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The Elbert County tribune., 1915-05-28
CAREFULLY ADJUST
COLLAR OF HORSES
Sore Shoulders Are More Easily
Prevented Than Cured-Rest
the Team Often.

/ have found that sore shoulders
on horses at plowing and cultivation
time are due largely to lack of
humane thought and to neglect on
the part of the driver. We cannot be
too careful about fitting the collars.
The trouble lies there. The collar
should be fitted to every horse with
precision and pains. 1t is cruel and
mistake to change harness from one
team to another without carefully ad-
5usting the collar each time, says
writer in Baltimore American. The
padding of the collar should be
worked down with the hands until it
conforms to the shape of the horses
shoulder The surface of the collar
should be clean and free from grit.
When the collars are removed after
working it takes but little time to
bathe the shoulders in cold water,
and it counts a great deal. 1t tough
ems the shoulder and removes all
sweat and dirt. Calling will never
occur II the horse is not overheated
beneath the collar. 1t takes some
thought and care to prevent this, espe-
cially on sultry. humid days.
Cultivation is very strenuous and
heating. and upon sultry days the
team should be rested often, the col
lar being lifted from the shoulders to
allow them to dry and cool.
Many think CALLED shoulders a nee
essary evil, but sore shoulders can
be prevented and are more easily pre-
vented than cured. II l think
cannot avoid CALLING upon hot, hui
mid day, prefer to put the team in
the barn,
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-05-28
(By L. SfILLER.)

CBy L. MILLER.)
There is good profit In making
baby beef; that is, in preparing AMI
mails for market when they are from
twelve to eighteen months old, but not
every man can make 1t. Many things
enter into the preparation of baby
beef which very few farmers possess.
In the first place he must have on
his farm an abundance OF foods that
are well adapted for the particular
purpose of making growth and fat in
the youngsters. He must not feed
foods that are SO coarse that they will
not be suitable for young stock, IL he
does he will produce paunchy animals
and fail to get on their ribs the nee
essary fat and to make them profit
able. Foods, especially fodder which
may be suitable for older animals are
often entirely unfit for the production
OF baby beef. There is tremendous
waste in feeding young animals al
though a pound of grain fed to the
very young calf may produce a pound
of gain, but with this there is more
or less waste, mainly water. and the
nrst thing to do is to start the fat
going on the youngster.
II the calf is allowed to become thin
he can never again be properly fat
tened. Baby beef must be started
from the moment the animal Is able
to take his first meal from his mother
and he must be first every moment
from that time until he is sent to
market.
Dry straw fattens calves particularly
when they lie on it and sleep a great
deal. Young calves are much like
young babies, they must be stuffed as
much as they will in peace and quiet.
Sunshine and plenty of fresh air
are almost as necessary as food be-
cause they help digestion wonderfully.
The farmer who has plenty of skim
milk. alfalfa, clover and corn may
produce baby beef at profit. Calves
can be raised on skim milk until about
six months of age, provided they are
fed on grain, clover or alfalfa at
comparatively small cost. Some ex-
perfenced feeders say they can make
$50 to 400 pounds of baby beef at six
months at cost of less than IS per
head. In this cost the skim milk
has been put at so cents per
hundredweight. Roughage figures
at $4 per ton, and all grain at so
cents per hundredweight. Labor is
put in at 10 cents an hour. At the
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-05-28

energy. There was always a fear and
dread in my mind, had cold, nervous.
weak spells, hot flashes over my body.
had place in my right side that was
SO sore that 1 could hardly bear the
weight of my clothes. ! tried medicines
and doctors, but they did me little good.
and never expected to get out again.
l got Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and Blood Purifier, and GER
tainly would have been in grave or in an
asylum if your medicines had not saved
me. But now can work all day, sleep
well at night, eat anything want, have
no hot flashes or weak, nervous spells.
All pains, aches, fears and breads are
gone, my house, children and husband
are no longer neglected, as / am almost
entirely free of the bad symptoms had
before taking your remedies, and all is
pleasure and happiness in my home. -
Mrs. JOSIE HAM, R. F. D. 1, Box 20,
Shamrock, Missouri.
If you want special advice write
Lydia e. .Pinkham Medicine Co.
'confidentiaD Lynn, Mass.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-05-28

discovered that the amount OF fuel
consumed in heating the irons made
a perceptible difference to him-that
his niece would eventually drive him
to the poorhouse with her extrava-
gance.
While Clara was being curtailed in
the matter of fresh shirtwaists her
cousins were dreaming by night and
talking by day of the dancing frocks
they would wear at the approaching
college junior ball
Il wonder why / cannot go to the
dance, too?" Clara asked her cousins
Clara had way of saying what she
thought, regardless of the probable
outcome. Then she went on, before
her cousins could explain:
IF you are going to say 1t is be-
cause am not as pretty as you are,
you needn't waste your breath. For 1
am pretty. An old lady who came into
the store the other day told me / was,
and some of the students have said
nice things to me. So there!'
Maybe you are pretty" admitted
the cousins. but you haven't anything
to wear. have you? You don't think
you could go in your serge every
day dress. do you?"
1t was this speech that started Clara
thinking and started the train of
events which have brought her to her
present position.
Bought New Pink Gown.
She thought all day about it, and
at night when she was trying to sleep
she decided to take the money she had
make a dress which would be appro-
pirate for the ball. Accordingly, the
next time she went to the city to
buy flowers for her uncle she made
tour of the fashionable shops, and
came to the conclusion that her gown
should be made of pink with gold
spangles.
She wasted no time, but bought the
pink satin. paper pattern and a
thousand tin spangles Then at night,
instead of reading stolen textbooks,
Clara devoted her time to fashioning
that pink party dress. and after that
to sewing the spangles on till she
could keep her eyes open no longer.
The dress was finished in couple of
weeks. and for a few foolish moments
she imagined that the question of 60
ing to the college dance was settled.
She tried the dress on and paraded
before her mirror and convinced her
self that her resplendent gown would
be an attraction to any student. She
decided to take her cousins into her
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-05-28

confidence, show them the dress and
ask them to see that some student in
search of a girl for the dance be in
troduced to her
But when Clara had decked herself
out in the pink satin and spangles, and
her cousins had heard her request.
the heavens of their wrath descended
upon her. They were Mortified and
shocked. They called for their father,
who was doing over his paper in the
sitting room below, and for their moth
er, who was putting the last stitches on
their own party dresses, and Clara
was revealed in all her pink and
spangled effrontery.
That was the beginning OF the end.
In moment of wrath old Mr.. Car
rick declared that he would give his
niece home no longer. He neither
wished nor expected her to take him
seriously, for he knew well that she
was most valuable in his business, and
that she knew as much as he did.
Clara, however. took him at his
word. She had just passed her eight
eenth birthday. She was of age, she
answered firmly, and she would go the
next morning. never to return to be a
burden to him. Still the old man did
not believe she meant it, and it was
only when she had actually packed
up her little belongings and left the
house that he realized how great was
his loss.
Opened Shop Of Her Own.
Clara Carrick now faced the world
with the best possible equipment for
a young woman of spirit-a thorough
business training. habit of long and
hard work and the ability to live on
very little. Her Uncle Carrick, In
spite of himself, had given her the
best possible opportunities Even the
fact that she was very angry when
she left the home of the Carricks
contributed to her success. for in that
spirit of anger she dared to do things
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-05-28
Damage by Rogue Elephants.

Rogue elephants are very active
again in Assam and Rs. 100 reward
is offered for the destruction of a
big tusker that has killed boy and
seriously injured man in Bandura
village Kampur, and also killed an.
other man in the Guimarr village
Rs. so is also offered for the de.
struction OF gunda elephant which
has appeared in North Lakhimpur
and has been damaging crops. He
chases anyone who attempts to drive
him away. Height about eight cuoits
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-05-28
About Cows,

No matter how well our cattle are
bred, or how intelligently they are
fed, If the environment does not cor
respond with their breeding and feed
ing, our efforts are in vain.
Our lives are too short for us to
try to perfect herd of improved
cattle from bunch of scrubs. Neither
can We keep our herds up to profit.
able standard unless We employ we'll
bred animals.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-05-28
CLEAN SWEET SCALP
May Be Kept So by Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. Trial Free.

To have good hair clear the scalp
Of dandruff and itching with shampoos
of Cuticura Soap and touches of Cuti-
cura Ointment to dandruff spots and
itching. Nothing better than these
pure. fragrant. supercreamy emol-
lients for skin and scalp troubles
Sample each free by mail with Skin
Book. Address Cuticura. Dept KY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-05-28
slto Prevents Loss.

The silo is not the only way of
preventing the usual less from the
corn fields, but 1t is the only way,
and the best way, for preserving the
feeding elements of the corn plant.
The silo adds nothing to the feeding
nutrients. On the other hand there is
= slight loss through fermentation,
but it does increase the palatability
greatly
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-05-28
REMARKABLE !
CASE Of Mrs. HAM
Declares Lydia E. Pinkham'.
Vegetable Compound
Saved Her Life
and Sanity.
Shamrock, MOI feel it nv dutv
to tell the public the condition of NV

health before using
your medicine. l had
falling, infamma-
ton and congestion,
f EN- ale weakness,
pains in both sides,
backaches and bear
ing down pains. was
short of memory,
nervous, impatient,
passed sic epless
nj gh is, n d h ad
neither strength nor
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-05-28
Animal Diseases.

Out of 57,0O0,O0O animals inspected
in the last year $4,000 were found to
be infected with tuberculosis, and hog
cholera and cattle tick have cost the
producer anywhere from 500, 900, 900
to s15O,Oo0,000 in a single year.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-05-28
Satan and the cerulean Deep.

I'm in quandary."
What about?"
Il have two invitations to dinner,
and 1 can't decide"
Which one to accept"
NO, which one to refuse. One is
to home where young lady has
just come home from piano con
servatory, and the other is where a
five-year-old boy knows lot OF reci-
tations."-Farm Life.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-05-28
Sport of Queens.

Mrs. Styles-This paper speaks OF
the sport OF kings" is there NOT q
sport of queens2
Mrs. Styles-Sure thing-croouet
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-05-28

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cros.
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
At all good grocers. Adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
FARMER is LOWEST PAID
BUSINESS MAN IN WORLD

Muskogee, Okla, April 27.-The
farmer is the lowest paid business
man in the world and his crying need
is efficient organization on the farm
to encourage him to produce the best
and to produce something all the time,
according to Charles Dillon of Topeka,
Kansas, editor of agricultural papers,
who addressed the southern CONNER.
cial congress here today.
Mr.. Dillon suggested that because Of
differences in effective organization a
farmer gets So cents out of every dol
lar the consumer pays for his produce
while the American farmer gets but
40 cents.
The remedy, he said was to modify
the system of farming so as to produce
more livestock and relatively less hay
grain and cotton for the market and
to finish and standardize the products
on the farm instead of leaving the
grading and refining of products to an
army of people in the cities.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
South Canadian on Rampage.

Geary, Okla. April pa 3-foot
rise in the South Canadian river
came down at noon Monday and
washed away about two hundred feet
of the Rock Island railroad bridge
across the river, six miles southwest
of Geary, which had just been re-
paired from the ravages of the flood
a week ago. 1t will be impossible
for the bridge crews to resume work
on the bridge until the water re-
cedes If it is possible to resume
work Tuesday it is expected that
trains can be passed over the struc-
ture again by Thursday morning
Since last Friday, when the tempo
rary bridge here was completed all
Rock Island main line trains as well
as Frisco trains from the Enid-Clin-
ton branch have been detoured this
way. The sudden rise Monday and
the consequent demolishing of the
bridge left a number of the trains
stranded on each side of the river.
They were ordered to detour by way
of the Frisco from Chickasha to Ok
lahoma City. 1t is generally believed
here that the floods of the last two
weeks have been of a local nature
and not caused by the snow melting
in the mountains near the headwat-
ers. If this is true it is probable
that the floods will reach close to
the high water mark of last year,
once this snow starts melting
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
DAMAGE in Creek County.

Sapulpa, Okla, April 26-Thous-
ands of dollars worth of damage was
done in Greek county Sunday night
and early Mo;<ay morning by an
electrical and rain storm. Bridges
were washed away, fences destroyed
fields inundated and crops ruined
The rainstorm assumed proportions
of a cloudburst in Sapulpa. A large
bridge west of the city was washed
out and travel over two roads is
stopped.
Families living near Rock creek
awoke to find water in their homes,
and a negro preacher was forced
to wade about in his bedroom for
nearly an hour before help reached
him. Frisco train No. 10, en- route
from Oklahoma City to 81. Louis,
narrowly escaped running into a
washout near Chandler. Track walk.
ers found a culvert washed away and
tagged the train. Telephone service
was demoralized. astroke of lightning
hitting a cable and putting all lines
out of service.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
WALL Of WATER
SWEEPS VALLEY
Of THE WASH|TA
ClOUOBURST ON TEXAS PLAINS
CREATES SUDDEN RISE OF
WASHlTA RIVER, SWEEPING
EVERYTHING BEFORE 1T.

Cheyenne, Okla, April 26.-A wall
of water, believed to have come from
cloudburst on the Texas plains is
sweeping down the Washita river
valley here, carrying all wooden
bridges with ii. The total rise of
the river Monday is estimated at fif-
teen feet, and the entire Washita
valley is inundated In places the
river is more than a mile wide The
fact that the waters have come sud
denly and in a rush leads to the
belief that they are the result of a
cloudburst, instead of prolonged rains.
There has been no loss of life or Of
livestock.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
Reaches Stronq City.

Strong City, Okla, April 26-Fol-
lowing torrential rains on the plains
of Texas during the past "a hours a
wall of water is rolling down the
Washita river valley. The river here
was mile wide Monday night, and
practically every wagon bridge across
the river in this section has been
swept out. Only the steel railroad
bridge OF the c. o. & w. railroad
is withstanding the onrush of the
waters. The first rise Monday oc-
CURED at o'clock in the afternoon
when the river suddenly rose two
feet. 1t was followed by a four
foot rise an hour later. In the mar
rowest bottom lands the river is
a half mile wide. No loss of life
has been reported and owing to tel;
ephone advices received in advance
of the food all livestock has been
saved. Strong City is in Roger Mills
county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
LAWS WILL SOON BE READY
All Resolutions Adopted by Legisla
ture Omitted from Publication.

Oklahoma City, April Ex-senator
Charles F. Barrett, who, with John
Adams of Waurika is engaged in prep
aration of the session laws of the
fifth legislature, expects to have
the work completed in less than a
month from this time. The publish
ers are making progress in their
part of the work and the volume will
be ready before the ninety days that
must elapse before most of the laws
shall become effective shall have
passed.
The laws bearing the emergency
clause have for the greater part been
published separately by Secretary of
State ]. l.. Lyon and are now avail
able for those who have need of them.
In the volume of session laws as
prepared by Senator Barrett, there
will be none of the resolutions adopt
ed by the legislature, it having been
his idea that these do not belong
in the session laws. This theory was
upheld by the attorney general. Leav-
ing the resolutions out of the vol
ume will make it considerably small
er and effect an economy in the
publication expenses
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
THE OIL HEARINGS

AT the time oral arguments we're
heard before the corporation commits
sion. growing out OF the oil hearing at
Ardmore on the 9th of April, there
were present Chas. Won Weiss, j. W,
Harreld and Writ Franklin. repre-
senting the Ardmore Oil Producers AS
sociation. l.. S. Dolman, representing
the Bayou Oil Company, Attorney
Chick. representing GunsburgForman'
II. u. Mason, representing the Cros-
bic interests, David Kelsey repre-
senting the Prairie Oil & Gas Com
pany, George c. Greer, representing
the Corsicana Petroleum Company, C..
]. Wrightsman. representing the w.
& f. Oil Company. S. J. Hernstadt,
representing the Gilmer Oil Company
and NJ w. Shriver G. X. Stewart and
Mark Kirkpatrick. Arguments were
heard, both before Chairman Love
and Judge Henshaw of the commits
SION. Inc attorneys are NO" pIcpdl
ing such orders as they would like
to have the commission make and are
filing them with that body. Chairman
Love stated that after the filing of
these recommendations that the law
yers will have nothing more to do in
the matter, that the commissioners
will get together and agree upon an
order which they think will create
a proper remedy.
A meeting of the Cushing producers
is scheduled to be held in Tulsa to-
morrow. But little interest is being
manifested in the meeting, and it is
expected that very few Gushing pro
ducers will be on hand. The majority
of the producers in that field are get
ting their production cared for in one
way or another and all they ask is
that the commission let them alone
and let them handle the situation as
best they can.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
STATISTICS SHOW THAT FOUR
OUT OF EVERY FIVE FIRES
ARE PREvENTA6lE.
TEXAS KEEPS TAB ON FIRES
Official Figures Furnished by State
Board Show the Appalling and
Unnecessary Fire Waste Due
10 Carelessness.

State fire marshals, the federal au-
.horities and fire prevention experts
generally have estimated the propor-
ion OF fires due to preventable caus-
rs at between % and so per cent OF
he total number Of fires The Texas
state insurance board, an official
body, holds that practically 80 per
cent OF the fires are preventable by
the exercise OF reasonable care and
protection, individual and municipal
These figures OF the Texas board
are the more interesting because they
cover every fire reported to it by the
local authorities under the provisions
Of the state law since December l..
1910, now totaling $4,000. This is the
largest mass of official data available.
and furnishes sufficiently broad
basis Of average to be conclusive,
while the fact that it is furnished
and tabulated by local and state off,
cials puts it in a different class from
statistics collected by the insurance
companies, which might be suspected
OF drawing conclusions to suit their
own interests. In fact, the state au-
thorities go much further than the in
surance men in estimating the proper.
ton of fires that are preventable.
Only ID Per Cent Unpreve ntabIe.
or 1898 dwelling fires. the Texas
board holds that S6.2 per cent were
due to preventable causes. and of the
22602 fires in all other classes except
cotton gins and automobiles, which
are excluded because they burn from
Inherent causes, the board holds that
74S per cent were preventable. Com
menting on these figures the Texas
board says:
at will be noted in the data herein
presented that more than IS per ceat
OF all fires charged to the dwelling
class alone. from known causes, are
the result of defective flues. The un-
safe installation of stoves and other
heating devices in that class of risks
is responsible for II per cent OF loss
es, while sparks on roof produced
more than per cent of dwelling fires
The ever-present menace of the shin
gle roof is in evidence on every hand,
and particularly is it noticeable in
almost every cause shown carrying
a heavy percentage Of losses. 1t will
be noted that gasoline and other vola-
tile fires are entered with loss ratio
in all classes entirely out of keeping
with conditions as they should be, due
almost entirely to improper storage
and careless handling OF those pro-
ducts"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
is A FIRE A CRIME.


Mutual Insurance Journal)
Fires in the United States, accord
ing to some recent oracles, are caused
by over-insurance, benzine. and poor
business. When a building becomes
feverish from any Of these causes, a
lighted match will raise its tempera-
ture to the point Of combustion, which
need not be higher than 100 degrees
Fires sometimes happen in the night
and then they are more of nuisance
than a visit of poor relation frotn
the country. Where Is the American
citizen who has not been compelled
at least once in a lifetime, to get up
in the middle of the night, dress him
self in a plug hat and a bed-sheet, and
grope his way blindly down the smoke
filled stairs with his motherin-laN
clutched under one arm and the CITY
directory in the other? When a fire
occurs where a lot of people are EN-
ployed and a hundred or more are
burned to death, a lot of new build
ing laws have to be passed. and this
is not so easy as II looks. because
buildings hereabouts are only safe foT
their occupants after they are burnt
down. The human barbecue. some
where among the ruins. are the cou1-
try's most useful martyrs-they give
their lives as evidence that more build
ing laws are needed Other countries
adopt reforms, before hints OF this
sort are necessary; but why should
any American citizen be so stingy
with his life? Isn't IL better that
few hundred men, women and children
be roasted alive than that the sensi-
bilities of building inspector be in
suited by the suggestion that he didn't
attend to his business? In GERMANY,
every fire is crime and the occupant
OF the building is held responsible. In
the United States we have a lot OF
auritulous heehawers who viii tell
you that no fire is a crime. but tn
fire insurance companies. alone, are re
sponsible.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-27
NO TROUBLE FINDING LABOR
Ashton Supplying Farmers With Har'
vest Hands Easier Than Expected

Oklahoma City, Okla, April rs
State Labor Commissioner W. G. Ash.
ton, who has been devoting much time
to arranging for harvest hands, re,
ported today that he has found the
probable supply of home labor better
than he has expected 1t will be nee
essary, however, to employ a large
number of men from without the state
and it is to place these accurately
that he is making the survey of the
wheat belt that will occupy another
fortnight.