Mangum Weekly Star. (Mangum, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1912 Page: 4 of 8
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Mangum Weekly Star
PUBLISHED BY THB
STAR PUBLISHING 00.
(Capital Stock $15,000)
O. B. TOWNSEND, Editor.
Ottered at the Postofflce, at Mangum,
Oklahoma, at Second-Claw Mai) Mat
Subscription Bates
One Year
Bix Months 50
Announcement Column
Subject to the democratic Primar-
(to In August the following persons
seek the following offices:
FARM LOANS
LOW RATES— LONG TIME.
AND EASY TERMS
Pittsburg Mortgage Invstment
Company
W. S. YEAGER, Local Manager,
Mangum, .Oklahoma.
■X)R CONGRESS—5TH DISTRICT
SCOTT FERRIS.
J. W. MANSELL.
fX)R STATE SENATE
J. L. CARPENTER.
rOR REPRESENTATIVE
K. O. COX.
J. O. McCOLLISTER.
1X)R DISTRICT CLERK:
ED. OVERSTREET.
ANDREW McCUTCHtON.
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY
M. H. MILLS.
H. D; HENRY.
S. D. WILLIAWS.
A. R. GARRETT.
FOR SHERIFF.
S. H. TITTLE.
W. B. HENRY.
JASPER NELSON.
FOR COUNTY CLERK
W. F. HEARNE.
FLOYD McNEIL.
WILLIE KENNEDY.
t>OR COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERIN-
TENDENT
D. T. COVINGTON.
PERRY JETER.
MISS KATE TERRY.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
FRANK MEADOWS.
G. W. (WASH) HALL.
J. L. DONHAM
MILTON CARVER.
RIPE OLD AGE.
Gtandma. Fowkir, who la 111 year*
old. reading with her grandson, J. M.
Fowler, one mile west of Carter, 1*
Tviwrted very 111 a*, thin writing. L«*t
week she wu up doing the chorea
about the place, but a® she '■ HI
years old, naturally she l« not verV
t'.rong.—Carter Express.
X
BECKHAM'S BLIND BUNCH.
The soctallat party will have out
a full ticket for county officers tbia
year. A «hoemakif|r at Elk City Is
making the race for county attorney
ami It i» said that a blind man la
their candidate for surveyor1. Tije
fact In that their candidate is not
wholly blind, but we are reliably in
formed, that he cannot tell a w hi tie
man from a negro at a distance of
fifty feet. It Is evident that the so-
cialist people either don't expect to
elietot their ticket or el at they are not
particular about the qualifications of
the men they employ to look after the
Interest of the pubUc. • Imagine a
shoemaker prosecuting a case in dis-
trict court or a blind man making a
survey.—Texola Herald.
X
WHY I AM A CANDIDATE.
In announcing as a candidate for the
legislature frcni Greer county, at the
solicitation of a number of friends, I
have no extended appeal to make to
the voters, except to say that if elect-
ed I shall endeavor t<?, as far as my
vote and influence goes, put a little
business methods into the affairs of
the -state.
Any taxpayer in looking at his re-
ceipt does noti need to be told that
lax methods have prevailed to a great
extent in the conduct of our state and
it is time that no more use lees offices
are created to make places for po-
litical quacks, and a great1 many of-
fices now existing can safely be done
away with, and my face Shall be set
a« a flint against large appropriations
for state institutions and the creation
of any more.
The democratic party of Oklahoma
is on trial and will be driven from
power soon, if more sanity is net put
into affairs of state at once, and this
O. P. ELLIOTT.
Attorney and Counaelor-at-Law
Special:
Probata Law a"d Practice
Land Title*.
(Notary In Office, i
Mangum, (Elliott Building) Okla.
FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS
MRS. MARY WATKINS.
JOHNY CROUCH.
FOR t>UBUC WEIGHER
N. B. CLAUNCH.
W. O. BYARS
WILL TROTTER.
FOR COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR
A. B. CARLOSS.
C. STONE.
H. GILBERT HEMBREE.
N. W. OVERALL.
J. R. CROOK.
GUS WILIAMS.
J. WI. (WILL) TUCKER.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
PRECINCT NO. 1
C. McAULEY.
A. M. (LON)' McKINNEY.
I. E. COWAN.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
PRECINCT NO. 3.
FRANK H. KING.
FOR CONSTABLE, MANGUM TOWN-
SHIP.
BOB BLEDSOE.
CHARLEY MUSE.
J. E. ADAMS.
W. A. ROSE.
Champ Clark and Teddy seem to
have fared very well in Illinois, both
pulling off what appears to be a "two
to one" stunt in the primary there
Tuesday.
X
The hail season Is now upon us and
farmers will soon begin to look for
insurance with whlcth to protect them-
selves. Don't do any- business with
a stranger or foreigner. Deal with
your home man and you know what
you are getting.
la a calamity 1 do not'wUh to see
happen to the state. 1 caat my first
vote for Governor Cleveland against
James G. Blaine and have voted for
every democratic nominee for Presi-
dent since. As 1 haw always been a
loyal supporter of Gijeer county I
*hall continue, and anything that I
can do to advance Its interest will be
done, looking also to the general bene-
fit of other sections of the state at
the same tin*.
Respectfully,
J. O. McCOLLISTER.
X
ANDREW McCUTCHEON
FOR DISTRICT CLERK.
In, the announcement columns of
the Star this week will be found tihe
name of Andrew McCutcheon for the
office of District Clerk, subject to the
democratic primaries in August.
Mr. ' McCutcheon came to Greer
county from the good old state of
Alabama eight years ago and settled
upon a farm near what Is now Hester.
Farming and school-teaCihlng has been
his occupation since coming to Greer
with the exception of the two years
he has lived in Mangum, and in the
community in which he has lived and
in which he Is best known his friends
are numbered by his acquaintances.
Mr. M)cCutcheon has taught five
successful school terms in Greer
county, placing himself at the very
ofer front as an educator and school
man in this section of the state. He
is from the ranks of the workers; was
bred and born amid the suroundings
of the great and noble common class
and has been reared in that environ-
ment, possessing thereby a full feel-
ing of interest and fellowship for the
people whom he seeks to serve.
A man cf energy and of action he
proposes to put his best efforts into
the work of this office and will give
to the people the service which they
of right may claim and expect. He
is thoroughly capable and in every
way qualified for the duties of the
office which he is seeking, having al-
ready acquired a rairly good insight
into its requirements by reason of
past associations.
Mr. McCutcheon is a democrat of
perfeot and competent lineage. He
cast his first vote for Parker in 1904
and'has kept his politics on straight
i ever since. He is a party worker and
i
Copyright 1911 ,v
■Michaels Stern & Co. \
Rochester, N. Y.
ar Jester, was
rt of the week
ii a Star man
ie was in the
Sam Satilsbury, or
fa Mangum the fore
and in conversation
he Informed us thw
running for county commissioner in
Precinct Three. Sam Is an old timer,
tmving almost been raised in Greer
county, and if elected will do his level
best to serve the county to the utmost
of his ability.
A MISTAKE. 'V
The Star stated s short time s*o j J
that the Mangum to Jester Star postal | •
route «ooM he discontinued April la* 0
Hi should have mtd April Mtfc. after
alli h tM JaMer arfB he mwMM|V
t * a r -ai car re '*wn ftrtokinar. car j £
THERE IS A REASON
How often have you read that statement in as
many different advertisements, but we
wish to advance a new theory
THERE IS NO REASON
There is absolutely no reason in the world why
your clothes shouldn't always become you. •
Let us show you why "MONOGRAM
CLOTHES" will become you best
The Monogram
OUTFITTERS FOR MEN AND BOYS
Mangum Oklahoma
c • r r t ti
a political enthusiast and possibly Is
the best i>osted man In the county up.
on modern political thouffat, men and
measurea. Kern* ruber Andrew Mc-
Cutcheon when you caat your vote.
J. O. McCOLLISTER FOR
STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
The Star this week - La announcing
for State Representative a man so
thoroughly known, whose equipments
and qualifications are so thoroughly
recognized and whose ability is so
universally conceded thkt this mere
suggestion of the fact that he Is a
candidate would seem to be the limit
of the purpose of this announcement.
Mr. McColllster came to Greer
county twelve years ago and began at
once to render valuable assistance in
shaping the affairs of this growing
and developing young commonwealth.
He has neve/r evaded a responsibility
nor has he ever lain down In the face
of duty. He Invariably takes 1es
in all matters and questions touching
tihe moral and financial welfare of
ciir community and county and his
influence -is Invariably felt upon that
side of those questions which Is cal-
culated to raise our standards of mor-
ality or In furtherance of the material
.welfare of our financial upbuilding
and development.
Possibly no man in Greer county
has contributed more time and mon-
ey in the progr^s and development
of MaggtAn than J. O. McColllster. He
is, broad gauged, liberal minded and is
a business man with business ideas;
able to distinguish facts from fiction,
and in the exercise of his duties and
powers in the law-making department
of our state he will readily and quick-
ly apply those pric'lples of business
economy which seems to have been
so sorely lacking in this state since
the advent of statehood. He is a
large taxpayer and knows what our
tax burdens are. He has had wide
experience and wider observation in
the conduct of the affairs of our state,
county and municipality and plainly
recognizes many leaks which could be
stopped by a change in our laws.
Being a life-long democrat and most
of the time in a state where a demo-
crat rarely ever got ieiven a look-in,
he announces his candidacy subject
to the democratic primary in August,
and asks for your votes strictly upon
a platform of economy.
X
Ferris and the. Oklahoma Delega-
tion have secured Indian appropri-
ations which have gone into the chan-
nels of trade, the following sums of
money:
In 1909 $1,080,330
In 1910 $1,357,664
In 1911 90-1,468
In 1912 900,400
In 1912 (per ca<pita >pay'mts) 1,500,000
1 Total $6,342,562
Oklahoma has fared well in the pub-
lie buildings appropriation. The fair,
new state of Oklahoma, since state-
hood, has received appropriations for
public buildings for the following
cities:
Oklahoma City, Guthrie, Muskogee,
Enid, Tulsa, McAlester, Ardmore,
Chickasha, Lawton, El Reno.
Ferris now has bills pending for
the other cities of his district that
can bring themselves within the rule
to receive public buildings and he
will work at it unceasingly, until the
cities that are entitled to public build-
ings receive them.
Last summer when thousands of
Indian land purchasers arid leasees
and their families were suffering from
drouth, crop failures and hard times
and were unable at that time to pay
their rentals and partial payments,
is was Scott Ferris who journeyed to
Wiashington and secured for them re-
lief by securing per capita payments
to the amount of four hundred thous-
and dollars for the Kiowa, Apache and
Comanche Indians, and a similar per
capita for the other tribes of Indians
in Oklahoma. The distribution of
four and a half million dollars In the
state in the form of per capita pay-
ments helped the business men as well
as the settlers tide over the drouth
and crop failures they were suffering
from. It will be remembered that this
money came at a time when most
needed and Ferris' timely action will
long be remembered by the citizens
of the entire state as well as of thej
5th district.
In 1906 Congress sold five hundred;
and five thousand acres of land in
southwest Oklahoma for $6,412,500 to
three thousand one hundred and fifty-
six families on five equal annual pay-
ments. The improvement of their land j
and the three dry years have rendered!
their homes in jeopardy of loss and)
Ferris has gotten three extensions of j
time and has just gotten a fourth one;
through the House, saving to the
three thousand one hundred and fifty-j
Six families $1,231,260. or $4O0.rt© per
family in interest. This helps each
family and it helps the country toj
keep the money in Oklahoma as long*
as possible Ferris has saved many
homesteads from forfeiture.
Recently the west aide asked for
irrigation and the Oklahoma Delega-
tion are ■aktag the fight of their Urea
to aware the seme The deaprtaaeat
la eoaaeediag that irritation la Mt
hadbh. hat the*.- posit tea la
contested at every turn of the road.
The income tax bill la now on the
Calendar and Ferris, of Oklahoma,
supported It In caucus, in Committee,
on the floor and elsewhere, so that
the taxea to support the government
may be borne by the swollen fortunes
of tne rich, who are able to pay and
make taxes and burdens t^ore equit-
able and more easy for the poor to
bear. This bill Is now on the Calen-
dar and will pasa this Congress.
Free sugar Is at last to be realized.
The sugar trust will, If the House has
its way, have to submit to free sugar
and the competition that goes with It,
for the bill passed the House on Mar.
15th, 1912, by a vote of 198 for and
103 against. Ferris voted for It in
caucus and voted for Its passage in
the House.
X
The B. P. O. Elks Lodge, of Elk
City, Installed their new officers last
night, together with a few initiations.
After which refreshments were served.
Those present from here were Herb-
ert W/lleman,, Horace Wasley and
Marshall Wilson. A good time is re-
ported. t
RATIONS FOR HOGS
I have a number of brood sows, and
would like to have your ideas on a
modern, sanitary hog house for such
a bunch. Is concrete floors accept
able? What is a good ration foi
sows not giving enough milk for tbeii
litter? Is cotton seed meal a safe
feed for hogs; if so, what proportion
with different size hogs?—G. B., Can-
adian County.
I question the advisability, in this
country, of building expensive hog
barns. Hogs do a good deal better
out in lots, living in small portable
hog houses. Of course, you will need
a good worm building for the sows to
farrow in In cold weather; but after
the pigB are two weeks old, the sow
and pigs could do very well in small
portable houses in a lot. A number
of sows with litters will not do well
together, since the larger pigs will
become robbers, and suck the sows
with smaller pigs. It would be bet-
ter to have each sow with her litter
in a lot to themselves until weaning
time.
Concrete floors are most sanitary,
but for growing and breeding hogs
they are not satisfactory, since hogs
confined for any length of time on con-
crete floors get sore feet. It would
be all right to confine sows for about
ten days before farrowing, and for
two weeks after, in pens with con-
crete floors.
The following rations will prove
satisfactory for a brood sow, and pro
mote a good flow of milk:
Ration No. 1. Eight parts kafir
oi- corn chop to one part tankage, by
weight, well mixed, soaked between
feeding periods.
Ration No. 2. One part kafir or
corn chop to one part wheat shorts,
by weight.
Ration No. 3. Three parts corn or
kafir chop, one part wheat shorts,
by weight; six parts skim milk or
buttermilk.
Ration No. 4. Ten parts corn or
kafir chop, one part cotton seed meal,
by weight, well mixed, and soaked
from one feeding period to the next.
For growing pigs the above rations
will also be satisfactory. For fatten-
ing hogs, the corn or kafir chop in
the above rations may be increased
Dne-third or one-half to advantage in
the above rations, with the exception
of ration No. 4. The mixture in ration
No. 4 should be six partB kafir or
corn chop to one part cotton seed
meal, by weight, for fattening hogs.—
W. A. Linklater.
CROP ROTATION.
"This Is practically a new country,
lust now being opened up. I am liv-
ing in the east side of Hughes coun-
ty, where we have mostly timber land.
Any information you will give regard-
ing the crops advisable for this sec-
tion will be appreciated."—E. E. Bu-
cher, Hughes County.
I note that your are located in
pastern Hughes county, where you
have a virgin soil that is very pro
fluctive. Hope that you will not make
the mistake that so many have done
In the rich sections of Oklahoma,
aamely: the growing of only one or
two different crops until your soil is
tither awshed away or leached so bad
:hat future years will furnish very
limited yields. If it is practicable for
>ou to grow a rotation on your farm,
would suggest the following: that
)-ou divide your place up into three
sr four fields and grow the following
rrops:
First year, cotton; second year,
jmal grain, following after harvest by
towpras which are plowed under in
he fall. Leave the land rough to
ibsorti the moisture and harrow early
n the spring and start again with the
ihree year rotation. In this way you
trill always have a field of cotton.,
jne of corn and another growing
flther winter wheat or cowpeas.
If you have any lowlands, a piece
>f alfalfa would be very profitable
o raise there. If you have a piece of
-ough. hilly land, that should be put
nto Bermuda pasture—Jas A. Wil-
ton. Director Experiment Station.
Mrs. J. G Ward, one of Mangum'a
mow eicelfcat bmmsI wtractors
ard an accomplished musician be'
•elf. will give a class recital at tl-e
Central Christian Church next T««»-
Omir Iiaalrf April ltth Everybody
m cordtelly invited to attend aa tb*r*
will he i
Silage for
Fat Making
Poaaible Reaulta
of Feeding Calvna
By Prof. W. A. Linklater.
Department of Aaimal Husbandry,
A. & M. College, Stillwater
Several of na are putting up slloa
for feeding cattle next winter. What
kind of stock is most profitable to
feed; yearlings, two year olds, three
year olds, canners, heifers, or steers?
What would feed with silage to get
the best results, and in what propor-
tion? What length of time would
you advise feeding to get the best
profits? What would you advise put.
ting into the silo, kaflr or Indian corn?
Would cane be good to mix In? Wa
have been told that kaflr alone will
make a sour silage; what Is your ex-
perience in this line? About what
stage should the crops be in for put-
ting Into the silo for best results?
What is your experience with cs-
ment silos; are they durable, and will
they keep silage in good condition?—
J. P. F., Washita County.
While all classes of cattle thrive on
■llage, I could not say whether calves,
yearlings, two year olds, or mature
cattle would prove the most profitable
to feed.
The following Is a conservative es-
timate of the possible results of feed-
ing calves, on the basis of a hundred
calves fed for about two hundred
days, on a ration consisting of twenty
five pounds of silage, eight to ten
pounds hay or fodder, and two
pounds cotton seed meal:
100 calveB, weight estimated
at 400 pounds each, at 5c.. $2,000
Feed.
250 Tons silage, at $2.00 per ton $ 500
100 Tons hay or, fodder, at
$5.00 per ton 500
90 Tons cotton seed meal, at
$27.00 per ton
Total $3,540
100 steers, weight 700 pounds
each, at $6.50 per cwt $4,550
Profit 11,010
The above estimate of the feed neo-
essary and the gains secured Is con-
servative, provided the calves had
good care and comfortable quarters.
No account is taken here of the ex-
penses of feeding, shipping or mark-
eting the cattle. I doubt if equal
gains could be secured from older
cattle from an equal amount of feed;
though greater profit might be made
with older cattle, due to greater dif-
ference in the buying and selling
price, or some other such factor. The
calves had best be started on feed
about the first of November and be
Ted, I believe, for some 150 to 200
flays.
There is no better silage than that
made from Indian corn having a good
supply of well developed ears. How-
ever, milo, sorghum, and kaflr all
make satisfactory silage. These sor-
ghum, crops are more apt to make
sour silage than the corn, but where
well matured crops are used, there is
little danger from this trouble.. It
makes no material difference whether
these crops are put in the silo alone
Dr mixed. We have used all four
kinds of silage; Indian com, kaflr,
milo, and sorghum, with no marked
evidence of difference in the feeding
value.
We have a concrete silo on the Col-
lege Farm that is fairly satisfactory.
It is a permanent structure, with plen-
ty of metal reinforcement in the walls.
The upper half of the silo wall was
made of to dry concrete, so that the
walls are somewhat porous, and this
causes the silage to spoil in this up-
per half for about six inches In from
the wall. In the lower half of the
gilo the concrete was put in the wall
In better condition, and the - silage
In this part keeps well. Concrete silos
should have a good, smooth finish
Inside and out, like a Bidewalk or
concrete floor.—W. A. Linklater.
SILOS.
There is a silo put out by a com-
pany, made of 2x4's laid down flat and
nailed, and lined with rubber roofing.
Will you please tell me if there is any-
thing in the roofing that will spoil
the silage, or anything in the silage
that will spoil the roofing? Do you
know if this is a silo that can be de-
pended on? The cost of the construc-
tion is a great deal less than any oth-
er I have seen.—E. F„ Logan County.
Not knowing anything of the com-
position of the rubber roofing re-
ferred to in your letter, I cannot say
whether It would be detrimental to
the silage or not. I think one of the
most important considerations in con-
nection with this silo is the matter of
durability. About twelve or fifteen
years ago my father built a silo of
this type with unsized 2x4's. This
•Ho was never satisfactory, since the
unsized 2x4's caused many small
cracks through the walla so that the
silage kept poorly, and in addition,
the silo rotted out la the courae of
six years. Thia type of alio ia easi-
ly built. Is atrong. and I believe would
be practicable if the walla could be
made air tight, and the wood treated
with tome preservative Unless the
wood used Is treated with preserva-
tive. the life of the alio would be very
short. The Bohtare from th~ allege
seepa through the emcha sad own
the -mmie ret *ekhty.—W A- Unh-
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