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"fwtytwtn !" "n?,i v'TSelBE' nrv'-i' v-r m$f- ; '7p' '''fcTf,,p-Vk v a -u .'. " i ,j 41 Farmersj Champion VOL. III. ELGIN, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1913 NO. 29 a ul MONTENEGRO THREATENED AUSTRIA STILL ANXIOUS TO MIX IN THE TURCOBALKAN DIFFICULTY. ORDER TO EVACUATE SCUTARI Olhtr Powers Holding Back Austria Seeka Help of Italy. Movementa of Eaead Paaha Still a Myatery. London. The British foreign of flee still has no nowB that Austria 'la actually taking separata action ngalmf Montenegro. It la understood Austria ia waiting the result of another am baasadorlal conference and employing the Interval In an endeavor to induco Italy to Join her In military action. Meetings of the ambassadors In Lon don havo shown conclusively that a majority of the powers nro not pre pared to adopt war-like measures against Montenegro. It Ib thus practi cally certain that within a few days, whether Italy consents or not, Austria will dispatch an ultimatum to Ccttlnjo demanding the lmmedlato cxacua"tlen of Scutari. Not another word of Essad Pasha's doings In Albania has some through. Ismail Kemal Boy, head of tho pro rlslonal Albanian government, has ar rived In London to enlist British sup port He and other Albanians do not regard Essad Pasha's coup very seri ously, but the opinion seems to be growing among diplomats here that an administration under Essad Pasha In Albanian might not be such an impos sible aolution of a difficult problem. It la considered that Essad Pasha ns an Influential Albanian with a strong following and the prestige of a gallant defense of Scutari, might bo more ac ceptable to Albanians than a foreign prince, and that if allowed to retain his self-chosen post, he might be In clined to make territorial concessions which would compensate Montenegro for the loss of Scutari and satisfy Eu ropean claims. PA3S ALIEN LAND BILL California Senate Ignores Advice of Wm. J. Bryan. Sacramento, Calif. If It was tho purpose of the visit of Secretary of State Bryan to check further action by the legislature on an alien land law directed againft the Japanese, his mis sion has failed. The conferences between Socretary Bryan and thn legislators Closed at 11:80 o'clock Tuesday night Within three minutes and before most of the spectators knew what had occurred, Senator A. E. Boynton, prestdent4ro tern of the upper house, convened tho aenate and an amended land bill", which provides that no alien who Is Ineligible to citizenship under the laws of the United States may hold real property In California, was adopt ed as "a aubstttute for the pending measure by unanimous viva voce voto. It will come up for final passage In the regular course of business on Thursday morning and probably will be approved, and, when It comes to Governor Johnaon, It will be signed, according to the opinion of leaders. The new bill Is drawn In strict con formity with the treaty between Japan and the United States, but all efforts to gain an opinion from Secretary Bryan or President Wllaon failed and the state leaders decided forthwith to proceed with their plana for enacting It Into law. COPS ON TRIAL FOR GRAFT Defendanta Are Denied Ball Locked Up In Tombs. and New York. Four high police offl cera declared by the district attorney ito have been figures In the "system" of police graft, were placed on trial In the supreme court. The defendanta are Dennis Sweeney, James E. Hussey, James V. Thompson and John J. Murthatn all former Inspectors. M. 0. LEIQHTON bbbbbPRsSbbbbbV 7aSaamHNNN BBBBaWvf'--':4? ;lNNNl BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBm9P3aiNNNNNNNNNNV BBBBBaViTBBBBBBBBBBT bbbbbbV'bbbbbbbbbT bbbbBMBjbbbbbbbbI bbbbCvIsHbbbbbbIPi M. O. Lelghton, chlaf hydrographer of the United States geological survey, aaya the loee of life and property cauaed by the floods ccutd not have been prevented by any human agency; that no reservoir system could be de vised to take care of such a deluge ef water. BIG LANO FRAUDS UNCOVERED Government Offlclala Declare Indiana Have Been Poisoned. Fort Smith, Ark. That several Ben' satlonal exposes nro expected In con nection with tho niiouidlscovery bv government officials mat Indians in eastern Oklahoma havo been poisoned by land sharks who later Inherited tho property of the victims, became known when it was learned that the coll? are tightening around an under taker and a physician, residents of tho Choctaw nation, nnd their arrest Is momentarily expected, ncrtprding to statements mado In this city. Officials who have been Investigat ing a dozen or more mysterious deaths of Indian land owners In the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, have dis covered that the undertaker and physi cian under suspicion have been called In their respective capacities to sup ply their services In at least six cases, whore the Indians died suddenly. Fed eral officials aver that they wrn em ployed to make bogus oaths as to the cause of the deaths, being in collusion with tho land grafters. Two real estate dealers of Hugo, Oklahoma, aro already nccuued in state warrants with giving nn Indian a qunntlty of poisoned whisky which, howevor, ho did not drink. Copper King Made Defendant. Austin, Tex. F. Augustus Helnze of Amalgamated Copper fame, Is de fendant with W. C. Shaw of Cameron county in a ault (lied here to forccloso on sugar mill property at Snn Benito valued at nearly 1350,000. The plain tiff Ib tho Snn Benito Sugar Manufac turing company which sold Its hold ings one year ago to Helnto and Shaw who, it claims, have defaulted in the payment of notes as they fell due. Tin 8oldler Drawa Fancy Salary. Albany, N. Y. A bill providing a salary or 98,000 a year and 3,000 ex penses for Major General John F. Orynn, head of tho New York National Ouard, was signed by Oov'erSor Sutler. General Oryen's salary Is the same as that paid a major general In the United States army. Aviation Test At Target Practice. Ban Diego, Calif. Lieut. Samuel McCleary, U. S. A. aviation corps, In an army flight hero remained station ary over tho armored cruiser Mary land during target practice with the B-lnch guns to test the effect of con cussion on the stability of the ma chine. The test was made at an alti tude of 6,000 feet and, although the machine rocked dangerously hen over the guna were discharged, the aviator succeeded In righting It each tint. IS COUNTY DIVISION FIGHT IN SOUTHEAST PART OF STATB RENEWED. PART OF COMANCHE AND KIOWA Nearly Five Hundred Cltlzene Meet In Town of Mountain Park and Re-Eetabllah Government. Offlclala Elected. Mountain Park. About 600 tax payers and citizens of Swanson coun ty met In mass convention at Moun tain Park and reestablished Swanson county government. This procedure was finally deter mined upon after Boveral months' In vestigation of the court procedure that was used In disorganizing Swanson county. The Investigators hold that the work In the attempted dissolution Is not stable and that some of the best authorities in the state recognize Swanson county, as did the present legislature. Tho convention by mass vote elect ed two commissioners, J. II. Savlllo and J. L. Barnes, to fill vacancies now existing, the present 'county judge, J. E. Bryan, duly Bwearlng the commissioners In. Judge Bryan then resigned and Judge Cook, of Snyder, was appointed his successor; Judge Bryan was then appointed as super intendent of schools to All the vacancy left by the resignation of Joseph Bees ley, who resigned to take the county attorneyship. John Andersqn.'the county assessor, .!,.. hi. rT-,-v,,...-trTT-f. ows was appointed sheriff to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of W. H. Brashers. Representatives from every part of the county were present, some from Manltou, Cooperton, and the Coman cho strip, taking nn active part In the reorganization of the county. The city of Snyder was largely represent ed, several hundred being present from there. Tho following pledge was drawn up by the convention, and re ceived several hundred signers: "We, tho taxpayers and citizens of Swanson county, do hereby pledge ourselves to give our home county government our best moral support and ask that all officer of Swanson county Immediately take chargo of their respective offices, and prepare themselves to properly administer the affairs of the same. We further pledge ourselves that we will pay all our 1913 taxes Into Swanson .county for our uchools and other purposes of home government, and will continue to do so as long as tho offlcea are admin istered honestly and economically." Thn commissioners set their com missioners' meeting for Monday, May 4, whon the regular business of the ounty was taken up. A large flag waa placed on the rater tower to proclaim the county's resurrection. The county Includes the four con gressional townships on tho west end of the present Comanche county, all of the present Kiowa county lying between Comanche and the north fork of the Red river, and two additional townships f,rom the upper half of Kiowa. Find Deficiency In U. 8. Aceounta. Washington. Footing up accounts, Uncle Bam found a deficiency of $3, 654,000 for the month of April. Ex clusive of Panama canal nnd public transactions, the receipts for April amounted to 163,482,000, while dis bursements reached 967,106,000. Up to date for the ourrent fiscal year, however, (hero la a surplus of op dlnary receipts over ordinary dla burseraents of 98,966,000 against deficit a year ago of 912,680,000. Customs receipts for last month fell off 92,600,000 aa compared with April, 1913, while Internal revenue receipts Increased 92,000,000. A big factor In the increased expen ditures for the month just cloaed was the pension payments tinder the new law. ' WN HON M CHICKENS FOR A FARM Amerloan Breeds Meet Demand for General Purpose Fowl. Beet Recommendation for Plymouth Rock la Bxcellent Growth ef Chleke, In Which Quality They Are Without Superior. (Br B. o. KtlF.) The American breeds of chickens have been made by the mixing of cer tain types. They have been formed to meet the demand for a general pur pose fowl and they fulfill thla demand better than any other breod. These breeds are mora variable In traits than breeds with more ycara of uniform ancestry to their credit If strict selection Is not maintained tho American varieties aro Inclined to Vary nnd revert to ancestral types. The barred variety of the Plymouth Rocks la the original Plymouth Rock, Prlxe .Buff Plymouth Rock Cockerel. and la, perhaps, all things considered, the most popular breed In thla coun try at the present time. Its origin la commonly given aa a cross between the Black Java and the American Dominique. Besldea the Java other Asiatic blood has probably been used In making the breed. The Plymouth Rock la more Ilka the Asiatic than like the European chicken. It approaches In size and fattening qualities the Cochin or Brahma, but has lost the excessive feathering, slowness of growth and general clumsiness of those breeds. The best recommendation for the Plymouth Rock on the farm la the excellent growth made by the young chlckena. Jn this quality they have no superior. The Plymouth Rock pullets are good layers, but as year ling hena are prone to turn Into fat rather than egga. Another objection to the barred variety la the difficulty In keeping tho breed true to the atandard type. The pure-bred type blrda ara required to have even and distinct bars of the same shade In male and female. These are difficult polnta to main tain, and resort Is often made to double' mating or the keeping of two breeding pens, one to produce cock erels and tho other pullets. The whlto nnd buff Plymouth Rocks are later products than the barred variety. Much of what haa been said will apply to them also. The following differences might be noted: The white variety Is fret from the color objection of the barred type, bat the objection to the fattening tend ency applies to hens of this variety perhaps more forcibly than to the barred. Buff Plymouth Rocks will probably average smaller than the other varie ties of the breed. Although a solid colored bird, they like- all buff breeds, except the buff Cochins, will be found difficult to broe4 to one color, owing to tbe tendency to possess black or white In the wings and tall. DAIRalNOlB Watch the cow's Boat. It I a fine Indication of her physical condition. Thers Is no special method that need be followed In raising a bull calf. Bad ventilation la the cow stable Is responsible for many diseased cattle. It Is every datrysaaa's buslneaa to ask each cow what aha does with her feed. GIVE THE VEGETABLES ROOM Much Garden True Has Been Ruined ay Not Thinning Out at Proper Tims Nerve Needed. Do not bo afraid to thin out your plants they must not be crowded. Probably more garden stuff has beea ruined for want of being thinned at the proper time than by any other cause. However that mar be, one of the most puzzling things for tho begin ner to find out la whether any particu lar vegetable ahould bo thinned or transplanted, and how far apart the plants should Bland afterward. He will get somo heip from tho cat alogues ns to the distances, but whether he should transplant or thin Is the kind of thing that Is not In tho book. It requires a Rrcat doal of nerve to pull up nnd destroy tho unnecessary seedling mora nervo than the ama teur possesses. They say that a per son nover becomes a good gardener until he steels his nerve to this ruthless sacrlflo. A vegetable must have plenty of room to develop Its best size and flavor, nnd one can take no pride In small commonplace vegetables. QUALITIES OF FLY-CATCHER Examination of Stomach of the Little Bird Showed 99 Per Cent, of Animal MMter. (Ily F. E. U HRAUt Tho western yellow-bellied fly catcher occupies the western part of the United States from the Paclflo coast enstward as far as the castorn foothills of the Rockies and as far north ns Alaska. It Is found In -Us summer rango about Ighf months of the year and "during the winter In Mexico. For the study of this bird's food. 160 stomachs were examined. Tha food was found to consist of 99.31 per cent, animal food to 0.69 par cent at vegetable. Pmaathle " la. evident -taat.the good qualities of the western yellow- bellied fly-catcher far out-weigh tha bad If Indeed It can be said to have any bad ones. It eata predaceoua beetles, but tho percentage Is so small that no great harm can be done. The other Insects aro mostly those that we are glad to lose. The bird Is too small to Injure fruit or grain, Weatern Yellow-Bellied Fly-Catcher, and It Ib of a confiding and domestic nature, Inclined to live about tha abodes of man, where It can do tho most good. Lettuce Plante. Avoid the use of too much water on the lettuce plants. It may cause them to damp off and It will tend to produce soft and splendid plants. Stocky plants are an important factor In pro ducing a good crop of lettuce. Soaking Seeda. Celery, parsnips and other Blow sprouting seed should be soaked for a day or more before being planted. It will come up quicker If so treated and then placed In molat aoll In early spring- v Onion Sets. Onion sets cannot be slanted too early In tho spring. Early planting counts for early maturity and Urge size of bulbs. Bee that tha sail la. fine and mellow before starting tha plant i BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBFRaV BkBBBBBBBBBBBBBmKaBW 'FBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbI BBBBBTBBBBBBBBBbK?' ffBBBPKtjV. 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