The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-17
OKLAHOMA NFKS NOTES

&to1z ~ raDiclJ nearing c9r- le'lo-.
Yrss clfY rzll 1sIrery vlI - l1-
sgg1srsta1 ~ B1ne-1 o. GDfil -.
2. = ssess Vii bsgir ne e-sct1ea
- a Drl,k building p, Mslr street .l
Elfallz lE re near future
Yor the frlt tine wl,al1 ne Dzst
three yesrs. even building srog1c 20
sggsre - Euic 10 occs1is1
Two weeks hence Tulsa wfu have
its frtt fDTlng rare meet under the
sausDices u the Tulsa JockeT elan.
With fhs arrival n two on-drlIlirs
outfits - lOokE Ike business ln the Oh
gsDs viii pick ~ ~ Guthrie rght
away
Nrs. Nancy Jane Kennedy. aged -
years. vas killed lnatantly when
thrown from = buggy 10 runaway
in Tulsa.
Firs Of unknown origin destroyed
seysrsl business houses and contents
~ Gssry, sntalling logees estimated
a. fs,500.
Psuls Valley will vote on q bond f.
some needed Improvements On the
Lee school
The window frames have been gst
up and bricks are being laid In the
construction Of the Catholic uniyer
city ~ Shawnee.
Judge Jeh Bower, one Of Alya's pi.
oneer citizens. died al his home 10
that town 7.-er an Illness Of two
weebs' durs a.
John Van Antwerp Berry, an old
time Newspaper man, famiIlarIy known
az Colonel" Berry died IN Tulsa
hospital the past week
=. A. Lanning, formerly of Muskogce,
iB reported 10 have made 100000 last
year on bis apple crop on tract Of
land Of $50 acres near Artesia, n. NJ
A 7-yearold girl died at Fall River
and postmortem examination was
made with the result that a pin WAS
found lodged ia the yermiform appen-
dix.
All Protestant churches in Harts.
horne have united in 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 Dayen-
port high school and OF the eighth
grade.
The sale Of prairie dogs In the east
ern market bids fair 10 become profit
able business 10 several Texas county
farmers. The dogs are used for pets
in the east
The Methodist revival, which has
been in progress al Durant for the
past three weeks, closed after fifty
feyen applicants for membership in
the church had been made.
Those young men Of Hobart who
have not yet paid their road taxes
have been warned by the chief Of po-
lice 10 be ready 10 do manual labor
on the roads in the near future
Work at the pumping station OF the
KiDghsher water works rs progress
ing rapidly The foundation for the
engine and air pressure pump Is laid,
and the reservoir at the station is
about completed. In a short time tho
machinery viii be In operation
Commissloners Of Bryan county
may Try out the plan OF working the
county prisoners on the roads They
propose 10 furnish the prisoners II
the communities where the road work
IL desired Will furnish the guards.
tools and care OF the prisoners while
IN their charge. This IL some shat IN
the nature Of an experiment at this
time. however.
When prairie fire threatened several
towns In Texas county, several auto.
mobile loads OF citizens and farmers
rushed 20 put ~ a battle against the
flames and were successful Much
valuable grass was burned, which
constituted the only damage done.
While plowing IN the field on the
Hogue farm, Ave miles east OF Adair.
the pow being handled by Raymond
Brown, aged u, strucl a box and un-
covered H. Brown thought he had
plowed up a box OF q eaBure until he
hastily prled OFF the lid, when he made
the gruesome discovery that he had
plowod up a negro baby The body
had been buried probably several years
ago when negroes occupied the Hogue
farm.
j. f.. Knowles. residing near Alton,
Ottawa county. recently made prop.
osliion to the citizens OF Alton TO the
clfoct that II Tho cllY nnnld rrndn tun