The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-15
BETTER FARMS
NO NEW SLOGAN
Agriculture Promotion
Purpose Of Meet in
Tahlequah in AS

TAHLEQUAH oct li-1u those
DAYS when considerable efforts are
being made TO advance agriculture
ana fyut RAISING. 10 is of intorns.
20 learn that an important meeting
was held IN TahlcguHh on Thurs
day, August 16. 1sI5. FOR tho pur-
pose Of organizing "a society FOR the
promotion Of agriculture A. tho
same time there was an oxhih.t of
the handiwork ~ number OF the
ladies Of tho nation. silver cups
were awarded az prizes 90 those who
had shown the most skin and pro-
fCicucy.
According 10 n report concern
ing the dolngs NJ tho Society for
the Promotion OF Agriculture. such
report being yet cxtnnt, orghni1a-
tlou vas perfected and officers duly
selected and elected. The president
was william S. Coody, whilo the vice
presidents were Walter Scott Adair,
John 6. Ross and the Rev stephen
Foreman. The secretary was VIII
liam Potter Ross. editor ~ the
Cherokee Advocate, the Cherokee
national Newspaper. A committee
was appointed for the purpose OF
| looking after the Interests OF tho
organization, 10 keep interest alive
To the necessity ~ over striving for
progress and Improvement. The
| members OF this committee were
Thomas Fox Taylor. Mrs. Rachel
orr, Mrs, Eliza Ross and Mrs
S0rah Foreman. the two latter liv-
ing at Park I'M.
There was at tho meeting an In
tercstlng address by the Rev Ste
phcu Foreman OF Park H.ll. He, a
native horn citizen ot the old Chero-
koe nation in Georgia, after the
completion OF hts classical and
theological education in eastern
Institutions, engaged in missionary
work among tho Cherokees tor n
| long period of years and died In
1881 at an advanced age. During
tho course OF his address Fore
man ali. led TO the great Improve
ment made in the way OF farming
! implements and referred TO the
period when the principal implc.
ment among the Chcrokoes was the
shoulder blade bone OF the wild
deer. The ground was scratched
with this rude and crude implement
in lieu of the plow, but In lS4J, to
the pleasure OF the minister. there
were many Cherokees who had long
since begun using the latest I'm
provomcnts In agricultural imple-
mcnts, such as the iron plowrharc
and the several other tools or the
period.
Following the organization OF the
Society for the Promotion OF Agrl-
culture premiums were awarded 10
those exhibiting the most skillfully
finished apecimons Of handiwork.
Mrs Nancy Adnir OF the old Flint
district. received tho first prize a
handsome silver cup valued at $40.
This premium was for the best
specimen OF homemade cloth, not
less than ten yards. Mrs Jane
Dougherty, also OF Flint district. re-
ceived a prize for the best coverlet,
while Mrs. Jennie Wolfe OF Table
uuah. won a prize for a beautiful
beaded belt. The prize for tho best
cradle coverlet went TO Miss Cath
erine Gunter OF Tahlequah district,
ed such a well-made pair OF socks
that she won "a prize.
The committee appointed TO draft
bylaws for the Society for tho Pro-
motion Of Agriculture was composed
ter Ross Thomas Fox Taylor, Will
liam $, Coody and Moses Daniel.
The person composing the COM
mlttces and those attending the
meeting In tho town OF Tahlequah IN
lSi5 were pioneer citizens OF this
section of the southwest. only six
years had elapsed since the arrival
/ from beyond the Mississippi river OF
the principal portion OF the popula-
tion OF the old Cherokee nation. As
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