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OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1911—FOURTEEN PAGES. <£> NUMBER 22G ^
SOCIETY WOMEN
CO-RESPONDENTS
IN COLT DIVORCE
PI Of STATE
New York, Aug. 4.--After waiting two
months thoroughly to consider her final
action, Ethel Barrymore has cast the die
and has decided to sever herself and her
*ba.by son completely from her husband,
^Russell drtmroia Colt, son of the rubber
trust millionaire.
For two monVhs the application for an
^absolute divorce and a request for the
^custody of the child nave neen held in
fyhe offices of her lawyer?. Dlttenhoefer,
Berber and James, 96 -Broadway, pend-
ing her final decision. That decision was
made this week and notice of tho suit
jwna served on M r. Coll while he was at
ieirpper at the Yale club.
The noted actress • was reluctant to
^brlng the divorce proceedings, as she is
fp. communicant of the Roman Catholic
gchurch, wblch does not countenance di-
vorce. Then, too, her relative.", John
b rew. her uncle. Jack Barrymore. her
■tfbrotfcer, and others, have sought to bring
^Hibout a reconciliation, while Mr. Colt's
•lends 'have done likewise.
lTnt!l noon Friday counsel for Miss
tBarrymore denied that suit had been be-
rgun or that papers had been served on
III CITIES
tows nun
Port Au Prince, Aug. 4.—Fighting be-
tween factions in the revolutionist army
broke out early Friday in the streets of
the capital and in one engagement twen-
ty were killed. Troops of General Fir-
ming army clashed with soldiers under
'General Leconte.
| As a result of the fighting and the I ferred to the county Jail,
conditions bordering on absolute anarchy j The girl, attractively
j which followed, the foreign warships in
!the harbor landed more marines. Rebels
threatened to pillage the entire city and
TERRIFIC GALE
ADJACENT
SWEEPS OVER OKLAHOMA
TERRITORY TODAY DOING
CITY AND
GREAT DAMAGE
GIRL
DRIVEN INSANE BY KNOWLEDGE
OF SIN INTO WHICH SHE SAYS SHE
WAS ENTICED BY ALLEGED "SLAVERS"
Grief over a life of shame which "he
led for three days and into which she
says she was enticed by a woman giving
the name of Hattle MeCallle, El ma Mes-
sall, a Geiman girl aged 18 years, Is In-
sane at the city Jail. She will be trans
vMr. Colt, but when counsel for the hus-
band admitted that tl\e sen-ice of the
'.notice of the suit had been accepted by
Mr. Colt, attorney Irving M. Dlttenhoefer
^admitted that the suit was on and that
Khis firm bad been tryin* to keep it from
T^he newspapers. A number of women will
<"be cited us co-respondents, one of them a
woman prominent in society in New York.
'Whether their names will be used in the
krtal is a question, and they will not be
-used If Mr. Colt d^es not defend the ac-
tion.
"There is only one ground for divorce
•In this state." said Mr. Dlttenhoefer. "and
Mhe suit of .Miss Barrymore is brought on j
"that ground."
At the office of the T'nlted States Rub- |
ber company it was said that Nathaniel |
Meyers, of counsel for the company, was J
representing young Colt.
CUT RATES NOW" ON
MONKEY FACED OWLS
Tf the city could get bargains In the
supplies purchased like W. H. Valberg
< f the park commission secured in
"monkey faced owls" received at the
city building there would be money
saved. "Monkey faced owl*" are. listed
in bird catalogs at V> each. Mr. Val-
berg purchased four of them for Wheeler
J'ark zoo from Weatherford, Okla., par-
ties for $1 each. They arrived Friday
by express. Negotiations for the pur-
chase of an eagle for the zoo from
Tucumcarl, N. M., parties are now in
progress.
When the employees of the board of
education draw ,|lolr *or the leaders gave no indication of prevent-
they probably will receive their August., thcm
saUries at the hame P1 1 The Dutch steamer Prinz Der Neder-
ably wi be _ , 1l), landen, with ex-President Simon and his
county excise board can meet to iix xne . . .
levy. County Clerk John W. Riley was;wlfe on board, left for Kingston, Jamaica,
informed Friday morning that the state j As she steamed from the harbor the in-
board of equalization wa> returning his |ternatlonal war fleet in the harbor fired
report to him with the required eorrec- parting salute for the deposed posi-
tions. and he will put his force to work .dent.
on it Saturday. It took from JJuly :i to I J he French cruiser D Estrees is ex-
July to make the changes required by peeled late Friday or Saturday to pro-I
the ounty board of equalization, and atjtect French lives and interests.
that there were practically no changes in The battle between opposing forces or
rial estate. !l,le revolutionary army followed a night
But *ic state board of equalization has I of terror, l'iliagers shot out nearly all of
not only raised the personal property,the electric light bulbs, leaving the city
valuations In a number of instances, but ;in darkness. At times the sky was
has hit every bank, every corporation, and lighted up by the glare of fives set by
every piece of real estate. As it took looters.
from three to five people over three weeks Soldiers extinguished some of the fires;
to make the changes requlrd by the coun- others were allowed to burn themselves
ty board It will probably take the same out.
force five or six weeks to make the General Leconte brought about the
changcs now required, and that Is the open rupture between himself and Gan-
at tired when
found by the officers, la now violently
Insane at the quarters of Police Matron
Bartell. Tearing her hair, screaming at
the top of her voice one minute and
moaning and sobbing the next, denounces
those who led her Into sin and declares
lut sorrow for the wrongs she has com-
mitted.
It was Hattle MeCallle, she said before
she completely lost control of her reason.
In the week. According to her story,
they chatted a while and the MeCallle
woman said she must return to her room
and she invited her newly found friend to
accompany hen J&ma did so.
When they arrived x at tho building,
which Is a resort in the 200 block, on
West California avenue, the girl met en
.other woman. She says she was thou
told that she must stay at the house and
entertain men who called there. In vain,
she said, she pleaded and begged for
mercy, but was kept in* her room and
forced to entertain callers.
Her cries finally attracted attention
and she was rescued when tho police ,
raided the bouse. At tho police station j,ntt^ 8',e
aid her story, big tears chasing each ' **"
who met her at the terminal station early .other down her cheeks as she spoke.
Mrs. Bartell, police matron, in whos«
care she was placed, first noted the
symptoms of mental breakdown In the
girl and warned the officers. The hear
ing of the woman In the case was set for
4 ii'i lock Fridayi On account of her In-
ability to give evidence, the case may
be continues
The girl Is a member of the Qerman-
Ltitheran church ami has been trained In
the beliefs of that denomination. She
murmurs prayers taught to her in earl/
childhood and begs forgiveness for her
wrongs. At times she utterly falls to
recognize those around her and, forget-
In Jail, imagines she is
still in the resort and fighting to protect
.erself.
Cleveland. O., Aug. 4.— (Special.)—John
D. Rockefeller has admitted that great
wealth was a burden that destroyed the
real zest of life and banished peace from
the heart. He confessed it to the Rev.
. - . . -—r~ . CarteT Helm Jones of Oklahoma City,
largest number that can work to any ad- eral Firmin by assuming the role of die- (following the letter's sermon at the mom-
vantage on the books. Fortunately, there ; tator. jn a proclamation he declared jjng services of the Euclid Avenue Rap-
ufflclent money in the salary fund that he took upon himself the authority jtiat church. Dr. Jones was supplying the
/<om nf thA rmintv officers until aa nhiw fm- pU]pjt in the absence of the regular pas-
John D. Admits to Rev. Carter
Helm Jones Wealth Is Burden
to take care of the county officers until ns chief executive to preserve order. Im
the levy is made, but those having claims mediately afterward his troops went into
against the depleted court fund will have. jbatt,e wlth thosa of Ftrmln.
to wait a month to get their pay. j General Firmin, who has been absent
from the country, is expected io arrive
I at Cape Haytien tomorrow on a French
I steamer, to take the field in person.
| Intervention seems to be the only so
HOCd CASE
tor, the Rev. W. W! Bustard.
During the sermon Dr. Jones alluded
to the "coronation crowns of kings." He
followed this up by a reference to "a
crown of wealth and its incident anxieties
and mental tortures."
Mr. Rockefeller listened Intently to the
lutlon of the crisis. The committee ofjpagtor-8 words. He even leaned forward ; weight and
fety has been ousted and if it had not j ln h)s pew go aa not to miss a single jden takes
been for the armed marines landed from I p|irase 0f the pulpit orator's utterances.
the warships, the city would have been
sacked and probably burned before this,
[with heavy loss of life.
! The national palace has been partly I
Berlin, Aug. 4.—A compromise in the Hooted, but Friday the I nited States ;
Moroccan situation favorable to both flag flew at the flagstaff, although its ;
Germany and France, was reached Frl- presence was unauthorized.
day at a conference between M. Jules j All of ne foreign legations are under
Gambon, French ambassador, and Heir the protection of marines. All of the ma-
Von Kiderlcn-Wacrhter, the German rlnes landed carried many rounds of am-
foreign minister. Although the nature (munition.
of the agreement was not announced. General Leconte seized the customs
and many of the details are still to house duties at Cape Haytien, amount-
be worked out. It was learned that the ling to 50,000 Haytien dollars, evidently
compromise involves considerable trad- on the strength of his assumption that
ing In colonial possessions. Russia if he will be the next president. Leconta
accredited with interposing in the in- secured more money at Gonalves, evi-
terests of peace. jdently being short of money to pay hla
soldiers.
"That was onj of the best sermons I
have ever heard in my life," said Mr.
Rockefeller to the minister at the con-
clusion of the service. "Your words were
full of solemn truth, indeed. I was deep-
ly Interested."
Dr. Jones spoke on "The Gamut of
Grace," talking from the first verses of
the 103rd Psalm on "Forgiveness," "Heal-
ing." "Redemption," "Coronation," and
"Satisfaction."
"The coronation crowns of kings are
all too heavy," he said. "This Is evi-
denced In royalty throughout Europe, in
like manner, the crown of wealth Is much
too burdensome. In fact, It is so heavy
that all who wear it complain of Its
eventually find that Its bur-
he real satisfaction out nf automobll. mystwy
STAND HI 10
•life and be
ALLEGED DIAMOND
THIEF GETS AWAY;
HIS PAL IS HELD
Ishes peace from the heart.
T
Cost of two special elections were
ved Oklahoma City by the action of
Hartshorne, Okla., Aug. 4.—(Special.)—
After wilting out his will Friday mom-
Washington, D. C., Aug. 4.—(Special.)
. i i. I —The house Friday forenoon concurred
! in the senate amendment to the reappor-
Scornlng to trust local officers with ! crime for which they were held Thurs- tlonment bill. Increasing the membership
the ta=k of catching the thieves who day the jailor let Matthews go to the of the house of representatives to 433
4 stole jewels valued at $1,000 from his ity hall to do some janitor work usually members, whereby Oklahoma gains three
*-,Tr^ore at Durant last Friday night, F. j done by prisoners at the jail. Matthewa congressmen. The senate amendment,
j Harle, a jeweler, secured the serv- worked until he saw a chance to escape, i offered by Senator Burton of Ohio, pro-
ices of a Pinkerton detective. The ; He has not been seen since. After he vides that the additional congressmen
"Sherlock" was put on the trail of the was gone it was learned that some one gained by several states shall be elected
robbers and Wednesday night they were had blundered, but the nominal charge from the states at large, thereby dls-
arrested here. One of them, C. W. j against Matthews was vagrancy and It penning with the necessity of railing spe-
Matthews, escaped Thursday afternoon. j doesn't matter much if the "vags" do clal sessions of the legislatures for the
The other, F. J. Thompson, is held here escape, so the Jailer is not altogether purpose of creating new congressional
and will be taken back to Durant for to blame. ■ districts.
trial. It is believed by officers here that —'■—
The men were picked up as suspects Matthews and Thompson are members' SAY,S MINE ,
in connection with local robberies. A of a g;.ng of professional "yeggs" who I When it was learned that Jesse Mul-
large diamond w:is found here. About! have committed a number of robberies ^ \ some
this time the description of the dia- j throughout the state this summer. Mc- 'npRrnM °J '
monds missing at Durant was received A tester ami Muskogee are said to have reste.i togo n-
and the stone and ring upon which it is; wanted Matthews. The police say 1t *J jPlc>nn
get answered the description given. j is possible that the two men may be
In order that no trouble bo given the connected with the recent bank robbery
Officers the men were not told of the I at Taft.
thi- board of equalization In IncreanlnK I In* Tom Oorlettl of Haileyville, Okla.,
the assessed valuation of Oklahoma j went to the home of Vincent Morettl, shot
enunty 93 percent. By the same action | a"d killed him and then sent a bullet Into
funds for the city and schools for the ! h, own brain. Corlettl's 18-year-old
cnmlng years will be ralse.1 by a levy j daughter was the only witness to the
which under the old valuation would j tragedy.
. . . I Tl'e murder and suicide was the result
have proved inadequate. A surplus In | of Qn oW lpht whjoh CorIrf:1 js _,al(1 to
both cases will be provided. have owed Morettl. The debt amounted
It is believed the total valuation of ' to $200 and Morettl is said to have been
the city property will be 1100.000.000. On I "r"'1"? Orlettl He was un-
8 y P | able to pay the debt and they had quar-
amount a seven-mill levy will raise j reled .several times.
Friday morning, after writing his will,
Richmond, Va., Aug 4.—A company of
militia, deputy sheriffs and the defectives
who have worked on the great Beattie
will be ramped on
lhe green at the Chesterfield courthouse
during the trial of Henry Clay Beattie,
JV, who is charged with wife murder.
The deputy sherttrs and detectives wlli
sleep In the tents so as to be on hand
night or day during the progress of the
trial, and the mllltlamrn will be present
to prevent a hostile outlxreak against the
prisoner.
An indietmsm. drawn with flll the legal
phraseology of tho commonwealth, has
een written, charging the killing of Mrs.
Louise Owen Beattie, Jr., to her hus-
Iband. The indictment is ready for the
jurors to affix their names when they
take up the Beattie case, on August 14.
Throughout the ordeal, the aged father
of Beattie and the aged mother and
father of the murdered woman have
talned their friendly feelings, the result
of years of acquaintance. Mr. Owen,
father of the slain woman, says he wants
justi e done. Mr. Beattie, father of tha
accused boy, declares hla belief in his
son's innocence, and together the aged
men are doing everything possible for
the welfare of the motherless infant,
which Is cared for by the aged grand-
mother, Mrs. Owen.
Anson, Texas, Aug. 4.—A terrific wind-
storm at Renicks, a few miles north of
here, last night, hurled three coaches of
a Wichita Valley passenger train from
the tracks and Injured nearly every one
of the thirty passengers. A baby was
fntally hurt.
With the wind blowing for ten mtnutes
at the rate of sixty miles an hour, and
the rain coming down In torrents for
much longer, while the lightning flashed
Incessantly, Oklahoma City had one of
her worst storms of the season about 4
o'clock Friday morning. Houses and
Karns were destroyed, trees blown down
and chimneys, Sign-boards and awnings
demolished all over the city* The storm
whs general almost all over the state
and the Postal and Western Union
Telegraph companies and the Pioneer
Telephone company all experienced con-
siderable wire trouble.
Only n few points In the state re-
ported light rains Friday morning, the
greater portion of Oklahoma being
treated to a rain of from half an inch
to two Inches. The rain gauge at the
local weather station showed just ex-
actly half an Inch downpour in Oklahoma
City. The wind played some peculiar
pranks In Southwest park a number of
the old trees were laid to the ground, but
the nursery was not damaged. The barn
belonging to J. Tf. Chambers out on East
Fourteenth street was lifted bodily and
scattered to the four winds, and when
Mr. Chambers went out; to look after his
horse, he found no barn, but the horse
standing right where he had left
I him, uninjured, and the buggy had not
been moved.
Several new houses, not vet completed,
•vere literally broken Into kindling wood.
The new residence of Dr. C. E. Kahle,
I near the corner of Fifteenth and Ken-
1 tuckv. and the framework for a new
house on Tenth street, near Western
I avenue, were among those reported. A
number of fruit trees were not only
stripped clean of their precious burden,
but great limbs were ctst to the groups* -
from their sides as wel On account of
so many wires being lut out of /•om,
mission, it Is Imposslltfp as yet f tell
whether much serious J mage vi-m# done,
but a good brisk windy 'owing f.in? the
west at the rate of «dxV. amlies'jtr bout*
for ten minutes is eapan> r, doing *
great deal of mischief.
developed,
Mother Deserts Her
Two Small Boys and
She Can't Be Found
First street he was ar-
with Henry Hays on the
they mljrht be thieves,
owever, that there were
barge of vagrancy was
placed against them. Mulligan's excuse
for not working was that at Pittsburg.
Kansas, a coal mine fell over on him
and he had not been capable of work-
ing since They were given an hour
to leave town.
1700,000. The amount to be raised by
taxation Is $673,000. The case of the
school board Is the same. The amount
to be raised Is $416,000. A five-mill levy
will raise $500,000.
Under the old valuations, the abovi
levies, which are the maximum allowed
Corlettl purchased a new pistol and went
to tho Morettl home to "square Die >i,>-
count." Immediate death resulted In
both Instances.
Both the dead men are Italians. Morettl
was well-to-do and respected. Cor-
by law, would have been too small by , ]ettl had been in trouble several times
nearly half and special elections to In-
crease the levy would have been neces-
GATES IMPROVING.
Paris, Aug. 4.—John W. Gates was
slightly better today, having rallied from
yesterday's sinking spell His son,
Charles G. Gates, said Mr. Gates had
rested well during the night and seemeJ
much stronger.
•barges of "bootlepping." He is survived
by a family, but only the daughter lived
with him. He was 45 vears old. Morettl,
aged 27, was unmnrJed
Put Your "For Rent" Ads
f.
Giving up her two little sons. Wal-
lace arid Gene Clary, that she might go,
to the country and live with her sec- j
ond husband, a woman claiming to be a
widow has left two Fmall boys, aged 7
and 4 years, to Mrs. Bartell, police i
matron, asking that homes be found fori
; hem. Hhe did not even request that
they be kept together If possible. An ,
effort to do this, however, Will be made.
The boys have been In the city Jail
under the charge of Mrs, Bartell since
.tuh Efforts to locate the mot her l
a' 'be address she gave. U09 West Noble
street, have been In vain, and It Is be-
ll.ved that after g> tting the boys out
i f her • us tody she left immediately for
ber hueband's homo in the country.
arate the hoys and find homes for them,
but If possible they will be placed to-
gether. Meanwhile tlifiir childish laugh
seems out of place In a building fre-
quented by people whose experience has
been with the seamy side of life and
their bright faces have brought cheer to
those who are employed there.
AGED WOMAN CREMATED.
ind llnpldr.
closet In
retired prea<
c . Friday ut
It
fate,
of struggling ngiin
left a widow,
spring, that the mot!
ce was full of hea
wis believed at I
ble
■ cr of Chi.
Jenlson Pfi
irnan. who
as alone h
o out. Ue
ut were ut
he had loc
Aug. 4.—Locked
tiner home, Mrs.
years, wife of a
igo, was eremat-
rk, near Holland,
had been ill for
the house when
inrtera flocked to
ible to save Mrs.
,e 1 herself in the
ove them otf be
own the door.
of th
/
let the
—• have been opportunities to sep-
WEST NOT IN THE CAR.
In an article In The Free Press '
lay It w;n Stated that Dr. A. K.
not In the tar
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"Combination Ads" for the two papers taken over Phono
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POOR LO OF COIN
According to a telegram from Con-
Rressinan rVott Ferris to the Free Tress
Friday, >4,540,100 will be turned loose
In Oklahoma soon, through the payment
of an allotment 10 the Indians of the
Five Civilized Tribes. The house com-
mittee on Indian affairs reported the
bill favorably Friday providing for the
distribution of this huge sum.
Galena, Kan.. Aug. 4.—A near cloud-
burst. accompanied by a terrific wind,
electrtcal and hailstorm. Friday mornlnpf
caused probably a half million dollars
damage to the zinc and lead mlnln*
Industry through the flooding of mining
lands, has left (lalena without gas,
crippled the city water supply and put
all rsllroads out of commission Friday
morning It was not even posMhle to get
awav from rjalena by wagon road. The
Frisco und Katy railroads are washed out
In a dozen or more places, and Spring
river Is the highest ever known.
At in o'clock the w*ter had com-
menced running through the safety holes
In the Spring River Power company's
" half million dollar dam at I^owell, four
miles southwest of Galena, and the work-
men were compelled to leave for a point
of safetv To protect and save the elec-
trical machinery In the power house built
In the dam, the company sent out an ap-
peal for all the heln It could get to dyna-
mite the flood Kfit.es at the by-pass
bridge located half a mile upstream. The
structure Ih about half a mile long and
was bull* two years ago at a cost o<
$7r,.00f> The gates have prove* Inade-
quate. Rrtween 4 and 6 o'clock flv«
Inches of water fell and rain has fallen
continuously since.
Washouts have occurred 1n nine places
j alontr the Missouri Pacific railroad be-
I tween Downn and Tjeonora. Kan., and
heavy railroad damago has been dona
throughout that section of the state.
All through trains are being detoured
over other tracks.
Custer County Drenched.
Thomas, Okla., Aug. 4.—(Special.)—Tho
heaviest rain that has fallen In two years
deluged Custer county this morning, the
precipitation almost amounting to a
. loudburst. Damage to crops was not ex-
tensive. . Crops here are excellent.
Tulsa, Okla., Aug. 4.—(Special.)—An-
other electrical storm Friday morning.
fccompanled by an Inch and a half «>t
ulbertson Heights! Thursday, calls for j ral, brigs Tulsa's rainfall for the we k tci
building costing $13,500. ifour and a fraction inches.
At noon Friday the record of building
permits showed that nearly $50,000 worth
of buildings were started the first four
days of the present month. The last per-
mit taken out was issued to A. F. Blnns,
who will erect a hrlck business block at
137 West Grand avenue. The cost will
he $7,500. Previously the record stood at
$11,800 Thursday night. A permit to
tho board of education for the erection
f an addition to the ncliool building at
Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 4.—(Special.)—
Creeks, Hemlnoles, Choetaws, Chlckasawi
and Cherokee! to the number of HO,802
are already beginning to figure how they (Tulsa for an 1"
will spend $4,540,100, which they expect lib1* one now in op
io get within the next twelve-month what !s the prop'
/tom the government. This is their own not known her. oi
money, and Is now In the vaults of the! The work done
United States treasury bearing 4 percent ppeiation at Tulsa
Interest, but It is In fair shape to bejtlrely satisfactory
New Incinerating
Plant Is Needed;
Offer to be Heard
Although the city incinerating plant plant which cost the city $50,000. Little
was built last year at a cost of $50,000, more than eighteen months later the in-
paid fo: through a hond issue voted by Hnerator Is found to be able to care lor
the city, only a small amount of the ,,nly a small part of tho refuse, a certain
citv refuse .-an be cared for in this way, j.-lass being destroyed In this manner)
and the remainder !s disposed of at a while the rest of It Is hauled to a city
city dump, which Is near the river. idurap out on the river.
Monday the commissioners will receive While there has been no Considerate i
a 'proposition from William H. McOulre j0f a plan for a new Incinerator by t ■*
of the Hanitary Furnace company of commissioners so far. it is declared that
neratlng plant similar to additional facilities for destroying the re*
•peratlon at Tulsa. Just ruse are needed and the city dump 1* '
to be made la
this time.
by the plant now in
je declared to be en- j
The city refuse la
atlsfactory. It Is bet lewd the opening
' the subject by the proposition to be
onsldered Monday may result In new
teasures to properly care for refuse.
lifted and distributed among the Indians
; of the Five Civilised tribe*, following a
long plaint of the Indians that they want
to draw this money and use It before Jne
they die of old age. It means a P'-r cap- '
ita distribution of approximately $50. j to
A bill has been favorably reported by Ipe
'the Indian committee of the United [in
I States senate, and the same measure is t
I expected to be favorably reported by the'qu
house Indian committee within a lew
-lays, and passed by congresp, to di - pr
{tribute this money to the Indians. It Isifu
.a part of their tribal funds, but by no|eh
; means all of It, and when It is turned : jj
loose will make mighty prosperous times • be
i for the Indians and. incidentally, tho ur
1 white grafters, who will be on hand to ■
trim them.
ed up and disposed of In the fur-
lades, h health-menacing or, at least, un- na
Ightly dump not being needed In con- ^
attitude of the
.1 the lnclneratl
largely
llnce Oklahom
tlrle. the mat'
le has beCn
rge of the c
resident him
rlty oommlssloi
lg proposition
tried, only
he amount of
money
is in no shape
i at this
hich re-
ure or a large
sum.
'ity sprung u[
> on the
of caring for
city re-
bugbear of 1
hose in
s w.Ufare, as
well as
r. Plan after i
plan has
be rejected as
^ a fall-
ist year the
contract
Watch the Want Ads
you dQ clip
Iht Branch
full's, Jim \\\
be given a
Park theatef.
appear today
good for ton
This v
com pan
MJnuteH
Hi may find your
li« want ada When
t out and take to
►ffb-o. with West-
Main, and you will
rre ticket to Fair
Those whose names
will receive tickets
rrow night.
e North Hros. Stock
iK "Forty-five
Off.
Bn
Of U
e building of au
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Stafford, R. E. The Evening Free Press (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 226, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1911, newspaper, August 4, 1911; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc151864/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.