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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
8
Oil scouts from the Ada Development Company will drop in to check the new gas strike and well. John Fitz says about thirty to forty geologists will arrive in Ada mid January to survey the county and assess oil possibilities.
A cablegram received by A. C. Montin informs that his son Alfred C. Jr. has arrived safely in Nice France and will attend school there for the next year. The trip from Ada took 17 days.
Gary Kitchens manages headquarters from Pawhuska and Ada before a Texas trip. John Baum and wife plan to move to Cross Plains Texas. Mrs. Byron Norrell returns from Fort Worth, still weak from two operations. Albert McKoy and family visit their mother Mary McKoy in Okmulgee. M F Dew shows rapid improvement after illness. H P Hatcher to San Angelo for his son's ill wife C P Hatcher. P H Cox of Galey jailed on federal mash and still charge. Bill Leyland of Tishomingo held on DUI charge. Car Solomon from Vanoss checks on county show birds. Co L Deaton near Ada near four miles east, undergoing a procedure.
Mrs. Davis of Stonewall returned home after an operation at Castleberry hospital. S. R. Treadwell is confined there for treatment of a crushed foot from a bale of cotton. Mr. and Mrs. Cravey and son James with other locals motored to Lehigh Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Nance of Canyon Texas have returned to their home after visiting the families of Harry Hager and Sam Beeker, concluding a brief interstate social trip.
Mrs T E Freeats returns from a state wide trip. Her son Max of Tulsa accompanies her home.
Mrs Joe Holden accompanied her husband from Hobart as they travel to Amarillo where he plans to stay to continue cotton buying efforts.
Miss Mollie Jernigan of Shawnee and Mrs. Carlton Weaver of Wilburton visited Mrs. R. E. Haynes after leaving Shawnee on Sunday. They returned to Shawnee yesterday. Miss Vida Simmons is reported doing well after being returned home following an operation several weeks ago in Ada.
W G Bill Long visits the city inspecting new oil developments and promoting his oil field poetry volume praised across the Mid-Continent. He has long supported Pontotoc County having invested over ten years ago. Brinlee Collett and Brock posted bond after Sunday arrest for driving on a public highway while intoxicated and appeared in Justice Anderson's court.
Z. T. Henderson who had been ill at his son John Henderson's home is able to be out again. Mrs. Jack Russel has returned to her Bonham Texas home after visiting her daughter Mrs. James V. Chapman.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court denied Campbell Russell's motion to dismiss his appeal on the signatures for initiative petition 8&9 seeking to place oil and mineral gross production on an ad valorem tax. Protestants argued the petition was sufficient. R A Sneed, secretary of state, upheld it. Chicago city council passed a resolution seeking state action to form a new state of Chicago.
The Ada Development property plans two immediate wells on the Fr'ck and Rives-Manville-Braly farms in section 6-3-7 with a pipeline from Francis pump station to the new pool. Nearby in section 34-5-6 the Stringer No 1 and Ray No 1 produced oil and gas, and Ray No 3 is a gas well, signaling a rising interest and potential big drilling after year start. Ed Gillette reports strong oil and gas shows at 1565 in section 25-5-6 southwest of Francis.
The Ada Development Co. reports Lloyd No. 3 oil well shot Monday with complete success. The well is being cleaned today and will be allowed to flow once cleaning is finished, with expectations of a stronger showing than the prior two wells.
A seller muses on future plans after selling out and suggests visiting Ada to show residents what a genuine newspaper looks like. The remark hints at moving on to new ventures and provoking local interest in media quality.
Jesse Daniels of Happyland community northeast of Ada says friends in need are friends in deed. Neighbors turned out with their cotton sacks to assist a sick family as sickness persisted for nine weeks.
Ed Laith and Mr Ingram hauled the cotton from the patch for Mr Daniels who felt grateful for the timely aid from neighbors. Buy it rent it sell find it with a NEWS want ad.
East Central will release teachers and students Wednesday afternoon December 23 for Christmas holidays per President Linscheid. Classes resume Monday January 4. School activities continue until closing hour. The text adds a note on the earth having six imaginary poles including geographic and magnetic poles and poles of cold.
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