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CIRCULATION
YESTERDAY
VOLUME 1.
oklahoma
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oklahoma.
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Jl'IA
EIOIIT PA(iES.
NUMBER Li 11
Want Ads
15 Words
3 Days
15 Cents
SLftVERS it
10 FACE BAR
At a meeting of the board of cominls
sioneis Tuesday morning. six bills for
the construction of tiie dam to be lo-
cated near the city water works, were
opened, but as the various bids had to
be tabulated the board decided to not
awaTd the contract until tomorrow morn-
Xew York. July IS.—The grnnd Jury; lowest bid opened is believed
Tuesday Indicted Lillian Graham and ;lo ,e that of ilelnhart & Donovan,
TOthel Conrad for felonious assault on !al,out $9,000; tlie highest, John II. Broad
1 he millionaire hotel proprietor l"1' * • •««««
CITY WILL BUILD
Wbids are opsmn T O BATTLE j arlhigh; national banks show
WITH PLAGUE
whom
the
they shot in their apartment
Varuna.
nniy two witnesses were heard by the
« and Jury, Ftokos and Detective James
M.-Cormlck. They took ah hour to give
their testimony, Stokes using three-quar-
ters of an hoi.r in which to recite his
story, the same as he told In the pre-
liminary hearing before "* ' '
Freschl.
The girls will be taken before Judge
'rane in the court of general sessions
Wednesday morning to plead to the in-
dictments and have their bail bonds re-
newed.
Ii was expected that all the detectives
i 'he case, including those who are un-
der trial because of the disappearance
« 'etttrs written to Miss Graham by
; t« I e«. would be called by the Judge, but
i >c was called and Stokes was the only
oilier witne s. The young women were
i • represented.
•'.i • quick indictment of th.• girls came
a surprise.
tweon ::',oou a 11.1 s.'.;.ouu. HuntPi Hn,l
Hunter, check $737, bid aaout 122,000.
riie commissioners expressed surprise
at the small number of id.is submitted
for this work. Although one bid
was about $9,000, the other bids will
run from 116,000 to possibly as big!, as
$25,000. The commissioners had figured
that the new dam would cost about $15,-
000, although it was thought by some
comm'ssioners that the work
NATIONS JOIN individual deposits in oklahoma
*nc H!G|1; NATIONAL BANKS SHun
FLATTERING BUSINESS CONDITION
New York. Jul\ 18. Every possible j
(■source of state and nation is beingj
ibent to prevent a spread of cholera from
'New York throughout the United S.utes. |
..... M r
. ' . i.' innart
. Ing strate bout JM#0. John H Uro<i(]io|j ^
W Smnhb!,„d"i WW* J-1report ,h. bo.,
"" 0,Kl Son- « •<* *60 , bid lie- i meeting tomorrow
could be done for even less than $15,00". f*0" or* lil oughout the United Siat<
The new dam will be built of concrete an, at!emPl IO crush out the plag
The specifications require that the con- the 1 nlteJ States government anil t
jnlted to a
>ty. Surgeon ; - ■■•ooameecing to raise the $75 -
hington off.- I 1,00 bonus for the building of the .MIs-
the national '^lahoma &■ Oulf railroad Into ok-
v....... lahoma ntv stun.in n...
The specifications require that the con- i United States government and the
rete be laid on bedrock or a solid basis. |f(n,'rnn,e"1 of l,aiv huVe united to aid
The city engineer was instructed t- 'u'n,,a offh'cr Alvah 11. Dotj
General
I urge
itlous.
Assists nt
loler
RETAILERS AFTER
LOWER FIRE RATE
With the view of obtaining i
iate of insurance, the Insurant
mlttce of the Oklahoma City
association held a conference
A welcome drop l„ temperature camo
to Oklahoma City Monday afternncn,
following „ ,.ain af an hilur.H dl„.,f(0|
with a precipitation of .53 of a.i inch,
j The mercury .Iroppe.l 19 degrees be-
j tween I and 5 o'clock. rcglsteriiiK 65 al
lower the latter hour, which was within (our
com- degrees of the record temperature for
Retailers' July IV. It was cool enough during the
— -with State night for quilts and blankets lo be
Insurance Commissioner P. A. Ballard in called into requisition, for the first time
the assembly rooms of the Chamber of in many weeks.
Commerce this morning. The committee' Heavy rains are also reported from
discussed with the commissioner the con '—' * " — - -
dithins In Oklahoma City which possl
about $24,000 or $25,000. Each bid-
der was required to send a certified
check with his bid, the amount of the
ciieek to i.e three percent of his bid.
rnc amount of the check ac< ompanylng
I * , (-'aiJ1Pteh,s bid Was $550, thus mak-j The elt engin
l ,K '«•> ' < 1«.000: and | tabulate t , id-
*•« - prr -
ibeen placed, and bo'.li arc luslrmicd to 8mSe0" 'General Corel, a Paclfl,
!report to the board uf commissioners in exp®.rf' llcre " '"< l>r. Hot), lie Is
' meetina tomorrow morning. j making a thorough inspection of Hoff-
mun mid Swinburne Islands Tuesday ac-
companied by Dr. Dotv an.l Herman M.
Hrlggs, chief of hacterloluglsta ot the
.In s health department.
Italy has detailed surgeons of the navy
■ n all ships bound to America rrom Ihe
plague infected ports for the purpose of
segregating cholera victims and prevent-
ing a spread of the disease among me
passengers,
I The federal authorities have issued
order, dire, ting that all ships from pons
| Where cholera p. vails be detained lor
•ntnpauy ha* a _Pn "aY observation period.
taken after
^ ictim among
TO RAISE BONUS
• « r j i'ttttt'
IN STATE AND NATIONAL BANKS JUNE 7.
Total resoui-r
homa
s statf mill nutional banks of Okln-
$143,361,034.01
I The wirious committees appointed
! Mondaj S massmeetlng to rslse th,.
the high insurance rates, de-
clared to he exorbitant b> the local re-
tailers. Commissioner Ballard stated he
will do all within his power to assist In
sei irlng a lower Insurance rate for not
only the capital city, but every town and
the state
Hobart. Altus. Enid and other towns
in western Oklahoma, and prospects are
r ported good for further rains on the
cast side of the state.
Dr. J. D. Ballard, assistant state audi-
tor, wiio returned yesterday from Beck-
ham county, says that abundant rains
have been received there recently and
\ me state. jthat crop conditions .arc ideal, with
committee decided tills morning to ProsPectR for a 40.000 bale cotton crop
with the cltv officials and other ,n t,,at countj
officials in regard to the city's protection
against t ire?. The commit toe believes
TROOPS TO BORDER
GET BIG USE
MAY SEND MORE
Prairie Oil and (Jas Iia,
agreed to stand a raise of $4,000,000 in These steps were
its assessment made In tiie state board 'leath of the sixth
of equalization, and all further contro- ! Isolated patients on Swinburne Island
versy with that company is averted. The | Dr Hoty insisted in most positive
Oulf Pipe Line company also agreed to terms that no fear of a general epidemic
stand for a similar raise, based on an , be entertulned.
increase of per cent ir. the values o' There are no eight eases of true
pipe and eipilpmenl as returned by the Asiatic cholera on Swinburne Island and
Prairie company. This will make the Is expected that moat of these m.
assessment of the Hrsirle Oil and lias -Hents will die. H i9 unlikely that
company I20.S25,000; Oklahoma Pipe Line,ship with passengers from ehoil™ tj
company, 18.0001 Oulf Pipe Line com- fected ports of th Mediterranean will
panv of lex.., 11,000.000: Oulf Pipe Unelarrive here during ihe ncvl ,i"
company of Oklahoma. M.,00,000. | .CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO."
lahoma rii, started the campaign for
subscription- tins morning. Al Monday's
mass,nectlnK about subscribed
Members of the committees held a con-
ference In the assembly rooms this morn-
ing and nude assessments for subscrip-
tions according to the benefit to be de-
rived from tiie building of the railroad
into the metropolis. The amount of
these assessments will not be made Known
until the party or parties affected are
calleii upon for subscriptions.
The city has until July 31 during which
to raise the $7r.,000 bonus.
WILL AUDIT BOOKS.
lotal amount individual deposits
Total amount capita! invested " . . [ "
Tolal amount rpsci v,' casli on hand!. . . . ....
lotal ninouiil loans and discounts
IV|' caiiila tlf|insits cstiinntetl on 1910 cpnsus!
I oi' cupita voalth for I'nitt'd States (about).
! 1.45.),790. Ill
22,624,250.00'
8,W)t,:t02.20
H2..")8.S.7!)."i,47
54.44
U5.00
The buard nf commissioners In regular
meeting Monday authorized rili Cb-rk
rharles Ooueher In advertise for bids nn
the llie auditing bv public Bccountnnts ..f ihn
th" Cln> accounts, it is necessarv for the
1,1 ''c advertised three days, but
the estimates probably will not bo taken
up nrd the contract awarded until next
Monday s meeting of the board.
murderer commits suicide.
Beaver Pa., July IS."~V. rharles Hick
man, who was to have been ham-i-.i ^
Tuesday for the brutal murder of his ha* n,ad
wife, was found dead in his cell. He had
WILEY ESSE
PUIS TSFT
on three previous
commit suicide.
icaalo
I That the national banks of Oklahoma
10 ,n excellent financial condition U
snow n by a atatem'ent prepared by Franif
N\ l'iyant, national bank examiner ot
Oklahoma City, compiled from the ab-
"ait Just published by tiie comptroller
"i iHe treasury. The report shows the
condition of national banks In this state
j at the close of business June 7, 1011
forty-seven more national
hanks |u . iklaliunci June 7 than when
i ll ;u ev ious report was made March 7.
the lotal now being :'7i;.
The individual deposits show an in-
i period! °' "•0SI'-6''" '••• «.
I'he available reserve held by the na-
tion* banks on June 7 was 37.0 percent.
TT, '^' wrcen"""1'
whether Or. Wiley, chief of the
Washington, July IS.—While 1
no statement
Important Want Ad. Announcement
attempted to chemistry of the department of agri- s,; Uf this amount
individual deposits. The
culture, Is
i not to be retained,
$52,258,360.59
ie:,ni.ai , '*~tr ',,e amount
reason to believe that the decree of , 1' | i,i'1 ,n amounts to $1
v , ll,r surplus fund is $:j,o.:i.jr,«
undivided profits amount to $i.s:
of
to the effect that fire protection in
Oklahoma City was not sufficient, has
Fr°? PreSS t0l,lay Sakes 11 sensational annotincnmont on classified rutes
day,, lo cents, goes into effect today under the fullowin, etassificatious'
A rate of 15 words
. Duscd the Insurance companies to keep ! Washington, Juiv is!—Unless the situ
up the high rate of insurance for l,; 1 atlon In Mexico becomes much worse
TEGELER ftPPEftl
ID BE FILED II
APPELLATE CUT
T e appeal in the case of Rudolph
Tegeler, under 1 fe sentence for the
murder of James U. Meadows in t.iis
'tiie criminal court of appeals. The
city in June, 1907, Is ready to be filed in
record consists of four large volumes of
r pewritten matter. In addition tQ a seal-
ed s ••'. full of papers, which are filed
v ' 'in record so as to be available for
ti'e by the higher court 'f desired.
Tiie assignments of error are ntimer-
nns and varied, exceptions having been
t-tken to ever> occurrence during the
I i'1 whi' h could posslblv be r^g^rded
prejudicial to Tegelpr. Judge Broivn's
iii'*'r11• lions are made the especial ground
of attnek and are alieRed to have forced
a verdict from the Jury.
The Tegeler < \-'r is one of !he raos'
fimoue In the criminal history of Okla-
iiomi, start inR with the disappearance
<ui June i, 1007. of James R. Meadows,
employe of the Pioneer
unit ii w ursc
United states trodp- which have!
bWeii ordered to remai^" ;'.i Vagaios will!
I>e deemed sufficient But should the I
reports of consuls ?dlnv that other out-
'■--(aks have occurred and are likely
rooms with board for rent.
rooms and board wanted
furnished rooms for rent
unfurnished rooms for rent
h,°yses and flats for rent,
for rent—miscellaneous.
lost and fq'jnd.
and s-rock for sale.
poultry and pets for SALF
autos and vehicles for sale
vehicles and autos wanted
household goods for sale
musical instruments for sale
typewriters for sale
male help wanted.
female help wanted.
situations wanted.
salesmen wanted.
agents wanted.
wanted—miscellaneous
wanted to rent.
r> •. 88 "Ot listed here still run under the
. _.*e iikeiy toi ' \ x ftnd l4 reo Press, giving a coinbirHMl state and
become genera!, otlieJ troops which hav COUtlDUC to accept guaranteed Want arls <>n tin, I' II i
bee, held in readies win be rusaed From now ..n • - >, 1 following plan:
j'" ' " . an.l "rona for niit'?5| &l°d I "i",' !',%S' l? "Hi,Uatio,w W8nted' 'or rent"
au~JF a desert if necessary to obtain rc.Milts. but no long,"• P"' lltJvnnf'c' and lhc nd wi" >< " two weeks
; .Memphis, t,-,1p.. July IS V, , ,„,m On ail of tile above important rlas"sil'j|.ntinn« tu i.v„ „
lot new tutr ,«wi. covorning the col- 0f anv other want u.l • ications I In I 1 ee I ri'ss now offers a rate at half the nrire
I lection Of Hanoi'taxes for the-tau. Mem-! , , . ) , Hcl m™ium ill the i-if \ and a rate bv far I'heanrr than urn in u ti-
phis has but io3 saloon.® w here formerly I culation considered. ' «i"-«ptr tnan anj in America today, eir-
800 held federal and privilege licenses. Details nf thn . i i?
! L etalls ot thc rates be fouuJ under each classification head.
the prealdmt will tnk,. tiiiH form:
A xliarp rebuke tor the practice of
jiikrIuik salaries to (It , m| , uw„
whatever I is t„ i)C nhtttinci n,,!
atatemeiit that audi 11 pracil.-o, if ,ii-
loweil in K„ nn,.hacked, would d„ Krcat
harm to the government service- ac-
know ledgement uf the Kn at a,icon,n-
llthments of In. Wiley In the Interest
"'limTw^T^JIl T" on 1,aml
of 'OkllS?,lh"
sSs-SSsn**
business June
ha I r 'h'S r"PC"'1 the
esources b,„1 llahllltler
l>anks
. ■ 1 1 «i 11 l 'TUB I
of pni>".- he'll" explanation llial|'« " «m,- amounting t„ -,« -tir'TuI ,
*"0.rrr,La®ne.r.al ,WI.:k.r.h.m'H rec„,„. p;11,1 in *10.001*750? lndT®M^J? .1
1-eent-per-word rate each insertion for both thc
state and city distribution of 55,000. VVc will
Another Witness Fixes Blame
Of Senator Lorimer's Election
on Edw. Hines, Trust Magnate
Washington, Jul, is.-That Kdward J nines and examined by hi. oounML Judge
boasted that he elected William . Hync«.
TiOrfmer to tiie I'nited States senate was', 1 ,M w',rcss said that on the Frida
.he tesUmony of rional, M. Kta.ne he- ( ^
• the Lorlmer investigating commit- ■ to ('hi. ago with Hines, reacWng
• , Tuesday. Frame is a clerk at the : on the morning of .\|a\ c<;, i,.c da\ l,ofi-
j ciyar stand in the Union League club in ' mf>l uas fleeted. Hines told him on
j Chicago, ii, was Helling ligars to H. H '<• was going on to Springfield
I Hettler on May 26. 1909. the day on 1''V * d,?y Baker said lie went
Tel^n^onr ^ "I('h Lorlmer was ejected, when Edward I I;,c|fu „0tel in Chicago.
hv rtn I Hlnes oame om of a telephone booth and " ,thi® witness Cook
" icosted Hettler. Frame testified that j testified, that Hines talked to (rov-
; ernor Iieneen and is alleged to have,cover
Sw "'..J""','," "come ,l0"" ,0 sPrlnB- 'lat,
t, regarding ine . , 11,1 " 'iie money necessary x< ] , x,
statement made e,e,t Loi'lmer." Idcstif
an Impression on him. he said. He hoard "es- rlbing this incident. Baker sai ,
«. Hlnes and Hettler talking for a few , lhat while they were in Cook s room L
e bod>. Tegeler was taken to the spot minutes, but did not hear what was said ! ihe hotel the telephone bell rant-'
l>\ ihe police and detectives and assist- His statement bore out the tostlmom ind Cook answered i* i ]• n <• "
ctl in unearthing the body of Hettler Monday, which was denied j Hlnes, who said.
When the case rime to trial Mrs. Previously by Hines on the witness stand. ' "I have talked to • e c vprnn
Meadows was acquitted, hut Tegeler was ! H,nes delated to the committee he had will see voM Xow , 'i V* a',1 " '
< onvlcted in February. i 08, and sentenc Jot, ^Id Hettler that lv ad elected the administration v n3« abmu it 1
ed to life Imprisonment. Ototrlc Judge | a stone unturned to get lict
I .owe, who tried the ease, died before j Pramo was a ver> backward witness,
he could sign the case made for appeal '"''J' OM cr0M,-*?XHmlimtlonI Judge Hynes
and the conviction was reversed on that en<leavorert ,u «' nfiise him. but the wit-
account by the criminal court of appeslV | l,eK alll"J< tJLh,S H,orv-
The second trlai ended o,, October 14 li l r*? ^ as px' URed lsHa'" Baker,
lttlO. with a hung inn ' bu>er for the Edward Hines Lumber cotn-
i pany, was called on behalf of Kdward
• ompany. Investigations made bv ae- i n„. i - r
t ive, in th, .™,,o of the company i he heard Hhies sav- """ '
resulted in tii • arrest of Mrs. Meadows I "i Heeled I nrimei •• tu ,,
an.. Tegeler. f,„„)W,ng ihe receipt j ""d
i> ,ie poll, e e a map of the corn field | conversation, but Hlne '
where Meadows i)od was supposed to
be hurled, giving thc exact location of
mo,mted
no hope is
men da t Ion of dismissal was in line with
the facta and the law and that H over-
ruled solely in recognition of th« great
public services of Dr. Wiley, woo, t «-
I anae his admlnlatratlon ha neTii mi
efficient, la par,loned.
Such an opinion, according to some of
th, <.rh..--i . of Fteaident Taft, „0,ild
«ay L>r. Wiley i„ t|„. plibii,, would proh-
ar i> rebuke ail manipulation of services,
a"'1 violation ,.f 1,-uvh, at their. S
same tine save the feelings of lire ,,, 'mm,.,
torney general and Seerelary Wlteon ot 1 "
the department of agriculture
President Tuft continues to receive
"".teals agalnat thc rem.nal of l„-
*Mle> I'he Central ljtbor Union a,I..pl-
ed reaolullona .Monday night.
.. u o..
.rarairiti,
"la .r nw , nallonil hank, of
">nt, '■! Oklahoma at the close „r
" 1911;
business June
tnd iiivoijHi,
rtKsoi HI KS
As Death Watch Begins the
Sounds of Hammering Thrill
Negro Slayer With Terror
if
ll'llltf* f„r"
■rciirlllM
furnltint
I!!!- /r,"M N-
■*lrculit'ti« n
«'•<! rixtu
l>ue Ti
One from
\n'n i,f ,
Nlckal* h
" • • ■■ .
Hedemptl.i,
l>ue from
Nut tonal i
i liaiut. .
awk paid In.
fun-l
• livhlrrl profit« . ,
Vlurf.iMrt.ug
a.848.08.'. 11
. .ft 2/22.500.0#
I,SSI IM.fll
Ai1<., .iulj is—Absolutely
ertalned today for the re-
Lunsford Sherkley, who was
afternoon shot and fatal-
i bj an officer following a
attempt of the young man to
id ha
He
stmt
MEXICO JIM
Newspapers vs. Imitations
^
The Free Press is living up to it3 motto, "a newspaper free, no!
H '! "''"'spapei'. It gives away a real newspaper, not a handbill
l"'nits " few l,oli<,<> '"U'-t items and ealls itself a newspaper, it
I lie Free Press takes the full leased wire telegraph news sen- '
th" Hearst Syndicate. That means you g,.| th,- news of ihe '
world hot from the wire every afternoon. Yon also get an editorial
page with live, interesting comment, humorous and otherwise It 's
a booster page, constantly boosting for the good of the eit>
Ihe Free Press is the only free paper which publishes the live
stock reports ot Paekingtown. The stockyards and packing plants
are our biggest industry, yet you might never know tliev existed if
}ou road only the morning handbill.
The -Free Press believes that the mission of a newspaper is to
give the news, not merely to listen to the .slick of the cash register
when the advertisements come in. It believes the people pick up
-Civil
Mexico City, July is
irenteris .Mexico as t
upon l.i-eiik between Fran,-I*-o I. M-trier"
.-ill, President Dc Ln Harra. Mailero lias;,
Mwnri a pre, lamatinn rtlreetiy charttn* (i
lie l.a i.arra ,villi reiipoiialbillty for tin-
IiRntluc iii l uel>la aiul summarily order-!
ins linn to ril#niie« from publie
every oymiMthlzer tvllli i|„. r„
clentlflco party.
This latent assumption of dictut-
by Madero linn enraKe I hi, ul
and It It, reported thai Cleneial
nartlo Reyes fa preparing i., i..,
army of n.uno men to the .upport
1-a Harra agiiinat Madero.
Iteports of disorder throughout the re- I
again 1
offi-
a horse trader,
near this <lty
past two weeks.
"liar color, qx
'" d by Miss Neill
• day morning the vi-
' assault, and this It
titled by Miss Smith
rode who tried to
having committ
lerdaj morning and w
iptlng to evade aire;
wounded man statf-ii
he is wanted in Oki
* ot bootlegging and !
Tiie .Smith girl ]s re- i
MURDER TRIAL BEGINS
trial of Newton Henry for the i
•buries Lucas, a few week* I
commenced Tuesday morning
peri or court. Both men were
The sta. allfcges that Henrv 1
the back door of the Carrlng- i
" P-f^,nK,°,Wn' an'' ''el'herate- i s
Shot Lucas, t ben ! 1
Deputy .Sheriff Frank Bloom
tilt stairs of the county juli
morning to begin the death
,vat< i over John Henr> Prather, negro
j murdeter of W. H. Archie, the sounds
of sawing and hammering commenced
in the jail yard, as the carpenters
erected the scaffold on which the con-
demned hack is to be swung into eter-
nity on July 28.
By noon the aeaffold was finished and
sround wan being , leareil lor the
erection of the high utoekade thai is lo
De built around the scene of tin- Kruc-
some event. The chances are thaf the
last nail in the stockade will not he-
oiiven before the last day of the watch
and that the echo of the hammer will be I
to" e\'e'I 1 Bra t her's ear as he is led!
The ground to be used Is a space 1*
h> -it feet, lust cast of the count, Jail.
'.Imost In its ,-enter the gallows rears
"loft Its threatening head, twelve fent
in the air, and ten feet square. The
platform Is m\ fen from the ground,
and In its center Is t .e three foot open-
ing i hrough which : ie doomed m.in a 111
' • dropjKd v. en .Sheriff Jack Spain
springs the trap
Tlii-eo deputies will he on constant
ruard before Pn.th.r-- -eli for .,
ten dn,s in eight hour shifts. Uepm-
P Dillon ,,ni relieve nioom
'k 'Is afternoon, and at n o'clock
tonlgOl lUputy s. Fog,,,,. wn,
long night vigl: one of these three men
win watch Prather constantly until be,
is led out to the gibbet, to Hee that he
not harm himself in anv ma tiner
rtlsliuising otflcrri
SCOTLAND GIVES
KING OVATION
id thus defraud
lege.
law of its privl-
"v n weary alt.\
leep despon- Ti
ning of the | a<.
Edlnburg, July 18.
in search
coronation
land King
have been
pointment
ng to Scotland
•■■-i after the strain of the
I the official visit to Ire-
ected to grl
«e of the em
ttlsh people
COUNTIES IB BE
EBBMEB NEXT
H'- Si 111 professes to believe
s religion will save his soul fi
•rrial destruction, but Just at pre
t offers him hit little .-onsola:
\ iKilant watcher, and the grstlng of
:-a«s and reverberations of the hn
if strike to his trembling heart.
Hen reviewed the royal
r, and presented a new
queen are quartered In
"f t palace but thev
irs todu\ inspecting the
t most of the strangest
dramatic iift. uf Mary
wild b
lib
Ho
*iffs and
"ids and ends of publl
on work were i learn-
board of equatlsatio
tory t.i commencing th
'"unty assessments 01
leteen •ounties, com
the four division
ide b
day
board,
S'ii)
id the others
Watch the Want Ads
skogee appeal
day morning
of l)i
""itsrwrrA-B s&fe-ss
gnd kivos more news.
Fifteen hundred
1 oti. . tliat they will p,,
, tonight.
.oil d(J clip i! ot
the Branch Offl-
fali's, 206 W. Mail
he given a fre.
I'a.k the iter. 'Hioc
appear tf lay will
grind for Monda)
Next week tin
nay find your
'"is When
t and take' to
'. with Wesl-
and you will
ticket to Fair
>* v\ .se names
receive ticket.!
nigh
eft i
rlk;
off;
Hro:
"Ca
9d to 1
fixed
per mile as last
; on the same basis
ar, but was raised
I" cover the twenty-one miles of
ick built during the year,
fevokan Pipe Line company,
*eturned its property at If. r."t
Ugh
per
id p.
N'o
rnpan
(US
-arO
i isms to 2o
Will Prosecute Hughes?
Instruiitions have ben, Kiv,-« to County Attorney Sam Hooker,
l)j tin- liimrcl ul county eoinmisgioners, to proceed nt once to collect
the *10,4ni>. report,.,1 to l,e ,l„e the county and the clerk of the
s,„;,r„„■ curt Iron, VV . . clerk of u^X.Ho
...urt I ,i to noon Tuesday, no offer had bee,, ,„„de to the hoard
„ 1 „V !' I- a.-,-,,rcliiiK to one of the commissioners. „|.
' fei, io ,' " rm<'r ,'lerk alul llls 8 orneys had asked for "a en.
The eommissioiiers sav that they can see no good in talkinc
lie matter over. I hat the report of the state examiner and inspector
: . r !,' Ar,^"'] V w- Ofrmaine lias bee,, filM, ami
^ " ""[flu's, and thet he cannot help knowing what
t Z „ w « ue according to that. The commissioners also stated that
ti!!,', fou , ""t "ec.-pt an.\ offer of compromise, and that the only
thing for Hughes to d„ is to either paj or refuse!
i "tint\ Attwnev Hooker was engaged in the trial of the Newton
ei ry murder case in the superior court Tuesday morning ami had
ie n too busy to consider the matter of what steps he would take
I I, I understood however. Hint a demand probabh will In- on
Hughes, and n lie does not settle, that the matter will be taken i p
l in lll«-< ilut< i v Willi Jii.s JiHMpany
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Stafford, R. E. The Evening Free Press (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 211, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 18, 1911, newspaper, July 18, 1911; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc151853/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.