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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-01-21
BAR ASSOCIATION OPPOSES
COUNTY COURT ABOLITION
But FavOrs Consolidation Of Supreune
Court With Criminal Court OF
Appeals. Doesn't Want
Juries Reduced.

The meeting Of the State Bar AS
sociation held i'm Oklahoma City this
month is of real interest to the pub
lie from a standpoint of the attitude
taken by the Association with refer
ence to certain pubic questions.
On three proposed constitutional
amendments to be voted on this sum-
mer at the August primary, the Asso-
citation is on record as favoring one
and disfavoriug two. The resolu-
tions passed favor the amendment
which proposes to consolidate the SUI
preme Court with the Criminal CURT
Of Appeals, providing for nine JUS
tices to sit in three divisions, one Of
which shall handle criminal cases.
The amendment proposing to make
the clerk of the Supreme Court ap-
pOintive by the Court was also en-
dcrsed
The two proposed amendments
which have aroused the most COM
ment heretofore we're not endorsed
by the Bar Association. These are
the amendments fhich abolish the
county courts and places their juris-
diction in the district courts, and the
one which reduces the number of ju-
rors from twelve to eight except in
capital cases and permits a verdict TO
be rendered by three-fourths of the
jurors in all criminal cases of less de-
gree than felony.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-01-21
NOTICE

The A. A. Palmer land, located in
Sections 20 and 20, Township Z
South. Range 10 East, containing 40
acres, and being located a mile and a
half east OF Roberta, will sell to the
highest bidder on January 26, 1916,
at 900 p. m, in front of the court
Louise door in Durant, Oklahoma, an
der mortgage foreclosure.
w C. C.. PARKER, Attorney.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-01-21
A WORN OUT"
FARM NOW PAYS
A New York Farm I'm Poor Condition
Was Made TO Pay Large Profit
by Good Management.

An example of what intelligent
farm management may accomplish
on so-called "worn-out" New York
hill farm, is offered in the case of a
place surveyed in Broome County, N.
Y, which was bought for $16.32 per
acre, and in two years was made TO
pay over 80 per cent on the invest
ment.
This place was bought by a farmer
who was already farming at a profit
in the valley below. It consisted Of
95 acres of gently rolling land. The
land had been cropped with hay and
buckwheat for years, and little or no
manure or other fertilizing material
had been applied. Consequently, the
soil was in very poor physical condi-
tion. There was a good frame house
on the farm and a rather poor barn.
A tenant was engaged to live in
the house and do the work on the
farm under the owners directions.
Under the terms of the afreement the
owner furnished all the lime and
cover seed and half of the other
seeds and of the fertilizer. He also
supplied a potatoplanter and digger.
The tenant furnished the rest of the
machinery, his own teams, and all of
the labor. In return he was to re-
ceive one-half of the oats, buckwheat
and potatoes raised, and the income
from four cows which he was per-
mitted to keep. 1t was provided, how
ever. that he was to feed all the hay
and roughage on the farm and return
the manure, straw, ETC., to the land.
He was also to do all the improve
ment work for which he had time.
such as picking up stones and cut
ting hedgerows.
The new owner took possession on
April l. The cropping system adopt
ed for the first season was necessari-
ly makeshift, owing to the lack of
time for putting a definite plan for
improvement into execution.
Four acres of potatoes were plant
cd. The seed happened to be poor and
only 400 pounds of commercial fer
tilizer being used, the yield was on
ly so bushels per acre. Five acres of
buckwheat yielded 116 bushels. Lime
and acid-phosphate were applied to
one S-acre tract, and from this field
300 bushels of oats were harvested.
At the same time an excellent stand
of clover was obtained in the same
field. Ten head of young cattle were
pastured on a slope where the land
was rough and not available for till
lage. An old meadow was moved,
yielding about ton of rather poor
hay per acre.
During the summer permanent re-
pairs were made at a cost of about
S4O0. At the end of the year the
owners gross receipts amounted to
$24O,30, of which $l57.5O represent
ed his income from his invertment.
The next year about nine acres of
sod land were plowed and put into
potatoes. The tenant left some of the !
seed potatoes exposed for several |
days. and as a result, very uneven
stand was secured. Three paintings
were made. The first, from freshly |
cut seed, gave an even stand and |
yielded so bushels to the acre. The |
next and largest planting made very
poor stand, yielding only so bushels |
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-01-21
NOTICE

The William f. Folsom land, in
Section "a. Township South, Range
IL East, containing 90 acres, located
ten miles east of Caddo, will be sold
to the highest bidder on JPanuary
&c, 1916, at 900 p. M, in front of
the court house door in Durant, Ok
lahoma, under mortgage foreclosure.
W. C. C. PARKER. Attorney.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-01-21

such figure in the value, why did
not they buy cotton on the local mar
ket on staple as well as grade. He
said that 1t was not practicable to do
IL. That until this cotton was intro
duced the cotton was so uniform in
length that it was not worth while TO
look for anything but grade.
On the differential sheet Of per-
haps the largest cotton company in
the state. in postscript at the bot
tom, it says: DO not accept half and
half cotton at any price" Yet, in the
face OF this printed instruction, / am
confident that there are hundreds of
bales Of half and half cotton going
Through the hands of that company
and they pay the same price for It
without knowing it.
Limiting Per Cent and Values
Last spring as contributing editor
Of farm paper, l had this question
put up to me a number of times. l
made answer, but not for publication.
carefully sidestepped the situa-
ton by working out problem like
this for each enquirer:
"If you have 1900 pounds of seed
cotton and it gins out 80 per cent
lint, you get bale weighing 45O
pounds. If it is sold for IL cents a
pound, it brings $54. If the same
800 pounds of cotton would gin out
40 per cent lint, you would have a
bale weighing 600 pounds. Sell it
for IL cents and you receive $72 for
IL. If you have 1900 pounds of seed
cotton and It gins out so per cent
lint, you have bale weighing $50
pounds. Sell it for IL cents and you
receive 500 Here is $50 more money
for 1900 pounds of half and half (if
it should really be true to name)
than you would receive for the COM
mon unimproved cotton. And there
is SIS more than would come from
! 500 pounds of the best improved
standard varieties. These values are
all based on the possibility that each
bale of lint will be sold on it's grade
and not on it's length of staple. There
is a claim that this vaiety of cotton
you contemplate planting is much
shorter in staple than other improved
varieties, but If there is none being
grown in your community, the fact
that all cotton is now bought on its
grade without observing the staple
may enable you to get by and make
some easy money. Please let me
know how you come out this fall"
A few days ago 1 had letter from
one of these folks living away south
west in Texas. He says:
From fraction over an acre 4
have picked 1904 pounds at one go
ing over, which has made bale
467 pounds. This figures
a little more than 46 per cent lint.
Considering that it was not planted
until June 20. l think it was extra
good. 1t has outyielded the Mebane,
such as we have. and so far as RI
am able to make comparisons, the
staple is longer than that of the Me-
bane scotton l sold it for IL cents
a pound and no questions were ask
ed of me-"
OF course you cannot accept re-
ports like that as final, but it does
represent the experience of the far
mar, and that is exactly what he is
going to be guided by, regardless of
what anyone else may say about it.
Somehow, can't help but feel it
would be a good plan for the Depart
ment to look around and see if they
haven't got the wrong SOW by the
Bishop in Oklahoma
Stockman and Farmer.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-01-21
sELE ROAD BONDS FEBRUARY s

The county commissioners have
set February Sth as the day on which
the specal road bonds voted in Town
ship Nine will be sold, and when the
highest bidder will get the bonds.
The principal sum is for $4,000, and
the bonds run for twenty years AMI
draw six per cent per annum.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-01-21

See E. NJ. Evans for Typewriters.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
LABoR'S STRANGE ACTION

One Of the anomalies of the season is the passing of
resolution by the Federation Of Labor yesterday ndos
ing the placing of an embargo on all foodstuffs until
prices become normal 1t is strange because it
an attack by organized labor the farmer Demanding
an eight hour day for its members and being organized
for the purpose, among other things of maintaining
high wage it strikes at the largest body Of workers in the
country and endeavors to reduce their income. 1t is
seldom the farmer gets any much for his produce and
it looks though he should have his innings occasional
ly 1t is not the first mistake Labor has made but it
of its worst When the farmers prosper
Gus labor has hard time Of it. and the of that
statement is true Besides stated in these columns
few days ago; if farmers prices to be limited to
heghth they in all fairness be also protected against
becoming too low. In other words If prices are to be
held down to normal they must also be held up toI
normal To use old adage "what is sauce for the
gander for the goose In the of high prices
the is the gander and when prices low the
farmer is the goose 1t is not likely the embargo will
maeraze for is not the scarcity of foodstufs but the
manipulation by obbers and combines thatfoces prices
up 1t is probable there will be material drop in many
food products in the near future simply because the
federal grand jures taking hand and the district
attorneys are getting busy.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
z=a7 Editorial Page of "Ihe Capital Journal 49,
GIVE THE LAW A FAIR TRIAL

While the "bone dry" prohibition law is not yet in
force and will not be for perhaps two months there
much criticism of it, This is natural for the voters of the
state were pretty equally divided the law There is
large number who while at first opposed to the old
two quarts or "a" finally after It had been given fair
trial became supporters of it. They realized that the
doing away with the saloon of great benefit while it
was still possible without much trouble procure liquors
in limited quantities.
Most of this class strongly opposed to the bone
dry law, and forsee much trouble it. They take the
ground that the of liquors is especially an evil
but that the abuse of them is For this reason they object
to the sumptuary features of the law which they
claim is drastic and unjust
Discussion of the matter not worth while since it
is the law and the proper thing to do is to give it fair
trial. before either praisng condemnng it. So far as
the state is concerned it is experiment. and as such
one knows as much as to the workings of the law as
another neither knows how it will work out in
practice 1t is recalled though that the objections to the
old law passed it became understood and everything
had settled down that until the law was seldom
mentioned may be the with the present amend
ment Anyway it is the law and if it should prove dis
appointment many predict the best way to deal with
it is to give fair square trial. enforce strictly and
either keep it on the books good law or repeal it if t
should prove bad one. 1t should not be condemned
untlied.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
Freshen Cows in the Fail.

Many dairymen are taking advantage
of the high price paid for butterfat in
the fall by having their cows freshen at
that time. Fortynine cows out of only
250 COWS tested in October in the Turner
Cow Testing association produced more
than 40 pounds of butterfat, which Is
the best showing for any month since
last spring. The average COW r=,,duced
29.3S pounds fat at cost of $5.5s. This
feed cost is considerably lower than il
will be for this month as there was
some available pasture in October. The
biggest-event of the past month S work
was the wonderful production of two
cows owned by j. B. Browne. His grade
Jersey Roanie !. produced AGO lbs of
milk and S2.05 lbs of fat and her full
sister Roanie II. MIXED 1426 lbs of
milk containing 1858 lbs. of fat, MIXED
two times a day and with ordinary care
outside of liberal ration which all
COWS of such capacities should receive.
The butterfat alone from these two
cows sold for over $50 in the month of
October. Both are daughters of Mr.
Browne IS registered bull Hazel Ferns
Tormentor. Eighteen cows of this herd
averaged nearly 40 pounds of fat for the
month and most of them were daughters
of this bull. H. X. Crawford 5 herd of
grade Jerseys averaged over 80 pounds
of fat per cow.
Since butterfat is 40c lot of dairy
men are beginning to feed. The man
who started months ago is the one who
is making the cleanup now
K. Hanneman, tester, in Turner Tri-
bune.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
Placing Material on Ground.

H. II. Kuenzi and S. V. Kaser we're
at Portland the last of the week looking
after details connected with the South
Silverton Cooperative Cheese associa-
tion. They closed contracts for the pur-
chase of the necessary machinery for
the factory. Visits were made 10 a
number of the factories in the valley in
order to gather ideas to use in the
building of new one.
Lumber and rock are now being haul
ed ON the ground for the building and
the work will go forward with rapid
strides. The building is to be built of
lumber and will have floor space of
2sx64 feet. The organization is capital
lied for $500, $4,000 of which has al
ready been subscribed.
l.. H. Haberly is president and Her
man Kuenzi secretary and treasurer. The
directors are II. H. Kuenzi, Alfred
kuenzi, 5 v Kascr and Jacob Zureher.
-Silverton Appeal.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
THE JOURNEY HOME
Phelps
Home Again.

houe Agalu.
Mamma! mamma 3 come,n the Lit.
tie voice called as we opened the door
and asked for her. She came flying
down the stairs, old Mandy behind her,
her black face beaming a welcome.
Kate had taken my bag, and as 1
clasped Edith in my arms and felt the
tiny body pressed against mine, I won
dered how had ever consented to leave
her, and howl had ever had happv
moment away from her.
''1'se so glad You IL come,n she re-
iterated, as she kissed me again and
again.
"Aren't you glad TO see me toos,
Clifford asked.
"Course is, but you ism I mamma. y
she replied, slipping from me and kiss.
ing him affectionately as he raised her
in his arms
No, ism I mamma, but m papa.n
he laughed, then put her down. and to
my surprise shook hands with Mandy,
Edith looked so well, the house was
so spotlessly clean and orderly, that
l could not very well gainsay Clifford
when he said:
You see how right I was in not al
lowing you to pay any attention to Mrs.
Franklyn's letter. But / was not
quite satisfied. and when alone with
Mandy questioned her closely, and
was only assured when she said that
Edith's illness had been nothing at
all.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
MRS HEARST DONATES $500.

University of Oregon, Eugene, Nov.
25.--The $4,000 mark win soon be
reached in the accumulation of funds
for the woman s memorial building Of
the state university. All the money
raised so far, $s,72S, has come through
gifts. Campus women have contributed
a considerable sum, but most of the
pledges are from outside individuals or
from outside associations of college wo-
men. The latest donor is Mrs. Phoebe
Hurst, mother of W. K. Hearst, the pub
Usher who has given $500.
am hoping the woman Is building
will stand on the campus by 1920. V
said Mrs. George T. Gerlinger, of PORT
land, member of the board of regents,
leader of the campaign for the woman,s
building
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
BELL:ANS
Absolutely. Removes
Indigestion. One package
provesit. 25cat all druggists.

son s managers counted more ON the
union labor vote, supposed to have
been captured by this piece of vicious
special legislation, than on any other
single influence enlisted in his behalf.
There was nothing new in this at.
tempt by Mr.. Gompers to deliver the
union labor vote He had done the
same thing in 1908 in Mr.. Bryan's in
teresr. Mrs Bryan had let him write
INTO the democratic platform of that
yeal the plank limiting the use of in
functions in labor disputes, which
republican national convention had al
ready turned down. So Mr.. Gompers
went about the country loudly pledging
union labsr's vote to Mr.. Bryan.
The Gompers pledge was not redeem
ed in 1905 Neither was il redeemed
last Tuesday. The effect of the union
labor vote on the election is nowhere
discernible. The great Industrial states.
where union labor is strongest. went-
strongly for Hughes (Obio alone ex.
ceptedl. New York, Massachusetts
PENNSYLVANIA, New Jersey. Illinois. In
diana, and Michigan, were all for HUI
ghes. Republican nominees for cong
ross were elected in nearly all the big
organized labor centers. Many extreme
labor democrats like Buchanan and Ira.
vener, of Illinois. and Bailey of Penn.
syiyanla, were defeated for reelection.
AeGlllcuddy lost in Maine in Septem-
Der, Dayid j. Lewis for many years the
Mine Workers representative from the
9th Maryland district was defeated last
Tuesday for United States senator. The
Scranton and Wilkesbarre and Potts
vile districts in Pennsylvania returned
republican representatives.
The vote which reelected Mr.. Wilson
came largely from the rural districts. /
from states in which there is only a /
trace of highly unionized labor. "
came from the Mormon states of Utah. |
wyoming and IdahO-from Colorado. |
Kansas. Nebraska. Montana, North Da- |
kota, Nevada, Arizona. Washington, and !
Clitornia. 1t was cast largely by far |
mer progressives whom Mr.. Hughes
had failed to attract.
1t may be argued that the far west (
erh and mountain state progressives
contributed largely to Mr. Wilson IS re-
election, for they gave him the fifty.
three electoral vote of Kansas, Nebras-
ka, North Dakota, Montana, Colorado.
California and Washington. 1t may be
argued also that Mormon support turned
to him the eleventh electoral votes of
Utah, Idaho and Wyoming. But there
is no evidence that the union labor vote
was the decisive vote in carrying any
state for Wilson. Mr.. Gompers noisy
promises went for naught. As it turned
nut, the president s bid for the labor
vote was more than fruitless. 1t was
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
MY HUSBAND ANDI.
CHAPTER LxxXv.

CdAflEh l4AAAN.
/ shall always remember our Journey
home as one of the pleasant incidents
of our married life. Clifford was so
happy over the favorable outcome of
his business trip, that he was most
coRsiderate and pleasant. Nothing
seemed to ruffle him; and I often sur
prised him smiling at his thoughts.
Then l too was happy. l was to see
my precious baby again. ! ALMOST
forgot my new friends in Chicago in
thinking of her Almost, not quite. 0c-
casionally something that Burns May
son had said or done would recur to
me, and would feel y wave of pleasure
at the remembrance, and wonder why
he had been so nice to me. Then, too,
the roses which the porter had placed in
water for me, were constant reminder.
Also thought of Mrs. Curtis, and
spoke of things she had said, or some
kind of act she had performed to pleas.
ure me. But while talked of her, I
did not speak of Mr.. Mayson, unless
Clifford introduced the subject. do
not pretend to explain my retieence
save perhaps by consciousness that /
should miss his flattering attentions.
Clifford's good nature lasted during
the entire trip. When we arrived at the
Glendale station after thirty-six hours
travelling, felt almost sorry that our
journey was over. Had it not been for
Edith, should have frankly bemoaned
the fact.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
Welded at Jefferson.

\ very pretty wedding occurred at
the home of A. G. Libby and wife at
500 p. M, Wednesday, when their dau.
ghter, Norma, was united in marriage
to Thos. +. Skelton, Rev. F. S. Clemo
officiating The bride is native of
Jefferson and very popular with all.
The groom is a farmer of Syracuse pre-
einct. Immediately after the ceremony
the happy couple left on 4 short tour.
The best wishes of all are extended
Review.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
(From wm. Allen Whitley

Prom WIN. Allen Whltc.)
So the gloomy gallant fight for
Americanism failed to make the west
forget its ideals and aspirations FOR u
better country.
just as we elected democratic
president in 1912, because of republi-
can chicanery, ii is evident now that
the spirit OF the west remains un-
changed today, in spite Of the futile
efforts Of the leaders Of progressive
movement.
The opportunity to vote as they
wished to vote was taken from great
body Of men when the progressive
party quit business. But they would
not vote with those who distributed the
inspirations of the people. Not even
the issue of national honor swayed
these western political crusaders:
Disheartened and ashamed, but with
unbroken spirits and unshaken convic.
tions, these people voted for Wilson.
Their leaders went to Hughes. But
the folks in the west refused TO FOLLOW.
They would vote for man and a party
that they despised before voting for a
party that they distrusted. And they
are now conscious of their strength.
They realize that with the direct elec-
tion of United States senator's and the
power to levy income taxes they have
efficient weapons in their hands. They
have no desire to use their power un-
justly But they do not shrink from
using IL to the full for the realization
of their ideals.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
Huge Building Stone.

Robert Howard brought in on wag-
on piece of the building material taken
from the hills near Hullt, Monday, whic
weighed 5,4OG The monster rock was
shipped to Seattle. This is the last to
be shipped for the present. Several
loads of the material have been shipped
to Seattle of late, and it is claimed that
1t Is very valuable. One man interested
IN the matter says that it is the best
building material to be found on the
coast, and he also says it is to be found
in great quantity in the hills near Sill
verton. There is strong probability
that this will develop into a great in.
dustry in the near future.-Silyerton
Appeal.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
DRINK HOT TEA
FOR A BAD COLD

X X X X x \: x x X X y X x y x
Get a small package OF Hamburg
Breast Tea. or as the German folks
call it, Hamburg Brust Thee,i' at
any pharmacy. Take tablespoonful
CT the tea, put q cup of boiling water.
upon It, pour through a sieve and drink
teacup full at-any time. 1t is tho
most effective way to break cold
and cure grip, as it opens the pores,
relieving congestion. Also loosens tho
bowels, thus breaking cold at once.
1t is inexpensive and entirely vege-
table, therefore harmless.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-11-25
Died at silverton

Mrs. Guneld NAHUM, age Sc years,
passed away at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Wick at Mckee, Monday. The
aged lady suffered stroke of paraly-
sis about four years ago and has been
confined to her bed since. A second
stroke the first of the-week caused her
death. Funeral services were held Tues
day from the home and burial made in
the Simmons cemetery. Rev. A. O..
White officiating. f. R. Ekmund was
in charge as funeral director,-Appeal