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Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
County News.

Senatos Gore has let a contract
for sll00 TO have his home in
Lawton remodeled.
At the opening Of the Gamer
on school at Lawton last week
100 students were enrolled.
Two men were busy passing
bad checks OF Lawton merchants
the day Barnes Circus was there.
A protracted meeting will be-
gin in the Baptist church al
Sterling Saturday evening Of
this week.
Two Indians had a fight near
the ice plant in Lawton late Sat-
urday night but were soon ar
rested and fined.
The Fort Sill band and three
batteries of field artillery will
be in Oklahoma City during the
state fair at the request of Gov.
Cruce.
While hauling baled hay
twelve miles south east of Law.
ton Tuesday J. S. McGowen had
his left arm broken in two places
in a runaway.
Early Sunday fire was discov-
cred in some goods boxes in the
rear Of Condons store in Lawton
but was soon put out. A big fire
was narrowly averted.
Two soldiers from Fort Sill
and three citizens Of Indiahoma
bad a free-for-all melee in a re-
sort at Lawton Saturday night
and gave bond for their appear
ance.
The board of county commits
sioners report that there are nc
funds available to make a coun-
~ exhibit at the State Fair OF
at the international exhibit al
Tulsa.
Earl Vaughn, a 16-year old
boy. was arrested on a charge
of stealing a bicycle which he
offered to sell for SO. The
wheel was identified and return
ed to its owner.
Attorneys for defendants ir
bootlegging cases before county
court this week have done al
they can to prevent members OF
the Law and Order League from
serving on juries.
Rev. Jas. E. Pershing, pastor
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
Moffitt Bound Over.

j. w. Moffit of Lawton. who
shot and killed Chas. E. Lewis
of Collinsville, had his prelimi-
nary hearing last Friday. He
pleaded not guilty 10 the charge
but was bound over to the dis
trict court.
Eye witnesses to the shooting
testified that Lewis abused Mof-
fit and reached for gun under
the counter in the hotel when
Mofiitt shot him. Motif pur-
chased the gun during the af-
ternoon and stated to the clerk
that he was going TO ask the
officers once more for protection
and if he did not get it he was
going to protect himself.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
War Talk.

Some people seem to think the
first thing the United States
should do when q controversy
comes up with another nation is
TO have war. regardless Of the
fact that this nation has done sc
much to bring about the settle.
ment of all international ques.
tions without going to war.
At this time people say that
Uncle Sam should jump in and
whip Mexico, but do not consid-
er the loss of life and property,
and the expense. and what our
nation would have on its hands
after it had Mexico whipped.
A London daily had the situa-
ton sized up about right when it
said that it would take the Unit
ed States three years to whip
Mexico and then would have
Mexico to govern and control
after the war was over.
The head men of this nation
have acted wisely by keeping a
cool head and going slow, giving
Mexico time to adjust her own
difficulties. This nation acquir-
ed the Philippines at the close
Of war but most people realize
that it was dear price paid and
this nation would now be better
off without them.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
Bridge Work.

Ed Harper, agent for the Mid
land Bridge Co., Of Kansas City,
was in Elgin Monday morning.
coming up from Lawton, where
he had been in consultation with
the board of county commission
ers relative to some bridge work
which the company has contract
ed for west Of Elgin. Mr.. Har-
per took the company's tools
out of the depot here Monday
and says they will have two or
three months work near here.
This company is putting in a
steel bridge over Chandler creek
on the Meridian line road be-
tween Anadarko and Lawton.
The material is being unloaded
at Richards.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11

to close Monday night Sept. /,
with a large crowd present, and
good interest. Six conversions
were the visible results among
the sinners. with a spiritual
and moral 'uplift among the
Christian people. Everybody
praises Bro. Wasson for his gos-
pei preaching, and earnest soul
touching appeals to the unsaved
of the community. Everything
considered it was the greatest
revival of any sort this commun-
ity has ever experienced, and
Bro. Wasson assures us that he
will be with us for another SER
les of meetings next summer
with more time To devote to the
great work to be done here.
SHORTY.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
MISsIyEs FROM MIsILETOE

Lee Carter marketed a bale o.
cotton at Elgin Saturday.
Vic Sparlin and wife spen.
Sunday with Tom Sperling. :
Smoot's girl. upon examina.
ton, proved to be a boy our er-
ror and Smoot's treat.
c. A. Sperling and family
went to Lawton Saturday and
returned home Monday.
Bill, Herman and Claud Bent.
ley went to Lawton Saturday
where they marketed oats.
Mr.. and Mrs. Townley from
near NARROW visited Tom Sper.
ling and family over Sunday.
Edgar Bernard and family
spent a few days with his sister
and folks, Mrs. c. A. Sperline
this week.
Clake Speri.ng and family
from east of Rush Springs made
an extended visit among rela.
tives here recently.
Sam Montgomery went to e.
gin Sunday to meet his daughter
Emmogene, who has been Wis.
iting her brother at Shawnee ths
past month.
Millard Richardson who wa.
operated on for appendicitis las
week at Oklahoma City is con
vciescing rapidly and expec.s 4
Co. ..-- = a short time.
c. Nj. Martin is delivering hi,
books through here and is doinl
great good by putting a bible il
almost every home in the com
munity. He leaves Friday fol
Baylor University.
This community was thrown
into a state Of great excitement
and surprise last Sunday wher
Charlie Cox led Miss Sarah Fore
to the Hymeneal Altar and pro
ceeded to hop the conjugal twig
Bro. Shockley officiating at The
auspicious occasion.
The protracted meeting cam,
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11

The question often arises,
What b . knocker?" and not
long ago one Of our citisens was
heare to ask, Who are the knock.
err In Elgin?" The writer has
heard some people call one citi.
zen q knocker and others have
called some one else a knocker.
30 let us get down to an analysis
OF the term and find out who
the knockers are.
First we should say a knocker
is one who says or does anything
to the detriment or injury of his
home town. Some do their
knocking by talking and Others
do their knocking by acting.
Expounders of scripture teach
that there are sins of commission
and sins Of omission. When a
man does q bad act, that is a
sin of comission; when he refus-
es or fails to do what he knows
is his Christian duty, that is a
Gin of omission.
Likewise it may be said that
there are knockers of commiss-
Ion and Knockers of omission.
Or one of commission might be
called an active knocker and one
OF omission an inactive knocker.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
Dates.

Sterling Fair. Sept. 1912.
Rush Springs Carnival. Sept.
8-I3.
47th Nat, Enc. G. A. r. Chat
tancoga, Tenn. Sept. 1920.
Revival meeting Elgin NJ. E.
church begins Sept. q.
County Fair. Anadarko. Sept.
15-17.
State Fair, Oklahoma City.
Sept. 23-Oct. 4.
Elgin schools open Oct 6.
Apache Street Fair and Carni-
val, Oct. ell.
Peanut Carnival, Duncan. Oct.
1918.
Ringing Bros. Circus. Lawton.
Oct. II.
international Dry Farming
Congress. Tulsa, Oct. N-Sl.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
Bees HELD Alfalfa

Insect visits are essential TO the
proper pollenatlon Of the alfalfa flow.
er. II is practice IN come parts OF
the country to place bee hives along
the margins OF alfalfa fields intended
for seed Bee keepers follow with
their colonies fields planted for seed.
for the purpose Of getting the honey.
This is mutually beneficial. as a larger
yield Of both seed and honey results. .'
u. S. Bureau of Plant Industry Cir.
cular "a
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
Raw Materials OF Oklahoma.

No paint is manufactured in Okla.
homa. But Oklahoma furnishes raw
materials for the making Of paint In
eastern factories. An Oklahoma City
man purchased 10000 barrels OF Okla
homa crude oil to be shipped to q
paint factory Of New York The
freight paid on the oil was 40 cents
a hundred. or about 81 barrel. which
was more than the value OF the raw
material
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11

II nov appears that Wagner county
will be the first TO organize county
agricultural association as an aux.
iliary to the state organization. follow.
Ing the recent big agricultural meet.
Ing In Muskogee. Other counties will
fall In line, and before another three
months has passed 1t is expected there
VIII be a dozen or more fuch county
Organizations.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
Bankers Boostinn kaf1e

Many OF the banks over the state
are helping the farmers in their sec.
tions by furnishing them with good
kafr corn seed. thus showing their
prosresEiveness in helping the farm.
er to help himself and in so doing
help the entire community and stats.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11

A man over at Comanche COM
mitted suicide last week after a
quarrel with his wife. He was
only e years old which must ac-
count for his lack Of nerve to
face the music.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
Trained 700 Hcrses

Seven hundred young horses pur.
chased In Oklahoma. Wyoming and
Texas. are being trained at Fort Reno
for the United States cavalry by Cap
tains Valentine and Pratt. and So men
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
Church Services
METHDDIST

METHODIST
Preaching morning and night
fourth and every fifth Sunday in
the month. Sunday school every
Sunday at 1000 a. m.
BAPTIST
Preaching morning and night
on the first Sundays of the
month. Sunday school at 1000
a, m. 7. p. U. every Sunday
night. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday night.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
Cyril Depot Robbed.

Deputy Sheriff Vic Sparlin was
in town Monday evening and re-
ported the robbery of the depot
at Cyril Monday noon. while he
was there. The agent was at
dinner and some one broke in
and secured SIS orS20 which he
left in the money drawer. No.
clue has been discovered.
State Poultry show, Enid. Jan.
26-2l.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11
ADVERTISING RATES:

Display ads. IL i-2cents per inch for
each insertion. Discounts given on
Sarge ads. All advertisinP matter run
until paid and ordered out
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11

Elgin Buyers paid 13
cents for cotton Wednesday.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11

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Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-09-11

Entered az second-class mat
ter, December 3rd, 1912, at the
postofiice at Elgin, Oklahoma.
under the Act Of March 3rd. 1879.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30
PROSPECT HILL.

Sundays good rain at Prospect,
Hill was refreshing to field and
fallow.
Oscar Mayfield brought in a
good we'll recently for Charley
-Kistler near Arapahoe. Two
Hundred and Fifty feet deep. =
L. L. Haywood was overnight
with US on Saturday. He has
crop in and in good shape. Lin
is a farmer from away back and
does things right. s.
There will be a Congregational
meeting next Sunday at Arapa-
hoe. The church people are en-
deavoring to secure a pastor in
the near future and provide a
place 6. for. him to live. A full
attendance is desirable among
the memberalllS - well as for
all. ~ss :.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30
THOMAS ELAYS Z
MONEY POWERS

I, WASHINGTON, May 22:--''I think
if the money power in this country
makes up it's mind to accomplish u
purpose it will resort to almost any
thing" declared Senator Thomas of
ColoradoPin a tilt with Senator Smoot
in the senate today in answer to Smoots
defence of the American Bankers u.s.
sociation. E~
Several days ago Thomas made u
statement that the cause of the panic
after the passage of the Wilson bill,
in 1893, was the calling of loans by the
bankers of the country to secure the
repeal of the silver-purchase, clause Of
the Sherman law.
Smoot read letter from Fred T.,
Farnsworth, general secretary of the
American Bankers association, in re-
ply to letter written him immed ate
ly after Senator Thomas made his
speech in the senate. Farnsworth de-
clared circular referred to by Sen
ator Thomas, and used in his speech,
was ga fraud and a dastardly attack
upon the American Bankers associa-
tion and the bankers of the country"
1t made the charge which Thomas laid
to the door of the bankers.
Replying to the denial, Thomas de-
clared the "circular" was reputable
American magazine. The charge it
made was published fifteen months be-
fore he made his speech and that in all
the time since it's publication he had
never seen the statements denied by
representatives of the American Bank
ers' association or anyone else, Den
YER News. =
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30
CHICKS AND LICE

The greatest enemy of the chick, and
that which causes more loss than any
other one cause is chilling; the second
enemy in Importance because of
amount of loss is lice: both lice and
chilling are the indirect cause of
bowel troubles because both sap the
vitality and life of the chick, making
it impossible for the little fellow to
resist the organisms of disease which
are always ready to attack it.
busting the setting hens helps but
some lice are quite sure to escape and
can later be found on the head of tho
chick; rub little dab of lard on top
of the chicks head, getting it into the
down thoroughly, and you will get
these; repeat the dose in week and
if the hen is furnished good dusting
place, the lice are not likely to give
any more trouble; but whenever you
see chick that seems unhappy, eyes
closed, droopy, look for lice.
The brood coops should be thor
ougnly sprayed before using with some
coal tar preparation, sheep dip, white
wash, or mixture OF four parts coal
oil and one part crude carbolic acid;
it pays to be ahead, and that explains
why so few of us are making anything
on our poultry; we neglect these little
things; because of neglect disease gets
the start of us, we become discouraged
because of the losses and give up and
blame our luck, when all the bad luck
might have been prevented by little
careful preparation.
Give the chicks a clean place, all tile
heat they can stand, keep them free
of verlnin, and you can safely count
them before they are raised.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30
ENGINEERS in DEMAND


The Division of Engineering ut the
State Agricultural College is unable
to supply the demand FLOR rgraduates in
Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Irri-
CATION Engineering according to Prof.
J. w. Lawrence, chairman of the Di-
vision at the College. Practically all
of the present seniors have accepted
good positions, and the Division has
additional applications from thirty
six firms asking for over one hundred
men. The calls come from railroad
companies, automobile factories, elec-
trical concerns and manufacturing es-
Establishments, as we'll as from the U. S.
Government. The demand has been
so keen for Civil and Irrigation En-
gineering graduates that most of the
seniors have already left the college
to accept positions with the U. S. Re-
clamation Service: = The movement
for good roads has led to and increas-
ed the demand-for highway engineers.
The College has just issued a little
bookletentitled Developing Coloradt's
Natural Resources and Engineering
at the Colorado Agricultural College
which can be had freeupon application.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30

Siranbeny Shorteake
For small families, half of this recipe
will be sufficient.
~ cups siftcd pastry flour
2IS level tcaspoonfuls x G Baking Powder
" tcaspoonful salt ls cup shortening
About n cup milk Butter
2 baskets strawberries
Between and 2 cups granulated sugar
cup or more double cream
Hull, wash and drain the berries: reserve
a few choice bcrHeseto garnish tho top of
the cake; cut the rest il halves and mix
with the sugar. Beat the cieam and set
aside to chill. Sift together, thrcc times,
the -four, baking powder and salt; work il
with the milk. Spread tho mixture in two
layer cake pans. Bake about twenty min
spread literally with butter, pour on part
Of the berries; cover with tho second cake,
also spread with butter, pour over the rest
Of tho berries and put the whipped cream
above. with the. whole berries here and
there. Other fruits. such as pineapple cut
in small bits, bananas, peaches or any kind
Of berries may be used with the pastry. To
insure O fiaky. pastry have all ingredients
cold and mix very lightly.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30
Baked Apple Dumphnss
A Ne,o Wop

~ cups siftcd pastry -four
4 cup shortening - teaspooniul salt
3level teaspoonfuls K G Baking Powder
About 1s cup milk Apples
Fill the cups of o buttercd muffin pan with
pared and sliced apples, sprinkle with sol I.
and pour two or three tablespoonfuls OF
water into each cup. Sift together, three
times. the -four, salt and baking powder;
dough with the milk. Drop tho dough from
q spoon upon tho apples in tho cups, smooth
ing the tops. Bake about twenty-five min
4tes. 1nvert tho pan on a large serving dish.
Put spoonful OF hard sauce over the apple
Of nutmeg. Other fruit, as peaches or
cherries, may be used in the same way,
serving with cream or hard sauce.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30

We are most as busy on the
farm as the closing days at school
It's early and late getting around
in order, planting crops, Cows
and calves to distraction. Hurry
ing to and fro fighting the battle
of life. No excellence without
great labor and we'll get it by
and by. ~ J:
These are strenuous days and
nights at school. Programs pro-
gressive games. debates and
Graduations. A forward march
to better things, getting ready to
take their places in the larger
activities of the eyer busy world.
Laying a foundation for useful
ness. Prof. DeFoor and the
other good teachers are charac7
ter builders far more than they
ever dream. Turning the tide in
many little lives and:larger ones
too, Kindling the fire of ambition
Quickening latent energies and
talents. squirting a tagging pupil
here and holding a guiding rein
on the refractory and strengthen
ing the weak. We wish these
teachers we'll, God speed them in
their work and claim them as his
own at last. 49,,
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30
Montgomery, Ward & Co.
Will Have Branch in Denver
- A. J. Halter Says.

Montgomery, Ward & Co., of Chi
.ago will establish q large branch
louse in Denver not later than the
summer of 1914, according tdS an
nouncement by A. j. Halter before the
Denver Real Estate Exchange. Halt
er returned from trip to Chicago,
where he conferred with many leading
business men.
"I,he head of Montgomery, Ward
& Co., assured me that Denver is to
be selected for branch house," Halt
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30
Heleful Hints on .Bakine

For mixing pastry for Short Cake ana
Apple Dumplings, mix very lightly, only
enough to mix the moisture with the dry
-four, using knife or fork for mixing,
never a spoon, for q spoon packs and
mashes the batter. Pastries should be
loose and flaky and to insure this, keep
the batter loose in mixing; it should have
q rough appearance before baking.
For baking short cake pastry have q
moderate oven to start, giving the pastry
time to loosen and rise before baking.
Always spread with butter as soon cs
taken from the oven.
Never put fruit on pastry until ready
to serve to avoid soaking with fruit Juices.
In all baking be assured of success ever,
time by carefully measuring each in
grcdient. No guess cook ever succeeds
every time. 1t requires q certain amount
Of every article named in o recipe, and
an over or under measure is sure to mako
. failure of the recipe.
X G Baking Powder is q wonderful aid
to successful baking. It is always uniform
in strength and action, giving uniformly
perfect results. Use X G Baking Powder
according to directions-never more than
the recipe directs. X. G will keep per
fcctly for years, the last spoonful b-,in:.
as strong as the first. have used X G
Baking Powder for years under oil cir
cumstances in both high and low attitudes.
In high attitudes there is greater trouble
with cakes falling, but where doubIc-
raise baking powder, such as X G is use /
there is absolutely no danger Of food falEn,
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30
Asparagus Sho,tcoke

2l5 cups siftcd pastry flour
u teaspoonful salt u cup shortening
Sweet milk Butter -
large bunch asparagus u cup butter
n cup -four - teaspoonful salt
u cup butter (another) Asparagus liquid
2 hard-cookcd eggs
Make dough as for Strawberry Short Cake
knead slightly and roll to fit n layer cake
pan. Bake about twenty minutes. Split
the cake and spread each half with butter.
Have tho tender portion of the asparagus
cut IN inch lengths, cooked tender. Make o
drawn butter sauce of the -four, salt, butter
and asparagus liquid, heating in the last
fourth cup of butter after the sauce is taken
from the FIRE, and add tho asparagus. Pour
part OF the asparagus and sauce over one
f'~'. OF the cake; set the second layer in
Coyriohe 1915 BY Jaqses M6o. Co.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30
Rasebe,ry Shoricake

2 cups siftcd pastry flour u teaspoonful salt
2lcvel teaspoonfuls 4 C Baking Powder
u cup butter Yolk of l egg
u cup milk or more Us needed
cup raspberries u tcaspoonful salt
- cup sugar
Raspberry Sauce.
u cup butter l cup sugar
cup raspberry, pulp White Of egg
and baking powder, and work in the butter.
Beat the yolk; add the milk and stir to q
dough, using more milk if needed. Divide
into two parts; kncad the larger part slightly
and roll to fit pan; spread over it tho
berries. salt and sugar; kncad the second
piece and place on top Of the berries. Bake
about half an hour. Serve hot with tho
sauce. For tho sauce, cream the butter;
and-siited berry pulp; and lastly. tho white
of egg, beaten dry. This makes light,
fluffy sauce. Try this pastry and sauce with
peaches. blackberries, pineapple or apples.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30
Notice To Bandnen.

All bandmen interested in the
reorganization of the band at
Cheyenne Wells should meet at
the Court House on Saturday
evening May 81, 1913, at 7:3O
p. m, for the purpose of re-organ-
izing.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30

er sail. ''He told me business condi-
ions in the West had been increasing
SO rapidly that the company had vir-
tually decided upon this step"
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30

place and pour over tho rest of the aspcra-
gus. Finish with two hard-cookcd eggs. cut
agus may bo used. This pastry is also cx-
cellent with green beans or peas.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30

j. c. Magwire went out on his
homestead Wednesday to do
some plowing and making other
improvements.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Counts are
enjoying a visit from their neice,
Mrs. Reed, Of Sharon Springs.
Kansas.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30

Harry L. Bogert returned home
Wednesday.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-05-30

Hard Sauce VIII Egg
Beat u cup Of butter, IL cups powdered
sugar and egg until creamy and smooth,
favor and serve as q sauce.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-02

the effect of Germany's activity viii
be to turn the whole Of Europe into an
armed camp. This newspaper, reflect
ing the sentiment Of Great Britain,
believes common prudence will require
all the other great European powers
TO follow Germany's lead and increase
their armies and armament.
Thoughtful people all over the world
are asking how much further is this
military madness going or rather how
much further can it go. The high
cost of living is bearing more heavily
on the people of the European nations
IL an on the Americans. Their taxes
are higher and the burden is more
onerous.
1t is evident that the days of uni
versal peace are still, far away.