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THE WEEK’S REVIEW, APACHE, OKLA.
(KlAliGMA RAINFALL FOR MAY, 1915
County Fair,
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Ttin average rainfall for the month of May. 1913, determined from the record*
of Kfi NlatiiMiM. wii.si.il] im-lie* Thla wii* .17 Inch molo than the May Normal I hi re
wm.h KHo ialh a <U-f)< ietii'y In tin- mmlliern, central and western counties ami an
excess in the northern and eastern countlea.
Hall HtoniiM ( c ciiried on several dales and In all pnrta of the state I hey wer«
Utmaiiall) destructive to g-mwlng crops In some of tin- southwestern counties.
Snow fed to a depth of between II and a Inches In Texas and Glnmrron countlea
Most of the rivers and tributary stream* were out of tlielr hanks at some time
ihiilny Hie month and there was much damage to crops by tloodiiiK of tiottoin lands.
On the whole, conditions were favorable foi crops, except that cultivation was inter-
rupted In many localities because of wet soil.
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES
FAIRS AND CARNIVALS.
A tiff. 31-Sept, 4—lilKhtn annual raunlon,
I Southwestern Blue and Uray Association,
Bridgeport
Sept. 7-3, Winger Fair.
Sept. 7-10, Kingfisher
Klnitflsher.
Sept. 6-11, Greer County Fair, Mangutn.
Sept, 3-to, Johnaum County Fair, 'Il»h-
omlngo.
Sept. 14-17, 1’ittsburg County Fair. Mo-
Al eater.
Sept. 14-17, Cimarron Valley Fair, Quth-
rle.
Sept, 15-17, Tulsa County Fair, Tulsa.
Sept. 15-la, Tno .Sterling Fair, ster-
ling.
Sept. 16. Cherokee Celebration. Ferry.
Sept. 16-17, Harmon County Fair, Hoi-
II*.
Sept. 16-17, Kiowa Countv Fair, Hobart
Sept 16-16 Jackson County Fair. Altua
Sept. 16-16, Lincoln County fair,
Prague. .
Sept. 17-18, Tillman county Fate. Fred-
erick.
Sept. 17-18, Coal County Fair, Colagate.
Sept. 17-16, Marshall County Fair. Ma-
<1111. „ .
Sept. 21-23. Pottawatomie County Fair,
Shawnee.
Sept. 21 23, Peanut Carnival, Bu,,ran.
Sept. 21-24, Pawnee County Fair, Hat-
Sept. 21 24, Beckham County F'alr. Elk
City.
Sept. 22-24, Canadian County Fair. El
Reno. — „
Sept. 22-25, Kiamlchl Valley Fair, Talt-
Sept. 25-OcL •—state Fair. Oklahoma
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Oct. 4-9, New-State F'alr. Muskogee.
Oct f>-», Caddo Countv F'alr Ai.adfiTKq,
Dee. 27-Jan. 1. Eastern Oklahoma I oul-
*ry Show, Tulsa.
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STATE CAPITAL HAPPENINGS
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Df the slutc election board has not yet jj?
been named by Governor Wllliaina, S
Chainaaii Arthur II. (Jelsaler of
Republican state committee bus trims-
mitted to Joe Morris, secretary of the,
State Election Board, a lint of the se-
lections of the various Republican
county organizations for the position
of Republican member of the county
election board, it is expected that;
these men will be commissioned as
members of the various county elec-
tion boards us the statute Is very spe-
cific in this provision that the Re-
publican party shall name the Repub-
lican member of the county election
board and Secretary Morris lias de-
clared that he will follow the law.
The list transmitted by (lelssler
covers sixty three counties. The other
fourteen counties have not yet inform-
ed the state committee of their choice. I
These counties nre. Coal, Dewey,
(■rant, LcKlore, Mayes. Oklahoma.
Pawnee, Seminole, Creek, Love, ()k-J
nmlgee, Woods anil Woodward. In
Tulsa county Dr. Ray Short has al
ready been commissioned as the Re-
publican member of the county board. | j, u. Sandlin, of Duncan, who is a
The list as submitted by the Repub- member of Gov. William*' new state
Hcan state chairman follows: | board of Education,
Adair, Jack Richard*, VVauhlllau.
Alfalfa, lat Dial. W. II Mahoney, Bur-
lington. 2nd lust II <i P’rasuxate, Cher-
okee, 3rd l>l»t John (’ouch. Helena.
Atoku, F:. D Miller, Beaver.
Beaver, Clyde Gregg, Beaver.
Beckham, Joe Wlllman, Erick
Blaine, Win. C. Broody, Watomra.
Bryan, A. W. Chestnut, Bokehtto.
Caddo, B D Woods, Hydro
Canadian, W. A. Howell, El Iteno
Carter. Sam II Bntlor, Ardmore
Cherokee. W. \V. Itoa*. Tahleipmh.
Chneliiw. R. II Duncan, Boswell.
Cimarron, John Vanatt*. Darlington
Cleveland, Capt. Col III McKinney, Nor-
man.
Comanche, West Hist . Carl Kennistin,
Carlo-, East Pint., Geo Malvern, Sterl-
ing
Cotton, It D Holman. Temple.
Crnlg, W II Klaus. Vlnlta.
CUMter, 1st Dlst., E .1 Bindley, AiTtjm
ho; 2nd Dlst, Grant Kerr, Thomas, 3rd
Plat , II Huldiard, Butter
Delaware, Dan II Marsh, Grove.
Kills. E K. Whitehead. Shattuek.
Oartleld, \\ W. Brown, Drummonil
Garvin, 1st Dlst , ,1. M Dorehester,
Pauls Valiev 2nd Dlst, II I, Wallace,
J.tndxav 3rd Dial . T It Foesengi-r, democrats
Wynnewood
Grady, Dan Itoyadon, Mtnoo.
Greer, W O Watt, Mangutn
Harmon, F M Downs, IF dlls
Harper, 3rd Dlst , John A. Sander*,
BulTalo. 2nd Dlst. Amlo-en* Dnrrll. Boss
ton. 1st Dlst, It C. M irshall. Charles-
ton
HasVitl, W E Watson, Enterprise
Hughes, Henry 1. Wallace, Hohlenvltle
Jaekatitt, N. G Nlghswonger, Alius
JetTerann, It. O. Dulaney. Itlilglllig.
Johnston. It II Cole, Mannavllle
Kay, C A. Marla. Newkirk.
Kingfisher, Georg. MeCov, oknrehe.
Kiowa, C G Long. Holiart,
l.atlmer, Siott Haines, Gowen.
I.lnenln. Oaeur Presson, Stroud
Bogan, Fred B Winner, iluthrle
Major, lilts Chiinihrilain, Dane
Marshall, Tst Dial., It F Keller, Beha
C. W. Robinson, a farmer, 4« years
old. living near Tuttle, was killed early
last week by a freight train on the
Frisco railroad.
Fire, which started In Scriviner
Bros.’ grocery Btnre at the town of
Wirt, in the Healdton oil field, des-
yilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllillll^ tro>e'1 thirteen small buildings.
Wetumka business and professional
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Summer Luncheon*
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W of hot-weather cooking. Stock the *
pantry ^ theli with
w /rZf and the other good rummer
meat* — including Libby’*
w Vienna Saurage—you'll had them
ireth and appetizing.
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Libby, Chicago
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Governor Name* New Commission.
Appointment of the industrial com-
mission, which will have charge of the
administration of the new workmen's
compensation law, which becomes ef-
fective on June 22 was announced at
the governor’s office as follows.
A. A. McPonuld of Hugo, W. C. Jack-
son of Muskogee, and W. B. Blessing of
Shawnee. McDonald will be chairman
of the commission and will receive a
salary of $3,000 a year. Other mem-
bers of the commission receive $2,500
per annum. Their appointment is ef-
fective July 1. The commission will
have complete ohurge of the admin-
istration of the workmen's compensa-
tion law, which becomes operative at
Hint time. All of the appointees are
men turned out about one hundred and
fifty strong to work the Lincoln high-
way between Wetumka and Weleetlia.
Gilbert Teanhl of Oklahoma City, su-
perintendent of a Mexican mine, was
killed while interfering in a prlvata
quarrel near Charcas, Mexico last
week.
The first new wheat on the market
in Oklahoma, so far as known, was sold
by Will McCracken, and brought 81 %c.
The Ledger Elevator Company of
Olustee purchased the grain.
John Havely, 31 years old, was elect-
rocuted while at work In a garage at
Okmulgee. He was repairing tlie en-
gine of his automobile, when he came
Into contact with a live wire.
A motor car service between Chick-
asha and Waurika will be installed
soon if Rock Island olficials act favor-
ably on a petition presented to them
by the Chickasha retail merchants as-
sociation.
Twenty graduates of the law deport-
ment of the slate university were
admitted to practice in the courts of
Oklahoma by the supreme court. They
have passed the examination prescrib-
ed by the state bar commission.
Changes in fourth class Oklahoma
postmasters are announced as follows:
Elliott, Nowata county Mrs. Rella
Lane, vice Emma Walton, removed;
Ford, Noble county—William K. Dorn-
eny, vice C. Gotschall, resigned.
Tom Patton, 18, and Clyde Ellis,
17, were Instantly killed by lightning
four miles west of Norman. The young
men were working in a harvest field
when rain commenced to fall and they
started toward a barn on the farm.
Hundreds of Oklahoma land contests
are affected by a decision of the U. S.
supreme court that Rastus Hawes, a
white man, inherited an undivided half
Interest In the land allotted, under the
Curtis net, to his wife, a full-blood
tegro, enrolled as a Creek.
Shawnee horse and nntle buyers
are purchasing draft animals for ship-
ment to Europe. Every farmer who
comes to town with a good team re-
ceives several offers for it. and many
Could Spare Her.
Tommy's mother was an invalid, so
his Aunt Lavinla looked after him and
the house. And she never missed a
chance of pointing out a fault or ex-
pounding a precept.
“Oh, dear,” said Tommy one day,
after auntie had lectured him for ten
minutes, “1 wish 1 had wings!”
"Why, my pet?” asked mother,
pleased at this angelic inspiration.
“Oh, I'd fly up in the air with Aunt
Lavinia, and I’d tty and fly till 1 couldn't
get any higher.”
"Yes, dear," said mother proudly, as
the little chap paused impressively.
“What would you do then?"
"I'd drop Aunt Lavinia!” said Tom-
my savagely.—Stray Stories.
“Shorter Hours
for Women”
Brother Jackson Explains the NO MORE BLUE WASHDAYS
Case to the Judge.
Reminded Him.
Mr. Highbrow, who posed as an arbi-
ter of taste, looked round the tiers of
boxes at the opera house the other
evening and said:
“I suppose, If a woman’s shoulders
are very beautiful, she has a right, a
moral right, to wear a very decollete
gown. At the same time—”
Mr. Highbrow chuckled and shook
his head.
“At the same time,” he resumed,
"the fashionable woman of today re-
minds me of the prophet."
“How so?” said his Interlocutor.
“How so?”
“She hasn't much on 'er In her own
country,” was the smiling reply.
Mr. McDonald Is a lawyer of Hugo,
utul has been netlve !n democratic
PoM*™ In ^tlon <,f «»>*’ f‘>r BPI1. Those who sell store their wag-
ons and harness until they find less
some time. Mr. Jackson also is a law-
ver and prominent democrat of Mus-
kogee. Mr. Blessing has been a loco-
irot've engineer for the Rock Island
Company for the past seven years.
Younj Lawyers Admitted To Bar.
Twenty students at the law school
of the stall' unlvmlty at Norman
have successfully passed the examina-
tion for admission to the bar in Ok-
turn D i l *if*t . iv i' i '.-i i “"c
Dlst , ltd John son. Wot Mivtiic
Mci'intn. H w i: Archer, Purcell. fore the supreme court at the regulur
Mct'urtuh'. W B. Burkhart, Smlthvllle
Mclnt' sta, t\ W llt-nry. Halford.
Murray, u f Hughes, Drake mlttce from the Bar association was
Muskogee, 2ml Dlst, A \ St-hauBiln, selected to conduct the examination
\\>rm-i 3rd Dlst . Otto Sump. Gouncll
Hill
Noble. B. O Shuop, I *«• try
No"stit. Dr .1 B llagant, Nowata
OKtUl-Kt-e, l- I 1 1 inlllo-V el , WehetkU.
Oaagc, G. I\ Sutherland, Hominy.
Ottawa, \V. G, Brown, Gomliteree
Payne. 1st Du-t, Fred Oouttimv, Yale;
2nd Diet , F G Box t. Stillwater. 3rd
Dint . I,loyd Si ..It, Mull.all
PIDxBtirtth, .1 B Wllliaina, Adamson.
Pontotoc, P J Garnery, Ada,
I'oltii w atomic. <’ .1 I tocher, Shawnee
Pm-t'inataha, A. W Thomua, Jumbo.
Roger Mills, t, M Paulk, Hamilton.
Roger-, It G Downey, GlartMiinrc
Seiiuoyuh, G. W Kit'll. Muldrow.
Stephens. O. Ed Butler, t' -munohe.
Tcxh*. Robert '1'. Brown, Tyrone
Tillman, \\ II Murphy, Ihtvldaon.
Wagoner, tjuy M Goiter, I’urter.
Waahli.eton, Frank B Gunn, t'onati.
Washita, John llallev. Mountain View.
valuable animals.
Vse of the automobile for distribu-
tion of rural mail in many parts of tlm
I'nited States will begin August 20.
Orders have been signed by Postmaster
General Burleson authorizing the ap-
propriation of 150 machines on that
date. Of 150 machines selected to
date for automobile mall delivery forty-
(pur are in Oklahoma and eight in
Texas.
Following a quarrel which extended
'hrottgh a period of several weeks Mrs.
Will Bennett, 28, wife of a Vlcl base-
ball pitcher, shot and killed Mrs. Frank
Thomas, 35, wife of a hardware man.
The shooting occurred at the home of
a mutual friend of the two women and
was the nutgiowth of the almost in-
sanely Jealous disposition of Mrs,
Thomas.
The State board of equalization hu*
been in session to consider the public
service corporations of Hie stnte. The
board is through with the rallrouds. In
some Instances there being substantial
Increases In valuation over last year.
1$ is estimated, wi'h nearly all the
mllroads completed, that the valuation
of that property will reach about $200,•
Seventy five other applicants for ad- onn nno ,ho Thi„ w,„ be aI1
nil.sion to the liar were examined by crMie of abouf ,f,,n00,000.
a committee selected by the court
-- | Potato buyers are opening offices at
Leecraft Relieves Sidney Suggs. Shawnee preparatory lo handling one
June 21 Is the last day for Slllnpy «nhe beat crops In several years Ten
Suggs as stati> highway commissioner. or Dft«***n years ago the North Cana-
The (• filce was turned over for a short dlan flvpr bottom near Shawnee was
Madill. :,nl lahorna, and they were sworn in lie-
weekly session of me court. A com-
of the students and they have sub-
mitted their report to the high court.
Those passing the examination are,
3llll Angela, \\ It. Beasley, R. K
Bledsoe, \V J. Crowe, D. M. Davison,
R. N. Dunn. T W. Griffith. J. T Har-
ley, E J. Hendon, E A. Henley, K,
G. Howe, A. F2 Montgomery, It. M,
l’arkhurst, 0. G. Rollins, Howard
Speakinan, B. 11 Tittle, T. (’ Wal-
rirep, II. Wood. Waldrep was tlw
youngest member of the lower house
of tin' lust legislature, being 25 year*
of age. His home is in Shawnee
Bruin the Hugger.
Mary—Speaking of animals, which
Is your favorite?
Hazel—The bear.
Mary—Oh, yes; of course.
Chicken He Meant to Help Turned on
Him and “Run Hlsself Plumb to
Death Chaain* de Po’ OP
Man”—Yassuh!
"If you are not guilty aa charged,”
caustically Inquired the judge, “how is
It that you were caught at half-past
ten o'clock at night in the Immediate
vicinity of the hen roost with a dead
chicken concealed under your coat?"
"DIb hyah's huccome It,” responded
Brother Jackson glibly, “Jes’ dlsaway.
I wuz cornin’ ’long home f’um prayer
meetin’ 'bout ten o’clock. Ez 1 wuz
a-shawt-cuttln’ it froo de alley back o’
de mayor's henhouse I heerd a soun’,
a pow'ful s’piclous soun'. Chicken
squawkln'-like.
"I reckoned right r way dey mus’
be a varmint In de mayor’s henroost,
so 1 sot out to pervestigate. Bess'n
I skeer de varmint off 'fore I git nigh
eruuff I lambast him wlf de club I wuz
a-totin' I ’gun to squawk mase'f.
"When 1 come a-nlgh I struck two
three matches so'b I c’u'd see to git de
w inder open. Den 1 poked dat club froo
de w inder, squaw kin' all de while. Dey
ain’ nulfin happen ylt, so I pulled out
de club. When I pulled dat club outen
dat henhouse dar wuz a young rooster
settln' on It, right spang in the warm
place whar I done scratch dem three
matches.
“I kep’ right on squawkin’, an’ soon's
dat rooster heerd dat he up wlf his
fedders mighty rambunctious an’ hyah
he come. ’Gun to 'tack me, yassuh!
Dat wuz de fightenest rooster ebber I
see. Round an’ round we went, an’
up de alley and down de alley, an
cross ways an’ baclj agin, an’ him
fight'in’ me all de while. When I come
to I wuz a half block down de alley
an' de rooster wuz dald. Yassuh, dald!
Jes' nachually dun hlsself plumb to
death chasin’ dis po’ ol’ man.
"Co'se, Jedge, youah honor, you-all see
how ’tls. Dar I wuz wif a daid rooster
on mah hands, an’ if white folks hap-
pen 'long I sho’ly is liable to be s pect-
ed o’ some skulduggery. So I picked
up dat rooster an’ hug him close to
me, an' wrop mah coat eroun’ him,
’caze he might not be plumb dald an’
de warm might nuss him back to life.
An’ whiles I wuz 'gaged doin’ dat
de mayor's bigges’ boy Gawge he done
cotched me by de coat collar an’
called be chicken thief. Yassuh, dat's
jes' huccome dis hyah bizniz. An' I
wuz er-comin' home f'um prayer meet-
in', too.”
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PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING CO.
OKLAHOMA CITY OKLAHOMA
HAD HIS MOTHER PUZZLED
Puffed Injuries.
Redd— He seems to be all puffed
over his new automobile.
Green—Oh, did it hurt him as badly
as that?
Its Affliction.
"What's the matter with that Infant
Industry?”
“I think it has infant paralysis.”
Innocent youngster pleads guilty,
evidently hoping to go free.
his
A Paying Well.
Bill—Why, he has a well on
place.
Jill—Yes, he's way behind the times
■ Behind nothing! It’s an oil well!”
Balancing the Scale.
“Isn’t that song rather low?”
"Yes; that's why I'm singing It at
the top of my voice."
The Usual Thing.
Mrs. Askitt—Do you keep a servant?
Mrs. Noitt—Yes, and several of her
relations.—Indianapolis Star,
Washerwoman Never Could Under-
stand Son, Therefore She Dubbed
Him "Grasehopper."
Polly, the washerwoman, was deep
In a discussion of her family's short-
comings.
"Mah fambly suttinly do hab some
shaw teomin’s,” she declared. “Fur In-
stance: Mah son Jawge es jes’ lak a
grasshoppah."
"My goodness!” gasped the mis-
trees. "How, Polly?”
“Well, buheawse only two things In
de whole worl’ worries him: He wor-
ries dat he has to wake up to eat, an'
den he worries dat he hab to stop
eatink' to go to sleep. Ah suttinly doan
undahstan' dat boy.”
"But how do you conclude that he
is like a grasshopper?" queried the
perplexed mistress.
"Jes' buheawse he er de most mis-
undahstandable creature dat Ah kin
think of, dat's why,” she answered.—
Louisville Times.
Question of Supplies.
“Daisy,” remarked her Sunday
school teacher, "don’t love your cat
too much. What would you do If it
died—you wouldn't see it again?"
"Oh, yes, teacher; I should see It
In heaven.”
"No, dear, you're mistaken: animals
cannot go to heaven like people."
Daisy's eyes filled with tears, but
suddenly she exclaimed triumphantly,
"Animals do go to heaven, for the bi-
ble says the promised land is flowing
with milk and honey, and, if there are
no animals, where do they get the
milk!"
At the Club.
"So our proposal was laid on th#
table, after all."
"I thought It would be dished."
Some men are such clever liars that
they can even explain to the satisfac-
tion of their wives where they hav»
been.
Difference between China's John D.
and ours Is about $380,000,000.
Raised Pioneer Plione Co. $2,700,000.
In passing on tin* valuations of pub-
lic service corporal Ions the hoard of
equulizution Increased that of the
cSng 'irSmi'VeSSM fo IMOo!- wh"** '°.A N 1 ' ,,r,V“‘e “",7 ! °'T P°‘l1 Tsh"* ‘°‘
tury to the governor. George II \»ble, calltle* in the southwest, and Shawnee
fish and game warden, will hs the shipped more potatoes than any city
highway commissioner, but will nn| j southwest of St. l-ouls. In recant
assume active charge of the office Tor yMra ,ht. Br,>R p|a„,ed has been re-
a fee week* I lie department "111 ' uml the production bus decn as-
le moved from where It le nowon the ^ ^ |hu „lv„ proniUt. of .
_____ ,,n" floor of MerC*nU* 1 return to the astounding crop, of ,h„
mme hs that of the main Hue, or $5(),- •" the game wardeu s office iu the Pat- i ,
800 a mile. * tersoa building.
000. This represents the largest In-
crease in any one corporation passed
on by the board. The valuation of the
liialn line of the Wichita Falls \ North-
postern railroad was raised from $11
000 to fH.ooo a mile, and the Kiowa
branch of the Simla IV was mu do the
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