Colony Courier (Colony, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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THB COLONY COVRIIR
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NBIS EDEIITS
OKLAHOMA CROP SHRINKAGS
OFFSET BY OAIN IN
•ALB PRICKS.
NEWS OF THE NEW STATE
little Incident* and Accidents Hat O*
▼a Make Up a Week's History
«f a Great Common,
wealth.
•miners mm mi abwi
Portara Leave.Chureb and Mni||li In
Waoda; One Dead. Other Areoated
AUSTRIANS CAPTURED BY THE RUSSIANS
Oklahoma City.—Although the U. S.
gverntnent’s estimate of crops In Okla-
homa shows a general shrinkage, the
state’s decrease 1s In proper ratio whh
other states, and Is offset by prevailing
high prices which equalize values. The
nummary Issued last week by the bu-
reau of crop estimates and transmitted
through the local weather bureau
ahowa the following conditions In Ok-
lahoma:
Corn—August I forecast, 73,600,000
bushels; production last year (ftnal es-
timate), 123.JOO.OOO bushels.
All Wheat—August 1 forecast, 25,-
600,000 bushels; production last year
<final estimate), 36,640,000 bushels.
Oats—August 1 forecast, 16,300,000
bushels; production last year (Anal es-
timate), 37,800,000 bushels.
Potatoes—August 1 forecast, 2,140,-
600 bushels; production last year
<Anal estimate), 2,075,000 bushels.
Sweet Potatoes—August 1 forecast,
•46,000 bushels; production last year
(Anal estimate), 690,000 bushels.
Hay—August 1 forecast, 680,000
tons; production last year (Anal esti-
mate), 1,068,000 tons.
Pasture—August 1 condition 80,
compared with the ten-year average
of 77.
Apples—August 1 forecast, 401,000
barrels; production last year (Anal
estimate), 780,000 barrels.
Peaches—August 1 forecast 237,000
bushels; production last year (Anal
estimate), 2.408,000 bushels.
Cotton—July. 25 forecast, 1,020,000
bales; production last year (census.,
639,626 bales.
KaAr Corn—August 1 condition 75,
compared with ten-year average of 82
Prices of Products.
The Arst price given below is the
average on August 1 this year, and
the second the average on August 1
last year:
Oklahoma—Wheat, $1.05 and $1.03
g>er bushel. Corn, 69c and 77c. Oats,
-40c and 37c. Potatoes. 87c and 59c.
Hay, $5.50 and $6.50 per ton. Cotton,
11.9c and 8.0c per pound. Eggs, ”l5c
and 12c per dozen.
United States—Wheat, $1.07 anti
$1.06 per bushel. Corn, 79.4c and
78.9c. Oats, 40.2c and 45.4c. Pota-
toes, 96.4c and 56.3c. Hay. $10.70 and
11.02 per ton. Cotton, 12.6c and 8.1c
per pound. Eggs, 20.7c and 17.0c per
dozen.
GREER COUNTY HAS A MYSTERY
8ody of Farmer Found On Porch:
Hoad Crushed With Axe.
Ringling.—Emmett and John Porter,
sens of a Well-to-do rancher near her%
left a church service to Aght a duel
over Miss Katherine Fowler, with
whom both were in love but who had
been unable to ehoose between them.
John was almost deqapttated by Em-
mett’s knife, after which he was hor-
ribly cut In the abdomen. Emmett
Porter has been arrested on a charga
of murder and Is conAned In the coun-
ty Jail..
The young men attended church to-
gether. sitting side by side. Toward
the middle of the service, |towever,
they loft tho building and went to a
nearby wood where they ngroed to
settle tlietr differences with knlves>
They fought for more than half an
hour without either Inflicting serious
injury upon his adversary, but at an
opportune moment Emmett sent the
long blade of his knife Into John's
throat and another movement almost
severed his head from his body.
When John fulled to make his ap-
pearance *.t the Porter home Inquiries
were made of Emmett, whose conduct
was such that a search was Instituted,
John’s body was found a short dis-
tance from the edge of the wood.
Photograph Just arrived in this country showing an endless line of Austrian prisoners captured by the Russians
In their latest great drive. The prisoners under escort are being tuken to the Interior of Russia to u prlsou ramp.
The Hue of captured Austrians extends ua fur us the eye cun see.
BANDITS LOOT CROWDER BANK
Negro and White Man Secure $1,100;
Horse Captured.
Crowder.—In a running Aght in the
hllla west of Crowder officers captured
the horse that had been ridden by a
negro bandit who, with a white com-
panion, robbed the Bunk of Orowder.
The robbers, unmasked, entered th-i
bank at 1 o’clock in the afternoon and
at the point of revolvers forced Cash-
ier George Mills and E. T. Bradley,
assistant bank examiner, to enter the
vault, then took all the money at hand,
$1,100, and escaped. Bird Box, a bank
customer, entered while the robbery
was In progress. He was forced to
sit down In a corner, hands up, and
watch the looting operations. Melvin
Cornish of McAlester, a member of the
state banking board, Is president of
the looted bank. He said that the $500
standing reward offered by the stat-i
board would be paid without delay
should the robbers be captured, dead
or alive. The loss was covered by in-
surance.
SUBMARINE DEUTSCHLAND STARTS FOR HOME
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR A80THIS WEEK
August 21, 1*18.
Carmans advanced on O•se-
ws tx.
Ruasian Asst dsfsatsd Carman
Aset in Culf of Rigs.
Britiah submarine F-13.
aground on Danieh Island,
shelled by Carman torpedo boat
Croat Britain and France de-
clared cotton abooluto contra-
band.
Veniteloo accepted Crook
premiership.
August 22, 1915.
Sevore artillery Aghting In Ar-
ran region.
Italians galnsd ground in ths
Carso front
Two French torpedo boats
sank German destroysr off Os-
tend.
Ruaaiane retired from tho Nle-
men and Bobr line.
August 2$, 1919.
Ossowetz captured by the Car-
mans.
Italians svacuatad hslghts of
Monfaleono.
Austrians rspulsod Italians
oast of Polasio.
British Aett of 30 veoaels
German merchant submarine Deutschland Just as she started front Baltimore on her dash to sea.
Deutschland Is bound for Bremen with her cargo of rubber, nickel and gold. She will have to evade the hostl
cruisers that have been waiting for her to leave American waterie
KITE BALLOON AT SALONIKI STARTIN6
or
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HEAD OF RUSSIAN STAFF
OIL FLOW NEAR CEMENT, OKU.
Fifty-Barrel Wildcat Well Reported In
Caddo County.
Sapulpa.—At daylight last Satur-
day the body of John Harris was
found lying on tho porch of his farm
homo, four miles from Sapulpa. His
head had been crushed with an axe,
•which was found covered with blood
• short distance-front the body.
Fletcher Jackson, a negro farm
hand, who had slept In the Harris
home during the night, said that he
found the body when he arose to go
about his work. A coroner’s Inquest^
failed to develop any clue tending to'
establish the identity of the murderer.
Harris came to Creek county from
Texas and Is alleged to have always
slept with a loaded revolver close at
hand. He had been heard to speak of
enemies he had In Texas.
Anadarko.—An oil flow estimated at
fifty barrels daily Is reported to have
been encountered on the Jennie Kunz-
muller farm, In section 86-6-19, nine
miles southeast of Anadarko and
about two miles west of Cement. Ac-
cording to the driller, the oil was en-
countered at a depth of 685 feO(.
When brought In the bailer to the sur-
face and ignited, the flames burned
several feet above the bailer. Tha
water is being cased off and the well
will be deepened. e
News of the oil strike wur followed
by Intense excitement In Anadarko.
Nearly all available land between Ana-
darko and Cement has been under
lease for several months and the leas-
ing has extended east of Cement Into
Grady county. One dry well has been
drilled east of Cement. Cement Is
about fifty miles southwest of, Okla-
homa City, Is about the same distance
northeast of the Lawton field and
northwest of the Stephens county field
and Is In Caddo county.
FRED 0. PARDONS DIES A HERO
Oklahoma City Man Rescues Boy,
Then Drowns.
Oklahoma City.—Frederick D. Par-
sons of Oklahoma City, who was
drowned In the Washita river near
Wayne, went to his death a hero. It
was In his elfort to save the life of •
child who was drowning that death
. came.
Parsons, his wife and Miss Blanche
Coate of Wayne, with whom the Pat-
sons were visiting, walked from the
Coates home to the WaHhlta river to
Ash. As they approached tho stream
Parsons heard cries and saw a boy
atrlvlng to get out of deep water. Pat
sons plunged Into the water, twelve
feet deep, and pushed the lad to the
shore. He could not swim and was
too exhausted to Dull himself out.
Following the tragedy, announce-
ment was made of the marriage of
Mr. Parsons and Miss Laura Ankley,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer G.
Ankley, on June 10. The wedding had
been kept neot-et.
Will Try Bitmap Raising.
Braman.—.Aaron Blerbowsr, one of
the prominent farmers of this section
has Just received a large shipment of
sheep and will place them on hla
ranch southwest of Braman, his Inten-
tion being to1 fatten the sheep from •
number of forage crops and waste ma-
terial around the ranch. This Is Bier-
bower’s first experiment In this class
* of stock and he Is the pioneer In this
this section with aheap. If these prove
a auccess a number of other farmers
In Kay county will next season Import
a large number of sheep.
Magnolia Files Corsicana Deed.
Ardmore.—A deed transferring to
t\ie Magnolia Petroleum Company all
the- property owned by the Corsicana
Company In Carter county has Just
been recorded here. The deed recites
that the purchase price was $6,760,000,
and the Instrument evidently \ com-
pletes a transaction that had tts be-
ginning several months ago when the
Magnolia Company succeeded to the
baslness of the Corsicana Petroleum
Company and that the Magnolia Pipe
Line Company. One of the revenue
stamps on the deed la for $1,000 and
another fur $500.
Kite balloon belonging to the allies about to Sturt oa uu Inspection flight
over the tines of the euemy.
TRYING TO PREVENT RAILWAY STRIKE
Fatal Day Per Negroes.
Tulsa.—One negro Is dead and two
others are seriously Injured as a re-
sult of di cullies In and around Tulsa
last Sunday. Ed Neetey, negro deacon
In a ohurohe here, shot Walter McGee
after an argument which arose over
the taking of the church collection.
George Ryan, negro, was found dead at
Jenks with a bullet In nls brain. Tom
Hoffer, another negro, was stabbed In
a fight with knives at Mohawk.
Farrla To Manage Campaign.
Washington — Administration forcei
offered Beott Ferris the chairmanship
of the Wilson national campaign bu-
rlau at Chicago. After consulting the
Oklahoma delegation and the demo-
cratic central committee of Oklahoma
and assuring their approval, Ferrla
mad# formal acoaptanca of tha assign-
mant with tho understanding that he
woifld davot# at laaet two weeks’ per-
sonal work to tho campaign In Okla-
homa. Ho will leave Washington at
ones to assume hla new dutloa In ths
Ohloago headquarters.
General Helulelt, head of the Rus-
sian general staff, photographed lo
France, where hp was sent by the esnr
to Inspect Mud review Russian troops
now fighting on the Champagne front.
HOW FATAL BOMB WAS MADE
August 24, 1918.
Germane crossed the Narew
river.
Germane planned to Invade
Serbia via Bulgaria.
Auatrlane attaeke checked by
Italians.
August *28, 1919.
Alliee on aallipoli peninsula
advanced on 12-mlle front
Oerman cruisers bombarded
signal stations near Riga.
Austrian aeroplane bombarded
Brescia.
Slxty-two French aviators at-
tacked Dllllngen, Rhenish Prus-
sia.
Sixty allied areoplanee dialled
Mont Hucct forest In Belgium.
August 29, 1919.
Brect-Lltovak captured by Aue-
tro-Qcrmanc.
Germane took Bialyetok-
Reims again shelled by tho
Germans. *
British aviator Blgeworth
sank Carman aubmarlne with a
bomb.
August 27, 1919. t •,
Gorman advance northeast of
Broet-Litovsk drove Russians
nearly to Kobryi^. .j
Auctro-Qormans broke through
tho.Zlota Lipa lino In Gallda-
| / Italians davolopad groat move-
ment agalnef Trent and Trieste.
These are the members of the federal bonrA of mediation and conciliation
who have undertaken tho attempt to arrange tho dtlferencee between the roll-
wav mannftra and Hit brotherhood* ao (hart shall ba no strlka# Utt rlghlg
i hey are Mart la A. Knapp, W. L. Chambara and U. W. Hanger,
Newton I'otter. who, It la believed,
made the bomb that killed seven and
Injured 40 Mpeetutora of Han Francis-
co’s prepureilneNH parade, la hero aooa
showing how the I tomb was welded.
It All Depends.
"Kissing,” asld (he coy maid, "should
bo strictly confidential."
"But,” observed the strenuous young
man, "think what wo would have
mlaaed If tlio discoverer of kissing ha#
never made It public."
THE WORLD OVER
Success has followed planting on the)
sandhills of Nebraska. Jackptasa
planted there by the government for-
est service ten yeara ago now have a
height of IS feet and a diameter o€’
four Inches.
To protect a Swiss railroad from fre-
quent avalanches numerous snow re-
taining walls have been built oa a
mountain aide at points rrom which
the slides start, to hold the snow until
It melts.
An electric heater to be placed lot
a bathtub after tt has been filled to
raise the temperature of the water to
any deal ml degree has been patented
by an Ohio Inventor.
A spark plug with two gaps, produc-
ing two spurks at once, Is finding fa-
vor In England, the Idea being (hat
one gup Is sure to work even If tho
other becomes clogged by soot.
By a series of Interesting' export-
mentn with chickens, beginning before
they are hatched, a Paris scientist baa
demonstrated that bncllll are not noo-
eannry to the life of vertebrates.
Willis A. Calkins of Ahlngton, a
Inrge chicken miner, hired an expert 9a
come from Boston to pick chicken*
The man arrived ubout 10:80 In tha
morning, stopped to eat dinner, and
at five o'clock tutd 100 birds picked.
Tho efforts being made to educate
the public to the necessity of care la
tho matter of fire prevention are bear-
Ing fruit as shown by recently com-
piled figures. Fire losses In 19J6 de-
creased $52,755,000, as compared with
the 1914 record ror the United Statoa
and Canada. The total losses by Art
last year were only $182,830,000, aa
compared with $235,691,000 the provb
oun year.
Dr. N. I’. Crooks, n ship surgeon em-
ployed by (lie I’ncllic-Japan Steamship
mm|may, lain crossed the Puclflc ocean
VJII Mutes, covering In Mint tltno more
Hum t,000,000 tulles.
The telegraph and telephone system*
o' (lie United Htntes ami Cnnadn ro-
il tire about 4,1X8),000 poles n year for
i»-ne\vnl* along old lines and the erect-
ing of new ones.
Commercial houses are urged by tho
lovertnneiit lo save their old enrre-
rpouileiieo as material for the paper
i tills. One large house that formerly
I .timed ulmut 000 tons of old tettera
• nclt year Is uow selling them.
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