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THE CHOCTAW HERALD
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VOLUME 8
HUGO, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1913.
NUMBER 21.
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County Fair
October 10 and II.
CORN—First, $5.00 by Hugo Na-
tional Bank, $2.00 by Grand Leader;
second, $2.00 by Womack Mer. Co.,
... „ , ,$2.00 by Boston Store, $1.00 by Hen-
fair fU! 17 ,7. , "f C°Un^(ry-Allison; third, 25 passes Erie the-
lann HP ' ^ atle' 1100 ^ David*e Store;
f"" but if vl?, K. L prem!un! I fourth, $2.00 Blakeney-Allen Hdw.
list but if youhave anything ra.sed Cc . $1.00 by Golden Rule Grocery.
on VO'.ir farm (hot ie mot n '
I URN—Largest yield per acre—
on your farm that is just a little bet
ter than usual bring that in and let
others see it. The money for the
following premiums is available, and
it will be noticed that the prizes on
corn are large and well worth all the
trouble you will have in putting the
exhibit on at the fair.
The fair will only last two days,
but they will be two big days, and
every farmer in the county should
attend.
General Rules Governing the Fair.
No entrance fee will be charged.
Exhibits must bear the name and
postoffice address of exhibitor on
card attached, which will be furnish-
ed.
Awards will be made the afternoon
cf the first day.
ovtl'wT m rtrm*de bef°rC 10 Attorney R. E. HowelU left Mon-
T. ! j ° • day morning for Clovis, N. M., where
Thejudgesw.il be non-res.dents of he wi„ wjnd hjs affairB an(| ,.p
the county, or non-exhibitors.
Win. Busby Dead.
Telegrams received here Tuesday
by A J. Weir, of the local Masonic
lodge, announced the death of Col.
William Busby at his home in McAl-
ester. No intimation was made as to
the cause of death.
Col. William Busby
1 ir t, $5.00 by laris Grocer Co., $5 the best known cf all well known | were announced
New Aggie Board. Choctaw County
J. P. Darby of Muskogee, G. A. such will bring them greater returns, Will H-n/o I vIiIkW
Ramsey of Colbert, 1. C. Renfro of then will the state in general enjoy; "III lluVC I All 1011.
Sulphur and Frank Gault of Geary, a prosperity never before equalled, A mass meeting, called by the Re-
c: mpose the new board of agricul-: and the cry of "hard times," poor tail Merchants Association and the
ture. Their appointments to succeed, crops and other such familiar phras- i Chamber of Commerce, wa3 held in
the present board, which was recall- es will no longer be heard in our | offices cf Justice Oakes Monday
perhaps | ed at the special election in August, \ land. It has been proven that feter- i ni£ht and arranged to have an t;;-
by Webb, Wight & Bennett; second,
$2.00 by Duncan Merc. Co., $2.00 by
St. Louis Store, $1.00 by W. E.
Schooler; third, $2.00 in merchasdise
by R. J. Howse, $2.00 by Burrous
Racket Store; fourth, $2.00 by First
State Bank.
CANNING—1 dnz. photos by C.
D. Hardt, $6.00 by First National
Bank; second, 1 doz. photos by Rus-
sel, $1.00 by J. H. Brader; third, $5
in merchandise by Crescent Drug Co.,
$1.00 by Burton & Son.
RULES—The rules of the boys
and girls contest will be in conform
ity with those given by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
Oklahomans. He had been a resident' Monday.
by
All products entered are to become
the property of the Choctaw County
Fair Association except in the boys
and girls department.
All entries in the boys and girls de-
partment must be entered before 10
o'clock A. M. of the first day and re-
main on exhibit until the close of the
fair.
Prizes will only be given to resi-
dents of Choctaw county, although
others will be permitted to place their
product on exhibition free of cost.
Premium List.
COTTON.
Best 10 lbs. Mebane Cotton—first,
$5.00; second, $2.50.
Best 10 lbs. General Variety—first,
$5.00; second, $2.50.
Longest Staple, any variety—first,
$5.00; second, $2.50.
CORN.
Best 25 ears White Corn—first,
$25.00; second, $10.00; third, $5.00.
Best 25 ears of Yellow Corn—first,
$25.00; second, $10.00; third, $5.00.
Best 25 ears Mixed Corn—first,
$15.00; second. $10.00; third, $5.00
Best 25 ears Pop Corn—first, $10.
00; second, $5.00; third, $2.50.
RULES — Trueness to type uni-
formity; (a) Length and shape of
ear; (b) Size and shape of kernel;
(c) Rows of kernel on cob; condition
of corn color; (d) Sound, good market
rudition. One uniform shade of col-
or must prevail throughout the sam-
ple, save in corn neither white nor
yellcw
turn to Hugo to make his permanent
home.
Blank Gave Bon d
S. A. Blank, who was being held
for the murder of Mrs. George Webb,
and her two children north of Bos-
well on the 20th day of last October,
was given an examining trial Monday
and was granted bond in the sum of
$3500. Blank and his son and Tom
of Oklahoma—Indian Territory side
—for a great many years, and prac-
tically built the city of McAlester.
He was one of the largest coal opera-
tors in the entire country, and was a
man of great wealth and influence.
He was the builder of the Busby hotel
and the Busby theatre at McAlester,
and these buildings will stand as a
memorial to his civic pride, as he
built them several years ago when
McAlester was a very small town
and there was not the slightest
thught that either would be a paying
investment for many years. But he
built them because he had the money
and loved his home city.
The funeral occurred yesterday
and Masons fro.n all over the state
and from other states were in attend-
ance. He was among the best known
33d degree Masons in the world, be-
ing inspector general of that order at
the time of his death.
Frost Reports Cause Advance in
Cotton.
The following is the Dallas News
cotton report ' yesterday: Futures
closed: Liverpool irregular and un
settled, unchanged to 2 points high
Sprangley and Henry' Dodson were er; New York steady, 15 to 20 points
arrested last spring and have been in : higher; New Orleans steady, 12 to 14
jail for some months, the younger points higher.
Blank giving bond some time ago Spots, middling,o clsing: Dallas
The only one of the four yet remain- i steady, 1-lGc higher at 13c; Galves-
ing in jail is Sprangley, who is also j ton firm, 1-lPc advance at 13 5-8c;
charged with perjury, committed at l Houston steady, l-8c advance at 13
Under an opinion by the attorney
geneial the new board may take of-
fice immediately. This will not be
done, it is believed, until the govern-
or's appointees have established . in
court their right to office. The old
board has declared it will not give up
until after the matter has been
threshed out before the highest court
in the state, and it is expected that
the members of the old board will
empoly counsel to repr^ent them.
The old board will question the va
lidity of the amendment adopted by
the recent election, reducing the size
of the board from eleven to five
members. The resolution authoriz-
ing the referendum on this question
was passed thirty-eight days before
the legislature adjourned, when, ac-
cording to the constitution, it should
have been passed forty days before
adjournment. This was brought out
in the decision of the Supreme court
in the case of Senator Campbell Rus-
sell et al, to compel the state election
board to place the sand and gravel
question on the ballot at the special
election.
The new members of the board are
all practical farmers, that beinp. one
of the requirements to be eligible to
membership on the board.
Governor Cruce ita is one of the greatest feed crops' ^ibit at the Dry F"arming congress
'that can be grown, and as a silage, jat next month.
it practically has no equal.
There was not a very large crowd
All kinds of stock do well on it, present, but all were enthusiastic ov-
whether it be work stock cr animals
for the dairy or slaughter. Spanish
peanuts is another crop that vies with
alfalfa in point of producticn and for
er the exhibit. Mr. J. T. Leard was
the only farmer present and he made
a short talk in which he stated that
if Choctaw county missed this oppor-
feed, and not only in those lines, but j tunity it would be a slur on the coun-
also as a direct money agency from : ^ Ansley, until a short time
the first hearing of the Blanks.
Sprangley claims that Dodson is re-
sponsible for the way he testified at
the time and interest in the case cen-
ters now cn why Dodson was so anx-
ious for Sprangley to swear falsely.
5-8c; New Orelans firm, l-16c ad-
vance at 13 7-16c; New York steady.
5 points higher at 13.60c; Liverpool
firm and unchanged at 7.81c.
The de.nand for spots in Liverpool
continues fair, while prices remain
firm and unchanged, with total sale
of 10,000 bales, including 8,500 bales
of American cotton and 1,0000 bale
Futures
Bridge Gave Away.
Bridge No. 6012, on the Ardmore
| branch of the Frisco, gave way late 1^or e> Por' and speculation
last Saturday night as a freight train ' °Pened firm from 1-2 to 4 points low
was passing over, and went mor- er and at ^ o'clock were 1 to 3 points
than a foot out of plumb. The train jlowor ,vith th® market quiet. Enor
passed over all right but traffic was | mou3 realizing by outside long inter
delayed for awhile on Sunday while ! ests was reported and cables told of
the bridge crew made the necessary ! heavy by the Continent. The
rcpaiis. The bridges on this line are
not as good' as they could be and the
trainmen have often complained ti
(e) 10 best ears will be se- j £e e°'"Pa,iy °f this in particu-
lected from exhibit of 25 ears by the!
judges, from which award will be
made.
HAY.
Best bale of Alfalfa Hay—first,
$5.00; second, $2.50.
Best bale Native Hay—first, $5.00;
second, $2.50.
Best bale Peanut Hay—first, $5.00;
second, $2.60.
WHEAT.
Best bushel Wheat—first, $5.00;
second, $2 50.
Best bushel Oats—first, $5.00; sec-
ond, $2.50.
Best bushel Stock Peas—first, $5;
second, $2.50.
RULES—Purity of variety and
freedom from mixture; uniformity of
exhibit; weight; apparent commer-
cial value for milling purposes; gen-
eral appeal ance.
POTATOES.
Best bushel Irish Potatoes—first,
$5.00; second, $2.50.
Best bushel Sweet Potatoes—first,
$5.00; second, $2.50
RULES — Uniformity and size
considered from a commercial stand
point; freedom from disease; charac-
ter of eyes and skin.
PUMPKIN.
Laifrest and best Pumpkin—first,
$5.00; second, $2.50.
RU,T£S—Uniformity and trueness
to type; general appearance.
KAFFIR CORN.
Best 1(1 heads Kaffir Corn—$5.00.
Best 10 heads Feterita—$5.00.
Best 10 heads Milo Maize—$5.00.
PEANUTS.
Best bushel peanuts—first, $5.00;
second, $2.50.
Boys and Girls Club Premiums.
closing was unchanged to 2 pointi
-jasun pirn je[n^3j.n sb.w jnq
tied.
The American mrket made but a
partial response to foreign cables,
but ruled steady, holding the earl>
I ively Scrap advance and the close was about the
There was a lively scrap cn Broad j Mgl^St ^ °f the day' 7here W8S
^ coi^iderable scattering and evening
.. , 1 up *of speculation interests in ad-
Akho I L , ,. ,
vance of the expected final action on
way Sunday afternoon between Mor-
ris Goldfeder and Jim Bird
there was no ring the fight went on
merrily for about five or six rounds
before the artists were separated and
the bout drew a large and attentive
crowd. The men were about evenly
matched, and as they were using
nothing except the weapons of prim-
itive man, they were permitted tr
"fight it out," and did so until the"
were both pretty well winded ad al-
most had to give it up. Neither was
hurt except one black eye for Bird.
They finished before the police cour
Monday morning.
Webb's Remedy.
Grant Webb, our good friend who
lives just west of the city was in
town Tuesday and called at this of-
fice. On being asked how he felt, he
said he "had been chilling," but that i points.
I the cotton future tax tomorrow. The
j weekly weather report was discount
! fd in advance.
Liverpool cables that the market is
! bullish on report _of action on the
j Clarke bill, together with reports o.'
j frost, which the Weather Bureai
predicted fr districts east of the Mis
3issippi Valley, with the exception of
the Gulf States, Georgia and Alaba
ma farmers complained to the De
partment cf Justice that the cottoi
eej trust existing was forcing pay
ment of unreasonable prices for cot
tn.seed fr planting purposes.
New York futures opened firm a
10 to 17 points higher and at 11:4;
a. m. were steady, 12 to 16 points
higher and the close was steady, wirt
a net gain for the day of 15 to 2C
he had a re;nedy that was curing him
and would make a permanent cur^—
if the remedy held out. Of course,
he was asked what his remedy was,
and he blankly told that his uncle
back in Kentucky hart- sent him a
quart of fine Kentucky whiskey, and
that was all he was taking for his
chills. He has some neighbors who
will probably soon be taken with a
chill and ask for his remedy.
New Orleans opened steady 10 to L
points higher and the midday cal
was steady, 8 to 12 points highei
while at the close the market rule<
-tcady, 12 to 14 points over that, o!
the previous day.
Brass Bands to Lute Trade in
Muskogee.
With musical instruments as their
artillery and the sweet strains of
popular .nusic as missiles, two rival
sets of merchants will go to war in
Muskogee this week. The coveted
prize is not an Adrianople or a con-
tinent"; simply the advantage in the
Saturday night trade, which is es-
pecially heavy in Muskogee. Mer-
hants alcng Broadway, Muskogee's
principal business street, have separ-
ated into two groups. One group is
composed of men located west of
Third street, and the other group
those east of that dividing line.
Several days ago it was agreed at
a mass meeting of merchants that
iown town band concerts Saturday
■light would be a fine thing to stimu-
.ate trade. A sort of oral agreement
vas made that the concerts should
>e held in different sections of the
-ity in turn, but no set program was
arranged. The plan stuck in the
minds of the merchants west of
i hird street, however, and they en-
gaged the biggest band possible to
assemble in Muskogee to play a con-
:ert last Saturday night. Further-
nore, in Older to "corner" the music
.rade, they engaged the band for ev-
ery Saturday night until Nov. 1
•Vhen the meichants east cf Third
leard of this contract they wert
nore than surprised: they were peev
•d. They made a frantic effort tc
ecure another band in Muskogee.
<ut the start of the theatrical season
ad exhausted the supply of music
ans, and urder the circumstance:
hey can dc nothing else than import
i rr al tand from some other town,
ind they announced that this woulJI
•e done next Saturday.
As the latest popular "rags" wil!
ie given preference on the program
luskegeeans will probably have
heir fill oftango music by the time
?now flies.
the sale of the goobers which have
always had a ready market.
As mortgage lifters for Oklahoma
farmers, feterita, Spanish peanuts,
alfalfa and hogs will come nearer
making the 'old farm home" a thing
cf beauty as well as a private nint
than any other crnps that may be
grown, and when fewer acres are till-
ed in cotton and corn, and mere acres
planted to the "mortgage lifters"
then will the banner of prosperity
and ccntentment wave from every
farm home in the state.
ac
Dr. Faught of Fort Towson
rompanted John Stevens, who wa
-hot the"-e Saturday night, to the cit
Sunday
Lloyd Price has returned from
Twin Falls, Idaho, where he has been
spending the summer looking after
his mining interests. Mrs. Price
Five Tribes to Hnve Day.
Thursday, Oct. 9, has been desig-
nated by the Muskogee Fair Associa-
tion as Five Tribes Day at the new
Mate l air, to be held on Oct. 6 to 11J stopped for a sojourn in Colorado
Premiums offered for the boys and ■ On tl>*t day the governors or chiefs Springs, and will return soon
girls club, to be nxhibited in connec- 0f the Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek,
U°"Z^e:°ry fair; ,. . IChootaw, Seminole and Osage Na R D. Wilbor spent Sunday in Par-
COrTON—First, merchandise byjtions and their tribesmen will be in- js
Pennington Implement Co. to the vited to meet Hon. Cato Sells, Com
amount of $12.50; second $5.00 by missioner of Indian Affairs, who will cllluH p Spriggs attended court in
Hugo Cotton Oil Co., $2.00 by \ar- be asked to deliver an address. Spe- idabel last week
ner-Collins Hdw. Co.; third. $2.00 by dal races for Indians on Indian pon- J
Stevens-Lambeth, and $2.<K> by Evans ies, an Indian ball game and a "stomp A. E Porter, of the Indian apfn,s
Grocery.
tures of the program that day.
*- office at Muskogee, was in the city
last week.
Drouth-Pe:irting Crops (he Thing
ly Frank S. Nipper, Editor Pragu-
Record, in Oklahoman.
The value of understanding the eli
■>atic conditions of Oklahoma as t'
he growing of diouth resisting crops
s an art that every Oklahoma farm
c should be familiar with. In view
f the fact that within the pa-t tbre>
e asons Oklahoma has passed thru
wo severe drouths that affected not
nlv the grain but cotton growing in
'u=try. should be suffi-ient to awak5
t*e farmers ef the entire state to the
rue condition of affairs and shouM
also serve to show them that Okla
homa is not a corn state.
There
Shot by Negro.
John Stevens, a white boy of near
Ft. Towson was shot and dangerously
wounded by Will Stewart late last
Saturday night.
The shooting occurred near Cedar
Springs, a short distance from Fort
Towson, and there are several differ-
ent stories given as to the cause for
the shooting. One is to to the ef-
fect that the white man and negro
were trying to trade horses, and an-
other is that Stevens, in company
with Frank Pritchard, went to a ne-
?ro picnic and were oredered to de-
Dart by Stewart and Manuel Webster,
jnd failing to comply with the order
'he shorting took place.
Stevens was shot in the groin and
he says that Stewart did the shoot-
ng, while he claims that Webster
"ired the shot which took effect.
Stevens was brought to Hugo Sun
day afternoon and sent from here to
the hospital in Paris fortreatment
the wound being very dangerous, and
may result in the death of the young
nan. Both the negroes under arrest
ire considered bad men.
Underground Route Proving Cosily
The underground booze route be-
tween Mena, Arkansas, and the In-
iian country via the "big road" and
'he horse vehicle, isn't proving pro-
fitable on the scale of frenzied fin-
ance lately. Within a week, Jim
Holt, cf that city, special govern-
•nent agent, has captured about $60C
worth of horse vehicles as they were
rossing the state line, loaded with
fire water. He not only captured two
rigs but three men whe are in jail
awaiting the federal grand jury at
Texarkana.
The last capture was G. R. Sap-
Dingtn and J. B. Blair, of Broken
3ow, Oklahoma, as they were driving
across the state line about ten mile? j
west of Horatio, Arkansas. He con !
riscaUd the team and buggy and its
lead of 36 quarts and 24 pints oi j
whiskey; taking men and rig to De
Queen where they were kept in jail
over Sunday. Warrants were issued
by Commissioner Dunblazier.
day the men were taken before Com- j merit,
missioner Hudspetch at Texarkana matte
ago associated with the state board
of agriculure, was present. He said
he had attended two of the meetings
of the congjwss and he knew that it
would be the greatest advertisement
the county would ever have a chance
of getting, and that the cost of the
exhibition would be comparatively
small fcr the returns it would pay.
W. H. Darrough was chairman of
the meeting, and on motion he was
made chairman of a committee of
three, with the power to appoint the
other two members, to do the work
necessary to put he exhibit at the
Tulsa show in a creditable manner.
The matter of a county fair was
also discussed and after seme argu-
ment the dates for the fair were set
as Oct. 8 and 9. The cash premiums
for the county show will be larger
than ever before, and the variety of
exhibits will be cut down to some
extent, to enable the association to
pay larger premiums on the staple
crcps of the county. The premium
list -will be made up and distributed
in a few days; the money for the
premiums will come from the county
this year, and winners of prizes will
be given warrants on the board of
■runty commissioners. This will sim-
plify the awarding of the premiums
and paying them off and every win-
ner is^ assured that he will be given
the full amount of his award. If you
have good crops of any kind, begin
now to select the very best and bring
it to Hugo on the two days mention-
ed above. From this will probably
be selected the exhibits for the TuLa
crngress.
Choctaw county, from reports, this
year, has the best crops in the entire
United States, according to Dr. A. II.
Davis, farm demonstrator for this
ccunty, and by all means should make
a large and creditable exhibit at
Tulsa. If we can win a few of the
many prizes there ir will put Choc-
taw county on the map as a farm-
ing country and be the means cf at-
tracting many people, not only from
the United States, but prcbably from
some of the foreign countries.
Remember the dates for the Choc-
taw county fair, and bring some of
all your crops. Bring a little of ev-
erything, whether there is a premr
ium on it or not. In this way farm-
ers can discuss with each other the
most progressive farm methods, the
modes of cultivation and the crops
which pay most. Come to the fair.
The premiums will be large and the
exhibits will be attractive.
Good Read Project.
A meeting will be held in the coun-
ty court room of the new court hou.-e
this evening to discuss a good reads
Mon-' proposititon with a great deal of
Those who have given the
thought and made inquiry
for examination. The team was a I have been informed that if as many
good one and the rig estimated to be PS twenty teams can be secured so
worth $300. j that they will be available for work
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Garner are ! on county roads the state will furni -h
the parents of a beautiful daughter, convicts from the state prison to
who made her appearance at their w*ork on the reads.
home last Wednesday night. Mother At the meeting tonight representa-
and babe are doing well. Mr. Gar- tive men from Fort Towsen, B ' .nell
ner is foreman of the Baldwin print- and Soper will meet the enthusi • fs
ing establishment. of Hugo and this section of th" coun-
i ty to discuss the matter and see what
J. B. Tims of Fort Towson was in ! !-'«n be dene.
the city Saturday and called at this' In this way the good roads move-
office. He came to meet his two sons ment in the county can be pushed,
who are attending Rev. Silas Bacon's and during the winter months or the
school at Old Goodland. 1 early fall months th<- much talked of
i good road through the county from
T. W. Dolberry, of Poteau, was in east to west can be built at praetic-
the city this week, guest of The Her- all^ no cost to the county. The coun-
ald office. J ty, or some organization, is expected
j to furnish food for the cop'-icts. we
is, how«ver, no reason fori q w. Coliins, secretary of the Po are informed, and aside from that
Oklahoma farmers te be without feed j (f?IJ Chamber cf Commerce, was in there will be little expense.
the city this week on business. This is cf very great importance to
| the people of the county, and it is
ormonev, for there are certain kinds
of crops that drouth resisting, as has
been proven from time to tim%. Those Mesdames G. Earl Shaffer and H. j to be hoped there will be a large at-
crops are Spanish peanuts, feterita g Smith have returned from an ex- tendance at the court house tonight.
and alfalfa. t ten(jec| visit to relatives in Pennsyl- j
When the farmers of Oklahoma, vania. | Yankee Robinson's advertising car
realize that there are other crops be- I No_ 2> carryine about twentv mPn>
ides cotton and corn that are more, Mias Nettie Savidge of Harts-1 was in the city and county Tuesday
P'of-taM,- m°re sure of production home, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Per- pasting the flaring posters on eveiy
regaidless cf drouthy conditions, and ry fling. barn and fence.
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