The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-04-23


Sapulpa.
Sept. 22-25-Kiamichl Valley Fair, Tall
hina.
Sept. 25-oct. state Fair. Oklahoma
City.
Oct. SO. Caddo County fair. Anadarko.
Claude Sawyer charged with being
a member of the Henry Starr gang
that robbed the two banks at Stroud,
Okla, March q, was arrested at
Chandler.
A. L. WEIGH, insurance commission
err, turned into the state treasurer
$102, 660.64 as receipts from the insur-
ance department during the month of
March.
More than $4,000 of the money to
defray the expenses of holding the
Southern Commercian Congress at
Muskogee, April $3.50, was raised dur
ing mass meeting.
Twelve or fifteen negro employees of
the Oklahoma City postoftice were dis
missed from the service, effective May
l. Postmaster Weaver in announcing
this stated the work could be done
equally as we'll, if not better, by white
men,"
The First Christian church building
| being erected at Ell Reno at cost of
! $500 is nearing CONF letion and will
be dedicated Sunday, May 8, according
to present plans. Rev. G. f.. Snively
of Lewiston, ILL.,, will deliver the dedi-
eating sermon.
A carload of Jersey COWS has been
shipped from the stato training schoc!
for boys, located at Pauls Valley to the
state reformatory located at Granite.
Teaching the boys in the Pauls Valley
school to properly care for livestock is
part of the regular work.
James Darneal leader of band of
white cappers, was found guilty at
Poteau of rioting and sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary. 1t was
charged that Darneal led band which
assaulted James Parker a wealthy In
dian of Panama in an effort to make
him leave the community.
The park commissioners of FL Reno
are improving the forty-acre city park
bordering Bellamy lake. Three hun.
dred shade trees have been set out,
thirty-foot bridge is under construc-
ton across the ravine and as soon as
the bridge is complete broad drive.
way will be graded across the entire
park.
Officers of the Cushing chamber OF
commerce announced that the city
council will re requested to call an
election for the purpose of allowing
the citizens to vote on the question
of bonding the city for $4,000. 1t is
proposed to spend the proceeds OF the
bond issue for additional park lands
and for identifying the present parks
Frank Gault, J. F. Darby, Ike Rem
frow, members of the state board of
agriculture and T.. V. Robnett, state
veterinarian, are made defendants in
a suit filed by Dr. J. X Callicotte of
Guthrie. 1t is alleged in the suit filed
that the board refused to receive ship.
ments of cattle over certain roads into
this state when inspected by the plain.
| tiff.
An urgent appeal to farmers and
county assessors for accuracy and
truthfulness in the compilation of the
annual farm statistics OF Oklahoma
is made in a circular letter by Frank
NJ Gault, president of the state board
of agriculture. Gathering OF the sta.
tistics is about to begin, and the letter
is addressed to county assessors and
farmers. The assessor gets the infor-
nation from the farmer and sends it
to the board of agriculture.
Within the past three weeks nearly
all the lands bordering ON Red river
from Electra to Quanah Texas, haze
been leased for oil drilling purposes,
the lease prices ranging from 10 to -
cents per acre bonus and the retention
of one-eighth to one-third of thu oil
production. This unusual activity has
been caused by the beginning OF the
sinking of another test we'll near
Quanah.
State Examiner and Inspector Fred
Parkinson completed report of the
recent audit of the state capitol build
ing commission since its creation. The
report shows that there was trans.
ferred from various old funds in the
state treasurer's hands, including the
game. protection fund, $318,300.00 to
which was added the sum of $780,
100000 and interest $6,667.72 and $751;
$3.50 The last mentioned item be-
ing amount of the unpaid part OF the
$1,000 donated by Oklahoma City,
making total available to be expend-
ed by the capitol commission Of $47S,.
546.22 The audit shows that there has
been drawn in warrants against this
amount $212,169.71, leaving a balance
on March % of $266,376.51 in the cap
itol building fund.