Oklahoma Weekly Leader (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1921 Page: 2 of 4
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OKLAHOMA (Weekly) LEADER
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OF ANMUCIUKD I'klHS.
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I'ubllMbfJ Kvtrr Thursday
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Mil aioutha
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If that new "tear pas" made
New York policemen weep it must
he the real xlut'l'.
"Britain virtually yields all
Irish demands." There's as much
virtue in a "virtually'' as in an
"if."
CRESCENT Clllf STILL
HAS THE ICE
OKLAHOMA WkFKLY LEADER TfU'RSDAY. AUGUST 4, 1!)21
CHE«PEB "JUICE" El j"flUCI(J«Cr itTTllEflS TO CUE YOU WILL PA! ML'
GUTHRIE IS CBINTEO. MUSE OF A KILLING! PEDESTRIANS A "LIFT" TAXES NEXT YEAR SERVICE MEET LAST NICUT
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Is Scheduled For
August 14
If the Turks have fled from
their new capital, the Greeks
must at last have pot their
Anirora.
Terrible thought Suppose it
takes as long to get peace in
Ireland as it did at Versailles ami
Washington I
Ordering Germany to give safe
conduct to French troops en route
to Silesia to fight the Germans is
the 1921 model of diplomatic
French joke.
If Lloyd George really regrets
his pledge to take part in the
disarmament conference, a strute
(fie retreat to safety will not take
much valuable time.
Now that they are discovering
mm-runninp schooners off the
coast, what have Secretary
Hoover and the other pirat
dreamers got to say for them
selves?
( rescent City baee ! >.i I ] funs have
not tail! down, not hy a lonjj shot.
7 tic fellows up Orescent way are not
quitters The.v arc* good loser 3 but
they have a habit of coming back
that is refreshing. The next game
staged between Guthrie and Crescent
will !*■ a ring-tailed snorters, if th«-
promise made by certain < f tho
'Crescenltea is authentic and there is
no reason to doubt the assertion.
A general strengthening of a'l
positions Ih contemplated The "i
stery batter," spoken of la#-1 week
•will he a reality next time and (Jut!)
rie will have to look to her laure'n
Next Sunday the (iuthrie swatters
will meet the fast team from
Hominy. The Hominy aggregation is
said t« be the fastest amateur team
on the east aide.
tarily Reduces the K. W
Rate For Electricity In
City
Claimed
Pot of $4.25 Jule Craw-
ford Shoots To
Kill
COURT HOUSE NOTES
Koy Kneeland to M. A Smith. As-
signment of O. & (• Royalty, 7 211 21
1-3 interest SE 1 4, NK 1 4. in 14-15-
lw.
COUNTY C. ySSOCIATION
Other Officers For Permament
Organization Named; His
torical Pageant Is
Planned
The board of directors of the new
Ix>gan County Community Service as-
sociation met at Monday luncheon
at the lone After one of Manager
Scarden's best luncheons the board
got down to real business It elec
ed Robert 8ohlberg chairman, J K
Nissley, vice chairman, K. E. Par
sons, treasurer and Mrs. \V II Heer,
recording secretary
Plans for the community work for
the year were fully and freely dis-
cussed. The matter of *he execu-
tixe secretary was left entirely with
the new executice committee, which
will hold its first meeting next Fri-
day at 4:30 at the rooms of the
Chamber of Commerce.
The matter of the historic pagentry
at the county fair, which the federa-
ted farm club women have been |
planuing was refered to a special
committee of Messrs Davis, Dibbens
and Heer. This committee will ge*
busy at once and report progress. It
was proposed to secure the assist-
ance of a pageantry expert from
national headquarters which will
guarantee this event to he not only
highly creditable but one of the
finest demonstrations ever shown in
the state. It was suggested that
jlbout Mght pageants b«| aiftanged
portraying that many prominent
events In the history of the county
and state.
Mr. Sohlberg was not present when
he was elected as the head of the
organization, and although a very
busy man. he pledged his best ef-
forts to promote the community ser-
vice activities in the city and county
during this year, lit* will announce
the chairmen of the thrc permanent
working committees at the meet in
on Friday. These chairmen and the
officers above selected will con> i-
tute the executive committee, which
will have the general supervision of
the various lines of community acti
vlties, working under the general
plan as mapped out by the board of
directors.
Chris Breeden, et nx to Harry
Ciarrett, W. J>, ti 23 20, $3,000.00. U>ts
4, 5 and C, block 42, O P
B. W. Murphy, et ux to Chris.
Breeden. VV. I). 4 28 20. $3,000 Lots
4. f> and fi, block 4L\ (! P.
A. 11. Armstrong, ux to llarr;* &
Llllie Garrett, W. I) 2 17 21. $2.r X <>-.
Lot 3, block 42. (J P.
O. L. Miller, et uxt o Harry &
Llllie (Jarre: t, \V I . !♦ 6 10. $3600.00.
Lot 17. block 43, (iuthrie.
Lucindy C Miller, et mar to Harry
and Llllie Garrett, W. f>. 10 1 19.
$600.00. Lot IS, block 43. C, IV
Mattie McNalr vs. James McNalr.
Divorce and custody of child.
Jessie Price vs. Walter Price. Di-
vorco.
Bovatnl Supply 1 'oj, v*j Rurford
Hrimm Oil & (las Co. Material-
man's lien.
Empire Gas &■ Fuel Co., to VV. II
Goddard et ux Release, 10 21 110
lOG acres off VV side of N\V 1-4, 29-
18-4 w.
Julia A Thurston to Velma Singer,
VV. I>, G 26 20, $62.50. E 1-2 lot 15
and lots 16 and 17 in block 54 VV. (!
Otto Hanson to Velma Singer, W.
7 10 20. $62.50. Lots 4 and 14 and
VV 1-2 lot 15, block 54. VV. G.
Libson F. Crupper to Velma Singer.
VV. 1)., 10 21 20, $335.00. Lots 1 to
. black 8. Clifton Heights
Hilda L. Kratz, et mar to Mary II
Busch. \V I) . 2 24 21, $1.00. \'K 11
SVV 14. 13 16 - 3 w
E un,j J M Montgomery to
Saymour A MaiHe and Vteni-lo H
Maple, VV. !>. 11 22 20, $3600.00. NK
11-4, 22 -15-3W.
1 L F. Crupper to Velma Singer. Q
c IX. $00.00 I,otB L! to 24. block
8 in Clifton Heights also lots 1 to 6
in block 0 in Clifton Heights
Chas. M. How land to Bettie Charvot
U (' '>• 7 16 21. $1.00. IxitB 13, 14
and 20, block 13, Pleasant Valley.
John Webster, et al vs Orville l>
Ferrier as trustee of estate of Louise
L. and John \V Webster. Quiet Title
lots 15 and 16. block 72. K. <;
Voluntary domestic and electric
rate reductions in (iuthrie and Henry
etta have been accepted and made
official by the corporation couunis 1
sion. The old rate in this city was
15 cents for a Kilowatt nour up to
twenty-five hours; 'hirteen cents for
the next seventy five kilowatt hours;
11 cents for the next 200 hours; 0
rents for the next 2( 0 hours and 7
cents for the next 2^0 hours The
present rate is one of 12 cents Tor the
first 150 kilowatt hours; 0 cents for
the next 200 hours and 6 cents for ;tll
iu excess of 7"0 hours
The Henryetta rate was 13 cen s
for the first twenty-five kilowatt
hours; !♦ ten's for the next twenty-
five. 8 cents for the third twenty-five
and 6 cents for all In excess of 100
hours. The present rate is 11 cents
for the first fifty hoijrs; 0 cents
for the next f if * y hours and 6 cents
for all above 100 hours.
* * *
>• ADLER IN CALIFORNIA
W >• K >: 7: x >: >: m SI
Alfred Adler, well known Guthrie
busine s man, is "doing" California
He says, in recent correspondence
Locted at !;{i Honnie Brae, Lo*
Angeles.
Spent a day feeding fishes |>op-
corn.
An Old Tinier suggested that f
shower that was falling wji^ some
thing unusual.
Geraniums grow naturally and tc
great height.
Fifty planes in the air Sunday af-
ternoon was one of the aatTaction:'
Auto races averaged /107 miles
hour
Jack Dempsey gave an the child
ren for miles aruond a free picnic
Eventually the movies will reproduc
the scenes. If you attend, look fo
Adler.
Angeles, while quiet daily a;
pears like a Fourth-of July.
Autos semi from one to a doze
to their heavenly home daily.
No word lias been received from
him since he had an appointmen
with Ed. McKeand, a former Gut'hrl-
'boy!
Living is cheaper than in Guthrie
however, oranges are 40 cents
dozen.
A late car I say "I'm still rub
boring *'
Who said the facinating, o'd-tinr*
game "Blackjack" is a thing of the
l-Hst and a lost arc The fellow who
did is not acquainted with the con
ditjon that exist.
Iwist night, or rather this morning
shortly after 2 o'clock Jule Craw-
ford. Tulsa "floater" shot and killed
Ralph Broadberry. a Potica City ^am-
bling man in the report conducted
bv Nettie Krow. on West Lincoln
avenue. Both are negroes.
The trouble anys*e over a game of
B ackjack" The ,%j>ot" over which
the controversy arose and which re-
sulted in the killing of Broadberry,
amounted to $4.25.
When Sheriff Robertson arrived
011 the scene the body of the slatn
man had been removed by the city
police. "I shot in sett-defence", said
( rawford The fact remains, how-
ever, that the only gun found was
the one used by Crawford; three
chambers of the ^nin held discharg-
ed sheila Broadberry was hit twice,
one bullet entered his right side an I
passed through*the body, another hit
him in the hip. He died in a few
minutes after being hit. acording to
some of the by-slanders
The body is bein r held at the Mat
chett Undertaking parlors and will
be shipped to Tulsa where the dead
man's parents live.
Dives such as the Krow place
should be cleaned up. There are
several more like it in the city and
one or two are in the business dis-
trict. Several witnesses are bein,'
held by the officers.
PopuJar Civic Club Also Work.
in£ on Sunken Garden Propo-
sition; Visitors Entertain
At Luncheon
Assessed Valuation of County
Shows Decline; Personal
Property $371,232 Less
Than In 1920
The total amount of personal pro-
perty assessed for taxation in Ixjgan
An unusually good attendance
Lions was at the lone m>oi
luncheon Friday and enthusiasm an-: county 1021 is $3,S 8,SS2, as against
pep marked ti Anion; *4.200,064 In 1920, or a decrease of
$37).232,232 for 1931 over 1920.
Hie real estate assessed valuation
the guests were the Very Rev. T. (J
O. McPalla, dean of St. Paul's Cath" ...
oral. Oklahoma City I. T o Man., for 1921 is $H,MM.8S5, as against
of Mattlesburgh. Miss , Mr. Chrisen, $H.124,M6 for 1920, or a decrease or
a prominent business man of Shaw
'•ee. Mrs Hoy (' Hogers and Iitti"
daughter Flomayn and Mrs. Kobe.'"
V Lehew, jr. and son "Bobbie", of
Guthrie.
\IIMKH IfOY \|>
MHl.nw 1 \<; it \\< 1 now
MIOKKIIS I.KA(il i: \(.\|\S|
I'ltOHIItlTION. \( I1M
N«w York, Aug. 1. — Tht
"Smokers'' League against tobac
co prohibition Inc., has been
granted a charter by Supreme
Court Justice Hartin. The League
plant to establish and conserve
the right of the citizens of the
United State# of America to the
u e of tobacco."
ItOY <11 \ltliK s\\s
<•1 until best (in
Itoy ('rat>llocal omnnierci.il
drummer has returned from a t ri;<
'over 1he slate and s:iys (Iuthrie Is
the best city In the country wh-?n it
comes to business conditions. "(Jut!i
fie Is not on'y the best jind most
healthful city to live and raise a
family in. but it is the best city from
a financial standpoint in the stat?
Guthrie business houses arc all on
a firm foundation, many business
man own their own property here
and there is no concern that I know
of, that is overburdened with high
price, war time goods", ho said. Mr.
t'rabbe has travelled iu Oklahoma fo.-
a quarter of a century and probably
is better qualified to make a s'nte-
ment of this kind than any other
man who maktts (Iuthrie
McAlester. Aug. J John Mines,
far ner boy. | ; years tllrt is dead to-
day. following ;i shooting at a dan«
at Gerty, a small town eleven miles
south of Calx i'\ and Charles Baker,
'own marshal, is in jail charged with
the killing
It is alleged that Baker, under the
influence of some Intoxicant, entered
he dance hall and began firing pro
mlscuouslv. Young Mines was hit by
1 stray bullet. After the shooting, i'
is alleged that Baker drove all dane
ers out of the hall and remained then
with the body of the hoy until o her
officers came and arreted him. Me
did not resist arrest, it is said.
FOLDING BED GAAJSES
DEATH OF TEXAS TOf
SIG MURDERERS ARE
SENTENCED TO HANG
Amite. La. Aug 2 - Six men re-
cently convicted of the| charge of
murdering Dallas L. Calmes when
he attempted to prevent a bank rob-
bery at Independence, La , were sen-
tenced Monda> to be hanged.
The men facing the gallows are:
Xatale Damore, Joseph Giella, Ro>
l.eona. Andrea Oamantla, Joseph
Itini and Joseph Bocchro.
oil well gamblers
put up $1,000 bonds
Port Scott. Kansas. Aug. 2 Four-
teen residents of Parker River, Kan.,
of the twenty-4wo recently charge.1
with gambling there on the probable
ield of an oil well appeared in court
in Mound City, Kan., and gave bond
of $1,000 each to appear September
12. Eight other defendants who have
been arrested are yet to appear
Seven recently pleaded guilty and
were fined $100 each and sentenced
to thirty days each in Jail The jail
sentence was suspended.
MS AGAIN VISIT ML-
$6f >69 in favor of 1921.
A complete summary of the bud-
gets, taxation, and other items that
will interest the taxpayers of th?
county will be given from time to
bach of the visiting gentlemen tiine during the next few weeks, as
made interesting shoit talkes, and I the excise board functions. The ft-
Mltle Homayn Ropers sang a sol.i I nances of the school board, road!
t was generously applauded 1,1 I anil bridges anil county affairs Ken
which the little .Miss responded with ,erally will be given. The excise
a character-acted solo. She was a-- board begins Its sessions tomorrow
I'ouipanied hy her mother on the
■piano. IJon l,«hew presided during
the entertainment program and Pre.
"'dent GMfen d-irlug tlie business
discussions.
Chairman Drown or the activities
committee, reported progress on the
Vins1 street sunken garden proposi-
tion and stated that his committee
'was now awaiting a report from t ie
legal arm of the club before making
definite recommendations.
SI ltO|{\.\TIO\ or PF.it.H IO
< ii \t. \i\sr ouw
Blow Open An Unlocked Safe:
Get No Money; Steal An
Adding Machine But
Dump It Later
The yegiis seem to have i- in for
the Wilbur Commission Co., on iht
west track on Vilas. They h
visited the office twice within
month. Frank Wilbur says he keeps
only books and vouchers in the
>nd never locks it.
A few weeks ago yeggs broke open
the unlocked safe, but got nothing
Last Sunday night Ihey broke open
tlie office, found nothing in tile 8af<
but carried off a new adding machine
Santa h'e engineer coming north
saw the machine in a cut near
Waterloo and brought it to Guthrie,
and the railroad men quickly restor-
it to the owner I( is presumed
they were riding the rods south and
for some < uistj dropped it.
I'lii sTOv sioiti s \iu:
imci \iti:n itwuiti i i
Winfleld, Kansas. Aug. 2 -In :.ak
ing chartie i f the Karl I'resion
!•' Cent" si ore here. Frank II Mr
|tluire, receiver, announceil that bank-
Iruntry procwdki.s staWed .Lalns
Preston in the.federal court at (iuth-
rie. involved the Preston chain stores
it Newkirk ami Ponra City, Okia
homa. Hanks liolding Preston papers
at Kas man and here are said to li
the principal creditors
MARSHALL TRIBS
Hill Jarde, a farmer living about
three miles southwest of Mulhai',
loped a few nights ago with Miss
Mildred Tester, a neighbor girl.
They were stopped by officers at
Lyons, Kansas. Sheriff Roberston
«nd Demitv lHusted went up Tiles-
ay and brought them back to the
uthrie jail.
Jarde is about thirty years of afft
mil has a wife and two chlldrei:
hom he left to look af.er tile farm
Mildred is eighteen.
Examination For P. M,
A i n ii servii ,• examination w ill
held for a postmaster at .Marshall
August !:'. ah persons between j;
and tif, years of age who have I
patrons i.t tin office for two year.-
are eligible to take this exaininat-on
postmaster wil Ibe chosen from
At the band concert Fridav nigh
cards were tied to the automobiles
ilarked in the vicinity which bore tin-
inscription. "They oug.it to auto. For
August, be friendly. Give the follow
en the porch an evening ride, and
the man on the road a lift—(Iuthrie
I .Ions Club." within the next few
days one of these tags will be tied to
every automobile the Lions cm
reach, and the club feels sure their
efforts wil be taken in the kindly and
friendly way Intended, and that tit-
affect will be a little closer drawing
together of our people along tihes.-
inexpensive and simple lines of good-
fellowship. They want the automo
bile owners to not negfect the less
fortunate folk in our midst but lo
give special attention to even the
poorer mothers and babies an eve-
ning rides during the usually hit
month or AukusI. In this they invil
'their good country friends to join
I' Is har.l to estimate the happiness
that may result from even so small
en outlay or human interest, an!
kindness towards our fellows. Whetli
er your car i« tag ted or not, join
the process1^'!.
CALIFORNIA PFOPIF HFfir
LAUD MINERAL ITERS
■Mrs. Mary Whltlock. Oklahoma
tity, charged with subornation id
perjury in connection with a damage
suit, lUrought by Elian .VflcCuJlough
some time ago against '.he Oklahoma
S reet Railway company, was arrest-
ed and brought to this city today She
will be arraigned today.
In tho $15,(100 damage suit brought
by Eliza McCullough against the I.
W company a jury awarded her 12,-
O0i>. The suit was based on the claim
made by attorneys for the McCul-
lough woman, that a board, hanging
loosely from '.lie seiling of the
Interurban ticket office here, fell,
hitting her on the head and
shoulders. A newsboy's evidence, it
is claimed convinced the Jury that
the woman was hurt, it is now
claimed that the Whltlock, montan
gave the boy the story to recite and
that he was, in fact not in the depot
at the time of the accident. Thi,,
of course will have to be proven.
Directors Elected For Year With
Power To Name Executive
Committee and a
Secretary
A good attendance was at the com-
munity service meeting Thursday
night, at the First M. E. church
Itobert Merten led in a short musical
program, after which the business of
perfecting a permanent organisation
was taken up. A constitution was
presented, discussed an,j adopted,
acting under this the meeting voted
by ballot for 20 members of the board
of directors, which is holding its
first meeting Friday afternoon, for
electon of officers and other business.
The following were elected as direct-
ors. F. W. I.intz, Robert Sohlberg.
Dr C. B. Hill, Mrs. W. H. Heer. Rev.
Robert Lehew, Mrs. R. U Davis, W.
H. Hornaday, Prof. c. N. Peak, E,
E. Parsons, Margaret Byrn, Rev. W.
J Kllborn, A. B. Armstrong, J E.
Nissley, Chalmers Giffin, Cora Far-
rel!, F. H. -McOuire, Mrs. A. Dibbens,
Vern Haws. Robert Merten and Ed.
Henry.
I nder the constitution this board
of directors will have the general
management of all the affairs or the
Logan County Community Service as-
sociation for the next year. An ex-
ecutive iVimmitteo will |l formed
within this board, and i; will be the
functioning force, with power to
select an executive secretary and dis-
charge the same at pleasure, and to
organize and carry our programs for
community activities In (Iuthrie and
over the county.
10 BOYS RftR lUfST
SIDE STORE LAST NIGHT
Officers Capture Albert Dockery,
14, and George Berry, 12,
With the Goods In Their
Possession
Two Families Who Camped In
Park Lastt Night Delighted
With Guthrie and State
Geneally
Tlie
one Of the three making the
grades.
bev
I "Corn crop in logan
best in many years
Flt()(;s mop ri (Hi' ', orn cn> in ,'<)^an
" MM 1 Mm
Fort Worth. Texas. Aug 2- The > , J 7"? "aW"y °f A,len,ow" COrdlB« to rePort« ' •!<• hy farmers
1-months-old son of T. W Beau!'^ 7^' ™ °" ,h" clt> - Th- cotton
tnont, farmer near For, worth, was | ,Z „wl", Z" >!,*£? M
Appendicitis
Miss Ora. daughter of \lr ami
Mrs. (leorge W Young, was tak
en to the hospital at (Iuthrie, Mon
'lay, where she underwent an opera-
tion for appendicitis.
\ a ugh an Ellis underwent an ope
ation for appendicitis at the Eni.l
hospital last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Emmerman
end two daughters and Judge T. B.
Harris, wife, son and daughter of
Fresno, California, were visitors in
uthrie yesterday evening and I.
ed in the park. They drove trom
California in Dodge touring
and said they have had a wonder
fill trip SO far. "Not a single acc'
dent, nor even a blow out of a lir
enroute," said Judge Harris. T!:
two families are on their way to In
dianapolis and come to Oklahoma ti
visit friends. They will g0 from here
to Enid today.
"I am certainly delighted with
>oitr wonderful park and the mon
wonderful mineral wat r and I can't
understand why von do not expioi
the water. II is the best and pur
est water I ever tasted", said Judgi
Harris.
When tho two families left Fresno
they brought new Dodge touring car.
and all say they have had a wonder-
ful trip ami no trouble on the way.
' Hs the only way to travel in tlie
summer lime." said Mrs. Emmocnian.
who is enjoying the trip highly "we
shall tell of (iuthrie and the wonder-
ful waters wherever we go" si"
added.
FRUIT CROP TO
SURPASS 1920 IS PREDICTION
In spite of tile heavy frost which
it was feared spelled ntin to Okia
homa fruit crops, the state will yield
a bigger crop of fruit this year than
in 11*20. according to the slali nnem
of J A. Wlhitehurst. president of tb<
state board of agriculture.
Except In the extreme northwest
and the northern tier of counties an-
ple orchards are proving tliej will
hear better crops if not bigger ones
than hist year, according to Whitc-
hurst. r
ni: \ i n (m i s wi i.i,
K\OW\ Cl i n wow\\
strangled
death
caught in a folding bed.
frops clomped the filters and wain*
here when j Residents enjoyed frog legs
for sup-
per.
o'pt the Klberta crop, will be ex-
ceptional this year.
Watermelons
The first loads of home grow,
watermelons came to town last week
They were not the great, big. long,
green kind that C.us Eberle used to
bring to town, but they were
melons The big ones wil
along in ;i week or two
wat.v
com.>
Tribune
the mayflower with
president's party sailing
Portland, Me.. Aug 2.—The presi-
dential yach* Mayflower, bringing
President Harding and his party here
from Plymouth, en route to the sum-
mer home of Secretary of War Weeks
at Lancaster. N H . was sighted five
miles southwest of Portland lightship
at S:20 o'clock this morning.
Mrs. A. N Leecraft. 47 years old.
wife of the state treasurer and wide-
ly known in Oklahoma and Texas,
who died at her home, 442 We-*
Twentieth street, Oklahoma Citv
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock, fol-
lowing an illness of more than two
months, will be buried today at her
former home in Sherman, Texa*
'uneral services were held at Okla-
hom City Thursday evening.
Mrs. T,ee craft became seriously ill
two months ag*> when she returned
from Hot Spring, Arkansas, whera
she had treatment for neuritis. She
was the victim of a slight stroke of
paralysis early last fall. Since h«-
return from Hot Springs physicians
have bell little hope for her re-
covery.
Hefore Mrs l.eecraft's health be-
came Impaired, she was active in
I he West Side Drug store has been
robbed again. This is about tho
steenth time in the past several
years. Hut the robbers are in Jail
and will he *pnt to the state reform
school soon.
Albert Dockery, 14 and fleargs
Berry, 1?, are the culprits The two
-boys were arrested shortly after two
o'clock this morning by Patrolmen
James and Kvans. The boys had
just finished hiding the stolen pro
perty when the officers grabbed
tbem. The cash was on the roof of
Hie old store building, corner Fifth
street and Warner avenue, the sami
place used by other boys, including
young Doughrey, several months ago
when they robbed a west side gro-
tery store. Young Dockery had re-
cently been paroled from the state
reform school where he had been
sent some months ago for theft H a
jwrole will be revoked.
Cigars, cigarettes, playing cards,
gum. matches, candies, lead pencils,
rubber goods and other articles wero
recovered by the police. The boys
"ISO broke open the cash register
and secured {0 cents ln pennies
SIIIHT I'WTOItV AT
\ II I'HISOV WltCCKEI)
Oklahoma City. July 30 —^'o esti-
mate had been made today by the
state board of affairs as to the dam-
ace done yesterday In the riot In
the shirt factorv at the state pen-
itentiary at McAlester. George F
- . * — — - ^sa,rt
was we
workers
known to (Iuthrie club
uiion i iii i i)
ti. J. Moon, the voting man arrest-
d here on information received hy
the sheriff from officers In I.ouis-
ille, Kentucky and returned to that
place for trial, baa been released, the
evidence to convict not being sufti-
V'nt. .i'cording to his aunt, Mrs.
reidlev of this city.
Moon was charged with passing
hecks on banks in which he had 110
ount
smock hksnmi s snii'.ni
The shock from a holt or lightning
that struck her home in Lynn, Mas
IsncJutsetts, restored to a woman he-
Silver f ron seawaterts often found j speech and hearing. When the
deposited on the copper sbeath
ships.
Mcalester gas rate
fixed at 44 cents
A rate to the consumer of II ren's
for 1,00 feet of gas in Ihe city of
MfJht and Power company was fixed fnot heavy, is general. The greatesi
hy the corporation commission f1" 1" reported in
Thursday.
be started at
once.
Idiotically all of the machinery
which was wrecked, he said, was the
property of The Reliance Shirt Co.
JOHN THOMPSON, TRUCK-
SI KIJ, IS Mil I1Y AI 'TO
John Thompson, local huckster was
struck by an au'omobile driven by
' lytic Mghtner Friday evening short-
l-v lM"r seven o'clock and was pain-
fully bruised.
The cart in which Thompson de-
livers his milk and vegetables was
smashed. The accident oecured on
Oklahoma avenue in front of The
Kress store.
rain over state general
Reports from over the state re-
ceived toda> say the rainfall, whil
The state penitentiary
wdl get ga.s al 115 cents for 1,0')1
feet.
guthrie people secure
MARRIAGE LICENSE AT O. C
the slate.
in the cotton belt of
FLORIDA FARM & PRC AN OROVE
Middle northwest Florida. Mosr
j comfortable, healthy and safe climate
all the year. I,oamy soil, clay sub-
James S. Bailey. L'.l and France" I soil
bolt | Sevmore UD, hoth of Guthrie were
',fCm>wI rame"',; 0h' my license to wed a, Oklahoma
and now talks as well „„ ever city yesterday.
No stones, stumps, santf.
swamps nor destructive storms,
winds, floods nor riots. Forced sal?
S 11. Kidder. Monticello. Florida
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Niblack, Leslie G. Oklahoma Weekly Leader (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 31, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1921, newspaper, August 4, 1921; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc120613/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.