The Oklahoma Workman (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 1, 1913 Page: 3 of 8
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THE OKLA HOMA WORKMAN
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THE BOY I USED TO BE.
I'm going home to see the folks,
Just one week from today.
I know just how the place will look
And know just what they'll say.
I'll sleep in my old wooden bed
And I'll wake up at light
To find the Boy I Used to Be
Has come back, over night.
I'll lie till mother calls, "Will, boy!"
And "Billy," father'll yell.
"Say, breakfast's ready; hustle now,
What ails ye, can't ye smell?"
That will be Sunday morning, so
We'll go to church, we three.
Dad marching 011 a bit ahead
And ma behind with me.
There'll be a straight out sermon
preached
No pattering with The Book;
And dad will drink it in and wear
His stern old "Sunday" look.
But mother, if I catch her eye.
She'll half smile back at me
And slide along a gum drop to
The Boy T Used to Be.
I reckon if it comes to pass
That judgment they foretell.
I'll plead three things, T was her boy.
And that she loved me well.
And that T kept my life time clean
So far as lay in me:
That yearly. T might chum with him.
The Boy T Used to Be.
FOREST NOTES.
Canada's forest area is about soo.-
oon.ooo acres.
Mills in British Columbia are ship-
pine considerable paper pulp to
Japan.
The Canadian Forestry Association
holds a forestry convention in Winni-
peg July 7 to 9.
Four launches are used in patrol and
transportation work on national for-
ests in Alaska, which include many
small islands and inlets.
The Balkan war has brought about
a rise in certain lumber prices in
Europe because of the big demand for
wood for ammunition boxes.
On the best Herman forests the an-
nual expense is $111 an acre, but the
gross returns are as much as $21:
thus they yield a net return of $11
an acre each year.
Dogwood, the principal source of
shuttles for use in cotton mills. Is
growing scarcer year by year, and
various substitutes are being tried,
but wih no great success.
Experiments with tree planting
machine at the Utah Agricultural Ex-
periment Station indicate that it may
be used to advantage in reforesting
old burned areas on the national
forests.
The officials of the Yosemite Na-
tional Park are co-operating with the
forest officers of the Stanislaus and
Sierra National forests for fire pre-
vention and control in both the park
and the forests.
The leading forest schools of the
country not only have their own forest
tracts for continuous experiments, but
give their students actual experience
in the woods bv having them take
part in big lumbering operations.
at work ,and organizes in good shape
in a reasonable time.
We who go beneath the surface in
fraternal conditions know that there
is still a great proportion of the
heads of families every where who are
eligible to carry protection, who need
protection, who should be protected;
and who, if rightly approached, will
take out protection. The fraternal
insurance order, vast as is its devel-
opment, has only kept pace with the
development of our country, in pop-
ulation and intelligence, and will
continue to do so.
For instance, consider the agricul-
tural element ; the farmers. To them
fraternal insurance makes a strong
appeal. Many a tiller of the soil
has gone deeply into debt in purchas-
ing his land; is struggling hard to
earn a living and meet the nlortgage
interest. What if he were to pass
away, leaving wife and children
without means? If his burden is
now heavy, how much more weight-
ily would it bear on a bereaved wom-
an, unskilled in managing outdoor
affairs? Foreclosure and loss of the
home would impend. A few, but
comparatively few, farmers have
been wise enough to set aside some-
thing for payments on policies; so
that, if death overtakes the husband,
his dependents may be able to can
eel the mortgage and be assured, at
least, of. an unincumbered shelter.
But the limited cash income of
the average farmer on a small place
puts the premium of old line insur-
ance out of his reach. His oppor-
tunity is with the fraternal order,
whose slight monthly claims he can
always meet. This opportunity lie
will grasp whenever it is presented
to him. The brotherhood and mu-
tual helpfulness of fraternity exact-
ly fit the .case. Those orders which,
overcome the difficulties arising
from the longer distances and more
thinly inhabited territory of the
rural districts, may make special ef-
forts to secure increased growth
from the agricultural population,
will reap a rich reward.
Lone Star Workman.
PLENTY OF BOOM.
The average impression prevails
that fraternal life insurance, and in
fact all life insurance, is overdone.
The deputy who enters any city or
village, to form a charter list, and
establish a local branch of whatever
fraternity he may represent .meets
at once the assurance that the place
is "lodged to death"; and is kindly
informed that to form a new society
will be extremely difficult, if not
impossible. Guided by experience,
he is not discouraged, keeps steadily
PRACTICAL HORSE TALK.
By M. T. McKay.
There lias been always something
fascinating to me about buying, train-
ing and even working with horses.
I have studied and handled them all
my life, as n farmer in Nova Scotia,
a coachman in Ne wEngland. express
driver in New York City, and again
a farmer on the prairies of Alberta,
and yet T am learning something new
about "man's best friend" every day.
1 remember a beautiful Clydesdale
horse we had for a number of years
on the farm flown East ; one of the
best and most faithful animals at
times that ever pulled a trace, but he
had a habit .once in a while .of get-
ting' balky, perhaps on account of
former bad driving or abuse, which
are the causes of balkiness in a good
many eases. This horse seemed to
get up "cranky" some mornings, just
as a good many people do. When lie
was in this mood the points of his
ears would almost touch each other,
and this was the signal for trouble.
The remedy was to hitch him up and
keep puttering around the wagon,
sometimes offering his mate a hand-
ful of oats. This would take his
mind off his sulky mood. He seemed al-
most to court punishment at such times
and not to let on that you noticed
him. was the sure cure. After a few
minutes he would start off and be
all right for a long time.
Some time ago I traded for a pair
of horses that were so balky at times
they would not haul the empty wagon
home for their owner. T knew all
about this when trading and took
a chance on reforming them. They
were each different in disposition.
One was as crafty as a fox and would
not stand a bad driver; the other was
a willing worker but had been abused.
This is how T cured them: T was
kind to them: drove them around sev-
eral times with the empty wagon, then
I put on a very lighl load, then 1
loaded them up gradually and after a
time I had their confidence. I used
them for two years and a better
team I never owned.
I find that a few horses are born
with a balky streak the same as
others are kickers, but the majority
of balking and kicking horses are
driven to it by bad drivers, overloads
and abuse. A driver that doesn't
know his business, in nine cases out
of ten .starts to abuse and lick his
horses when they get stuck with a
load. A good teamster knowsj when a
team has done its best .when in a
bad place. Instead of abusing the
horses he does the very opposite, pet-
ting and encouraging them. It is
wonderful how a little judgment
will get a load out of a bad place.
Sometimes, if you wait awhile, an-
other team will happen along and
help out, at other times digging in
front of the wheels or removing part
of the load may be necessary, but
don't ever let your temper allow you
to abuse your team.
I find that a great many horses are
ruined physically by bad stabling, no
light, no ventilation, foul odors. How
would you like to spend night or day
where you keep your horse? Think
it over, (live him light, good ventila-
tion, but no draughts and a clean
stable. Water him often on hot days.
It will put dollars in your pockets
if you give this a thought, and you
will feel more happy if your horse is
comfortable. He will do more work,
too.
Let liiin roll every day. 1 believe
more in this than currying and brush-
ing. The latter are all right but 1
think rolling is more beneficial. Don't
keep your horses tied up day after
day in the stable. I have had thirty
years' experience, have owned over
500 head, have never lost a horse and
had very few sick ones. Perhaps 1
was lucky, but I know the above ideas
will help you as they have me. Give
the noble horse a show. It pays. It's
logic. It's common-sense. No two
horses are alike. Give them a square
deal. You will he a better man by
doing so.
BROKE HORSE OF BAD 11 \BIT.
Bag of Sand. Something Like a
"Punching Bag," Did the Busi-
ness Quite Simply.
Noah Spears, a Ray Shore farmer,
has discovered a way to break a horse
of kicking .according to a Mil ford
letter to the Wilmington (Del.) News.
Spears tells the following story: "I
filled a stout gunny sack with sand
and suspended it from the ceiling in
the rear of the stall by a rope in such
a position behind the horse that its
heels could have good play upon it.
This large pendulum, needing only a
strong power to start it. would swing
with clocklike precision as soon as
the horse began to play its acrobatic
stunls upon it. At the first kick the
bag swung away, only to return with
more force, giving the animal much
more than it had scut. This unexpect-
on the part of the bag
horse to kick harder, but
the bag returned harder
the animal with interest.
■ horse, realizing that fur-
into the groves and shady places,
which are so numerous in these days,
there might be an interest created
which would result in large accessions
to membership. The lodges in the
country are particularly well situated
for excursions, picnics and out-ofdoor
meetings ,and advantage should be
taken of every opportunity to do
something in this direction.
We would like to hear that every
lodge in the State had organized for
several of these summer entertain-
ments and we believe that the re-
sults would be satisfactory.
Wliv not make a trial?
ed return
caused the
each time
and paid
Finally the
ther kicking would be fruitless,
stopped kicking. The bag was al-
lowed to hang in the same position
for an entire week, but no more use
for it was seen."
WHAT THE FRATERNAL SOCIETY
MEANS.
Members of fraternal, beneficiary
societies have a heavy responsibility
in that they occupy a high and unique
position in the field of true humanita-
rinnism. and in the carrying into ef-
fect of the real essence of the golden
rule.
As the retiring editor of a fraternal
contemporary in bidding farewell to
his readers at the close of the year
well says: "Taken as a system of
help all the statesmen, all the philan-
thropists and all the economists of
the ages have conceived nothing
comparable with it. The perfected
fraternal benefit society is the acme
of perfection as an institution for
maintaining the general temporal
well-being of the many which .with-
out co-operation, can be attained only
by the specially equipped or talented
few in the natural state of civilized
society. No system of charity, how-
ever, praiseworthy or efficient, can do
as much for the individual or the
state. Under no circumstances can
pensions or bounties, either of a
private or public character .approach
the benefits of the mutual protective
society. Charity, in its bestowal, is
sweet and. prompted by proper
motives, is sublime. Its habitual re-
ceipt tends to degradation. Not so
the benefactions of the fraternal so-
ciety. They are bought and paid for;
1he fruit of the thrift, care and fore-
sight of a loving and solicitous pro-
vider. Their recipient may look the
world in the face and say with just
pride: 'What I have received has been
justly earned.'" Catholic Forester.
SUMMER TIME.
The general idea seems to be that
hot weather means an entire cessa-
tion of effort and is the season fo" a
vacation which will last until the
frosts of Autumn. Lodge rooms are
hot. members are aw ay and so a gen-
eral apathy usually settles down upon
officers and members and little is
done.
While it is true that hot weather is
in many respects a disadvantage, vet
it has its advantages as well. While
the farmer is busy in the Summer, in
general business there is a relaxation
and less work than in busier times,
and people have more leisure .so if the
lodges would only make an effort to
have such entertainments as would
take the members out of stuffy halls
GUIDE TO YELLOWSTONE PARK.
The various methods of seeing the
wonders of Yellowstone Park are ful-
ly described in a comprehensive cir-
cular on that great reservation just
issued by the department of the in-
terior entitled, "General Information
Regarding the Yellowstone National
Park. Season of 1913." This circular
gives full information regarding the
hotels, the permanent camps, and the
movable camps that are operated for
the accommodation of visitors. The
terraces, geysers, hot springs. Yel-
lowstone Lake, and the Grand Canyon
may all be seen on a circuit of 11.T
miles that require five and one-half
days' travel by coach. Full data arc
given regarding the distances between
all the principal points of interest and
there is detailed information regard-
ing side trips, opportunities for fish
ing, and the best camping places.
During the season of 1912 over 3.-
000 of the visitors to the park trav-
eled in their own or specially hired
conveyances, coming and going a«
they desired and making their camps
at any convenient point. This circu-
lar, which may be obtained free from
the Department of the Interior, con-
tains a tourist map of the park, maps
of the geyser basins, lists of books
and magazine articles, as well as the
regulations in force for the protec-
tion of the natural curiosities, the
game .and the forests.
INFORMATION WANTED.
(All A. O. IT. w. Papers Copy)
Mrs. ('. Groudy. cf Grafton, W. Va.,
will be very glad if anyone can give
her any information regarding her
son, John Hope Gondy. By profes-
sion he is an engineer. His descrip-
tion is as follows:
About 5 feet, 8 inches in height ;
black hair; blue eves; rather fair;
red cheeks; weight, about 185 lbs.;
age 41 years; disposition, very quiet.
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