GOTEBO OKLA,, GAZETTE
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REVIEW OF EVENT3 IN THE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
BANK PAPERS ARE FOUND
No Trace Found of Robbers Who Con-
cealed Bonds—Officers Notified
and Identify Valuables
Alva—Bonds and papers valued at
$50,000 and which are identified as
stolen from the Jetmore bank, at Jet-
more, Kansas, March 3, were found in
a well near Lookout, forty miles west
of here, by children returning from
school and were turned over to the
sheriff.
J. W. Huddell, president of the Jet-
more State bank, Jetmore, Hodgeman
ounty, Kan., and a deputy sheriff,
were in Alva and identified $50,000 in
bonds and papers as those stolen from
the bank on March first.
The bonds were wrapped carefully
In gunnysacks and hidden in the side
of the well, which was only twelve
feet deep and dry. The well is on
the farm of A. L. Davidson. Davidson
notified Harry Ghrist, another farmer,
of the find and Ghrist brought the
bonds to this city where they were
placed in the court house vault for
safe keeping.
Investigation showed a number of
96,000 bonds ln-the loot. Some of the
paper bore the official stamp of the
Jetmore bank. Auto trackB were found
near the well but because of recent
rains it was impossible to trace them.
ROAD SYSTEM IS STARTING
Federal Aid Is Now Assured for High-
ways and Bridge*.
Pawhuska.—As a start to a system
of hard surfaced roads for Osage
county to be buiit with state and fed-
eral aid money, the contrtict has been
let for the construction of a paved
road between Pawhuska and Persh-
ing. The road will be part of the state
highway between Ponca City and Tul-
sa. The contract calls for the com-
pletion of the road in 200 working
days.
After this road is completed county
commissioners will extend the pave-
ment to the county line to connect a
rich oil territory. Provisions are be-
iifg made for the completion of the
Osage scenic highway, the name-given
to the Bartlesville road, the eastern
part of which already is completed.
The financing of a bridge across
Rock Creek on this road is being ac-
complished by a committee which will
deliver the work to the county after
the beginning of the fiscal year. This
road traverses what is said to be a
picturesque part of Oklahoma and will
be an outlet for the two cities.
The chamber of commerce has
started a movement toward obtaining
a cement factory for Pawhuska in
view of the prospective appropriations
running into the millions of Osage
money for county roads and bridgss.
DORMITORIES FOR NORMAN
Efforts Made At Norman To Lower
Student Expenses.
Norman, Okla.—New Masonic and
church dormitories under construction
here for use of University of Okla-
homa students will assist materially
In reducing the cost of living for stu-
dents and at the same time will re-
lieve to a great extent the room con-
gestion, Dean Roy Gittlnger, registrar,
has predicted.
A cafeteria to be run in connection
with the Masonic dormitory for girls
to be erected here will do much to
solve the boarding house problem.
Although living expenses for stu-
dents have been reduced greatly
through student and faculty co-opera-
tion this year, board prices remain
practically the same, it is said. Room-
ing houses have reduced the price of
rooms to meet the demands of stu-
dents.
Rooms in Norman for women stu-
dents in the university are plentiful
tor the second semester, It has been
reported to Dean Glttinger. The new
Masonic dormitory is for men .and will
take care of more than 150 next year.
A virtual boycott is being forced upon
landlords of Norman who insist on
charging unreasonable rates for their
student rooms.
Next year an attempt will be made
to classify all rooms and approve of
the prices asked in accordance with
the convenience the rooms afford.
FIRE CAUSES $70,000 LOSS
Forty Carloads Crate Material Are
Destroyed.
Pauls Valley, Okla.—With a loss es-
timated at $70,000 the warehouse of
Wright and Hamon box factory here
was destroyed by fire. Origin of the
fire is undetermined.
Forty carloads of boxes and crate
material was burned. Thirty thousand
dollars of the loss is said to be cov-
ered by insurance.
MOLESTER PROGRAM ENDS
Three Days' Activity Bring* Many To.
gether.
CAPTURE CAR THIEF GANG
Two High Priced Automobile* Are
Found Near Geary.
Geary, Okla.—With the arrest Sun-
day of three men who did not give
their names, eight miles southwest of
here on the South Canadian river, of-
ficers believe they have broken into a
gang of hbld-ups and automobile
thieves. The men were found In a
barn with two high priced, alleged
stolen automobiles.
One of the cars is said to have
been stolen from Tulsa and the other
from Kansas. The raid on the place
was conducted by George Ma*sey,
sheriff, of Canadian county.
Clean Up We«k April 4-9.
Oklahoma City.—Governor J. B. A.
"Robertson has announced that the
week of April 4 to 9 will be used in
making a special effort to dispose of
rubbish and trash and elean up every-
thing in general and wishes the people
of this state to comply with thia an-
nouncement and help to beautify and
make Oklahoma a more healthy state
in which to reside.
McAlester, Okla.—Bringing together
during "its three intensive days of ac-
tivity, farmers, merchants, mothers,
fathers, club women, legionaires,
children and social workers, McAlest-
er's community institute, in session
here three days, closed with a mass
meeting that surpassed anything so
far attempted in this city.
The discussion, "The Next Things
for McAlester," brought our ideas and
cemented factions in co-operative ef-
fort that b,odes nothing, but good for
the future of the city, according to
those in charge of the institute.
Building operations have not start-
ed at Cordell since the drop in build-
ing material prices, although the
housing situation has become con-
stantly more severe. It is expected a
number of residences will be started
this spring.
BRITISH READY TIT GUT NAVY
PUT OTHER WORK ASIDE TO
TO STUDY PROBLEMS
METHODS TO SEAL MINE
Bureau Reports Feat in McAlester
Field Successful
McAlester.—By scientific methods
developed by the United States bu-
reau of mines, a station of which is in
this cjty, the Kali Inla mine, one of
the largest in the McAlester field, was
sealed successfully, it was reported
by the bureau.
The mine was swept by a Are last
February. Experts from the bureau
here, under the supervision of Dr. J.
J. Rutledge, district supervisor of
mine rescue work, and W. W. Fleming,
in charge of the station, proceeded to
seal it, a feat seldom accomplished in
the annals of coal mining in the coun-
try. Approximately a $100,000 loss
was prevented, according to the report
Building Shows Big Increase.
Okmulgee.—Increases in building
operations in Okmulgee were shown
by the permits issued by F. C. Du-
mont, building inspector, during Feb-
ruary and the first two days of March.
The February permits amounted to
$219,850 as compared with $68,000 in
January. Work is progressing on ten
new business blocks in various parts
of the city and several dozen new
homes also are under construction.
Votes New $50,000 Gymnasium
Fairfax.—By a vote of 189 to 14,
Fairfax voted $50,000 in a bond issue
for a new high school gymnasium and
auditorium. This building with the
new high school building recently com-
pleted will give Fairfax one of the
best school plants in northern Okla-
homa, it was said. The old auditorium
will be cut into class rooms, while the
old gymnasium will be turned over to
the grades. C. P. Howell has been em-
ployed for another year as superinten-
dent of schools.
Baron Lee Agre** With Denby That
England and America Should
~ <■ Rule Sea*.
London.—Baron Lee of Fareham,
first lord of the admiralty, discussing
naval matters at, a meeting of naval
architects referred to the question of
disarmament. He said the only ques-
tion was who would initiate the dis-
cussion, but on this point the British
government would not stand on cere-
mony. The government, he declared,
welcomed the hint thrown out by
President Harding in his inaugural ad-
dress and the suggestion would meet
with cordial and helpful response
here.
"I can only say," Baron Lee added,
"that if an invitation comes from
Washington I am prepared to put
aside all other business in order to
take part in a business than which
there can be nothing more pressing in
the affairs of the world."
Baron Lee said he agreed with Mr.
Denby, the American secretary of the
navy, that Great Britain and Amer-
ica could control the seas.
"It is not enough to talk about
blood being thicker than water. What
we want is the plain horse sense char-
acteristic of both countries. From my
long knowledge of America, I have a
profound belief in the business of
talking and appealing to the square
deal. I hold strongly that we are not
engaged in a game of bluff, but that
we ought to lay all our cards on the
table."
The first lord advocated plain speak-
ing. He referred to the claim that
American should maintain a navy
equal to that of any other power.
A PULLMAN CATCHES FIRE
Origin
of Blaze Is Undetermined}
Brakeman Missing.
Pueblo, Col.—Five persons were
burned to death when k rear Pullman
car on the Denver & Rio Grande rail-
road caught fire between Pueblo and
Walsenburg. The origin of the fire
1b undetermined.
Seven persons were asleep in the
Pullman when it caught fire. Two of
them escaped by jumping from the
windows and were slightly injured.
The train was traveling about 25
miles an hour according to informa-
tion. The Pullman, the Corona, was
on the last car of the train and was
completely destroyed. The bodies
were dragged out of the mass of fire
and wreckage when the train came to
a stop.
The car ahead of ths Corona was
partly burned.*
The train was bound from Denver
to' Alamosa, Col. The fire was discov-
ever by the engine crew of a north-
bound*^. & R. G. train which sig-
nalled the other to stop.
Two of the dead were Identified as
F. S. Speelman, traveling freight
agent of the Missouri Pacific railroad,
and A. B. Jack of Lajara, Col., stock
dealer.
G. W. EDMONDS IS SLATED
Selection Made to Clear Up Shipping
Board Muddle
Washington. — Represenative Geo.
W. Edmonds of Philadelphia, recog-
nized house leader on merchant ma-
rine, who suggested impeachment of
President Wilson for his failure to
enforce the treaty nullification provi-
sion of the merchant marine act, has
been slated for appointment to the
shipping board chairmanship by Presi-
dent Harding. Mr. Edmonds is rank-
ing republican member of the house
merchant marine and fisheries com-
mittee.
Next in importance in the unofflci&l
talk on appointments to be made came
the news that Myron T. Herrick of
Ohio, despite the earlier diplomatic
plans, would be tendered his old post
as ambassador to France. It was
stated that steps were being taken to
get the French foreign office views on
the return of the Ohloan to Paris.
Huge Road Project Contract
Muskogee, Okla.—Muskogee coun-
ty's road program will be put another
step forward March 29, when con-
tracts for building twenty miles of
Salina gravel road will be let by coun-
ty commissioners. The cost of the
now road is expected to be more
than $200,000. It irtll be the last con-
tract to be let here for road construc-
tion this year, the only other one hav-
ing been a $75,000 project between
Haskell and the county line in Moore
township.
TREATY SIGNED BY BRJ.TAIN
Labor Party Leaders See Relief From
Unemployment
H ay.
Demand better, receipt* light. Prices
steady; higher in a number of market*.
Omaha reports heavy receipts alfalfa,
Cincinnati and Chicago receipts insuf-
ficient. Prairie movement light. Oat and
wheat straw generally steady. Kansas
City market strong on everything but low
grades. No indications of heavy shipping
although markets in fair position to ab-
sorb increased offerings. Quoted No. 1
timojthy $30 New York, $27 Chicago, $2T
Mempjiis, |23 Cincinnati. No. 1 clover
mixed $25.50 New York, $22 Cincinnati,
$10.50 Minneapolis. No. 1 alfalfa $18
Omaha, 27 Memphis, $21.50 Minneapolis.
No. 2 alfalfa $17 Minneapolis, $0 Omaha.
No. 1 prairie $16 Kansas City, $11.90
Omaha.
Feed.
Marker unchanged. Jobbers showing
inclination to unload because consumption
of mill feeds, which Is heaviest on farms
between January and March, declines in
April. Country demand light for all feed
stuffs. Improved export demand report-
ed for linseed meal. Exports of cotton-
seed meal remain below normal despite
reduction in ocean freights from gulf
coast and Atlantic ports to United King-
dom ports. Production ample. Stocks
good to heavy. Offerings dried brewers'
grains and beet pulp large. Alfalfa meal
and corn feeds steady in Chicago mar-
ket. Linseed meal offered for April ship-
ment $2 lower than for March shipment.
Quoted: Bran $25; middlings $22; linseed
meal $40 Minneapolis; gluten feed $37 Chi-
cago; white hominy feed $23.50,St. Louis:
38 per cent cottonseed meal $23.50 Mem-
phis; flour middlings $20; reddog $36.50
Chicago; No. 1 alfalfa meal $19.50 Kan-
sas City; beet pulp $32 New York; oat
feed $13.50 northeastern markets.
Fruits and Vegetables *
Potatoes up 10c per 100 lbs. northern
shipping stations, reaching $1.10-$1.25
Chicago carlot market up 5—10c, reaching
$1.30—$1.40. Round whites firm western
New York stations, closing $1.15—$1.30
sacked. New York $l.80-$1.65. Cold
storage Baldwin apples up 25c per bbl.
western New York f.o.b. stations, closing
around $5. Baldwins held $5-$5.75 in
city markets. Northwestern extra fancy
Wine saps mostly $3—$4 per box consum-
ing centers; medium to large sizes $2.25—
$2.60 f.o.b. New York Danish type cab-
bage $10—$20 per ton bulk consuming
markets; around $8 per ton f.o.b. March
11. Florida new cabbage $1.4O-$1.0O per
half bushel hamper Philadelphia and Bal-
timore. Texas stock $35—$40 per ton Chi-
cago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh. Florida
celery steady $2.50-$3.25 per crate city
markets; around $1.75 f.o.b. California
celery $4.75-$6.50 per crate mlddlewest-
ern markets. Eastern yellow sweet po-
tatoes down 15—25c per bushel hamper
wholesale markets March 11, ranging $1.60
-$2.25; Chicago $2.40-2.75. Carlot ship-
ments week ended March 11: Potatoes, 3.-
700 carloads: boxed apple* 402, barreled
apples 833, cabbage 552; celery 467; let-
tuce 433, onions 353; sweet potatoes 301.
Shipments week ended March 4; Potatoes
3,070 cars: boxed apples 528: barreled ap-
ples 828; cabbage 635; celery 447; lettuce
207: onions 354; sweet potatoes 850.
Grain
Favorable crop conditions, government
crop report weakness in stock market,
general business and economic conditions
and government report Indivatlng wheat
holdings March 1, all positions 318,000.000
bushels were the principal features dur-
ing a week of steadily declining prices of
grain. The market rallied at times on
good support demand only to seek a lower
level on the next down turn. Government
report indicates 85,000,000 bushels wheat
remaining for export In United States and
Canada. Damaging rains reported in Ar-
gentine. Country corn offerings light;
American roads in bad condition due to
rains. In Chicago cash market No. 2 red
winter wheat $17 1-2-lOc. over Chicago
May: No. 2 hard 9 1-4—10 l-2c over; No.
3 mixed corn 6 1-4—8-4c under May ; No.
3 yellow 5 3-4—fll-2c under. For the week
Chicago May wheat-down ll l-2c at $1.50
5-8. May corn 2 l-2c at 60c. Minneapolis
May wheat dawn 12 l-4c at $1.43 3-4. Kan-
sas City May wheat 12 l-4s at $1.44 1-2:
Winnipeg May 6c at $1.82 7-8. Minneapolis
flour sales larger; export business fair.
Dairy Products
Butter markets weak and unsettled, un-
til the 12th when better feeling developed
in eastern markets. Buyers short and
should recovery prove more than tempor-
ary heavy purchasing Is expected. In-
creased domestic production and heavy
Danish imports are -factors In future de-
velopments. Danish shipment totalling
more than 1,230,000 lbs. arrived during
week: other large shipments to come. New
Zealand butter stored in San Francisco
alBO being shipped east. Closing prices -
92 score New York 47 1-2; Chicago 45 1-4;
Philadelphia 48 1-2; Boston 47c. Cheese
markets steady to firm throughout week.
Wholesale business mostly small orders,
but good consumptive demand haq kept
trading fairly active. The lenten demand
has been lighter than was expected, due
partly to plentiful supply and lower prices
.fresh eggs. Eastern cheese has contin-
ued to reach western markets and still
having some depressing effect there which
has in turn helped to strengthen eastern
markets. Wholesale prices at Wisconsin
primarv markets now average: Twins 27;
daisies 27 1-4: double daisies 26 3-4; young
Americas 25 12; longhorns 27c.
Cotton
The average price of middling spot cot-
ton at the ten designated markets de-
clined 5 points during the week, closing
at 11.01c per lb. This is new low price
for season. New York futures down 10
point* at 11.00c.
Live Stock and Meats
Compared with a week ago prices of
hogs and lambs at Chicago advanced mod-
erately while cattle prices averaged prac-
tically steady. The advance on hogs
ranged 25—75c, light weights gaining the
most. Beef and butcher cattle about
steady; stockers and feeders fully 25c
higher. Fat lambs and yearlings up 50c
fat ewe* almost steady. March 12 Chi-
cago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales $10—$11;
medium and good beef steers $8.50—$10.25;
butcher cows and heifers $5.00—$9.75;
feeder steers $7.75—9.75; light and medium
0t veal calves $0.50—$12.75; fat lamb*
1: feeding lambs $7.25 9.25; year-
$7.50-0.25: fat ewes $5.00-6.50. In
eastern wholesale fresh meat market*
beef SOo—$2 higher; pork loins up 50-$l.
Veal, lamb and mutton steady to $1 low-
er. March 11 prices good grade meats:
Beef $16 50—$18: veal *10—$22; lamb $17
—$21; mutton $12—$14; light pork loin*
$22—$25; heavy loin* 16.50-21.
frhe Kitchen
Cabinet
It i* not enough to be induatrioua; se
are the ants.
What are you Induatrioua about t
—Thoreao.
WHAT TO 8ERVE FOR DINNER.
A soup which is somewhat out of
the ordinary and provides a nourishing
dish for the bill of fare is;
Cauliflower and
Tomato Soup*— t
Rub a bead of
cooked cauliflow-
er through a C0 
ander, mix with ,
two' cupfuls of j
lifted tomato,
add two cupfuls
of water lu which the bones of a roast r
turkey have been cooked. Season with 1
three teaspoonfuls of salt and one
tablespoonful of pepper. Cook one
tablespoonful of minced onion In three,
tablespoonfuls of fat until brown. Stir I
in four tablespoonfuls of flour and add !
the vegetable pulp and stock. Stir i
until boiling. Serve with rings of
sweet green pepper as a garnish.
Mock Venison.—Hang a leg of mut-
ton In a cool place as long as possible,'
while it keeps sweet. Then take off
the skin and put the mutton into a-
dripping pan or kettle and pour over
the following pickle: Take three
heads of garlic or three sliced onions,
one-half ounce of peppercorns, one-
fourth ounce of allspice berries
crushed, six bay leaves, a doten sprigs
of thyme and a dozen sprigs of pars-
ley, all brought to a boll In three cup-
fuls of vinegar. This pickle should be
rubbed Into the meat rubbing and
turning for at least thirty minutes.
Allow ths meat to remain in the pan,
covering the top with thinly sliced
onions until the next day, then repeat
the rubbing and lay in the pan the
other side up, covering with onions
again. Continue this for four days,
then wipe the meat dry and rub for
half an hour in a pint of hot mo-
lasses. Let the meat hang In a cool
place until the next day, then wipe dry •
and roast the same as a leg of mutton.
Serve with melted currant Jelly. This
sounds like a good deal of work but it -
is worth It
Date Bran Muffins.—Sift one cupful
of flour, three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, one teaspoonful of salt and
one tablespoonful of sugar. Add one
beaten egg to two cupfuls of bran and
one and one-balf cupfuls of milk. Beat
thoroughly, add one-half cupful of
dates cut in small bits, combine with
the flour mixture and bake In mufSn
pans twenty-five minutes.
Rhubarb Soup.—Take six stalks of
rhubarb, cut In small pieces. Add the
rhubarb to one quart of veal stock,
one small onion, two thin slices of
bread and salt and pepper to taste.
Let the mixture boll, removing the
scum as it rises. Simmer gently nntll
the rhubarb is tender. Strain and
serve with toasted bread.
London.—A commercial agreement
for reciprocal trading has been signed
by Great Britain and soviet Russia, it
was officially announced.
Trade relations between Russia and
Great Britain have been in progress
for nearly two years. Several times
they have been reported broken off,
but always the powerful British labor
party brought pressure upon the gov-
ernment in favor of their restoration.
It was contended by officials of British
trade unions that the opening of trade
realtions would do much to alleviate
British unemployment
French Tax Show* Less.
Paris.—Tax receipts for February
were $84,289,600, which was $56,663,-
640 below the estimate. The biggest
deficit continued to be in the tax on
the business turnover, which yielded
$36,364,250, Instead of the- expected
107,250,000 francs. The prevailing
slackness in business also was shown
by the reduced (customs collections
and the sugar tax. Other taxes, par-
ticularly those for the registration of
deeds and titles, and the amount re-
ceived for documentary stamps ex-
ceeded the estimates. The war profits
tax yielded 1292,000,000 francs.
Even in ordinary life the unselfish
people are the happiest—those who
work to make others happy and who
forget themselves. The dissatisfied
people are those who are seeking hap- -
piness for themselves.—Mr*. Beaant
HOUSEHOLD HINT8.
The leather cushions of chairs and
couches may be treated with ordinary
taQ or black shoe dress-
ing, the cleanser and
polishing wax. Rub it in
with great carc and
scratches and stains will
be removed, the leather
preserved and made new
looking.
The leftover pancakes
broken In bits and added
to scrambled eggs make a palatable
dish and a saving on eggs.
Before roasting the leg T>f lamb
place It in a kettle with one-fourth of
a cupful of rice, salt, pepper and one
onion, celery and parsley; add tw®
quarts of water and simmer one hour.
Remove and roast as usual. The broth
will make a delicious soup.
Use any bits ot, leftover paint to
paint the inside and outside of the
garbage can. It.will keep it from
rusting.
Hair brushes are good to clean the
brushes In the carpet sweeper.
When rendering lard grind it through
the sausage grinder and there will be
much less waste. They will do this
at small cost at the market if you re-
quest it
Casters which drop out from furni-
ture can be fixed by pouring In a lit-
tle hot paraffin and inserting the caster
while the paraffin is hot.
House ferns,'If steamed by setting
them in a pan of rather hot water
once a week, will throw out new
■hoots very soon.
Old hair brushes may be renewed
when soft by dipping the bristles into
-• strong solution of alum wafer.