Fire at Glenn Pool

Tulsa, May 18. Fire in the Glenn pool caused by lightning last night destroyed one $5,000 barrel steel tank of oil and several small tanks of oil with a loss of $40,000. The Prairie Oil and Gas Company is the heaviest loses. Four times within two months Glenn pool has been visited by disastrous fires caused by lightning.

A Ball Game

Waurika base ball fans, Tuesday afternoon, witnessed a contest between the barbers and painters There was a great slugging and running on the part of the barbers, who won the game by a score of 22 to 5.

The painters are not satisfied with the game and say that if the barbers had relied for victory on members of their own craft that they would have lost, but that they had the services of a number of semi-professionals. It is evident that another game will have to be played before the painters will admit the supremacy of the barbers as ball players.

To Become a Protestant

A telegram from Rome announces that Prince Helie de Sagan has determined to embrace the protestant faith in order to wed Anna Gould. Tbe Catholic church does not recognize divorces and as long as the Prince was a Catholic he could not wed the divorced woman.

A. J. Huffman, a brother of J. D. Huffman, the real estate man and one of the first settlers in Waurika, has let the contract for the erection of a residence and will soon move his family to this place and make it their permanent home.

The Comanche base ball team defeated the Waurika team at this place Sunday afternoon by a score of 11 to 12. A big crowd witnessed the game.

The Waurika Commercial Club met last night and discussed matters pertaining to the interest of Waurika and her citizens.

Messrs. Bland and Stammer, business men of Lawton, spent Sunday at this place.

F. B. Swank, a prominent citizen of Lawton, was a Waurika visitor yesterday. He expressed himself as being pleased with the appearance of the town and predicted big things for it. Mr. Swank is a warm friend of Congressman Scott Ferris, of this district, whom, we understand will also pay Waurika a visit at no distant day.

Frank Lewis of Temple, was a visitor to this place Sunday.

Dr. Pennell of Cornish was a visitor to this place Monday.

A number of home-seekers from Kansas and Indiana visited Waurika since our last issue, and without exception all stated that they were favorably impressed with this section of the country.

Members of the Waurika Concert Band who furnished music for the picnic at Nocona, Texas, last week report that they were royally treated and had a splendid time.

Work on the new $25,000 hotel building for Waurika is being pushed.

Gangs of men are at work putting up electric light poles.

A number of cars loaded with brick for new Waurika buildings were received this week.

Dr. Bond and wife spent Sunday with friends at Cornish.

The contractor began work yesterday on the Search business house to be erected on Main street.

W. L. Wolf is on a business trip to Buckbennet.

About twenty wagons from Cornish were here yesterday after a car load of wire fencing.

This week J. D. Huffman had on exhibition a sheaf of splendid oats grown on his farm near the city.

Father Urban, the popular Catholic priest of Chickasha, held mass in this city Saturday.

The attendance at the opera house Saturday night was so small the advertised song recital by Miss Ida Porter did not take place.

C. H. Fisher of Mountain View, is in town visiting S. F. Fredregill and family.

J. W. Horne, the well known farmer of this county brought to town today the finest stalk of corn exhibited this season. He says that it is a fair specimen of his crop.

E. A. Borne, editor of the Comanche American, is here on a business visit.

The public schools will close at noon on the 29^th.

J. E. Bailey, representing the Fort Worth Record, is here in the interest of his paper.