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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1907
Page
4
Ada Post Office records show GriceBy and NorRELL with Byron Norrel Captain Jack Mitts as editors. The entry notes second class matter status under the 1879 Act and admission on July 17, 1906.
A magazine style piece discusses how sentiment shapes individuals from impractical dreamers to practical builders and links this to the push for a New State constitution. A campfire memory recounts an Arkansas journey with Col. A and Ed Fullbright, detailing a wild night disturbance, a mule harness mishap, and pranks that end with shared laughter by the fire.
Citizens urged to act if they dislike alley conditions in their town. The appeal emphasizes moving to help make areas safer and cleaner through local effort and participation.
Ada eyes a new opera house to match the city’s size and the taste of its theatergoers. Officials weigh equipment, seating capacity, and facilities to boost the arts scene.
A note urges property owners to install a good sidewalk along their street, predicting that a well‑built walkway will prompt neighbors to follow suit and create a uniform, improved pedestrian line.
The town relies on its natural advantages and a strong work ethic from citizens, promoted at home and abroad to maximize value. The message emphasizes persistent effort and continual advertising of local strengths.
Last Saturday and Sunday a dust devil roamed streets prompting a local businessman to joke that if the Street sprinkler won’t pay its board it should be put to work on the public Street as a vagrant.
It may take labor and some cash to clean alleys and make them sanitary. Ignoring current conditions could trigger an epidemic and higher deaths, costing far more in the end.
The piece argues that many men who cannot manage their personal affairs push themselves to exhaustion to persuade the public they can run public offices better than ever, implying unfitness and overcommitment.
The speaker claims a man who tries to damage a rival’s character or business is building on a rotten foundation and erodes his own credibility each time he throws dirt at the competition.
The city should shift focus from politics to attracting manufactories and industries. Ada offers advantages as a factory site and urges citizens to publicize these conditions to outsiders.
A critical call asserts that citizens must back police and courts by reporting crime and testifying. Those who fail to complain or testify behind moral weakness do not deserve faulted actions by authorities, and merely disgust listeners with nonsensical rants.
The roadbed for the Oklahoma Central has been graded from Purcell to Chickasha and the steel laying gang rushes the track. This will boost Ada's transport facilities and bring more public access to Ada, a leading regional trade center. Voters who skip ballots for unsuitable candidates lose their say.
A businessman quotes his habit of turning away applicants who already have no job and argues even with abundant work there is no excuse to be idle. He adds that if a man is too refined to soil his hands, he is too refined to be a good clerk.
The Moody Courier editor Mary Jane Cox is listed as lost or stolen with a liberal reward offered for information on her whereabouts. An Oklahoma paper notes spring poems arriving at offices as proof winter ends, while the Democrat office reports some poems are notably poor.
A U S Department of Agriculture field test in Ellis County Texas compared cotton in two acres. One row spacing was 3 feet apart and the other 63 feet apart. The wide row planter produced 1323 pounds to the narrow row 1104 pounds, a 219 pound advantage for wide rows.
A Democratic candidate Joel Terrell announces for Pontotoc County Judge describing his Texas roots in Lamar County near Deport, schooling at Grayson College, teaching, and five years of law practice in Paris and Ada. He pledges Democratic principles and personal integrity, asking voters for support and promising devoted service if elected. Beard Blanks offers loan services and lists a subscription rate for The Democrat and Dallas News.
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