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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
2
The Ada Democrat reports the Cordell county courthouse was completely destroyed by fire last week. Sulphur is praised as a summer resort with cool breezes from the Arbuckle mountains and Platt National Park containing 800 acres.
Sovernor and Mrs. Haskell were among Guthrie and Logan county residents enjoying a trip to Sulphur Springs. No arrests have occurred in the county for fish and game law violations. Rev. Frank Naylor of Minco receives a twenty year service reward as a minister and is named chaplain of the state penitentiary at McAlester by Warden Dick.
The Chamber of Commerce approved a reposition by Western Packing and Storage to construct a $200,000 plant at Clinton. The decision signals local investment and job creation for the area.
Judge Bailey ruled against the Law and Order league and released the Muskogee and Pittsburg teams from arrest for playing on Sunday.
The oats crop in Alfalta county yielded far less than expected as farmers shifted all attention to wheat. Smaller oat fields reflect the strategic bet on the competing crop and highlight changing demands and possible market impacts in the region.
A new interurban railway company with a million dollar plan will start construction from Enid by September 1, as announced by M. F. McMahon of Toledo Ohio a leading promoter. The charter was granted last week by the secretary of state and the firm paid a charter fee of 1900 dollars.
The Hackney Milling company starts a new alfalfa mill at Jefferson and plans continuous operation grinding twenty tons of feed daily.
Eugene V. Debs, candidate for president and leader of the Socialist Party in the United States, arrived in Oklahoma City last week on his statewide speech-making tour.
State Examiner A. Taylor concludes an audit of the state pharmacy board showing itinerant vendors and patent medicine peddlers contributed 5714.45 to the state treasury in four months.
Resolutions adopted at the state labor convention in Tulsa favor establishing a state woman’s suffrage and enacting a law that makes it a misdemeanor to withhold the pay of discharged employees longer than forty eight hours after services have been dispensed with.
Citizens and county officials believe the Washita County courthouse fire was malicious. The commissioners have offered a reward of 1500 dollars for the capture of those responsible.
A $6,000 judgment was rendered last week in federal court against Waters-Pierce Oil company in favor of A B Deselms of Orlando. The company was convicted of mixing gasoline and coal oil in tanks.
Dr J C Mahr state health commissioner arrives with officials to audit Oklahoma City water and promise August fixes. He supports the board of health reports on public water, urges city compliance, notes jobbers aid on pure food law, and vows continued campaign for clean supplies statewide.
Guthrie Oklahoma officials Chief Secretary Bill Cross and Assistant Lee Meyer agreed to hear arguments on the sufficiency of capital location petitions. Judge Dale's mandamus petition asks a hearing on Guthrie citizens objections to the capital move filed by Oklahoma City boosters. Cross and Meyer say they will examine petitions regardless of late objections and render a decision.
Robbers set fire to Mexico and Auxvasse, Missouri, towns 12 miles south of here, Saturday night. An automobile loaded with dynamite was rushed to demolish buildings and halt the blaze, while a bucket brigade kept the flames in check. No loot was recovered.
President Neill urged forming a cotton pool to fix a minimum price, similar to Kentucky tobacco. He proposed a national anti gambling law for cotton and said the plan would be developed by a committee with Farmers' Union backing and certificates issued to members. Executive session kept details confidential.
President Taft signs the Payne Aldrich tariff bill late in the session amid a cabinet crowd and senate officials. The signing follows a 43 to 31 conference vote and marks a low keyed closing as lawmakers line up to greet the president.
Guthrie Oklahoma railroad lawyers denounce a corporation commission ruling that service of orders and other proceedings affecting railroads without named agents must be issued by the secretary of state. The Katy Midland Valley and Arkansas Valley and Western are the three lines affected by the new law.
In Canea Crete the Greek flag was lowered after protests by the four protecting powers. Greece sent a formal reply to the Porte’s note denying annexation aims and citing efforts to maintain friendly ties with Turkey. Officials say the situation has materially improved.
The temporary seat of government of Oklahoma is at Sulphur with Governor Haskell his family and staff occupying rooms and offices at the Artesian hotel. The clatter of typewriters evokes Guthrie’s official office in this early arrangement.
In Washington D C observers question if the income tax will pass the constitutional amendment requiring three fourths of the states. Senate opposition and cautious optimism point to a likely gridlock as twelve states would veto and many others remain undecided.
Guthrie Oklahoma delegates named C L Lyons of Oklahoma City as grand master for the coming year and Oliver C Black as grand warden after the election canvass. J L Roberson of Newkirk was elected deputy grand master J A Darkberg of Arapaho re elected grand secretary and Ben F Phillips of Asher became grand treasurer.
After an all day confere nce at Threadgill hotel a committee chose Ardmore Oklahoma City for the state home for ex Confederates Ardmore won on the third ballot Oklahoma City was a close second Ardmore offered forty acres 7250 cash and free heat water and light for five years The board named Dr D M Hailey R A Sneed and J R Pullman to supervise building plans
Governor Douglas H Johnston of the Chickasaw nation visited Oklahoma City with Mrs Johnston. He said the Chickasaws will resist state taxation on their property and have attorneys prepared to test their treaty rights. The Chickasaw legislature meets in Tishomingo in September to pursue further action.
U S Circuit Court Judge Ralph E. Campbell sustains demurrers by defendants in 30,000 Indian land alienation suits. Government suits dismissed. Court rules titles obtained before act removing restrictions are valid. About 3,000,000 acres at stake.
Advices from the Texas Cattleraisers' association say cattle are dying by scores around Midland due to a peculiar epidemic, prompting concern at Fort Worth headquarters.
Washington reports from the Isthmian canal commission show 80,000,000 cubic yards excavated by Americans, nearly matching French totals. Less than 100,000,000 cubic yards remain, putting completion near half. Colonel Goethals estimates ship passage by January 1915, granting five years and six months to finish.
Taft turns over administration affairs to two cabinet members on Saturday with Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh and Postmaster General Hitchcock in charge and Hitchcock likely to hold sole control by Monday night. Taft stays in Beverly Mass monitoring government wire. Vice President Sherman is at his Utica New York home.
Amarillo Tex The Santa Fe railway system announces a $250000 program to erect a depot and related structures in Amarillo as part of expanding its services in the region.
J H Coleman is held in federal jail in Muskogee Oklahoma on a charge of robbing the Wagoner post office on June 24 of stamps worth 300 dollars.
Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit arrived from Nairobi to lay the cornerstone of a new mission church and school for white children at Kijabe in British East Africa.
A compact collection notes that genius is scarce with England yielding one Shakespeare Scotland one Burns Germany one Heine and America one Poe. The remark underscores national pride in literary icons.
A fragment discusses honesty and its effect on perception, noting Lavater’s view of honesty reducing a man’s saintly aura and Wilson’s assertion that zeal is valuable only when paired with knowledge.
Marcus Aurelius ponders the purpose of ruling and the moral identity of the soul. He asks whether power changes the soul or if it reveals its true character through whom it serves.
A summary note on the Ragman Rolls detailing Edward I's 1296 records of homage from Scottish nobles and other lenders of fealty, listing the names of those who pledged allegiance as part of the process of subduing Scotland.
An old moral vignette notes a benevolent man tipping a boy who returns the dime and asks only for the clothes he wears. The tale contrasts improvidence with integrity as the boy speaks in a dialect, offering his own gift in return.
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