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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
3
Elk City Democrat will begin publication of two dailies on September 1. Altus reports a $25,000 fire loss damaging part of the business section.
Hugo Hughes plans a two week summer trip visiting his mother in Coalgate and brother in Marietta before heading to Texas coast. W Morgan leaves for Ada Brick Co after serving at Ross city light plant. J W Barron resigns from J P Jones Co to join R F Smith Furniture Co in Ada on September first. Sheriff T J Smith to receive a $50 revolver inscribed with first sheriff of Pontotoc county and his name from admirers.
Chickasha announces a 100 room hotel project led by B F Johnson. The Commercial Club has offered a ten thousand dollar bonus to spur the construction. The Chickasha Light Heat Power Company completes a new plant and local capitalists form an ice and cold storage company planning a plant.
The News publishes a byline exposing criticisms of the sheriff’s office and calls for specific, accountable replies. It argues public safety and law enforcement require concrete responses rather than vague or evasive defenses, noting jail guard costs and the need to prevent escapes and arm access.
The governor says upon expiration of his term he will retire from public life and devote time to running his weekly paper in Oklahoma City. He notes no further political ambitions and spoke with the Daily Oklahoma in Oklahoma City.
A Vinita Leader column warns Oklahoma Democrats to purge graft and misdeeds before the next major election. It contrasts Democratic self-correction with Republican accusations and calls for a thorough house cleaning across state, county, and city levels to avoid an unexpected political upheaval.
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma and Governor Campbell of Texas plan to attend the United States Army Tournament in Dallas arriving next Tuesday morning. Haskell will be accompanied by his wife and they will depart Guthrie Monday night. After Dallas they will proceed to Chickasha for the Confederate reunion on Wednesday.
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