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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
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The following paragraph wa taken
from the February issue of the Okla
3AssAa Banker THE present is the
Spring crops. Good cotton seed, es-
Recially, will be scarce and lot Of
peer seed will probably be planted;
there is no crop that will respond
: b a good quality Of seed quicker
that the cotton plant. Many banks
are buying seed in carload lots for
distribution to their customers at ac-
tual costs, and the result should be
An improvement in yield. quality of
staple and selling price"
New Cotton Seed Developed BY Boy
A new variety Of cotton. said to
have returned in the single year Of
1921 a profit of $4,000 over what
they usually made to the farmers of
Jackson county has been developed
through the activity of boy cotton
club member, according to reports re-
ceived. by thu extension division of
The Oklahoma 4. & ". college here.
The new variety has been named
Speer cotton. in honor Of Walter
Speer, who propagated it. II i a
long staple variety, but grows in Ok
iAhoma, according to the reports,
equally as well as the short staple
varieties.
The Speer yariety was developed
as a result Of an experiment which
F.. +. Ferguson, then district agricul-
snral agent. started in 1914. Fergu-
son, on a visit to the cotton expert
nent station in Greenville, Texas, be-
came interested in the Lone Star va
Fiety of cotton. He had shipped
into Jackson county and planted it or
the farm Of 9. Speer.
Despite an adverse year, the fouI
acres Of Lone Star yielded two bale'
Of fine cotton TO the acre and pro
dISced some Of the largest storm
bolls ever seen in that section of the
state, the reports said. 1t was among
eb.s cotton that Walter Speer founC
"A single stalk Of such unusual pro
pGrtIUns that he reported it to Ber
era wford. then Jackson county agent
Crawford suggested tina; the seed b,
planted. The planting was made i,
one corner of the field and in tht
sea sun's rush Of work that particu'a,
corner wa neglected 50 that ;hc cx
detrimental stalks became wcct
.huked. Nevertheless, it produced ;
variety that cxcclled anything else il
ghe field
Since that time the Speer -tapl
variety ha, been developed steadil.
1ntil il ha3 .nrrad into every section
lf Jackson county.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
New Home DemOnstrator

Miss MEdna Corbet, is now in
stalled here as the new home demon
strator for Bryan county. succeed
ing Miss Fannie Buie, who resigned
some few weeks ago. Miss Corbet
is graduate Of the Emporia, Kan
sas Normal School and two years
work at the Kansas State Univer-
sity. She comes here most highly
recommended as capable and ener-
getic agent.
Miss Corbett has served five years
as county superintendent Of schools
two years in Colorado and three
years in Kansas-and, for two years
did canteen work for the Red Cross
in France. Among her special quail
fications for home demonstration
work is the fact that she entered up
on and proved up on a claim. in Col
orado It wa, while living on that
farm that she ran for and was elected
70 the office Of county surcrinten-
dent
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
Milk For Pig. Tays

September lS lat year a lot Of
fine Duroc-Jerscy pigs were farrow-
ed on +. c. TerrelPs farm south of
Albany, which is operated by John
Williams. They decided to try an
experiment in feeding some Of the
pig. They segregated four Of tine
pigs and in addition to the regular
little pig ration, gave each Of these
four one quart Of skinned milk per
day, and about three or four weeks
ago increased this ration to one gal
lon Of skinned milk daily. Last
week they weighed the four pigs and
they weighed 500 pounds, 200 pounds
each. The best of the litter mates
not fed on skinned milk weighed
only $50 pounds, and the average for
the pigs Of the same age, not fed on
skinned milk was 12j pounds
around. 1t is thus seen that the ad-
dition of little skinned milk in the
pigs ration has made a half larger
hog in the same feeding time.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
PUTS BAN ON PLAYING
MARBLES on SUNDAY

Mayor Fro,c broke into print 70.
d .rcoHd time this week when h.
made 4 proNouncemeEt barring tn
playing Z marbles by the boys ol
sunday hereafter
lie ays h. has registered with hin,
many complaint, from good citizen
II boys cOngregating on the old
court house lawn and also az the
market square. and that from early
Sunday morning and during Sunday
School and church time, the game
90 merrily on. He has instructed
his Officers to stop the games, even
if they have to arrest the boys. He
says they are playing keeps" anG
he intends to stop il.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
Big Crop Demand to slacken

Europe will not be in the market to
the same extent for American food as
il has been the last few years, our
Department Of Commerce thinks
b., Europe certainly is taking all it
can ge. now In the meantime, with
business picking up and million
more men employed at regular jobs
there is going to be better home
market. While keeping a weather
eye oat toward the future it is just
a. we'll not to worry too far ahead
--Capper's Weekly.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
Diversification Safe

The Cotton Acreage Committee Of
Memphis. has recently distributed q
poster with much information for the
cotton farmer and banks in the cotton
sections. This poster reads in part,
play safe-Don't Gamble" 1t pounds
On tho policy of Diversifcation farm
ing in the cotton belt, stating that
the banks will do all they possibly
can 30 aid farmers who are entitled
20 credit in the purchasing Of milk
cows, hogs and poultry necessary to
provide milk, meat and eggs for
family consumption. Think this
problem Of Divcrsification over and
talk lot on this subiec. to the far
merS Of your community.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
Our Farmers to Show Russia

Russia, decades behind the rest Of
the world in agricultural methods, is
importing $50 farmers from America
20 start a model colony and teach
Russian farmers modern methods.
The selected men are emigrants who
came from Russia and have made
good in this country. They will set
tie upon 5000 acres which the Soviet
government has set aside. An excel
lent way to carry out an experiment
which the world will watch with in
terest.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
Standardizing On Cotton

John VI. White, farm demonstra-
ton agent for Muskogee county, is
conducting a systematic campaign
to induce farmers to standardize
their cotton. Eighty per cent of the
farmers in Muskogee county. he says
have agreed to raise one kind of cot
ton this season.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
LEGION TEAM PREPARING
FOR BASEBALL SEASON

The local Legion baseball team,
which last season won thirtyfour
out Of thirty-seven games played,
will be practically in tach this sea-
son, and practice is beginning already
in anticipation of a winning season
in 1922. The present indications are
that the team will have a staff of
four pitchers and two catchers. both
Of them profe sionalS.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
TOM TABOR GETS INTO
THE RACE FOR sBpp,,.

The News is authorized to Z
nounce that NJ. T. Tabor, H..
known as Tom Tabor, is a canS;s'.
for the Democratic nomination
sheriff of Bryan county, subis., !.
the primary August first. His ny
appears in our announcement colin.
this week.
Mr.. Tabor has had large ey,.I
ience as a deputy sheriff and ia -
known over the county. Later N .
more lengthy statement about n
candidacy will appear in these -
umns.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
st SPEND PRAYER SERVICES
FOR CHRISTIAN REVIVAL

The Nethodists. who have been
holding midweeh prayer meetings in
the Christian Sunday School room,
have stopped their midweek meetings
during the Christian Evangelis.ic
services which are now in progre.s.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
Bank Conducts Farm Contest

The Planters State bank of Noun
tain Park. Kowa county. is con
ducting a live at home" contest
among the farmers of that commun-
i-y. Monthly sales Of produce con-
stitute the chief basis Of contest.
Prizes Of $50. s25 and 500 are offer
ed.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK
BULLETIN

Market compared with last Mon
day. Cattle steady. Hogs 35c lower
Sheep steady. Prospects fair market
balance of week.
BEEF STEERS:
Good to Choice -----s7.75@sS.5O
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24
SULPHUR BUSY BUILDING
BACK WHAT STORM Inn.

Better built and more mod..|
houses are to replace those destro,',|
in the tornado. which swept Subj
last week, property owners at,h
Every available carpenter and bril|
layer has been busy the past v,,s|
in rebuilding as fast as the vr,S|
age was cleared.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-03-24

Phone up your order for Count,
Style Cured Hams. White HON.
Grocery.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
GOLD STANDARD NOT MENACED.

Despite recent reports from German sources that chemists of that country have succeeded in making artificial gold there is no for fearing that it is possible manufacture that precious metal, that the time has arrived is when artfcialy produced gold will upset the gold monetary standard. The German report resolved down to facts is to the effect that through modern chemistry it has been dis covered that least some of the elemental chemical substances are elements in a chemical sense but compounds. This led to much speculation in the press leading to suggestions that gold may be made art- ically with destructive effects.
 as absurb the statement that former member of the Survey succeeded in making synthetic gold from silver dollars The Survey points out that no one has yet succeeded in making gold or obtaining it rom any other chemical element While the feat cannot be safely called impossible in these days of intensive investigation along all lines but it seems
 iry safe to believe that if gold is manufactured
 rfcally the process will be so expensive as to make
 vAueless from any scientific standpoint.
 There is threat the gold mining industry in chemical experiments and investigations to the possibility of making synthetic gold As far it is concerned, gold is stll where you find it, and the prospectors who have winered in Alaskan hills, sunk
 oles hitherto unknown and unnamed creeks, or 'ho this Sprng will search for the source of the float
 licked up in the streambeds, have big edge the hemsts of Germany regards hope of material reward.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
Political Strategy at Washington.
New York Post l
reward.

Secretary Falls alleged state of mind with refer ence to the course of the Administration of which he part raises political question of the first inn portance. Should President take firm and compromising stand upon measures that before Congress should he employ the tactics of the har- monizer? answer this question partly in accordance with their temperament partly in cordance with circumstances So direct and vig- orous leader President Roosevelt resorted upon occasion to the gentler method and so devoted a lover of peaceful procedure President Harding has been compelled more than once during his very first year in the White House assume the tone of au- thority. The only rule that be laid down with safety is that any hard and fast rule is fatal Be bold, be bold, says the copybook maxim be too bold" Nevertheless glance the history of the last few Administrations lends force to the reported view of Secretary Fall Again and again the voters have rallied to a President who appealed to them over the heads of dilly-dally Congress.
 We cannot, however, imagine the voters rallyng to the program laid down the most recent White House legislative dinner. Only one of the items on that program, ratification of the Wash ngton treaties has been received with general ap- proval President Harding will doubtless be as in- sistent be desired in pressing for prompt and favorable action upon these treaties, and in this course he will have the country with him. But it would be perous for hm adopt similar policy with reference to other items of the program tariff bonus, and merchant marine subsidy He would strike, much more popular note by coming out against these policies but cannot well repudi- ate program which he helped to frame
 What might be considered another item in this | program is the adjournment of Congress by June II. Here is chance for Presidential intervention It is humanly impossible for of these measures | to be passed in the time allowed. The tariff bill
 alone unless it is different from all preceding tariff bills will require than half of the less than four months
 AS the weeks go, and the impossibiliy of i'm posing all of these financial burdens upon the people becomes more and more apparent the President can
 quietly suggest that this bill or that be dropped in turn they all ought to be dropped.
 The best strategy at Washington just now would
 De the prompt ratification of the treaties followine
 upon the heels of the Allied Debt Refundire meas.
 Ire, and the passage of bill providing Tor reor.
 Eanization of the Government departments This would bring the session to a close with c, max tc which members of Congress could point will a-sur
 ance in the campaign in November
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Court of the Commissioner, Territory of Alaska, Division Number One, Juneau Precinct, in Probate.
 In the Matter of the Estate of EMILY CLEMENTINE WAL GREEN, Deceased
 Having been appointed adminis- tratriX of the estate of EMILY CLEMENTINE WALGREEN, de- ceased by V. A. PAINE, Commis- sioncr for the Territory of Alaska oitting in Probate in Juneau Pre- cinct, by order issued February 20, 1922, all persons having claims against said estate are required to present them, certified as by law prescribed, within six months of the date of this notice, to G. c. BUR- FORD, at Burford's Corner, Juneau, Alaska.
 Dated Monday, February 20, 1922.
 MRS. E. l.. HUNTER,
 Administratrix. First publication Feb. 20, 1922. Last publication March 13, 1922.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
If It Fits

You cant reason with woman be cause her only reason is just because
 Most wives are more interested in mending their husbands ways than their clothes.
 This thing of trying to find com font in the fact there are a lot of other folks whole lot worse off than we are would be all right if we did not see so many folks who are so much better off than We are.
 Most girls, it seems, would rather put off things than put them on.
 A woman does not mind her shoes being tight but she does not like her husband to be that way.
 Before marriage a man usually is deeply in love after it he usually is deeply in debt
 When the average woman gets things home she always feels sure she might have done better and wishes she could change them. This is especially true of the fool hus- band she has brought home.
 We are willing to bet the econom ical experts who tell you how fam. fly of six can live comfortably on $i2 week never have tried it them selves. doctor never cares to take his own medicine.
 Most every man wishes he could get what his wife thinks he is worth ito the office.
 
 Marriage might be able to run fair. ly smooth without love, but it can't any more run Smoothly or other wise) without money than an auto can without gas.
 Nothing reflects the vanity of the Fair sex as much as the mirrors and the clothes lines.
 Women go shopping the way some
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27

most common among lndians with apout zVo blind for every 10000 in the population. Negroes also had a comparatvely large amount of blindness, with 60 blind per 100000 There were 4S.3 blnd per 100000 white persons and only 23.2 per loo'- 900 Chinese and Japanese. Of the geographic dlvl- sions New England had the greatest amount ol blindness with 63.5 per 900 population, while the
 least was in the West South Central States which had but 41.6 blind per 100 ,000 Of the states, New Mexico had 153.2 per 100000 while at the opposite extreme Wyoming had but 15.4. The blind per 10O,- 900 numbered 60 for 13 of the States, be- tween 40 and 60 for 22 States and less than 40 for 14 States
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
BLIND POPULATION IN THE
 UNITED STATES.

The Department of Commerce, through the Bureau of the Census, that 52,617 blind persons were enumerated in the of 1920. In 191C the number was 57,272. Although this decrease ot 4655. it is said may be in degree the result oi a change Tn the method of reporting the blind, it probably indicates at least in actual decrease in the amount of preventabe blindness, consequent upon the improvement in medical knowledge and the education of the public regarding the possibility and duty of preventing blindness
 While the total number of blind reported in the census smaller in 1920 than in 1910, the number for whom schedules were filled out and returned in response to the by mail following the census enumeration was very much larger 4O,950 in 1920 against 29242 in 1910.
 According to the census there 493, or nearly 50 blind persons to 100000 population, aver age of blind person to every 2.000 population. Males predominate females. with about three blind males to every two blind females Blindness
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
Black Day for Prohibition.
(New York TelegraphO

The jury systems among English speaking peo- peA extends back to "a time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary" For centuries
 has been regarded the foundation of justice inc
 guarantee of fair play. In the early days of this re- 9oonc any attack on the jury system except purely academic argument against it, would have brought ln revolution. It not until the Anti-Saloon -eague got into the saddle and began to dictate in parliamentary bodies that any serious menace to the ri@ht of triad by jury of ones peers was apparent
 Seeming to know instinctvey that prohibition lwas regarded by many good citizens as against pubc policy, and seeming to fear loss of their own power the leaders of the AntiSaloon League insisted thai state laws providing for the enforcement be drafted Q as to eliminate jury trials Such law was adopt ed Tn New Jersey It has been declared unconstitutionaI ny the Court of last resort in that state
 The importance of this decision hardly can be over estimated, far as the New Jersey is con- cerned That commonwealth announces in no un- certain terms that it will aid and abet an effort at Washington to take police control of her citizens out of their hands and make them subject to control by fanatics from the four points of the compass
 Those who drafted the Eighteenth Amendment knew it could not be enforced without state coonera tion. New Jersey declines to cooperate unless in doing she conserve the ancient privilege of trial by jury. History shows that juries do not convict when public opinion is opposed to the letter of the law Thursday black day for prohibition dictatorship in this country
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27

men go fishing, they do not expect to get anything, but just the same they have a good time.
 We guess about the only people who dwell in absolute peace and har mony are those who have taken IF permanent quarters in the cemetery.
 Galoshes, if worn unbuckled, are simply stunning; if they are worn buckled they are o-lu-t-e-l-y silly Just the same we like the girls.
 Nothing will cool mans love quite so quickly as cold meals and a hot temper.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
In the Eoobv House

Visitor: What brought that man here?"
 Attendant: "He became nutty try ing to solve perpetual motion"
 Visitor. And the man next to him?"
 Attendant: "Hc lost his mind try ing to square the circle" S
 Visitor: And the third man over there?"
 Attendant: "Oh, he went crazy trying to make ends meet"
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27

The Countess Eva Telski has opened a hairdressing establish ment in Vienna. The Countess is but one of a long line of Austrian aristocracy compelled to direct their activities to business enter prises.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
Most All of 'Em Could Stand a Batt

Dear Sam: Noticed the following ad in the Enquirer last Sunday:
 Wanted-Whfte woman to wash and iron and clean Tuesday and Wednesday every week, etc.
 They always were the dirty days while I travelled among you Cincin- aatians. Holyoke, w. Va.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
Easily Exclaimed

People are drinking more water since the country went dry" boasted he reformer.
 Yes replied Colonel Boozem even I find I cannot drink this noonshne and bootleg whiskey with Dut a chaser"
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
Fool Questions

R. Y T. asks: Why do they al ways have to shoot an oil well?' That's just the custom, but what we would like to see is for it to be GUS tomary to shoot the oil well stock 3alesmen.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
Misnomer

They say she has the gift of gab, But father cannot see It in that light-each lesson costs The poor old man a "
 Boston Transcript.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
They sa

They say she has the gift to gab, There's nothing she won't tell; N poor hubby has to hear it all, So life to him is I.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
We Don't Know What Eyeration Is,
 But It Must Be Painful

(Owen County (KyD Democrat)
 Mrs Tom Tool of Sweet Owen, is in Louisville, where she will undergo l surgical eyeration.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY.

A new telephone directory is now in course of preparation. If you desire to make any changes in the listing of your name or address, or wish to have a telephone installed in time to have your name appear in the new directory, please notify us at once JUNEAU & DOUGLAS TELEPHONE co. adv
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
AsGWVSS6>: VECUUH ~ ~ -
 SAsS hL
One Thina He'll Never Give

A candid friend, l find
 Will give advice galore But just ask him for coin,
 And gosh! How he will roarl!!
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27

The advertisements are advance salesmen for the stores, and in order to make them of real worth the ad- vertisements must have some special offering. Have you read today's of fering in the store news?
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
Tom, It Seems, Scooped Us

(Jack Warwick, in Toledo Blade)
 The old slang expression, q don't think had more truth than slang n it.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
Then He Woke Up-

Then He Woke Up- His love was a dream He married her And (See headline).
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
Queer

"It's funny" remarked an honest member of the army of the unem ployed, "how easy it seems to be for these bandits to connect with big payrolls and yet how hard it is for me to do that"
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27

1 kin remember when the ladies wore shoes that laced up the sides.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
News of the Names Club

FNCWS VT tTFO TNdTfTCS OTUD John Triplett, of Willow, Ohio, is one all by himself.
 A. Wineman, of Gilboa, Ohio, never has to fear a visit from the dry agents.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
Daily Sentence Sermon

It is better to be lost in thought than in the shuffle.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
Is He Any Relation to the Famou
 Egyptian Mummies?

(Kennonsburg Cor. Cambridge (Ohio)
 JeffersonianD Frank Mummey was a business caller in Summerfield last week.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-27
Huff Sed

They had been discussing the model man, &c.-
 But how is a man gonna learn his faults?" asked the youth.
 Get married" dryly answered the older man.