Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-19
city NeWS in Brief

RAY sTEBBINs is confined to tho home
Of bus parents quite Y Of measles.
LEE c. WELLS has returned from bus,.
ness trip to Detroit and Chicago.
STANLEY u.fEy Who is homo from Camp
Travis ON 'e''ral days leave ~ absence,
Is quite 10 with mumps
CHARLES WELLS Of Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
is here fur visit 20 his brujlpis Lee &.
Wells and ]. T. Wells
DIVORCE decree va. issued Yesterday
by Judge NJ A. BreckIuridgr ot the superior
court to Benjamin II. Sycrs from Hazel syers.
MRS NE nRocRFR has returned from
San Antouio Texas whore She accompanied
Mrs j. 7, Finn TO the Moody sauitariun.
I'D. WARD Of Colinsvinc wa, in Tulsa
Yesterday en- route 10 Salem, y. G.. where
he goes TO accompany his two young daugh.
tors home from school for the holidays.
TAX COLLECTIONS bv the county ,rca,
urer Yesterday totacd in excess Of 100000.
For the two days since payment began the
receipts have been from the smaller Taxpayers.
JACK GOWN general agent: Of Kansas
Ciy. ana +. Naring commercial agent OF
Oklahoma City both oi the Guii Coast lines
we're In the city yesterday on business.
'ItNhENA T. w M mas returned 10 camp
Travis, Texas, where he is member OF an
engineering company. after spcndiu. q few
days leave of absence at home
PETITIONS In voluntary dissolution Of oil
companies were filed Yesterday in :he u.
perior court by tho Regent oil company, tho
Post Oak OH Gas Co, and the Arkansas
oil Gas Co.
MARRIAGE licenses we're issued ycster
day 90 Floyd +. Bsgnell and Haley r. Nc.
{ ord. Tulsa. Tom Evans, Teagup Texas, and
Myrtle Luud, Stigler; Virgil Dubois and
Hazel smith. Tulsa.
MERL WILSON has returned to Fort
Riley, Kan, whore he is with an ambulance
company, after spending a few days lsyo
OF absence az home with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J.. J.. Wilson.
A. G JEFFRIES W., fined 500 in the
municipal court yesterday on \ liquor charge
street. where he claimed he was running a
restaurant
AN UNUSUALLY large nu'uhcr Of traffic
tcrday. An manner Of violations OF tho
speed and traffic regulations came up and
the usual fines We're assessed ly Judge Evans
THAT HE stole s'yen nnuirca feet Of
casing from A. y. and F. ID. Macpouneu ard
T II Crary was the charge filed against
Cal Harding In Justice OF the Peace Slsck's
court yesterday Hearing in the case was
set for January >.
LESTER A. GILLESPIE who has been
quite IN Tor few days suffering with pto-
maine poisoning. is recovering The Young
man father F. \. Gillespie was called homo
from hunting trip In southern oklahoma on
account Of his sons illness.
D. WASHINGTON. the negro who was ar.
81 gha s,fNI rtrtL
another negro, over the head with a club, was
sent back TO jail yesterday by Judge Evans
in the municipal court, on the report being
made that Williams is still In the hospital
in a ''m''o''''0as state
WEBB ROE, negro who figured in
shooting cscapade with the officers some DAYS
ago when they arrested him on q speeding
charge, was fined yesterday In tho municipa!
court on tho charge Of having concealed
weapons lie drew 500. which was the
amount assessed against him also on the
speeding charge.
THE TULSA district exemption board
will not meet again until af,or the first OF
the year, Secretary Harry II Rogers stated
Yesterday. \ meeting Of the board was con.
tempmted for last week but as there was
very little work to do and the weathe; was
50 cold 30 was decided not 20 call the board
together.
THE ftl HING ol concrete started yester-
day ON the improvements the street railway
system Is making ~ Third oul Main The
double tracks have been connected across
Main and tho refil'ug OF the street has
stortcd Day and night for,,s are at work
and with tho continuance OF good weather u
is expected 20 complete the work within \
couple Of weeks. Double tracks will bc laiN
on Main north 10 the Frisco tracks and al.
ditional cars will be operated 20 improve the
service The work has been delayed for
week ON account OF the bad weather, but Il
is now in full swing again