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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
To Test Legality of State Office

Custer proceedings against State
Enforcement officer ]. A. Tillotson
were instituted in district court of
Oklahoma county by County Attor-
ney D. X. Pope at the request of Gov
ernor Lee Cruce and with the con-
sent of Tillotson himself. That the
suit to remove the state enforcement
officer is an entirely friendly pro-
ceeding and brought for the purpose
of having the courts adjudicate the
question of whether the fourth legis-
lature abolished the office, is indi-
Gated by the circumstance that Pros
ecutor Pope's petition and Tillotson's
answer were filed simultaneously in
court.
The state enforcement office was
created by the legislature in 1911 for
the purpose of making more effective
the prohibitory statute. The fourth
legislature enacted measure repeal
ing the statute creating the office.
Governor Lee Cruce vetoed the bill
and when the legislature was subse'
Que0Cly COuVeueu III oAIioOlu ih"AJ
session it again passed the measure
over the governors veto.
Members of the Legislature favoring
the adjustment of the office assert
that Governor Lee Cruce had placed
the subject before the legislature con-
vened in extraordinary session by
recommending that they enact such
measures of abolishing and consoli.
dating Of offices cas- in your judgment
may be in the interest Of greater
economy"
Tillotson in his answer to the GUS
ter proceedings alleges that even
though Governor Cruces recommen'
dations to the legislature in extraor'
binary session we're sufficiently broad
in scope as to have given the legis
1ature power to abolish the office, the
fact that Governor Cruce had once
vetoed the measure and that 1t was
finally passed over his veto indicated
that Governor Cruce did not intend
to submit such question to the leg
islature.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
FULLY NouRIsHED
Grape.Nuts a Perfectly Balanced Food.

No chemists analysis Of Grape'Nuts
can begin to show the real value OF
the food-the practical value as shown
by personal experience.
It is a food that Is perfectly bal
anced, supplies the needed elements
for both brain and body in all stages
Of life from the infant, through the
strenuous times of active middle life,
and is a comfort and support in old
age.
For two years have used Grape
Nuts with milk and little cream, for
breakfast. | am comfortably hungry
for my dinner at noon.
81 use little meat, plenty Of vege-
tables and fruit, in season, for the
noon meal, and If tired at tea time,
take Grape-Nuts alone and feel per-
fectly nourished
Nerve and brain power and men,
DRY are much improved since using
Grape-Nut am over sixty and weigh
155 lbs. My son and husband seeing
how l had improved are now using
Grape-Nuts.
my son, who is travelling man.
eats nothing for breakfast but Grape
Nuts and a glass of milk. An aunt,
over 70, seems fully nourished on
Grape-Nuts and cream" There's a
Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
nre genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28

ing a long dry spell in June Mr.. La
Grange irrigated the rhubarb heavily.
There was not the slightest indica-
ton that rain was to be expected. But
one night, just after the plants had
been soaked for day, six-inch rain
fell and the following day the tenn
perature rose to the 100-mark. Al
most the whole field Of rhubarb be-
gan to wilt and do what he would the
gardener and his assistants could not
save the crop. The excessive amount
of water and the sudden heat caused
the plants to sour and rot. Damage
was confined to a comparatively small
portion of the rhubarb farm. The rest
had not been irrigated so heavily.
Rhubarb Profits Enormous
According to Mr.. Lagrange there is
a fortune in a well conducted rhubarb
farm. He says the plants usually
are put out about 1000 to the acre.
The yield is usually from five to ten
pounds Of pie plant" to hill. The
price may range from 3 to 10 cents a
pound in an average year. At an av-
erage Of cents a pound the yield
would be $4,000 an acre. or course,
these figures are ION paper" In act
ual experience there is bound to be
loss in the yield through dying OF
plants, insect pests. lateness of season
and lack of uniformity of ripening.
The fact remains that Oklahoma
farms could be made to grow rhu'
barb successfully at big profits to the
proWers
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28

This is usually done during the win
ter while the roots are lying in sheds
or cellars. At cropping time the
large, we'll developed leaves are
pulled and the wrinkled leaves in the
land but found that it did not pay ex-
cept on the sandy loan. When seen
by the writer the field stood six to
seven feet high in late July. Several
acres Of asparagus will be planted
next year from seed. The plants are
thinned later. They stand irrigation
we'll. The crop is all harvested with
in few weeks and the field needs al
most no attention the rest of the sea-
son.
Mr.. LAGRANGE has made gardening
fine art. He keeps his fields as clean
as the proverbial floor and as soon as
one crop is taken off the ground an
other Is planted. In this manner'the
farm is made to yield two and three
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
STATE CAPITAL GOSSIP
Duties Under Law Are In Doubt

Duties Under Law Are In Doubt
AS to just what his duties are un.
der the provisions of the graduated
land tax license law passed by the
last legislature, j. c. McClelland,
state auditor, Is somewhat at sea, and
has asked the attorney general for
an opinion on the matter. The law
requires that reports shall be made
to the state auditor, but charges no
one with the duty Of preparing such
forms and having them printed for
distribution. The state auditor wants
to know whether, in the absence of
such provision, his Office should pre-.
pare and distribute the blanks.
By fixing an annual license tax on
owners of land in Oklahoma, in excess
Of $40 acres the legislature has
sought to avoid the constitutional
provisions under which the gradual
ed land tax enacted by the first leg
islature was declared void. The new
law is Article 8, Chapter 24O, of the
session laws of 1918, and provides for
license tax for the purposes of the
general expenses of the state govern
ment, such tax being graduated based
land as assessed for valuation of the
land as assessed for taxation in the
preceding year. Six hundred and for
ty acres Of land is exempt to any in
dividual, regardless of its value, and
| land nf fhn Na1na nf en- mn
is exempt to any individual, regard
less of the acreage. On the excess
over the exemptions, license tax is
fixed on the following schedule, the
basis being the assessed value Of the
land:
One mill, where the excess over the
exemptions does not exceed $40 acres (;
two mills on the excess exceeding GAO
acres and not exceeding 1890 acres;
three mills on the excess exceeding
1890 acres and not exceeding 1920
acres; five mills on the excess exceed
ing 1890 acres; ten mills on such ex.
cess exceeding 1850 acres and not
exceeding 5000 acres; fifteen mills
on all excess exceeding 1920 acres.
On of before January 10 of each
year each owner of land in excess
of $40 acres and of an assessed value
in excess of $4,000 is required to
file with the state auditor a sworn
statement Of his land holdings, giving
the description of the land and set
ting out the part which he chooses
to constitute as exempt Such report
must be accompanied by the sum o.
money due as license tax under the
provisions of the law. Filing a false
statement is declared a felony, anC
willful omission Of the filing of the
statement subjects a person to a pen
atty of 500 and an additional pen
atty of $25 each day such Statement
is delayed.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28

Habeas Corpus Is Asked BY Hawkins.
Application for writ of habeas cor
pus for Nelson Hawkins, convicted and
sentenced to serve forty years In the
penitentiary for murder, and who is
now trying to secure his freedom on
the strength of parole granted to him
in September, 1911, by Lieutenant Gov
ernor ]. ]. McAlester, was made to the
criminal court of appeals.
Hawkins was released from the pen
itentiary few hours after the parole
was granted by McAlester and enjoyed
his liberty for several days, when he
was arrested and recommitted to the
penitentiary on the order OF Governor
Cruce, who revoked the parole on the
ground that he had returned to the
state two hours before McAlester is
sued the parole. Request for a writ OF
habeas corpus was recently denied by
District Judge Cole at McAlester and
the case goes before the higher court
on an appeal from Judge Coles de-
cision.
In revoking the parole, the petition
states, the governor acted without au-
thority in "usurping the functions and
powers of judicial tribunal in viola
ton of the rights of the petitioner and
of the constitution of Oklahoma and OF
the United States
In their appeal attorneys represent
ing Hawkins raise question that is
likely to force the governor to reverse
his contention with reference to when
the lieutenant governor may act. The
contention was raised in the George
Crump pardon case. At that time the
governor held that McAlester could
never exercise the duties Of the ofhce
of the executive unless he had beer
"invitd" to act by the governor. Fol
the reason that he was not invited
McAlester's acts in signing the schoo
book contracts and in granting severa
pardons were without legal force ant
effect, the governor held.
At the same time attorneys repre-
senting the governor produced letters
showing that in 1911 Governor Cruct
did invite McAlester to perform the
duties of governor and it now is the
contention of Hawkins attorneys tina
while McAlester was performing thu
duties of governor under that invita-
ton he paroled Hawkins.
In view of the exhaustive opinion
written by Judge Thomas H. Doyle il
the Crump case, and which will likel!
govern all pardon cases for SOM
time, Hawkins is not believed to hav'
much chance for relief from the high
er court In that opinion Judge Doyl'
held that the minute the governo
crossed the state line, going out o
the state, he left behind him the dutie
and functions of his office, which de
volved upon the lieutenant governp
and that when the governor crosse'
the line, returning to the state, tn
lieutenant governor ceased to be gov
,ernor
1t has been shown conclusively b.
official records that the governor en-
tered the state on the morning o
September 81, 1911, at 1855, and tina
the Hawkins parole was issued by Nc
Alester two hours later.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
Must Care For Them.

In an opinion to the governor in
regard to the case of insane persons
who properly belong in other states,
Attorney General West states that
there is no way to compel the other
states to receive them and that it is
Oklahomas duty to care for them as
long as they are here. He says that
there is specific provision in the law
creating the Fort Supply asylum for
the reception of such persons, but
none in the case of the yinita asy
lum, where it is a matter within the
option of the board Of trustees.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
oklahoma CIV Case up Next.

The question of whether or not Okla
homa City consumers of gas or cleo.
trieity must pay minimum rate, no
matter how little OF either gas or cleo.
tricity they use, will be taken up by
the corporation commission on Novem.
Der %. The hearing is on com
plant filed some time ago with the
commission by Homer Law,
The Commission recently passed on
n case sent from Colllnsville, in which
II was held positively that "po one
shall be required to pay for gas that
they do not use during the month
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
Had to Be Careful.

An old man who had led a sinful life
was dying, and his wife sent for a
nearby preacher to pray with him.
The preacher spent some time pray
ing and talking, and finally the old
man said What do you want me to
do, parson?"
"Renounce the devil! Renounce the
DEVIL" replied the preacher.
well, but, parson," protested the
dying man, 81 amt in position to make
any enemies"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
Unique Irrigation Plan.

A movement is on foot in Canadian
county to interest the farmers in irri-
CATION. The Ell Reno Gas & Electric
company proposes, If it can get
enough of the farmers interested. to
run power lines out through the rural
districts so the farmers may have
cheap power for pumping water from
wells. This would enable each man to
have his own irrigation plant at a
minimum cost and will greatly aid the
agricultural industry in this section
Of the state.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
RHUBARB KING
OF OKLAHOMA
!. W. LA GRANGE OF YUKON
RAISES CARLOADS OF THE
LUSCIOUS PlE-FlLLER
PRODUCES $4,000 FROM z ACRES
Provides Against Rainfall BY lrrlsa-
tlon.-Bad Luck Once BY Too
Much Water and q Sudden
Rise In Temperature.
BY Victor H. schofrelmayer.

Rhubarb King Of Oklahoma, is the
title by which ]. w. LAGRANGE Of Yu-
kon is known. When the writer Wis
tied the place last summer there were
thirty acres in rhubarb, some Of
which was the most magnihcent ever
grown. 1t stood four and Ave feet
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES
shApows OF COMING EVENTS

SHADOWS OF COMING EVEN'S
Nov. 27-Shrine ceremonial. Okla CITY
Nov. 81, State University and Colorado
University, football. either Norman or
Oklahoma City.
Dec. 1S-21-Poultry show, Ell Reno
Jan. 6.-Sale Of Choctaw and Chicka-
saw lands at label.
Jan. 8.-sale OF Choctaw and Chickasaw
lands at Hugo.
Jan. 12.-Sale OF Choctaw and ChickA-
saw lands at Poteau.
Jan. 15.-Sale OF Choctaw and CHICK
asaw lands at Wilburton.
Jan. 17.-Sale OF Choctaw and Chicka-
saw lands at McAlester.
Jan. 26-31.-State Poultry Show. Enid
Sept. 22-oct. 3, l914-State Fair. Okla
homa City.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28

crops a year. There are forty acres
in the farm of which three-fourths are
rhubarb. The rest is planted to cab
bage, tomatoes, beets, beans and peas
The writer saw cabbage fields which
had yielded six tons an acre at an av'
erage price Of 2 and cents pound.
Between the cabbage rows were
planted late tomatoes which were be-
ing irrigated and gotten ready for
September trade. There were four
acres of tomatoes which we're yield
ing about six tons an acre and bring
a price of to cents pound at 81
Reno. Peas responded to irrigation
and yielded heavily and Kentucky
Wonder Beans gave astonishing re-
turns at the rate of 5000 an acre.
They had been irrigated once early in
the season. Mr.. LAGRANGE intends tc
plant more Of them next year.
Pumps Water From River
A twelve.horsepower gasoline en-
CINE and a centrifugal pump of four
inch intake and six-inch outlet and OF
500 gallons minute, lift the water
out of the North Canadian into the
irrigation bitches. Eight gallons OF
gasoline will operate the engine for
ten hours. The water after leaving
he pump runs into large pool. This
is to prevent needless cutting of
trenches by action, in a high rate OF
speed. The big carrying bitches are
slightly above the general level Of
the farm.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
Crows Devast Farm.

Ten thousand crows, sweeping
down like, a huge black cloud, de.
scended on the farm of DR.. ]. F. Fer.
guson, on Dry Creek near Comanche,
and in a few minutes had almost de-
wasted his ripening crops one day this
fall. Milo maize, kafir corn and other
grain crops unharvested were almost
demolished The birds took especial
delight in going through the peanuts
in shock. Serious damage was done
by the birds before any attempt could
be made to scare them away.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
Heard at Long Range.

Uppson-You have new baby at
your house, hear.
Downing-Great guns! And we live
four miles apart! | had no idea any
one could hear him that distance!-
London TitBits.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
Renlok Removed At Warner School

Renlck Removed At Warner School.
Discharge of the president and three
members of the faculty of the Warner
Agricultural school and a general in
vestigation of conditions at the A. and
M. college at Saltwater, which, it is
admitted, probably will result in the
removal of several employees at that
institution, sums up the work of the
new board Of agriculture during its
two weeks investigation of several
Of the state institutions under its con-
troll.
President w. s. Renick, Professor
Weatherly, teacher of music, w. B.
Hendrickson, head Of the butter max
ing and demonstration department,
and ]. R. Renick are the members of
the faculty of the Warner school who
have been summarily removed by the
new board. General incompetence, u
is the reason given.
President Renick, according to one
OF the members of the board, has never
received an agricultural education,
and, therefore, is not qualified to
handle the affairs of the institution
which pertain only to agriculture. His
record as a school teacher, it was
stated. was good.
At the A. and M. college the board
discovered conditions, which, as soon
as responsibility can be placed is like.
ly to result in the removal of several
heads Of the different departments
there. 1t was stated emphatically by
one member Of the board that 1t was
impossible at this time to say who Is
responsible and that the matter of dis
charging any officer or member Of the
faculty of that institution had never
been discussed by the board.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
That's So.

Bix-Somehow l have no luck at
all.
Dix-Why, man alive, that's luck.
You might have bad luck, you know.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28

Mr.. LAGRANGE raises the English
Wine plant. This grows to great
height but the meat is juicy and appe-
tizing New plants are had by divid-
ing the root of an old rhubarb plant.
center Of the crown are left to make
the new growth, which is very rapid
in a favorable season. Mr.. LAGRANGE
has rhubarb from one to four years
old. He constantly keeps renewing
the fields. His land is sandy river
bottom with a mixture Of black loan.
It is level and is easily irrigated, ex-
cept that there is considerable loss Of
water in being transmitted through
the sand bitches. Care is taken to
have the fields perfectly level to pre-
vent the water standing anywhere
above the root crowns Of the plants,
which Mr. LAGRANGE says would des'
troy them In short time.
Asparagus Field Pays
Asparagus thrives on sandy land Of
the LAGRANGE farm and field Of less
than an acre has yielded $780, A
dozen punches of ehe plants are u.s.
ually sold for about $1.OO by Mr.. La
Grange in the Oklahoma City market
where it ia eagerly sought. He usual
ly ships the asparagus in hampers OF
100 pounds. He experimental for
years with asparagus on all kinds OF
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
Arkansas Joins In 2-cent Rate War

Arkansas Joins IN 2-Cent Kate war.
Arkansas has Joined the Oklahoma
and Missouri corporation commissions
in their fight before the interstate
commerce commission to secure an
interstate agreement between the
three states having 2-cent railroad
fare, according to Information received
by the corporation commission. The
Missouri commission took the initia-
tive in the movement.
Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri
each have 2-cent railroad fare, but
passengers travelling from points in
one of the states are required to pay
3 cents mile on account Of present
interstate rules Of the national COM
mission.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-11-28
Demise Distant

Demise Distant.
do you think person can be too
healthy?"
my rich uncle is"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
HOTEL MEN EAGER
FOR TYBEE JAUNT
AtIantans Start for Convention
To-Night-Friday and Sat-
urday Will be Big Days.

Big times are expected on Tybee
Island Friday and Saturday, when the
mid -summer meeting of the Georgia
Hotel Mems Association will be held.
Landlords from all parts Of Georgia
viii gather at the Tybee Hotel and
a round of gayety and pleasure has
been planned that promises to eclipse
all previous efforts.
The Atlanta delegation, which in
Guides a representative of practical
ly every hotel in the city, viii leave
Atlanta tonight at 9:35 o'clock,
on the Central Of Georgia Rail-
road. At Cacon they Will Joined
by the Macon hotel men.
At Savannah, the Macon and At
lanta men will be entertained at lun-
cheon at the Savannah Hotel, and
will be given an automobile ride about
the city in the afternoon. The hotel
men then will go to Tybee. and re-
main there until Saturday night or
Sunday morning.
The business sessions will be held
Saturday morning and afternoon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
Start Campaign to
Reduce Baby Deaths

ALBANY, y. Y, June PA con-
ference on infant welfare that opened
here to-day has for its object TO in
augurate a vigorous campaign for
the reduction of infant mortality.
The special public health commits
sion appointed by Governor Sulzer
advised that each city with a popu-
lation in excess of 10000 should have
an infant welfare station"
Commissioner L, Porter, health Of
ficer of the State, called attention to
the fact that there had been a great
saving in infant lives in the past
three years.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-12
Commerce Chamber
Banquets Tech Men

A luncheon was given in celebra-
ton Of the twenty fifth anniversary
of the Georgia School of Techno!o-
gy by the Chamber of Commerce at
the Capital City Club Wednesday
afternoon. About 500 guests, inciud-
ing the entire Tech graduating class.
members Of the faculty, alumni and
members of the Chamber of Com
merce, were present.
Short speeches were made by Gov
ernor Joseph NJ. Brown, Dr. X G.
Matheson, president of Tech, and
Hon. w. L. Moore, president Of the
Chamber of Commerce. The dinner
was given to show the appreciation
of the members of the Chamber Of
Commerce of the great work done for
Atlanta by the archaeological School