The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1910 Page: 1 of 4
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SENATOR OWENS ON HOO
RAISING.
Calling on Senator R. L. Owen to-
day I asked him what was the most
important thing he thought of that
would benefit the Oklahoma farmer?
To my surprise, he replied, "raising
hogs Intelligently.” I said to him.
"Senator what do you know about
raising hogs? I thought your 'long
suit was finance and statecraft. The
Senator replied, "the basis of state-
craft and of finance both will be found
in the proper guidance of the produc-
tive energies of the American people.
"There is no way in whloh the land
can be made more productive than by
cultivating the land with a view to
marketing Immediately the product of
the land by feeding such products to
swine. I have given this subject
much consideration and am pursuing
this policy in a systematic way on my
farm In Washington county.
"The first thing to be done is to
have proper housing for the sows so
that their young during the first three
weeks may be thoroughly protected
and immediately thereafter they
should be systematically furnished
with dean drinking water and an
abundance of succulent food and the
land should be divided up into con-
venient small lots in which could be
raised bermuda, corn and sorghum,
oats and alfalfa, having a separate
lot for each growing crop, so that as
these crops are ready to be eaten they
may be immediately harvested on the
ground by the hogs. They should be
furnished with plenty of salt and with
an abundance of room for exercise,
and the crops should be so planted as
to mature in successive order, in
order to furnish a continuous supply
of abundant cheap food. If the Okla
homa farmers will pursue this method
they will all become well off.
"If you stop to consider it you will
see that a sow properly cared for will
farrow twloe, and should average
from ten to twelve grown pigs by the
end of the year, taking one year with
another. This means an enormous
lucrease on the capital invested after
providing an abundant pay for the
work bestowed upon this matter.”
"Last September the Secretary of
Agriculture issued Circular No. 30 on
‘ hog raising In the south,” which is a
splendid document, and ought to be
studied by every farmer in Oklahoma.”
"I regard the hardy bermuda as the
most valuable grass in Oklahoma,
because It is more nutritious than
timothy, It is almost impossible to
drown it out by floods, and it never
does petter than in dry weather, and
should be used in hog raising as a feed
lot from which the hogs would radiate
toother lots for the reason that it
makes a very vigorous turf and pre-
vents the hogs from miring in wet
weather.”
"This grass should be sown from
the root and planted in rows like
corn and cultivated, and will cost
from five to six dollars an acre to put
it out right. It should not be sown by
the seed, because the seed hsve a very
ow vitality, and when the young
plant is shaded by weeds it Is easily
killed, 1 understand the Stillwater
Experiment Station will furnish
hardy bermuda roots for a start. I
hope sometime to have a model farm
in Washington .county, where ini x.
perlenced farmers may learn how
money can be made out of a farm.”
MANCHESTER WANT COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEB. 4. iwf \ ] l
Volume 17, Number 35
—Heretofore it has been the prac-
tice of patrons on rural mail routes to
place pennies In the rural mall box^s
along with their letters when they
had no stamps, and it has been the I
duty of the carriers to fish out the
pennies and apply the necessary "
stamps. After February 15th
practice will be stopped, except In I
cases where the proper change Is |
placed In an envelope or so wrapped
in a paper or other receptacle as to |
A BETTER OUTLOOK.
There seems to be a slight im-
provement and a better outlook
ahead for the producer 'of both
beef and pork on the hoof. Cattle,
hogs and sheep all show an in-
crease from 25 to 35 cents per
cwt, on the big markets this
week, despite the fight that is being
put up on the producer by the
laboring people in some of the
larger cities.
While the price of beef and pork
seems high, and it is, these people
do not seem to take into coasidera-
thisl---- enormous cos* °f Pro_
duction. A thousand pound steer
last fall cost the feeder 844. This
same steer, on loo day’s feed, is
selling at about 86 per cwt. In
, .. „ ... t this loo days he consumes abou'i
m.1,. thMN.ll, b . to ■<» 5o bushels of com, worth today*,
carrier, who much dlsllk* on a Lnts pcr bn8heI. This incr/a8c8
cold jMrnliw.to remove hi, 'low thc to the producer t0 J74
to no Ashing after a few loo» penile, 8am„ steer a,so abon
in a mall box. The order of the de- lo ds o( alta,(a h d OT
partment In this matter I, a pood one, L hal( ton wor,h $,Q ,on Here
and .III not Inconvenience patron,. the cost o( ,he 8teer to %J9
It ma, have the effect, too, of Indue- „ he doeg exMptio„aUy well ^
In* them to be more careful about the „iU weigh 13oo pounds on the
matter of allowing themselves to run market. At K per cvrt. he br:„„
out of protege stamps. the producer *78, and out of this
—The residence lot proposition in|be mus^ Puf UP the freight, com-
Manchester is soon going to produce a mission for selling, yardage and feed
problem that will result in much bid- This amounts to about 83 per
higher prices or some additions will I bead> leaving the amount for which
have to be laid out. As it stands he se,ls him only 875—an actual loss
now, there are very few residence lots I producer of 84 for each steer
In town that are for sale, many of the be ^ee<^8- The wasfe iu the
lots being held by those occupying al 11 lot that the hogs gather up
the way from a quarter to a half block, w*d probably cover the four dollars
and some have as much as a whole I ac^Uid l°ss the transaction, leav-
block of ground for residence purposes. I ^ feeder actual loser his labor
These will either have to be cut up and numerous small items of ex-
and sold to those wishing to build, or P®nse that we have not here enue-
moreground secured elsewhere. Man-1 mratcd- And yet the "down east’*
Chester now oovers more than a quar-1 labor'n8 man howls and wants to
ter section of ground, outside the I bammer down the price of beef on
Cameron addition, and the Journal the man who Produces it.
thinks it would be better for the town | A 5o-cent raise in prices would
LOOK TOUR BEST
And Tou’re Likely to Act It.
if resident lot owners would sell off leave the feeder a reasonable profit’
some of their surplus lots rather than while a 5o-cent per cwt. decline
see the town spread over more terri- would mean ruin to many pro
tow- ducers. Would it be better for the
-Dr. W. M. Lucas, who was for countr>' to force the decline and
years in the drug business here and at f°rce the producer out of
Cameron, has finally settled down at business'thus lessening the demand
456 west 63rd street, Chicago, and has for corn and ha>’ and at the 8ame
ordered the Journal sent to him in the ^me afr®cting the price of those
future to that address. He has many commCities, or would it be better
friends in these parts who will be to fcaye a 5o-cent raise in beef cat
pleased to know that he Is well. | Pr‘ces and advance the wages of
the laborer to that point where he
—The ladles of Manchester who I can afford to eat fresh meat?
sometlmw loss run of their husbends At the hog price tlle price oould
I<W So to *1 per and still
leave a respectable margin for the
producer, based on present prices
I of corn, but the actual shortage in
hog supplies that exists throughout
the country make it unreasonable
to expect any such decline, owing
to the scramble on the part of
packers to get their share of the
hogs in order that they may be
able to fill their urgent orders for
I meat and lard.
If the consumer of fresh meat has
la kick coming, and we are willing
to admit that he has. it should come
on the packer and the retailer, and
not on the producer.
to learn that a telephone has been in
stalled at the lodge room
Wear good clothes, not expensive
clothes—but clothes tailored ex-
pressly for you, full of style and of
comfort—the kind that put you at
AN EARL V SPRING.
It would be well to get ready for
an early spring. Groundhog day
has come and gone and the old
fellow failed to get even a glimpse
of his shadow, as there was nothing
in this section of the country that
even looked like sunshine from
morning till night on Wednesday,
Feb. 2nd. Easter comes early,
too, and that’s another pretty good
sign. But on top of all this, we
had a very early winter—rain all
during November and the coldest
December the country has exper-
ienced in many years. We usually
get about so much cold weather
during winter in this country. If
it comes in December we are not
very apt to have much cold in Jan-
uary and February. If it is nice
and warm up till Christmas, then
we have it cold and stormy in Jan-
uary, and often well up into Feb
ruary.
In the 28 winters that we have
spent in this section of country, we
do not remember a single one dur-
ing which it got cold enough to
form ice that would do to put up
more than ouce in a single winter.
The weather has beeen as fine
could be asked for nearly all during
January, and if we get more than
cold snap or two of a few days dur-
ation each before spring sets in, it
will be an unusual occurrence
following the early and severe
winter in the month of January.
But whether the spring is early
or not, it behooves every farmer to
be up and ready for it when
comes. The man that does things
when the right time comes is the
man who gets along in the world
and the man who always waits for
the season to move him is the fellow
who sucks the hind teat, and is
lucky to get that. Get ready for
an early spring.
ease.
Select the cloth you like best—
the style that becomes you most A
and then have your suit made by K
THE ROYAL TAILORS,
CHICAGO - - AND - - N*W YORK.
Then you’ll present an appearance
—C. J. Butz called Monday and left
a dollar with the request that his
name be added to the Journal list for
a year. Chris says he has rented his
, _ farm land and intends taking It a
equal to any man inferior to no g | little easier in the future
man, and good clothes are the pass- _
—The Waldorn Argusa repofta the
death of Mrs. Sethman, wife of Henry
Sethmffa, which occurred at that place
on Wednesday of last week. Deceased
was%own to many of our readers who
will regret to learn of her death.
port to good society.
Before you buy a suit tk over-_
coat, come in and let me show you
the Royal samples. You’ll be de-
lighted with what 820 or 825 will
buy in a genuine ALL WOOL
tailor made suit of clothes.
J. W. MALLORY,
Resident Dealer. Manchester, Okla.
STARK TREES.
I have taken the agency for the
I Stark Bros, trees at Manchester and
surrounding territory, and will be
pleased to take your order for any
I and everything that you may need in
A NUISANCE.
The federal court is getting to be
pretty much of a nuisance. It
getting -so that when a corporation
does not care to comply with the
aw of a state all they have to do
is to take the matter into the fed-
eral court and get an order sustain-
ing their position.
Kansas has been given a taste o'
this bitter pill of late. The state
sought to oust the Pullman com
>any from doing a local business in
that state because of refusal on the
Jart of the company to pay their
taxes, but the court steps in and
stands by the company and the
state must collect in some other
way or lose the amount due and
collect all the taxes needed to carry
on the business of the state from
the farmers and the common peo-
ple of the state who have no re-
dress in the courts on like cases.
Oklahoma, too, has been up
against thesamesort of proposition.
he corporations down here have
tied up hundreds of thousands of
dollars due the state by taking
cases into the federal court, thus
throwing the burden of taxation
onto the common peonle of the
state.
It’s about time for the people to
begin to think about this nuisance
and initiate steps to get rid of it.
A law that is good enough for the
average tax-payer, ought to be
good enough for a corporation.
—Chaa. Houston hadabout the worst
day of the week for his public sale,
but still had a pretty good crowd and
everything sold at satisfactory prices.
—Abe Slaughter returned a few
days ago from Guthrie, where he was
successful in landing an appointment
as one of the auctioneers for the sale
of school lands. Mr. Slaughter is well
qualified for the place and was justly
entitled to the appointment.
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—Rev. Wright, of the M. E. church,
who just closed *a very successful
meeting at Gibbon, began his meet-
ing at the M. E. Church. Manchester,
Thursday evening, ne will be assist-
"A RUGGED OFFICIAL.”
Undey the above caption the
Guthrie Daily Leader of January
26th, has the following highly com-
plimentary mention of our fellow
townsman and representative of
Grant county in the state legisla-
ture:
"Notwithstanding the two Re-
publican members of the house in-
vestigating committee agreed with
the five Democratic members that
the committee was in good faith,
causing the minority to vote with
the majority, a local paper with a
reputation for fabricating and at-
tempting to mislead, boldly declared
the committee will not do its duty,
but will seek to cover up any de-
ficiencies that maybe shown.
J. W. Smith, of Manchester, is
chairman of the investigating com-
mittee. If there be a man in Okla-
homa who believes Smith could be
induced to commit a wrong or vio-
late his oath, he has so far failed to
make himself heard.
"Every one of the seven members
of that committee has high standing
both at home and in the capital
city for integrity and common sense
purpose. If this be not true, it is
the duty of the accusers to show to
the contrary. If there be a man
who is more ruggedly and persist-
ently honest with himself and the
world thanj. W. Smith, his name
ought to be on the roster. He
doesn’t even evade a retponsibility
nor attempt to avoid a duty.
Smith is of the 24-karat caliber of
men. Any whitewashing he does
will have cured whatever defect was
beneath the surface before he al-
lows the smear to be made.”
CHOICE MILCH COWS.
Having been informed that C. J.
Butz will sell his milch cows at pub-
lic sale at the Henry Schmidt sale.
I wish to say that for 18 months I
have received the cream from the
milk of these cows, and that the test
has been from 48 to 52 per cent, which
is better than received from any
other patron.
E. H. Savely.
—The Citizens State Bank has in-
stalled the finest adding machine that,
is now on the market, It adds, sub-
tracts, multiplies and divides—son e-
thing that we never before saw ri< ne
on any other machine. It is of H e
Wales make, and the one at Manclu s-
ter is the first one sold in the state.
The machine saves a vast amount of
work in the banking business and is
so accurate that a mistake can only be
made by the operator pressing the
wrong key.
—Tom Phipps and family who have
been working at Ed and Jim
Vardy’s for the last year,have gone to
Sedalia, Mo., to make their future
home We did not learn what they
intend doing there, but are of ti e
opinion that they will find less em-
ployment and lower wages than are to
be had in Oklahoma or Kansas.
—It is reported that John A. Ful-
kerson and family will return to Man-
chester the coming spriug, and that
Jas. Goode is on the way here wlt-i an
outfit rf teams to run the Fulkerson
farm the coming summer.
—H. W. Reneau went to Wichita
Wednesday to look up the purr-liase
of a bunch of coming 3-year-old s ?ers.
—W. C. Cooper, nephew of E. S.
Emeryi is here from Perry for ar ex-
tended visit. He is just recov< ring
from a long siege of typhoid feve..
—Valentines comic. Valen ines
lace. Valentines fancy. Valei'ire
cards. Valentines of all kinds at
MaddemNally Drug Co. only until
Feb. 14th.
—The ladies of Manchester who
sometimes lose run of their husb nds
in evenings, will no doubt be p'eased
to lear that a telephone has been in-
stalled at the lodge room.
—Full supply of fancy and comic
Valentines at Madden-Nally Drug Co.
—Remember! St. Valentine will be
at the Madden-Nally Drug. Co. until
Feb. 14th. Everybody is invited to
call and see him.
—Advertised letters:—Two for Mrs.
Morton Koontz.
G. W. Morris P. M.
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Manchester, Okla.
I have had 17 years practical experience in the car-
penter and building line and am prepared to handle
any and all work in that line in first-class shape. I
court the closest inspection on all my work, and guar-
anteed entire satisfaction.
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Rock Island Lumber Co., at Manchester. ♦
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GRADUATE OPTICIAN
P. J. MICHELS, WICHITA, KANSAS.
This notice is to make you
think seriously of your eyes.
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Study their condition. Do
you seek more light? Eye ^
strain takes nerve force; the ^
result may be headaches and ^
pains at the back of the neck; ^
also in many cases the eyes
water.
the tree or shrubdery line. Stark
bear. E. F Bacon. *t*y Rev. Mock, Everybody invited.
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Come to me and I will prove to you that my special ^
^ ground lenses will remove the above troubles when from eye
strain. About four months ago I was in Manchestea and its
surrounding territory, when I fitted many glasses and satisfied
many people. So will again come to open office for Tuesday
and Wednesday February Sth and 9th. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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Simmons, J. Mason. The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1910, newspaper, February 4, 1910; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc497802/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.