The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-06-19

Sept 1918 Cimarron Valley FAIR
Guthrie.
Sept 1S-celebretion Opening chero-
Sept. is-lS-Haskeu County Fair. stig-
Ter.
Sept. 16-1s-McIntosh County Fair.
Eufaula.
Sept 1s-1s-The Sterling Fair. sterl-
ing.
Sept. 16-1S-Pittsburg County Fair
Sept ls-1S-LIncoln County Fair.
Sept. 22-24-Delaware County Fair,
Grove.
Sept. 2s-oct. ), ls14--stats Fair. Okla
homa City.
Oct. 7-l7-Dry Farming Congress.
Wichita.
Octoher-southern Commercial Con-
gIess, Muskogee.
Within the next few days the first
oil well In the Lawton field will be
shot. 1t is believed that the well when
shot will start out with production
Of 300 barrels a day.
Clarence league, 10 years old, one
of the states dependent children, was
found in the edge Of the water Of
Pryor creek, two miles south Of the
Orphans Home, drowned.
Prof. A. L. Kerbow, city superinten-
dent of the Geary city schools, has
been elected city superintendent Of
schools at Wewoka. He Is succeeded
at Geary by Prof. A. c. Farley Of Enid.
Bessie Johnson, I5-year-old school
girl, was drowned and three girl COM
panions almost suffered a like fate,
when the party got beyond their depth
while wading in Poteau river, near
Cedars.
Will West was arrested at Duncan
on the charge of assault with intent
to kill. 1t is alleged that West took
few shots at w. F. Goodman, a ten.
ant on his place, but none of them
took effect.
James Long, 12-year-old farmer
boy, living near Meridian, while hunt
ing squirrels, accidentally discharged
his gun and the bullet lodged in his
brain. He was found dead a few
hours later.
At a special election by a three to
one vote, the voters of Madill defeat
ed a double franchise proposition of
two separate companies to furnish the
city national gas at fiat rate Of so
cents per 1000 cubic feet.
Preparations for the Caddo county
fair were started last week, when
work on the race track was begun.
The county has secured tract Of Ill
acres Of government land just east OF
Anadarko for fair ground purposes.
A gas we'll, the capacity of which is
estimated at 10000, 900 cubic feet, has
been brought in by the Riverside Oil
Co., of Randett. The we'll is located
eight miles southeast Of that city. The
sand was encountered at $500 feet.
A well-merited honor which has
lately been conferred upon the Right
Reverend Theophile Meerscheart, bis.
hop Of st. Joseph's Cathedral, Okla
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of the Crown, presented by King AL.
bert of Belgium, for long service to
the church.
Walter Hammett, aged 81, was
drowned in Coon creek, a short dis
lance from Eufaula in 2 feet Of water
where he had been fishing. The young
man was subject to epileptic fits and
1t is supposed that he was attacked by
one of these while sitting on the bank
and fell in
While picking up some grass in his
yard at Apache, A. L. Simmons was
bitten on his right hand by taran-
tula. He Immediately opened the
wound with his knife and sucked out
as much Of the poison as he could
before going to physician. Simmons
is getting along nicely, his prompt ac-
ton in removing the poison probably
saving his life.
An initiative ordinance to abolish
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In a special election held at Hinton.
The government lost its case
against w. ]. Creekmore, alleged king
bee in the liquor traffic at Tulsa, when
a federal court jury returned a yer.
dict of not guilty in the case in which
both Creekmore and ]. L. Haynes
Tulsa grocer, we're charged with in.
PRODUCING.
Three girl babies we're born to Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Wilder of Wynnewood
Each weighed exactly four pounds
The babies look so much alike that II
was necessary to tie different colored
ribbons about the wrist Of each to dis.
tinguish them.
Ed J. Coyle, who was charged with
being connected with the Crescent gin
burning about the middle of last
March, was arraigned before Judge A,
H. Huston in the Logan county dis
trict court and entered plea of moi
guilty. The court fixed his bond al
$4,000. which he furnished