Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1913-04-24
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES

A pipe line route Ia being surveyed
from the Electra OH field In Texas to
the Gushing. Okla. field.
Fire Of unknown origin destroyed
several business houses and contents
.. Gsary. enta.i,ng losses estimated
at $500.
Pauls Valley will vote on bond 10
sue OF $4,000 with which to make
some needed improvements on he
Lee school.
The window frames have been set
up and bricks are being laid In the
construction OF the Catholic univer
sity at Shawnee.
A Chinese baseball team from the
Chinese university of Honolulu twice
defeated the Alva normal school ball
team in two games played.
The Hugo Husonian thinks the jury
there was "cinchy" because 1t grant
ed no awards Of more than $1,000 out
OF all the cases II tried.
At a sale Of thoroughbred cattle, in
watonga county. $4,000 worth OF stock
was sold. one head at time, in two
hours and thirty-fve minutes.
All Protestant churches In Harts-
horne have united In a great revival
meeting. and reports from that Llacs
indicate the sermons are doing great
good.
Commercial clubs in southern Okla
homa towns are purchasing approved
grades Of cottonseed and distributing
II among the farmers OF surrounding
territory.
While watching baseball game at
Mangum a small boy was struck by a
foul ball, which broke the nasal bone
and fractured the cheek bone of the
youthful fan"
The editor of the Kingston Messen-
ger thinks there is more pleasure In
reclining on his back than he would
enjoy by assuming the same attitude
under an automobile.
The Methodist revival meeting.
which had been in progress at Altus
for twenty-three days. closed recent
ly with a love feast" in which the
citizenship OF practically the entire
town participated.
Orchardists of Pottawatomie county
are optimistic They say the recent
cold spells aided rather than injured
the peach crop. as there were too many
blooms on the trees anyway, and those
not killed will make a fair crop and
bring a good price.
The business men of Chandler have
made arrangements TO distribute free
to the farmers OF that trade territory
one hundred bushels of black. hull
white kafircorn seed. Four hundred
farmers will each receive one peck
of seed. sufficient to plant five acres
OF ground.
The Lincoln County Poultry Asso-
citation is making elaborate prepara.
tons for their annual poultry show,
to be held at Stroud December |, 2
of C. A. Enry of Carthage, Missouri.
to score the birds.
The Armstrong Oil company has
commenced a test we'll en- the Muir
dock lease. seven miles southeast OF
Newkirk Much excitement prevails
In this territory and farmers are be-
ing offered fabulous prices for their
acreage.
A retailers association has been
organized at Ardmors with w. ].
H.,
president. and w. @. Ditzler. treas.
urer w. o. Atwell. who has been
secretary for similar organization at
Coalgate, and who is trained in the
work. has been chosen secretary.
Enterprising business men OF Eldor.
ado, have organized a fair association
and will hold an agricultural and live
stock exhibition this fall after the
crops are harvested.
The Bull Moose party will have an
official organ in Oklahoma. with the
purchase OF a plant in Tulsa by com.
pany headed by Thomas A. Latta, for,
mer editor OF the Gas Journal OF that
city.
The First National Bank OF Stroud
distributed loo bushels Of the best
pure black.hulied white kafir corr
seed obtainable for 400 farmers In
their trade territory-enough for each
farmer TO plant about Ave acres oi
kahr for feed.
Active dsveopment Of the bis
dolomite quaries eg Creta, IS m,les
west OF Altus, on the Frisco railroad
IN the near fnfnra La nrnmi isad In 4