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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
FLOOD LEAVES
SCENE OF RUIN

deadly fumes to the odors Of burning
human flesh and driving back the
would-be rescuers. Hundreds Of the
luckless victims Of the flood. Grip
Piled and unable to flee or pinned in
the debris where they were hurled by
the terrible strength Of the wildly
rushing wall Of water, were inciner-
ated The cries Of the doomed. main.
ed and dying brought no aid-it was
beyond the powers OF human undur-
ance to enter and remain in the
blighted valley OF Freeman sRun.
Contents of the great dam, which
was filled TO overflowing by the heavy
rains OF the last two weeks. swept
through a natural gorge in which the
towns OF Austin and Costello were
situated While many Of the resi-
dents OF Austin escaped to the hills
bordering each side Of the town, the
warning given by the blasts Of the
Bayless mills whistles and a telephone
girl were too brief for hundreds Of
others.
The catastrophe is paralleled in
many respects by the destruction by
flood Of JohnstowE, Pa. 1889. in
which more than 1000 lives were
lost.
The dam was built two years ago, a
great structure $50 feet long. span
ming the Little Valley formed by Free
man Run and rising to the height Of
forty-nIne feet. II was OF concrete.
thirty-two feet wide at the base and
said to be constructed after the most
approved plans Of modern engineer
ing. The basin which had never
been filled with water until a week
ago and Saturday it was noticed that
water was running over the top Of the
structure. Many persons went out or
the town a mile and a half away to
see the unusual sight and Il was while
they were watching the overflowing
water that the first break occurred
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
PUSHING GIL
LOT SALE

r. NJ Cochran announced today
that this week a campaign for the
sale of lois in the Rock Creek Oil
field viii be made among the bust
ness men, OF the city.
DR.. A. s. Riddle, r. NJ. Cochran and
Ike Harness viii have charge Of the
canvass and an effort will be made
to close up the sales SO that the
drilling can be started.
According to the contracts the
drilling Of test wells will not be start
ed until the money has been placed
on deposit to carry on the work.
Many lots have been sold to out
Of town buyers and a thorough can
vass of the business district of Chic
kasha, win be made this week.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
SIXTH BIRTHDAY OF
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

SO being worked at full capacity.
AT some time during the day. every
chair in the reading roota is occu-
pied" said the librarian.
The growth Of the library has come
about largely through gifts and such
purcha4 e- as the board has been able
to make with funds donated BY in
dividuais and societies and derived
from renting the auditorium. More
books are now needed to meet the de-
mapds OF the public. especially in the
juTeline department
The library is open daily from 2
O'Clock tin D. N.
As a birsac=y sifs. the library 20.
day received a handsome clock, pre-.
sented By J. VI. Owsley, the isweler.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
RECEIPTS
GROWING

Postal receipts for the month Of
September in the Chickasha office
totaled s2Os6.64 which is the largest
amount for a single month during
the past quarter. The quartely re-
ports show a total Of s5sSs.l5.
Postmaster Kayser says that the
business is on the increase and with
the rapid increase in business during
September viii assue good report
ior October.
Clerks in the office are counting
the mail that is made up for the
Fire Flyer in an effort to ascertain
whether there is business enough to
warrant the placing Of a mail CLERK
between chickasha and Caldwell,
Kansas on this train.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
LIFE LOSS
In FLOOD
REDUCED
Now Placed at I5O TO 800
Property Loss Will
Reach Millions
Telegram by United Press.

Austin. Pa. Oct 2.-The only evi-
dence remaining that Austin once oc.
cupied a level stretch OF land Is a sec
tion OF pavement two blocks long
Cellars are filled and leyeled and all
foundations obilterated.
Many railroad freight cars we're
found miles away. The authorities
dumped all liquor into the creek
TO prevent intoxication and lootrs
One religious service was held yes
terday. by Father O'Brien Of st.
Augustin Catholic church. The
church was turned upside down and
the priest read mass AZ a private
home.
o'Brien warned BY the telephone
operator. rushed 10 the street and
warned al he could before he es-
capped from the coming flood.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
Petiy'S Office Shows
Increase Of 25Per Cent

fThe report OF George W. Petty, reg.
itter Of deeds Of Grady county, for
the month Of September shows an in
crease of 25 per cent over the month
Of August
Mr. Petty is very much gratified
over the showing The business
transacted in the office Of the register
of deeds reflects the General actiyi-
" in realty TRANSACTIONS
The number Of transfers has been
materially picking up during the past
month.
In Mr. Petty's office everything
runs like clock work and those who
have business with the register of
deeds always receive prompt and
courteous treatment.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
relerrnm hy united press.

Telegram by United Press.
Austin. Pa, Oct. 2.-The loss OF
life in Saturdays disaster is now plac
ed at from 100 TO 300 while property
loss Is estimated at 100000
The District Attorney will have an
Inquest tomorrow or Wednesday. The
engineers who examined the dam
after the first break viii be called.
A copy OF their report to Bayless
min officials viii be introduced in
evidence.
The great dam OF the Bayiess Pulp
and Paper company. holding back
more than 500. 100000 gallons OF Kat
er. went out late Saturday afternoon.
The loosened avalanche OF water
rushed through the narrow valley-it
is virtually a gorge-down upon the
town with a terrific roar. without an
instant's warning in a wall several
feet high. topping over and grinding
70 pieces everything IN It's path, swept
on to the unsuspecting village Of Cos
tello and Wharton dealing out death
to their inhabitants and destruction
to property.
Hardly an instant had elapsed be-
fore the terror.stricken survivors Of
Austin could realize the magnitude Of
the calamity which had swept through
the valley leaving tran OF death and
wreckage. when dancing tongues Of
flame leaped. almost simultaneously
from the debris in distant parts Of
the stricken village VITA but few
left to combat the fire demon and
without equipment, the blaze spread
quickly 10 adjoining structures and
piles OF rubbish and II was not long
until what had recently been a thriy-
ing. prosperous hamlet Of 1000 souls
was mass OF smouldering ruins and
ashes.
Gas mains burst in Austin, the es-
Gaping gas caught fire. adding its
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
SALE DREW
BIG CROWD

A big crowd OF farmecs we're here
attending the Octobf market day
sale that was conducted this after
noon at the Sullivan barn. Live
stock sold at a good price except
hogs which went at cheap figures.
There were about 50 head or horses
and mules and 100 head Of hogs sold.
Fifteen head OF cows we're sold
Farm implements and household
goods sold for good prices, The sale
begun at 2 o'clock and lasted about
four hours. A large crowd attended
the sale. Many out OF town buyers
we're here
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
WILSON IS
LANDEDIN
co. JAIL
Slayer Of Mont Campbell
Arrested Sunday After
noon Near Town

Joe Wilson. slayer Of Mont Camp
bell. was landed in the county jail
late Sunday afternoon.
Deputy Featherston and Roll Phil
lips arrested Wilson about three
miles east Of town on the river about
o'clock in tine afternoon. When
the officers spied him he offered no
resistance to arrest
A report was current that Wilson
had promised through friends to coma
in and surrender but Sheriff Lewis
said there was nothing to 1t. He
stated, however. that the young mans
father had said that he would go
with the officers when Joe was 10.
Gated and ask him to surrender. On
being arrested. Wilson said he had
intended to come in and surrender
today.
County Attorney VenabIe stated to.
day that Wilson's preliminary will
probably be held Friday. II is un-
derstood that Attorneys Stewart.
cruce and Gilbert OF Oklahoma City
will represent the defendant. while
Bond and Melton will assist in the
prosecution.
Relating the story OF Wilson's cap
ture, Deputy Featherston said, phil.
lips and found a trail on the other
side Of the Oklahoma Central Rail.
road and followed it to thicket
west OF Bud Dunn's place. AS we
were examining the tracks we heard
twigs breaking and turning saw &
man who proved to be one OF the
Dunn boys. He had large bottle
Of water and small bottle OF whls-
key and we suspected that he was
going TO Wilson but he said he did
not know anything about Joe. AS
he started ava ywe said abound that
we were going back to town but in
few minutes we were doubling back
and presently we saw Wilson himself
crouching in the thicket We had
our guns on him before he saw as
and he at once surrendered. He had
no arms of any kind"
Judge Moore conducted an inquest
over the body OF Campbell late Sat.
urday afternoon, and the jury return
ed verdict that "Mont Campbell
came to his death as result OF a
knife wound inflicted by Joe Will
son." The jury was composed OF Is.
aac Cloud. c. H. Harris. Logan
Hankss G. W. Petty, J. w. Mayo.
and G. P. Holland and Assist
ant County Attorney Herdon conduct
ed the examination OF witnesses. The
witnesses examined were Joe Earl.
Millard Holcomb, Charley Wilson,
shorty" Burgess. Or. A. B. Leeds,
VIM. Friendlander and W. NJ. Wright.
The funeral Of Campbell was con-
Quoted at the Catholic Church at
o'clock Sunday afternoon and drew
a large crowd.
Father Urban De Hasque conducted
the service. Members Of the Camp
bell family we're here from all parts
of the county. &C. l." the fourteen
year old son Of Mr.. Campbell attend.
ed the funeral with his mother, OF Fl
worth
BY the request OF the deceased he
was inferred in the |. o. 0. F. cem-
etery BY his little daughter Edith who
was accidentally shot three years ago.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
RAIN RECORD FOR SEPTEMBER

According to the monthly report
OF Jacob Goode. local observer. for
the U. s. Weather Bureau, the total
rainfall in chickasha during the
month Of September was 2.2s inches
Besides the recorded rains, slight
showers fell on the 9TH, 18th and SOth
Rains we're registered as follows:
Sept 4. .2s inch; Fept s, . inch'
Sept 10, IL inch.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
APACHE MILL STARTS.

The wheels OF the Apache Oil Mil
viii be operation tomorrow for the
season and the mill will be kept at
work until next spring when the cot
ton season ends. ". w Haynes and
w L. Kicker will begin work with the
company for the season.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
Telegram BY United Press.

Telegram by United Press.
Washington. Oct. 2.-The Depart.
ment OF Agriculture estimates the
condition or the cotton crop septem.
Der 25th TO be Ill per cent Of the
normal as compared with 1872 per
cent August 25th and e5.9 per cent
last September.
The average for the past ten years
on September 25 is 6e.5 per cent
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
PurSley Reports
Good Cotton Crop
Around Duch Cnein6c
hlUuuu Null SpiIubO

Cotton in our section Of the coun-
ty is coming out in fine shape said
Sell Pursley. county commissioner.
who lives seven miles northeast OF
Rush Springs. 1t will make from
a third to half bale per acre and
in a few instances will run as high
as a bale. The Rush Springs gin has
already handled over 1000 bales and
is receiving from rs to 100 bales a
day. We think we have the best
cotton land in the state"
Mr.. Pursley also says the feed
crops in that section are maturing
well and the indications are that farm-
ers viii have plenty Of feed to car
ry them over to the next season.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
BRYAN CREETS
PRESIDENT TAFT
,elegram BY unlted Press..

Telegram by United Press.
OMAHA, --eb. Oct. IA big crowd
greeted President Tart here despite
..~s..
At Lincoln Taft will be greeted by
William ]. Bryan, a member OF the re-
ception committee.
Bryan will attend the luncheon but
was unable to remain here for Taft's
address.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
SECOND CROP or PEARS.

+ Nature freaks in agricultural :
: and fruit productions have been ,
+ plentiful this season but J. Oliv- ,
: er, s27 Florida Avenue claims ;
+ the most remarkable incident in ,
, fruit production. His pear trees >
= are bearing the second crop Of =
= fruk. >
= The first pears ripened and =
: have been gathered and the trees ,
: blOssomed about one month ago :
= for the second crop. Little pears ,
= about an inch in diameter are =
: now hanging thick on the trees. =
> Mr.. Oliver is confident that the =
= fruit viii mature. :
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02

SIR. and Mrs. WIN Quinn and child
ren will leave tomorrow for Alma,
Ark, where they will spend a few
weeks visifing relatives.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
OVER THREE AND
HALF MILLION
BALES GIN NED


= Telegram by United Press. =
= Washington. Oct. 2.-The Cen =
= sus bureau reports today 1861 =
= 0e6 bales OF cotton ginned from =.
= the 1911 growth up to sepiem- +
> Der 25, is compared with 2.312,- .
> GA bales ginned up TO the cor :.
= responding date last year. =
a a = = : l. = 4 = a !. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02

= = . = . . . = . = . . . . . = . .
= ADMIRAL scHLEY DEAD. =
= Telegram by United Press. =
= lew York. Oct. 2.-Rear Ad- :
= miral Winfield Scott schley ,
: dropped dead today on 44th :
= street near Fifth avenue from :
= heart disease. =
+*+**++%@~+*+%%+@4
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
TeIegram BY UnIted Press.

Milan Oct 2.-Italy's silence con
cerning the Tripoli situation is in.
terpreted as indicating that the invad-
ers are meeting resistance there.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
sgram by United Press.

Telegram by United Press.
Vienna, Oct. g. Italian warships
are securing the Asiatic sea today
seeking Turkish destroyers that are
threatening Italian commerce.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
Telegram by UnlIed Press.

Telegram by United Press.
Constantinople. Oct. 2.-Turkey has
abandoned all hope Of assistance
from the powers. Germany is re-
ported to be bringing pressure to
bear on the Turks to yield.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02
SEIZE TWO
SINK One
DESTROYER

Telegram by United Press.
Corfu, Set. 1.-Two Turkish dos
troyers are reported sunk and one
captured off omen Zatza.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-10-02

= %4@%4 $4@E& 49,
= WEATHER FORECAST. >
+ Tonight and Tuesday generally =
= fair. >
= %~$&&&e~@S%es 80
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-11-29
GIVING OUT
The Struggle Discourases Many q
Citizen of Viroqua

Around all day with an aching back;
Can't rest at night;
Enough to make any one give out. y
Doan's Kidney Pills are helping
thousands.
They are for kidney backache;
They relieve kidney ills.
Here is Viroqua proof that this is so:
Mrs. Martha Mason, Viroqua, Wis,
says: II suffered from dull, nagging
backache and | also had sharp pains
through my loins. | always felt tired
and lanquid and | was subject to dizzy
spells, during which it was hard for me
to attend to my work. Doan's Kidney
Pills, procured at Johnson's Drug Store,
did me world of good. They relieved
my aches and pains, restoring my
strength and energy and corrected all
the other troubles, caused by my kid
neys. gave public account of my
experiences in 1907 and at this time |
take pleasure in verifying that state
ment."
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name -Doan's-
take no other
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-11-29
LII us AZ GIVE rHAnKs

Our Puritan forefathers who settled
In New England nearly three hundred
years ago were peculiar people. They
we're, first of all, intensely religious.
They loved God and observed His COM
mandments according to their faith and
the light given to them. Their sturdy
loyalty to their religious and moral
ideals enabled them to face dangers and
endure hardships unknown to this day.
The leaven of the eastern Puritan is
still with US. The memory of William
Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips,
and their co-laborers, will ever be TAXED
with universal liberty and a square
deal for every child of our Common
Father.
If our ancestors fervently gave thanks
to God for the blessings enjoyed by
them in their day, how much more
thankful should we be whose simplest
comforts now would be rated as luxur-
res fifty or hundred years ago. 1t
seems that the more we have the more
we crave, and in our great abundance
we too often forget the Giver of all
gifts, in our desire for things that can
add little, if anything, to the real plea
sures of life.
Would it not be well for us, this
thanksgiving season, to think of the
log cabins in the wilderness of New
England in the early part of the seven
teenth century, where our Puritan
fathers sent up to God a prayer of
thanksgiving for the privilege of being
in land where they might worship ac-
cording to the dictates of conscience,
and where there was no royal tinsel
and ostentation to make them enyious
Thanksgiving should be not only dag
of feasting, but time for deep religious
contemplation. We are the most ia
vored of Gods children; we have more
comforts, more Injuries, greater liberty
and wider opportunity for advancement
than any other people. Much of the
unrest and dissatisfaction with pre-
vailing conditions comes from a desire
to secure in few weeks or months
what our forefathers were glad to labor
for years to attain. We need more pa
thence, greater charity and more of the
simple, helpful spirit that characterized
the good people who instituted in this
favored land the setting apart of day
for special Thanksgiving for the good
things which we as nation possess in
such rich abundance.
In these closing days of 1911, there
is no less occasion for the acknowledge
ment of blessings bestowed than in any
other period of our national life. Local
ly we shoul1 recognize these mercies of
Providence. The CENSOR is certain
every citizen, young and old, affluent
or lowly, can find something to be
thankful for.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-11-29
Z CZ E. MA
Also called letter, Salt RheurI. PrurituS, Mill
Crust. Weeping Sim, etc.

ECZEMA CAN BE CURED TO
T AY, and when | say cured. / mean
just wat I say-C-U-R-E-D. and not merely
patched up for awhile to return worse than before
Remember make this broad statement after put
ting ten years of my time on this one disease and
handling in the meantime quarter of million
cases of this dreadful disease. Now, do not care
what all you have used nor how many doctors
have told you that you could not be cured--all l.
am talking about. If you will write me TO-
DAY, / will send you FREE TRIAL of my
mild soothing. guaranteed cure that viii convince
you more in day than or anyone else could in
months time. If you are Disguised and discour-
aged. dare you TO give me a chance to prove my
claims By writing me to-day you will enjoy
more real comfort than you had ever thought
this world holds for you. just try it and you
will see am telling you the truth.
DR.. j. 3. Cannaday
1923 Park Square, Sedalia, Mo.
References: Third National Bank. Sedalia Mo.
Could you do better act than to send this notice
to some poor sufferer Of Eczema?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-11-29

Mems heavy. smooth, fleece lined
underwear. Not the fiimsy rough kind
that rolls up and provokes the weareF.
Full size and length. You can buv
fleece lined underwear for IS and %
cents suit Not the kind we have.
81 90 per suit gets you the best The
Blue Front Store.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-11-29

-Maeders orchestra will give con-
cert next Monday night in Opera house
for benefit of band. Following the cor
cert they will furnish music for dance
in the Running hall.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-11-29
a. ". GLEASON,

HAIRS Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. Send for
testimonials. free.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co. Toledo. O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-11-29
2 eszzro Free

Have your eyes tested b. j. W. Luca
optician. at Lucas Jewelry Store. Er
glasses and spectacles az lowest prtH
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-11-29
State Of Ohio. City Of Toledo, ..
Moo fsaf5f,f4- -

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
senior partner q the firm of +. j. Cheney
& Co., doing business ia the City Of To-
ledo, County and state aforesaid. and
that said firm viii pay the sum Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each ana ev-
evy case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured
~ the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn 70 before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December,
A. d. 1856.
(SeaD A w. GLEASON.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-03

..'ss.s0,s..s.,7.. sss...s -,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-03-03
BANKER BIGEL0W Will
Gain LIBERTY TODAY
MILWAUKEE MILLIONAIRE TO
BE RELEASED FROM LbAVEN-
WORTH PRISON.
By Associated Press,

By Associated Press,
Leavenworth, March 2.-After
spending nearly six years in the fed
eral prison, Frank G.. Bigelow, the
millionaire banker will be released
from the government penal instltu-
tion here tomorrow, according to an
authoritative report received here this
afternoon.
The recommendation OF the parole
board, which was in session two
weeks ago, has been approved by At
torney General Wickershom. and
Bigelow will leave as soon as the final
preparation for his departure can be
made at the penitentiary He will go
directly to Milwaukee upon his re-
lease.
Frank G. Bigelow is, with the prob
able exception Of John Walsh. OF
Chicago, the most noted prisoner in
the federal Institution here, He was
committed to the penltentiary June
IL, 1905, TO serve a ten year SEN
tence for the misuse OF the funds Of
the First National Bank, Of which he
was president,
His health is not materially affect
ed and about the only change to be
noted in his appearance Is that his
hair has turned to a fast gray during
the years of his confinement.