The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-05-15
A test well is being drilled at Wan

A test well is being drilled at WAN
The nine year old son OF John
George, a farmer living near Poteau,
was stabbed and fatally wounded by
the twelve year old son of another
farmer named Palmer.
The annual Santa Fe picnic will this
year be held at Guthrie, Sunday, May
! n. Special trains over all lines will
bring more. than 1000 employees and
their families to Guthrie for that date.
Reorganization of the Kansas, Mex
leo and Orient railroad company is
expected to be concluded in few
days. The receivers are to be dis
charged and the road extended from
Wichita to Kansas City.
Henry Landers, a 14-year-old full
blood Indian of McClain township,
Muskogee county, won the first prize
in the county spelling contest, and
will represent Muskogee county in the
state contest at Oklahoma City May 8.
Statisticians who have been emu.
merating the wars of the past quarter
Of century have been purposely and
maliciously slandering this state by
omission. Nothing was said of the
Crazy Snake, Jay or Tulsa rebellions
District Judge De Graffenried has,
called special grand jury to meet
at Muskogee on May 4th for the pur-.
pose of investigating frauds charged
to have been perpetrated in the re-
cent city election there.
A coroner's jury at Tulsa exoner-,
ated Deputy Sheriff Bob Atkins of all,
blame for the killing of Frank
Bridges, an ex-convict, who was shot
and killed while trying to escape, aft
er being arrested on charge of burg
larry.
Homer Harris, a brother-in-law Of
Houston B. Tehee, member of the
legislature from the Tahlequah dis
trict, cut his throat with a pocket
knife while in a semi-delirious state
and his death is likely. Harris was,
suffering from pneumonia.
Boys who were fishing found the,
body of Harry Splitter, formerly but
cher of Cordell, hanging from treei
on Calvary creek, four miles south
east Of there. Splitter had been miss
ing for six weeks and 1t is believed
that his mind was deranged.
The Arnett Leader tells of two
farmers having over a few dollars
damage a calf did to some growing
wheat The result was that one
farmer got 81 judgment for damages
and the other had to pay $72 to the
lawyer and court.
Perhaps the most thorough organ
ization ever placed behind a good
roads convention in the southwest, Isl
working out the details of the Ozark
Trails convention to be held at Tulsa
May rs and q. Indicative of the ex-
tent to which the Tulsa committee
has gone in interesting the general
public in this meeting is the fact that
Mayor Frank M. Wooden has written
personal letters to the mayors of $50
cities requesting the appointment Of
delegates to the Tulsa convention.
A. M. Funkhouser of Fort Smith
Ark, who had been operating in the
Healdton field, dropped dead in HIS
room at the Wilmington hotel in Ard
more. Heart disease is supposed to.
have been the cause of death.
At the next meeting of the city
council at Altus favorable action will
probably be taken on the proposition
of the Great Western Petroleum Co.
to pipe natural gas to. that city. The
company offers a fiat rate of 25 cents
per thousand feet Of gas for all pur-
poses, or a rate of Is cents per thou
sand for manufacturing purposes
where over 100000 feet month is
used.
The Altus Mercantile Co., general
merchandise firm capitalized at $780,
900, the largest commercial institution
in Jackson, county, has fled a petition
in bankruptcy with B. M. Parmenter.
referee, at Lawton. The company
was organized in 1918 to do general
business William E. Muse, an en-
ploye of John v. Farwell & Co., of
Chicago, was its president. The as
sets are estimated at $4,000, with
liabilities of $4,000. First meeting Of
creditors will be held May 1.
Mayor Beach at Altus has called a,
mass meeting of the citizens of Altusl
for Tuesday, May 2S, to consider the
rejection of regular goods roads"
day.
Gus Thompson begins to think that
perhaps the Beggs cattle market Isl
better than Kansas City, says the
Beggs Independent. He was offered
$S0S more for couple of cars of cat
tie by Beggs buyers than he received
for them at Kansas City. That is a
pretty big difference. He is partial
to the Oklahoma City market and
thinks he will sell at home after this.