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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17

sired
The posts are by 4, six feet long,
On top OF the posts by 4 Is spiked.
upon which the stats that hold the fod
der rest These stats arc four inches
wide and placed far enough apart 10
admit the nose OF a COW about six
inches, The bottom is made Of common
six inch boards. II meal IL fed In tho
rack matched flooring ls better for the
bottom A six inch board is nailed ON
around the outside OF the bottom 10
hold the feed,
Where young cattle, COWS or steers
run loose there IL no better way OF
feeding them. We have fed good
many steers In this rack They were
dehorned and ran loose In a shed. The
rack was kept full OF clover hay and
ensilage, and meal was fed twice daily
In the tight bottom.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17

ger suddenly coming info relief and
then disappearing as the ray rested on
It moment and then passed on.
"Moight "a hid 'em In the fireplace"
speculated the burglar softly, and Rob
bies heart sank. The pretty beads
would be lost after all
"Ah, What's thatW the man whis-
pere1 sharply Something by the fire
place had clicked IN the stillness-a
sharp click Ike that Of a revolver, and
swiftly the beam of the lantern sought
the spot AT the same instant Robbies
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17

The cauliHower In plant which can
not stand stagnant water, butneeds plcn-
ty OF moisture to keep growing. uso
grass or sod land except when using q
piece of old ground for second crop and
which has not been used the previous
year for cabbage, turnip or caullnower.
For the main crop always use sod
land. rotate every five years. For
fertilizers use stable manure, prefer
ring the horse manure on low land
and COW manure on high land.-W. II.
r., Massachusetts.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17
SMALL WHITE BEANS.
A sheep Pasture Gcpcraiiy Makes .
Good Dcan Field.

sopu mean btrIu.
In the culture of small white beans
select warm, dry soil OF strong gray.
ely nature, although they Will do quite
well on clayey soils II naturally dry or
well drained. Beans will not do well
on land inclined TO be wet. The imme-
diate application OF barnyard manure
Is not as good as to apply the manure
to clover or other sod and plant corn
and follow the next year with beans.
A field that has been In sheep pasture
a few years generally does well for
beans. In soils of gravelly nature
plow early In the spring and fallow as
much as possible before planting. On
clayey or heavy soils II IL better To
plow IN the fall and work well In the
spring, The spring fallowing gets the
ground In fine condition TO receive the
seed and also destroys innumerable
weed seeds. Plant with an ordinary
grain drlll In rows twenty eight Inches
apart from June ! TO Is. As soon ns
the plants are large enough to cult
vate, which ought TO be In from ten to
fourteen days, go through with rid
ing cultivator, which Is better than
walking cultlvator, as the depth can be
more easily regulated The first cult
vation should be light, so as to get as
close to the growing plants as possible
without smotherlng them. II the field
is not too stony go over two or three
times with weeder Mt intervals OF
three or four days. One or two more
civilizations with cultivator and hand
wedding II necessary is all tho atten-
ton that the crop will need until har
vest, says n writer in Rural New York
er. II Is best not TO work In beans
when the vines are wet or to cultivate
after the plants begin TO blossom
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17

rid of Flad out about that Test an
your COWS Dent be satisfied with
once keR at Il tlll yuu know, Then
do something about IL
II you do not own good saddle
horse, set one, The landscape looks
fairT and the outlook 10 llfc much
inorc cheerful from the back Of q
horse after a half hours ride than
from any other point Of view, IL il not
necessary thai you should keep a horse
exclusively FOR riding lie may be used
for other purposes. only hook out for
one that Ia gaited for the saddle ~
well The farmer ls entitled 10 The bost
that is going Farm Journal,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17

round, and the lower IL cut at an acute
angle
The scafrnld may be raised or lower
I'd by pushing In or drawing ont tho
feet OF the Trops. As the props nrc not
fastened 10 the brackets. several pairs
Of different lengths may be used for
high or low painting. Those In tho
drawing ar rather short.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17

the hay or.other fodder from between
the Stats. II is twelve feet long and
five feet wide Three or four such
racks in yard will hold load Of hay
or corn fodder II is the best rack IN
which TO feed corn fodder we ever saw.
Cattle will pull out every lenf and
husk, leaving the bare stalks In the
bottom, which may be removed AZ de
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17

IN turn bearing
the scafold board.
The construction
Is simple. Let the
lower arm Of the
brackets be Ion
ger than the hort
zontal one. There
Is one brace on
each side Of the
bracket. and the
long 2 by o prop
goes bet W o @ n
them. The upper
end ~ tho prun ia
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17
Adjustable Sea fold.

The drawing illustrates a good ad-
Unstable scaffold for painting and IL
described by contributor In New Eng
land Homestead II consists Of two
brackets Of 2 by 4 scantling support
ID by long by props, the brackets
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17

Pruning can be- done AT any time, at
the convenience of the owner IN the
winter. Good Judgment Is nee8ed in
this work or the lnlury may overbsi-
Rnce the benefits from q.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17

Farmers viii find II profitable 70
card their cows regularly The cattle
enjoy II. and II does them good when
confined In the stable during long
winter
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17
>481H3t2!j:''jA;!.l2;{1sy q.
( '..:Ksa5ss,stg,
LOOKING TO CELERY.

Growing Plants From seed For un
Early Crop.
The seed for the early supply should
be sown broadcast about Feb. 10 In a
"loderately heated hotbed or In. shall
pw boxes filed with good garden loan
ghtly pressed down. Cover the seed
18th soil about one-eighth inch deep
aad press the same down firmly, Set
the boxes Qf these are used In the
irvuse near a sunny window where the
temperature averages about 10 degrees
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17
POPULAR FEED RACK.
II Prevents Waste Of Corn Fodder,
Ensilage or Meal.

EnsilaRe or Meal.
The illustration Of fodder rack here
shown is one invented by the editor OF
the Agrlculturist and used by him for
many years. The rack IL such good
one that hundreds Of farmers copied
the idea, and they came into quite gen
era use on cnttle farms. There IL alb
solutely no waste OF feed In using this
rack, and anything can be fed In It,
from corn fodder to ensllage and meal,
says the Wisconsin Agrlculturist
The rack has n tight bottom, Into
which all litter falls as cattle pull out
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17
The Golden Icaa.

A Maine man claims that twenty -nve
hens will pay S31 a year besides their
board If you buy everything they eat.
At present prices eggs certainly look
like bonanza.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17
HOMEMADE boat

pinned and bolled on for sides. II has
an iron clasp made OF old wagon tire.
bent and bolted or cllnchcd, nailed
across the top OF the back end and top
OF the sides. as indicated. 10 hold them
firmly In place The front end has a
2 by inch piece boltcd on top
Orange Judd Farmer
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17

Handy Heat For General t.e.
The plank boat illustrated herewith
Is made for general farm work and IL
used In winter TO draw manure from
the yard and stable TO the field " is
constructed OF four ten inch crooked
maple planks two aud half inchc.
thick, with an = by ~ inch frame
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-01-17

The COW that you think the most Of
may be the Fery one g0a ought 10 get
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

braska, Colorado and other Louisiana
Purchase states We're being populated,
Oklahoma remained for so years
wild Indian camping ground.
Passing of the Indian.
As recently as 35 years ago the
Anfefican people generally knew OF
Oklahoma only as haunt of Indiana
and a hunting ground for big game
Early In the eighties white settlers,
who had overrun Kansas and the new
middle west states began to investi.
gate Oklahoma. They found the new
territory rich and appealed to the
government for the opening of 1t TO
settlement. The government did not
readily act upon the request, and
many of these whites. becoming impa-
tient, entered the reservation forcibly
and set up their homes. They were
driven out, but repeatedly renewed
their efforts, and many clashes with
soldiers occurred.
But these pioneers, then looked
upon by the government as outlaws,
finally persuaded congress to open
Oklahoma to settlement Hence, the
names of these same outlaws" have
been immortalized In Oklahoma his
tory.
At the time of the opening all of
Oklahoma, except that portion taken
from Texas in the Greer county bound
airy dispute and the narrow strip be
tween Kansas and Texas, extending
to the Colorado and New Mexico lines,
was included in the Indian Territory.
Oklahoma territory, which was held
by the government for the use of the
Indians, but had never been assigned
to any tribe, consequently consisted
in those days of only abott 100000
acres. There occurred the first great
rush for homes. which brought into
existence Oklahoma City. From time
to time the government transferred
other portions of land from the Indian
Territory to Oklahoma territory for
settlement by whites, until, when the
oklahoma-Indian Territory statehood
bill passed, all that remained of In
dian Territory were the reservations
of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Chero-
kee, Creek. Seminole and Quapaw
tribes
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

earners. These plants include -four
mills. oil mills. cotton gins. broom
factories, brick and tile works, salt
works, cement factories, woodenware
and carriage works.
oil Fields Are Rich.
some OF the richest oil fields In
America are In Oklahoma. The Glenn
Pool oil district, south of Tulsa, be.
tween Red Fork and Mounds, has be
tween 45O and 500 producing oil wells.
WITH total capacity of 100. 900 bar.
rels a day. The first of these wells
was sunk in December, 1905. Pipe
lines nave been constructed for the
transportation of this oil to the Texas
seaboard and to the refineries at Whit
ing. Ind More than $4,000, 900 has
been Invested in tanks. pumping sta
tons and pipe lines in Tulsa county.
eastern Oklahoma, which Is not so
uniformly even as the western portion
OF the state, produces more than
3,0oo.OOO tons of coal year, for
which Its mines receive about S6,000.-
O0O. The coal field extends from tbs
vicinity of Tulsa on the north to the
Texas line on the south, and is more
than 100 miles broad. The state con
tains about $50 coal mines, employing
about 10000 operators.
The principal rivers OF Oklahoma
all OF which flow toward the south
east, are, naming them from north to
south, Arkansas, Salt Fork, Cimarron
North Canadian. South Canadian,
Wachita and Red.
The government acquired what is
now Oklahoma more than a century
ago under the terms of the Louisiana
Purchase. Early in the century the
government set this land apart for
the segregation of the various Indian
tribes, then being driven west by the
advance of white settlers. Hence
while Missouri. Kansas, Iowa, Ne
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

lands of wonderful capacity, oil wells,
asphalt beds of great worth, and all
of these practically undeveloped, to
say nothing of the vastness of her op-
portunities to the tiller of the soil.
The story of the rise of two dozen
other Oklahoma cities with popula-
tions exceeding 10000 is almost
synonymous with that of the rise of
the metropolis. Such cities as Guth-
rie tthe state capital, with $4,000
population: Tulsa lin the center of
the oil fields). with 10000 population;
Muskogee, Ardmore, Lawton, Shaw
nee, Enid, South McAlester, Vinita
and Ell Reno are battling enthusiastic
cally for commercial supremacy, and
present indications are that all these
cities will grow and prosper, each
supported mainly by those farm lands
for which 1t is the natural outlet to
market. The casual reader may won
der how SO many large cities can be
supported by mere farms. The fact
is that Oklahoma has 250.000 farms,
most of them worked by their owners,
for hundreds of thousands of Ameri-
cans have invested their small saw
inge in Oklahoma land and are getting
rich with the state by tilling the soil.
Six out of every ten farmers in Okla
homa own their own homes. Most of
them live upon the land them home
steaded. Landlords are rare in Okla
homa.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
FACTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA.

Oklahoma n Indiana combin
Oklahoma will point
population.
Oklahoma railroads. 700 daily
metropolis City, forty asphalt
9 In the
municipalities
booded Indians
Many highly civilized
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
President of Constitutional
Convention.

house, United States quartermaster's
house. stage Office, and a small build
Ing used as hotel. Between noon
and sunset of that day Oklahoma Sta
ton became a town of 5000 people.
Within a month 1,169 buildings, many
of them ugly, temporary affairs, were
erected
And so Oklahoma City has contin-
ued to grow until 1t now claims a pop
ulation of $4,000, modern schools edu-
eating 9,484 children this year, as
against 1875 last year; buildings lin
cluding ten-story skyscrapers) aggre-
eating in value $15,000,000; banks
having an aggregate capital and sur
plus of $1,000, 1874, and deposits aggre-
eating $6,549,0 900; post office receipts
in 1906 aggregating $141,509, and
freight tonnage into and out of Okla
homa City in 1906, 1925, S,246,902 tons.
Factories are springing up. Oklahoma
City this year has 2,347 factory en-
ployes, a gain of 531 over last year;
and 1,176 jobbing house employees. a
gain Of 230 for the year.
State Is Democratic.
Oklahoma will probably be Demo
cratic in politics for some time to
come. The governor-elect, c. NJ. Has
kell, of Muskogee. received a majority
of $1,000 votes. The state will cast
approximately 250.O0O votes. of which
number from 10000 to $4,000 are by
negro voters. The majority for pro-
hibition was about 10000. or the IL
Republicans in the constitutional con-
vention six came from each side of the
new state.
Gov Haskell is one of the newer
residents of the state, having gone
there from Ohio. Other officers are:
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

Lieutenant governor, George Bellamy,
of Ell Reno; secretary of state, "Bill"
Cross. Of Oklahoma City, whose
! friends say he would not be recog-
nized II referred to as William
Cross" treasurer. ]. B. Menefee. of
Anadarka; attorney general. Charles
West. of Enid, and chairman of the
commissioners of corporations, ]. ].
McAlister.
The state in primaries has selected
to represent her in the senate the first
blind man who has ever sat in that
body. He is T. p Gore, who lost his
sight when a boy in Mississippi,
where he was born. He has served in
the territorial legislature. Robert
Lee Owen, who will be elected as the
other senator. is totally different
type. Born in Virginia he is one
eighth Cherokee Indian, and is looked
upon as an extreme conservative. He
distinguished himself as a lawyer by
earning a fee of S150,000 in a single
case. Both these men have been
chosen by the Democratic primaries,
which is equivalent to their election
by the Legislature. OF the representa-
tives Bird S. Mcguire. for some years
territorial delegate from Oklahoma, in
congress, is the only Republican of
the FIVE elected. Others are e. l.. Full
ton, brother of Senator Fulton, of
Oregon, Second district; James s.
Davenport. Third district; Charles d.
Carter, Fourth district, and Scott
FARMS, Fifth district.
Metropolis of New State.
The largest city on the Oklahoma
side is Oklahoma City, with popula-
tion of 10000 and 40 miles of asphalt
pavements. Muskogee, in the Indian
Territory has population of $4,000,
which represents a growth from $500
people in 1900. The new state will
have 700 banks, of which 275 are ma
tional, the latter with deposits of $780,
100000; 23 cottonseed oil mills, more
than a hundred flour mills, 80 daily
papers and more than 400 issued
weekly.
Oklahoma alone had in 1906 S6,90S
families. of which more than 10000
owned their homes, and of these 50,-
600 were free from mortgages. The
average price for Oklahoma land in
1906 was s1S.25 per acre, an increase
of s3.25 from the previous year. The
new state has thousands of acres of
unappropriated public domain, coal
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

educated himself the languages sciences Guild the without
In the
the
Aher had
in
his He o
of
postmaster
in 1881.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
STATE

R0 KLAHOMA, 1.-The Land of
Now" embracing Okla
N aoma and Indian Terri
~ tories). entered the union
4 6@J as state on November Is
N0NA with population of about
100000. The government
censis -four districts missing) shows a
population of 1,40S, 900. In addition to
the persons residing in the four miss
ing districts, number of Indians not
reached by the census takers are be-
lieved to have been omitted from the
government census total
The Indian is passing out of the
life of Oklahoma into its history. But
he is still as much in evidence in
Oklahoma as the negro is in a number
OF northern states. Records believed
to be ultra-conservative show that the
new state of Oklahoma contains 72,-
600 Indians. Only about 10000 of
these, however, are more than three
quarter blood. The wild Indians of
Oklahoma exist only in history. The
redman of the present is adjusting
himself to the white mans civiliza-
ton.
Oklahoma" is a Comanche Indian
word, signifying the Land of the Fair
God" Surely the fair god could not
select a more comfortable place for a
home. For instance, everything good
to eat which that distinguished per-
sonage might desire is obtainable
from Oklahoma soil. Upon a single
Oklahoma farm can be seen growing
simultaneously the products that
grow in all the states from Maine to
California. Corn and cotton thrive
side by side
Amazing Natural Resources.
Within its borders Oklahoma is
known to have vast stretches of coal
lands; natural gas, also, is abundant,
while the states resources in salt, as
phalt, oil, granite and marble, building
stone, zinc. lead. copper, gold and tim
Der, place 1t among the most desirable
sections of the country for investors.
Eighteen years ago this great new
state was a cattle range and Indian
hunting ground.
The first rush into Oklahoma was
on Monday, April %, 1889. On the
morning of that day Oklahoma City,
the present metropolis of the state,
then known as Oklahoma Station,
consisted of half dozen small build
ings, the Santa Fe station, section
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

ulation is concerned any more than 1t
is as far as its agricultural products
are concerned. Northerners, south
erners. easterners and westerners
mingle harmoniously there, all grow
ing prosperous together. Every state
in the union is represented by at least
SOC natives.
A substantial evidence of the intel
lectual worth of Oklahomans generally
Is the number of modern daily news
papers which they support. Further
more, they have good schools, libra
ries and churches.
Oklahoma has modern public
school system supported by the in
come from $35.000.000 public school
fund and local taxation. The 35.000.
900 fund consists of 3.1oO.s75 acres
of land. valued at $50. 900, 900, the in
come from the rental of which
amounts to about 100000 per year:
and $5.000.000 paid into the school
fund by Indian Territory in lieu of
land. all of the 3,100,S75 acres being
in the former Oklahoma territory
The original act opening Oklahoma
territory to settlement reserved in
all that section OF the territory then
thrown open sections 16 and 36 in
every township for the benefit of the
public schools OF the future state.
Each successive act provided for SINH
lar reservations and the statehood en-
abling act made additional grants to
the higher educational institutions, re-
sulting in the big total above named.
The state will decide whether the
school lands shall be sold. All pro-
ceeds from sale of the school lands
must be turned into the school fund
and forever remain intact.
Fine State University.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

somewhat belious dark brown hair brushed
head look bigger When
years he unasaed careless about his apparel goried
fame came to hmand quckyhe
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cabinet
in
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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
MAY SOON LEAD TAMMANY

Thomas F. Foley, Tammany leader of the sec
ond district who was recently elected sheriff, is
a typical specimen of the born and bred New
Yorker. He has been politician ever since he
was 10 years old. when he went out to support
his widowed mother and two younger children.
An unerring memory for faces and names and
a sunny smile were his whole stock In trade but
he soon proved himself man to be reckoned
with. He made money In the saloon business.
He was never slow about dipping into his roll
to help family in distress. and he would peel
of $50 or a 800 bill with the remark, Don't
hurry about repaying that little loan. 1t will do
ing"
Once q year he made Il q practica to take all
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28


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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

male as well as male students, and
comprising college of arts and sci
ences, school of medicine, a school
of applied science. school of pharm-
acy. school of mines, school of fine
arts, and a preparatory school. The
campus. consisting of 60 acres, lies at
slight elevation, overlooking the
South Canadian river. University
hall was built five years ago at cost
of $4,000. Science hall is new
building, 63 by 125 feet, of gray
pressed brick. The university is also
provided with library building given
by Andrew Carnegie, and a gymnasi-
um, 55 by 100 feet. There are four
other buildings, two of wood, devoted
to engineering work, and two devoted
to the anatomical laboratory.
The other advanced public educa-
tional institutions of Oklahoma are an
agricultural and mechanical college.
three state normal schools, a univer-
sity preparatory school. colored
agricultural and normal university,
and school at Chilocco, on a reser-
walton containing $500 acres of agri-
cultural land, for the education of In
dian boys and girls in the higher
branches of learning.
Color Line Drawn.
The supervision of instruction is
vested in board of education, of
which the state superintendent of pub
lie instruction is president and the
governor, secretary of state and at
torney general are members ex-officio.
A color line is drawn on negroes in
Oklahoma, separate schools being pro-
vided for negro children, but with the
same accommodations as the schools
for white children. Education is com
pulsory.
The Chilocco Indian school is one
of the most interesting educational in
stitutions in Oklahoma About 5000
of its $3.50 acres are In cultivation,
the rest being in meadow or pasture
land. This school has 700 to 500 stu
dents. 70 instructors, more than 40
buildings, and is known as the best
institution in the Indian service for
imparting practical agricultural
knowledge to Indians. In addition to
agriculture, stock raising, dairying,
etc. all other lines of industry are
taught at Chilocco.
Oklahoma has more than 1000
manufacturing plants. representing in
yestments aggregating $25,000,000,
and giving employment to 10000 wage
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28


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