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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14
ROTARY CLUB ORGANIZED

At a meeting held here last week
a Rotary Club" for Durant was
formed with the following officers:
W. F.. U~tterback, president; S. w.
Stone. vice-president; W. X. Gil
strap. secretary: Ed II. Stewart
treasurer. The board of directors,
which also includes the president
and secretary, is as follows: Dr.. Will
liams, G. h. Malone, James X. Mcliin-
nry. Z. \. Atkins. \. p. Russell. Ser
E"ant-at-arms. Virgo St"g"r. Com
milt"e on bylaws and constitution
Frank =. Baird. c. q. Johnson and
'. +. Kendall.
Following is the membership: W
l.. Utterback. sam Stone, W. X. Gil
~'rap. +. II. Stewart. Dr. Williams
&. Il. Malone, Jas. r. Mckinney. +
\. Atkins. 4. p. Russell. Virgo Steg
eli. Frank p. Baird. {. .. Johnson. V
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14

LIST Publication Nov. Z, 1919
End Publication Nov. II, 1919
Bird Publication Nov. p, 1919
NOTICE OF SALE
State of Oklahoma,
County of Bryan: IS
In the County Court in and for
said County and State.
In the Matter of the Guardian
ship of Edwin c.. Mccoy,
Curtis Mccoy, and Alma Nc
Coy, Minors; r. b. Brown.
Guardian. Nc. 174l
Notice is hereby given that
in pursuance of an order of the
County Court in and for Bryan
County. State of Oklahoma,
made and entered on the 10Th
day of October, a.. d., 1919, in
the Matter of the Guardian
ship of Edwin G.. Mccoy, Cur
tbs Mccoy and Alma Mccoy,
minors. The undersigned as the
guardian of the persons and eS-
tates of said minors. will sell a.
public sale, to the highest and
best bidder for cash, subject to
the confirmation of the said
County Court, on the oath day
of November, A. d., 1919, at
300 o'clock p. NJ, at the front
Of the Court House in the City
OF Tishomingo, Johnston Coun-
ty, Oklahoma, all the right. IT,
tie, interest and estate Of the
said Edwin G. Mccoy, Curtis
Mccoy and Alma Mccoy, and
each of them, in and to the fol-
lowing described real estate
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14

and premises, lying, situate
and being in Johnston County,
oklahoma. to-wit:
The SWi of SWl Of Section
p: and NWl Of NN'1 Of Sec
ton &c. Township 1 South,
Range & Fast; NEi Of NEl Of
Section 30; NJ of SWi Of
NV: Sci Of SWI of NWl:
and NEi Of NWl of SNl OF
Section 80. Township / South.
Range & East Of the Indian
Base and Meridian.
X. Il. BROWN. Guardian
Uttcrback & Macdonald,
Attys for Guardian.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14

(1St insertion Nov. Z, 1919
(3rd insertion Nov. 81, 1919
State of Oklahoma, County of
Bryan, IS. In the County
Court.
Notice of Sale of Real Estate
In The Matter of the Estate of
Georgia Dyer, a minor.
Notice is hereby given that
in pursuance of an order of the
County Court of the County of
Bryan, State of Oklahoma,
made on the 30th day of Octo-
Der, 1919, the undersigned
guardian of the estate of Geor-
gia Dyer, a minor, will sell at
public auction to the highest
bidder, subject to the confirma-
ton of the said Court, on Sat
urday the 22nd day of No
vember, 1919, at 10 o'clock a.
m. at the Court House door in
Durant, Oklahoma, all of the
right, title, and interest of the
said Georgia Dyer, a minor, in
and to the following described
real estate. situated in Choctaw
County, Oklahoma, to-wit:
The Sc Quarter of the NV
Quarter of Section "a. Town
ship 6 South, Range Is East,
the said minors interest being
an undivided one twelfth inter-
est.
Said real estate will be sold
on the following terms and con-
ditions, t0-wit: Cash on confir-
nation and execution OF guard
ian'S deed. Bids for the pur-
chase thereof must be in writ
ing and filed in the office of
the County Judge, or delivered
to the undersigned at the Of
flee of Cunningham, Hunter &
Harrison, at Hugo, Oklahoma.
Dated this 30th day of Octo-
Der, 1919.
SARAH DYER,
Guardian of the estate of
Georgia Dyer, a minor.
Cunningham, Hunter & Har.
rison. Attorneys for Guard
ian.
Hugo, Oklahoma.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14

Notice is hereby gwen, that
in pursuance of an order of the
County Court of the County of
Bryan and State of Oklahoma,
made on the 18th day of Oc-
tober. 1919 in the matter of the
Estate of Orlin Moffet, a min
or. the undersigned as guard
ian of the person and estate of
said minor, will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder
for cash, subject to the con-
firmation of the County Court,
on the 22nd day of November,
1919, at 2 o'clock p. M, at Dur
ant in said County of Bryan
and State of Oklahoma, in
front of the County Court room
all of the right, title, interest
and estate Of the said Orlin
Moffet, a minor, in and to all
of the certain lot, pieces and
parcels of land, situate, lying
and being in the County of Bry-
an and State of Oklahoma,
bounded and described as fol-
lows and upon the following
terms and conditions, to-wit
So of SW4 of NW4 and SW4
of SEA of NW4 and NJ of SEA
of NW1 and 50 of NE4 of NW4
Section Is, Township Z, South,
Range 10 East.
for cash in hand upon delivery
of deed.
Dated this 4th day OF No
vembcr, A. d.. 1919.
j. w. HIGHT,
Guardian,
BY JOHN a. MCDONALD,
Attorney.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14
GOVERNOR SAYS
SEIZE THE GOAL

council Of defense Governor Robert
son says: Follow the first law of
human nature. which is solf-prcser-
|latiun. and tax any coal YOU can get
sour hands on" y literal ubscrv-
,U.rr Of this suggestion is likely to
develop some highly dramatic seiz-
ur,s over the State during III next
w"rh. and Guvernmcnt-scized coal on
~il,rE~ will in some instances be APP
i.tatiutrd.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14

,Fiist insertion November II, 1879
,Fuurth insertion December !, 1919
NOTICE OF TAN DEED
stat" ut oklahoma, County of Bryan.
-.
Noticr Is hereby given that The un-
d"rsirnrd j c. Clifton, did on the
9TH day pf NuNpmbcr. \. l.. 1917. at
the county Trrusurci's office in the
city OF nurHnt, said County and
state, uurchas" ~ public auction the
following described lot, parcel or
tract OF land situated in Bryan Coun-
ty ANA state of oklahoma. to-wit:
Lots /. . > and I. Block = in the
town of Wade. Oklahoma, for the
sum of two and sevonty-siX hun
drcdths dollars for the taxes due on
said property for the year 1916. upon
the paymen; of which the County
Treasurer issued a certificate of pur-
chase for said described property, the
same being certificates Nos. IT'S, 779
$50 and ISL; that the title to said
property vested in V. T. and Laura
f. Stephens who is a nonresident of
the State or County upon whom per-
sonal service cannot be had, as
shown by notice placed in the hands
of the sheriff and his return thereon.
Now, therefore, the said V. T. and
Laura f. Stephens, owners and j. c.
Clifton, undersigned. occupant there
Of, will take notice that if the said
certificate of purchase, held by the
undersigned, for the taxes on the
above described lot, tract or parcel
of land, is not redeemed within 60
days from the date of the publication
hereof. the holder of said certificate
will demand from the County Trea-
surer of said County and State a
deed for said property to issue ac-
cOrding to law.
j. G. CLIFTON.
Holder of certificates Nos. rs. 40,
$50 and Isl. covering Lots. |, ,. >,
and /. Block .. Wade Oklahoma.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14
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First insertion Nov. Z. 1870
(Sccond insertion Nov. II $50
State of Oklahoma. County Of
Bryan, -.
In the County Court in and for
Said County and State.
Tn the matter Of the estate of
Orlin MUffctt. Il minor.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14
CUSHING BANK ROBBED

Two masked men followed the
cashier of the Oklahoma State Bank
at Cushing into the bank Thursday
morning as he opened for business,
locked him in the vault. and made
good their escape with about $15,-
600.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14
OLD TIMER HERE

Re. j. f. Cooper. Of H~arrisonville,
Missouri. was here last week looking
over the ground which he was famil-
lar with t~hirtyfive years ago, when
he lived ia this section. Mr.. Cooper
noted many changes and but few ia
miliar places Or faces.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14
THANKSGIVING Is
TO BE NOVEMBER ..

President Wilson mas set aside
Thursday. November 81. as Thanks
giving Day. in a proclamation which
says that the country ooks forward
with confidence to the dawn of an
era where the sacrifices of the nation
will find recompense in IA world at
peace"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14

A greater calamity might be-
fall Oklahoma than the re-elec-
ton Of Senator Gore, but we
doubt it. Talk about IDIOTS on
the eScutcheon..' Why, Victor
Berger is a patriot, in COMPARE
son.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14

NJ. Kendall, II. G. Bennett. Jewell
Hicks. Lawton England. Fred Pen
dleton. :. A. Whale. r.. w. Stewart,
o. X. Salmon. G.. G. Shane. +. NJ.
Evans. DR.. Yeats. VI. G.. Mhoon and
T.. G. Mckinney.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14

continue to make Duran, hi,
town, which will be good news ",9
who know him. news
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1919-11-14

Tubcrculuus annually kills 3,o0u
Oklahomans. Cut this down by buy
iuc Red Cross Seals.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-06-20
StanIeyss Subterfuae.

Possessing an ample purse of hel
own, also Puritan conscience, Stan
ley's mother discourages the accept
ance by him of gratuities from adult
friends. How he evaded the spirit If
not the letter Of the law is told by
William n. Dimock.
"Sure, / knew the kids ma doesn't
like folks to slip money to him, but
also know-thanks to good memory
the sweet sense Of peace and pros
perity a nickel yields to a boy" he
says.
II almost stepped on the youngster
while steering for a 10 a. m. break
fast and shot him to the little place
on the corner for the latest peace
congress headlines. When he returned
with the paper noticed his little
hand looked awfully empty; also it
had not been withdrawn. So slipped
coin into it.
"Stanley's mother later reminded
nina he had been admonished never.
never to ask for money for any little
service rendered.
"'But didn't, mother answered
that valiant little George Washington.
I just held Tut my hand "-Brockton
Enterprise
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-06-20
ROSE

Mrs. Donald Ellison and little
daughter returned home from Ririe
Saturday, where they made shor,
visit.
c. A. Taylor and family are able
to be out again after recovering from
influenza.
Miss Syble Felt spent Sunday
evening with Stella Boyle of Black
foot.
Miss Myrna Conkle spent the
weekend with her sister Mrs. U. W.
Taylor.
Delbert Taylor and Byron Jack
man motored to Idaho Falls We'd
nesday.
Leo Gushwa is erecting a new
garage on his place.
Mrs. w. q. Hiatt was on the sick
list last week.
Peter Swensen and family have re-
covered from the influenza.
G. A. Taylor and family and
Walter Jackman. and family motored
to Aberdeen Sunday, where they
visited with Mrs. Taylor's sister.
Miss Ella Gardner has recovered
from her illness. :
Messrs. George Mason, Louis Felt.
H. P. Soule, y. W. Taylor, Jay Lang
ley and G. E. Boyle of Blackfoot.
with their wives and families mo-
tored to Wolverine Sunday and spent
a very pleasant day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Christensen
visited Tuesday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. H. P. Soule.
The Misses Erma and lola TAYLOR
spent Tuesday evening with the
Misses Syble and Mildred Felt.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mason and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Soule were en-
tertained at dinner Monday evening
at the Model Farm.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-06-20
Jolley decided not to wait.

Jolley decided not to wait.
The garage has gas and air SER
vice and puts out as much as 100
gallons Of gasoline day, as an aver
age. Lee Large is mechanic in chief,
and his two assistants are William
Ostrom and Dean Barrows, Large
is from Salt Lake City.
Physician Moves In
DR.. R. w. Quick of Cache Valley,
Utah, recently first lieutenant in
the U. S. medical corps at Fl. Bliss
and Camp Travis, Texas, and who
now holds a. captains commission in
the reserve corps, has moved to Firth
to stay. He has already a practice
and many friends. Then there is
Mrs. Quick and the two youngsters.
One more family in Firth.
DR.. Quick has his offices above
the w. J. Ramsey & Son store.
After High School
Firth wants a nice big first-class
high school,, and the commercial club
is valiantly on its trail. Petitions
are being circulated, and signed by
most Of the folks at sight, according
to Wardell Ginger, secretary of the
club. The high school district will
take in the three districts of Firth,
West Firth and Basalt. The COM
mittee in charge of boosting the
school thru is composed of Wardell
Ginger, M. M. Farmer and F. Ram
sey.
The club also has just about &C.
complished the result aimed at in
its effort to get loading track for
Firth.
Ginger Pitches for Wyoming
Wardell Ginger goes to Cokevill
Friday this week to hurl for an all
star Wyoming team against an all
star Soda Springs team in a series
of two games. The day will be made
occasion for rousing celebration,
a community open-house and jubilee.
Larldn Club Organized
Nineteen ladies met at the home
Of Mrs. A. G. Robbins on, Thursday
OF last week and formed a Larkin
club, having in view a social enter
tainment every month.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-06-20

FIRTH
Observation-Disclosures

Miss Verna Bybee and Mrs. Mabe
Moore, who opened a millinery anG
dress-making shop months ago a.
the post office, have now a small
" building to themselves and have al
the work they can do.
Miss Lorine Tavey helped out In
the bank while Mark Farmer was
away the first of the week attending
bankers convention at Twin Falls
Dwenn Bybee, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
j. M. Bybee, returned from army
service recently. He was last sta
toned at Camp Mills, first sergeant
in the quartermaster corps, in charge
of warehouses. He was in the army
nineteen months, having enlisted at
Pocatello.
Mrs. Jack Slayton will entertain
with an open house party Friday aft
ernoon of this week, a sort of get
acquainted social time for strangers
and old timers.
Miss Ara Andrus is spending a
week on vacation with friends in
Twin Falls.
The Dye brothers of Basalt have
their new store in Firth almost up,
there remaining only to put in the
floor and inside furnishings.
The addition to the w. J. Ramsey
& Son store is ready for the lather,
that is the man who puts on laths.
w. j. Ramsey's nephew, F. c.
Ramsey, is in charge of the Wapello
store, known as Ramsey's cash store.
The Firth Milling company has
enlarged its plant and installed new
machinery so as to materially in
crease the output.
Drug Store in Firth
The Firth pharmacy opened its
doors in the post office building on
June 10, with full stock of all
things necessary to drug store. F.
o. Emmett, Salt Laker of nine
years experience in the drug store
business, is the proprietor, and is as
sisted in operating the place by Mrs.
Emmett. Mr.. Emmett spent the past
year in Idaho Falls.
The pharmacy has soda fountain
and an ice cream plant, and is al
ready we'll established
JOlley Garage Enlarges
William T. Jolley is one of Firth's
builders. He originally had livery
service there, and then changed it
to a garage when horses went and
autos came. He has recently put
an addition to his building that
makes it's floor space 40 by SO feet,
and is now ready for the laying of
a cement floor, the roof and walls
completed.
The front of the building will be
partitioned off for a stock room.
There is large basement, in the
bottom of which has been sunk a
deep we'll for water. Mr.. Jolley has
installed there an air pressure tank
water plant, because Firth has no
water system, and is piping this
water to his home also. He has
ordered an electric plant that will
furnish 205 lights, almost enough
to supply Firth. In spite of rumors
OF extensions coming here from
power plants in eastern Idaho Mr..
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-06-20
MORELAND


Miss Myrtle Christensen was a
Moreland visitor last week.
Miss Ruby Furniss entertained a
number of her friends at her home
last Tuesday evening. Games were
played thruout the evening and light
refreshments served.
Mr.. Jones of Tyhee is here visit
ing with his son, Joe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milo England and
family have returned from Salt Lake
';ity where they attended conference
Hyrum Wray, brother to John
Wray of this place, died at Poca-
tell0 last week. Mr.. Wray was a
pioneer of Moreland. He was buried
in Pocatello, Friday. Many friends
from Moreland attended the funeral
services.
Mrs. Iretta Anderson, who at.
tended conference in Salt Lake City
and visited with friends, returned
Thursday.
Miss Martha Tanner died at the
Pocatello hospital Thursday, June
IL, after suffering with Bright's dis
ease. She was fifteen years of age
and the beloved daughter of Iva M.
Tanner. Funeral services were held
here Sunday, and interment took
place In the Moreland cemetery.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-06-20

Nov, about this league Of ma
tons" began the loquacious
man. "My friend,' interrupted the
placid citizen, 1--WE are employing
the greatest intellects Of the age to
debate that subject. Why should
you and indulge in a futile and I'M
scientific wrangle?" - Washington
Star. t
-.f--
"Guess we've been putting too
many jazz records on the phono-
graph" "Why so?" -"Our canary
is beginning to syncopate. Judge.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-06-20

Thought transference? Nothing
to 1t. I've tried it, Got to have
some thought to start with" COM
mented the other charlottesville
Courier-J
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-06-20
BYRD TREGo.


"A man of letters, isn't he?"
Sure! Runs thriving mail order
business. Buffalo Express.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-06-20

"A. scientist declares that meat
eaters are more active than vegetar-
ians." They've got to be to get the
meat to eat. Boston Transcript.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-06-20

and hveno
Linotype and the Miller (nD for saving
for the ameroo
The time for is the week of June July 1hauqua
ateta at the big tent
atmucan md
We
andgV eadv souvenir
Our show is muds hautuqu eand
ameo James
and onwilno
swh in
n The Republican offc att
OF in, wewHlha
help
The invention of the
Motor ansps
and have al it Kum!
Yousfor
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-06-20

Pains. callouses or cramps hersp
Thess conditions indicate tkat
tks arch ac,oss tho ball of the foot
t. breaking dopn I
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-06-20
To Seventeen Thousand People
In Bingham County

When | am too busy to 60 to see you, could
visit US?
That is asking good deal isn't it? I've bee,
| expect to 60 again as soon as | can
We have a new wonder in our printing house,
could see and can't take it out to you so come in an
folks and the old folks.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-05
Lafayctte-Marne Day
Observed Tomorrow
Ambassador .Jussrand To Be
Guest of Honor at City Hall.
Exercises

Lafayette Marine Day viii be OBJ
served to-morroY in New York as in
other cities throughout the country
There will be execisos at The City Hall
at II a. m, at wkhich Supreme Court
Justice Victor J. Bowling Will preside
and Ambassador Jules Jusserand will
be the guest of honor. Myron T. Her
rick, former Ambassador to France,
and DR.. John II. Finley will speak.
The French Ambassador Will be the
guest of the France America Society
and the Lafayette Day National Com
mittec at luncheon at the Bankers
Club Nine. Jusserand will be among
the guests at a luncheon given by Mrs.
Maurice Leon at the Cosmopolitan
Club.
There will be & public meeting at
3 D. m. at the Lafayette monument, IN
Union Square. Lawrence F. Abbott
will preside and the Rev Dr.. William
T. Manning, rector of Trinity parish,
will speak. Representatives of the
New York Society of the Cincinnati,
the Sons of the Revolution, Lafayette
Post. G. A. r.. the Society of the
Colonial Wars. the Society of Founders
and Patriots of America and the
Daughters of the Cincinnati will at
tend.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-05
Seeks $1,000, 600
A. Common Law Wife
G.onsucls de Arocena Contests
VIII of Rich N'exican Who
Died i'm n. Y. Hotel

Alleging relationship by common
law Narriagc. Mrs. Consucla Carroras
de Arocena yesterday filed in the Sur
rogatea Court contest of the Will of
Rafael de Aroccna, who left an estate
valued at $4,000, 600. The decedcnt.
who was one Of the most wealthy men
in Mexico, died June Is at the Plaza
Hoten in this city
Soon after the death Of Mr.. dc Aro-
cena one Enrique Buj obtained letter,
OF administration Of the property left
by the decedent in New y York, which is
SAID to amount to about $l,5OO000. In
his petition on which these letters
were granted Mr.. Ruj gave as the next
Of kin Of the Mexican millionaire two
nephows and two grandnieccs Of Mr..
dc Arocena who live in Niscaya, Spain.
The name Of Mrs de Arocena was
mentioned in the petition. but no re-
latloNShlp to the testAtor was stated.
Mrs. de Arocena, who is a Spaniard
alleges that she became the common
law wife Of the dead man in Aprjl,
1918, and that MIR. de Arocena, who
was more Tran sixty years old at the
time, publicly acknowledged her as
bis wife aud so introduced her to his
friends. They lived as husband and
wife at the Plaza Hotel.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-05
!&MG G GEBt&$yEAR | ! J !: IA:

"A CCuSED by two children, Mrs. Vic
= toria Cassie, of 227o First Avenue.
was arrested yesterday, charged with
having maltreated her stepdaughter,
Frances, aged ten. The accusers were
Vlcenzo Cottcr, aged nine, and Con-
cetta Cotter, eight.
Later Frances confirmed this in
statements to Childrcn's Society off,
GERS She said her stepmothcr beat
her often because she was unable to
find work, owing to the fact that she
is under the legal age. She had
worked, she said with her elder sisters,
one of whom is only thirteen and
received twenty-five cents day. but
was discharged because the schools
are about to reopen.
Because her wage was so small, she
said. Mrs. Cassip provided her with
nothing for lunches, although the
father operates several macaroni shops.
Mrs: Cassie was locked up in the East
l26th Street Station.
THERE was regular horse race,
4 with bookmaking and all, on
broadway yesterday afternoon. Six
horses which appear in a motion pict-
urc version of "Checkers" were being
ridden up the street by costumed
Jockeys when Ostrich, turf star of a
few years ago. shied at piece of
paper and bolted. The others, their
racing blood up. dashed after him.
Honest John" Kelly. Lou Ludlum,
Jack Shaughnessy and Nat Evans were
standing al Forty Street as the
animals tore by
FIFTY to ten Ostrich leads at Forty
fifth Street," cried Kelly.
Ludlum took the bet
But Ostrich never reached Forty
nth Street. At Forty third Street Po-
liceman Glennon, of the Broadway
Squad grpped the bride of the leader
lost it, and grabbed his tail Ostrich
halted and SO did the others.
"W'ad'ye mean?" demanded the cop
of James Forbes, Ostrich's mount.
rCouldn't help it," responded Forbes
HE ran away from me. I'm not q
regular jockey. I'm a movie actor"
All bets were declared off