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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
4
The entry notes Grigsby and Norrell with Byron Norrell as captain and Jack Mills as editor Miles Grigsby as business manager. It records Ada post office entry as second class matter under the 1879 act and an admission date of July 17 1906.
Byron Norrell announces Capt. Jack Mills will join him in the Democrat editorial department. Mills is described as a veteran writer whose prior Democrat pieces have met with favor, signaling a strong editorial desk for the paper in the new state.
In a light hearted note, the piece recalls weeks of bad weather that left faces too long to shave for ten cents, explaining why barbers increased prices.
The available school fund of Oklahoma for the current year totals 309804 95 dollars. The number of children of scholastic age is 226135. The per capita apportionment stands at 1.37 dollars.
The Harry Thaw case dominates coverage as scandal fans expect two months of sensational reporting on the lurid, disreputable elements surrounding the proceedings and the potential rise of a redeemed public figure from the mire.
An editor received a letter of inquiry about the Territory from a Tennessee man who had copies of the Democrat. The note hints at bringing several thousand dollars into the country and urges sending the Democrat to old states. The piece closes with a humorous moral about responding to aggression.
The speaker condemns a political candidate lacking ability and character to hold office. They urge the man to quit the public stage, stop pretending, and instead pursue simpler work such as herding sheep, implying divine guidance for his true vocation.
The Ada Democrat notes it resists outsourcing editorial material and will publish its own honest convictions on commercial and moral issues. If editors lack pluck or ability to express views in their own language, the paper will remove their names from the masthead and make room for a writer who will.
The writer argues conductors must treat travelers with civility as paying patrons. If a rude employee refuses service, the public should report the incident to management and withdraw patronage to protect courteous conduct and the traveling public.
The piece contrasts a true man who uses his strength to shield women with a libertine who exploits and degrades them. It speaks of sacred family honor and the moral contrast between protective virtue and debased instinct, urging reverence for the mother and woman.
Officials of the Indian Territory Teachers Association pass resolutions thanking Commissioner Leupp and urging a $150000 appropriation for next year. The extra funds will create 600 to 800 new schools in communities with many children. Communities supply a schoolhouse and help fund teachers while the government builds no school houses. Rural schools owned by counties will not exist at statehood, as described by the Holdenville Times.
Cap t Jack Mills chronicles dawn arrival of horsemen and dogs near Castle Mountains as they pursue a mountain cougar. Detailed chase ends with the hunter's precise shot to spare dogs and the demise of the cougar amid a dramatic canyon pursuit. The feature shifts to a critique of a coal trust, describing price gouging and calls for anti monopoly action and potential statehood remedies.
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