The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-08-28

The Southwestern Bedding Com
pany, factory located in Sapulpa, |
burned entirely down last week.
The trial of Mrs. Anna Russell in
connection with the killing of Bar
ney Phinney, last December, was
called in the Kiowa county district
court last week.
A severe windstorm accompanied
by rain and hail visited Tonkawa and
vicinity last week. A number of silos
and barns were blown from their
foundations and the hail did consider
able damage to the fruit and trees.
At special election held at Wealth
erford the tax levy for school purposes
was increased l mill in order to con-
tinue the maintenance Of we'll
equipped high school for the ensuing
year The increase was carried by
very large majority.
Morril Hall, the administration
building of the Oklahoma Agricultur-
al and Mechanical college, was burned
to the ground. The building was
erected at cost of $4,000 by federal
funds and named after Senator Justin
Morril, author of the land grant col
lege bill. The equipment was valued
at $4,000.
Jim Pope, farmer, residing In
southern Oklahoma, twenty miles
northeast of Gainesville, Texas, was
shot and killed by his 17-year-old
daughter. He intercepted her elop-
ing with her lover, and whipped her
home. When he ordered her to strip
to make his whipping more effective,
she killed him.
Bob Parman, republican, is the le-
gally elected clerk of Oklahoma coun-
ty, by a decision handed down by the
state supreme court which Gusts w.
w. Storm, democrat, who has been
serving for almost two years. Storm
has drawn approximately $1,000 in
salary, which must be paid to Par.
man, under the courts ruling.
The Ardmore Bar Association has
adopted resolutions asking congress
to subdivide the federal Eastern dis
trict of Oklahoma, placing each town
in a subdivision requiring the trial
OF cases in the court town where the
case originates and asking that q
deputy clerk be placed in each court
town. A bill including the provision
was introduced years ago, and passed
the senate, but was killed in the house
OF representatives.
Carl Sheriff., living near Shattuck,
Is the champion wheat raiser of the
Panhandle. Mr.. Sheriff. threshed 5000
bushels of wheat from little over 400
acres OF land. He intends to raise
wheat again next year.
A young man named B. c. Pinkston
traded a good horse to Will Robinson,
a farmer, fifteen miles southwest Of
Mangum for horse, saddle and $3.50
a few days ago. Later Robinson
missed his new horse and immediate
ly notified Sheriff Title who found
young Pinkston at Jacksonville, Texas,
with both horses in his possession. He
was unable to account for having eth
er of them and was brought to Man
gum where he was placed in jail.
A young man named Lewis, 20, re-
siding near Atoka, got up from his
seat on the southbound Katy between
Centrahoma and Coalgate, walked
through the car out to the platform
and jumped through the vestibule
door while the train was making good
speed. He walked to Coalgate, hired
rig and drove home saying he had
gone to sleep on the train and woke
up with sudden jar Other than
scratched arm, Lewis was not injured.
Orene Bayless, a 17-year-old girl,
together with Phil Hardy and Camp.
bell Leflore, 10 and 25, respectively,
are held in the Pittsburg county jail
on a charge of having stolen twenty
six head of cattle from range north
east Of McAlester Brands observed
at the Oklahoma City stockyards re-
suited IN the arrests. The girl is
charged with having helped round up
ard drive the cattle to shipping
point. One Of the two men who lost
the cattle is brother Of Lefiore, one
Of the prisoners