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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
6
Ada weekly news item notes post office entry as second class mail matter in 1901 and states advertising rates are available on application.
Ardmore hosts the Confederate Veterans and their families for a large reunion. Delegates discuss amalgamation of Oklahoma divisions, with General Galt as possible commander if unamalgamated, and a cavalry charge planned for Saturday morning. Population estimates show Indian Territory over 800,000 as census work continues.
Orville Snead learns a message announcing the arrival of a pound boy at the home of his brother Dewitte Geead, formerly of Ada and now living in Rockwall Texas. The item mentions contact about White Swan canned goods and aMrs M L Walsh with a phone number.
The 10:00 o clock service at the ta bernacle drew business men and clerks, with the sermon on Following Chric leaving attendees morally and spiritually enriched. July 2. Ada is discussed in local transport notes as a potential stop while surveyors delay. concerns about a $15 000 bonus and a new Lawton charter are noted. Firks returns from six months in old Mexico.
The following licenses were issued: G. C. Walker to Effie Lillard of Stonewall, E. N. Jarnagin to Emma Mullens of Hart, R. W. Sugram to Della Dickinson of Stonewall, J. F. Lankiely to Mollie Allen of Roff, Edward Bradley to Lula Blasam of Stonewall, Owen J. Crawford to Fannie E. Bradley of Stonewall, Charley Billingsley to Lillie Turner of Stonewall, C. M. Gwaltney to Janie Nettles of Ada, Dan Hollis to Minnie Williams of Konawa, H. D. Wheeler of Konawa to Zella Brousell of Violet.
Dawes commission figures show large land surpluses in Creek Seminole Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. Cherokees without land receive cash equal to twice the appraised value of an allotment, while surplus land will be sold and proceeds go to each nation’s treasury under Interior Secretary supervision.
The Commercial Club of Ada met to aid farmers by donating a 200 by 200 feet site for a large cotton warehouse and yard near the railroad siding. A funds drive showed early success with about half the needed money pledged and Farmers Union representatives to inspect the tract. action expected at the Saturday meeting in Egypt with work to begin soon.
Guthrie Oklahoma July 27 Charles H Filson territorial secretary yesterday issued a charter to the Kansas City Lawton and Pacific railway company to build a line from Kansas City Missouri to the Pacific coast near San Diego California. The route runs along the Kansas Missouri border through Arkansas and Indian Territory to Wewoka then northeast to Dustin with a main line west through Oklahoma and into Texas New Mexico Arizona and California. Estimated cost forty million dollars with headquarters in Lawton and Oklahoma City. Incorporators include George M Paschal G Ff a 5 ber Guy C Robertson W F Barber and Walter C Stevens all of Lawton A J Brown of Wewoka C M Rawlings and Henry Briggs of Kansas City H W Scott of New York BE A Hill of Muskoree.
The notice promotes Ada Weekly News as the source to stay informed on the political situation of the new state and local territorial topics. It invites readers to subscribe for one dollar per year by sending their name.
District Attorney Wm. Melette states after consulting Oklahoma City lawyers that all criminal cases pending in federal courts when state courts become effective will not transfer to state courts but must be tried in the federal courts where begun. Cardwell returns from Oklahoma City to organize the Democratic campaign headquarters.
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