The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1896-04-25

All the Oklahoma papers are Kick
| ing against the Noble county press ro
Inancer.
They talk about hanging people out
In Woodward county for burning the
prairie grass.
Harry Gilstrap calls his best girl his
'little ball OF yarn" because she Is so
wrapped up in herself
All the Oklahoma papers said after
the election: "Now let us join togcth-
cr to work for the good OF the Town"
Judge Dale decides that the 45 per
cent raise was legal and should stand
Judge Biercr says IL was Illegal and
should not stand. Great men seem to
differ.
Greer county, Oklahoma, Is a mighty
respectable community, as the sheriff
has notified Sheriff DeFord. of Okla
homa county, that he has only one
prisoner In Jail.
The Leslie H. Kceley chloride Of
gold company, Of Dwight, ILL.,, has
brought suit againse the kcclcy instr
tutc of Oklahoma for something like
infringement Of patent.
Stock shipments northward from
Purcell have been SO heavy this week
that the yard men have hardly had
time TO breathe. Seventeen trains,
carrying about two hundred and sixty
ears, were handled by the day force
Saturday.
The farmers around Oakland, In Ok
lahoma county, became enragcd be-
cause seedmen brought on johnson
grass seed. They finally held q mass
meeting and raised a fund and bought
all the seed and burned IL to prevent
anybody buying and selling It, They
claim IL is "a dangerous grass.
Fire swept down through the valleys
of Pcrsimmon and blackberry, March
3oth, destroying miles of good range
and some private improvements. The
people fought gallantly until twelve
o'clock at night and succeeded In cN-
tinguishing the north line which made
them safe. Stock Inspector
The farmers Of Oklahoma can now
enter upon their spring work with
bouyant con tidencc. Since the great
and glorious rain bouptiful wheat
crop is assured. Attention should now
he turned TO planting a large acreage
of cotton, castor beans, Indian and
Kaf'ir corn. Every acre should be
planted that can be prepared in time.
This is to he the greatest crop year
Oklahoma has ever known. Farmers
make the best of IL.
An Oklahoma man bought box of
Zone Night Corn Cure" which was
guaranteed to keep a corn from hurt
ing after one application. The buyer
used the stuff one night and died the
next day. IL is not often that quack
medicines are SO effective as this, but
there is one disadvantage. 1t will be
impossible for the man who sold the
corn cure to get recommendation
from the Oklahoman. Dead men
neither tell tales nor recommend pat
ent medicines.
W. +. Carleton of Oklahoma county,
has been appointed Territorial veteri-
marian by Gov. Rcnfrow with orders to
secure the enforcement of the quaran-
tine line through Oklahoma. The ap-
pointment is II good one and is effect
i've June LIST. The only error is that
the appointment is not effective from
date. Gov. Renfrow will readily see
that the danger from infection is great
or during the spring drives than later
ia the season and II is hoped he will
make the order effective May LIST, II
not earlier. Live Stock Inspector.
The crop prospect for 1896 is one of
the main topics of conversation. In
fact IL Is the main topic from March
till September every year. Some are
fearful of what is to come, but as "a
rule the people are very hopeful of n
crop. Wheat is certainly looking fine
and the oldest farmers say they have
never yet failed of fair crop when
there was as much falling weather in
March as we have had this year. Mr..
Willcts who moved from Rice county
Kansas, to Grant county Oklahoma.
says the only thing necessary to make
farming a success in this country is to
| keep at IL, III VIII come SooueT OF
later. lie says further, that the soil
is all right: there is no wear out to it,,
and the man who owns farm in Ok
lahoma will bc in good shape to live
one of these days.
People who come tn Beaver county
with the idea of going into the stock
business are all right. The sue
cessful man in this country is the one
who deals In stock and limits his farm
ing to raising feed for them. As a
usual thing the settler who farms ex-
clusively does not lay mp much tor a
rainy day" Exceptions To the lat
ter statement are found only with
broomcorn and watermelon growers
these men are making money. When
irrigation can be employed any kind
of n crop may be successfully cultiva
ted. but irrigation is necessary tn make
sure of anything except the hardest
crops. Beaver county is n stock coun
try--thc best in the southwest-and
that's all it is. 1t contains many fine
herds of high grade cattle, sheep and
horses, and sends thousands of head o
stock to market annually. When the
county contains people who own stock
enough tn eat all the grass the popu
lation will be sufficient and no NOR,
will be desired. Stock raising musI
and always will be the mainstay ano