The Hooker Advance (Hooker, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, September 15, 1911 Page: 6 of 8
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OUR STATE CAPITOL LETTER j
DOINGS OF THE
OKLAHOMA
STATE OFFICERS.
A Brief Resume of What Our
"Hired Men" Are Doing, How
They Spend Their Tim®, Etc.
ADULTERATION OF
FOODS IS SHOWN
Hold Your Cotton Woodson Advises,
Declaring that cotton speculators are
responsible for an organized effort to
create the erroneous impression that
the cotton crop is sufficient to meet
the demand, and holding that as a
matter of "good business" the bankers
of the state should advance money on
cotton that is being held by the farm-
ers to await what he seemB to think is
a certain big advance in price, Marie
Woodson, supei intendent of the farm
demonstration department of the state
board of agriculture, has issued a let-
ter to farmers advising them to hold
their product and declaring that the
suplv will fall short of the demand by
approximately 3,000,000 bales.
Men familiar with the action of cot-
ton crops and prices say they believe
that proper obedience to this order
will mean an advance of from $5 to
$15 and $20 a bale in the price of the
Btaple ,and with the estimated crop in
Oklahoma of 800,000 bales, this would
mean from $4,000,000 to $16,000,000
more fer the farmers of the state.
Says Agent Was Slow.
Alleging that the agent of the Rock
Island railwav at its Oklahoma City
office ignored him when he went to
the window to buy a ticket until too
late to catch a train for Hobart, G.
\V. Backard, an employe of the state
school and depart nent, filed complaint
with the corporation commission.
Blackard alleges that ha stood at the
window with bis money in hand from
6:33 p. m. to 6:45 p. m. and that the
agent paid no attention to him until,
the train started to leave when he
said him a ticket. Blackard also com-
plains that he inquired several times
if the train standing at the station
was the one that went to Hobart and
that the agent would give him no re-
ply.
Factions Must Agree.
Regarding the appointment of a dis-
trict judge to succeed Malcolm E.
Rosser of Poteau, Governor Cruce told
the Haskell county deelgations he
wanted the appointment to go to that
county, but they would have to get
together on a candidate. J. W. Fred-
erick and W. H. Brown of Stigler are
rival applicants for the place, and the
governor said he would name a judge
both factions could agree on, other-
wise he would not take it upon him-
self to name a man from that county.
Fay Tester of Wilburton is also a can-
didate.
Governor Refuses to Call Election.
Follow ins a hearing before Governor
Cruce on the proposition of transfer-
ring a tcwnsliip and a half from
Hughes county to McIntosh county,
the governor refused to issue a proc-
lamation calling an election on the
proposed transfer, on the ground that
the figures submitted by the Hughes
county people, showed that in case of
the transfer McIntosh county's tax-
able area would be considerably larg-
er tbtyi that of Hughes county.
Elaborate Exhibit I* Being Prepare*
For Various Fair* of State-
Water Supply Alsok
The stnte henUb department is get*
ting together its exhibit, which is ta |
be taken out for a tour of the fair j
of the state. Of especial interest it
the part showing food and drug a<lul |
terations, including jellies and vine-
gar which never saw ;>ny fruit; coffee j
with wood bark beans and cereals
in it; niarshma!lo;vs made from furni-
ture glue, an exhibit of baby clothes
dyed with the artificial co't.rings used
in candies aud soda water and speci-
mens of beef and pork infected with
cholera and tuberculosis.
The exhibit also includes a showing
as to the water supply of the principal
cities, photographs from the sail tury
division, showing streets and al'eya
improperly cared for and the disease-
breeding garbage heaps, together wi'h
pictures showing unsanitary condi-
tions in slaughter houses and illus-
trations of sanitary and unbauitary
dairies.
There also is a big chart comparing
the sums spent for the protection of
the health of man and animals in Ok-
lahoma, showing an expenditure from
the public funds of $30,700 for the for-
mer purposes, against $51,000 tor tin
latter.
Farm Queries
Answered
Perplexing Problems
Expertly Explained
Department Heads of A. & M. Col.
lege. Stillwater, Okla., Reply to
Inquiries Made by Farmers
Indians Poissn Streams, Alleged.
Deputy Game Warden Will Brass-
field of Wagoner countjr, has notified
the state game warden of the arrest
of eleven full blooded Indians in that
county on a charge of poisoning tha
waters of the streams. The particular
offense is said to have- occurred in a
stream near Eufaula, Okla. where tV,e
Indians go to camp every year. In
some cases, according to the game of-
ficials, the waters of streams In tho
eastern part of the state have been
so filled with poison that cattle died
as a result of drinking It
Unwritten Law Case Appealed.
C- M. Litchfield, sentenced to five
years for manslaughter from Garvin
county, has appealed his case to the
criminal court of appeals. Litchfield
killed William Collins near Wynne-
wood on July 19, 1918, and pleaded
the unwritten law, alleging that Col.
lins' attitude toward his daughter, Wil-
lie Litchfield, was such as to justfy
the killing. Collins and the girl had
been out "Joy riding" in company with
another daughter of Litchfield and her
husband.
Big Conference Will Come Here.
F. A. Garrison, state secretary of th«
Young Men's Christian association, at
tended the summer conference of Pres-
byterian young people at Hollister,
Mo. One hundred delegates were pres-
ent, representing the four states ol
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Ok-
lahoma. Mr. Garrison discussed the
subject of "Work With Boys" before
the conference. A similar gathering
with a greatly increased attendance is
being planned for this state next sum-
mer.
Stump-Pulling Economy
I have about twenty-five acres of land
with several trees and stumps on ft.
1 lease advise the cheapest and quickest
way to get tnem off without grubbing. i><
you think dynamiting trees could be done
successfully? Should the dynamite be
put under the tree or .in it?—J. N. Mai.,,
Le Flora County, Oii.ahoma.
The station here has not conducted'
any experiments with stump pulling,
owing to the fact that we are located
in a prairie section. The branch state
school at Tishomingo, in southeastern
Oklahoma, has, however, carried out
some complete tests In removing
stumps with stump pullers as com-
pared with dynamite. About twenty
acres of sandy upland soil with an
average of tweaty stumps per acre
was used for the test. The stumps
averaged from one foot to two and one-
half feet in diameter. They were fair-
ly decayed, the trees having been re-
moved three years previous. The
stump puller used was known as the
Hercules. It was found that it cost
$7.00 per acre with the stump puller
and $12.00 per acre with dynamite.
Whether or not it would be advisable
for you to use dynamite or stump pull-
er depends upon the number of stumps
which you desire to remove. In case
you wanted to remove trees you would
probably meet with better success
with dynamite. In dynamiting stumps
the hole should bo drilled, not In the
Btump, but in the earth beneath it,
giving the drill a sufficient angle so
that the charge may be placed well
under the stump. The amount of dyna-
mite for each charge would depend
upon the size of the stump and the ex-
tent of decay.—A. H. Wright, Depart-
ment of Agronomy, Oklahoma A. & M.
College, Stillwater.
Cheese Factory in Oklahoma
Do you. thlnlc a cheese factory located
in a dairying section of this state would
prove profitable? What is the approx-
imate cost of manufacturing cheese pay-
ing the market price for milk?—<3. O.
Field, Major County, Oklahoma.
I have no doubt but that good cheese
could be made in this state, provided
the farmers would exercise sufficient
care in producing the milk and it was
delivered to the cheese factory twice
daily. The cost of manufacturing
cheese is considerably less than but-
ter, however, with either the cost of
manufacturing is greatly reduced, as
the amount of product manufactured
daily increases. About 11 pounds of
cheese can be manufactured from 100
pounds of whole milk and a factory re-
ceiving at least 500 gallons of milk per
day would: manufacture approximately
440 pounds of cheese at a cost of 1%
cents per pound. I have always ques-
tioned the success of the cheese in-
dustry in Oklahoma, however, if you
are guaranteed the amount of milk in-
dicated above a cheese factory could
be successfully operated. I have mad®
a few cheese here at the College dur-
ing the winter season and the quality
was very fine. This indicates that good
cheese can be made in Oklahoma and
if one was guaranteed a permanent sup
ply of milk of a good quality I see no
reason why a cheese factory could not
be successfully operated.—Roy C.
Potts, Department of Dairying, Okla-
homa A. & M. College, Stillwater.
Game Warden Threatened.
As the result of the arrest of eighty
persons at Weleetka for alleged ille-
gal seining, threats are said to have
been made to burn the home of Dep-
uty Game Warden Shallenberger, who
| lives near Weleetka, though he has
no hand in the affair. Deputy War-'
den Mulins from another part of the
state was sent to make the arrests.
Several prea hers and prominent citi-
zens were in the party arrested.
Revokes Insurance License.
Immediately upon his return from
the national convent-on of state in-
surance commissioner* at Milwaukee,
where he obtained tho adoption of bis
plan for putting unauthoriezd com-
panies out of business. State insur-
ance Commssioner P. A. Ballard, te-
voked the license of the insurance
firm of White & Neal at McAlester for
carrying in their list of agencies a
company not authorised to transact
business in Oklahoma. Under a sec-
tion of the Oklahoma law, according
to the commissioner, an agent who
writes a policy unlawfully may be held
liable for the face value of the policy
written.
Convict Paroled for Operation.
A conditional parole was granted
Fred Carringt.on of Oklahoma county,
serving a three-year sentence on a
grand larceny charge. A physician
sent by Goveinor Cruce to McAlester
to make a physical examination of tie
prisoner reported Carrington in nad
shape and in need of a surgical opera-
tion. Carrington is reelased until
January 1, for the purpose of treat-
ment. He must resume serving too
sentence afterward.
The Pink Eye Disease
We have three steers taking the pink
eys in the last few days and would like
to k ow if pink eye is coatagious and
what to do for it.—H. E. Ellingwood,
Rogers County, Oklahoma.
Pink eye is contagious and some-
times becomes practically epidemic in
a bunch of cattle. While I think in
many cases the disease may have its
origin from irritation produced by pol-
len from flowers and by dirt, yet my
observation has been that it frequent-
ly spreads from one diseased animal
to others in the herd. Of course, with
the number of cattle that you have,
treatment of the herd is impracticable
except so far as you may protect them
by removing any diseased stock. For
those that have the disease or any
symptoms of it you should place them
in pastures to themselves, and if the
cases are at all bad they should local
treatment. I would advise that you
use as a wash for the worst cases,
water one quart, boracic acid three
ounces, zinc sulphate one-half ounce.
Apply this freely to the eye whenever
the animal Is treated, which may be
as often as twice a day if necessary.—
Dr. L. L. Lewis, Department of Veter-
inary Science, Oklahoma A. & M. Col-
lege, Stillwater.
Cited for Contempt
The United States Express company
has been cited for contempt, by the
corporation commission for faiure to
file full tariffs, as required by the com-
mission's orders, and directed to ap-
pear for a hearing on September 14
Mrs. Frank Lucas Now Game Warden.
Mrs. Frank B. Lucas of Oklahoma
City, has the distinction of being the
only woman in Oklahoma who bolls
a commission as an assistant game
warden. She has not made any ar-
rests so far for violations of the gar.te
laws of the state, but is authorlzcl to
do so whenever she sees that the laws
ara being broken.
Governor Cruca Revokes a Parol*.
Governor Cruce has revoked the pa-
role of Louis Newman convicted in
Muskogee county in October 1909. of
' violating the prohibition law, and par-
oled by Governor Haskell on February
9. 1910. The parole was revoked on
the representation of the county at tor-
' n«y. two shetiffa and tbe superior
judge that Newman had gone back to
bis old occupation.
Barefoot Favors Special Session.
.•ha. in an interview declared himself,
in favor of a special session of tho
Return from Convention.
tabor Commissioner Charles L.
Daugherty. Factory Inspector George
E. Warren and Assistant Factory In-
spector Claude Connally are back
from Bartlesville, where they attended
the annual convention of the state fed-
eration of labor. They report a very
satisfactory and harmonious meeting.
Officials Go to Lincoln.
Corporation Commissioner Hensftaw
and Engineer Thompson of the cfrm-
mission went to Lincoln. Neb., to at-
tend a meeting of the commissioners
of Western slates. The topic for con-
sideration l« method of valuation of
railroad properties.
Amount of Silage to Feed
I am thinking or putting up a silo for
the purpose of wintering stock cattle.
Now, what would be a good daily ration
of silage for a steer coming two years
old and for one coming one year old. also
for full grown cattle? Would you advise
feeding ullage at all io stock cattle? — W.
A. McPeek, Logan County. Oklahoma.
Corn silage or sorghum silage well
< cured Is a desirable feed for all classes
! of cattle. Its succulent nature makes
it especially valuable to growing stock,
not so much because of the richness
of food elements which It contains, but
more on account 6f the influence it has
on the digestive powers of the animal's
body, for the grown animal will usu-
ally eat from twenty to forty pounds of
silage per day along with other dry
cured foods. Fifteen to twenty pounds
would be ample for a vigorous grow-
ing healthy yearling steer. Thirty
pounds would be sufficient for a two-
year-old if he has access to other
coarse foods, and forty pounds per day
would be all that full grown cattle
would care for under average condi-
tions. These amounts would be eaten
especially In the cooler seasons of the
year and where the silage is of good
quality. It Is advisable to feed silage
to all of the cattle, especially during
tha winter sesson and the dry months
of the summer.—James A. Wilson. Di-
rector Oklahoma Experiment Station.
Stillwater.
Oay of Investigation
If Alexander were around today he
would be sighing for more worlds to
Investigate.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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| Jim Crew Marker Not Sufficient?
Tbe question of whether tbe marker
now in genera, use in street cars to
' designate the "Jim Crow™ section of
the car Is in compliance with tbe pro-
visions of the law requiring separate
compartments will be threshed out be-
fore the corporation cotimlesion at a
heating te be held at Muskogee Sep
tember ]< A omplaint was filed
scainst the Muskogee Biectrlc Trac-
tion company by patrons of the Fan
dn Ij r liv«« where negroes ara par-
ticularly numerous
Moving-Picture Shows in Spain
' In Barcelona the moving picture
shows are so popular that on Sundays
tbonsanda of people can be seen out-
side of them waiting for their turn to
secure admission.
Better Country Schoolhouses
The poet calls architecture "frozen
music." Architecture is, indeed, one
of the finest of the industrial arts and
the most usefuL of the fine arts. Ita
essential qualities have been defined
as "utility, stability, and beauty," and
the aim should be to reconcile these
throe requirements without sacrificing
one to the other.
The educational sentiment of a com-
munity is expressed and in turn in-
fluenced by the kind of school build-
ings erected. Hence tbe building of a
school house carries with it an educa-
tional obligation to erect before tho
eyes of the young people a good model
of beauty, grace, dignity, utility and
stability. The attitude of the young
people toward learning itself is influ-
enced greatly by the building In which
learning is to be acquired.
The country school house, outside
and inside, should be as beautiful, com-
fortable, and convenient as the best
homes in the community. If the child
goes from a beautiful and comfort-
able home to an ugly uncomfortable
school house his appreciation for an
education suffers accordingly.
Where school buildings are to be
erected the usual excuse offered in
favor of cheap buildings is tbe lack of
funds. On its face this seems a valid
excuse, but adequate funds should be
provided by increasing tho school levy
or by voting more bonds for school
buildings. All school taxes in Okla-
homa are relatively low In comparison
with the expenditure for schools in
those states that make the more lib-
eral provisions for education. It la
ethically right to vote bonds for good
school buildings. Such buildings be-
fitting the future should be paid for
in the future. The trouble Is not that
people lack money for good school
houses. The selfish adult population
Bpend money freely for their own
pleasures and ignore the welfare of
the children. They do not lack money;
they lack that which a good school
would help furnish; they lack ideals
of thrift, culture, self-control, and r -
gard for childhood.
Weak and shrinking school officials
forget the welfare of the rising gener-
ation when they hear the never-ending
cry for economy in public expendi-
tures, and the wail of the penurious
taxpayer. However, the average tax-
payer is usually willing to contribute
his share if the money is well spent.
Even the citizen who is disgruntled
when the appropriations are first made
will usually laud the enterprise when
it is completed if it has been wisely
executed.
The school building should be
planned with reference to future as
well as present needs and should
anticipate the probable growth of the
community. Either a professional ar-
chitect or some school man who is well
informed on such subjects should be
consulted as to size, cost and site of
building which must be considered
with a knowledge both of local condi-
tions and of school house architecture
as well as educational ideals. The
school board knows local conditions
but It does not usually know the latest
and best things concerning school
house architecture. An architect should
be consulted on the following subjects:
Materials, arrangement of rooms, san-
itary appliances, method of heating
and of ventilating, temperature regu-
lation and lighting.
The impression prevails that aa? -lo-
cal contractor can put up a small
school building, but a competent school
house architect should ulan even tbe
small building and supm-vise Its con-
struction.—John H. Bowers. Depart-
ment of Pedagogy and History. Okla-
homa A. 4k M. College. Stillwater.
Allowing tha Man to Talk
She had early adopted the excellent
tig him to talk, especially when the
ubject was one about which she knew
A Variable Condition
"Any malaria around here T" asked
the too list. "Some say they Is an*
some say they ainV replied the na-
tive. "It 'pears to depend nsos'ly on
whether the person enjoys the kind
af medicine that's mostly took far it."
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