CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
Work of Construction of Sewerage System Ordered Commenced at Once.

The city council held a meeting at the city hall Tuesday night and routine business was transacted.

The bills against the city that had been audited and approved were ordered paid.

The matter of the city sewerage system was brought up and the council gave orders that work on the sewage system should be commenced at once and a big force of men were to be put to work this morning, but the heavy rain last night interfered with these plans, so the work of construction will probably be commenced tomorrow morning.

COMMERCIAL CLUB.
A Rousing Meeting Held Tuesday Night and Great Enthusiasm Shown.

The Waurika Commercial Club held an enthusiastic meeting Tuesday night to discuss matters of interest to the city and her people.

The meeting was largely attended and every man present seemed enthused and deeply imbued with the rapid growth, prosperity and wonderful possibilities before Waurika.

The session of the club was something in the nature of an old Methodist experience meeting.

Speeches were made by Messrs. Cummins, Dunham, Revs. Harris and Steagal and others.

These addresses and the sentiments expressed by the people generally showed most clearly that not an individual property owner in Waurika was in the least discouraged by the recent overflows of the low lands in and about the city. All know and realized that for a comparatively small sum expended on levees that overflows of the low lands, even by the highest water, can be prevented. And they know, too, that in this place that there is enough high and dry land that never overflows, to accommodate the people of a city with a population of an hundred thousand and more.

On motion it was decided to hold another meeting at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon and every citizen was invited to be present at this meeting. Messrs. Lang and Broaddus were appointed a committee to personally notify everybody to come. This meeting is in session as we go to press.

A FLOATER FOUND.
Body of an Unknown Austrian Found in Beaver Creek Near Ryan.

Since the water in Beaver creek subsided the dead body of an unknown white man was found in Beaver creek at the Rock Island bridge near Ryan. In a pocket of the clothes worn by the dead man was a receipt showing that he had sent money to a woman in Austria, and from this fact it is presumed that the man was a native of that country.
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Monday morning at an early hour Marshal Fawcett raided a rooming house on Main street occupied by the demi mone, and a number of the inmates, male and female, were arrested. The recent high water drove these people out of the bottoms, where they had houses, to the Main street rooming house, and there they soon became so noisy.

Farmers in this section are need labor.

Dr. Durham has returned from Cleburne, Texas.

Woodie Stuard drove to Ryan Saturday afternoon.

Coffins and furniture in full stock at Chandlers.

Much delayed mail reached this place Monday night.

A. L. Walker was a business visitor to Guthrie this week.

W. H. Divers is building a neat, comfortable cottage on the east side.

Work was commenced today on the Waurika sewage system.

A. L. Adams has returned after an extended trip over the county.

Mr. Peters, late of Apache, is building a handsome concrete cottage on the east side.

R. L. Newton & Co. are offering special prices on all millinery goods.

Mr. And Mrs. Swafford, on South Main street, have two rooms to rent.

Well! Well!! Well!!! Come and find everything you want to Chandler’s.

A few more days of dry weather and all railroad trains will be running on time.

The first Dallas and Fort Worth papers in a week reached this place Monday night.

The black clouds and wind Tuesday for a time caused much uneasiness at this place.

H. W. Lemons, president of the Citizens National Bank, went to Gainesville, Texas, Tuesday.

There is more building going on in Waurika than there are in any three towns in Jefferson county.

Marshal Fawcett and Deputy Sheriff Black had a rather strenuous day yesterday in making arrests.

Mr. And Mrs. Temple Atkins have moved here from the Panhandle of Texas.

A site has been purchased for the Waurika waterworks plant. This plant will be located on the east side, on the Addington addition.

Miss Sylva Pierce and Herbert Crossland, of Clinton, Okla., were married at this place last Friday evening by the Rev. Stegall. Clinton will be their future home.

A car load of machinery for the electric light and ice plant has arrived and men are now at work putting up wires over the city. The plants will be in operation in about sixty days.

Messrs. Fitzgerald and wife, Thorp and wife accompanied by some other friends, were out for a boat ride Friday afternoon when the boat turned over and the pleasure seekers got a good ducking.

Little Carl Lang, Thursday, had a narrow escape from death or serious injury. A heavy two horse wagon ran over his chest, but fortunately the accident happened where the sand was deep and the lad escaped with bruises.

Brick work on the new Presbyterian church is progressing nicely. When completed the structure will be a credit to this city.

Mr. And Mrs. J. H. Klotzer and Mrs. W. E. Gardner and daughter have returned from Desoto, Illinois, where they visited relatives and friends for several weeks.

The address made last night before the Commercial club by that talented young lawyer, C. P. Dunham, was highly complimented by many who heard it.

People in the overflowed districts are putting their premises in good order, and by tomorrow all signs of the recent overflow will have disappeared.

J. S. Thompson, of the law firm of Thompson and Dunham, arrived last night from Anadarko. He was accompanied by C. W. Cooper, who has located here and who will have charge of the real estate business with the legal firm of Thompson and Dunham.

It seems now that floods and overflows are things of the past, at least for the summer. Sunday and Monday were beautiful days. The waters in the creeks have subsided and the people have taken heart again and gone to work with a vim. Monday labor of all kinds was in demand.

Did you ever see an Irishman that was not a whole-souled, liberal, enterprising man? You will find them that love to make a close, good business deal or trade, but you will never find one that is not ready at all times to help a fellow man in distress, or in other words, to take the part of the under dog in the fight.

P. A. Fitzhugh, of Clinton, La., has purchased the machinery for the big oil mill he is to operate here. We are informed that the plant will be a modern one and that the cost of machinery and buildings will exceed $100,000. The site selected for the plant is south of the Rock Island depot and east of the track.

President Boyd and Secretary Rowsey, of the Board of Regents of the State University of Oklahoma, are on a trip east to visit various universities. The first week they visited Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Chicago universities. They also visited Princeton, Cornell, Wooster, Columbia and other colleges farther east. On their return they will make a report to the Board of Regents who are planning for the future of Oklahoma University.

Waurika will soon have a light and water plant, a splendid sewage system, an ice plant and a big cotton seed oil mill. Nd efforts are now being made with indication of success to have a big Farmer’s Union warehouse erected here in time for the storing of this season’s cotton crop. Waurika has already a modern cotton compress, a bottling works, an ice cream factory; the round house for the Rock Island is located here; and, in addition to these things, Wurika if the best market in Jefferson County.