The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24

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| State Briefs |
E.-Dlssolution of the
consolidated school district created
by the merging OF five rural schools
with Wyandotte is sought in suit
filed I'm district court. II is alleged
that the consolidation was not effect
ed in every respect in the manner
prescribed by law.
DURANT. Contracts for the
Bryan county federal aid highway
project, which contentplates the con-
struction of SO miles of hard-sur-
face roadway at a cost of 100000,
were signed Friday by the state
highway commissioner and forward
ed to the attorney general for his
approval.
CUSTER CITY.---Farmers all over
the state will do well to hold their
wheat for better price than the
markets now afford. is the opinion
of w. Il. Gray, Custer City miller.
NORMAN.--Rev G. ID. Mead, pas
tor of the First Methodist church,
South, will preach the baccalaureate
sermon for the senior class of the
1921 summer session at the uni
versity on Sunday, July 81.
MANGUM.--John II. Tomme. city
manager, DIR. r. T. Lee and q crowd
of helpers and hystanders succeed
ed in slaughtering 60 rates in the
north part of the city. They made
n building rat-proof and then turneI
on the fire hose.
HARTSHO NE--Liquidatio Of
Of the Hartshorne National bank by
the comptroller of tn ecurrency was
announced here Friday. This tnsti-
tuition will be succeeded by the Sc
curity State bank OF Hartshorno
CHANDLER.--Con inter-
est is being manifested in the medi-
cal properties OF we'll recently
drilled on the William Moore place.
a few miles southwest of here on
the Ozark trail. The well Is 144
feet deep, going through six feet
OF hard rock.
wELEEKTA-- The recent cleo
ton on bonds for water, light and
power was favorable with practical
unanim.ty as only one vote was cast
against the proposition. In a pre-
vious vote for bonds for new school
building there was Just one adverse
vote.
Observation-Disclosures C. NJ.
Feuquay flew to Arkansas city
Thursday TO appear az counsel IN an
important case In court. This is the
first instance on record whore a
Chandler man has travelled to an
appointment via the air.
PAuTI,S vALLEY.-Tha Washita
Electric Power company has recent
" completed the construction OF
an electric line into Maysvilie, a
Garvin county town, which never
before enjoyed the blessings OF elec-
tricity.
PAWNEE.--Frank Lee. young
man from Oilton. was drowned IN
Hallett lake last Sunday while in
bathing. He was teaching a lady
friend to swim, but when he got into
deep water he could not save him
self. After several hours OF dragging
tho body was recovered.
HALLET'T. I'm the car race Sun
dav one Paige car became unman-
agcable and turned turtle. pinnlng
the occupants beneath the wreck.
Only one OF them was injured be-
sides the driver, Walter Combs OF
Yale. who sustained injuries from
which he died on the way 20 a hos
pltal.
HOMINY. Lowell Tolbert, em-
ployed at the Harper garage, was
the victim Wednesday OF a serious
accident. The casing on truck
which he was filling with air blew
out. A piece of the rim OF the
wheel hit him In the forehead, cut
ting an ugly cash and fracturing the
skull. A physician dressed the
wound and he is resting well.
COWETA. .--Early In the week
Sheriff Corgan appointed Robert
Murphy deputy sheriff. The &C.
lection OF a local man to the office
gave general satisfaction.
TT'FAULA-Bllly Stafford, me-
gro, was convicted of manslaughter
in district court here Friday and
given four years In the penitentiarv.
Getting into a dispute with Perry
Goodlow a year-ago he fired NJ him
with shotgun. The bullet pene-
'tratcd the negro's hand and went
into the head OF an old negro
preacher. Lum Brown, killing him
instantly. on account OF TINS be-
ing an unintentional killing staf-