The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-01-30

Sept 22-oct. 3. 1914 State Fair. Okla
homa City.
The state fire loss for 1918 reached
SAT-, 900.
The contract has been let for a new
five-story brick hotel at Miami.
Lincoln county now is entirely
above the livestock quarantine line.
Three carloads of poultry we're
shipped to eastern markets from Foss
last week.
Work has Just been started on
new church being erected by the mis-
sion board Of the Chickasha district,
M. E. Church South, at Chickasha.
Nearly one thousand entries have
80 far been received by the committee
in charge Of the Oklahoma County
Poultry Associations exhibition this
week.
Samuel Moody has been held with
out bond, as result of his preliminary
hearing on charge of numbering VIII
liam Ransin, farmer near Warwick,
on January 2.
While Mrs. Marvin Dickson Of Hugo
was dressing her little 3-year-old
daughter the child, who had some
thing in her mouth, swallowed 1t and
choked to death.
warrant charging white slavery
was sworn out at Muskogee before
United States Commissioner A. G.
Cochran against Philander Avery,
farmer and prominent politician Of
Mayes county.
The state supreme court accepted
the resignation of j. B. A. Robertson
as member of the supreme court
commission, and appointed George B,
Rittenhouse of Chandler to fill out the
unexpired term.
A difficulty that had its inception
over chickens running at large re.
suited in George Snodgrass, aged IS,
a barber shooting H. L. McCabe, aged
So, owner of the Spiro Carriage and
Wagon company, to death
Petitions were circulated at the
churches at Chickasha, requesting the
managers Of the various theaters in
Chickasha, to close their show houses
not later than o'clock Sunday even.
ings, beginning with February /.
When Carl Koplin struck a match to
light a cigarette in his room at the
Miami rooming house at Sapulpa
there was a terrific explosion of gas
which wrecked the building and in.
flicted injuries from which he died.
The board of prison control ad.
journed without fixing responsibility
for smuggling in the gun with which
Tom Lane, Chiney Reed and Charlie
Kuntz killed four men to effect their
escape from the state .penitentiary.
At the meeting of the shareholders
Of the various Chickasha banks, gen.
eral approval throughout was ex.
pressed of the new federal banking
law, all the national banks voting to
come in under the new reserve sys-
TEN.
The city commissioners of Lawton
have issued proclamation calling a
special election for February 49, at
which time the people will vote upon
three propositions; granting a street
railway franchise to the Lawton Light.
ing and Railway Company, granting q
gas franchise to Boone, Warner &
Moreford and indorsing the water con.
tract with the government on the irri.
cation project.
A. H. Classen of Oklahoma City
and Dr. D. NJ. HALEY of McAlester
were recommended to the National
Red Cross society by Governor Cruce
for appointment to the board of man.
ayers of the Oklahoma Red Cross so
ciety. Classen is to succeed S. c.
Heyman of Oklahoma City, and Haley
the late William Busby OF McAlester
4 Irregularities, shortages and dis
crepancies amounting to $14,64660 in
the administration of county govern
ment in Nowata county from January
8, 1911, to June 80, 1913, are disclosed
in a report Of an audit of the books OF
that county, which has just been filed
with Governor Cruce by State Exam
liner and Inspector Fred Parkinson.
]. c. Elliott Of Pauls Valley, mem
Der of the old state board of agricul
ture, was acquitted by jury in the
Garvin county district court OF EN-
bezzlement. Elliott was charged with
embezzling $4,000 of the funds be
longing to his own child, while acting
as guardian of the child's Indian land
The case was one OF several prose
3 cuted in the county, convictions being
secured in the majority of them.
United States Senator Robert ].
/. owen spoke to 1000 enthusiastic fel
, low citizens at the Hinton theatre
Muskogee. The senator confirmed hi
speech to a brief outline of the cur
rency measure, commentator fo
j the administration. and few remem
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