Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-06
City News In Brief

n II. DAVIS has gone to Memphis,
Tenn, ON business
.
A FlREPROOH glass and steel
awning is being installed over the
entrance of hc'AloXardcr hotc.
.
DF3EEES WERE conferred upon
p class of candidates at the regular
meeting Of Tulsa chapter No. 1888
o. l.. $, last night
ATTORNEYS FRANK SMITH and
Judge u. a. McDuugal of Sapulpa
were i'm Tulsa yesterday winding up
q lawsuit over the estate of Robert
pitunan, wealthy minor Indian.
ME. AND Mrs. ED DALTON Of
Broken Arrow were I'm Tulsa yester-
day looking for a dwelling house. Mr.
Dalton is county trcasuror-elect He
viii take office In the near future
yesterday appointed patrOlman and
assigned 10 duty in the colored dis
trict. The appointment was ratified
boy the city commissioners. The police
force in Little Africa" now consists
of Williams and one other colored Of
fiCer
MIR. AND MRS. J. G.. ROGERS Of
ozark, Mo arrived IN Tulsa for
brief visit with relations Yesterday
afternoon They made the trip IN
light touring car trayerSing the Ozark
trail practically tho whole distance
Mr.. Rogers says the trail is in splen-
Gld shape and he encountered trouble
only AZ hon hR .tTlytI from
.
FN EBY EFFORT will be made to
ascertain the namo of the woman i'm
postor who is collecting funds, pre-
sumably for support Of the Tulsa day
nursery At a meeting Of the direc-
tors yesterday morning the matter
was discussed Reports for tho month
ana plans for the sumner work oc-
cupied u portion Of the directors
time.
KEEP OUT OF THE RUT'' is the
iriunctIon written on placards which
viii be posted along the oiled road
way extending from the fairgrounds
to the ErOlen Arrow road on the
eastern limits Of the Tulsa corpora
ton. "If each driver would use all the
road instead of only that portion
which his predecessor employed tney
would last much longer" said Cy
Avery. county commissioner and road
enthusiast Yesterday
.
j. s. BRADLEY and e. u. Boydell,
who were recently awarded the CON
tract for the construction of the new
municipal marketplace building yes
terday filed with the city commits
sioners a builders bond to insure the
faithful performance OF their con-
tract. The amount involved is slightly
less than five thousand dollars and
the contractors are to have the mar
ketplace ready for opening within 60
days time
UPON THE recommendation of
City Engineer r. c. Hughes the city
commissioners yesterday decided to
abandon the use Of an automobile in
the engineering department, and the
car is now for sale cheap. The cost
Of maintaining the car was too great, |
in the opinion Of the engineer and |
the commissioners. The chauffeur
also lost his job. Each engineering
party will he limited to SO a month |
for street car and jtney fare here
after.
THOMAS NELSON was yesterday
given contract for hauling the city
garbage by the city commissioners,
under an assignment from the Tulsa
By Products company which concern
gave up the job. Nelson will haul
garbage at the usual rates and pay
for the upkeep Of the city incineratOr
The city agrees to pay $50 on the in
ClncTutOr gas bin each month. Nelson
has been handling the garbage CON
tract for some little time now and has
fr3r+ N
to the city officials.
-FOUR NEW FTREPROOF garages
which conform to the provisions of
the special regulatlvo ordinance passed |
last fall have been constructed during
the past six months. Three others arc
under course Of construction. All eX-
Cept ono of the buildings are single !
story affairs The exception is the |
DR.. Cook building on Boulder avenue |
Special fire doors to divide the front |
from the rear and fireproof ceiling |
between the floors make this build !
ing conform to the rigid provisions of |
the ordinance.
f. I. HONIE the disinfectant sales |
man. who delighted a crowd of Tulsans |
at the convention hall luncheon last |
Thursday with some clever coin |
manipulatlOns, left yesterday for In |
dependence Kan, his home town. He |
Will work industriously to help Tulsa |
secure the 1916 convention of the |
Ozark Trails association, which holds |
its annual meeting this year at Inde- |
pondcnCc next week Mr. Hoxie is |
known as THE King of Four Bits" |
owing to his mysterious manipulations |
with half-dollar.
.
A TOTAL Of S5.453.5O was collected !
in fines by the Tulsa police depart |
mont during May, according to the |
monthly report of Chief +. n. Burns, |
which was yesterday submitted to the |
city commission. There are now
forty men and one woman on the |
payroll and the total salaries for May |
amounted to S3,16630. A total of 7O9 |
arrests were made. The patrol wagon |
made 375 calls and brought in 4SO |
prisoners. A total of 437 prisoners !
worked 33S4 hours on various city |
Jobs and the chief estimates the value |
of this labor at SS46.
L. ]. ROACH, we'll known local |
contractor, will have to repair the |
sidewalks around convention hall be-
fore he will be paid the balance due |
him on another contract which he has |
with the CityThi decision waE reached |
yesterday by the city commission,