Golden Sands and a Trust Forged in the Desert
In the prologue Cameron forms a bond with Jonas Warren while seeking gold in the desert. They share a perilous partnership, flee a sandstorm to a cave where gold is found as both men die, leaving cave evidence and documents behind. Chapter I introduces Richard Gale in Casita who learns from Lt. George Thorne he must rescue Mercedes Castaneda from bandit Rojas.
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Cameron
Jonas Warren
Ilnois
Warren
Richard Gale
Casita
George Thorne
Leutenant
Ninth Cavalry
Thorne
Gale
Mercedes Castaneda
Rojas
Dick Gale
Mercedes
Senor Gale
Mexico
Senor
U. S
Lash
Ladd
Night Rescue in Mexican Saloon Amid Desert Peril
Dick Gale helps Thorne and Mercedes escape after a siege at Rojas’s saloon. Gale incites a distraction, fights Rojas, and flee into darkness with Mercedes while Thorne heads toward safety, leaving Gale and the hunted pair to gamble on what lies beyond the desert.
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Mercedes
Gale
Lash
Thorne
Uuttil
Rojas
Woodward Requests State Help For New Bank
Oklahoma City January 22 Gov J C Walton called a joint meeting of house and senate banking committees to consider Woodward citizens request for state finance of a new bank to relieve the Woodward Central Exchange failure. Telegrams from Woodward Chamber note 6 to 8 banks with deposits totaling about 2 600 000 involved.
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Oklahoma City
House
Senate Banking Committees
J. C. Walton
Woodward
Central Exchange Bank
Senate
Chamber of Commerce
Cotton experts attend parley in Tululah
Cotton experts from the southwest gathered in Tululah Louisiana for a weekend conference on boll weevil control. Oklahoma representatives included C R Donart, with state and federal officials reviewing methods such as molasses dust sprays traps pick-up machines intensive cultivation and the Florida method.
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Tllulah
Southwest
Oklahoma
C. R. Donart
Oklahoma City
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Louisiana State Agricultural Board
Tallulah
Florida
T. M. Jeffords
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Jeffords
Arkansas
Texas
Indians' Appeal Dismissed in Liquor Conviction
Oklahoma City January 20 The appeal of Harry Tootle of Adair county convicted July 1 1921 of selling intoxicating liquor has been dismissed by the state criminal court of appeals and the county court instructed to enforce the judgment.
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Oklahoma City
Harry Tootle
Adair County
State Criminal Court of Appeals
High Court Finds Tootle’s Appeal Filed Late
The high court ruled that Tootle, an Indian, had an attempted appeal filed after the prescribed time limit had expired, invalidating the appeal. The decision centers on timing and procedural compliance in the appellate process.
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Tootle
Smallest Screws Made for Watches Grow in Tiny Size
The smallest screws are those made for watches. An ordinary thimble would contain 100000 of some sizes.
Harrison Court Recesses After Strenuous Work
Harrison Arkansas January 20 The citizen’s court examining strikers on the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad recessed after plans for sub committees in towns along the line were set. Normal business returned to Harrison today with few reminders of the week’s turmoil aside from some white bandages.
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Harrison
Ark
Missouri and North Arkansas
Barrett to Stay in Office Until Markham Recovers
Adj. Gen. Charles F. Barrett will likely remain in office until Brig. Gen. Baird H. Markham, just out of a hospital, is fit for duty and appointed by Gov. Walton. Barrett plans to attend the national adjutants general meeting in Indianapolis February 1 where topics include broader reserve officer commission requirements. Maj. Charles W. Daley of Tulsa was placed on active duty with the inspector general’s department to join U. S. Army inspectors on annual rounds. Sgt. John Eastham of the First Field Artillery from Ft. Sill is assigned to report to Oklahoma City under war department orders.
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Oklahoma City
Adj
Charles F. Barrett
Baird H. Markham
J. C. Walton
State Adjutant’s General
Indianapolis
Barrett
Charles I. Martin
Kansas
National Association of Adjutants General
Guy M. Wilson
Minnesota
National Guard Association
Reserve National Guard
National Guard
Charles W. Daley
Tulsa
Department of the
Oklahoma National Guard
Adjutant General
U. S. Army
Ft. Sill
John Eastham
First Field Artillery
War Department
Fifty Arrests in Denver Booze Raid
Denver police swept more than forty establishments masquerading as soft drink stands poolrooms cigar stores hotels and grocery stores. Between fifty and sixty alleged bootleggers were jailed in the day’s raids described as the most complete dry law cleanup in Colorado since prohibition enforcing began.
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Denver
Colorado
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Zane Grey
Irwin Myers
Harper & Brothers
Hell
Senor Thorne
Senor Rojas
Rofas
O. K
Colonel Weede
Wooward
STATE
NEW Bank
Jim
Fellows
Castile
Castaneda
Cowboy
Shore
Greaser Corral
Whea
South
Markham
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