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The Nevada County picayune., 1911-04-07

The shirker usually gets the short end of lifes evener. ! Cooperation today is success both today and tomorrow.
 The man who finds life pleasant Is apt to leave it so for others.
 Faith travels faster on one foot than doubt ever can on four.
 Do not dampen today's sunshine with the showers of tomorrow.
 Frequent changes in officials Is good for the health of Farmers union.
 No man ever breeds patches on the seat of his trousers by standing or walking
 Farmers union companies operat- ing coal and lumbes companies seem to be a success.
 Intensive cultivation of the mind is necessary to and precedes intensive cultivation of the soil.
 The short road to prosperity is over the long way of preparation and the steep hills of endeayor.
 Many a country lad who Is on the toboggan, sliding down to the devil, got his first push at home
 It requires lot of backbone to live up to the estimation in which you are held by your three-year-old boy
 It would be a pity indeed If the great forest reserves should be sacri- feed to the politician and the lumber stealer.
 Neighbor Slowroot seems to think that when the crops stop growing he might as well stop work-and there are others.
 The most eloquent speaker Is sub stantial bank account. No one seems to be more successful in producing him than the farmer.
 Managers of cooperative business concerns of the union should keep posted on the prices in the various markets, read up on crop conditions, making new friends for the business by being courteous and friendly with all
 When the speculation in farm prod ucts Is destroyed, which 1t will be sooh, then the attention of the mem bership should be turned to other i'm portant matters that need their guld- ing hand to cure them of their evils or destroy them utterly.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-04-07
GREAT MONEY CROP
Seventy Per Cent of fleecy Sta
 pie Comes From South.
Lands and Climate Exceedingly Well Adapted to Its Production and Farmers With Intelligence and
 Experience Do Their
 Work Successfully.

Extracts From Address of s. A. Knapp
 Delivered at Greenyille. Miss1
 What l have to say to you Is simply plain talk to common-sense people about matters that interest them. l have not come here to give you en- couragement unless the facts sub stantiate it. I have simply come to tell you the plain truth, and l am In a position to know the truth about cotton production.
 In the general cotton situation you have some things to your advantage, not only here but throughout this southern country. Seventy per cent of the cotton of the world is produced in the cotton states of the United States. The two great necessities of the world as products of the soil are food and clothing. It Is seldom In human history, If ever before, that one nation has had monopoly of either of these great interests. Such is your peculiar fortune today that you produce 70 per cent of the mate. rial that largely clothes the world. and clothing is just as essential as the food supply.
 Look for moment at the increas- ing demand for cotton. If you will note carefully you will observe that if has doubled once in about 22 years. We may estimate 13,000 900 bales as a minimum supply on the part of the United States for the worlds clothing at the present time; then turn back 22 years and we shall find that lit tie over 6000,000 bales were suffi- cient; and 22 years prior to that 8 900 GOO bales filled the demand and 22 years before that 1,500, 900 bales met the exigencies of the trade. If we pursue the same line for the fu- ture, in 1882 it will require 26000,000 bales, and ln 1854 1t will be necessary for us to produce 52,000.000 bales of cotton to meet the demands of com merce,
 Here is one of the most wonderful opportunities for wealth that has been known within the historic pc riod. Our lands and climate are ex- ceedingly well adapted to the produc- tion of the fieecy staple, and the in telligence of the farmers of the south and their long experience with cotton have equipped them to do the work and do it we'll Beside that. our com. mercial interests are founded on the cotton staple and it is a tremendous affair to undertake to change the en- tire economic conditions of a great state or of several states.
 The three main features of cotton production which We urge are the seed bed, the seed and the cultiva- ton. I will not discuss these topics. because you are all intelligent plant CTS and understand the importance of having early-ma.uring varieties of cot ton, and cotton that puts out fruit limbs among the first branches. The necessity of keeping the soil in the best mechanical condition requires more or less rotation of crops; other wise diseases will attack the cotton
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-04-07
SOUTH WANTS A NEW SYSTEM
Information as to Demand When Prod ucts Are Ready for Market Is
 Needed-Can Be Obtained.

All parts of the country are begin ming to see the unbusnesslike meth ods employed by the farmers in doing business. The following extract from q letter published in leading south ern paper shows how tired the farm CTS of the south are becoming of the old system. and how eager and deter mined they are to change 1t:
 That >the average system of busi- ness under which we have been work ing the last half century Is wrong cannot be denied. We have only to look over the gullied hills, the unat- tractive homes and consider the enor- nous debt upon the shoulders of the farming class. When the farmers products are ready for the market, let him sell as wisely as the merchant sells or the banker lends. When he has purchases to make, let him buy as cautiously as the mer- chant buys or the banker loans. To do this will completely change our business system. and that is what we must do. that is what we are going to do."
 But how to do that is a question that still puzzles many. says the Up to-Date Farmer. It all hinges upon organized control of production and marketing; or, We might better say, voluntary eontrol-knowledge of what is needed, where 1t is needed, and what 1t ought to be worth in compari- son with the price of other things that is. in proportion with the general level of values.
 Do any think that could not be done. or that 1t would be a task too difficult to undertake? We believe it much simpler problem than many that have been solved IL is merely matter of information and acting thereon, and even more difficult infor- nation is being gathered all the time for the benefit of other lines of bust ness, and all sorts of statistics are compiled with no thought of attend ant difficulties. The government it. self gathers information and complies statistics. farm statistics too. as diff. fcult as any required by the new marketing system. much of 1t, in fact, being the very information needed, If put to that purpose. It is just as easy to learn of demand as 1t is to learn of supply; to learn how much of any crop Is on hand as how much will be planted; to learn how much of the stock on hand is being used as to learn how the crop is progressing and what will be the probable yield to learn where this article and that is needed as to learn where the com modity Is on hand and for sale. This information can be obtained and il can be given out and the farmers can act upon it both in production and marketing. It would simply be to in ject business principles into farming
 Will not farmers take up such c system and work 1t out? Then hell us to educate them up to 1t. They can do it. and they will when they know how and see the advantage of 1t
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-04-07
COMING BY NIGHT
By REV. CYRUS ToWNEND BRADY

TEXT-Nicodemus, he that car to Jesus by night.-St. John 7:s0
 The gospels are marvels of conden. sation. There Is room for no idle word. in them superfuous statements ara rigidly excluded. The importance of repetition is therefore apparent. We find in St. Johns evangel man named Nicodemus thrice mentioned in connec. ton with Jesus. In the first reference it Is noted that he came to Jesus se. crely and by night. In the next two. one of which took place before tho death of the Nazarene and the other after, the fact of that nocturnal visit is related, so that Nicodemus, the rich, wealthy member of the San. nedrin, who was only a half-hearted disciple of Jesus, is always and for ever identified and referred to as a man who came seeking the truth secretly and by night.
 To trace his career Is interesting. His condition in life has been stated. Timidity was his prevailing character istic He had insight to suspect the truth. mentality to acknowledge it, but not courage to live it and proclaim it. It IS well that that lacking quality which prevented him from being num- bered with the apostles should be brought to the fore, for he is type of humanity by no means uncommon He knew what was right, but he did not have courage to shape his life in ac! cordancs with his knowledge. His be- lief was not operative. It was not practical. In politics he would cry loudly for reform and yet vote his party in the final test.
 The last scene in his life is tragical, ly typical. When the man in whom hs only half believed, whom he had de- tended faint heartedly, whom he had sought by night, was dead he came with unavailing tears and futile gifts to pay belated tribute, respect and af- lection. How useless then, It re- Qutred some courage, doubtless, to do that He had progressed somewhat from his nocturnal and secret visits. Even his sorry touch Of the Master mad wrought that much change. Per htbHo IAdb oo bHc DtSlluluS oi n greater change which would eventual ly make him bold adherent, standing four-square for what he thought and believed. We do not know as to that.
 How often have we looked at our dead and longed for another oppor- tunity to show them the affection and consideration which we withheld in life and which the great termination has brought into our being as an H. lumination. Oh" said the wife of deceased clergyman to a body of men who were passing resolutions after the death of their friend and telling what he had been to them. "Oh, gentlemen, # you thought thus of my husband why didn't you tell him while he was yet aliye?" and the gentle reproof was we'll deserved
 Do not be afraid to stand for what you believe Do not proclaim your ad- herence to man and creed secretly and by night. but In the broad and open light of day Do not walt until men or Issues are dead. and then seek to expiate your cowardice by a tardy, if expensive, recoguition-too late. It will only serve to show not what might be, but what ought to have been In belief and action hold 1t firmly, live 1t fearlessly. do 1t now.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-04-07
Avoid Worn-0ut Farm.

A poor man cannot afford to pur- chase poor land. A poor man cannot afford to restore a worn-out farm. Only very intelligent rich men can afford to restore the fertility of rundown farms. It takes time and money to deepen a soil and fill 1t full of nitrogen. potash, pay a high price Cor good land than purchase worn-out land at any price.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-04-07

A fine house will not make the hens lay.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-04-07
The Growing Colt.

Any colt looks pretty decent when running by the side of heavy milk ing dam. But the test comes later on. when the colt begins to shape up for a horse. Then blood tells it's tale, and the lack of blood tells its tale of woe.
The Nevada County picayune., 1911-04-07

Let your spiritual life be formed by your duties and by the actions which are called forth by circumstances. Do not take over-much thought for the morrow. Be altogether at rest in ioV' ing. holy confidence.-Francis de Sales.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-05-19

from Washita river, a river that stays
in IT'S banks, IS more like river than
any IN Oklahoma. and furnishes an un-
limited supply OF running water.
Sewerage system--14 miles Of sani-
tary sewers, six miles OF storm sew
ers and about five miles Of sanitary
sewers under construction.
Street paying-ll miles, mostly as
phalt, small part being brick; also
ie~miles Of graded streets.
sidewalks-lg miles Of cement side
walks and many improvements and ad
ditlons are under construction.
street raiiway-six miles OF electric
railway In the city limits CONNECTING
the business part OF the city with thu
suburbs and passing the new state IN
dustrial Institute and college for girls
Light and power companies--Ther'
are two companies IN the local field
the Chickasha Gas aud Electric CON
pany which operates the gas plant an
owns and operates the water powe
dam just below the city; the chick'
sra Light Heat and Power company
chicsasha has the lowest mi
nleipal lighting rate of any city Of 10
Geo and up IN the United States an
which IS furnished By privately owl
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-05-19
tFirst published May 2, 1919
NOTICE OF sHERiFF's SALE OF
LAND.


Notice is hereby given that in pursu-
ance Of an order OF sale issued out Of
the superior court Of Grady county,
Oklahoma, IN the lst day Of May, 1911.
in an action wherein The Stephenson
Browne Lumber company was plain
tiff and Adam Bradford was defend
ant, directed me, the undersigned
sheriff Of Grady county, Oklahoma,
commanding me to levy upon, appraise
and sell the following described prop
erty to-wit: Lots No. l3 and IA, in
block 362 in the City of Chickasha,
Grady county, Oklahoma, to satisfy a
Judgment and decree foreclosing a lien
in favor Of plaintiff and against said
defendant obtained and made in said
court on the goth day of February,
1911, for the sum OF s3O.s5 and costs
$500 with interest thereon at G per
cent per annum from the goth day
Of April, 1910, and costs accruing,
will on the 2nd day OF June, 1911, at
the hour Of 10 o'clock a. m. Of said
day at the front door Of the county
court house in the city OF Chlckasha,
in said county and state aforesaid. Of
fer for sale to the highest bidder for
cash the above described property, or
so much thereof as will satisfy said
Judgment, together with interest and
costs.
Witness my hand. this the list day OF
May, 1911
JOHN c. LEWIS.
Sheriff Of Grady County. Oklahoma.
BY j. "A. THOMPSON.
$1,000 Deputy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-05-19

lahoma as cotton center, $4,000
bales being compressed IN Chickasha
in a single year. Cotton to the value
OF s6.2OO,0O0 has been shipped within
west as a place for cotton working In
dustries.
Jobbing houses Two wholesale gro
ceries, wholesale produce houses,
wholesale hardware and furniture.
Manufacturing establishments in
number, including some Of the largest
of their kind in the southwest. Two
great cottonseed oil mills; the only
cottonseed oil refinery in the state
and the only cotton re-ginning plant
in the United States. Flour mills, ca
pacity 900 barrels per day, meal and
chops 1880 bushels per day. Largest
furniture factory between Kansas City
and Dallas; cigar vending factory;
cotton mill, iron foundry, elevators,
etc.
Financial institutions-Five banks
with deposits Of s2,OOO,oOO and not a
single bank failure in the history Of
the city.
Public buildings-An appropriation
Of s175,OOO for new federal building
for post Office, federal and district
court and Indian agency.
Public schools-A 100000 high
school and five ward school buildings
posting s325,O0O, and overflow build
Ngs, thus furnishing splendid educa-
Nal advantages. Total school en-
roNAnt 5000.
Z Vnches--12 denominations repre-
: sentN,Vix churches being erected at 2
: cost NsaO,OOo.
Z CollAs ana private schools-Okla
homa sta Industrial Institute and
College So'1irls. costing 100000 ane
d clp' coiisgs. dathoEEge faculty a bushes. a.l
Of Of musid etc.
n Rock island sho. rmpiox,ne 4ol
in men, with pay roll seo noo ne
month reundhouse wiz d eng,n,
a. stalls.
= Carnegie library-Costins go oo,
s. and win equipped with fine .ite,
ton ot books and periodicals.
Livb stock center-chicHasha
no. recognized as the center OF a gre
us like stock producing sechon- AbS
he 5oabo head OF hogs and 10000 head
ns cattle are annually shipped from g
o. dy county. Riverside farm just el
Of chiczasha consisting Of i,5oO acl
zen one Of the famous feeding farms
ar The southwest. Early In the spring
md 1910 one bunch Of cattle from {
Dry farm, 45O ia number, sold for 500
head, or total oi $4,000, thus est
lne fishing a new record ln quantity "
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-05-19

ed company. Rates to manufacturers
In large quantities is furnished as low
as one and onehalf cents per kilowatt.
The great gas, oil and coal fields oil
Oklahoma are less than one hundred
miles away and borings for oil and
gas viii be made in Cnickasha in the
near future.
Telephone system-1,1Tl telephones
In use in Chickasha, 1900 Installed
and ultimate switchboard capacity Of
1000 lines, and 80 operators are EN-
ployed daily Only $50 lines we're IN
use FIVE years ago.
Fire depariment-Adequate to pro
tect property from loss, with sub-sta
tions ia residential ard business dis
iriets.
Hotels. restaurants, etc.-Twelye no
teis. go restaurants, and numerou
apartment and roomihg houses-th'
Geronimo, the Rock Island eatln
house, IS recognized as the best Q
lts kind in the southwest.
Railroads Three railroads. seye
diyereing lines. "A passenger trains al
rive and depart daily; sldetrack an
switches. lC miles. Excellent factor
SITES on rairoad sluings.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-05-19

"Chickasha possesses more factors
that are essential to successful manu-
featuring than any other city in this
great new state. These include cen
tralness OF location, nearness to the
source Of supply Of raw materials first
class transportation facilities, cheap
fuel. the cheapest electric power In
the southwest, an unlimited supply Of
good water. healthful climate, geo
graphically near the center Of the
United States and consequently in
close proximity 70 the great consum.
INK public OF the southwest, located
in the center OF the richest agricul-
tural district of the state so that the
produce Of the farms and gardens con
tinually pour into our markets, thus
insuring an economical living TO all
classes of people"
Population-1o 1og3O. U. s. census
1910. In 1900 population was about
5000.
Area 3M square miles.
Attitude lOS4 to 1.l6s feet.
Mean annual temperature-63 de
grees.
Tax rate-City, county and state foi
1910. s2.g7M per hundred, the loves
rate In the state in city Of frs
class basis Of value considered.
Average annual rainfal-sS inches
Assessed valuation Of city propert
-se.OOO,00o.
Real value city property-$lO'ooo
600.
Total bonded indebtedness-s445
GOO.
Postal receipts s3is7o.o7 for yea
ending July ]. 1910; si6,5ei.27 e
ihe year ending Jnly ! 1905, and o
y appropriation OF si75,coo Cor a ne
federal building.
Waerworhs owned by municipall'
Cost Si50.000; tweniy.seYen miles
sater mains. capacity Of plant l,5O'
IA Gallons daily water tower VII
ih capacity Of 100000 gallons top
ni, being s7 feet above che BASS ~
ated on The hiehsst point in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-05-19

iF you ARE LOYAL TO cHlcKA-
5HA, YOU WILL PATRoNlzE THE
HOME MERCHANTS.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-05-19
LADY NuEs.KEB, AMERICAN WHO MAY Be 4 DUCHESS.

OF of the American who have mar
nobility Lady nnes ker whose husband Lord
heir presumptye TO the eighth Duke or
Roxurghe Lady Miss Breese Of New
York until Brsher carried her the old world She
viii be prominent King Lord
thirty Of served with distinction in
the South Afrian cainpaign
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-05-19

= Electric power costs less in :
= Chickasha, Oklahoma, than in any 4
+ other American city Of popula- :
= tion of 10000 or more.
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-05-19
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I. y 3. Z. = : = T + . ? = = =
. cnicisAsha is geographically =
4 near the center II the United :
i States, Is the largest-,its II south 7
= western oklahoma, is the natural ;
+ manufacturing center for this der !
: ritory and the great panhandle =
4, district Of Texas =
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-05-19

Sheriff Of Grady County. Oklahoma.
BY J. A. THOMPSON.
$1,000 Deputy.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-09-01
MAKING OF MODERN MAPS
Has Been AstonIshinsly Difficult to
Make Progress In Charts In
I'll Recent TImes.

1t would seem as if maps and
charts would be an easy task. A
stranger on an unknown coast, in
an unknown land, an unknown city,
knows more about it if he has a good
chart or map than the native. Roam
ing and navigating savages who real
ly need maps are very skillful in
drawing them. Sir Edward Parry
discovered Hecla strait from the map
drawn offhand for him by an Eski-
mo woman; but the higher the civ
ilization of the map-maker, the more
in the past he substituted magma
ton and arts for fact. There are
Egyptian maps dating from 400 B.
G., but in spite Of this long history
it has been astonishingly difficult to
make progress in charts until very
recent times. Errors are perpetu-
ated, truth is forgotten, advance is
slow. AS late as 1900 charts Of the
Alaskan coast issued by the United
States were said to be thirty miles
wrong. AS for railroad maps, the
less said the better.-Engineering
Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-09-01
KEEP MUSIC IN THE SOUL
VIII Change oraeuins F~eststsps 4
Tripping Feet and pave LIES
Way With Sunshine.

Within 9 weather beaten church.
With ivy overgrown entrance, / sat
and listened to the organs swelling
tone. 1t filed the place from wall
to wall and lowered overhead it
crept within the silent crypt that
held the honored dead. Again it
sang Of faith and hope, the guiding
stars Of men. My heart was full, I
could not speak, then came the grand
amen" II We could keep within
our thought the sound of music
sweet, our tagging, dragging foot
steps would change to tripping feet.
Life's way would be all sunshine and
clouds would disappear, and heavens
portals, now SO dim, would shine
out bold and clear. Bowed heads
would then be lifted up, for hope
would have full sway; the hours pass
in sweet content; III trials flee
away. The sands of time would turn
again and Danish all the years be-
tween the port of Boyland and the
harbor out our fears. And time
would rest as lightly as when, neither
man nor boy, we listened to sweet
lullabys that filled our hearts with
Joy. 'Twould Danish hate and strife,
and ever present greed, and soften
up the hearts Of men who on their
brothers feed. And where's the man
could strike a blow if coursing
through his brain were notes Of
grand old anthems or love songs
sweet refsain.-By J. E. Sykes.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-09-01
MEASURING RAINDRoPs.

Mr.. Spencer G. Russell at a meet
ing Of the London Royal Meteorolog-
ical society described how he OBJ
tanned records of the actual size Of
raindrops. He said the experiments
head left him to conclude that the
most satisfactory results were given
by the use Of plaster of paris or fine
-four placed in three-inch shallow
trays to a depth Of one and one-half
inches. Raindrops during six thun-
derstorms had been registered, yield
ing a total of 1874 drops, divided up
into the following sizes: Twenty-Five
Of 5 millimeters, 40 of 4 millimeters,
48 Of 8 millimeters, 35 Of 2 milli-
meters and IL Of / millimeter. The
largest drops occurred at the COM
mencement Of the storm, grading of
as the storm progressed. Before .
fall of hail a marked increase in drop
size was apparent.