Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-09-01

recent purchasers of autom obiles. He
has bought a new model six-cylinder
REQ machine.
Hon. A. N. Wilcox, members of the
State Board OF Affairs, was in the
city this week attending to some Of
ficial business.
Mrs. Geo. f. Deck, who was
brought home from the hospital two
weeks ago, after an operation, is al
most entirely recovered.
N. c. Calvert, division passenger
agent for the Texas Traction Com
pany, was here from Denison Tues
day on business matters.
Word has been received here that
] Gill Alexander who was taken west
for his health several months ago.
is considerably improved.
The county assessor and his dep
uty are busy at work now making
up the 1916 tax rolls, which will he
completed by November first.
John Benson, one of Durant's old
timers, but now of Oklahoma City,
was here the end of the week visit
ing his brother Tom and family.
! o. r. Paris and wife have return
ed to their home at Oklahoma City,
after a visit with Prof. Paris bro
ther, Prof o. e. Paris of this city.
State Chairman Alger Melton has
selected w. E. Utterback of this city
as one member of the executive COM
mittee of the State central commit
tee. s'4
Perkins Bros. Co. expect to be
moved init their new location by the
last OF the week. The new store is
one of the most attractive in this
part of the country.
Have given up the Oliver type
writer agency, and stock of machines
on. hand will be sold at sacrifice.
Bargains for someone. E. NJ. Ev-
ans, Durant. (adv.
j. r. Woods of Platter was in
town Saturday and paid the News
office a pleasant call. Others here
from Platter Saturday were Pedro
Childress and Lee Venable.
While en- route for Seely Monday
driving a team Of mules to a buggy,
the mules ran away and Scott Shan
non was painfully injured when he
was thrown from the buggy.
Will Yeats has sent a dozen cotto /
lpickers to his farm near Matoy TO
pick his cotton crop. He has fifty
acres of cotton, with ten or twelve
bolls to the stalk already open.
Ed Speairs, ODE shannon, Dial
Currin and Clarence Early took a
fishing expedition to Washita Mon
day night and report lots of fish. Ed
tipped us off, however, that they
bought the fish.
D. G. Hathcox left Wednesday for
q Corsicana, Texas, where he will be
4 employed this year by the cotton
firm of Aston, Jones & Co. D)c
s worked last season with Sam Hynds
& Co.. of this city.
A squib in the Galveston News
tells fthe arrival there of Spot Du-
rant, Choc Perkins, Bill Rushing and
Ben Dwight in Mr.. Dwight's big Win
ton car. Vic Kelley was with them
as far as Houston.
Mrs. Charles Woodward and her
daughters, Mrs. Hammond and Anna
+ Frank, have returned from Hot
4 Springs, Ark. where they have been
for the past six weeks for the. bene-
fit of Anna Franks health.
r. e. Powers has secured the BTy-
an County leadership for the CheVro
let automobile, a little wonder al
$3.50, and is demonstrating one o.
the cars here now. His advertise
ment appears in this issue.
Lafe Short writes his father, DR.
Z w. G.. Short, from Nevada. saying
that he is improving in health, and
has a good job in the office of cop
per mining company.
Deputy McFatridgs arrested at the
mouth of Blue river Dal Mccain and
Fink Masy, charged with violation
of the prohibition laws, They are