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THE DPRAfT W?FKLY NEWS
jQMHot'i Nulri Tli News Ih glad to
stbllch In thin department any Item
Iron any nource pertaining to farm
rk farm development and furm
is t treat. All that Is required Is ac-
curacy In all statements mads. It
t oar desire to make this depart
aunt of real Interest.)
WKKKI.V (ICOI ItM'OKT
Central tfiiMriitiiri' mid vvcatlici
conditions: Much nf tin- week lias
Veen vety tool with lm pi .it in bc-
lpm noimnl. Itains have licn nMi-
' ral. The tains of last week start-
ing a notltcahlc giovvth In nil crops
bat the recent mid weather has
Brought on another check. Tin- con.
linued low tempcinturc. ate making
the tpring tiniixually backward unil
fields arc wet mid cold Kced Ih
plentiful unil pinspetts seem lit Indi-
cate another large feed ft op. The
lateness of tin- Hi-asou's Is bilng-
Ing many recruits to general apathy.
OATS: An backward unit In cases
Bale and thin Some grccuhug dam-
age is reported lioin Stephens Cot-
loo and Canadian counties.
CORN: On upland fainiH seems to
doing better than In the liottoniH.
Haatlng nan been practically com-
pleted In many counties hut In other
warh planting is Ktill being done.
Tie growth of the crop has been very
atow. There is some complaint of
damage by cut-worms.
COTTON: Planting has been delay-
mf by cold and wet and has not yet
ftecome general. The poor start
mtie by corn may have an effect up-
tbe acreage of cotton and more
may be planted than might otherwise
have been expected.
POTATO KS: Are late and not up
to their usual condition at this time
f the. year.
ALFALFA is hardly one-hair of
aormal and remains several weeks
ble. Wheiu (he froen and aphid-
aapped growth was ciippled. hplendid
aew growth has stalled. There are
M low cases of marketing of new a.
lalfj
Tu llltOOM CORN acreage may
bow an incre.iM' due to Hut pluiitlug
at small fields by new growcis.
The STOCK of letiant farmets in
Cotton (ountit-s is not in the best of
condition ptobably due to lack nf
mean to provide sufficient feed.
Vale :iri' taking a lame toll of small
chickens. PASTI'ltKS vveie hint by
the lite freeiM.
LAIIOR is plelitirnl. It is expected
ttuit the WOOL crop will lie stiueil
at bnme and pooled when inaikel
condillous win rant; mini) will con-
vert their clip into blanket and m.it-
TBRF4S.
.1. a wiimnii'icsT.
PliEident Oklahoina llnaid uf Ami-culture.
Ion Saturday. May It for the annual
'dub rall when a bin time Is ex.
peeled
MOM-.Y KOIt KM'OKTIN'f. OTTOX
The War Klti.itn- Corporation has
.inmiunied that luwl ate now avull-iibb-
tin making advance-1 to Ameri-
ca:! loilon 'ior'er on cotton teady
mr sab- iibniad under uinttnct. Here-
inline the lorieiiatleti limited Its
"" "" "" " - " ni :itu- tu cu'tnii already at sta-
tu every member fi 11:11 th" Oklahoma Mj
City oftli". ilarli ballot will catry
'the names of the two men nominated
at the ill. .lib I convention May 1!. and
a blank line it Jim vvant to Mite tm
Home one else lie sure that .Mill Mite
AGRICULTURAL NEWS NOTES
United States Department of Agriculture
and
State A. & M. College Extension Service
G. B. Dunlap Miss Fannie Buie
County Agent. Home Dem. Agt.
t humplim Tut steer
To pniduie uh.it N expected will
be the w 01 Id's champion fat steer at
fin the man mi think I- best fitted tin- national iivettiK snow in 1111.
and who )oit can trust to handle iago this ve.11. Miller ios. of the
YOril business for ou legardles HH tain h neat l'onia City are feed-
of his politics tellgiun or where ing a sattalo steet on a liaHineed ra-
he lives In the district. The success tlnti and giving hint plenty of It. The
of the association depends upon the animal. :: ye.iti old. I a fourth buf-
klnd ir inatiagemenl it has partliu- fain and thr fourths Polled Angus.
. Imly dining this fltst eat. Whether He weighed between l.fliiu and 1600
'It will or will not be a success Is pounds when lassoed and forced into
being cheiked up to every member  11 bux.stnll seveial weeks ago. The
now. Let all do as well in this second Millers believe they can make of
big Job as they did in the first when ( him the blgge-t steer that ever
they set a record for organization ' stl ink Chicago
never before equalled by any group 1 The steer was born on the ranch
of funnel:; anywhete. .and never had been caught until It
I It A I.. SMITH. was detei mined to make u champion
Pies. County Organization . killer of him. The steer Is coal
J black.
Cotton (irovvcrs Meeting;
The several local organizations of n)TTOX .cUK.OK AIMH'T III)
tbe Cotton Growers' Association had VKH c.;x (K THAT IX 1W20
a county meeting nere last Saturday
and elected two delegates to the dis-
trict meeting at .Mndlll. The dele.
gates chosen were V. I.. Ftanks of
llokchllo and G. Ij. Davidson of Ful-
som Grove.
District Meeting At Miullll
The district meeting of the Cot-
ton Grower's Association was held at
Madlll Monday when Walter Colbert
or Ardmore and K. K. Phlllipl or So-
per were nominated for membeis of
the hoard or directors of the State
1 association. Ilallots are to be Rent
out on the 12th and one of these two
men will he elected by referendum
vote of the members of this district.
Ira Smith of Kenefick. this ojiunty
has been selected as one of the tellers
for the election and goes to Okla-
homa City May 'j:i to help count the
voles.
Xine Fine Pigs I'arrovvisl
Jonas Mil I key a pig club boy living
lit Albany reports that his gilt has
farrowed nine of as fino pigs as lie
ever saw.
A latge eastern cotton firm has
finished the conducting of an exhaus-
tive investigation as to the indicated
cotton acreage this year as compared
with that of last year and finds an
indicated acreage or only 69 per cent
or last year. The figures given by
States comparing the two years are
as follows;
Vlritmij .. . n.'lOil ."ly 23.000
North I'amlin.i l.SVI.nim Til 1080000
Smith ('Hnilllia '.'.IllO.tm'l 71 2.0B9.000
Id'oneia t.tiTi.iiiii) 70 34"s000
Kl'trida U7ii')u T'.' fll.000
AUIiami 2.S7IOiJi 70 2010000
Mlsii.ijpi -'. in.ODH 70 20.'B000
!...iii.!i!ia l.."Sl.ni)0 c.l 1012000
Arkaims 2.'l22.ll0il 07 I.ISS.OOO
Oklahmiii j.sS'i.oiin il". M77.000
Missouri HS.OU" Ii7 81000
Ti-ihis -- - lt.Tifi.iHlil 71 8017000
T.'iiiies 7'K.Onil 71 .1117000
ralifiiriili jTSiioii 1il 150000
AriMn i .in.l .ill
.th-M 271.0.10 .".s 1.17.000
aiiilliMii li'i 2I(1S1000
Silo Club Getting HOaily
Virgie Harrison secretary or the
AXOTHKK lllfi .Mill
FOU COTTON I A KM I
:ks
Si More (jimnI PigH 
lioy llallatil a pig club boy living!
in the vicinity of Achille writes toi
Faun Agent tiunlap that his gilt has
fallowed a half-doen line led pigs. I
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Kistilct Agent Hit.
T. A. .Milstead district agricultur-
al agent of Stillwater wa.- here
this week looking over the work nf
the local farm agent. '
M.iiij Plaiiuiug To Attend Hall)
The tai in agent's olflce s being
deluged vvilli letteis lrom members'
(if the boys' and gills' clubs telling
them that the wtlters will be present
HE COMFORTABLE
Why allow yourself to be a vic-
tim of that disgusting skin de-
sejse. KCZK.MA. I'mj 414 ITCH
and F.CZKMA IIKMKDY art.s at
nine and bn well. Fine for-stable
or dew poison on stock.
Mnnttfac tuied and guaranteed
by
' TUELL MEDICINE CO.
Bennington Oklahoma
Get a box from your druggist
today. Sent to any address
prepaid for 50c.
Then the cotton fanners of this
county helped to put over the uiem-
ken.Ii I p campaign In the Oklahoma
Cotton Association they took the
Tint big step toward getting a fair
rke for their labor in the cotton
tietii;. Another iiiiall impoitaut
Jali is before them now.
This second big job is the selec.
Hon of direct orh whose duty il will
to to manage the affairs of their
aaracliLUuii for them. The man tor
vtoai you cast your ballot should
to a man you are willing to trust
t Handle jour business for you.
Be aiuxr he honest He must be able
toAlrm the management ol the big.
Vast (Ingle business ctitei pi m in Ok.
lahnua for that is what the as--aactitlon
will he lie must be a man
ttC enough to have alvva.vs neaiest
3abbKirt tbe Interest:- ol nil member.s
-at lie ai-4'M'latiou will be. He must
tea limn big enough to have neai-
'at bisiieai't I lie interests of all mem-
tars uf the association a.i well as Ills
-nrn.
On May 1 ballots will be mailed
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LUCKY
Strike
ciftarette
psledj
Buying Good Bread at
a Minimum
Of the foods that we use the most of and that should
receive our closest attention is the bread that we eat. Yet
people it would seem with utter disregard to their health
buy bread of all kinds and serve it at their meals.
GOOD DREAD IS SOT CHEAP BREAD
People think to much of saving a few cents and forget
that the diffeience is in the quality of the food too.
Furthermore bread that is shipped in being packed in
the crates while it is yet warm is subject to a heavy
"sweat" and often rendering it unfit to eat and a distinct
loss to the dealer.
BUY WILLHOITE'S BREAD
A bread baked by good bakers who charge a minimum
price.
ORDER SOME TOD A Y
Your Grocer Has It
WILLHOITE'S BAKERY
Telephone 2:57 27 West Main
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FRIDAY MAY fi inn
C.r.'s fluli at Silo writes In that the BOY MWKKK TOD.
S lb membeis ale getting teady t .UK HOOF I' AM
TO I1K.VTH AS
tin
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..!. ll. .mlflHir t liol r
and caps and other ptepaia-' Clarenre Keaton age l.or. of Mr.
She also savs that the clubland Mr- .lames Keaton met death
.-. there who got pure-hred  by suffo a-l.m r ild.iy afternoon wi.e
t r hatching had good link will a caveln happened to a cave Into
which the young man had ciawteii.
JThi. incident occulted at his homo
.about three miles muu Catpeiiter's
51 i-iiv.i i.gs !Wijm on .tvi lu.
eial hoys and girls membeis Clareme with another boy friend
ie dub at Colbeit have in deled l;l ;l "(.n" nil the bank of a creek.
the breeders settings of pure. .. .( t-.it til -.-. tit I In r.imp was
i.ggs tor hatching. Tln plai
inieis this week are. Jack D.i
. Fiank Weems David Collins.
a large ave which they nail mane in
the Jroiinl The earth was soft and
the jo'.liu tellows had failed to btace
is llamilson (luds lioiinu in  ' Fiiday ulteinoon vviien
ti"il and Kdlth Koherson of Silo iHiit' enteied the ave and was
At hie Illshop of Silo and .ota I wrkiiu at removing the earth he
.lie Albany. Uis .uddenly deluged with naith.
from a caveln. Alarm was sounded
I lull Meetings Uist Week and when the body ol the young lei
i.iiintistt at loti meetings wen
h last week at Kemp Achille
p. lie View and Pirtle attended by
M s llule. These culbs. like the
oilers were getting up their uniform
cli.' veils and club songs in prepara-
thai for the club taly.
Club Met'llngs This Week
liemonst ration clubs tt Colbeit
Siilv and Pirtle. had meetings this
vuek getting ready for the tally
an I aie getting their uniforms made
fr lining up their songs and yells.
low wa. t mtnl life was extinct.
ITKMS I'ltOM KKIKSKV
(Too late for lart week)
The Keir-iey school was out Fri-
day and had a good program which
was well attended unil enjoyed by
nil.
Clvde Foster of Itobprta was vis-
King ft lends here Fiiday and Sat-
urday. The Slio ball team came over and
played Kelr.se.v the score being 6 to
9 In favor of Silo.
am ttosetia and Rubv n.
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and Miss Ina Lee Coon were
M rs.
Charley Easter Jr.
fci.... -1
s. Duckman at the MemnM ..'1
pital Sunday. ' 1
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broken hut Is irettlne m . lrM
Miss Maud Oiirlnv .i... . '"Ill
Inc the S. E. N. I'i.. "."''I-
at this place. " re'"
The wind of last Tlnia.. . 1
ilamaL.. ... " V
IllllldlllES. ' " o
nniiuiiiiiriiiiin inn..
LUIII1IVK.1UUIV. iiciiiini:ii i .
fruit trees and d..strmi ""M
place visited the High .School 1
Mead last night. Ma'
The Sunday School w(s tlot
well attended Sunday on account"1.
Iiml ivnnthpr.
The News Is now prepared to ..
out first class Job printing.
Dr. J. A. Clay Dr. S. It. Cltj
CLAY BROS.
Optical Specialists
We grind your lenses In our ot
shop. No delays. Promptnen
and reliability our Motto
Office with O'Banion Music Co
Durut
Phone 793
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For Preservation
and Beautification
A coat of new paint on your house and out build-
ings will work wonders with them. Adds much to
their beauty and to their sellability as well as to
their life.
Full line of the REYNOLDS and DEVOE Paints
and Varnishes in stock at all times.
See our Samples and ask Our Prices
CRESCENT DRUG CO.
217 W. Main Telephone 99
JUST "POLKS" TH ATS ALL 8
THE GOBBL1NS 'LL GET YOU
Tune Dixie Iand.
With appollgtes to a good song.
The credit business Is all rotten
It's a blame sight worse than rasiu' cotton
llreak away Iireak away
Hieak away while you can.
CHORUS
O! I wish I'd never done it
I do I do
1 got in debt up to my chin
Seems I'll ne'er get out again
I'm in. I'm skinned.
Sklntieil? Well I should say.
The credit business keeps you poor
Keeps the wolf aioutul your door
Wake up. Wake up
Wake up and get ahead.
II uy your "grub" and pay the "Mon
(.Jet out from under the dealer's thumb
Cut it out cut it out
Cut It out; It can be done
Mrs. Durantlfoaiewife
trying lo account for
A well know bill collector of
this city says : ninety-nine
per cent of the people kick
abotit the monthly bills when
presented of that number seventy-five
per cent claim there
are items on the bill that they
did not get while ninety per
cent kick about the price and
say that they were over charg-
ed. He says they "Cuss"
"fuss" "stew and spue" and
 .uch . bii roerr bill. swear they will never pay it.
And what do you do then? Oh! just let 'em
 sweat a day of two and "hit 'em up again". He
said; do you know two or three calls from a
bill collector will drive the average person ab-
solutely wild? They'll pay anything and any
I price to get rid of the strain only to do the
same thing over and over again month after
; month.
Debts are embarrishing; bill collectors are
' annoying; disputes grow into family quarrels
 that drive happiness from the home rangle and
l row upsets the peace of any home. There's an
I old saying but true. "When the bill collector
knocks on the front door love jumps out the
 i Kitchen Window." Try trading at the store
where "every tub stands on its own bottom". You don't pay the fellows bills who can't
pay won't pay don't pay moved away or died.
We protect "You". We buy for "you". We have car ALBATROSS FLOUR rol-
ling bought on lowest market in 4 or 5 years. Don't load up on flour our new-
price will surprise you.
We have mixed car feed; corn meal and Oklahoma flour rolling that we can sell
our customers at about what local merchants pay. Are we scoundrels for doing
it? Some say we are. It isnt' our fault we grew big; it isn't our fault we are
big buyers we have nothing against the middle men he has to make a profit off feed
and flour he handles but we don't need him. Do you?
Just received Shipment Hofstra fly powder; we sell 30c size for 25c 60c size 45c
$1.20 size for 95c.
Get the Habit of Coming Around to Our Store all prices in plain figures.
W. E. STRICKLAND
PRUNE PEDDLER
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The Bank That Accommodates
The First National Bank
OF DURANT OKLAHOMA.
Business Solicited
C. C. HATCHETT President
GREEN THOMPSON Vic-Prttldent
FRANK GIBSON Vice-Preildent
DIAL CURRIN Cashier
FRANK L. DYER Aittitant-CashUr
tiAurn uwnux. Assistant vasnur
J. S. TURNER Assistant Cashier.
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