The Texhoma Times (Texhoma, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1915 Page: 2 of 8
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THE TTMES. TEXHOMA. OKLAHOMA.
OKLAHOMA KW3 NOTES
Jul ZS—Farmers' Union state meeting.
Ada.
Feb. t can County Poultry Asso-
ciation. Guthrie
Feb U-14. T M. C. A. state conven-
tion. Tu«
Feb 1 -Je. Central Oklahoma E4w*-
ttonal Aaaodation. Oklahoma City
_ Feh. 22-24. Breeders OUakome
City.
Feh « :«. Oklahoma Breeder*^ Sale
Oklahoma Cits*.
. March 15—Railway rate caaee, Okla
noma City
Apr 11-11 state trrp dfjot. MrAleater
April tt-M. Mouthers ' orcmetxlal Cob
*re*«. Muskogee
_ May 21-14—state Firemen s me* tin*
Sapulpa.
A revival meeting is being con
ducted In a pool hall at Tonkawa.
Sapulpa'g new >40.040 sever U com
pleted and will be put in operation
at once.
Mrs. Charles Perry died at El Reno
as the result of a coughing spell. A
blood vessel was ruptured during the
coughing.
"Buck" Stigler, member of one of
the best known Choctaw Indian fam-
ilies on the eastern side of the state,
is nowr the Ringling railroad station
agent at Lone Grove
E. C. McMilllon and C W. Daley ol
McAlester announced they would gc
to Belgium to get colonists to occup)
6,000 acres of Pittsburg county land
They expect to get as many as thirty
families.
The annual reunion of the Scottish
Rite Mason* closed at Guthrie with a
banquet. More than 1,000 people at
tended the convocation. Members ol
the class of 112 finished the thirty-
second degree.
The Oklahoma State Dental Society
has reserved quarters at Oklahoma
City for the annual convention to be
held there March 15-19. Dr. J. M.
Triples of Tulsa is president and Dr.
C. R. Lawrence of Enid is secretary
of the society
Charles McClain of Purcell, who had
been appointed license and record
clerk in the state game and fish war
den's office, died at his home in Pur
cell last week. Mr. McClain was more
than 70 years old. He was a member
of the constitutional convention and
McClain county was named for him.
There will be no further trouble
probably, over the office of district
court clerk, and the office of county
court clerk reporter of Kiowa county.
The two offices have been merged in-
to one family by the marriage of
Daniel Dietal, district clerk, to Miss
Vera Bailey, county court reporter.
Sheriff Biffle of Jefferson county
and Frank Driskill, undersheriff, were
wounded at Ringling during a battle
with shotguns and rifles between the
officers and Charles Kvans, an escaped
convict from the state penitentiary.
Evans was under eighteen years sen
tence for the murder of Frank Gibson
n$ar Asphaltum six years ago.
Twenty-five striking boilermakers
who began a march through the city
streets at Drumright were arrested by
the city's police, placed In jail and
later heavily fined. There was no dis-
order in Drumright and the police de
dared they expected none. Tank
workers all over the Tulsa field are
on strike, demanding more money and
union recognition.
A campaign to interest more farmers
of Jefferson county in growing peanuts
has been launched as the result of a
visit to the county by V. 11. Schoffel-
mayer of Chicago, editor of the South-
west Trail. He believes peanuts to
be one of the most profitable crops
for this section, and he announces
that the Rock Island Railroad will find
a good market for them.
The corporation commission has al
lowed the Skiatook Telephone Com
pany to increase its phone rates, but
not exactly what the company asked
for. A rate <„f $1 for residencf
phones and >2 for business phones a
month had been charged by the com-
pany On this rats n showing was
made that the Income of the comjany
for the'past year was $1,218.10, w'.iile
the expenses were $1,346.19. The
company wanted to charge $1.50 for
residence and $2.50 for business
phones. The commission allowed a
rate of $1.25 a month for residence
and $2.50 for business phones.
Acting under the direction of Presl
dent Frank Gault, the state board of
agriculture abolished eight positions
in that department, including the six
deputy livestock inspector berths. At
the same time the board accepted the
resignation of Secretary Ben Hennes
sey, President Gault announcing that
the department will be operated tem-
porarily without a secretary. The fol-
lowing were the employees ordered
dropped from the department pay roll
the action to become effective Janu-
ary 20. John Hendley, Pryor: A. B
Romberg, 8hawnee, M. F. Ikard.
Washington county; J L Briscoe!
Marlow; T. J Hall, Catoosa, and K
Wyatt. Comanche, all deputy livestock
Inspectors; J. E. Graham, Pryor, and
Terral McClendon, Oklahoma City, de
partment clerks.
The corporation commission hai
cited the Santa Fe railroad in con
tempt for failure to report an acel
dent which occurred In Blackwell on
January ft According to a Tonkaws
paper, a party of Tonkawa and Black
well young folk mlraculous'y escape^
death when a switch engine and
train of cars crushed the automobile
In which they were riding, to kindllne
wood. No report of the accident wat
made to the commission by the rill
way company; hence the citation
Neglect to report such cases Is pun
Ishabls by a flue of not more than
1500.
STEAMSHIP DACIA, .EST-CASE VESSEL
Farmers' Educational
and Co-Operative
Union of America
Mattm*-E*edal Mo««t to
tfce Pmimhe Africoltirist
The steamship Dacia, formerly of the Hamburg-America line, was purchased by E. N. BreBung, but Great
Britain refuses to consider the transfer of registry an act in good faith and the vessel becomes the subject of a
test caLe.
WOUNDED IN NEW JERSEY STRIKE RIOT
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-■ MIIIIM HI
Big jobs from little joblets grow.
Good eating is an essential to right
living.
No reason is quite as good as a bad
reason.
Long hair is no substitute for fat on
the ribs.
What we don't do often rises up to
plague us.
Make your plans carefully, then
"hew to the line."
Don't ask for help to do things you
can do yourself. Be independent.
Don't do anything in a hurry, but
don't be too slow. Go at it with all
your might
Now is your time to study the meth-
ods you mean to use for your crops
Improve every minute.
If you hate criticism, do nothing.
They will probably call you a loafer,
but nothing will count, then.
The average farm boy makes a good
all-round man. He is not a man who
can do only one little certain piece of
work.
Ever notice that the 90-pound hus-
band's pet name for his 250-pound wife
Is invariably either Pet, Ducky or
Baby?
A woman who is not at all grouchy
says that the way to keep father on
the farm is to give mother reason to
quiterkickin'.
Don't go Into debt for the thirgs you
need to work with this spring. Bet-
ter earn money to buy them. Then
your crop isn't mortgaged.
Get the list of available publications
from the United States department ot
agriculture. You will get much help
from them. It is free for the asking.
Time to be planning for next sea-
son's work. Do not make the mistake
that many older farmers make, and
leave everything to be done at the last
minute.
The man who fills well the place
he makes for himself in the world :s
an important man and a useful citi-
zen, no matter how small that place
may seem to be
8ome of the striking employees of the American Agricultural Chemical company who were wounded In a pitched
battle with deputy sheriffs at Roosevelt N. J. One of the men was killed and several were fatally shot.
TOWN HIT BY BOMBS FROM THE ZEPPELINS
H ;~T"—
View of the waterfront and pier of Yarmouth, one of the English towns which suffered from the recent raid
of German Zeppelins.
THE TRUCE AT THE WELL
GENERAL F0CH
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FOR CROP DIVERSIFICATION
Credit System in Vogue in fetate of
Texas Hampers Tenant Farmers—
Single Crop Is Favored.
Lewis H. Haney, professor of farm
economics in the University of Texas,
has been studying farm conditions in
Texas, and Investigations have led
him to the conclusion that, the credit
system in vogue in this state hampers
diversification of crops to a marked
degree. After pointing out that by
hook or crook the interest paid by
tenant farmers in Texas averages
about 20 per cent, and at that rate
progress and ownership are all but
.mpossible, Professor Haney contln
aes:
Bad years submerge such tenants.
Borrowers on crop mortgages in Tex-
is generally receive but 50 per cent
af the estimated value of the crop, so
that their borrowing power even at
high rates is very limited. Under
such circumstances the tenant 13
forced Into a condition of so great de-
pendence on the person who carries
or runs hfm. that he loses initiative
ind hopefulness. The merchant in
irder to secure himself generally spec
ifies that cotton shall be the main
crop with perhaps a little corn for
feed, and In this way strongly rein-
forces the tenant's inertia in the mat-
ter of diversification. The cotton
mortgage system, while largely an
outgrowth of the tenant cotton re-
gime, now keeps that regime fastened
upon the South, and the'exlsting cred-
it system is closely bound up with
the single crop practice and soil
exhaustion.
In other ways, too, the credit sys-
tem makes for poor farming. For one
thing the motive for good farming is
taken away when everything the far-
mer owns or hopes to own is going
to pay debts and capital eating inter
est rates. Again, the tenant and small
owner often have no means to get
adequate land and capital to utilize
their labor properly. There is tre
mendous waste through the South due
to a failure to utilise labor power to
its fullest extent. A man and family
require a certain minimum number
of acres, mules and dollars' worth of
machinery In order to make 'he maxi-
mum net return, and the average
Texas farmer badly needs more farm
animals and machinery. While more
| live stock on the farm Is a great need,
'he one crop system is opposed to ani-
mal husbandry. This Is partly due
to the lack of time to devote to feed
crops, and partly to the specialization
by merchants and bankers of the
credit system for the cotton industry
Vhlle cotton allows annual settle
•nents. the live stock business re-
quires accommodations of at least
wo years.
FOR MARKETING OF COTTON
If Product of Group of Farmers la
Placed in the Warehouse Problem
of Selling Is Simplified.
Secretary of Agriculture Houston
has given out from the bureau of
markets the conclusions of that
bureau in reference to the formation
of co-operative associations among the
farmers for the marketing of cotton.
The suggestions of the market bureau
are as follows:
There are probably more bales of
cotton now held in the ownership of
the producers than at any time in the
history of the industry, and it is also
probable that this total will be very
largely increased before there will be
any material improvement in the de-
mand. The market though much Im-
proved seems to be rather indifferent
to cotton at the low price that is rul-
ing. Under present conditions the
movement should continue slow Ev-
ery planter who can do so is endeav-
oring to hold his cotton for a better
market. This situation furnishes an
opportunity for producers to co-oper-
ate in the marketing of their crops
with exceptional promise of success,
because in the first place they have
perforce plenty of time In which to
get together. In the second place
they hold an unusual amount of cot-
ton from which they can in any given
locality make up even running com-
mercial lots ready for direct shipment
to the mills or for export, or for sale
direct to buyers.
A buyer receiving an order from a
mill for a particular grade of cotton
can usually accumulate the shipment
from his miscellaneous receipts This
season, however, because of the lim-
ited demand buyers are not taking
everything offered, as in ordinary
years, because of their inability to
pass It on promptly. Therefore when
a buyer receives a mill order for a
special lot of cotton he will be glad
to find it already classed out where
it can be bought and shipped straight
through to the mills, thus relieving
him of the necessity of purchasing
any cotton which he does not want,
or examining a large number of bales
for the purpose of selecting those
which are suitable for his order.
It follows that however lew the
price may be there will be a greater
proportionate advantage this season
than in ordinary years in classing out
the cotton before offering it for sale.
Farmers can secure competent grad-
ing service more easily than for many
years past, as many cotton firms have
reduced their forces and many com-
petent cotton men are open to engage-
I ment. No doubt competent men who
{ are regularly engaged can take the
necessary time to class out the cotton
of aAy group of farmers which may
desire such service. It is not to be
expected that farmers will be able by
combining their shipments to deal di-
rectly with mills not located in,their
localities. The mills will be especi-
ally careful this season to deal only
with thoroughly reliable cotton firms
from which they can secure immedi-
ate settlement of claims.
If the cotton of a group of farmers
can be stored in a single warehouse,
the problem of marketing will be
greatly simplified, for the material
will be already assembled for ship-
ment when a sale is made. If ware-
house space is not available the cot-
ton should If possible be put under
] shelter of some kind on the individ-
ual farms and kept clean so that
there will be some uniformity of con-
dition prevailing throughout the lot.
If some bales have become stained or
soiled while others have been kept
dry and in good order, the lot will
not be satisfactory, even though all
bales may be of the same grade. If
samples are fairly drawn and "care-
fully preserved there is no reason
why every prospective buyer should
draw a fresh sample.
The more effective the organization
the easier it will be to negotiate sales,
and it is suggested that special or-
ganizations can be formed for this
purpose. Membership should be open
to all producers of cotton who aro
known to be solvent and trustworthy.
Responsibility for sales should be
definitely placed in the hands of a
committee with power to act under
any given conditions or to sell when-
ever a given price can be had. Ar-
rangements should be made for the
deposit of the purchase price in some
local bank for distribution to the va-
rious owners of the cotton as their
interests may be certified by this com-
mittee. The committee should have
in its custody samples of all the cot-
ton held by the membership, wlih the
class or grade of each sample ascer-
tained and records so kept that all
the bales of any one trade can be
identified and ordered to a common
shipping point on the shortest possi-
ble notice.
A French soldier and a German Infantryman filling their buckets at a
tall between the battle llnea in northern France.
New and hitherto unpublished ph<
tograpb of General Foch, command)
of the Nlu ti army corps of Franci
Pack Poultry Snugly.
It Is very important that you pack
our poultry snugly, so It can't move
\round and get bruised before It ar-
Ives. Pack In barrels or boxes, but
ie sure they are well secured and
trong packages, so they won't be
iroken open in transit, causing a loss
to you.
Millet Seed for Eggs.
Millet Beed is an excellent egg-pro-
ducing grain. Beans being highly ni-
trogenous are equally beneficial Sor-
ghum and broom corp seeds will do to
add variety to the bifl;of fare. Barley
has about the same merit. Popcorn con-
tains more nitrogen and phosphate
than does the regular Indian corn
Iluckwheat is an egg-producing food,
but must be fed sparingly us it Is
overfattening.
Value of Trap Nesta.
Some men have said they could not
bother to use trap nests, that it took
too muih time. They have never tried
them, hence do not know how little
extra time It takes—and they do not
Btop to consider that they are losing
more in the food consumed by the non-
layers than they would put Into time
■pent on the tra#neat recorda.
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