Mulhall Enterprise (Mulhall, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, November 25, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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The Official City
Paper.
MULHALL ENTERPRISE
Established January
1st. 1893.
Twelfth Year
Mulhall, Oklahoma, Friday, November 25, 1904
No. 48
T
"THE MAN WITH A HOE-' AND PICKERS ARE NECESSARY FOR COTTON CROPS
PREPARING FOR SPRING PLANTING.
The attention of farmers should he
called to the important changes to
agricultural conditions:
1st. Marked climatic changes since
1 lie settlement of the Southern States
—notably less regularity in the rain-
fall and greater extremes In the
temperature.
2nd. A rapid decline in tlie fertili-
tj of the soil.
3rd. A remarkable Increase in in-
sect enemies of ihe farm.
This chance in agricultural condi-
tions requires a radical chance in the
methods of I arming, and the farmei
who does not move along progressive
lines will soon conclude that farming
does not pay.
Commencing now. and continuing humus and af some value as a fertilizer! He married \j,s clarita Frank in
through inns, this office will issue, as if turned under. The cleaning oil <'f Nuvell,bfr who has been faithful,
needed, bulletins through the press,! land, by burning each year, through a her ^..ilona during aU the time
giving directions for the Held manage-1 series of years, would beyond question ; ai|() jn 1||h Jagt gjck|lelts
inent of the staple farm crops. .damage the land, and we cannot Wm. Proper was a man
recommend it unless direct destruc-
cotton . | non of weevils can tie accomplished
The following circular was Issued in return.
from tills office October 4,1904, to our \pe recognize that enough boll
A third method Is to turn out the
entire crop in the ordinary way, pile
the stalks while still green and use
Beaumont oil in burning.
The essential feature in this plan is
to destroy tile stalks while green. If
the stalks are turney out a"d allowed
to drv liefore piling, most of tlw adult
weevi's will seek winter quarters else-
where and thus escape destruction by
the later burning.
Other plans, and possibly tietter,
may stggest themselves to you. The
point is to destroy the weevils by
burning- If youjfail in this it is large-
ly time and money thrown away to
burn the stalks, as the vegetable mat-, an(j u'ntil
ter burned would lie of great value as
Old Settler Dead.
William Prosser, an old resident ;
tiiis community. pas-e.i awav at f mr (
o'clock Saturday evening,aged eight J-
eight years.
Mr. Prosser was born in South
Wales and Immigrated t . \tnerica 111
1 ■"», 1 to Pennsylvania. From tItere lie
wenttoCoal Valley, III., then to Ited
Oak. Iowa, in 1 •"«», remaining there
until 1**1, when lie moved to Wy more,
Nebraska: from there he removed to
Osage t it v. Kansas, in l»wtt, and to
Mulhall. Oklahoma, in I«'.i2, where lie
has been a resident ever since.
lie was married in Wales to Mary
Williams. In l»r>f she came with him
to America, and was his companion
her death here in May
LYNCHING
SPIRIT
Alleged Bandit Is Permitted to
Await Legal Trial in Wy*
eming.
riierm.'plis, Wy Nov 17 For a
time the bandit capturd by iitputy
sheriffs fur robbing the Edward* sa
lo.'ti here was In danger of lieing sum-
marlly executed by indignant citizens
of the place. A largecrowil gathered
and the lynching of the rohtier was
freely discussed, lint finally the crowd
gave up its plan for want of a leader.
The bandit will he taken to I'.asin for
trial, lie will lie accompanied hv a
»tr«mg posse. as it Is feared an attempt
will tie made by his friends to rescue
rags and plan for payment of their]
lalauce on church subscription. Alii
Interested are Invited.
Fifty Ytars the Standard
It M Kincaid returned the first of
the week from his Kansas trip, lie
left his mother much tietter. Mis.
Kli.cai l'» brother, G. rt . Speckelmier.
came w it !i him for a visit.
Mrs. Mulhall »:i< out riding Tues -
dav. Her many friends are glad i<i
know that she is able to know that I
she is able to tie out again. She was
accompanied by Mrs. I.. 1* >troth-
mau.
John Griffith anu I>. K. Jones left
together for a visit In the east; they
are ii"« back better than ever pleased
with Ok'alioma. They report condi-
tions of drought through Illinois and
Kansas
co-opei atIve workers, and is here re-
peated to complete the instructions.
oet heady to make a cbof of ('ot-
tos IN 100!>.
special announcement.
One of the most Import out lines of
work to bedone in making cotton tin
der boll weevil conditions, is the
destruction of the cotton stalks in the
fall while they are green, follow by
Hat breaking the land a little de«per
than usual.
Our Cotton Co-operative work this
y.»ar was not commenced, on account
of delav in appropriation, till the last
week in January—too late to start at
the commencement of our Improvr-1
methods.
is not, as a general practice advisable
to break in tlie fall more than one or
two Inches deeper than customary, for
the reason that it will turn lip too
much crude soil »t once.
Breaking as above outlined may
even be detrimental unless followed
Immediately by the harrow, clod-
crusher orroller to pulverize the sur-
face soil to conserve moisture. The
soil rnntdlv 'oses ijs moisture when
...i me plow remain un-
If the stains are left growing in the 'crushed and }he farmer thus fails to
ti-ld' weevils will continue to multi- secure the best re»ults of tillage, and
ply until winter, and the number of in dry sections It may cause the loss
weevils going into winter quarters os a crop.
weevils may be wintered over by a
f strong
will and good business mind for a man mountains,
of his years, and was on the streets I
looking after bis business until aUiut
six weeks before his death.
Disease of the heart was the cause
Frank Korrest, cotton expert, says,
as lietv.cen cotton and wheat raining,
the man who plan's anil properly tends
him during the trip across the Creek (cotton will get more clear mo.ie.v per
genera failure to burn stalks early in of his last fiickness an(, (|eaUl Ue
the fall to jeopardize the cotton crop sulTere(i milcU witu RiK,rtlleS8
the ensuing year. It Is fmportant to breal„ th.ltl.otnpel|tfi 1)Un loBilup a
destroy as many weevils «s possible by , lalye part of the tjme ,)() the ^
this early fall burning. . day ()f bis ,jfe he beoame restless and
Hat breaking deeper than usual. It! aske(1 ,or the doctor> wlm c;lme aud
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LOCAL ANI> !
acre out of the cotton seed than out of
wheat, and have the lin> lor protit
PERSONAL
*
1
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tv****.**,*.**.*****,
Wm. Bawling* lis In Texas.
for hibernation will be large. Destroy
thestalksentirely, with all trash, burrs
and damaged bolls early In the fall
while vet green, and you will certainly
cut down the number of weevils that
go Into winter quarters.
Turning st<ick into the field in large
numbers is one metlvid of destruction,
and helps mainly by shortening the
food supply for the weevils. If fol-
lowed up by a very deep flat breaking
of the land in November or Decemtier.
it is likely that a great many weevils
will tie destroyed.
Burning the co'ton plants while
still growing, and while the weevils
are still at work on 'hem, is the safest
plan and if droperlv dor.e will destroy
thousands of weevils,
.lust as soon an the cotton is picked,
run a vertical cutter diagonally under
the stalks in each row, turning them
o'lt uniformly to one side, and let them
lie until dry enough to burn read'l.v
Leave standing every fifth row so that
the weevils may move froia the dead
cotton on to t he rows left standing.
As soon as the turned out stalks are
dry eoougo to burn, pile them up over
the green rows and burn them. If
necessary use Beaumont oil to Insure
complete burning. If you have no
vertical cutter, use ordinary turning
plow.
Another plan is,
rows: turn both
toward the middle one and let ttie
tu.ned out rows dry, bunching the
dead stalks closely against the live
stalks of the middle row. I'se Beau-
mont oil and burn.
administered medicine, and when they !
laid him down he said, "This isthej
last time,"and at 4 o'clock lie wa>.
dead. 1
Mr. Prosser leaves a wife anil tliree
sons to mourn Ins departure.
The funeral took plaee at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon from tne I'resby. ;
terlan church, and the b"dy was laid j
to rest in Rosilawn cemetery.
Married
Wednesday, November 1«. 1H04, at;
the hlme the pastor of the United
Presbyterian church In Guthrie, Mr.
F. M'. Brook, of Salina. Kansas, aqd
Miss Kate Burnett, of Lecompton.
Kas., (formerly of Mulhall) were
united in wedlock. The voung couple
returned to Mulhall Thursday and
spent the day with Mir.. Brook's rela-
winter, if the weather permits. in ! tives here, going from here to Salina 1
the Panhandle, where surface blowing "''ere their home wll] be, Mr. Brook's
of the soil interferes with ordinary j being if the employ of a wholesale!
methods spec'al directions are re- j house at Salina.
quired. Kate Burnett grew up here anil was j
The methods given for cotton apply •' pupil in the Mulhall schools. Her
to preparations of soil for corn and 1 old friends and acquaintances, Inelud-j
potatoes in every particular and it Is''"B Tiik Entkrthise, wish them r.
unnecessary to repeat pleasant journey through life together
rotation ok CHol's.
One of the most important features
of the cultural methods advocated by
the Bureau of Plant Industry is rota-
tion < f crops. Consecutive crop plant-
ing constan ly reduces the fertility.
and ultimately leads to poverty of ]n" mat'er how severe and irrespectrve
soil. Under Ih.I1 weevil conditions, i "fl1,1(1 ^ Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Fever,
rotation of crops, especially planting
Cotton is coming
now
quite Ireely
WINTER Cft-TIVATION.
Where the field is left without a
wintercrop the best soil conditions
for swring planting require that the
lai d r»e narrowe 1 or disced at inter-
vals of about thirty day* during ti
Mrs. <>. W. Hurford was a Guthrie
visitor last Monday.
Mrs. J. C Elliott Is enjoying a visit
from tier mother, Mrs. Darland.
James Whitefield was in Mulhall
Sunday, the guest «,f Miss Lena Wood.
Miss Dee Jolili visited friends 111
Guthrie, returning home Monday even-
ing.
C. Ross, socialist lecturer is ad-
vertised to speak in Mulhall Dec. 1st
in Lhe evening.
Iieese Prosser, of Florence, Colo.,
Phillip Prosser and family, of Pueblo.
Colo., and Benjamine I'rosser and
family, o' Guthrie, were here to at-
tend the funeral. The family has the
sympathy of the entire community.
Dr. Riley preached to a good sized
slid attentive congregation last Sun-
day night at the M K. Church. lie
held quarterly meeting at Mt. Cartnel
Saturday, and preached Sunday. He
j held quarterly meeting at Marena
Saturday,
News was received by telegraph
Thursday,from Cushing, that Mrs.
Claude Wicker was dead. It was
known that she was quite sick, but
the news of her death was unexpected.
Rev. W. E.Jones was sent for to
Many farmers who have taken care
of theircottou have already banked
*15 to toO per acre.
D. K. Jones is back flora a tiip to! Mrs. Li Hie Elsom, of Northville, |
preach the funeral.
We are In a cotton count ry and in Ihe
midst of the best of it. The grades
from the gin here are higher than any
other point In Northern in Oklahoma,
averaging middling to good middling.
This an Item to consider and ought to
be a great encouragement.
BAKING
POWDffi
Made from pure cream ef
tartar derived from gropes.
mice ukino powoia 00.
cmicaoo,
visit relatives in Michigan and
view of the fair at St. Louis.
a
South Dakota.
here
visiting he
mother, Mrs. Burnett, and sister,
, Mrs. Burton, and incidentally attend-
.Ir. and Mis. Thomas Mayfield are hn)? u,e wedding of MIm Kate Burnett,
here with their two children, visiting |ler sister. She is accompanied by her
Mr. and Mrs. John iinwman.
Doesn't Respect Old Age.
It's shameful when youth fails to
show proper respect for old age, but just
the contrary in the case of I»r. King's)
New Life Pills. They cut oil maladies
cotton after corn and cow-peas every
year, gives a field clear of the boll
weevil for planting and tietter soil
conditions for early maturity of the
crop. As far as possible adopt a sys-
tem of rotation that will restore the
soil to Us primitive fertility.
Determine at once the variety of
cotton and corn seed you will plant
conside'ing three next year, secure a sufficient quantit»
the outside rows lor your use and store it in a dry place
ready for spring planting.
A later circular letter from this
office will deal with draln»ge as af-
fecting conditions at planting time
and tlie economic use of fertilizers.
Runaway
Sunday night, Edward hitched his
team to a tree east of the M. E.
Church. Just after the congregation
was dismissed the horses became rest-
less and pulled hack on ihe halters;
which released a squirrel cage, sup-
ported bet ween the tree and church.
The c ice fell, frightening :he team so
1 hat they broke their hitch straps and
ran sou'h of the church and over ihe
steep hill in front of the church: over
this, team and carriage plunged in
such a way that it was hard to tell
which was doing the running away—
the carriage or the team. As they
went over the bluff, ihe horses lost
their feet and piled up, horses and
carriage, in the ditch at the northeast
corner of the school grounds.
The horses are apparently 1101 hurt.
The carriage is in a delnpidated con-
dition: the tongue, seats, top and
harness are quite badly broken.
Rev. D. W. Ross will be in Mul
hall next Sunday in the interest of
the Childrens Home Society. A ser-
vice will beheld at the M. E. church.
This society is non-sectarian and in-
ter-denomlnational and is doing a
good work in Oklahoma, caring for
and finding homes In good families for
orphan children. Since its organiza-
tion In Oklahoma about 12/i children
have been placed in go'd homes that
otherwise might be on the streets or
In places of vice. This is a work that
[ should appeal to every christian man
aiid woman. The object of the vi t
of Mr. Boss Is to give information and
arouse interest in the society and its
work and not for the purpose of tak-
ing a collection, through that would
be a good thing to do for so worthy a
cause. If possible a union service will
be arranged for some hour of the day
as all the churches are interested in
this work.
Constipation all yield to this perfect
Pill. 2">e, al M. S. XlcConnehey'
Drug Store.
Mrs. Gould, mother of Mrs. W. 11.
Wiaker, arrived from I'.iwnee on
Tuesday to make lc r daughter a visit.
I»r. and Mrs. McConnehey, Will
Champion and Lulu llurford attended
ed 1 he Sousa band concert at Guihrle
Sunday
A large number of Mulhall people
to Guthrie Sunday to take in Sousa's
band, which played there Sunday
evening.
G. E. Burford went s iutli Monday.
two sons, Tommy and Clifton.
On Saturday last, according to previ-
ous notice, the Champion store build-
ing was sold to the highest bidder by
John J. Hildredth, trustee, fleo. C.
Smith, of Ihe Smith-McCord Ury
Goods Co., was the successful bidder
at #2.n2">. If the sale Is approved he
will become the owner of this valuable
c orner
Neighborhood News.
WEST LONE STAR.
5 Ine weathei for t he cotton pickers .
The young people of this .neighbor-
hood went in a load 10 the literary at
Fair View Friday evening of last
week.
Charley, Herbert and Bertha John-
son relumed to their home near Red
Rock, after spending ten days with
old neighbors and friends.
Fred Harris had lhe misfortune to
lose a horse this week. It ran into
the mowing machine, which had the
cutter bars folded across the tongue,
running the shoe guard in just back
of the fore lag, tedring Into one of
the lungs.
Quite a jolly load of young folks at-
tended the party at Mr. Lewis's. All
express themselves as having a
splendid time.
Mr. Arnett' of Minnesota, who has
bought the old Rambo place, is mov-
ing iu. W>; hope they will like Okla-
homa.
Miss Bertha Johnson, Altiert, Mabel
and Clara Merkie spent Sunday at Mr.
Craven's.
Charley Craven surprised his brother
J. Craven, by dropping in on him last
Tuesday night. They hadn't seen
each other lor seven years.
Mrs. Orange has bought and moved
on the Gleason place.
Emma Pfelffer visited school one
day last week.
Donald McLoud was down from the
strip last week.
Mrs. E. Ward and daughter, Miss
Ethel, took anvan'age of the Thanks-
giving holiday and left on theevening
and expects to visit the exp isition at train Wednesday for St. Louis
To the Cotton Growers.
The most important thing is tolm-
ptove yourcottonseed.
/ Go over your field and gather enough
large well developed as near sound as
you can get them. Do this every year,
you will raise one-third more to the
acre, can pick one-third more per day,
and can sell for 12 to 15 points mure.
Not a Sick Day Since.
"I was taken severely sick with kid-
ey trouble. I tried all sorts of medi-
cines, none of w hich relieved me. One
day 1 saw an ad. of your Electric Bit-
ters and determined to try that.
After taking a few doses 1 felt re-
lieved. and thereafter was entirely
cured, and have not been sick a day
Neighbors of mine have been cm ed of
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Liver and
Kidney tumbles and General Debi 1 ■
ty." This is what R. F. Bass, of Fre-
mont, North Carolina, writes. Only
50c at M S McConnehey's, druggist.
St. Louis, and also visit
fore his return.
Chicago he-
Claude Phillips has secured a posi-
tion in a clothing house at Anthory,
Kas., through A. J. Champion, and
commenced work this week.
the exposition. They expect to he
buck to be back by next Tuesday.
They will be there on Roosevelt day
and will probably see the biggest da
of the fair.
VASSAR CLIPPINGS.
And still it remains dry. Hard on
s to see wneat though good on cotton picking.
The writer examined his wheat and
found none dend but not growing
much.
Remember we pay tlie highest
cash prices for all kinds of Pro-
duce, Hides and Furs. Bring
A Cotton Country
lfit needed anv confirmation that [ them tons. BaskinsGhoceuvCo.
a cotton country the abundant I
CORNER
this is a cotton country the abundant
crop and high grade raised this year
will set all doubts at rest.
Fiae line of Candies at the
Drug Store.
Just received a ear load of
fancy Missouri apples. You can
get what you want for ten days
at #1.00 per bushel. They will
lie higher later 011 in the season.
We still have Potatoes, Calihage
and Onions in quantities.
Baskixs GltOCEItY Co.
S, Davis was on thestreetsof Mulhall
Wednesday, after an absence of several
years. He was f irmerly in business
here ami is known by many.
Several people got cheap turkeys for
their Thanksgiving dinners at the
shoot, but more paid a big price for
gobblers they will never eat. ""~
G. W. Clark, who bought and is now
moving his family on the Hill place
west of town was In town this week.
He is pldased with Oklahoma.
John Griffith returned Tuesday
night from his visit to kinsfolks in
Illinois and a visit to the world's fair,
al! of which he greatly enjoyed.
The Thanksgiving dinner given by
theladlesof the Christian church was
a success. They took in forty dollars
and cleared over twenty-four dollars.
Ira Green, son of Ed fireen, of
Tonkawa, is here this week, paying a
visit to his boy friends. He reports a
good business and the family all well.
A Runaway Bicycle.
Terminated with an ugly cut on the
leg of J. II. Orner, Franklin Grove, 111.
It developed a stubborn ulcer unyield-
ing to doctors ana remedies for four
years. Then Buoklen's Arnica Salve
cured. It's just as good for Hums,
Scalds, Skin Eruptions and Piles. 2,5c
at M.S. McConnehey's, Drugstore.
rain
The look of gloom and wish ft
among the wheat men is in wide con-
trast with the cotton pickers, who
are with one accord saying, "This is
good enough for me."
Dr. Hatfield will oe supolied with
one of the best collection of holiday
grxidsand he invites all his customers
and friends to come in and look them
over.
While we desire to urge upon and
awaken ' he farmers to the profit in
cotton taising. we would at the same
time advise all to stay by diversified
'arming. The man who raises a varie-
ty is better off in the course of years
than he who slakes all 011 a single
crop. Diversity and rotation of crops
means a betterment of the land and
something every year.
Quite an excitement and stir among
the par"nts, cousins, uncles, aunts
and friends of the children concerned
was occasioned by the four boys, Cleo
Baskins, the possessor of an air gun,
Tommy and Clifton Elsom, and Ken-
neth Burton, aged from four to six
years, took it into their heads Monday
to go hunting. Accordingly, the tots
slipped away. They were soon missed
and could nowhere lie found. Toward
every part of the compass went the
searchers, anxicus parents and rela-
tives. The town having been searched
the country was next explored. It
Iranspired that they had taken the
road south and had gone to the cross
road and turned east as far as the
Dillard place, when Mrs. Dillard told
them not to go any farther or some-
thing would catch them. They then
turned into the pasture and were hav-
ing fine sport taking turns with the
air gun when discovered and brought
in, much to the joy of many anxious
ones.
j The Ladies' Aid society of the M.
; E. Church will meet with Mrs. Vie
I Phillips, west of town, and sew carpet
It seems too bad that the Missouri
building, the largest and most con-
spicuous of the state buildings, should
be burned. This is the most, de-
structive fire that has occurred on
the grounds.
We are told that the party that has
rented G. II. Clark's farm will move
on right away. He comes from
Arkansas
We understand Thomas Andrews
has erected a new barn: a good im-
provement.
A. R. Bishop has the new barn on
the Ed Clee farm under way of con-
struction.
Sherman Clark is preparing to have
some threshing done—oats and kaffif
corn I think.
The question for debate at the liter-
ary Wednesday night was, Resolved,
That more can be learned from book3
than traveling; decided In favor- of
the affirmative. The question for
next Wednesday night is, Resolved.
That Oklahoma, when it becomes a
state, should retain the school lands
and lease the same for the benefit of
the public schools.
Mat Anderson came around a few
days past, peddling beef. It was fine,
too, for the writer sampled some of it.
It was a well fatted yearling.
The Sampley boys were out Satur-
day night, chasing wolves, and got
two—1 mean opossums; the coyotes
ran off.
Some of the Vassal folks visited
East Lone Star Sunday afternoon.
The people over there organized Sup-
day school.
This is fine weather for the cotton
growers to get their cotton picked, and
they are generally availing themselves
of the opportunity.
G. W. Harmon went to Mulhajl
Tuesday of the present week with, ia
big load of cotton. A. R. Bishop,
who lives on the Clee farm, took a
load the same day.
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