The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-10-10

Carnegie will send 1000 turkeys to
the Thanksgiving market
T. E. Herring. of Elk City. is the
latest democratic candidate for gov
ernor.
"Silage for sale" is a new headline
in the advertising columns of Okla
home newspapers.
Sustaining injuries when he fell
into the dough mixer, John Smith,
baker died at Enid.
The Canadian river valley near
Bridgeport produced the biggest corn
crop in five years.
Jesse Wurtz, motorcyclist OF Perry,
is wanted in Neosho, Mo-, in connec.
ton with the death of an old man.
Rev. L. c. Walter, pastor of the
Enid Presbyterian Church, has re-
signed to take charge of the Okmul.
gee Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. William Short was fatally
beaten over the head and body at her
home three miles north of Guthrie.
Her 2O-year.old son, Myron, is charged
with assault
About eight hundred tons of broom
corn have been shipped from Lind
say this season, bringing the farmers
in that section Of the state more than
$4,000.
An Indian from the Darlington
agency, believed to be James Luck
now or Rattan. was struck by south
bound Rock Island passenger train
No. 35, north of Ell Reno, and killed
The postoffice department, in bull
letin just issued, declares that candi-
dates for postmaster soon will be
examined at Deyche, Major county
and at Barber, Cherokee county. Both
offices are new ones.
Fire OF unknown cause destroyed
the Allen & Mayer brothers gin at
Wan. The building and machinery
were practically ruined, but all the
cotton in the gin was saved. The loss
probably will exceed $4,000.
Healdton is now on the bona fide
oil map of Oklahoma. H. P. Nichols
struck oil at a depth of 800 feet. The
oil spouted up two-thirds of the way
of an S0-foot derrick Other rigs will
be put in the field at once.
Judge Strang, of Guthrie, ordered
the officers having charge of the stock
of liquor recently captured at the
lodge rooms of the Owls to destroy II
and 1900 pints of beer and 10 gallons
of whisky were soon flushing the sew
ers.
That Mrs. George Webb and two
children were slain near Boswell,
Choctaw county, on the night of Oct.
16, 1912, by s. A. Blank, while intox-
icated, was included in the confession
OF Thomas Spangles, now under arrest
at Hugo.
Cotton which gins out 40 per cent
is possible to every farmer of Ok.
lahoma through careful selection of
seed and proper cultivation This is
the theory of Nick Stevens, a farmer
living near Guthrie, which he has
demonstrated in a first class manner
each season for several years.
The last Of the Blaine county cleo
ton contest cases-the outcome of
the election tangle in this county lats
fall-came up for trial in the district
court at Watonga last week and Judge
Tolbert ruled in favor of Louis Vogt,
of Okeene, the republican candidate
for county clerk, against ]. c. Craven,
democrat.
Sallisaw witnessed some lightning
changes in banking circles last week.
when a bank changed hands twice in
less than forty-eight hours. R. w.
Hines purchased the interest of A.
3. Dunlap In the Farmers National
Bank at Sallisaw, and Immediately
closed a deal with the Salllsaw Bank
and Trust company whereby the lat.
ter company absorbed the former In
stitution, thus becoming the largest
financial institution in Sequoyah
county.
Federal officers are becoming ex.
tremely active at Chickasha in prose
cutting bootleggers and it is the state
ment of Deputy United States Mar
shall Dillon that, according to orders
received from headquarters, the pro-
hibitory law is to be enforced to the
letter. Several federal officers are
working in and around Chickasha with
the result that federal prisoners are
lodged in Jail nearly every day charged
with violating the liquor laws. stool
pigeons" are being used very effective
" by the officers.