Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1912-12-12
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES

installed.
Oklahoma oil is selling at Is cents
per barrel
Cattle thieves are doing business in
Noble county.
An addition is being built to the
Hunter -four mill.
Ponca City Is making improvements
In its lighting system.
Red Oak has voted a gas franchise
to the Laumer County Gas Co.
Chickasha has started a commend.
able movement for municipal parks.
FL Reno Poultry Association will
hold its annual show December 1879.
Lavton had q big carving affair
Thanksgiving day. Two negroes carved
each other
Shawnee is putting on a motorcycle
cop and VIII warm things up for the
auto speeders.
Citizens Of Chickasha have presented
. solid gold fire chiefs badge TO Fire
Chief George l.. Gattis.
A Chickasha girl says she will hang
up tube skirt instead Of the conven.
tional hosiery Christmas eve
The schools Of waki,a are to have a
big exhibit OF the work done by the
children, to be held on December 20.
Sparks from a passing locomotive
burned a carload OF cotton on the
sioetrack at Porter, Wagner county.
The Okmulgce county court gave a
young negro "the limit Of the law"
for insulting white woman at Okmul.
gee.
McBrfne. vanishing warrant clerk OF
the state auditors office, finds 1t a diff.
ncult matter to make bond Moneys
tight
Muskogee's fire losses for November
aggregated s3s.0l0 All OF the loss but
$4,000 occurred outside me city fire
limits.
bennington was visited the other
DAY by fire which destroyed several
buildings. the damage amounting to
3l4.6o0.
In Pontotoc county 80 per cent OF |
the first half OF the taxes has been
paid in TO the treasurer. or about |
$4,000
The kafr corn crop In LeFlore coun. |
ty proved highly satisfactory, and an
Increased acreage will be planted |
next year.
With cotton receipts 1000 bales |
higher than in 1911. and a big pecan I
crop being brought in. Prague is en-.
5oying prosperity.
LAwtons last bank statement shows
aggregate deposits Of nearly s. 000, 600. |
. gain OF 40 per cent over the last
previous statement
Ground has been broken for the |
1.ooo-barrel refinery OF the Cleveland |
Petroleum Refining company at Cleye-
land. Pawnee county.
Bartlesville's police department col. |
lected s126.75 in fines during the /
month OF November. Occupation tai |
collections amounted to $4,000.
Despondent because Of Ill health. W. |
NJ. Haynes. farmer residing about /
five miles from Reavener. blew the |
top OF his head of with a shot gun.
Dietrich Rinderhagen OF FL Reno. !
Just returned from a vacation trip 10
Germany, says the mother country 10
experiencing a severe winter. and he
is very glad TO get back TO balmy OLA
homa
After having served three years in
the Philippines, Earl Coruch, son OF
B. r. Crouch Of Arapaho. returned
home in time for Thanksgiving din.
ner
Bonds for the extension OF water
and sewer mains is the next thing 10
be voted upon by citizens OF Sapulpa.
The election has been set for Decem.
Der 10. The amount OF the bonds IL
$4,000.
The Sayre water works system has
been Improved TO such an extent that
the operations Of The water depart.
ment for the past six months show a
slight proft. Instead Of deficit az
formerly.
The Pioneer Telephone Co 10 erect
Ing q new building and installing new
apparatus at Checotah. Checo,ah vas
the Rerene ~ the verens s.rska 80