The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-01-16

Feb 9-14. India Temple shripers Fair.
Oklahoma City.
Feb 12-Republcan state convention.
Feb 2s-Progressive state convention.
Oklahoma City
Sept 22-oct. 3. i9l4-state Fair. Okla
homa City.
The town of Tushka in Atoka county
has incorporated.
Frank c. Carter Of Frederick is a
candidate for state auditor.
Comanche county already has four
democratic candidates for sheriff
Randlett has been booming the good
roads movement and has volunteer
crew is at work.
Cordells chamber of commerce is
considering the feasibility of the adop-
ton of the city manager plan.
A poultry association has been or
ganized among the poultry fanciers
of Granite and surrounding country.
A campaign to bring 1000 new resi-
dents to Alton during the year 1914
has been started by the Alton Ameri-
can.
The corporation commission will
have docket of twenty-three cases to
begin with when the court. convenes
on January 10.
Judge e. G. Spilman, resident of
Kingfsher, since the early days of
the territory, has announced his can
didacy for secretary of state.
George w. Nellls, distributing and
disbursing agent at the Pawnee Indian
agency, accidentally shot and killed
himself while hunting near Pawnee.
When Jack Elan, farmer residing
a few miles east of Dewey, stepped
around strawstack horse becoming
frightened, whirled and kicked him,
causing death.
According to figures compiled aa the
Tulsa postoffict, receipts for the year
1913 aggregated $4,000, compared
with $4,000 in 1912. An increase of
more than 40 per cent is shown.
Effective January 1, an order has
come from the main offices of the
Rock Island to the Chlckasha officials
Of that company, laying of practical
ly every machinist and boiler maker in
the Chickasha shops.
The mammoth wolf and rabbit hunt,
staged at Eldorado was participated in
by most of the population in south.
western Jackson county, and four
wolves and innumerable rabbits we're
the net results.
Miss Jeanette Moore, daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. w. r. Moore of Ard
more, has been commissioned sponsor
Of the Oklahoma division Of the United
Confederate Veterans for the Jack
sonville reunion in April.
Rev. William D. Mathews of Wynne-
wood has announced he will oppose
Kate Barnard for the democratic nom
nation for commissioner Of, charities
and corrections, Mathews was chap
lain of the senate in the last session
of the legislature.
Evans A. Nash and ]. Elem Smith,
deputy state inspectors, submitted
their report on the examination of the
various township officers of Craig
county to the county commissioners.
Ia chou. N tntoI ~ &c 600 II n,
ages.
It will not be long until telegraph
ing to George Grooms, superintendent
of wires for the Ringing railroad. The
telegraph department of the Ringing
railroad will be owned 1t is under
stood, by subsidiary company.
Thursday, January s, was set apart
by the commissioners as a holiday
for road building by the Good Roads
association of Bryan county.
Fifty school teachers, representing
twenty-five counties, in conference at
Tulsa, decided to ask c. D. Allen, SUI
perintendent of schools at Marshall,
Okla, to become a candidate for state
superintendent of public instruction.
Ponca City has opened the new year
with the organization of a Young
Mems Booster club with a large mem
bership The club will conduct pub
lcity campaign in behalf of the city's
commercial and industrial advan-
tages.
Rev. Albert Neghanquet, who lives
with his parents near Asher, has been
the only Indian Catholic priest and
was ordained several years ago in
Rome. He has received letter from
Philip B. Gordon, who is Ti-bish-ko-
gi-jik, Superior, Wis. Indian boy,
who has just been ordained in the
Catholic priesthood. Rev. Gordon is
the only Indian to be ordained in
America, and the second in the world,
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