COVER CROP EFFORT MADE
Kay County Farm Agent Starta Cam*
palgn for Fall Crop.
■ponca City.—Efforts to get the
planting of fall crops on every farm in
Kay county have been made by Clar-
ence 8. Merydith. county farm agent.
Marydlth mentions oats, rye, wheat,
bur clover, crimson clover and vetches
sown with oats as good cover crops,
the choice depending upon the soil
and location. He Is requesting the
farmers who would like to make a
choice to confer with him.
“Before the world war, progress had
been made toward getting some kind
of cover crops sown each fall on Ok-
lahoma and other southern farms,”
says Merydith in this connection,
“County agents and other extension
workers stressed their importance and
each year thousands of demonstra-
tions gave proof of their value. Fol-
lowing the outbreak of the war, how-
ever, there was a decrease in acreage
sown to such crops. This was due to
labor shortage, high priced seed, un-
settled conditions and particularly to
the stress of food production.”
Merydith declares that 91 spent for
some winter cover and pasture crop
will bring 910 in return. The 101
ranch people plant winter rye for such
a cover and pasture crop and in this
way get gree pasture for their stock
during the winter season. This has
become an annual event on the big
ranch.
ROBBERY IS FRUSTRATED
Early
Morning Battle Staged
Officers and Youths.
Miami.—Officers at Welch say they
know the metlfbers of a gang attempt-
ing to rob the bank there and arrests
are expected. The attempted robbery
resulted in a revolver battle and chase
of the gang to Big Cabin creek. One
of the bullets fired at one of the rob-
bers broke a front window in the
bank.
When the youthful bandits drove up
In an automobile and made for the
bank the city marshal told the leader
to throw up his hands. The marshal
had been told that an attempt would
be made to rob the bank. A volley
of shot followed nnd the robbers ran.
Several citizens appeared with revol-
vers and rifles, took another car and
chased the bandit car to the creek a
few miles away. There they lost it.
More than fifty shots were fired
during the running fight and the car
with the robbers in was hit several
times, it is believed.
BLIND SCHOOL ENLARGED
Two New Buildings Will
This Fall.
Bo Ready
0. C. LABOR DAY PLANS HOME WORK FOR WOMEN
Plana Contemplate Big Parade To Be Tulea Commissioner la First of Her
Followed By Picnic.    Bex In State.
Oklahoma City. Preliminary plans.    —Mrs. Frank Seaman, city
for the gigantic labor day demonstra- Mdltor of Tulwii the only woman m
tion planned by union labor for Sep- the ,ute of Oklahoma to hold an elec
tember 6 were announced by members Uye Q „ firstly a housewife
of the labor publicity committee
HZ S I =
floats will start from Broadway Circle
at 10 o'clock on the morning of Labor
and secondly city official, according to
She declares she would rather be
at home “puttering” around her
dky‘7 UwM proceed^south^on* Broad-1 k\tch**'    “ft and making
way to Ma«n street west on Main turn- pleB    llat«?ln* to mo"rnful
tag south again to Wheeler park. A complaints of dosens of irate citizens
picnic and barbecue for union men "ho v.ia‘ti her offlce *W day. Aside
and their friends is planned at the ffm^ta* » casual interest In na-
park after which well known speakers tlonal political affaire she pays little
will talk.    I ftttentl011 to politics,
talk.
Following the speaking the entire | OIL COMPANY SCHOLARSHIP
crowd, if possible, will be headed to-
ward Liberty park to help the Indians
take both games of a scheduled
double header from the Joplin Miners.
Only union men and women will be
allowed to take part in the parade.
Engineering Coursee Picked by Em-
pire Oil Refining Company.
In a late issue of The Empire is
published an announcement by H. R.
ZINC SHIPPERS NEED CARS SS. TJTSS Si ££
.(Ok'.hcm. Ml... Working
Part Time for Lack of Cars.
Miami.—The car shortage in the
lead and zinc mining district of north-
eastern Oklahoma is so acute that , w __    _ .,    .    . ,    .
Congressman E. B. Ho.srd .111 go to Mr„    “• «•*»«• •>*<•
of a Doherty employe may be given
an education in an engineering school.
On Mr. Doherty's forty-eighth birth-
day it was made known that he and
a fund for the purpose of giving a
scholarship to the sons of Doherty
employes.
Washington at once to seek relief
from the interstate commerce commis-
sion. He told mining men this at a
conference. One hundred cars a day
for twenty days are needed to care
for the present accumulation of ore in
Btorage bins, operators Informed How-
ard. Fifteen cars a day are needed
to move chat to Oklahoma and Texas
points for road work. The movement
of grain is held to be largely respon- I State Got Taxes on Red River Bridges.
sible for the present famine of cars.
Mr. Howard was told that this district
is losing 950,000 a week because of the
Inability to move the product of the
mines to eastern smelters. Scores of
mines are working only part time.
The state of Oklahoma received
taxes paid on railway and on bridges
spanning the Red river and surround-
ing disputed territory according to
testimony offered at the special hear-
ing of the Red River case before
INDIAN LAND QUESTION UP | ££.?    ZnZK°'
and tax inspectors were placed on
Ottawa County Faction Center Race I the stand and questioned by attorneys
on Land Restrictions    | representing the state of Oklahoma,
the state of Texas and the United
Miami.—Questions of Indian land I states,
restrictions and broader jurisdiction E. j Heckle, of Wichita, Fans., as-
of the county court in Indian affairs I gutant chief engineer of the Missouri,
have been made the issue of two rival Oklahoma A Gulf railway, who has
factions who have candidates in the I complete charge of the engineer-
field for county Judge of Ottawa I |Dg work for that railway for the last
county. The fight for this office which I three months was one of the large
daily is growing more bitter is the I number of witnesses who Vere ques-
outstanding feature of the pre-primary I ttoned during tbo day. Heckle sub-
campaign here.    | mltted several blueprint valuation
maps showing boundary lines as they
OSAGE OFFICERS GET RAISE j existed when various railway bridges
were built over the river. The bridges
Muskogee.—Two new buildings for
the state school for the blind here
will be ready for occupancy by the
time the fall term opens, according to
announcement of O. W. Stewart, su-
perintendent. The term will ope*
September 15.
Mr. Stewart points out that many
children in Oklahoma who are unable
to attend the public schools because
of partial or total blindness have not
taken advantage of the opportunities
for an education which are offered by
the state, and asks that anyone know-
ing of such children notify the parents
and the school.
Courses offered in the school give
special emphasis to literary study up
to and Including high school courses,
an extensive musical department and
the industrial department in which all
students are taught some vocation.
County Has Increase In Population
Since 1910.
of the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf
railway cross the disputed territory
in Jackson county. Elmer W. Fisk,
Pawhuska.—Because of increase in I another official of the railway, was
population of Osage county since 1910 also a witness. He testified that the
salaries of county officers will be rais- Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf bridge
ed. This advance will take effect with was constructed in 1910.
the beginning of new terms, and makes Attorney General Freeling repre-
a revision of the county estimate ne- sen ted Oklahoma In the hearing, form-
cessary before the excise board can «r United States Attorney General
fix the tax levy for the coming year. | Gregory represented Texas and John
A. Fain, special assistant United
CITY WILL SELL STREETS I States attorney general, represented
the United States government. Mr.
Purcell Finds Low District Better For
Farm Than Publie Use.
A Wide-Open
Policy
By R. RAY BAKER
Tyler, the commissioner, was espec-
ially appointed to collect evidence In
the case to submit to the supreme
court.
Only a comparatively small part of
Purcell.—Purcell will sell some of
its streets and alleys In the southwest
part of the city, using the “on«>y for I the ev|,jence has been submitted. In-
clty purposes. Quite a bit of lo* land VMt|gatlon wlll continue.
unsulted for the city can be used for 1
agricultural purposes when streets .    „ , .    .. .
and alleys are dosed it Is said.    | Hospital for State War Vets.
Approval of the use by the public
NEW FARM OUBS PLANNED I    £
Recently Employed County Agent At | Oklahoma returned soldiers Is certain,
according to a telegram sent to Rep-
resentative J. W. Harreld by Cato
8ells, Indian commissioner.
Sells said the public health service
has only to make a formal request
Kingfisher Begins Work.
Kingfisher.—Clyde McFeaters of
Supply, Okla., recently employed by
county commissioners here, as county
a*ent. has begun his work. Various I j ” the '.chool buildlng and it wlif be
NORMAN DONATES LABOR
Lumber Firms Furnish Lumber For
Fair Building.
farm clubs will be organised among
the boys and girls. Bankers bavs
agreed to finance the movement.
Man Seeks Body of Son Drowned.
Muskogee.—W. C. Farmer of We-
tumka offered a reward of 9100 to
the finder of the body of hla son.
granted. At a recent meeting the
American Legion and Red Cross Join-
ed with the public healtb service iu
asking for the use of the school as
a hospital.
Dr. Hugh Scott, bead of the public
health service in Oklahoma, wired
John M. Holt of Houston, district
Norman.—.Norman carpenters have
ofTored to donate a full day'B work to
Norman to construct a free county fair
exhibition building.
L. A. Stonew secretary of local car-
penter's union 1060 met with the sen-
ior chamber of commerce at a special
luncheon and offered services of the
local union.
Three local lumber yards offered to
furnish the city with lumber at actual
cost. Committees now art at work
colleotibg money to pay for th« lum-
ber. The fit* buildings will bd stkrt*
«d ■**#<.
Francis Farmer a business college „u vlBO „klng Rn ^ appUca
student who was drowned in the Ark- 1
ansaa river at Hyde Park. The Grand
river empties into the Arkansas at
Hyde Park and there ts a swift chan-
tion to the Indian commissioner for
the school.
The Rainy Mountain school can be
made Into a hospital fully equipped
to car« for 300 former soldiers of the
state In less than a month, according
to the opinion of Doctor Scott.
Rate to G. A. R. Convention.
Man May Die From Boiler Explosion. J A reduced railroad fare of one cent
Ponca City—James Cartons, engl- per mile is to be given O. A. R. vet-
neer in charge of a threshing crew, erans who attend the national en-
was injured, probably fatally, when campment of the civil war veterans at
the boiler of the engine exploded Indianapolis. September It to 25, ae-
nel that has caused the death of
many persons. City authorities are
considering forbidding bathing in tho
river at this point.
while working on the J. T. Carlons
farm nine miles south of Billings.
Carlons was burned and thrown sixty
sixty feet by the exploeion. Samuel
Muftefi • biff Me* wee i«jurod. bn!
cording to Information received by
J. H. Norton, aeelitant adjutant gen-
eral of tha Oklahoma department
from the Peonsrlrveje roWmad Mb
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(©. mo, by McClure Newepaper Syndicate.)
Harley Wentworth tilted back in his
swivel chair nnd stretched luxuriously
while he smiled with u quiet sort of
triumph.
The battle—and a hard tussle it had
been—was over, and he was the win-
ner. At the age of twenty-eight lie
was mayor of Kenton. Precedents had
been overthrown, the standpatters had
been overwhelmed, young blood had
come out on top. . For the first time
in Its history tills city of 15,000 inhab-
itants was to have youth at its munici-
pal helm. Only today at the polls the
venerable Mr. Black had gone down to
a crushing defeat.
Mayor-elect Wentworth heard the
doorbell, and presently the housekeep-
er tapped at the study door and an-
nounced that “Mr. Henniso/’ was a
caller. Harley directed that Mr. Hen-
nlson be admitted, and soon the person
In question, a rotund, florid-faced,
squint-eyed individual, whose clothing
shouted to the world, but made no pre-
tense of fitting, waddled into the study
and flopped into an easy chair near
Harley’s desk.
“Well, we won,” grunted Mr. Hen-
alsou, helping himself to a cigar from
the box on the desk and wrenching
off the end with some tusk-like yel-
low teeth and ejecting the amputated
portion in the general direction of a
waste-basket, which it failed to arrive
at by several inches.
“I thought we might as well have
a thorough understanding,” he said,
chewing on his cigar. “You were elect-
ed, of course, by the wide-open ele-
ment. You ran with their support;
of course, you know that. The un-
derstanding was that if you were elect-
ed things was to be thrown open—and
was to operate with protection.”
Harley exhaled a heavy cloud of
smoke.
“There was no understanding—ex-
actly,” he said. “I made no promises,
and there wns no agreement thht
things were to be wide open. However
—of course, 1 have the welfare of Ken-
ton at heart-”
I understand,” he grunted “I
think that’s sufficient. All I wanted
was your—your silent assurance, you
might say.”
Scarcely had Mr. Hennison left when
the telephone bell rang.
This is Jean,” suid a girl’s voice.
“I want to congratulate you. How-
ever, I much prefer to do it in person.”
I’ll be right down,” Hurley assured
her, and presently Ids car stopped be-
fore a neat, modest dwelling.
Jean came out on the porch and
greeted him, not effusively, but in a
manner that left no doubt as to sin-
cerity.
“I’m proud of you, Harley,” she
told him as she ushered him into the
living room. “It's u great triumph to
beat Mr. Black, who was lu nflice so
long. You certainly have great respon-
sibilities on those young shoulders
now’."
“They're rather broad shoulders,
he smiled. “They ought to be able
to sustuiu some pretty heavy bur-
dens.”
She seemed to hesitate before
speaking again, and her eyes studied
the figure in the rug, while the fingers
of her right hand fumbled with a dia-
mond-set ring on the third finger of
her left hand.
“Harley, you know I’m very proud
of you," she said presently, looking
him In the eyes; “but I'm afraid, some-
how. I’ve heard it was the wide-open
element that selected you, and I'm
ufrald—well, you know It may bring
a certain kind of prosperity, but think
of the suffering in many homes. It is
pretty well understood that liquor has
been sold lately in apite of the pro-
hibition law, and thut there lias been
some gambling, iu spite of Mr. Black's
efforts. It seems he hasn’t been fully
supported by purt of ids administra-
tion in his efforts to enforce the new
law. That wus bad enough, but if
things are allowed to run with a free
hand a great many people wlll suffer
for It."
The mayor-elect smiled Indulgently.
"There, then*, girl,” lie said, with
a tinge of patronizing in Ills tone*.
“Don’t you worry your little head
about those tilings. I’ll try to munnge
things nil right. You don’t understand
politics thoroughly.
"There's party loyalty to be consid-
ered, and n number of tilings. Ken-
ton should grow* more rapidly, and it
will If given a proper chance. I have
an opportunity to make a record for
myself, and to do so I must shut one
of my eyes to certain things. But
don't worry. Everything is going to
run along smoothly.”
"Of course you know best, Hnrley,"
whs told him, while disappointment
■bowed in her eyes. 'Tm with y*>u,
anyhow, yeti know that/*
It was rather late when they parted
Harley was tired, and he decided to
take a short cut to his home; so two
blocks from Jean’s residence he turned
to the left, Instead of heading for the
main thoroughfare.
Three blocks along this street he
came to a corner on which stood a tall,
magnificent-looking house, the only
light in evidence being that which
crept from behind tightly-drawn blinds.
Hnrley smiled.
“Hennison hasn’t lost any time In
opening up wide,” he mused. "He
seems to have forgotten old Black is
still at the helm until my in-
auguration.”
He had not time to pass the house
before the figure of a man lurched
from the building and crossed the side-
walk into the street, swaying unstead-
ily and holding up a hand.
llarley stopped. He had to in order
to avoid running over the man. The
latter staggered around to the door of
the car and held out his hand.
“I thought ’twas you, Harley,” he
said thickly. "I want to offer congrat-
ulations.”
Harley recognized the Interloper
with a sjart. He was Jack Boison,
Jean's brother. He had not seen Jack
for some time and had forgotten about
him.
“Things going to be fine now, eh,
Harley?” the other went on, raising
a foot to the running board of the
car. “Wide open, eh? Thasli fine.
Put *er there," and he shook hands
again with the mayor elect.
“Thank you for your congratula-
tions,” said Harley, as he prepared to
start the car. But Jack did not take
his leave.
“Just a minute, Harley,” he said.
“Say—have you—well, you see, I, JeY
blowed all my coin at roulette, in Hen-
nison’s there; and I wonder if you’d
lend me a twenty so I can go back.
Mehbe luck’ll change. I haven’t been
able to pick ’em worth a cent. When
put coin on blue, then up comes—
thash good sport. Harley, ol’ man.
Just Jenitne have twenty. I got to win
back that coin or—or—go to Jail,
that's all. It's the firm’s money."
Harley flung open the door of the
car.
“Jump in,” he directed. “I haven’t
thut much with me."
The other obeyed, and shortly after
the machine stopped before the home
of the mayor-elect and the latter
dragged his passenger Into the house.
By this time Jack was In a stupor, and
Harley put him to bed and locked the
door on him.
Then the mayor-elect went to his
study, nnd sat In the swivel chair, art
smoked three cigars, one after the
other, and there was no smile of tri-
umph on his fnce—only a dark scowl
and an expression about the lips as
though he had tasted something dis-
agreeable.
Finally, with a decisive click of his
teeth, lie reached for the telephone.
The face of the clock, dimly lighted
by a desk lamp, showed the hands
at half-past two.
He took down the receiver and gave
a number.
“Hello, Hennison,” Harley called
presently. “This Is Wentworth. Say,
Hennison, you’ll have to call that off—
that wide-open stuff. I’ve changed my
mind. Go easy; none of that abuse.
I said I've changed my mind, and I
menu It. I was elected mayor of this
city, no matter who elected me. I
didn’t mnke any promises, remember
that. You’ve got to shut that place
up, nnd shut It tight. I'iu not fool-
ing. What’s that? Are you threaten-
ing me, Hennison? Be careful. I'm
going to he mayor of Kenton, and the
town's going to prosper, and It's going
to he decent, too. Good-by."
The mnyor-eleet tilted back In his
swivel chnlr nnd smiled with a quiet
sort of triumph, and he sat there a
long time, gazing at the picture of a
girl.    |
Black Diamonds.
Black diamonds have little In com-
mon with those more generally worn
ns ornaments, though both are pure
carbon. The black ones are slightly
harder than the crystal or gem dia-
monds, In fart are nearly the hardest
substance known. Black diamonds or
carbons are without crystalline form,
nnd are found In Irregular pieces rang-
ing In size from half a karat to 800
karats. They are dark gray, blaeW
or brownish color, and opaque. The
real diamond of the Jewelry trade also
is pure cnrlmn, hut translucent, and
crystalline In form. Two other ob-
jects so alike tn composition could not
be found so opposite In nppcnrance as
these two forms of carbon.
Curious Calendar.
Jan miry always begins on the same
day of the week ns October, and tho
same Is true of April nnd July, Sep-
tember nnd December. Again, Febru*
ary, March and November also begin
on the snme day of the week. This,
however, In only true In normal year*
of 365 days. A century can never be-
gin on Wednesday, Friday or Satur-
day. Furthermore, the ordinary sraar
ends on the same day of wash ad
that OP nHlolk It hegiM