The Searchlight (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 21, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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THE
SEARCHLIGHT
Vulume 1
SEPT. 21, 1910
Number 42
Now that the campaign is on
the voter should remember that
the candidate does not expect
him to smoke the ciga'rs he g1^8
away, observes the Bartlesville
Enterprise.
The youngest member of the
New Mexico Constitutional con-
vention is a former Oklahoman.
His name is T. Mabrig and he
formerly lived at Weatherford,
and is now 25 years old. His
colleague from Curry County, N.
M., is the oldest member of the
same convention. Mr. Mabrig is
a newspaper man and is connecte
with the Clovis, (N. M.) Journal.
The broom corn crop in Steph-
ens county is now being marketed
and the yield is satisfactory. A.
M. Wright and his soai, living at
Arthur, this county, have just
finished harvesting forty acres |
with an average of about one ton j
to three acres. A portion of the j
yield has been marketed for whic
they received $100 per ton. Ihe
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NEWS AND COMMENTS
Matters of Interest Briefly Put
For Busy People.
The top riritfh hog raising rec-
ord must, he accredited to W. E.
Durkee, a Logan .county fanner,
near Navina. Htourteen month*
ago he paid $12 for a how. *A
few weeks later she had nine
pigs. Three of these afterward
were killed for meat and si* sold
for $105. From a second litter,
nine pigs were sold for $116 arid
one kept for meat. The third lifr
ter haw arrived; raue pigs in a]f,
and each is jvorth one-third \sjwt
the sow cost.
To supply the recent enhanced
demand for pure seed wheat, the
state hoard of aigrictilture Iibs or-
dered a ear load of pure vvheftt,
which is to he sold to farmers at
cost. The applications arc to be
sent to the farm demonstration
department of the hoard of agri-
culture. Sales of seed wheat not
to exceed five bushels to one buy-
er, are to he made «t $V)0 por
bushel. In eases where the cost
I of the wheat and shipping are un-
,,a., i L ^
, Attomey.ge„er.l West will in '•James Kster", as good a j der *1 JO, the difference h to b.
they received *100 per ton. '' iti^Tbm and present it to thel brick mason, as Conway Springs,^refund*-)!.
remainder of the crop wdl be ^gislature, establishing a state j Kansas, has ever had, has thrown ( N „,aUfl S(jpt (;apt.
for future market. i intillg ptont to do printing of I aside his trowl and gone back to , ^ in m«.
all state books, which, according Stoughton, Wis., to again beeom , |„tP this aft-
ttii uvovt , »i_ I n nv-mavor. firroeer, , .
*nadc a suedfcsWfrtl tijp
—, I t-rom the toot of the cataract to
fore he suffered a lapse ot mem^ j th ^ th|, vvhjrip0ol rapids
ory two years ago and wandered , ^ ^ <jf |i0wist:,afji aia-
Acting upon the^advice from ^ to pupils | George Becker, ex-mayor, grocer
Governor Haskell, Shenl pedera- and contractor, who he was be-
* - * - ^ he — • of
Company F, Oklahoma National this action.
Guard to have his company in;
readiness at a moments notice to I Chas. R. Iletke, former secre-
away.
of four and a half tn:lca.
Preston Johnson, night ticket
j agent at Muskogee for the Mis-
readiness at a moments nonce w. — «■ — > American
nrevent threatened mob violence; tary treasurer of the American
I Thomas Frit, a negro, in jail ; Sugar n Oklahoma"and Gulf rail-
there, chargefcl with robbing and, called man hig Mo J road, disappeared last Sunday
murdering Walter Watson, a, suga , ^ Unj_ night. A warrant was sworn out
hunch back white boy. Fritz was day by . g ^ ^ eight for his arrest, charging embe/zle-
arraigned Monday and is eing! e & e NeW York stite ment of a small amount. Thisac
held in prison under a doubly months Blackwell Island i tion was taken by the railroad to
guard. Fearing an attempted penitenti y f fi thoUBan, protect itself through a bonding
lynching the sheriff haa transfer- ( and to pay a fme Pnnsnirin company, as the officials are of
red his prisoner to the old feder-j tod^fraTdThT government by un- the opinion that Johnson may
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tame asafc
He started from the Ma d of the
Mist dock at 4:45 and ran on a
rock near ' I « American short at
o'clock Despite the batter-
ing of the whirlpool rapids Lar-
sen went through safely but hie
boat w?:n leaking badly at the
finish and through the trip. L*r-
esr. had intended to start at 2:30
o'clock, but he was delayed by
engine troubles. B s des, th$
authorities threatened to u i
on the ground • ol atten®{^ '(» sui-
cide.
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Green, E. M. The Searchlight (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 21, 1910, newspaper, September 21, 1910; Cushing, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc285237/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.