The Oklahoma Democrat. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1907 Page: 2 of 8
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THE OKI AH OM A DEMOCRAT, ALTUS, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY. -SEPTEMBER 19 j 1907.
Trap for Sheep-Killing Dogs
I
FARMERS WILL EVEN UP
In the meadow or field where sheep j the ground against two pegs, which
are pastured during the day, is a small keep it from slipping backward. The
pen. which is divided by a cross fence other edge is kept up by means of two
and covered on the top by strong slats, j shaky, slender supports. A rope is fas
Two gates are made so that they will j tened to the upper edge of this board
swing open of their own accord and | and to the gates so that one-half of it
remain so, unless held closed or fas- when the board is propped up, allows
tened. The gate is furnished with a j the gate A to swing open and the oth
latch by which it is fastened when j er half holds the gate B shut and thus
closed. This gate is intended to ad- j keeps the sheep confined. The trap is
mit the dog into the part of the pen A ' now set. A dog seeking entry into the
when he is attracted to it by a sheep j pen finds the gate open and rushes
confined for the purpose in the other j over the board, thus knocking it down
part of the pen B. In the A part of the I The gate A is closed by the rope and
pen is a heavy board reaching across ! fastened, while the gate B is allowed
it. One edge of this board rests upon j to swing open and set the sheep free
THE CULTURE
OF ASPARAGUS
By W. H. Beat tie.
EFFECT OF SOILS ON
PLANTS
By C. L. Allen.
While variations of climate produce
wonderful changes in vegetable forms,
it is a well-established fact that any
vegetable grown in a given soil will
assume a very different form when
grown on either a heavier or a lighter
one. This has been shown in a re-
markable degree with the cabbage.
A given variety grown for a long num-
ber of years on a heavy soil, with a
liberal supply of plant food, proper
care in growing the plants and in
transplanting them, and constant cul-
This crop can be grown on almost
any well-drained soil, but will do best
on a deep, mellow, sandy loam. There
is little possibility of having the land
too rich, and liberal applications of
rotted barnyard manure should be
made before the plants are set. It is
usually more satisfactory to purchase
two-year-old roots from some seeds-
man or dealer. The price of good
roots is generally about $1.25 per hun-
dred, and 100 to 200 plants will be
found sufficient to supply the ordinary
family. The roots should be trans-
planted during the late autumn or
early spring. Before setting out the
plants the land should be loosened
very deeply, either by subsoil plowing
or deep spading. It ia a good plan to
remove the topsoil and spade manure
•into the subsoil to a depth of 14 or 16
inches; then replace the topsoil and
add more manure. There are two
methods of setting an asparagus bed,
depending entirely upon the kind of
cultivation to be employed in the gar-
den. If horse tools are to be used,
the plants should be set in rows three
and a half feet apart and 14 inches
apart in the row. On the other hand,
if the garden space is limited the
plants should be set in a solid bed.
one foot apart each way, and culti-
vated by hand, in setting asparagus
the crowns should be covered to a
depth of four or five inches. At the Cedar.—Red cedar, from which
north it will be desirable to mulch the Pencils are made, has become
asparagus bed during the winter with scarce that it enjoys the unique dis-
three or four inches of loose manure tinction of being bought and sold by
or straw. In the south the covering t*ie pound. Most of this cedar comes
during the winter will not be neces | from Tennessee, Alabama and Florida,
While Wheat Crop is Short Difference
in Price Will Reimburse
OKLAHOMA CITY: While the total
yield of wheat In Oklahoma this year
will be little more than half that of
the year previous, owing to the rav-
ages of green bugs early in the sea-
son, farmers are not discouraged, as
they expect to make up fcr the loss
largely by the increased price. The
tendency of wheat to advance in price
has encouraged many of the Okla-
homa farmers to hold their crop for
more money.
Last year the freight rates made ex-
port business unprofitable but lower
rates put in effect by the railroads to
Galveston and ether export points this
year have given this feature of the
business a big boost. As a result,
there is such a demand for good wheat
for export purposes that the millers
are complaining that they cannot get
enough wheat to keep their mills go-
ing.
Although the wheat harvest has
been over for two months and most of
the crop is threshed, authorities differ
on the total yi?ld of wheat in Oklaho-
ma. C. V. Topping secretary of the
Oklahoma Millers and Grain Dealers'
Association estimates it at 8,000,000
bushels, while J. E. Woodwcrth, sta-
tistician of the Oklahoma board of
agriculture basing his estimate on re-
ports received from every township in
the territory, estimates the total yield
at 10,500,000 bushels. This is a con-
siderable falling off from the yield last
year, which was 19,000,000 bushels.
WHAT FATHER AND
HARRY ACCOMPLISHED
AN ILLINOIS MAN WRITES RE-
GARDING HIS SUCCESS IN
WESTERN CANADA.
Change in Homestead Regulation*
Makes Entry Easily
Accomplished.
MOVES INTO TEXAS
Rock Island Moves Its Depot at Tex-
homa Across Line
GUTHRIE: The town of Texhoma,
In Beaver county, while itself in Okla-
homa, will soon have to transact all of
its railroad business in Texas. The
town is located on the line between
the two states, and preparations are
being made to move its depot, which
is now on the Oklahoma side, to the
Texas side.
The change is made as a result of
complaints from Texas farmers for
whom Texhoma was the nearest rail-
road pcint. As the station was out-
side the jurisdiction of the Texas rail-
road commissioners, they were unable
to regulate charges to and from that
point and the farmers claimed that
the Rock Island railroad took advan-
tage of that fact to make the rates on
their grain and livestock from Texho-
ma higher in proportion than from
stations only a little way down the
tivation until the crop is matured,
will develop a type remarkable for j line in Texas
size and vigor, with excellent keeping As a result of the complaints, the
qualities, and be what is known as a < commissioners ordered the railroad to
Late Flat Dutch or Drumhead cab- j establish a station in Texas for the
bage. On the other hand, take the benefit of these shoppers. The road is
same stock seed, grow it on a light
sandy soil, under the same climatic
influences, with the same care in cul-
tivation, always selecting with a view
to earliness and solidity, and the re-
sult will be in the same number of
years a variety of the same general
form but of smaller size and very
much earlier. Again, a soil inter
mediate in character, from the same
stock, during the same period, with
the same care in selection, will give a
variety intermediate* in character as
well as In period of growth.
complying with the order by moving
its Texhoma station frcm the Okla-
homa to the Texas side of the line.
MAKE GOOD CLERKS
sary, but the bed should receive
dressing of manure or fertilizer at
and the supply in Tennessee is nearly
gone. Fence rails that weathered the
some time each year, preferably in 1 ciyil war have gone into pencils,
the autumn. j Stumps have been dug up and sold for
. [ more than the trees which were cut
frim them to make railroad ties.
Fence posts have given way to newer
kinds of wood and have been carted
to the pencil factory to be sold for
ten cents a hundred pounds. And yet
Hard Milking.—"Hard milking" oc-
curs from varied causes. Sometimes
the trouble is due to an unnatural
construction of the entire length of
the canal of the teat, sometimes to , .. , .
new growths along its course, and not ,^1" f°W ^ in
arfiu H..IO th« Inited States where the soil does
not contain too much sand or clay;
will flourish on land that is unfit for
agriculture, and will reach a size fit
for pencil making when 25 years old
—Department of Agriculture.
Indians at Agency in Muskogee Have
Made Good Records
MUSKOGEE: Five cf the best sten-
ographers In the union agency at Mus-
kogee are Indians. There are seven
more efficient clerks working thera
who are also of Indian blood. The In-
dians have made good records. Three
are drawing the top notch in salary
for stenographers. They do not get
tired and throw up their jobs as white
clerks do, and whet they have se-
cured a good position which they can
fill the are perfectly satisfied.
Among the Indian clerks there Is one
Choctaw, one Creek, one Peoria, one
Ottawa and the remainder are Cher-
okees.
An Indian working in a government
efflce is of great assistance. In the
first place he can interpret If neces-
sary, and one can get more informa-
tion from the fullblood Indian in five
minutes than a law clerk can in an
hour's questioning.
"Nothing succeeds like success" ia
an old and true saying having man}-
applications in Western Canada. Th-s
following letter is an illustration. The
writer, Mr. Gerts, left Chicago a short
time ago and the success he has
achieved may well be gained by any-
one having pluck and energy by locat-
ing on the free homestead lands in
Western Canada. A change recently
made in the Canadian Land Regula-
tions conccrning homesteads makes it
possible for any member of a family to
make entry for any other member of
the family entitled to a homestead.
For instance, a man may now make
entry before the local agent for his
father or for his brother or brothers,
or for his son or sons, or for a sister
or daughter who may be the head of
t!fe family having minor children de-
pending upon her for support. A sis-
ter, daughter or mother are also en-
titled to make entry upon a home-
stead. The only fee required is $10.00
for each entry. A great saving in rail-
way expenses is thus made.
Read what Mr. Gerts has to say:
Battleford, Sask., Aug. 4, 190^
Dear Sir: —
Thinking a letter from us Northwest
settlers might interest you, and I write
a few lines and let you know we are
progressing finely and well pleased
with our new home.
When I think of the many hard
working, industrious men east with
families who are struggling for a liv-
ing and doing the strenuous, laying up
practically nothing for old age and the
thousands of acres of land here yet to
be plowed and cultivated capable of
raising sixty to eighty bushels of oats,
thirty to forty bushels of wheat, it cer-
tainly seems a pity the two cannot be
brought together. But I will repeat,
this country is only for the industrious
and thrifty; also I might add, it re-
quires some capital to start.
A man should have at least a team
of three good horses; better to have
mares so as to have some colts com-;
ing along each year. It is best to bring
them with him as work horses are !
high. He should be able to purchase
plow, disc and drag, harrow, drill. 1
binder and hay rake. Of course sev-
eral taking up claims or buying land j
near together can divide up the pur- !
chasing of the above machinery and
exchange work. This plan will work
well for a few years or until crops will
warrant each individual to purchase a
full outfit.
We have 480 acres of as good farm 1
land as lies in the famous Cut Knife j
district. Every foot can be plowed, j
Last year our oats run 60 bushels per :
acre. I sold them for 50c per bushel !
on the place.
The indications are for a good crop
this year, though we were very late !
In seeding owing to the late spring. !
Last winter was the coldest known in !
this country by the oldest settlers '
(some who have been here 35 years),
but with a comfortable house and ;
plenty of firewood, which we hauled
four miles, we passed the winter quite !
pleasantly. The air is clear and dry. '
Some of the days I came from work I 1
was surprised to find the thermometer |
registering 40° below zero. Though
we never keep fire at night, we had :
nothing freeze in our cellar.
Our stock and chickens wintered
fine. I have a yearling heifer, who
would hold her own In any "fat stock
show." She has never had a drop of
milk since she was four months old
and has never had a mouthful of grain.
A gentleman who saw lier made the
remark, "He bet that heifer had eaten
her head off with grain," but would
hardly believe she had neve." had ary
grain.
This is a great country for growing
all kinds of vegetables and we are
certainly enjoying our garden. The
flavor of the green peas is especially
fine. Last season Mrs. G. canned a lot
of them, and we have enjoyed them up
to the fresh crop.
I am sorry I did not have time this
past season to attend to transplanting
trees, but will keep the land I had pre-
pared worked up for next season's
planting. I received a number of small
trees (ash and maple) from the Gov-
ernment Experimental Farm at Indian
Head. I put them around the edge of
the garden and they are doing fine. I
also received quite a lot of other seeds,
oats, wheat, potatoes and rhubarb
roots which were acceptable.
It is useless for us to bother with
garden flowers as wild ones grow in
profusion. We are located near a fine
creek, the water of which is soft and
fine for bathing and washing. We have
a well of water near the house, 32
feet deep and 21 feet of water all the
time, though it is harder than the
creek water.
Land which could be bought for five
dollars per acre three years ago is
now worth $14 per acre and steadily
advancing each year.
All kinds of improvements are going
on. Steam plows and large threshing
outfits are already in. Roads are be-
ing graded, bridges being built across
rivers and creeks. Last year I took
my family, also wagon, across the Sas-
katchewan river in a ro^ boat, swam
my team across and now the contract
has been let for $200,000 bridge at that
place.
The C. N. R. have run their final
survey from Battleford to Calgary,
running west about one mile north of
us. The C. P. R. have run a survey,
which runs northwest passes about 500
feet from the northeast corner of our
farm. The country will soon be cov-
ered with a net work of railroads and
it will keep them busy hauling the out-
put of grain. It is certainly encourag-
ing to us settlers.
Two years ago, Harry, my son, and
I as you know unloaded our car at
Saskatoon and drove 130 miles to our
claim. Last fall we had only 18 miles
; to haul our wheat to railroad and as
■ you see, the prospects are we will have
a railroad at our very door and a town
near-by. This district can support a
good town and it will be well patron-
ized.
Harry arrived home at 12 p. m. last
night after going fourteen miles to
blacksmith shop to get plowshares
beat out. The shop was full of work
and it was eight p. m. when Harry left
for home and parties still in line to
have work done. We will need stores
nearer and good mechanics.
We are all enjoying the best of
health which is a great blessing,
When we left Chicago over a year ago
my youngest son's (four years of age)
health was so poor that I almost de-
spaired of raising him, but he, is cer-
tainly a hearty, healthy little fellow
now. The pure fresh air has done him
worlds of good.
So to sum up the whole. Why
should we not be glad we made the
break? A good farm, stock increasing,
health and an independent life. What
more can we expect?
Did we have to make an effort? You
can bet we did and hustle, too. Should
you pass this way with your shotgun
this fall, we should be pleased to let
you shoot prairie chickens off our
grain stocks.
Respectfully yours,
CHAS. M. GERTS AND FAMILY.
He Set a Date.
A merchant in a Wisconsin town
who had a Swedish clerk sent him out
to do some collecting. When he re-
turned from an unsuccessful trip ho
reported:
"Yim Yonson say he vlll pay ven he
sells his hogs. Yim Olesen, he vlll pay
ven he sell him wheat, and Bill Pack
say he vill pay in Yanuary."
"Well," said the boss, "that's the
first time Bill ever set a date to pay.
Did he really say he would pay in
January?"
"Veil, aye tank so," said the clerk.
"He say dat it ban a dam cold day ven
you get that money. I tank that ban
in Yanuary."—Harper's Weekly.
Laundry work at home would
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric ia
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear-
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
ble can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much mere thinly because of its great*
er strength than other makes.
A Faithful Friend.
"Johnny can't come to work today,
sir."
"Why not?"
"He's troubled somethln' awful with
heat exhaustion, sir."
"Ah, yes. It's chronic, isn't it?"
"Ye—yes, sir."
"But didn't I see him playing ball in
the vacant lot this morning?"
"Ye—yes, sir. You see, when he
plays ball, sir, he forgets the pain,
sir."
HE!) CROSS BALL III.IE
Should be in every home. Ask your grocer
(or it. Large 2 oz. package only 5 cents.
Women see without looking; their
husbands often look without seeing.
Infrequently to little shot-like bodies
attached to a pedicle, which drop
down into the canal from above and
form a sort of a ball-valve obstruc-
tion. Again, says Farm Journal, the
trouble may come from injuries to the
lower part (the sphincter of the teat).
These last causes usually arise from
Injuries received from without, and
occasionally are due to warty growths
at the opening of the teat.
JEALOUSY CAUSES KILLING
Good Prices for Stock.—The era
of cheap meat seems to be as far off
as ever and it looks as if consumption
has overtaken and passed production.
There is undoubtedly room for much
increase in the production of live
Needs a Separator.—The farmer stock, but with the population increas-
that has a good-sized herd of cows ing at the rate of 2.000,000 a year and
and has no separator can well afford plenty of work in sight for everybody,
to sell his poorest cow and buy a the possibility of any alarming sur-
separator It will save him money in | plus In the supply of food for many
the end. I years has been practically eliminated.
A Convenient Portable Fence
Id
C
lid
One Husband and Wife Dead—An
other Woman Fatally Shot
[ WEATHERFORD: Crazed by jeal-
ousy over attentions paid his wife by
another man and Ignoring the pitiful
plea of his little daughter clinging to
his knees, Lee Leedy. proprietor of the
City Hotel here, fired three shots into
his wife's body, killing her instantly
Two hours later Leedy was shot and
instantly killed by a posse of citizens
who surrounded him in a cany n a
mile form town when he attempted to
escape.
After the inquest the coroner's jury
waited upon S D. Fry. a piano tuner,
and gave him a short time to leave
town. He declared he would stay as
long as he liked, and another killing Is
feared If be remains.
Prof Shailer Mathews says that
; marriage is too murb like a picnic
j That la only at the beginning. Later
| on It often develops into a riose Imi
j tatlon of a finish fight for the light-
j weight championship of the world.
Noted Indian Athlete to Wed
i TAHLEQUAH:"" Roller Ru-hrhead.
of Tahlequah, the famous Cherokee
! Indian athlete, who won surh honors
The Truth.
Gobsa Golde descended painfully
from his 90-horse power limousine.
"I wish to purchase," he said, "an
engagement ring."
Yes, sir." said the eager clerk. "We
have just imported a superb ring, sir—
two ruby hearts surrounded—"
"No." said the aged millionaire, in a
disillusioned voice; "no, that won't
do. There is only one heart concerned
in this affair. The girl is marrying me
for my money."
Sheer white goods. ?.i fact, any fine
•wash goods when new. owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done in a j
manner to enhance their textile beau- |
ty. Heme laundering would be equal-
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
y«,u ;!! be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
Product of the Lowly Hen.
Washington's monument is 655 feet
shijped from 50 coun-
te, leaving 61 yet to
aced end on end would
nt 221.S82 times higher
ington shaft—Kansas
hi.
if I
The
ties ia thli
bear from.
build a iii-mnm
than the Was
City Journal.
Net -Ju-.t aa Goal"—It's the Best.
Her Bad Break.
"Here's a pretty good coat, if you
want it," said the farmer's wife, with
a generous smile.
Young Hilary Wearinesse, the
tramp, spoke politely, yet with some
alight hauteur.
"Yer kindness, ma'am." he said,
; "should be a sufficient excuse for yer
ignorance; but ye oughter know I
can t wear no sack coat with this here
silk hat."
For Twenty Years.
Other chill remedies have sprung
up, flourished for a brief season, then
passed away—even from memory—but
for twenty long years Cheatham's
Chill Tonic has been in the field of
action. The reason is simple. It has
the merit. It actually rures chills and
fevers, while the majority of others
merely promise to. One bottle guar-
anteed to cure any one case.
Her Idea of a Wooden Leg.
Hewitt—Is your wife a woman of
practical Ideas?
Jewett—Well. I could imagine that
If I lost a leg she would think that the
vacancy could be filled by taking one
of the legs out of a pine table that we
no longer use."—Judge.
fly following the directions, which
are plainly printe-1 on each ,.ackage of
Defiance Starch Mens Collars and
Cuffs can be made just as stiff as de-
sired. with either gloss or domestic
finish. Try It. 1( w for 10c. sold by
all good grocer*.
New and Liberal Homestead
Regulations in
WESTERN
CANADA
New Districts Now Opened lor Settlement
Some of the choicest
lands in the grain gt ow-
ing belts of Saskatcha*
wan and Alberta hav«
recently bee a opened
for settlement under
the Revised Homestead
Regulations of Canada.
Thousands of home-
steads of 160 acres each
are now available. The new regt '.ations make it
po>$ible for entry to be made by p.-oxy, the oppor-
tunity that many in the United States have been
waiting for. Any member of a family may niak*
entry for any other member of the family, who may
be entitled to make entry for irmselfor herself.
Entry may now be* made before the Agent or Sub-
Agent of the Distn t by proxy, (on certain rendi-
tion-* by the father, mother, son. daughter, brother
or sister of intending homesteader.
"Any even numbered motion of Dominion
Lan<l« in Manitoba or the North Weal I'rovlnoM,
eicept.ngB and SI. But reserved. may be horn*.
suj d*-d by «ny pereon the *ole head of a family,
or male over I'joar* <>f air®, to the extent of ona-
quartt r aecUon, of 160 acre*, mora or leaa."
The fee In each case will be fio.oo. Churches,
schools and markets convenient. Healthy climate,
splendid crops and good laws. Grain-growing and
cattle raiding principal industries.
For further particulais as to rates, routes, beat
lime togo and where to locate, apply to
J. S. CKAWrOKD.
Ho. 125 V. Ninth Strevt. Kaatat City. Nitsaori
SICK HEADACHE
Positively cured by
these Little Pills.
Thrjr alno rellera Di«-
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Sldr, TORPID LIVER.
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CARTERS
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PILLS.
Genuine Must Bear
Fac-Simile Signature
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
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PROTECTION
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