Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 13, 1906 Page: 1 of 16
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THE OJVE* DOWN-TO-DATB PAPER OP OKLAHOMA AND IJVI3. TER.
Vol. X V, Now 7.
Guthrie, Oklahoma, Wednesday, June 13.
60 Cents a Year.
Result of Prize Article Contest will be Announced in Next Issue of Farmer.
The time for sending in articles for the Oklahoma Farmer Prize article contest on "Horticulture and gardening in the twin-terri
tories" ends today. .Wendesday June 13. The final installment of articles will be published in the next issue of the Farmer together
with an announcement of the award of prizes by the judges.
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KANSAS WHEAT SHORT.
Topeka, Kans., June 9.—According to
the crop report Issued today by F. D.
Coburn, secretary of the State Board of
Agriculture which-is probably the last
to be issued under Mr. Coburn's direction
for a long time, the wheat conditions in
Kansas are rather discouraging at this
time, the condition being 70.5, a decline
of 19 points since April's report. Indica-
tions are therefore, that Kansas will
harvest only three-fourths of a full crop
this year.
Corn, while it is backward in the north-
ern counties owing to dry weather, has
b«3n helped materially by recent rains.
CATTLEMEN PROTEST.
Washington, June 9.—"the beef inspec-
tion hearing before the house committee
on agriculture was begun today by listen-
ing to Representative Garner (Texas)
who made a plea for speedy action.
S. H. Cowaan of Fort Worth, Texasa,
attorney for the Texas cattle raisers as-
sociation, was next heard. He detailed
the extent of the Texas cattle Industry.
Mr. Cowan said while the raaisers had
their difficulties with the packers and
had not got the best of them, yet in
this question the interest of the raisers
and apekers were identical. If there
was an additional expense some one
would have to pay it and the man who
can name the price of the thing he sells,
can put the additional expense where he
pleases. The stockmen believe the pack-
ers could put this expense on the stock
raisers. He read a telegram from John
T. Lytle, president of the cattle raisers
association of Texas, which read:
"Present agitation lias seriously de-
pressed cattle business. Universal impres-
sion that cattle values will suffer from
$4.00 to $5.00 per head decline."
Another from M. O. MoKenzie, mana-
ger of the second largest cattle ranch
in America, in Colorado, estimated by
wire that by fall the price would 'be $1
per hundred pounds less.
Asked by Representative Adams (Wis-
consin) if the pax;cers did not fix the
price paid for cattle, Mr. Cowan said
this was an impossibility under ordinary
circumstances. Neither could the cattle
raisers by combination fix the price. The
conclusion was that when the cattle got
into condition they must be sold.
Representative Haugen (Iowa) asked
Mr. Cowan if lhe had read the president's
message which estimated the coet of in-
spection at eight cents a head.
"But we don't want to pay it-^that'a
our reason," replied Mr. Cowan. "But
rather than do without the law we would
be glafi to levy the cost on the cattle."
he continued. (Mr. Haugen said every
member of the committee, so far as ha
knew, was in favor of the government
paying the cost. This cost has been esti-
mated from eight million to twenty mil-
lion dollars annually and congress, ha
said, at most would probably not appro-
priate more than $2,000,000. In view of
this he believed It might be better to
assess the cost on the packers.
CROP HARVEST BEGUN.
Purcell I. June 9.—Harvest of wheat
has commenced in this section and re-
ports from the fields are that the yield
will be far in excess of last year and to
manifesting disposition to push our little
village along and make it a home town
of quiet away from the hurry and brustle
of city life.
HAIL DAMAGES WHEAT.
Alva, Okla., June 9.—A heavy rain and
hail storm visited this part of the terri-
tory today. Much wheat was destroyed
and other damage was heavy.
POTATO HARVEST COMMENCED
Tulsa I. T. June 9.—The first potato
is being harvested and shipment will be-
Head of a five months old Brown Swiss ralf whose owner, an
farmer, refused $300 for her.
Illinois
the present time the grain has not been
damaged to any extent by excessive rains
or rust. The acreage around Purcell is
much larger than last year in both wheat
and oats and both promise a good yield.
Corn and cotton were never in® better
condition and the farmers in this vicinity
have no complaint to make about evces-
sivo rains or insects so far this season.
« NEW BANKERS LOCATE.
Meridian, Okla., June 9.—Messrs. Ford
and Pattern have shipped a car-load of
household goods to this place and will
soon be at home In our town. Mr. Pat-
ton is the president of the Meridian
State Bank and L. U. Ford is cashier of
that inettuton. These gentlemen are
gin next week. The first crop will not
be so large as that of last year owing to
a lessened acreage. It is good however
the potatoes being large, firm and well
formed. The second crop may see an in-
creased acreage if a successful harvest at
tends the first.
GRIST MILLS RUNNING O. K.
El Reno, Okla., June 9—The El Reno
mill and elevator and the Canadian mill
and elevator after a weeks fixing up
started again yesterday morning: Both
plants are old stand-bys for the farmers
of thin county and will this season pay
the highest market price for wheat and
corn.
A QUEER STORM.
BHdeport, Okla., June 7—The tornado
that struck in the vicinity of Bridgeport
Monday evening made a complete circle
around the town, seemingly In order to
avoid it. The storm first broke after it
had reached the South Canadian river.
It Is said the force of the wind was so
£reat that it swept the river bed dry
of all water, although the river was
almost bank full. When the tornado
left the course of the river it first struck
an Indian school and demolished it. For-
tunately the school had been dismissed
only a few moments before the storm
came up and the children were at home.
Several Indian dwellings In the neigh-
borhood were blown away, but no one
was hurt.
A colored woman, Mrs. Ashmead, wh
was living on the farm of Tom Newton,
was severely injured when her house
was picked up by the wind and carried
some distance, and being set down on
the ground fell to pieces with the woman
inside. She was not fatally injured,
however. George Seifert's house was de-
stroyed. Thte wind struck it and carried
it away just as his two sons were leav-
ing It to go to the storm cellar. Not
six feet away from their place of ref-
uge a; large wind mill was carried off
by the wind. A barn belonging to A.
T. Cutright in the same vicinity was
partially destroyed and a borse inside
was left unharmed. A small boy being
caught on the road between town and
his home ran his horse into a cave by
the roadside and escaped the storm. On
the Newman farm a horse was forced
through the barbed wire fence and cut
so badly that it was afterward killed.
Another horse was picked out In the
same field and carried a mile and let
down uninjured. The elevator at Hydro
was blown over and partially destroyed.
FIRST, BEER ADVEhTISMENT.
Muskogee, I. T„ June 8—Indian Ter-
ritory newspaper readers were somewhat
startled today by ithe appearance of a
half page beer advertisement in one of
the local dailies. This is the first time
a beer advertisement has been seen in
an Indian Territory newspaper. People
are still wondering. This brewing com-
pany evidently believes that in some
way and somehow, the resident- of In-
dian Tewitory are to be given a chance
to slake their thirst, and when the time
comes they want 'to be known in the
business. It Is claimed that a large per
cent of the papulation of Muskogee cut *
that advertisement out and pasted it
away for ready reference whenever the
time comes that legislation will permit
beer to be shipped Into the territory,
or Dud Eedbetter Is put out of commis-
sion.
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Greer, Frank H. Oklahoma Farmer (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 13, 1906, newspaper, June 13, 1906; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc88105/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.