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Durant Weekly
OFFICIAL MXWlFAPXlt OF THX OOUKTY IF XXYAH
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$100 FOR BEST
SCHOOL EXHIBIT
lilr Directors Offer Liberal Prise on
Agricultural Kxhlliits nt (ho Coun
ty I'nlr to bo Hold Tl "nil; To
bo Stilctl) AkiIcuIIh 0 "nil.
.
At n mooting of tho illro. c
the Fair Association bold last 'i
day afternoon It was deoldod to makv
tho fair this yoar a strictly ngrleul-
tural affair and In that connection
tho directors Voted to offer a cash
prlto of $100 In cnsh to tho school
-whoso members display at the fair
nornl agricultural exhib-
it. There are no strings to this offor
savo that tho school and all Its pu-
pils bo located In Bryan county.
It was decided by tho directors co
havo tbc racing cordmndled separ-
ately from tho fair proper this year
and a coirSmltteo of promlnont horso
and racing' men of tho county will
hnvo this featuro In hand and work!
will bo begun snoruy an-angins ""
racing programmes.
Within tho next tow weeks the di-
rectors will attond to tho appoint-
ment of tho vnrlous committees to
see to tho different work necessary
to the holding" of tho fair and tho
commlttcos will got busy nt onco.
Various sorts of nnnisomont will
o offorcd this year many of which
liavo not been offorcd nt a local fair
before Whllo no announcement has
liecn made It Is almost cortaln that
an unusually daring aviator will bo
secured to cut up capers In tho air
and balloon ascensions and para-
chuto leaps will probably bo secured
tor each day of tho fair.
' Miss Oschnian's Kecltal
Miss Nina Oschman Instructor of
oxprcsslon at tho Presbyterian Col-
lego will give a reading at tho Baptist
thurch on Friday night entitled
"Daddy Longlegs" which Is an adap-J
atlon of tho play by tho jsamo name
wh!ch has has such a largo run In
-the east this season. Miss Oschmaii
Is unusually talented in this line and
lior readings aro all well received.
An admission of twenty-flvo cents is
to bo charged. (
aiuch Flno Wheat Near Keneflck.
Thoso who havo believed that
-whta would not grow in this county
wiieat would not grow In this county
town or Keneflck to bo shown tho fal-
lacy of their theory for -near that
Dlaco aro hundreds Upon hundreds
of acres of as flno looking wheat as
over graced a Minnesota or Kansas
TUtal ranch. A oaiiplo of soft
whfot was brought bora Tuesday
trom Keneflck whit i was pulled
trom a twclve-acr patch belonging
to MrtlRondoll of ttm place. Tho
nan-pie wns-thrco and a hnlt foot In
T-.-ljjlst and was In exco lent condition
t hi a Tennessee soft wheat tho kind
ihnt hnn no boards. Mr. A J. Black-
man of tho samo community has SO
ticr"s planted to beaded wheat which
Is looking flno and with another rain
o- two will make au crormous yield.
ottnn acreaco In that community
-will -bo nothing co spared with form
er yearTand everybody hus planted
g.ala. Thousand of ncr6s of oats
in the community un- up and coming.
Working Prisoners on Iloads
Twenty-eight men serving tlmo In
tho county Jail were taken out by the
guards of tho county commissioners
Monday morning to work tho roads
tho first work to bo dono on tho road
between Colbert and Blatter which Is
In pretty bad shape. Tho men seem-
ed to -welcomo tho chango from tho
old stuffy Jail and went to work with
a vim A strange coincidence; Is
tho fact that out of tho twenty-eight
men put to work tweny-flvo of thorn
were Borvlng Imoyfor peddling whis-
key. Some thtrty.more men wore
left behind In tho Jail awaiting trial
for ynrloub oftensos.
Dollar Day a Big Success
Tho Tlhrd dollar day Balo which
was held in Durant last Saturday
nroved to bo the most successful co
operative sale ever held in Durant
and almost every store. In town ws
evrowded all day long. Several of
tLo largest stores report tho biggest
single day's cash business they havo
ever had In the clty while others re-
port business better than on any day
for several years.
All of the merchant! marked their
goods low for that day and tho buy-
ers were eager to a roil themselves
ot the unusual bargain.!.
Comity Court Doing.
County court has been working i
on cIMl cases this week. Tho flraLfvj.
case called was that of J K. Simmons ;
njrnthst the Inland Compress Corton- t.
nj. i minim niKt'ii iirhihkwo '" " j
sum of $100.72 trom tho defendnht
for notunl damages to fire bale of
cotton permitted to stand on the
ground and rot. Verdict wna return-
ed for plaintiff. J. V. Smith of
onclick suing tho First Nntlonat
"V of that placo for HCB.OO for
0( usurious Interest rosultod In
W or tbo bank. As tho Nows
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press tho caso of II. 11. John
ton against tho Caddo Natlonnl Hank
Is being tried. PlalntltfJillogos that
money duo him on deposit which tho
dofondant has failed or refused to
pay.
District Court Hoars Motions.
District court convenes Thursday
morning In tho county coyrt room
Judgo J. M. Ilntoh'ott presiding. Tho
only business being hoard Is motions
In civil ensos oMomo sheriffs sales
under foreclosure.
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Decision ns to Low.es.
Judge Campbell in tho Federal
Court at Muskogee In anoplnlon
hold that lenses pn a minor's land
for h term of years extending beyond
tho minority are valid wbon approv
ed by tho county courts ino uo-
clslon Is of vast Importance to the
oil men and Is considered a vlotory
for lessees.
Stores Bobbed nt BennliiRtOn.
Two stores woro robbed at Ben-
nington early Monday morning pre-
sumably by tho same robbers.
Tho storo of Bloolre;-Do&well Co.
was entered and several iVtlcloa stol-
en among them a ovo'er tho M'o
case rlflod and several articles were
mlsilng. Tho storo of 1.. n. Bachelor
was also entered and an automatic
pistol some ammunition soveral pair
of shoes sovoral sacks ot Mouir and a
numbor of othor articles taken. Sher-
iff Phillips went to Bonntngton on
Monday to investigate tie robberies
but found no clues. Several tramps
from tho cast woro picked up here
Monday but convinced tho officers
that they had had nothln? to do with
tho affair and wcro released.
A C3rnt Combination.
Wo aro ablo to offer an exception-
ally great clubbing offor to tho per-
sons living In Bryan conn' in Hol-
land's Magazine Farm & Ranch an 1
Tho Durant Weekly News all six
months for 7Cc: Holland's Is the
greatest magazlno published In tho
south and Its many pages devoted
to matters ot Interest to women will
appeal to every housewife. Farm &
Ranch Ih ono of ho best farm papors
In tho United States and tho Du-
rant Weekly Nows Is Bryan county's
lending newspaper. Make remit-
tances to Tho Durant Weekly News
Durant Oklahoma. Adv.
A fi'rOnt Combination.
Wo aro ablo to offer an exception-
ally great clubbing offer to tho por-
sbns living In Bjynn county In Hoi
land's Mngazlno Farm & Ranch and
Tho Durant Weekly News alt six
months for 7Cc. Holland's Is ll.o
greatest magazine published In tho
south nnd Its many pages devoted
to matters ot interest to women will
appeal to every housewife Farm &
Ranch is ono ot ho best farm papors
in tho United States nnd tho Du-
rant Weekly News Is Bryan county's
leading newspaper. Make remit-
tances to Tho Durant Weekly Nowh
Durant Oklahoma Adv.
X OrOflt Combination.
We aro able td offor nn exception-
ally great clubblnXoffer to tho per-
sons living in Bryan county In Hol-
land's Magazlno Farm & Ranch and
Tho Durant Weekly News all six
months for 75c Holland's ltf tho
greatest magazlno published In the
south and its many pages dovotcd
to matters of Intorcst to womon will
appeal o every housowlfo. Farm &
Ranch Is ono of ho best farm papors
In tho United otatcs and tho Du
rant Wookly News is Bryan county's
leading newspaper; Make remit
tancea to The Durant Weekly News
Durant Oklahoma adv.
Demonstration Agent Hero
. P. Elrod demonstration agent
nf Hit Frisco railway company was
hr Saturday looking after tho sev-
eral demonstration farms that that
company la operating hqre and ex-
pus:ed himself as delighted at the
prospects In gen)?l and especially
with the way the demonstration farm
ersre conducttn thelf work. (
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IT ISN'T YOUH TOWN .IPS YOU.
If you want' to llvo in thnlklnd of n towit (-
Like the kind of a town Vou like
You nutdn't slip your olol$" tn a grip "
And start on a long lehn. hlfce.
You'll only find what you lft behind .
For thttro nothing that's really nw.
It's a knook nt yourself whon ou knock your town.
It Ipn't the towTi-il'a .you
Heat towns nttnott"ado by men nfr1d
Lest sonffiuodyelso gafWiSBad. N
When everyone work hrjl nobody shirk).
You can nU a t6wp'sTxc-m tSo dead.
And If while you make yo personal stako
"Your neighbors can mnUo ono too
Your town will be what you wnnl to seo
It Itft't the town It's you.
Tho Stockholder I (raid
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FAVOR TURNBULL
FOR NEW CHIEF
Cliocliiw In font out Ion Heie Do.
tumid I'li.-muo In Policies; A.l Con.
' !. for Full frit lenient of Af.J
fall's by .till) 1st 11)1(1.
At a Into hour Wfrlnocdny nlghf
tho Choctaw convention elected Writ
tor J. Turnbull ns principal ohlof
subject to ratification by tho Prosl-
dent. T. Hunter or Hugo deolln
cd to permit his name to bo consider-
ed.' Tho nam oh oted on woro Potor
Hudson of Tusenhomn and jtValtor J.
Turnbull of Durant.
Moro thnn two hundred Choctnws
In what wns said by dolegatos to bo
tho biggest convention held by theso
Indians for years adopted a set of
resolutions outlining their policy as
n trlbo with respect to their Inter-
ests In the hands ot tho Federal gov-
ernment. They selected two repre-
sentatives of tho tribe W. A. Durant
of Durant and T. W. Hunter of Hugo
to attend tho sessions of Congress
In behalf of tho Choctaw Interests
and choso a man for principal chief
who will bo urged upon tho president
for appointment to mat orrico.
Ono of tho resolutions urges tho
appointment of a Choctaw b blood
as tribal attorney In tho placo ot P.
J Hurley of Tulsa who has held the
offlco for four years. Mr. Hurley
mad - spirited speech aftor thevoto
h' een taken. Ho satd ho had ro-
frnlncd from speaking ponding tho
vote because ho did not wish to at
tempt to Influonco tho delegates in
tho promises. Tho resolution was
adopted by n voto of 08 to 40.
Ono of tho chief matters of Interest
considered at tho convention was tho
matter of a settlement of tho Indian
tribal affairs and tho payment to tho
Indians of all moneys duo thorn now
held In Irust by tho Indlnns' gunrd-
inn ihn federal Kovornment. Tho
mnttor of proceeding against tho do
nnrtment of tho Interior by mandnm
us was not decided upon but a long
solution was passod which requests
tho ConcroBS of tho United States to
see to a full ond'final sctlcmont of all
Indian nfaflrs and tho payment of
nil Indian monoys to tho Indlnns not
later than July 1 101C.
Tho convention was presided ovor
bv Hamnton Tucker of McAlestor
Prayer was offorcd in Choctaw )y
Rov. L .W. Cobb of Hugo a Moinu-
dist mlnlstor. Tho burden ot his
supplication was thit tho momborH
of tho convention bo real men "noc-ah-mo-homa"
In Choctaw.
In hlB opening remarks Mr. Tucker
denied that It was a democratic con-
vention as has boon suggested. "If
that woro so I would not bo In It"
ho continued "'for a republican has
no buBlness in Democratic affairs
savo In tho primaries.
Congressman Carter mado a brief
speech explaining tho fight that was
mado In Congress for tho payment
Ho said: "Tho reason Tor tho fall-
uro (3f tho per capita payment has
been fully set forth In a lottor which
I havo sen. out to tho Choctaws and
Chlckasaws.
"Tho opponents ot this payment
wcro completely whipped In tho house
upon overy occasion when tho matter
camo to a voto and when tho final
showdown came in the scnato our
senators succeeded In having tho
measure adoDted by that body. Tho
payment failed for one reason only
and that tras a lack of time for tho
final adoption of the Jndlan Appro-
priation blllwhlch carried it Undor
the peculiar rules of the senate n
senator may talk Indefinitely and th'i
Is Just what happened 'to the Indian
Appropriation bill. It Is so more no
ea than what happened to the ulp
-f ? J ! ! i -V V
.s ( .:. J. l (. i. 4.
purchase hill which had a majority
of the momhore of both houtos for It
nnd the whole forco at the Wllian
administration behind It. On behalf
of our suiintora lot mo my that you
khould not crltlclio thorn Joo (severely
for not having been ablo to necom
plMi that which tho wholn forco ot
the Wilson Administration failed to
do
"I hnvo no inollnnttou of purpose
to dlctnto to this convention tfr try
to Influoncp tho course of Its proceed
ings but after tho Kruollng flghtm
through whleh 'we have pilMod In the
por capita payment contosts I believe
that I know something ot coix'Jt'inB
I hao some opinions of tho ptemlses
nnd since c nro nil hero for tho pur-
poso of uxpodlatluga final oottlo-
mont of our nf fairs T think It might
bo well for us nil to glo full expres-
sion of our views.
"It Is my purpose to Introduce nnd
with tho'nsslstanco ot my colleagues
to secure tho pnssago of a bill nt tho
next session oj congress providing for
a final distribution of nil tho funds
of tho Choctnws and Chlckasaws
each year as theso funds accrue.
"It will bo suro to tako onorgy
tact zeal nnd good management to
brng this about for notwithstanding
tho fact that wo havo completely
knocked out the opposition tho
Clients of the MIbsIhiIodI Choctnw nn.
YolTment still exists nnd will bo on
hand to offor somo chnracter of oppo-
sition. Benr Jn mind howovor that
wo aro bringing membors of congross
evory day to better understand tho
duty of this Feilornl Government to
tho Choctaws and Chlckasaws In Ok-
lahoma and ns they do como to u
better understanding thoy lino up
on tho side of right nnd Justice and
for a final settlement ot our affairs
Congressman Murray of Tishomin-
go wns represented throughout tho
meeting but declined to mnko an ad.
dress although repoatodly uigod.
Tho oxccutlvo coinmlteo ns selected
at tho McAlostor convention was con-
tinued In office tho momborshlp bo
Ing ns follows: if. J. Bond P. J.
Hudson J C rolnom W. A. Durant
n N. Wright N B. AInsworth C. A.
Wilson. O. W. Choato W. H Hnrrl-
non Amos Honrv Sim Colbert S. M.
Mockoy D. C. McCirtaln nnd Hnmp-
ton Tucker.
"Iskulll sunnn" which Is Choctaw
for "I want tho monoy" was henrd
In nil tho speeches mndo tn Choctnw
and that was about ono-lialf of tho
number thnt occupied most of tho at-
tention of tho convention during tho
afternoon whllo tho resolution com-
mltleo was out. Tho orations broko
about fifty-fifty between tho men who
spoko nngllsh and tho mon who spoko
Choctaw and tho lattor seemed to
havo greater fluency of expression
nnd to mako moro rounded porloda.
It was noticed that sovoral ncholarly
looking full-bloods who talked In;
Choctaw to tho convention In conver-
sation used Hngllsh Thoy woro Car-
lylo and Haskell men who had con-
sideration for tho few old men who
really could not got tho English.
Colonel A. N. Lcecroft secretary
to Governor Williams attended tho
convention nnTTfeavo momhros greet-
ings from tho govornor and assur-
ances that tho stato administration
Is In full sympnthy with tho Choc-
taw in their efforts for relief and for
a tneody settlement of affairs
Several special magazine wrltn'a
were here taking pictures for their
publications ot tho prominent Choc
taws of the convention and reporting
the matter and a special corronpond-
eat of the Dallas News covered tho
full convention. -
Bought ITockaday Tlomo.
xOne of the largest real estate deals
consumated In Durant for some time
wan closed on Tueday when Will
Grafa purchased the home of Mrs.
noqlcaday at the corner of Third and
Cedar
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ftrnjMm County Votes H0(1 Ihoiisaiul
1 Dotlnfs In HuiuK
1 Tho (00 tUommnd dollar toad bond
leeue voted lf Grftytnieonn. Te-
t Uet Saturtlny HU whkh to hnlKl
a oounty system of fftAtU tn addition
to tko Denliuu nnd ftherman district
road ayetont already onitruetetl and
coiprieTf ISO mile will give Ory-
son county n total of 3 IS mile of
gnod roads tho most complete yitom
ot cgilnty ron'tls in the louthwoet
representing an luvostmeut of $1.-
SB0.000. Tho BOhwno ns Inlet nut nnd agreed
upon boforo tho bonds were voted
provides tor h complete holt rond 10O
miles In length within tho county
connecting tho vnrlous border towns
and communities. .then 12S mile of
laterals crossing tho county nnd touch
Ing tho scotlouH not torvod by the
bolt lino connecting tho different
communities with the market cen-
ters of the count v. and nljo with the
two dlstrlot systems making It pos-
sible for anyone to travel SIC mltoa
contlntioaly within .he county roach-
lug evory town nnd community with-
out lonlng goodronds.
Actual construction work on the
22G miles to bo built will start hs
soon ai tho details of tho work can
bo worked out nnd tho bonds sold.
Who 8nn Wheat Wont' Grow In
. Hi) nit Count)?
This country Is full of peoplo who
hnvo said thnt whont will not mnko
n full crop In this country. They
hnvo never tried It and consentient'
ly don't know what they nrv talking
about but thoy say It won't mnko a
crop becauso It hns novcr been rnl"'
hero to a gront extent. Around
Keneflck nro hundreds of ncrcs of
both boarded hard wheat nnd heard'
loss soft wheat and Indications point
to a bumper crop. Wheat llko all
other crops rcnulres good soed so-
lection proper soil cultivation nnd
rainfall. Hint's all.
Heckles Automobile Driving
There aro somq throo or four nu-
tomobllo drivers In this town who
are Imposing upon the good nnturo
of tho peoplo by tho crlnilnnl reck-
lessness w!' wilch thoy speed up
and down the rosldonco streets of
tho city. Sovoral serious accidents
Hnvo been narrowly nvorted hut tho
npccdlng continues. It theso drivers
will .get out of town to do their
speeding whero they nro risking no
ono's Itfo but tholr own It Is thelt r.f-
'fnlr but tho rocklois driving on
heavily travorscd streets Is a menace
nnd dnnger to tho safety of hundreds
ot others nnd In thnt case it Is tho
city's nfnflr. There aro ordinances
In forco In this city to prevent mien
things but their enforcement ap-
pears to bo entlroly jioglooted.
Oklnliomn Prnetni'lnus Meet
Tho Modern Ordor of Prnctorlnns
hold Its biennial state convention
hero last TuoBdny nflornoon.' Tho
following oflfcers wcro oloctod: J
V. Cnnnell Duinnt President; II
C. Fhlrchllds Fornoy first vfv pros
Idonti T. C. Bowmnn Hugo second
vice prosldent; Allen Wesson Hugo
third vlco prosldent; If. C. Foyo
Duncon secretary; A. Hchlor trns
urer. Mr. W. 13. Schoolor. Hugo
wns elected dolegntrt'to tho Natlonnl
convention which Is to bo held in
Dallas. Tho convention decided to
hold Hh next stato convention In
Norman Oklnliomn
I'reslilcnt Wilson on Neutrality
At tho nnunl meeting nnd banquet
of tho Associated Press hold In
Now York on Tuesday of this weok
President WIlBon wns present nnd
mndo nn nddress on tho subject of
American neutrality In tho prosont
war. President Wilson said that as
tho only great nntlon not engngod tn
war wbh tho United Stntes wo owo
tho world a duty and thnt duty Is
strict neutrality. Ono way to pro-
sorvo that neutrality ho says is to
seo that ovory nows Horn printed In
tho prce- of tho United 8tntos ad-
horcs srlctly to tho truth and that
uncolored.
Rock Island Line nrcke
Tho Chicago Rock Island & Pa-
cific Railway company went Into the
hands of the receivers ' this week
after the heads of the company had
admitted the Inability to meet the
note aggregating more than G mil-
lion dollars. The receivership is the
result .aecordlnjf (0 official of low
rates afbltrarlly fixed .by various
commissions coupled wl(h the coa-
Btantlr Increased cost ot eperatloa
and maintenance.
PEANUT FACTORY
IS NOW ASSURED
Work to Slnrt Soon on Ihroo-Slory
.Milt Miurtuivon m. ... m uiylic
of Wnjt 1 Tliuinnitd Cnrs of IV.
hills Needed 1 Itinpto) Jt."V IVolp n
Oiitxi'l.
It was announced yoslerdny by J.
IS. Jennon tn he nnd hU brothers
and their nssoointee hare nil plans
rendy (or the building and nulppin
of their peanut mill nnd that work
will be stnrtd right nwnr. The slto
scoured It nn tho M. O. ft G. rlsht-of
way Just east of tho tracks and nenr
tho depot. Tho plans rail for a threo
story structuro to bo wenthcrboard
ud on tho otitsldo nnd celled tlironuli-
out on tho Initde. being built after
tho rogulnr flour mill fashion.. Tho
building will bo built nnd equipped
In nmplo tlino for the handling ot
this yours crop ot ponnutn.
Mr. Jonson snys thnt tho minimum
number of employee will bo thirty
flvo. ami from thnt on depending
upon tho amount of peanuts ho can
secitro to work up. Ho says that It
will require a minimum ot a thou-
sand cnrs ot nuts for n season' suc-
ccMful run nnd that they will buy
at top market price all- tho poanuu
thnt can bo grown In this county uml
adjoining territory this year and
many more bothies. Ho snys that
arrangements hato already been
mndo for nn outlet for their product
nnd thnt thoy hno a roady market
for nil thoy enn turn out.
In nditiUon to tho pnyrool ot this
city thlrty.flvo hands will help some
and a rendy market for n thousand or
two cars of peanuts In this town will
stlmulnto tho raising of pdnnuts
which has been found by oxporlencu
to bo one of tho most profitable cropt
thnt a farmer can produce
Special Club with Dallas News.
We nro plenscd to 'nnnounco that
wo havo mndo arrangements witu
tho publishers of the Dnllns Semi-
Weekly News whereby we can con-
tlnuoouV clubbing rnfo of 11.26 for
a year's subscription to tho Dallas
Semi-Weekly News and the Durant
Woekly Nows. Tho offer Is confined
to persons living In Bryan county.
Tho offor will last for only a few
weeks nnd wo suggest thnt porsonn
so desiring avail themselves of It nt
once Make remittances to ho Dtt-
rnnt Woekl; Nows Durant. Oklaho-
ma. Adr.
. Special Club with Dnllns Nows.
Wo aro pleased to nnnounco thnt
wo hnvo mndo arrnngoments with
tho publishers of tho Dallas Seml-
Weokly Nows whereby wo can con-
tinue our clubbing jato of f 1 2C for
n year's subscription to tho Dnllnt
Soml-Wcckly News nnd tho Durant
Weekly Nows. Tho offer Is confined
to persons living In llrynn county.
Tho offor will tnst for only a few
weoks nnd wo suggest thnt persona
ho desiring avail thomnolvos ot It nt
onco. Mnko remittances to ho Du-
rant Weekly Nows Durant Oklaho-
ma. Adv.
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Special Club with Dallas Nows.
Wo nro plenscd to nnnounco thnt
wo hnvo mndo nrrnngemonts with
tho publishers ot tho Dnllns Semi-
Weokly Nows whereby wo can con-
tinue our clubbing rnto ot I1.2S for
a year's subscription to tho DnUns
Seml-Weokly News nnd (ho Durnnt
Weekly News. Tho offer Is conflnod
to persons living In Brynn county.
Tho offor will Inst for only a tow
weeks nnd wo suggest (hat persons
so desiring nvnll themselves ot It at
Mako remittances to ho Du-
rant Weekly News Durant Oklaho-
ma. A dr.
Sirs. Terrell Suffers Broken Arm
Mrs. Dr. J. O. Torroll had tho mls-
fortuno to break her arm Just below
tho elbow Sunday afternoon as sho
nnd her daughter Mrs. Fred. Lowry
woro looking at somo poultry on the
Torroll fnrm four miles south of Du-
rant. Mrs Torrell tripod over some
object on tho ground nnd was thrown
hard fnlllnp on her arm
- Mrs. Felix McCJure Dead.
Mrs Felix McClure died at
the
family homo at Fourteenth nnd Llve-
Oak streets Ih Durant last Saturday
death being due to heart failure. Ve-
ceased was 48 years of age 1d Is
survived by her husband And two chit
dren. Funeral service were con-
ducted at the home Monday morning
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Evans, E. M. Durant Weekly News (Durant, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 16, Ed. 1, Friday, April 23, 1915, newspaper, April 23, 1915; Durant, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc82648/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.