Oil Production Till Climbing Across U S Weeks
Tulsa Oklahoma Aug 20 The Oil and Gas Journal reports US crude production for the week ending Aug 17 was largely steady with gains in several fields. Mid continent light oil rose while heavy oil fell. Oklahoma fields declined by 600 barrels. Total U S light oil reached 2 521 245 barrels and the grand total 2 960 296 barrels.
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Tulsa
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Mid-Continent
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
California
Oklahoma City
St. Louis-Pearson
North Louisiana
Ieeees
Sons Cg
Arkansas Light
North Central Telcc
PON Co
Gulf Coast
Southwest
Texas
Rocky Mountain
Gsee
Bids Opened on Oklahoma Bridge Projects
The Oklahoma Highway Commission opened bids on fourteen bridge projects totaling about 325000 dollars. The largest item covers eight bridges on U S Highway 66 between Bridgeport and Weatherford with Crichton & Kirby of Ardmore as apparent low bidder at 119095.91 for two sections. Other bidders include L S Fischer James & Yoakum Mins & Fros and more.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Commission
Caddo County
U. S. Highway 66
Bridgeport
Weatherford
Crichton & Kirby
Ardmore
L. S. Fischer
Woodward
James & Yoakum
Mins
Grady County
Rock Island
Minco
Carter County
Boggy Creek
Taylor & Majors
Atoka County
Springton
E. S. Alderman
Rogers County
U. S. Highway
Chelsea
Comanche County
Elgin
Taylor & Major
Cotton County
Cache Creek
Walters
Emerson
Highway Commission
Capitol
State Officials Meet Over Assessed Property Values In Oklahoma
County assessors and the state board of equalization discuss real and personal property valuations to set the state levy, with increases tied to higher school and state costs. Declines appear in Creek Kay Marshall and other counties, while Okla homa and Pottawatomie show notable rises.
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State Board of Equalization
Capitol
Choctaw Creek
Kay
Marshall
McClain
Noble
Okmulgee
Osage
Pawnee
Sequoyah
Sequoyah County
Ellis
Jackson
Oklahoma
Pottawatomie
Seminole
Oklahoma County
C. A. Farley
Citizens Taxpayers League
Lukin Bell
J. R. Tarton
Tulsa County
Tulsa
Creek County
Sapulpa
Kay County
Marland
Ponca City
State veteran dies after auto crash in Oklahoma
Colonel P C Green 835 oldest former department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in Oklahoma died of injuries from an automobile collision on a downtown street corner. B M Austin of Enid drove the car. Green had moved from Alva 15 years ago and funeral plans were being arranged.
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Pp. C. Green
Grand Army of the Republic
Oklahoma
Green
B. M. Austin
Enid
Colonel Green
Alva
Dick Green
Army Worm Threat to Oklahoma Cotton
Oklahoma cotton growers face a new danger from the cotton leaf caterpillar known as army worm. State and federal entomologists report heavy inroads on cotton, signaling potential crop damage and the need for monitoring and control measures.
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Oklahoma
Tariff Fight Evolves as Public Turns Guarded
Washington reports a shifting tariff battle as Democrats unite against the House measure and public mood cools. Senate Finance Committee members Smoot Reed Watson lead GOP resistance while newspapers show growing criticism of proposed duty hikes.
Investigation of Railroad Wreck Nearing Finish
Henryetta Aug 20 Representatives MacDonald and Gimson of the interstate commerce commission and M M Sisson assistant general manager of the Frisco railroad and T E Mason division superintendent completed their investigation into the wreck of a passenger train Sunday in which 13 persons were killed. After hearing many witnesses they adjourned to Tulsa to examine Frisco employees and said the switch was not cocked and the person who opened it would be caught though no arrests were made.
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Henryetta
MacDonald and Gimson
Interstate Commerce Commission
M. M. Sisson
Frisco Railroad
T. E. Mason
Tulsa
Frisco
Men Held in Second Degree Burglary Case
Bennie Nichols and Bessie Simpson, both described as negroes, are jailed in Pontotoc County facing second degree burglary charges over an alleged hijacking of a white man in the negro section. They were bound over after a preliminary hearing before T. O. Cullins, justice of peace, and remanded to jail in $2,000 bond each.
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Bennie Nichols
Bessie Simpson
Pontotoc County
T. O. Cullins
Justice of Peace
Santa Fe Worker Killed in Oil Engine Explosion
John N. Shaffer 36 of Arkansas City Kansas employed by the Santa Fe railroad was killed in an oil burning engine explosion in the Santa Fe yards at Ponca City. He had just begun replenishing the engine when the blast occurred throwing him 30 feet. He died before aid arrived. He had been with the railroad 11 years and had come here from Arkansas City. He is survived by a widow and three children.
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Arkansas City
Kas
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Shaffer
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