Local farm and poultry show updates and cattle sale notes
The report details a cattle sale with breeds including Hereford Angus and China hogs, tuberculin tested cattle and immune hogs, plus a poultry show set for December events. It mentions college stock, breeder opportunities, and the need for robust attendance by farmers and breeders. Also notes a Hughes county poultry show later in December and anticipated displays at Holdenville and Pontotoc County shows.
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É M “College
Duroc
Jersey
Maine
Farmers Union backs bird protection to save crops
Reports from the cotton belt of Oklahoma show a campaign to thwart boll weevils by early land preparation and cleanup. The Coal County Farmers Union adopted a resolution against killing birds, recognizing quail and other birds as beneficial insect destroyers and urging hunters to spare them.
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Oklahoma
Farmers Union of
Coal County
Dedication of Laxton school house and charity supper
Saturday evening Supt Floyd and Prof Hugh Norris attended the dedication of the new brick Laxton school house. A four box supper raised funds for the Christmas tree while Prof Norris served as auctioneer and teased a sausage prize with humorous remarks. The crowd enjoyed the event and noted Norris' entertaining auctioneering.
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Floyd
Hugh Norris
East Central
Laxton School House
Cerees
Honge
Norris
Ictione
Murdock
Oklahoma Boll Weevil War Saves Cotton Farmers Big Sum
The long campaign against boll weevil in Oklahoma from fall 1921 through summer 1922 saved growers at least 24 million dollars. Estimates rely on 210,006 base and 1921 costs, with three main attack pillars: destroying harvest residues, reducing cotton acreage, and using early maturing varieties with deep cultivation. Bryan and Custer counties saw notable production shifts.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
Bryan
Comet
Oklahoma planters urged to clean up fields against pests
Farmers in Oklahoma cotton belts are urged to join a statewide cleanup week December 11 to 18 led by county agents and the state agriculture board to fight weevils and crop pests. Officials say higher production could lower prices, while eggs remain in light supply as buyers adopt a cautious stance amid anticipated West and Southwest gains.
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Oklahoma
Robertson
State Board of Agriculture and Extension Division
The
A. and M. College
Young Pauls Valley Girl Wins State Poultry Judging Prize
Bessie Weaver fourteen year old from Pauls Valley wins first prize in the Oklahoma state poultry show at Cushing. Judges say she is a cripple but raised one of the best flocks and may be the youngest winner in state history. Fifteen counties are represented. Alice Randolph of Edmond takes second place.
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Cushing
Bessie Weaver
Pauls Valley
Alice Randolph
Edmond
Optimism at Oklahoma state bankers meet opens convention
Oklahoma City December 12. Mike Donally commissioner of finance and acting mayor welcomes 300 bankers from across the state to the Oklahoma state bankers association annual convention. Secretary W R Samuels reports confidence flaws in the state guaranty fund can be eliminated with legislation to amend parts of the law. Executive committee proceeds with the meeting and nine members are to be selected for governor to appoint three state banking peers.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Mike Donally
State Bankers Association of Oklahoma
W. R. Samuels
Samuels
County Deputies Nab Two For Moonshine Craft
Weekend raids lead to the arrest of Tom Fisher and Guy Robertson on manufacture of intoxicants. A 150 gallon copper still, 12 gallons whiskey, and 1250 gallons beer were seized. J D Meneley was also arrested for booze manufacture.
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Babe Moore
Albert Patterson
Jack Loven
Allen
Tom Fisher
Guy Robertson Oy
Fisher
Robertson
J. D. Meneley
Chapman
DANGEROUS PRACTICE OF PARKED CARS NOTED
Police warn that an average of 23 cars sit on nine business blocks nightly with 15 easily stolen, mostly cheap models left unlocked. Thieves target streets around 10 30 p m especially after band concerts, prompting advice to move cars indoors or lock securely to aid street cleaning and curb thefts.
Republican Orator Buys Suit Under Tariff Law
A brief Ohio State Journal report notes a Republican campaign orator purchasing a suit of clothes under the Ordinance Tariff Law. The itemization underscores tariff rules affecting campaign materials and attire.
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Ohio State Journal
National Guardsmen to be removed from Madill
National guardsmen on duty at Madill will be recalled to Ardmore tonight or early Thursday morning according to armory information. The troops remain quartered at the Palace hotel in Madill but have not been called for duty. Subpoenas are being issued today for several hundred Marshall county citizens to appear for examination at a special hearing set for Monday.
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Ardmore
Madill
Palace Hotel
Marshal County
Gompers Admits Federation Aids Impeachment Probe
Samuel Gompers says the federation executive committee authorized a specialist to aid Representative Keller in pursuing impeachment charges against Attorney General Daugherty. The disclosure came during the house judiciary committee session on December 13.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Ldber
Frankly Teald
House Judhas Committee
Federation
cétMisel
Representative Keller
Minnesota
Daugerty
Valuation Debate Over Watered Stock in Santa Fe Railways
The Interstate Commerce Commission has studied railway valuation since 1913 and found the railroads overall worth about two billion dollars above net capitalization as of 1919. The Santa Fe valuation nears completion and argues the ICC has been too strict, undervaluing its stock and detecting no watered stock.
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Congress
LaFeollette
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe
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Miss
Federal District Court
Francis Birkhead
Lee M. Russell
Mississippi
E B. R. Holmes
C. M. McNiel
County
Bastile
J. C. Waton
C. ©. Rhodes
Farmer-Labor Reconstruction League
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
Rhodes
Cardui
Ada
Pepperell
K. C
Storey
W. B. Storey
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railway System
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