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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-05-09
BASE BALL
THIS YEAR
Grounds Now Being Put in
Shape.

shape.
The base ball enthusiasts have
started to getr busy, and this
week the grounds were given
there first raking, preparatory
to the opening of the season.
The same grounds will be used
this year that were used when
the Buster nine was playing ball,
and by taking an early interest
in the matter, the grounds can
be put in first-class shape..! The
great event of the base ball sea-
son will be the Fourth of July
game with Dixie, and the Elk
City boys are going to make a
creditable showing.
! A meeting of the fans was
held Monday evening". and an
organization was perfected and
the following officers chosen: &c.
A. Jones, manager; Lee Fruit,
captain. Another meeting will
be held shortly when arrange
ments will be made for practice
Free-milling ore in California
always contains a certain amount
of sulphides, usually about 2pel
cent. These are concentrated
land then either shipped to thu
I,smelters, ground in tube-mill'
and cyanided, or treated by thu
chlorination process.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06

FOR BOOSTERS
Narrowly Escaped
Injury in Mix-Up

Mrs. w. A. Fox narrowly escaped
serious injury yesterday afternoon in
a buggy accident. Two buggies, an
automobile and a street car figured in
the mix-up at the corner Of Fifth and
Chickasha. The horse hitched to the
Fox buggy became frightened and
came near colliding with a passing
street car; the horse of George Hill
took fright at the mix-up, and an au-
tomobile came along at the same time.
Had it not been for the presence Of
mind exercised by Mrs. Fox a serious
collision might have resulted. She
was thrown from the buggy, but held
On to the lines until the horse was
checked.
Bert Owen had a runaway east of
town and his buggy was torn into
shreds The vehicle was brought "
the blacksmith shop this morning sor
repair Mr. Ovens horse became
frightened at a passing train.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
Dates for the School
Contests are CHANGED

On account of the continued bad
weather the date for the county con
tests in the rural schools has been
changed and win be held on April 19
and 20 instead OF the dates announced
previously The basket bah contest
and the spelling contests win be held
April 10. The track meet viii be held
on the afternoon Of the goth.
Interest in the spelling contests Is
increasing. Rural school pupils are
winning in the reading circles dis
tricts. There will be thirteen con
tests. twelve from the rural schools
and one from Chiekasha- Miss Lille
Barger of the MoHtosh school district
will represent the northeastern part
Of the county. Oscar Davis Of Tuttls
is her alternate.
County Superintendent G. F. Newell
is more than pleased with the inter
est OF the pupils and teachers in ths
contest this year.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06

PROJECT
REVIVED
Line TO Follow Old Sur
Vey from Shawnee
to ChiCkaSha

Checotah, Okla, April 6.-With the
survey from Warner to checotah last
week completed it looks as though
active work might be expected on that
line in the near future. Some years
since a railroad line was surveyed
from Shawnee through Henryetta to
Checotah. 1t Is now given out that
this new survey Is 10 connect with
or be acontinuance from the Webbers
Falls and Warner road to Shawnee,
supposedly over the old survey, hence
on to Chickasha Checotah, Shawnee
and Nordman are not far off Of a di-
rect line between these points
A road following this route would
pass through one Of the most fertile
and productive spreads Of country in
the state yet open as inducement for
"a railroad
The Webbers Falls railroad is now
being operated between that point and
Warner and an outlet IS wanted in
each direction It Is the intention OF
President Turner to continue his road
on east from Webbers Falls to Fort
Smith, and 1t Is presumed that the
plan is to continue It from Warner
west to Checotab, Shawnee and Chick
asha. This would indeed be an ideal
traffic route-in fact, one Of the most
profitable routes in the state-in split
ting territory four-fifths its dis
tance of from twenty to forty miles
between parallel railroads That this
road viii be built in the near future
appears as certain aa that railroad
activity begins in Oklahoma this year
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
UNIFORM DIVORCE Law
WILL Be ADVOCATED

TO be acted upon by the state indi
yiduallY first Then II will be put up
To congress. The executive board
passed resolutions after we received
word from one state, for instance, that
marriages not void there would BE-
valid In the adjoining state. From an.
other state came word that man
having procured a divorce could not
remarry. yet he could be married in
another state. Various complications.
both legal, IN regard 10 propriety, and
social. arose as a consequence, and II
was the sense Of the various state or
carnations that something should be
done. and done soon
Mrs Moore clearly indicated that
the federation might be expected to
80 on record as favorlng legislation
which would prevent, for instance, a
person divorced in one state. and for.
bidden By the courts tO remarry, mere
ly crossing the border into another
state and being granted a license. To
this connection the question Of condf
tions under which marriage licenses
shall be granted will come up, with
promise that recommendations will be
made for legislation setting a uniform
period Of time a person must be a res
ldent OF a state or county before a
marriage license may be secured OF
the setting OF a uniform time ia which
application for a license must be filed
before the license is actually issued
II is believed by the women thai
such legislation would prevent persons
forbidden 10 marry in one state going
70 another to evade the law, and alsC
check many hasty marriages which
sometimes lead to divorce.
The General Federation OF Womena
clubs has membership Of 100000
representing every state IN the Union
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06

Telegram by United Press.
81 Louis. April 6-A uniform d.
Yoree law for the United States viii
b. one Of the most important issues
% be acted upon at the next biennial
congress Of the General Federation Of
womens clubs in San Francisco. ac-
cordlng 10 Mrs phillip n. Moore, na-
tiOaai president. here today Mrs
Moore declared that the matter was
now being considered by the club wo-
men IN their particular states and
would BE- before the convention in
June for final action
"The executive board OF the Gen
eral Federation Of Woman's clubs
passed resolution iayoring uni
form divorce law after complaints had
been received from different state or
ganizations. asking whether some
thing could be done TO remedy the di-
yorce evils existing" said Mrs Moore.
I'VE referred this resolution back
% the state organizations and many Of
them have already sent % resolutions
endorsing the action for the uniform
divorce law. Ia this way the matter
VIII be thoroughly digested in the
minds Of the club women before We
meet. SO that some definite cotton Is
cer,sin to be taken
Il cannot say just what the fedora
tion will recommend as articles Of the
Uniform law The abuses In some
states are different from those in
Others, and when the women get to
gether We viii then be able to get al
sides OF the story and formulate rec
concentrations that viii represent
every phase OF the problem in this
country.
while a uniform divorce law vii
have to be a federal law finally, be
/ lieye that the uniform law win hagi
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
LARGE Land
DEAL CLOSED

The reason is always right for large
land deals in Grady county and one
Of the biggest to be recorded in sew
eral months was closed yesterday
when G. Sullivan paid $4,000 for 800
acres Of land one and a half miles
north Of Yerden. This was an average
Of s77125 per acre. Ben r. Johnson
OF this city sold the land and MI. Sui
liyan paid cash
The Johnson land Is the best along
the Washita river valley and Is known
as the old Pruner farm. All Of the
land Is especially adapted to the rails
ing Of alfalfa and Mr.. Sullivan ex
poets to make it the best alfalfa farm
in the county. All OF the land is in
cultivation except 1870 acres.
William Sullivan will move to the
farm and make it his home. He ex-
poets to devote his time to the devel-
opment Of the land. C. Sullivan owns
several valuable farms in this county.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
BEN HAS HIS
TROUBLES

If you happen to meet a stubby,
sawed-off fellow, with lines Of care
across his countenance, looking as if
he is burdened with great weight
of woe. that man is Ben Huogens, the
street commissioner. Ordinarily,
Ben's face looks like beaming sun
bursting from behind the eastern hills
1T was his cf1eery smile that kept MIN
in good standing in the community
even when he was a milk peddler, but
since he became a servant Of the pub
lie, grief has furrowed his manly face.
Finding the policeman exhausted by
the tales Of woe told by the victims Of
chicken depredations, Ben naturally
turned to the newspaper man to tell
his troubles, and he talked about some
important matters to which the public
should give heed.
One of Ben's troubles is that citI-
zens don't report for street work on
the day when they are ordered to ap-
pear I'VE order out a certain num-
Der of men each day and prepare to
work that number, but often they come
day or two later and then we have
more men than We can use to adyant-
age, said Mr.. Hudgens. For example,
today we had twenty-five or thirty
men on hand and only two teams. OF
course, We tried to use them, but it
was a loss to the city to work them
that way In the future we shall re-
auire men 10 report on the day they
are notified to apnear; if they don't,
we shall expect them to pay the
money Citizens can help US out il
they don't promise their work to a
man unless he cen report on time
Another thing-there are many
men with families to support who are
after street work and they should be
given the preference. In some cases
mere school boys are sent dom
object to the boys, for they are usually
fine workers, but 1 believe men wh'
need the job the most should have i
whenever possible, and 7 would be glat
If citizens would keep this point il
mind when hiring men to do thei
street work
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06

CHAIRMAN

Special to The Express
Oklahoma City, April 6.-The state
Democratic committee met at
O'Clock at the Lee-Huckins hotel and
at once went into executive session.
Before the meeting the administra
ton forces claimed to have forty-fiye
members pledged to the proposition
not to 30 out Of the committee for q
state chairman
Every county Is represented, forty
three BY proxies. r. J. Giddings in
troduced a resolution to limit the sc
lection OF chairman to the committee
This rs now being voted upon, the in
dIcatlons being Il win be tabled.
j. b Carmichael 81 Chlckasha i
representing Grady county
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
EASTER MUSIC AT
THE CHURCHES

Song Mary Bond
What One Dollar VIII Do" Mrs. r.
A. Edwards.
Duet-MeRea Sisters.
Offering -Benedictlon.
The annual Knights Templar service
viii be held this year Sunday morn
ing at the Methodist church and mem
bers Of this branch Of the Masonic
lodge will attend the services In a
body Rev G, 8. Walker, pastor Of
the church, will preach special Eas-
ter sermon. An Easter chorus Will
be rendered by the choir and Miss
Julia lmhoff will sing a solo In the
evening the annual Easter cantata
will be rendered.
at all the churches special music
appropriate to the occasion will be
rendered.
Al St. Lukes Episcopal church the
program will be as follows
Holy communion at 8 a. m; Sunday
school at $3.50 a. m; choral mathis,
Holy Eucharist and sermon at II a.
m; chlldrens service at 3 p. m;
choral eyensong and address at 1890
p. m.
The music at the morning service
will be as follows:
Professionally Welcome, Happy Morn
ing.
Choral Service by Tallis-in 9.
Christ, Our Passover, croch.
re Deum Laudamus, Boskirk.
Benedictus- Plain Chant.
IntroIt-Come Ye Faithful
Woodwards Mass IN y Flat.
Sermon Hymn Allauia, the Strife Is
Ger.
Communion Hymn-At the Lambs
High Feast We Sing
Recessional-Jesus Christ is Risen
Today
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06

EXPLAINED
Telegram by United Press.

Telegram Dy united ffess
Washington. April 6.-What pur-
ports to be an explanation of Japan's
activities in Mexico was issued from
the japanese embassy here today.
While denying that Japan sought
concession in Magdalena bay the
statement says they have secured
enormous fishing concessions on the
Mexico coast
The statement says the report that
negotiations with Mexico have been
closed by Japan is erroneous. but It
might have originated from the fact
that an agent Of the Oriental Steam
ship company Of Japan obtained Of his
own accord fishing rights on the west
coast. This right was transferred to
a Japanese whaling company, bat the
statement SAYS ii bears no political
significance
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06

Easter Sunday will be celebrated in
Chickasha at the different churches
with the annual sermon and special
musical programs. Cantatas win be
rendered at three Of the churches at
the evening service. The Conquer
Ing King Is the santata for the even.
ing service at the Congregational
church and the members Of the Junior
choir win render the program There
win be twenty voices IN the chorus.
The Christian church win be deco
rated for the service tomorrow by the
members Of the Christian Endeayor
society Easter lilies and house plants
will be used IN the decorations. why
See Ye the Christi" will be the sub
iect OF the morning sermon.
THE Easter Eyangep will be the
cantata rendered at the evening hour.
The chorus will consist Of sixteen
voices and the cantata has been ar.
ranged for five choruses in mixed
voices. two chorases Of women's
voices, one solo and a duet.
In the afternoon the Easter program
Of the C. W. B NJ. society will be rem.
dered at the church, the program to
haa,f.. ~ D ,frfoolr IL q. 40 foftouto4
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
PROCEEDINGS OF
COUNTY COURT

The journal of the county court
shows the following cases disposed Of
during the week, beginning Monday,
April l.
City Of Minco VS.. A. d. Hughes, dis
turbing peace, verdict for plaintiff,
jury trial. fined S..
Jack Lindsay VS., Eyerbody's Gin &
Mill Co., dismissed
c. C. Wells VS.. W. L. Bonnell, dis
missed.
Continental Jewelry Co VS.. Shelton
& Douthitt, dismissed.
Union Mutual Insurance Co VS.. John
w. Fitch, dismissed.
John McVey VS.. s. A. Robinson et
al, jury trial judgment for plaintiff
w. J. Tidball VS.. Fl. J. Taylor ct al.
jury trial, judgment for plaintiff
f. s Escobede vs. Jesus Falcon el
al, judgment for defendents.
N. NJ. Turner VS.. Fred z. Petit, fore
ible entry and detainer verdict for de
fendant.
A. r. Book vs. JAS PettyioAn, jurl
trial, judgment for plaintiff
J. NJ. Hunter vs.. B. w. Fitzpatrick
Judgment for defendant.
State VS. Matt Cook. A. j. Trip, R
e. Rice. ]. E. McElroy, dismissed o.
motion OF plaintiff.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
SELL
MORE
TO GET OIL
Water Rises in the Well
Statement Issued
by Company

The following statement was issued
today by the local oil and gas com,
pany
We have VOW a goodly quantity Of
oil in our welN in fact, at this time
the oil Is IN quantities sufficient to as
sure a we'll; a number Of friends will
yoneA fss this Statement as ahly
Were there ySSterdsg and saw It We
are confronted G77 @ath j mla0T diff
ficulty that has TO be overcome. Our
well has been unusually troublesome
in the way Of caving- walls, and just
as we are approaching the oil the
cavings and water from above have
broken through behind our casing and
have opened way below it into the
we'll We have now about four hun
dred feet of water in the well, that we
viii take out today and will fill in
below the casing with concrete and
thereby make for the casing a firm
footing. This win require about one
week to properly set up. The hous-
ing stone above the oil and sand was
not Of sufficient thickness and strength
to support the casing, hence we are
now forced to make our own housing.
We will proceed with thai work and
by the time this article Il being read
the concrete work will have been fins
ished.
We have also one Other difficulty
confronting is and that is by no means
a trivial one we are now out Of funds
with which to further prosecute this
work. We are sure that our citizens
can not afford to let this work stop;
we have yet more than 800 lots un-
sold. 1t Is necessary to sell as many
as one hundred more lots to complete
the we'll Persons who own lots in
this field can't afford to let the work
stop. little from all will make It
possible for us to proceed, and on next
Monday we will place on sale 100 lots
at the old price Of $40 The condi-
tions Of the well now and the oil out
look are such that you are buying with
sufficient assurance that YOU do not
need to fear the investment. This is
not a donation, it's a real live and
good investment We will have to wait
week on the well Or concrete to set
land IL we can sell the lots by the
18th, that being week from next
Monday, we viii proceed with the
work and bring In the we'll; if we cant
sell the lots we can't proceed. We
have used up all the money we have
received and some more than that.
but we have assumed that our friends
will help US in that they viii be help
ing themselves, so we have eonereted
the well in order that we may be ready
to finish the work by the time the
concrete sets.
Believing as We always have, in our
people to stay by t. We wish to say
also that we have done more, and done
that more on less money than any
test well has ever done in any field
where oil Is found in deep wells Lots
will be one sale all next week.
Respectfully,
ROCK CREEK OIL AND GAS. co.
~---~---~~~~
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
St. Francis Basin in Grave Dan,
ger; Breakc areiThreatened
at Many Points Along
the River
RAGING TORRENT
is STILL RISING
Refugees are Rushing from the
Flooded District = Govern.
ment Sending Aid Levee
Still Holds at Cairo
Telegram BY United fress.

Memphis, Tenn. April 6 6-Levee Of
ficials and United states engineering
corps have given np hope Of saving
the levees ia the great ST Francis
basin.
Reports received today say breaks
ore thrertened n 4 dozen points and
Il "a nov b I'd to be only a ques-
ton Of hour. It'll some points give
way.
The river stood at 4A9 today. but
the crest Of the rise win not be In
sight for several days. Fortysix or
fortyseyen feet may be reached Prac-
ilcally The entire eastern part OF Ar
kansas Is flooded By back.water and
thousands are arriving al Memphis,
the affected section being depopu.
lated.
In Lake county Tennessee. a lake
win result from the break below Hick-
man last night
Five hundred refugees reached Tip
tonFllle this morning in boats They
reported every house IN Lake county
submerged, scores being left strand
70 on house tops and IN trees.
Relief parties started out 10 reaf
cue thanl Fhn memphis police
shAnghaiad7 2g0 negroes % help stop
the threatened break on the leyee
opposite the city
Reports from Lake and Oblon coun
ties say the district Is an inland sea
hack to the foothills No loss Of life
Is reported
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
REPORT ON THE ORPHAN
HOME FOR MARCH.

Cornish, Okla. April 6.-The fol.
ing report on the Cornish Orphans
Home for the month Of March IS IS
sued by NJ E. Harris, secretary
Cash collected $iSs2S; travelling
expenses, SS4-75. Getting children in.
to and out Of the home. Sa-5 SO: average
expense ia dry goods and groceries
per child. fSs March, s7-ss. Total
$50.
Number Of children under care Of
the home at first Of the onth, Sc
number Of children received in care
Of the home during the month. i6s
number OF children that went oui of
the home during the month 81 the
average number'ot children kent dur
ling she month. 4s number of children
Ga hand In she home Il the Uioas of
the month, AS
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
sPEclAL EAsTER sERVIcE.

The Epworth league Of the Metho-
dist church viii hold a special Easter
service sunday evening at 6;45
o'clock. A quartet composed Of Misses
German aud MeCosh and Messrs. Bur
ney and Baird, win sing Mrs G. s
Walker win be the leader Come and
let us make this a service worthy o.
Him whom Il commentaries, Is tht
invitation that has been issued
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
llsIegram BY united rrsss.

Washington. April 6.-secretary OF
War stlmson today sent ten thousand
dollars to each Of the three officers
stationed at Hickman KY New Mad
rid. Mo-. aud another point on the
Missouri side fer the relief OF flood
sufferers. taken from the army funds
to buy ratlons Tor the destitute flood
victims.
President Taft sent a letter to Rep
resentallYe Fitzgerald Of the appro-
priaiions committee stating that the
war department viii have to be relm
bursed by congress for the money
used as the advance was unwafransed
by law. bat sslmson took the respon
slbillty Of making Il owing 70 the
pressing conditions,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
NO TRACE or MENINGITIS
GERM WAS FOUND.

Dr. J. c. Ambrlster. county health
officer. today received from DR., ]. C.
Mahr. state health commissioner a
report on the examination Of spinal
fluid taken from the Palmer ohlld,
who recently died in Chickasha. The
specimen was delayed in reaching the
health department and was badly con.
taminated, but a careful examination
revealed no trace OF "diploccus inter
eellnlaris,n the germ Of spinal men
ingitis.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
REMEDIAL HORN aulLnlNe.

Materials for the remodeling OF the
Horn buildings on chickasha avenue.
which are occupied by the Fair Store
and the O. X. Transfer company were
unloaded in front Of the buildings tA
day. The entire front Of these two
buildings Will be moderated aud plate
glass display windows installed
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
FREEFOR ALL
RACE


Telegram By United Presa
Chicago, April 6.-Rooseyelt today
joined in the wild race Of politicians
through Illinois, including two presi.
Dental candidates, Roosevelt and
Wilson, and Secretary OF Agriculture
Wilson, working for Taft" hurrying
over the state on special trains.
Besides the leaders a score Of minor
speakers are stumping towns in the
primary contest.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06

cairo. ~. ArFn The river IS at
the silool stage here thIs morning
aud Is stHl showing 3 risiug tendency,
according 10 the weather bureau Re-.
port
The levees are sHil holding. The
stage Is tWo.tenihs rise over yester'
day. but the city Is sgill considered
safe. though surrounded By water. Bic
forces Of men are siill guarding and
strengthening the ieYees today
Scores Of families have been taken
from submerged homes in the drain.
age district The water Is from fen
10 twenty feet deep there
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-04-06
rWo DAMAGE sulTs FILEp.

In the superior court today H. b.
Johnson through Attorneys Bond &
Melton. filed two suits against the
Rock Island, asking Judgment for
damages to cattle in shipment On
one shipment TO Kansas City il is aI-
legged that the damage amounted to
s24a6s7. while on shipment to Dal-
las the loss Is placed at si4s,