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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
2
Foundations for Guthrie's new $50,000 packing plant north of the city are completed and construction will commence this week. State Superintendent E D Cameron sends circular letters to superintendents and school officers about the penalties under the uniform text book law.
Officials of the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf railroad have filed suit to contest their tax assessment in Oklahoma, claiming the amount is too high and seeking relief from payment.
The state board of agriculture received a county clerk report showing Kingfisher county raised 981156 dollars in corn and 380247 dollars in wheat last year. The oat crop is valued at 253361 dollars.
The Guthrie desk and furniture factory will be in operation within a few days. Practically all the machinery has been installed.
Visitation forbidden by physicians, Cross presents a weary figure as his heart weakens after sixty years of public service. The veteran secretary’s condition remains serious, offering little optimism.
Prof J C Monnett of the George Washington University law department in Washington D C has been offered the position of dean of the law department at Oklahoma University.
The second large well of Mangum City water works was finished recently producing abundant good water and eliminating fear of water famine for several years.
In an auditor's opinion Reeves argues the new tax statute makes all taxes due October 15 and any unpaid by January 1 become delinquent February 1. The interpretation could affect when taxes accrue penalties.
Voters in Osage County rejected a proposal to issue 325000 dollars in bonds to build bridges and 125000 dollars for a courthouse and jail. The measure failed by a strong majority.
The Gill Construction Company of Ardmore secured the erection contract for Southwestern Presbyterian College for Girls at Durant with a bid of 74 009 dollars.
M. M. Wilson of Cimaron county presents two unusually large live black eagles to the state board of agriculture. Though only nine weeks old, the birds have practically reached full growth.
Senator Campbell Russell spoke to a large gathering of farmers and citizens at Shawnee in the New Jerusalem state capital plan last week.
R Dick warden of the state penitent forwards to State Inspector and Examiner C A Taylor a certified detailed statement showing thirty six thousand three hundred fifty dollars spent on penitentiary affairs with itemized costs and accounts.
Statistics compiled by Labor Commissioner Charles L. Daugherty show railroad engineers as the best paid among Oklahoma wage earners for 1903 with an average annual income of 1629 dollars.
Deeds to Osage surplus lands received from Washington last week as a large force of clerks is installed to record and distribute patents to the Indians.
Secretary of the Nebraska railroad commission informs Oklahoma’s Chairman J E Love that Commissioner K J Winnett will be assigned to Oklahoma to examine the Oklahoma commission methods and practices as part of interstate railroad regulation oversight.
The Prang Educational Company of Dallas Texas has issued a neat booklet detailing the Oklahoma course of study in art education. It will be delivered to any teacher in the state free of charge.
The region sees many railroad projects in Oklahoma with optimistic signs that future laws may favor track construction and that at least some routes will be completed.
The Crazy Snake conflict cost Oklahoma 6330.17 dollars per a special report to Governor Haskell by Adjutant General Frank Canton. The sum remains unpaid.
President Taft orders enlistment cap at 80 000 for the army starting July. The Bureau of Immigration steps up the fight against child labor trafficking into the United States. Taft plans a October visit to Mexican territory exchanging gifts with President Diaz at El Paso and Ciudad Juarez. Secretary Ballinger cites ongoing land administration complaints from Spokane. Bar Char Sun ah De Kos a full blood Wichita aged 18 from Kiowa reservation in Oklahoma is named as messenger in the Indian commissioner’s Washington office.
Acting Governor J. Clint Graham issues a reward of $300 total for the two bank robbers who killed City Marshal J. H. Swineford and Cashier R. P. Wedding of the First State bank at Kiefer last week.
Citizens of the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations are urged to attend a mass meeting in Coalgate on September 3 and 7 to discuss securing a congressional act for sale of Segre gated coal lands. The call notes tensions in the interior department and names Gifford Pinchot in Denver at the Trans Mississippi Commercial congress promoting conservation.
The Kaiser urges more football for German troops to improve agility and orders gymnastic routines altered to include football training. Prince Henry of Prussia will head Berlin's 1910 international exposition management in May to July.
Alleged murderess of C H Brown is moved to Bartlesville amid conspiracy charges in the I H Brown killing. Cora Brumefield, 27, sister of Bert Brumefield, was arrested and jailed to prevent mob violence as neighbors allege her influence over Arthur Brown and involvement in a Missouri farm sale proceeds dispute. The case unfolds with a hearing postponed to next week.
A group of Mormon elders in Poteau Ohio conduct street lectures promoting rapid church growth and Utah immigration to bolster church strength amid Gentile influx. They boast of having the only exhibit permitted in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition besides government displays, citing Senator Reed Smoot’s influence.
Five Civilized Tribes schools in Muskogee Oklahoma will open September 1 but state funding drops from 300000 to 150000. Many schools will close and Tahlequah Female Seminary is sold to become a normal school. About 75 Indian girls will be housed at the Tahlequah male academy now to be coed.
Twenty five thousand dollars in municipal sewer bonds of Chandler Oklahoma dated July 1 vanished while in transit from Chandler to Guthrie. The bonds were prepared by City Clerk J Bart Foster and signed by Mayor McLaughlin. A bond bearing number 23 was found by a Davenport banker on a Bristow street, triggering an investigation into the missing package after it was loaded at Chandler and not delivered to Guthrie.
In Choctaw City Oklahoma, sixteen miles east of Oklahoma City, eight Pottawatomie Indians allegedly drunk ran wild through streets forcing residents indoors and prompting the resignation of the town marshal after firing pistols. They fled north toward a nearby negro settlement three miles away and were said to be in hiding.
Superior Judge Joel M. Sandlin declares Amber Mead an intoxicating drink and convicts sellers of violating state prohibitory laws after state chemist analysis shows the imitation beer contains 3 to 5 percent alcohol.
Senator Gore and his family will spend a month or more camping in a tent near the Fort Sill reservation in Lawton Oklahoma. He plans to build a stone house in the vicinity and will not take a summer vacation away from the state.
Guthrie Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner J T McComb released a six month report revealing total receipts of 155272.20 dollars for the period. The report summarizes income and financial activity for the first half of the year.
The Board of Affairs signs a contract with Holmboe Construction of Louisville Ky for building the state university main hall in Guthrie Oklahoma at a cost of 183,375 dollars.
John Rogers and associates including County officials were arrested on a Shawnee grand jury indictment charging fraud in the First ward charter election. They allegedly removed 83 ballots opposing the charter and substituted 83 charter ballots. Each was released on a $309 bond.
The Kee toowah society of full blood Cherokee in Muskogee Oklahoma declares it will not allow its organizations to be used for partisan purposes and refuses to accept the flag that floated over the White House on inauguration day. The flag was presented by President Taft to Representative Charles E Creager of the third district to be given to the Indians.
Guthrie Oklahoma state officials report the motor car used to inspect railroad conditions has been fitted with a taller top after the original roof proved too low for Commissioner Watson and Love. The car was redesigned to accommodate the state’s tall commission.
A destructive blaze roared through Watonga Oklahoma early Saturday destroying around fifty thousand dollars of property. Local fire fighters fought hard to save the principal business blocks from total destruction.
Lawton Oklahoma George B Robberts leads as candidate for register of the Lawton land office to succeed Major McKnight who died last week in the line of duty.
In Tahlequah Oklahoma miner L Sutras living about 15 miles east of town brought in a ten pound piece of pure lead ore and declared he had discovered one of the richest lead mines west of Joplin.
Granite Oklahoma judge L G Coussins serves seven offices including justice of the peace township trustee school trustee president of a telephone company and tax assessor for his precinct He vows to resign some posts to gain time to watch his incubator hatch chickens.
In Coalgate Oklahoma a call to citizens of the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations invites a mass meeting on September 6 and 7 to discuss securing a congressional act for the gate of segregated coal lands.
Nowata defeated Delaware in the county seat race by an estimated 950 votes majority. The result confirms Nowata as the county seat in this tight local election.
Charles Dudley Warner questions whether civilization breeds weakness in a world built by human effort. He notes the tension between refined centers and degraded humanity, asks if true progress can elevate Africa, and whether major cities like London Paris and New York can be reformed by their own hands.
Victor Murdock of Kansas began the printer's trade at ten, became a reporter at fifteen, and by twenty was a reporter on a Chicago newspaper.
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