Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1912-11-14
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OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES


4 Sunday school workers institute
has been organized at Tulsa.
saltwater. In ito first initiative
election, voted last week to abolish
pool halls.
Rush Springs elevators have
eandled more than 5000 bus,sis of
corn to date.
The May (Harper county, CONNER.
cial club ID getting busy In the good
roads movement.
Lightning played havoc with wires
Of the Sapulpa Electric company dur
Ing the recent storm.
The recent cold spell has set farm.
ers to cutting the last Of their forage
crops In Texas county.
Rich lead and zinc deposits have
been discovered rear Nowata and
are to be developed soon.
Three fingers and knuckles Of his
right hand were lost In cotton gin
at kenehck by Jess Darden
A year ago there was more stock
than feed: now there IL feed for
more stock than can be found.
Washington county commissioners
contemplate the establishment Of 4
farm and homo for the INDECENT.
Rain has settled everything in the
state except debts, and has gone q
long way toward doing that. too.
At Cushing there are nfty.three drill
Ing wells. eleven rigs Up and . daily
production Of nearly five thousand bar
rels Of oil.
Joe James. o Boswell farmer. was
struck on the head with club. the
blow causing death. James lived
about ten miles south of Boswell.
A large gray wolf was roped and tied
II Pittsburg county the other day. The
eaptors cay they are going out for more
~ II ID much more sport than shoot.
Ing.
Sarah Perry. aged 1s. recently Of
Cement. Oklahoma. was found dead
(. her hotel room at Oklahoma City.
The girl had q desire to become an
actress. but had failed to secure EN-.
ployment.
A State charter was issued to the
Boley OIL and Gas Company of Boley.
capital $1,000. lncorporators. d. ].
Turner, T. NJ. Haynes and J. H. Nc
Riley Of Boley.
During q fight at Muskogee John
Flanagan was stabbtN four times
with a pocket knife and later died Of
his wounds. One Of the thrusts
reached q vital spot over the heart
Walter G. johnson has been arrested.
Miss Bonnie Johuson. daughter Of
Mrs. VIM. r. Johnson. who lives on
lockwood Farm" near Ada. was seri.
ously burned by an explosion of stove
polish. which she was applying to q
Kitchen range. Her clothing was set
on fire and before the flames could be
extinguished. her back and shoulders
were badly burned. It Is thought she
will recover.
Governor Cruce granted q parole to
Ammon Wright OF Beckham county,
sent to the Granite reformatory FOR
two years for burglarizing a store.
He has served ten months of the term.
The parole was recommended by ev.
eryone In touch with the case. the
most urgent plea for the youth being
made by the merchant who had been
robbed. Young Wright had had pun.
ishment enough. he wrote. The boys
record In the reformatory was ex.
oellent.
Comanche has a new peanut shel.
Ter. A record crop OF peanuts In
stephens county is being harvested.
Little more than two.thirds OF the
cotton crop around Holdenville and
wetumka has been gathered; about
8 200 bales.
An action growing out OF the fail
ure OF the Alamo state Bank Of Mus.
kogee has reached the supreme court.
william Brisco appealing from Q de-
cision In favor OF the state. ex rel.
d. Lankford. bank commissioner.
Tor $3.50 on a promIssory note. Briscoe
claimed the bank owed him that
amount or expenses incurred IN col.
lecting for the bank.
A. p. Ralli Of New York City, treas.