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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-27
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

AS has been said above, the people
of the United States, despite the fact
that they were relatively prosperous
were not c0ntented. Taxes, rentals
and the prices OF the necessities of life
remained too high, and the farmer es-
pecially complained because he did not
receive enough for the products of his
toll. AS usual, the unrest expressed it.
self at the polls. What many cOnsid-
cred the conservatism of the Harding
administration was blamed, with or
without reason. AS the primary cleo
tons in various states came along, the
voters saw and seized their chance,
and frequently the more conservative
candidates were beaten by so-called
progressiyes. Albert J. Beveridge de-
feated Senator New in Indiana; Lynn
J. Frazier defeated Senator McCumber
In North Dakota; Senators Johnson Of
California and La Toilette of Wiscon-
sin were triumphantly renominated-
and there were many other such In
stances. 1t was generally predicted
that the Democrats would win big VIC
tories in the election on November 7,
and the results justified the forecast.
In both house and senate the Republic
an majority was tremendously re-
duced. Such well known figures as
DUPONT, Kellogg, Townsend, Calder,
Pomerene and Poindexter were retired.
A feature of the election was the i'm
mense majority rolled up for Al Smith,
Democratic candidate for the COVER
norship of New York.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-27
NATIONAL LEGISLATION

One Of the first acts of congress In
the year was the passage Of the foreign
debt refunding bill, with limit for
payment set at % years. The house
in January also passed the Dyer anti
lynchin9 bill, but it got no further until
December, when the Democrats in the
senate filibuStered it to death. The
cooperative marketing bill was enact
ed in February. On March % the
house passed the soldiers bonus bill
and, after a long and bitter fight, 1t
went through the senate on August 81.
President Harding had warned con.
gress the measure was entirely unac-
ceptable to him, chiefly because it pro-
yided no means of raising the money
to pay the bonus, and on September -
he vetoed 1t. The house Overrode the
veto, but the senate sustained it. The
agitation for such legislation was in
cessant, however, and new bills were
introduced before the year closed.
Appropriation bills for the army and
navy, providing for $4,000 and S6,oOO
enlisted men, respectively, were
passed and $17,OOOO00 was appropri
ated for soldiers hospitals.
The tariff revision bill of course
took long time in the making. 1t
finally was completed and was signed
by The President on September Il
One notable feature is a provision CIV
ing the President power to lower or
raise certain rates when he thinks con-
ditions of foreign trade warrant.
Congress adjourned on September
%, and as it had failed to take any &C
ton on ship subsidy measure, the
President called an extra session TO
meet on November 20, mainly to con-
slider such bill. The house passed
it on November %. The extra session
merged into the regular session on De
cember 4.
In his message to congress Presi-
dent Harding called for strict enforce
ment of the prohibition law, thor
oughgoing agricultural credit system,
improvement of transportation and
outlawing Of railroad strikes and pro-
vision for drafting in war all national
resources. The ship subsidy bill ran
I'D against a determined opposition In
the senate. The house on December
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-27
DISASTERS

Many thousands Of lives were lost in
disasters i'll 1922, and vast property
losses sustained. In January a Greek
destroyer was blown up, so men per-
ishing; and in Washington 81 persons
we're killed and 1873 injured when a
theater roof collapsed under weight OF
snow. In February % men died iii
mine explosion at Gates, Pa, and "a
were killed by the fall and explosion
OF the army dirigihle Roma. which had
been bought IN Italy. On March Is a
great fire in the Chicago business dis
trict did damage amounting to $S,0OO,-
COO: on March % British submarine
sank with % men, and on March %
the famous Church OF st. Anne de
Beaupre, near Quebec, was burned.
April was marked by fatal and de-
structive foods and tornadoeS in the
Mississippi river valley and in Texas,
and by severe earthquake in Japan.
On April IS 400 carloads of war muni-
tons exploded in Monastir, Serbia,
killing hundreds and destroying the
center of the city. On May 10 the r.
& O. liner Egypt was sunk in collision,
98 lives being lost; and on June 81
persisted when a Paraguayan excur-
sion steamer blew up. New York city
had one of the worst storms Of recent
wears on June Ii, about 80 persons
being killed. Forty lives were lost in
the wreck of a pilgrims train near
T,our6eS France. on August / $4,000
Chinese persisted in typhoon at Swa-
tow August 2; 81 were killed in a rail-
way wreck at Sulphur Springs, Mo-, on
Aug. 5. Great forest fires in Mime
sofa in August destroyed several small
towns. The Japanese cruiser Nitaka
went down during a typhoon August
26 with a loss of 300 lives, and three
DAYS later 316 persisted when a Chilean
ship sank near CoquimbO. On August
IS. 4S men were entOmbed in burn
ing gold mine shaft at Jackson, CAL,
and % days later all were found dead.
Falconara fort, Italy, was destroyed on
September % by exploding ammunition
stores. TIA soldiers being killed. On
November 6 a gas explosion in mine
near Spangler, Pa, killed so miners
and on November % dust explosion
in a mine near Birmingham, Ala, killed
"a.
On December a conflagration de-
gtroyed the center and much Of the
residence section Of Astoria, Ore, the
loss heinp S15OO0O 900.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-27
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

with Michael Collins as its head,
the provisional government OF the Irish
Free State was established in Janu-
ary. after Dali Eireann had accepted
the treaty with England and De Valera
had refused to accede. Immediately
the republicans, now rebels. started a
warfare that lasted throughout the
year and was marked by innumerable
assassinations and other outrages.
The Free State forces gradually gained
possession of most Of the territory
where the rebels were strong and the
lighting degenerated into bushWhack-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-27
LABOR AND inDJ5TRtAL

Bulking large In the affairs of Amer
lea were the two big strikes, of tile
railway shopmen and the coal miners.
In effect at the same time, they seri-
ously threatened the national we'll
being by disrupting traffic and causing
a countrywide shortage Of fuel.
Unable to reach an agreement with
the mine operators on the wage scale,
the miners, both anthracite and btu
minous, went on strike April l. In
June and July President Harding con-
ferred with representatives of both
sides. and proposed that the men re-
turn TO work at the old wages and that
the new scale be arbitrated. His plan
being rejected, he told the operators
to reopen their mines under protection
of federal troops and the flag. In only
a few cases was this done. There
were numerous loo ii conflicts and some
killings, and the price of coal threat
ened to become eXtortiOnate. To pre-
vent profiteering the government
adopted a plan for the supervision or
production and distribution Of coal on
July "a Operators and miners of the
bituminous fields met at Cincinnati ana
on August IS signed an agreement
ending the strike. the men winning VIZ
tually all their demands. similar
settlement of the anthracite strike was
made on September 2. 1t was admit
ted that the root of the trouble had not
been reached and that another strike
in the spring of 1928 was almost a GER
tainty Since there was still great
shortage of coal, Conrad K. Spens was
appointed federal fuel director on Sep
TENDER %.
The railway strike followed an order
of the federal railway labor board, ls'
sued June 6, reducing the wages of the
shopmen about $60.00O,OOO year.
Other rail employees had their pay cut
proportionately, but the shopmen we're
chosen to make the fight. They quit
work on July /, and two days later
were "outlawed" by the board. Oh
July IA they were reinforced by the
stationary engineers, firemen ana OIL
ers. From the beginning the admlnlss
tration strove to bring about settle
ment, but both sides were stubborn,
the restoration Of seniority rights be-
ing the main stumbling block. Presl-
dent Harding warned the strikers
against interference with mails or in
terstate transportation, and the agen-
cies of the government were active In
enforcing his orders. Finding they
could not tie up traffic, the strikers In
many regions resorted to extreme VIC
lence, and even to murder. In the Far
West some OF the Brotherhood or
Trainmen members co-Operated with
them until called off by their chiefs.
Several trains loaded with passengers
were abandoned in the deserts. Final
ly the government struck vital blow
at the strike. Attorney General Daugh-
erty. on September 1, obtained from
Judge Wilkerson in Chicago a sweep
ing order restraining the shop crafts
from interfering in any way with the
operation of the railways. Two weeks
later the strike was broken when
many railroads negotiated separate
agreements with the shOpmen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-27
NEUROLOGY

Every month Of the year has It's list
Of notable persons taken by death. In
January these included: Sir Ernest
Shackleton, British explorer, in the
Antarctic; Marquis Okuma, japanese
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-27

IS passed the naval Appropriation OIL
carrying $325, 100000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-27
HOW THE WORLD
Jared IN 1922
Prosperity, Discomfort and Two
Big Strikes Among Notable
Developments in America.
REVERSE FOR REPUBLICANS

Europe Still Is in Economic and Finan.
ciaI Turmoil-Do wnfaIl of Lloyd
George-Turks Defeat Greeks
and Recover Lost Territory
Fascist Gain Control
of Italy.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Tick Order l. Mndified

An order modifying regulations
for the entry into Oklahoma of cattle
from tick-infrStcd counties of Texas,
and Arkansas is issued by the Okla
homa State Board of Agriculture.
The new regulation requires in
Spection by Federal or State agents
VI all cattle from uuarantined areas
-arIiveing between March 81 and May
18th at any point in Usage County,
The part of Kay County east of the
Arkansas River. at any point in
washington County and at any point
,on the Midland Valley Railroad north
'nf Tulsa. Inspection will be made at
railway slipping pens befare the
cattle are permitted to proceed to
pasture.
The old order required that cat
Sie shipped to any point in Oklaho-
ma from infected areas in Texas and
Arkansas hove to he accompanied by
certificates showing they had been
dipped five days before shipment.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
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EARpS ~ ~ W
and STOCK NEWS
Poultry Disease Remedies

A. this is the season when tkt
| chicken, are liable to contract di
sca>c, the News prints below some
the remedies for them "a suggested
by the A. d VI. College.
MITES-Mites feed on the birds
sucking their blood, during the night
but in the day retire to the dark
crevices in the poultry house. Be-
cause of their bloodsucking habit
they are very detrimental to the
health of the fowl.
Thoroughly spray the house with
some good disnfectant such as any
of the cattle dips, crude oil. kerosene
emulsion. etc. Care should be used to
get the solution into the cracks and
dark corners.
BLUE BUGS-Blue bugs, like the
mites, are blood suckers. They hide
in the poultry house during the day
Due to their larger size and thicker
skin they are harder to combat than
mites.
The best treatment seems to be
good coat of crude oil throughout the
poultry house.
SCALY LEG-Scaly leg is caused
by small mite getting under the
scale causing inflammation and SWELL
ing.
First wash the leg with warm
water, then saturate it with kerosene.
Repeat this every five days until
cured. Thoroughly disinfect the
house.
STICK TIGHT FLEAS - Mix
equal parts of melted lard and kero-
senc. When cold annoint the comb
wattles and lobes of the affected
birds. Clean and disinfect the house
as directed under treatment for
mites.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Broom Corn Waste A. Feed

Broom corn stalks and late-de-
~reJoping seed which ordinarily arc
S4ett IN the fields as waste might
2M1titably be used as feed for live
a5frtk. according to E. I. Dowcll and
" G. Friedemann of the Oklahoma
Agricultural Experiment Station who
shzNs just published. in bulletin form
the results of a chemical study of
Broom corn and broom corn silage.
Oklahoma, it is pointed out, is the
keading state in the production of
Broom corn. In fact, Oklahoma's
Ylrnduction represents more than 80
ger cent Of the total quaUtity pro-
Iuced in the five principal broom
corn states. But very little atten-
zion has been given the crop from
,5he standpoint Of stock feed. After
''lbe main top or head is pulled it
seems to be the practice in this state
20 allow the stalks to stand and
90 use the field later as pasture.
To test the value of the crop as
Sced. one two-ton experimental sio
was filled with broom corn stalks
gust after the tops had been pulled
and another experimental ,ilo was
GiIlCd with the stalks after latc-de
Vploping small heads come out and
were virtually mature. In both cases
Ghe silage kept in good condition.
and sheep ate it with "a much or
} more relish than they did grain sor-
-shum silage.
After setting forth chemical
analysis of the Silagc and observing
. Is effects upon sheep in the feeding
, est, the authors Of the bulletin, No.
. i35- assert that "a comparison of
the composition of broom corn seed
with that Of the grain sorghums
shows that it is not quite so good
fecd-stuff, but the digestion co-ef-
ticients compare favorably with
THOSE Of grain s0rghums. Thie same
statement mad be made with respect
20 broom corn silagc and grain sor
.'ghum silage."
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Low Gold Storage Meat-

The following figures show the
amount of poultry, beef and pork in
cold storage on March l. 1922;
March |. lS2l, ana the five year av-
erage for that date.
March I, 1922. poultry, S9.000.000;
Beef, 7i,OOO.0O0; Pork, "a. 900.
March l, 1921. Poultry. 79.0OO,00O;
Beef. 146,O00000; Pork. $4,000, 900.
March |, > year average, poultry,
7O,0O0,0O0; Beef. 245,000,0 900; Pork,
S64.0O0.000.
The three important products listed
above show a decrease of 35i.000.000
pounds since the forst of March last
year and 47l,000,000 pounds less
than the five year average for March
/. Lard. mutton and miscellaneous
meats also ashowed a heavy decrease
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
LIZ New Members

Miss M'Edna Corbet, home demon
strator, reported to the department
this week the enrolment of one-mun'
dred and forty-seven new boys and
girl members of the home demon
stration clubs in the county. Severay
other clubs are to be revived this
year. Miss Corbit's list of places to
visit and organize this week includes
Kemp, Albany, Carols Chapel,
Pritchard and Cade.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
More Gilts TO BOYS

Farm Agent Dunlap delivered last
Saturday bank" gifts to three more
Bryan county pig club boys, who
will, according to contract, return to
the banks in the fall two gifts from
the gifts first litter of pigs, the rest
of the family becoming the property
of the boys. The boys are. Edgar
Darnson and Mark Mills and Arthur
Russell, all living in Veach Grove
community.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Poultry Pays Beckham

Beckham county, last year, shipped
$S57,200 worth of poultry and eggs
according to figures collected by f
o. Edison. assistant boys club agent
with the Extension Division of the
A. and NJ. College. Shipments includ-
ed III car loads of chickens, averag-
ing $4,000 pounds each; 113 car
loads of eggs. 400 cases to the car,
and Is carloads of turkeys, $4,000
pounds each.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Lots of Land Terracing.

Quite a lot of Bryan county land
is being terraced under the farm
agents supervision. and the process
in nearly all cases has saved the land
from destruction from washing.
Among the recent terracings reported
are W. F. Stephenson, north of Du-
rant. 90 acres; Lee Lane. Veach
Grove. 10 acres; Bob Sawyer, east of
Durant, 20 acres; John Simmons,
Pritchard, 90 acres; Ed Spcairs and
c. p. Abbott, north of Durant, 60
acres.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Corn Planting Progressing

Corn planting is progressing nice.
sV in the southern half of the state
. Most of the extreme southern coun-
ues have practically finished with
.his line of work, except in the sec
!ions where the recent heavy rains
have held up farm operations. Pres
snt indications point to an acreage as
large, of even larger, than that
wanted last year, which was 3,077,-
cAob acres.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Vaccination Checks Hog Cholera

A week or ten days ago Farm
Agent Dunlap went to Bokchito and
vaccinated sixty-five head of hogs
for Burt Garnett and Walter Davis,
among whose herds hog cholera had
broken out. This week. Mr.. Dunlap
reports that the vaccination checked
the spread of the disease and not
single hog was lost from either herd
Vaccination is almost a certain pre-
ventative against cholera, which when
it starts often wipes out whole
herd of hogs in short while.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Green Bug In II Counties

The Green Bug is increasing in
numbers and is now reported in the
following counties: Kingfisher
Blaine, Garfield, Noble, Oklahoma
Canadian, Logan. Pawnee, Ottawa,
Craig and Tulsa. The heavient in
fcstation occurs in Canadian. Blaine,
Kingfisher, Garfield and Noble coun-
ties, where considerable damage has
already been done.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Pigs Pay Giry Club Members

One girl club member in Ellis
county recently held a sale of pure
bred hogs which netter her $S40. ac-
cording to Tom NJ. Marks, county
agent. She already had sold $500
worth of hogs. All of them, in both
punches. were the descendants of one
club gilt. purchased in 1920, and the
club members still has a full stock
of hogs in her pens.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Club Rally in May

Announcement is made this week
that arrangements are under way for
the holding of the annual rally of
boys and girls clubs, in Durant,
sometime in May. The exact date is
to be determined upon later. Plenty
Of entertainment will be planned for
the boys and girls as we'll as instruc-
tions of a helpful nature.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Plenty Of Moisture

All parts of the state are report
lnG sufficient moisture; in fact the
Farmers of the southeastern coun-
sies are complaining too much. The
.cnntinued rains have held up farm
7%ork, but taking the month as a
NShule. it has been one of the most
Favorable on record so far az the far
'Emer is concerned.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Three Girls Get Gilts

Last Saturday three Bryan county
r., received "bank" gifts on the
.amr kind of contract which they
sa,c been turned over to the county
rg club boys. The girls are Dele
kuonce and Marietta Furgeson both
~: Veach Grove and Opal Stark,
.puthwest of Durant.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Cotton Growers Meeting

\ meeting of the Oklahoma Cotton
Growers Association was held in the
court house here last Saturday, with
a large number of folks present.
The plans of the association for the
Cooperative marketing of their cot
ton was discussed and other matters
Of interest.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Preserved Eggs Keep Fresh

Eggs preserved in waterglass arr
Il, good six months afterward as a
the time of preserving. When yor
have surplus try this method; these
egg, will come in conveniently wher
hen, are not laying. Ask your county
or home demonstrator agent how il
i done.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
S1Oi.OOO Worth of Hogs

Inr farmers of Bryan county ship
ped 50 car loads of hogs during the
month of January and February
this year. which sold for total of
Slol.oo0.0O. A pretty good record for
,uc county, and no doubt has kept
many farmers from going to the wall
H. this particular section of the state.
Depart. of Agriculture Bulletin.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Pirtle Club Exhibits

The Pirtle Home Demonstration
Clgb has an excellent exhibit of can
ring and sewing on display at the Of
flee of the County Home Demonstra-
,ur in the Chamber of Commerce
There was also on display a most ex-
cr,lcnt angel food cake made by the
b. hncl club. This cake. however
la- been sold.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
District Agent Here

..!., Anna Lee Diehl, Of Saltwater
net agent in charge of home de-
.'ration work, was in Durant SAT-
lay looking over the work Of Miss
re. home demonstration for this
~.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
Resources

An object lesson of practising Economy and
Thrift to achieve Independence can be learned
by studying the methods that George Washing
ton employed
During the trying days of the Revolution,
the great leader was called upon time and again
to admonish the colonies to economize and
save so that they might have the resources to
attain that goal they sought-Independen
How well they succeeded in matter of history.
You too, can attain Financial Independence if
you will just lay aside few spare dollars each
week and place them in Savings Account with
this strong, reliable Bank. Why not come in
and get further particulars to-day?
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-04-07
KANSAS CITY LIVE srorr-
BULLETTN

Market compared withe las, NJ.
day Cattle 25c higher. Hog. Ss
higher Sheep SOC higher. Pro,na".
strong market balance of Well pe'u
Woman's enterprise., 1922-09-01

Mrs. Florence C. Tompkins reports
the following U. D. c. scholarships to
ne filed at once. Applicants may see
Mrs. Tompkins and committee at
Memorial Hall, Monday, Aug. 2Sth at
80 3P. NJ.
|. Loyola University, pre-medical;
2. Loyola University, conditional;
B. Gulfport Military Academy;
/. Seashore Camp Grounds;
$. Rugby Academy;
6, Katherine Bres' School,
I. Holy Name Academy.
3. University of Virginia.
9. Washington and Lee.
10. War Hero Scholarship.
Applicants must be worthy descend
ants of worthy Confederate Veterans;
they must state their inabality to
meet tuition expenses.