The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-12-31

Choctaws and Chickasaws.
March S-S-AvesIocK Show. Oklahoma
City.
Mar. 5-10-Livestock show and sale,
Oklahoma City.
Sept 2S-SO-State Fair. UKlanoma City.
Cotton receipts at Ada amounted to
6,475 bales.
Another oil advance of ten cents a
barrel brought the Mid-Continent price
for crude to $12O barrel.
The Ringing chamber OF commerce
was organized last week with A. Nc
Crory, speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives of the fifth Oklahoma legis-
lature, president.
Opal the 5-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. c. w. Tate of Fox, Carter
county, while playing on building
under construction, fell and timbers
fell upon her causing instant death
Charged with robbing the First State
Bank of Depew of $4,000, Robert Cum
mings, owner of two ranches near Blk
by, and Ben Driscoll, have been ar
rested and placed in Jail at Sapulpa.
The Sapulpa G. Oil Fields railroad is
readily nearing completion into Sham
rock, and present indications are that
the first train will be run into that
town on Christmas day, the scheduled
time.
Governor Williams issued paroles
and pardons to AZ prisoners in the
state penitentiary in advance Of eX-
piration of their terms in order that
they might spend Christmas at their
homes.
Isaac Cloud, one of the pioneers of
Oklahoma, died at Chickasha last
week. Cloud was a prominent demo-
cratic politician and United States
marshal in Indian Territory under
Grover Cleveland.
Paul Atkinson was badly burned
about the face and hands when dust
explosion occurred at the elevator OF
the Canadian Milling Company at Ell
Reno. The elevator was damaged to
the extent of $4,000.
The body of David Mays, who died
at Maysyille Sunday was buried in
the local cemetery. He was pioneer
and the town Of Maysville was named
for him. Mr.. Mays was II years old
at the time nf his death
The president appointed the follow
ing postmasters In Oklahoma: Otis B.
Weaver, Shawnee; Jessie A. Turraker,
Louis T. Tucker, Eldorado;
B. F. Suter, Randlett. James M. Lopez,
]. L. Burke, Hobart.
Only eighteen votes were cast at
Lawton against the granting of gas
to Albert T. Woods and asso-
ciates, 466 persons voting in favor of
granting the franchise. The company
to supply Lawton with gas
for domestic and commercial pur-
poses.
That road bonds are not popular in
Cleveland county was made evident
by the manner in which they were
showed under in the recent election in
Norman, Little River and Case town
ships. The proposition in Norman to
vote $4,000, was defeated 159 to SO.
In Little River, $4,000 proposition
was defeated rs to 49, In case town
ship the $4,000 proposition was de-
'eated 80 to 26.
The mortgage tax law, which was at
acked by the mba-Knickerbocekr |
Trust Company, of New York, in a
suit filcu against the county clerk of |
Dewey coIsnty to prevent him from col
Getting the tax imposed upon the $751;
100000 mortgage filed by the Kansas
Jity, Mexican and Orient railroad. and |
which is held by the plaintiff company,
vas declared to be constitutional and |
'alid in an opinion handed down by
he state supreme court
John T. Adams of Hugo, former
cashier of the Keller State Bank
pleaded guilty to four charges of en-
excitement and has been sentenced to
erve eight years in the penitentiary.
w. E. Lawson, of Pauls Valley, at
empted to dodge Sheriff b. R. Ray
urn of Garv'- county at the Frisco
ailway station in Tulsa only to dash
nadly into the arms of Patrolman ].
4. Chandler, who was assisting in the
earch and now is awaiting the arrival
f his wife from Pauls Valley. At the
ime of his capture Lawson was ac-
ompanied by the half-sister of his
wife, and was in the act of purchasing
tickets for the next train out of Tulsa
or Kansas City.
Absolute power of censorship over
II theaters and all other places of
Entertainment, whether public or pri-
ate, is vested in the mayor of Okla
oma City by an emergency ordinance
pproved by the city commissioners.
he ordinance makes the mayor vir
lal dictator over the theaters and
Their amusement places. The city's
ction was the result of a petition for
ensorship recently submitted to the
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