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IF it happened today
* you can read it
this evening in Law-
I ton's biggest and best
: Daily. ....
Sainton GJonatitutum - ipmnrrat
WEKKLY EDI'l
LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY. JULY 7, 1910.
WEEKLY EDITION.
T'HE only Lawton
^ Daily that the busy
Man of affairs has
time to read while the
News is Fresh.
A CLEANER
LAWTONIS
MOVE NOW
CITY DADS GET FEROCIOUS AVIIKN
I'NSAMTAllY I OMDITIO.YS
A HE EXPOSED.
COUNCIL "ON EAR"
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
GETS BIG THRONG OUT
Much Sentiment at Booster Meeting'. Visitor!
Gets Free Lot
| hear the
I rpritea
-awton business men had no
i than to have the massed
facts about the Lawton en-
and their prospects that big
I booster concert and entertainment at
J the Midland Airdome last night was a
glorious success. There were over
-'>00 tickets issued and there was no
standing room left when the entertain
ment opened. The lawton band gave
a
statements,
ceived. He i
bur organiz
deeply and
the buildin;
what the
themselv
certainlv
e well
Uuion
BIG FIRM
SELLS OUT
I.AWTON WIIOI.MAI.I GRO( ERY
COMPANY CHA ViKS HANDS-NEW
>1 h > l'lkl POSSESSION.
CHOLERA
RAMPAGE
ORE (I) DISEASE SPKEADIV
I lil(o| 1.1| lilVMt M\>Y AI1E
THE VICTIMS.
OLD REGRISTRA TION CERTIF-
ICATES ARE JVOtt USELESS
Be No More
Hand
practically
of Greater
ltizena in gei
knock the
INCREASE BUSINESS WORLD IS IN FEAR
was cheered. In fac
throught this
meetin
nd concert and this was followed strong sentiment that if th
Mronir (.rowrv I <>mpanv From East-
ero Part of *tiite Takes
* ontmi,
VIII Take Immediate Steps to Bette
Condition of Water
III Mains.
knocker left in Lawton his room w is
I much more preferable than his pres-
ence.
After this part of the booster exer-
! cls *s the vaudeville held the stage for
short time, when Hon. M. Koehler
I time
by the splendid vaudeville bill by th
I legular troupe.
After the brief show program the
leeting was called to order by J. Con-
or, president of the Citizens State
I hank. Judge \V. C. Stevens was Intro-.
With allowine: the city clerk's estl-1 duced ^nd gavt- a very clear, concise'took charge of the lot drawing
mates of $54,535.39 the attendance in statement of all the facts in the prea-j l>laoed the numbered ticket stubs in | tli
b>dy of the council at the booster lent booster situation. His statement' a barrel and after a good shaking u
meeting at the airdome, a spectacular , was Interesting and was listened to
attack on the present city water by | with marked attention, as it was the
Councilman Denham and an extremely! first full explanation the general pub-
ferocious attack on the sanitary con- He had ever heard He was followed
dillona of the city by Councilman h,y P. D. Anders.,.,, president of the
Br.-«er last night s session was a very ; oklahoma Realty and Development
T;h C°r 1 "wa" °" "8; Co., who made a lot of things clear
ear and the way they went after the ,lt. tn ,• «. . . . . .
propositions before them made things ™ 1 wl!"t, ? been done and what
look serious for the violators Jt the needed. His talk created ,i lot of
present city ordinance. .strong sentiment for that cor ration
More Heatemrer*. and lts work for Greatel '
The W. C. T. I*. was there with a' 1'itlge R. E. Trosper then talked
proposed ordinance to force all propr ; briefly hat to the point as to what Booster Band concert wil he held at I be intrusted to the hands of W. II
rty owners to place garbage cans on l',e sentiment was outside of Lawton D and Fourth on Friday night next,' Doak, one of the founders of th
Made flavor Once in I tilted State
And .Xlirlit £un Come
Aura in.
most stable fnstitutl
new promoters* will
stablishmeiu. conducting the bus-
. - i —• through |he future along the
• called a small boy to the stage and same general Ipes in which that mc-
lrew forth a ticket. No. 74'. For a | cessful businots concern has b-
it appeared doubtful ti at the * ' ..U«vted in tffe past, the new owners
t the .".older of that ticket, | retaining the former einplo; js of the
oncern and both R. o. Bolman and
< OJIIMM >i 1.1. Us m
Negotiations have just been com-
pleted whereby the lawton Wholesale
Grocery Company, one of Lawton'*' Sudednl) h<
s, is sold and to the ground, writhing with pain,
ke tne lead in | fifteen minutes latei he died
ST rKTKRSm'RG. July C>—A few
weeks ago a man was walking down a
dirty side street in Knsla's capital.
a fell forward on his face
but just before time for another to
be taken from the barrel Miss Jessie
Mae Wray, of Fairfield, Iowa, arose
and handed in her ticket She was giv-
en a lot certificate, and was highly
pleased. She has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Beaver, at 110 Second St.
for a few weeks.
with the con-
Don Bolman remaini
ceru for some .month
>ew Purchaser* Strong Firm.
With the transfer of stock the
Pennigtou Grocery company, already
operatiug wholesale grocery stores it
Ardmore and Pauls Valley, become
It was announced that the hegular j the owners. And tie- management will
the rear of their lots for the regular
daily trips of the garbage man and a
movement was started by Councilman
Brewer to supply the city with suffl-
cient garbage nt*n to haul off ail the
garbage which collects. This most im-
portant question was given due con-
sideration and referred to a committee
with authority to act in the matter. At
present the city is so poorly supplied
with garbage men that the contents of
the garbage c. ns cannot be emptied
ofter.er than orn, in a Wfek and the
result is a grave nuisance. All city
property which has not been connect-
* the sanitary sewer will im-
/ be sondemned. The owners
en notified now at regular In-
.s foi several years and the coun-
.a has ordered property, not connect-
ed, condemned and the necessary con-
nection put in by the city at the ex-
pense of the property owners.
The Water Supply.
The present unsatisfactory city wat-
er came in for its part;of the discus-
sion and it was suggested by Council-
man Barnes that the tfipes from here
to the mountains, in wlrlch it is thought
'hat the water is souring, to be
thoroughly flushed out A committee
was appointed to look into the matter
and to start the old city pumping sta-
tion until the clensing process can be
properly attended to.
To Extend Street Hallway.
Pending reorganization the street
railway is now at a stand still and in
order to extend the line so as to keep
ahead of the paving the city has ap-
pointed a committee t'> act with Con-
tractor Shaw on his offer to exteu 1
the line for the railway company and
keep it ahead of the paving that the
railway compan\ may not be caused
unnecessary expense because of the
previous laying of the pav. ment.
Siindut ( losers.
Ti e Sunday closers were there in
force and demanded a nearing at some
future time when their pleas may be
•discussed before the council in joint
discussion with some debaters who
will defend the open Sunday pioposi-
tion. The council specified the next
meeting as the time for the discussion)
and the things the I^awtonites should and it should be attended by all l^aw-
do. He made some very plain, pointed tonites.
DIPPED NEAR TI NOT FOR
BREAKERS BALLINGER
(TRUSS COMES NKAR fit'TTING
l\TO ill K BKIS8—SIXOND
FL1UHT SITCKSSFI L.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 6.—
Glenn H. Curtiss made an eight-min-
ute flight directly over the ocean at
6:HO Tuesday night. The trip included
a flight along the entire front of the
city, about a mile off shore and 1,500
feet above the ocean.
The successful flight was the second
one attempted, the first resulting in a
mishap that nearly sent Curtiss into
the ocean. While he was attempting to
makeja turn from the beach to go to
s<va an air.eddy caught yi«s plane and
dropped it within ten feerof the break
ers. Curtiss made a quicK turn and
drove his machine on the beach with
such force that a wood standard along-
side his seat was snapped.
The drop in the air and the jar as
he struck the beach unseated Curtiss
and might have thrown him out but
for new braces built across his should-
ers and lashed to the machine.
Tin
debat
City tomorrow will be the greatest po-1
litical demonstartion that will take
| place during the present campaign,
and at that time will hear arguments! ^ i!e R°s8 men will be there in full
on both sides of the question. forc('- ,0 l,oost their favorite, it be-
*1 | stin;jite. I inS estinied that over ;i000 Ross Club
The report™ f the City Clerk making1 wbe there ,rom ever>' county in
estimates on amount needed to defray state.
all expenses of the citv for one ve.'r rhr l awton Booster hand accom-
enda June 20. lull, as will lie Hied !">'"«! by over 200 local Ross men will
with the count} clerk is as follows:
ODOJiSES POI>iDEXTER FOR SF.>.
ATE—T1I1S HITS HALLIMI-
£K HARD.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July G.-Roose
velt made it clear Tuesday, not by di-
rect statement, but by Implication so
*rong that it admits of no misinter-
""tation, that he will support Repre-
sentative Miles Poindexter in his fight
for a seat in the United States senate
from the state of aWshington. They
had luncheon together and alter a con-
ference at Sagamore Hill, Mi Poin-
dexter departed jubilant.
In endorsing Poindexter for the sen-
ate, Col. Roosevelt places himself
squarely in opposition to Richard A.
Ballinger, secretary of the interior,
whom President Taft had so warmly
defended; and it Is thp only stand he
has taken bearing directly or indirect-
ly on the Ballinger-Pinchot contro-
versy.
Mr. Poindexter is opposed to Secret-
ary Ballinger from first to last and
hopes to succeed Senator Piles of
Fashington, who has been idetnified
with the Ballinger wing of the repub-
lican party in that state. The secretary
and Mr. Poindexter are from the same
Seattle district.
Leaving Oyster Bay after the con-
ference, Mr. Poindexter said:
"I found Col. Roosevelt unchanged.
He is just the same as ever. He and I
I have worked together always and ne
} assured me that we always would
Ross. Murray. Cruce and Kirk; work together. I am delighted with the
that takes place in Oklahoma; result of the visit."
WILL GO TO
BOOST ROSS
Pennigtou Grocery Co. and an experi-
enced wholesale grocery man.
Means lliifluj'ss For Lawton.....
In an interview yesterday morning
R. O. Bolman retiring manager of the
concern said: "The change means
more business for Lawton and a new
impetus in the business of the concern
as the Pennington Grocery company is
one of the most progressive firms in
the state. They are large people in the
business of the state regarded as a
thoroughly stable and reliable con-
cern. They are aggressive and
thorough grocery men and among the
heaviest dealers in Oklahoma.
A Stricth Lawton Concern.
The Lawton department Is to be
conducted as a strictly Lawton con-
cern however and the patrons of the
firm will notice no difference in the
service. The new owners took posses-
sion of the concern yesterday morn-
ing and are already conducting the
business. They come to Lawton with
thorough confidence in the future of
the city and the wholesale grocery
business of this section of the state.
They will en^avpr to build up the
largest wholesale business In the
southwest section.
HHillES HAS I III: ( ALL.
CENSUS
SHOWS
7,788
A phvisclaii pushed his iffcy through
the crowd that had gathered and bent
over the lifeless form. The doctor
shook his head and glanced Into the
anxious eves of the bystanders. A
moment later there was a wild hvsterl-
cal cry.
"The cholera! The cholera!"
The crowd dispersed aud terror-
stricken men and women ran with cov-
ered faces to their homes and barred
their doorg.
This is a scene in Russia—St. Pet
ersburg maybe—today, for cholera Is
spreading through the empire with
startling rapidity and there are grav.3
fears that this time the plague will
spread over the world.
Barred their doors! Fseles precau-
tion, for death haunts the palaces and
the hovels alike of all who eat and
drink. A grim, unseen specter, !t
stalks through the land and when 't
strikes, it neither shows mercy 11 >r
favors.
Just now the nations of the worid
are busily locking their doors against.
Russia. Kngland, Germany a France
annonce a rigid quarantine against
Russians, and Russian goods, but al-
ready there have been deaths In Ber-
lin. Should the disease continue to be
a menace, the United States govern-
ment will undoubtedly adopt strict
quarantine regulations.
In 1893 the plague gained a brief
foothold in the United States, but so
quickly and strongly did the health
authorities act that is was stamped
out. The last real epidemic of cholera
In the United States was about half a
century ago. There were thousands of
deaths and one town—Sandusky, O.—
was nearly depopulated.
The news from Russia says that a
pall hovers ov.-r the homes of the peo-
ple. Arising in the morning the living
members of a family weep over bod-
ies of those who were well the night
before, and—prepare them for the
grave. The wheels of the "dead wag-
on" rattle with a sinister sound over
the cobblestones in the little street
outside, and the only other sound that
Bills
Harry Bowers, the young son of
Bowers, the jeweler, was arrested this
I morning on D Avenue, while in the a~t
| of distributing ad\ertising bills for a
shoe store of this city.
j While the young man had committed
' no crime he was violating one of the
citv ordinances, which in the past the
police have neglected to enforce.
But of late many complaints have
been coming in to the police from all
parts of the city complaining of the
reckless distributing of such matter,
stating that it was impossible to keep
their yards cleared of the same, for
110 sooner had one batch been destroy-
ed before another took its place
A number of cases have ben register
ed where stray posters have frightened
horses, very nearly causing many ser-
ious accidents. Police Chief Gibson
lias Issued orders to every member of
rhe force to rigidly enforce this ordin-,
ance and to arrest all offenders on
sight. j
ALL MUST
REGISTER
TO VOTE
HANDS OUT
CHALLENGE
(iinniMi.s hoi Mi in n\ i k t.it wii
KM II HI (i.AI'SK—ANY
WHKItK—ANY TIME.
SK( RETART COUNTY FI.EITfOS
BOARD 01 YES NOTICE OF NEW
REGISTRATION.
BOOTHS NOW OPEN
Booths Will Remain Open Until P.
>!.. l ast Saturday In
July.
Registration Booths. *
First Ward. Law office A. J. •
* Burton, 314 C Avenue. •
* Second Ward, Couch grocery, •
* 529 C Avenue. •
* Third Ward. Office Worthlngtou •
* Swift, over 4VZ D Avenue •
* Fourth Ward. Furniture store •
Samuel Pettier, 128 D Avenue. •
Fifth Ward, Fifth Ward Groc- •
* ery, 927 5th street. •
* froths open now •
Booths close Saturday night, •
* Julv 30th at 9 o'c!or* •
Every voter nr. «• register. •
Old registration, o uflcates are •
* worthless.
Newspaper reports to the contrary
notwithstanding, all who would vot#
Attorney E. J. Giddings of Oklaho-
ma City, has issued a challenge to any
republican in the state to a debate up-
on the ' grandfather clause." He says
he will debate the question at any
place in the state and with any per- .
son. Mr. Giddings Is anxious that the ln the coming election primaries for
voters know the exact nature of the which are held August 2nd, must reg^
grandfather clause" and believes a teter before they will be allowed to
series of debates wll disclose the real cast their ballots. This is the edict
merits of the issue more than any fr°m the county election board. Tb9
other thing . election will be held under the ol*
No doubt the eJffrles-Johnson prize Taylor election law and the new \*w
fight of July 4 has caused the subject now undergoing referendum proceed-
to be considered more serious, especial bigs The provisions of the law are
ly in Oklahoma, says Giddings. Also l^at all voters must register befor*
several letters from prominent south- ( general election.
ern governors recomerondlng the | Books Now Open
H o position to Oklahoma have stimu*; The registration hook* ' a pa
'"m? '(liddTnrt 1" 'luestiunf open in the varlou* ward, of the city
•' 111 \*1 MJ I 1 T " j.'L""' °'iS.rm"lUac" wlth t,le law whlr!l> ™-
$!fstL " t JT!"" th?v hft OP®?.* thlrtr.*!.
the
rhTlfW? *'!' advocated by before th7 boota
e I nited ( oufederate votmani at clo.se on the Inst Saturday nfgfit
heli mee,in* held on Oklahoma City jU|y at 9 o'clock and any person who
m y 1 10 j bas not registered will not be allowed
„ „. „ j to cast his vote in the primaries, rt is
■ ^f.1* * /urf« for the voters to remember that their
Providence, R. L, July 6 —Seer* :ory old registration certificates ar« good
r"ou"> no longer, and that they must secora
will
Ballinger, when Interviewed, said:
I don't care anyway for I'm not In new onea '
Salary fund, Including officers
and laborers $ 21,800.00
Street and Bridge fund
Contingent and Supply fund
I ightlng fund
Fire and Water fund
Sinking fund
Outstanding warrants
Judgments against City
13.200.00
1,200.00
4,800.on
4,000.00
28,187.!.;
25,939.53
4,108.21
Grand Total
This report as read
ed by the council and will be filed with
the county clerk.
Claims Allowed.
Claims were allowed as follows for
%he month of June:
City pay roll $965.00
Engineering Department 249.00
Eureka Fire Hose Co 220.00
Water Dept. and Fire Dept .. 430.00
Comanche Light Co 861.14
Street Department 245.00
E. E. Shipley, int. on bonds ..7268.13
Aside from these a number of small
er and unimportant bills were allow-
ed.
Report of paving committee accept-
lng paving on C avenue from 3rd to
cth street was read and engineer's es-
timate of $10,315.74 was allowed.
Several reports from committees on
various departments of the city were
referred to auditing committee.
leave tomorrow morning over the Fris-
co. to take part in the big parade to-
morrow afternoon.
The Lawton Booster band will be
given a prominent place in the parad \
beside the other Ross bands that will
be imported there by the different
! clubs over the state, all of which will
| go to give Ross a fine showing in the
| parade.
The citizens of Oklahoma City are
$103,244 !)<>i l),aiin'g for a great parade of over 500
w'as adoDt-' autoni°blles. to take place tomorrow
i .. in": afternoon immediately after dinner.
The parade, probably headed by the
Lawton Booster band will form in front
of the Lee-Huckins hotel, corner North
Broadway and Main streets at one
o'clock, and will proceed up North
Broadway across to Robertson,south to
J Main and then west to the auditorium
where the discussion will take place.
SOMERVILE, Mass., July 6.—Al-
thought President Taft would not dis-
cuss the question of a successor to
chief Justice Fuller today, there is a
] strong impression among those close
to the executive that Gov. Hughes will
be the next presiding justice of the su-
preme court of the United States.
The death of Mr. Fuller means ab-( — — Vw.v.-
solutely that the Standard Oil and the eram received at 2:30 this afternoon
tobacco cases will not be re-argued from Census Director Durand the
until next December. I population of Lawton is shown to be
considerably lower than had been ex-
1IE SLAYS 1IIS WIFE. pected. The arrival of the long looked
HOUSTON, Tex., July 6.—At Mas- for missive sets at rest the minds of
i',® the.i*"ournful j politics, 1 will tell you this, thought. I
don't believe the state of Washington
will ever send Miles Poindexter to the
United States senate."
DEVOL PAPER
BOOSTS BOYER
Constitntl Mi-Democni*. •
Lawton, Oklahoma.
Population thirteenth census
Lawton Clij 7«796*
! lTK\M , Director. 2 P. M.
With the arrival of the above tele-
cow, Polk county, C. M McFall on
yesterday shot and fatally wounded
his mother-in-law, Mrs. A. E. Parish,
and then beat his own wife to death
with a gun and hammer. McFall escap
ed and is being pursued by sheriffs
and enraged citizens. Reports are
that he was drunk at the time.
He came to Texas from Tennessee.
One-third off on Wall Paper at 1
I brain's Paint Store this neck. I
\te. Phone :{!♦.
those who had planned to make the
race for the office of clerk of the su-
voice of the driver, calling "Bring out
your dead: bring out your dead."
The hospitals are crowded with cots,
and all other patients must be sent
away to mane room for the cholera pa.
tinets. The schools are dismissed and
the school houses turned into hospit-
als.
The ignorance of the Russian peo-!
pie makes the problem extremely hard'
to handle, because the notion seems
to prevail that the plague Is a man-! 4 4l ~7TT r, , ^
Ifestatlon of providence and a punish-' A recent issu,> of t Devo1 Dispatch
ment for sins Thev disregard medical rontained th" following complimentry
advice and often refuse to take med- notice of Count> Treasurer D. W. Boy-
icine. i,>r
The permanent home of Asiatic cho- ' "Since the publication of Mr. Boy-
lera is in Indian, especially Calcutta «'r's tax report a few weeks ago in
and the southern part of Bengal.There these colums there has be^n I^'.s of
are many deaths from cholera in that comment on his ability a:. i tax col-
district annually, although Briti ;n b ctor and one man said the other
administration is doing much to day that there is not another treasurer
stamp it out. in the state who can show 98 per cent
The disease itself is communicated of the county's taxes collected and that
by drinking water that has been con- people .ire proud of him. Right,
taminated by the cholera germ. Many they should be proud of him and his
medical men do not bellve the dls- name should be heralded to the four
ease can be contracted in any other corners of the Globe and let the world
way. known that Comanche has a man cre-
The Isolation of patients and the
boiling of ail drinking water is the
course pursued in epidemics of jthe
disease, and everything used by the
patient must be carefully disinfected
ntirely destroyed. As for the cur
WOULD YOU FIGHT A PRIZE
FIGHT FOR $2000 A MINUTE
CONDUCTOR SHOT.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 6.—T ain
Conductor Lee Roberts, a prominent
Mason, was shot and wounded In a
fight between three white men and
negroes on an Iron Mountain train the
result of the Jeffries-Johnson fight.
Conductor Roberts Is being brought
here on special train.
JEFFIES GETS.
Share of purse $40,400
Bonus 10,000
Share of pictures 65,000
Total $115,400
Fought I hour
PEARL ROGERS RAIDED AGAIX.
Deputies from the sheriffs force
this morning raided the joint operated
by eParl Rogers, at 23 D Avenue and
Earned per minute
JOHNSON GETS.
Share of purse
Bonus
Share of pictures
.. .$1,916
.$60,600
. 10,000
. 50 000
♦ Total $120,600
♦ Fought 1 hour
♦ Ea ned per minue $2,010
sus showing a deficiency of 212.
It is the first census that Lawton
lias ever experienced. The population
of the town has been entirely by es-
timate at ail previous times and that
the guesses of the wise ones have fail-
ed some what is shown by the figures
from the director of the census.
It is probable that the rapid growth
of the majority of Oklahoma towns
during the past year has been over-
estimated and with the coming of the
census the whole lot will be placed on
an assured basis. The slump in figures
1 when the estimates and the actual fig-
into the city from his camp at MosanaI ZZ™ fnvTth? Wn!!re'a?"t°Ut Pr°"
Springs with Sam Berger and .„her | "<,rtlonate "ver l1"-' entlre 3tate-
members of his party an hour before
, train time and hid himself as much a3
possible from the culrous gaze of the
crowd that still thronged the streets
, of the world's fight capital.
In his every stumbling movement,
in his bowed head, in the depths of
his combre eyes, in his nervous rub-
bing of his swollen face and blacken-
ed eye, in his almost timid shrinking
from the public, the great Jeffries
i showed his defeat and dealt him a vit-
al blow and that he never again would
1 be the man that he was a few hours
ago. There was silence as he passed
through the streets. Men rushed forth
perior court and judge of the supreme ! there seems to be none, although Half
court 8000 the city population requir- kine, a physician in Calcutta, expell-
ed for the establishment of the supe-'- mented with an antitoxin with some
ior court here is not reached the cen-' success. The death rate from the dis-
ease averages about 50 per cent of
those Infected
COME! COME! COME!
To the big dance to be given at Cap-
ital Park. Thursday evening. Good
music. Everybody invited. 7-6 d 2t
dited with a recard of 98 per cent of
the taxes collected. This in itself,
shows that Mr. Boyer is wide awake
and always has the peoples interest
at hand. Mr. Boyer is now fighting
a campaign for re-nomination on Aug-
ust 2 and the voters should not lose
any of his wonderful energy and work
in the interests of people, and he has
made a wonderful record and each
individual should be proud of him.
Don't overlook the fact that the
Nemo Corset is the leading corset
made for the stout woman. They lead
—all others follow. Garvins, 422 D.
7-5 d it
fries, whose great ring career came to
a pitiful end when he fell before Cham-
secured a barrel of beer and a large pion Jack Johnson here Monday, left
quanltjr of wiskey. No arrests were the scene of his defeat at 7:30 o'clock
' Tuesday night. He is headed toward
his alfalfa ranch in Southern Califor-
nia and tnere In the quiet of his fields,
surrounded by the hills he loves, he
will try to forget. In the meantime he
will spend a few days in San Fran-
cisco, straightening out his bnslness
affairs. The effries car was hitched to
the regular evening train. He motored
RENO, Nev., July 6.—James J. Jef- fr°n the gambling tables to gaze, but
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no word of taunt or derision was
thrown at him. Those who saw that
fight, and that includes nearly every-
body in Reno, know that Jeffries did
his best.
The train was lost in the r*d glow
that the sun shed over the Sierras,
Jeffries was gone into history. In the
other dlreotion, somewhere In the de-
sert to the east, a hilarious band of
negroes was Journeying with the ban-
ner of the world's champion floating
from the car window.
GEORGE KEY IS
MAKING GOOD
HYDE GETS
LIFE TERN
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 6.—Dr. B.
C. Hyde was today sentenced to life
Imprlsonement at Jefferson City at
hard labor by. Judge Latshaw. The con
victed slayer of Colonel Thos. Swope
was surrounded by his corps of brilli-
ant attorney? who have fought the
^ase so hard through the six montha
siegt. His wife was by his side and
when the verdict fell Hyde was the
calmest man ir the court room. Mm.
Hyde Imnif f *tely burst Into hysteri-
cal weeping.
The case was called as soon as court
convened. Judge I^atshaw asked Dr.
Hyde If he had anything to say.
"Pardon me. Judge. I did not un-
derstand you.''said Hyde with a smile.
When the question was made clear
the doctor said that his attorneys
would speak for him.
Mr. Lucas, senior counsel for tha
convicted man, said that there wna
nothing to be said at this time.
The judge told Dr. Hyde to stand
up. Mrs. Hyde trembled visibly aa
the doctor arose.
The judgment of the court. Dr.
Hyde," said Judge Latshaw, "is that
you be confined in the state peniten-
tial y at Jefferson City at hard labor
for and during the period of your
natural life."
An appeal was filed at once. The
prisoner will remain in the county
jail here until the state supreme
court acts On his case.
NORTHERN WHEAT WITHERS
UNDER THE BLAZING SUN KOEHLER'S FRIENDS
INVEST IN LAWTON
Ceo. D Key. democratic candidate
for Attorney General, still has his
democracy on straight, and Is going
forward in a clean.dlgnified. manly
campaign, while West and Graham are
snapping and quarreling and peeling
each other like two doga fighting over
a bone for the succession to the of-
fice. Neither wants to be Jarred
loose from their Jobs which they have
held since statehood. They are weak-
ening thedemocratlc party, which is
responsible for them and their car-
eers, diminishing the chances for dem-
ocratic success at the polls, and put-
ting powder in the hands of the enemy.
The party can rid Itself of these
two disturbers and perpetual office
seekers, and thus clean up this whole
deplorable affair by casting them i-
side, and centering on Mr. Key, a
bright, clean, capable lawyer and a
bully democrat
MINNESOTA, Minn July 5.—Posi-
tive damage to the northwestern
wheat crop through unprecedented
drouth and a great heat blast that ex-
tended over nearly all the last half of
June is now admitted. Estimates f.01.1
various portions of the spring wheat
territory included in Minnesota and
the Dakotas, place the damage at from
25 to 50 per cent, with a majority of
the reports approximately the smaller
figure
Corn, oats and barley are in much
better shape and will not begin to de-
teriorate for 10 days or more, even
if the drouth should continue.
Wheat that was very late In planting
is so far along that it could not pro-
duce a good crop, even if the rains
were to come soon.
Drouth In Washington.
Spokane, Wash., July 6. — Wheat,
the great staple crop of the Pacific
northwest, aside from fruit, has suf-
fered mucn because of one of the dri-
est spring seasons on record.
In the great Palouse and Big Bend
districts, thousands of acres of wheat
are threatened with total failure un-
less rain comes soon. Winter wheat
may yet make a fairly good crop if
rain comes soon.
The fruit outlook is very encourag-
ing, and Montana will have more ap-
ples than ever.
FINI) 11007.K HID ODEK WALK.
In a raid this morning on the place
of G groeesr9d hengeBow- e..N
of George l-edgerwood at 7 D Ave.,
just east of the Monarch Theatre, dep-
uti ts found a large quality of Sunny
Brook stored under the wooden side-
walk connecting the buildings.
Ltdgerwood denied al knowledge of
the "wets." claiming that it was put
there by other parties. No arersts were
made.
CADETS NOTICE.
Friday night at the home of Fred
8mith, 1002 Gore Boulevard the semi-
annual meeting of the Presbyterian
Cadets will be held. All members are
urged to be in attendance as business
next to the church will be discussed.
George Key and Claud Small depart-
ed this morning for tli? short grass re-
gion In the vicinity of LnlJ where
they wll spend some time in the inter-
Messrs. C. W. Wade of Fairfield.
Iowa, and C. L. Beech of the samtt
state, both old friends and busineai
associates of M. Koehler are in tb«
city the guest of Mr. Koehler.
These gentlemen are big merchant*
in their respective cities but notwith-
standing they are engaged In the mer-
cantile business they have an eye for
farm lauds and farm products and af-
ter an extended automobile trip over
the county with Mr. Koehler theaa
lowans are much impressed with con-
ditions as they see them in ComanclM
county.
Coming as they do from one of th*
best agricultural states in the anion
where land sells readily for |X00 ti
means something when Mr. Wad*
says: "The land here that iella for
$20 an acre Is just as good as the Io«*
laud that sells for a (100 an acre en*
when the farmers here get to cultivafc.
ing the soil as they do there the crop*'
will be juat as good, In fact, the i
In Oklahoma right now look juat I
aa good a they do In Iowa."
Each of the men hat
intention of disposing ot
eat of Key's candidacy tor attorney property and Inrsatlai
general. ln oklahoma real MtaM.
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