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j V h it H. i r t i . ! : m k t v m m ' I I JHH I 20S WMt MaiB st TWO TnE Durant Weekly News FRIDAY, MARCH in ,,. giaaaggLu fAKM aw? STOCK, NE' WnntM Farmer's Whes To Vote (Hy u KarmerV Wife) i (KiIUui'm note: The following is uiittcn hy the .splendid wife of a good llrjiin County farniei. Since it ac lompanies a signed letter and the 'identity and good faith of the writer ale known to us, c Kindly publish Jar.-, have heen mailed during the same under above nun de plume.) past week to members of the Okia-, Attention County Women homn Cotton G lowers AHsociation. Sisters in the country it is time for Thi- p.i merit, which amounts to $20 us lo awaken from peaceful slumber, pei hale is made to members having We haw slumbered long in ignorance cotton which classed into associa- am now wc. must wake to find our iion pools 7. and 8. and is the v.jsu.r.s in tho cities are many years thinl payment made to these mem- :n advance of us -ANOIIIKIf IIAI.I' MILLION ' I'AII) COITON GKOWKItS 'Member of Association liming ( ot ton Classed Into I'ools (i-7-H Get 'I hird I'.i) ment Check totalling a half million ilol- bcrs An advance payment of approxi mately $.") per bale was made to all inembeis who shipped cotton thiough the association at time of delivery A second payment of $10 per bale on all cotton shipped through the asso ciation was made in February. Members having cotton in thc-e three .pools have theiefore received to date appioximately "JHO per bale on their cotton. Wc have been serenely satisfied with letting our ulen do all the voting as we fooled ourselves into the opin ion that we knew nothing of politics. Did our .sister in the city do this? No indeed, she did not. When the priv ilege of voting became hers, she availed herself of every opportunity to use it. Why do the city folks elect all the officers? Recaue their women Additional uavnients will bn mniln K to the polls and vote with them. no these pooU as the cotton is sold,Thcy cast two vote to the country accoiding to officials of tho asso-, People's one. ciation. Payments will also be made l!ut my dear histoid if we over ex on other pooh. as rapidly as the cot- pott our husbands to be able to elect ton is sold out of those pools. jany of the pfficcrs and thereby have "The association has pursued all a ".sey" about things we arc going through the soason its original policy to have to line up, one and all and of orderly marketing," says C. L. mnrch to the polls and vote with Stcaley, secretary, "selling when ' them. there has been a demand which brought a fair price on the market. No association cotton has been dump ed at an unsatisfactory price, while on the other hand the organization Lay aside your old fogyism, and get in the collar and pull your part at next election. This is our only salvation. I hear some ouc say ''Oh. yes! she has not been holding its products. s suffragist," not me. I have just Sales have been continually through out the season as buyers could be found who were willing to pay what seemed to our sales department to be a fair price on the maikct at the .time." Local Hogs Top Market Oklahoma hog raisers and feedeis -ire discovering that it is their inter est to ship to the Kansas City jnar ket. For several weeks the run of hogs fioni that state has shown a Mcady im i ease, and today brought the largest individual shipment of hogs teceivcd on the Kansas City niaiket m many months from any point, which came fiom Out ant. Ok., recently come to my senses and rea' lize we must have unity to have strength Don't be guilty of voting contrary to your men folks just for the pleas ure of exercising woman's right. Vote with them and we will be able to have a say in a few short years, that will count. Farmers Need Seed Money It is possible that a great many farmers in tho cotton section of the State will be forced to plant their own seed this year, because in the heaviest producing sections they are short of ready cash with which to buy ki.r.d. iii the onimon of .1. A. Whitc- which is in the c-xticme southern part illlrt llrl.si,loiit ,f the State Board of the state, neni the lied river, and ()f Agriculture, who speak of the the Texas liuuiei. matter in his weekly bulletin on L. I.. Claik, a pioneer stockman of imp londition. Sales of cotton seed that countiy was the owner of this aie not near up to thoe of tho past .shipment nuinliciing i"0 head .Last war. Mi. Whitehurst a. weik Mi. Clink maiketed foui cai- Conditions of the past week have loads of hog hcie civ en faunei. inci chants and bank' Fiom the same town eanie .mother eis a keener interest and additional hog shipment tod.iv, (nought m by hope for a moie pro.peious agricul- Hanison brotheis making a total of tui.il c.r. The heaviest snow of the eight i in loads Horn that point season fell duting the week, being Kansas Citv Diowi's Teligi.im. general tlnoughout the State. "Wheat was impioving lapiuiy wim the inins during the middle ot last u....k and together with recent snows eccllt nt MOgtess and re tovei.v should be noticeable and dried back in places it is now turning M.inh I'm! .No Funds For Seed Oklahoma is in need of $l.i(l,0llil foi the pin pose ot buying cotton seed the boll weevil distmls of the in the lx.lt weevil .l.siuls ol the , r,mmK cll Much of State. aceoMing to a letter Hon - ,, ,n th(1 dust ls pouting. '" ,' '" but then- is still quite a ditleicnc-e by .1. A. Wlittchuist the Stale lt.m.,1 of Agiuultiiie to f t() wht th mrticular Ileniy Walla.e Secietni ol Ajni- w,Mli'lt Wlll maU T10 up was nice- ellltllie at Wnshillgtoii Seeiet.UV AValkue leplied to the effei t that tbeie is no inoiiev available to be loaned lot tin- puipnse of puulias mg cotton si eil In bis better to the suntaiv. Mi Whiteluiist outline 1 i plan fm aiding the cotton fainter m seciiutig ,eei for the next clop but facing the fail that theie .lie no funds available, no lunef it c.ui now be deiivid fiom the plan v ptoteeted bv the banket of novv f'mm the evtuiue cold weather which followed the stoim mm Wo will iu l lie highest rash price foi ele.in wlilto rags nt this office If you can't bh Se Us stS' CLAY BROTHERS 2t0 W. Main Draat Phac 7QS. 1 PLANTING TWi AVERY'S MR. BILL RIDING PLANTER AND AVERY WALKING PLANTERS, both equipped with plates for planting cotton, corn and all small grain. PEANUT ATTACHMENTS CAN BE FURNISHED FOR PLANTERS Come in and let us show you our planters and quote you lowest prices you will find. CRUSO SEPARATORS We are selling CRUSO Cream Separators to the peo ple of Bryan County every week. Absolutely guaranteed and Bold on liberal terms. We can show you advantages in buying the CRUSO. FENCING OF ALL KINDS We have Just unloaded a car of Hog Wire, Barb Wire and Fencing of all kinds. E. G. McKinney Hardware Co. Phono 61 Oau aie ivportid as growing well in the southern counties and mal ing ext client piogyes with the leeent preeipitation Mnt of the cio i sown except in the wist and ninth. when hanllv half of the expected aeleage l 111 sn far. Kailv sliding and cultivation ' ii cotton is being urged as one of the most effective ptoteetive mea'iue's against boll weevil. Farmer Is llcst Huver The American fanner is the gn.it- est buyei in the United States and a return to full volume of business eannot be expected until agricultuial prosperity is lestored, Eugene Me.v er, Jr.. managing director of the wai finance coiporation, declared Saturday. "Improved prices and steady demand frem farmers' pio ducts means a gradual increase in his ability to pay his debts and to resume buying on a normal scale," he said. Meyer said that both the lailroads and agriculture have an in terest in seeing the market at the lowest rate comparible with capital . and operating costs under efficient management. First Federation of Clubs What is said to be the first county federation of junior agricultural elubs ever organised in Oklahoma has just been formed in Payne county through the efforts of L. K. Rathburn. county agent, and Almna Abernathy. home demonstration agent. At the oig.ini 7atiou meeting, seventy delegates piesent leprcented twenty-three dif ferent clubs. An executive commit tee representing all elubs of the countr will lie used as "captains" in helping to direct club work and in transmitting instructions from toun tv agents to local members of the various clubs. There arc 550 dub members in the county. Hogs Paid Tor Farm Ten years ago. Luther Taylor. Coal county farmer, moved onto an un improved tract of bottom land Sin gle handed, except for the help given him by his Indian wife and growing children, he has put into cultivation 150 acres of heavy timbered land. He has never grown an acre of cotton on the farm, but doesn't owe a dollar and has a comfortable cash reserve in the bank to finance any projects he undertakes. How did he do ie? M. W. Plett ner. farm demonstration agent for coal county who relates the story says hogs "have paid the way. Taylor raises corn, as his principal crop, though he diversifies enough to give rotation. He also is building up a herd of pure-bred dairy cattle. I'lett ner recently went over Taylor's leeoreLs for the past four years. Dur ing the last three years, he says Tay lor has sold more than $3,000 worth of hogs every vear. A Hoy Pas Top Price A lot of pure-bred gilts, all of them wrth pig. were auctioned off at the A. & M. College at Stillwater last week and the highest price brought was 5100 for a Duroc-Jersey and was paid by Phil Rogers a pig club boy near Jet, Alfalfa couity. The success of Riper- and boy inembeis of the anie county breeders i tub is indicated ! the fact that, a few da befoie the.V shipped a unload or hogs to Oklahoma City -totKviuds and iceeivid u picniium of n'dollni a bundled on the ship ment, a puce of $10.50 being paid foi their offeiings. Sno Ma Kill Weevil Seveial authoiities on cotton pests are of the opinion that the snow and freeze of last week may have put an end to the millions of boll, weevils hibernating in the cotton belt of the State. It is doubtful, they agree, that the weevil could have withstood the cold snap. Want 'I heir Agent Back 1 I ju Flore county used to have a county faun agent but last summer the county commissioners abolished the job iii their zeal for economy. Now comes the chamber or commerce of Poteau, the county seat, backed i. .. lnrcr,. finipmition of farmers and want their county agent back again. Fnim agents aie very useful folks to have about Hanks lluv llaby Chicks Thiough the cooperation of ldabel banks Giace Clowdis, home demon stration agent foi McCurtnin county, is financing junior dub members in the poultry business tins spnng. iivi method to supply club members with baby chicks She expects to place not less than 1.000 baby chicks with second-vcni club members. Clover on Top or Oats As a soil builder and pasture, sweet clover is almost unsurpassed. :.. v,o v.niinf of Ross Hurst, a far mer living five miles northeast of Pawnee. M. T. Maudlin, coumy ntrpnt. savs Hurst has been growing clover for the past three years. His method is to plant it on top oi oavs sowings. The result is plenty of fall pasture and a good seed crop the fol lowing summer. Indian Women Organize , The fullblood Indian women of Car ter county are being organized for home improvement, according to a lepoit fiom Minnie H. Church, home demonstration agent for that county. Fifteen Indian women attended the organization nueting held recently In Ardmoie. Part of them had to be in structed through an interpreter. NO PINK IIOI.I. WORM MENACE Theie is little danger of the pink boll win in leaching Oklnhoma during the year, in the opinion of W. J. Lackey, seed analyst of the State Board of Agriculture. Tho most fa vorable means of the worm getting into the State is through cotton seed, and this is being carefully watched by all agencies of the de pat tment. Mr. Lackey said. FORMER DURANT MAN IS RETURNED HERE FOR BURIAL ip White, formerly of Durant, died nt Shievesnort. La.. Sunday. His ii.uK mrivm! on the M. K. & T. Mon day. The funeral was held at the Nazanne church at 2:30 Monday al-ifi-nnnn. Rev. Minor, nastor of the Knrunnc- church officiated. The bur ial was at Highland cemetery, in mediately after the funeral. Leo White had lone been a citizen of Duinnt when he left here two nnd a half eats ago and was well known nnd liked. Besides his wife, ho is survived bv his mother, Mrs. M. E. White of I-ake Charles, La., and three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Jen nings, of Durant. Miss Agnes White, of Shiuvesnort. and Miss Ida White of Lake Charles, La. PREACHER KILLED BYB IN CHINESE T1B-ET 1 Ilev. Albert Leroy Shcltoa, j lnnnrv nt ho ril...!. . Tibet, China, and tho .-. ary to bo allowed to enter tSS ""'"i "" "luiuc'rect bv qj brigands on February 17. x, ago he was captured hv ui- .' . . . . - . ""KU neiu a prisoner lor sixty day, RETURNED FROM CHtn President H. G. Rnnrw. .... n v T nl-J 41.. m- . "si . .. uu.iu, uj. wc leacnera ( nnd Superintendent P n w. of the Public Schools, w. . , ' "C IBM irom ejnirago, where they jjj crai uoya aiienaing the Msi the National Educational Ask More than ten thousand were in attendance. WHEN YOU THINK OM LOANS THINK OP FRANK H, WHl DR. W. M. K. CHATTt Eye, Ear, Nose and Thro ejince over KimDners Drcja Associated with Drs. iWu Colwick, Memorial Hosphi), uurant, UKianoma. :m Insure against the dam age claim of the careless pedestrain. Very reason able rates. MTU 1 1 ; f -1 . M yilPTP 1 1 ' Kl IsmaHMHiaiaiaHDqMLXDaMimaiqMra 3? THE FIRE DEMON- Spares neither rich nor poor. INSURANCE is the only way. I'LAY SAFK. Fire Insurance is so cheap that you cannot afford not to have it. DON'T DELAY SALMON & GILSTRAP DURANT. OKLA. 120 N. Third 'jasaaMaaxMagaaHKBeraraMxt L' A BUSINESS NECESSITY THE CHECKING ACCOUNT A check book is as necessary on adjunct to a man's buaiam as money itself. It eliminates the necessity of keeping lirp amounts of cash on hand to take care of financial obligation! Open a checking account with this Bank, to take care of oDiigations; its tne only way. Commercial National Bant DURANT, OKLAHOMA. Beautify Your Home This Spring PLANT FLOWERS AND TREES If you wish information re garding proper landscaping and propagation Telephone 282-iJ and our representative will call and assist. A few trees and shrub will add new life to your home. Durant Nursery Co. J. T.FOOTE, Manager Phone 282-J. Durant, Okla. no go Cumulative Preferred Stock or thu SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY is now on sale at the telephone office, so we are answering some of the questions that you are likely to ask about the stock. How much doet each shatc cost? Each sh-te costs one hundred dollars. Do I have to pay all cash? You can pay all cash if you desire, but y I can pay s little as $5.00 per month for each J share. Is this stock a good investment? The necessary character of the service reojl dered by this company assures the safety I principal and the good yield of its secuw i What is the money from the sale of this stock to be used for? Tt fa tn ha HDOfl n avlanil anA enlarge I telephone facilities of this company. Call the telephone office or ask any of the tele phone employes about this security. Each one is selling it and nill be glad to give you addi tional information. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Invest in abui'mcsi -with a constat' demand for product. Ml 'i'Vl lKk