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ONLY PAPER, in the CITY, of more than 3.500. Peoples, anrl hath bigest circulation of any and all other papers, in the City, combind. Vol. io KREBS. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, AUGUST Uoih. 1921. Number 31 i& Montezuma", Monster and Cgnifssent Fireworks Spectacle at SStete Fair "Montezuma" or "The Last Days ot the Aztocs," the greatest anil moat j elaborate fireworks spectacle ever produced, has been engaged as an I evening grandstand -attraction at flic Oklahoma State Fair. Foi six nigh' beginning Monda,yr'Saptembr 26. Tho i atate fair opens at Oklahoma City on September 24. " "Montezuma" la a realistic repio-! ductlon of one of the world's mort historic and terrific comlicts, the bat- j tie in which Hernando Cortez and his band of dauntless Spanlaids conquer Montezuma and Mexico City the sa cred city of the Mexican Aztecs. It is rich in educalional features, re calling a story with which ill school children are familiar, and resplendent in pageant ry. How Cortez, relying upon the effci- $2 STATE FAIR SHOW, 50C World Famous Acts to Amuse Awe Grandstand Crowds And A glassy ice pond shining in tho sun before the largest grandstand in the southwest and skimming ovet it like elves, two gay dancing figures. This is to oe an Oklahoma State Pair scone. The Alaska Duo of artistic rand thrilling ice skaters bring skating 'to the fair for the tirst time. The Duo brings its own plant to freeze Its rink. The Alaska Duo and nine other big lime vaudeville and hippodrome acts contracted for afternoon and evening igrandstand perfoimances are a high 'Priced entertainment in themselves. iAt the fair they are but a leature of 'tho fifty cent program that is above the regular two dollar class. Other headliners furnished by F. M. Barnes, the largest booking agency in Ameri ca, are Emerson the daredevil of the air, and his crack flying circus; Ken ey, Mason and School Who offer Iheir first fair appearance, hazardous equl libristic tricks on loller skates; the famous Cevenno troupe of wire danc ers, the internationally known Al Sweet and his singing band; the trapeze acts of the Fijmg Valentinej and Fisher sisters; De Carno, who (does hair-raising aerial tricks on a pole a hundred feet high, including "the Drop of Death" and Thaloro's idog, monkey and pony circus Tho Greater Alamo Shows will be on the midway. This augmented car nival, with tlie old stand bys such hs the Old Mill and tho roller coaster, land tho Carousel, will make the tif toenth annual exposition at Oklahoma City September 21 to October 1, jol lier than ever. To know your state and enjoy your solf would cost a groat deal in railroad fares and consumo days of your time were it not possible to visit the Ok lahoma State Fair and Exposition at Oklahoma City, September 24 to Oct ober 1 at a reduced fare. OFFICERS GO AFTER WILLS Aliased Slayer of Federal Officer is Found on Indiana Farm Perry. Ending a search lasting 9 months for George Wills, alleged slay or of Kiiby Fians, federal prohibition enforcement officer, William A. nick er, sheriff, and E. Delanoy deputy, oi Noble county, left bore for Shoals, Martin county, Ind., whoro Wills, it was learned, is under arrest. Wills was found livirg on a farm, which he owned, near S boils, according to a wire recehed here from tho sheriff of the Indiana county He had permit ted his beard to grow that it might be difficult to identity him. Requisition on the govornor of In diana for the return of Wills to this atate was signed by Goemor Robert son. Frans was shot November 19, last year while raiding Wills' home, in which there was alleged to have been a moonshine still. He died the next day at OV,"Ho'n City. Joel C. Bates. prohibi Ion of cor was with Frans on the i d rncy of gunpov .ler. which the Aztecs had never seen, conquered the linpiv nal Empire is a s.lory told In tw) houis of huge borbs, leckets, colored lights, 100 plect of mechanical equip ment, includin" s'ttmgs for pictorial repi eductions, wiring and battery ap paratus for filing heavy explosive chaws and nunes, a stage more than 500 lect- long and 30 000 square leet of scenery. Thi costuming in elaborate, and nil details of Uvj spectacle are historically coned. The spectacle c!o.rs with the battlo in the streets of Mexico Cit, tho volcanic erupt irn of Mt. Popocatape'.l and the blast in1;; ot the sacred tem ples. After tint spectacle there wi 1 be a special display of fancy pyro technics of g.-ound and aerial type. Jff WEEK'S IW kn NIP HAPPENING? GATHCRED FROM ALL SECTIONS OF STATE NEW U. S. JUDGE IS ASK-D . Senator Hccrafd Cpotioeii Did To Ea- tnblith J:w w'tj-ie'a! Uc.net , in Orjoalma ,,, Washington,- Tb" fro"OTl cf Pres ident Harding, v hli.i it m i ii.lv;' oud lie is picparin ,r siu)ji'.itn u ciircss, recoimt-n ling il'o a.i'dnt mint of a number oi "fl jtiii';" jjdgos or judgos-at-laigo, to relieve conges tion in district couits id .iio.u sec i.ons of tho countij, cau-d Lenator Karreid to sponsor a bill carrying out rn additional district in Oklahoma, the senator declared. " . Such a bill niobably would cut oil' the northern end of t,he eastern dis tiict and a smaller pbition oi the west ern district, and make them into a scpaiate district, to bo known as the not thorn district, ho said. Senator Harreld is receiving num erous telegrams fioni friends ol Judge Cottoral of the western district ot Ok lahoma, indorsing VJ.ni lor appoint ment to fill the .vacnft on the circuit court of appeals benclfior the eighth district, caused by the recent death of Judge W. C. Hook. l i138 MILLION IN ST. BANKS Both Loans and Deposits Drop Four Million Since Last Statament Mads. Oklahoma Citv The deposits in the C20 state banks in Oklohoma are $13S. 875,834.21, according to the consoli dated statement oi the state banking department issued on the condition ot Btato banks on June SO. This Is a de crease ot approximately $4,000,000 trom the total at the last call, Fred G. Dennis, state bank commissioner, said. Loans also recreased approxi mately $4,000,000, according to Dennis, which is responsible for some of the decrease in deposits, as money loaned usually finds it way into tho deposit column either to tho credit of the bonower temporarily or to the cred it ot tho persons receiving payment. The decrease largely is due to the withdrawal of lunds tor tho expenses ol harvesting Dennis said. Loans and discounts amounted to $121,168,557.00. Total resources and lialilitles of the banks reposed were $179,554,559. 55. The average reserve of the banks is 22.1 percent. The capital stock 5nf the state banks In Oklahoma is listed as aggregating $15,220,050, an inciease of approxi mately $500,000 trom a year ago. Other items listed in the statement are: Surplus $3 857.495; undivided profits $1,090,282; rediscounts, $9,283 80; bills payable. $3,969,480.49. Cash Io banks was reported an M.212.24S. CS. a decrease of $530,000 from last yr.v W. C. T. U. WOMEN WHO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE u - 'i V55W ZZIZAT&ro. ran C7&ZA. tT Mrs. Maudo 15. PerUm.s (if S.uacuse, New York, is genera,! secretary of the Voung People's BraiK li of the Nation al Woman's Christian Temperance Un ion. The organization, under tho charge of Mrs. PcrWus, is composed of both young men nd young women and is designed fo unite the whole group of young people in the commun ity in the development of the essen tials of proper ci.tlzen.ship. Miss Mary P.. Ervin of Cednrville, Ohio, is the general secretary of the Loyal Tem perance Legion, the children's organ ization, under the general direction of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. It was this "brunch of V. C. T. U. organization that aroused both amusement and anxiety by their cam- BUILD NEW WATER SYSTEM Final Action to be Taken on Flans Voted on Before. I J Pryor. Improvements on the Gryor water plant on Grand river, bonds lor which were voted some time ago, will begin soon, it has been announced. I The proposed system includes dipli cate filters and a settling basin and a transmission lino from the city to fur nish power lor the pumps. Locust Grove has offered $1,000 for permis sion to get electricity from Pryor. Tho system when completed will be one of tho largest in this part of the state. . . Picket Shot in Row I Oklahoma CityOpen warlare that has been expected for several weeks j between union and open shop print ers In the commeicial printing houses of Oklahoma City came about re cently when Oown Langseth, forenun of tho Smythe Printing company, an open shop organization, shot and 'slightly wounded Floyd II. Kirby, a union picket, near the homo of the former, 300 East Park place. Lang I seth immediately called the police and surrendeied. Kirby was shot , and slightly wounded In the right heel. BETTER SELLING NEEDED Farmer L &y Not Having Proper Market Organization Oklahoma City Declaring that the destiny of farmers in the United StateB rests In efticient market or ganization, Charles S. Barrett, of Un ion. Ga., president of the National Farmer's Union, addressed the filth annual convention of the Oklahoma Farmers' Union at the fair grounds auditorium. ""To an outsider It may seem that the farmer thinks moie of other men's wives and children than his own be cause he allows his wife and children to overwork themselves and go thru life with no luxuries," Barrett said. "This deplorable condition is the re sult of tho farmers not being organiz ed to maiket their products in a man ner which would result in getting their just dueu Under the present system by which the faimcr marketa his products, those who do the mar keting feu him leap the benefits which rightfully belong to the farmer, result ing In the wives and children of the l-unm d( ti" without eomloits l'k!i li' hfiiMv i loniT to tl' in " tzzsj pnign song.' 'Tumble K:ng Alcohol. We Shall Urow Up." It is tho gener ation of grown-up L. T. L. children that lias provided the votes which made the Eighteenth amendment an accomplished fact In the United States. Mis. Elizabeth A. 1'erklns of Ann Ar bor, Mich., is the national director of the department of ChiM Welfare of the W. C. T. U. The purpose of her department is to bring to the cliil dien of the nation, and particularly the children of the poor, the best pos sible chance for soundness In their physical and moral development. Mrs. Perkins lias Instituted many valuable policies in the program of work of her department. Mrs. Culla 'J Vay huyer, Director of tho Department of Americanization of the W. C. T. Cash Thrict Amount of Dcbt6 Oklahoma's fimyicinl increase has been 100 per cent dining the last two and one-halt years, raising the total amount of casli on hand in the state treasury trom $7,877,14112 in 1919 to $15,I15,;i:!2.78 on July 1, 1921, accord ing to statements made by A. N. Lee craft, state tieasurer. By selling bonds amounting to $1, 218,100 at a par of $1 and buying them back at 95 cents with interest at I 1-2 per cont, making a total gain of 9 1-4 per cent gain on the monoy invested, the state stands with three times as muchmonoy on hand as it owes. Interest alono on the state funds amounted to $77!),G04.28. Total ex penses of thp treasury depaitment amounted to ?89,789.20, which left an interest profit 'of $089,811.91 asido from tho present prlciple which shows 100 per cent increase during the ad rainistiation of Leecrait as atate treasurer. Notice Served of Appeal. Governor Robertson's veto of sec lions oi the appropriations bill passed by the legislature shortly before ad journment, was held Invalid by Judne Cham Jones of Waurika in district court. The decision was incident to j the gran1 ing of a peremptory wilt of mandamus against Frank C. -Carter, state auditor, lnstiuctlng him to pay Norma Rathbun's salary, of $125 for July. The caso will be appealed to tho supicme court for a final ruling, C. W. j King, assistant attorney general, and John II. Miley. attorneys opposing the mandamus, announced immediately following the veidlct. Twenty Drown In July Nobody hi Oklahoma heeds the old laslnoned advice not to go near the wator until ho is a lairly proficient swimmer, Dr. A. R. Lewis, state health commissioner, deolaros. There were twenty persons drowned in Oklahoma duiing July, accoidin? to recoriH recehed by Iioctor Lewis. "While all these oases were not the result of iuefliclent swimmers goin& beyond their depths, some of them art, and many near-deaths from drowning have resulted from persons jurip'ii ; Into a hole ol wmei rega-rd-! ol lis ilu)th nud tin ir bwuumiug ..j ' . d i ' i .a on u o o o r -r-'7 o o d a o a AND CHILDREN rainy b U eiubi lies in her aitUitlcs lie dill dien, as well as the women of Hi foieigu born in the communities in which the organization lias established centers. (5 rent industrial centers n't the dioiee Held of work for tills de partment, ten of which have been pro vided witli Americanization centen and others are about to be added. Mis. Elizabeth Owens Middleton is tho 1 lector of the Department of Scientili Temperance Instruction of the W. l T. U: Under her charge is the tenth Ing of the children In the public schools the effects of alcohol and narcotics upon human tissue, a held vhoc importance Is considered very high in the organization because of the belief ln,educatlon as the real line for intemperance. Grx Line Discontinuance Asked The Oklahoma Natural Gao coi l pany asked permission of tho coi pot ation commission to disconnect Its line to Cainey, Lincoln county. The case lias been set lor hearing August 26. While only 2,000,000 foet of gas can be handled by the expensive In vestment ot pipe connecting Caino with a rapidly diminishing field otlu r territory can bo given 90,000,000 litt of gas, the company says. Ice Companies Accept Reduction Guthrie and Kingfisher Ice compan ies announced their intention of ac cepting reducing the prico of ico. Guthrie ico prices are to bo reduced from $1 to 80 cents, cash, and from 80 cents to 70 cents lor coupons, whilo the prices at Kingfisher wore redui 1 lrom 75 cents for coupons to 70 cents and, the cash prici of 80 cents was permitted to stand. Livestock To Be Bouaht For Colleg-s John A Whitchurst, president ot the board of agriculture, with officials from A. ar, . collexo at Stillwatc, left Oklahoi . City for a trip through the north ce, ji states, buying cattln for A. and M. college. They will pur chase abdut $10,000 worth of slot1, it was announced. It was understood they should be gone about ten days Collects $2,354 On Stock Increase The state treasury received $2,354 from the National Exploration com pany of Delaware as its payment on notification ol increase of the capltil stock of the company In Oklahoma of $2,351,217.30. The company's entire caoital in the state now is $2,551, 247.80, the petition says, making an in crease of $2,000,000. Small Anxious to Face Trial Chicago Lon Small,, undor indict ment for embezzlement and consplia cy to defraud, announced he was anx ious to stand trial. He said however, that the trial must be held in some other county than Sangamon. Ho hoped that It could bo arranged for Cook County. "I want an imniediafo trial," the governor said. "I huvo 'no fear of the outcome if I have tin honest trial. I know I cannot get a ialr trial in Sangamon county." Sixty Person Die In Wrack Bombay, Sixty persons were kiUel or injuied in a train wreck 100 mll i from Rangoon, A. Rangoon-Mfind t lay mlt train collided with a freight train.