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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17
KELLEY Draws LIFE SENTENCE

The jury in the Frank Kelley case
at Dallas Tuesday gave Kelley SEN
tence of ninety-nine years in the pen
itentiary OF Texas at hard labor, for
robbery with firearms. Kelley had
entered plea OF guilty and thrown
himself upon the mercy of the court,
but, as the law directs, the jury de-
cided the penalty. The defense tried
to prove that Kelley was crazy. and
local Durant witnesses were placed
upon the stand to testify on that
score. but all believed him entirely
sane. Immediately after the Kelley
trial. Dave Widner, also of Durant,
and implicated in the same affray,
was placed on trial.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17
GRAND PRIZE GOES TO KANSAS

Kansas was awarded the grand
prize for the finest agricultural col
lection and the largest number Of
prizes. where competing. Of any OF
the states. 1t was announced at the
close of the Panama-Pacific EXPOSE
tion. Kansas entries won 104 med
ais on agricultural products, and one
entry of Kansas hard wheat was adj
judged the finest specimen in the en-
tire exhibit from all over the world.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17
PEOPLE ARE SHOPPING EARLY

A casual round among the stores
of the city will soon convince the
si;eptical one that for the most part
people are needing the do Your
Christmas Shopping Early" admoni-
tion. Every day this week one could
hardly be waited on in any of the
principal stores. so heavy was the
ruch and crush for Christmas goods.
and majority of the store sof the
city have called In additional clerks
to help until after the rush.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17

move becomes so general as TO bc-
come really prohibitive In Its action
and throw n one-third more tax bur
den on the taxpayers, the people will
dlsavow their allegiance TO the pro-
kihition movement and insist only on
o more stringent license law and the
enforcement OF laws looking to the
temperate use OF lntoxicants.
Meanwhile the pros go on unafrald
and confident.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17
fIRsr ANNUAL POULTRY SHOW
WAS A DECIDED SUCCESS
More Than Fifty Entries IN Exhibits,
and Thousands Viewed the
Stock Wins sweep
stakes; Haynes Al
os Big Winner

Inc tkfht annual poultry snow OF
the Southeastern Poultry Associa-
lion. held here Thursday. Friday and
Saturday OF last week. was a decided
success. both from the standpoint OF
the number and class OF birds exhib-
tied and from the point OF attend
ance. While no record of the num-
Der OF visitors was kept. the csti-
mate os that several thousand per-
tons viewed he chicks during the
three days show. Theer we're moro
than fifty pens OF chickens OF differ
ont varieties shown. and the exhib-
Its we've surprise to many people
who did not believe that this Is
chicken country.
The prize winners In the various
classes were as followa:
Black Minorcas--w, p. Haynes;
cock, hen. hen. 3 hen. pen
best solid color In show; cockerel,
1 pullet. 2 pullet. 3 pullet. pen.
White Minorcas--W Il. Haynes:
cockerel. hen. hen. 3 hen. l
pen.
Buff orpingtons--E. c. Collins;
cock. hen. hen.
Golden wyandottes---J. II. Boyeti
cock. 1 hen, cockerel, ] pullot, ?
pullet. pen.
Partridge wyandottes--J. II. Boy
et: cockerel. pullet. pullot, ]
pen.
White Plymouth Rocks--A. O.
Marvel, l hen: Ben Bussell; cock
erel. hen. hen. 1 pullct. pull
let. 4 pen, cock Ed Wood: cock
erel. 2 pullet. pen.
Barred Plymouth Rocks. NJ
Scott; / cock: Mr. Lock; cockerel
3 pullet;, cock. hen, hen. hen
! pen; Jim Yarbrough: cockerel,
rullet. pen; J. N. Badger: ? pull
let. pullet.
White Leghorns--J. N. Scott:
| cock, 2 hen, hen; DR.. Durham:
cockerel. pullet. pullet. pen.
Mottled Anconas--Tony Helbach
l cockerei. pullet. pullet. ] pen
S. G. Rhode Island Reds--Geo. b
Morris; cockerei. pullet. pull
let. pullet, pen. cockerel; lie
ma A Austin. cock.
Pit Games--E. M. Badger:
cockerel. hen. pen; Chas A. Allen
l cock. / hen. cockerel. pullet
2 pullet.
Cornish Indian Gemes---Chas A
Allen: l cock, hen, hen. pen
Geo. Carpenter: / cockerei, pullet
pullet. pullet. pen.
1 Silver wyandottes-J. N. Badger
! pullet, . pullet, puQet.
| White Wyandottes--Mrs. DR.. VIII
liams, cockerel. pullet
\ S. c. Brown Leghorns--J. l.. Gun
ningham: ! cock, hen. hen.
hen. pen.
Bronze Turkeys. II. Boyet:
tom, hen; JEFF Jones: tom, 2 hen
i Indian Runner Ducks--Jeff Jones
!! pair.
Best Parti-Color and Sweepstakes
to John II. Boyet.
Best Solid Color Pen. to w. +
Haynes.
Judge-H. r.. Nailor. saltwater
okla.. sent by A. & NJ. College.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17
LIVE STOCK MARKET

Kansas City Stock Yards, Dec. IA.
Cattle receipts OF 1890 head today
sold largely az steady prices. follow
Ing steady market yesterday ON
beef grades. strong to 10 higher ON
htockers and feeders Sales of prime
cattle are the feature Nhis week.
heavy steers and yearllngu each
brinlH1g $40 yesterday. and again
today. The yearlinga al 40 today
weighed less than coo pounds. ana
there were other sales OF baby beef
around $3.50. There IA the usual big
drop from prices paid for prime cat
tie TO calues placed on middle grades.
which sell a, $3.50 TO $3.50, and
some pretty good i250-lb. steers are
selling at 81 TO s7.25. One Kansas
man sold some sixty day steers
weighing 1910 lbs. yesterday nj TIA.
and bought some thin steers OF simi-
lar quality today at s7.2B. Weighing
500 lbs. Another drove OF pretty.
hard-fleshed steers. Weighing around
1896 lbs. brought $40 today. Rnd
In the next pen some good 1i0O-ib.
feeding steers sold az $500. In kill
Ing grades Of she stuff there Is tho
same wide sprea din prices. helfcrs
bringing s9.75 yesterday. and primo
cows $3.50 a few days ago. while the
plain killing heifers sell around
$3.50 and pretty good heavy cowg at
1880 to s6.25. Veal calves bring 81
10 $3.50. From various parts OF tho
feeding territory feeders are reported
to be watching the beef cattle mar
ket for some Improvement before
putting cattle on feed. II is the aama
way In the Panhandle country. where
feeding cattle were bought az pretty
high prices last fail. Hogs arrived
TO the number OF 10000 head today.
three thousand less than tho esti-
mate. and with strong reports from
Chicago, where receipts are also fall
ing short this week. there was a sky
rocket market here. rs TO 25 higher
than yesterday. severa loads oe
prime heavy hogs brought CTS, n
packers and also 10 order buy
and bulk OF sales ranged from 6.41
to $40. The buying side ftho hog
market Is able TO assimiiate very
heavy supplies. hence the belief that
bottom has been reached for the
present. Packers have been the
chief support OF the market hereto
fore. but order buyers assisted TO a
considerable etent today. Sheep and
lombs sold 10 higher today. market
strongest at the close when some
Kansas fed western lambs brought
200. Pea fed lambs from Colorado
brought sos. and lambs Just below
hest quality sold at ATS TO s.s5-
Sheep and yearlInes are also streag.
prime ewes worth 6.25. wethers $50.
light yearlings 7.e5. heavy yearlInEs
7.25. declining quality shna;Hg tho
rriee In each case. Feeding lambs
are steady at 7,5o 70 s.s5. and there
Is small trade In breeding ewes ne
$50 TO $50. .. A. RICKART.
Market Correspondent.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17

Best Shoes and Hose for the mon
ey in the county. at
]. d. HAYNES.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17

Wool soIes for Crochet Slippers at
J. d. HAYNES.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17

FOR sALE-F'ifteen head registered
and high grade Jersey cows. young
bulls and heifers from imported
sire. MY entire herd will be sold at
Durant. Oklahoma, December attn.
1915. A. N. Wilcox.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17

FOR SALE OR TRADE - finest
residence building site in Durant
will consider farm. auto, or Oklaho-
ma City property. It's bargain.
70. p. Wood. 10 Main. Oklahoma City.
wip
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17

WANTED Statesmen to sell lubri-
eating oils and specialties. Big prof
Its. Champion Refining Co., Cleve-
land. o. wb
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17

See n. M. Evans for typewriters
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17

FOR RENT--To good tenants. sever
al very desirable farms. See Frank
Lewis. Durant. Okla. wtf
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-12-17

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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-02-26

with the labor department to bring the
.jobleSs mar and the manless job to-
gether.
All agents of the immigration bureau
also participate in the huge task, Mr..
Cuminetti said.
The general plan of the employment
bureau was outlined by Mr.. Caminetti
as follows:
Notices are posted in all postoffices
announcing that applications for work
or workers will be received by the post
master, who will be supplied with
forms to be filled out and forwarded to
the labor department agent in charge
Of the zone in which the office is locat-
ed. The distribution branch of the i'm
migration service handles thiS part of
the work.. and to them also 90 the rr-
ports of the department of agriculture
agents us to sections where help is
needed in harvesting or other work.
Applicants are then to be Informed of
the place where they can obtain work
of the kind they seek and at the near
est point to them, the postal scrvic,
acting as the distributing and collec
ton agency for applications and re
plies throughout the transactions.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-02-26
Cubists CoIonize In Spain.

London, Feb. 21.-lt has been thought
that among wars victims the advanced
schools of painters-post impression
lists, futuristS, cubists. simultaneists-
in Il village near San Sebastian receiv-
ed Il deathblow. Letters from IL Spanish
village near San Sebastian received in
Paris from one of the best known of
the simultancist leaders show that this
is exaggerated. This leader, Il French
man, was excused from military serv-
ice owing to supposed mental ueticien-
cy, although he is physically strong.
He took refuge in Spain. Immediately
after mobilization he was Joined by
advanced French, German, Austrian
and Russian artists. Later, when it
appeared that Italy might join in the
war, Italian futurists joined him, and
several Servians We're also there.
These artists report that the war
has not killed modern painting. Every
particular movement is making vigor-
GUS war against every other ono In the
village. The village is replacing Paris
as the center of modern painting.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-02-26
Wheat Crop Makes a Town.

Mandan. y. d., Feb. .1.-.All recent
records of town building have been
shattered Ivy the growth OF kildcer.
\. d.. terminus of the north lire
branch II of Mandan. \ short time
AGO the site WAS bare prairie. To-
day five elevators are in Course OF
construction, the Northern Pacific Rail
road company is building Il rounlhouSe
and small shops, two banks. Il news
paper office. ii hundred residences and
thirty-tive stores are being built.
There are at least 800 persons there
now, making their home; in tents or
box shanties until adequate quarters
can be built.
KiIldeer is in Dunn county ana in
the center of a community that is
changing from stock to wheat farm
ing.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-02-26
Wants Us to Remember Birthday.

Washington, Feb. 23.-Because so
very many Americans are 50 careless
about remembering their birthdays,
their ages or the years of their birth
the United States public health service
issued IL bulletin in which it says:
'Pcrhaps the easiest way to remem-
Der your age is to form some little
Jingle or rhine on your birth year. For
instance:
In eighteen hundred and ninety-seNen
Little Johnnie came from heaven.
Or
In eighteen hundred and eighty-two
Baby Susie began to ''boo.'
1t is I: common occurrence, accord
ing to the public health reports, to
find children, even of high school age,
who cannot tell how old they arc. 1t
is pointed out that marriage licenses,
inhcritnnccs and the right of franchise
depend on near accuracy as to age
But ON the point of the rimin= device
the public health service also suggests
"\evcr mind what the rime is. just
so YOU remember it. and if after reach.
ing tho age of forty you want to prove
YOU are only tw%cnty-three, why, sim.
ply change the rhine. and perhaps the
people will believe the rhine if they
won't believe YOU
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-02-26
s2o,ooo,ooo to Fiqht Tuberculosis.

Washington. Feb. .@.-Alore than
SooO 10000 was spent last year in the
campaigns against tuberculosis. GGS per
cent of which WAS derived from public
funds. either federal. state. county or
municipal, and the remainder WAS con-
tributed by private philanthropy.
These are some of the figures contained
in the annual statistical statement Of
the National Association For the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis.
Institutional are and treatment Of
consumptivcs in hospitals and sanitaria
make up the largest share of the total
expenditures. More than $4,000. 600
was spent for this purpose, with an adj
.litional $9.5.NOO for special treatment
of tubcrculouS insane II prisoners.
These figures include not only the cost
of maintenance. but in some instances
the cost of construction of institutions.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. associations spent the
next largest sum. amounting to Il little
over 100000. Care of patients in dis
pensurics and by visiting nurses cost
almost as much, approximately $780,
| 600. The growth of the open air school
movement il shown in the fact that
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-02-26
Aid Wealthy but Starving Indians.

Washington. Feb. 2@-The report ct
extended hearings before the joint ON
yressional commission on Indian mat
tcrs, of which Senator Joseph II. Rob-
inson of Arkansas is chairman. which
brought to light IL shocking state Of
affairs ON the Crow Indian reservation
in southern Montana. has already had
Il beneficial effect on the Indians.
The record shows that, although the
| Crow Indians of that reservation had
100000 in bank to their credit, there
was actual want OH h range. several
! of the Indians dying Of starvation. At
fine same time their accustomed amt
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-02-26
Stay on the Farm Spirit Gains.

Washington. Feb. DISCRIMINATING
the results of its inquiry to determine
what has been done in rural public
schools toward infusiny in parents and
pupils the "stay on the farm spirit,
the federal bureau of education am
nounccs that the inquiry reveals I'M
%TIovcmcnt everywhere i'm the schools
for country children. Data for the i'll
vestigation We're furnished by $500 SUI
perintcnucntS throughout the country,
who supervise rural schools.
''Thcre is Il feeling" says the bureau,
that the country child will be best
educated for whatever life he may
lead, whether in the city or country,
if taught in terms of country life. The
movement toward this is nation wide
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-02-26
Rabbit kiIIirq Aids BeIuium

Salem, ere, Feb. pa new and
unusual PLAN to raise money to feed
the starving !'cl-iunS has gone into
effect in this state. Tho scheme orig.
mated with II United States gov.
eminent official. 1t provides that, un.
til further notice. for every rabbit kill
ed in Il large section of Oregon > cents
will be deposited to the credit of the
Belgian relief committee in New York.
The idea of making the scalp bounty
paid by the government to abatc the
rabbit nuisance q source OF revenue
for the Belgian charity was outlined in
Il letter received at the Offices of the
committee.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-02-26
AGlance atCurrent Topics and Events

last wear more than 100000 was spent
for this purpose, as against $4,000 eX-
pended five years ago. State and city
boards of health spent 100000 directly
on tuberculosis work.
In the last five years the percentage
of money spent from public funds has
steadily increased from IS per cen in
1909 to G9.3 per ccnt in 1913 and G6.S
per cent last year. The National asso-
citation considers this increase SiSnifi-
cant. since it indicates IL shifting of
the burden of institutional care of the
consumptive from the private purse to
the general public purse, where it right
ly belongs.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-02-26

ity was withheld. on the plea that it
was being used for irrigation projects.
As to these irrigation projects there is
evidence that the Indians get little, il
any, benefit from them and that the
full cost of maintenance ONE out OF
the Indian funds, while whit" settlers
nlnn. the ditch pay nothing. These IT.
riyatcd lands are passing altogether
out of Indian control.
The commission took much testimony
regarding the system of leases OF Indi-
an land. it developed that Eracticnl-
~ .tOn,UOO acres of land allotted to in.
dividual Indians are utilized by great
lcsSccs with no compensation to the
Indians. The loss to the Indians is cs.
timatcd ut $oo,UoO IL year,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-02-26
Government HELPS Jobless.

Washington, Feb. 22.-.A national en-
ployment bureau reaching into every
section of the United States has been
put in operation by the department of
LABOR. carrying out the suggestion of
President Wilson in the Indianapolis
speech for "a systematic method of
heiring the workingmen Of American
Preliminary work for the bureau was
completed by Commissioner caminctti
of the immigration bureau and in.
structions sent to the thousands of
postmastcrs and rural mail carriers
throughout the country and to nearly
100000 field agents of the department
Of agriculture, who are cooperating
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-02-26
Animals Will Talk to Us Some Day.

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 22-"Some
day Il man will talk to his dog and his
dog will talk to him. SO will the man
talk to birds of the air. 1t will be
then that all animal and bird life will
become nearer to us, and Il widening of
u cosElic horizon now undreanleu OF
will result This was the statement Of
X. l.. Garner. noted plilologist and tu-
tor of Maeterlinck. who has spent TWEEN
ty-tive years in the wilus of the kon-
go studying the chimpanzce and the
gorilla. From these two animals Car
ner believes will be strung the first
twin cables from which scientists will
hang a bridge ON which man and his
lesser brothers of the world will meet
in %oracular converse.
"a dream, you say" he continued.
"Cannot the bee teach us Il higher com
munism. the quick, effective eliminu-
ton of the unfit and Shirkcr: Cannot
the birds tell us their secret of dying:
Would we not like to know why The
! Oriolc. the ovrrbird and castle building
ant are so much better engineers than
we are? | believe tn" day will come
when they will he able to tel! us. II
many respects the gorilla or chimlan
zee is tar more civilized than man
either abandoning his wives"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-02-26
Prize For War Prophets.

Paris, Feb. 21.-La Vie Parisienne
abandons AuStere war photographs
for what approaches it's usual levity.
the best forecast of the postbcllum
frontiers of European countries on Il
map supplied with its latest issue.
Readers must send maps with the
frontiers drawn according to their in
10. The award will be made after the
treaty of peace is signed.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-02-26
4 Unique Murder Trial as
Described by the Foreman
Of the Jury, In Which Is
Revealed the MoStAStound=
iur and lnconCeiyable Act
Of Rascality.
Copyright, 1906, by Harper Bros.
PROLOGUE e.
Copyright. 1905, by Harper Bros.

The Office of foreman on the jury in
the People versus Emory case falls to
the lot Of Mr.. Lambert, a literary man,
whose qualifications lay in his absolute
ignorance OF the case. Ferris Barstow, a
ma of tenacious tendencies, Is the law
yer for the accused girl, Alice Emory,
former private secretary Of Gregory
Shaw, who was found murdered mys-
teriously in his home. In presenting
the case to the jury Deake Gilbert. the
prosecutor, explains the facts in detail,
and the evidence all points to the guilt
Of the u The foreman, home
ward bound, assists Barbara Trayne,
a young horsewoman, and unwillingly
listens to a declaration on the Emory
case. Barbara believes Miss Emory
to be innocent. The foreman visits
the scene of the murder. Viewing
the home from the outside, he over
hears Madeleine Mapes, the housekeep-
er. ~endeavoring to persuade Betty
Field, another servant, to forget all
about a blue skirt she had seen the
former put in the furnace. At this mo-
ment Barstow's assistant, Mr.. Hunt,
visits the women in al effort to get
them to leave the neighborhood where
their testimony might injure the ac-
cused. The trial opens. Lambert forces
valuable testimony from the architect
who had drawn the plans for the Shaw
house. Gilbert produces evidence that
forged Shaw checks We're made out to
the order Of Alice Emory. When court
adjourns Lambert gets a message to call
up % Pollicet and is told by Miss
Frayne that she occupied Miss Emory's
room on the night of the murder and
that Miss Emory was not there. Soon
thereafter Lambert is, approached in
a dark lane by Il man who Lambert be
lieves is BarstoW's assistant, Hunt, but
who calls himself Gilbert's assistant
and gives the name Corning. This
man tries to worm from Lambert his
reason for desiring to leave the jury, but
fails. Lambert meets the real Corning
AulNAs AASlo SHeC'Sl u uCIhN III IN
court proceedings because Of illness
and Lambert. taking advantage of the
recess. plans to drive to Hefryville
catching UP to Miss Frayne on the way
after u chase. She is on her way tt
visit her friend, the prisoner, and eacl
continue on their separate journeys
Meeting Gilbert soon afterward, Lam
bert is warned he shouldn't leave 70
Hefryville without first consulting til,
Judge. Lambert ignores the warnin!
and plays the part of hero, with Bar
bara a witness, by saving Miss Mape
and Betty Field from what looked lik
a runaway. The driver is pitched OF
his seat and is badly hurt. He prove
to be Hunt in disguise. The dcfcndan
is led into the court. leaning heavil
on the arm of her lawyer. Baync chal
acterizes it ''sham."