The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-03-05

An auto race meet will be held in
Oklahoma City in April.
A Paden citizen was drowned in
tank of oil which he was covering.
Joe Clayton and Harry Jones, two
Tulsa youths, are in jail at Valley Cen
ter Kan, charged with burglary.
The United States Bureau of Edu-
cation announces that Oklahoma leads
the states of the Union in having the
lowest percent in illiteracy.
One hundred and fifty merchants
and business men of Drumright met
at the First Methodist church and
completed the organization of com,
mercial cluD.
While trying to prevent her hus-
bands team from running away, Mrs.
W. w. Rutherford was almost instantly
killed at Carnegie, by the animals
knocking her down and trampEng upon
her.
Kelly Roach of Oklahoma City, we'll
known banker, has secured charter
for the First State bank of clifton and
will be ready for business in the near
future. The building for the bank is
practically completed.
Ernest Standerfer, charged with kill
ing his father-in-law, Charles Walker,
fourteen miles north of Hobart and
then burning the house, was bound
over without bail at the preliminary
hearing, held at Cordell.
Only six votes we're cast against
the franchise granted by Bristow to
the Bristow Electric Company. One
hundred and fifty-six votes we're cast
for the franchise which runs for Pc
riod of enty-flve years.
TW deputy sheriffs have been as
signed to clifton oil field by the sheriff
of Creek county at the request of Oil.
ten officials and Jail is being erect
ed. Prisoners will be worked on the
city streets, which are to be oiled.
After forty years continuous serv-
ice for the government in the Indian
department, John II. Seger has re-
signed his position at Colony as Indian
farmer and will retire to private life.
Mr.. Seger has probably been In the In.
dian service longer than any other man
now residing in Oklahoma, and has
been great source of influence and
help among the Indians of western
Oklahoma.
Governor R. l.. Williams has signed
the house bill appropriating $4,000 for
use by the board of agriculture in
event the hoof and mouth disease
should break out in Oklahoma. This
bill provides merely for paying farm
ers who suffer from ravages on their
stock. Another measure, appro-
priating a fund with which to fight
the disease, has not been finally
passed by the legislature.
Action to settle the question of title
to the two tracts of land upon which
the buildings Of the state peniten-
tiary are located, and the other ad-
joining, has been instituted in the
district court at McAlester. The &C.
ton is brought by James BRAZIL, who
claims the title to the land, and seeks
to dispossess the state and also asks
$4,000 damages for the six years the
state has occupied the land.
Claude Weaver present congress-
man from Oklahoma, was appointed
postmaster of Oklahoma City by
President Wilson to succeed H. G.
Eastman, resigned Weaver will prob
ably take office soon after March 4,
when his term as congressman ex.
pires. Other Oklahoma postmasters
named last week were as follows:
Tecumseh, NJ. M. Henderson, editor
Tecumseh County Democrat; Wag.
oner, H. E. Thompson; Wapanucka,
Lula A. Ball.
walter bllDeIlI beClSIdly W inc
state highway commission, is prepar,
ing a series of maps showing routes
in different directions from, Oklahoma
City to various parts Of the state.
Each route in each direction is clear.
ly outlined, and the map will show
the tourist just how to go and where
he is going. The route reaches the
Kansas line, one to the Red river an
other through the oil fields and an
other through the western part of the
state, with Oklahoma City as the huh.
General information as to touring lines
to the north, south, east and west
are given. This includes the interstate
lines.
Henry NJ Collins, an Oklahoma City
automobile man, has just been advised
that he is the sole heir to S1,5OO,0O0
estate which was beuueathed to him