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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1929
Page
2
The editor asks radio owners across the county if they want the A. M. radio program carried weekly. He promotes a free News Cooking School announcement and urges women to attend. The column notes importance of cooking, family health, and agricultural tips on cultivation and cotton planting decisions.
D P Trent state extension agent from A and M college urges landowners in Pontotoc County to plant grapes and berries. Berries thrive locally with Ada offering a ready market, while strawberries require water. Blackberries and dewberries grow well in many locations.
Citizens join National Eggs Week from May 1 to 7 1929 with education and celebration roles for students educators organizers and farmers. Attend the Ada county egg show at the courthouse on May 4 1939 showcasing egg products and related activities.
A Choctaw Cotton Oil bulletin outlines four key controls for boll weevil management. Proper cultivation, timely calcium arsenate applications, selecting early maturing pedigreed seed, and fertilizing with phosphate or cottonseed meal can boost yields and suppress the pest.
Mrs. Morgan reports Latta and Laxton groups presenting model club demonstrations on clothing selection colors and raisin bread. Pickett and Center clubs prep aprons and darning displays, with Rally Day plans delayed by road conditions and exams. Also notes Rosf and High Hill visits, state agents aiding, and a track meet affecting rally date. Spot cotton prices rise slightly with 581 bales traded.
Livestock in Oklahoma City on April 9 showed steady to lower demand as cattle and hog trades opened. Cattle included loads of mixed yearlings at 15.25 to 15.50, 936 pound steers at 11.35, various step sales 10 to 12 dollars, fat cows 8 to 9, light heifers 11 to 12.50, calves up to 13, heavies 11.50 to 12.50. Hogs totaled 2,500 with slow trade and potential drop around 2 to 6 cents, tops at 10.70 for ecarrots and 10.40 for truckers, sows and stags 9 to 9.50, stocker pigs 8.50.
Kansas City reports include hogs 10 000 mostly 25 to 35 cents lower with butchers 10.35 to 11.10, sows 9 to 10.10, stock pigs 8.75 to 10.35. Cattle 7 000 and calves 800 steady for slaughter classes. steers 1 200 to 1 500 pounds 12.25 to 14.00, yearlings 12.50 to 14.50, heifers 11.50 to 15.75, cows 9.00 to 11.00, vealers 9.00 to 15.00, stocker steers 11.75 to 14.00. Sheep 9,000 with wooled and spring lambs steady, shorn lambs to 25 cents higher. Arizona spring lambs 19.25, lambs good and choice 92 pounds down 16.00 to 17.35.
New York April 9 stock market faced heavy liquidation with bear attacks and higher call money rates after an irregular morning. Indian Refining surged over 3 points to a yearly peak while Anaconda Copper neared 142. Total turnover around 3,400,600 shares as prices ended sharply lower.
Chicago reports indicate large export orders for North American wheat, with an estimated 4,000,000 bushels bought for shipment to Europe over the past two days. Prices near steady as market reacts to uncertain farm relief legislation in committee. Wheat closing higher, corn and oats showing mixed moves, provisions down.
A fragment lists grain prices: corn No 3 mixed at 88 to 89 cents, No 3 white at 9 cents. Oats No 2 white 50 to 50 percent, No 4 white 17 to 48 cents.
In New Orleans and New York reports, heavy rains in the central belt buoyed cotton, forcing shorts to cover and keeping prices near highs. Exports reached 19 661 bales while active months traded well above 20 cents before mid afternoon profit taking trimmed gains.
New York reports spot cotton holding steady on April 9 with middling grade priced at 20.75 cents per pound. Market observers note stable values amid minimal price movement for the day.
The Ada and Roff areas held court of honor meetings with numerous badges awarded. Lon Williams and J. M. Young presided as Stonewall Masonic Lodge members welcomed Owl Creek and Con way scouts. Rosedale and Law rence troops received merit and tenderfoot badges, with many scouts earning health, firemanship, woodwork and other merit badges.
Citizens of Sasakwa and Francis discuss plans for a South Canadian River bridge linking Sasakwa and Francis with a hard surfaced highway north from Francis. Sasakwa debates the plan while Wewoka and Konawa attendees support it. A New York firm would build the toll bridge pending county cooperation.
Maxwell residents report high winds and a recent rain that brought relief to dry conditions. Families visiting Ada and Oklahoma City include the Cottons Kreuger and Adams households. Mrs. Ellis James dies in Oklahoma City and will be buried Saturday at Rosedale Cemetery in Ada.
Mrs Lucile Chapman Chance wife of Ray Chance died this morning at her home in Smith Center Kansas from peritonitis. Daughter of Mr and Mrs 4 H Chapman she spent most of her life in this city and was wed less than a year ago to Mr Chance now living in Kansas.
The notice identifies the home of Mr and Mrs J M Etehies as a local point of interest mentioned on a Sunday.
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