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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28
SEED GRADERS.

National Crop Improvement servfcs.l
Many people think 1t not worth
while to run the grain through the
seed grader mill. but in recent years
its favor Is spreading rapidly. In fact
it is an Indispensable requirement ct
every we'll kept farm, and, II not al
ready part of the equipment, 1t should
be added as soon as possible. Good.
clean seed is one of the requisites Of
a good crop. and Of late farmers are
beginning to awaken to the fact.
Weed Farms.
Quite often we see large fields OF
weeds growing In profusion where In
variably wheat, oats or corn should
be growing. Every weed that grows
crowds out some plant that would be
OF value, therefore the yield Of the
crop is lessened to an extent. Weeds
tend to propagate. coming up year
after year. OF themselves. on soil
where the grain crops must be sown
annually; consequently, in the end II
will be found profitable to add q seed
grader to the equipment ..---
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28
BY Raymond oIney, N. RumeIy Co.

National Crop Improvement Service.]
One of the most disagreeable OBJ
structions in the path of farmers
happiness is the hired help problem.
In the present day and age 1t Is
difficult matter to- secure good. effi'
Client farm laborers. And this state
of affairs is growing worse instead OF
better. 1t places the farmer in most
disadvantageous position.
This condition. however, Is being
improved to constantly increasing
degree by the introduction OF the
farm tractor. One Of the most I'M
portapt advantages of the use OF trac-
ton power for farm work is that II
saves labor. This is due to the fact
that one man Is able to control more
power. An engine that VIII do the
work of fifteen horses, or one that VIII
do as much as thirty horses. can De
driven by one man as easily as he can
drive twohorse team. 1t would take
from three to five men to handle nr'
teen horses, and from six to ten men
to handle thirty. Is this not evidence
enough Of the economy OF the tractor!
Feeding Horses.
It Is doubtful if many farmers ever
stop to consider the amount of labor
required for feeding and caring FOR
horses. According to figures OF the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture, an average Of 27 minutes per
day is spent on each horse the year
round. For fifteen horses this would
amount to 6.75 hours. During the
working season, however. even more
time would have to be spent In caring
for them
Aside from repairs, Is h. p. tractor
can be kept in firstclass operating
condition on one-third this amount OF
time per day And then. too, the
tractor is used only 100 to 200 days
per year During the rest Of the 365
days 1t requires no attention. The
saving in labor in this connection due
to the tractor is self-evident.
The tractor shortens the farmers
working day, by doing away with the
monotonous chores before daylight
and after dark.
Farmer Benefited.
Not only the farmer is benefited by
the tractor, 1t also relieves his wife
of the drudgery Of preparing meals
and caring for gang of hired hands
In spite of the fact that the gen.
eral purpose farm tractor is a com
paratively new thing. It's popularity
as a source of farm power Is increas-
ing very rapidly. Farmers are find
ing that 1t is a practicable and profit
able proposition. 1t Is especially
adapted to the needs Of the grain
growing sections.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28
WHEAT SMUT.
Treat Wheat Seed for Smut With So
Iution Of Formaldehyde.

National Crop Improvement service.
To treat seed wheat for stinking
smut before sowing the grain Is very
necessary.
This smut is caused by the spores
of the sinking smut fungus which
adhere to otherwise healthy seed
grain. These smut spores may come
from smutted kernels broken open, or
from old bags or tanning mills.
To treat seed wheat for smut the
method of sprinkling 1t with a solu-
ton OF formaldehyde (formalin) in
water q pint or pound Of formalde-
hyde to 40 gallons of water) is rec
commended and is successful. The
formaldehyde is on sale at drug
stores.
Sprinkle piles Of grain on tight
floor or canvas with this solution by
means OF sprinkler, meanwhile shovel
ing the grain over so that every kerr
mel is moistened-it will require three
fourths gallon to one gallon OF solu-
ton per bushel of grain. When grain
Is 80 treated, allow to lie in pile or
hours or over night; then spread to
dry. After treating, handle the grain
in disinfected bags, tanning mills and
drills.
To disinfect tanning mills or drills.
wash or sprinkle all parts we'll with
the same, or stronger formaldehyde
solution. To disinfect bags for hand
ling treated seed grain. soak them
over night in same solution used to
treat seed wheat.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28

taxes on manila hemp under a refund
or rebate system growing out of the
administration by the Philippine in
sular government OF the tariff laws
and that these funds represent in eff
feet free gift or subsidy to Ameri-
can importers of manila hemp.
This newly discovered rake-off by
the harvester and binder twine trust
came about through the publication
of book upon the government OF
the Philippine islands written by Jas.
II. Blount former judge of one Of the
courts of the islands. In his book
Judge Blount severely arraigns the
Roosevelt and Taft administrations
for never having informed congress
concerning the depresse demolition
of the Philippine hemp industry, due,
he declares, to the rebate system that
has taken from the Philippine treas
ury $lG0O,00O in eight years, which
has gone into the pockets of the hemp
trust and its owner, the International
Harvester company.
Every governor general Of the Phil
ippines, says Judge Blount, prior to
General Forbes, in their annual re-
ports, denounced this tariff system
as gift out of the poverty of the
Philippine people by means of a sub
sidy, but the Roosevelt and Taft ad-
ministrations withheld these previous
reports from congress, because they
needed the International Harvester
company in their business"
This is another decidedly interest
ing sdelight on the nifty interlocking
system of interests and corporation
between Morgan, Perkins G. Co. and
President Taft as well as that great
leader Of the religious movement in
politics, Theodore Roosevelt
To Copy Texas Statue.
Texans will note with pride the
fact that congress has been asked
to permit the state of Tennessee to
have an artist make a cast of the
statue Of General Sam Houston which
was presented to the federal govern
ment by the state of Texas and now
occupies ap rominent place in Stat
uary hall in the national capitol by
the side of that other Texas pioneer,
General Stephen F.. Austin.
The city of Chattanooga has
beautiful park named Houston park
in honor Of Sam Houston, who was
at one time governor of Tennessee,
and now Chattanooga desires to erect
a statue of Houston in the center of
that park. The Texas state statue
of Houston has been selected as the
model for the Tennessee memorial,
and the permission of congress will
not be withheld for the making of the
cast to be used in duplicating the
heroic figure of Sam Houston.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28
TROUBLESOME WEEDS.
MIlIers Do Not Care to Handle Wheat
that Contains Weed Seeds
BY L. e. Call, Kansas State AsrIeult'
ural College.

National Crop Improvement Service ]
The greatest care must be exercised
II fields are to be kept free from
weeds, such as the bindweed, smart
weed, cheat, cockle-bur, etc.
1t is practically impossible to elm
mate bind-weed from the soil once II
has become established. 1t gets Its
start from weed seeds introduced In
grains Of various kinds. 1t spreads
by means Of underground stems
or root-switches. which grow eigh'
teen or twenty inches below the
top Of the ground and SEND
up shoots which make new vines.
These vines twine around and over
whatever may be within their reach.
and In the case Of plants usually
smother them out. The bind-weed
resembles the morning glory but dlf'
fers from the common morning glory
OF the corn field In having white now
ers usually, and leaves shaped like an
arrow lead.
Do Not Plant Weed Seeds.
Farmers cannot watch their seeu
too closely to avoid planting seeds OF
this plant. They should make spe-
cial effort to control its growth II
present in their soil.
Smart Weeds.
Seed of smart-weed is often found
in the grain after It 's threshed.
The seeds are not easily separated
from wheat and for this reason mill
ers do not care to handle wheat that
contains seed Of this weed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28
SCHOOL TEACHERS IN MOVEMENT
TO ELECT WOODROW WILSON

cident to the campaign may be met.
There is no evidence of any effort
being made to collect a gigantic slush
fund and Governor Wilson has set
his, face strongly against any such
proposition.
Want Teachers to Aid.
There has been launched from
WashinGton a nation wide movement
to enlist the aid of the school teach
ers Of the country in electing Cover
nor Wilson to the presidency. Never
before IL the history of the country
has a political movement been start
ed among the school teachers to aid
a presidential candidacy. Woodrow
Wilson, himself a school man, if
elected, will practically step from the
administration of one of the greatest
universities of the country into the
White House.
1t is planned to collect a campaign
fund for the democratic national COM
mittee by asking a contribution of
81 from each school, teacher in the
country, of whom there are several
hundred thousand. Vice president,
of the District Of Columbia associa-
tion are to be appointed in each of
the forty-eight states, preferably
state superintendents of public in
struction, where there Is a democrat
ic administration, and in republican
states we'll known democratic heads
of colleges or educators. These vice
presidents will collect the contribu-
tions from the school teachers in
their respective states and in addi-
tion will thoroughly organize the
teachers in their work for Wilson
and Marshal. DR.. Clarence J. Owens,
a former president of an Alabama ag-
ricultural college, but now located in
this city, is credited with originating
the idea to enlist the teachers uuder
the democratic banner.
Is After Hemp Trust.
Just before the adjournment OF
congress, o. Friday last, Senator
Works of California, elected as Re-
publican Progressive, but who refuses
to follow Roosevelt into third par
| ty, introduced a resolution which is
! calculated to make it exceedingly
warm for President Taft, ex-Presi e
dent Roosevelt and the International
Harvester company. This resolution
calls on President Taft for informa
! tio1 concerning the exemption 81
American importers from payment OF
the expert tax on hemp at Manila.
1t is charged that the International
! Harvester company and other Ameri- =
! can importers of manila hemp have
! in the last ten years collected more
than s4,OOO,OOO in refunds of export
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28

Washington, Aug. 27.-This has
certainly been the open season for
corporations inclined to share their
substance with the campaign commit
tees. Last January, in anticipation
o fthe Quadriennial move of the G. o.
p. upon the treasures of the highly
protected corporations FOR funds with
which to finance the presidential
campaign, Senator Culberson brought
forth his resolution calling for an in
vestigation of all contributions made
to all political parties in the national
campaigns of 1904 AMI 1908, and since
the abortion of the resolution by the
senate and the Inauguration of the
work by the privileges and elections
committee, it has been very quiet
week that did not bring forth some
disclosure relative to the methods re-
sorted to to get the cash to sway the
sentiment of the voters.
That old saw about his satanic NAL
fall out received its twentieth cen
tury Illustration when the grand old
party was torn in two and the ram
bunctious Bull Moose came charging
into the open. Then it wa sthat the
country was given its first real
glimpse back of the scenes. In the
eagerness of Taft and Roosevelt to
destroy one another they exposed the
whole game of securing multimillions
70. campaign purposes 1t was the
Bull Moose and regular republican
organization scrap in Pennsylvania
that was responsible for the expose
of the 1904 (Roosevelt) campaign by
Senator Boies Penrose.
Bosses Are at War.
No politician in Washington be-
lieves Penrose has turned reformer
any more than they believe Boss Bill
Finn, the Roosevelt lieutenant. has
become a reformer. Penrose and Finn
are locked in political death strug
gle in the keystone state and the
desperation of the fight being made
bv Penrose is clearly demonstrated
in the astounding charges he is max
ing concerning the underwriting OF
republican campaign funds by Wal
Street and big business. And all OF il
is making mighty interesting history
In marked distinction between the
republican and the Bull Moose scan
dal is the frank openness OF the ma
tional committee in charge Of tht
Wilson and Marshall campaign. Bis
business is making no advances II
that direction and the only appeal.
that are being made are to the indl
vidual voters to ''come across" witt
some OF their small change in orde'
that only the necessary expenses in
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28
SEED BED FOR WHEAT.
Wheat Should Have a Firm, Well
compaeted SolI-Early Flowing
Frequent Cultivation.
BY Prof. w. m. JardIne, Agronon,Ist
Kansas state Agricultural College.

National Crop Improvement Service.l
Experience has taught us that an
IDEAL seed-bed is firm. well-compact.
ed soil.
! A firm seed-bed Is absolutely neces.
sary II the subsoil water Is to be util.
ICED by the young wheat plant On
loose, poorly packed soil there is such
poor connection between the soil par.
ticles that moisture cannot be raised
by capillary attraction from the sub.
sou. Under this condition the soil
may be we'll supplied with subsoil
moisture and the wheat fail to ger.
inmate because Of the loose condition
of the soil, which prevents the rise
of water.
Conserving Moisture.
A firm seed-bed is only one Of
number of benefits that result from
the early preparation Of the soil.
Moisture is conserved and plant-food
is made available in this way. The
conservation OF moisture results from
the killing Of the weeds that sap the
ground OF water. The cultivation OF
the soil after packing rains forms an
earth mulch which prevents the loss
OF moisture by evaporation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28
Conserving Moisture.
TRYING NEW VARIETIES.

National Crop Improvement Service-1
Do not waste your time in sowing
new varieties Except on a small tract
as an experiment., unless your state
experiment station recommends them.
You cannot afford to take the chances.
Let the state experiment station do
the testing of new varieties, and learr
the results from them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28
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Following iG the democratic uche'
to be voted on at the regular elec-
ton in Carter county, November o.
1912.
For Congressman, Fourth District
CHARLES d. CARTER.
For Congressman at Large
WILLIAM H. MURRAY.
JOE B. THOMPSON.
CLAUDE WEAVER.
For Corporation Commissioner
JACK LOVE.
For mdge. Criminal Court OF Ap-
peals-
HENRY NJ. FURMAN..
r,or Presidential Electors -at-Large-
J. w. BOLEN.
III. H. BRENNER.
THOS. C. HARRILL.
JOSEPH w. FOSTER.
1T. SCOTT.
For Presidential Elector, Fourth DIS
trict-
J. c. THOMPSON.
For State Senator, Eighteenth D'
trict-
FRED E. TUCKER.
For Representative
U. T. REXROAT.
For County Judge
VIM. f. FREEMAN.
For County Attorney
w. R. BLEAKMORE.
For County Clerk
B. w. DUKE.
For District Clerk
FRED HAYN1E.
For Sheriff.
BUCK GARRETT.
For Treasurer
JOHN YELL.
For Register of Deeds
w. B. FRAME.
For Assessor
]. s. CLARKSON.
For County super
L. NJ. THURsToN.
For County Weigher-
SMITH REDMoN.
For County Surveyors
A. G. EDWARDS.
For County Commissioner, Flrst DIS
trict-
G.. w. YOUNG.
For County Commissioner, Secono
District
w. NJ. KIRKPATRICK.
For County Commissioner, Third
District
J. r. TALIFERRO.
For Justices of Peace, Aronore
Township
D. w. BUTCHER.
HAL M CANNON.
For Constable, Ardmore Township
JIM DUSTON.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28
LOCAL SEED CENTERS.
MIIiers, Grain Dealers, Seed Men and
Farmers Should Work Together.

National Crop Improvement Service
County grain dealers, millers, DanK-
ers, agricultural implement dealers,
seed men, farmers and land owners
in every county should get together
and establish a seed center. Many
local grain dealers are now active
with this purpose in view. Those In
terested In obtaining more and better
wheat should circulate the following
agreement and get all the signers
possible:
Wheat Agreement.
Whereas, The wheat growers IN the
United States are growing a number
of different types Of hard and soft
wheats, and
Whereas, Owing to the fact that
many farmers are importing seed
wheat from other states or obtaining
mixed seed from various sources for
home planting, and
Whereas this practice greatly af'
fects the quality, yield and price OF
the crop,
Now therefore, in order that all Of
the wheat growers may grow single
variety OF grain best adapted to his
soil and climate, free from mixture,
We, the undersigned. ......;. ;........!:
conntv .. hereby agree to
cooperate with the Agricultural Depart
ment of our state college and with each
other in growing and disseminating purs
bred seed grains.
To attend called meeting Of all the
signers hereto and to agree one with the
other to SOW the number OF acres set op.
posite to our names for the season Of
1912 Of the kind, type and variety OF
wheat best adapted to the soil and climate
Of this county.
To keep this grain pure and unmi1ed'
and when harvested to demand a -gradu-
ated price at the elevator according to
the quality OF the grain when delivered;
That we will apply to the agronomy de-
partment of our state college for informa-
ton as to where the best available seed
may be obtained.
That we will do everything in our power
to Induce every farmer to raise the same
variety so that eventually all the wheat
shipped from this station will be uniform
and free from mixture.
NAMES P. o. ACRES
Ara Won suffi cipntly interested In
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28

Wall paper at cost. We are clos
ing out the old Bigert stock to make
room for fall patterns. Ardmore
Wall Paper, Paint & Glass Co.
25-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28
HOUSEWORK is A HEAVY BURDEN

contain no poisonous, dangerous nor
habit-forming drugs. Doan's are
harmless for children too.
Recommended by Ardmore women,
Read this testimony:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28
Local Freight.

A vast amount of Ill health is due
to impaired digestion. When the
stomach fails to perform its function
properly the whole system becomes
deranged. A few doses Of Chamber
lain's Tablets is all you need. They
will strengthen your digestion. in
vigorate your liver, and regulate your
bowels. entirely doing away with tina,
miserable feeling due to faulty diges
ton. Try it. Many others have been
permanently cured-why not you?
For sale by all dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28
Crop Improvement
Farm science Is twenty-five years In
advance of its practical
application.
TRACTOR SAVES LABOR.

Use Of Animals and Machinery In
Growing Crops Machinery
Cheaper in the Long Run.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-08-28
ACRES.

Are you sufficiently Interested In
the wheat situation in your own VI
cinity to obtain signers to this agree
ment? For further information ad.
dress Crop Improvement Committee,
Chicago, Ill.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-24
THE MUCH TALKED OF RHYTHMIC BREATHING.

the body and life that
Time has OF these theories
ideas that Of these Eastern theories that hundred or
whatever today received with at
willing LISTEN to test being
forms and through various chae
through by ourselves
Those whom have looked outside the pale have more |
than
rhythmic breathing Instead of poohpoog
might have done in the past we DO
judgment first and examine afWad Many are
1t
everything IN the "ou Is
this We know that heat and gh
matters Of Hbaoy waves Whether
without Every knows that
break step because the vibrations
rhythmic steps might destroy the bridge
universal vibration and its power the orenas
of breathing Put this swing
will increase its power ma
the things they that can do when one mas mas
would wish
the individual decide
But additional gained breath
certainly e worth while to acquire it,
learn least those not
acquainted idea of rhythm We
entirely unfamiliar with music the regular
it. But to swing this idea of rhythm from
heartbeat the breath not For
rhythmic breathing concerned with t
rhythmic breathing directions
uuirng the heartbeat Do this
perfectly without the aid the pulse Then
nhale
instance while the heart times hold the
taking another
while nhang the breath When has
mastered this, has the body vibration
vibration
the vibration become much unconscious Of ones self
ordinary breathing
the certainly worth
acquiring
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-24

LITTLE INTERVIEWS


JOHN notwithstanding of that
destitute banquet, l had rather have
a hand-out than hands-around, any
day. / love the fervid clasp and the
friendly eye, but at a 50 banquet l
want a little to eat
FRED Honolulu needs
restaurant of the first class with wait
ers who understand an order when
it is given them l know an Italian
cafe man employing white walters,
who wants to come here and would
run place in San Francisco style.
SAILOR BROWN GU. S. S. Colora-
do)-There is not enough respect
shown to the flag in Honolulu. The
Japanese have the Americans skinned
easily for the way they show their
respect. Americans here might feel
proud of the Stars and Stripes, but
they don't show it,
c. L. SMEAD-The press doesn't
get chance to report one-ffth of the
petty thieving and even burglary that
goes on in this town. The moment
anything happens the detectives hush
the victims up, telling them if they
say anything about it to the reporters
the wires will be crossed.
C. S. DESKY-Home builders are
beginning to realize the advantages
of Woodlawn. l have made a num-
Der of sales to tourists who have de-
cided to make Honolulu their home
The boulevards of Woodlawn and
Manoa are attracting auto parties.
There is an increasing number every
Sunday.
PATRICK WALSH 49, The flowers
used to decorate the automobiles
which figured in the Floral Parade
were made by cheap labor in the East
ern states and Honolulu didn't bene-
fit a penny by their use. In the next
parade l hope that there will be q
class for automobiles decorated with
real flowers or the products of the
Territory.
CAPTAIN MCCLELLAN Is. s. Nav
erick-There will be regular steam
ers coming here in future with gaso-
line distillate and kerosene in bulk on
behalf of the Standard Oil Co. The
goods will be put into cans and cased
here for local distribution. I do not
know what steamers will take up the
trade, as the Maverick has regular
run on the coast between San Fran
cisco and Seattle, Vancouver and Vic
toria.