The Curtis Courier. (Curtis, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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Cleanses the System
effectually; Dispels
colds and Headaches;
due to constipation.
Best for men, women
and children: young
and old.
To get its Beneficial
effects, always note the
name of the Company,
GUFOMIA Fi5$YT4IP(0.
plainly printed on the
front of every package
of the Genuine
RELIEVES
TIRED EYES
HAIR BALSAM
C1«*t • ft il l b*«u( ntli* hair.
I'rmi" a Knur.a'.I
Falls to JXmXor• Grwy
II Mr to its Youthful Color.
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WISE WORDS.
The Agent—Do you believe In ad*
vwtlslng?
The Merchant—Yes, sir. It's better
to be a live man In a dead town than
a dead man In a live town.
HI* Suspicion.
"Why did you leave the place In
which you were previously employed?"
asked the head of the firm.
"I think.” said the applicant for th.
position of office boy, "de boss was
afraid If I stayed I might git his
place."
Bush Leaguers.
Professor—You know that the low-
est type of human beings Is found In
Australia. What are those natives
called, Mr. Fanning?
Student (captain of the ball team)—
Bush leaguers.—Puck.
WORKS WITHOUT FAITH
Faith Came After the Works Had Laid
the Foundation.
A Bay State belle talks thus about
coffee:
"While a coffee drinker I was a suf-
ferer from Indigestion and lutensely
painful nervous headaches, from child-
hood.
"Seven years ago my health gave
out entirely. 1 grew so weak that
the exertion of walking. If only a few
feet, made it necessary for me to lie
down. My friends thought I was
murked for consumption—weak, thin
and pale.
“I realized th« danger I was in and
tried faithfully to get relief from med-
icines, till, at last, nfter having em-
ployed all kinds of drugs, the doctor
acknowledged that he did not believe
it was In his power to cure me.
‘“While In this condition a friend In-
duced me to quit coffee and try Post-
urn, and I did so without the least
hope that It would do me any good. I
did not like It at first, but when It was
properly mado I found It was a most
delicious and refreshing beverage. I
am especially fond of It served at din-
ner Ice-cold, with cream.
“In a month's time I began to Im-
prove, and In a few weeks my indiges-
tion ceased to trouble me, and my
headache stopped entirely. I am so
perfectly well now that I do not look
like the same person, and 1 have so
gained In flesh that I am 15 pounds
heavier than ever before.
"This Is what Posium has dono for
me. I still use It and shall always do
bo.” Name given by Posturn Co., Bab
tie Creek, Mich.
“There’s a reason," and It Is ex-
plained In the little book, “The Hoad
to Wellvllle," In pkgs.
Ever rrnd Ihr above IfllfPt A ni-w
•M aiipmra from time lo time. They
• re genuine, (rue, and full of huuiaa
later cat.
Farm Queries
Answered
Perplexing Problems
Lx pertly Explained
Department Heads ol A. & M CoL
hfte. btillwater, Okie., Keply to
Inquiries Made by 1 ai mcra
CULTIVATING PEACH ORCHARD
I hurt an orchard of Klherta peaches
3 and 4 years old. They have had clean
ciillivalli.n up to July 1*1, but nines then
ti > haw had nu cultivation and crab-
s'“•«* lias gotten rather thick anions the
irrMi.
1 want to know If It will Injure my
tree* If 1 turn this srocvlh under now.
Tu leave It like It Is now would be dan-
Kerous on account of lire getting out In
the winter. -11. 11. White, Uarwn County,
Oklahoma.
It will be all right to plow the crab-
grass under lo which you refer, but
you should be careful not to plow too
deep. 'I his growth of crab-giass may
have done the trees some Injury al-
ready.
Peach tree* should always be kept
in clean cultivation, and on ordinary
season* cultivation should cease about
the middle of July or the first of Aug-
ust, but on dry year* like we have had
this year, cultivation ahould be kept
up until well In September, otherwise
the treea are liable to auffer for lack
of water.
1 realize the necessity of getting this
crab-grans out of the road, but I should
do It If l were In your place without
plowing too deeply unless it la ab-
solutely necessary.—N. O. Booth, De-
partment of Horticulture and Botany,
Oklahoma A. A M. College, Stillwater.
GROWING POST TIMBER.
My brother and myself are figuring on
plnutlng a locust grove on a farm located
In Harper County, Oklahoma, to grow
|h.Mh, und would like to have literature
If you have any on that subject. The
land lx a sandy Soil with an abundance
of water from IK to 20 feet, no rock.
Would locust nourish In such soil In that
locality? Itoy V. Woolwlne. Klngn*her
County, Oklahoma.
The growing of poata in s section of
Oklahoma a* far west as Harper coun-
ty i* a questionable proposition. Some
people have made a success of It In
these sections, particularly where they
have been located under very favor-
able conditions, where the soil II por-
ous and open, and particularly on
creek bottoms and places of that sort.
If the water table ta within a few feet
of the surface, the best kind of trees to
plant is catalpa, but for uplands the
best variety of tree la the honey locust
Interspersed with green aah and osage
orange. The treeB should be planted
four feet apart each way and should
bn alternated. In this way when the
time comes to thin them, which will be
In about six or seven years, the trees
which are doing the poorest can be
cut out first, leaving the others to oc-
cupy the land.—N. O. Booth Depart-
ment of Horticulture and Botany, Ok-
lahoma A. & M. College, Stillwater.
San Jose Scale.
J. E Barker, Oklahoma City, Ok la.
Dear Sir: Your report to Benjamin
Hennessey, Sec. of the Slate Board of
Agriculture has been referred to me
for attention. From your report 1 uu
derstand that you desire that a man
be sent to investigate your orchards,
relative to a supposed infestation of
the San Jos# Scale, and furthermore
you desire to know if a man can be
sent without expenae to you. In an-
swer to (hi* | beg to state that the
Department of Entomology of thia
College has been vested with the au-
thority by the state Board of Agricul-
ture to proceed In accordance with
the state nursery laws and make due
inspection of not only the nurseries,
but all public parks, cemeteries, and
‘orchards, relative to dangerous dis-
eases and insect infestations.
A state appropriation baa been made
for carrylug this law into effect, and
I shall commence the operation of
controlling Injurious insect pests and
diseases first in the larger cities in
the state, and especially in orchards
and parka already known to be in
tested in proximity to the state nurs-
eries. The control of diseases and In-
sects is a big problem and will cost
the state considerable money at the
least calculation. Therefore, I desire
to proceed in the most economical
manner possible.
The laws are such that all persons
owning trees Infested with injurious
diseases or Insects must proceed with
the control of the latter In accordance
with the direction of the Entomolog-
ist of the Experiment Station. If these
directions are not fulfilled within a
certain length of time, as may be de-
signated by the Entomologist, then
the latter may proceed with the de-
struction of the Infestations or dls
eases and charge the cost to the own-
er of the property. These charges will
be paid the same aa tax on the infest-
ed property. In cases where parties
follow the directions of the Entomo-
logist, the expenses of the Entomo-
logist will be defrayed by the state.
The cost of control in every case will
fall on the owner of the property and
the expenses will be less in all cases
where the directions of control as
given by the Entomologist are fol-
lowed. •
In your case, I advise that before
proceeding with the work of control-
ling this supposed San Jose Scale,
that you send specimens to me of
your trees which you think are infest-
ed with the scale and I will make
Identification free of cost to you, and
in case It is not San Jose Scale I shall
give you complete directions which
may be followed, bo that you can
control the pest at the least possible
expense.
In sending specimens of trees, send
only pieces of bark or small pieces of
limbs. A piece of bark one inch long
and three Inches wide or a limb the
size of a lead pencil will be sufficient
You should use discretion, however,
and select such samples as you think
are Infested.—C. E. Sanborn, Depart-
ment of Entomology, Oklahoma A. A
M. College, Stillwater.
ROTATION OF CROPS NEEDED
" nat Is tna best brand of fertill
for red sandy loam with sand fount
tlon and In extremely dry weather e
ton will shed In spots. It resembles
kali.—I*. Trull, Tillman County, Ok
homa.
IRRIGATION AND HOT WINDS.
I would like to have you give me your
Idea of Irrigating In this part of Okla-
homa and what kind of crops would do
best her*. Please tell me w hat damasa
the hot winds would do to certain crops.
—Geo. Quae enbush, Kiowa County, Ok-
lahoma.
In all probability the trouble you are
experiencing Is not a lack of plant food
but may be the result of bacterial ac-
tion and the presence of alkali. No fer-
tilizer that 1 know of would correct
such conditions. Probably a proper
rotation of crops will in time remove
the trouble and I suggest that you
correspond with Professor Churchill,
our Agronomist, In regard to the sug
gestion.
If you will send me about onehalf
pound of the soil, charger prepaid, I
shall be pleased to test It for alkali._
C. K. Francis., Dept, of Chemistry, Ok-
lahoma Argiculture Experiment Sta-
tion, Stillwater.
CHICKEN FLEAS.
“Our chickens are Infested with a ar
flea. It attaches Itself to the head
comb. The Insect Is called by the fa-
era Stick-tight flea.' It seems to br«
In the dust In the chicken house or
stable. The flea will attach Itself
dogs, cats and on human beings
would lie glad to lie advised how
could rid the place of this pest O
Abney, Comanche County, Oklahoma
The so-called stick-tight flea can be
gotten rid of by first, disinfecting tho
chicken house, going thoroughly over
the sides, walls, roosts, nests and floor.
Every nook, crevice and corner should
be reached with a strong solution of
some coal tar dip or other disinfecting
solution. To rid the chickens them
selves of the pest It will be necessary
to treat each Individual separately.
You can do this by treating them with
kerosene or carbollzed vaseline, going
carefully over the comb, face, wattles
and earlobes.—H. A. Blttenbender, An-
imal Husbandry Department, Okla-
homa A. A M. College, St ill water.
Weevils may he killed in cowpeas
by placing the cowpeas in a tight bln
or box and putting In with them onq
pound of carbon bisulphide for each
thirty bushels of seel.
Regarding irrigation work In that
part of the state, will say that per-
haps the only work along that line that
can be done profitably will be .through
the use of drilled wells from one to two
hundred feet deep, using windmills
and motors as power. The test which
has been made In that section of the
country does not seem to show much
encouragement so far as securing ar-
tesian wells, even at a depth of ten to
twelve hundred feet. The system of
pumping, however, from shallow wells
would appear very feasible for small
areas and the experiments that have
been carried, on in the different parts
of the west show very profitable re-
turns and great lncease In land values.
The hot winds do not so much dam-
age to crops that are well watered
except as they may strike them during
the flowering season, as for example
the corn during the past season was
killed in many sections because of the
hot winds striking it at the time of
tasseling, thus killing the pollen grains
and drying up the silks. Under these
conditions, of course, no plant can
produce fruit.—J. A. Wilson, Director
NOT A GOOD FERTILIZER
I have acetylene lights In my house
Is the sediment good for fertilizer or not?
—P. L. Huddle, Alfalfa County, Okla-
homa. •
Regarding the value of the sediment
for calcium carbide and water used in
the preparation of acetylene as a fer-
tilizer, you are advised that in my
opinion it Is of little value. This ma-
terial is equivalent to slacked lime and
the soils of Oklahoma are seldom defi-
cient In lime. If you are growing clov-
er or alfalfa and find that the soil does
not contain enough lime, then It would
be worth your while to apply It—oth-
erwise, uot—C. K. Francis, Department
of Chemistry* Oklahoma Agrl. Experi-
ment Station. Stillwater
PRISON MUTINY WAS PUNNEO
LEAVENWORTH GUARD DIBCOV*
ERS DYNAMITE AND GUNB.
vented Worst Outbreak in His-
tory of Institution.
Leavenworth, Kansas.—A change in
the usual holiday program at the fed-
eral penitentiary here probably pre-
vented one of the boldest attempt!
yet planned for a mutiny at the pria-
. on. A guard on his rounds of in-
spection of the prison bhortly before
noon found a stovepipe filled with 12 ,
revolvers and four sticks of dyns- ■
mite, which evidently had been drop-
ped over the wall into the prison
sometime during the night.
It hss been the custom for several
years to permit the prisoners 4o gath-
er in the prison yard on holidays. But
the usual order of things was changed
this year. Instead of the athletic per-
formance, a play was produced In the
chapel In the afternoon and a re-
ligious ceremony given in the morn-
ing.
The revolvers were of .38 caliber,
small frames and short barrels, but
every one of the 12 was loaded with
six cartridges. They were packed in
a joint of stovepipe about 18 inches
long.
The plan evidently was to drop the
weapons and dynamite In a place
where the largest number of the men
congregate at an athletic perform-
ance in the hope that one of the num-
ber would find the package.
The men with the weapons, the
prison officials believe, were to cover
the guards for a minute while one or
two other prisoners blew open the
east gate and then all the men who
were in the prison yard would be able
to make the dash for liberty.
W. H. Mackey, deputy warden, and
R. W. McClaughry, warden, believe it
Is the work of two former prisoners
at the penitentiary, who have friends
serving long terms there now.
ARREST AN OKLAHOMA SHERIFF
Trying to Get a Prisoner Back for
Trial—A Banker Wante
Habeas Corpus.
Phoenix, Arizona.—Sheriff Murphy
of Sapulpa, Ok., who, in an alleged
flight from Phoenix with J. B. West-
fall, a former Oklahoma banker,
charged with irregularity In connec-
tion with the Creek Bank and Trust
company of Sapulpa, in custody, was
apprehended at Prescott and is now
In Phoenix to fight habeas corpus
proceedings brought by the attorney
for Westfall.
When Gov. Sloan honored the re-
quisition of the governor of Okla-
homa for the return of Westfall, it
was alleged Sheriff Murphy hurriedly j
left the city with his prisoner, and did !
not glve^Westfall an opportunity to j
file a petition asking for relief on '
habeas corpus proceedings. Murphy t
was overtaken at Prescott and agreed
to return and allow Westfall to have
a hearing.
HIGH SCHOOL COOKING PAYS
Yates Center Girls Get Breakfast for
Six Every Friday at 25
Cents Each.
Yates Center Kansas—The Yates
Center high school added a domestic
science department to its course this
year and the girls are getting some
good, practical experience in buying
I provisions and preparing and serving
meals. Every Friday a model break-
fast is served by the girls in the do-
mestic science course. Six guests
are invited and Incidentally each
i guest pays 25 cents for the meal.
Kitchen cabinets, stoves and cooking
utensils are furnished by the board
and the practical Bide of cookery is
thoroughly studied and actually dem-
onstrated.
SIX HURT IN RAILROAD WRECK
Two Cara Caught Firs But Wars
Extinguished by Heroic
Conductor.
Joplin, Missouri.—Six passengers
and a member of the crew were In-
jured when three coaches of Mlssouri-
! Pacific passenger train No. 632, run-
ning between Joplin and Topeka,
were overturned by a defective rail,
18 miles northwest of here.
The train was derailed while run-
ning 16 miles an hour. Two coaches
caught fire but were soon extinguish-
ed by Conductor Garnett, who re-
ceived severe burns on bis hands.
The overturned coaches were de-
stroyed. Traffic was resumed seven
hours after the wreck.
Baby Killed on a Train.
St. Joseph, Missouri—The one-year-
old son of Mrs. W. F. Daley of Tulsa,
Ok., who was on her way home from
Akron, Col., fell out of the ^jorth in
the Pullman sleeper of a Burlington
eastbound train and died just before
the train reached BL Joseph.
Yoots for uni- 1
fortuity. ]
Yoots for grant-
est luavuaiag
po'Wf*
Yoots far boot
falling remits,
Yoots lor parity.
Yoots for every-
thing that goes to
make op a strictly
high grade, ever-
depeadable baking
powder.
That laCalnmet. Try
it once and note the im-
provement In your bak-
ing. Bee how much more
economical over the high-
priced troat brands, how
much better than the cheep
and big-can kinds.
Calumet Is highest in quality
—moderate in cost
World’* Pure Food
44 Bu. to the Acre
from other district* In that prov-
ince (bowed other excel-
lent rent lie—each ■■ «.-
00* barbel* of wheel
from 1» ecroe or SI 1-1
be. perecre. 16.80 and «•
biubel yield* were nam-
0(Kke
($%$
acre were threshed from
Alberts field* la UUB.
Tbi Silver Cup
fit the recent Spokene
ralrwseewerdea totbe
A1 bene Qovernmeni
t ta exhibit of grains,gras
JEeportsof excel
Vegetables. Reports of excellent
yield* for 1910 come also from
■katebewan and Msnttoba in
cate rn Canada.
mate exeel
very b
band,
cheap,
reasonable In
beet, railway* close at
1, building lumber
p, fuel easy font and
reasonable In price, water
easily procured, mixed
farming a success.
Write as to best place for set-
tlement, settlers' low railway
rules, descriptive I Hast rated
“Last Best West” (tent free on
appliestlonland other Informa-
tion. to SnpW of Immlsratlon.
Ottawa, Can., or to the Usaadlsn
Government A*env. (ID
W. H. t06£M
128 W. Ninth Si, Kansas City, Me.
Pleeee write 4o«hsa«eptneereet yea
4
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The Wretchedness
of Constipation
Can quickly be overcome by
CARTER’S LITTLE
UVER PILLS.
Purely vegetable
■—act surely and
gently on th
Ever. Cure
Biliousness
Head-
ache,
Dizzi-
ness, and Indigestion. They do their duty.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine mutt bear Signature
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