The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22
Football Games

City.
Building permits for $132,745 worth
Of building Improvements in Oklahoma
City is the record established for the
month Of September.
Evelyn Wynn, age IL, who resided
in the country near Norman, was
killed when team of horses ran away,
throwing her from a wagon loaded
over her body.
The Cotton county grand jury has
adjourned without finding an indict-
ment against the members of the old
board of county commissioners, who
were charged with irregularities.
There now are 1922 students en-
rolled at the state university, an in
crease OF about 80 per cent over last
year. Work shortly will begin on the
new science hall, which is to cost
about 100000.
Domestic science is being taught for
the first time in the University of Ok
lahoma. Miss Harriet Julia Hopkins,
who has had several years of special
training in the work, has been secured
to take charge of the new department.
Material has arrived for the pipe
line which the Night and Day Oil
Company will construct from the Rock
Island railroad to the oil field five
miles east of Lawton. The company
agrees to buy all oil produces in the
Lawton field.
The state supreme court sustained
the collection of the gross production
oil tax, under the law passed by the
last legislature, holding that 1t is a
license or tax on an occupation and
not property tax. The opinion was
written by Justice Sharp.
Frank Davis of Enid, aged about rs.
leader Of gang of bandits, was killed
in a pitched battle between the gang
of four men and a posse of officers,
headed by Chief of Police Carl Nelson
of Darlington, N. D., the fight taking
place in a Darlington rooming house.
The Home State bank, which re.
ceived a charter about two months ago,
is now opened up for business at
Grandfeld with E. M. Kimmel, presi,
dent; Fred Wagner and M. F. Patter-
son, vice president, and Floyd Thomp-
son, cashier. This gives Grandfeld
three banks.
The trial of Frank Scribner in the
district court at Ada on charge of
murder is attracting more than usual
attention. Scribner is accused of help.
ing his brother, Andrew, murder his
wife on May 9, 1909. Andrew Scribner
is now serving a life sentence in the
penitentiary at McAlester for his part
in the same crime. Dan Scrlbner,
another brother OF Frank Scribner, was
convicted of the murder of Zeke Put.
nam, city marshal of Allen, and is now
serving life sentence in the state
| prison.
With 13-cent cotton and cotton seed
selling at $31 per ton there is a great
activity in all the cotton fields and
much of the feecy staple is now
being marketed. About 400 bales
have so far been ginned at Frederick.
Cotton seed is especially bringing a
good price, jumping from less than
$50 per ton to $31.
The district court OF Washington
county has been a busy one since
statehood. Since that time 3,715 civil
cases and TIA criminal cases have been
| filed. Twenty-seven murder cases,
and IA manslaughter cases were in
cluded in the number, many Of which
were brought to trial. Three murders
were committed in which the murder
ers were never Appreciated.
County Attorney H. A. Smith of
Noble county has filed suit in the
district court of that county to have
| the office OF Mayor C.~G. Earnest of
Perry declared vacant. At the time
Of his election as mayor Vannest held
the Office Of county superintendent Of
schools. Vannest says he had not IN
| tentlOn Oh reSlSnlnR tndL omCe WHEN
he was elected mayor.
More feed for livestock has been
raised on farms in Oklahoma this year
than ever before, is the observation
of Pres dent Frank Gault of the board
Of agriculture, who has just made
trip to his place at Geary and visit to
~ n,.f NP H.
state There is feed of all kinds, he
says, and plenty of it. Everything has
produced well and the farmers are TAX
! ing care of it either in the silo or
| housing IT. In the opinion of President
Gault the farmers are taking the
proper course in the matter of exter.
! minating the Hessian fly.