The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-07-09


sible to grind them untIl they have
been chopped into small pieces with
axes or shattered with dynamite. Ev-
en- the chunks are too big for the old
mills and the millers Of the territory
are expending 4ast sums in the pur-
chase Of new machinery made to At
the new conditions. The quality OF
the flour from this giant wheat is bet.
ter than that from the small grains
of year ago. and the loss from bran
and shorts is much less, SO we expect
that the millers will make handsome
profit on their investment in new ma.
chinery after all.
"The harvest OF She wheat crop has
been completed. and the grain is now.
being hulled Threshing machines are
useless for the heads Of wheat can
not be lifted intact and are too large
to be fed into the separator il that
were possible. The threshing is be.
ing done with axes. It took 345. .26s.-
234,532 men to harvest the wheat
crop this year and II is estimated
that that many more viii be given
years employment in threshing IT,"
Governor Ferguson has been nego-
tiating with local dealers for the pur-
chase Of ~ rye crop from the farm
out in Blaine county that was home
steaded by him about six years ago.
Governor Ferguson does not awnt to
sell tie rye to the dlstillers. for the
reason that he does not approve OF
ldistillerles.
Il am attempting to trade the crop
ito a type foundry for material for
string Sf newspapers which hope to
establish when have ceased to be
governor said he. "and the difficulty
lis in the size Of the kernels. There
has been 10 method so far invented
for handling grain Of greater than
I four inches in diameter, and the Okla
homa crop Of rye this year is four
feet in diameter on the average for
each grain have about succeeded in
convincing the type people that it is
practicable to saw the grains into con-
venient lengths and thicknesses for
manipulation in the mills. II required
135,6S2 men to harvest the crop from
twenty acres on my farm The thresh-
ing was G,ne a grain at time, six
men removing the chan with axes"
The governor stated that he expect.
ed to secure enough printing material
in return for his crop to last his
twenty proposed newspapers for many
years and never distribute any type.
w. f. II Clayton chief justice of
the Indian territory, Is on his way to
the City of Mexico to consult his
brother, Powell Clayton. on matter
Of grave moment when Judge Clay.
ton gets into question of interstate
moment he seeks advice
The trouble in the indian terri.
tory" said Judge Clayton "is the big
crop Of popcorn that has been grown
in my district A few years ago the
farmers of the Choctaw nation began
the cultivation Of popcorn. They found
a good market for it in Little Rock
and Fort Smith, and various Kansas
towns, and they continued to Increase
their acreage as the market continued
to be good until this year it has been
estimated that 2S5.76s acres were
planted in tht district between South
McAlester and TIE Arkansas line. The
recent ho. weather has caused the
corn to pop. and the entire crop has
become expanded into white liz
popped corn. The bulk Of the product
in its unpopped condition was 324,-
67s bushels to the acre. and It can be
readily seen that this vast quantity
OF corn popped out and expanded as
popcorn has a habit Of doing. has caus-
ed the entire country to be flooded, as
it were with corn. The overflow has
been blown into Arkansas and ther
art thousands Of claimants there now
who demand damages from the Choc-
taw nation for the result Of the Inya-
sion Of the popcorn. If the actual
damages shall be recovered It will do
away with the choctaw nation and
save the work Of the Dawes commis-
sion, but It viii at the same time rend.
er homeless the wealthy and civilized
Choctaw tribe am anxious to pre-
vent this catastrophe"