The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 13, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1905 Page: 1 of 8
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FROM WAY DOWN SOUTn
Few people have little Idea of the
far-reaching proclivities of the news-
paper printed In the little towns, and
especially when it contains something
that is deemed of merit by the great
newspaper of the cities who copy and
comment thereon. Tite other day we
had a letter from a total stranger (F.
J. Lampton) at Beeville, Texas. Here
is what he says:
„ _ „ Beeville, Texas, Aug. 31, '05,
Mr. J. M. Simmons,
Manchester, Okla.
Dear Sir—Seeing an article in The
Kansas City Star on your experience
in subsoiling for wheat I thought you
might be interested in a subsoiler.
To explain how I came to make one
is this: I moved from Cherokee
county Kansas, last October to Bee-
ville. Bee county, Texas, fifty miles
north of Corpus Christi. When we
began to plow for the coming crop we
had cotton fields to break and the
cotton stalks were avgreat nuisance.
I began to study how to get rid of
them. Finally I devised a plan to
take them out, root and branch, and
raked them up and burned them.
After going over the land to cut the
stalks I found we had plowed the
land about ten inches de8p where the
cotton rows were. So we ran another
time between first furrows splitting
middles and we had all the ground
broke ten inches deep. We then har-
rowed and planted it to corn and
have as fine a crop as 1 ever saw.
After looking my machine over I
found I had a cotton stalk cutter,
subsoiler, potato digger, peanut lifter,
and onion harvester. I applied for
a patent and it was granted June 20,
1903. Now I would like for you
ONLY ONE THING.
MANCHESTER, GRANT COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TER., FRIDAY, AUGUST II, 1905.
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J it you want to tell, trade or
,£. buy anything, say 10 through the
JOURNAL. It is the belt ad*er-
T Using medium ever printed in a
!•.’ town the size ol Manchester and
■r always treati you right.
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try one in your neighborhood to in-
troduce it. I will give you the right
to make one if you desire to do so.
Any blacksmith can make one and
the cost is small. It can be made as
an attachment to a cultivator for
about $5 dollars.
Respectfully yours,
F. J. Lampton.
At the close of Mr. Lampton’s let-
ter he gave a diagram showing how
his subsoiler is made. It is an at-
tachment for an ordinary cultivator,
and the beams are made of 2xfj hard
wood, 5 feet long. These are fastened
to the cultivator with the ordinary
clevis made for that purpose. Hand-
les are attached to these beams the
same as to a walking cultivator. The
shank for receiving the shovel appears
to be made of wood, and the shovel is
a steel blade about 8 inches wide, al-
most square at the bottom, the shovel
being 12 to 16 inches long and i inch
thick. We suppose it is cupped so as
to make it stick to the ground.
We have little idea as to what this
implement would do in the Way of sub-
soiling in the bottom of a lister fur-
row in this country, but are quite sure
that if it worked at all It would take
four good horses to pull it, and even
then it would be Impossible to go
more than three to five inches deep
with it. It is evidently a good ma-
chine for lifting cotton stalks, root
and branch, out of the ground for
raking and burning, and it might be
a grand success as a “potato digger,
peanut lifter and onion harvester,”
but we would have to see it tried be-
fore we would have much faith in it
as a subsoiler to work In a lister fur-
row in ground that bad never been
stirred.
THOMAS BROGDEN INSANE
There Is one thing, and one only, Readers of the Journal will remem-
that the farmer has to combat in the her a statement a few weeks ago con-
successful growing of crops in Okla- corning Thomas Brogden having been
homa, and that is periodical drouths. Picked up two miles northeast of town
Tiie Journal editor lias watched con- and taken to his brother’s, J. W.
ditions closely for years inthlscoun- Brogden’s, where he was cared for
try, and we do not believe in all that u°tB his family near Alva came and
time we ever saw a crop of wheat, took him home. It was hoped at the
corn, oats, cane or kaitirgrow that did that his derangement was only
not, at some period or other, suffer to temporary, and may yet be so, but it
some extent for moisture. Perhaps has been necessary to remove hin; to
the nearest to it was a field of wheat an asylum as will be seen by the fol-
of 15 acres on the Journal farm this lowing item from the last issue of the
year that was subsoiled after being Alva Pioneer:
listed last year, and which, notwith- ‘‘Sheriff Iladwlger left this after-
standing the unfavorable season, made noo,n wRd* Thomas II. Brogden for the
20* bushels per acre while wheat by ^rfh^f a\v» ™^(den llved ld m*les
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only 101 bushels. part of the time his mind is all right,
Tite Journal would insist that and^5<suc^ tlmes he fully realizes his
the whole problem is in how best rid, J1°.1,l’Hb'i&wheu he does get offhe
togua.d against drouth, aad „ the
farmer can do that he need not fear sight and showed he had been a kind
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Volume 13, Number 10.
KICKED BY A HORSE.
Ethel Barber, the 13-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Barber, who
bought the B. B. Pearson farm south
of Waldron, was kicked and very seri-
ously injured about 3 o'clock Monday
afternoon while trying to catch a
horse in the pasture about a quarter
of a mile from the house. A smaller
child saw the horse kick her, and
when help arrived she was still un-
conscious. Dr. Saffold was phoned
and when he arrived found the un-
fortunate girl conscious with an ugly
gash cut clear through the right side
of her face, running from the corner
of her mouth back, and several teeth
below and above were knocked out.
The doctor does not consider the
wound necessarily dangerous If he is
successfulin keeping down fever and
blood poison, which may prove hard
to do under the circumstances while
the weather is so very warm. Tiie
cut was so deep that it required
stitching both inside apd out to draw
it together. Tite accident was
a very unfortunate one both for
the little girl and iter parents, and
the Journal sincerely hopes that she
will speedily recover with as little
disfigurement as possible.
uiiau ne need not rear ana snowed he had been a kind
the result of farming in this country. ari(^ loving father. His wife accora-
The Campbell system is all right, but Kn tlN°rin«r\.wheFe 8he wiI1
in view or the fact that It ?e,ii™a SfflS '% "ifflHop”?,,,
lots of labor, we like listing and soon recover and be ablePto return
subsoiling to catch and store the home>”
summer and fall rains for wheat Thomas Brogden was a resident of
before seeding time, and the more of RarPer county a number of years ago
it that is done and the deeper, the I a*^d ah the old-timers knew him as an
better we think in case of a dry sea- honorable, upright man. It is hoped
son. To do this properly requires al- t,|at he will soon recover and return
most double work over the ordinary home to his family,
methods used for preparing wheat
land, but when once done the work FARMER TALKS,
will last and prove benelicial for R°binson & Burger, Atwood, 111.
years, and deep cultivation can be sent to the “Reporter” a letter which
easily handled thereafter. Why not aPPeared in their local paper from one
give it a trial this summer on a few of the )eadiug farmers in their locali-
acres that you intend to sow to wheat? ty; The letter is reproduced:
It won’t cost much and might make , 'Re careful of the mail order hou$e!
you lots of money in time. Sears, Roebuck & Co. had a lady
--- representative riding horseback over
A GREAT SUCCESS. tbe count,ry ^he past few days making
The Journal likes to speak of any- ? tJe,r. fam°US oata'
lone’s blacksmith shop in Manchester an* L?'? **
and lie showed us .a spur wheel from a in ^ ubject to our clos-
Uster which had been broken and he ™»i spectlon before buying: and
had mended it with abrazingr Cfr"^'0881" Uie cata‘
pound of his own. He also showed us •.rfrt ?ears and Roebuck
another casting with a hole in it ie front and back lines
which be broke out by forcing a punch 11 ^ Where they wi" take
through the the hole on the anvil. uienY’blffat!WheaJ’corn or
He then brazed the brake and made a Lrt£ f L L l „ exchan^e for
thorough test by again forcing the > goods-nothing but clean
punch through the hole. r££KS£ UM
ural supposition would be that It ,
would break where the brazing had L«fs that^f Thef
been done, but it didn’t, and bursted ‘"Ld to T ^ repre"
out on both sides in a new place. So and thpv ^ their expense
when you break a casting hereafter ^ mart enough to know
don’t wait to send for a new one, but 1,“ f y'nine., 0Ut ,of a lnnidred
just take it to Malone’s blacksmith ins eSof voSn? Clr medicine
shop and have it made just as good as SI • ““f' u
new in a few minutes time. Parrh P p ® if1thTeibest teacher on
leaith. I ersonally I have sent them
cash orders in amounts varying from
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A WFUL HOT OUT THERE. „ to *50 and
C. E. Blye received a letter the every time, and have the goods to
other day from Geo. W. Schutz at prove it. I have taken all of their
Yuma, Arizona, in which he says he medicine that I care to, and when I
has just finished a large 2-story house, saw their free distribution of cata-
the lower floor space on which covers logues it made me vomit up this con-
34x4<; feet. The tone of his letter fession, and I offer an apology to our
would indicate that he is planted out home merchants and say to others
there for good, and that he don’t in- beware of the mail order houses, for
tend coming back at all. His new nine times out of ten you will get left
house has a large porch, which he c. A Collix* ’
says is “all inclosed with fine wire
screen, to keep the mosquitoes from CATTLEMEN'S PICNIC,
eating us up.” The letter further The Seventh Annual Cattlemen's
says: “We have had some warm picnic will be held at Kingman. Aug.
weather. July 3rd, 4th and oth the) l^i 16, li and 18. Tills annual festi-
CAME TO MANCHESTER.
Four or five loads of cattle belong-
ing to farmers living southwest of
Wakita were shipped to St. Joe from
Manchester first, of this week. The
cattle were! ^ mixed lot of steers, cows,
heifers and vlves, and belonged to
Jus. McMu Al Thrall, Philip
Richard, Dick Lawrence and Ed Wir-
ick. Their reason for shipping from
Manchester is the difference In the
freight rate, which is less than from
their home point. We are told that
Mr. McMullin accompanied the ship-
ment, but cannot say whether any of
the other owners went along.
, The price on this class of cattle is so
very low just now that local buyers
have to buy them so cheap that it
looks like next to stealing them, so
the farmer cannot be blamed for
shipping and getting what he consid-
ers the very last dollar that there is
in them for him.
If we were advising the farmer
concerning cattle, we would say, hold
on. at least fora few months, for the
price is certainly at, bed-rock and can-
not well go any lower. Besides, we
may have good wheat pasture next
fall, and in that event' cattle would
bring a much better price if held up
in flesh until January.
The present outlook would indicate
that heifer calves will be bought in
the fall at weaning time at from $6 to
$7, and steer calves from $7 to $9* per
head. This is quite different from
112 to $15 for the same classof calves
a few years ago, but the signs of the
times say take it, or let it alone. It
is the Journal’s opinion that money
could be made in buying up these
calves and feeding them for the mar-
ket in February or March.
STUART FARM SOLD.
A contract was signed up Monday’ I
between M. V. Stuart and Jesse C.
Jones for the transfer of the Stuart
farm 3* miles east of town to Mr.
Jones, the purchase price of which is
$4,000. The Journal is sorry to see
Mr. Stuart, sell, as he and his wife are
estimable people and have lived here
a good many years, where they have
made many friends. We have not I
learned where they intend going, but
would not be surprised to see them
locate again in this part of the coun-
try.
Mr. Jones has been a resident of
Grant county for a number of years, j
having owned a farm near Gibbon at
one time, and is known as one among
our best citizens. ^
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Buggies, guaranteed second growth
hickory and wrought iron, making
them by far the best buggies ever
placed on the market at Manchester.
I stand back of any and all defects
in workmanship or material. Guar-
antee is absolute. Also just received
a line of first grade planished steel
4 enamel ware, cheaper than ever before sold
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Is prepared to do al! kinds of work, such as
Store Fronts, Stair Building, Window and Door
Frames, Screens of all kinds. Also all kinds of
odd size Panel Doors, Porch work, Balustrade,
Spindles, Bracket work, Gables, and all kinds of
Mill worK. Cal! in and see our machinery.
Prices satisfactory and work guaranteed.
, ProPr,et°r- South of Opera House, Anthony, Kansas .
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WELrL SATISFIED.
In conversation with A. T. Ricks!
the other day he tells us that lie is
well satisfied with his 1905 crop in
Grant county. He lives 74 miles!
south and 2 miles west of Manchester,
and informs us that he had one field I
of 25 acres of Red Russian wheat that
made 174 bushels per acre, and an-
other field of 28 acres that made 14
bushels per acre. 11 is corn-25 acres-
is as fine as any he has ever grown in I
this country, never having “fired” in !
the least, and he has a fine crop of I
apples and lots of peaches. Mr. Ricks
is a man pretty well along in years, '
and having lived a long time in the i
west, it is possible that many a farm- >
er in Oklahoma could get some valu-|
able pointers from him on farming.
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6 President. S- W. RENEAU, <
Vice-President.
Cashier. ^
Gitizens Bonk
OF MAXCHESTRK, OKLA.
DOES A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS:
MONEY TO LOAN.
r °n i|nproved and unimproved farms at reasonable rate of interest. J
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~E-A. Watkins is back in the
Citizens State Bank again, having
commenced work there on Monday.
We don’t know whether he has
bought stock in the institution or is
"cau.ici. .iuijt .uu, tun ami oui me * ‘ ano is. Tills annual festi-
thermometer registered 120 degrees, 'al has become fixed in the minds of
How is that for hot? Mrs. Schutz Ube people of Southwestern Kansas
stands it pretty well. Our overflows There will be ballgames, steer roping
are a thing of the past, as the levy broncho busting, hurdle races, chariot
will be built this fall. Work is going races, Roman races, stock and agri-
on at the dam 20 miles above Yuma, culturial exhibits. Pain's fireworks
All kinds of labor in demand here at wi>l also be a great drawing card,
fancy prices. I paid carpenters $4 Several thousands dollars will be given
per day and boarded them.” lawavas nnunhim. ____
GONE TO UTAH.
W. L. Kndsley, mail carrier on
Route 1, left Monday evening for the
land lottery that is soon to be held
in Utah under the Republican admin-
istration. These lotteries are merely
a scheme for the benefit of the rail-
roads, and more money is taken In by
the roads for carrying passengers than
the lands themselves are worth.
There will probably be one chance
in 800 for Mr. Endsley to draw a num-
ber that will entitle him to some-
thing good in the shape of a claim,
and we certainly hope he will get it:
but the principle involved in the con-
test is a sbaiue and disgrace to the
American people, in the Journal’s
mind. The lottery Itself is lad
no less than a
away as premiums. Special rates on
all raiiroads.
WILL WE CELEBRATE?
The 16th of September, the 12th
anniversary of the opening of the
Cherokee Outlet to settlement, falls
on Saturday this year, and if Man-
chester is going to celebrate the
event she had better be getting a
bustle on herself. There’s no time
to lose.
merely working for wages-but just \ *
the same it looks kinker old fxshioned " a, no less u,an a
»ke to see him behind the l.ankif. ^ ’f scheme, but when gotten
up for the benefit of the railroad
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counter. Everett is alright, and so is
the Citizens State Hank.
oorporat ions, it makes
worse.
it ten times
THE JET FAIR.
The Journal acknowledges a com-
plimentary to the Jet fair, which will
be held at Jet, Woods county, on Sep-
tember 5, «, , and 8. The association
anticipates some good racing and a
tine agricultural and stock display.
AN rite to W. M. Jet, secretarv, for
premium list.
-The Woods County High School
at Helena opens September 1«. They
have a magnificent 3-story brick
building, plenty large to accommodate
several hundred scholars.
STICK TO YOUR JOB.
There is a lot of men in the world
who imagine they would lie happy if
they could be in the other fellows
place. The farmer would like to
change seats with the banker and
the millionaire tells you he would
likd*tobe dependent once more and
live that simple life of the man be-
hind the plow. The man weighed
down with problems that confront
his every day life, says an exchange
would give more thau a pleasant
thought to get out of the ceaseless
grind into the careless and happy mein
of the drummer, and the drummer in
turn would be glad to quit the road
and settle down with his family. The
fact of the whole matter is that ever
vocation has its rainy day, dishearten-
ing seasons and a sigh for a change. is
that much time wasted. The man
who buckles into it and stays by it
day after day. who comes up smiling
and turns ill luck into a stepping
stone to a better thing is the man
who is worth the while and who is
worth tieing to. He is the kind that
is built on a rock as solid as Gibratar
and upon which the storms of adver-
sity beat with a fury that is unavail-
ing. The idea that a man has to
change work with some other fellow
to be contented shows a disposition
to hunt for easier t hings, and t here is
no greater hindrance to success and
happiness than that one.
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UNDERTAKING and
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
Wakita, Oklahoma.
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