kold; also 3 threshing machines and / engines, 40 mowing machines and a areat many hay presses., Quite a per centage of-the,oats were baled for hay. \vhi«h tn addition to the cane crop, millet and- increased acerage of alfalfa greatly ajpds to our hay supply. ,A canvass of the various parts / of the; county shows that the increase in wheat oats, rye arid barley will be about on the following per centage: Last wear one farmer had 4 acres of oats, ^his/ year he had 13 acers, next-year he wil/i have i 10 acers in winter wheat for pasture thru the- winter, 10 acres in Texas* Red Proof oatCafid 10 acres in Yellow May oats. The Yellow May bats are better adapted to poor ...up land. 'The ground should be prepared this fall for oats and for wheat should be prepared early thissummer.I have lately been making an investigation of the best varieties iof wheat for thissoil and I have come to/ the conclusion,evetrbefore reaching the estate of manhood the young man went to California to “rustle for himself, not knowing that he had a living relative. Soon after going to Texak. Mr. Goodman lost track of his nephew, and though he continued the search was unsuccessful untiLa few days ago. As soon ' as Mr. Norville learned his real identity, through a letter from Mr. Goodman, he immediately came to Muldrow to see his uncle. Uncle Bate,” we ®iiglit add, seemed about as well pleased at the meeting as Mr Norvil le was to know that he had an uncle who is so big at heart as to spend 35 years in trying to find him, and they were both mbre than pleased 16 know that ,the search was productive.tn-kn*jtanctothE.wtoFor the Dlscouraged-Farmefs.after visiting several fields, that the Club House wheat, a square headed, beardless variety, is the best for Sequoyah county soil. All old land should be- sown toj* * 1grain and a littie soil /builder, such as cow peas, after cutting, or some clover sowec with the oats so- wheip the stubble is turned a cover crop wifi be turned under tor inanure.Lets rotate some of our crops to grain. Arrange early with your landlord for another year and arrange for such rotations as needed Let’s head'the drouth off by planting grain crops whicfL mature before the spring rains have all left us and a crop behind with which we . can soil build, ' H. M. WOLVERTON.Locates Lost Nephew.After searching for 35 years, J.B. Goodman finally located a lost nephew who is now located at Durant and who is known as Wilftatn Norville. He is an only son of Mr. and. Mrs. Thomas Goodman and was born at Haileyville, Okla., about 41 years agbi In 1874 his mother died and the ' son was adopted by Dr. Norville. A few years later the Doctor and wife, with their adopted son. rnoved to Texas andWith thermometer hovering around the hundred mark, the ground a poppin’ open, fire creepin higher and higher in corn and the cojrton blooms almost ready to fall off, then is a pretty good time to think of the future crops to be planted and to read and remember this from the pen; of James Whitcomb Riley:’ Does the medder-lark complane,. as he swims high and dry through the waves of the wind and the blue of the sky? Does the quail set up and whissel in a disappointed way, er Hang his head in silence and sorrow all the day? Is the chipmuck’s health a+failin? -does he walk or does he run? Don’t the buzzards pbze around up thare jest like they've alius done? Is they anything the matter with the rooster’s lungs er voice? Ort a mortul be complainin’ when dumb animals rejoice? Then let us, one and all, be content with our lot; the June is here this morning, and the sun is shining hot. Qh! let us fill our hearts up with the glory of the day, and banish ev'ry doubt and care and sorrow fur away! Whatever be our station, with Providence fer guide, sich fine circumstances iorLto-make us satisfied;- fer the world is full of roses, and the roses full of dew, and the dew is full of heavenly love that drips fer-me and you.aifcscashhtlUPFMPJV“The Last Raid of the Dalton Gang’ is a 3-reel’ special feature which will be shown under canvass here Saturday night. The pictures will be accompanied by a lecture and is entertaining and hasa great moral, lesson, demonstrating that The wages of sin is death.aeJeSihv!i3fl1lt;ivotecPss