Luther Register. (Luther, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 45, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 1, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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OKLAHOMA RAINFALL FOR APRIL, 1915
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PRECIPITATION CHART, APRIL, 1915.
The average rainfall for the State of Oklahoma for the month of April. 1915,
computed from the records of *6 stations, was 6.26 inches. The average departure
from tlie normal wus plus 3.06 inches. It was by far the wettest April in the 24-year
period, IS92-1915.
The rainfall was well distributed over the State, practically the whole area hav-
ing more than the Aprfl normal.
The soil was too wet during the latter half of the month and planting and cul-
tivation was delayed in moat sections 'Hie abundant rainfall was beneficial to
wheat, oats, alfalfa and pastures. The exceptionally heavy tains tilled the streams
end considerable bottom land overflowed, necessitating the replanting of some corn
and cotton. The crop outlook was exceptionally good at the close of the month
throughout the entire State.
STATE CAPITAL
NEWS NOTES
GOVERNOR NAMES NEW MEM-
BERS OF STATE AGGIE
BOARD.
OKLAHOMA CITY NEWS EVENTS
What the State Officials and Depart-
ments Are Doing.— Items of In
terest About the State
''overnmest.
Oklahoma City.—
Appointment of a new state board of
agriculture was announced by Gov-
ernor R. L. Williams as follows:
Joseph Alexander of Moffett, C. B.
Campbell of Minco. J. J. Savage of Hol-
lis and It. H. McLlsh of Ardmore. Mc-
Lish is the repubhean member. These
with President Frank M. Gault, who
was elected at the last general election
for a four years’ term, compose the
board as provided for in an act of the
last legislature.
The new members of the board are
all practical farmers, it being one of
the requirements of the statute that
the members of the board appointed
by the governor shall have had at least
five years’ practical experience in
fanning after reaching the age of 21
years. The appointments run for a
period of four years
Mr. McLish of Ardmore probably is
the most widely known of the govern-
or’s appointments. He is a Chicka-
saw Indian by blood and at one time
made the race for governor of the
Chickasaw nation. He has always tak-
en a prominent part in Indian affairs
and on several occasions has gone to
Washington to appear before govern-
ment officials on matters of interest to
his people. He is a republican, and
has long been actively identified with
republican politics in his home county.
Mr. Alexander enjoys the reputation
of being one o? the most successful
farmers in the state. For years he has
farmed scientifically on a large scale,
and is said to grow more potatoes
than any other farmer in Oklahoma.
Mr. Campbell has had a number of
years’ experience as a farmer, stock-
man and business man of his home
county. Mr. Savage was a member of
the constitutional convention and also
a member of the first Oklahoma legis-
lature. He is a good roads advocate
and a successful farmer.
To Select Aggie Leader.
The new board will succeed i. C.
Renfro of Sulphur and J. F. Darby,
appointees of Governor Lee Cruce,
who with President Frank M. Gault,
have composed the board for the past
several months, the other two mem-
bers resigning with the change of ed-
ministration last January.
It is expected now that a president
of the A. and M. College at Stillwater
will be elected within a short time.
The place has been vacant since the
removal of J. H. Connell.
Connell Was A Spender.
Between 15.000 and $6,000 was paid
out of the incidental fund of the A. and
M. college at Stillwater without au-
thority of law during the administra-
tion of J. H. Connell as president of
that institution, according to a report
of the financial affairs of the school,
which has been compiled by State Ex-
aminer and Inspector Fred Parkinson,
and turned over to President Frank
M. Gault of the board of agriculture.
President Gault has taken the mat-
ter up with Gov. Williams and Attor-
ney General Freeling with the view of
bringing suit against the persons who
received the money in all cases, ex-
cept where the statute of limitation
has run.
Included in the items enumerated in
the report, wrongfully paid, is $82.50
paid to J. K. Callieotte for rent on a
room for one month in the Lee-Huck-
ins hotel. The largest item is $2,986.77
“mileage and per diem” of a member
of the board of agriculture for one
year.
It is quite probable that suit will bo
instituted to recover the money.
3 New Judges Put On Commission.
Three more district Judges were
added to the supreme court commis-
sion. They are Judge T. D. McKeown
of the seventh district; Judge Charles
B. Wilson of the Tenth district, and
Judge Walter C. Crow of the Nine-
teenth district. Their appointment be-
gins June 1 and continues for a period
of three months. They were appointed
by Gov. R. L. Williams and the order
of confirmation was handed down in
the supreme court Tuesday morning.
Under the act of the last legislature,
enlarging and continuing the Supreme
court commission, the governor is
given authority to call in as many as
nine district court judges to act as
commissioners in assisting in clearing
in clearing the docket. Six already
have been appointed.
These appointments bring the total
number of commissioners up to six
teen.
Insurance Men Discuss New Law.
Nearly a hundred hundred repre-
sentative insurance men discussed the
new insurance law with the members
of the state insurance board. The in-
terpretation of the law by the board
was explained, and nine fules of pro-
cedure laid down for the benefit of the
local and special agents. There has
been some uncertainty among insur-
ance men as to how the new board
would act under the insurance law,
and the purpose of each measure was
explained and the board’s policy out-
lined by W. R. Samuel.
Gas Conservation Law V^'^ted.
One of the first reports Gi a viola-
tion of the conservation act passed by
the last legislature has been made by
Adam L. Beck of Ada, who has in-
formed the attorney general’s office
that a number of gas wells in that
vicinity are blowing off. It is believed
by Beck that the wells are allowed to
remain open and that the gas is es-
caping. Attorney General Freeling has
called the attention of Mine Inspector
Ed. Boyle to the reported waste, with
the suggestion that an investigation be
made at once.
Two Appointments Made By Governor.
Gov. Williams announced the ap-
pointment of Thomas D. Bard of
Bushyhead as a member of the state
board of pension commissioners to suc-
ceed J. G. Street of Oklahoma City,
who resigned from the board upon his
election as a city commissioner Col-
onel Bard is an ex-confederate soldier
and is widely known among the vet-
erans in Oklahoma. The governor also
announced the reappointment of Henry
Btauffacher of Blackwell, chief grain
inspector of the state.
Duncan Man on Board of Education.
Governor Williams announced the
appointment of J. M. Sandlin of Dun-
can as a member of the State Board
of Education to fill out the unexpired
term of A. W. Duff, resigned. The term
for which Sandlin was appointed ex-
pires June 30. and it is understood
that after that time he will be reap-
pointed for a longer term. Sanolin
was a member of the constitutional
convention and was for a time private
secretary Jo Former Governor C. N.
Haskeii.
Grain Dealers Elect Officers.
The following men were elected at
the convention here to the Oklahoma
Grain Dealers Association during the
next 12 months: D. J. Donahoe, presi-
dent, Ponca City; J. D. Chaufant, vice-
president, Clinton; C. F. Prouty, sec-
retary-treasurer, Oklahoma City, The
following were elected directors: J.
E. McCristy, Enid; G. A. Harbaug-h,
Alva; D. C. Kolp. Oklahoma City; J.
S. Badger, Pawnee; J. D. Sanders,
Minco.
Gault Buying Pure-Bred Cattle.
President Frank M. Gault of the
State Board of Agriculture has been in
Missouri to purchase cattleto be used
w-ork at the state A. & M. College at
Stijlwater and the various secondary
agricultural schools. The last Legis-
lature made nn appropriation of $8,000
to be used by the board in the purchase
of cattle for the agricultural schools
and the old -board ut its last meeting
authorized the president to select the
stock and make the purchase None
but the very best blooded stock will
be bought.
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THE LUTHER REGISTER
FRANK GAULT, AFTER TOUR OF
STATE. SAYS WHEAT CROP
IS MADE.
OTHER NEWS OF THE NEW STATE
Little Incidents end Accident* That
Go To Make Up a Week's
History of a Great
Commonwealth.
Oklahoma City.—Favorable crop re-
ports from all over the slate continue
to come in to the state board of agri-
culture, the prospects being better than
they have beeu before throughout the
entire agricultural district. The wheat
crop will be tremendous and other
crops are to be fully as good unless
there is an unforseen calamity of some
kind.
“During all the time 1 have lived in
Oklahoma I have never seen better
crop prospects,’ said President Gault
of the agricultural board.
The reports received by the board
up to this time indicate some damage
to the wheat from excessive raiu ami
rust, but it is comparatively slight.
! There is some rust in Kingfisher coun-
ty, where the rains have been heavy,
but frc»n there northwest throughout
the big wheat country of the state the
wheat ii the finest ever seen. Presi-
dent Gault has been over a large part
of the state in the last ten days. He
has been through much of the wheat
country and has traveled the entire
length of the state from uDrth to
south.
It has been years since there was as
much moisture in the soil as there is
this season and there has never been
a time when the state had the black-
green appearance that it has now
It is admitted that the wheat crop
Is practically made, although there
may still be some slight damage from
| rust before the crop is harvested. It
is estimated that the damage from
chinch bugs and Hessian tly will be
very slight, and like the rust it is
only in spots. President Gault esti-
mates that the wheat crop this year
will bring nearly twice as much money
into the state as last year's crop,
which was fairly good.
Wheat sold last year for 60 and 70
cents a bushel, while this year it is
being contracted fo*’ at from $1 to
$1.25 a bushel. It will not be surpris-
ing if the price goes to double that of
last year and with the increased price
the wheat growers are made safe.
Other crops are fully as good as the
wheat, the second cutting of alfalfa
being now almost ready. Some dam-
age resulted to the first cutting on
account of rain, hut the second cutting
is more likely to be saved. The second
crop will be even heavier than the
first, according to reports
Corn is doing well throughout the
section where it is raised and kalir-
corn is also growing tremendously.
With so much moisture in the ground
the farmers will be enabled to raise
immense crops of forage, President
Gault estimates, and there will be an
abundance of feed for winter.
Throughout the state the fruit crop
is phenomenal, for never before has it
been as good as this year. The peach
yield will be the greatest ever known.
All other fruits are doing fully as
well. Along the streams sand plums
are growing—thousands of bushels of
I them. They are the greatest jelly
1 plums known and sell readily at $1.00
a bushel
Reports made to the board of agri-
culture indicate that the farmers of
Oklahoma are very optimistic, as far
as the farming population is concern-
ed. The war brought to the state a
call for all the horses that could be
spared and thousands have been ship-
ped from Oklahoma during the past
four or five months. This has brought
a great deal of money into the state
and has caused the value of horses to
come up considerably. Everything the
farmer has to sell now commands a
good price and prospects for the prices
to hold up have never been better.
The state is blooming like a rose, it
is shown by the reports made to the
board of agriculture. Every crop
grown here is doin^ well and prices
have never been better. It is the day
of the optimist.
HEALDTON FIELD HAS 281 WELLS
Healdton Has a Pre«ent Producing Ca-
pacity of 76,860 bis. of Oil Per Day.
Joiner City.—A large abstract re-
port on the Healdton fields shows
some very interesting figures. In the
entire field there are 281 wells already
drilled. These wells have a producing
capacity of 76,869 barrels. There i
a proven acreage in the field of 5.615
acres. There ate also 918 undrilltd
locations, showing that less than one
fourth of the total locations in the
field have yet been drilled.
Selects Site for Editor’s Home.
El Reno.—E. S. Bronson, secretary
of the Oklahoma Press Association, re-
turned from Medicine Park where he
and John N. Shepler, editor of the Law-
ton Constitution located the site on
which the $15,000 editors' home will be
erected. A beautiful spot just below
the big dam cn Medicine Creek was
finally agreed upon for the structure
Work of constructing the building, if
is expected, will begin within the next
I ten or fifteen days.
'DRUGGISTS NAME CANDIDATES
State Association Submitt Thirty-eight j
Names for State Board.
j Tulsa.—The state druggists convert
tion hefe made nominations to submit
j to Gov. Williams, for membership on
the staua board of pharmacy
About eighty names wore suggested
but they were reduced to thirty-eight
when tlie qualifications of the appli-
cant were examined by the special
| committee. The requirements for
I membership on the board are that a
member muat have been a member of
the Oklahoma Pharmaceutical asso
elation for five years and have had tea
years' experience. The thirty-eight
nominated will be recommended to the
governor for the three vaeancieB ex-
isting at present on the state board
of pharmacy.
Following are the names of those
placed in nomination:
R. L. Randford. Marshall; F. M.
Weaver, Oklahoma City; J. C. Burton
Stroud; J. E. Puryear. Pawhuska; A
| H. Clark. Oklahoma City; K. N. LilUe,
! Guthrie; J. S. Moore, Fairland; T. A.
j Penny, Tulsa; H. S. Shackleford,
1 Wvmiewood; F. M. McCormick. Col-
linsville; E. E. Cowman, Sapulpa; John
Barber, Norman; S. Stone, Ourant; 15.
A Daniels,, McAlester; John Humph-
rey, Bristow; C. A. Frasier, Red Rock;
J. L. Palmer, Tulsa; Roy Getman, Tul-
I sa; P. F Fry. Frederick: A. J. Varvel,
Oklahoma City; R. F Thweatt, Chick-
asha; J. L Freeman, Tonkawa; Cj. H.
| Huddleston. Weatherford; J A. Find
ley, Bartlesville; M .A Board, Oke-
mah; F. M. Miller, Hobart; L. Math-
! ews,, Welch; R. M. Scott. Oklahoma
City; Fred Reid, Norman; Fred Beers,
I peery; R. I,. Irwin, Cleveland, w L.
Sutherland, Lawton; Frank Jopes,
Lawton; C. E. Ringer, Ardmore,
Cecil Jay, Pawnee, W. A. Reeves,
Wayne. J. W. Monfort, Alva; H. O.
Hixou. Elk City; Thomas Roach, Ok-
■ lahoma City.
INDIANS ARE PAIO AT ANADARKO
$275,000 Dollars To Kiowat, C*man-
ches and Apaches.
Anadarko.—A payment of annult>
money amounting to $275,000 was com-
pleted last week. The payroll shows
that there were alive on March 1, the
date on which the enrollment was
made, 1,864 Kiowas, 1,534 Comanches
and 175 Apaches a total of 2,795 In-
dians.
Of the 1,486 Kiowas on the roll,
1,306 received $9:1.90 each; 145, $28 90
each, and 35 received nothing, having
previously drawn their money because
of sickness or some other reason.
One thousand, three hundred seven-
ty-four Comanches received $93.90
each; 149 received $28.90 each, and tea
j received nothing.
One hundred fifty-nine Apaches re-
ceived $93.90 each; 18 received $28.90
each, and six received nothing.
There was paid to the Kiowas a
total of $126,834.90, or an average of
about $375 to the family. The Coman.
ches were paid a total of 133,389.70 or
a family average of about $281. The
, amount to the Apaches was $14,699.10,
or a family average of $187.
The grand total paid out was $274,-
912.70.
This money which was paid out
is the annuity money due the Indians.
There is to come something like $100,-
000 of lease money, and it is expected
that this will be paid in June.
AUTCMOBILE OFF FORTY ACRES
Prycr Farmr Demonstrates That In-
tensive Agriculture Is Profitable.
Stillwater.—“Forty acres and a
mule” is a well-worn phrase employed
by persons who rather scoff at itnen-
stve agriculture, but there is much that
a man can do on 40 acres of land.
A field report from H. L. Stites,
county agricultural agent at Pryor, Ok-
lahoma, to State Agent W. D Bentley,
at A. & M. College, Stillwater, tells
how G. W. Livingstone, of Pryor, man-
ages to make a living off 40 acres and
own an automobile. Mr. Livingstone
raises poultry, berries, alfalfa, sweet
clover, apples, peaches, plums, w-heat,
oats, kafir, milo, potatoes, feterita and
hogs. Then, too, he lias good milk
cows and manages to save enough of
his 40 acres for pasture.
INCENDIARIES IN OKLAHOMA CITY
Miil and Elevator Burend With Los*
of $125,000.
Oklahoma City. Tncendaries are
thought to have started a fire that re-
duced to ashes the grafn elevator and
milling plant of C. Y. Semple, causing
damage to property estimated at $125,-
000. In addition to the grain elevator
about ten cars on the Rock Island rail-
road tracks were so badly damaged as
to be rendered useless.
The elevator was located on the
Rock Island road just west of Western
avenue and when the flames had com-
pleted their work of destruction all
that remained of the $75,000 building
and its contents, estimated to be worth
about $35,000, was a heaped-up mass of
ashes, twisted corrugated iron and
ruined machinery.
Drops Dead While Seeking Shelter.
Sapulpa.—H. J. Reynolds, 58 years \
old. who came to Sapulpa from West
Plains, Mo., several years ago, drop-
ped dead on the street here last week.
Heart failure was the cause of his
death. He had sought the protection
of an awning during a havy rain storm.
“What a rain!" Reynolds said, turn-
ing to a man standing near him. A
moment later he fell to the sidewalk
and was dead before medical assist-
ance reached him. His only relative,
a daughter, lives at Springfield, Mo.
He was an oil field worker.
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■c^ers arvd SKr\ibb<*£y^
Their Care and CviKivafiorv.
Baby Wreath and Pink*.
PLANTS FOR SHADY WINDOWS
By EBEN REXFORD.
It often happens that the woman
who loves plants has no sunny win-
dows in which to grow them, and, un-
der the impression that they cannot bo
buccessfully grown without sunshine,
she does not attempt their cultivation,
thus depriving herself of a great deal
of pleasure, especially in the w inter.
There is no good reason why the
lover of plants should be without their
company in the winter, provided, of
course, that the temperature of the
rooms can be regulated to keep out
the frost, and some of the plants that
can be grown in the windows that are
without sunshine are among our most
desirable ones for house culture.
First on the list I would place the
Boston fern. Nearly everyone Is fa-
miliar with this plant. It requires only
the ordinary attention.
Give it a soil of gurden loam, with
enough coarse, sharp sand worked
into it to make It friable, a liberal, but
not an excessive amount of water and
a temperature varying several de-
grees above the frost point, and any-
one may be reasonably sure of suc-
cess with it.
It does not do very well, however,
in steam heated, gas lighted rooms. No
plants will flourish under such condi-
tions, though many will live on indefi-
nitely under them.
The Aspidistra is about the only
plant I would dare to recommend to
those living in rooms heated and light-
ed as mentioned above.
This plant has an almost Iron con-
stitution, which enables it to withstand
influences that would soon kill most
plants.
It seems to care nothing for the sun-
shine, and therefore is excellently
adapted to cultivation 1^ sunless
rooms.
If not subject to the debilitating ef-
fect of steam heat, it will make a
most luxuriant growth, and its rich,
dark leaves will afford a vast amount
of pleasure.
While it is able to withstand un-
favorable conditions better than other
plants, it is always grateful for good
care, and the plants that are cared for
well are always the ones that give the
best satisfaction, keep in mind.
English ivy is an old favorite.
Twined up about a window, it is a
beautiful sight to see. I know of no
vine having more attractive foliage.
Its dark, rich leaves have just the
thick, leathery texture a plant should
have to resist the effect of dry air aiu$
dust. Dust need never be allowed to
accumulate on it, however.
Dust the vine every day. You need
not be afraid of injuring the foliage.
Some of the finest specimens of it I
have ever seen have never had a
glimpse of sunshine. Give it a soil of
garden loam.
Have its pot well drained; water
moderately. Be on the lookout for
scale. If any are found -generally
along the stalks, but sometimes on the
leaves—wash the entire plant with
soapy water, taking care to rub the
infested stalks well.
In order to make it easy to take the
plant down for cleaning, 1 would ad-
vise putting small screw-hooks in the
window frame to furnish support for
it, rather than fastening them secure-
ly to the woodwork. Simply slip the
vino over the hook and it will need no
other support. When it is necessary
to take the plant down for any pur-
pose, all one has to do is lift it out of
the hooks that hold it and there you
are.
The Whitman fern is a fitting com-
panion for the Boston fern, of which it
is u sport. This variety has much
shorter fronds than the Boston fern.
They are much wider, however, and
their leaflets ure subdivided in such
a manner that each becomes a minia-
ture frond. The effect is light and
feathery and exceedingly graceful.
This is a most excellent plant for a
place at the sill, while the Boston vari-
ety is more effective if given a bracket
half way up the window, from which
point of vantage its long fronds can
droop in such manner as to display
their charms most effectually.
All plant lovers have a desire to
grow some member of the Adiantum
branch of the fern family in the living
room. Few have succeeded in doing
this, however, because of the delicacy
of the ordinary varieties. But we have
one now that will adapt Itself ordinar-
ily to the cultivation which prevails in
the usual home.
This is Crowcanum. I have given it
a year’s trial and it has proved satis-
factory—as satisfactory as the old
Boston fern. It is stronger, sturdier
in habit than any other Adiantum I
have ever seen and its foliage is thicker
and firmer.
It grows to a height of about eight-
een inches and has a corresponding
spread of branches. Its foliage lias all
the grace that characterizes this di-
vision of the great fern family, und a
well-grown specimen is a thing to be
proud of.
Give it a soil of loam, turfy matter
or leaf mold and sand, equal parts. Let
its drainage be good; water well and
cover with something when you dust
the room.
All the plants mentioned above are
non-flowering. Or, more strictly speak-
ing, they are grown for their foliage
only. Whatever flowers they have are
so insignificant as to be unnoticeable.
But there are flowering plants quite
well adapted to culture in sunless
windows.
One of these is Primula obconica.
Another Is Primula Forbesil. Primula
obconica has much longer flowers than
the other variety and is therefore more
showy, but Primula Forbesii is a most
charming little thing that will win its
way to the heart overy person who
loves flowers.
A Fing Bit of Lawn, Al*o Showing a Fine Planting of Shade Tree*.
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