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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1907
Page
2
Oklahoma primary returns show Gore leading for U S Senate on the Oklahoma side with a strong showing for Haskell in the gubernatorial race. Cruce trails after corrected figures, while Owen leads the U S Senate field with substantial gains for Roberts and the Cherokee Nation advocates.
CG N Haskell of Muskogee secures the Democratic nomination with corrected county returns. Lee Cruce concedes defeat as Haskell’s early lead appears secure, with a predicted plurality between three and five thousand. Haskell, born 1860 in Ohio, helped promote Sequoyah statehood and guided the constitutional conventions in Indian Territory.
The text lists candidates and lead margins in several races. West leads Freeling by 7,033 in attorney general. Charles Taylor tops state examiner by over 4,000, winning Greer county. Cameron has 15,538 for superintendent. Trapp over 10,000 for auditor. Hanraty leads Needham by 21,000 for chief mine inspector. McAlester leads corporation commission with 32,135. Watson 25,871. Callahan 25,587. Love 24,442. Pittman 23,357. Alcott 19,969.
In Wewoka Oklahoma two panthers are blamed for deadly attacks. A boy was killed and Mundy Davis was found severely injured after a night collision with the animals. Davis’s horse lay dead with its throat cut and blood drained. People fear leaving homes after dark and rush livestock into barns for safety.
The post office department has designated new money order offices in Indian Territory including Blanchard Blecker Dawes Fanshaw Olive and Soper Oklahoma towns Angora Cline Goodwell and Pecogecess.
The Kansas City Southern railroad plans construction of stone stations across the Indian Territory as part of expanding its network. The project signifies growth in rail access for regional commerce and passenger movement, with stations slated to serve multiple towns along the route.
Wagoner cites a fig tree owned by a colored man in the area as the basis for his claim of distinction, noting that last season a half bushel of figs were gathered from the tree.
The interior department townsite commission opened selling lots in Isadore as the fourth Big Pasture site. Located midway between Chattanooga and Frederick, eleven miles north of Quanah, the sale follows the last site at Quanah. Chairman Miller asked the Secretary of Interior for permission to finish selling remaining Quanah lots.
Greer county men J M Peumphrey and Claude E Walkup are jailed in Mangum awaiting charges in the murder of neighbor J J Duffy. Pumphrey was arrested at Melrose Ark after Duffy's body was found. Walkup was taken into custody at Duckeen Ark. The trio had been in Delphi and reportedly left together after the killing amid an unsettled land deed dispute.
The Blackwell brick plant has started operations, with the facility now producing bricks for regional construction projects and potential job opportunities for local workers.
Delegates from county fruit growers associations met in Oklahoma City on Thursday June 20 to form a state association. The Logan Canadian and Oklahoma County groups issued the call with aim to organize county bodies statewide and bring all under state society control.
Sensational exchanges marked a high courts debate as Chief Justice Burford and Justice Irwin clashed over presidential authority in constitution case injunctions. Judge Pancoast warned of contempt issues tied to President Murray’s proclamation. Attorneys claimed Oklahoma Supreme Court jurisdiction and warned of imbalanced congressional apportionment.
A Sunday tornado devastated the Quanah Guthrie area. The government townsite buildings were blown down and residents sought shelter from heavy rain and hail. G D Gilmore and wife were seriously injured, L E Waldrop’s home was destroyed, while other families escaped serious harm.
In Tahlequah a small bone collar button caused the death of Alla Kapps the son of T W Kapps. He bit the button while pulling on his shirt and it was sucked into his windpipe. He choked before it could be dislodged.
The state is importing more fine hogs than any other in the southwest, a fact vouched for by railroad and express companies.
Secretary Garfield trims red tape in Indian Territory oil and gas regulations. Cash deposits are replaced by paper financial responsibility, sliding royalties replace flat fees, wells must stay 200 feet from adjacent lines, and plug back rules tighten. Leases now cancelable with secretary approval. sub‑leases no longer require 5,000 dollars. Garfield will inspect the field in Muskogee from August 23 for a week.
W E Cardwell defeated candidate for Oklahoma City legislature had a warrant issued for governor nominee C N Haskell on criminal libel charges. Haskell editor of the New State Tribune is accused of publishing an article saying Cardwell was convicted of a felony, with Moran Prusett and J Harvey Lynch also named. Bond set at 1000 for trial July 1 as Haskell claims opposition from coal and lumber interests.
Articles of incorporation issued for Winne State Bank of Cherokee with 25000 capital stock. Incorporators include Van Lee Hood S B McFaddin John Jobes T W Wotan and George Monahan of Cherokee Scott E Wynne of Wichita Kan. Also for Winne State Bank of Clinton with 25000 capital stock.
The Census Bureau will publish names of heads of families living in 1790. Schedules for New Hampshire Vermont and Maryland are in press. Earlier records were lost in 1812 fire, limiting current releases. Lost City on Lost Mountain near Tulsa is being repopulated as workers build a large crusher and cement plant.
Francis E. Curtis of Washington establishes headquarters in Oklahoma City as press agent for the republic an campaign in Oklahoma. He serves as chairman of the literature bureau of the Republican National Campaign Committee.
Stockholders of the Farmers' Mill company at Mangum report a 40 percent dividend after five months of operation. The annual meeting noted ample funds to begin the next season, amid broader claims of high profits from cotton seed oil mills in Oklahoma.
Lawton gears up for a monster celebration on August 6 marking the sixth anniversary of the Kiowa Comanche and Apache country opening. Indian dances horse races and other attractions will draw over three thousand Indians to the event from Comanche Kiowa and Caddo counties.
Governor Frantz names delegates to attend the public lands convention in Denver Colorado June 18 20. Delegates include William Grimes Guthrie Jerome Harrington Watonga C B Douglass Muskogee A E Perry Coalgate Frank Russ Blackburn D R Boyd Norman Paul B Smith Atoka P W Smith Newkirk C A McNabb Guthrie I N Holcomb C E Hunter Oklahoma City. The delegation will attend in a loyal support of President Roosevelt public land policies.
Lehigh and Coalgate are considering an electric road connection between the towns. The plan aims to ease transport and boost regional commerce, with officials evaluating routes and funding options.
James Bryce the British ambassador to the United States visited Oklahoma City and towns including Chickasha Lawton Hobart Muskogee and Tulsa this week. Elaborate receptions were held in his honor but he declined speeches and banquets.
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