The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1913-12-19

Cotton receipts at Durant this sea
son now exceed $4,000 bales
A moving picture crew is working
on the Lille ranch at Pawnee.
Sayre will hold an election to decide
the location for the new Rock Island
depot
The freight business in Cleveland
exceeded $4,000 each week in No.
vember.
The Wagner county grand jury has
already returned fifteen indictments
and promises a lot more.
Frank Shoemaker, an Oklahoma City
bootlegger, drew a sentence of one
year and a fine of one thousand dol.
lars.
The State Orphans home at Pryor
has about 293 bright, attractive chill
dren 1t would like to give away as
Christmas presents.
A Norman woman walked up to her
son standing on Main street, knocked
a cigarette from his mouth and
slapped him in the face.
War upon Sunday theatres and all
games of chance, including the candy
rattle and the dice box has been de-
| clared by the ministers of Muskogee.
| Carlos A. Heberlein of Los Angeles,
Calf, mining engineer, accompanied
the peace commissioners, who trav-
eled in an automobile by way of
Ojinaga.
After lowering between life and
death for nearly four days, Maurice
Prince, the young man who was fatal
ly injured in an automobile accident,
died at Tulsa.
Miss Kate Barnard, commissioner
OF charities, inspected the county jail
at Anadarko and later addressed a
large meeting of farmers in the city
hall on pure politics.
Announcement is made that the
Katy has appointed T. NJ Jeffords of
Oklahoma City to be agricultural COM
missioner Of the entire Katy system,
to become effective January l.
For the fourth time in the past
year and the sixth time in three years
the Meador store at Dustin was rob
bed last week. Thirty suits of cloth
ing were taken by the last visitors.
BY an overwhelming majority Atoka
has voted bonds for the extension of
Its sewer system and the construction
of city hall. The sewer bonds issue
is for 100000 and the city hall issue
$4,000.
The case Of Lucius Green, recently
convicted and sentenced to forty years
in the state prison for the murder of
officer Caldwell, took new turn this
week when one of his attorneys flied
a motion in the district court at Guth.
rie for new trial.
II the $4,000 issue of improvement
bonds is voted in Jackson township,
in which Bartlesville is located, and
township to the south, system of
the $4,000 issue carries in Lincoln
improved roads will be started in the
northern part of Washington county
which, when completed, will be the
finest highways in the state.
The sheriff of Oklahoma county en-
piled thirty barrels of beer into the
sewer, favored with several cases of
whiskey and wine.
The committee in charge of the
program for the dedication of the mu-
nicipal bathhouse at Guthrie on Thurs
day next, received formal acceptance
from Governor Lee Cruce that he and
his daughter Miss Lorena Cruce, will
take part in the ceremonies.
Supposed to have become overbal-
anced while playing near window
Graydon Cain, 7 years old, fell from
the second story of the Odd Fellows
home at Carmen, and was instantly
killed. His skull was fractured. The
boy had been in the home for several
years.
Former State Senator Harry Beeler
of Muskogee, for years a close friend
of former Gogernor c. H. Haskell, has
sued Haskell, his son Joe, his son-in'
law, Joe Hall, w. H. Patterson and
the Number One Oil Company Beeler
declares that although he owns one
fourth the stock in the company
through forming a partnership with
Haskell, he has had no voice in the
meetings Of the stockholders.
E. C. Robertson, a prominent young
farmer residing with his father six
miles north Of Enid, was killed in
stantly when he fell from his bed
room window on the second floor.
The vinita city council has passed
an ordinance making it unlawful for
any of the following places of amuse-
ment to open or be conducted, or any
Of the following games to be enga