Unless Carter Oil Company beings its monster gas well near Wolf under control in the next few days, the State Bureau of Mines will order that the torch be applied, according to information received here. This report has been current in oilfield circles for two or three days, it seems. Everything known has been tried to suppress the flow of gas from the great well. It has been impossible to get a gauge on it, but it is reported to be one of the largest gassers this field has known.

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"Bishop’s Alley," so called, is now a part of the city of Seminole. This property, it is believed, will become a valuable addition to the city. Council met in called session and passed on the petition of W.A. Bishop to have his property taken into the city. This gives the police authority in what has long been known as Happy Hollow, North End and The Bottoms,

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One man, suspected of robbing the Sayre Cafe at Bowlegs, has been arrested. Two men entered the cafe with pistols in their hands, stood several patrons up, robbed the cash register of about $100 and then proceeded to relieve patrons of their cash and valuables.

Three robberies are known to have been committed in and near Seminole Sunday night.

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The police following orders issued by Mayor J.N. Harber, killed three roaming dogs Monday. These were the first to all under the orders issued by the mayor and will be followed up by the slaying of every dog that roams the streets of the city, Jake Sims said Monday. Rabies is epidemic in Seminole. Measures have been taken to suppress it. Many persons are under treatment.

"That bullet was a drink cure for me. I don’t know why my wife did not shoot higher and finish me. She should have killed me before. I do not blame her for anything she has done and she should not be prosecuted, even if I die. If I get well, from here out I follow the straight and narrow path. Drink has almost destroyed my home. It has placed an unnecessary burden on my wife and made my children fear me. I have been a drunken beast. If I recover it will be different."

C.E. Burch, who is lying on a cot in Salzberg hospital, is said to have made the foregoing statement Christmas night after he was operated on. He had been shot in the stomach by Mrs. Burch, a frail, careworn little woman, to protect her little daughter, 12, and herself from her husband, said to have been beastly drunk. A driller, Burch lived with his wife and three children near Sinclair Plant 13 south of city. He was brought to Salzberg hospital where Dr. J.B. Reynolds and B.A. Salzberg operated. They said one piece of the bullet that laid him low is still in his intestines.

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Happy Hallow, depicted as wild and woolly, spent a quiet Christmas, its first as a part of the city of Seminole. Some 10 or 12 arrests were made by police and county officers. Everybody was busy having a good time except for a few fellows who were just getting underway. Jake Sims, chief of police, has not yet perfected his organization for that part of the city but will do so immediately.

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HANNIBAL, MO. - Becky Thatcher, Tom Sawyer’s girl is dead. Mrs. Lara Frazier, girlhood friend of Mark Twain and the original of his famous fiction charcter "Becky," died at the age of 91. She spent the declining years of her life in the home of her son, L.E. Frazier, only a few blocks from the site of the little schoolhouse where she and Twain went to school.

Local officers arrested a man who was out on bond in a narcotics charge. He had a tobacco can full of morphine - 70 tablets.

A man arrested, carrying a new suit of clothes, a pair of new boots and an overcoat, admitted to police he had just walked out of Born-Killingsworth store with the stuff - he had shoplifted it.

In Flint, Michigan, citizens were arming themselves and going on a manhunt for a kidnapper and killer of little 5-year-old Dorothy Scheider.

State Senator Tom Anglin of Holdenville, today demanded of Oklahoma County attorney Tom Wright that a grand jury investigation be made into bribery charges at the state capitol.

L.R. Kelley of Mid-Continent Supply company was washing a motor with gasoline when it ignited burning him painfully. Fellow workers said Kelley will use some other liquid hereafter in cleaning motors.

"First $175 gets Ike’s Chili Parlor across from Frank Hotel. Clean bill of sale. Owners want to go to hospital." This was one of the classified advertisements in today’s Producer.

"Five-tie brooms with painted handles" are on special sale at Whitbeck’s Grocery for 48 cents. Pace Grocery was offering "two full-size loaves of bread" for 15 cents.

Jake Sims, police chief, has many requests to locate missing persons in and around Seminole, but one from Magazine, Ark., received Friday, extends his jurisdiction considerable.

The writer, evidently has no conception of the extent of the oil fields, but the chief, notwithstanding this fact, will do what he can to locate the man.

William A. Courtney is his name, but he signs his name W.A. Courtney. He came to Seminole field August 1, last, and has written but one letter back home. He was then working near this city, it seems.

The writer asks the chief to "please see the oil field owner or manager," and he can probably locate Courtney without difficulty.

If anyone knows Courtney they may phone the chief of police or Jess Pollocy, desk sergeant

An open letter written by James T. Jackson to District Judge George Crump asks why the trial of Homer Bishop is being delayed. "I shall expect an answer for publication," the letter read.

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Two more children died after being stricken with the flu.

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Henry Lewis has a joke on himself and a pretty good one. Henry is Seminole’s oldest law enforcement officer, a member of the city police force. He and (Blackie) Mabe went to Arnett the first of the week to bring two prisoners to Seminole. They were rolling along at the rate of about 50 miles an hour just west of Oklahoma City on the return when they were arrested by a highway cop. When the cop learned the identity of the Seminole men, he told them to go ahead, but "For God’s sake, stay inside the 35-mile limit."

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Bob Hammon with the B&L Electric company announced he has secured his passport and is ready to start for Arkansas to spend the holidays.

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D.H. Patterson, truck driver, took a peep at death. He did not like it, probably did not think he would make a good looking corpse or something of that sort and is now on the road to recovery. He became desperately ill from ptomaine poisoning caused by something he ate on the drive from Poteau to Seminole.

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Women engaged in the Christmas Cheer fund have supplied about 100 needy children with shoes and clothing. In addition, 200 baskets are prepared for distribution among the poor as they call at The Producer office and present specified cards. Mrs. W.E. Grisso is general chairman being assisted by Mrs. J.W. Edwards and Mrs. W.A. Bishop.

Users of electric current in Seminole and other cities served by OG&E company will receive another reduction of rates beginning with bills after January 15, according to an announcement by J.D. Owens, company vice president and general manager. Users of electric current in Seminole and other cities served by OG&E company will receive another reduction of rates beginning with bills after January 15, according to an announcement by J.D. Owens, company vice president and general manager.

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If plans now under consideration are carried out, Seminole will stage a rat killing time in the immediate future. All interested persons are requested to meet in the Chamber of Commerce office to plan the drive.

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Maud and Mission pool operators may start new wells according to agreement among operators approved by the Corporation Commission.

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Rats, rats and more rats. Death to the rats is the battle cry. Pied pipers are popping up all over Seminole. They are ready and anxious to join issues with the rodents and are ready to go forth and slay.

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Riverside basketball team won its seventh straight game when it defeated Bowlegs 25-12.

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Mrs. Grace Mahone, 25, residing one mile east of Seminole, was run down on South main directly in front of The Producer building, and her left leg, just above the ankle was fractured.

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It is estimated there are from 1,000 to 1,200 cases of influenza and pneumonia in Seminole.

The Seminole Police Department is good for many things in addition to law enforcement. A respectable man who lost a child recently came inquiring about a baby he and his wife could adopt. Jake Sims, chief, promptly put him in touch with proper persons. It is probable the home of this man and his wife will be brightened by the prattle of a baby.

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M. McCumber is to make an addition to the building in which Hancock hospital is located. He will extend the building back 45 feet. The addition will be two stories and will give the hospital several more rooms as well as making the storeroom on the ground floor much larger.

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A man known as "Buster" is in Pottawatomie county jail in connection with the shooting of Orville Clark, head of the Maud Taxi Company. Clark, driver of a bus between Maud and Asher, held up at gunpoint, was carrying considerable money and had rings valued at $350. The man in jail surrendered to Asher officers after he was surrounded by a posse. The fellow refused to make a statement.

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Mrs. Jesse Pollock is in a hospital in serious condition She was operated on earlier this week.

Mrs. R.A. Sprague, living in the Mission field, was operated on at Oklahoma hospital. She is employed by Lofland Bros. drilling contractors.

Oilmen have come to the conclusion there is no power to save the great Carter gusher that has been running wild, sending its deadly fumes into the atmosphere in such great volumes it has become a menace to life and property.

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Mrs. C.E. Burch who shot and seriously wounded her husband, a driller, will not be prosecuted in the opinion of Art Grall, evidence man out of the county attorney’s office. Grall interrogated neighbors, children and the wife of the wounded man. What he learned was of such character he did not even take Mrs. Burch into custody. Their little girl whom the father was beating with a board for destroying his whiskey, though seriously bruised about the neck and shoulders, is not seriously hurt, it was said. She wants to see her father and will be allowed to visit him in Salzberg hospital in the next day or two, if his condition improves.

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Christmas bells did not ring for Tweed Webber of Maud, teamster for Henry Hooper of Seminole. And if they did ring for Ernest Pyle living in a tent near Hoover City, he was traveling so fast to get away from county officers he did not hear them. Pyle, following an argument with Webber, caught the man by the shoulders and held him while he fired one shot from a pistol into Webber’s jaw. The bullet tore a great wound in the jaw, ranging downward, penetrating his body, clipped off the corner of his liver and went down into his thigh where doctors extracted it. Pyle had formerly worked for an oil company and the trouble arose when Webber was sent over to borrow a plow from him.

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Seminole grade schools will fittingly observe Christmas. Each of the grade schools will stage a program of some sort.

With a real Santa Claus passing out packages of fruits and candy to the poor children of Seminole next Monday, the Kiwanis Club will stage a real Christmas frolic. The event will take place at the big Christmas tree at Broadway and Main. Each child will receive a package of goodies. O.D. Johns is chairman of the committee in charge.

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The body of Ray Harkens, crushed to death in an accident on Highway 3 near Lima, will be sent to his home at Mammoth Springs, Arkansas, for burial.

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Pat Powell, arrested several days ago and held for Texas, where he is charged with robbery, probably will not be sent back to that state. Powell, it seems, will be held here for a charge of robbery with firearms. He has been positively identified as the man who held up and robbed the west side Piggly Wiggly some time ago.

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Dr. T.H. Ware and others at Ware Hospital believe Bill Stouse, with two bullet holes through his head, just below the brain, is on the road to recovery. Jake Sims, police chief, also believes Stouse will get well and he has made plans to place him under guard in a day or two and hold him to answer the charge of attempted robbery with firearms. When Stouse was first taken to the hospital it was said he could not survive the week out. Such wounds are usually fatal in a few hours but Bill has shown the medical fraternity something. Stouse was shot twice on December 9. It was said he attempted to hold up and rob a poker game where $300 or more was said to be on the table. Stouse, it was said, had been in the game. He had lost about $40, some said.

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Raymond Jones reported to police he had been held up and robbed. Jones claims he lost $19 through the robbery. The robbery, according to Jones, was staged in the rear of the dance hall in the north end.

Henry S. Johnston, Oklahoma governor, faces a battle for his official and political life. That was made clear when nine democrats reached a working agreement with 47 republicans in the house which gives the opposition a majority of eight. This was brought about by democrats opposed to the Johnston policies. It is the aim of the opposition to force a thorough investigation of the governor along with other state officers.

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Several more sites have been offered for the 10-story building at First and Broadway. The building will have a front of 90 feet on First and 150 on Broadway and will cost about $30,000. The building is to be erected by J.H. Dees, W.E. Grisso and W.D. Grisso. Lots were purchased from Homer Grisso several years ago.

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Campbell Keys, held with Sam Lockhart for several robberies in and around September is a half brother of Al Spencer, notorious outlaw of six or eight years ago. Keys has been identified by several as one of the men who has been holding up people in and near this city for the past several weeks. He is one of the men who robbed the Manhattan cafe a few days ago. It was not known, when Keys was arrested, that he was in any way related to Spencer, one of the most daring bandits the west has ever known for many years. He operated in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. His gang had a camp in the Osage Hills.

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C.M. Hubbard, owner of the Seminole filling station at Second and Broadway, has started construction of a new building at Broadway and Highland. Rex Moore is the contractor. The new building is 25 x 140. It will have an additional 20 feet of concrete parking space for cars awaiting service. Hubbard plans a Goodyear super service station.

Bishop’s ally, so called, soon will be a thing of the past. No more will the gay and festive underworld have a rendezvous there. Unless present plans fail - and there does not seem a chance for a slip, the north end including an area extending a quarter of a mile north and 400 feet east and west with a street 100 feet wide will soon become a part of the city.

It is now proposed to bring it into the city where Jake Sims and his men will have jurisdiction. This land has been voluntarily offered by W.A. Bishop as a new addition to the city. Bishop feels that it will help the city, that the city needs more room in that direction and that the revenues accruing to the city from taxes and police cout fines will be worthwhile.

Since the opening of the field here Bishop has had paid police protection by special deputy sheriff in the district day and night.

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It is probably in the next 15 or 20 days will see an air line established between Seminole and Tulsa with two round trips daily between the world’s oil capital and the world’s great oilfield. Definite steps have been taken in inaugurate this service early in January. There is every indication the movement will be a success

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An unusual function is scheduled for assembly at Seminole high school Friday. This will be the presentation of the silver football trophy to the Chiefs as champions of the East Central conference.

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Modern Woodmen of America will begin the erection of a handsome two story building on the northeast corner of Oak and Fourth immediately, it was announced by Swam T. Barnett, district deputy. The building will be of reinforced brick and will cost approximately $30,000. The lodge now has a membership of about 600 and new members are being signed up every day.

Twenty-five years ago today, a strange machine of wood and canvas roared down a narrow wooded runway built on the sands of Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Only a handful of spectators held their breath as the machine left the runway and sailed a few feet above the sand for 12 dramatic seconds. It was only 12 ticks of a watch but it was the first time that man had conquered the air. Orville Wright was at the controls of the machine during its first flight. He lay flat on the canvas and wooden framework while the dream of men for centuries was realized. His brother, Wilbur, now dead, stood by tense and eager but with the smile of achievement on his lips.

W.E. Grisso, First State Bank president, announced he would spend $40,000 for a new building on an undesignated location on Broadway. At the same time, he announced the bank would spend $10,000 for improvements to the rear of its building at Broadway and Main. This latter improvement will raise buildings in the rear of the bank to two stories.

Crews are working feverishly and at the risk of sudden death striving to bring under control the two gassers that blew in near Wolf last week. The first to come in belongs to the Carter Company. It is blowing gas through the casing and three round fissures some distance from the rig. The second giant, the property of Pure Oil Company is about a mile from the Carter well. It is blowing through the casing alone but at such tremendous pressure that officers of the company fear to attempt to cap it.

Flu is gaining a foothold in Seminole. An epidemic seems inevitable, according to Dr. B.A. Salzberg.

W.A. Bishop, W.H. Franks and W.E. Grisso made donations of $250 each. Born-Killingsworth, $150; C.W. Johnston and W.E. Harber, $125 each, and J.W Edwards $100 so the poor will have a happy day Christmas in Seminole. Every cent of the fund will be used to buy merchandise. Additional contributions are asked. Orphans, widows and destitute families will be provided food, clothing and other necessities.

The county election contest will come before Earl Welch of Antlers, acting special judge, Thursday. The hearing will be on the mandamus of John Robertson, republican, to compel the election board to issue a certificate of election to him instead of Homer Bishop who was given a majority of six votes on the recount of ballots.

Elected to the Chamber of Commerce board of directors were George F. Killingsworth, H.A. Born, H.T. Riddle, J.W. Edwards, Robert Burns, J.B. Redwine, W.E. Harber, W.H. Franks, U.V. Darland, Edgar Marshall, Chester Gates, Clark Craig and Coleman Davis to serve with L.C. Clark, S.D. Powell and Shelby Livingston. Dr. J.N. Harber is retiring president.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson of Oklahoma City aired their martial troubles before Con Long, police judge. Johnson had a wound on his right cheek under his eye where the wife of his bosom fastened her incisions. The woman’s face was badly scratched, she said, by Johnson who fought desperately to break her grip. Both were drinking, the woman admitted, and the row started when Johnson tried to get her out of the car. He pulled her over his breast and as she was in a biting humor she fastened her teeth into his cheek. The woman made the charge and her husband was fined $16. She paid the fine and declared she would take him out of town and give him another beating. "He decided to whip me, Judge," the woman told Con Long, "and I decided he wouldn’t. He didn’t."

Bill Stouse, patient at Ware hospital, is dead but does not know it. He has a bullet through his head, under his brain, that is certain to produce death, in the opinion of attendants at the hospital.

The man is able to get up and he waits on himself, according to Mrs. Stouse who spent the day with her husband. he was shot through the head, he admitted to police, when he attempted to hijack a poker game in Clyde Jones’ place two miles North of the city. It is not known who fired the shot that will eventually cause the death of the would-be robber. Six men were taken into custody following the shooting but after a grilling followed by a thorough investigation they were released.

Mrs. Helen Martin of 701 North Second, was held up on College Street. She was approached by the robber who threatened her with a pistol. He searched her but found nothing of value, the young woman reported. She then was allowed to proceed to her home.

Mrs. Lena Simmons was arrested and lodged in the city jail charged with petty larceny. The woman was detected in the art of stealing a bathrobe in the Sam Goldman store and when arrested, a silk dress and a quntity of silk underwear and silk hosiery were found. When confronted with these she confessed to taking them from Hasen Bros. The recovered goods were returned to the stores from which they were taken. She has two small children. Deserted by her husband she had to steal to support them she stated. The woman, young and attractive was well dressed at the time of her capture.

Two new buildings will be started on Main in Seminole. J.D. Campbell has announced he will raze the two-story frame structure on North Main, and Oak, and erect a handsome two-story reinforced brick building. Ware hospital occupies the second floor of the resent building and the Toggery is on the ground floor. The new building will be 25 by 150 feet and will be modern throughout. It also is intimated R.H. Chase may soon tear out the small structure adjoining on the north and erect a modern two-story reinforced brick in keeping with the Campbell structure. Mr. Chase, it is said, has made no definite plans but has the matter under consideration.

Mike Perea, who was delivering a new airplane to Wiley Martin, crashed to earth Sunday about 2:30 p.m. He was instantly killed. Perea, in his crash, struck an automobile on the highway northwest of Maud, seriously injuring one of the passengers and slightly injuring others in the car. The injured were taken to a hospital, it was said, while the body of the pilot was taken in charge by an undertaker at Maud. The plane fell near the Allen Huckelberry camp, It narrowly missed a house, some distance back from the highway but crashed into and demolished a car as it was driving along the highway.

Perea, it was said, had been giving an exhibition over that field. He was over Mission once or twice, doing stunts. He also did some stunt flying near the scene of the crash, but was said to be flying straight when he lost control of his plane. He was about 60 feet in the air when he started for the earth at an angle. No one knew what had happened but he was seen trying to right his plane. Coming at high speed the plane passed over the house, demolished the fence and made a complete wreck of the car. The accident was witnessed by 1,000 or more people. He could be seen from a wide range on all sides but few realized until he was near the ground that he was in trouble.

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Seminole will take on a fairyland appearance this week. Merchants have announced they will decorate for Christmas, thus extending an invitation to Santa Claus to visit. Windows will be attractively trimmed and special goods will be displayed on counters while Christmas trees are to be erected at intervals on Broadway, Main and other streets.

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Impressive ceremonies marked the laying of the corner stone for the new church building of First Church of Christ. The membership roll of the church, a Bible, a statistical letter on the progress and industries of Seminole compiled by the C of C and a current copy of The Seminole Producer and of the Morning News placed in the stone.

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J.C. Shaw, rural carrier for an out-of-town paper, alleges he was kidnapped and taken to Diamond, Missouri, where he was thrown out of his car while the kidnapper kept going. It seems he was switched from one car to another; that he was robbed of $44 in cash. Shaw said he was handcuffed and thrown into the car. The robbery, Shaw said, took place at Mission, three miles southwest of Seminole.

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Dr. W. Lee Rector, pastor of Ardmore Baptist church, has been engaged to conduct a revival meeting in Seminole First Baptist church, according to the Rev. W.O. Leach, pastor, Dr. Rector is former pastor of the Seminole Church.

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Charles Doty was arrested and is serving a 30-day jail sentence in the county jail. He was fined $50 and costs. Doty had 22 half-pints of whiskey in his possession when arrested. he was taken before the judge and made a plea of guilty. This was said to be his second offense.

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A joint indictment was returned by the grand jury against Homer Bishop, Luther Lane and E.B. Short. The three are charged with the collection of 25 percent of forfeited cash bonds by the county attorneys office. It is said the next move will be an attempt to oust Bishop.

The grand jury is seeking the facts. They care nothing about the political feud between George Crump and Homer Bishop. They want only to know if the law has been violated and by whom.

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Plans for a new fire station have been received and will come up for final action at the next city council meeting. Plans were referred to Henry Born, who will report.

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Oklahoma Gas and Electric company wants to buy the Seminole white way. An offer of $1,000 has been made for the plant as it stands. The equipment, it is said, is not standard but it would be brought up to requirements if it is purchased by he company. OG&E officers conferred with Mayor J.N. Harber and council members.

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Andy Owens, an old resident of Seminole county and one of the best known men in this section died. Mr. Owens got his first oil well about 60 days ago. Several others are being drilled on his farm and he had been taking life easy for some time. He died in his sleep while visiting in the home of friends.

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Chiefs defeated Tecumseh 25-0 to end the football season and win the conference title.

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Police are getting hard-boiled. Some automobile drivers seem to think the yellow lines were marked on the curb to amuse children or something of the kind, according to coppers. But they are going to show ‘em. People from Missouri know what that means, but some fellows who drive cars do not seem to know what it’s all about so long as they can get a place at the curb.

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Football fans of Seminole are planning a testimonial to Clark Craig, coach of the Chiefs. Craig volunteered last summer to take over the team and endeavor to whip it into a winner. For the first time in its history. Seminole heads the East Central Conference. The Chiefs have won more games, been scored on less and scored more points than any other team in the conference. The Seminole team is the outstanding feature of the conference regardless of efforts of Wewoka to dim the glory.

Whither are we drifting? That may be the foremost question for Seminole county residents to ask. In an investigation way the probe is leading from Seminole county. It is spreading to other states and J. Berry has announced he will follow the trail of evidence that came into his possession last week to distant places. New clues were revealed through the investigating of witnesses the past few days, according to King, and he desired to know the score and authenticity.

A number of witnesses have been examined since the attorney general’s investigation started last week. From most of them nothing of value was obtained but King and Gordon, it seems, struck pay dirt in one or two instances. Rumor has it that the evidence has to do with "one, women and song." It seems some Seminole county officer has been indiscreet. It was even averred that one of these men, name not known, brought back an alien pair of teddies from one of his trips; that there is evidence of a party in which bootleg whiskey and flappers played the leading role.

It is said a charming and vivacious young woman who used to be in the employee of a county officer, may go before the investigation. If she does, it is averred she will have interesting sequences of experiences to detail. There may be some real "dope" in a few days. Jesse L. Day, justice of the peace, was a grand jury witness Monday, according to whispers and underground sources of information. Just what he told the jury is not known but it is known he does not feel kindly toward the county attorney who busted him from office because of drunkenness and extortion. He has since been reappointed justice of peace.

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Robert Bruner, negro porter at a drug store, was given 30 days for petty larceny by JP J.W. Fowler,. Bruner was a sort of "lady killer" among the dusky damsels of Seminole. He had all sorts of perfumery, powders and rouge for his cheeks and capped it all off with a lipstick that was perfectly thrilling. For all of which Robert paid nothing, according to his plea of guilty. He purloined his makeup from his employer.

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The calling of Homer Bishop, county attorney, into the grand jury room has developed a full crop of rumors and gossip. Just what was said and done in the quiz room is a dark secret but there are those who surmise and probably correctly, that Bishop was sent for by the jurors. His office is said to be under investigation and if he was called for any purpose it was to explain certain things in connection therewith.

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H.M. Ross of Hartshorne was awarded the contract for a two story addition to the courthouse. The addition will be on the east side and will be 22 feet deep and two stories high. It will give officers much additional room.

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Three men arrested as robbery suspects have been released. They convinced Jake Sims, police chief, they were in no way connected with the robbery of P.H. Purcell when $260 was taken from him.

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Dr. W.E. Jones, one of the best known surgeons of Seminole, is to head a new clinic which will be known as the Seminole Clinic. Offices of the new clinic will be in rooms of the old telephone building on Main Street.

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Chickens, canned goods and everything that goes to make a real Thanksgiving feast were piled high on the floor of junior high school following noon recess. A call was made on boys and girls for help to provide a good dinner for the poor in the city and there was enough food piled on the floor to give every worthy poor family a feast. The Rev. B.L. Williams, Methodist church pastor, will look after distribution,

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H.E. Barner of Tulsa was here searching for his son, Mark, about 16. The boy left Tulsa several days ago, coming to Seminole to get work. Anyone knowing the boy or having any information about him should advise The Producer.

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L.R. Sutherland was painfully injured in a car crash. He has a scalp wound, said to be about five inches long, and he was severely bruised about the head and shoulders. He was driving about two miles south of Seminole when a car crashed into him

Piggly Wiggly store now has 14 employees on the payroll which indicates the growth of the business in two and a half years since the chain first came here. At that time only one person was employed.

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Two cases of smallpox in the county jail caused Dr. Guy Van Sandt, city health officer, to clasp a quarantine on the Bastille. Jailers and all persons who have come into contact with prisoners have been placed under the ban.

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G.E. Braham was painfully injured in an automobile crash several miles north of Seminole. He was driving an Oakland that collided with a Buick on the highway. Both cars were heavily damaged.

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Members of the grand jury are: J.D. Parks, foreman, Fred Dolly, C.M. Davidson, F.M. Houston, N.J. Phillips, Luther Harrison, Milton Vandergriff, C.P. Mitchell and John Boyd.

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Phil Mason, taxi driver, was batted over the head by two men he drove into the country. He was knocked out and his car stolen. The car was later recovered in Tecumseh after a wild chase across the country by officers. The car was shot full of holes and it is believed one of the men was wounded but the robbers made their escape at Tecumseh.

A passing car picked Mason up and took him to Maud where he told the story. Mason had $10 on him which the robbers took. The men had engaged Mason to take them to a camp south of the city. He went through Bowlegs before he was attacked. The bandits escaped capture.

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J.P. Purcell had just come out of the Commercial Cafe. As he was passing a door between the cafe and the hotel where he was staying, a young woman said, "Howdy Sweetie." Purcell’s response was "Hello Sweetie." "In a hurry?" the woman asked. "Not when you’re around for me to look at," was the gallant response. Purcell stepped into the doorway. The young woman’s companions appeared from somewhere. They quickly divested Purcell of his cash and other valuables and then disappeared.

Two women, one armed with a rock and the other with a table leg, were making merry Friday night when Hugh Reynolds, constable, appeared on the scene and put them under arrest. One woman, it seems, had torn the clothes off the other, even to her teddies, which were turned over to J.W. Fowler, justice of the peace, as exhibit A. The rock and table leg also were carried to the justice office for evidence. Those who saw the fight say it was a perfectly delicious affair while it lasted.

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Many Wewoka voters not understanding the proposal submitted in Wednesday’s election, voted against purchase of the proposed park site, according to E.C. Aldridge, mayor. The proposal was defeated 770 to 348, the official count showed.

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The State of Oklahoma owes Seminole County $225,000.00 gross production tax, a checking of the records in Oklahoma City revealed. Of this, $85,000 will be remitted the state about December 1. The remainder will come later. The money will go into the highway and school funds.

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Southwest Bell Telephone company, following a survey of this part of the county, has shipped in material and is now ready to start construction of rural telephone lines. A number of farmers have signed up for the rural phone and others are expected to do so. Phones will be installed within a four-mile area of Seminole. Southwestern is constructing five circuits into Mission. Contracts have been singed for 23 phones in that area.

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Police broke up a perfectly lovely crap game Thursday night when Kiersey, West and Carter staged a raid. Six men were arrested, charged with fingering the elusive bones. They were given the usual fine in police court. Five women, charged with vagrancy also were arrested by these officers. They were given the usual fine by Con Long, police judge. Another man was arrested for investigation.

There was weeping and wailing among narcotic addicts. A panic was on in that part of the city where they hibernate. There was not a crumb of comfort in the needle. It was as empty as last year’s bird nest. There’s a reason. Men and women denied their favorite stimulus were in tears. Some of the victims were sick unto death. Only a "shot" would revive their spirits and bring good cheer to their hearts but the lifesaving "shot" was not obtainable.

Frank Savage, narcotic peddler, thought he was doing a pretty trick when he swallowed his stock in trade. He hoped to keep out of jail but he didn’t. He’s doing 30 days on a vagrancy charge. Savage had several cubes of morphine when he was arrested by Bob Duncan. To save himself he swallowed it at one gulp. He was arrested, nevertheless.

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"I’m satisfied you are running a disorderly house; that you are selling whiskey, but I’m not going to close you up," District Judge George C. Crump told Ada Garver of Seminole. The case went into district court on a writ of injunction filed by Robert Burns, city attorney of Seminole. The evidence showed Ada had been arrested on numerous occasions and fined by police on a disorderly charge.

The woman admitted on the stand that whiskey had been found in her house several times and the writ was denied.

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As a result of an attack on Sherod Ahearn, deputy sheriff, near Sasakwa Wednesday night, Alf Gooden, alleged bootlegger, was shot through the right arm but not seriously wounded. Gooden fearing a raid on his place, attacked Ahearn when the latter approached his house. He fired two or three shots, neither of which took effect. Ahearn returned the fire of Gooden striking the man in the right arm causing him to drop his pistol. Four other persons, none of whom could be learned, were placed under arrest and taken to jail in Wewoka. Gooden was placed in the hospital under guard for treatment.

James T. Jackson’s "This & That column: The Producer’s new press is being unloaded and within 10 days it will be in operation. In looking back over the 21 months since The Producer’s birth, we cannot help but be proud, proud of the progress it has made, proud of the stand it has taken on matters affecting public welfare and more than all, proud of the city and citizenry that has made that progress possible. When I think of the cold gray morning on which The Producer was born, its inconspicuous and unheralded coming, I shudder, and yet I would not have missed that day and those that followed for many times the mental anguish and physical fatigue which that birth occasioned.

The only previous attempt to give Seminole a Daily newspaper had failed dismally. The Producer, on the morning of the day it made its bow to Seminole and the world, did not have a subscriber and not an inch of advertising had been sold. It was a discouraging start, seemingly doomed to failure, The Producer, I feel, has passed the critical stage in its existence. It is now an established institution of a great and growing city. It should continue to grow and prosper.

And The Producer, though proud, is not haughty. Rather than thinking of the things done, it rather considers the things it could have done. And The Producer will never forget its debt of gratitude to Seminole people who have made and will continue to make it possible.

And that is "This & That" by Jack.

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C.R. Anthony ad: Ladies beautiful fall coats, $14.88 to 26.88. Coats of quality and style, richly fur-trimmed and of the latest colors. Special Saturday: Double blanket $1.88; Best sheets, 88 cents each.

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R.J. Bland, 64, arrested near Maud, had a large supply of narcotics when taken into custody. He was turned over to federal court and his bond was fixed at $10,000. Sol Erick, deputy sheriff, has made several important arrests there recently.

Whether district schools 43, 19, 9 and 3 will be consolidated into a union grade district with a high school centrally located, is to be determined at an election November 28. At the present, none of the districts are equipped for a high school, hence the suggestion to consolidate.

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C.H. Lunch, employee of Noble-Olsen Drilling company, had a narrow escape when a boiler exploded hurling him several feet and severely burning him about the arms and legs. He was standing in front of the boiler when the explosion occurred. He is in Ware hospital for treatment.

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Clark Craig, manager of Seminole Ice Company and coach of the high school football team, has returned from Detroit where he spent the past week attending a meeting of utilities men.

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Clyde Persfuls of Wewoka was one of the four Oklahomans aboard the ill-fated Vestris which went down 360 miles from the Virginia coast and took a toll of 114 lives. He lived in Seminole several months while working for Carter. He and his companions spent several hours in the water before they were rescued. He was enroute to South America on a foreign assignment for the company.

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Two boys about 10 years old and one boy about 16, cashed a forged check Saturday. Police ran them down and had them in jail. The younger boys will probably be eating their meals standing up for the next few days. Their fathers meted out the punishment while Police Chief Jake Sims watched. The young boys were whipped with a strap and they promised never to cash a forged check again. The older boy’s father made bond for him and said he’d punish him by making him work hard pulling corn and doing other chores.

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Henry Lewis, veteran Seminole policeman, has had many bumps in his life but he got the worst jolt of his life when he was going to Wewoka. He was with Neel Horsley and they were about four miles west of Wewoka when three boys in a Ford coupe crashed into them from the rear. The Horsley car was thrown against a high embankment and Lewis’s back was wrenched slightly. He stopped long enough to make an investigation. The three boys were from McAlester and their car was a total wreck. The Horsley car was not damaged.

The Producer will move to its own building at 119 Main next Saturday. Moving operations will begin early that morning with the less essential pieces of equipment and will continue throughout the day, office furniture and printing machinery being moved as soon as it can be spared from the work of the day. All equipment will be in place in the new building Monday morning so the regular edition may be printed that day without interruption. The building is complete and the business office will occupy spic-and-span quarters. The advertising department and editorial offices will have ample space. Private offices are also included in the plans. The press, built for The Producer by Goss Printing Press company is the most modern design. It prints from a roll, producing 5,000 8-page papers an hour.

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Con Long, who occasionally has ideas, now suggests that there be an investigation of the investigators who have investigated everything in Seminole county from the "Welcome" mat on the front porch to the garbage pail on the rear of the homesite. There are few counties which can boast a court of inquiry ordered by the governor, a grand jury ordered by the district judge and a "complete and sweeping investigation" ordered by the attorney general at one and the same time. What do you mean, "sweeping" investigation? If it refers to Seminole street sweeping, I’m all for it. By the time all the various investigators have completed their task Seminole county should be as clean as the driven snow. The county may be clean financially, also.

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Marie Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Claude Miller, Oscar Loftis and John Powers arrested by Grover Ellison, deputy sheriff, were turned over to the federal court Saturday. Marie Fitzpatrick, it was said had considerable quantity of morphine when she was arrested. The others, it was said, either had narcotics or are addicts. The county officers unable to get a sentence of more than a year in district court for narcotic peddlers are now turning all such cases to the federal court where the sentence is longer and conviction more certain.

W.P. Morrison, special investigator, appointed by Governor Johnston, now working in Seminole county said there would be no conflict between the investigation he is conducting and that of the attorney general’s office.

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C.W. Baker, former Seminole resident and well known in and around the city, died in Shawnee. Blood poisoning was the cause of death. Baker was 31. Blood poisoning was started from a small pimple on the lip of the dead man. It quickly spread and went to the brain.

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Seminole high school band, under the direction of C. Way of Shawnee, has been doing so well and has such a large demand that Way announced he will organize another band. The second will comprise junior high students. Way also plans to organize an orchestra for SHS and he has some promising pupils.

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B&PW club will go to Wewoka Sunday morning to attend a breakfast at which the emblem program, a beautiful service, will be given. Those planning to attend are required to call Pearl Glass, president.

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One of the prettiest of the many parties given this week was the luncheon bridge by Mrs. L.L. Leslie, 419 North Park. two new members added to the club were Mrs. H.T. Riddle and Mrs. Claud Harber.

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Mrs. L. Bowman won high score when Carter Bridge club was entertained in the home of Mrs. C.L. Lovett at Carter Camp.

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"Sacajawea", an interesting and clever three act play was presented by the Seminole high school dramatic club in the high school auditorium.

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Charles Brown likes cherries and lots of them. His hankering for this delicious fruit caused him to be arrested on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretense. He went to a grocery and purchased five gallons of cherries, telling the salesman he was from the Public Eye Cafe on Broadway. Things didn’t sound right and an investigation was made and Brown was arrested by Jake Sims, police chief.

Thousands of lights in the Mission field, turned on early, lent rather a gala atmosphere to the drilling campaign which opened southwest of Seminole at midnight Wednesday. With more than 100 rigs erected the past two months, most of them with a myriad of electric lights, the field was lighted almost as light as day. Drillers, tool dressers and helpers were on the scene early.

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The Palace clothing store on North Main just north of Oak was broken into about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday and a considerable quantity of goods stolen. Someone, seeing the thief or thieves breaking in notified the police but they made their escape with the loot before the police reached the scene. It was believed there were two men and when the outside man saw police coming, he gave the signal.

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The district convention of Seminole county singers will meet here next Sunday. Singing will be at 2 p.m. in First Baptist church.

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Rex Moore is constructing a new commercial building on the south side of West Oak adjacent to the old Main drug store which recently moved out. Whitbeck’s grocery is now located in the drug store building. The new structure will be 20 by 30 feet. The foundation has been laid and material for the building is being assembled.

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Rumors are flying thick and fast around the courthouse about a contest of the election of Homer Bishop and James Seger. It was said John W. Robertson and J.E. Simpson are not satisfied with the result and may go into district court and demand a new count. Allan Crain, defeated republican sheriff candidate, said he believes the election was fair and first recount of votes was honest and he is satisfied.

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Rock Island officials are going to place Seminole’s name on all advertising pamphlets and printed matter and suggest to tourists that they visit Seminole and the world’s greatest oilfield.

The mission field proper, will be the scene of the greatest event in history of oil production Wednesday. On the stroke of midnight, 77 wells will start spudding in, according to information received here. One well is to be drilled on each 20 or two wells on a 40-acre tract. The gypsy Oil company, pioneer in that field, heads the list of companies in the number of wells to be drilled, 32. For the past two months a small army of rigbuilders and laborers have been employed making ready for the lifting of the ban on the area. There will be a race among drillers to bring in the first well.

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A chain store company, one of the largest concerns in the southwest, is seeking a location for three stores in Seminole. The concern has several stores in Tulsa and is considered a leader in its special line. This is the second big company seeking an opening here. The other one will have a representative here in a short time. Other business houses are looking this way.

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Two residents of Seminole were aboard the steamer Vestris, which went down the first of the week in a storm. They were Carl Pfaff and Clyde Gurfsful. two other Oklahomans on the ill-fated steamer were Arthur Jones of Ada and Lloyd Rickett of Wirt. The four were bound for Argentina where they had been transferred by Carter Oil company. About 120 lives were lost by the sinking of the Vestris.

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In the final official count for the county races, Homer Bishop won over Robertson for county attorney by six votes; J.O. Seger over Simpson by 11 votes for county judge and Joe Poteet over Allan Crain for sheriff by 13 votes.

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Two men, both in county jail, are charged with trying to defraud through the U.S. mail. They are Joe Paul and Bob Lindsey.

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Kiwanis club of Seminole will host boys and girls of Seminole for Christmas dinner. Other civic clubs have been asked to join in the project.

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Richard Dix is now showing at the State theatre in "Moran of the Marines."

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Display ad for Hardaway grocery, first door north of Rex theatre: Caviar from Russia, clams, codfish, oysters, fresh salmon, shad roe, shrimp and sardines, crab meat from Japan, olive oil from France and Italy, maraschino cherries from Italy, imported beans, mushrooms, onions and tuna fish.

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Clark-Darland ad: 4-piece bedroom suite, a remarkable value, $75.

Complete but unofficial returns indicate J.W. Robertson for county attorney, has defeated incumbent Homer Bishop by some 25 to 30 votes. Joe Poteet democratic nominee and Allan Crain, republican, are in a death grapple for sheriff. Crain had a few votes the best of the argument on the last checkup. A few charges of fraud have been made in some precincts. J.O. Seger of Seminole and J.E. Simpson of Wewoka are having a merry race for county judge.

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Oscar Knight of Holdenville, shot and killed Jim Fisher, slayer of Charles Campbell, Holdenville patrolman, but did not know it for some time afterward. Fisher was found dying in a house near the scene of the shooting by Frank Aldridge and Roland Robertson, Seminole county deputies some time later. The officers had just searched the house where Fisher was found.

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Business was too hazardous for a quartet of "dope" peddlers who arrived here a few days ago from Oklahoma City. They had evidently been reading The Oklahoman. They made the mistake in believing what they read, loaded down with a small supply of narcotics and came here to get easy money. Of course they went to the north end where there is supposed to be no law.

They had not been there long before Bob Duncan and Grover Ellison, deputy sheriffs, crossed their trail. Duncan and Ellison are "dope" hounds. They can smell it a long way off. They know what certain things mean and started an investigation independent of the court of inquiry. They found evidence and were after the fly "Businessmen" from Oklahoma City.

They were so hot on the trail, the quartet, without much a-do, hit the trail for OKC. Officers did not stop their investigation when they learned the birds they were trying to trap had flown. They continued the probe and learned some important facts. These facts, they will present to federal narcotics officers when they come around again. Their information may lead to important discoveries in OKC, where the head center of the vice ring is located.

Hirohito was crowned emperor of Japan. The rites were colorful to follow tradition.

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Sentiment is developing for removal of the capitol from Oklahoma City. Seminole has been suggested as a desirable place and the proposed site has been offered by W.E. Grisso, who is building a handsome home,Spanish type, just north of Seminole. It is said he would donate 10 or 20 acres for building and grounds.

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Knights of Pythias Seminole lodge, organized about two months ago, is planning the erection of a modern home. The Pythias Sisters will be organized soon.

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A petition is being circulated in Seminole alleging that District Judge George C. Crump has been guilty of willful failure to diligently and faithfully perform his duties. Petitioners requested the Attorney General to make a thorough and sweeping investigation into county affairs and if necessary to remedy the conditions to call a grand jury for the purpose of such investigation.

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Sam Herion, oilfield worker, reported to police he was robbed of $23.50 as he was starting to work. He was en route to meet his buddy when he was accosted by two men, one tall and the other rather short.

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An unknown man, apparently about 40, committed suicide, using the wheels of a Rock Island freight to decapitate himself. He made a perfectly good job of it, according to Born-Chadwick company which is handling the body.

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Mrs. Richard Harber, North Highland, entertained with a bridge luncheon Thursday for the Twin Six Bridge club and one additional guest.

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Mrs. Nick Carter was operated on at Ware Hospital. She resides on North Sixth Street.

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Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Armstrong attended the Nebraska-Oklahoma game in Norman Saturday.

The Producer’s big new press has been shipped from the factory in Chicago and should reach Seminole the latter part of this week. The press weighs 15 tons, a full box car load. Ten days will be required for its erection.

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Claud Logsdon, Ada insurance man, is in Harber hospital with a fractured skull. He was struck by an automobile on the Pure Oil lease south of city. A woman was driving the car; she became confused and lost control of the car.

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Bids for a courthouse addition to cost $40,000 will be opened by county commissioners. Plans for the addition have been accepted by the board. Plans call for an extension 22 by 108 feet and will be brick reinforced by steel. Plans call for a full at two story addition, room for the court clerk, the county attorney and others on the second floor. On the first floor, the addition will give the county clerk, the county treasurer, assessors and others additional room. The county clerk had been badly crowded for the past two years. He is without vaults to protect the records of his office in the event of fire while his assistants crowd and jam each other trying to do their work.

Conditions have grown worse instead of better in some of the departments. It was believed when the courthouse was erected, replacing the old frame structure that had served since statehood and which now is a hotel, would be ample for many years to come. The discovery of oil, the increase in wealth and population, the greater volume of litigation and the great piles of legal documents accruing the past 30 months, have caused a condition no one dreamed of when the courthouse was built. It was necessary several months ago, to build an addition to the jail on top of the courthouse. This is now as badly crowded as was the smaller jail and it looks like the county will be forced to extend the jail to make adequate room for the prisoners.

With Homer Bishop and John Robertson in a tie vote for county attorney, with other races as close as the skin on a fellow’s nose, the county election board decided to make a complete recount of ballots. The vote for the individual candidates is held up pending the recount, but it is said Jim Seger, with a recount, has a chance to win the county judge’s office. Simpson was leading him on the final check.

Allan Crain is still in the running for sheriff with a recount of al ballots cast, but it looks like Poteet is the winner by less than 50 votes. If Bishop and Robertson are tied for county attorney, a new election will have to be ordered to decide this race. It is believed the recount may give one or the other slight margin as it is possible for errors to creep into the tabulation though some say that is out of the question.

So far as known no charge of fraud has been made, though there are rumors that voters were allowed to register and cast their ballots in two or three precincts between 7 and 8 p.m. Tuesday. Interest in the race for offices in dispute still is at a high pitch.

"Fraud" is the cry of the defeated candidate, usually, but there seems to be more grounds for the allegation this time than usual.

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Gov. Henry S. Johnston refused to discuss the overwhelming republican victory in the state a victory that will send 39 republicans into the legislature pitted against 65 democrats. Four of the democrats have already declared for a thorough investigation of the state house.

"God reigns in His heaven and all’s well with the world," the governor said in answer to the direct questions as to what he considered cases that brought the republican victory in the state.

Two 10-year-old girls, Ethel Renton and Marie Andrews, missing from the Mekusukey Indian Mission, three miles southwest of city, were found at Good Hope school. M. R. Foreman, Mekusukey superintendent, learned the two girls tramped across country and reached the Good Hope school late at night. They spent the night there but failed to get away before the arrival of the GH principal. The girls have now been returned to the Indian school.

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Disgusted at the light sentences given narcotic peddlers in district court, Seminole city officers are now working with federal narcotic squad and turning all such cases to the U.S. Court where a much heavier sentence will be given.

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Seminole football players and fans have made complaints of rather severe treatment in Holdenville last Friday following defeat of the Holdenville Frogs by the Chiefs. Several cars were stopped by police and boys arrested for speeding. This the boys deny. They said they were not exceeding the speed limit, but the coppers, who probably bet on Holdenville, were adamant in their protests.

Boys were made to drive to police headquarters where their cars were held until the muss was straightened out and the boys allowed to return home.

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E.L. Cantrell, missing since sometime last week, has been located, by his brother, at Oklahoma City in the city jail. The fact that he was from Seminole seemed to have been sufficient evidence to treat him as a criminal on death row. He had not been allowed to send a message or communicate with anyone.

When he left Seminole, Cantrell was caught in a traffic jam on Hwy. 3 and did not arrive in OC in time to meet the train on which his sister-in-law arrived. He went to a hotel, secured a room and started to a cafe to get something to eat. As he stepped into the street he was placed under arrest and thrown in jail.

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Coleman Davis was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce.

Paul Sandlin of Wewoka, newly married man, is in a local hospital with two bullet holes in his head. His bride of three months, with whom he quarreled just before shooting himself, is prostrated with grief. Her condition is said to be almost as serious as that of her husband. Sandlin, it was said, probably would die. One bullet penetrated his temple, but it was said it did not touch the brain, while the other bullet passed through the skull without hitting a vital spot.

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John Rinchart went on a rampage about 3 p.m. John was drunk, and in a fighting mood. He first attacked a man called Slim, but whose name could not be ascertained and beat him up pretty bad. This took place in the bathroom of the house at 300 North Second at Oak. Mrs. Ann Jones who conducts the rooming house, tried to pacify the drunken man whereupon he struck her over the right eye, lacerating her forehead with his ring. He was put under arrest by Mid Sherman, city patrolman, and Mrs. Jones was taken to have her wound dressed.

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Banner headline on Extra Edition: REPUBLICANS WIN: Hoover Elected in Republican Landslide. Only two democrats Criswel and Hargrave, elected in county. Seger. Cram, Cavin, Robertson and Johnston win in County Races.

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An injunction against Harry Milligan, chairman of the county election board, was delivered Monday night denying him the right to serve in that capacity. The injunction was dissolved about noon Wednesday. Efforts have been made to force him to resign for some time but he has the backing of the state board and refused to get out at the request of those who have taken the initiatiave to oust him.

A crash and crashing timbers brought residents of East Broadway near the city limits to their feet when a big truck, driven by Dan Wagner cashed into a two-room house, knocked it from its foundation, demolished a bed and slightly injured a baby two years old. A family named Tehee lives in the house.

Wagner was unconscious from a blow in the solar-plexus by the steering wheel when he was slammed against it by the impact. The truck was coming from the east at a pretty good speed as it crossed the highway, narrowly missed one or two cars and ran 50 yards to hit the house. Wagner did not regain consciousness until he reached Harber hospital. It is not now believed he was seriously injured.

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Henry Callahan 26, was found dead on the steps of the C.E. Mount farm home a mile west of Excelsior schoolhouse. He lived on a farm three miles north of Cromwell. Callahan and J.W. Harper were walking through the woods when they found a cache of 12 gallons of whiskey. Harper, a witness before the coroner’s jury, said he and Callahan drank heavily. He was sick afterward, he said, and did not know about the death of Callahan until told about it next day. The two men separated late in the day, intending to return and get the rest of the whiskey but Harper was to sick to do so, he said.

Callahan, on his way home became ill. He stopped at the Mount home where he sat down on the steps and died. His body was found by the little son of Mount next morning. The family had gone to bed when Callahan reached the home, as he was not heard and his presence was unknown until the body was found. Callahan was well known in the north end of the county where he had lived several years.

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Developments on a large scale will soon be in full sway in the Mission area. This is one of the most promising fields in the county, according to reports. Scores of rigs are under construction. Some of them are nearing completion and a few wells have already spudded in. Tools are being strung on others and hundreds of workers are busy making ready to drill.

Seminole Ice company has been granted a permit by the state corporation commission to increase its daily output from 40 to 60 tons. This company, which started here in 1926 with a capacity of 20 tons daily, made improvements last winter that doubled the output for the past summer. At the close of the last season, application was filed with commission for a permit to add 50 percent to the output of the past year thus making a 200 percent increase in production in three years.

Improvements to be made will cost around $40,000 probably a little above that figure. An addition will be made to the present building, the water supply will have to be increased and much additional machinery and equipment added for next year. During last season, the plant with 40 tons daily was not able to supply the demand of the home factory. Considerable ice was shipped in.

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Seminole Chiefs gigged Holdenville Frogs, 19-0 and pulled closer to the coveted goal of conference leader. With four wins out of four games and only scored on once, Seminole has been the sensation of the conference.

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The Samaritan army of Seminole has turned in an itemized statement of expenditures for $91.80. This includes free meals, clothing, cash and miscellaneous articles of all kinds. This work has been done during the past four months. The army asks the cooperation of people of Seminole in order that it may carry on this work and get ready for winter. It has had many calls for clothing which could not be supplied.

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Commercial Cafe ad: Complete three course Sunday dinner, good food properly prepared, 75 cents.

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Showing at State Theatre: "Street Angel" starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.

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Dew Brothers Hardware and Furniture ad: Who Will Win? Tune in on your own Atwater Kent radio for election results. Battery sets for those without electric current in house. The great National Broadcasting chain will carry election returns. You will want to listen and also enjoy all the fine programs and entertainment features on the air every night. Model 40 A.C. complete with tubes and speaker, $117.

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Clifford Sergent, about 17, truck driver for a bottling company, was painfully injured when he collided with another truck on Broadway and was thrown from his machine. Failure of the truck brakes was the reason given for the accident.

Claud Lovell, said to be a Prairie employee, was a victim of a hit-and-run driver on the highway east of Seminole. He and two companions were walking east when a car, carelessly driven, came up from behind and struck him. He was unconscious for some time.

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Four men, charged with selling narcotics, were arrested by Grover Ellison, deputy sheriff, and Bill Eads, federal narcotics man. A considerable quantity of drugs was captured.

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Thirty-one persons were either convicted or made a plea of guilty in the recent brief term of criminal court.

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Blondy Huff, I.T.I.O. employee, was struck by a belt he was trying to throw off. He was brought to Seminole for treatment. It was feared his ankle and hip were broken but X-rays failed to show a fracture.

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Jake Sim’s men arrested Leonard Sims, wanted in Oklahoma City for several hijackings.

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The family and friends of E.L. Cantrell are much concerned over his safety. Cantrell left Seminole three nights ago in a heavy rain for Oklahoma City. He was driving his brother’s new car and nothing has been heard of him. He has a wife and child in this city. Mrs. Cantrell fears he has been hurt and cannot communicate with her. She is much perturbed over his absence. He is not a drinking man as far as is known. A reward of $100 is offered for information of the missing man.

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Seminole county officers, operating east of Maud made a rich haul of narcotics when they raided the home of Dick Taylor. Officers confiscated contraband drugs sufficient to supply the whole of Seminole county for several days. The officers value the stuff at $7,000 which means a heavy loss to Taylor in cash as well as some time in the penitentiary.

Taylor had several ounces of morphine which is the largest capture made by county offices for some time. Drug addicts in these parts will be minus their inspiration for several days, or until a new supply can be brought in from Oklahoma City where the narcotics ring, according to officers, has its headquarters.

J.C. Shaw, carrier for the Oklahoman and Times in the oilfields south of Seminole, is the loser of $75 in cash and a Chevrolet coupe and two highjackers are that much ahead as a result of a holdup.

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Tonight will be the big night at the Oklahoma Kennel Club east of Seminole when the four dogs chosen by the oil companies will run the final race for the cup.

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Henry Spitz, who was struck by a Seminole Laundry wagon at Oak and Main, was not seriously injured according to attendants at Harber hospital where he was taken. Spitz stepped off the curb to cross the street and stopped directly in front of the truck.

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The brick work has been finished, the roof is on and the new Producer building will be completed within the next three weeks. The structure is of brick and tile construction with steel rafters and roof supports. It has a fireproof roof. The large new newspaper press will be delivered by the time the building is completed and the Producer expects to be in its new home by December 3. Plans are now being made for a reception and house warming soon after the new building is occupied.

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E.G. Bakken, who lives on the Gypsy lease, was seriously burned and his wife and baby son were slightly burned. Bakken was tarring the canvas of his tent. He was boiling the tar and it became ignited. He is in Harber hospital. The tent and everything in it was destroyed.

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The proposal to vote $50,000 of bonds to establish a county poor farm, seemed to meet with favor in all parts of the county, according to campaigners. It will be decided Election Day. The poor farm was suggested by C.W. Johnston, county commissioner.

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The 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Bottoms was painfully burned. She was cleaning some work clothes for her father, using gasoline. In some way the gasoline was ignited and the girl was badly burned about the hands, arms and legs.

Actual construction of the new Rock Island passenger station will be underway in the next few days. The old station, which has stood at the foot of North Main for many years, was put on skids and moved west a considerable distance to make room for the new structure.

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Billy Duana, while playing with an ax, let it fall on his left hand, the keen blade severing two of his fingers. He is in Salzberg hospital.

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"The Burning Shame" announced as the theme for George C. Crump’s address here developed into a plea for sympathy in which self-pity was the paramount issue. The roaring cantankerous lion that was coming here to "eat ‘em alive" was a flat. Comments from his speech:

"I never spoke an unkind word to any officer under me. The deputy sheriffs will verify that statement. Just as long as I live and just as long as I want to preside, I will be judge of the district. Your vote has brought me nothing but sorrow. I wish to God I had never been elected. Before I got famous I used to work a great deal. Sometimes in my judicial work, I can’t see, a mist coming over my eyes. If I had a boy who was smart, I’d make a lawyer out of him; and if he was a damn fool, I’d make an editor out of him."

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N.D. Buchan, employee of S.S. Jamison Trucking, contractor, was injured when he collided with a car on the highway. The driver of the car is unknown. Buchan has a gash over his right eye.

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M.C. Golden with Sooner-Truman Drilling company, was painfully burned while at work on a well on the Sheppard lease.

Roscoe Crump, 38 was supposedly killed instantly when he was caught in an oil machinery belt, at a Carter camp pumping well four miles south of Seminole. It was supposed Crump was oiling the belt when his right hand was caught. He was whirled around by the large pulley, his skull beat to a pulp and his right arm torn from his body. It was a gruesome sight, according to those who found his body later. Mr. Crump and his family lived near the well. After services at the Methodist Church, the body will be taken to Centralia, Missouri, for interment.

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Curley Campbell is not a thrifty Scot. If he had been, he would have made sure he had enough gas to get home. Campbell, coming in from work, came upon about a dozen cars in the ditch at a curve in Highway 48 two miles south of North Canadian river. Campbell, good Samaritan that he is, stooped to see if he could help them out learned one car was out of gas, gave freely to the fellow who pulled out and continued on his way to Oklahoma City. Campbell then started his own car, it gave a few chugs and died. Investigation revealed the fact he had given the other fellow all his gas.

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Cecil Keith and his partner, Virgil Williams, now face a hijacking charge in addition to the charge of robbing the Seminole Ice Cream company safe a week ago. They are charged with holding up and robbing Mr. and Mrs. J.Y. Madden a short time ago when they took $200 from the pair. They are in jail on the safe robbery and a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. The Maddens, who operate the log cabin filling station between Bowlegs and Wolf have positively identified the pair as the men who robbed them at an earlier date. Other witnesses to the hijacking were equally sure they were the same men.

"You’ll be called to the police station to identify a man for this robbery. Don’t make a mistake and say he is the man, for he may not be." This was the advice given James Kennedy and A.L. Burke after the Piggly-Wiggly store safe had been looted. The giver of the advice then returned Burke his money and Kennedy’s watch.

Kennedy and Burke looked over J.B. Cole, the man in jail, and declared he was too tall while the robber had black hair. In less than three hours after the Piggly-Wiggly No. 2 store had been robbed, Jake Sims, police chief, assisted by Grover Ellison, had J.B. Cole in the city jail. Cole fits the description given on the lone hijacker, even to his car, except for his hair.

Kennedy, manager of the store and Burke, butcher, will look Cole over when it will be determined whether Sims has the right man. Cole was released on $1,000 bond on a charge of robbery from the person. The robber accosted Kennedy and Burke as they were going home from the store. He forced them into the alley where he took a small sum from Burke but Kennedy had nothing on his person except his watch which was taken.

The two men were forced to return to the store while the robber, with a gun in Kennedy’s ribs, forced him to open the safe. One man rattled the door while they were inside but Kennedy was forced to tell him the store was closed. The robber, after getting the money, got into his car and drove off. George Killingsworth saw the men pass his home but knew nothing of the robbery. Sims and Ellison found the man in Happy Hollow.

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"King George" Crump, high potentate of Seminole county, will wend his way from his home in Holdenville to deliver a verbal reprimand on the citizens for burning the Oklahoman and Times in the street recently. "King George" also will pay his respect to the Seminole Producer according to advance notice. Residents of Seminole, when they heard "King George" was coming, did not shout "Long live the King," as subject of a high potentate should, but they smiled.

The announcement was greeted with brief but pointed comment, the most popular of which was, "Oh Hell" and "I’ll be damned." Just why he should take it upon himself to defend the recent scurrilous attacks on Seminole citizenry is not clear. He denies all connection with the articles and him coming and announced his subject is taken as corroboration of the charges in The Producer that he inspired these remarks.

Contractors are ready to begin bridge work and grading on Highway 48 south of the city. C.W. Johnston, county commissioner, announced. One of the bridges, to cost $38,000, is to be constructed across Little River. The new bridge will be steel and concrete and will be ready in about four months, weather permitting.

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K.B. Killingsworth, 18, residing about three quarters of a mile north of Seminole, mistaken for a prowler, was shot in the leg and slightly wounded by his brother. Prowlers have been bothering the Killingsworths for the past several days.

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Who invited George C. Crump, high potentate of Seminole county, to speak in Seminole? Heads of county democratic organizations deny responsibility for this intrusion and would like to know why "King George" assumes to speak for the ticket. Joe Looney, spokesman, denies marking the assignment to Crump. Efforts have been made to ascertain who is responsible.

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A committee representing the Chamber of Commerce will attempt to get rural telephone service for the territory surrounding Seminole.

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Seminole county is expected to cast close to 3,000 votes in the general election. Registration books close Friday.

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Sam Hughes died after he suffered injuries in an explosion of a Gypsy Oil company high pressure line on the Cinda Brown lease about two miles south of Bowlegs. George Bonham was seriously injured. Lloyd Gray had foreign particles buried in his face, head and chest.

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The Mershon-Daniels filling station at Oak and Second was robbed.

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Roy Griffin has accepted an invitation to make an address in Earlsboro. He will talk to civic business.

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The police have a death message for Flora Willhite supposed to be in Seminole. The message is from Miami and police have been unable to locate anyone by that name.

Failure of the Supreme Court to hand down a decision on the eligibility of District Judge George C. Crump to preside during the sitting of the proposed grand jury caused a change of program at the last minute, as it were instead of a grand jury the district judge is conducting a court of inquiry. W.F. Morrison, special prosecutor, appointed by the governor, is the judge’s attorney. The testimony is given behind closed doors.

Grady Nelms, under $14,000 bond for extortion and due to be tried before Crump, was the final witness subpoenaed. B.L. Neathery, another discharged deputy, also has been subpoenaed and it is probable others who were fired for misconduct in office will be witnesses before the court.

The grand jury denounced by Crump, refused to hear Grady Nelms, Bob Chandler involved with Nelms in the extortion charges, also under $14,000 bond. was heard by the late grand jury and probably will be a witness before the court.

Ava Garver, who holds about 35 receipts from Seminole police court for fines imposed for conducting a disorderly house, was one of the first witnesses before the court. It was announced the court, with Crump presiding will meet in Seminole and Maud and Bowlegs after the Wewoka session. It is not known whether Konawa and Sasakwa will be honored by the court.

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The Born-Chadwick ambulance, in making a run to Webber City to get Tom Davis, whose leg was crushed in an oilfield mishap, collided with a Carter Oil company car. Both vehicles were damaged but no one was hurt.

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Edwin Dabney, attorney general in Oklahoma City, will take immediate action to close the dog racing place in Seminole county. He will file charges against officers of the Oklahoma Kennel club for gambling.

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Paul Cole was acquitted in Wewoka of the charge of election fraud in district court without the jury leaving the box.

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Bob West reported to police he had been hijacked. He gave a description of the robbers but did not say whether he lost anything.

Two strangers got rather a lurid impression of Seminole. They drove into the city from the east just as a prisoner, name unknown, escaped from Butch LaCroix constable, in front of the police station. LaCroix fired his pistol into the air to stop the fellow. Just as he shot, the man fell on the pavement. The strangers drove by just in time to see him fall and thought he had been killed. Driving to a filling station, one man said, "Give us some gas and let us get out of this town. We just saw a man shot down in cold blood." The prisoner made a clean get-away. He had been picked up for disorderly conduct.

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In Glasgow, Scotland, students of Glasgow University remain unconverted as they paid tribute to Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist. Mrs. McPherson, who stood her ground under the most unmerciful heckling a woman preacher has received, managed to preach a 35-minute sermon. They waved whiskey bottles, playing cards and blowing smoke at her and cheered her when she finished speaking. She admitted it was a most trying situation but said the boys were good-natured and she hoped to make friends there.

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Permanent wave prices reduced to $8 and $10 at Parisian Beauty shop in the lobby of Bellview hotel.

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James T. Jackson’s "This and That" column’ Back to work after a week’s forced vacation spent in the Ware hospital where I found the attention and food excellent. Notice the right honorable George C. Crump, king of Seminole and Hughes counties, still playing his old tricks which is not surprising.

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The Oklahoman continues to rant and has won its fight in one sector of the battle line. A weak governor, cowed by their criticism and influenced by their flattery, has conceded to the demands of The Oklahoman and King Crump and has appointed a special prosecutor to conduct the grand jury investigation superseding the duly elected officials of the state and county. Thomas Prather, 68, died at the home of his son, Robert Prather four miles east of the city. He had been sick about three weeks. He had been sick about three weeks. He was a former resident of Talihina.

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More territory will be covered by rural mail carriers, it was announced.

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Mrs. Jacqueline Flowers, charged with murder of her husband, was acquitted at her preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace J.W. Fowler.

Ted Butler, 12 years old, and Billy Sims, 10, had a narrow escape from death on the highway north of Seminole. They had run away from home and come to Seminole to a show. They were returning home late while it was raining hard. A car driver, evidently unable to see because of the rain, ran the two boys down. Billy is in Ware hospital with one ear almost severed and other injuries while Ted, who was less severely hurt was released from the hospital.

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J.A. Hamilton, cashier at First National Bank, is building a handsome home on Park next to the Claud Harber home at Park and Evans. The Hamilton home will cost around $6,500 when completed. This is the fourth building under construction on Park. Mrs. Maud Spurr has bought a lot and will begin construction of a home soon.

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Herman Moore was knocked from his motorcycle and slightly injured when a stripped Ford without lights crashed into him at College and Highland. Moore’s cycle was not damaged but the car was almost a total wreck, it was raining at the time.

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If anyone wants a baby, a sweet little baby, almost eight months old, a girl, the Oklahoma hospital has one that needs a home. It was left at the hospital several weeks ago and has been ill, but it has recovered.

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Willie Flowers who died from a knife wound inflicted by his wife, Jacqueline Flowers, was buried in Maple Grove cemetery. The dead man’s wife was acquitted and released and has departed from Seminole.

Ed Mason and Miss Lorene Snyder were hijacked Wednesday night. The hijacker made them drive him just outside the city where he took $10 in cash and a diamond ring valued at $250 from Mason. Miss Snyder, when she saw what was taking place, hid her money and rings in the top of the car. The robbery was staged about 10:30 p.m. They were sitting in Mason’s car in front of Herman Sullivan’s home almost opposite the Methodist church when the robber approached them.

He suddenly opened the door of the car and demanded that he be taken for a short drive into the country. He assured Miss Snyder and her escort it was not a holdup. Driving north on Second to the first section line road, Mason was told to turn east which he did. After passing Main street, he was told to drive south to an isolated spot where Mason was forced out of the car at the point of a pistol. The fellow then took his ring and pistol.

When he did not see any ring or watch about Miss Snyder, the robber allowed the couple to return to the city. As he started away, the robber yelled back at Mason, "I’ll send you these back by mail." Miss Snyder got a good look at the robber. Her scrutiny was so close he threatened to strike her if she did not look the other way.

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Rex Greenlee, about eight years old, was run down by an automobile and his left ankle was badly injured. Rex was playing in the street when he was struck by a large car driven by Miss Grace Brown residing near Benson Park, Shawnee. The boy was taken to Ware hospital where an X-ray was taken to determine the extent of his injuries. He is the son of John Greenlee who delivers the Seminole Producer in the oilfields.

Friendship took precedence over law when District Judge George C. Crump, without notice to the county attorney or sheriff issued a writ of habeas corpus to Jake Sims, police chief, directing him to release Jack Carey, scandal monger and slanderer for The Daily Oklahoman. The writ was issued 25 minutes after Carey’s arrest on a charge of carrying a deadly weapon. The order was placed in the hands of Roland Robertson, deputy sheriff with instructions to serve it on Sims.

The law requires that the sheriff and county attorney be notified in the event of the filing of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. They were both ignored by Crump. Carey is the man who had been writing the stories of vice in Seminole. The fellow carries a commission from Governor Johnston. Carey, for the past two weeks, has been spending much of his time with "dopeys" south of the city and with the prostitutes. He has been writing some rather lurid stuff. One of his stories said prostitutes declared the Seminole Chamber of Commerce was backing vice in Seminole.

In another story, Carey played himself up as a hero facing a raging mob of Seminole hoodlums