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DAILY ARDMOREITE
Here's a Real
WEATHER
Tonight, cloudy, rain;
Saturday fair, colder.
Newspaper in a
Real City.
Southern Oklahoma's Greatest Newspaper.
FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARDMORE, OKLAHOMAY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1922
VOL. 29
No. 278
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WILL HEAD CITY
Mayor and Commissioners
Name Him to Succeed
Chief of Police Dick
Hignight.
APPOINTMENT TO
INTEREST OF ALL
New Head Accepts Position
Will Be Effective on
January First.
Upon recommendation of the mayor
and board of city commissioners at a
Bpeclal meeting held this morning, City
Manager Kirk Dyer wus authorized to
point It. 8. Hnydon chir.-f of police, ef
fective January' L nd his appointment
Vu thereupon immediately confirmed.
Mr. Hayden in one of tho city pio
itieera, and tor several yearn held the
Jost of city tujc assessor and collector
before the system of collecting taxes
Vaa changed to its present method.
B. W. Duke, city commissioner, was
.the only member of the bonn'. absent
At today'i session, all business beilng
transacted relative to the appointment
fcy Mayor Hefner, with Commissioner
Dcak, Eddlemsn and llemlon present.
' The appointment wan made In execu
tive session, but It was retorted that a
long list of applicants were on file for
Che position.
Committee for Hlgnlglit
A committee from the citizens repre
senting those who had circulated a pe
tition asking tliut Ma iia kit iJyer and
Chief of Police Hignight be retulued,
fonslstlng of Kenntt Hudson, O. C.
Xovsher and R. II. Swul, were proueiit
nd presented a resolution asking that
'the former action of the board in aea
ion December 9 be rescinded. Kutsell
Urown, the other member of Uie coin
tulttee, was unavoidably absent.
After the legal phase of the situation
4tad been discussed at some length, cov
Ming the action of the mayor and tho
fjoard In former action tho resolution
slb read by Mr. I outlier, hut was lost
on account of failure to receive a mo
tion. The board then went into executive-
slon with the above result.
During tho discission before final ac
(Contlnued en Page THvoi
25-YEAR CLUB
Men Who Have Been In
Ardmore a Quarter of
a Century.
The Krlst Xntlon-.tl Punk, one of the
raUit inslitutlo.is in Oklahoma,
.'fjwee It auecesn to Charles I,. Ander
on, more thi'.'i to any other single In
.dividual, and frem the iluy Its disirs
jwera opened to the public, until 1 1-
'?rtsenl time, Mr. Andtison's guiding
ijrenlus has suriiionted every difficulty
that ever confronted th institution,
jut.H) today It Is one thai Inspires the
! Utmost conf'deitcr. In 'lie business and
' financial world.
Mr. Anderson run truthfully bo said
to be one of the eal pioneers i f Ard
tnore, he was her" almost us soon as
thf rail of the Sar.M Ku wore laid, and
It. a entail wooden rtrueture nenr the
depot, early one morning In 11H9, op
fined the door of l!n First National
IX'ank, and announc! rtitdy for bus
ftntss. That small b.Mik has grown from Its
tumble first estate, the inucnlflccnt
Institution It Is today, and now occu
pies what la probably the finest ex
elusive bank build, :it In thi state of
Oklahoma.
Born on a farm in the stale of Miss
issippi he was early 'haught the val
la of toil, and his earlier years were
' of Industry.
After leaving Iho fwrin be engaged In
fctatr pursuits In Tetaa, and f.nally
tfama to Ardinom to establish the Klrat
Uo'atlonal bank, whet others thought
(the risk too great In what was reputed
to be a wild and wool? country.
By atrlot application to busineea,
,eVnd wah a ymratny for his fellow
Jutn that Inspired sympathy In others,
,Tt began to clinch the ladd-r of success,
IfeRd at no tlms h is there ever lcen a
pnoment when hta laitne failed to inspire
JTfitldeao la Inn fellow plmtectw, who
lelpea to lay the foundation of our
praesnt oily.
Cur rag all his years, of actv bust
fceea, Mr. Andunmn has takn keen
jtr.to.eet la alt public affairs, and hit
touneil baa alwaye urea sought when
Srrave questloan cutitronleil the peol
'asf Ardinara.
' "1111 In tbo harm s today as In the
LAW ENFORCERS
I tnur Ann whrn ll.e Pint Natianal
I an Infant Irstltutlon. Mr. Andr
1 awrtllal spa It and rmllo that waa mi
V laaptrBtlon to all wuen th.hgi looked
f... ik nil unrf vmr rfo at
hUl itk he nmv I round ready at
II tun ' Irnd u b.-li'iiiK hand t aJiy
VttUijr cause or individual .
Nail
Probing Outrage at Mer Rouge
Attorney Oeneral A. V. Coco of Louisiana and ins retmuo now etmuKed In a state, probe of an outrage at
Mer KoiiKc. I.a.. by masked auu hooiluil men which resulted in the cieuth ol two and the brutal beating of many.
Left to ri',rht: Coco, Assistant Attorney Uencral S. V. Walmsley, l'r. Cliarlvs Duvnl, Colonel (lucre, rnlllUa Coio
manuer, nnd Dr. J. A. Ijingford.
EVIDENCE MOUNTS
T MEM IN;
Officer on Way to Baltimore
for Return of Former
City Official.
XKW OKLIIANS 'ioventor C.eoige
y.. l'arker, Attorney Oeneral CoiO and
the hitter's assistant nnd iuvesiiKut
ei of the f"deial dipartmeiit of Jus
t.c.e were still TionrommlU.il lmlu us
to any ibtails of their scries of con
fi rtnees yisti rday and Inst nig) I coll
et rniiig the Morcboii'.ic kidnaping cae.
Attorney (.leneral Cixo unnoJiiced
lowcver, that "the state will be pre-(.or.-O
with an amaz.ni collctcio.1 of ev
idence when the open hearing begins
in Hast ioi, January o."
This recoid, it wj. Inter asserted,
nlrctidy er:cceUs in volume that ossein
I icd in any criminal case in llie h.s
t( ry of the Culled Stales.
Kdjutaul (Jciicral L. V. Toomos, viho
huk recently muUu a tour of Investi
i.btior in .Moiehousu J 'arlsh also held
u conference with Att.itney lieiu-ral Co-
u yitdi'i'duy and umiounced, following
meeting, that no udddloiml troops
v.'oulil be sent to Mo.-c.iouse l'arih for
ttv present, nor would any il those
I Iready stationed tb-r- ! with li.iwn.
liiiiiisilioii Invenligated
CoIIkwIuk till) liioi'iiilig i on f i retire
yetsi nl.iy, tUv-rniir 1'arker left for
ll,:i Hum,-!', from v't h pl.u e he held
ar. exieiul'd teli plionc cnnfcreiiee will
Mr. l.'u'u, but the nai ill e of titer tall;
.tan not mud-) puhllc
"All ot our cotif"i . in rl yrsuiiLiy,"
Mr. Coci mild, "wi re ilcvutitl to work
ing out the v.nl'd tinifle of Hi" liniuis
ition. Thi umotint of testimony we are
studying li ulinoii liicoiuelMiblo.
(icurge Ciuln nnl T. S"iii Me
Waln.hley, u-wlstanl i iloiney generals
nod ht. Clair AiLtins, former dlitrht
uttori.ey und noted lit lii li atis , run
liml lawyer, who ntteiubsl the confer
rices yestenluy, will n-ist in the pros
icutlon of tho cue, thu ultoiney getter
a, aiiiioiinci'd.
L. S Ciilhoiin. dep'.lV sheriff of Has
Irop was h. hi'duli'd to leave I'mton
l;oui,e this morning t-r llnltlmore with
n rvuulsitlun for tln return of Dr. U.
M. VcKoln. former mayor of Mer
I'ouge. held In the Mar) kind City on a
i IwrKv of murder.
Bicycle Cache Is
Found By Officers
Under Negro Cabin
l"ollip unearthed a regular ruche of
all kind mid i-otidltiotn of bicvte un-dernj-ath
h small housi? oivupu-d by lie
proeo at Tl I slre.1 northeast, and
nr now lisikliig for u youthful ipgro
tcy whom It la alleged ha Imsmi mix
ed bpln Tariotia and sundry theft b
fcr.
In U10 collection mr-iirhl to pnllc
heiulquarter wr blcycbs iunl jwris
ct nuwy make rviuinng a gmsl site
truck In transport.
IVIlro believe that many missing bl
cyxHro will Im kxat-il Whin the Mt.ti
I aesrnibhtl, anil scvrfnl mysteries nt
liti a, rland ng clenred up.
DrMolay Mefl I oslsned
Th isjcnl meeting of the iH-MnViV
ehk'h Was nnnoun'Vil fi Krlday rb h'
t .Masonic Hull r the purr"' of in
ntHHjl of I'lUtdidn'en, has Is en c i- l1""-
it4 aW(4 Jaauar t.
AGAIN
KIDNAPING USE
Mew
Aui'irc Police Oriel
OUTSTANDING FIGURES
IN KIDNAPING CASE
MSs,
Ihomnf. Klrhsrds. sluln together
w.lii V. Wutt Daniel supH)sedly by a
IkiIv of masked men. The two bodies
wire recovered fior. Lake Lu I'ourcho,
Moii houie Iarish La.
I'. Wutt linnlel oi.e of llin two men
whoni bixlies weiv recovereil from
Laid- l.i I'ounhe. Moirhuuso I'ailth,
la.
; Dakota Secretary
Asks Routing for
Winnipeg Highway
W. M Shlrl", siHtetMi) nf tli
eiiHiili Dakota division of the Win
nipeg to the (lull Highway, of
W trt own. Smith Ihikota, hss
written to the Ardmo Chrmls-r
f Cuunieice for the rmiung of
(hi liighnay Ihiu.iKh the state cf
tikliihnma.
This Winnipeg rlulf Highway
will traverse the litis of tho T-K-O
Highway which mm inapp.d
through this stale at the ccnveti.
lion held hero Inst tHtolier. The
TKO highway will be the Kan
ens, Oklnhmna and Trxas division
of the Winnipeg and itutf nnd in
time Ibis nam Will av wsy to
tle Wlnnlett In the tlluf.
The rtmd il.vlslon of the Aidnvs-e
ChsmlsT of Commenv Is iviid n
i-iplis of lisnl paiers (iincerning
this highway to lliaml of Com
I'urce In other rili fnm Winid
i south thrvtigh the I'rlt- I
H'ul-a, local e slc'ii; h ?th eie-
rlallaM
Vmoro . i . I J
PEACE MEETING
THREATENED BV
FAILURE PUS
Questions of Mosul Oil Fie)-i
and Capitulation Stand in
Way of Any Further
Progress.
LAI SANNK. The near Fast teat
r. nferein e stood tbiy on llm verge of
I'.-.iliiri th danger ol n break fa, lug II
f'-om several causi-s. cuiefly tho contest
owl- tlt ownership of the .loui oil
f and the question of capitulation.
The uilies are siroing the tapltu
lUion Issue, taking a firm Ltund
agiiirst the subjection of foreigners in
Tuikey to thu jiirisdii.'ion to the Turk
:at courts and Insisting that special
t una with foreign Ju.lgi-a sitting In
tin in must pass upon canes In which
fcnlgnurs are Involved.
Tht Turks are strongly resisting
what Ihey d.i'Uir.- to be tbo invuslon
c Tu.-kish sovereignly that would thus
be I 'ought about out their delegates
indst that It I not the question of
cipituh tions that pr-sent the gravest
iluugtr of a conference failure. Ih oil
lme, Hi,.y il.i laie, Is the reul one on
v. hu h thu allies re prepared to mal;e
u Mjrd.
Maniuls Curxou. I lie lli itleh foreign
s- ndaiy and hi-ml of tliv llritish dele
gation to the Ne.ll- Kast peaee l'ulltr
ein'e. plans to leave Inlay f i .- Kills.
lien b,. will i.iiialii t.ntil Ttissduy
for tli puiHsc of coiiu-iTiiii; with
I'ruiie Mliii-u-i' lUuiai mv Iii regard
to the Near h.utein situation.
Friends of McKoin
Offer Assistance
to Fight Charges ;
MONKt k, U-Krl-nds of Hr. It.
M. Mi Kolu In the fifth congressional
i!itrict of I.nulflatij, w her a year
.'go be was president of a medical
.! .iltlnn, onllnU-d loday to offer
their asaislnnce to (tin physician and
fnrmei' Mer Louse mayor with pledg
v of financial, as well a moral tup
li.il. Al'iotiirh most of he pn.ff.-rs cam
rim physimlns, it U stand that
I'Ihiis are under way lo r.itse one hun
dred thousand dollars as a genersl
fluid to be used lo provld" bill, to
nid I till III Ills fight In pnent elr-
i n loii and as a mean f defense.
ould he be brought back to Louis
liii. to stand Irlnl.
M.:i n while rfforu lire goiiK for
ward In rive or six larlshe at Ihl
ml of the stain to raise a great fund
to id fend nut only Mi Koln but possi
bly other defendants in Ihe. event thai
lucre should be additional arrest a
CLOCK TURNS BACK FOR 'BOYS IN
GRAY' AND THEY ARE BOYS AGAIN
All dignity was thrown aside, ages
forgotten nnd the calendar turned hack
a number of Jreara Thurlay rtlght
when Ihe tMiightere of Ihe ConfuW
ry ntrrtained the old Mdtera and
their wi al Ihe Con federal a Home,
with their Htuiiisl Christ ri.is rati.
A IwMrr KaMa Clans -oul.l not have
ll dertp, then Cnl l dn- y Il lfC
hi), bd"Cked with the otig.nel Hants
E
IN LATEST PLAN
Directors Agree Upon Uni
fication of Five Lines to
Operate Under One
Name, Report.
SERVICE EXTENDS
OVER LARGE AREA
Road Will Be Capitalized
When United at Three
Hundred Millions.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. 4 nly tht? aort'ov
ul Of Ihe Interstate Commerce Comnils
i.lf.n and stockholders of the New York,
Chicago, St. Louis, the Toledo. St.
I.ouk, und Western; the Lake Erie and
Western, Thu Kort W'uyiie, Cincinnati
nC Louisville, and the Chieauo and
Mute Line railroads is necessary to
uiiy for the construction of these roads
ir.to one of t lie largest systems east
tf the Mississippi river.
Unification of til.- railroads, all of
wl lch ur operated and conlrollud by
ine O. I', und M. .1. Van Kwerlngen In
terests of this city, was agreed upon
by directors of the five companies hern
yesUrday. Application to the Interstate
idiiunerce coinmi.ssion for authority to
uiiu.ltruniute will In- nuule liumcdialely,
It was said. Meeting -if stockholders to
vi tt on the proposition have betn call
J for early In March.
After construction Ihe system will
be known as the New York, Chicago
aid tit. Louis (Nickel I'late railroad. It
will have a total mileage of 1,690, and
an authorized cupltahzution of ilod.
CiOO.uoO which equals the present auth
orized capital stock of tiie five compaii-l-S.
The territory served by tho loads af
fected cxleniU from i.uff.ilo Through
Cleveland and touch;- St. Ixuis. Clilca
en, India iiaiollM, I'eona. Illinois; Foil
Wuyne. liulinn.i, SaiiUuMky and Toledo,
;.tiu h.'is connections to ls-trol'.
The lOmbinvd ussct.i of the road as
of Sepl'-lnlx-r 3" last totals t'JUS.'.'l'D.'tUD.
Afttr the construct ioc thecojiorate sur
1 lus will total UT.I'.o'W it Wds raid.
IFICATI!
BY BANK TELLER
Part of Jewelry Stolen From
Trulby Is Now Positively
Claimed By Independ-
ellCe Man
RAILROADS MERG
OMR ONE HEAD
IDENTIFICATION
OF MAJORS MADE
. i have f-eiutntly i.ppeaied In disguise
LL lKilLXlH), K.ii.i. No state .ir wllil" l'" nilslnri to g.vt- aid to unfor
lauts had Ken Icmied this morning tor ,,"ut,:"- lust t.iailit Mas tho fust time
.1. C. Majors in tin- I In tier couut Jail 1,1 ,htf history of the Ku KIux L'laris
lire sir.M- Thursdav iiterno.ju on in- "" 11 of Mnsk.ee that their members
f'lliu.lion luiplUatlng bin, wi'li rob-. l':'':ri d in public in uniform. When
1(1 of Jewelry stoi'-.. i lntbinu. To. ,'1' curtain uro-e on llln stage of Con-
j.ii,da State lunk. am! other cilnu s.
Mjj.fi was H)ltUi I l.I, nlil'ied )e- A"" H'1' u "iiiiMiiias ci n uimiikii JO
llU; by Kl.u.k IUilm.0li, cssliirr of," tlu'il-tHiid lueii. wnmui and ihlldieii.
the Tuwand.i bank -mil Janus Martin-' ' wt' clad n wbl'. anl weuli.g
fin a customer, us one of the bandit lu"'k niniki and aci onip nued by U
wl.o en aped Dn-embt', s, with l.'.lui Kluii-mn-n In full i -sails. upp-:ired on
in la.h aiid tluo.iiua in s,i'tirltles. I""" stage. Tln- pi en-Lied the army
Jewelry found In ihe house where!
. in Jon was arrested as identified last
light by L. M. Tiulii. Iiulp.n.leiic"
"f,
Jiwohr as thai which was taken
ii.s sicre IfcM ctnber U. Truby's loss
liet we.li tli .ODD and :U,0uO, be told
1 1 Horado orficliils.
Major also Is wanted ((r tho rob
buy of Ihe I entralia. Kl.liihoiiia batik.
I recently rap.-d ficui a Jml at l
till, wheie he Was being held fir the
felt ry.
FIBLE RECEIVERSHIP
WILL BE CONTINUED
K.INSAK CITY. Mo The rennt re
teverhll of Houston Klhl anl com
lny, broker will be continued until
.eh times as the cifdiliH and tempo
lary r-celver ronio Into itiurt for an
l.i her hearing, anonlmg lo a dx lslon
ivday by Judge Alba 8. Van Valken
i .i. ... - i....ih . ... ,. . .i
bin ill nt a hearing in the fedii.d ioui(
in Ihe temporary eeivrrhlp
suit, nud those present once miwe le.
tleve that Old Kalnt Nick hid come
back tn earth. All the Inmat-s at Ihe
home were given pteernts and were as
happy as they had ben at Cbilstmas
lilm In younger J ear.
After Ihe tree bud Wn etrlpid. the
lwitv aemt.led 10) Ihe dltiltig rm
where they all Jsne,l in n ie.lit- old
I In-
St Louis Brewer Is
Found With Bullet
Holes Through
"MYSTERY STAR"
ENIIJ, Ckla.--The so-called "mys
tery atar", which has been report
ed recently In news dispatches is
none othor than Venus, und has
been visible for several million years
uccordlng '.o astronomy students at
I'hllllpH university. The star Is
plainly visible this morning slightly
si utheast of the zenith.
THIEVES VISIT
Henry Flynn Finds When He
Enters Store That Con
siderable Merchan
dise Is Gone,
When Henry I'lynn. Caddo ' street
r.u ixuant opened hl.i place of business
tils morning, he llfvovcnd some, one
hi,d preceed'-U bin:, and he wa, loser to
the djiiount of seveeal hundred dollars.
Thieves gained e'ltrance to tho store
ll o .eh a skilixbt, h:iv;iig first mount
ed to thu roof by menus of n ladder
placed ugainst tho rear of the build
ing, they careful! removed a huge
pane of glasH rom ihe skylight without
iit'taking it secure! another idiort lad
t'er, let thennelvoH Imo tho store and
1 roced-d to loot p..
Liuployees at a lenr by parage (old
Mi. I'lynn thr-y l:ai.i a noise there
about Iu;.1u l.u-i niKh'-, but as the
building Is dose ti a wagon yard
llie.'e Is always Mitre oi lens confu
sion, little aMeiitlo.i w:n paid tl.
The men.haiiilisi ;ni.iiiig includes
Mioi s Coat 4, S-'weulevs, leallier rfesxis,
and ether artlo-s of wearing apparel
hi I until a moia thirmigh cmhvii.i can
be made. Mr. Mynii raid bo wouM bu
iinalilu to d-termi'ie his ai'iuoitiiiiiite
loss.
Te matter is in tli" hands of the po
lice department who are mukitig a
rtreiiuous effort to locate the thieves
anil the loot, but so far without sue
vss. KIux and CIux at
Festivities Given
By Muskogee Folk
I Mr.IC';F.i:. Okla. Allhough they
, x' whi-n- the S dvaticn
Wl,h "oses of fruit, candy an. I toys.
I Sixteenth Pavment
of Main Paving Is
Due January First
Tho six fen tit pamenl of Ihe Main
stre.1 istvemenl tux Is now heing col
lected by Ci'y Clerk l M. Thurston.
The xi) incuts art nil due January 1
and IMS-time ovilnquenl January 1.
When this luyn.ent has been com
pis til, titer will remain only four pay
ments. Main strnH waa paved by a
speelnl asnienl bond, lu-d In 10.
It ws fur ir.'tf ntin and was a St) year
bond, IMOtf and Intel est lo be paid
ea h real .
i.i far I'Hi.Oi'O has been paid out with
I th Irttrresta due rtt.l lhi rriuikliilng
,..... . ..... . . . . .. . .
IIO.i'O'l will lie paid In the li'it Pa)-
liiens.
STRIKING SHOPMEN
MAY BE SWITCHMEN
t HICAflo. Idle nr striking mil
my shopmen are free in lake em.
p'tintint as switchmen If they will
apply to T. C. Cashrn. president of
Ihe awuehmi-n's union ot North
inerl-a. according to strike bulletin
!."o. 14 Isotied b the federated shop
itsfts It was lenrm-d lely. Several
Mlruad rn 'I switchmen, the bulletin
el .red sttd shopmen id rx pet bme In
lhi Ine Woli Wnt W"lk Wer a-v-,l
' apply to the awitihmen'a unxm.
CADDO DEALER
STEAL GOODS
Body
Had Been Despondent for
Long While and Death Is
Not Surprise to Son; the
Third of Family.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. William J. Lemp.
54, president of the William J. Lerr.y
Trewlng company, committed suicide
today by shooting himself twice
through the heart in the office of the
Irewiry in the southern section of ilia
city.
Lemp was found lying on his back a
.'j'S calibre revolver near his rigul ban.!.
A physician pronounced him dead.
Lump's father, ulso William J. heud
of tho brewery during the height of
IU prosperity, shot and Killed himself
February 13, 11)04, at the uge ot 67.
H.b sister, Mrs. Klsa Wright committed
suicide by shooting. March 10 lSii.'. She
v.'.t 7
Vuehlkamp stuted Letup hud been
i extremely nervous for the past several
months. Although his face was flushed,
Voihikainp said hetrad to cheer him
by saying "you look better," but Lemp
woi id not b consoled, replying only
"I'm feeling worse."
Vov-hlkauip ampliCied that he then
Went to his office as Letup's secretary
Miss (Jliviu Lcrscheg t.-xlved, believing
tiic spell of melancholia would wear off
Nun Not Surprised
Miss Iterschek explained Lemp dis
missed her presently on pretext of un
errand to the company's urchitect In
e in. t hi i part of thu oullding. She liad
'une only a short way. she udded when
she heard two shots.
Limp's son, William Jr., Si, was no
tified and rushed to his futher's bid?.
H knelt and cried;
"You know 1 knew it. It was afraid
tins was coining."
He declined to explain the remark.
Held Isal Intercuts
The William J. I.emv llrewli.fr Cnm.
tny Just before the advent of prohi
bition, was considered one of the larg
st brewing ciimpuni-s in the world,
ll covered a 14-ncre triangular tract in
the southern si-ction ! the city nnd
w.t valued ai JT.'JOO.OUO. It was sold
lit auction last June n five different in-tiriHi-
for a total of $js5,000. Lemp
tl:.d been downcast siuce. It was said,
!t-i he liud hoped to u-et a ialK.li larger
pr.ee for the property.
l.M.tp was the third and last head of
toe I-inp Ihewiiig enterpriso and up
lo the tune prohibtion closed his brew
uy, he was iuterestid in Ico and col
rtoiagi enterprises in Joplin and tie
cali't. Mo., Llttlo Kock and Mena, Ark.
Ardmore Oklahoma und Ll l'aso. Unl
i.oi and Tvtn4u, Texas.
Lake Keeper Will
Have Better Home
in Brick Building
Work Whs bcfctiu at the first of the
Week oil the lukn keeper's llOUst; Wllldl
Is being ci nstrui led on the east end ol
the dam ii.tuiil.nu nt at llci oily lake.
The house- b- in a giuv- of trees, fiotu
Which iMMttlili H cmplvia View is had
of the luki) and tbo s'J:Tou;id.ng water
idled. L'p lo th piewe'it time the l.ikn ke') -er
ha-, mad- l.l.i henilijuartem at th
old puliii station. This building ha-i
been tul.-li dOMii 1. 1 i.l i.baiidoneil and
Ihe cit wl',1 be ib-amd up lolloping
suggestions and ouleia from the statu
and federal Inspector of the city water
supply, as contamination of the water
supply was feared from the use of the
old pump station as a point where so
many people came daily gelling per
mits to hunt and fish at the lake.
The building under construction la a
small brick structure, niado tioiu ma
tenuis taken (rum the old pump station.
MR. J. P. II1VICK AND
WIFE RETURN TO CITY
Mr. and Mrs. J P.'llivirk, who re
tide at :K Thud avenue, southwest
Lave returned from a trip to Oklaho
ma County, where they were called
on account of the d.ulh of Mm III
vkks father, Marcus CrawforJ. who
uleii liecenibvr 14, al the home f his
ron, Ailxrt Oawfrntl, who reeldis near
t'kliihoma City.
Mi. Crawford was well known In
Anlmore he having visited Mis. Illvlck
l.rrv al different limes and having
spent the past summer here. He Wua 1
yean old and served In the L'lilon
army during the Civil war.
unLE WHITE COFFIN
INSTEAD SANTA CLAUS
NKW TOKK. A bttle white aaUn
roffin, ron'alnlng the body of tn
t ar old Theresa McC arthy, stood to
day on tho spot where her Chiiatmaa
Ini had ben. With her heart pei
mI bv a bullet ti.Mti a 23 cvllbre pit
bd she wai found d,si-l In the Urook
It I I, .Sue nf per llloll.ei . Mr Taui-
II. MlVaiUt Wl Toa
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