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mm . mmm mm t..--i V r1l',T ! tlPD A.1 1 (VVI PVOT: b TTTT: bh Mm if. hi i tiKiK. uk I. a. i i i. ui.i-.u - ACCUSED AUTO THIEF Tbii Wuv inn 1)1 MKKLL By STANLEY M. CON i KS CHIEF IS ARRESTED B W Portias Admits BteaUnf ! Can, All High Priced Automobile, Sold Them To the Rich Tu.-j. IV - 1 - VV. P ntins. branded by local authorities a lh Mug-pin of auto thieve. yester day Meed in the county Ml It fault of three bond of l-'.OW er. following arraignment bef r Justice J. H. Querry on charge,, of auto lar ceny, receiving stolen property and obtaining money under false preten ses All of the ctHrges are the re mit cf P-'ntlus' allesd activities iaa ally in dlfp-slng of to'.en car to un- auspeeting buyer. Other charges will pi filed against Pontius next cording to O. I- Collins, r police auto recovery depar arrested Pontius Friday m bably be week, ae Pad o( the nient, who mini; and who signed the three informations It'.cd against him Saturdij. The al leged auto thief admitted to polica officers that he had disposed cf at least .'.0 st leu car in Tulsa but be refused ti disclose the Barnes cf any of the buyers. Evidence on his operstloBs it being fathered a rapidly as possible, ae eordinr to Collin?. thinks tb-at h.-n l'oattu. is bright to trial he will be faced with a score of accusers whom he defrauded by selling titn tolen aut s. In all instances four.d so fur Pontius dealt only in high speed cars. In a'l cases n w be fore the officer, the alleged auto th . f and stplea-esr merchant dis posed only of Cadillacs, lie bused hie victim on amounts varying from $1.-yy- to 12.00.' and the unsusp-cting buyers range from head of banks to clerks. Two charges of interstate trans portation cf stolen csr are rending gainst Pontius in the federal court at Mukogie. He was at liberty under 14,004 bnd pending trial on these charge when arretted Friday morning by ObBIm, PontUs was brought to Oklshoms by federal authorities after he had been arrested In California. He Wis in Jail hen- last year but my -teri usly escaped before he was prose cuted. A TEXAS WONDER For kidney and bladder trouble gravel weak and laaie bark rheima t sm. Irregularltlea .-f the kid r e.rg and bladder Rerulatet bladder troubles ln children If not sold by druggi-ta mall $IM, Small bottle often cure Send for jworn teetlmon Wa. Dr. E W Hall. 2SM Olive Street 6t Loult. Mo. TAXATION I -9 (With lfMIOri to Denver I'ost Tax the people, tax wilh Pare, To help the multi-millionaire. Tax the farmer, tax his fowl, Tax the ting and tax his h iwl Tax his hen. ntnl tax her ejre. And let the hloomin' muKill beg Tax his pijf. a:;d tax his squeal. Tax his boots, run OOWI at he-1 ; Tax his horses, tax his lathis. Tax the Misters on his hands T.. his plow, and tax Wis i lothes. Tax the ra- that wipes his nose; Tax lus htvise, and lax his bed. Tax the Uald spot on his head. Tax the ox. and tax the ass. Tax his 'Henry,' tax the jiaa; Tax the road that he nuist pas. And ifcake him travel o'er the irrass. Tax his cow. and tax the calf. Tax him if he dares to laujrh. He is but a common man. so Tax the eutw. just all von can. Tn the lab'er. but b discreet. Tax him for walkinp on the at reef. Tax his bread, and tax his meat. Tax the shoos clear off his feet. Tax the payroll, tax the sale. Tax all his hard-earned paper kale: Tax his pipe, and tax his amoke. Teach him gov 'mem is no joke. Tax their coffins, tax their alt roads. Tax their souls beyond the clouds. Tax all busin-ss. tax the shop: j Tax their incomes, tax stocks : T.tjc the livine. tax the dead. Tax the unVrn, before they're fed Tax the water, tax the air. t Tax the sunlijrnt if yon dare' Tax them all. ojiJ lax them well. Tax them to the pates of hell. I)Qt rfose yoor eves jso you can't tre. The coupon clipper o tax free, Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORI A . . . aaaaaaaaaaaaaBBBBBBBBaiBBBBIMBJH BL? 'VV'fi '"W- ' fftJ PERCY AND FERDIE Inherited Rank. , 1 1 1 1 ' ! j , V... t I f . , - i ( MmtO THt WiDoW t A 'WMK! I ( yci iAH nvjMNCL7vW.tP0EH.Hr. , HSW MKit 1,y Ti tT W NO , fc AH I'M HuNNt L Bt J KONNr.nclNS 0 VwAc o . , J iLJ 1 COi-ONEk'' wint tau IN "TxC WfRi0'5 I V v MAWMAit, r. N I ' Y COIONCL-I jHZi I V f HOW s I l SO HOVj Rt A ARfjT 1 ftLT wVi- TO btR.fi ItS C AN T MAKE. MM PAtttNER lAvjUH Hti WCROf. TWAN A NMCXDCN INDIAN' state i;ews NOTES Oklahoma City Figh: new nr a la th religious , now b. ing offered of Okl ahoma. wlU n il semester, It be sddel in th w announ-ed rr.m the university today Wl h thi i add:tien It Is stated th.t th. reli- i us department cf will be on par with it beta; offered is I cf the I'nit d St .: - un.versity ka At the l:s( meeting of the WeUtka chapter of the Eastern Star lodge off ic r, w re eslcUd for enulr.g year Mr Erma Skinner wa- e":ectd wrrthy watron; . - 1 Mrs. A. J. Fos. norOiy patron; Mrs. ; MsrgaM SktBBr, aaaodate m troa: !0f Miss On a Douglass. coadBcUrm; Mr Elirib-th ISw'.ng. ss.cial, con ductres; Mr-v Veeta ItalKoca. sec retary snd Mrs. QUa Woodward. ' treasurer. H-rytt Suit tv'. the sup'ri r court b- th Na 719. I'nittd Mine kd la i.n..:i rs c W r Ameri . seeking s rec ier-iw 1 t i the Monarch Coal compsn w th mines st Kusa. Ttu- pCjtnUff H4s that the d'ftndant company is in debt to various m nra in ums ' rangsg frcm 110 up to MO; aggre gating a '-oUl of IfTO. ind asks tlrU a recetTr be appointed to conduct thf ml"? until the debts an he paid. Oklahoma City Wheat made littl grow-th during the rust wek. n scccunt cf th cld weather, bat t; is fn good condition, recording to k. , v .- imp to- ' - thf federal depsrtsaent cl sgr.c.i t nre. Early rlaiel ehat is being pastured quit generally. KsftM past arcs, howrver. s vry poor. thoogh sttslfg rtaids ar giving very good pasture. j OklsBonn City On the grounds that the. company sustained a leas of approximsteJjr last ft . the corpontlcn coaunissicn baa grsnnd the pashBsia Oi: Os Co. an lncre-se of rite peainr f r ?enntB?nt rste lncrsse. i ne c m panv is authorised to charge 4t cents pr l.OOo cubic fet of gss. peBd Bg Qaal besnag December 27. TWAT "5 H'M' VOvj f S -Th Na: ihe few d at building. Rev. pasio.-. Tlie t Ing held In a ing. I U the now b -us b.ild- Grove In the oft 'e of the couit f agent .-n Saurdav Ot D';" County Pooltry assocli'. on h d Us annual mrering Th?re was a gocd attendsnc' besides th addition cf sver.tl nw memVrs. The ito-t in- tereeting f stare of th. meeting wa i t!v address of Or V M. INftM Sulphur Spring1. Ark. empio a th Cwishoms A M MObbwI itillwater Miss Ruby Jackson U , eWry and treasurer ot th ss- atloB which m'U each month IN I w.Uoik. MianateiK YANKS ANO LI lodeo h'M U annus! eJ'et of st of the week. UN n being sPeted; A II W Iawa. S W.J J W : W A. em snd r E. Oiver. J Foi W M H C Sklnnir. In- aMTitt'T ;:irer Oklihoma GMf Th corpersU com iisia has hissi-d an order r- i anir ng thf SotsUwBate i Beit T- phene cufSBv to lrsull a batttry tei-ph n. system st kwa srd isthorii.Bg th whrn this new s tern is In assc cerful .riikn. to chant- the fol '.o ng rates: Par r11 watt nem telephones. $16 per tnoeth. for IndiTidnal resil nre erh-ae 17S per sscBth; tor t-psrty etm taa, flehoa $1 so per month Pones m rchaat City Dav. Go.oob a cf Sick, was conv.ctei aaty Unsurpass d rttn, t norris? a ssa I vi mm i , JB BA Tw snalSMBr ssnaa T-' - - af rs. Bo T J a- UMMML Highly -J umitr'K. t rt a - ' tmt iSe.'mTKkttm ' j STOO "TO TtLUYUH I CAN T M AKt. VTX LAUGH, si-rdiy on a M Porea (Ity of $7.v i snd r elved a sentenr.j . in thP ttste P "nt rj Aii't r T-,o itthers, O- ( t y Curt . h i pl a l Pete CDllins. both of Mia MT:nz i rn: t ,r th.- t . and a fourth sli' gel r... i Splti. mer hint of 9 to b Irieil ' sr. '. r. ;or rrste trlIs. ked OOLDaTN TH2 h an a-te of rr.D" TV'-' s aires ' xx xx a y u a a Since American oceupat. n on Cie Rhine the conmmjKloB of chocoCat and cigarettes has heerme a hab:t with the Cennans. In Canada, a former eerriw man Is given tto acre, of land free, and the Oovernnsent l.tans each man Mf cash to etjslp his farm. Prance , nada 4M.7 irtdtv-d-Uai psymeats. agtregatlng UM.M. m fraae to mhabiuats of the region devastated by the World War Ouch! Lumbago Pain! Rub Backache Away Instant Rsilef w ti a trial Sottle ef c ; "St. Jacobs 0U" Kidweys caase Back.: They hae no aerres. Cv not caost pain. Lit ' ache is caused by hmba or a strain, and the ick t Kub jt nglit on yoi.r 4 bads. iMAbm snstact y Use D-si t iUy crippled I Get a situl' t-l bottle of -St Jacohs OsT fro- ytmr dgbt and limber up. A mosn t alter a u applied von"! wonder what bee x of ' the backache or latign msb. Reh cM. bonet "St lacoks OT lote'y v. NOW JOKt OF IT ISA I U3 TC.N PCT V.IUU Boy A BANC cP CiNNLS i v A -l . . k , laui a" ' rz o v , i t u ivi i i w -West Virginia." ip cf the Am erics on MB le I . I I the newest It requires t pproiitnalely $lr to equ;p and m Mali a regular j I nlted State s Idler U r cne jear . The average for a National UuarCs man is climated - only WW. ln Knaiand. mora than wCOooj women bsve receive.! rensi.in fmtn ! the Britisn pterntnent because of husband killed in the Wrrld War ! Seventy -four thousand have remar- 1 . I Eight soidiers attached to the I Yenih army on the Rhine were re- ent!y conictprl of be.ng ('rman pies. All confeaned t having per ited within the French ranks since HUNTING ACCIDENTS MAR CHEAT SEASON Drumrttht. Dec. 20. Three hunting accident hv marred an otherwise great hunting season about this city. C B Stabblefield. business man. ha, returaed fnm an Oklahoma t'lty baa p;tal. where be had removed a sV whkh threatened hi eyesight, and which was received in a hnnting ae-t-dent last week. The first act lent is stFisoa occurred v. hen s Dram TWCnMni Atlsatdst mt thaa I BVaMier. It's the want ssdwr- t SSBe 4 '" ' a t fr ft, 3 c ot tt! m -!-. ir. midrttt m J SI 00. av.Tr tni iKm CrrSM mm pmU. S.imt JSfaVg. N HTi-cruc-F.'ibion Itle 111--. -MM PCINT, i right dentist. Dr. J. K. Lovell. mani!- i his lisnd bitdly when hi. p.tn ally dlsiharge 1 V- rne Win cer, is nursing a left arm h,t iu It RMB a gun dkcl twetiti yards distance. bm, grw - rith six . wow w klo i k.i i it rm hi mi i i inN BiedOaS, chicka.-ha wonts n rhyscn j i as elected president of th Orsdy j ounty medicil asao'iat on st a. Suppose You Were the Merchant You wjuld be akrt at all times t-v off.r for stlo only the btght quiiity m r clssadsse obulnabl . You would h.-- pro mpt la BBftBg for vour custorors" needs. sy your em end trs on a wou'd run in a nmctJi. ploye and time snd r yrur tuilnesi orderly man Itut whU a-uld fan BXH ' of y.ur cBstuosers :n return for this superior Berroe Yoi would, at Ssst. expect Start on the rtpht road toda hills and show fJV merchant vour part of the harjraii: Tl better service. at;d yon will profit in many wiyv PAY YOUR BILLS PROMPTLY HOTEL HALCYON HALL MIAMI, FLORIDA Florida's most beautiful Hotel, an achievement of Stanford White's genius. Large, cheerful deeping rooms, with or ithout hath, elegant hall n.xm, an attractive sun parlor. The wide and spacious vcr- . anda fronts on Bay Biscavne. . The beat hrach on the East Cca t invites the bathers and the neighboring waters are unsurpassed for boating and fishing. The golfers wii! find some of the best courses in America and the surrounding country is ideal for riding and motoring. American Plan Unexcelled Food and Serrica STTCTAL KATES OVBJNG NOVEMBER. AND till HBB mtmnm M H-Jr . Hm 4wW7wT Hi in r n,i in HO' O eC THAT i. A WOT ONE'.1 S CALL, TW WAITER' . -- i mating af the as oclatlon held here this Other offers elected j r Ambrister. Cnicka l ir sl.lmt; Dr R K. ico. Second rice press - ; were: Dr. ' shs. first ltnme, M: d nt, Dr A. H Chlekmsha. M etetary Nunnery, C. Aotle. irvjsurcr. 7r. A. v.. ' i ami H ChlckSLha. delgnt to the Licai association. Children Cry rOR FLETCHER'S CASTORI A that they eh pt rrstion bv bi'.ls on tinve. am the if im plying their If yon have unc v i usVy deveUivd a habit of Be gk 1 mf to ps your mer chstns wh n Ui Is fll du. you are "br-ahing frouad" f ;r a o rating n ecry m-rchnt boata t Is jau a essy to p;y yenr UQa on tlate. You anil hsv,. more enjvvnt frim evr;tatng ycu bur when pi snow thst y.u are playing fa I . r. Uet .nt all your r.npaid s that you intend to uphold ley will he aNe to jfiv, you v H. A. 1 k i r- i ic