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The Van Buren press., 1903-06-06
Rnisiug Protein Folders.

Glover comes much nearer a bal
auccd feed than does timothy, Soy
bean, also yield protein fodder
which /, becoming increasingly popu,
lar with doirymcn, especially for mix.
ing with corn i'agc Oats and peas
are gaining in favor throughout the
northeast Planted early they make
a big ye'd and may be- followed by
some second crop Whether TO buy or
raise protein depend, a good deal on
the conditions, The tendency is to
raise o larger proportion Of il than
formerly by means Of crop, like those
just mentioned; yet, on the other
hand, such are the demands Of mod.
orn high feeding that most dairymrn
still buy great deal Of store feed
American Cultiyator,
The Van Buren press., 1903-06-06
Ideals In Education.

"There are five educational ideal
struggling for supremacy-the phys
ical, the technical, the liberal, the th,
orctical and the spiritual. The phys
ical ideal declares that steady nerve
and cheerful temper are the basis Q
useful and happy life, The tech
nical ideal is the ability to earn lh
ing. The liberal ideal is TO be at HON
in all lands and all ages. The th@
rctical ideal is devotion TO truth "a
her own dear and precious sake. Tb
spiritual ideal is grateful love to God
hearty support OF all the great inst
tutions of the family, the state, th
church.
Each Of these ideals IS necessary
yet neither Of them alone is CON
plctc. They must bc rcconcjled aic
assigned their respective places and
proportion, PRESIDENT ", D. v
Hyde, Bowdoin college.
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RARE GARDENING SKILL.
An Armchair Formed by Natural
Growth Under Direction OF
Corcan Expert Gardener.

The armchair pictured in the ac-
comparyiug Illustration may be said
to have partly grown out of the
ground, although its shape was fur
nished by twisting and turning vine
out Of which most OF its framework
was formed. II was brought TO the
United States by sea captain who saw
it in a Corean city. The chair is stud
ded or ornamented with seeds Of the
gingko tree of various sizes, which have
actually grown TO the fiber of the vine.
4 Corean gardener, familiar with the
sdhesiveness of the seed, took a ma
tive vine, noted for its toughness, and
rudely made it into the form of chair,
holding it in place with branches OF
small trees. The seeds fresh from the
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| SOUTHERN
| EDUCATION
ROAD TO THE SCHOOL HOuSr
In order to Have Good Schoo,
the Country Good Roads are IN.
Absolute Necessity,

In order to have really good eor,
try schools it is necessary TO b.,
really good country roads. Elne,
ton is appreciated now as it pev,.
was before. The people are pr,,
tically unanimous in favor of bes,
ing all the expense necessary t,.
carrying on good country schoo,
good high schools, good colleges an
universities. The connection betws..
rural schools and rural roads is INF
mate and inseparable. II is often IN.
case that schools are closed for wpog,
at a time on account of impas,ab.
roads; and often farmers leave IN,
country and move to town to e1uoa,.
their children, because city street,
are always at least passable, and cit,
school houses approachable. VIII
good roads il will be possible to mai,
tain good schools, and even to adm,
the school consolidation system
where number Cf schools are con
bined in one of much higher grad,
and the pupils transported m1e
contract and bond to and from n
school. This is the most ad,arca
system cf rural schools, and is worth
of the serious consideration of IN
people Of the southwest. 1t is cas-
Of adoption. All that is necessary
for the patrons IF convenient nu,
| Der of rural schools to unite an
instead of half dozen cheap b1
houses. build. at a convenient rac
one modern school house, and fumi,
it properly, and employ a suilicier
number Of competent teachers, I
stead of half a dozen of the $50 y,
month class, as heretofore. Then cu
tract with some competent person
run closed hacks properly itted 4
the purpose on all the roads nece
sary at specified hours. morning al
evening, for the purpose Of conyeyir
the children 10 and from school, al
require a sufficient bond 20 secure
proper performance Of the contra,
When roads are good thi, work
chcaply done, for it only requires
hour or less, morning and cyenir
and the children ire not exposed
the weather, either going or comm
and there is no lettering on the W.
This adds a new interest 20 the &c
question because we can never ha
iirst-class rural srhols unit, we ha
AT least reasonably good rural roa
Texas Farm ana Ranch.
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A TEXAS FARMERS PLANT.
Too MANY Middlemen Increase the
Cost of All He Has to buy be-
yond Reasonable Limitations.

an your last weeks issue you say
farmers should house their tools, in
elusive of 3O-cent hoes and $3.50
threshers The problem confronting
the farmer is to find the 3O-cent hoe
and the $3.50 thresher.
Il noticed an advertisement in
Farm and Ranch of vest pocket
threShing outfit. 1t seemed to be
what | wanted, and | wrote the fac
tory for prices. The quotation for
cash with order came back $3.50
through a Texas jobber. l also have
to pay 6j cents for a hoe or So
dozen. So what | desire TO know Is
where TO find the 3O-cent hoe and the
$3.50 threshing outfit 1t might be II
such prices were possible that farm
ers would have enough left to build
shelter for tools, but | beg TO call at
teutiou to the fact that farmers are
robbed at both ends of every trans
action in small way, If ho has oats
to sell they are worth 20 cents; if he
needs seed oats they cost him 60
cents. If he has wheat for sale he is
flying high if he gets 20 cents. If he
needs bran for feed he pays Sl2O,
and for flour $3.50. Should he decide
10 get fair prices by buying in guam
tity the wholesalers tell him they
only sell to the trade. With due de-
ference to Farm and Ranch, which
of course comes in contact with the
retailer in advertising and to whom
courtesy is of course due, the paper
has ever hit on, or at lea- empha-
sized the greatest leak on the farm,
and that is the ability to buy needed
| things on a fair basis. The law steps
in and says the banker may nOtcharge
over ten per cent, on money per an
mum, and that railroads can not dis
criminate against shippers. II, how
| ever. charges the merchant a small
! occupation tax that practically Ii
censes him to charge any kind of
profit, and TO refuse TO sell except
to the trade, in the case of jobberS
But it is the implement men that
stick on the profits, \ farmer can do
without things 10 eat, and usually
does so, but he can't work without
tools, \ pIow that could be sold at a
fair profit for say SO will reach the
! farmer as Slj proposition, He pays
factory profit of say 80 to 800 per
cent, and retailers profit of 2j TO %
per cent. Credit prices are higher
II may be that cost Of marketing re-
Quires these profits, but it means q
tax on farmers that they can not pay
and prosper, To go into wagon
factory and be told the cost in ma.
terial and labor Of making a wagon
| is from $50 TO $50, and selling price
| from S3j to $50, and then ask a Local
retailer the cost of wagon and find
| il going at SIS TO 500, gives the idea
Of excessive profits. have hoped the
| farmers Institutes would take the
matter up, and believe il the most
important question TO get value for
what the farmer sells and TO only pay
fair value for what he buys seems
TO mo q step toward success, In this
day Of progress there is not n4d for
such complex arrangements. There
should not be- so many mjddlcmcn
who get rake oils."-Cor. Farm and
| Ranch.
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The Iiuticr WnN,

II Is not the number ~ acres
plowcd and planted, but rather the
number of bushels harvested, that de.
tcrminrs the proftablcnrss Better
plant less and have the soil In good
tilth; sow the seed In good season.
and under as favorable conditions AZ
pos@blcj cultivate NJ the proper time,
and secure a good growth and yicld;
rather than plant larger acreage,
and he less able to have all work done
IN good scnson, and in consequence,
secure a lcsscncd yield, Successful
Farming
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THE BEDTIME TRAIN.

When we go up stairs to sleep
Up the stairs so long and steep
They're a mountain Ginning high
Through the clouds, up TO the sky!
Though our trains not very long
We must have two engines strong.
Harve' and l the engines are,
Mamman n babe are each a car,
"All board" now here we go,
Don't you hear the whistles blow?
Pun the engines. "Choo, choo, choo,"
Bow the whistles, "toot, toot. toot!'
See US 20 around the bend
There's the tunnel at the end.
Tunnel is the bedroom door,
Cause it's dark there, just before
Switch a car, she'll bring the hght"'
Now, wei reach the station right
"Toot" were home; our journeys done
Beds the statiou-Oh! what fun!
-Maude Whitmore Madden, in GOOD
Housekeeping.
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careI-for matted row. he SAID tha'
the straw mulch around the plants
kent the fruit clean and the ground
moist.
Yes" commented the deacon, cum
ninglv. "but straw an high culture
are extras you amt lowed for"
Seventeen dollars would cover
such items" replied Hank, which
still leaves me ninety dollars ahead.
"Ahem, Well. You always was a
mighty lucky fe'ler, Hank. ! must be
coin Good-bv."-Walter +. Andrews
in Farm and Fireside.
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Extent Of Local Taxation

IN the interesting and able repor
Of the superintendent Of public 10
>truction it is stated that the metho
Of local support is the practical meth
od throughout the country; and i
the United States az large, only iou
per cent Of money expended on u'
public common schools is derive
from permanent funds, and only SIX
teen per cent from state taxation
leaving eighty per cent, supplied l'
cally' toy. Saycrs, Texas,
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The PITY OF II,

One million people live In onc.roor
cabins in Georgia And Georgia
not the only state, n large portion
whose population lives in 'Ae sam
kind Of houses, The PITY of tla st1I
is not that those people are poor, "
that they are both poor and men
cicnt What Is hckiu. 10 make thl
100000 people worth mrre to ,O
church, 10 the stare, - themselves
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For Iieiier Irre srhools

The people of FnllNh school u'
trict Washington parish, FronkIlo'0g,
lou on March 7 voted n special tax "
five mills, for period of ten year., N,
for the purpose Of obtaining Dcuo
free public schools In that dls'V,y
The parish of Washington already lr'
les u general two mills tax for puO"
schools,
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Now blows a hulmy breath At morn
To yall men tu lhp sowing
Nov an the waterways are full
ANA all the pastures growing,
Now tfuAht anglers drop a liue
To catfish and 10 perch,
For ,hD gutklu's on the willow
AND the tassol on the birch,
r-gt NifhpInH
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Medal for Paris poilce.

Chief Lcplne, Of the Paris police, has
decided 90 award u medal 10 The rural
and municipal policemen Of France
who have served the state 20 ypnrs,
This viii Include the gOrdc chOmp,trc,
The medal viii be OF silver with head
OF Minerva or some Smhnl Of arfeBse
and public security engraved on H. /,
will be suspended b, tri'eolored fio
bon,
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SPRING IN THE VALLEY,

when the catkIh's On the willow
Ana the tassul on the birch,
Tie wild bees from the hivinB rocks
Begin their honey search
Brown wings among the browner grass
And breast all Frightening yellow
Pipes ~ from meadows 40 We pass
The lafk's call clear and mellow,
Now wake the FURNISHED dfagonny
Beside the ellntlng river
That shakes With slleyt laughter whore
The Iris banners qUlvcf,
Now on The budding poplar boughs
The iuhcful blackblfds perch
For the catkln't on the willow
Aud The tas4vl on the birch
Now Stalks the solemn crow behind
The farmer IN the fuffowi
The dowhy owl comes out at dusk
And hooth betlde bis buffow.
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some Pertinent Figures

The state superintendent of Nor'
Carolina has compiled figures snow
ing that for the past three years tn'
state has spent S7OhjS73o for "
public education Of negroes, NorI
Carolina has spent for negro puo,I
schools, since 1874, Sj,3SO,71O,ih ~
negroes pay annually about oo
fourth the amount spent on Me
schools,
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Good Teachers Pay hest

Some Of the cities and towns u ta'
south have found that IL pnys wei '
employ n competent supervisor W.
their schools, Those southern couD
ties that learn the same lesson h''
viii take the first great step tawOII,
the solution Of the complex ruI'
school problem,
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.-"'fhr state viii do It's duty wN,
1t makes 1t possible for every 'p'
within It's limits TO attend, free y
expense, n kindergarten, u coH'l'g y,
school, aud a high school, ,lgn' y
capable teachers, administered y
competent officials, and fostcred ". @
sustained by the dignity aud Inl'uanv,
of the commonWcaIth,"-W W. s"'
hOh. Mnlnn.
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s=lleIng just nm ordinary farmer :, "
not lAudnhle ambition, II VIII peS ~,
well TO aim 90 be the best, and eN,,.
farmer, young or old, ought to lr',o "a
something new that will help MN =,
better cope with the problems ."1 ~s
come to him during the busy ''o'''
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MenNIrst nIrd Tint Ellr..

The gray bu1lOrd Is said 20 be the
heaviest bird that NicS the young
males, when food II plentiful, weigh.
ing nearly 40 pounds, The bird IL
nearly extinct
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Asked ana Answered,

"ls there any substitute for wis,
dom2' nsked the youth from Ludlow,
one replied the tumminsulle
sAgej "and that II n chunk Of ri.
lence, Cincinnati Enquirer,
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NATURAL ARM CHAIR.

tree were bound to the vine until they
had firmly fastened themselves TO it,,
being allowed TO CROWN the meantime.
After the seeds and boughs had be-
come attached, the vre was cut from
the roots. and the natural chair eN-
posed to the sunlight until the sap had
dried from the fiber and all of the
material had hardened into a sub
stance as solid as oak. 1t was then pol
ished until its surface glistened like
mahogany. Although but three feet
four inches in height. and 25 inches in
width, the weight of this curiosity Is
over a hundred pounds, on account Of
the hardness Of the material Of which
it is composed.
The armchair may well be regarded
as striking example of the gardening
skill Of the far east.-SCientitic Amer
lean.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-06-02
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.

Most kinds Of fruit trees thrive best
in rolling lands.
II mildew appear on the rosebushes.
dust with sulphur.
The garden must be mellow, rich and
kept clean. This Is the inside secret OF
successful gardening.
An application OF hard wood ashes
will supply the soil with the potash so
necessary in growing small fruits.
Bone meal is an excellent garden
fertilizer. but IL does not give immedi-
ate results unless dissolved with acid.
The longer an orchard is kept in cul-
tivation and a crop taken Off the great
er becomes the necessity Of liberal ma
nuring.
The greater portion OF the roots OF
the grapevine grows near the surface.
For this reason the cultivation should
be shallow.
In the garden especially one OF the
drawbacks to the germination Of seeds
Is that they are often covered with too
much earth when planted. Usually
the smaller the seed the less covering
| Is required.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-06-02
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Andy Crews Taken TO Fort Worth to
Face the Charge.

Andy Crews Taken TO Fort Worth to
Face the Charge.
Deputy Marshal Henson yesterday
went to Fort Worth having in charge
Andy Crews, who is wanted at that
place on a charge of murder.
The crime with which the man is
charged was a most diabolical one. A
young man about Is years of age was
murdered and robbed and his body
was thrown in the Trinity river. This
happened in the city limits of Fort
Worth in December a little before
Christmas.
When captured by the officer Crews
was working at the asphalt mines
near Woodford. He consented to g
back to Texas without requisition pa
pers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-06-02
SUPERINTENDENT ELECTED.
School Board Got Together Yesterday.
w. n. Buck Elected.

W. ~ 9hNN A-NNNNNhs
The school board got together yes.
terday and elected w. II. Buck Of
Brownwood Texas, as superintendent
Of the public schools of Ardmore for
the next twelve months.
II will be remembered that Prof ].
Il. Hendrix, who has so successfully
conducted our schools during the past,
was n candidate for reelection, but
the board tied on their vote, three
voting for Hendrix and the other
three against him The deadlock
was on for a month perhaps. then
Prof Hendrix withdrew
At the meeting yesterday. when all
the members Of the board were pres
ent, several applications wero before
the board w. H. Buck of Brown
wood. Texas, was the successful man
and his election was practically
unanimous.
Prof. Buck has the reputation ol
being a fine educator and smart
man. 1t is to be hoped that he will
have the success with our students
that our former superintendent had
and that our public schools will con
tlnue to grow and prosper.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-06-02
COURT CLAIMANTS MEET.
Eelect New President-Receive Now
Members and Pay Dues.

The Indian citizenship court claim
ants held a meeting Monday evening
at the city hall The death Of the
president, ]. c. Mckinney, was sug-
gested and Sam A. Brown, a member
of the executive board, was elected
president and presided at this meet
ing.
Secretary T. N. Coleman was pres
ent and kept the minutes. There
was not much business of Importance
to come before the meeting. the chief
proceeding consisting in strengthen
ing the organization by the collection
of dues and the reception Of several
new members. The meeting was well
attended. was harmonious from be-
ginning to end and the court claim.
ants believe that much good tc their
cause will be the result. Adjournment
was taken until the first Monday in
August.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-06-02
A SELF Denying onerlng.

Some young girls were giving a
vaudeville performance for local
charity. A young man who thought
himself facetious tossed upon the stage
after one Of the turns" a bouquet
whose chief ingredient was a head OF
cabbage. The girl who received this
Offering of appreciation read the card
that accompanied it. and advanced to
the footlights.
1T gives me great pleasure" she
said. "to know that Mr. Edward Nor
gan has enjoyed my performance.
hoped that the audience might like it.
but / never expected for a moment
THAI Mr.. Morgan would so far lose his
head as to throw II upon the stage!"-
New York Tribune.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-06-02
Mad Stone Stuck Well.

Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Skaggs in
formed us that he had heard from his
Overlook patient, little Eulah
Riner, daughter of George Riner, who
was bitten by a mad cat near Over
brook a few days ago, and learned
that the mad stone stuck to the lit
tie girls leg twenty hours, and to
her little brother who was bitten by
the same cat ten hours. A neigh
boris boy who suffered from the cats
ravages had applied the stone and It
was still sticking
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-06-02
ELEPHANTS IN BURMA.
The GREAT Beasts Sometimes Work
without Immediate Oversight.

The Great Beasts Sometimes work
without Immediate oversight.
In Burma the animal generally used
in numbering operations IL the ele-
phant. While my lord the elephant"
solves in a unique way the transporta-
ton problem always IA veXatious one
IN numbering operations-he does more
than that The stolld and slow moving
OK can haul load from one place TO
another. but the load has TO be made
ready for him I'm the first place and
after IL has arrived at its destination IT
has 20 be unloaded. The elephant
takes care Of all these operations. Not
only he is a draft animal, but in
some instances, at a word from his
driver, he picks up a timber, carries II
TO the designated point, and then not
| only deposits it where il belongs, but
does so with precision and comparative
ease. accomplishing a result almost Inn
possible by hand labor, and with less
expenditure OF time than would be re-
| Quired by a steam crane.
In most cases an elephant driver, or
mahout. IS required for each elephant,
but human labor is so cheap as not to
be a factor in the expense The ele-
phant furnishes the labor which Is paid
for, and the driver is looked upon as a
necessary, though not altogether de
sirable, concomitant, as the native
helper is not so much to be relied upon
as his big charge. Opium and the
strong brews OF native roots work on
human frailty, but the elephant has nc
desire for these. In many big lumber
ing operations the elephants are seem
ingly told what they are TO do In the
morning, and in some degree left &c
carry on the work during the day ac
cording TO their own devices. Very re
markable are the stories told of theil
sagacity. one OF these stories, vouchet
for as true, concerns numbering. anC
tells OF an elephant that was about e
pick up a log just as the great gonl
which signaled the close OF the day
work was sounded. To the surprise o
the mahout. the log. only little large
than others which had been carried
proved TOO heavy for the elephant q
lift from the ground. Another elephan
was requisitioned, but the two togethe
failed TO make any headway with tn
heavy timber, and the attempt wa
given up. In the morning the first ele
phant went Immediately TO the timber
lifted II with apparent ease, and car
ried Il to the required resting place.
Forestry and Irrigation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-06-02
INSTALLING reN.lNcH PIrr.
on Main street Contrary to Wishes
Of Insurance People.

Of Insurance People.
For a month teninch pipe have
been laying on Main street from the
Wilmington to the courthouse. which
brought the peoples attention to the
fact that the insurance people oXaC tel
of us a 12inch pipe on Main street
in order TO obtain the lowest rate Of
insurance when our city be:cEies n
city Of the first class
The city council took eognizance or
e and as We understood It, au'hori ed
the purchase Of l2-inch pipe for Main
street.
Notwithstanding all this, his after
noon as you read the Ardmoreite, The
10 inch pipe is being ins'arHi On
Nbin street
Why Is this? Doos he city coun-
cil expect TO over ride The interest Of
The people and Jau5a them - have To
LAY perhaps four or Ave thousand
dollars a year more insucduce Le.aht e
Of a 1O-inch pipe CT SIain street?
Did not our people vote watcrwcrks
bonds TO build wl,erwoTks for the
purpose Of securing the lowest poss'
BILE insurance rate rs well as 20 have
fire protection.
II they did, thea We think they
should have Il.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-06-02
Darrell Of The Blessed Isles

Is the title of new book by the
author of Even Holden. Darrell,
the Hero Of the story is wit
philosopher and a man of mystery.
Learned, strong, kindly digni6ed,
he towers like giant among the
people Will whom he lives. The
people are wholesome, it is good to
know them. Wit. humor. pathos
and niger thinking are in this
book.
1t is for sale or rent, or you may
read it by becoming member OF
the Book Club at Boyd's Book
Store; also, Mrs. Kinkaid's book,
"Walda." "
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-06-02
Lincoln Club.

The Lincoln Club will meet at the
United States courthouse Tuesday
night. The meeting will be address
ed by Judge Hosea Townsend and
John c. Nix. Speaking will begin
promptly at 8 o'clock. Everybody,
both ladies and gentlemen. are re-
spectfully invited to be present.
T. b. JOHNSON, Pres.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-06-02
WANT COLUMN.

Advertisements under this head will
be received at the rate of fve 90
cents per line. No advertisement
received for less than fifteen (15)
cents. Special monthly rates fur
nished on application. The notice
may contain any matter of Lost"
Found" For Rent" For sale,"
Stolen" "Strayed," OF any purpose
without display lines.