Bonds Voted for New High School at Watonga
New state notes report bonds approved to erect a high school in Watonga though site selection is pending. The Oklahoma Lester Carriers association adjourned at Guthrie and set McAlester as next year’s meeting site. Seven Muskogee district court prisoners were sentenced to state penitentiary last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watonga
Oklahoma
Lester Carriers’ Association
Guthrie
McAlester
Muskogee
Oklahoma State Dental Association Meets in Tulsa
Two hundred fifty dentists attended the annual meeting of the Oklahoma State Dental Association, who held a three days session in Tulsa last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma State Dental Association
Tulsa
Lime Kiln Startup Sparks Wichita Mountains Industry
George Dro Ste of Cache launches a lime kiln experiment in the Wichita mountains turning out 1000 pounds as initial output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Mountains
George Dro Ste
Cache
Haskell Conspiracy Case Set for McAlester Trial
The case against Governor Charles N. Haskell charged with conspiring to procure Muskogee town lots fraudulently will be tried at McAlester on September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles N. Haskell
Muskogee
McAlester
May bank clearings in Oklahoma City rise to 9.79 million
Oklahoma City bank clearings for May total 9 792 004 dollars an increase of 3 241 000 over May last year and 5 721 000 over May 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Ada Prides on State’s Finest Radishes
Ada boasts of the finest radishes in the state with G. B. Dismakes growing radishes this year averaging over twelve inches long and six inches in circumference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
G. B. Dismakes
Charter Granted for Kansas Oklahoma and Panama Railroad
The Kansas Oklahoma and Panama railroad has received a charter after a delay to decide which eastern capitalists would join the directorate. The application was filed about ten days ago and approved after the selection process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas, Oklahoma & Panama Railroad
Pension examining board to operate at Weleetka
On Rep Creager's recommendation a pension examining surgeons board is established at Weleetka. The lineup includes Drs J. M. Pemberton F. E. Hilsmeyer and J. D. Scott with duties to evaluate pension claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative Creager
Pension Examining Surgeons
Weleetka
J. M. Pemberton
F. E. Hilsmeyer
J. D. Scott
Okmulgee Glass Factory Site Sold to Fund Purchase
Negotiations are complete for locating a glass factory at Okmulgee. Lots were sold at one dollar down and fifty cents weekly to raise funds to purchase the site for the factory.
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Okmulgee
Secretary Ballinger Seeks $6000 From Tribal Funds
Secretary Ballinger of the interior department asks Congress to appropriate six thousand dollars from tribal funds then in the treasury to set aside conveyances of Indian lands in the Seminole nation.
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Ballinger
Interior Department
Congress
Treasury
Salvation Army Requests Cemetery Lot for Pauper Burials
The Salvation Army in Tulsa appeals to city commissioners for a cemetery tract to bury paupers, arguing that as a charitable organization it cannot purchase land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Tulsa
Army
Citizens seek rate relief from Pioneer Telephone in Bartlesville
A group of Bartlesville residents filed a complaint with the corporation commission alleging imminent telephone rate increases by Pioneer Telephone. They ask the commission to intervene and fix the rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Corporation Commission
Pioneer Telephone Company
Ardmore Woman Ends Life By Carbolic Acid In Rooming House
Nora Wilson aged 25 who has been running a rooming house at Ardmore ended her life by swallowing carbolic acid.
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Nora Wilson
Ardmore
May fines and licenses in state game report
Game Warden Askew reports for May to the secretary of state. Fines collected for game law violations total 46 dollars and 301 resident licenses were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Water plant adopts new purification process in Chickasha
A new purification process is installed at the Chickasha water plant. Iron and lime are added to reservoirs as coagulants to settle sediment and improve water clarity for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
Indian Farm Supervisor Transferred From Watonga
Co. W. Buckman an Indian farmer from Watonga who has overseen the Indian farmers will be moved to a new post. An experienced farmer will take charge of the Indians at a salary of 1200 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. W. Buckman
Watonga
Medford Commercial Club Forms With 57 Members
A commercial club has been organized at Medford to advance the interests of the town and surrounding country. The organization comprises 57 members and aims to promote local business and community development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medford
Bridge Workers Injured in Hugo Train Yard Accident
W. R. Briggs and C. D. Askew were seriously hurt near Hugo while repairing a burned A. & C. railroad bridge. The trestle gave way on charred ties, dropping them to the ground and disabling them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Briggs
C. D. Askew
Hugo
May cotton condition and other mixed headline items
The report states May cotton condition at 25.82 percent of normal, with 81.1 percent in 1909 and 90.9 percent average for ten years. It notes land planted at 102.8 percent, with last year’s area about 33,196,000 acres, up 904,000. Other items include U.S. intervention sentiment in Nicaragua, Alaska coal field control, and proposed war instruction for marines.
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Department of Agriculture
United States
Nicaragua
State Department
Knox
Estrada
Port Royal Naval Station
Eli K. Cole
President Taft
Secretary of the Interior
Rainbow Bridge
Utah
Ballinger
Interior Department
Rappier and Merrialat
Missouri
United States Supreme Court
Supreme
Aerial race talk and airship plans across the nation
A movement for an airship race between New York and Washington forms the headline idea, with July 4 eyed as the contest date and a $20,000 prize proposed for the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Missouri Letter Carriers’ Association
Columbia
Milas Lasater
Masonic Mutual Insurance Association
D. C
Union Portland Cement Company
Devil’s Slide
Weber Canyon
Ogden
Utah
Cleveland
Ohio Trapshooters League
W. Heer
Guthrie
Okla
California Electric Railway
Oakland
C. A. Christensen
St. Louis
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Oklahoma City Faces 110 Degree Heat Wave Damaging Crops
Unusually hot winds swept Oklahoma with readings up to 110 degrees in the shade. Crops including corn wheat and oats suffer while fruit and gardens wither. Durant Altus Lawton Ardmore and the south face the worst damage as farmers fear early harvests unless heat subsides. Cotton may fare better though too much spring rain has affected it.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Durant
Altus
Lawton
Ardmore
Railway assessments raised seven percent in 1910 by Oklahoma board
Guthrie Oklahoma The state board of equalization increased the 1910 assessment for major railways including Katy Santa Fe Gulf Colorado Santa Fe 7 percent over 1909 while Frisco Rock Island and Iron Mountain rise 2 percent with new property added. Oklahoma Central main track value cut from 10500 to 8000 per mile.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
State Board of Equalization
Katy
Frisco
Rock Island
Iron Mountain
Santa Fe
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Oklahoma Central
Charges Groundless in Census Dispute Wichita vs Oklahoma City
Washington reports the census office found charges of padding returns against J H Langston unfounded. Oklahoma City is expected to reach 67000 in the 1910 census, while Wichita cannot match. Woodward protests a claimed 2200 population and demands a recount or proof.
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Washington
D. C
Wichita
Oklahoma City
J. H. Langston
Durand
Langston
Alo
Woodward
Restraining Order Halts Tax Sales of Indian Lands
Muskogee judge Ralph E Campbell issued a temporary restraining order at the request of the U S attorney against county treasurers in twenty four eastern Oklahoma counties. The order stops tax delinquency sales of restricted Indian lands and allotments until July 18 when the case will be argued.
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Muskogee
Okla
Ralph E. Campbell
United States
Eastern District
Oklahoma
Haskell Case Postponed to September Trial
From McAlester District Attorney W H Gregg sets the trials of Governor C N Haskell and others for alleged conspiracy to defraud the Creek Indians in Muskogee town lot scheduling. Trial date is September 26 at McAlester.
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Outarie
Okla
McAlester
W. H. Gregg
C. N. Haskell
Muskogee
Fire devastates New Duke area in Altus Oklahoma blaze
A large fire of unknown origin nearly wiped out New Duke in Altus Oklahoma. Principal losses include the bank, furniture and drug stores with estimated damages between 30000 to 40000 dollars. New and Old Duke are neighboring rival towns with history of major fires.
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Altus
Okla
New Duke
New
Old Duke
Charter Issued for New Railroad Outarie Oklahoma
A charter was issued to the Hines Chicago Construction Company of Oklahoma City to build the International and Great Southern railroad. The plan calls for a line from Oklahoma City northwest to Buffalo Harper County then to Trinidad Colorado.
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Outarie
Okla
Hines Chicago Construction Company
Oklahoma City
International and Great Southern Railroad
Buffalo
Harper County
Trinidad
Colo
Guthrie School Land Leases Renewed Under 1908 Appraisal
Secretary Ed Cassidy of the school land board announced new leases on all school land appraised in 1908. Leases carry four percent annual rent of appraised value and run five years. Officials expect about 4,000 renewals by the end of June.
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Guthrie
Okla
Ed Cassidy
School Land Board
Complaint Filed Against Ochelata Gas & Water
L W Serviss of Ochelata files with the Oklahoma corporation commission alleging the Ochelata Gas and Water company has discontinued water service and refuses to furnish water to Guthrie and surrounding town residents.
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Guthrie, Okla
L. W. Serviss
Ochelata
The
Corporation Commission
Ochelata Gas & Water Company
Platt Park Appropriation Cut in Government Transfer Plan
Representative Scott Ferris notes the appropriation committee recommended $12000 for Platt National Park and its deed to Oklahoma but a point of order struck the deed clause and the appropriation was reduced to $5000. The park stays under federal control with funds for improvements.
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Sulphur
Okla
Scott Ferris
Platt National Park
Oklahoma
Altus Attracts Sash and Door Factory Plant
Altus Oklahoma to host a Rounde Porter Lumber Co facility after purchasing industrial tract. The firm plans a reinforced concrete warehouse for wholesale sash and door distribution and later a sash and door factory in Altus.
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Altus
Okla
Rounde & Porter Lumber Company
Wichita
Kansas
Southwest
Farmers Organize for Protection in Foraker Ohio
Farmers in Foraker County form a mutual protection association to open section lines and build roads, secure liberal legal leases, enforce the Oklahoma herd law, and support only candidates pledged to protect farmers.
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Foraker
Ohio
Prisoners to Raise Broom Corn at Guthrie Penitentiary
The state prison board plans to plant a large broom corn crop on the penitentiary farm this year and, if successful, have prisoners make the brooms for the institution to cut costs. Ten gross of straw hats were bought for prisoners for the hot term, the Mexican style split bamboo hats costing about 9 cents each.
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Guthrie
Okla
State
Drowned while rescuing friend near Chickasha river
Gray Evans sixteen year old son of Chickasha city treasurer R M Evans drowned in the Washita river half a mile below the water power plant. He swam to save Jim Driggers who had ventured too far out. Evans rescued Driggers then was swept away and the body was recovered later.
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Chickasha
Okla
Gray Evans
R. M. Evans
Washita
Evans
Jim Driggers
Drigger
Beds Needed for Consumptives Across Several States
The National Association warns that seven states Alabama Idaho Montana Nevada Oklahoma Wyoming Utah with over 5 million people have no beds for consumptives. Nine states Alaska Delaware Florida Kansas Mississippi South Dakota Vermont West Virginia with over 7 million people have under fifty beds each. With 400 deaths per million, about 5,000 TB deaths yearly in these 14 states, and at least 20,000 cases, only about 600 beds exist.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Alabama
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Utah
Alaska
Delaware
Florida
Kansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
South Dakota
Vermont
West Virginia
United States
Wealth and Honor See in American Life Says Editor
A New York magazine editor at an Authors' club dinner laments graft and crookedness among writers. A young contributor cites an anecdote about a man asked what position Blank holds in the community. The reply praises him as honorable and wealthy, illustrating that wealth and honor are treated as synonymous today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra Kelley
Authors’ Club
New York
Carnegie
America
Blotted Names and Place Forgotten, Morley Quote
A fragment quotes John Morley on social service energy remaining when names are erased and places forget us, reflecting on lasting civic impact and memory in society.
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John Morley
FEED CHILDREN On Properly Selected Food
A mother details health gains in children after changing to fruit, grape nuts with cream, Postum, and varied meals. She notes reduced meat and potatoes, improved teething baby with grape nuts and milk, and links these results to food elements in Grape-Nuts and Postum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
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Secretary of the Navy
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Topeka
Kan
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Panama
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Rockefeller
Texas
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Peoria
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Harlow
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Tex
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Corregidor Island
Federation of Jewish Organizations
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I. N. Ury
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Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Road
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Cuba
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Berlin
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Japan
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National League For
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Duke
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