The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-06-04

Oct So Caddo County Fair. Anadarko.
The National bank of Frederick, cap
italized at 900 has deposits of $685.
1871.
A number of tanks were in the north
ern oil fields were struck by lightning
and destroyed during last weeks storm.
S. w. Trusler, of Comancne, was
elected one of the trustees at the Mac
cabees convention at Fan Francisco.
Catherine Leming, 8 years, was
crushed to death in the wind storm
at Talihina. The child was returning
hom' from rural school when caught
in the storm.
Thomas Scott, principal of the EN-
erson school at Oklahoma City, was
elected superintendent of city schools
in Guthrie for the ensuing year. Pro-
lessor Scott was selected out of list
of so applicants.
Sixteen people were injured, none IA
tally, when coach and the baggage
and mail car of Katy passenger train
No 20, Kansas City to Oklahoma City,
were derailed and thrown into ditch
about four miles west of Cushing.
From 10000 to $4,000 men will be
needed in Oklahoma during June for
grain harvest work, according to a.
OF Labor Wages will range from So
to SO per day and board, the bulletin
states.
More tina fftneen hundred students.
have enrolled at Central State Normal
school for the summer session which is
just beginning. The enrolment is ap-
proximately one hundred and fifty
more than the enrolment at the sum-
mer school last year.
B. A. Carter, night Waterman, re-
turned to Calvin after having been
held in captivity almost "a hours by
the robbers who looted the safe in the
postofFice at Wewoka shortly before
daylight and secured approximately
$1,000 in postage stamps.
The Interior Department has
awarded to the Lovell-Kain Company
of Minneapolis the contract for the
erection of the Choctaw Indian sani-
tarium on Pine Mountain near Tall
hina in LeFlore county. The contract
price is between $25O,O0O and $500, 900.
Announcement of the appointment Of
T. D. Turner, of Oklahoma City, to
succeed the late DR.. John Threadgill,
as commander of the FRS; brigade of
the Oklahoma division of the United
Confederate Veterans was made by
Gen. D. M. HALEY, division commander,
in general order.
After securing expressions from
members of the board of directors,
President 3. K. Gaylord of the Okla
homa City Chamber of Commerce an
nounced that the harvest jubilee"
meeting and luncheon, originally
scheduled for noon Of June 8, will be
postponed until June 10.
IL. It.
just accepted professorship in the
University of Oklahoma at salary Of
50, 100 year. He was recently chosen
for the third year as superintendent of
the Guthrie schools. There is no init
nation as to who may be his successor.
The supreme court reversed and re-
manded the cast of Jerry Miller and
others against the state at the relation
of Holt, case appealed from Potta-
watomie county in which the conten-
tion was over money seized by the
sheriff in a raid on a gambling house.
1t is held by the supreme court that
there is no statute under which money
can be seized and that is held to be an
error.
E. N. Collette, superintendent OF
schools of Muskogee county, was elect
ed president of the Oklahoma County
School Superintendent Association at
the closing session of the association
in Oklahoma City He succeeds SUI
perintendent ]. w. Tyler of Enid ].
W. Higginbothan of Cherokee was
elected vice president, and Miss Helen
Dunaway, superintendent of schools CT
Washington county, was elected secre-
tary.
Five prisoners in the county Jail at
Pryor overpowered the jailer and
made a successful escape. Jesse
Moore, one of the five prisoners, was
being held pending trial on murder
charge.
William A. Lawrence, who has been
farm demonstration at the Otto Indian
Agency, near Red Rock, during the
past six years, was found dead by
the roadside about mile north. of
the agency, Heart failure caused
his death. Mr., Lawrence was as years
old, and is survived by his wife and
six chill 1ren.