The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-01-14

er. 1t is believed the disease was con-
tracted from a Shetland pony recently
shipped there.
Alvin Daugherty, 3-year-old son of
Mr.. and Hrs. II. Daugherty, met in
slant death at Drumright when he fell
into tub of scalding water. The acct
dent occurred while the child's mother
was cleaning house.
The hunting season added another
victim to its accidental list when Joe
Hendricks, the 16-year-old son of a
widow, of Durant, was accidentally
killed by Bransford Mason, the 15-year-
old son of a grocer.
A. e. Monroney most worshipful
grand master of the Masons of Okla
homa, and w. M. Anderson, grand
secretary, laid the cornerstone of the
new county courthouse of Noble coun-
ty, at Perry, January 1.
Governor Williams honored a requi-
sition from the governor of Texas, ask
ing for L. C. and Henry Turner. They
4 Escaped after their conviction on
charges of gambling. Both men are
under arrest in Jackson county.
Vernon Kiker, charged with having
embezzled $419 while deputy county
treasurer of Seminole county, has
made bond in the sum Of $4,000 for
his appearance in district court.
Kiker is at present county assessor.
January 25, 26 and 81 have been
fixed for the annual winter reunion of
Scottish Rite Masons of the McAlester
valley, Indian cOnaistory No. =, at
McAlester More than one hundred
applications for advanced degrees have
already been received and nearly one
hundred more are expected.
There is now in the banks of Okla
homa City $4,773, 3974O more than at
the same time year ago. This would
mean that during 1915. assuming the
population of Oklahoma City to be
but $4,000, $5966 was deposited for
every man, woman and child, white
and colored. Total deposits reach
$19,O33, S95O6, which would mean there
is $23792 on deposit in Oklahoma City
for each inhabtant
County Sheriff James F. Wooley
was removed from office, following the
return of grand jury accusation
charging him with failure TO enforce
the gambling and prohibition laws.
The grand jury has been in session for
more than two months. Prior to today
they had removed from Office Chief of
Police Foster N. Burns, Mayor Frank
| M. Wooden and Police Commissioner
\ T. ]. Quinn. All of these officials will
have hearing in January.
The Oklahoma Times, an evening
newspaper, published in Oklahoma
City, was sold to the Daily Oklahoman
at public auction. The price paid was
$35,OOO Beginning Saturday the
Times was published by the Oklaho-
man Publishing Company at Fourth
street and Broadway. The Union Trust
Company sold the Times, including
god will and all physical property, as
trustee of bondholders that had lent
money to the Times Publishing Com
pany
Owners of automobiles or other mo-
tors coming under the law will get the
benefit of a ten per cent reduction for
1916, where the vehicle was registered
and on which the 1915 license was
paid While the law specifies this,
George Noble, state highway commits
sioner, is sending letters to automobile
owners and dealers giving this infor-
nation. The rate under the first year
of the law was fifty cents. The second
year on the same car will be forty
cents.
The merger of the Southwestern
Surety Company and the Southern
Surety Company, to continue operation
in Oklahoma under the latter name,
\ was formally authorized by State In
surance Commissioner A. L. Welch,
and the charter of the company as
now organized was filed with Secre-
tary of State Lyon. The company has
made arrangements to reinsure all the
outstanding obligations of the coal
esced companies except the capital
stock of the Southwestern.
The next distribution to the various
counties and first-class cities of tho
state from the automobile license tax
collected by the state department of
highways will be made in a few days
and, according to the estimate of Com
missioner George Noble will amount to
about $4,000. 1t will be for the
months of october and November
II estimated that the number of au-
tomobile licenses issued this year
would reach 100000" said the commits
sioner. 81 am now prepared to reduce
the estimate, as believe the first of
the year will find the total figure about
$1,000. The total income from the
issuance of tags this year estimate at
about s175,OOO."
Mrs. Earl Glover, wife of a Grady
county farmer, died from burns re-