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ONLY PAPER, in the CITY, of more than 3.500. Peoples, anM has the bigest circulation of any and all other papers, in the City, combind. Vol. 10 KREBS. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMOR 22nd. 1921. Number 35 faff " 'HwTOif fit A ' -'''jOffl DAVID L. PAYNE In 1S79 the "Roomers" under tho leadership of Capt. Payne, made re peated el forts to settle Oklahoma. Although the 1 aids were unsuccesstul ly carried on lor five years. Payne's persistency precipitated Congress' ac tion in opening the territory for set tlement. The first reunion of Capt. David L. Payne's "Roomers" will be held at the io Oklahoma State Fair, Oklahoma City, on September 27. I'iUCU wu" '.ou.-"io '" " "" xnvv.Vn-- ftlso is a higher percentage ot in crease than that given for the United PONCA MAN IS DIRECTOR States at large. The value of chickens raised and Kay County Farmer to Represent o:gs produced in Oklahoma in 1919 Fifth Growers District. was $2S,G35.007 compared with $12,- I 932,578 in 1909, an increase just about Oklahoma City, J. A. Blubaugh. ' equal to that for the entire countiy. farmer ol Ponca City, has been elect j The value of wool and mohair p ro od to- the state board of directors of dreed in Oklahoma in 1919 was $2GS, tho Oklahoma Wheat Growers' asso- 724 compared with $57,511 in 1909. elation as a result of the referendum ' This is an increase of almost -100 per election September 1. lie will repre- I cent compared with an increase of sent the fifth district on the board. The other members of the board elected are as iollows: District 1, L. W. Shields ol Guymon; 2, Floyd Dial of Mooreland; 3, Dan G. Murley of Capron; 4, Ed Brazil of Lamont; G, Robert McClintock of Kingfisher; 7, Henry Jhif,jgenburg of Okarche; 8, J. II. Banks ot Sentinel; 9, W. b. Walk- or of Hollister; 10, A. B. Lambert of Brinkman; 11. Carl Williams of Okla- noma Citv Reindeer Sandwiches at Fair. Oklahoma City, Okla., Buffalo and reindeer moat sandwiches will be the novelty lunch at the state fair this year, and they will be served Irom a booth in the Liberal Arts building by G. A. Smith, former slate game ward en and present deputy state treasur er. Smith will have an elaborate ex hibition of mounted heads, horns and birds representing the variety of game In Oklahoma and many speci mens of game ol other lands, he said. Ills display will occupy tho booth us ed by Phillips university or Enid last yenr. Many of the permanent booths, representing the Oklahoma firms, are being rebuilt and ornamented for the fair this year. Booths built at a first cost ot $100 to $3,000 are being work ed over at an additional expense of $100 to $300, according to W. II. Birdsej e, fair auditor. Gasoline Loading Order Made. An order regulating the loading, storage and unloading of casinghead gasoline was handed down by the state corporation commission. Now loading traces when physical conditions permit must not be nearer than tifty teet to passenger tracks, and in no case less than twenty-five leet; new loading racks must be not less than 100 feet irom passenger tracks when physical conditions per mit and in no case less than fifty toot; when less than seventy-five feet' dykes must be built to keep gasoline Irom reaching passenger tracks; per manent tanks having a capacity of IS.000 to 30,000 gallons must be lo-v cated at least forty feet from passen ger tracks; tanks with 18,000 to 100, 000 capacity, fifty feet; 100,000 to 150,000 capacity, 1000 feet; 150.Q00 to 250,000 capacity, 150 feet; 250.000 to 500,000 capacity, 200 feet, and over 500,000 capacity 200 feet. $lfflJL ffiOT M-l oo o o o o ri"i o d o o a a IKE WEEK'S NEW M il HAPPENINGS GATHERED FROM ALL SECTIONS OF STATE LIVESTOCK VALUE DOUBLES 300 Percent Increase Shown In Some Things: Report Shows Total Worth 48 Million. Washington, Value of lives'ock tujdiK'ib on the farms of Oklahoma mo.c than doubled in the ten year period irom 1909 to 1919, and every i cl j. s of livestock products in the ttate showed more than 100 percent increase, some goiny as high as 300 and 100 percent according to figures announced by the census bureau. The total value of livestock pro ducts on the larins of Oklahoma in creased Irom $20,379,510 in 1909 to $4T,8S7,51S in 1919. This is slightly in excess of the rate of increase in the United States during the same period. The value of Oklahoma's dairy pro- -' in 1010 was $20,878,020 com- RG.8 percent for the United States as a whole. The honey and wax produced in Oklahoma in 1919 was valuel at $101. 8G7 compared with $21,09G in 1909, an Increase of more than 300 percent compared with an increase of 13S.3 i percent in the country at large. COWBOY OFFICERS CHOSEN Women's Auxiliary Formed for Chero kee Strip Association. Ponca City, Joe C. Miller or the 101 ranch, elected president or the . Cherokeo Cow Punchers' association fm. tUa nncnlnir vonV nrmnim rf(l tllft names or his executive committee to act during the term of his ol'lice. They are: Ike Clubb or Kaw City, Hugo Milde of Kaw City, Link Rarr of Dover, George Laing of Kingfisher and Mon Tate of Oklahoma City. The secretary-treasurer, re-elected is Oscar E. Brewster of Crescent. A women's auxiliary has been nam ed with Mrs. W. M. Fox of Marshall president and Mrs. Oscar Brewster of Crescent, secretary. The association will meet permanently at the lol ranch each year. HENRYETTA'S GLASS PLANT Factory Being Built; Production to Benin in November. Henryetta, Okla., Charles D. Mur phy, president, and Harry L. Cham bers, secretary treasurer of tho Hen ryetta Glass Manufacturing company, recently organized with a capital stock of $50,000, have arrived from Cameron, West Virginia and immedi ately will begin the erection ol their factory building on a three acre site donated by the Henryetta Chamber of Commerce. The company will manufacture a full line of lighting goods including electric light and gas globes, lamp chimneys and auto light shades. It I is stated that the lirst production will j be ready for the market early in No vember. Legislators Bolehevlki, Ke6lor Says. Shawnee, Calling the last Okla homa legislature the largest bolsho vikl body over assembled at the state house, Mark H. Kesler, former Okla homa City commissioner, pleaded with the lire fightors of tho state in their annual convention to organize to see that men olectod to office "had one ounce of brains," concerning firo laws. Tho attack was made when the resolutions committee brought in one section of their repoit seveieiy criticizing the law makers Tor railing to vote a pension for the fire fighters. Muskogee Bridges Will Cost Million. Muskogee, Okla., Bids for four fiee bridges that will cost more than $1,000,000 will be asked by the state, highway department, according to word received by county officials. The bridges will approach Muskogee ftom three sides, three beiiiK over the Arkansas river and ono over the Canadian. The bridges are to bo con- blructed with money vqted by Musko- gee, Haskell and Sequoyah counties, , together with government aid. They will be the first free bridges in this section. 'v Ardmore Farmers War -on Wolves. Ardmore, Okla., Farmers through out the northwestern part of Carter county are organizing to combat the depredations being caused nightly by wolves. As a result, night wolf hunt ing has become n great outdoor sport in this section. Chinch Bugs Damage Crescent Crops. Crescent. Okla., Old time residents say that never belore have the chinch bugs been so bad as this year. In many places cane and kaffir crops have been damaged considerably. Books Bought for Blind. Thirty-five books for the blind were received by the Oklahoma Library commission. Distribution began im mediately and efforts are to be made to get additional books shortly. "This Is only the beginning of the commis sion's effort to obtain books lor tho blind and it is our hope that soon we ; will be able to furnish books to every i one of the 1,000 blind adults in the 1 state," said Mrs. J. R. Dale of tho ' commission. Alphabets to teach the 1 revised Rraille system which enables ' the blind to read are on hand and j will be sent by the commission to those who are unable to read. State Adopts U. S. Wire Rules. The corporation commission adopt-1 ed with sliKht modifications the fed- pr.,j rCt;ulatioiis controlling tho loca-i tion of electrical wire?. Many repre sentatives of telephone companies' and public service corporations test!-; ficd at the hearing which preceded the order The dfstances between wires1 of high voltage and l7w voltage, vith a varying scale for different sizes, was regulated. Many instances where high powered wires were strung too dure to low voltage telephone wires, thereby injuring tho service, were cited Miss Grace Abbott of Nebraska, who has been nominated by President Har ding to be chief of the children's bureau of the Department of Labor. She succeeds Misa Julia Lathrop, who has held the post since it was created nine yeaw ago. PACKERS SEEKJFOOD CONTROL CLAIM ATTORNEY GENERAL HELPING GAIN END MISS GRACE ABBOTT i Wholesale Grocers Claim Official Consent Gained by Sympathy for the Canners. New York, Sjlvian L. Stix, tn-as-urer of the National Wholesale Gioc ers association, in behalf of a state ment chnrging that the "big live" meat packers ol Chicago again were attempting to olmin control of the ontiro general food supply of the country. Ho also asserted that apparently the "big five" would have the active support of the attorney generals ot lice in scrappiiu? the governmental restrictions that were thrown aiound the "big five" by the Wilson admin istration alter years of public agita tion. "The idea that the department of justice of the United States should clear tho way for the development of an enormous, compact food trust to dominate if not monopolize all of the nations foodstuffs is unthinkable," "The national wholesale grocers aa sociation fears that the attorney gen eral has been won over to this strange attitude because of his sym pathy lor conditions that have been alleged to exiist in California. He has received the views ol certain Califor nia canners, and that unless the "big five" meat packers are allowed to buy and move their crops, that tho grow ers and consumer '-U11 be greatly in juted. IIr. Slix then denied that an emer gency existed, asserting that Califor nia crops were being moved through usual channels, and also denied that 'he "big five" by the "consent decree" were at present pi evented from buy ing ard marketing tho crops. "In the first phice" he said, "tho 'consent decree has never been in effect, is not now in effect, and will not be until February 27. The "big five" are entirely free at this time to move the California crops." HIGH RATES CUT SHIPPING Receipts From Passengers Show Slirjht Increase Since Raise. "Washington, -Tho traveling public paid 10S railroads $57:'..?3 1,211 in pas senger fares under the increased rates for the fist six months of this year as against $5G1.5SG,2-12 for the first six months of 1920 bofore the incrraso went irto effect, the intnstato com- I merce commission announced. Tho faros were paid by 532.1 in 000 persons as compared to 595,771,000 for the same period in 1920. Freight revenues for the Prqt six months of 1921 totaled $1,803,830 30S as against 51.SG0.9-18.323 for the lOL'O period. The tornafe, liowvr drop ped from 1.020.118.000 in the 1020 per iod to 779.300,000 for Die first six months of 1921. Tho revrnue per ton mile inn-eased from 0 9"G cents fo" the first six months or 1920 to 1,278 cents for tho 1921 period. Two Missouri Banks Closed. Jefferson City, Mv -The Peonies Exchange bank at Stursis, in Living ston county, and the Farmers' Stale Bank of Winston, Daviess county, were placed in tho hands of" tho state bank examiner recently. Rustlers Beat Arizona Woman. DisboA, Ariz. Miss Sadie Chap ion, ol Warren, two miles south of Bis bee. but a low miles Irom tho Mexi can border, was seriously wounded and beaten recently by a band ol men, said to have been Mexicans, whom discovered atlompting to steal or butcher cattle belonging to her. Former Engineering Head Shot. Lowell, Mass., MIcheal P. Ilether man, tormer president ol the nation al association of stationary pngineers, was shot and killed by Jose Santos. War Board Sells Rail Notes Washington. Additional sales of railroad equipment trust certificates, aggiogatlng $20,201,000, wore announc ed by the war finance corporation. Official Is Lashed By Woman Beaumont, Tex. County Attornoy Marvin Shurlock was attacked and whipped by Mrs. M. L. McCracken be cause tho recant grand Jury failed to indict a woman whom Mrs. McCracken alleged shot at hor. 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