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VOLUME V.
WICHITA-FALLS, TEXAS, Wi
DNESbAY, JANUARY 17, 1912.
NUMBER 212. d
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TO DEVELOP
SULPHUR BEDS
NEW YORK CAPITALISTS
BUILD A PORT CITY AT
MOUTH OF BRAZOS.
TO
8000 FIELDS PROVEN
Obligation Is Entered Into to .Equip
Complete Plant for Mining of
Product.
Stamford, Texas, Jan. 17.—Through
authorized sources publicity is given
to a deal which has been made on the
west side of the Brazos River at its
mouth, comprehending a sulphur min-
ing industry, the building of an up
to date port-eity and a-large invests
ment in- Texas properties by a New
York syndicate.
M. Swenson & Sons, Wall street
bankers, have concluded on private
terms the purchase of about 10,000
acres of land, all lying on the west
banks of the Braxos River st its
mouth and running up the river six
wiles from the jetties northward.
The purchase includes what are
said to be the largest sulphur fields
in the United States and probably
the largest in the world and means
the immediate development of the
field.
The contract of purchase carries
with it an obligation to build and
equip within a short time a complete
plant for the mining of sulphur and
the necessary machinery has been
purchased and Is now en route to the
fields.
During the last eighteen months
or two years extensive prospecting
work has been carried on and tbe
fields which have been acquired are
thoroughly proven.
“The attention of the Swensons
PACKER'S PROFIT
ABOUT SEVENIY-EIGHT
CENTS PER HEAD
J? —-
By Associated Press.
Chicago, 111., Jan. 17.—In the pack-
ers trial Accountant H., A. Timmins
testified that Morris and Company
have selling agencies in three thous-
and American cities.'
Timmins, explained the car route
system of selling fresh meat to cer-
tain cities direct from the cars. This
system he said was used in towns
where the demand was not sufficient
to warrant the opening of a branch
house. He identified a list of 3200
our routes operated by Morris and
Company. He declared that the four
BIG TRUST OF
ALL THE TRUSTS
CONTROL IN STEEL, SUGAR, BEEF.
’BANKERS AND HARVESTER
TRUSTS HELD BY SAME
INTERESTS.
A SENSATIONAL CHARGE
Today’s Pro
eedings in Con-
1 , press
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Jan. 17.
SENATE—The Lorimer In-
quiry was adjourned until to-
morrow.
HOUSE—Tait's message on
Government Economy was sub- 1
mitted. a An investigation of |
[ the International Harvester
combine was urged before the
I rules committee. Construc-
tion of twenty two supply ves.
I sels for the ' Panama Canal "
, | were urged. Old age pensions
j were advocated before the
Civil Service Committee.
+--—---------•
plants of the company at Chicago,
Kansas City, St. Louis and St. Joseph,
Mo., slaughtered a total of 3,100,000
cattle in 1907, 1907. JOOP and 1*10 at
a cost of $150,000,000 and ar a net
la Made Before Congressional Commit
tee investigating Alleged Har-
vester Trust.
Washington, D, C., Jan 17.—That
stockholders who control fifty-one
per cent of the stock in the steel,
sugar, beef and bankers' combines
also control more than fifty per cent
IS MAN M TRIAL
"BEN GRAVEN?"
.t Of the stock of the International Hut
profit or 7.840 cents per head. Tim- vester Company was the declaration
ac- I made before the congressional com-
mins is Morris and Company's
countant.
J. 8. SNEAD'S TRIAL
ON JANUARY 28TH
Fort Worth, Jan. 17.—J. B. Sneed
was indicted this morning for the mur-
dvr of Col Boyce here Saturday night
His trial has been set for January 29.
His counsel have called attention to
the fact his name is spelled Sneed and
not Snead.
mittee" which is investigating the so
culled “harvester trust" this morning
by F. J. Love, representing independ-
ent manufacturers. ■,
lie also declared that the Depart-
ment of Justice had chloroformed ev-
ery movement to prosecute the har-
vester trust, an instance being shown
in the fact that the Townsend report
to that department has slumbered,
there since 1906.
He asserted that the trust sold its
products at home at a profit of 100
■ per cent while It sold abroad at al.
' most cost.
He said that the International Har-
ALL QUIET SO
FAR IH CUBA
THREAT OF INTERVENTION FROM
UNITED STATES HAS NOT RE-
SULTED IN ANY DIS.
TURBANCES.
U. S. SENDS WARNING
MAY BE FATAL
DEFECTS IN SPECIAL
ROAD LAW
TAFT’S MESSAGE
ON ECONOMY
. was attracted to the property by,the
vast sulphur deposits referred to.”
said Homer D. Wade, "but what will
no doubt prove to be of equal inter-
est and perhaps gerater to Texas is
that it will mean the unquestionable
development of the harbor at tbe
mouth of the Brazos Into a port of
first importance. The strong names
connected with thla enterprise Justi-
fy thia belief, particularly in view of
the enormous deep water holdings in-
eluded in the purchase."
All of the improvements contem-
plated will be upon the west bank of
the Braxos River. Plans are already
under way for a townsite, Involving
docks, warehouses, terminal, proper-
ties for railways, a bank, hotel and
every possible accessory to the build-
ing up of a modern port city.
Deep water and jetties have existed
at the mouth of the Braxos River for
many years. The jetties were built
by a private company about twenty
years ago, but the original projectors
were that much ahead of their time.
Subesquently, the United States Gov-
ernment assumed control and Con-
gress has since that time approprat-
ed money to maintain the Jetties and
. to deepen the channel.
la the personnel of the Swenson
syndicate are 8. M. Swenson & Sons,
bankers of New -York; James Still-
man, F. A. Vanderlip, Samuel McRob-
erts. New York; Williams & Com-
pany, bankers, Baltimore- and Rich-
mond; F. Q. Brown of the banking
firm of Redmond & Co., New York;
R. T. Wilson & Co., bankers. New
York; Edwin Hawley, railroad mag-
nate; Tilghman Bros., bankers, New
York; John Hays Hammond, engineer,
recently Special Ambassador to Eng-
land under appointment of President
Taft; A. Cheater Beatty, mining en-
gineer. New York, and others.
Democrats Hopeful in South Dakota,
Pierre, S. D., Jan. 17.—Leaders of
the Democratic party in South Dakota
rounded up here today to discuss the
selection of delegates to the presi-
dential convention at Baltimore and
adopt a platform. Under the primary
system the conference is the nearest
approach to the old time State con-
vention. In view of the fight in pro-
gress betwen the. Republican fac-
tions, the Democrats of Mouth Dakota
ure hopeful of success this year and
are laying plana for waging an ag-
gressive campaign.
Ed McGoorty and Hugo Kelly have
signed for a muss to take place In
Fond du Lac, Wis., Jan. 25.
OFFICERS ELECTED
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS CD.
A meeting or the directors of the
new Fairview Heights Addition Realty
Company was held yesterday after-
noon in the office of Marlow and
Stone, and final arrangements were
completed for closing the deal by
means of which a recently organised
company purchases for a considera-
tion of $46,000, 920 acres of land close
to this city, known as, the Anderson
tract, lying west of and adjacent to
the Floral Heights Addition.
At the meeting yesterday, the com
spany was fully organised, and officers
were chosen by the directors who
had been elected at a previous meet-
vester Company through the Na-
tional Bank in New York could' break
any independent concern in tbe Unit-
ed States. He charged that the
formation of the harvester trust had
been directed by - J. P. Morgan
through George W. Perkins.
DISAGREE OVER
PENSION RILLS
Washington, D. C., Jan. 17.—Civil
service employes, including the men
who draw pay from Uncle Sam for
their work In the post office, custom
bouses and other branches of the
Government service throughout the
country, are flocking into Washing-
ton to attend a meeting of the Na-
tional Civil Service Retirement As-
sociation. which is working to secure
retirement pensions for civil service
employes. The meetng promises to
be a stormy one. While all the mein-
Iters of the association are of one
mind so far as the desire for pensions
goes, they are of widely diverse
views in regards to the style of reti-
sion system that should be adopted.
Two systems are proposed in the hills
now pending in Congress. That
known as the Hammill bill provides
for “straight pensions" paid out of
the Federal treasury, while the Aus-
tin bill provides for pensions with
contributory funds from the employer
to which the Government will contri-
John M. Ward, president of the
* Boston Nationals, is against playing
baseball on Sunday, and the Pilgrims
will not take part in any Sabbath day
games if the new official of the South
, End club can arrange with the other
league magnates.
Tom Pickett Summoned to Guthrie
As An identity Witness in Famous
Case.
Toni Pickett will leave tonight for
Guthrie, Okla., in respones to a sum
mons by telegraph from U. H. Mar-
shall Embry to testify in the trial of
“Heu Crede Cravens,” alias Charles
Maust, who is on"trial Iff the Federal
court on a charge of robbing a mail
train. The man on trial has served a
sentence in the Federal prison at
Leavenworth, Kansas, and claims that
he is not "Hen Cravens’* and the
case is one of unusual interest.
Twenty years or more ago a cow-
boy known as Ben Cravens was em-
ployed on the old Box K ranch and
was well, known in Wichita Falls,
where he iften came to see the sights
and when things were dull to “start
something." It is the theory of the
government in the prosecution of
Maust that he i« Ben Craven and is
the same -men who once was employ:
ed as a cowboy in this, section.
Pickett will be put on the stand to
testify whether the Ben Cravens be
knew here is the Charles Maury now
on trial. Pickett has not seen Cravens
in more than twenty years, but says
he will know, whet her Maury is the
man who went by that name here.
The last that Pickett saw of Cravens
was when he outfitted the latter with
a flea bitten bucking male and a wolf
puppy for attractions for an animal
show.
Defiance By Army of President’s De,
cree and Threats of Revolution
Regarded as Serious.
By Associated Press.
Havana. Jan. 17.—There is abso-
lute tranquility here today despite the
shock of the announcement this morp-
for of-possible intervention by the
United States in Cuban Affairs be-
cause of the action of the Cuban vet-
erans in interferring in politics. Mea-
ger Interior reports do not indicate
trouble there but disturbances are
feared when the news to generally
known in the country districts. The
veterans have taken no action yet.
Awaiting Developments.
By Associated Press. •
Washington, D. C. Jan. 17—Havig
served notice on President Gomez that
the United State sexpects Cuba to live
It may be necessary to amend cer-
lain portions of the special road law
for Precinct No. 1 Wichita county be
fore the $150,000 bonds voted for road
improvements can be issued County
Judge C. B. Felder received a letter
today from Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral Caldwell calling attention to
alleged defects in the special law un-
dfer Which the bonds were voted Por-
tions of this law were copied from
the Lamar county law, which it was
later found necessary to amend.
There are also some details lacking
in the record before the bond issue
can be approved, but it Is believed
these car be corrected or supplied.
I the law is found, defective, how.
ever, it win benecessary to have
amendments adopted by the legisla-
ture before any step can be taken to-
ward the issuance of the bonds.
The points to which attention have
been called by the attorney general's
office have not been finally settled
and it is yet hoped that the bond Is'
sue may be approved, and the bonds
sold
OVER HUNDRED
MENDERS SECURED
up to her treaty engagements and
maintain a republican form of govern I
ment the state department is now.
awaiting developments. Officials here
are confident that when the Cubans
understand that the motive of the
United States is simply to discharge
is voenoesnenereao ner t. very difeteule, the Y.M.C.A. campaign
erans” organization. War department
officials do not anticipate that it will
be necessary to send troops to Cuba.
Two statements were issued at the
department in explanation of the mat-
ter.. The first shows the cause of the
action taken, and says: >
"Minister Beaupre reports from
Cuba that in defiance of a decree is-
sued by President Gomez forbidding
On account of the cold weather last
week, which rendered campaigning
PRESIDENT OUTLINES PLAN
WHEREBY PEOPLE OF UNIT-
ED STATES MAY SAVE
MILLIONS. %
EXTEND CIVIL SERVICE
The following dispatch concerning
the trial of Maury appeared fa Tues-
day’s Oklohoman:
Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 15.—Face swol-
len, eyes almost shut and constantly
watering, a changed man to appear-
ance and action, Charles Maust, alias
Ben Crede Cravens, was re-arraigu-
ed Monday in the Federal court and
his trial set for Wednesday. The ori-
ginal indictment returned against the
prisoner merely said: “Aden Crede
‘ Cravens," the new indictment return.
’ ed by tbe grand jury now in session
read: "Ben Cravens, alias Charles
Maust" He plead not guilty.
When taken into court Monday
officer# of the army and rural guard
to participate in politics, which was al-
ready prohibited by military law, and
also forbidding their attendance at
meetings of the Veterans’Association,
many officers of the army and rural
guard attended a meeting on the night
of the 14th Inst. of the National Coun-
cil of Veterans, where they were L
corded a pronounced ovation. The sit-
uation is regarded as the most serious
that has presented itself since the vet-
erans' movement began."
The second gives the language of the
for two hundred new members was
continued two days of this week, and
was ended last night. At the present
time, however, full reports are not
available, but it is understood that in
the neighborhood of one hundred new
members have been added to the rolls
of the association as a director result
of the campaign. Present reports
show that William Huff's team is
slightly In the lead as to new members
Necured, with M. M. Smoot's team a
close second:
The campaign, considering the diffi
calties under which it, has been pros
ecuted, has proven a most successful
bute a small percentage. The young-
er eelment of the employes favors
ing. Dr. J, M. Bell was chosen, as “staright Federal pensions" for the
president of the company, J. B. Mar-
low, vice president, W. M. McGregor,
secretary and C. C. Huff, attorney.
The directors are J. W. Culrbertson,
W. M. McGregor, J. M. Bell, C. C.
Huff and J. B. Marlow. The members
reason that the time when they would
benefit is far distant and in the mean-
time, under the contributory scheme.
of the company, to which ■ charter
has been granted, are J. W. Stone,
H. T. Canfield, Reece 8. Allen, J. A.
Kemp, J. F. Reed, Fred Gates, K. T.
Anderson, M. F. Yeager, J. M. Bell,
J. B. Marlow, W. M. McGregor, C. C.
Huff and J. W Culberston.
The land will be cut up Into five
and ten acre tracts aa soon aa pos.
sible, and will be placed on the mark-
et within the next few weeks. On
account of its proximity to the resi-
dent portion of the city, it is very
desirable both for small farms and
surburban homes.
they would be obligated to give up a
eligible to retirement. The older em-
ployes naturally are willing to support
the system of contributory pensions,
as they would be the first to benefit
and also for the reason that Congress
is much more likely to adopt a meas.
ure providing for such a system than
it is to pass the bill calling for
straight Federal pensions 0
Burrell Has Submitted Report
Concerning Road Improvement
Mr. B. H. Burrell, United States
highway engineer who has been mak-
ing a preliminary investigation and
survey of the road and material for
the approximate cost, which is well
within the bond issue provided for the-
work in precinct 1
Mr. Burrell came here at the re-
quest of the commissioners elected to
CONGRESS WILL
BE IH SESSION
UNTIL AU6UST
By Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 17.—Champ Clark
and both the Republican and Demo
erafie-eaders said today they expected
Congress to be in ecsslop continuously
until August. - This means a session
during both the National conventions
for the first time since 1892.
note telegraphed to Mr. Beaupre for
presentation to the Cuban Govern-
ment. as follows:
“The situation in Cuba as now re-
ported causes grave concern to the
Government of the United States.
“That the laws intended to safe-
guard free republican government
shall be enforced and not defied is ob-
viously essential to the maintenance
of the law, order and stability and
indispensable to the status of the Re-
public of Cuba. in the continued well
being of which the United States has
always evinced and can not escape a
vital itnerest. 0
building roads in this county, has fin-
ished Me work and forwarded his re-
port to the department at Washing-
ton. In accordance with the rules of,___,_________________.
. the department the report cannot be cost to the county. He is very anxious
insde public until after it has been to see the work pushed along rapid-
passed upon by the engineering bu-ly here, and while the money from
reau, but it is stated that Mr. Burrell the bond issue is not available yet,
found plenty of gravel for building , he thinks the surveying crews should
4b roads on the north side of the river, be in the field at the earliest possible
" but none suitable on the south side, | moment, even if the expense of main-
and that to economically construct mining them should have to be
roads on the south side crushed rock financed in some other manner. It
will have to be used This latter will will take a couple of months possibly
have to be shipped in, but that It is to do the surveying at a cost of about
estimated will be cheaper than haul- $300 per month.
ing the gravel. , I Mr. Burrell’s report will be return-
Mr. Burrell has laid out a plan of ed from the department at Washing-
roads, embracing the most traveled ton in ten days or two weeks and
thoroughfares and has figured but will be given to the public in detail.
build the roads The department of
which he is one of the engineers is
maintained by the government for
this purpose and he comes without
Austin SchoolsClosed.
By Associated Press.
Austin, Texas, fan, 17.—The public
schools were closed this morning to
remain shut until the meningitis out-
break is over in Texas. Numerous
small towns in Central Texas have
established a rigid quarantine even
in some cases placing armed guards
on public roads.'
~ Big Stores Are Losers.
1- ‘ Mr. Burrell’s report will be return-
a plan of ed from the department at Washing
•»Associated Press I
New York, Jan. 17.—Fire did a mil-
lion and a quarter dollars' damage at
the Terminal Co’s storage warehouse
here this morning, where the stocks
of the country’s greatest department
stores are kept. The Wanamaker and
Gimbel stores are the principal los-
ers. Fire walls saved others.
morning spectators who saw the
prisoner a week ago, when he was
arraigned, hardly could recognise him
the same man - Jailers who have
charge of him were surprised Mon
day morning when he waa awakened
to see that his eyes were swollen shut
and that be was broken out onthe
breast and top of his bend which is
* MNOHECn@P"TaMEm ^ Sovercment. f.."2cciWnl ed
plained of feeling badly and has been Suter, much against its sorer:
"off of his feed." Jailers say that
when he was first brought from Mis-
souri be was a hearty eater.
Physicians who visited him Monday
stated that his eyas'and breast prob-
ably were affected from a large car-
buncle on his arm. However, It is the
opinion of many that some one slip-
ped him some “dope” of some kind
which caused-his face and eyes to
become swollen. His appearance is
so much changed that it would be al-
most impossible to identify him.
Al Jennings, Maust's attorney who
was here Monday declared that he
would be ready for trial Wednesday.
This fact makes many believe more
than ever that the swelling was cause
' rd by Maust himself. At‘10 o'clock
Sunday night it Is declared that the
prisoner’s face showed absolutely no
signs of swelling. “Dr. Melvin who
1 attended Maust Monday stated Mon
j day night that the story that Maust,
. had smallpox was ' absolutely false.
’ He did say that the swollen condition
: of the man's face could have been
caused by some drug.
Bert Welty, who whe with Cravens
when .Alvin Bateman of Red Rock
was killed; arrived la Guthrie Mon-
day from Leaven worth in company
with a deputy United States marshal.
He is now in the city jail under close
guard. Welty’s mother and sister
called on him Monday and were
allowed the use of the chief of police’s
office for a meeting. Welty wore an
Oregon boot. The meeting of moth-
er and son was extremely pathetic
and every eye was damp when the
convict took his aged mother in his
embrace kissing her repeatedly.
"The President of the United Staes
therefore looks to the President and
Government of Cuba to prevent the
threatened situation, which would com
consider what measures it must take
in pursuance of the obligations of its
relations to Cuba."
The Information in possession of the
State Department goes considerably
farther than was indicated by the
first statement. It is not merely the
defiance by the officers of the army
and rural guard of President Gomez’s
decree that constitutes the seriousness
of the situation. .It is the added fact
that veterans have demanded that the
decree be treated as a dead letter, end
have threatened, in case that it is not
agreed by President Gomes, "to make
the last resort.".
The last resort in Cuba dies always a
revolutionary appeal to arms, and the
Administration says it will not stand
by and permit such a performance.
* it- will be recalled that the second
..... one from every standpoint, and Secre-
an- tary Anderson. Is well pleased with
the result of it. Last Monday night P
reception was held In the Y.M.C.A
quarters for the purpose of giving the
people of this city an opportunity Ir
Inspect the building, and about twi
hundred and fifty people were present
during the course of the night. Oper
house was kept until a late hour, and
those who came were entertained by
the boys with games of basket bull
volley ball, and indoor baseball Thir
was the first occasion on which indoor
baseball was played in this city, am
It is expected to prove very popular
with the members of the Y M. C. A. A
representative crowd of peopleswas a
the reception last night, and it is prob
able that, other receptions of alike ns
ture will be held in the near future. •
A big banquet to be held solely for
the members of the Y.M.C.A. both old
and new, will be held some time nex'
week, probably on Tuesday night. A
definite date will be announced later
in plenty of time to allow all who de
sire to do so to attend. For the pur
pose of securing new members, a spe-
cial offer will be made on the day of
thy banquet. By means of this offer
any one who is not a member of the
Y.M.C.A. at prsent, can become one for
the usual price, and in addition to the
usual privileges which go with a mem
bership card, a special offer holding
good only on that one day will be made
so that any one who pays the usual
membership fee of eight dollars will
become a member of the Y.M.C.A. for
a period of fourteen months instead of
one year Those who join next Tues-
day will also be accorded an invitation
to the big banquet which will probably
be held that night.
intervention took place when the rev-
olution against Paima wa shardly more
than begun, and it is evident now that
this Government will not permit any
further display of that kind of activity.
The demand of the veterans for the
nullification of the Games decree
points to military distatorship and to
that only. * pal
DID LEAGUER NOW
IN THE CITY
The testimony in the case of the
State vs. Harry Rembert, charged
with the murder of Frank Hardwicke,
was closed this forenoon and the
arguments of the attorneys are be-
ing made this afternon.The case
will probably go to the jury late this
evening. . - J
Trainer Joe Quirk will have charge
of the Boston Red Sox players. Joe
formerly worked for McAleer in St
Louis and Washington
Taft Advocates Placing All Adminis-
trative Officers in Government
Departments Under Civil
Service.
By Asxbelated Press
Washington, D. C., Jan. 17.—How
the peoplo-ofthe United. States.ay.
have saved for them millions of dole
lars annually in the operation of their
governmental machinery was outlined
by President Taft today lu a message
to Congress on "Economy and Emh-
clency in the Government Service"
"What the government does with
nearly $1,000,000,000 each year," said *
the President, “is as of much con-
cern to the average citizen as is the
manner of obtaining this amount of
money for the .public use.'
Probably the most radic nt pro-
posal advanced by the President in
today's message was that all admin-
istrative officers of the government in
the departments at Washington and
in the field be put under the civil ser-
vice; be removed from the influence
of politics and that their terms of of-
fice be not limited as at (present to
four years. Such officers should not
be appointed by the .President wtih
the necessity of senate confirmation,
he said, hut upon merit "The ex-
tension of the merit system to these
officers and a needed reasjustment
of salaries," said he, "will have Im
portiint effect in securing greater
economy "and efficiency. The view
that these various offices are to be
filled as a result of political consid-
eration has for its consequence the
necessity that the President and ment
hers of Congress devote to matters
of patronage time which they should
devote to questions of policy and ad-
ministration."
The President did not attempt . to ’
explain in detail the work of the
economy and efficiency commission
created by act of Congress a year and
a half ago. He sketched the outlines •
of improvements that he said could
be made in government service: de-
clared that they would effect a saving
of many millions of dollars and asked
that Congress continue the commis-
sion by granting an appropriation of
1200,000 with $50,000 for printing its
reports. From time to time, he ad.
ded, reports of the commission pro-
posing particular reforms would be
lent to Congress
“I ask," said the President, “the
continuance of this commission on
Economy and Efficiency because of
the exceleint beginning which has
been made toward# the reorganiza-
' ion of the machinery of this govern-
ment on business principles. 1 ask. it .
because its work is entirely non-parti-
san. in fact ought to apply to every
citizen who wishes to give effective-
ness to popular government in which
we feel a just pride, I sincerely hope
that Congress will not, in its-anxiety
to reduce expenditure#, economize by
cutting off an appropriation which is
likely to offer greater opportunity for
real economy in the future than any
other estimated for."
To date the President said, the com-
mission has cost the people about
$150,000, Without having- put in ef-
fect more than a few reforms it has
suggested changes that will save $2,-
000,000 ‘a year. “Theses," said the
President, “represent only a few of
the many" services which should be
subjected to a like painstaking in-
quiry. If this is done. It is beyond
question that many milions - of sav-
ings may be realized." The value of
such investigation in increased luber-
est which officers of the government
(Continued on page four)
f risco Securing Right of Way
. to Build Branch Into Electra
isents for the Frisco Rtailwajaree—:
now buying right of ‘way into Elee-
: tra from the northwest, ami it is
said will at once build a branch to
H H. Gessier. rightfielder on the
Washington American league tom, in
in the city stopping at the Howard ho-
tel. Mr. Gessler speculates in oil lands
in the winter and plays ball In the
summer He will remain here until it
in time to join his team at Little Rock.
Ark, for the spring practice
Another old star has quit. Del
Howard, the former Chicago-Louis-
villo player has retired from the dia-
mond and purchased a farm th Ore.
son C. ' :
connect with the line that goes to
Vernon. This line crosses the Red
River about half way between Elec-
tra and Vernon and only ton or lifteen
miles of track will be necessary to
connect, this line with Electra and
give a direct route to Oklahoma City
and east and north It is reported
that the line is to be constructed at
once.
It was reported several weeks ago
that the Frisco had agents over the
north part of the county and would
build a line along Red River from
Electra to Petrolia. So far as can
be learned however, nothing definite
has been done toward extending the
line further than Electra,
BRINGING HOLLOWAY
‘ BACK TO TEXAS
By Associated Press
Chie ago, III. Jan 17 - Sheriff Key
of Wilbarger County, Texas, left to-
day with Robert Holloway, accused
of robbing the Harrold, Texas, bank
of five thousand dollars Holloway
recently made startling confessions of
big bank robberies
Spike Shannon, one time New
York Giant and last, sc ason a member
of the Kansas City team, has retired
from the game._______
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