Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-09
City News in Brief

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spent the summer.
DIR. AND MRS w r. Elliott re
turned yesterday from the Kiamichi
mountains In Arkansas where they
spent their vacation.
MEMBERS or THE Junior phila-
thea Sunday school class Of the First
Baptist church spent last night at
! Camp Kolah in Sand Springs. Miss
Eva Horner chaperoned.
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+. q. SHORT AND. his daughter,
! Clara Price. left last Night for kan
sas city, where Miss Price will enter
the Sisters Of Loretta academy.
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YOUNG PEOPLE or the Inter
mediate league OF the Boulder avenue
Methodist church held "A watermelon
feast at Sand Springs last night. Miss
Ethel Elliott chapcroned.
MARRIAGE LICENSES WE'RE
Issued Yesterday 20 Frank T. Brown,
Pruc. OKLA and Mrs. sophia Lyons
Of Red Fork; Chis7o Way, Bcsgs, and
Lula Smith Of Okmulgee.
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THREE GIRLS FROM each chap
ter OF the campfire girls will attend a
Weekend conference at Sand Springs
Friday and Saturday of next week.
The conference Will be held at Camp
Kolah.
OWING To THE INCLEMENT !
weather last night the regular weekly /
meeting of the Tulsa Trades Labor
council was not held. II was an
ncunced yesterday tina. the various /
committees in charge of the Labor f.
day program would make their re- T.
fth
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THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS /
I'm recent session approx ed the report |
Of tho county cnUnesr regarding a /
new highway between keystone and .
Fisher in Tulsa county The new road |
VIII be aine miles long and will c1st /
approximately $1,000 q mile 1t will |
run parallel to the Frisco tracks and .
Will fin a long felt need in this part |
OF the county.
TWELVE YEARS OF WAITING |
for an orring wife proved uTaVailing .
and as a result. ]. II. Richard filed .
suit I'm the superior court for di- .
vofCc from Ida Richard. The petition .
asserts that tie two We're married in .
DCnison, Texas on March ,, 1904. /
Soon aftcrwlrd, Mrs Richard is .
alleged to have deserted her husband .
end all efforts on his part to effect a /
reconciliation proved unayailing, he .
soys
MRS. JESSIE BRFWSTER living .
at the corner Of Third and Phoenix !
streets, made her first visit down .
town Yesterday after an interval Of
mere than six months. she was called T
to the office q the county attorney .
for the purpose II prosecuting two .
women neirhhlrs who had struck her .
children. She stated that tho ar-
rearauce Of the downtown district had .
changed very much since she had last /
seen e.
IN WEDNESDAYS MEETING Of /
tho county oommi ssioucrs. resolutions /
were adopted authorizing Chairman .
Cyrus Avery to negotiate with tho /
state concerning funds for the I'M .
IrCVcment Of the Tulsa county roads |
The commissioners adoptCd the sug- /
gostions given by the United states /
government for the improycmcnt Of .
the roads Of the county and the /
money from the federal officials VIII .
soon be available.
IF THE PLANS NOW undor way .
do not miscarrv o large welcome I
arch will he placed on the West Tulsa
side Of the river near the cnd Of
tho new 100000 bridge. which viii .
soon he completed. Tho arch will .
hear the legend. "Wclcomc to Nost /
Tulsa" II will be Illuminated all night
pnd will he a big advertisement for |
the suburb Several Of the public
SPIRITED men across the river have the
plan in charge and they are putting
forth every effort 70 make 1t succeed.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR Lora
l.. Johnson. wife Of W r.. Johnson,
who took her own life Wednesday
morning. will not be held I'm Tulsa, the
body being forwarded for burial TO
Willmurl MINI. Mrs Johnson was
36 years of age She lived at Twen-
tieth and Forest streets and was sur
rounded by every luxury Chloroform
was the means by which she took her
life and although pulmotor experts
worked several hours in an effort TO
save her. she died later in the evening.
". v. DICKSON FILED SUIT yes
terday in the district court against
the Sand Springs Railway company
for damages amounting to 1900
which amount he alleges ls due him
because of the cnrelessncss OF tho
traiumen in the employment Of the
company Dickson asserts that he was
standing on the steps of an interurban
car Of tho company NJ Archer and
Main streets when the car was SUD-
denly started. throwing him to he
pavement.
BECAUSE HER 16-YEAR- OLD
daughter would not forsake her hus-
band OF only week, Mrs J. c.
Smith OF Bartlesvillc, suffered a
nervous collapse In the office OF
County Attorney James Evers yes
terday. House is in hiding az the re-
pt.lt Of perjury charge brought
q gainst him by Mrs. Smith. Although
Mrs House will not forsake her hus-
hand. she is tonderly caring for her
mother at the home OF n sister.
WILLIAM WALLACE. aged 81.
fled at his home. 924 South Cincin-
natl. at $50 o'clock yesterday morn
ng after an Illness of two weeks. He
caves n wife. one son. s p. Wallace,
Ind one daughter, Eleanor. The
funeral will take place from the home
n 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. the
Rev. c. W. Kerr officiating. Inter
nent will be In Rose Hill burial park.
dr. Wallace came TO Tulsa from West
Virginia six years ago and has been
IN oil we'll contracting. He
8 we'll known in the oil fraternity.