The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-08

Frank Young, proprietor OF a cigar
factory at Lawton comm, lifted suicide
by hanging himself.
Frederick W. Hawley of Tulsa,
widely known in Presbyterian edu.
cational circles, was elected president
Of the Park college, Parksville, Mo.
The ice was broken for higher prices
in the Healdton field when the Mag.
nolia Oil Company announced that
beginning this week it would pay 30
cents barrel for crude oil.
Joe Neunes, burned by powder eX-
plosion in Union Coal Company's mine
No. at Adamson, August Is, died on
the Katy train at Krebs while being
brought to McAlester for treatment.
Plans for laying the cornerstone of
the Oklahoma state capitol were dis
cussed at joint meeting of the cap
itol building commission and the citi-
zens' provisional committee last
week.
Since the workmen's compensation
law became effective, September l.,
about $50 accidents have been reported
to the state industrial commission.
Practically all of them were OF a minor
nature.
The North Mill at Guthrie burned
last night. The loss is about $780,
900 and there was no insurance car
ried. The mill was among the pioneer
institutions of Guthrie, but had been
idle for nearly a year
Robert ]. Boone, attorney of Tulsa.
and formerly of Muskogee, was arrest
ed again at Muskogee, on two counts
charging embezzlement from the estate
Of Elmer Glenn, a minor, for whose
guardian he was attorney.
The big 240-acre farm of DR.. ]. F.
Farbee, near Cordell, was sold to
Herman Horn for $4,000. This is
probably the biggest price ever paid
tract Of land is the finest in the famous
Washita river valley, and could in two
summers pay for itself in the raising
Of alfalfa alone.
By agreement of all parties the rate
case hearing in the federal court be-
fore Federal Judge Frank Youmans at
to November H. Several witnesses
placed on the stand by the Rock
Islands attorneys, gave testimony as
to depreciation of buildings and other
structures.
School land lessees Of Kiowa county,
at a convention held at Hobart, after
appraisements recently
made by the state school land COM
mission, complained bitterly of ex-
cessively high appraisement, and de-
termined to carry their grievance to
the court unless the commission
makes satisfactory reductions.
City Physician w. c. Wait of Nc
schools in the Fifth and Sixth wards
following the establishing of quaran-
tine for several cases Of diphtheria,
part of them among children who have
been pupils in the schools. About nine
cases have been reported thus far,
most OF them being from the north
side.
Directors of the southwest American
livestock show have outlined plans for
the show and sale to be held in Okla
homa City March TO s, 1916. Approx
imately $4,000 will be offered in premi.
ums for cattle, swine and sheep. A
large portion of the premium money
will go TO exhibitors OF fat stock.
The State Swine Breeders AS.
citation will be asked to conduct the
the livestock show.
With twenty-three towns repre-
sented the Negro State Postmaster's
was organized in Okla.
homa City. Caesar F. Simmons,
postmaster at Boley, was elected pres
dent, and Williams Brooks of Brooks.
Vile was named as secretary. Post.
masters from the following towns
in Oklahoma compose the member.
shin of the organization: Boley.
Brooksville, Crayson, Langston, Tath-
lm, Red Bird, Vernon, Tabor, Lima,
Clear View, Lewisville, Taft, Reutis
ville Ran, Tallahassee, ork, Haynes,
sGybark, Gibson, Wallace, Ferguson.