The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1914 Page: 4 of 8
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r MODERN SANITARIUM
Beckham Residence to be Trans-
formed into Hospital* and Opened-
to the^Public March 1st.
WILL BE OF BEKEELI t
TO TEXAS SREKMEK
Says J. Boog*S«ottt Who Was
Organiser Of
■ —■ *v4 »y
NATIONAL CORN *X
Welfare Work Arranged-
How many excsllsnt fiouthern tjonse-
keepers -could pick out the b*** v**“
of bread from twelve loaves oi ***
and tall why tba oita loaf
to try on
the
FIRST BABY BEEF CLUBS.
f
pearunoo
beat?
They wtll have a chance
Woman’s Day. February 10th. a» »na
Sixth National Corn Exposition. Da»»*.
ISS&.TSkSWMMZX
from dWerent type* of
The
Latter Saye the National Cam Expoel-
tian, to Ba Held at Oallaa Feb. 10*
24, Witt B« of Great Value to Live*
etook Farmers. .
demonstrator Incharge will ^tell_ why
-BBS. BUT m CRITFW ill CHARGE
*'
UMET
HG POWDER
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Surgical and Medical Treatment to Be Given Patients at
Moderate Cost. Trained Nurse Employed.
Mrs. Oma Beckham to Have
——Chargeof Institution.--------- —*
J. B. Beott who, organ I aed flrtt Baby
Beef dub.'Coleman. Ts*. says NatJon^_
el Corn Exposition, Dallas, Tag.. Feb.
10.fi, wtU benefit rtactaiwn of the
state.
The cook is happy, the
other members of the family
are happy—appetites sharpen, things
brighten np generally. And Calumet
Uniting Powder is responsible for it all.
For Calumet never fails. Its
wonderful leavening -qualities insure
perfectly shortened, faultlessly raised
bakings. '' -. .. t .
Cannot he compared with
other baking powders, which promise
without performing.
Even a beginner in cooking
gets delightful results with this never-
failing Calumet Baking Powder. Your
grocer knows. Ask him.
RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS _ -
Vkdfi he* Food FnmiHea.rfcieeeo.IIL
, Franco* Merck. ISIS, g
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IF YOU WANT TO TALK
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SEYMOUR
HASKELL t
FORT WORTH
GRAFORD
JACKSBORO
JERMYN
TO PEOPLE
;3£JEE.r.3SBatw»
NEWCASTLE
THROCKMORTON
MINERAL WELLS
WEATHERFORD
BRYSON
WOODSON
BRECKENRIDGE
And all points in Young County
•: Ose the Graham Independent Telephone Co.’s Lines
We’ll give yon prompt, courteous treatment and do
our best to make your “talk” pleasant.
1 GRAHAM INDEPENDENT TELEHPONE CO.
W. H. MAYES. Manager.
Mr. J. Boog-Bcntt. well known breed-
er of fine etock. who organised the flrat
Baby Reef club In Texas, and later
raised the money among the cattle
raisers to aend some of the Baby Beef
alub bays to Washington. P.G.<m a
sight-seeing tour, maintains ffiaT A
one-crop country with only Ita own
little tdeaa will never become great.
"Farmers and stockmen," he urges,
“should aet together at a (treat educa-
tional Institution, like the sixth Na-
tional Corn Exposition, coming to Dal-
las in February. 1914, and learn more
about diversified farming and bettor
stock breeding as practiced In other
states which will bring their best ex-
hibits to this gathering. The ground
round -up 1s going "to he worth our close
attention and study.
"On account of the shortage of beef.”
he advises, “the farmer should get ln-
- tterested in stoek.raising and* the stock
raiser who feeds* must be Interested In
the cheapest way of producing the best
feed.”
Mr.
KH^SiT£.'tfHSindof
"colonel Joe Allleon will ehow th*
Bouth-Tn Sunshine Cotton Seed Hour,
from which the most delicious brand. ^
rolls, pancakes, biscuits, cakaa and
iddlnaa flan ba made.______ _
Of special Interest wtll bf 1 W Wst*
and government new methods and new
fund demonsiealtons of sailo-malra end
kaffir corn grains ground up to maica
nutritious breakfaat foods, as wall a»
fairly good byaad.
‘ Home canning ‘
uatAa—4k
’ to reduce the high
oost of living will be demonetratkd at
the" Domestic Science exhibits of tba
various colleges, along with other home
economics and convenances. Here the
housewife can learn how to detect
adulterated foods and Whether tne
milk she buys for the family la handled
In a cleanly or a filthy manner.
The women of the state who want to
do individual or c?ub work ‘hat counts
for Homethlng, ihould
position on Public Health D*y. f«bru*
ary l*th. and also Country Ufa and
Rural Welfare Day,.
February l*th.
when all problems that affect tha coun-
try home and housewife will bo dis-
cussed
>he opening . .w,,. .
February With, will be qhlldren s tray,
and there will bo plenty of things on
(he grounds to Interest and amuse the
little folks. „ „ __
Mrs. F.dgar L. FUppen. Dallas. Tex*
us, chairman of Committee on W oman a
has charge of the program for
Wetfttre (ias -~,I., ... .... ... —„,..... ———
Scott quotes Prof. Beresford. Womwp, Day. February 20th. Dr. An* «
beef a pedal l«t of Tows, who has made • Ilf( ^haw, noted suffrage leader and lec-
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g study-of beef on the farm:
turer of New York CHy: Mrs. Percy V.
"Twenty-four farms where baby beef ’ ., ybacker. of Austin, Texas, prest-
wa* being grown, show ed an average• dpnt of the\,National Federation of
Woman’s Clubs, and Mrs. Julia C.
Lathrop, head of the Children’s Bu-
reau at Washington. D. C.. wtll speal
on Woman’s Day.
profit of |7 per head for beef after the
keep of the cow and calf was charged
■'ffT rbgulnr market prices. The average
profit In 1913 was $16.10 per head. The
average bpef farmer showed an Increase
of 25 per cent crop gnln per acre over
the best exclusively grain farmers In
the same neighborhood. Thev not only
made more money on the cattle, hut
grew bigger and better crops-from the
fertilization of the land with the m«-
nure furnished by the sViek.
2Er '&m8Sa8&
Silos to Bs Demonstrated at Corn
. v Exposition....... .........
“When you ?ay silo In Texas now,
you do not have Jo stop and explain
what It means.’’ says Pror. J L Thom-
rwjswwir V h B -l-»rs» **■**«» of
The BtHtkham rtMtlence, a two
story brick residence building
one block ^outhwest of the square,
WHENEVER YOU ED
I GENERAL TONIC • TAKE GROVE’S
sanitarium..ib the
Beckham Sanitarium ami will’be
complete j and dpened March 1st,
The management will he under
the control and direction of Mrs.
Oma Beckham, who owns the
property, and the physicians in
charge, will be Dr. R. A. Duncan
and Dr. II. R. Griffin, who are
at the head of the enterprise, hut
the sanitarium will 'be open to
all praciicing pTiysicTans.
Miss Elizabeth Knipp, a trained
who is well known to
many of our people, will be head
nurse. As many nurse a as neces-
sary will be employed.
The operating room is being
built of stone and when com-
pleted will be modern in every
The Old Standard Grovel Tartele** chili Tonic is Equally
t Liver, enamel
Valuable as a General Tonic because it Acts on the Li
Drives Out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up
the Whole System. For Grown People and Children*
stec
You know what you are taking when you take Grove’• Taateleae chill Tcnic
aa the formula ia printed on every label allowing that it containa the well known
tonic propertiea of QllININB and IRON. It ia aa atrong aa the atrongeat bitter
tonic and ia in Taxtele** Bonn. It hat no equal for Malaria, Chills and Fever,
Weakness, general debility and loss erf appetite. Gives life and vigor to Nursing
Mothers and Pale. Sickly Children. Removes Biliousness without purging.'
Relieves nervous depression and low spirits. Arouses the liver to action and
purifies the b’sod. A True Tonic and Sure Appetizer. A Complete Strengtbener.
No family should be without it. Guarantee i by your Druggist We mean it. 50c
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Proved a lucky year for the Gra-
ham Electric Light Co. 80% in-
crease in customers—24 hour service
and better equipped than ever.
GRAHAM ELECTRIC COM’Y
RESOLVED TO GIVE
, BETTER SERVICE
We Thank You
—
Bif Irrigation "Roject.
Ballinger, Jan. l)3.—rThe work
on the big irrigation project at
ghfe pkee im rapidly assuming
Sarga proportions and it is ex-
pected in a short time die work
will be in full swing.
It ia said
that this will be one of th*’
largest irrigation projects in the
Southwest. The lake will be made
by building a dam across the
<^>lorado river. It will furnish
sufficient 'water for irrigating
mor# than 100,000 acres of land
near here.
in a sanitary manner after the
model of all up-to-date hospitals.
All classes of patients will re-
treatment, either surgical
. Is valuable.for fnttening cut-
‘!’ tie, btit It Is more especially necuasary
or thp'Tfnlrvrnnn who want* to make
nurse
medical, but no eontaj^ioffi or “in-
feet ions disease, such aa measles,
drp)ith*?rjfi, small pox, erysipelas
consumption or pellegra, will be
admitteed.
Indigent patients will be re-
ceived into the hospital if some
church, lodge city or county will
pay the hospital fees, and the cas
will receive free surgical or med-
ical treatment a* may be required
Tn other words the physicians' in
charge will give tfree treatmc
to the poor and needy if the
people will pay the management
the hospital bill. A graduate
nurse will be in attendance r
all times and every patient will
receive aa good attention aa it
ia poRsibl to give, but for those
realize their rr latlon tojaml the Southern dairyman winter and
•nee on, arrleiilture and the agrlcul- ‘ „ ls n^,Jed m„re In Texa*
turlat. • Conditions aw ctaanirtn* I ,hl,n In wlater F«*IUsU-
that our rdtolmc men will have to be
farmers as i well as ftockmen. a.........
should be, ecTUCftted In farming an u-wll |
• thinks Mr.i » profit off his m'loh cowa I think
All school ^teachers. thiaks Mr dm|ryTnpn (yt Texas are beginning to
Bcott, ‘wh.. are to Instruct ' rrall«e this, as them were 1600 silo.
Institute of Farmlnx. to be h»*ld at the; J^nvorThT stnta ^Tha
ss-gjsiSfsts 1 ZSSSjiS of stio. it "SBt Hixth
fe^i s" haw toSSySl S 'n*r*nr" ■*
particular, amply lighted with who wish it, a special nurse will
skylight and electricity. All the be burnished,
fixtures and everything, in the It is the object of the manage-
wz.ll Ho white 1 ment of the sanitarium to give
g room
and sanitary in every
respect.s A bath room will con-
nect with the operating foom and
alT modern meana of sterilization
will be bad.
The room# will be fre^tly
papered and painted and fitted
aa modern treatment as can be sc-
oured in the larger cities at a
lower cost to the patient*. Every
class of surgery will bp done
and each patient will bp given an
opportunity to regain his or her
health.
«n attractive and Interesting way to
t'heir pupils, as agriculture la now be-
ing taught In the best of our country
schooda. ,
"We don’t need Dattn and French In
the schoools of Texas half as much aa
we need to have the children trained
to be Intelligent, Independent. Content-
ed producers, tillers of the soil from
which all Our wealth must come. We
need In this country more trained
farmers and fewer doctor and law-
yers. The more real farmers we have
the fewer doctors and lawyers we will
need.
"Our boys are ready for the right
kind of teaching to make them more
efficient. Last, year, when our Baby
Beef club was
National- Corn KxpoattHoC 'FlaWea, Tex..
February 10-24. 1914. will enable farm-
ers and dairymen to learn still more of
their uses and value which will reinlt
In much good to the dairying Interests
In Texas."
MODEL DAIRY DISPLAY.
Demonstrations of Best Methods
Feeding and Milking Cowl Will
Ba Givsn at Corn Exposl
lien.
Mr. C. O. Moser, president Texae
Dairyman's association. In charge of
the dairy department of the alxth Na-
tional Corn Exposition. Dallaa Tax.,
Feb. 10-24,- 1914, states that dairymen
year, and we-h^^euljh^^ XlTTT^ Sdo*^^ CaUU a£
baby beef exhibited from the whole
state. This year, of the thirty entries
for prlxes, twenty came from Coleman
and thfey sold on an average for 9 Vi
cents a pound, which shows the In-
creased Interest of ths boys In raising
baby beef. '
"To have the very best products of
the land from the whole United Rtatea
brought to Texas as In thle Corn Ex-
position gives an opportunity for
learning which no stockman or farmer
or his boy should mlsa. ' , ;v
EXPOSITION IN FEBRUARY.
Livestock Day. ~
"The dairying department of the ex- ^
position.” says Mr. Moser, “will con- R ►
duct a sphool of dairying on the best
methods of feeding ^ dairy cows for
profit the most aanltary. manner of
handling milk and ennduct of a butter
contest with entries from ever state
In the Union.
"LiberIal prizes will be offered for
Bve pounds of bnttsr In one-pound
prints.
“Texas exports of butter are less
today than Texas imports, and special
attention will be given to the making
of good butter In the hope of stlmulnt-
Ing this tndnsttry In Texaa Seventy-
Sixth National Corn Exposition Opsns: per cent of the butter made lg
Dallas February 10th-—Two
Weeks of Instruction and
Entertainment.
•old to the country merchant for It at
18 cents when. If Sold to the creamery.
It would bring 25 or 10 cents.
"The average cow produces lass than
Texas, next February, will be the
hoxt to the Sixth Nutional Corn Ex
position. This Exposition is not a
mere display of large or small, good or
poor or freakish ears of corn; It ia not
merely an assemblage of samples of
grainii, forage and other crops, nor Is
it a land-show exploitation of any
particular section or sections of coun- .
try. An exposition not tn nams only.:
but also Jn scope, magnitude. Ws pur- |
pose and its lasting effects. Dallas Is
extremely fortunate In securing the Woman’s
100 pounds of butter s
of III for keep. A
produced more than
hotter per years st s
*60 and 440.” I
M r. M oser wants
Texas to come to
Feb. 11 and learn
milk cows on the
results for the fei
INTEREST
“B>tter Farm ng“ Train. jits and. otherwise Riving the
Texarkana, .Tan. 13.—The “Bet- farmer the benefit of practical
ter Farming Special”, which will experience.
iflur tTie TTn s of tne Cotton Belt _ * ,
.1 Begin Track Laying Soon.
hiring (he month of January in „ . t u
. . 1 . , . i , E Walnut Spring*, Jan 18—Track
ike interest of improv' d farming, . “ . , , ,
, . ..... . . ... material hasiarrived and steel
•made its initial stop m this * „ , • . . ,
„ , m. . laying will begjn immediately on
■tty a few days aeo. The train J B . , . . , .
. v , , , , T . *■ tTie railroad which is being con-
•w-kchctH.^d to stop at every - 77-^7. , 7 ritT*
- ; w-, • ~ v) u utructed irum tins plncc.to Ulcil
ration along YKe Cotton Belt Tr „ ~T~~
Rose. The line will be fourteen
■oute in Texas,
!’is city and wdtxling up
r,tifkin on,January 30th.
h gip«?ing ^ rtriAe** loEdr and it is being built
I by Walnut Springs and Glen
/
The work of the train., tJlirf ^‘0St r*P*Tal
'•ear is 1o be devoetd to the si*
t
is
mods-
Business prosperity
!o and to dairying, although honu ^ hy etf,rnftl huBt]ing.
mproveinentsi is to be given spe*, ..
-'al attention, one car being de- Bnergy thnd perseyerence «Te
oted to this feature of the work, j the stepping stones to success.
Brevity x*" lectures will ^ gjSeatest^FieW and t«e lewd!
4istingmsh ths*work of tbs, »;*| turB(1 ^ tiiat 0f citybuiUling. ’
•titute train his yedr, the groat- 1 s
>r phrt df the time of th? leetners
co-operation of the National Cbrn As-
sociation In promoting and conducting
this national agricultural congres* of
educational exhibits and entertain-
ment features.
Mr. T. F. Sturgese, manager of the
Third National Corn Rxpoeltlon, held
at Omaha, in 1909. etatee that Omaha
and the state of Nebraska received
more developmental benefit from the
holding of the second and third Na-
tional Com Expositions than from -any
other one undertaking. If It did no
other good than that of showing the
close dependence and Inter-relations
between the city or town and the sur-
rounding rural districts. It would have
Welfare
Maks Splendid Exhlh
Corn Exposition.
Mrs. J Boog-Scott considers the ques-
tion of helping the boy to become more
efficient, one that vitally concerns
the home, and should enlist the Inter-
est and help of the wives, mothers, as/
well as the teachers of the state.
"As Individuals nnd through our dub,,
work, we can take hctlve part In mak-
ing this sixth National Corn Ex post-
tfon of gr-at value to the homes of the
state and to uur boys and girls,” she
says.
"First of all, wa can help by talk-
ing up the exposition, and what It will
been worth the cost, but It did vastly do for the country through spreading
more; It taught the city man agrlcul- higher Weals of slmplerjkand happier
ture. showed him the dignity and Im- wavs of living Then w*?an help the
portanto of the calling, and taught the most Wy attending It. •f’he Woman’s
farmer better method* by which Tie WelTnhe Work Department which will
could improve h|i twin, hi* crops, nil demoffetruff'. through Bdurntlonnl col*
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Stock and his home.
Mr. Gonzales, editor of The State,
Columbia, South Carolina, said: "That
the Fifth National Corn Exposition was
worth more than a million dollars to
the state of South Carolina.”
Thirty-seven states with educational
exhibits and the mammoth exhibit of
the’ U. 8. Department of Agriculture
will be worth the price of admltisnce,
r.ys the Texss Frees, but those who
Aave been with Expositions befors
know the visitors will be given more.
Thousands of cars of corn, samples of
wheat, oats, barley, flax, potatoes, hay
and, other forage will be brought from
all parts of the United States and
Canada; there will he dairy exhibits
and a 'tpmer-scoring contest, Canadian
Grand Opera, bucking broncho contest
avtatora. addresses each afternoon, by
tatlon,
being, devoted to AngwAmg. quei-
tions and explaining the exhih- ind*x
«nen and women of national repu
Th* development of the eenitorj £« S.T'.“.LJTSJ
leve exhibit* and domedtc aclenre ex-
hibits. how to make form life more at-
tractive to women and children, place
more conveniences tn the home and
lessen the rural housewife’s work and
reduce the cost of living nod„should
enlist our sympathies and our best sf-
forts. *
"All women who want to nee the
human rac, advance |0 higher Ideal#
as It rouat always through the mother
gnd child,1 will certainly be Interested
In the better babies contest to be put
on by the Mothers’ Council of Dallas,
and In the rural welfare and domestic
science exhibit* nut on bv the Texas
University and the College, of Indus-
trial Arte
’’Foetal centers and f co-operntlve
wo5? tUtng all lines of endeavor will
rscslve a large share of attention at
|pg exposition and certainty deserves
-f
A gOD
it# progewsivencHp. *
entertain
visitor.
tj* •ttontlon of the thoughtful women
" D>n« star State who stand fov
progress In all lines."
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