THE TKKLTON ENTERPRISE
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McALESTER'S FEDERAL BUILDING COMPLETED
McAlester/r-The people of MoAle.ter are now enjoying the use of the new
Mend building, Just completed at a cost of $1*0,000. The -postofflce, deputy
United State* marshal, district Indian agent, Indian police and probate attor-
ney's office have been moved Into the new building. There are also offices
for the Judge of the circuit court, district attorney and a representative of
the bureau of animal industry, as well as courtroom and Jury rooms.
The building is constructed of gray pressed brick, trimmed In oolitic
limestone obtained from Bromide, Okla., and Is three stories in height, with
basement below. It Is pronounced by government Inspectors as one of the
most complete buildings of its class in the government service. An artesian
well In the basement furnishes mineral water for the use of Uncle Sam's
employes. —
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1,711 BARRELS FLOIR Slim
WILL LECTURE AT SNORT COURSE
Oklahoma
Contributes Liberally
The Belglane.
OklahouA City. — Otoe thousand,
eeven hundred barrels of flour for the
relief of the war-stricken Belgians
were started to Belgium by the Okla-
homa Belgium relief committee. They
were purchased with money raised by
Oklahoma committees from Oklahoma
■111 companies, who supplied the flour
at the actual cost of production. The
■eventeen hundred barrels took up
■even freight can.
Transported free of charge by the
railroads, the Oklahoma floor will be
taken directly to Philadelphia, from
which port a steamer laden with sup-
pUee for the Belgians will sail about
January 10. It will arrive In Belgium
la little more than a month.
According to information furnished
Treasurer George O. gohlberg of the
committee, the January Belgian ship
sailing from Philadelphia will carry
approximately 76,000 barrels of flour,
money for the purchase of which has
been contributed by the charitable
people of the United States. It also
will take a small supply of other sta-
ple foodstuffs and some new clothing.
Quantities of second-hand clothing,
much of it worn but little, cannot be
sent to Belgium because of the strict
rules laid down by tbe Germans, now
In control of the little country.
The Oklahoma Belgium relief com
mlttee still is working as hard as
ever, Treasurer Sohlberg declares,
and expects to contribute liberally to
the next ship sailing from the United
States for Belgium. Treasurer Sohl-
berg Is preparing another report on
contributions received.
IAMKINEAMBAR^ ASSOCIATION
Annual Convention Held Last Week
nt Tulen.
Tulsa.—George S. Ramsey, at Mus-
kogee, was elected preeident of the
Oklahoma State Bar Association for
the ensuing year at the concluding
session of the organisation's annual
convention here last week.
Waiter A. Lybrand, Oklshoma City,
was re-elected secretary, and C. K.
Tsmpleton of Powhuska was the
choice for treasurer. J. w. Wood-
ford of Tnlsa and J. C. Stone of Mus-
kogee were among the numerous vice
presidents elected. No suggestion
was made for a meeting place In 1015
and the matter will be decided later
on by the executive committee. W. F.
Wilson of Oklnhomn City was nameo
as a member of the general council
J. R. Kenton of Oklnhomn City was
elected delegate to the American Bar
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Accidentally .Shoots Self.
Muskogee.—Oscar Jeurnlgnn,
stable at Warner, wes probably fatally
wounded when -an automatic revolver
Ifl his pocket waa accidentally dis-
charged. He waa rushed to a hospital
here and an operation performed, bvt
hie ehnnce of recovery are reported
•tight Jeurnlgan Is the officer who
Ww wounded recently la n fight nsar
arner between officers and the ea>
tire family of J. H. Horford, In which
one officer wes killed and several men
wounded.
OKLAHOMA HEWS MITES
It'll Bhort oouree for fimin,
_   Municipal League
j Oklahoma City.
ll-lt—Oklahoma City Poultry
Jaai M—Farmers' Union state meat ins.
da.
Ffch. t-S—Lo«aa County Poultry Asee
elation, Guthrie.
19-10, Central Oklahoma Educa-
tional Association, Oklahoma City.
Peb. tl-M. Oklahoma Breeders' Bale
Oklahoma City.
t March It-Railway rate cases. Okla
home city.
April at-SO, noutnsra commercial Con-
■teas, Muskogee
May 21-14—State Firemen's meeting.
Sapulpa.
THE FIFTH LEGISLATURE
Or. Bradford Knnpp, of the United
States Department of Agriculture, will
be nmong the prominent speakers on
the program of the winter short eouras
for farmers, Jsnuary 11-10. He hne
lectured nt Stillwater several tlmeo
before.
CMIEY CTCTE MH DELI IP
Rotten Oat Away With KOOO And
Kidnap Four Men.
Carney. — Two unmasked men,
armed with Winchester rifles held up
the Carney State bank, securing ap-
proximately 18,000, after which the
robbers compelled the cashier, J. W.
Austin, tbe assistant cashier, two
merchants and a farmer, who were In
the bank, to march one-fourth of a
mile out of town where the robbers
got into n livery stable conveyance
and escaped.
Cltlsens of Csrney who saw the rob-
bers, marching the group of men out
of town, surmised thnt the bank had
been robbed, but mnde no attempt to
capture the robbers.
One of the robbers is described ns
being heavy set, Ave feet, ten Inches
In height, speaking with a foreign
accent and beardless. Ths second
robber Is described as being slim and
beardless. Both men appeared to be
about 86 years old.
TR0TMIS ii «IT  m IAMEI
But Only One Coyote In Annunl Drlvs
at Watonga.
Watonga—Twenty-five hundred men
and boys gathered from territory with-
in n radius of fifty mllee from this
place, bagged more than a thoussnd
rabbits and a single coyote New Ysar's
day In the biggest wolf and rabbit
drive ever staged la this part of the
country.
Twenty mllee of men, strung out In
skirmish order around a territory ooo-
tstnlng twenty-live square miles on
both sides of the North Canadian river,
covered prnctlcnlly every foot of the
ground, and routed out every kind of
game to be found within the borders
of the drive territory. Their laok of
order 1a the earlier working out of
the drive, however, permitted the ee 
cape of flve of the coveted prairie
wolves, which broke through the line
of hunter* la a bit of rough ground
and found safety in the rocsssss of the
syp hills, far to the north and east
of the hunting ground.
A Bartlesville father was placed In
Jail for having failed to send his
children to school.
Aoeordlng to the cotton statistician
for Cotton county, the ginning up to
December IS amounts to 88,005 bales.
Por the ssme period last year 14,810
bales were ginned.
The freight snd passenger depot of
the Iron Mountain railroad at Talsla
seventeen miles northwest of Clare
more, waa completely destroyed by
lire. Origin of lire Is unknown.
With nearly four hundred delegate!
and visitors present from all coun
tries of the state, the annual conven
tion of the socialist party of Okla
homa was held at Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Jamos R. Earl, a teacher In
the Garvin public school, a village
about nins miles west of Idsbel, at-
tempted to commit suicide Saturday
afternoon by shooting herself with s
pistol.
Two masked men entered a pool
hall at Muskogee, drew revolvers,
backed the proprietor and eleven
players Into a corner, relieved five of
the men of n total of $185 and made
good their escspe.
George H. Kelley, recently director
of the Altus band, has been secured
as leader of the Newkirk band to
take charge the first of the year. Mr.
Kelley was leader of the Newkirk
band some five years ago.
Because he could not sell his oot-
ton crop, Adolph Janda, 36 years of
age, a Bohemlaa farmer who had been
living on his farm three milss south
of Anadarko, swallowed over fifty tab-
lets of chloride of mercury and lived
ten days.
8eventh Day Adventlsts living in
the vicinity of Shattuck have de-
scribed $8,700 to be need In alleviating
the suffering in wnr-torn Europe.
Nearly all of the contributors are oi
German nationality, having settled In
the community ten years ago.
Ira Bethel, a farmer living near
Kellyville, Creek county, used a fence
rail to settle an argument with V. A.
Law son, a neighbor. As a result the
latter may die while Bethel Is In Jail
at Sapulpa facing an assault with in-
tent to kill charge. The men had
quarreled over the building of a fence
between their two farms.
Seventy-eight dollars were secured
by an unmasked man who robbed the
money drawer of the Frisco rallrosd
depot at Afton. When the night
operator went out to lunch the man
was seen sitting in the waiting room.
The money drawer waa found to have
been pried open, when the operator
returned.
More than 40 per cent more cotton
has been ginned in Oklahoma county
this year than during the sama period
In 1013, according to the report of R.
E English, agent of the federal cot
ton bureau. Prior to December It,
1118, there were 9,537 bales ginned
In this county. For the same period
In 1014 the ginning wns 14,338 bales.
Last week elevstor men at Black-
well offered $1.21 for wheat of num
ber two grade. This breaks all rec-
ords for the wheat market In that city
during the twenty-one years it has
been In existence. Very little was
marketed at that price, for the farm
era continue to believe there Is a
higher price coming. Between 30 and
40 per cent of tbe 1014 crop atlll re-
malaa In the farmers' hands.
Municipal bonds to the amount of
$38,000 were voted by cltlsens of Ysle
during the election held last week.
The proceed i of the bonds will be
spsnt In water works extsnslon and
for the Irstallstlon of a municipal
light plant. Eighty-three votes were
cast, and *he proposition to extend
the water mains wan carried unani-
mously. Five votss were cast against
the proposition to eetnbllsh a munlet-
pnl electrl. light plant.
The Eastern Stars for the northern
district of Oklahoma, in school of In-
struction m t at Newkirk last week.
The district embraces the towns of
Braman, Nxrdln, Tonkawa, Deer
Creek. Medford, Lamont, Perry. Red
Rock, Ponca and Blackwell. Those
In attsndance from the grand lodge
were: Mm. Hortsaso Doye of Guth-
rle, greed matron; Mrs. Fred Edler,
Henneesey, grand assoclste matron;
Mrs. Mary Alvarson, Blackwell, grand
secretary; Mrs. Mary Duncsn, grand
lecturer, Okl«hbma City.
Oklahoma Cty.—A. McCrory, own-
er of the Ringling News, Jefferson
county, close personal friend and
political friend of Governor R. L. Wil-
liams, waa elected speaker of tbe
house of representatives of the Fifth
Oklahoma legislature when It con-
vened In regular session at noon Jan-
uary 6.
The fight was settled when, follow-
ing a number of conferences all other
candidates for the speakership, who
have been active for several weeks
frankly admitted their Inability 'to
overcome the strength of the Jeffer-
son county man, which included the
support of the governor-elect, and in
the Interest of party harmony an-
nounced their withdrawal from the
contest.
Every representative whose name
had been mentioned in connection
with the speakership signed the call
of the "friends and supporters" of Mr.
McCrory for a caucus of the demo-
cratic members of the house at 10
o'clock Monday morning when, fol-
lowing custom, Mr. McCrory was given
the enthusiastic solid Indorsement of
his democratic colleagues.
Ths Speaker's Sure Friends.
The call for a caucus which was
signed by forty-four of the seventy-six
democratic members of the house fol-
low:
"We, the undersigned friends and
supporters of the Hon. A. McCrory
of Jefferson county, canddate for
speaker of the house of the Ffth leg-
islature, do hereby issue this call for
a caucus of the democratic members
of the house, to be held in the cham-
ber of the house of representativea,
Second street and Broadway, at 10
o'clock on the morning of Monday,
January 4.M
The signers of ths call are: W. A.
.Durant, Bryan county; Frank Carpen-
ter, Caddo county; T. F. Hensley, Can-
adian county; Kelly Brown, Carter
county; J. D. Cox, Cherokee county;
Thomas W. Hunter, and W. L. Gar-
ner, Choctaw county; H. O. Miller,
Cleveland county; Wilburn Cartright,
Coal countp; William T. Powell and
Lewis Hunter, Cotton and Comanche
counties; John A. Simpson, Custer
county; C. C. Chlders, Garfield coun-
ty; L. D. Abney, Garvn county; H.
Tread way. Harmon county; Ben F.
Harrison, Hughes county; C. V. Perry,
Latimer county; E. E. Glasco, McClain
county; W. M. Duffy, McIntosh coun-
ty; O. G. Rollins, Marshall county;
Johnson Crawford, Mayes county R. L.
Peebly, John Wright and James A.
Young, Oklnhoma county; 8. L. John-
son, Okmulgee county; Loris E. Brant,
Osage county; James K. Moore, Ot-
tawa county; G. W. Goodwin, Pawnee
county; J. L. McKeown, Payne coun-
ty; Paul Nesbltt, T. Q. Wilkes and
Tom Q. Halle, Pittsburg county; •Sam
H. Hargis, Pontotoc county; Tom C.
Waldrep and R. R- Hendou, Pottawat-
omie county; A. E. Ball, Rogers coun-
ty; Luther Harrison, Seminole coun-
ty; Henry W. Sutton and J. P. Speer,
Stephens county; A. North, Tillman
oounty; Wash Hudson, Tulss county;
Speaker McCrory.
William E. Long, Wagoner, nnd E. O.
McCance, Woodward county.
Mr. McCrory's was the only name
presented to the caucus In connection
with the speakership, and it was the
first time In the history of Oklahoma
legislatures that this condition hne
existed. Heretofore there have been
from two to five names presented,
with the result that factions have been
created that laated throughout the
session.
Representative Tom Hunter, is la
understood, will be selected chairman
of the democratc house caucus, and
Representatve W. A. Durant of Du-
rant, will be made speaker pro tern-
With the speakership fight as good
aa settled, interest now haa turned
to the organisation of (he senate.
There are two active candidates for
president pro tem of that body. They
are Senator C. C. Shaw of Mill Creek,
Johnson county, nnd 8enator E. L.
Mitchell of Cheyenne. There are sev-
eral other members of that body who
are said to be In a receptive mood
but Mitchell and Shnw are the only
sctlve candidates.
At a caucus of twenty-five members
of the senate In the Lee-Hucklns ho-
tel Senator M. 8. Blassingame of Sal-
lisaw was unanimously agreed npon an
caucus chairman, the plnoe held by
Senator Reuben M. Roddle of Ada In
the last session. Senator Cordell of
Manitou waa sgreed npon for secre-
tary of the caucus.
Notee of the Session.
If the plan to make Representntlve
Durant speaker pro tempore of the
house Is carried out, t wll pave the
way for the naming of a new chair-
man of the house committe on appro-
priatlons. Durant was chairmnn of
that committee during the last session
and it was generally believed thnt
he would be given that assignment In
this session. It Is not considered
probable that he will be made both
speaker pro tempore and chairman of
the approprlntlon committee.
Mahr Appointees Hold Confsrencs
State Health Commissioner Dr. J. C.
Mahr, who will retire from office Jan-
unry 11, held n conference laat week
with twenty county health officera
from various parts of the state. All
those participating In the conference
are appointees of Dr. Mahr and have
served since statehood.
The conference was called by Dr.
Mahr for a general winding up of the
affairs of ths health department, and
for n conference on matters of gen-
eral Intereat to the health of tbe com-
munity at large before the administra-
tion changes.
Those who attended the meeting
were Dr. J. P. Sudderth of Nowata,
Dr. H. C. Webber of Bartlesville, Dr.
Walter Howard of Chelsea, Dr. A. J,
Snelson of Checotah. Dr. T. P. Harri
son of Wewoka, Dr. J. M. Byrum of
Shawnee, Dr. W. D. Faust of Ada, Dr.
J. S. Childs of Purcell, Dr. L. E. Eman
uel of Chickasha, Dr. 8. E. Frost of
Duncan, Dr. D. A. Myers of Lawton,
Dr. 8. P. nRwls of Altus, Dr. K. D.
Gosson of Custer City, Dr. W. D. Bat
son of Marietta, Dr. H. M. Stricklen of
Tonkawa, Dr. Bruce Watson of Perry,
Dr. A. O. T. Childers of Mulhall, Dr.
O. C. Coppage of Bristow, Dr. B. F.
Johnson of Falrvlsw and Dr. H. A.
May of Okemah.
Hunter Arrested On Liquor Charge.
Tom W. Hunter of Hugo, a member
of the Oklahoma leglslsturs and an
active candidate for speaker of ths
house, waa arrested In Hugo, on the
charge of latroduolng liquor Into the
Indian territory In vlolstion of the
net of March 1, 1806.
Huater wss Indicted Jointly with Eli
Bohannan In November by the federal
grand Jury at Chickasha.
The warrant wns Issued from the
Unltsd Btatss court and sent to Hugo
early In December,
THE IEW OFFIGIIL FKMILT
I
n
Geo. B. Noble of Pot ecu, who hne
been nemed ss Stats Game Warden
to succeed John Doolin.
Loot Meeting Of Aggie Beerd,
The state board of agriculture met
last Monday for ths last time so far
as some of the members of the pres-
ent board are concerned. On Jaaaary
11, Frank Gsult, nsw president ot
the board, stsps In aad O. T. Bryan,
who bus been president of the bonrd
during the past four years will re-
tire to private life. Mr. Bryan prob-
ably will remain in Oklahomn City.
O. A. Ramsey, who slso Is a member
of the board, will also retire from
tbe hoard aa he is a member of the
legislature.