Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-28
State Briefs

ENID, Fob. g7--rhree hundred
Blankets Of group two arc In session
ut Enid.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb 1.-THE
southwcSt American Hog show will
be held ht-o noyt week. a remarka-
bio display OF registered hogs ~
pIomisod.' q
IAWflUSkA. Feb. 27.---On March
( the government will mako a por
capita payment OF t725 10 Usage In
dians The diatribution IL bonus mon
ey received from the sale OF OIL lens-
es IN November. 1917.
WAGONER. FEB. Flrebugs
are at worl, IN this county but the or
rlccrs ana bloodhouuda have been
unable 90 trnll them down, T.. J..
Mabbs lost latRe barn TUESDAY
night the second 10 burn within "a
year.
OEMrLGEE, Feb. 2T.--The clos.
ing of the glass plants hero under
order Of She fuel administrator viii
throw nine hundred employees out OF
work. One Of the plants IA ordered
90 close hcloro Aprll and the other
by June /. "
MUsKOGEE. Feb. 27.-Cnpt. ben.
jamln Mossman has announced that
II clsotcd mayor OF MunkoEeo he will
give the salary To tho Red Cross
Aside from this the captain would
make % better mayor than any one
who has been mentioned for tho lob
OKMuLGEE, Fob. 27--An organ
izatlon or land owners has hasn as..
TcCten mere Zoe The purpose Of IN
crehslng the number OF farms. 10 on
courage improvements and 10 better
farm conditions generally y &. NIL.
Ter, e. u, Cover and r. F Lamb have
been appointed committee 10 work
out tho details.
McALEHTEn Feb S7.--Foarteen
hundred Mnsons wcro present when
the grand lodge convened here Tues
day night Tho session will continue
untli today. The sessions OF tho grand
lodge OF the Eastern star. which
heretofore has met simultaneously
with the Mhsons, viii not bo hold this
year until in April.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb, al
Clyde A. Graham. cook by profee-
sion has brought suit for $40, OdO
damages against tho Booxaiis cafe
He alleges that In removing a can OF
Creole sauce from steam pan he
cut his hand on the Jagged edges ~
the can, which caused him To lose
the use OF his right hand.
MVSKOGEE. Feb. s7.--Ciilzens NJ
Muskogee have filed n petition with
the corporation commission asking
that the MuskoEee Gas n Electric GO
he required to rebate 2b per cont on
all gas charges for tho winter. Some
Of the petitioners claim that while
there were days when the gas failed
entirely their gas bills were doubled.
MARIETTA, Fob. 81 when fire
destroyed the home OF r. ". nnimm.
n farmer Of this county, yesterday.
his infant child was burned "a death.
Mrs. Hallum, on Holng o. the field
with water for her husband, left her
syeRr-old son and tho baby In
the house. The little hoy emptled the
kerosena can on the floor and set a
match 20 the oil. lie escaped without
injury.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. 27.--The
war department refused To allow
Gen. Roy Hoffman TO take his two
private mounts to France after he
had brought the horses 20 tho point
OF emharkation lie -, -, ,,,,,; /;
20 send them hack to Oklahoma
These fihe animals are known a-
"Mhrland" and "oovernor bob, both
pf them prize winners.
CHICKAsTIA, Feb. s7 --- Walter
MunEef had an arm burned Off and
came near losing his iifc from cleo.
trocutlon yesterday when he cut a
high-powcr wire OF the Oklahoma
Gas a Electric Co He bold ham
mer under the wire, and when ohio
struck II with n hatohet tho circuit
was completed. Tho wire was highly
charged. but the Oklahoma city
Times says the police will mako no
charge against Munger.
RusKoGEE, Feb. wallace
Stewart once a prominent and re-
rpected business man of Muskosec
wanted in both state and federal
courts in oklahoma and the federal
court In Texas, for violation OF the
liquor laws, has been captured In
Salt Lake CITY He had jumped his
bonds. and officers have been look %
ing for him for four years.
MUsKoGEE. Feb. e1.---tIenry
DowilnR Hyrne IN IN jail at MuskoRee
for being IA German syFpnthlyer, In
his possession was found lnrSe
quantity OF manuscript letters on re-
form measures and denouncing thc
John Bull gang" and America, Also
letters from many state governors
O.. l.t. a..
Gnynor of New York and one from
I Ieut nnaauthaI Nxrittgn In hia daath