13 Dec 1923
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1923
Page
1
The editor describes modest cream payments around Ada and growing checks from cream sales. He recalls his wife promoting tree planting along roads, praises sycamore plantings at Hoot Owl ranch, and hopes county roads will line with trees. He highlights Golden Mooney’s chicken show wins and local canning club achievements.
John Skinner of the News force won multiple prizes at the state poultry show in Enid with his Part ridge Wyandotte stock taking first cock first cockerel and first and second pullets along with third and fourth hens. W A Lackey moved from Fitzhugh area to near Homer schoolhouse and raises chickens and eggs. he has experimented with capons selling 100 last year and 118 this year with plans to exhibit at the county show. Capons, noted as delicious and pricier, outperform ordinary chickens in eatability and market value.
The third annual bulletin lists over two hundred courses across college departments with many credits applicable to bachelor degrees and state certificates. Non credit options target farmers homemakers and professionals. Ruth Cox offers personalized information. Western Texas distrust and local hardships frame accompanying letter. An Oklahoma anti Klan association forms with Blake proposed bill and a broad coalition of influential locals plans educational campaign and future growth.
Revolutionary forces report victory over loyal troops at Coatopolapan Vera Cruz border. Obregon forces pursue Jose Maria Sanchez former Puebla governor. Colima overthrown and Sonora Sinaloa join revolt as Gen Estrada advances toward Mexico City. Flores pledges troops in Sinaloa to aid Estrada.
In Atlanta on December 12, Phil E. Fox former Ku Klux Klan publicity director goes on trial for the murder of William S. Coburn, with an indictment naming Mrs Margaret Weaver an accessory before the fact and claiming she urged Fox to act from the previous Saturday to the shooting.
County home demonstrator Mrs Duvall endures rough roads and mud holes while making her rounds. She says she knows every hole and has been pulled out several times, yet the work remains a brighter picture that compensates her efforts.
The State Board of Agriculture reports Oklahoma's average winter wheat seeding at 90 percent of last fall, about 3,360,000 acres, down 373,000 from the prior year due to poor prices and wet weather. Growing conditions are 86 percent of normal. Chinch bugs and Hessian fly appear in Woodward county, and planting faced drought followed by excess rain.
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson and Maj. J. M. Hobson, with a Los Angeles investigator, searched rugged hills for their missing son and another youth. After hours away from phones, the boys returned. Harsh winds and a brush fire delayed news until the trio found safety at home.
Representative Berger after a White House conference said he believes all 32 imprisoned war violators will receive amnesty from President Coolidge before Christmas.
A concise notice invites readers to use the newspaper’s want ad service to buy rent or sell items. The brief emphasizes quick placement and broad reach through the paper’s classifieds.
Police in Birmingham identify Fred Glover as a suspect in a wave of 24 axe murders. Mrs Sparks, struck while crossing a vacant lot, is recovering. A bloody hatchet and pistol found in Glover's room strengthen officials belief, noting no prior attacks during a recent prison stay.
Reports from Nogales indicate the west coast insurgency has grown with a garrison split at Mazatlan Sinaloa where the 27th regiment revolted and disarmed the 17th regiment without bloodshed. Investigators seek confirmation of executions of several revolutionary generals.
The Stonewall News building and its contents burned Tuesday night. Only a few pieces of furniture were saved. The fire origin is unknown. The frame building was in flames when discovered near ten o'clock. The News is owned by W. W. Gaines of Sulphur and Bob Gaines of Stonewall. It is among the oldest newspapers in the area.
The note states black currants are seldom grown in this country, while cultivation is extensive in Canada and Europe, highlighting regional adoption differences in berry production.
County Superintendent A Floyd reports rural schools in Pontotoc county are improving as vacation approaches. Attendance and interest exceed nine years ago with students benefiting from county school programs. Larger rural schools like Latta and Union Hill are advancing toward high school level offering comparable advanced work. Floyd visited Ahloso Pecan Grove Egypt Union Hill and Latta during the week.
Government estimate places United States cotton crop at 10,081,000 bales for the year with Oklahoma production at 620,000 bales.
Rural school inspectors will tour Pontotoc County in February aiming to present several schools as model institutions. A. E. Burke or an assistant will conduct rural inspections, while the state high school inspector will visit Ada on Monday for a thorough evaluation of the school’s work and year progress.
Oklahoma City December 7 House committee votes to withhold its report on the state board of agriculture after a sub committee urges impeachment charges against John A Whitehurst president of the board The panel also recommends more time to examine accounts of M J Otey former financial agent at the A and M college amid a broader probe before final report The session also to speed action on an anti klan bill likely before year end recess Saturday
Edward Sailstad and Dorothy Anderson confessed to a hoax that included a fake burial and burning a corpse to hide Sailstad from his wife and children. Sailstad faces arson charges in Wisconsin while Anderson is held as an accomplice in California.
J. B. Gray Pontotoc county truancy officer has stimulated rural school attendance across the county. Reports from rural teachers confirm Gray’s valuable work in persuading students to use school facilities. He has worked practically in every part of the county.
The home of Judge S R Tolbert, five or six miles southwest of Ada, burned Tuesday night about 10 o clock. Tolbert barely escaped with a few bedclothes and a son’s picture. He suspects chimney soot caused the blaze. Loss above insurance estimated at not less than 1500 dollars.
Former Oklahoma Governor J C Walton appeals a dismissal of his injunction suit to block impeachment proceedings. The filing with the U S Supreme Court comes amid a years long conflict tied to Walton’s fight against the Ku Klux Klan and his ouster as governor. A decision on review is uncertain and no arguments are allowed until the court rules on review.
The chamber of commerce hosted entertainment for 750 Oklahoma City public school teachers in an old fashioned box supper.
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