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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-24
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Way In Which Magazines May Be
Preserved In Permanent Form.

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sense and some very ordinary tools
and materials, such as paste and
brush, glue brown holland or ere
tonne. or colored linen. or black calico.
some large and long sewing needles,
strong thread sheets of paper and
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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-24
The SEED OF CHEAT, MEADOW
FESCUE AND BRONZE GRASS
They May Alfalfa Seed-By F. D. HeaId
Nebraska Experiment Station.

The experience OF the farmers with
adulterated alfalfa seed during the
past few years Is alone sufficient to
warrant extreme care in the examina-
ton of the seed of our forage crops,
but during the past year another flag
rant case of seed adulteration and
substitution has come to light A
large number of specimens of seed
supposed to be either meadow fescue
or smooth bronze grass have been
sent to the Experiment Station for
examination. A very considerable
number of these samples proved to be
either cheat or chess alone or con-
tanned a large per cent of cheat seed.
The extent to which this adulteration
and substitution has been practiced
calls for a note of warning to pros
pectivo buyers.
That this seed fraud is causing n
considerable amount of loss to farm
ers may be inferred from the follow
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ture to percolate unobstructed TO the
inner surface. To overcome this, as
well as other difficulties generally en-
countered, Mr.. John G.. Won Hofe, has
invented a new type of hollow build
ing block and a new form of wall con-
struction. which the Scientific Ameri-
can illustrates in the accompanying
engraving--a veneer of hollow blocks
bonded to an air-spaced monolith
mass. The block is narrow, being
adapted to be used as an ornamental
veneer for a continuous concrete wall.
A recess is nodded in the end of each
block with a semicircular opening in
the rear wall. and when two blocks
are placed end to end. the adjacent
recesses form a chamber. to which ac-
cess is provided at the rear through
a circular port formed by the two ad.
jacent openings. This chamber being
larger than the port serves as an un-
dercut cavity or T-shaped lock. In
constructing the wall the veneer
blocks are set up in courses which
break joints in the usual manner. and
tHe COHCTele Is pOuTcu III DeIWeeu
them and temporary backing. The
material flows into the undercut cavi.
ties, securely bonding the blocks to
the concrete wall. Each block is form.
ed with air spaces, which register
with similar spaces in the courses
above and below, so that continuous
vertical air passages are formed
throughout the wall. The concrete
wall is also poured to form air pass.
ages back of each joint in the veneer.
ing. so that moisture seeping through
the Joint will be arrested by the air
space. The invention can be applied
to face brick, terra Gotta. or cement
blocks. and the face of the blocks can
be nodded to represent cut or rough
stone, or any other desired pattern.
The system may be employed on the
tallest reinforced concrete structure,
eliminating the expense of forming
front panels for the face of the wall,
while plain or ornamental designs can
be nodded at a cost only a trife over
that OF the concrete displaced by the
blocks.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-24

tion (see diagram %. See that the
needle, after having made the last
stitch, is outside the binding. Sew in
all the following sheets in the same
way, taking them first towards the be-
ginning then towards the end OF the
pamphlets. Qt will be remembered
that n beginning was made in the mid
die of the numbers)
The material for the ornamental
cover may be made ready. 1t must
be cut about two inches larger than
the cardboard case in every direction.
The best way or measuring is to
spread the material out on the table
and to lay the book open upon 1t. The
outer surface of the cardboard cover
already made should be thinly spread
with paste This cement should be
allewed to get partly dry before the
linen is laid upon It. This must be
thoroughly smoothed down with the
hands and left to dry entirely before
the raw edges are turned over to the
wrong side, where the card must he
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in the meantime prepai' the maga-
zines or book for the binding.
Next. take two double sheets Of
plain and moderately thick white pa
per. They must be folded like sheets
of letter-paper. but must be exactly
the size of the pages that are to be
bound. With a small brush run a
line of paste down the fold and place
one sheet against the first, the other
against the last page of the magazine
or book to be bound The use of these
fly-leaves will be seen later on.
When all the details are dry and
quite set, thread one of the long, large
needles with strong cotton or linen
thread and place the center of the
middle sheets of the magazine down
the exact center of the hinge or back
of the inside of the cover. which at
this stage will appear as in our Sec
ond illustration.
Make neat, strong stitches, not nee
essarily of very small size, through
the middle OF all the sheets of the Sec
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-24

ing data taken from department cor
respondence:
Two farmers at Rising City shipped
10000 pounds of cheat seed to Kansas
City under the impression that they
had raised meadow fescue or English
blue grass.
A farmer at Fairbury bought 10000
pounds of cheat under the impression
that he was buying meadow fescue.
A farmer at Nelson bought 1000
pounds of cheat seed under the name
OF English blue grass.
Many reports are on record in
which the amount of seed involved
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-24

considerable amount of chan and
empty glumes.
3. Meadow Fescue The seed OF
meadow fescue grass is paler than
cheat seed and smaller, about three
sixteenths of an inch in length, and
never has an avn. Zig. 81 II Is
much more pointed than cheat seed,
flatter, and does not show such prom
lnent incurved edges. Gig. H. This
species may be recognized in the field
by the size and form of the spikelets.
Zig. p.
]. Chess or cheat is an annual
grass that readily reseeds itself, but it
is to be regarded as a weed rather
than a valuable forage grass. Some
claims have been made that 1t pro-
duces valuable permanent pasture,
but no satisfactory evidence is at
hand to confirm the statement. Back
ed by this statement the seed is be-
ing sold in certain parts under the
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-24

was somewhat smaller. In some Of
these cheat has been substituted for
our valuable Bromus inermis.
In order that buyers may be able
to recognize the three different grass
seeds mentioned, the following non
technical descriptions are given:
/. Chess or Cheat. The seed of
chess or cheat (Bromus secalinus) is
a dirty straw color, very THICK and
rounded on the back with a deep
groove on the opposite side. Gig. 1.)
The seed ranges from q to 5.16 inches
in length and is often provided with
a short avn, which is generally bent
backwards. The avn may be entire
ly broken off, or, in the perfect seed,
II may equal the body of the seed in
length. The grass may also be re-
cognized in the field by the character
lstic appearance of the spiklets.
Gig. 2)
2. Hungarian or Smooth Bronze
Grass. The seed of bronze grass is
darker in color than cheat, much
larger, three-eighths TO one-half inch
In length, rather fiattened. and shows
three fairly prominent nerves on the
upper side. The apex sometimes has
the remains of very short avn. but
Is generally somewhat frayed out and
transparent. figs. l and 81 The
commercial article generally contains
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-24

and Nanaimo railway over the Mag.
ara canyon in Vancouver Island, b.
c.. is 5S5 feet long. and the rails are
1876 feet above the water. The trestle.
which contains about three-Quarters
of a million feet of timber. says Rail.
way and Locomotive Engineering,
was built when timber was cheaper
and steel bridges not so much in use.
The wooden bridge and the wooden
trestle are purely American products.
although invented by Leonardo dA
Vinci In the sixteenth century.
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spread with glue ready to receive. II
the stitches have not been taken too
near the top and bottom edges of the
cover in sewing the loose sheets into
their places the linen can be pushed
down behind them at the top and bot
tom, and therefore will not need to be
cut away from the hinge. At the cor
ners the material must be neatly fold
ed In and as much as possible of its
superfuity removed in order that 1t
may set fatty and smoothly diagram
81.
Lastly, one of the white pages that
were added to the magazines before
the sewing was done must be fastened
down to each cover by way OF lining.
II is advisable 10 spread the paste for
this upon the cover. not upon the pa.
per itself.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-24

name of meadow fescue or English
blue grass. 1t may also be of inter-
est 20 know what value is attributed
to chess In two OF our neighboring
states. In Bulleton 46 OF the Wyo.
ming station the statement is made
that chess. on account of its vigorous
growth and ability to withstand ad-
verse conditions, is used as a hay
grass in some localities. but its repu.
tation as a weed is emphasized, as well
as the fact that it is an annual. In
Iowa 1t is classed as a "well-known
weedy annual grass" but with "some
redeeming features as forage plant"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-24
IMPROVED CONCRETE WALL.
Construction Which Will Prevent
Penetration Of Dampness.

AS concrete absorbs moisture as
readily as brick. it is obvious that
dampness will penetrate a solid con-
crete wall and appear as beads or
sweat on the plastering. For this rea-
son concrete building blocks are form.
ed with air spaces. But this does not
entirely remedy the defect, because
certain sections of the block which di-
extending from the outer to the inner
side of the block. permitting the mois-
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-24

Turkeys Need Fresh 'Water.-Young
turkeys should always have a fresh
supply of water from the start, and it
should be given in such way that
they can not get into 1t and get wet
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-24
BUILT ALL OF TIMBER.
The Great Trestle Bridge on Van
eouver Island, British Columbia.

A massive wooden tire stle which
carries the track of the Esquimalt
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Fig. 1-DOrsa and venral Views Of Seed Much Enlarge

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Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
NEW MODEL OF TOURIST
AUTOMOBILE A WINNER

The Auto Vehicle company reports the
continued success of their popular little
Tourist machines. One of their cars made
such q fine showing in the recent contest
on the Tanforan course that it was re-
warded beautiful trophy cup by the
Olympic club of San Francisco. This will
be added to the twenty-six cups already
won by the Tourist machines this year.
The 1908 model has been out over
month This gives the Tourist people an
advantage over the agencies selling
eastern cars which take several months
to reach this coast after the new models
have been placed on the eastern markets
In the new two-cylinder car the detach-
able tonneau is still feature. In place
of 2O-horse power the new model is
claimed to develop 22-horse power. A
metal apron protects the engine from the
dust in the new machine. AS usual pur-
chasers may have any color car they de-
sire and any color upholstering.
Over 100 of the two-cylinder 1908 cars
have been disposed of in Los Angeles and
out town agencies, and thirty four
cylinder cars of the new model have been
sold.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
BIG ADVANCE SALE
FOR BRITT-GANS FIGHT
25,ooo MAY BE SEATED AT THE
BALL PARK
Champion Will Cut Out Boxing, as
Manager selig Fears He
VIII Injure His
Hands
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31.-There was
a big sale Of reserved seat tickets today
for the Britt-Gaps Admission day light
weight championship battle.
The Recreation baseball park will be
fitted up to accommodate 1900 people,
and there will be ample room to take
care of 10000 more. The ring is to be
pitched in the center of the diamond, and
the highest priced seats will be on the
ground close to the ringside. The entire
grand stand is reserved and every spec
tator in the inclosure will have free
and unobstructed view of the men In
action.
Neither fighter did much indoor work
today, but each took a long jog on the
road.
Champion Joe Cans is within two pounds
of the 1873 ringside weight and his man
ager. Ben Selig, has ordered him to cut
out boxing in future. This Is done in
order to eliminate all possibility of any
injury to his hands, which would be
serious drawback at this late stage.
The champion never looked in better
trim. and he says he is as strong and
as active as he ever was. Road work
will be his chief training stunt in future,
in order to keep his weight down and
also to perfect his breathing.
Britt Is doing nearly all out-of-door
work for this fight. as he wishes to enter
the ring full of stored-up vitality SO that
he can set terrific pace.
The moving pictures which were taken
of the two clever light-weights In train
ing will be put on exhibition next week
Judging by the advance sale of seats
which opened today, all of the choice
seats will be disposed of before the men
enter the ring week from Monday
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
MARATHON COURSE NOT
MUCH OVER SEVEN MILES
Experts In Missouri Planning for Big
Annual Event on River Sched-
uIed to Occur on Labor
Day

ST. LOUIS. Aug 31.-"Dute" Cabanne,
who was until a short time ago captain
of the Missouri A. c. water polo team,
declares that the M. A. c. Marathon
swim was not a ten-mile event last year
and according to the present plans VIII
not be much over a seven-mile contest
this year.
Cabanne trained for last years race,
but about a week before the contest an
abscess in his ear caused him to with
draw. At present he is training every
morning for the race, at Bill clark
and swims at least a mile every day. He
will compete in the race which will be
held Labor day. September 2.
According to the Mississippi river
charts it is but SA miles from the in
take tower at the Chain of Rocks to
the Eads bridge. Last year the swim
mers started from a point good mile
south of the intake tower and finished
at the Eads bridge which would make
the distance covered only IA miles
Cabanne declared that there Is not a
swimmer in st. Louis, with the possible
exception of Gus Goessling, who can
swim two miles an hour in still water,
with the current of the Mississippi help
! ing him he could hardly swim much
faster than twice as fast as he could
/ Through the still water Last year there
was a strong head wind blowing from
the south which caught up the rollers
| from numerous steamboats, and power
boats which followed the race and threw
them in the face OF the swimmers.
Goessling was awarded the time prize
with a mark of / hour Al minutes
! Opinion seems to be gaining ground at
the NJ. A. C. that Toeppen, Siegel,
Boechestebol and Hunter will be in the
first division in the swim September 2.
The South Broadway A. C. will enter a
man named Manfred. who is said to be
lively paddler.
Other entries will be received from
Professor Bill Clark, Muegges institute
and the Benton Swimming club.
Professor Clark is greatly chagrined
over the fact that owing to a recent de-
cision of the A. A. U. he will be unable
to enter one of his women swimmers,
with whom. he says, he fully expected to
win first prize.
The athletic corps of the Third Ma
tional bank is taking such an interest In
the championship swim that it will have
entrants In the event in the person OF
Charles Grimes and Raymond Weber
both of whom are training.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
AUSTRALIAN EXPERTS
TO SHOOT FOR TROPHY
TEAM FROM ANTIPoDEs COMES
WITH GOOD RECORD
Eight Men VIII Return Home Late
Next Month, After Completing
Journey Around the
World

NEW YORK, Aug 31.-Eight members of
the Australian rifle team. whose actual score
tied that of the British team at record
breaking mark. arrived here yesterday on the
steamer Umbria of the Cunard line, on their
way to Ottawa, where they will shoot against
ttpms from the United States, Canada and
Great Britain in the match for the Palma
trophy. which is to be held there Sept D.
From the records of the team 1t would seem
tc be a dangerous competitor. The value of It's
winnings of this trip adds up to e1400 (about
S7tC0) 1t failed to secure the Kolapore cup
unly because of a technical ruling, which gave
greater weight to points scored at the longer
ranges. While at Bisley, one of its members.
Lieut. w. c. Addison, won the kings prize,
the highest individual award in the British
empire, with a score of 31S out of a possible
total of 1855 points, another member, W. Cut
ler was the winner of the prince of Wales
prize G. Ardill won the Barlow match AMI
II. Motion captured the Daily Telegraph prize,
the Stock Exchange match and the prize Of
tered by the corporation of the city of Lon
den.
on the present trip the Australian team left
Sidney on May IA. and when the eight men
now in this city return home in late Septem-
ber they will have made a tour completely
around the world. After the international
Palma shoot at Ottawa the team will go TO
Victoria to contest with the clubs Of the Pa
o,fic coast, September 10. Then they plan to
enter matches at Brisbane, Australia, October
II, at Sidney on the 22d; at Melbourne on No
vember II. and in a later match at Adelaide
before disbanding at the end Of the tour.
The men now in the city and their indi-
vldual scores in the Kolapore match. out OF
a possible total of 105 points, are:
Sergt s. Edwards .1O0C H. Candy ........ 81
Iieut w. G. ADDISON e9J. Searls ..... 81
G. Hewitt ........ s9Lieut. r. C. Dawson 20
W. H. Cuyler ...... 9s A. ]. Mcleod ....... 9e
r. Wilmington, who is to take part In the
Palma match did not shoot for the Kolaporr
cup other members who will compete at OF
tawa but who are not with the team.
are G. Ardill D. McCallery and II. Motion.
The team captain, Maj. 7. S. Marshall, Will
follow in a few days.
The Australians plan to leave the city, on
Monday to go to Niagara. In the course of
their journey they have taken advantage OF
the opportunities for sight seeing, having
visited London. Marlborough, Glasgow, Paris,
Berlin and Dublin.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
CALIFORNIA LEADS IN
NUMBER OF AUTOS USED

s SAN FRANCISCO Aug. s1.-one -indi-
cation of Californias prosperity is seen in
the automobile statistics gathered by the
California promotion committee. By long
odds this state ranks first in its number
of automobiles considered in ratio to the
population. Naturally New York heads
the list among the states with 46,122 auto
mobiles. Pennsylvania comes second with
16.9M and California has 12,073 Missouri
falls in considerably farther down the line
with 1716. The number of automobiles,
considered, with regard to the population,
shows the following per capital ratio in
six states:
California has one automobile for every
1913 people, New York one for every 157.
Washington one for every 345, Pennsyl-
vania one for every 81, Oregon one for
every 765 and Missouri one for every 1910.
In so far as the use of automobiles bears
a relation to the prosperity of common
wealth, it will be seen that California
ranks high among the states in the mat
ter of per capita wealth.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-01
SAILOR BURKE'S FRIENDS
DECLARE HE'S A Conner
is SPLENDIDLY DEVELOPED ON
IDEAL LINES
Newcomer Who Wanted to Meet Jack
johnson Has Fought Many
Battles and Won
Them

NEW YORK Aug. 31.-The Brooklyn
friends of Sailor" Burke believe he is
the logical candidate for the heavyweight
championship. Burke is a splendid speci-
men of physical development, due in a
great measure to his career in the United
States navy. He enlisted with Uncle
Sam when he was 16 years old, and spent
over four years in his employ, receiving
his discharge two years ago. 1t was
while in the navy that Burke took UP
the boxing game, and his battles were so
numerous that he lost count His best
performance however, was when he took
part in tournament for the champion
ship of the navy at Rockland, Me-, and
won the welterweight, middleweight and
heavyweight honors. He beat all comers
in the first two divisions, and when it
came down to the heavies his opponent
decided that he was tired and defaulted
to Burke.
Burke was born in Brooklyn about
twenty-three years ago. He has fought
many hard battles and only lost one, one
on foul and the other through an ad-
verse decision. He has a hard punch and
considerable SKILL fighting on the prin-
ciple of taking blow to get over the
knockout. He has any number of the
latter to his credit. Burke's given name
is Charles, but he is known popularity
as 'Sailor," because of his stay in the
navy.
Wants to Fight Johnson
He is the only white man who has
wanted to fight Jack Johnson. and was a
sore boy when the match fell through.
He is also scheduled to meet Jack Twin"
Sullivan and Willie Lewis. Some of the
Sailors fights are as follows: Drew
with Terry Martin in Philadelphia in
six rounds; knocked out Fred Vanuch In
one round; drew with Tommy Conley In
six rounds; knocked out Eddie Haney In
two rounds; knocked out Jim McGarry in
three rounds; knocked out Mickey Nc
Donough in eleven, one and three rounds
in three battles; beat Andy Walsh twice
and knocked him out the third time in
three rounds; won from Kid Williams in
three rounds, then knocked him out IN
one round and lost the decision with the
same fighter in twelve rounds; won twice
from Joe Grim and then knocked MIN out
in three rounds in New York and foi-
lowed this up by winning two six-round
bouts in Philadelphia from the same man
knocked out Tommy Sullivan in two
rounds won from Joe Hagen in three;
knocked out Frank Klop in five rounds,
lin Savage in two, Jim Donovan in five
and Peter Maher in two; won from Jim
Jeffords in six rounds; lost to Hugo
Kelly at Boston on foul; knocked out
Charlie O'Rourke in four rounds at Fall
River; knocked out Jim Scan.on in four
rounds at Haverhili; won from Jimmy
Carroll in three rounds; knocked out Nate
Jacobs in two rounds and Andy Williams
in one; beat Cy Finn in four rounds and
Jack Blackburn in three; knocked out
Dave Holly in three rounds at Bridge
port; knocked out Johnny Carroll in
two, and his last and best fight Knocked
out Jack Robinson in four rounds.