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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
7
Notices announce that the Pontotoc County Oklahoma District Court issued orders of sale for multiple mortgage foreclosures. Lands described include parcels in Ada and surrounding areas with sale dates set for December 21 1925 and January 12 1926.
No 7073 pursuance of an order of sale directs the sheriff to sell Lots 1 2 and East Half of the Northwest Quarter and Lots 3 4 and East Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 30 Township 2 North Range 4 East to satisfy a foreclosure judgment for 8984 05 with costs and interest 10 percent from April 20 1925. The sale will be held December 21 1925 at 2 oclock in Ada Oklahoma for cash by the ghost bidder.
Notice of Sheriff sale of land in Toc County Oklahoma set for November 16 1925 in a suit where Central Life Insurance Company of Illinois is plaintiff and J B Gray and Jan appear as defendants with unspecified property involved.
O. W. James administrator of Jennie James deceased filed December 9 1825 in Pontotoc County Oklahoma a petition asking for authority to mortgage 200 acres of estate real estate to pay off a prior mortgage and costs. Hearing set December 29 1925 between 2 and 3 pm at the Judge's office Ada Oklahoma. All interested must appear to show cause. Busby Harrell attorneys. La 12-10-38.
Notice of sale under a district court judgment debtor May Rice Jenkins versus O A Clark Rosie Clark Oklahoma State Bank Ada A J Fluke and C M Cade receivers Oklahoma Loan and Trust Conservative Loan Co. The property described is SW of SW of Sec 12 and N4 of NW of NE3 of Sec 14 Township 3 North Range 5 East Indian Base and Meridian Ada Oklahoma. Sale to satisfy a $1921.25 judgment plus $177.65 taxes and $100.00 attorney fees and $15.00 costs with 10 percent interest from May 12 1925. Sale on November 21 at 2 pm at Ada. Highest bidder cash.
The Inter-State Mortgage Trust company, plaintiff, sues No. 7628 Mary A. Biggar and others. State of Oklahoma serves Len Biggar and numerous Biggar relatives as defendants including minors Illa Mer Biggar and Herman Biggar.
The Oklahoma State Bank of Ada sues S C Lane and Nettie Lane for foreclosure. A parcel, the northeast ten acres of Lot 1 Section 1 Township 4 North Range 7 East in Pontotoc County, is to be sold at public auction on January 4, 1926 at 2 p m to satisfy a $2,750.09 judgment plus interest, costs, and fees.
In the County Court of Pontotoc County Porter White administrator calls all creditors to present their claims against Mrs. M. T. White deceased with vouchers to the administrator at Ada Oklahoma within four months from December 9 1925 or be forever barred.
Nashville reports defeat of unification plan between the southern and northern Methodists. Among 45 conferences voting, 4,528 supported and 4,108 opposed, falling 1,944 short of the three fourths needed. Bishops will canvass results December 11 to finalize legality.
Selection of a jury began in Ardmore district court to try Ewing C London Cartier county sheriff on seven indictments charging derelictions in office. Judge Tom G Chambers overruled four demurrers and sustained one. The case included disputes over a special prosecutor Kirby Fitzpatrick and funding questions.
Hermenegildo Valdes, Mexican consul in Oklahoma City, handles personal welfare of about 15 000 Mexican nationals and oversees annual commerce exceeding 1 000 000 dollars. He stamps invoices for shipments from Oklahoma and Arkansas to Mexico, with October values topping 212 362.48 dollars, mainly rail. He serves a consular district estimated at 15 000 to 20 000 Mexicans and has been in service ten years, four months in Oklahoma City.
The Department of Commerce reports 1,178,206 marriages and 170,867 divorces in 1924, down from 1,225,924 marriages and 165,096 divorces in 1923. Marriages fell by 45,718, a 3.7 percent decrease, while divorces rose by 5,771, about 3.5 percent, with four counties lacking complete data.
Federal census figures show Oklahoma with about 20 foreign born per 1000, far lower than the national rate. The state boasts a largely American population with native whites dominating public offices, low illiteracy, and a farming majority, totaling about 2.28 million in 1920 and an estimated 2.28 million in 1925, underscoring an American identity.
D. C. Brentley J. W. Brock and W. L. Collett are in the county jail facing charges of driving while intoxicated after a collision with a Ford roadster near Byrds Mill yesterday afternoon in which the vehicle was demolished.
The Republican state central committee and Harrison Garnett, Republican national committeeman from North Dakota, lodge a formal protest with the president of the senate against Gerald P Nye seating as U S senator from North Dakota.
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