational
church.
At KlrksvUle, Mo., there was recent-
ly held a movement for the Improve-
ment of country life, tided by minis-
ters of many denominations; and
theae men will go back to their re-
spective parishes to sow good agricul-
tural seed and plant seed for the social
welfare of the farm communities with
which they cqme in contact.
We invite all readers to consider the
advisability of holding a special meet-
ing of ministers and layman at eome
point In thla state for the protection
and the permanent welfare of thei
farmer's family, financially, socially
and morally. We suggest one'or more
daya of tbe State Farmers' Short
Courae, which opens at Stillwater.
January 13, 1913, aa a proper and con-
venient meeting time and place.
What think -the mlntatera?
What think the laymen*
Nsw Way ef Handling Tenant Prob-
lem Proving Very
Suecsssfbl
There's a doctor In Pontotoc coun-
ty, Eastern Oklahoma, who baa
evolved a #sw system of philanthropy
which la profitable alike to tbe giver
and the recipient He might be called
a "peaact pbllanthroplat." but In thla
connection, tbe humble goober has n
meaning entirely different from what
IP has when used to describe a cer-
tain type of politician.
Dr. Joe. Oj-Breoo, when asksd If It
was true tkat he bad given two farms
away, said: It's true about tho farms
you bavs hsard about. I have con-
tracts on two farms, oas consisting
of 110 acres with 180 acrss la culti-
vation; the other, forty acres, all In
cultivation. Tbe larger farm waa
turned over to ths toaaat who is to
■laat cultivate, harvest, sad place Is
Making Crop and Cllmato Map*.
August Jacobs of Stillwater Is care-
fully preparing maps showing the
rainfall and other climatic features,
and also the centres of production of
the different crops grown In the state.
my barn la town the crop from twen-
ty-five acres of Spanish peanuta. I
furnish ths seed; tbe tenant works
and harvests tbe crop under my di-
rection. The tenant Is to do this for
tea yeara, and at tbe end of that time
1 am to give him fee simple title to
the land. He has tbe rest of the land
to use aa he Ukee during the ten years
and I am to get nothing from it Th*
other tenant baa the same type of
oontract only he Is to grow for me
tea acres of Spanish peanuta each
year for tea years. My first crop haa
been harvested'and my yield per acre
will average oae and one-half tons
psaaut hay and sixty bushels of pea-
nuta per acre, t believe I will get
bettor yields next year as ws can gst
tbe crop ntartod better aad the ten-
ants will know better how to preossd
with their work."
Kaflrsern Paid In Craig County
A Craig county farmer had In tweat)
acree of kefir this ysar. It made thlrt)
bushels psr scrs aad hs sold tt all Is
tho head to a feeder at forty ssate t
!;< aot ss sad.
TO TAKE OUT STAINS *
MONE SO STUBBORN THAT THEY
CANT BE' REMOVER,
3rain Alcohol One ef the Bsst
dies to Employ, er in Same Casaa
J avails Wator WIN Ds ths
Wsrk Setter.
Alcohol will usually
tains made by grass aad fruit Jelsa.
Ithough It' wUl aot discourage la
he least the stains ef some Mads at
rult Only grain alcohol should ha
ised- It acts better If used warm, aad
:an be heated by holding the bottle
tontalnlng It In hot wntor. If
«tches of the stain remain pour both
ng water on them. If they still per-
'1st, dilute muriatic acid, la a oae
per cent solution, can be applied. Oars
should be taken to rinss ths fabric
thoroughly afterward la several wa-
ters, with a very little ammonia la tbe
laat oae, to counteract the effeet ef tbe
acid and prevent tt from Injuring tho
cloth. Javelle wator, which cea be
made at home, la a truetworthy moaaa
for removing almost aay fruit stela.
It Is especially good for peach aad
pear stains, which are
most obetlnate ef all spots. Bosk tho
spots In It for three er tour minutest -
snd then rinse In cold, cleaa water.
Afterward launder the article as usual.
Alcohol la usually a perfect solvent
for tho stain of green vegetable mat-
ter, whether or not the material ho
washable. Some house wives Sad or-
dlnary kitchen mo Isaac* suffldeat
remedy for sueb stalaa upon aay serf
of fabric. It Is rubbed thoroughly
Into the stain, sllowed to stead tea
minutes, and then washed oat with
warm water aad soap. It the arOeto
cannot be washed, tbe molassss Is left
on, with tbe stain thickly covered,
for two or three daya. Thea It la wiped
and sponged off with clear #ater. If
traces remain they will probably yield
to a a ponging wl|h alcohol, er a ml*
ture of equal parts of ether aad ale* _
bol with a dash of ammoate.
Steak and OI|yea.
Take about two pounds of rump
steak, brown well la frying pea with
a little butter, then put In caescrcls
with a little water and bake slowly
three boure. Then put la enough wa-
ter to make sufficient gravy, oas plat
of carrots cut In cube*. About half
aa hour before serving put la a small
bottle of stuffed olives, cut la halves.
Serve la tbe casserole. Tbe mesU wUl
not need much s*U,-oo aeeouat ef the
ollvee being salty.
Wire Orlddlea.
Bay a piece of ordinary wire ssrssa
lag and have It cut up Into equates
to serve as griddlee oa the gaa stove
whea aalng sauce peas toe eaull to
rest oa the raeka over the burner*,
says a contributor to the Womaa'a
Home Compeaioa. Toa do aot have
to wait for them to beet through aad
they are very light to handle.
wire netting Is more durable
ordinary eereea, If obtainable,
HOUSEHOLD
n Questions
Use very Uttls bluing la
laces, for tbe lace abeorhe a sreet deal
of blue.
To itmooth aa iroa, ptuage tt while
hot late cold water with a little eeap
la It
Never try to dean yokee, collar* er
cuffs while aewed on the gowa. Such
thlnge ahouid always be milf detach-
able.
To remove the leather states from
light colered stockings, pet a couple
of tablespoonfuIs ef borax la the ww
tor la which they are waahsd.
To make baked potatoes dry aad
mealy, Just when potatoes are tsadsr,
put a fork at laaat
potato to let the steam <
To clean ribboas spoage with i
hoi aadsever the spot wlthi
cl*aa. white *oap- Dariag the ,
the rlhboa must be
Whea clean rtaee la alssbsl aad |
bstweea two towels
a hot Iroa.
In the dlreetleas for washing <
allk sugar is recommsadsd alee. The
allk should be washed la wane, sal
hot, water, with purs eastlle eoa* thea
rinsed thoroughly la wator to whleh
has been added a tesspesufal ef |
la ted sugar. The eli
be wasbsd by Itself.
Melt two sgaarss of aaswsstsaed
shooolato la a bowl plaeod aver bat
lag wator. Cream together th psi
tor sap butter, oae cup of sugar. SMr
ths mixture thoroughly teto the wE
ed shooslats. add oae-half sap sf hst
.ML ..J atlu aaMI •
A —I** M to
his sweetheart thteks he la, or a as*
Had maa as bad aa his wtts saspaate
bate
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Dasher, Arthur J. The Taloga Times. (Taloga, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1912, newspaper, December 26, 1912; Taloga, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc269269/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.