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TUB HARTSHORNE SDN
PI Bt ISJIID tVtRV niURSCAT.
7. lll'NTtR, tditor and Owner.
* iSW STATE NEWS
A large.>J>laut for the manufacture
lit dona(ui< <! alcohol will lie located at
Enid.
The Chickasha band is endeavorlng
lo build a convention hall, hut find it
:t hard task. '
Caddo Is.boring for oil and gas, or
any thins' old earth in that vicinity
may contain.
Pauls Yaliej has established Ibe
monthly sales day■•system, holding Ibe
first sale on MotldSv of las' week
W 1,: Swisher" says thai the town
r>1 Randlett will have a population of
1.000 by September I
Will Kendall if Oklahoma Cit> i«
shout to be graduated at Oxford utii-
*eitily;* ■*
Groiiud has been broken at Tills*
by the South Methodists for a new
};:n,lino church.
The city c unci I of Lawton is looli-
Ing for somebody to ;iave twenty cue
blocks of streetr.
K Piifterson of Newkirk was almost
asphyxiated while iiaintlug the inn r
ior of jme towji water tank.
A fight and a killing at I.ukfatn re-
cenllv caused an alarming report to
become current that the Snake In-
dians in McCurtain county had or-
ganized and' announced thai they
would kill all whites, Indians and ne-
groes who refused to join the organi-
zation.
i.awton hi^ a boy outlaw who is in
the habit .upholding up ihe boys of
that town m\ regular Deadwood Dick
style, lie is frequently arrested, but
the territorial laws provide no pun
ishment. un$. all that can lie done is
to make h I in restore the stolen prop-
erty.
The J.nwton News-Republican al-
leges that the Frisco officials have
given out the order that all ne^s
Concerning wrecks, which have been
nunferqjis of late, be .suppressed.
I>vangu)ist Williams, who succeeded
in running the saloons out of Custer,
was pelted with a shower of bad eggs
the.ot.he^ night as he was passing a
dark.alley.
' •£<*• :
Mln's Irene West, a Muskogee tele-
l hone..yj^rator, has fallen heir to a
Jill,000 estate.
MAY NOT GET IN
SHAWNEE: As a result of a bitter
war between the statehood and anil-
natehood factions of the Pottawat-
omie colony republican part v. Frank
I'. Slearils, leader of ihe statehood
iorcejj,.JHHi' ,"ot. permit ltls name to
«tand*tfs k candidate for governor of
Oklahoma. In the convention held
Saturday National Committeeman
Cash*Cade wits in absolute control ami
would not permit a Stearns delega-
tion to the stale convention to be
named. The delegates go unlnslrncled
but are favorable to Kraut/, for gover-
nor.
"Gristmill" Jones a Candidate
OKl.AjtJp.HA iC|TV C. t;. (Crist-
mill I Jones of this city will allow
bis name to go before the republican
convention at Tulsa, July 12. as a
candidate for. chairman of the suite
central committer, .lake Damon, the
present inc'nriilielit, wants to be re-
elected aijd is making a vigorous cam-
paign. ' '
•St*SKrr+—r .
Hopes of Oklahoma Farmers
OKLAHOMA CITY: While it i« e*.
timated that the wheat crop of Okla-
I,oma this year may be reduced to s.-
(inii.iino and possibfly 5,000,000 bushels,
i is expected that this deficiency in
'lie r'A'^ftPr'nifiHif the territory for the
vear will be largely compensated by
the eni>)*tiiri114'• cji"crop now in pros-
I i-cj and favored b\ the splendid
grooving wem'bfr that.bus obtained for
the last ten days.
'■he ijierHjyry. had a bumper corn
crop fast year, amounting to 110,000,-
t'lioj bushels, and Ihe best informed
forecasters now predict that the crop
of lnua .will considerably exceed that
of last year.
Indian Bureau Appointments
WASHINGTON. The Indian bu-
reau' has announced the following ap-
pointments at Muskogee. I T : George
W. Millman, <(f Illinois, disbursing
officer in Ibe office of superintendent
uf public schools ol. the'territory, and
George X Wise, disbursing Officer uf
the..yinmii.s^iiiii. of ihe five civilized
"W :
September 17 is Election Oate
GWfNrttlK: ..I'rn'Ken* indications are
that the e/ rra,HH ' ^ to ' Mtify or reject
the constitution will be held on,Tues-
day
.Ifita-.JM'&rftpy of El Keno,
ordinance commute®
f f ito^etiiptiUHlmial convention, bhah
(hat^worWr fraiito. will he given
I'm the (trial adjourn
V>fjv^njion lo which to
*HQiV proclamation and
• tha[ji\W tb^u loterevvne
INTO FIVE DISTRICTS
Olvfsion of Oklahoma for Purpose
of Taking Census
GUTHRIE: William (\ Hunt, su-
pervisor f tho Oklahoma census, hi
nounced the arrangement of districts
for the census:
First district, OKIiilioma- (Ji.mt.
Kay, Garfield. Xobl.\ Pawnee.
nation. Kingfisher. Logan. Lincoln
Cleveland and Pottawatomie.
Second district, Oklahoma Cimar-
ron, 'iVxas. heaver. Haiyv. Wood-
ward. Woods, \lfalfa. Major, Kills
Dewey. < tisier. blaine, Canadian and
OklH.ioma.
Third district, Indian Territor>
Washing ton. Nowata, Craig. Ottawa
Rogers. .Mayes, Delaware, Creek Tu'
sa. Wagoner, CheroUf e. Ada. Okfus-
kee, Okmulgee, Muskogee. Sequoyah.
Seminole, Hughes and McIntosh.
Fourth ^district, Indian Territory
Pontotoc. Ooal, Pittsburg. llasUc
Latimer, leflore, Murray, Cartel
Love, Johnston, .Marshall, At. ka
hryan, Pushmataha. Choctaw and Me
Curtain.
district. Oklahoma Kogei
M 'ckham, (ire r. Jackson
Kiowa. Caddo, Comanche.
(Indian Territory Orad>.
Jefferson, McClain and
Fifth district. Oklahoma Roger
.Mills.
Washita.
Tillman
Stephen*
(•an in
Each of ;hese districts will he un-
der immediate supervision of chief «• f I
division of census office, under sen '
eral direction f William C Hun !
supervisor in charge, who has head |
quarters in the cit> hall, Guthrie.
Assignment of district and location
of district hcadqua;ters are as fol-
lows
First district, Edward W. Koch,
headquarters Guthrie: Second dis-
trict, itiehard c. Lappin, headquarters
Oklahoma Cit.\ Third district. Hart
Mom sen. headquarters Muskogee:
Fourth district, Charles S. Sloane.
headquarters McAlester; Fifth dis-
trict, Frank L. Hanf rd. headquarters
Chickasha.
It is expected they will leave for
their respective posts by the middiw
c.f tiie week and immediately there
after the matter of apimintment of
enumerators will be given considera-
tion Counties and other divisions
comprising these live census districts
have been divided, for enumeration
purposes, into about 1,300 districts.
Creekola hopes to be the natural
y; s center of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory.
VALUATION IS ON INCREASE
incomplete Reti.rns Show Marked
Swelling of Assessments
GCTHIK; From incomplete re-
turns received by Auditor Dvche, it
seems quite certain that the total as-
sessed valuation of taxable property
In Oklahoma this year will reach
$110,O(m ,000. as against 1^6,000,000
last year. This estimate is based on
returns from twenty-three out of the
twenty-six c unties in Oklahoma. The
ones which are still delinquent with
their reports are Pottawatomie, Cus-
ter and Heaver.
The assessments returns for this
year show a notable increase in ev-
ery kind of property except cattle, and
without an exception all of the coun-
ties show a decided decrease in that
line of property indicating that the
day of the big cattleman in Oklahoma
is over Hogs, horses, and in fact all
other kinds of live stock show an in-
crease.
An exceptionally large increase is
also shown in telephone preperty this
year. The telephone companies are
very .'.low iu making their reports,
and a large per cent of them are still
out but the ones already received
show an increase of $135,000 over last
year. Railroad valuations, so far as
received also show a very liberal in-
crease.
The assessors' returns show some
very peculiar conditions as to the
amount of certain kinds o! pr perty
listed for taxation. For example, in
Kay county, one of the wealthy conn-
:ies of the territory, the returns show
a total of only $4.4SL' for tax sale cer-
certiticates. judgments and national
bank stock owned by residents t' the
county. In finishing up the assess-
ment or the telephone companies in
Oklahoma, the board of railway as-
sessors are being very seriously de-
layed in the work on account of a
number of the companies tailing to
make proper returns and. unless re-
turns are made within a very few
days, the law pertaining to this mat-
ter will be applied.
Ralston, up by the Osage reserva-
tion. will soon have to abandon its sa-
loons. its inhabitants having voted
against these institutions as nuisan
Madill is rejoicing in the fact that
it has fewer candidates and more
workers in proportion to its size hail
any place in Che confines of the Indian
T rritory.
Panama is to have another oil train
within a week or two which will han-
dle all the output of the local field.
('•illicit Hashman of Mercer, Mis-
souri, was drowned in Pole Cat creek
neal Sapulpa. His companion had to
fight iu order to save his own life.
The walnut logs down by the Ca-
nadian river will lie one of the n est
valuable of all exports front the ter-
ritory this year.
Hunch inl at Hliss Is preparing
for a big mid summer meet of sports-
men for all who may wish to come to
Oklahon; i
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
PROBABLY WILL MODIFY
MANY FEATURES
Will AMINO THE RIGHT OF FflANCHISE
School Levy May Be R.iiaed and
Legislative Apportionment Cor-
rected to Conform to Census
Now in Progress—State-
hood Consideration
i;|'THUIK flaring immediate
-;;ilrlio.i(i evt'rj sHt'lsh ami
I .a ri > InlPicsi I tie delegates to ihe
rinistil ut ion a I convention, which re-
asM'iiihli'd in this riu Wednesday,
will iniii iveij objection urged
nK.nii.- Ihe proposed Instrument hv
ihe republican pari) by correcting and
eliminating the sect! ns complained
of. according to the sentiment of the
delegates that have already arrived in ,
Onihrie.
Ii is now practically conceded thr.t
tlie legislative apportionment will be
amended either by increasing Ihe
membership and distributing the add-
ed number among Hie supposed re-
publican seecli ns of tlie state in the
northern half or by transferring noto-
rial districts from the southern to the
northern half of Oklahoma. It is
probable that Oklahoma county will
lie given another representative in
the distribution. The assurance has
also been given that the restriction
preventing any county from having
more than four representatives r
time senators, no matter what the
p< filiation, will be eliminated.
The provision of the constitution
disfranchising all persons actively en-
gaged in the military or naval serv-
ice of the I'nited Slates will be
amended so as to permit soldiers and
sailors enlisting in Oklahoma to ex-
ercise the right of franchise at th«
point of their original enlistment.
Foreign corporations will be per-
mitted to appeal their cases or taks
change of venue to the federal courts
without forfeiting til *ii charters to
iransact business within the state
and the pr vision ;hat gives the right
of a jury trial in all contempt pro
ceedings prohubh will be so amended
as to allow judges to punish con-
tempt shown in open court or in the
presence of Ihe court without a hear
ing before a jury.
An amendment may also lie adopt
ed to the revenue section f lite con
stitution allowing school districts to
levy taxes up to ten mills for school
purposes.
In the legislative apportionment it
is believed thai several of the floto
rial representatives and senatorial
districts in Southwestern Oklahoma
will he ab dished, and that a number
of such distill ;s will be novated
through the Cherokee strip, which is
generally regarded as the republican
stronghold of Oklahoma.
The apportionment in Indian Terri-
tory. so far as can be learned, will
not be altered, as it is believed that
the apiiortionment in the eastern halt
of the proposed state is equitable.
Sh nld the number of representatives
and senatorial districts in Oklahoma
be increased, however, it is probable
that a corresponding increase will lie
made on the Indian Territory side.
Tiie Knid Knglc wants eggs sold by
ihe pound, livery chicken fancier in
Oklahoma will wonder why .lake Ad-
mire doesn't buy eggs from his favor-
iK* kind of ben when he will profit
by trading by Ihe dozen.
WANTS HIS FREEDOM
Old Geronimo Said to Have Attempted
to Escape to Old Mexico
I.AWTON: The report that the
Apache warri r. Geronimo, recently
sent out from nere, had attempted to
make bis escape while attending a
celebration at Cache on the fourth is
confirmed by a newspaper correspond-
ent writng from Cache.
He says that Geronimo left Cache
as if to return to the Fort Sill reserva
lion but that he turned southward
after leaving town and was in hiding
during the night on a stream while
several soldiers were hunting for him
The next day he was captured and
takv'ii back to Fort Sill.
Geronimo is credited with saying:
Apache tired all time stay here. Me
go big plain help brothers get killed.'
Il is believed that he was headed
for the Apache reservation near El
I'liso.
Fort Smith. Oklahoma, is now said
to be the most thriving town in the
eastern part of the new state.
The Tecumseh City council is sink
ing a test well for the city water
works. It is now down over :i(IO feet
and several excellent veins of water
have been struck. It is proposed to
go 4011 feet deep in hopes of finding
such n tli w or water as to mane cer-
tain, a sufficient flow of wa'er for the
city at all times.
The general prediction is that the
Indian Terrltorv will show myre popu-
lation than Oklahoma when ihe new
census Is taken
Collieries Under the Sea.
At Cape Breton there are immense
rolleries being worked under the
ocean. These submarine mines cover
ii thousand acres, and are being 1.1-
creased steadily The mines are en-
tered at the shore, and ihe operators
follow Ihe vein beneath ihe water for
wore than a mile. It might be ex-
pected that the weight of the water
would force its way into the mine.
Tile bed of the ocean is as tight as
a cement cistern. A sort of fireclay
lines the submarine roof of the mine,
and the sediment above is held in
place and packed down by the water
pressure until there is not a crevice
nor a drop of water from overhead.
LIF6^- INSURANCE A SACRED
TRUST.
Responsibilities of Officers and Di-
rectors.
Evidently President Kingsley of the
New York l.ife Insurance company
has learned the great lesson of the
times with respect to the responsibil-
ity and duty of directors of corpora-
tions. Speaking to the new board of
trustees, on the occasion of his elec-
tion to the presidency, he emphasized
the fact that "life insurance is more
than a private business, that life in-
surance trustees are public servants,
rharged at once with the obligations
of piiblli service and with the respon-
sibilities tnat attach to a going busi-
ness which at the same time must be
administered as a trust."
He also realizes that similar respon-
sibilities rest upon the officers of the
company. "1 understand," he says,
"your anxiety in selecting the met.
who are day by day to carry this bur-
den for you, who are to discharge this
trust in your behalf, who are to ad-
minister for the benefit of the people
involved the multitudinous and exact-
ing details to which it is impossible
for you to give personal attention. My
long connection with the New York
l.ife—covering nearly twenty years—
my service in about every branch of
the company's working organization,
gives me. as 1 believe, a profound ap-
preciation. not merely of the heavy
burden you have placed on my shoul-
ders, but of the standards of efficiency,
the standards of faith, the standards
of integrity, which must be main-
tained at all times by the man who
serves you and the policyholders in
this high office."
Best of all. perhaps, he feels that
words are cheap, and that the public
will be satisfied with nothing short of
performance. "My thanks, therefore,"
he continues, "for an honor which out-
ranks any distinction within the reach
of my ambition, cannot be expressed
in words; they must be read out of
the record I make day by day."
MADE A NEW FASHION.
Good Joke Played in Old Days on
Would Be Fashionable.
Old Camden, in his "Remains." tells
a good si or; of a trick played by a
knight upon a would-be fashionable
shoemaker. Sir Philip Calthrop
purged .lohn Drakes, the shoemaker
of Norwich in the lime of King Henry
Yill., of the proud humor which our
people have to be of the gentlemen 9
cut. This knight bought as much fine
French tawny cloth as should make
him a gown, and sent it to the tailor s
to be made. .John Drakes, a shoe
maker, coming to this tailor's and see
ing the knight's gown cloth lying
there, bid the tailor buy cloth of the
same price and pattern and make it
of the same fashion as the knight's
Not long after the knight, coming in
to the tailor to be measured for his
gown, and perceiving the like cloth
lying there, asked whose it was
"John Drakes', the shoemaker, who
will have it made of the self same
fashion that yours Is made of. 1'hen
make mine as full of cuts as the
shears will make it!" John Drakes
had no time to go for his gown til)
Christmas day, when he meant tc
wear it. Perceiving the same lo In
full of cuts, he began to swear at the
tailor. "1 have done naught but what
you l^id me," quoth the tailor, "for
as Sir Philip Calthrop's garment is,
even so have i made yours." "By my
latehet!" quoth John Drakes, "I will
never wear gentlemen's fashions
again!"—London T. P.'s Weekly.
COULDN'T KEEP IT.
Kept It Hid from the Children.
"We cannot keep Grape-Nuts food In
the house. It goes so fast. I have tc
hide it. because the children love it so.
it is just the food I have been looking
for ever so long; something that 1 do
not have to stop to prepare and still is
nourlsblup;"?'
Grape-Nuts is the most scientifically
made food on the market. It is per-
fectly and completely cooked at the
factory and can be served at an In-
stant's notice, either with rich cold
cream, or with hot milk if a hot dish
is desired. When milk or water is
use'il, a little sugar should he added,
but when cold cream is used alone
the natural grape-sugar, which can bo
seen glistening on the granules, is suf-
ficiently sweet to satisfy the palate.
This grape-sugar is not poured over
the granules, ns some people think,
but exudes from the granules in the
process of manufacture, when the
starch of the grains is changed from
starch to grape-sugar by the process
of manufacture. This, in efTcct. is the
first act of digestion; therefore, Grape-
Nuts food Is pre-digested and is most
perfectly assimilated by the very
weakest stomach. "There's a Rea-
son."
Made at the pure food factories nf
the Postmn Co., Rattle Creek, Mich.
Head the little health classic, "Tba
Road to Wellvllle," in 1'kgs.
OKLAHOMA FARMERS' UNIONS
MERGE TO FIGHT COTTON
OIL COMBINE
TWENTY GIK GOMPIINIES Hill IFFIIWTEO
Large Plants are Being Erected which
are Expected to Become Mem-
bers of This Protective Asso-
ciation— Big Warehouse
at Shawnee
The final organization of the Farm-
ers' Vnion Co-Operative Oil Mill
1 company, which now has a new oil
mill under construction at Guthrie,
] lias just been completed by the elee-
ti in of these officers: President W.
A. Fox, a director of the Payne county
I co-operative Ginners' association:
vice president, W. F. Belden of Mara-
[ mec, director of the Pawnee county
Ginning company; secretary, A. .1.
| Whitney of the Logan county co-oper
j ative company; treasurer, J. C.
j Wicks, also of Logan county.
| The company is composed of twenty
] farmers' union gin companies, located
in Payne, Pawnee, Lincoln, Logan
| and Kingfisher counties, and is es-
j sentially a farmers' union proposi-
j tion. it is capitalized at $100,000, and
I is erecting a plant with a capacity of
! sixty tons daily.
In addition to the twenty union gin
i niug plants now in operation or in
I "ourse of construction in tlie counties
| named, the construction of gins has
been decided upon by various other
local unions in Oklahoma, and it is
expected that all of these will ulti-
mately be affiliated with the new cot-
ton il comany, as they can thus get
a higher price for their cotton seed
than in any other way.
Tiie union members have gone into
this business as being the only feasi-
ble method of lighting tlie combination
which they claim now controls Ihe
larger part of the Oklahoma oil mill %
This combination has for several
years past fixed the price of cotton
seed, usually paying $10 per ton. It is
claimed by men who are in a position
to know that cotton seed ought to
bring at least $ 1 per ton, and that
under present prices there is approx-
imately $12 clear profit in every ton
handled by Ihe combine.
Most of Ihe union gins now in oper-
ation were very successful last year.
This was especially true of the one
at Crescent, it ginned altogether 2,-
500 bales, which is a little more than
a third of the cotton ginned there
from last year's crop. The union gin
will be able to declare a net dividend
:if about 3C> per cent. II has been un-
der the direct management of Presi-
dent Caldwell of the Logan county
union.
Another important move on the part
of the union is the completion of the
I ins for the.building of a monster
cotton warehouse at Shawnee. It is
to be constructed at a cost of $2e.-
000, 300x500 feet, with concrete
floors and five acres of lardage.
The plan is co-operative, and the
farmer will have an opportunity of
storing bis cotton and be protected
from a fluctuating market. A bond
.vill be issued as a receipt, which can
be cashed or used as collateral. The
main feature of the proposition is the
resultant better price that the farmer
Is bound to obtain for his products.
As this is the only warehouse within
a large radius, many farmers will
doubtless take advantage of it.
An upper story will lie fitted up
with commodious rooms for the ac
commodation of the headquarters of
the farmers' union of the territories
which are located in Shaw nee. Efforts
will also be made to locate the state
offices of the Federation of Labor in
the building.
WIFE CLAIMS PROPERTY
Asks Court to Award Her the Belong
ings of Her Eloping Husband
GtiTHRIE: Mrs. Cora A. Whipple,
who was deserted recently by her
husband, Frank Whipple, when he
'loped w ith Pearl Hall, the wife of his
tenant, has commenced an action in
the district court here against Whip-
ple which prevents him from dispos-
ing of any of the property interests in
foyle, this county. Whipple is still a
fugitive from justice, Sheriff Hart
Murphy having a warrant for bis ar-
rest for abduction. In her petition
Mrs. Whipple declares that her hus-
>and took over $1,000 with him when
| ie left w ith Mrs. Hall.
'■ The Whlppies were married In Still-
j water oil January 17. 1894. They have
had three children, two of whom are
i dead. The living child, Ralph, is
j about five years old. The death of one
| 'hlld preceded Whipple's elopment by
j about one month. In her petition Mrs.
Whipple charges her husband with un-
faithfulness, naming the Hall woman
j as corespondent, and with being a fngl-
i live from justice. She does not ask a
[ divorce but that all Whipple's prop-
erty be awarded to her ns temporary
alimony, that his quarter section farm
i near Coyle Mid till other property be
j given her as permanent alimony, and
that she shall be awarded the custody
i of the child.
KILLS SLEEPING DAUGHTER
Mother Then Commits Suicide During
Husband's Absence
ARDMORE: His daughter dead,
and his wife dying, the bodies lying
with the heads reposing on the same
pillow, the little bed room splashed
with blood, Joseph L. Thomas of Roff
returned to the home that he had left
oniy : \v > hours before to find it a
charnal house.
The terrible deed was committed
by Mrs. Thomas In a fit of temporary
insanity, brought on by constant
brooding over her poor condition of
health and the fear that death would
soon separate her fr m her daughter
whom she idolized.
In a note which she left for her
hijsband, Mrs. Thomas stated that she
felt that she could live but a short
time, and that she had determined to
end her suffering, and that she could
not bear Ihe thought of leaving her
daughter behind.
Mr. Thomas had been away from
home but two hours, when he re-
turned to find all the d ors and win
dows locked. Breaking down one of
the doors, he effected an entrance to
the house, and stepping to his wife's
lied room door found the bodies of bis
wife and daughter l>ing across the
bed.
From the p sition of the young
woman's body it was evident, that her
mother had fired the fatal shot while
her daughter slept, and death was un-
doubtedly instantaneous. Lying down
beside the dead body of her daughter.
Mrs. Thomas had then fired another
ball into her own bm:n. When found
ih< bodies were weltering in blood and
the little room was 1 *Ke a shambles.
HE ASKS WHEN REPUBLICANS
BECAME STICKLERS FOR
. CONSTITUTIONALITY
TISHOMINGO: Relative to state
mentrf that Attorney General Bona-
parte had advised that the enabling
act is unconstitutional in that it at-
tempted to delegate the authority of
admitting states to the president
William II. Murray, president of the
constitutional convention, said:
"Since when did the republican
pari y become a party of strict con-
struction of the constitution of the
United ■ States. Their record has
been (hat they were limited only by
the general welfare clause' in the
preamble of the constitution of the
I'nited States. Now they say we must
comply with the enabling act and the
constitution of the I'nited States, and
yet they claim that the enabling act
passed by themselves, is unconstitu-
tional.
"Moreover, the enabling act framed
the five congressional districts of the
proposed state by the most patent
gerrymander, and then they say we
must comply with the enabling act,
and that a compliance must in part
consist of a legislative apportionment
which contains no trace of gerry-
mander, without furnishing us the
population upon which to make an ae
curate and correct apportionment.
"The republicans can ignore our of-
fer if they want to. Anyhow two re-
publican members of the convention
are on the apportionment committee
and they will either have to speak or
forever hold their peacc."
Greer county has offered it prize
to the grower of the best bushel of
corn this year.
First Wheat of the Season
ENID: The first new wheat of the
season was marketed in this city
Four farmers within five miles of
Enid are threshing their grain. The
price paid was 75 cents.
CLEARED OF MURDER CHARGE
Mac Atford, Accused of Killing Cattle-
man. Released
MCSKOGEE: Mac Alford, twice
tried for ihe murder of Cycero Davis,
a wealthy cattleman near Eufaula,
and under indictment for the murder
of William Spivey, near Porum, four
years ago, was released from custody
and District Attorney Melette issued
a nolle prosseque, deciding that thi>
government did not have a case
against Alford.
In the trial before Ibe commission
er's court Alford turned state's evi-
dence against Bob Davis and Ren
Graham. His evidence in these pro-
ceedings could not be used against
him.
New postal laws went into effect
July 1 increasing the pay of rural
carriers according to the length of
route served and eliminating the ne-
cessity t f special delivery stamps
Hereafter ten cents worth of ordinary
stamps will serve the special delivery
purpose if the words "special deliv-
ery" are written on the envelope.
Republicans to Hold Meeting
MCSKOGEE: Grant Victor, chair-
man of the Third congressional re-
publican committee, has called a
meeting of the committee in Tulsa,
July 12. to set a date for holding a
convention to nominate a republican
candidate for congress from this dis-
trict. This convention was called to
meet at Tahlequah May 30, but the
convention was called off. it is likely,
that the convention will be held iu
Tahlequah on whatever date is de-
cided upon,
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