The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1913-04-03
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES

In the local market reports at Black
well, the price of old roosters is quot
cd at cents.
Postmaster Daley has issued an
order prohibiting smoking in the post
office at EdmQnd.
William Peterson has resigned as
city attorney at Woodward, and has
moved to Guthrie.
1t is announced that work will soon
start on the construction of feed
mill and elevator at Bartesville.
Sam Downs, clerk in a drug store at
Blue, has been arrested on a charge OF
violating the prohibition laws of the
state. He is accused of selling cider.
The jury in the district court at
Pawhuska in the case of the State VS..
Chester Graham, charged with killing
Oscar Sears, returned a verdict of not
guilty.
The executive committee of the
Bryan County Sunday School associa-
tion has selected Durant as the place,
and May 23-24 as the dates for hold
ing the fifth annual convention this
year.
Since the noon train service was
put on by the Santa Fe, 1t has been
found necessary to enlarge the depot
at Tonkawa to accommodate the In
creased number of passengers who
stop over there.
Sheriff Nix, at Lawton, poured 3O5
quart bottles OF beer 376 half pints
of beer, one gallon jug and ten full
cases Of whisky into the sewer The
liquor had been seized upon its ar
rival at the depot
At a meeting of the Shawnee city
council It was decided to purchase a
triple combination automobile fire
truck. The contract is in the form OF
a lease, the machine to become the
city's property after specified time.
The Independent Torpedo com
pany's magazine near Bartlesville was
burglarized several nights ago and a
can containing ten quarts of nitro
glycerine, together with an additional
two and one-half gallons Of the eX-
plosive, was stolen.
One hundred feet of trestle over the
Blue river on the Ardmore and Ar
kinda division of the Frisco was
burned the past week. The bridge is
a combination wood and steel struc-
ture. with the approach proper all In
wood
After having suffered for several
years from a cancer on one of his
fingers. which had reached the stage
where cure was said to be impos-
sible, w. F. Mower Of Ft Scott, near
Lawton, had the finger amputated. and
believes he has now rid himself OF
the dangerous growth for all time.
Wagner was the first town in
Oklahoma to respond to the call OF
President Wilson for aid to assist the
Red Cross society in giving relief to
the Ohio and Indiana food sufferers,
that town having raised the sum of
$Se75 and forwarded it to Washing
ton.
Bristow citizens have raised fund
of $4,000 to be used as a start toward
a permanent turnpike and automobile
road from Bristow to the Cushing,
Tiger oil fields This sum will be
placed in the hands Of the good roads
committee and work will start as soon
as the weather permits.
The fourth annual convention Of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary so
ciety OF the Methodist Episcopal
church will be held Tuesday and
Wednesday, April and 9, in Med
ford and arrangements are being
made by the ladies of that town to
entertain the visitors in royal style.
saltwater may soon have a high.
school building The citizens OF that
town have appointed a committee to
select a site, compare school condi-
tions and secure data as to other high.
school buildings.
Frank Wilson. employed on the
Campbell farm south of Gsrvin was
dragged to death while plowing in the
held. The plow team became fright.
ened at a tree that had been blown
down. Wilson had the lines tied
about his waist, and he was dragged
a distance OF 160 yards when his
head struck a stump, inhicting an in,
jury from which he died later.
Kenehck is ENJOYING a boon iust