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Newspaper
Ada Weekly Democrat
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1909
Page
4
Two ducks land in the reservoir at the ADA Cement Plant. Phil Thompson fires at them without effect. John Ralls shoots and brags, then a spectator bricks the second duck. The birds are pulled from the pond and turn out to be mud hens.
Dorsett Carter urges Oklahoma voters to repeal the clause that blocks small roads from being absorbed by larger ones. He favors selling the Oklahoma Central to Santa Fe to create a first class feeder line. The Ada note mentions millinery offerings and new arrivals at Model Mill Shop on South Broadway.
The Oklahoma Central extension into town will be finished in about a week. The depot will be on Main Street west of the Frisco. The line's completion ends a long dispute between the railroad and Ada citizens and adds valuable transport facilities.
Professor Leo Butt, who taught at Ada High School last year and served as Mill Creek principal this term, died Monday of typhoid fever. He was a popular teacher whose influence guided local youths and earned him high regard in the town.
The oil and gas well has reached about 700 feet with some delays in easing the well. Officials expect progress to accelerate from here and anticipate clear indications of what lies beneath the ground. Read the Ada Democrat.
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