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The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
Nd RuaIneaa Instlnct.

"Oh. papa, the beautiful young wo- man cried. what do you think? Jack is a hero"
 "Huhl Every girl thinks the man she is engaged to is a hero"
 But Jack really Is one. He res cued his rich old uncle from watery grave this morning Here it is in the afternoon papers-with his picture and all"
 Send him word never to set his foot inside my door again. He is his rich, old uncle's nearest relative. And he rescued him from watery gravel Herol He's an idiot An to think had decided to take him into business as a partner! Lord. what a narrow escape"
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
What she ReaIIx Meant.

The Milkman (emphatically)-A low me to say on the first onset. mum. that my milk's pure, and don't you for get it!
 The Lady (frigidly)-My hallusions was not made to the purity of your milk, my good man. I only observed that it made my mouth water!-Black and White.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
Movable Foliage.

You ought to plant some shrubbery around the station The division su- perintendent will be through in a few days"
 That won't give me time enough to plant shrubbery," said the station master, but I'll get some of our whis- kered citizens to stand around as he passes through
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
Inadequate ProtectIon.

Yes" replied the old timer; we've got pretty good lot O game laws. But they ain't complete"
 Some things are still unprotected. chr"
 T should say so. What we want is a law that'll keep the bears in these mountains from comin' out an scarin' inQuisitive strangers to death"
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
vhv Mrs- saIn Went to Reno

New York.-Asserting that her wealthy husband spends $1,2O0 year for silk socks alone, while she is al lowed less than s15O for her entire wardrobe, Mrs. George Bain of San Diego. Cal, formerly Miss Florence Grange, has gone to Reno. New. and filed suit for divorce.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-08
Pats Solution.

How peculiar that steamship looks sailing along with her propeller half out of water and foot of her water line showing" said bystander on the dock.
 "Nivver moind," said Pat, "thot's all be kivvered up whin the toide gits in"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-28

hospitals, but the condition of many
Of the men was hopeless and eighteen
Of them died in a short time.
The municipal night shelter of Der.
lin is an institution which provides
sleeping accommodations and a meal
to any destitute person who is forced
to take refuge there at night. In the
course Of the last twelve months it
has given shelter to more than 1,000.-
600 persons who We're entirely without
means of subsistence. In the winter
months the number of inmates amounts
nightly to between four thousand and
five thousand men. Besides large
number of women, and the cost of pro-
viding for them is met by an appro-
priation out of the city funds
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-28

meeting decided unanimously to go
ahead with the work Of securing sub.
scriptions. This put the real life in
the matter when 1T was hanging in
the balance and a motion followed to
appoint a committee of five to select
a soliciting committee and make up a
I list of those persons who have not yet
been heard from or who have thus far
turned down all proposals to assist in
the proposition. The following were
selected by Chairman J. c. Jordan Of
the hotel committee:
T. H. Pickler John II. Morrell, NJ.
B. Hutchinson, Charles Wellnlan and W..
J. Donelan.
This committee Immediately began
the task of making up the soliciting
committees and the persons to be
called upon and adjourning for supper,
returned again and made UP the fol-
lowing list of committees:
John K Mahon. N. F. Reed, Henry
Bell, James Majors and J. w.
Neasham.
r. H. Picker, o. D. Tisdale. R. w
Funk, James Cullen and L. r. Girls
man.
NIB. Hutchinson, w. J. Donelan. C. A.
Wellman, w. E. Cook and J. w.
Garner
J. H. Morrell, Samuel Mahon. J. c.
Jordan. j. F. Powell and Mayor L. A.
Gordon.
Most of these committees began the
task of soliciting the remaining see
900 this morning and are making 8
strenuous effort to swing the job in
order to assure Ottumwa the much
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-28

the archbishopric of Paris concerning
the case. When Mgr. Annette, arch
bishop of Paris, came to Rome re
Gently to receive the red hat he gave
to the pope and Cardinal Gennari
project of the congregation Of the
council, all the details in his posses
sion concerning the case and the
situation OF the parties involved.
Count Boni came to Rome on De-
cember 20, for the purpose Of using
all possible influences to obtain his
object. In this he was not opposed by
the Duchess of Talleyrand. The deci-
sion of the congregation Of the coun-
ed to him yesterday rejected his pc
tition for the annulment
Why Application is Denied.
The ground on which the applica-
ton was denied was summarized as
follows:
"A marriage celebrated and con-
summated, if performed according to
the law of the church, as, until proved
to the contrary. it was in the case CT
the Castellane-Gould marriage, is in
dissoluble There are certain impedi.
menta. which if existing before the
marriage. can prevent it's celebration,
or, if celebrated in ignorance of them,
render the marriage invalid, in which
case the church can proclaim that
the union Of the parties never in
reality existed. But in the arguments
brought forward by De CastellaEe no
such impedimenta have been
shown"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-28

MURDERER OF MUSCATlNE 20
LlCEMAN MUST PAY THE .
PENALTY.

Muscatine, Dec. 27.-Thomas Hos
kinson, the self-confessed slayer of Pa.
trolman Theodore Gerischer, was late
yesterday afternoon sentenced to i'm.
prisonment for life In the state peni.
Tertiary at Fort Madison by Judge L.
J. Koran in the district court. The
sentence was pronounced in the pres
ence Of the largest crowd which has
ever assembled at the county build.
ing. When the Judge. after Attorney
A. w. Jacques, of Fairfield, had de-
livered his eloquent plea for clemency
pronounced the sentence the prisoner
did net display the slightest emotion
and all that broke the silence Of the
court room was the sobbing Of He's
kinson's mother and of his sister-in-
law. Many women who were present
in the room wept when the penalty
was pronounced.
Maximum Penalty is Announced.
When the court after a moments
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-28
POISONED FOOD
KILLS EIGHTEEN
Berlin MUNICIPAL HOME SCENE
OF CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY
WHEN INMATES DIE.

Berlin, Dec. 27.--Eighteen inmates
Of the Berlin municipal shelter for the
homeless died during the night from
poisoning and others are dying or seri-
ously Ill from the same cause.
The number Of destitute who took
refuge in the institution last night was
i,414.
Some of them brought with them
scraps of extra food in order, to give
q Christmas touch to the frugal meal
OF bread and soup served out to them
by the authorities. This extra deli
cacy consisted in many cases Of
spoiled smoked herring, of which a
large number partook. Shortly after
midnight groans were heard coming
from the dormitories and the officials
found many men dying and others in
commissions -:.
The physician attached to the insti-
tuition at once administered emetics
and telepkaned sor help from the city
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-28

hesitation, solemnly announced that
the maximum penalty for murder in
the second degree was to be the fate
Of the youthful murderer, q shudder
went through the entire assembly.
There we're many there who believed
that the sentence would be one OF
years and not for life. The boys
mother, who was present in the court
room at the time Of the pronouncing
Of the sentence, was FRUSTRATED. and
for many minutes she was held In the
arms of her son, Elmer Hoskinson. OF
Fairfield, who with his wife accom-.
panied the mother to the court room
and remained with her through the
trying ordeal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-28
APPEAL. OF Count
B0hl REJECTED
VATICAN REFUSES TO GRANT AN.
NULMENT OF CASTELLANE
GOULD MARRIAGE.

Rome, Dec 27.-The vatican has
declined to grant Count de Castellanc
annulment OF his marriage which
Anna Gould, who is new the Duchess
of Talleyrand and Sagan. Countess
de Castellane was granted divorce
from her husband and given the GUS
tody Of their three children on No.
vemher ID. 1906. About year ago
Count Boni applied to the vatican for
arnullment of the marriage.
For several months the congrega-
ticn of the council has had under ad-
visenlent the process received from
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-28

Mrs. A. r. Tabor, OF Order, Mo-,
had been troubled w,,h sick headache
fer about Ave years, when she began
taking Chamberlain's< Tablets. She
has taken two bottles Of them and
they have cured her. Sick headache
is caused by disordered stomach for
which these tablets are especially in.
tended Try them, get we'll and stay
well. Sold by all dealers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-28

periences in being TESTED in New York
and elsewhere about the want CT hotel
facilities in Ottumva and both urged
united ard immediate action on the
enterprise.
Appoint Committees.
The various persons at the meeting
gave vent to expression during the
session and finally Calvin Manning
moved that in order to determine
whether the matter be further prosecu-
ted or dropped that the men present
favoring going ahead stand, and the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-28
Della Fox seriousIy III.

New York, Dec. 27.--The condition
Of Della Fox, the Coincidence and
singer, who was operated on for ap.
pendicitis last Saturday, continues ex-
tremely critical today, according to
her physician. Subsequent to the
operation peritonitis developed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-28

talked Of and long looked for hotel.
There is but a few days left to COM
plete the task and as the amount must
be raised by the first Of January the
work of raising the subscriptions must
be done with dispatch.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-28
BOOSTERS PUSHING I'll
HOTEL PROJECT

Continued From Page ~
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11
HANDSOME
new HOME
OCCUPIED

The Peoples store has been moved
to the new Terrell building and the
stock has been arranged SO that the
public now has the very best chance
to see a well displayed stock Of goods.
The new store gives the management
tl25 square feet of added floor space
and the shelving has been arranged
on both sides OF the store with view
to economizing space
L. Erllch. manger Of the store has
added to his stock OF merchandise
and expects to make his store one Of
the largest general merchandise es-
adjustments in the county. Every
arrangement has been made for the
display Of goods The display win.
dows are patterned after the latest
modern show windows OF the city
stores. The room is l25 feet long.
with balcony in the rear for the
ladies ready-to-waar department, it
is well lighted and the ceiling is beau
tifully decorated.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11

stalled to store water and these can
be constructed in numerous places.
Water can be pumped from the
streams or from the reservoirs 20
fiji the tiling whenever it Is needed.
Tiled land doesn't require as much
water as other land and the govern
ment reports show that thing doubles
the crop yield even on uplands."
Mr.. Askew has had estimates made
on the cost Of tiling a uqarter sec.
tion and he says it win cost him 3d.
100. IF the tiling were made here,
the cost could be reduced by one
half" said he. Freight charges
from northern points where tiling IS
manufactured are now almost equal
tc the original cost Of the tiling. II
there was sufficient demand for theIr
product. thing manufacturers could
doubtless be induced to locate here
and this would furnish an important
local industry"
Mr.. Askew expects to have his
place north Of town irrigated by the
tiimg system in time for next season.
With tse variety of crops that can
Re grown IN Oklahoma and the ad-
vantages ss to soil and climate. he
expects to see irrigated lands Ia this
section far surpass in productivity
the famous irrigated western lands
His observations in the northwest
convinced him that Oklahoma's az.
ricultural possibilities are seconi TO
rome.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11
ASkeN AdDOcdteS
Irrigation For Okla.

After spending the summer in the
northwest part Of the country, deyot-
ing much attention to the careful in
yestlgatlon Of irrlgating schemes. J.
s, Askew, OF this city. is probably
the most enthusiastic advocate OF ir-
rigation IN The state. He is preach
ing the doctrine on ali occasions,
pouring into the ears Of Grady coun-
ty land owners and seeking to show
shem that It is the Kings highway
to prosperity in Oklahoma. More i'm
portant stIll, Mr.. Askew is preparing
to install an irrigation plant on his
fine washita Valley farts just north
Of town thus showing his faith by his
works.
'I'll admit that what saw in Idaho,
Montana and Washington converted
me. said Mr.. Askew. ~Of course I
knew something about II before but
] didn't see the light as do now
until had looked into the thing at
first hand. Now am firmly convlnc-
ed that irrigation means more to
chlckasha and Grady county than any
other proposition before us: ii will
do more to build up the town and
country than anything else We could
undertake. Once the system is we'll
started here II win go Of It's own mo-
mentum and in a few years such
. thing as crop failure in this sec.
tion win be unknown. Let It once
become known that tie washita val.
ley is a region where crops never fail,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11
WEST is CLOSING OUT
LUMBER BUSINESS HERE.

A. L. West. the Mmherman. !s a
voicing his stock preparatory to ss;;i.
ing out his lumber interests here.
Owing tc the fact thas shere has
been so little building Of late and
that the number Of yatds here is the
same that supplied me trade during
the great building activity Of past
years Mr.. West has decided to with
draw from the field. the material On
had at his yard having been sold to
some OF the other dealers 7 like
Chickasha,9 said Mr. West "and am
confident that It Is one OF the besgI
towns in the state. but At present
conditions do not justify The number
Of lumber yards here.s ~. west has
lumber interests IN other parts 81
the state.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11

and our property will be fimrly es-
tablished on an enduring basis. Lands
that now sell at from $50 to 500 per
acre will be worth from $500 to ST.
00O.p
As to the difficulties OF Irrigation
here and the results 70 be obtained,
compared with the western country
where irrigation is practioed, Mr.
Askew lays down this plain PROPOSE.
ton; The same effort here, with
half the expense will produce twice
the results that can be obtained any
where in the west"
Concerning the practical side Of the
proposition, as applied to Grady coun-
ty, Mr.. Askew has arrived at very
positive conclusions. Surface irri-
cation is impracticable with the kind
Of water available here" said. he.
"The underground tiling system is the
only plan adapted to this locality and
Il is also the easiest and the best.
II serves a double purpose irrigation
in dry years and drainage when there
is an excess Of water in the river
bottoms. Practically all Of our bot
tom lands can be tiled and once done
Il is there for all time. In the west
they pay from ss5 to $50 per scre
for water rights but We can tile
here for good deal less than Ss5
per acre. The washita, East and
West Bitter Greek. the Little washi-
Ia and smaller streams will furnish
the water. Reservoirs should be IN
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11
WILL BEGIN
DRILLING
NOV.22

r. NJ Cochran announced today
that complete outfit of machinery
has been ordered for drilling of the
test well IN the Rock Greek Oil field
south Of town and that the work viii
be in progress by the 22nd Of No
vember. A representative Of the COM
pany left last night for the factory
from which the engine and drill viii
be shipped and the outfit will be
billed to Chickasha early next week.
Competent drillers have been en-
ployed and dauble shift Of men will
be kept at work after the drilling is
started and the well will be complet-
ed just as quickly as possiblev said
Mr.. Cochran. I'VE will begin drill
ing the test well Nov. 22.r
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11
START anti
CIGARETTE
LEAGUES

DR.. Dora Martin, national organic
er OF the Anti-cigarette League. has
succeeded In organizing league in
the 9Th and 9Th grades Of The Lee
school building and in the high school.
Twenty-Five boys have joined the
league at the Lee building and "a Of
the high school boys stand
ready 70 assist the club women Of the
city 70 stamp out The cigarette EVIL
here. Other grades al high school
building have allied themselves with
ihe hague.
The local ,rEanlzation l. the first
work that Dr. Martin has done N
Oklahoma, w. r. Ramey, snper.n-
tendens Of the city schools has been
elected president and Miss Anne
Wade o'Nelll secretary OF the chicka-
sha League
Dr. Martin VIII deliver a lecture at
The Christian church this evening on
Evils and Prevention Of the Cigar.
cite Habit" and everybody is invited
TO hear her.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11
MAY FIND THE
HIDING PLACE
OF LARGE SUM
Telegram by United Press.

Telegram by United Press
New York. Nov. 1.-THE s422, 600
planted by David RothschiId. bank
wrecker and get-rich-quick operator.
before he began serving a nine year
terra in Sing Sing. may be found if
an Investigation begun today by Dis
triet Attorney Whitman bears fruit.
Rethschild died in prison. but ac-
cording to Mrs. Batten. his former
wife, ne divuiged the secret Of the
hiding place on his death bed, Mrs.
Batten. who is a St. Louis woman. is
now at home. and tells for the first
time OF her husbands last message
when he died in 1905. She declares
a mental haze has prevented her
telling before this. The money is
supposed to be in a Jersey City bank
under the name OF Levy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11
SCHOLARSHIP IN
GIRLS COLLEGE
WILL UNVEII
2 MONUMENTS

Unwilling exercises will be held at
the /. o. O. f. Cemetry tomorrow
afternoon by the W. o. W. lodge.
Only one monument Of member Of
the local camp who has died during
the past year viii be unveiled. that Of
p. B. Prestridge. The monument Of
James Coal Of Cement will also be
unveiled. The members Of the lodge
are reQuested to meet at the hall at
2:S0 o'clock and viii march in a body
to the cemetry. A. B. Morgan will be
master Of the ceremonies and s. c.
Durbin Will deliver the address OF the
occasion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11
BULLETIN
IS ISSUED

The autumn number Of the bulle-
tin Of the Oklahoma Industrial Insfi.
tute and College for Girls is ous and
Il Is one OF the most cred.ta0ie publi-
cations ever issued from The instit
tuition The bulletin contains facts
concerning the history OF The school
that have never been published be-
fore and also carries comprehensive
general statements OF the depart.
menta OF the college and OF the en-.
trance requirements. In the hlstori
cal sketch the bulletin gives the strug.
giles Of the past. with an inspiring
outlook for the future OF the college
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11

CAR OF MEAL
CAUGHT FIRE

Fire, supposed to have originated
from sparks blown from trash pile
started blaze in car of cotton
seed meal near the old stock pens
on the II. B. johnson private switch
north OF the Chickasha Cotton Oil
Miss this afternoon. The department
was summoned and did heroic work
In saving the car under the adverse
circumstances in the face Of the ter
rifle gale that was blowing at the
time.
The car caught from the bottom
and was only slightly damaged. The
meal did not burn.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11
CARNATIONS FoR LADIES.

AtwOod's grocery store was busy
place today. Demonstrators from
four wholesale houses were in the
city demonstrating goods sold by
their houses. Each lady who visited
the store was given a carnation. The
Daniels sisters furnished music dur
ing the afternoon and viii play this
evening. The demonstration win
continue this evening until the store
closes at 10 O'Clock.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11
UNDERTAKEN
CALLED UPON
TO EXPLAIN
TeleEram By unIted Pres.

Chicago. ill.,. Nov. 1i.-with three
out OF nine deaths occurring in the
vermilya house already traced to ar
senlc. Coroner Hoffman today began
preparations for exhumlng other bod
les OF persons dying there
Charles Boysen. the undertaken who
buried the persons will probably be
arrested next week The woman's
condition is more satisfactory today.
The authorities want a statement
from Boysen regarding the condition
Of the bodies, the deaths and also ex.
PLANTATION OF his repeated state
ments that he was not engaged to the
wman when the facts prove other
wise
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11
EIkS Lodge viii Hold
Memorial Services

Memorial services are being plan.
ned to be held by the Elks Lodge OF
this city Sunday afternoon. December
Srd in memory Of the members VIII
have passed away during the past
twelve months. Among the members
for whom the services viii be held are
Messrs. Roscoe Smith and Edgar
Hale Of futtie, Alex Mclean and l.
Wohlgemuth of chickasha Arrange
ments are being made for an elabo-
rate and impressive ceremony.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11
CHILD HAS ACCIDENT.

Little Dorothy Bennett, the three
year old granddaughter Of Mrs ]. L.
RaA,;oerry who il here visiting from
Clinton. okla, a'ell off the bed Friday
evening While at play and sustained
severe injury The left arm Of the
child was Bprained at the elbow joint.
and the child suffered much pain.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11
Used Wrong Can Of
Oil to Start Fire

II. B. Granlee. ticket clerk at the
Frisco depot. had his right hand se-
verely burned in gasoline explosion
yesterday morning at his home on
Michigan avenue. In starting fire
in the kitchen stove he got the gaso-
line instead of the kerosene can and
an explosion resulted. The house
caught on fire and the department
was summoned. The household fur
nituro was damaged slightly by the
fire.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-11

AGROUND
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= Telegram by United Press. =
= Toxic. Nov. 1.-THE Great :
= Northern Steamship company's :
= giant steamer, Minnesota, is =
= aground off Kuruchime, 400 :
= miles from Yokohama. =
: The ships wireless apparatus :
: is out Of commission and the :
= vessel may be in danger =
Z The Minnesota is on the re- =
= turn trip to Seattle. =
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