The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-05-29

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July 9-McIntosh- Hughes annexation
| election.
Sept. S-9-1O-Caddo county fair. Binger
Sept. s-1O-Photographer convention
Oklahoma City.
Sept. 22-oct 3. l914--state Fair. Okla
Oct; 7-l7-Dry Farming Congress.
october-southern Commercial Con-
gress, Muskogee.
A new Baptist church recently was
dedicated at Eufaula.
A tramp tried to kiss woman at
Braggs and drew a 500 fine and
thirty days in Jail.
Miami, North Miami and Hatten-
vile have organized Tri-City club to
boost the mutual interests Of the three
mining towns.
Hartshorne's chief of police was the
victim Of robber last week, accord
ing to reports, the chief losing a pair
Of trousers and $50.
The egg and poultry demonstration
car OF the United States department
OF agriculture, is making a tour of the
more important cities of the state.
Another rise on the South Canadian
river south of Geary swept away the
new Rock Island pile bridge which
had just been finished and ever which
trains had been passing less than a
week.
M. H. Duncan submitted his resig.
nation to Governor Cruce as a men,
Der Of the state board of education.
Mr.. Duncan was Democratic mem.
Der of the board and is superintendent
of city schools at Pauls Valley.
Charles G. Kiskadden, one Of the
most prominent and welthy oil men
operating in the Mid.Continent field,
died suddenly in his apartments at
the Hotel Tulsa after being stricken
down by an attack of acute indiges-
ton.
Col l.. G. Coffin, commander of the
department of Oklahoma, Grand Army
of the Republic, has Just issued his
final orders for the coming encamp-
ment, which will convene at Still
water, May 20, and continue for three
days.
Washington county desires to be
known as an agricultural region with
rich oil and gas resources. An exhibit
car filled with farm products will be
sent to the Ohio state fair to advet.
tise the section around Dewey as a
productive farming region.
1t will not be necessary for the an
nual meeting of the state farmers
institute which meets at Saltwater,
August 2, to elect members Of the
state board of agriculture this year,
according to an opinion of Attorney
General West, given to G. T. Bryan,
president of the board.
Mayor James L. Garrett of Musko-
gee introduced his estimates Of what
will be required to ruiz each of the
city departments for the coming fiscal
year at session Of the city council.
The mayors budget calls for 1862, 900.
The 1913 budget amounted to 1924, 900
but was cut to $4,000 by the excise
board.
A meeting of the real old timers,
who rode the range in the early '70s
met last week at the home of Ceye
King, two miles north of Alva and
spent the day in telling old camp
stories and happenings that occurred
on the range when western Oklahoma
was a cattle country.
While returning from a drug store
where he had purchased medicine for
sick child, o. H. Ward of Erick,
stepped into a vacant house and swal-
lowed the contents of a bottle of car
bOlic acid he had purchased when he
secured the medicine, Mr.. Ward had
been in i'll health for a number Of
years.
A woman cannot run for any office
in Oklahoma except county superin-
tendent or commissioner of charities
and corrections under the Harris-Day
code, according to an opinion recently
given to Secretary Ben Riley of the
state election board by the attorney
generals office.
The Oklahoma State Medical asso-
citation closed its twenty.second an
nual meeting az Guthrie by electing
the following officers for the next
year: DR.. ]. w. Riley, Oklahoma
City, president; Drs. Charles R. Hume,
Anadarko and w. Albert Cook, Tulsa.
vice presidents; DR.. Claude A. Thomp.
son, Muskogee, reelected secretary.
treasurer. The next meeting will be
held in Bartlesville.
While Walter Ferguson, the post.
master at Cherokee, was working with
his books, robbers entered the post.
office here and covered him with two
large revolvers, bound and gagged
him. They then robbed the office, Sc.
curing about $1,000 in stamps and
money. They succeeded in getting
away without arousing the town.
Bloodhounds were placed on the trail
of the robbers but at last reports they
had not been apprehended.