Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-11

compared with '736,9Sl, the same
week last year, a gain OF 80 per cent
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THE federal grand jury continued
to grind away. hearing witnesses yes
terday and no additional indictments
we're returned. The marshaIs Office
announced that no arrests had yet
been made on the q indictments
found Wednesday.
A PLAN for putting on member
ship campaign viii be taken up at the
regular meeting Of the board OF direc-
tors OF the Commercial club this aft
ernoon All directors are urged To DE
present as business OF vital import
ance viii come up.
THE DASlIING rains Of the present
week are said to have done some
damage to the cherry blossoms
through washing much Of the bloom
away before nature had finished with
her work with them. However, as
the trees were what is called loaded"
with blossoms, "A big crop is yet hoped
to be gathered.
A SONS AND FATHERS banquet
will be held tonight at the First
| Presbyterian church, Seventh and
Boston. 10y Troop Two, Boy Scouts of
America. The banquet will start at
o'clock and will be on an informal or
der. Several talks will be made. Each
father viii be assigned place at the
table alongside his boy.
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I'VE BEEN visiting the best towns
IN Texas. Arkansas and Louisiana for
the past year or So" said Il. V. Cur
tia yesterday, but none Of them can
compare with Tulsa in the commercial
cial or industrial line. Tulsa is to be
my home from now on" Mr.. Curtis
has become associated with Frank
Greer in the investment business here
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ONERCOATS AGAIN were called
into use yesterday. due to the sudden
drop In temperature, experienced on
| Wednesday night. The mercury yes
terday stood at about so degrees above
zero, and following season Of few
days of heat, the coolshncss proved
to be quito distastcful. There il no
prospect for freezing weather and the
vegetable kingdom will be retarded
but little.
THE HIGH WATERS which for
several days had ragged through the
/ lOW lands Of Tulsa county, were sub
sided yesterday. The Arkansas con.
unued to fall sligtly all day long and
Will likely lie at its usual naviga BILE
stage within day or two. Reports
from the surrounding country state
that very little damage has been done
on account e the hard rains OF tho
earlier part of the week.
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1t WAS ANNOUNCED Yesterday
| by officials connected with the federal
court here ihat Harry Montague, for
merly assistant district Indian agent
at Sallisaw had been arrested in New
/ York and brought to Muskogee to face
charge OF conspiracy to defraud the
government. We was indicted in Mus
| kogee several " aeks ago. The indict-
ment was the result of the alleged
| fraudulent sale Jf some Indian land.
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THE DAMAGE SUIT of II. Il. Car
ruthers, former bwitChman. against
| the Frisco railroad company was
| thrown out of court yesterday morn
! ing by Federal Judge Youmans. car
ruthers was suing for $50 damages
loo Of 90 Loo Nt-ha hn
thrown from the top of a freight car
in the local yards Ivy guy wire across
| the tracks. The court held that the
railroad WI en't responsible for the
wire.
ANOTHER new so foot front, two
story building on Main street. was an
nounced yesterday IL will be built by
&c Z. Alexander. n large property
owner Of Tulsa. Work on the build
ing is expected to start at once, and
workmen are now at work, removing
the trees on the lot II will be locat.
ed on the west side of Main street,
! between Fourth and Fifth streets. The
building will have store rooms on the
first floor and Offices on the second.
| and will be modern in, every respect
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REPORTS FROM the country sur.
rounding Tulsc for miles in all dlrec.
tions show tina! the year 1918 will see
more agricultural development than
any two years previous to It's time
! The interest in the products of tho
soil has been greatly stimulated
| through the coming of the lnterna.
! tional Dry Farming congress eXposi-
ton to be held hore next October. and
II is quite possible that Some of the
exhibits which will he seen there
grown on Tulsa county soil will be
hard to 'go round.
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THAT the Union Machine shops Of
Bartlesville. said to he the largest in
the state, with a monthly pay roll OF
SO. .00O. is considering n proposition to
move to Tulsa was the report at the
Commercial club yesterday. II Il.
IDurnell president of the company. ha
been in consultation with Commercial
club officials for several days. His
plant makes specially Of making oil
neld powers and has recently put on