The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-04-18
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES

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Free city mail delivery will be in
auguarated at Edmond on April 10.
New scenery has been installed in
the high school auditorium at Ponca
City.
F. x. Suess will begin the erection
of brick building on Main street In
Eufaula in the near future.
For the first time within the past
three years, every building around the
square at Enid is occupied,
Two weeks hence Tulsa will have
its first spring race meet under the
auspices Of the Tulsa Jockey club.
The new Rock Island depot at HoI-
denville has been completed and is
now in use. 1t is said to be beauty.
A new flag STAFF with bright new
American flag has been placed on top
of the federal building at Kingfsher.
The bricklayers have finished their
work on the new Baptist church at Sa-
pulpa aud now the carpenters are on
the job.
There are at present eighty ma
chimes in Carter county, and new ones
are being purchased at the rate Of
two each week.
Work Is progressing on the depot
at Cleveland, and it Is announced the
construction work will be completed
within the next week.
John Van Antwerp Berry, an old
time newspaper man, Familiarity known
as Colonel" Berry died in Tulsa
hospital the past week.
S. A. tanning, formerly of Muskogee,
is reported to have made $150,0OO last
year on his apple crop on a tract Of
land Of 150 acres near Artesia, ". M.
A 7-year-old girl died at Fall River
and a postmortem examination was
made with the result that pin was
found lodged in the vermiform appen-
dix.
All Protestant churches in Harris
horne have united In a great revival
meeting and reports from that place
indicate the sermons are doing great
good.
Last week the New Era of Daven-
port, Lincoln county, was edited en-.
tirely by the students OF the Daven.
port high school and of the eighth
grade.
Kingston, In Marshall county, is hav.
ing building boom Holes Willis Jr.,
of that city, plans the erection Of ten
residences to cost from $500 to $1,000
each.
Checotah now claims to be one OF
the best paved cities Of 5000 popula-
ton In the state. Twenty-three blocks,
or nearly two miles, Of paving have
been laid
The sale Of prairie dogs in the east
ern market bids fair to become profit.
able business to several Texas county
farmers The dogs are used for pets
In the east.
Work at the pumping station OF the
Kingflsher water works 10 progress
ing rapidly. The foundation for the
engine and air pressure pump Is laid,
and the reservoir at the station Ia
about completed. In short time the
machinery will be in operation.
When prairie fire threatened several
towns in Texas county, several auto
mobile loads OF citizens and farmers
rushed to put up battle against the
flames and were successful. Much
valuable grass was burned, which
constituted the only damage done
The Ladies of the Maccabees of the
World held a rally In Shawnee last
week, and hives from Ada, Maud,
Davenport and other towns were on
hand to join in the festivities. The
rally was in charge of Mrs. Laura ".
Pickett of Denison, Texas
While blowing in the field on the
Hogue farm, five miles east of Adair.
the pillow being handled by Raymond
Brown, aged II, struck box and I'M
covered it. Brown thought he had
plowed up a box of Measure until he
hastily pried off the lid, when he made
the gruesome discovery that he had
plowed up a negro baby. The body
had been buried probably several years
ago when negroes occupied the Hogue
farm.
]. F. Knowles, residing near Alton.
Ottawa county, recently made a prop
ositlon to the citizens of Alton to the
effect that If the city would grade two
miles of road, beginning at the north.
west corner of Delaware county and
building into Alton, he would grade
the two intervening miles to where
his home is located. Later he agreed
10 grade the city's two miles at the
rate of sis per mile. Alton citizens
have accepted the latter proposition.
Guymon is confidently expecting the
by the end Of the year Of
the E. o. & w. road from Dalhart to
Enid. Il Is stated the road would