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KIOWA COUNTY NEWS
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GET $15,785
HARRY BAGBY'S INSTITU-
TION AT VINITA IS
LOOTED
POSSES SEEKING OUTLAWS
Robber* Be leved To Be Two Men
Named Hart and Roe. Who Broke
Jail at Vinita Several
Day* Ago.
Vinita—Two marked men. believed
to be William Hart and Mack Hoe,
who escaped from the Vinita jail sev-
eral days ago, held up and robbed the
Karmor* State Hank of $15,785 at noon
and escaped in an automobile after
locking Jasper S Martin, the cashier
In the vault.
Harry E. Bagby. president of the
bank. Is secretary of the State Bank-
ers Association and has offices in
Oklahoma City.
Martin was released ten minutes
later, by Paige Crahan assistant cash-
ier, when he returned from dinner.
THREE BILLS BEFORE SENATE
PROHIBITION, IMMIGRATION
ANO CORRUPT PRACTICES
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Own Ait May Be 6id*4r»<kH T»w
B*rirHy Rending
Revision,
Washington Both branrhe- of cor.
gre.-s moved slowly during the open-
ing week of (he short seision while
legislation was being whipped into
shape, but they got down to actual
work this week
The program In the senate Is some
what uncertain. While the interstate
commerce committee is deliberating
on plans for expediting the president's
railroad legislative program, three
measure* are ready for immediate
consideration. They are the District
MORE FRICTION WITH 6ERMANY
LANSING TIRING OF ENO-
i LESS -MISTAKES."
GERMANS IN CONTROf. Of T53.00J
SQUARE MILE9 OR HALF
OF KINGDOM.
ARMY IS IN GRAVE DANGER
Four Division* of Defender* About to
Be Enveloped by the Foe—Four
Capital* Are Now
Occupied
1 Tkt-wfM Arabia Warship to tho Cap-
tain Sunk Her and Let the invos-
• tigatioi* Como Altar,
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kins of a watch and $3 00.
The robbers had entered through a
rear door and were at the rear duo.
London -Bucharest, the capital of
Rumania, la In the hands of the forces
of the central powers.
Exactly one hundred days after the
of Columbia prohibition bill, lmmlgra- declaration of war by Rumania against
tlon bill and corrupt practices mens- finds the Teutonic allies incon
| trol of about 15Q.000 square miles of
Rumanian territory—virtually one
half of the kingdom—running from
the Transylvanian Alps, northwest of
the capital, to the Danube, south of
it. and a large part of Dobrudja. and
probably still on the heels of the re
treating Russian and Rumanian arm-
ies, which had been endeavoring to
hold them back.
Ploetchi Also Captured.
I ure
Corrupt practices legislation which
now is the unfinished business, will
be displaced temporari!> by tne immi-
gration bill, inasmuch democratic
leaders are considering revising Hie
i former measure before j ressing it for
I final action. The im -ration bill,
with its literacy te.-t, ,,.obably will
that
living legislation having been shelved
for the pre.-ent time by the house,
I that branch probably will do little
except routine work untH after the
Christmas recess.
Chairman Lever of the agriculture
committee hopes to get his cotton
standardization bill up this week, too
ThLs measure, supported by the solid
of the cage that surrounds the bank
lng department before they were dis-
covered by the cashier.
Ik/th robbers flouri.-hed revolver*
and one aaid, "Put up your hand- ar.d
•tep into the vault." Cashier Martin
complied with the command. Several
bundles of currency ware obtained
from the safe and placed in a sack
carried by one of the robbers.
After the bandits had gone about
an hour a posse went in pursuit from
Vinita. In the meantime officers in
every town in the surrounding coun-
try had been notified of the robbery,
and several posses joined the chase
One posse exchanged several shots
with outlaws, but no one was wound-
ed. Members of the posse were fired
upon from a canyon surrounded by
underbrush.
An automobile filled with whiskey,
found later, leads officers to believe
that those who fired upon the posse
were whiskey haulers, who, seeing
the posse. thought they were being
pursued, abandoned the machine and
later opened fire. I -
Local officers are firm in their be- prn|u > n CL1IP IQ AT I ARPF
lief that the robbery was perpetrated UCnIVIAN on IT 10 Ml L«nUL
by Hart and Roe, who were liberated
several days ago from the county jail
here. Local officers had arrested a
Simultaneously with the announce-
it may meet an ,mr pre.-idetlal ment of the fall of Bucharest came
the news of the capt ire of the import-
ant railroad junction. Ploetchi. north
of the capital, the conquest of which
places In the hands of the invaders
the last railroad in the west and gives
to them the head of the line running
| veto. The prohibition bill for the
District of Columbia i- to be urged
I by Senators Sheppard and Kenyon
and its pa-^age by the senate before
March adjournment Is regarded as
very probable.
Washington--Germany's acceptance
of responsibility for the sinking with
our warning of the British liner Ara
bia with the explanation that her sub-
marine commander took the vessel for
an auxiliary warship, has brought the
i.-sue ovr-r the submarine warfare to
a more serious and clear cut basis
than anything that has happened
since the threat of the United States
last April to break diplomatic rela-
tions after the torpedoing of the chan-
nel liner Sussex.
Such information as the American
government now has tends to show
that the Arabia was a passenger ship
of the Peninsular ic Orient line pass-
ing through1 the Mediterranean on a
regular voyage. Among the many pas-
sengers was an American citizen who
was rescued.
The German note say* that if official
data is furnished showing that the ves-
sol was an ordinary passenger steam-
er "this, then, would be a case of re-
gretable mistake from which the Ger-
man government was Id promptly draw
the appropriate consequences.”
It is assumed here that tlie conse-
quences would be an expression of re-
gret and an ofTer of reparation for any
injury or danger suffered by Ameri-
cans on beard.
The note has been referred to Presi-
Proposed railway and high cost of northward to Jas.->, where the capital | Jent Wilson, who is considering per-
of Rumania is now situated. sonally a review of recent German sub-
With the * ail of Bucharest the en- marjne activities to which the Arabia
tente allies are now ,n possession of come, ^ a clirnax. There prob.
four capitals of entente states, the , . , ,,, . , ,. . ..
. ' ably will be no immediate action, as
others being Brussels. Belgrade, and ’ ....... . . ,
£ ’ the state department first must clear
The Germans, with the aid of Aus-
tro-Hur.garians, Bulgarians and Turks,
have battered their way through west-
ern Rumania to the present concern
south and many members from other trie position around Bucharest within
sections, wa.-. not reached last session, a wonderfully short time. They have
but has an earjy place on the cal-
endar.
Much routine business will be tran-
sacted before Christmas if Speaker
Clark has his way. He has not aban-
doned his fight for a shorter Christ-
mas recess and he probably will exert
every effort during the next two
weeks to make a formidable record
for work done the first three weeks
of a session.
up beyond question the exact status of
the liner at the time of the attack.
In official quarters the German ex-
planation is regarde# as weak and un-
satisfactory. no weight being attached
to the statements that the Arabia was
breasted the natural fortifications of i PainteJ *'^e a tran.-port and was fol-
the Transylvania mountains and the j lowin8 a rout(> “Tally taken by trans-
Danube river and have beaten their P°rti: and that the submarine com-
mander saw many Chinese, but no
women and children aboard her. *
It is realized, however, mat if offi-
cial data finally establishes the inno-
cent character of the vessel, in view of
the Sussex note, virtually only’ one
course of action remains open to the
United States and that would not be
taken until every possible considera-
way through the strongest kind of
scientific defenses obviously prepared
long in advance.
They have thrown the Roumanian
army numbering hundreds of thous-
ands of men back in such disorder
that even apparently impregnable po-
si'ions such as those along the rivers
Alt and Argechu could not be held
man, apparently drunk, and while the
officers were shoving the iinn through
the door leading into the jail corridor
he drew a revolver and held the offi-
cers while Hart and Roe escaped. The
men then locked the officers In the
corridor and fled. Hart and Roe w-ere
charged with having robbed the Cen-
tralia State Bank. Just after their
escape fire men held up and robbed
the First State Bank of Alluwe of
$2,700. Alluwe Is in Nowata county
and about thirty miles west or vinita.
Cenrralia i* in Craig county and about
fifteen miles northwest of vinita.
Vinita is the largest town in Craig
county and contains about 6,000 inhab-
itants.
British ‘’Blockade” Again Proves To
Be Inefficient.
New York—A heavily armed steam-
ship. fitted with torpedo tunes, has
been sighted about 500 miles north
of the Azores in the middle steamship
more than a few hours. | tion had been given Germany s posi-
Tbe capture of Ploetchi on the rail- j tion.
way line running north from Bucha- 1 While Secretary Lansing himself re-
rest cuts the main railway line of rail fused all comment beyond the mere
of the Rumanian armies operating in publication of the note, it is known
the Bucharest region. j authoritatively that Germany's admis-
The taking of Bucharest virtually i sjon in the Arabia case, her similar
completes the conquest by the Teu- admission in the Marina ca*e. when
lane, according, to wireless warning miles.
tonic forces of the southern section
of the Rumanian kingdom, embracing
territory of more than 50,000 square
ne I
DEUTSCHLAND HOME SAFE
HEALY QUITS UNDER FIRE
Chicago Police Chief Give*
Office At Latw
I
Up Hi*
Chicago.—Charles C. l^ealy. chief
of police, awaiting trial on a charge
of permitting the epera'ion of vicious
resorts, sent to Mayor Thomp.-on his f
resignation which is effective January .
L 1917. The reaifc-iaUxn folloa-si 1
statements by the cl..of that ne would
resign only at the direct request or j
the mayor.
The chief expressed the hope that
be wou.d be restored to his former •
position as head of the traffic suaqd.
The incident against Chief Healy is
considered in some quarters here as a
direct result of the difference between
Mayor Thompson, a republican, and j
Maclay Hoyne, democratic state's at-
torney.
Some politicians interpreted Healys
resignation as indicating that differ-
ences between the mayor and the
state's attorney would be settled am-
icably and that the indictments
against Healy would be quashed.
Protocol Raises EmDargo.
El Paso.—If the protocol drawn by
the American Mexican joint commis-
sion is signed by representatives or
both countries all aliens of the United
States who engage in revolutionary
activities in Mexico are expected to
be deported by the United States im-
migration officials as ' pernicious for-
eigners," according to a message re
ceived by Andres Garcia, inspector
general of Carranza consulates. If
the protocol is signed it is expected
here that the embargo on ammunition
also will be lifted.
flashed to md^hant vessels of the
entente allies by a British or French
cruiser lying off Sandy Hook.
The message, which was sent first
in English and then repeated in Ital-
ian, said:
"Sighted 7 a. m., December 4,
latitude 48.45 north, longitude
27.57 west, a steamer of about
4,000 tons, 350 feet long and 45
feet beam. Vessel well armed
and fitted with torpedo tubes.
Had one short, broad funne; and
two masts. Steamer probably
high speed. Take all precautions." completion of the second round trip
This steamer is supposed to bo a of this commercial undersea boat to
German vessel that has broken the United States. On her voyage
through the allie*' blockade or the just finished she made the passage in
North Sea to raid shipping. She was
la.it heard from in the north Atlantic,
where she stopped a British vessel
and eramined its papers, according to
j the report made by the captain on
reaching London.
six Americans were drowned, and the
early facts in the sinking of the Ameri-
can steamer Chemung have combined
to create much anxiety. The tempo-
rary quietude in submarine operations
which followed the pledges in the Sus-
sex case apparently has been dispelled
_ . .. and officials are recalling the belief
Submarine Makes Voyage from Amer- ,h(?n announoed that pubmarlne war-
ica In Nineteen Day*.
Berlin.—The German commercial
submarine Deutschland, completing
a quick trip home from the United
States, arrived oc the mouth of the
Weser.
The arrival of the Deutschland at a
fare is “utterly incompatible with the
principles of humanity, the long-estab-
lished and incontrovertible rights of
neutrals and the sacred immunities of
non-combatants.”
Americans On The Palermo.
Washington.—The state department
German port marks the'successful received a brief consular dispatch an-
nouncing the sinking of the Italian
nineteen days, having left New Lon-
steamer Palermo with twenty-five
Americans aboard off the Spanish
coast. Details were lacking. News
dispatches, showing that the ship
armed and loaded with horses and
don on November 21. I er previous arnmunjfjon for tbe allies, was shelled
eastward trip from Baltimore took . after bejng torpedoed, led officials to
days. Her two w erg ward vo>agas ! believe she had attempted to escape
occupied, respectively. 15 and 21 davs. a^er be[r.g warned, and thus had lost
The British steamer C aledonia was'ber immunity from attack.
Several times during recent weeks sunk by a German submarine after A preliminary reply from Germany
allied warships on guard off New she had tried to ram the undersea t0 lbe reqUest for information concern-
York harbor have sent out general boat, it was officially announced. Her ing the sinking of the British liner
wireless warnings of the presence of ■ captain was taken prisoner. I Arabia was cabled to the department
German submarines, but none ha.i ap- | According to reports from Stock- by tbe American embassy at Berlin,
peared at any American port recently, holm, says the Overseas News agency, said a submarine commander who
___ , German submarines in the Arctic bad reported attacking the ship be-
have during the la*t few weeks sunk Ueved her to be an armed transport,
sixteen ammunition steamers bound and asking that the United States
» .. 77" a u j for Russia. i inform the imperial government of
As Soon As Minor Changes Are Made --- j any evidence it might have about the
ARABIA NOW REAL KINGDOM j“de,lt a"d lhe ‘'h,,rac,er of lhe v“'
CARRANZA READY TO SIGN
In Protocol.
Laredo, Texas.—Alberto J. Pani,
member of the joint Mexican Ameri-
can commission, which considered
border problems at Atlantic City, ar-
rived here. He declined to discuss
Hussein Ben Ali Notifies State De-
partment That He's On the Job.
1
Washington.—Formation of the new
the protocol which he carried to Gen. ! kingdom of Arabia with Grand Sherif
Venustiano Carranza and would neith- Hussein Ben Ali as monarch and
er affirm nor denv that Carranza had Mecca as the capial was officially
signed the document. 1 reported to the state department by
From private, but apparently rell- i Sherif Abdullah, minister of foreign
able information, however, it was affairs.
learned that the protocol has not been ! Arabia. Abdullah said, henceforth ____________^___ _____ ___
signed by General Carranza, but that will be an acti\e member of the so- ; exoneraljon ended one of the most
Senor Pani is carrving a reply from ; ciety of nations and confidently looks • sensational trials ever held in western
M'DANIEL IS EXONERATED
Joseph Prosecutor Acquitted
Killing Hi* Wife.
fSt. Joseph. Mo.—Oscar D. McDan-
iel. prosecuting attorney of Buchanan
county, was caquitted by a jury in the
criminal court here of the charge of
having murdered Mrs. Harriet Most-
McDaniel, his wife. The verdict of
j Carranza requesting a few minor forward to recognition bv the l nited : yjissourj.
changes in phraseology. It was said States The new kingdom resulted, he Mrs. McDaniel was found beaten
the document as a whole meets with said, from a unanimous meeting of the and dying in her bed room near mid-
Carranza's approval and that, with notables of the country, who definitely njght oft July 14. Two of her three
the changes desired having been threw off the yoke of th*> Committee cbndren sleeping in an adjoining room
made, arrangements for his signature of l nion and Progress af L onstami
will be authorized by telegraph. nople.
had not been awakened by the attack
on their mother.
ENGINEER FOR HARD ROADS
Experienced engineer.^ backed by
records of proved efficiency ara the
run.it Imperative requisite of the build- .
lng of lasting hard surface roads in
the opinion of W. A. Croatiand. senior
highway engineer in the Unfeeri Slates
government .-ervlce. Mr. Crossland
was in this stale most of Iasi week on
private business, being on a two
weeks leave from government serv-
ice.
Mr. Cropland was an engineer on
the Cuban railway work during the
American occupation of the island,
later being sent to the Philippines,
where he was district engineer while
the extensive highway improvements
were made by the government there.
During recent years he has been en-
gaged In roud building in this country.
While Mr. Crossland was in this
city his room was almost constantly
filled by good roads’ boosters who
were seeking Information. Governor
Williams was with him a great deal
of the time. The engineer was lavish
in hi* praise of the Oklahoma hard
• urfaca road building plans and espec-
ially commended the Interest being
shown In this state for the permanent
roads movement "Most of the other
states in the union are building hard
surface roads, which, of course, is tho
only road thut can he referred to as
permanent and I am sure Oklahoma
will not lag behind. The benefits have*
too long been proved to admit of any
question from even those who are
poorly informed on the sobject,” Mr.
Crossland declared.
The paramount mistake made by
stales new to the construction of hard
surface roads, is the employment of
Inexperienced and Incompetent engi-
neers, he said. It often takes years of
time und millions of dollars to undo
the mistakes they make. Mr. Cross-
land explained. “The only safe plan
is to spend-a little more money on
the supervision of the road building
and in that way save a great deal of
sorrow and wasted money," he con-
cluded.
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NEWS OF THE
STATE WH
MANY SEEK JOBS IN COMING
SESSION OF STATE
LEGISLATURE. •
NEWS FROM STATE OFFICES
What the State Official* and Depart-
ments Are Doing—Item* of In-
terest About the State
Government.
Oklanoma City—
State Senator W. A. Chase of No-
wata, w hile in Oklahoma City on busi-
ness before some of the state depart-
ments, announced that he is a candi-
date for speaker pro tempore of the
senate in the coming 'esislature.
Senator Chase was elected to the
senate two years ago. E. L. Mitchell
of Cheyenne, whose senatorial term
expires this year, was the last presi-
dant pro tempore of the senate.
As the time of the session drays
near the crop of candidates and appli-
cants for office and positions in the
legislature is increasing. Already
there are three candidates for speaker
of the house. They are Paul Nesbitt
of McAlester, Robert Wimbish of Ada
and Bert Hodges of Okmulgee.
There are three candidates for chap-
lain of the senate. They are Rev. J.
W. Arnold, Christian. Arcadia; Rev.
R. W. Blackburn*, Baptist, Stafford;
Rev. O. R. Callaghan, Methodist, Guth-
rie.
James W. Berry of Oklahoma City
former police sergeant and one of the
democratic candidates for sheriff of
Oklahoma county in the last primary
campaign, is a candidate for sergeant-
at-arms of the house.
John C. Adams of Ryan, who was a
messenger in the senate in the Fourth
legislature and sergeant-at-arms in the
senate of the Fifth legislature, will
again be a candidate for sergeant-at-
arms of the senate. Join Duffy of Ok-
lahoma City, veteran newspaper man,
is opposing Adams.
Miss Emma Carter of El Reno is a
candidate for assistant journal clerk
of the senate. For secretary of the
senate, Joe S. Morris, the incumbent,
is unopposed. The secretary of the
senate is ex-officio secretary of the
state election board and is also ex-
officio state register.
State banks of Oklahoma want to
become members of the federal bank-
ing reserve system and will a*k the
net legislature to amend the banking
laws so a* to permit this, It was stated
by J. D. Lankford, state bank commis-
sioner.
To become members of the federal
system it will be necessary for state
banks to own stock In federal re-
serve banks. This cannot be done un-
der existing laws, which specifically
prohibit state banks from owning stock
in any other banking institution.
According to federal regulations, no
bank having a capital stock of lesa
than $25,000 can be a member of the
federal reserve system, and this will
preclude a large number of the banka
of Oklahoma in the small places from
entering the federal system.
According to Mr. Lankford, this will
be the only important legislation which,
the banking board will ask at the
forthcoming session. He said he did
not expect the banks to make any par-
ticular effort to secure any changes in
the anti-usury law passed at the last
session.
It is probable, Mr. Lankford stat-
ed, that the legislature may be asked
to authorize a standard reward of
$1,000 for the apprehension of bank*
robbers' He believes such a law-
would materially aid local officers ia
the apprehension of bandits.
The present law giving the governor
authority to issue proclamations offer-
ing rewards, Mr. Lankford thinks, is
insufficient. A law that would make
the reward a standing proposition and
payable automatically upon the appre-
hension and conviction of bandits, he
thinks, would be better.
State Collects Oil Tax, $126 402.
A total of $'26,407.23 was paid back
to the twenty-three oil producing coun-
ties of the state, it being their share
of the 3 per cbnt gross production tax
on oil and gas collected during tha
month of October.
Following are the counties and the
amount returned to them:
Washington............*.......S 6.231.24
Tulsa ......................... 11.39.V6S
Nowata ....................... 4.434.71
Muskogee ..................... 3,337.18
Okmulgee ..................... 6.41S.01
Osage ......................... 41.00
Payne ........................ 1,091.-*6
Rogers ........................ 1,519.75
Wagoner ...................... 642.64
Carter ........................ 17,772.69
Kay ........................... 2,063.16
Craig .......................... 1.17
Okfuskee ...................... 111.44
Kiowa ......................... 3.01
McIntosh ..................... 99.54
Comanche .................... o.6S
Pawnee ....................... 3,737.72
Stephens ............. 10.04
Jefferson ..................... 41.46
Ottawa ....................... 42S.89
Le Flore ...... 23.80
Pontotoc ...................... 74.93
Total ......................*126,407.23
Batik Deposit* Still Increase
Depositors in the thirteen banks of
Oklahoma City on the first of Decem-
ber hit the highest mark ever record-
ed. The total deposits as recorded
by Ralph O. Wunderlich, manager of
the Oklahoma City clearing house,
was $35,113,734.98. This is practically
an increase of 100 per cent over the
$17,450,220 for the same time last
year. Mr. Wunderlich is of the opinion
that the record figure is simply an
indication of general prosperity in all
lines, and is not due to any particular
cause.
Army Pushes Recruiting.
To get in touch with postmasters,
men from the army recruiting station
here are making a canvass of the
Woodward and Avard vicinity. Post-
masters in all the towns are being
urged to help with the recruiting
work in this state. •
This canvassing work will be
carried on in other sections of the
state beginning next week, announced
Major C. N. Barney, retired, who i£
in charge of the Oklahoma district.
Two men from each of the six sta-
tions in the state will be assigned tt>
this duty. It is now planned to keep
up the canvassing all next summer.
Requisition was made by Major
Barney this week for enough cots,
tents, rifles and bedding to supply
the “scouts” when spring comes sa
they can give illustrations of military
life in the towns they visit.
In number of recruits, Oklahoma
stands twentieth of the sixty districts
in the United States, according to in-
formation received by Major Barney
last week.
$201,000,000 For Belgian Relief. Proved Protector. ] Cotton Drops $2.00 a Bale.
St. Louis.—The Belgian relief com- Omaha, Neb.—George P. Bemis, New Orleans—In one of the most
mission spent $201,000,000 #*-« the re who wltb his cousin. George Francis exciting sessions and widest slump*
lief of the people of B<-.gium and Train, built the first tramways in Lon- ever rated on the exchange here, the
northern France up to October 1. 1916, don djed here He had beea twice price of cotton dropped 132 to 161
mayor of Omaha. He was 7> years points, or $8 00 a ba e. due to efferis
old. In 1S70. when the Prussians were of the government forecast of the
invading France. Bemis and Train at- size of the 1916 cot.on crop. The es- jj0unced yjr Goldzier said also that
tempted to found a French icpublic. timate of ll.511.o00 bal«s a? the total g0]d (0 reimburse Teutonic finan-
from the British ^nd French govern- They were condemned to be shot for production was cfonsiderab^’ abo'ts cjaj institutions wa« being forwarded
ments, $13,000,000 from private con- “inciting treason.” but the order was general expectations, and the Janu- regu)ar]y frora the United States, but
trioutors in England and $\000,i0 countermanded. Train, it was report- ary positions sold down to 16 6 c, declined to say whether it was being
it was said in an address here by
Edward Ricard, a repr- se itative of
the comnrssion. Of this amount, he
sad. JlOS.OOu.OOO wai in sibsidies
Gifts By Wireless.
I Chicago —More than $20,000 has
been sent by wireless as Christmas |
«,ift.s to families in central Europe
by Chicagoans in the last six weeks.
Julius Gol^zi“r, secretary of the Ger- •
majio-Auslrian-Hungarian society an-
frorn the private contributions in the
United States. The rest or the money
came from other parts of the world.
ed. snapped his fingeis at the firing whhh was 349 points below tbe high- <ent through the blockade on the mer
squad as he and Bemis wrapped thir est prices of the season, or % Iom at chant submarine Deutschland on eith-
, about $20.00 a bale. j er of its trips.
American flag about them.
Hogs $10 a Hundred.
Hogs brought $10 a hundred
pounds on the Oklahoma City mar-
ket last week for the first time since
October. At this time last year hogs
were worth but $6.50 a hundred, an
increase in twelve months of $3.50.
Local packers have been fighfing any
advance to 10 cents, but owing to a
scarcity of hogs were forced to accede
to the demands uf shippers. Commis-
sion men say .Le 'ocal market is from
5.000 to 8.000 hogs short of the de-
mand every week w ith small prospects
of an increase.
Cotton Worth $50,000,000.
Oklahoma’s cotton crop this year,
despite the greatly reduced yield, will
fall only $13,000,000 below the biggest
revenue crop of the state's history,
1912. The state board of agriculture
now estimates this year’s crop at 628.-
685 bales. This is based on the gin-
ner’s reports which have come in.
An average price of 16 cents a
pound has been paid for cotton this
year, it is estimated. The total rev-
enue would be $50,000,000.
Much of the cotton has been ginned
and the gins in some sections have
shut dwon for the year. Shortage in
some places compelled gins to be idle
all the season. One firm which oper-
ates twenty-nine gins reported that
fourteen had not been operated. Of
the 625 gins in the state, it is esti-
mated that 5 per cent have been idle.
Quail Abound In State.
“There are more quail in the state
than I have ever seen in my twenty-
two years here," W. L. Robbins, dep-
uty state game warden says. Victor
Holt, clerk in the game warden’s of-
fice. substantiated Mr. Robbins' esti-
mate with figures to show that 37.715
hunters' licenses had been issuer since
May 1. This is 10,000 more than last
year at this place. Between 13 000
and 14.000 licenses were issued in No-
vember to hunters preparing to kill
the plentiful quail.
State Banks Get New Instruction.
On and after November 22 all state
bank? having a capital sto.k of $50,000
or less, and a 1 other state banks
which are not approved reserve agents,
will be required to carry not less tran
150 per c^rt of their reserve fund ia
banks op ating under the supervision
cf the state banking department, ac-
cording to a new ru’ing of State Bank
Commissioner J. D. Lankford. The ob-
ject of this is to hel-i th» bank guar-
anty fund by keeping the reserve in
( state banks so as to make ii subjec*
I to the guaranty fund assessment.
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Hill, D. E. & Mitchell, George E. The Kiowa County News. (Lone Wolf, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1916, newspaper, December 14, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc914253/m1/8/: accessed April 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.