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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1929

Page

2

Annual Farmers Week at Oklahoma A and M College

The Oklahoma A and M College will host Annual Farmers' Week August 13 to 16 with programs for men and women. Featured speakers include C E Huff, Harry A Caton, J E Stanford, Francis Flood, and others, plus short courses, farm tours, and entertainment. About 1000 attendees are expected. dorms available, camping on campus, meals at cost, and free rooms and camping facilities. Also notes on cotton market activity from New Orleans with prices and export figures.

Oklahoma A. and M. College United States Farmers’ Week Cc. E. Huff The Farmers’ Union Harry A. Caton Grange J. E. Stanford Texas Southern Agriculturist Bryan Francis Flood Oklahoma Farmer- Stockman Blaine F. Moore Washington, D. C Loy E. Rast Newport Arkansas A. E. Kobs Mountain View Oklahoma N. E. Winters Department of Field Crops and Soils Mary Rokahr U. S. Department of Agriculture Phebe K. Warner Claude Texas M. College

Wall Street Irregular Market Moves Amid Fine Early Recovery

New York August 6 the stock market showed an irregular close after a morning decline. Active copper buying lifted prices while call money rates fell. Newport Corp led gains with a new high alongside Bosch Magneto National Biscuit Warner Brothers Pictures and May Department Stores.

Wall Street Associated Press New York Newport Company Bosch Magneto National Biscuit Warner Brothers Pictures Vaiccan Detiining Pan American Petroleum B May Department Stores

Livestock prices slip at Kansas City and Oklahoma City sales

Hogs under pressure with 9 000 head reported in Kansas City with lighter weights 180 to 210 pounds trading near 11.55 top. Cattle and calves show steady to weak tone with steers 1 103 pounds at 15.90 and cows 7.75 to 11.25, calves 1 500 head and sheep 8 000 with lambs weak. Oklahoma City bids mirror steady hogs at 11.15 to 10.95 and cattle trading mixed with yearlings at 12.25 and stockers scarce.

Rr Livestock Kansas City Idaho Oklahoma City Aux

Wheat Market Slumps On Large-Scale Selling

Sudden large scale selling hits the Chicago wheat market and drags prices below yesterday's finish to the lowest in three weeks. A Winnipeg trader dumped futures holdings amid weak support, with rains in the Canadian northwest and expected expansion of Argentine acres. Corn and oats fell, provisions declined.

Chicago Winnipeg Canadian

Wheat and corn prices in Chicago market report

Spot Chicago market update shows wheat at No 4 hard 1.26 to 1.44, No 1 northern spring 1.30. Corn bids include Nem 5 mixed 0.96, No 3 white 0.98. Oats list No 3 red 0.46, No 2 white 0.46. Ae

Chicago

Cotton price outlook cools as private crop figures falter

In New York, Aux 6 notes comparatively small private crop figures failed to stimulate buying interest, dampening expectations for a quick market recovery and signaling cautious sentiment among traders.

New York

Cotton futures close steady with small gains

New Orleans August 6 cotton futures closed steady with a net advance of three to nine points.

New Orleans

Spot cotton closes quiet in New Orleans market

New Orleans on August 6 reports spot cotton prices up four points with sales of 131 bales. Prices for low middling reach 17.46 dollars, middling 18.96, good middling 19.61. Receipts total 543 and stock 42,631.

New Orleans Aus Texas Orleans

Tulsa Mystery Ties Ada to Vanished Cafe Buyer

Ada residents heard a Tulsa angle in a case about Tex Boughman, once an Allen highway worker living in a tent near Steedman. He bought a Tulsa cafe for 800 dollars, signed his wife’s name on the check cashed in Ada, then disappeared after two weeks, while his wife managed most business here.

Tulsa Tex Boughman Allen Highway Steedman Boughman First National Bank of Ada

Farm Board to Study Land Use and Reforestation

The Federal Farm Board plans a comprehensive inquiry into land utilization condemnation and reforestation. It weighs crop specialization on suitable soils and setting aside poorer acreage, while noting reforms will take years and hinge on farmer justice and education. Reforestation and irrigation projects may be affected as officials consider limits on further undertakings.

Raymond Z. Henle Associated Press Washington Federal Farm Board Department of Agriculture Agriculture Department

Farm Board to Study Forests and Population Trends

The Farm Board will study turning less desirable land into forests to relieve timber pressure and examine effects of production methods and crop hygiene on output. It will also analyze birth and death rates to project population trends for the next fifty years and assess consumption estimates.

United States Congress Farm Board

Washington Youth Winner in Edison Contest

Wilbur B. Huston of Fort Madison Washington won the Thomas A. Edison competition for a protege. Forty nine contestants from states and the District of Columbia took a grueling exam on morals ethics and science. Huston 16 earned a four year MIT chemical engineering scholarship with all expenses paid. Four runners up will receive four year technical institute scholarships.

West Orange N. J Wilbur B. Huston Fort Madison Wash Thomas A. Edison State District of Columbia Edison Llewelyn Park S. W. Stratton Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Stratton Huston Episcopal Diocese of Seattle Charles A. Brounissen West Redding Conn Ivan A. Getling Pittsburgh James Seth Phoenix New Mexico Bernard Sturgis Butler Ind Wilbur Huston

Seattle youth wins Edison scholarship contest title

Wilbur B. Huston, 16, named state winner in the Thomas A. Edison scholarship contest. He was the youngest finalist among nine youths and received the award from Dr. N. D. Showalter, superintendent of public instruction. Huston graduated Seattle high school last June, a week before his selection.

Seattle Wash Wilbur B. Huston Thomas A. Edison N. D. Showalter Superintendent of Public Instruction Huston

Booze Ship Red Boy Burns Off Lake Erie Crew Missing

The Red Boy, a Lake Erie rum runner, burned to the water’s edge four miles off Edgewater beach. A $9,000 cargo of Canadian liquor was destroyed. Crew status unknown as coast guard cutter and fire tugs arrived. captain suspects a convoy boat evacuated the crew. The vessel had cleared Leamington Ont. with liquor aboard each trip and returned empty.

Cleveland Red Boy Lake Erie Edgewater Beach United States Coast Guard John Deily Coast Guard United States Leamington Ont

Vanoss and Stonewall Details and Local Sports

The column records weekend visits by Mr and Mrs McQuirty of Tuttle and others from Stratford Carne gie and Ada. It notes revival meetings by Elders McGheechee Caton and Edna Hunt assisting, plus many local visits, travel to Ada and Tulsa, and a budding baseball season with Vanessa High and Frisco boys. It also covers farm improvements, community clubs, and upcoming meetings and travels.

McQuirty Tuttle George Collins Carl Denham Stratford Bill Richardson Holmes Carnegie Lucille Baker Edna Hunt Yeager Clara Austell Bonnie Hewitt Stonewall Sam McNair Highway Station Vaness Eld. Piper St. Louis P. A. Templeman Oklahoma Baptist Assembly Mattie Collins Ozark Mountains Monte Ne Springs R. H. Patterson Pickens Patterson Parsons Kansas Frisco Boys American Legion Ada Raymond Bond Johnnie McNair Casey Alas Jones Frisco Athletic Club R. M. Bradley Young Peoples Willard Owens Son Oklahoma City Santa Fe Grover Odell Cherokee Eld A. O. Hinkle Lockhart Texas Missionary Baptist Church

Truck Crash Critically Injures Two Men on Stonewall Road

County officials investigate a high speed crash when a car struck a wagon on Stonewall road injuring J L Hopkins of Achille and Orel Mitchell of Hendricks. Both men lost legs, Hopkins suffered a fractured skull, and both are in Breco Hospital with hopes of recovery. Police question whether the driver was drunk as witnesses report car forces into a ditch to avoid collision. The men, part of a construction crew for K O G and O C A A, were en route to Ada for work.

Stonewall Road J. W. Dean J. L. Hopkins Achille Orel Mitchell Hendricks Breco Hospital Feeless Dean Hopkins Mitchell

Pioneer McClain County Sheriff Dies at 80

G. G. Vincent, who led McClain county as sheriff from 1910 to 1914 and rode cattle on the Chisholm trail, died Thursday in Cushing after two years of paralysis. He lived in Cushing 14 years, previously of Purcell, and is survived by his wife and several children in Shawnee Stillwater Cushing and nearby towns.

Novella Gibson Tupelo Helen Phrophet Jim King Zeb McKoy Zebline Ada George McKoy John McKoy Norman Clark Ada Hospital N. C. Pigg A. W. Chaddick Antiers Ed Kingz Stonewall Emily Hawley M. M. Foreman Foreman Stella Bell Young Centrahoma Mike Youney Josie Mae Henson Wilma Nowlin Lois Furlong Mary, Francis Josephine Kine E. G. Meaders Steedman Ben Cass Edd Sallee Estle Henson Gene Acker Jim Riley Okla Pauline Rives Centrohoma Frank Rives Hoyt Pryor B. F. Pritchett Coleman L. B. Porter LC. Pigg Stringtown Ima Margarite McKay Glen Reaves Grayson Drug Co Leamon Reaves Bill Brown Oklahoma City Roy Thompson Jesse Furlong I. C. Pigg A. W George McKay Ables Lyle Sullivan John Bransdale Sullivan Par Mcclain County Stillwater G. G. Vincent Chisholm Trail Cushing Purcell Lumie Vincent Shawnee F. R. Spann Ernest E Harry Los Angeles Glen Weatherford Tey H. L. Holmes Wilson and Brooks

Reported Agreed On Naval Budget

The Evening Standard claims Prime Minister MacDonald and Ambassador Dawes reached a tentative naval disarmament formula. London sources say no final decisions yet, but talks progress with proposals to limit battleship programs and sizes, extend existing ships life, and halt submarine construction.

Washington London MacDonald Ambassador Dawes State Department Dawes Aus Evening Standard the Standard

Family tragedy after touring car crash near Ardmore

A touring car went off a bridge over Caddo creek north of Ardmore injuring four Lancaster family members. Albert Lancaster 26 of Maud Oklahoma was killed instantly. His mother Mrs Joe Lancaster of St Louis Ok suffered a broken shoulder. His younger brother had several broken ribs and a young sister severe bruises and cuts.

Ardmore Albert Lancaster Maud, OK Lancaster Here Caddo Creek Joe Lancaster St. Louis

Two Ohio Robbers Held After Filling Station Theft

Herman Baxter and Fred Trayner of Portsmouth Ohio learned this was an easy town after a brief hold up of a filling station netting 31 dollars and 60 cents. They were jailed under 2500 dollars bail each.

Philadelphia Herman Baxter Fred Trayner Portsmouth Ohio

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