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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
NEWS OF THE
STATE CAPITAL
81 NAMES BEING CONSIDERED BY
GOVERNOR FOR AGRicuL-
TURA LBoARD
PRESIDENT BRYAN STILL IS HEAD
Continues Until End Of His Term, Ae'
cording to Attorney General
Other News Of the State
Capital

When Governor Cruce takes up the
matter of appointing a new board of
agriculture he will be confronted with
the longest list of applicants ever
preented to him for appointment. A
total of forty-three applications are on
file in the governors office, some of
these presented in person and others
suggested to the governor as available
material. There are twelvt of these,
however, that cannot be considered.
They are from the third district which
Is now represented on the board by
President G. T. Bryan.
The new members of the board will
be selected from the judicial districts
of the state, equalizing the appoint
ments as near as possible. The appli-
cants on file with the governor show
ing the district they represent and
including those from the third district
who cannot be considered follow
First district: Senator f. G. Har-
lin, WEIGH; ]. F. Darby and Harry
Bell, Muskogee; M. j. Miller Forum;
George H. Kinds, Westville; G. w.
Mitchell, Vinita w. M. Speck, Dewey.
Second district: G. A. Ramsey, Col
bert; A. H. Davis, Hugo; j. NJ Self,
Phillips; j. M. Roach, Atoka; Charles
f. Scott, Poteau; o. W. Taylor, RON.
Third district: w. M. Hills, Guthrie;
] ]. Mcdaniel Meridian; NJ. ]. Otey,
GranoIa; W. A. Sayre, Morrison; DR..
]. T. Gray, Saltwater; L. F. Carroll
Newkirk; Edmond Brazell, La Monte;
Ewers White, McLoud! G. M. Snider,
Okemah; Frank Haymer, Wakita; w.
]. Leach, Pawhuska; A. R. Newport,
Tecumseh
Fourth district: PREGNANT Boyle.
Anadarko; j. ]. Brown, Lexington; q.
M. Tucker, Comanche; ]. D. Vance,
Chickasha; w. H. Beaver and John
Edmonds, Cache; j. L. Francis, Okla
homa City, ]. S. Moore, Altus; ]. A.
Northcutt, Wayne.
Fifth district: J. B. Tosh, Hobart;
George L. Bishop, Rocky; Neal Brown
Grandville; w. A. Glasco, Helena; c.
NJ. Read, Texhoma; ex-State Senator
George A. Coffey, Sentinel; S. j. Pro
phet, Buffalo; j. M. Staten, Helena;
John Humphreys, Humphreys.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12

plant against them was heard from
the owners and those who had but one
silo were thinking Of constructing
more
The average cost of pit silo in the
Liberal district of about rs tons capac-
ity was $25, including cost of labor
and materials. No other silo can hope
to compete with such showing. In
order to lower the cost farmers ex'
changed work with one another, hav'
ing to pay only for the cement, which
in rs ton silo of the pit variety only
amounted to about $40 or $l2, accord
ing to the thickness of the application
or the size of the collar" at the top
Important lessons have been learned
by the pioneer pit silo builders at Lib
eral, chief of which is to let an exper
fenced mason or concrete worker dc
the plastering. Improper mixture Of
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12

Sugar and wool, the two citadels Of
Aldrichism, cannot make a labor"
plea. High-priced land, rather than
hlgh-prlced labor, has checked the de-
velopment of wool growing in this
country; and the sugar industry pays
very low wages. The constant cry Of
beet sugar growers of the west has
been for plenty of cheap gang" labor;
and only constant watchfuness has
prevented child exploitation in west
ern beet fields quite as bad as that
recently uncovered in canning fac
tories
A fraud driven into the open is
more than half beaten. Aldrichism
has lost its labor" mask.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
SWALLOWS WHEAT BEARD
Woods County Farmer Victim Of Pc
culIar Accident

w. J. Parsons, one Of the promi-
nent farmers of Woods county, was
the victim of peculiar but danger
GUS accident when he swallowed a
wheat beard. At first he did not
notice the presence of the wheat
beard in his throat, but in short
time the particle reached the lower
portion OF his neck on its downward
course and then trouble began. His
neck began to swell and before he
could be gotten to a hospital or Sc.
cure medical treatment his throat
had swollen so that he could hardly
breathe. 1t was necessary to lance
his throat In several places when a
large amount Of pus was taken away.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
CLAIMS ARE HELD UP
Law Not Complied With Regarding
Consolidated Schools

Because the state board of educa-
ton did not follow the instructions Of
the attorney general in pro-rating the
100000 appropriation made by the
last legislature for consolidated school
districts claims against the fund are
now held up, according to an opinion
from Assistant Attorney General c.
L. Moore, given to the state auditor.
The board, it is said, sought the adj
vice of the encouragement when dis
tributing the fund, asking how it
should be done. The fund should
have been pro-rated equally according
to population to each county, was the
instructions from the attorney.gener.
al. This 1t is said the board did not
do, but proceeded to distribute the
fund only to counties where such con.
solidation was to be made at the time
This, Assistant Attorney General
Moore says is not correct, that the
fund should have been distributed to
all the counties, according to popula
ton.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES
SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS.

SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS.
Sept. l5-1s-Pottawatomie County Fair,
Shawnee
Sept. 16-Celebration opening Cherokee
Strip, Perry.
Sept. 16-1S-Division reunion, U. C. ".
Muskogee.
Sept. 1920 - Cimarron Valley Fair.
Guthrie.
Sept. 22-Sale OF school lands in Clmar-
ron county.
Sept 23-oct. 4.-oklahoma State Fair.
Sept. 29-oct. S--Horse Show at State
Sept, sO.-swlne Breeders Association
at State Fair.
Oct 6-ll-Mi skogee FaIr.
Oct. 16-1S-Peanut Carnival. Duncan.
Oct 13-Sale OF school lands in Texas
county.
Oct l6-1S.-Latimer County Fair, Will
burton
Oct. 26-PresiG1ntiaI election. Mexico.
Oct. 26-Nov. DRY Farming Congress,
Tulsa.
Oct. SO.-sen. LaFollette speaks at Ho-
bart.
Nov. 2O-Jolnt Shrine ceremonial. Tulsa
Jan. 5.--Sale of Choctaw and Chicka.
saw lands at Idabel
Jan. S.--Sale of Choctaw and Chickasaw
lands at Hugo
Jan. 12.-Sale of Choctaw and Chick
Jaw land 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.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
THE PIT SILO

Pit silos, as practical as any and
the most inexpensive kind for the man
with small means. are being extern
sively used by farmers and stockmen
in the vicinity of Liberal, Kans. About
twenty-five underground silos, most OF
them 20 feet deep and Is feet in diam
eter and circular in shape are being
built, though some are four sided
and only about half as deep. Several
pit silos are almost two years old and
have been giving satisfactory serv-
ice. Reports that these pit silos were
a failure brought the writer to Lib
eral for investigation. Not one com.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
High Court Now Has Big Docket

The fall term of the criminal court
of appeals, Judge Armstrong presid-
ing, opened with the largest docket
that has faced the court in some time.
The fall session of the supreme
court does not begin until September
9. The docket for that court is the
largest since statehood. Judge Rob-
ert L. Loofbourrow, recently appoint.
ed to success Justice Jesse ]. Dunn,
assumed hi snew duties last week
when he took the constitutional oath
of Office administered by Chief Jus.
tice Samuel w. Hayes.
All of the supreme court commits.
sioners were reappointed by the su.
preme court. This is done in pursu.
ance Of an act of the legislature,
which continues the commission un.
til January l, 1915.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12

side circle to a depth of % feet after
which the concrete was applied in thin
coats to the dirt walls. When stock
came too close to the edge of the silo
the collar saved the rim from crumb-
ling. Also the concrete collar kept
the rains and SHOWS from having any
effect on the top Of the silo. 1t took
three men just three days to dig the
silo and the plastering took two days.
The expense for materials was about
SIS. To Increase the capacity Of the
silo Mr.. Nix this summer is adding an
extension of feet above ground. Steel
lath and concrete are being used to
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12

Secretary Lane of the Interior de-
partment will visit Oklahoma this fall.
A better babies contest will be
conducted at Kingfisher county fair.
Second annual Latimer county fair
will be held October 16, II, and 10,
says Wilburton News.
Five stacks of wheat were de-
stroyed by fire on the farm of John
Bowers, south of Ell Reno. ,
Grandfeld has just voted to con-
struct a large lake with which to
operate the waterworks system.
Charged with having stolen six
loads of wheat from the granary Of
Frank Parker, prominent farmer re-
siding close to Enid, H. H. O'Haver
was arrested in Enid.
The Saltwater chamber of COM
MERGE and Retailers association have
united in a movement to oppose the
formation of new county as pro-
posed by Gushing citizens.
Rev. DR.. Liddell, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, McAlester, has
rendered his resignation and will re.
move to another state on account of
i'll health.
An aged negro, attempting to set
tie a dispute between two neighbors
near Edna, Creek county, the other
day, was shot and killed by one of
the participants,
Ex-senator Echols of Elk City is a
candidate for congress in the seventh
district.
The trial of Mrs. Laura Reuter- for
the murder of her husband, begins at
Bartlesville, Sept. %.
drew five.year esntence for incest.
drew a five-year sentence for insect.
The Oklahoma Rural Letter Car
riers Association adjourned at Tulsa,
to meet next year at Chickasha.
di nSlo anu bIOChHlen around bar
tlesvllle are somewhat alarmed over
the report that forage poisoning has
appeared among horses and mules,
and have begun to take precautions
to prevent their animals from falling
victims of the epidemic.
Mrs. Rena Hansberger, a seventeen
year old married girl at Tulsa, stole
$500 worth Of goods from stores. She
says she is kleptomaniac.
McAlester will soon be the scene OF
a great "land rush." Not one for gov.
eminent land, for there is none Of
that on this side of the state, but
1890 acres of territory belonging 10
the Choctaw Indians soon will he
placed on the market, to be sold out.
right to the highest bidder and the
buyer will take title direct from the
tribal chief and the federal govern.
ment.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
Trust Properly Indicted.

The government never has sought
to punish legitimate business operat-
ing within the area Of honorable COM
petition. But there is question
when corporation, through combina-
ton, acquires control of IS per cent.
Of the output Of one particular line.
And this Ia what the government.
AYERS the harvester trust has done.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
County Fairs.

Sept 9-11-Caddo County Fair, Hy-
dro.
Sept. s-12-osage County Fair. Paw
huska.
Sept: s-1s-Northwestern Oklahoma
Fair, Woodward.
Sept. 1912. Sterling Fair.
Sept 1O-1s.-Kinghsher County Farm
ers' Institute and Fair, Kinghsher.
Sept 1O-13-Greer County Fair. Man
, gum.
Sept. 1s-17-caddO County Fair. Ana
darko
Sept. l6-1S-Logan County Fair. Guth-
Sept. 16-1S-Craig County Fair, Vinita.
Sept, 1s-1S-McClain County Fair.
Sept. 16-19-Dewey County Fair. Ia
lUga.
Sept. 1S-ls--Becknam County FOir. Elk
Sept. ls-1s-Blaine County Fair. Wa.
tonga.
IS Sept. 1s-l9-LIncoln County Fair
Sept. 16-19-Rogers County Fair, Chel-
sea.
Sept 17-19-okfuskee County Fair
Okemah.
Sept. 16-2O--Pawnee Fair, Pawnee.
Sept 16-2O--Pawnes County Fair
Hallett.
Sept. 16-2O-Pittsburg County Fair
McAlester.
Sept. 16-19-Pottawstomie County Fair
Shawnee
Sept. 17-19-County Fair, Grand.
Sept 17-20-Sterlng Fair Sterling
Sept 1S-19-McIntosh County Fair, Eu-
faula.
Sept. 25-27-Rogers County Fair, Clare
more
Sept. 25-27-North Lincoln County Fair
Agra.
Oct. 1-4-Jacasoi County Fair. Blair
Oct. 14-16-Tulsa County Fair. Broker
Arrow.
Oct. 16-1S-Haskell County Fair, Stig
Ter.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
Matter for Men Who Know.

We plead for Difference to the opin-
ion OF those who have a right to have,
an opinion. England has for years
had no money question. All parties
agree that the country ought to have
the best system obtainable. and all
follow the guidance Of men who have
given their lives to study of the
subject. We ought to try to get into
the same state Of mind. The question
Of a proper ordering of our finances
is not a Democratic or Republican
questlon-it is purely scientific ques7
ton.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12

material has caused some trouble in
a small way. but in every case the
silos are giving a minimum of service.
Concrete Block Collar Helps.
Profiting by the mistakes of others,
o. M. Nix built a collar twelve inches
wide and three feet deep around the
top of his pit silo.
He drew circle the size he wanted
the diameter of his silo and then dug
q trench three feet deep and one foot
wide and filled it with concrete. He
was familiar with handling cement and
had no trouble in getting the proper
mixture. After this collar had hard
ened he and his men followed the in
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12

build this extension. Mr.. Nix filled
the silo with kahr off 20 acres and
milo off the same area and fed it to 20
head of cattle and horses which win.
tered in fine condition.
The best equipped pit silo is owned
by A. G. Morell near Liberal. His was
built at a total expense Of exactly
$25-$750 for cement blocks with
which the silo is REINFORCED at the
top and $3.50 for plasterers hire to give
the walls a three-coat application of
cement and $40 for cement. He says
that had he known as much about pit
silos as he now does he could have
saved at least S. or Sc in constructing
concrete collar before digging the
hole in the ground, The concrete
blocks We're an after thought and
wholly unnecessary says Mr.. Morell, II
the collar had first been put in. The
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
contracts For Home Annex

The trustees of the state confed.
crate home met and awarded the
contract for building the home annex
for which the legislature appropriated
$16,50O. w. F. Herber of Muskogee
was awarded the construction con
tract and the heating, lighting and
plumbing was awarded to Kennerly,
Spragins and Lewis of Ardmore.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
TAKES STEP FOR 2-cENT FARES
Commission May Require Trains
Stopped at State Line.

Another step toward making the
2-cent passenger rate more beneficial
was taken by the corporation COM
mission when a proposed order was
issued requiring all railroad compan-
les to stop passenger trains, inbound
and outbound at the station on their
respective lines nearest the state
boundary line long enough to permit
the purchase of tickets.
The hearing to make the order per-
manent will be before the commits
sion on September 10.
If this order is made effective it Is
expected to clear up about the only
troublesome situation the state has
had to deal with in connection with
the 2-cent rate agreement. Under
present conditions if a passenger
buys through ticket from some point
in Oklahoma to a point in another
state he is required to pay cents a
mile for the entire distance, the q
cent rate note being an interstate
agreement.
The only way this can be avoided,
in the opinion Of the corporation COM
mission, is for interstate passengers
leaving points in Oklahoma to pur-
chase tickets to the last station in
Oklahoma on the line they propose
to travel, then get off the train and
purchase another ticket to their des-
tination. This will give them the adj
vantage of the 2-cent rate all the way
in Oklahoma. The same plan can be
followed by passengers coming into
the state.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
How to Save the Fertility.

Eighty per cent. Of the fertility re.
moved by the crop is restored to the
land II manure is properly preserved
and applied.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12

layers of plaster in the Morell silo are
about an inch thick, making the total
thickness OF the walls at least three
inches. He says 1t Is folly to make
the walls thinner than that If the con
crete is to stand the variations OF
temperature and the rains, From the
silo to his dairy barn hay carrier
running on a steel track carries a
large steel bucket holding barrel and
half of silage. 1t is drawn by a
horse after 1t is filled in the pit. 1t
only takes a few minutes for Mr..
Morell to fll the bucket and the horse
to draw It up and over to the troughs
where the cattle are fed.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
Possibly True

Shallow cultivation conserves mois-
ture," says a scientific professor, and
an exchange remarks: 1--WE now under
stand why so many college students
have water on the brain"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
What the crop Costs.

For every seven dollars worth Of
wheat exported last year eight dollars
was spent or exhausted in soil fertil-
ity TO produce 1t.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
A BARNARD Freak.

A Rush Springs woman found
four-legged chicken in her flock. The
most peculiar feature was that two
rear feet had toes turning backwards.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
Soil lndlnARtinn.

An unbalanced plant food ration
proves as disastrous to the growing
plant as an unbalanced food ration
does to the animal.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
Spuds

In 1912 Oklahoma raised 1,74O,00O
bushels of potatoes, valued at $1,61S,-
900.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12

Judge R. H. Loofbourrow of Beaver
will be the new associate justice Of
the state supreme court. He was CIV
en- his commission by Governor Cruce
and took his place on the bench Sep
TENDER 1, succeeding Justice Jesse j.
Dunn, who resigned a short time ago
to locate permanently in California.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12
The 1912 Hav crop

In 1912 Oklahoma raised 4S1, 900
tons of hay, valued at $3,559,000.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-09-12

Did We Feed II, or Sell Il?
In 1912 Oklahoma raised 23,494,00
bushels of oats valued at $7,988, 900.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-10


room.
Gave hack Hts Rings.
Hut he replied 10 his vii: that no
loved her. and that his home was still
open to her. she had her engagement
aud wedding rings in her left hand, AS
she shook hands with him and told him
good by. She gave them to her brother,
who passed them on to Walker. Then
She left the room. he never knew
where Eho was until informed by At
torney Wcndenhurg. who told him his
wife was I'm Pittsburgh, and advised
him 10 20 10 see her.
E!o told Of Visiting her on juno L.
and OF urging her 10 como back 10 him.
She asked him not to take any steps
against her, and he replied that Mr.
Ncndenburs was his lawyer. Again
he urged her 10 return with him. and
again she refused, telling him though
that. perhaps. things would come out
all right.
Court adjourned At . o'clock for din
uer, with walker still on the stand.
Urged Her TO Come hack.
Court convened again ut $3.50 o'clock.
when Walker continued his tNtiinony.
relating that he had written TO his
wife three times, urging her to come
back 10 him. l!e wrote to her that he
couldn't understand why she had been
influenced against him. as she had told
him that he had not caused the trou-
blc. He told her that If she would re-
turn to him. he would never mention
the matter 10 her again and that they
could start life anew. In one OF his
letters he wrote, "If Your mother did
not want YOU to marry me- she should
have stopped mo coming to see YOU
eighteen months ago" In another let
ter he inclOscd Il check TO pay her fare
back to Richmond. giving her the third
opportunity to return to him. The let
tors wcre mt in evidence There were
also letters from her to him. before
their marriage, and while lie was trav-
cling as n salesman. They We're
signed, lovingly, L."
Her last letter To him. sent from
Pittsburgh, began. MI. walker" and
* said that the charges that she had
been Influenced against him by John,
untrue, and that she was acting en-
tirclY on her own responsibility. In
the letter was Enclosed his certified
check for $50
The letter was typowrittcn, and WAS
addressed 10 Thomas Grant Walker,
whereas she had been In the habit Of
addressing him as TT. G.. walker"
snys RntciiHe Wrote Il.
Mr.. Wcndenburg charged that the
letter had bccn written 10y John Rat
cline in Richmond and sent to Mrs.
Walker by special delivery. Iic said
that a defect In Mr.. Hatcliffs type
writer. a. seen in another letter writ
ten or the Same machine, would prove
that he had written the letter.
On tho objection OF Sir Meredith that
tho pioof VAS not sufficient 10 admit
rthc typcwritten letter Ia evidence,
Judge Crlmp said he would not allow
! IL at this time 10 enter the record.
! walker testified that he replied. say
Ing that no could hardly conceive OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-10
Mr.. Charlie. G. Walker.

Mrs. Charles c. Walker. wife OF
Charles G. Walker, assistant general
manager of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Hallway, died at her residence, SOC
Park Avenue. Ut 1880 o'clock last
night. WhNo the arrangements for
the funeral have not been completed,
the services Will be held tomorrow at
an hour To bc announced later.
Mrs. Walker is survived by her hug
band and three children--L!ndsay
Walker, lieutenant in tho United
States Navy: Charles <. walker. Jr.,
OF New York, and Misc Rcbecca
Walker: by her mother Mrs. r. L.
Shackclford of Ashland; ono brother.
Judge George s. Shackelford. OF
Orange. and one sister, Mrs. II. h.
Smithcy, of Ashland.