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THE.. CHANDLER TRIBUNE
Vo!. XI
Chandler, Oklahoma, Friday, July 14. 1911
No.
SCHOOL REFORMS.
The State Hoard Places Instructors
Under Civil Service.
It is now evident that politic will
no longer play any great part in State
Schools, at a recent meeting of the
hoard a ruling was passed whereby
any teacher who has beta employed
for two years and has been successful
will be retained permanently. It will
certainly be a great benefit to our
schools if all teachers and instructors
are placed on a merit system. The
public opinion is well expressed by
the Oklahoman.
There is cause for general rejoicing
in the fact that the state educational
board has granted the prayer of the
Oklahoma State Teachers, association
that the appointment of teachers in
this state be made under the merit
system or civil service rules.
None can successful assert that
the best results are to be obtained
when politics figure in the education-
al affairs of a state. Under such a
system the school teacher who is a
clever wire-worger and a very poor
educator often secures employment
where one having the best education
training and valuable experience fails.
It is regrettable, but nevertheless a
fact, that in the pest, in both state
and local schools, a political “pull”
has been more effective in securing
employment for applicants than merit
and experience. Under such a system
if persons are really ability secured
employment in any of the state
schools they never felt assured that
the swinging of the political pendu-
THK MILITIA < OMI’A\V.
To the "knockers on the home
militia company the Clay Center Dis-
patch (Kans) said in part, Miter
admitting that some mebers of the
company are not what they should be:
“The militia company in spite of the
general impression to the contrary,
tend t» make better men of these
fellows and is doing it every day.
Whenever you advise a young man
with military tendencies not to join
the militia, do you realize that you
may be guilty of causing his death?
Do you know that ignorance of how
to take care of themselves in time of
wa rwas the cause of 60 per cent of
the deaths in the Civil War and 90
per cent in the Spanish-American
war?”
Chandler can well be proud of the
militia company here. It has at its
head three officers whose moral char-
acter is above reproach. The man or
boy who joins our company and at-
tends "strictly” to the commands
as he says he will at the time of en-
listment, will never go astray.Com-
pany B. has always been at the head
of Oklahoma National Guard, the
Oklahoma Guard has one of the best
records in the United States, and
every body knows that the American
soldier is the best on earth, so rfo
one need be ashamed to advise his
fellow citizen to become a member
of this company.
Within the last two weeks there has
been eighteen r-'w men enlisted, and
new ones are c > ng in all the time.
This is perhaps the best record in the
history of the company and goes to
TIEGHMAN TO OKEAHOMA CITY
lum would not oust them from the show that the people are becoming
place they had secured. j more interested and begining to ap-
It was a great day for the educa- preciate its real value,
tional institutions of Oklahoma when
politics was eliminated from them.
There will be cause for still greater
rejoicing when this principal is ad-
opted in every school district in the
state.
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ALUMXI TO STAGE CLAY.
At a call meeting of the Chandler
William Tilghman, formerly of
Chandler, and rumored as the selec-
tion of Mayor Whit M. Grant for chief
of police arrived here Thursday with
Mrs. Tilghman and their family. Im-
mediately after the local race meet
Tilghman went to his old home at
Chandler. He claims Oklahoma City
RESISTED THE DROUTH
It came! It soaked! It saved! Scarcely had last
week's issue of The Tribune reached our subscribers
when the long expected rain came and faces that had
assumed a doleful expression, began to expand and are
now covered with a broad grin.
We have been assured by many that they appre-
ciated the cheerful but sound advice regarding the
drowth.
There has been as much seed put in the ground
during the past week as there was during any week
last spring. Vegetable and forage crops were planted
upon almost every farm.
We have more faith in Oklahoma than ever before.
Isn’t her drouth resisting power just wonderful?
We have every reason to expect a three and a half
million dollar crop of cotton in Lincoln county. Since
the rain has washed the dust out of our eyes we are able
to see peaches, apples pears and plum's on the trees
and grapes on the vines. Just see that bermuda grass.
We set a five acre field last spring and supposed every
bit of it had dried. Imagine our surprise when we
visited the field Tuesday evening and found nearly
every bunch living and growing.
If every body will put their shoulder to the wheel,
.f every farmer will plant every available foot of
ground in some forage crop. If every man, woman,
and child will smile. If every merchant will advertise
this will not be a lean year. It will be a year of suffi-
ciency for all our needs, a year of joy and continent and
happiness and next year we will all try to make some
money.
Oklahoma is truly a wonderful country and Lin-
coln county is its geographical center and garden spot.
PLANT MORE CORN
McAlest r, Okla,, July 1.— George
W. Moacrlef of Canadian, president
of the Pittsburg County Farmers'
Institute, says that he intends to
keep on planting corn until July 15.
“Major Hackett and I were at the
fair held at Hartshorn last year and
one man showed us corn as fine as
you ever saw which he had planted on
oat stubble on July 7. He had done
the same thing for four years, with
uniform success He used the Mexican
June corn, a variety famous for late
planting.
“I wish that the seed men would
take the matter up and that the pap-
ers would call the attention of Okla-
homa farmers to this fact. There is
every reason to believe that there
will be rain yet and if there is, there
is no reason why the farmers should
not have fine crops of late corn.”
George M. Chaney, who is one of
the oldest settlers, says that he has
seen fine crops of corn from seed
planted as late as July 2 8.
Major Hackett says that he be-
lieves that corn planted within the
15 days, will result in a good crop.
GOOD AM) BAD AGITATORS.
AN EXPERTS ADVICE TO OKLA-
HOMA FARMERS.
ed property here,
r Mayor Grant has stated that he
j will not under any consideration ap-
High School Alumni Association at ,
the home of Misses Anna and Hosa as his new home now, having purchas
Mayer, Wednesday evening it was de-
cided to stage a comedy some time
in August. |
A committee consisting of Sayde | Point a chief of police to succeed John
Mascho, Anna Mayer and Clarence
McGuire, was appointed to select the
play and the cast. Miss Sayde Mascho
was elected as director and with her
experience and ability the play is sure
to be a great sueecss.
PAYNE COUNTY FARMER HELD
Stillwater, Okla., July 8.—On com-
plaint that he had refused to procure
medical aid for his child, John Pat-
ton, a farmer, was brought into town
and placed under bond of $500. Dr.
Manning, who attended the child,
stated to the county judge that he
had visited the little one, ajid on ad-
vising the parents to get medicine for
til . child they refused. The county
court, acting under the juvenile laws
took cognizance o fthe case and had
I Hubatka, holdover, until August 1 or
| thereafter. If he lives up to that
statement hte mayor, it is believed,
j is simply waiting till Tilghman has
! resided in Oklahoma City six months,
which will be about that date and
then appoint him chief of police.
Leading Democrats assert that if
Tilghman is named, they will march
i na boy to the city hall and “show”
Mr. Grnnt that they are displeased.
One Democrat, who is an attorney,
ha dan interview with Mr. Grant
about the matter the other day and
in no mincing words explained to the
city’s chief executive wnat he could
i expect if the outsider gets the job.
j —Oklahoman.
! LATER: Thursday s paper announ-
ctd that Mr. Tilghman would be ap-
pointed Friday. The very best elitnent
of business men of Oklahoma City lias
“If the farmers of Oklahoma will
plant kaffir corn, milo maize and
sugar cane at once, there will he no
need to Import a ton of feed for the
state's livestock next year.
“There is also time for two more
cuttings of alfalfa, assured by Sun-
day’s timely rains.
“While In some parts of the state
a reduced corn crop may yet be
raised, it will be better judgment to
plant these other grains.
"I would not advise the planting
| of a second crop of potatoes. Suitable
'seed is almost impossible to get.
“In addition to the feed crops, tur-
nips tvill be the farmers one best
bet. If planted now, a crop of 100
bushels to the acre should be ready in
September.”—John Fields, editor
Oklahoma Farm Journal.
Among The Farmers
By F. A. Mitchell
STORM AT CHATTANOOGA
i One of the most destructive storms
in the history of Oklahoma occured
the father brought in. Medical at-- nu|e(, this apposntment t0 be „'lade
tendance was ordered for the child. okla„oma citv wiu llave lhe most elli-
A case r.cently decided by the cient chief of any city In the state.
criminal court of appeals sustained __
the action of a lower court In con-
victing a father because he had neg-
lected to give medical aid to his child.
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MARGURKTK JANE BRASELTON.
___ at Chattanooga, Okla., last week. The
Margurete Jane Bras lton, motheri;o!"8 in ,JOlh 1 1and lifp r acllcd
of Albert Braselton of this citv died a vcry high f,f?ure'
at her home in Kendri.k last Wed- Sup',,los f,'°™ al! t,lp surrounding
nesday evening. Mrs. Braselton has1 C0l,nlry havp be£n pent int0 chatta-
heen In very poor health since ihe no°Ka t0 the am°unt of *2’000 and
death of her husband last November. Imore arp being Eeut in a» the
Margurete Jaue Saunders was 1 ,rn Thp su>’l'li,s famp m08tiy trom
In Indiana 74 years ago and tvas mar- ,on’ CMlka8ha «“d Oklahoma City,
tied to Ferguson Braselton
Now that the rains have descended
we are all more hopeful, our cotton
crops is in good condition. We have
planted plenty of cane and kaffir for
forage.
There will be enough seed upon our
cane and kaffir to fatten our hogs,
so we will have our own pork and arm? 12, gunpowd”er“.L an(i toy plsiols
p'enty to sell. \\ e should supply the three.
county demand for pork. We are keep-! _
ing all of our heifers to start a dairy!
as we find the cow the best money I(0rr0X C,tOP TO mtl:AK “EC-
making machine upon the farm. We j OKDS.
are going to set more berminda than1 --■
ever next spring so that the stock Condition Better Than at Any Time
Give the dhicken business to the
wife as Yve will need some one to
support us while we are attending
to national politics next year.
We are going to fatten and kill the
line back yearling steers for beef.
We have been eating pork too long.
Going to have some nice beef this
1 all- The cotton will like’y open early
so our children can have an oppor-
tunity of attending school. YYM want
our children educated, now is the
time. Too much cotton has mort-
gaged the possibilities of many a
southern boy and girl.
Those who give us our necessary
advances on cotton are sure to take
our crop but when we give our child-
ren a god education none can take
it from them.
We are looking upon the practical
side of life and are trying to do the
best we can. We will always plant
cotton. Wi? are In the cotton belt. It
is our very best cash crop.
INCREASE IN 1*AY ORDERED
10,000 Itm-iil Curriers YY ill Get $>100
Addition to Yearly Salary.
Washington, July 9.—The 40,000
rural free delivery carriers In the
United States are to receive salary
Increases as a result of the decision
reached Sunday by Postmaster Gen-
eral Hltciiock. The order will provide
for the disbursement during the cur-
rent fiscal year of $4,000,000 which,
which will mean an increase of $100
over the present salary of $900 for
ail carriers on standard routes.
Congress provided last session for
the expenditure of this extra $4,000,-
000, but left it to the discretion of
the postmaster general as to show
much of It should be expended. Mr.
Hitchock decided Sunday to author-
ize the expenditure of the full amount
His desire to compensate the car-
riers for any additional gurden which
may be placed on them If the parcel
post system be has recommended for
rural routes Is approved by congiess,
was the Important consideration. Mr.
Hitchcock declared today, which led
him to make the authorization.
In the current year, the rural ser-
vice will cost the government about
$40,000,000, the estimated loss being
about $25,000,000. The postmaster
general expressed the belief that tho
parcels post system, under proper
management, would insure the main-
tenance and extension of the rural
free delivery service as a self-support-
ing branch of the potsal service.
The rural delivery system was
started fifteen years ago with 83 car-
riers, Yvho were paid only $200 a year.
On July 1, there were 41.562 car-
riers, their aggregate salaries being
$35,793,000.
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KEEP THE I1KOOD SOWS.
It is a comon thing to hear the
litnark made in criticism of some man
who criticises the established order
of things that he ts an agitator, as
If that ought to settle the case against
hint.
An agitator may he good or had.
The bad agitator is moved by case
and selfish motives. His wants to
create a disturbance political or fin-
ancial out of it for himself. The good
agitator wants to point out apparent
defects in the established order not
from selfish motives hut with a real
desire to make conditions better.
Often the good agitator lacks the A visit to the stockyards th-se days
ability to construct, but if he can reveals that hundreds of farmers are
make the evils apparent; if he can shipping stock to market because of
direct public attention to conditions i the drouth. Much of this stock is
that ought to be remedied, the con- reaching tlie market In bad shape;
DEATH LIST GROWS SMALLER
Revised figures on the number of
deaths and injuries in the United
States due to the celebration of the
Fourth of July shows that to date
thirty-eight lives were sacrificed and
217 were injured as compared with
forty-four killed and 2,485 injured j brained impraeticals who
last year, and sixty-two killed and
3,316 injured reported in 1909.
Fireworks claimed 18 victims, fire-
structive minds will then take hold
of the problem and solve It,
Agitation is necessary to health and
progress. The pool of water that Is
never agitated becomes stagnant,
deatd, incapable of sustaining any
form of life, except the very lowest.
Agitation among the masses of the
people is just as necessary to their
well being as agitation of the water
Is necessary to keep it pure and
sweet. Without agitation the selfish
powerful few will arrogate to them-
selves all the advantages and priv-
ileges of society and leave the masses
in degradation and poverty.
With the good agitators there will
always be the counterfeits, the crack-
have no
in the Last Ten Years,
Washington, July 6,—Supplemen-
port Tuesday on the condition of the
SI IT ABANDONED.
in 1 • 35,
nine children were born them, tv i of
whom died In infancy two more I ced The attempt of Guthrie parties to
to man and woman hood, Stephen, compel Leo Mtyer, state auditor, and
who died two or thro? years ago. and the board of public affairs to pay
Rose, who was burned to deatli with $41.v 0 office rent for the corpora-
lier two children by the explosii -i of lion commission in its Guthrie quart-
a coal oil can. The five renin ;ng era, was abandoned Saturday morn-
children are Albert, of this city, Mrs, ing, and the ease dismissed without
Mary Inman, of Stroud, Johr of prejudice. The action was in the na-
Guifport, Miss., Sam, of Okail ma tore of an application for a writ of
I ity and Mrs. I.Cnora Price, of Ken- mandamus and was brought in the
drick, all of whom except John ,v;re names of Theresa, Fanny and Darwin
at the bedside of their mother during
her last moments on this earth.
Mrs. Braselton was laid to rest in
the Kendrick cemetery last Thursday
beside the one who had been her com-
panion in life for 55 years. The Tri-
bune extends its sincerest sym athv represented two m-nth-. not for ihe
to those bereaved of the moat fa'thful j thirteen rooms occupied by the cor-
and loving friend one can have !a this poration mmmis.-ion in Guthr -Ok-
Hfe th iir mother. j laboma City Tltm-s
Filtseh and Helen Hollingsworth,
Judge W. R. Taylor of the distrU
court, presided over the hearing The
contention of the state was that the
bill had never yet been pres i ted to
the proper authorities. The iinount
can have a abundance of pasture, wet
or dry. Sometimes it is too wet here
for corn or cotton. There is where
beimuda grass grows. \\'e have a
faint recollection of its being too dry
here for corn to grow and cotton
stood in the balance, but we don’t porting board Thursday made the fol-
remember when it was too dry for lowing statem lit:
bermuda or too hot for the cow to "The report shows the condition
harvest it. j of the crops to be higher than on any
The sooner we can get the big tin corresponding date In the last ten
pail and the milking stool and cow years. A month ago the general con-
aml the bermuda and the forage for | dition was well above the ten-year
definite ideas but a certain capacity
to stir up trouble.
One day I observed a small ornery
looking dog starting trouble with an-
other dog that had seemed to he
entlr ly peaceable up to that time.
The fuss attracted the other dogs and
within a short time there was a reg-
ular dog riot on hand.
None of the dogs knew what they
were quarling about, but two or three
and some of It could b better ship-
ped again where there is an abundant
of feed, that It might he properly fat-
tened before killing.
The worst feature Is a large number
of brood sows that are coming to
market. The price for these animals
is high now, but with the stampede
to ship now, on account of short feed,
will double the price before next
spring, if It Js persisted in. The wise
farmer will sell anything lese just
now, in preference to his brood sows.
Next spring when he li ghts to pre-
1 are to raise pigs, he will find that
his neighbor lias either done the fool-
ish tiling also, or he will refuse to sell
at any price.
If the shortage niak s you sell
everything else on the farm, keep the
brood sows. They will he worth their
weight in gold next year.
cost or
RATS IN THE
STATES
UNITED
of the bunch w re badly bitten and
ting the department of agriculture*rc- i fearIy a11 of them 118,1 bepn more °r
less injured except the dog that
United States cotton crop, Dr. N. A.! Igil!a!1/ startfd the double. He had
Murray, acting chief of the crop re-
slipped out when things got going
well and enjoed the trouble he had
stirred up. That dog was an undesir-
able agitator. It was not his object
to make life more pleasant for the
dog family but just to raise had* -• and
then get out from under himself.
That dog has his counterpart
winter the better it will he for us. average. Today it is 8.2 per cent above ’ am011g m<Ln* ^ ° have all seen them.
Our cows last year brought us in it. „ I Men who seem to hanker after trouble
milk and butter around one hundred' “The average of cotton this year11 ot for themselves but for other peo-
thousand dollars. I want to talk is about 35,000,.000, Allowing for the'I,le’ They do not t0 !lave an-v
canes, bermuda and forage crops un- average amount of abandonment I obL' t but to set people against each
Los Angeles Times: It lias been
estimated that $180,000,000 worth
of property Is destroyed In the United
State- each year by rats. Th se are
| the figur s pf Charles M. Frey, the
! rat exterminator of the department
i of agriculture. The three cities of the
| world which suffer most nre Pitts-
i burg, New York and St. Petersburg.
I These figims gives some idea of tho
j commercial importance of rat exter-
mination, to say nothing of the sani-
tary reasons for abolishing the pests.
|The rat Is the best carrier of bubonic
, blague, smallpox and several other
diseases which afflict mankind.
til our Income shall be one million about 1,000,000 acres—the indica-
dollars annually for Lincoln county.! tlons are that approximately 34,000,-
This isn’t any impossible feat. Just 000 a' res of cotton will be harvested,
keep saving the heifer calves, plant-1 “The condition indicates a probable
! yield of 202.8
pounds per acre, which
ing more bermuda.
Take off your hats now to our on 34,000,000 acres would mean
poultry, our income from poultry last! 6,895,000.000 pounds, or about 14,-
year was around one hundred thous- 425,000 bales.
and dollars on the same as from cow’s, j “This calculation allows for aver-
Don’t forget to plant plenty of kaffir erage depeciation. The critical period
or milo for the chickens. Stack it with in cotton growth is in August and ed an agitator provided he is the right
heads out so the hens can fare sump- ] September so that any estimate at j sort of an agitator is after ail about
tously every day. Give them plenty of | this time must be taken with some th» highest compliment that can be
fresh water, sow some wheat or rye allowance.” 'paid a man.
for green feed next winter and spring! The largest previous production of! -o-
other and start trouble. That kind of
agitators are an abomination but
they always have and always will ex-
ist.
Nevertheless this country owes a
great deal to agitators of the right
stripe, men who have dared to brave
public opinion, to plead for more
equitable laws; to boldly denounce
public and private wrong, To be call-
Build a good stone or cement hen cotton In this country was in 1901.: Mrs. Frances Spratlen left for Perry
house Plaster It so It can be treated { when it aggregated 13,679,954 hales Monday. She will be gone all summer
fot \ermln, get some woven wire for^of 500 pounds each. and will close up her millinery shop
yards. Invest every dollar you can for, --0- ln the north end of town untl she
necessary equipments. Commence. Minnie Buck returned Monday front returns, which w ill be about the first
now to get ready for next year.
an extendfd visit In the oast.
j of September.
Frank McLaughlin, proprietor of
the Home Bakery on North Manvel,
was a Davenport visitor the first of
th week. Frank went over there to
deliver some pictures he had taken,
he is also an ametur photographer
l it amatur don’t mean much to Frank
as he does better work than some ot
the professionals.
WRESTLING MATCH C ALLED OFF
The wrestling match scheduled at
the opera house last Saturday evening
between Boh Williams, of Bristow and
Haschell Sweet, of Davenport, was
ailed off because there were no
'ights, the plant having shut down ln
he afternoon on account of lack of
vater. Th boys will meet at Stroud
tomorrow (Saturday) evening at the
pera house. This will be a good
natch and it will pay loves of this
qiort to to e it. Both young men are
in fine trim and promise to give a
fine exhibition.
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