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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1914-03-25
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Cont No. 5O2i
NOTICE OF CoNTEs
Department of the Interior, U $. Land
Ofliee at ncumcari, New fexieo
February "a, 1914
To Charley Watson of lIudso N, n. M.
Contestee;
You are hereby notified III at James
c, Robinson, who gives Tucu mcari, n
NJ, as his postofiice addre',s, di d on Jan
20, 1914, file in this Office his duly cor
roboratcd application to- contest and
secure the cancellation Of your II f No
2li76, Ser No. Os965, made Nov. 81
1907, for NWh Soc &, Twp l2N, Rnl
32 east OF New Mexico Prin eipal Me
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NOTICE OF coNTEs t

Ser. No. 0S965
Cont No. 5O2i
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fits accurately the similar ceremony of
today:
The yard Of the square selected is
cleaned ard sprnkled with white sand,
while a black drink is being brewed on
"a fire consisting of four logs set cross
wise, to signify the points of the COM
pass. While this drink is cooking the
women dance the turkey dance, and from
noon till middle afternoon drink is served
from the brew, which is a strong emetic.
Then four men and an equal number
of women go through the tadpole dance"
while the men alone perform one called
the hiniha. The old mems tobacco is
also prepared this first day.
In the morning about 10 o'clock the
women enjoy the gun Dance" while the
men continue to fire their weapons At
noon the braves go to the fire, rub Its
ashes on their chin, neck and stomach
and then jump into water. The women
II epare the new corn for cooking. Just
before the feast the men rub the corn
between their hands and over their faces
and necks.
The third day the men alone sit in
the public square. But the fourth the
women rise early, secure some embers
of the sacred fire, kindle in their own
fireplaces a blaze, rub themselves with
ashes. plunge into water. taste salt and
then execute the long dance.
The sixth and seventh days the men
sit solemnly about the square; but the
eighth the medical mixture, containing
fourteen kinds Of plants. is made. and
after it is blown on by Il priest the CON
coction is used for rubbing the joints.
Another odd mixture is made of old corn
cob pipes and pine boughs mixed with
water and stirred by four girls, while
preparation of white clay and water Is
made by the men. Flowers are then
taken to the chiefs house. when he and
his staff walk four times around the
fire, throwing into it some tobacco.
Then before one of the cabins cane
topped by two white feathers is set up,
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by hanging up that number of sticks
and taking down a stick as each day
passed
At the ceremony there is a black drink
used similar to that of the Creeks. tut
of more violent character Aft'r
drinking the dance begins and is carried
on to the chant Of song whose woTJS
are held secret from the white man,
No Indian is allowed to sing this chant
except at this Thanksgiving feast. which
is held on the ripenlng of the corn, Tor
to do so will surely bring ill-luck. Tho
night after this song and dance they eat
corn. Then they have a day of fasting.
followed by a second feast. and the Sem
mole Thanksgiving day is over for
year
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the great American turkey disap-
pearine? While Thanksgiving is
a festival of rejoicing, yet of late
~ 1t has come around with feeling
of anxiety. For abroad in the land
has gone the news that our national
birl is dying out: that year by year its
numbers are growing less.
According to the last census-that o.
191o-there were in the country $685.
10s turkeys. BY the census prior
that of 1900-there were 6,5S4.Se5. So
Il is seen that though our population
has increased by many millions in ten
years the number of turkeys decrease"
at least one-half from 1900 to 1910.
With a rising population and a fallins
scale in the turkey line our national ba
rometer is registering badly for the
coming generation While there has
been no count of turkeys since 1910.
vet statistics by the Department o.
Agriculture show that the falling off
In the number of turkeys produced con-
tinues. while the increase in the num-
her of eaters also grows by leaps and
bounds.
4 national disaster. Hence. in view oi
This threatened calamity. Uncle Sam is
now taking up the question seriously.
for if the amount of turkeys bred cor
tinues to decrease so rapidly 1t VIII be
hut a few years before many Thanks
giving and Christmas tables are bare
and children may know of turkey only
as fowl that grandma used to cook"
Even now turkey is SO expensive that
within two years it will probab bly, be at
East a fourth higher than today. and
,he ordinary citizen Will be acquainted
with its taste only on occasions of
great solemnity. Yet one need not fear
such a calamity if Uncle Sam succeeds
n the plan he is at present pursuing.
In August the Department of Agri-
culture added new expert to its staff
in Andrew S. Weiant of California.
Mr. weiant was secured to work eX-
clusively on the turkey Question-to
study by practical observation the fowl
on the farms of the entire country and
Maine to Texas to find out all there is
20 know about the modern monarch of
;be American dinner table.
He is to go into the Lomes and seek
The housewife, to gather statistics.
troubles and remedies first hand in the
most plebeian of places. to get the
actual daily life and environ: ent un-
der which the bird is born and bred.
Mr. weiant studied the subject of
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element and hard lighting among the
warriors
After the game the braves danced a
war dance to the beating on the pot
After all the corn was consumed the
people returned to their hutS and the
feast was over
Among the Creek Indians of Okla
homa the New Year begins with the
"Busk,' which is celebration cor
responding to our Thanksgiving. except
that they celebrate the ripening of the
corn, and not its harvesting Yet the
idea is exactly the same-one of giving
thanks By early writers it was called
the green corn Dance" and was re-
garded as time of general forgiveness,
of absolution of all crime and a doing
away with any feeling Of hatred toward
others.
The following description Of the cere-
monies Of the Creek Busk, which was
witnessed in Gen Washington's time,
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Research Shows Aborigines Celebrated Festival
in the Long Ago-Dancing and Feasting
Which Continued for Days-Every Rite a
Symbolic One-Queer Customs of the
Ancient Festivities.

led the Indian ON his native heath all
rate ceremonial with which they were
attended. While most of the tribes
have vanished AS such. there are still
come left on government reservations
which observe, though possibly in a
modified degree, the ancient custom Of
their race.
Among the records of the bureau of
American ethnology is found an inter
estin2 account of the Thanksgiving Of
the ancient NatcheZ, a tribe that two
hundred years ago lived i'll what is now
Mississippi and not far from the pres
ent city OF that name. Today there are
but four living members and they are
in Oklahoma. But when visited. about
171S. by some travellers. an interesting
account Of this early American Thanks
giving was obtained.
The corn over which this feast is cele-
brated is specially planted in particu-
Inony. When it ripens in July the cele-
bration of Thanksgiving for the event
began by the warriors gathering in a
beautiful lawn beneath the shade of
tall trees. On the outside of this gath
ering ground a granary called Il tun
was built of cane, and into it the war
riors threw the corn till it was full.
The chief of the tribe, who was
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ORIGINATED ACCORDING TO MgEQRY

The dance generally lasted all night,
corn and water being the only food
used.
At 9 in the morning the great Sun
came into the open space. and then the
war chief appeared. both me-: having
a party of braves at their back wearing
their colors They then began a game
with a ball made of deerskin. which was
snatched and fought for to score goals
during which time there was great eX
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lected and publicly burned There is no
doubt that the burning of old cloth
ing, the cleaning of the homes, the taking
of an emetic and lighting of the sacred
life are all symbolic and relate to the be-
ginning of a new life of forgiveness and
harmony.
The green corn dance of the Seminole
indians Of Florida has COM. down from
nllen times and is pl-a tically the same
,on rs il Wa hundreds Of wears ago.
IN account has been secured from
an Indian. who said that the an
nounremant of this feast was made in
the various villages fifteen days ahead
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the enemy he had killed. and in this he
was followed by the other braves in
turn.
When night came the ground was
lighted by bundles Of cane and the
dance began In the center man seat
ed himself beside a pot in which
there was little water. skin being
stretched across the top Of the pot to
form a drum. Around him were ar
ranged two circles, the inner one of
women revolving in one direction and
the outer one of men revolving In the
opposite way. each woman having
feather and each man rattle in the
hand. Those who became tired retired
at will and fresh ones entered at any
time without disturbing the assembly.
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The Explanation.

GEORGE CONAN, at luncheon at
~ the Players Club in New York. was
talking about a millionaire banker Of
sixty-two whose wife threatened to di-
vorce him on account of his ward a
beautiful chorus girl of seventeen.
Home" said Mr.. Cohan. in his quaint
way home is where the heart is. Well.
some of our grand old multimillionaire
are so big-hearted. it seems. that they
naturally have to have several homes"
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and when the sun sets an Indian takes
1t down and walks. followed by crowd.
to the river. Halfway there he sets
up the death whoop and repeats it four
times on the shore. The crowd goes
through many performances with tobacco
and stones on the waters edge, but all
wind up with a general swim, a uni
versal death whoop and a return to the
square. where, at night, comes the
mad dance" to conclude the Thanks
giving.
In the accounts of SonIn writer's it is
stated that there is threc-t,ay fast prior
to the celebration of the Busk, and that
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Hard Workers.

IS A MERICA has one thing to be
n thankful for" said Charles W.
Morse, at a dinner in New York, and
that is her wonderful industrial pros
perity.
This prosperity is due to the Ameri-
can business man, who has just two OBJ
iects in life His first object is to be
a millionaire at thirty, and his second
is to be a multimillionaire at thirty
five"
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as the Blackhead. which is a sickness
troubled with blackhead the liver is
attacked by parasitic microbe called
Amoeba melegridis. which causes the
turkeys. especially the young ones, to
waste away till death. While the dis
ease is due to the presence of the mi
crobe in the liver. it's ramifications pre-
vail into the blood. and all organs of
the body are finally affected.
This trouble is conta gious and com
municated by food and other ways to
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most gratifying III its results.
Studies pursued through New Eng
land and the middle states by Mr..
We;ant have led so far to the conclu-
sion that, though the turkey is subject
to the various ailments of all domestic
fowls. it is peculiarly prone to catch
this bacteria of the "blackhead" and
that the enormous decrease in our tur
key crop is primarily due to this trou-
BILE.
Mr.. Weiant found that while some
lucky breeders escaped, there were
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A Business AphorIsm

pHILIP D. ARMOUR. "a, irss Suffered
T the ancestral @stoGkyard . - learn
the packing trade from ,tae sFeana W
ME-. Armour ARRIVES .ns-ths yards "
the gray cold dawn. '.-@iis does .,ao 20
part until evening. Ali <.aS ,-tohe'
boots and overalls. he WORKS naa
f.omplimented on the Jehs.
si,nniicity of his present life. MI Ar-
,poIIr said to reporter ,,
you must never get above YOU hav.
ness It's because the Arnourh -,
never got above their business ~,
they have prospered SO.
pats above his business a
Mr.. Armour chuckled. -~
-..he falls on ;.@,.
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many farms on which whole focks OF
grown fowls had been swept away In a
few months after the introduction OF
:he contaglon among them. =.
There - also one point settled. which
IS that the moment a bird SD scovered
with any symptom OF the~'disease. II
should be killed and the body buried.
he yard plowed up If possible and
covered with lime to be replowed: or
an even better way is to secure en-
tirely new quarters for the flock.
Some authorities hold that the tnfec-
tfon can be carried within the eggs
and others that it is found in the In
cuba tors the hrooders. or solely In tho
living surroundings OF the fowls But
be that as II may. the one thing on
which Uncle sam is bent today is to
find out not only the trouble. but also
how il can he cured.
So far the department is not rend~
TO say that the work has progressed
far enough to make any statements as
TO any sure cure. 1t recommends C-"aii-
IincSs death for the infected bird. new
quarters and sour milk food. Rut
a sur" cure for turkeys already H4cN
has not Vet been discovered. nor even
IN effective way of destroying the
bacteria.
* =
An experiment was made by mating
some turkeys of the wild variety with
~. domestic fowl hut the progeny did
not prove to be any more immune to
blachhead than the pure -blooded tame
bird.
After gathering the Information
which can he obtained by actual visits
TO turkey farms in the south, the ce-
partment v i'll taAe the remedies which
have already Eis"u the best results aud
work them out ca"efully. 1t is not eN-
rccted that Mr.. Weiant Will fniFh
gathering his statistics for som"
! ~ tas. hrt by spring all data ought
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7TREsE ARE The FELLOWS That, GRACE
c- -IOUR- ItFAtnks G 1y1Ne- IAs1E

turkeys while boy i'll his California
home and later took a course in an aR-
ricultural college. When the govern
ment determined to spend efforts to
stop the enormous drain on this fowl
ne was selected to manage this work
With this object in view he set out n
few weeks ago to cover the country,
beginning at the Rhode Island expert
ment station, where a special study of
the fowl has been in progress for some
years. He then went to farms in the
northern and middle eastern states on
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which most of the turkeys are grown.
1t may be surprising to learn that
only 3 per cent of the New England
farms produce turkeys. Texas leads in
raising this fowl with over $4,000 to
her credit, while Missouri, Indiana, Illi-
In these states the next investigation
viii take place and, it is expected. with
some happy results.
The great scarcity of turkeys. the
government has decided, is due to the
ravages of disease, mainly that known
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that this trouble is often started with
overfeeding, and one of the remedies
suggested by it's results was that of
giving to the sick fowls foreign bac-
terium. Bacterium Eulgaricum, which
was first isolated by Metchnikoff from
the sour milk drink, of the Bulgarian
peasant. This sour milk bacteria is
now sold by some large firms in this
country dealing in biological products
The giving of a drug called Formidine
Rhode Island experiment station as
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consisted in bowings and loud calls, all
of which ended i'll the warriors going to
the granary, getting the corn out and
preparing il for food.
When the women finished cooking the
corn, each appeared at the door of her
hut. which was the signal for the feast.
The men and boys ate first; then the
women and girls. AS fast as the men
finished they went outside where con-
cert of male voices was held: then be-
gan a recital in which the war chief
told of his exploits, of how many Of
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called the great Sun, was then placed
in hut erected near the granary, and
on the appointed Thanksgiving day
he was borne in a litter on the shoul-
ders of eight men to the feast, first
making a circuit of the ground before
descending.
Then the war chief. wearing a white
plume. made the round of the huts. dis
tributing grain to the women. The
great Sun and the war chief then per-
formed long ceremony, most Of which
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members of a flock which it has once
entered. Most young turkeys die with
in few months after catching the dis
ease. Autopsus have shown that the
liver was the main organ attacked.
At the Rhode Island experiment sta
tion the laboratory has worked for
years on this problem, raising turkeys
to study and even giving to some well
ones an incubation of the disease in a
culture. so that it could carry on its
experiments. The results of their wosk
there is the publication of the fact
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booths decorated with the flowers and
fruits of autumn.
Among the Indians of America the
custom of having u Thanksgiving feast
was practically uniyersal-at least,
among those who had any amount of
planting. AS corn was the main arti
Gle grown, their dances and feasting
were generally in honor of the harvest
ing of that food. The writers of sew
eral hundred years ago who first stud
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Hard to FolioW.
New

A FASHION expert -said 80 a New
York reporter,
''lf -you see "a girl Wit u, s,>'ri
w. 80 ,,,,-f.si,ioned a.. Th--11ssehY sRirt ns-
gone. Tha loose. f'lil-sens ,t;is core
.'it~fs very hard fos,-..ouc. TQHrg an.
TO keep track OF the f5IcW.~i si
said to 4 young inan orsssss-s h3i,g
Here / wallsed throGs9p .1te tsOw az,
Piccadilly. and took tea NvGs you; ahI
m-are Infasteued. 4 .efsesSt q K ..=Hs,d YOU
never offered to,io SszSg 'sss.
!" "eWeil,' said III itt. .-Rsuils man.
thouebt perhnys' lf- she sne"es'
wrinkle Yau5as. = offere1t sew ~
the Slit in wfrfs skirt the .otifr "a,
ness. or she'd tell her fatherA
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Supply of Turkeys
Is Decreasing, While
Demand Increases.
Uncle Sam Is Trying
to Save Them The
Governments "Tur-
key Man His In
vestigations - Turkey
Disease Black
head and Its Cure.
Experiments to Be
Made.
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The feast of the tabernacles in the
Old Testament times was also a har-
vest celebration and took place on the
seventh day of the month which CORE
spends to our November, sometimes
lasting for a whole week. They gath
cred in the temple In great professions.
holding palms, and in the streets were
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used TO celebrate some feast OF a
Thanksgiving nature, while most of the
tribes of our American Indians had
big gathering and a harvest feast years
before the white man ever set foot on
the shores of the new world.
BY the Greeks and Romans the fest-
val days in honor of the goddess OF
agriculture were times of rustic sport.
of professions through the fields and
the decorating Of the home with fruits
and flowers. Tho people of Egypt en-
5oyed a time of feasting after gather
ing in their harvests and laid the fruits
of the year on tho altar Of the god
dsss Isis.
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ESPITE popular opinion to the
contrary. Thanksgiving day
as an institution is not pecu-
liarly American. For history
Sbo~s that all ancient nations
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-24
They Play Today
+. u :: y y = :: {: Il u u n ;: ;. q :

Texarkana, Tex, May 23.-TeXar-
kama today took the Ardmore team in
to camp taking advantage of seven
teen clean hits off Mickey and Hop
kins for eleven runs. Torrey was on
the mound for the locals Nearly ev-
cry hit that TeXarkana made was
clean and good for scores. There were
no features except that the fast field
ing and clean hitting of Texarkana
outclassed the work of the visitors,
who secured seven hits off Torrey but
were unable to score. The nearest
they came to the plate was when
White tried to score from first on Shell
toms long drive to the right center
field fence, but beautiful relay from
Milan to Stellbauer to Buster caught
the runner off the plate by two feet
Both throws were perfect.
The score:
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base hits, O'Neal, Sullivan; two base
hits, Buster, Sorey, Stellbauer, st.
John, Lawson; hits apportioned, IA
of Mickey in 3 2-3 innings, Soft Hop
kins in 4 Is innings; struck out, by
Mickey >, Hopkins l, Torrey 3; bases
on balls, off Torrey /; batters hit by
Torrey /; wild pitch, Hopkins; passed
ball. White; double play, Sorrey to
Stellbauer to Ritter; left on bases.
Ardmore 9. Texarkana 6 Time 200;
Umpire Pontius
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Sick Insurance In Prussia.

Prussian sick insurance, which In
amended form went into effect Janu-
ary /. has been found applicable to
domestic servants. In Berlin the rate
amounts to ABOUT ten per cent of the
wages paid which ID considered out
Of all proportion to the risk. The gov.
ernment IL considering an amendment
TO separate the class OF domestic serv.
ants from other labor.
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FRIDAYS RESULTS
Durant 8, Paris 0
Hugo 8. TeXarkana
Denison 3, BOnham 2
Ardmore A, Sherman 80

Ardmore took both games of Fri
days double-header from Sherman,
winning the first game to and
the second game, which went but sew
en- innings, 4 to 0.
The first game went ten innings,
Ardmore scoring the winning run in
her half of the tenth, after Sherman
had tied up the game in the last of
the ninth The score, first game:
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Huuo Loses to Paris.

Paris, Tex, May 23.Paris outplayed
Hugo in all respects today. Kerr's
pitching was largely responsible for
Paris victory. Harper hit for home
run. The score:
Hugo -------- 600 OOO OOO-O 8 3
Paris ---- O2O O0O 11X-4 8 l
Veltz and Jordan; Kerr and Herring
ton. Umpire Cullum.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-24
BASEBALL NOTES.

Ardmore plays a second game at
TeXarkana this afternoon. Tomorrow
will wind up the series at Texarkana
Tuesday the local team will 20 to
Hugo for three games.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-24

The work that has been done on
the street railway tracks has made a
wonderful Improvement in the road.
The cars are undergoing a general
overhauling and more equipment will
be added. Lorena park is going to
be an attractive place to spend the
pleasant evenings this summer, with
its picture show and natatorium.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-24
Thinqs Fatal 10 Healthy Life.

If we cease to struggle or think' ana
are content to live a purely animal
life, the activity of our brain powers
quickly ceases and we are mentally
dead. Struggle action, aspiration Is
dying, but 1t means living. Introduce
the poison of vice, and there Is a
cessation of mental life as fatal as
that caused to the body by arsenic.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-24

Denison, Tex, May 23.-Durant out
hit the locals today, taking the game
by a score of . to l. The score:
Durant ------ 000 010 010-2 Z 2
Denison ------ OO1 OOO OOO-1 3 =
Nally and Herman; Redtord and
Gerhardt. Umpire Carter
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Ronham Wins Another.

Sherman, Tex, May 23.-Although
Sherman outhit Bonham today the Wis
itors won the game. Both teams put up
a good game in the field. The score;
Bonham ----- 100 GOO OOO 4-5 6 0
Sherman ---- coo 100 OOO % 9
Gaines and Harrison Nerritt and
Palmer. Umpire Werntz.
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600 900 o. G
Sherman -

Sherman --------------- 900 600 90
Twobase hit-Tierney; stolen bases
Carey, Shelton, Wicks; struck out
by Schnelle 4, St John >; bases on
balls off Schnelle l, off St John /
passed ball-Palmer; double play
st. John to Carey to Lawson Time
one hour Umpire Carter.
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every month, and then come across
when the collector calls.

j. w. Johnson of Milo was in the
city yesterday and will leave here
Monday for Tulsa, where he was APP
pointed as a delegate by Governor
Cruce to represent Carter county at
the Ozark Trails convention at that
place May 26 and 27.