The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-07-03

Sept, 22-oct. 5. 1sl4--state Fair. okla
oct; 7-I7-Dry Farming Congress.
octOber-southeru Commercial Con.
Eiess. Muskogee
Washita county claims the largest
wheat yield per acre Of any county in
the state.
The Frisco railway, on It's Red river
division, has adopted the telephone
method of train dispatching.
Frank Spence, farmer living
southeast of Blackwell, was dragged
to death by fear crazed mule.
A series of religious meetings are
in progress at Drumright in a big tent.
Rex. NJ. NJ. Alden, pastor of the NJ. e.
church, recently OF Guthrie. is In
charge.
The ladies auxiliary to the Logan
county farmers institute have opened
free rest room in the city for the
special use of the wives and families
OF farmers who visit Guthrie.
Trustees of the First Presbyterian
church of Ardmore are Offering their
old building for sale. This Is the first
step toward the construction Of new
S35, 900 church edifice by that demon.
nation
The Frederick Business Mems As
sociation is collecting $1,000 to be
used for the purpose of having a big
two days celebration there August 6
and Z, the anniversary Of the open
ing of this part of Oklahoma.
A wealthy farmer Of Haskell re-
Gently walked into probate court and
asked to be appointed administrator
Of the estates of his three deceased
wives. He is the father of eleven chill
dren, and his request for adminlstra-
tion papers was granted.
Judge ]. w. Harreld, who has been
referee in bankruptcy in Oklahoma
for the past eight years, has rendered
his resignation to Judge Campbell at
Muskogee and w. T. Ward, his law
partner, and who has been clerk of
the bankruptcy court for the past five
years, has been appointed to succeed
him.
Thomas Quigley, superintendent OF
the Hillcrest coal mine, near Leth-
bridge, Alberta, who was entombed
and died there with $50 miners, obtain
ed mining experience in the McAlester
htld. lie worked as a coal digger here
ten years ago for Usage and Dow com.
pany, leaving McAlester five years ago
The infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eli Strippline, living near the
Kingfisher-Logan county line, was
drowned by falling into a bath tub.
The mother was about to battle the
child when she was called to the tele.
phone. When she returned the baby
was found in the tub, having fallen
from a chair in which she had left it,
Oklahoma's state capitol building
will have frontage OF 400 feet, a
depth of 144 feet with a central por.
tico entrance of SO feet wide and 81
feet deep, according to preliminary
studies OF the plans and specifications
for the building, which have been sub
mitted to the capital commissioners
for approval by Layton and Smith, ar.
chitects.
]. T. Robinson, farmer southwest
of Blackwell got 429 bushels of wheat
from one ten-acre patch. On three
acres Of ground he had 14l bushels or
an average of AZ bushels to the acre.
These three acres yielded probably
the best wheat in this section. Mrs.
William Kort, southeast of Blackwell,
had a sixty-acre field that averaged Al
bushels to the acre.
The report of County Assessor F.
]. Carpenter, of the assessed valua-
tion of the taxable property of all
kinds in Caddo county shows that the
totals are as follows: Personal prop
erty, $4,134 ,415. 90; real estate, $9,S64,-
$4,000; city property, $2,570,26700.
One pound and nine ounces of nails.
glass and other foreign particles were
removed from the stomach OF Alec l.
Martin when post norton exami-
nation was made at the Norman asy.
lum. Martin, as an insane patient,
was brought to norman rom Sc
quoyah county.