The Curtis Courier. (Curtis, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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CURTIS COURIER.
Baxter 4 (on. Pub.
CURTIS.
I OK LA.
WEATHER AND THE BOBOLINK.
Thoaa wrtlbi r*i»» farmers of hortb-
•rn Indliinn xlio prophesy an earl/
autumn tieraueo of the departure of
the tMitmlink southward two or three
beeka earlier lha.i usual aliould cod*
•Ider the Mrd'a ptcu I la rifles It la
toot because he considers summer
Dearly over, hut because he haa raised
■ new family early that he uow atarta
aoutbward. In all probability. "Hubert
of Lincoln" depurta lor the rice llelda
of the mldaouth coast with the ability
of Ida brood to fly He and bla mate
come to ua early and depart early,
aaya the Chicago Record Herald lla
haa now a new coat and will till him-
nelf with rice, ao that he will aoon ha
In prime condition na the "rice bird"
of the ('arolltiHa He spends the win-
ter In Central or Houth America, If he
eacapea the shotgun* of the coast
hunters, and Is billed for return ap-
pearances next April or May Oue of
the results of hot weather Is the quick
fulfillment of many nnturul events and
functions. The weather prophets of
the "rural districts- often suttsry
themselves, but not the scientists.
Horticulture
and Botany
Information for
Inlaraatad Poop!*
By Department Horticulture and
Holaiiy, Oklahoma A. 4 M
College, Stillwater
should not bo to exceed a Ua par
cent waste when cofu or kafir are
properly stored at the right atage of
maturity, but th# waste la the ease of
alfalfa and cow peas will ordinarily run
from eighteen to twenty par canL If
ia seldom practical to put alfalfa In
* kilo. When cowpeaa are used It
la well to mil them with about twlca
tha bulk of corn, kaflr, or sorghum.
Moat alio users hava decided that
corn should be dented before It Is cut i
for allage. Corn at this stage posses
sea the greatest amount of nutrients,
HIPPY CHUDREI IT ATCHISOM
WEAK, ILL ANO MISERABLE.
ANNUAL CHILQREN't PICNIC
DRAWS GREAT CROWD
i Ball# Waggoner's Guests Estimated It
Number 30400— Presented Him
With Gold Headad Cans.
Preaervijg Fruit In Orifinsl State
"III you plxaar send ua formula for
preserving trull in lla original slats. Ws
•ts desirous of securing in our office an
elaborate display of everything that
grows In our county, and ws do not
snow the formulas for different things
Bradley A Won, Alfalfa C’oualy. Ok-
lahoma.
Germany Is not tbs first place In th*
World to which one would look tor h
movement In the direction of relief
from conventionality. However, a
Men’s I tress Reform society him been
founded In Merlin, with the object of
bringing masculine attire to n higher
hygienic standard. The society pro-
tests ngulnst the "airtight armor plat-
ing" of the starched shirt front, the
cast Iron rule of black frock-coats for
Weddings and funerals alike, and tho
general system of dress which In
▼olves the wearing of many tight tit
ting garments each overlapping the
other. Stiff collars and cuffs are also
tabooed |t |H said that the society
will begin Its propaganda among ar-
tists and other me* or Independent
standing, like writers, physicians and
sportsmen Merlin has not had great
success as a starter of women's fash-
ions, but that Is no reason why It
should fall In "setting the pace" for
then. The result of the new undertak-
ing will be awaited with Interest.
Bp 0*p*rtm#nt Of Horticulture A Botany
A. 4 M. Collogo. Stillwater. Oslo.
There is no single mixture which
M used for the preservation of all
fruits. The mixtures are varied ac-
cording to the kind of fruit. Its color,
and several other things. Home fruits
are very easy to preserve. Apples,
l>eura, and grapes may be placed In a
two per cent solution of formalin and
water, and It will preserve them quite
naturally for several years.
Peaches are more difficult to pro
serve, hut they may be preserved for
at least a year by the addition of about
two per cent of glycerine to the above
aolutlon.
Mlsckberrlea, raspberries, and black
cherries ure quite difficult to preserve
without their coloring going Into the
preserving fluid. | should advise you
to leave these fruits alone unless you
care to put more work In on them
than | anticipate you do.
Atchison. Kansas—It Is estimated
that 30,000 persons, half of them chil-
dren, were at Malle Waggener'a an
When the corn la ruu through the en- BUBl ^cnlc •* Forest park when Presl
The reckless motorists and those
Who are Insolent both In demands and
manner to tho general public are do-
ing much to provoke antagonism
Which will react on the whole sport of
automoblllng, says the Maltlmore
American. There arc a large number
of nutomohlllsts who operate their ma
chines carefully and with due care
knd consideration for the rights of
others, who do not abuse their privi-
leges, are not only willing but also
xnxlouB to comply with nil the pro-
visions of the law and who treat pe-
destrians with consideration and
courtesy. Hut as In other cases, these
Innocent ones have to suffer for the
sake of the guilty, and will be power-
less to check the adverse public opin-
ion which so much recklessness and
arrogance nre bound to engender. It
Is another count against the reckless
ones that they are bringing discredit
knd 111 feeling against a largo class
Who do not deserve either.
Starting a Walnut Orov«.
I should like to hava aoine literature
that treats of tha grovslug of walnut llm-
hor for commercial purposes. 1 wish to
obtain Informallon relative to selection
of seed, Boll, climate, geographical loca-
tb n, mot h.so in planting, cultivating and
curing for the black walnut treea. -J. H.
Thompson, Kay County. Oklahoma.
A Gotham broker has gone nbroad
to hunt for a perfect wile, who. to
suit his taste, must combine the best
points of the women of all nations.
Hut one trouble with a quest of this
kind Is that the Ideal woman hersalf,
If found, may also be looking for the
Ideal husband
The establishing of an nge limit for
operators of automobiles ts a pertectly
reasonable proposition. A powerful
machine, with all Its possibilities of
Speed. In streets used by men, women
and children. Is entirely too danger-
ous a toy for Irresponsible boys who
think nothing of the rights ot others
end of possible accident, but nre heed-
lessly Intent only on "going fast.”
says the Maltlntore American. Already
In a fatal accident the plea of ex-
treme youth has been set up as a de-
fense, and this fact should add weight
to the arguments for taking the han-
dling of automobiles from Irresponsi-
ble persons. If youth and Intoxica-
tion are allowed at mitigating circum-
stances In accidents, then there will
bo no safety In the highways and the
city streets for anybody.
By Department of Horticulture 4 Botany
A. 4 M. College. Stillwater, Okie.
The black walnuts should be gath-
ered In the fall soou after they fall,
which Is usually about Ocober. In se-
lecting the nuts preference should be
given to the large ones from good
thrifty, healthy trees. In case you de-
sire to plant In the fall they should
be In the shade plied in small piles to
avoid drying out and heating. It Is
not necessary to hull the nuts. They
may be planted any time after gather-
ing up until the soli freexes.
For spring planting, which is pre-
ferable to fall planting, the nuts
should be stratMied. that Is to say, take
a box, put a couple of inches of sand
In the bottom, then a layer of nuts,
and so on. Keep the contents moist
and exposed so as to be subject to
frooxing during the winter. This will
soften the shell so they will germinate
readily In the spring. Watch them
closely In the spring, for should they
sprout the sprouts are liable to be
broken off as they are very brittle.
They should be planted as soon as
possible after the soil Is In workable
condition In the spring
It is best to plant the nuts In soil
which has been previously cultivated
If possible. For the most satisfactory
growth, deep, rich, soil along river or
creek banks is preferred. It Is diffl
cult to transplant black walnuts on ac-
count of their long tap root, and for
this reason it Ib desirable to plant the
seed where you expect to grow the
trees. Lay off the rows ten feet apart
and plant the nuts three feet apart
In the row. and nbout four Inches deep.
It is not necessary to All the furrow
entirely at first us this will assist In
catching and holding the rain. If It
Is not possible to plant In this way
desirable spots may be picked out and
spaded and planted, thus giving you
small scattering groups of trees. As
the walnut is a moisture-loving plant
it Is very Important to keep the plant
Ing cultivated until a good root system
Is developed. In case of the group
planting where cultivation Is not prac-
ticable. mulch the soli with straw or
some kind of litter.
The black walnut is found in west
rrn Massachusetts to southern Min-
nesota nnd eastern Kansas south to
western Florida and Texas
Again has a New York society wom-
an found that It does not pay to try
to beat the customs Inspection. The
woman who makes the effort Is not
only foolish, but Is compelled to pay
B high prloe for her foil/.
Filling the 8ilo.
By Professor W. A. Unklater
Department of Animal Husbandry, A.
M. College, Stillwater, Okie.
A good many fanners In Oklahoma
«re being confronted thiB year for the
first time with the problem of filling
a silo, nnd there are a number of
questions which a good many of them
would no doubt like to have answered.
Among these quetslons are the fol
lowing:
What crops are best suited to cur-
ing in the silo? At what stage should
such crops be cut? tVhat equipment is
necessary for filling the silo? What
precautions should be taken when fill
Ing the silo?
Heavy, solid stemmed plants like
corn, kafir, niilo, and .sorghum are
much more satisfactory than alfnlfn,
cow pens and other leafy plants for
making silage. Corn, katir. and slm
ilnr plants when cut up, pack much
better in the silo than will alfalfa or
cow pens, and for this reason cure with
**** lots. In a good silo there there
silage cutter the cut corn should be
quite moist, if it la not. enough wa-
ter should be added to make It moist
Kaflr and sorghum should have seeds
well past the milk stage before they
are cut for silage.
A power ensilage cutter Is necessary
for filling the silo. There are many
•“•It** °n the market. These are man-
ufactured In various sixes, rrom those
that may be driven with a four to six-
horae-power gasoline engine and with
a capacity of four or five tons of corn
per hour to the largest sise, which re-
quire twelve to fourteen horae-power
steam engine to drive, and with a ca-
pacity of over ten tons per hour. Only
an enallage cutter with a blowers at-
tachment ahould be purchased. The
smaller site ensilage cutter will serve
very well except In cases where a num-
ber of silos have to be filled. It la
economy where possible for a half
dosen or more silo owners to purchase
a large machine and work together lg
the tilling of the silos, as with a large
ensilage cutter and a full force of men
and teams, aa much as one hundred
tons of silage can be put Into the silo
In a day. A force of six or seven
teams and fourteen or fifteen men will
be required to keep such machinery
running at Ita full capacity without
taking into account the force neces-
sary to cut the corn In the Held. For
such rapid filling two or three corn
blndera will be necessary. If binders
are used to cut the corn It la often
practical to start cutting the corn In
the field one or two days before filling
the silo. This Is very good practice
except In periods of rain, when sand
and dirt may get washed Into the corn.
It will be found best to cut the corn
into % or half-inch lengths and to
keep the knives sharp, aa otherwise
there will be a lot of uncut leaves and
pieces of stalks In the silage, which
will prevent thorough packing. The
cut corn, kaflr, or surghum must be
thoroughly mixed in the silo. Several
of the manufacturers of ensilage cut-
ters are now selling a distributor,
which helps very materially In this
respect. The cut stems, ears, and
leaves must be all thoroughly mixed
together to insure keeping, as If the
leaves are allowed to accumulate In
one place in the silo they will not pack
sufficiently and spoil. It Is advisable
when filling the silo to keep It well
tramped.
It makes very little difference wheth-
er ten or one hundred tons is put In
a silo In a day. The only disadvantage
of rapid filling is that It Is not pos-
sible to pack the corn so well In the
silo, and consequently It settles more.
A thirty-foot deep silo filled In one day.
no matter how well tramped, may be
expected to settle five or six feet, and
unless refilled a considerable part of
the storage capacity la unused.
The chief waste In a good silo Is at
the top. It Is Impossible to keep a
small amount of silage from rotting
and spoiling at the top. Where feed-
ing from the silo Is not begun for a
period of from sixty to ninety days it
is to be expected that ten or twelve
Inches of rotten silage will be found
on the ton. Different methods for
preventing this waste have been tried,
but few are practical. The best plan
is to cut a few loads of low grade
fodder and put It on the top of the
silo, wetting It well and tramping if
throughly. Feeding from the silo
may be begun at once If the feed is
needed. When feeding from the silo
Is begun two or more Inches must
be removed all over the top of the
silo every day to prevent any spoil-
Ing. There is a good deal of smut In
corn this year, but this will not make
the silage dangerous to feed.
The cost of putting corn or other
similar crops In a silo, that Is, cutting,
hauling and filling, may be expected
to run from sixty to seventy-five cents
per ton, allowing $3.60 a day for a
team and man. $1.50 a day for day la-
bor, $10.00 a day for rent of an en-
gine. What machinery of small ca-
pacity ts used and the labor is largely
taken care of by the home force It is
quite possible that the cost of filling
may be figured at a lower rate.
dent Taft arrived to be the guest of
the children for an hour.
Never at any of bis birthday anni-
versary celebrations has Mr. Wag-
goner had so many little guests, and
never, be declared, has he been so
bAppr.
Early In the morning the children
began coming down town. By 9 o'clock
at least 3,000 youngsters went to the
high school building, where the flags
and noise makers were distributed.
From the high school the throng
wended its way to the union depot to
meet the children who came In on the
special trains from along tho Central
Branch and from Missouri.
After the special trains were all In
and unloaded, the big parade formed.
After the parade the children and
their parents boarded cars for Forest
park where the big picnic was held.
One of the most pleasant features
of the morning’s celebration occurred
immediately after the arrival of the
Central Branch train when the chil-
dren or Effingham presented Mr. Wag-
gener with a beautiful gold beaded
cane. Mr. Waggener did not attempt
to make s speech but very modestly
and courteously thanked the little
folks for the beautiful gift.
This crowd is the greatest and
happiest Atchison ever had enter-
tained. It Is estimated that at least
30,000 persons were at the park.
Mow many people suffer from bacB-
acbe, headache and diszinesa with-
out realising tha cause? These symp-
toms of kidney trouble are too serious
I to neglect.
James C. Hardin,
Weatherford, Texaa,
says: "My feet and
limbs became aemb
and I had terrible
pains through tha
[samll ot my hack.
KI d a a y secretions
caused untold aaaoy-
_Mice hy their fre-
quency in passage and I began to
think there waa no hope for ma
Doan's Kidney Pills cured ma and I
hava not had tha slightest trouble
atace.M
“When Tour Back la Lama, Remem-
ber the Name—DOAN’S."
For oalo hy druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price Mm
Foeter Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Wise Uncle Joshua.
“Be you the elevator conductor?**
asked Uncle Joshua, who had strayed
Into town out of the sweet rusticity of
a comic paper.
“Yee, air,” grinned the boy.
“Well, I come ter this village te»
aeo the high buildln*. Haow high ua
«’ ye go?"
“To the top—twenty-first floor."
“Take me up to th’ 'leventh. Shot
What’o th’ use o’ riskin' my life an'
doin' all the hull way when the folka
to home *11 never believe I wont any
higher than ten stories, no matter
what I tell ’em?"
MUST KNOW ABOUT INQUISITIONS
Gov. 8tubbs Directs Attorney General
to Give Him Three Days Notice
of Proposed Inquiry.
Topeka, Kan.—Gov. Stubbs is not
going to take any chances hereafter
of the inquisitions conducted by the
attorney general at the governor's re-
quest being failures. He sent a let-
ter to the attorney general following
an Interview directing that hereafter
the attorney general give him three
days’ notice when inquisitions are to
be held so that the governor's special
agents can be present
The governor’s detectives collected
evidence showing more than 25 places
where liquor was sold in Kansas
City, Kan., and they had the names ol
12 men who could furnish additional
evidence. All this was on file with
the governor and when the attorney
general was directed to begin the In
quisitions at Wichita. Corcordla and
Kansas City, Kan., the governor said
he would furnish the evidence taken
to Dawson. Dawson did not use the
evidence in Kansas City and gave out
an interview that he had to depend
on ‘‘voluntary witnesses and chance
discovery of testimony.”
"ECZEMA ITCHED SO BADLY
I COULD NT STAND IT."
PTOMAINES IN PICNIC LUNCH
8lx People Seriouely III After Eating
Lunch at Atchison’s Big Jubilea
Children’s Outing.
Well Casing* Need* Repairing.
A I arse Russian Mulberry tree Is
growing within five feet of my drilled
well, and the roots run down Into the
well and become detached and get Into
the water These roots cause the water
to taste very much. Except for the taste
the water appears good. Would you con-
sider the water unhealthy, and If so
what would you advise me to do to puri-
fy It" -George Morgan, Logan County
Oklahoma.
Atchison, Kansas.—Ptomaine pois-
oning caused by eating spoiled press-
ed chicken nearly resulted In the
death of F. S. Welch, a farmer,
and his little daughter, and E. S. Still-
man and his wife and two children,
who attended the Waggener Jubilee
here. After eating a picnic lunch at
Forest park, the party started to their
homes west of Atchison. On the way
all six became ill. They got out of
their wagons and laid down in the
grass beside the road. They were
found there In a dangerous condition
an hour later by Harry Reisner, a
neighbor.
By Professor C. K. Francis
Department of Chemletry, A. 4 M. Col-
leoe. Stillwater, Okie.
In my opinion the roots themselver
w’lll do no harm, but their presence
Indicates that the easing Is broker
and the water may become contarr
'tinted. To prevent this I should
vise you to have the cnslng remov
and repaired or s now ous put In tU.
Walsh Parole Rumored.
Leavenworth, Kan.—That John R.
Walsh, the former Chicago banker,
has been released from the federal
prison here Is a rumor that cannot be
verified fully, but will not down.
The warden denied that Walsh had
been before the parole board, l^ater
It was admitted by the president of
the board that Walsh had bgen heard
by the members. It is believed that
Walsh has been paroled and is prob-
ably speeding to a secluded spot to
avoid publicity.
“I goffered with eczema on my neck
for about gix months, beginning by lit-
tle pimples breaking out. I kept
scratching till the blood came. It kept
getting worse, I couldn't sleep nights
any more. It kept Itching for about n
month, then I went to a doctor and
got some liquid to take. It seemed
n» If I was going to get better. The
Itching stopped for about throe days,
but when It started again, was even
worse than before. The ecxema itched
ao badly I couldn’t stand It any morw.
*'I went to a doctor and he gave mn
some medicine, but didn’t do any good.
We have been having Cutlcura Rem-
edies In the house, so I decided to try
them. I had been using Cuticum
Boap, so I got me a box of Cutlcura
Ointment, and washed off the affected
part with Cutlcura Soap three times a
day, and then put the Cutlcura Oint-
ment on. The first day I put It on, It
relieved me of Itching so I could sleep
all that night. It took about a week,
then I could see the scab come oft. I
kept the treatment up for three weeka,
and my eczema was cured.
“My brother got his face burned
with gun-powder, and he used Cutlcura
Soap and Ointment The people all
thought he would have scars, but you
can’t see that he ever had his face
burned. It was simply awful to look
at before the Cutlcura Remedies
(Boap and Ointment) cured it.“
(Signed) Miss Elizabeth Gehrkl, Fop-
rest City, Ark., Oct 16, 1910. Although
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment are sola
by druggists and dealers everywhere,
a sample of each, with S2-page book,
will be mailed free on application to
“Cutlcura," Dept 17 L, Boston.
8wlaa Woman Preacher.
Miss Gertrude von Petzold will prob-
ably be the first woman preacher in
Switzerland, now that the synod of
the cantons has decided that women
may preach. She waa formerly min-
ister of the Free Christian church in
Leicester, England, where she waa
born. She haa also preached In this
country.
Big Fire Loss at Wichita.
Wichita, Kansas.—With one fireman
killed when a three-story brick wall
Tell onto an aerial truck in an alley,
ind with a loss already near $500,000,
Wichita's fire fighters had the battle
>f their lives at midnight to save the
Justness section of the city. The F.
L Smyth & Son's warehouse, which
■xtend8 from the Santa Fe to the
ock Is'and tracks, just north of the
-iuua Fe depot, was destroyed.
l§cn*
SINGLE
UNDER
mtoscigii
Tnw hy IBos
for Cigarn
Not no Good.
LEE.LEWIS Peoria.Ill,
Broom Com Shippon
or Broom Com Associations
wlth »■- We want Broom Cora.
Authorised Selling Agents for Tho Amorlosn
Society of Equity on thin market.
COYNE BROTHERS
IOO South Water Street CHICAGO
the crop in yonr district? C ®
Peilils f.vt* Salve
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