14 Aug 1924
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1924
Page
1
Byron Norrell discusses ambition versus discontent and urges productive effort. The piece announces L C Haggard plans for a nursery near Ada and shares gardening tips for fall planting with a tomato patch attributed to his wife.
Indications point to the season's first bale being brought to Ada within a week as early fields open. Rain has hurt black land cotton while late cotton shows less damage and strong boll sets.
Wisconsin, a grain state with worn soils, leads in dairying by rebuilding soils and focusing on economical production. Farm and Rauch report that 165 cow testing associations now test 75,000 cows on 4,450 farms, with plans to reach 500 associations and 236,000 cows on 13,000 farms by 1930, and to expand sales of Wisconsin cows and sires.
The Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman offers a scholarship to send a prizewinning canning club girl from the state contest at Farmers' Week to the International Livestock Show in Chicago next fall. Previously only one scholarship existed from Montgomery Ward & Company, but two girls were needed to form a team.
Weekly extension notes advise mulching berry patches during hot weather to reduce moisture loss and protect fruit. After grape harvest remove rotted or fallen fruit to limit pests and disease. watch for leaf rollers and apply arsenical spray early. Store potatoes should be inspected regularly for spoilage.
Agent Hill notes the brobm corn crop suffers from rain with a fair acreage planted this year. Mr. Bagley of Burrow planted over 200 acres last year and again leads the county in acreage, signaling strong market potential.
J. M. Atkinson reports cucumbers keep coming in despite dry weather. He expects about 16 cars this year, roughly quadruple last year’s amount, signaling a rebound in pickle production.
W. S. Wood reports a four acre cotton patch on Judge Barton’s north city outskirts bloomed two months after planting. Planted May 13 blooms appeared July 13 and Wood says the field is loaded with bolls and will yield well regardless of future rain.
Agent Hill traveled to the south part of the county and found a good rain fell Wednesday around Roff and Laxton. He could not determine how widespread the shower was.
Mrs. J. L. Boring hosted the Pecan Grove canning club meeting near Ada. Members planned county fair exhibits and yearlong work. Nellie Dew spoke on the Life of Christ from St Luke. Byron Norreil discussed Music in the Bible. Duvall noted plans to use the state circulating library. steps will be taken to access the free library in winter. Refreshments included ice cake.
H Neal of Portland Park brought in the biggest peach this season for the News office. The fruit measured 10 inches in circumference and weighed about half a pound, grown on a three year old J. H. Hale tree.
Stillwater Oklahoma August is a favorable month for budding peaches plums cherries and apples says Frank B Cross of the horticulture department at Oklahoma A and M college If you wish to get young trees from a good variety now is the time to do the work Continued on Page Four.
Five non union miners leaving Bull Hill coal mine about 18 miles east of Wilburton were shot in an ambush by gunmen hidden in brush. Everett Edwards seriously wounded, others uninjured and aid expected. Bull Hill mine employs 50 men and operates non union.
Governor Trapp said he awaits a report on the Wilburton miningfield shooting before deciding if the state will intervene. Bill Tilghman leads the personal probe, and action by the state military forces would be a last resort.
The county excise board works through year budget estimates for county and city governments for the coming fiscal year. In active session since Monday, the board aims to finish by Saturday though uncertainty remains. City estimates for Ada Francis Ross Stonewall and Allen will be considered as needed. The board includes the county judge attorney school superintendent assessor clerk treasurer and the board of commissioners chairman. No details on possible radical changes could be determined yet.
Oklahoma City August 13 The value of the 14 leading crops produced in Oklahoma this year was estimated at 371 million 516 thousand dollars by John A Whitehurst president of the state board of agriculture The bulletin shows increases over last year in cotton wheat and corn with cotton up 57 million 325 thousand dollars wheat 24 million 494 thousand and corn 41 million 657 thousand dollars higher than in 1928 yields
John Rogers the municipal auditor based in Shawnee says the annual audit of the Shawnee city finance office will finish within ten days. Charlie Deaver assists as the audit focuses on indebtedness and budget estimates for the next fiscal year before turning to the water department.
Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin objects to the Ku Klux Klan and its influence in politics. He says the central issue is curbing private monopoly power and asserts he has long opposed discrimination, defending every citizen’s constitutional rights. He delivered the letter to Robert P. Scripps for publication.
Ada merchants and county authorities unite to curb worthless checks driving business instability. Local dealers push drastic action to restore confidence in paper payments as courts and the county attorney move to enforce measures against the hot check practice.
The government enacts a law prohibiting trapping south of the Canadian Pacific main line with exceptions for certain predatory animals, notably wolves and skunks, due to damage to farm stock.
In Oklahoma City the Democratic state central committee debated J. C. Walton's nomination after a morning of fiery speeches. Fitzpatrick urged Walton to answer claims about ministers and a Klan issue, but the body adjourned without a vote. The committee approved the national platform and pledged the state organization to it.
In Chicago on August 13 the Franks murder trial heard two doctors testify that Richard Loeb and Nathan LeopoldFranks Jr were sane and not mentally ill as defense sought. The physicians described examinations and posed hypothetical questions to support the verdict of no mental disease.
Mrs. Theresa Moers, ex wife of Albert Moers and friend of Norman Selby known as Kid McCoy, was found shot to death at her Los Angeles home. The ex fighter was questioned by police in connection with the case.
Ed Semans, Oklahoma Democratic chairman, issues a statement affirming his two year funds reports are correct and audited by a certified public accountant. R L Davidson, successor, says he is not fully satisfied and notes Semans turned 52 cents over to the committee.
The 1924 forecast places this year’s cotton production at about 12.53 million 500 pound bales, with 29,942 running bales counted as half bales. Yield is set at 146.3 pounds per acre based on August 1 crop condition at 67.4 percent normal. Oklahoma shows 76 percent condition.
Henry Ford became an involuntary candidate for the Republican nomination for U S senator after petitions with required signatures to place his name on the September 9 primary ballot were filed with the secretary of state today in Lansing Michigan.
John W. Davis outlined his Democratic bid in Clarksburg speeches, pledging honesty in government, support for religious liberty, enforcement of laws including Prohibition, tariff revisions, tax relief, and world peace efforts. He attacked the Republican record and vowed no favors for sale while stressing national defense and veterans’ care.
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