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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-05
CRIMSON CLOVER FOR NEXT
YEARS CROPS.

Messrs. Editors: AS per your re-
quest, 1, for one, give you my plan
for raising better crops. l have a
plot of ground from which l cut Is
bushels Of wheat per acre. l broke
with two-horse pillow, narrowed with
cutaway and drag, and sowed in peas
about last OF June. About 10th OF
September l sowed crimson clover
seed and narrowed it In among the
peas with a weeder without damage
to peavines. l got a fairly gooo
stand-the peas shading the grouno
and protecting clover from hot sun.
/ shall NOW peavines this week
and leave clover for cover. Dur
ing winter and early spring l shall,
spread manure over the clover
Some time the first Of next May, OF
as soon as clover has matured, will
break good and deep and will pull
verize with cutaway and drag and
plant corn, using phosphoric acid and
potash in some form, the clover sup
plying the nitrogen and humus.
nave dHolHer piol iIom WHICH
cut wheat-broke it in August, cut
and drug fine, and let rain settle
ground. About the middle of Sep
TENDER l sowed to crimson clover
using 200 pounds guano per acre
narrowed seed in with weeder again
and rolled. l soon had fine stand OF
clover, and now the plot is green
with clover. l propose planting this
in cotton, using 400 pounds phos.
phoric acid and potash per acre.
propose preparing and cultivatine
both corn and cotton according to
plans Of the Demonstration Work.
G.. N. SCARBORO.
Star, N. G.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-05
-"WHAT AM DOING FOR BETTER CROPS NEXT YEAR,

will make my three-fourths Essex
pigs saucy in January and February
when the snow is on the ground and
l expect the corn which | grow on
this clover land with this manure to
make the pigs which will arrive in
January" saucy next fall.
l have another field in peas and
soy beans which will drain this win
ter and SOW in peas in spring for hay
and next fall will disk thoroughly
and seed to crimson clover for my
1912 corn crop. l will butcher q
large hog October IL, and sell him
and buy trio Of registered Duroc
Jersey pigs. would SOW field No.
2 this fall. but | want to ditch it and
remove the stumps.
Now. last. but by no means least,
1 am still reading The Progressive
Farmer and Gazette and can recon-
mend 1t to all.
e. F. SOUTHERLAND
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-05
DEEP FLOWING AND WINTER
GRAINS.

Messrs. Editors: In accordance
with your request in the issue Of
October /. am going to tell your
readers what l "a young man on a
run down farm am going to do for
next years crop.
l have already broken a part of
my land and shall thoroughly and
deeply break the remainder of it and
harrow all of it once or more, as
many times as l can. SO as to pull
verize the surface. Then l am going
to seed 1t to wheat, oats, rye and
winter vetch. except an acre or SO,
which shall SOW in rape for hogs.
shall get excellent winter graz
ing and plenty Of hay in addition to
some wheat for sale, and the great
Improvement to my land. l said that
my land was broken deep. My wheat
and oat land Is plowed but inches
leep, but that's deep to some of our
'3-inch farmers"
Ebert ]. RESPESS.
Washington, N. G.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-05
AIMING AT BETTER LAND.

Messrs. Editors: I note your re-
quest to tell you what I am doing to
prepare for better crops next year.
Last fall I harvested my corn.
and don't think | made over 10
bushels per acre, although | did not
measure 1t. l cut the corn OF and
shocked 1t. then double disked 1t we'll
and sowed it in crimson clover, inoc-
ulating the land with dirt from q
neighbours field. Last spring when
the clover died broke the land deep
with two-horse turning plow. turning
under the entire crop OF clover. Then
I prepared the land we'll and sowed
1t IN cowpeas. Whippoorwill, putting
one bushel Of peas and two hundred
pounds 16 per cent acid phosphate
per acre. on the poorer spots l put
what manure l could rake up. also
some rock phosphate and disked all
in well. l have just harvested q
good crop OF pea hay and double
disked well and sowed to crimson
clover again and narrowed In. The
clover came up In three days. To-
day l Uttered my stable and gave the
manure good dressing of Tennessee
floats or rock phosphate as often
before.
/ have my pea hay under shelter
and will get the value OF 1t In nice
milk and butter this winter and a
fine lot of good manure next spring to
go on my crimson clover sod for corn.
Also the skim-milk and buttermilk
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-05
WINTER COVER CROPS PAY.

Messrs. Editors: l harvested a
good crop of wheat and oats off ten
acres. | broke this 10 acres, plant
ed 8 acres In Mexican June corn, l
acre in Orange cane, l " acres in
New Era peas, drilled, and 4 " acres
in corn and peas, IL bushel each.
broadcast, to the acre. This made a
fine lot of hay. 1t was SO rainy in
June and July did not get the corn.
cane, and peas planted until July IA,
the corn has been in roasting-ear
since September rs, and is very fine,
the cane is good, the peas are good
and ready to pick.
sowed this corn, cane and peas in
winter oats. as laid it by September
8, and they are now looking fine,
have the " acres pea and corn stub
BILE broken with my 2-horse pillow,
and logged as l broke it; l will let it
lie and settle about two weeks and
SOW in wheat, double shovel 1t in,
and log with my split-log drag and
harrow, and top dress all the manure
I have on all the poorest spots.
keep my stables well bedded and
as the manure accumulates haul out
on thinnest spots. l have a small
farm Of 27h acres. fenced in five
fields so can pasture them at
different times and get more
good out of them. I have 400 win
ter apple trees that bore some this
year, 100 other different fruit trees
beginning to bear. I sow all my
early corn in peas as I lay by, and
they are fine. and you ought to see
my Duroc-Jerseys in these pea fields
now. l planted, as an experiment, "
acre of Texas seeded ribbon cane,
which is very large and 10 to IL
feet high now ready to make. l will
SOW rye on all my land which Is not
in wheat and oats, for cover crop,
and in May will turn under and plant
corn and other crops. l am the only
man l know Of who planted oats or
wheat stubble in anything, and
everybody is surprised to see my late
crop where had wheat and oats.
LEE McMURTRY.
Mountain View, Ark.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-05

Editorial Comment: II Mr.. McMur-
try can arrange to SOW his wheat
with a grain drill, instead Of putting
1t in with a double-shovel, we feel
sure 1t will pay him to do 80.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-05
Spalding Deep-Tilling Machine

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Twenty solid pages Of letters from hard headed practical farmers
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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-05

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-21
I'm THROUGH WITH IT."
SAYS IOWA SENATOR
Declares That Congress Was
Dominated By Tariff
Trust

Washington, June 2l-"I su
through with IT, SO spoke Senator
i3olliyer Of Iowa. He meant that hc
would never again raise his vice
either in the senate of the Unitau
states or from the stump, in defense
Of excessive protection.
Il do not propose" declared prl
liver. that the remaining years u
my life shall be given up in duh c,n
sent to the success of all these cou
sriracies. ! intend to fight as r.
Publican for a free market on th !
continent"
In other words, the mighty Dolllfel
foi years an ardent proieclonist j.
conscience stricken lie slauds an
Ilalled al the magnitude Of the siri
that have been visited upon Repub i,
and people By system WHICH he ad
vocated with his own voice.
His eyes opened, Dolliyer was elu.
aseous enough to say: 4 am throdsl
with IT. That is why his speech WI
hive in history. because he saia Z
am through with IT,
The philosophy of the lowan, IN Y
self, was not new. anymore tlya'
were his statements that congress, !
passing the Payne-Aldrich bill, va
dominated by the tariff trusts. Dsr
ccrats have told the same story tim
ara again. Dolliver has merely II
darsed the Democratic view pom
which Is that excessive protectC
lrobs the many for the few
Senators regard the Dolliyer sperc
IS tho most impressive oratory th
senate has listened to in many ye1i.
IT will take rank among the forem
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-21
Marve ltslEf New Discovery That Is
Aroll*tg1{Y worldwide Interest
and Curing Worst Cases In
o4 Hours

A rusty nail scratch has killed an
army OF people. And vel new and
wonderful species cf -lrth mined in
Mexico cures like magic every spe-
cies Of sore, even to cancerous Jumps,
A carbuncle simply dries UP so quick
that you are astounded An old run
ming sore Is given magic touch
and years OF misery are gone over
night A suspicious cancerous lump
that has hung over the mind for years
is gone in flash.
G. G. Copeland, OF Pittsburg, Kans.,
had a nasty old tender itching ulcer
OF salt rheum. At Mercy hospital,
Chicago, he says it made the faces OF
DR.. Murphy and the siste fairly
wrinkle To see ii. And yet in short
time Cuticlay cured the sore and all
burning, itching and pain ceased from
the very instant Cuticlay was applied
1t seems like overconfidence to
say such things, but Cuticlay is a
wonder OF nature. 1t Is curing In "a
hours what has defied the best train
ed skill for years and years. You
merely apply the dry powdered Cutl.
clay to any sore spot and the relief
Is Instant. the cure begins then and
there. Cuticlay is strange product
Of nature. Nothing is added to it
nothing taken away, and yet all the
ingenuity of medical skill since the
beginning of time never pEodnced
anything that will do the work oI
Cuticlay. 1t certainly has magi,
touch. All druggist handle CutiGlai
in 50-cent cans. II you can not gc
Cuticlay at the store send 80 cent
direct to The Cuticlay Co, Chicago
and Il VIII be mailed to you postpaid
1t Is sold and highly recommended ii
Guthrie by the Owl Drug Co.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-21
OsAgE NATION GRAZING LEASES

/
Pawhuska. okla, June 2l-Tho loo
Ct keeping the records straight on tne
psage Nation cattle leases Of the
ceaEe reservation is the hardest taSF
a the department. Thousands q
I,nseg and sub-leases are made, 80
that It requires general roundup
ehch year 10 know who occupies tue
land and how much each grazer has
Ia his possession the work Is now
going on and the following letter Is
gven publicity that the land holders
r,av give assistance In helping the de.
pa itment check up.
The letter is published for the benz.
fit of those who have leases as wen
an the department, that the holders
nav call ON Mr.. Haines and rep,rt
The boundaries and other Information
as To their leases. Mr. Pitzer gtV's
tins public notice:
To whom 1t may concern: y "
my desire to secure full Information
as to The present uses OF all grazing
lands in the Hominy district oil -
Usage reservation, over which tA'si
estice has jurisdiction, and tho auI
thority under which the occupants or
users of The lands are grazing tiie1
same, either through leases filed M
this office. subleases or otlierwasa'
Particularly do desire lnfoslnai ion|
from YOU as to the boundary fnesl
Of the pasture land being used By
Nnn
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-21

ent needs and his sagaclty caused his
friends at home and In the surround
ing counties TO urge his nomination
lqng before he assented to use Of his
name for that important position,
Stree be announced himself as Will
ing TO accept the nomination. he has
heen quite active and Is Intending Is
pnt bis candidacy before the Demo
Ifatic rioters OF the First conrfes-
siJnal dlstiict in the fullest possible
ranner; keeping In mind that sue.
cess depends upon intelligent, uni,ad
action, and with proper regard for AZ
tie other honorable gentlemen with
IN hiH party who seek the same high
position
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-21

II YOU have sorefeet, tired feet,
sGeaty feet, lame feet, tender feet,
smelly feet, corns, callouses or buzz
ions, read what happened to Mrs.
ockett, Of Jeffcrsonylle. TiZ DID
1T. Mr. Crockett says "After the
second treatment she walked down
stairs one foot at a time. She has
nct been abla to walk downstairs be-
fore in past five years, except by
stepping down on each step with one
foct at a time. This is remarkable
Send five more boxes.V
No matter what ails your feet ol
what under heaven you have used
4 ,thout getting relief, just use Tiz
l'es different 1t acts right off. II
cures sore feet TO stay cured It's thf
only foot remedy over made whici
acts on the principle Of drawing ou'
al. the poisonous exudaions wnicf
cause sore feet. Powders and otnel
remedies merely clog up the pores
g'lZ cleans them out and keeps then
clean You will feel better the firs
time lis used. Use II a week and yo'
can forget you ever had .sore leet
There Is nothing on earth that cal
compare with It, TIH is for sale a
al druggists, 25c per box, or dlrec'
If YOU wish, from Walter Lutne
Dodge & Co, Chicago, Ill
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-21
Drummer & HALL
City Garage
Phone IIa. 100 Z. Cleveland

familiar with the country were cl,
niCyed TO locate the most diffioultI
Y not the easiest-route, the purpose
being to offer no encouragement to-
the building Of railroad. This PFC
caution was due to stipulation In
Tic act Of the Cherokee council. H.
the guides after building a line was
wrong. a log was made to get oack
into line. II a house was passed mile
CT two found that their direction o.
otherwise afraid the line was b1il
srcund 1t and far enough away to al
i'y their fears.
NOT Sound Heard
BY the fall Of 1856 the line had been
carried to Fort Gibson and the tele-
rlione received. installations were
made, and everything declared rrl1S
for the official test" when not a
sound could be enticed from the ilr
81 ruments. A soldier IN the garrison
AZ Fort Gibson foTtunately had seen
telephones used In eastern states aud
'olunteered bis help.
When the Fort Gibson end finally
was put In what The soldier said was
working order a messenger was dcs-
fetched poste haste to Tahlcquak
With detailed instructions how TO put
that end in working order. In sever
al hours a ling was received at Fort
Gibson, the first ring of telephone
bell in actual operation ever heart
i'll Oklahoma, and the conversation
THAT followed not only marked an
epoch. in the advancement of the
Clerokees but astonished beyond ex'
preston the fuil-bloods who were
present.
Soon afterwards the line was buaS
into Muskogee Thee rossing of the
Arkansas river at first seemed insu'
mountable. The wire would break il
pulled TOO tight Or be broken by orlft
wood II left too slack. The span was
more than 1,2OO feet. A copper wire
Ne 6, was bought at cost OF $lo'
pud used in lieu of the weaker iron
v re. Hard drawn copper wire was
unknown at that time, and the'e net
sr was a pair of suspenders that hno
more stretch to them ,hanr did sila'
famous No. G. II finally went INTO fn'
river and probably still lies some
where in its sands. A No. u lrcr
hwire was hung in its place, and gave
good service for several years
When the Muskogee telephone wa'
1 finally connected the line teste'
/ "opon.r After several attempts t.
make II work man shouldered one o
the SIS telephones and walked bdc'
itg the river, three miles, to make
test If telephone got out of Q de-
iit was taken TO pieces and PIT baei
together. and II ii did not work ne
CORY was taken from the expert
hut the telephone was shipped to til'
factory for repairs.
The enterprise was financial y
I cess from the beginning. Tahlequai
az the Cherokee capital. was the m G
li.e place OF the First legislature al'
1.-THE headquarters of the Cheroke, OF
ficials. The Federal government wa'
leginning its overtures to allot TN
l,,ibal lands In severalty, and the ort
! side world began taking interest u
+, C,f erokee affairs. Met opolitan news
rapers sent their correspondents e
! Tnhleouah, and thousands of wo' d
sere telephoned to the Muskogee
4 te legranh office and transmitted '
eastern newspapers, Southwestern
history was being made with a rush
land this grounded line had TO ca -
| i ALL
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-21

FOUGHT THE
TELEPR0N
REGARDED ASSOMETHING
SUPERNATURAL BY
INDIANS
PRIMITIVE METHODS IN
| TESTIhS THROUGH LINE
Paying Proposition From SlaI'
Redskins Did
Some Work

Tahlo1uah, Okla, June 2l--Thc
tirst telephone plant in Oklahoma WINS
built by Cherokee indians under per-
mission obtained with much difficdl-
~ from the Cherokee tribal egisla
turc. This was in 1886, ten years
aGler Alexander Graham Bell had eou-
st'ucted his first successful telephone
Instrument
This pioneer telephone line ran
from Tahlenuab, the Cherokee capital,
20 Muskogee, and was looked upon is
something supernatural by many ot
the Cherokees. The original promot-
cis Of this toll line were j. S. Stapiel.
Harry Effort, d. W. Lipe and L. Il,
Eel, all of Tahlequah, and most OF
whom are living. The work Of aciual
construction was directed by E. D.
Hicks Of Tahlequah.
In the early SOS the Indian Teri
tcty was a vast wilderness. There
we're few towns and communication
with the outside world was slow and
difficult IN 1885 a few progressive
business men at Tahlequah saw the
necessity of heing in touch with civ
ilization by some means other tnaI
walking or going on horseback or II
wagons.
Muskogee was the nearest telegIapl
station, and at first telegraph linS
/ to Muskogee was planned. Telegraph
operators, however, were scarce ant
i.igh priced In the Indian Territory
! and material for line building was OK
Tensive. The plan for quicker com
munication had been almost abandon
Cd when news of the success Of th'
telephone found its way to Tahlequail
The Telephone of that day was al
unlike the telephone of this day as
native of Uganda Is unlike Partisan
1 q vistocrat Five telephones were OF
dered, at SIS each, or 1915 for all, !
4 cents a pound was paid for iron wlle
ard Z cents for each insulator. We
batteries were used, and their pr"
was high.
Stirred BY Trouble
No sooner did the Tahlequah pit
moters begin moving than they stiri
cd up trouble for themselves. rh
ferokee legislature was controlic
by non-progressive. full-blood indian.
who wese violently opposed to any
thing that looked like the encroaC,
ment of white men and the ways Q
glite mon. They argued that when
wire was stretched. railroads. who
taey feared and hated. would follow
Furthermore, they did not believe
wire could talk. anyway
A couple of the vihrators were use
/, explain to these Cherokees how tn
telephone was operated The vibra'
ers wee handled by three full-blocde
| Indians Soggy Sanders fSareeyas
rcm. Smith CTalakD aud Danie
GIFTS (Westuxula) )-before the =
S mbied legislators. who grew exci'
ed and crowded around to see th
sire talk" not only in English, bu
IN Cherokee
Construction was scop under WAY
4 Native oak poles were cut and peeie'
and the butts charrcd . In the t~ent
miles from Tahlequah to Fort uil
son only about three full miles o
1 roles were needed, trees being use
i he wo'kman carried small laddur
for climbing, linemen's hooks bein
am unknown device In that Wild an
wholly county,
Equipped with d cairn outfit, IN
men started without thought of SUI
tcy of the most feasible route. Me-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-21

examples Of American elognence
roliver analyzed the cotton ana
wool schedules Of the Payne-Aidtici
law. revealing as he went along 'h'
fraud and injustice and lugslery
which will force the people 10 p's
o,drageously high prices for the nee
ossaries of life.
He also pointed out how The Pres
dent had aided in the effort TO 'ae
teive the prblic as to the true onar
acter Of the law.
"What n farce to send men arouid
talking about the rule o. the majority
ilnndered Dolliver when, the mos
important business Of the people Ea'
come down to the bargain counter
and men are authorized to say: This
! Continued on page p
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-21

Judse N. E. Mcneil of Pawnee. to-
Cay filed his Nomination papers as 4
candidate before the Democratic pri-
rsrfes for the congressional nomlna-
t:th IN The First district The IA s.
nee man. although only In the pgihp
oi life and somewhat youthful in aie
ls.s1@s.ess. aas e. gIs..s trrn on -
the progressive. aggressive Dp.ao-
crsts Of North and Central Oklahoma
q rea. lighter for what he conceived
70 Be the right, and one whose
xchieyements ard efforts have beea
both broad ard Scod FOR the common
Atty. MhalIer an pfoUacutor lul nis
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-21
FIREMAN IS INJURED
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Ardmore. Okla, June 2l--S. l.. Zen
isoh. fireman on Santa Fe passenss
train No. 5. was severely injured a
CrHter. The passenger train coilid.
eGswith freight cars on side track
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-21
NO USE ARGUING.

Our repair work pleases every
body, because we do it right. Have
your automobile or gasoline en-
gine repaired by us. Best of
Workmanship and material guar
anteed We will also store and
care for your car at most re;lsorl-
able charges Give usaan opp6r-
tunity to show how well we cap
please you.