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The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17
Secret Revealed.

Innumerable years yielded up a Sc
cret at the statehOuse today. When a
janitOr washed the transom In one Of
the rooms occupied by Ora Davies,
one Of the glass windows was Of clear
instead of Opaque glass. The accumu-
latiOn of dust of years had given the
glass a frosted effect. Mr.. Davies said
he would leave the glass clear and not
cover the transom MS has become a
fad among some Of the officials Of the
new administration.
"I'll take a chance on anyone COM
ing along with perlscOpe," said Mr..
Davies.-Indianapo News.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17
PREVENT WASHING OF SOILS
Terracing Side Of Hills Is Particularly
Profitable During the Fall Sea-
son Of Year.

Terraclng the sides OF farmland
hills to prevent washing Of the soil Is
a profitable occupation at any time OF
the year, but particularly so during
the fall when the furmer is not very
busy. The cost Of the work often
will not exceed the water damage Of
single spring season. Soil erosion
is held responsible for much of the
wOrn-Out hill lands Of the United
States, where If the water were
checked by properly built terrace
ridges It would cease TO tear away the
soil and instead permit the land 10
grow In fertility. Terracng is widely
practlced In the South, and the United
States Department of Agriculture re-
cards II as advisable on the hill farms
of the North and East. The various
kinds of terraces and ways to plan and
buiId them are described IN Farmers
Bulletin 997. which may be had on
appiIcatIon TO the department
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17
AFTER THE FOOTBALL GAMES
Man Who Had Been There Knew
There Would Be Only One Dis
tinctiVe College Color.

They were talking of their absent
sons, and the fact that each of the
fathers had a boy in different college
did not prevent them from amicably
discussing their prospects.
1T won't be long" said one of the
fathers, before the athletic season
opens, and then l think Wen hear
something from the Orange and Blue"
''Yes," said another, "and there'll be
some shouting done by the Blue and
Gray"
"Of course" said the third father,
"and as my boy has gone to Prince
ton, I'll have to put in word for the
Black and Orange; but it doesn't make
such a great deal of difference. The
boys are bound to come under the
same COlors in the end"
mo-" said one.
Cant be arranged" said the other.
"Oh, yes, it cant"
"TO which colOrs do you refer?"
"Black and Blue. ue."-Philadelphla
Ledger.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17
HERE'S GENUINE NEW YORKER
His Home City Like the Proven
bial Book

The man who was born I'm New York
and had lived there all his days gave
a satisfied chuckle. Eyes, / know the
old town as few know it. It's going
TO be great pleasure for me to take
you around, old man. This, Of course
is Grants tomb. IIa, haw
The weSterner looked his surprise.
81 laugh because it's so common
place-sO shopworn, so to speak. But
while you're my guest you shall miss
nothing from the usual to the most
uncommon by George"
What is it?'
"Look-that big purple machine,
with all the people. Looks like a del
egatiOn of visiting Elks or
it can't be new Fifth avenue
stage. They don't build them so big
what in the name of time can
such big, clumsy"
New York city sightseeing busw
yelled the man with the ballyhOO.
''Takes you anywhere you want to go
to see the sights."-Judge.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17
BUYING SUITABLE CHICKENS
Possible for City Man to Select His
PuIlets From Live Poultry
Shipped to Town.

Where a town man has no time to
go into the country to buy his pullets
II often Is possible to choose suitable
birds among the live poultry shipped
into the city markets. The advice OF
some experienced person should be
obtained before buying says the Uni
ted States Department Of Agriculture.
Local poultry associations are glad to
help prospective poultry keepers by
putting them into touch with members
having stock for sale. The board OF
trade or the chamber Of commerce
often can bring poultry raiser and
buyer together.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17

prepared by the United states Department
of Agricultural
The utilization of the range I'm the
national forests Of the West for the pro-
ductiOn of wool, beef, mutton and pork
is steadily increasing from year to
year. Ranchers and stoCkmen are
munfesting Il growing appreciation of
the advantages afforded by govern
ment pasturuge. And in the same de-
gree they are all too frequently neg
lecting their stock after it Is turned
out on the mountain runges, state Off
Cials of the United States Department
of Agriculture.
On all open ranges there are many
losses from predatory animals poison
Gus plants, disease and accidents, and
similar dangers. Unless owners of live
stock campaign intelligently and perSe-
veringly against such sources Of disas-
ter their herds and fioCks usually suf-
fer a mortality of from to per cent
yearly. 70 illustrate, one ranchman
grazed 700 head of cattle last sum
mer on national forest without
herdcr. AS a result he lost dozen
head Of steers worth $50 each.
Mortality High Last Year.
Last year in forest district 5. which
includes California and western Ne
vada, the total live stock mortality in
II forests amounted to 1,151 cattle, 8
horses and 5S4O sheep. The total num-
Der Of permittees who used the federal
grazing lands aggregated 1899. They
grazed pa, ,415 cattle and horses, $685.
500 sheep and goats and $500 hogs on
the forest ranges. Two hundred and
cattle and 1862 sheep were killed by
eating poisonous plants; 81 cattle, g
horses and 2,745 sheep were killed by
predatory animals, and 4S6 cattle and
1888 sheep sucCumbed to accidents
and miscellaneous causes Of death.
This matter Of live stock losses on
the government ranges has become of
such Importance that the United Stutes
forest service made detailed survey
Of the specific causes Of mortality
among live stock in the Stunisluus for
est of California during a recent year.
During the period under discussion
total Of SS1 head of live stock out of
the 10000 animals pasrured in the for
est lost their lives. The manner in
which these losses were distributed
should be Of value to stockmen and
ranchers who are interested in curtail-
ing these losses and who are anxious
to know what the weak points in their
present methods of management are.
The losses among cattle were distrb-
uted as follows:
Under one year old from blackleg,
0S; over one year old from backleg.
81; calves, loss Of mother from lark
spur poisoning. 10; cattle losses from
larlispur, SO; other poisons 21 preda-
tory animals, %; accident, 3D. in Calv-
ing. IA; lost, struyed or stolen, "a
from anthrax, 2; from eating giant
powder from railroad construction
camp. 5 ; from neck-und-spine disease.
10; killed by hunters, 2; blind, aged,
crippled and ruptured 4 losses from
contagious abortion. 100 from lack Of
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17
He Was DOING His Best.

Mother was teaching 5-year-old
Bobby geography. She had come to
the Sahara desert. Now, say it
Sahara" she prompted him.
"Hara," replied Bobby.
"NO, not Hara-Sahara, don't you
see" said mother patiently. "Now say
It,"
Again Bobby replied, "Hara."
That kept up for some time, until
finally Bobby, worn out, exclaimed
Indignantly: "Well, mother, didn't l
say ?"-Youth's Companion.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17

Wash, and have never felt better than
/ have the last two years. l can work.
eat, sleep, and feel as strong as can be.
Doctors told me l could never have
children-I was too weak but after
taking Vegetable Compound it strength
ened me so / gave birth,to an eight
pound boy. was well all the time. did
all my work up to the last day, and had
q natural birth. Everybody who knew
me was surprised, and when they ask me
what made me strong tell them with
great pleasure, i took lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and never
felt better in my life Use this testi-
monial at any time Mrs. ELIZABETH
SMART, 142 w. Sixth St., Lowell, Mass.
This experience of Mrs. Smart is surely
a strong recommendation for Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 1t is
only one of great many similar cases.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17

proper food and starvation, II, and
from unknown causes, 337.
Check Predatory Animals.
The losses from predatory animals
are being checked ns rapidly as the
federal agencies for this work nre
able TO cope with the situation. When
ever the forest rangers note that the
predatory animals are causing heavy
damage, professional hunters are sent
to destroy them. The losses due to
disease and accident and mlscellane-
Gus causes could be substantially de-
creased If more herdcrs were emploved
by the owners. Under conditions which
obtain on the national forest ranges
one or two herders could handle from
five hundred to a thousand cattle with.
out particular difficulty. On the same
scale that 1t pays to herd sheep on the
government ranges II also Is profit
able to herd cattle and, potentially.
permittees probably will come to this
decision Of their own accord.
Poisonous plunts-and particularly
larkspur-are responsible annually for
ihA sc AONoCo VI llNC SNOCh luTOuGllOUf
the western states. There Is only one
effective system of Kidding the ranges
Of larkspur and that is to grub the
plants out season after season until
finally the range will be free of this
Objectionable growth.
The experiences of a certain rancher
whose range Hbuts one of the Califor-
MI fnrnctC
the supervision of the United Stntes
forest service, has been waglng win
ming fight against larkspur during the
last four years, are llluminative In this
regard. After careful trial and study
Of the control methods and the results
this stOCkman Is enthusiastic about the
efficiency Of the plan and ne urges ev-
cry other rancher or sUOckman who
owns infested range to give the system
Of eradication a thorough and Impair
tlal trial
One Hundred Acres Grubbed.
The first season about one hundred
acres of range were grubbed. the pol
sOnOus plants being eradicated with
larkspur picks and scattered In ex-
pOSGu pidNtS u uIS III the sun. Oue
man could dig III acres a day. The
total cost of grubbIng the one hundred
acres the first year amounted to
S450.30, an average Of $3.50 an acre.
The losses of cattle were reduced
from Is head the year before to s head
the following season. The saving Of
13 head of cattle was directly due 10
the larkSpur eradication work. EstI-
mating these steers worth $50 apiece,
saving of $3.50 resulted, which paid
all the expense Of the grubhlng and
left balance OF $199.7O to the credit
Of the work. The following season the
range carried 80 more head Of cattle
as a result of the decrease in the
amount and severity of the larkspur
infection.
In passing, 1t is worthy Of mention
that the larkspur picks are made from
ordinary surface picks by drawing out
Hne point to a Chisel form about two
inches wide, while the other point Is
sharpened in a diamond shape.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17
Had Dreamed Before.

Friend-"If you had a million dol
lars what would you do?' Pesslmist
wake up and find that it wasn't
So"
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17
Avoid cheap caaea.

Don't waste time and labor by using
cheap poultry cases; time and labor
are precious.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17

was very irregular.
If | did any house
cleaning or washing
/ would faint and
have to be put to
bed. my husband
thinking every min
ute was my last.
After reading your
text book for women
| took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound and
used the Sanative
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17
The Materialist-

what would you suggest for our
literary club to read?" asked Mrs.
Fluhdub.
"a good cookbook" responded her
brutal husband.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17
Is That Cold and
Cough Hanging On?

NOU will be convinced that DR..
i Kings New Discovery does just
what it is meant to do-soothes cough
raw throats, CongestiOn-tormented
chests, loosens the phlegm pack and
breaks the obstinate cold and grippe
attack, relieves the congestion in the
head. No harmful drugs, therefore
good for children as well as grownups.
Right away you will notice the
change for the better. Has a con-
vincing, healing taste that you will
appreciate. Buy bottle at any drug
gists on the way home tonight, 6Oc.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17

You can't always tell what a man
thinks Of you by what he says
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17
THIS WOMAN'S
EXPERIENCE
Brings a Ray of Hope to
Childless Women

Lowell, Mass" l had anemia fror,
the time l was sixteen years old and
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17

Good Investment In Shed.
An investment in machinery shed
gives big retHnA
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17

Criticism, even the best of it, is ever
so much easier than performance.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-11-17

Real happiness IS cheap enough, yet
how dearly we pay for its counter
felt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-03-02
WHITE CREEK

II II Cooper and family visited
Mr. and Mrs r. M Niles Sunday
Miss Addie Golledge of Rensselaer,
spent the week end at the parsonage.
Miss Myra Sisson spent the week
end at the home Of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs F. A Sisson
The topic OF the sermon for next
Sunday morning will be The Attrac-
tyeness Of Jesus" Lenten thought.
Oh qdren's night will be observed by
the Grange Friday evening Recital
ions viii be gwen and supper seyerd,
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
society will meet Thursday afternoon
at the home OF Mrs. Atwood Allen
Hostesges, Mrs. Atwood Allen and
Mrs Earle Howard Leader, Mrs
Frank Fuller
The ladies of the Methodist church
will serve supper In Jerma hail.
Tuesday evening. March s, An attrac
tive and appel zing menu is being pre-
pared and will be served at the small
price OF 30 cents Aprons will be on
sale and a cherry tree from which ripe
iruit Will be p cked and sold
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-03-02
CITY WAITS TO BE CLOTHED
Jerusalem Far From Being Restored
to the Glory That Has Been
Promised Hers

The view Of Jerusalem MS one leaves
ne Garden OF Gethsemaue draws the
cart with sympathy The walls rise
eywely above bare slopes where
uJhng grows, for It is outside Of the
ty proper that Biblical prophecies OF
he deSolallon OF Jerusalem seem to
- fulfilled.
Today the city stands midway he.
Vean the horrors OF the Turkish
egilne aud the promised good of the
british mandatory rule Nothing has
cen done as yet In q public way 10
'eautify The city. North and west the
,0uScS slraggle outside the walls; on
he south forbiddng slopes border the
road to Bethlehem, and on the east
les the terrible Valley Of Jeh0sha-
plata valley Of dry bones, William
D, McCrachen writes in Asia Maya
Zine.
Seventeen times deStroyed-hltterly
hated, NuXiously sought--how desper-
ate history since Nebuchadnezzar
captured 1t more than 20 centuries
agol
Redeemed today, but in her naked
ness, Jerusalem waits to be clothed.
She has as yet no grace; no covering
for her ugly wounds. Some day her
sides viii glisten with the brightness
OF a heavenly radiance; she will be
washed and anomted like bride
waiting for the bridegroom.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-03-02
DOG RELAYS CALL OF PHONE
WelI.Trained Animal said Never to
Make Mistake In Notifying
Ills Mistress.

Not far from Boston lives dog by
the name of Timbuctoo, a dog which
has never been trained but which OF
its own accord acquired trick"
which besides being clever Is decidedly
helpful His home IS on a farm, which
is served by a seven-party telephone
line. The call at Timbuctoo's house
is five bells, or as the toll operator
would say, Ring five" Wherever his
mistress is when the telephone rings
five tinas Timbuctoo will go to her
and give five short, sharp barks. He
has never been known to make a mis-
take either by barking more or less
than FIVE barks, or by calling his mis-
treSs when the bell rings some other
call
In order to "show or Tlmbuctoo,"
his mistress asks n neighbor 10 call
her IN a few minutes, then she goes
somewhere ont of range Of the tele-
phone, and Timhuctoo never fails to
give proof OF his trustworthy sum
monins.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-03-02
Discovery Of the Commas.

Ancient Chinese records would seem
tn give the use Of the magnetic needle
for determining direction a long and
vareG history. The principle Of the
compass, or as the Chinese call it,
the south-pointing chariot, is stated
by most Chinese authorities to have
been discovered during the reign OF
Chong Wang, 11S5-1l79 B. c. The
discovery was forgotten in a few hun
dred years. Then the philosopher
Chang Hong. who died I'm l39 Il. c..
reconstructed the device. In succeed
ing troubles his model was lost and
forgotten. From the third century
A. II. onward great intereN was
shown by the Chinese sages in the al
msions in old writings to the mystic
rious south-pointing chariot. Attempt
after attempt was made TO solve the
riddle. and then we read in writings
Of the eleventh century of the com
pass being In use by mariners,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-03-02
Enns From the Orient.

A train of % cars, loaded entirely
with Japanese and Chinese eggs, left
Vancouver. b. c., the other day, bound
for New York. The train was made
up of nine carloads sent over from
Seattle to be attached to sixteen car
loads OF eggs from the steamer En-
press OF Russia. The eggs from Seattle
were delivered by japanese liners.
The eggs, with the exception OF 1900
cases for London, England, and 1000
cases for Montreal, were all consigned
to New York. The shipment to the
latter point consisted of approximate
~ 1850 cases Of 80 and SO dozen
each, or about 100000, more than an
egg for breakfast for every man, wom-
an and child in New York city.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-03-02
HONOR SHOULD B. AMERICAS
Washington Man Really Was the FIRST
to Demonstrate Possibilities Of
Wireless Telegrsphy

A dentist living in Washington, y.
c., invented patented and demon
strated wireless biography before
Marconi was born. Had ii not been
for the attitude of big newspapers and
the stubbonness and lack of vision Of
congress, this country today would be,
enjoying the honor, distinction and
credit Of presenting wireless telegra.
ply to the world. The name of this
comparatively unknown inventive gen
ms is Mahlon LOOMS. Back in the
sixties and seventies he eked out
modest living by plugging molars and
making "store" teeth for the politl.
clans aud social leaders of Washing
ton. Doctor Loomis called his dscov-
cry aerial telegraphy." His first pub
Tic demonstration was made in 1866
from the two peaks Of the Blue Ridge
mountains in Virginia, some Is miles
apart From each peak an ordinary
Kite was elevated, connected with an
Insulated copper wire attached at the
lower end TO telegraphing appa-
rarus. The operators Of each party
were provided with telescopes, with
which they could sight from ole STA
ton to the other and read the signals
When all was in readiness message
was sent by the doctor aloug the wire
Of his Kite, and was received M the
station on the other mountain top Just
as though the two kites had been CON
nected with a wire in the ordinary
way. In this manner communications
were Kept up until the fact was thor
oughy demonstrated that telegraphing
could be done as readily without as
with connecting wires.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-03-02
Cadets Great Ride.

Two hundred and fifty senior cadets
of Victoria, h. c., have recently com
ple,ed q ,4OOmllc ride on bicycles,
bearus dispatches from lie state com
mandaut TO The minister for defense.
The small riders averaged more than
ii miles an hour and they completed
their task 6 hours aud % minutes
ahead OF schedule. This line perform.
ance reused public interest 10 The new
system OF cadet training. which has
taken the place of The monotonous
drill-yard eNulutions. Australia is
training It's Youngest soldiers In
camarodere, sefsacrihce alertness
and love Of athletics. The story Of
the l,4UO-nile ride against unex-
pected obstacles has sci "a standard
which will not he easily forgotten by
the Australian hoy While The dis
patch ride has done much 10 direct
attention to "a happier system Of train
Ing. it has also served lo awaken the
interest Of father, ana elder hrohcrs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-03-02
Handy Andy Says:

Whether it's ohopping wood or put.
ting up an office building, man gets
genuine satisfaction in using good
tools or hardware Good tools help
the mechanic to become more valuable
to his employer good tools and hard
ware help the contractor and builder
to put up a better and more lasting
building.
| know a number Of expert carpen
ters who come here for their tools and
other wants because they know the
value of using the best Contractors
buy their building needs here because
they know that it pays to put good
hardware into building.
It's the same with housewares,
paints sporting goods, auto accesso.
ries and farming equipment. We sell
the best and we ask fair prices
for our goods. We are always glad to
show our stock. Come in any time for
We are always on call.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-03-02
DO YOU NEED A TONIC AND
BLOOD MEDICINE?

Batavia, N. Y.-"Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery cannot
be excelled as tonic and blood
purifier. Several years ago was
rundown, my blood was impover-
ished. | took the Golden Med
ical Discovery and it built me up in
health, gave me strength and puri-
fed my blood, and my general
health was better in every way.
my husband also has taken this
medicine as tonic and builder,
and we both agree that Golden
Medical Discovery is an excellent
family remedy ard can highly rec
ommend it." MRS. FRANK SMITH,
a Law Street.
You can procure the Golden Med
zeal Discovery, in either fluid or
tablet form, at any good drug store.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-03-02
Economy Carried to Excess.

A short time ago, on seeing a man
who was sitting beside me in cafe
terra get away" with large ham
burger sandwich in three bites, all
mind your own business" policies
were cast aside and I remarked, you
must intend to catch an out-of-town
train; you are in such hurry"
He came back with, "Oh, no. You
see every ones stomach requires a
certain amount OF meat and 1t is known
that by gulping 1t it takes longer to
digest. As meat is high | eat this way
and by so doing have TO eat meat
but every third day."-Exchange.