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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1927
Page
4
The article critiques Oklahoma state government turmoil as the governor confronts lawmakers and a clouded Supreme Court. It predicts constitutional conflict, possible impeachment, and public upheaval from intra party resentments and calls for political renewal to enable development.
Citizens urged to favor locally produced butter potatoes honey beans flour meal pickles and other Pontotoc county goods to keep money circulating locally. The piece argues that supporting home enterprises strengthens the community and warns against overreliance on distant suppliers.
Professor A L McBrien argues lack of male teachers in rural schools is a serious problem. He cites salary failures and board politics as factors driving men away, causing high turnover and instability in rural education.
Dispatches recount 1 000 Mormons journeying from New York to the founding of their sect. Joseph Smith's preaching and the Book of Mormon are noted, as are persecutions in New York Ohio Missouri and Illinois. Brigham Young led the move to Salt Lake basin where irrigation transformed a desert into a garden spot. The beehive and Deseret symbolize industry and faith.
The Oklahoma observes that Polk did not annex Texas alone and that Tyler signed the 1845 bill expanding U S territory after the 1844 election. It notes northern critics and asserts the 1848 treaty kept vast lands as free territory for the nation’s growth, while detractors benefited from opposing views.
Ada aims to become a manufacturing hub with Hazel-Atlas glass plant sale driving new jobs and payroll growth. Pontotoc County may attract pottery, dairying, and hog production, with state tax receipts rising as production expands and roads and schools gain funding. A Texas health resort case warns against relying on reputation without advertising. Radiograms from Ada exiles seek return home as Pittsburgh freshmen undergo psycho analysis.
A new scout troop organized at Pleasant Hill school house eight miles south of Ada with Prof. Richard Duty as scoutmaster and A. O. Gooch Charles Blankenship and E. L. Patterson on the troop committee. The first meeting named Charles Blankenship Jr senior patrol leader Bill Bryant scribe T A Burch crow patrol leader Virgil Golightly rooster patrol leader and announced tenderfoot badges. A second, close troo p forms with J L Boring T E Herron W E Miller Boone Sanders as committee and A B Anderson as scoutmaster. Readiness for early council registration urged with emphasis on Jan 19 Robert E Lee birthday and paying fees early to have all scouts registered.
Engineers chemists furnace experts and efficiency men will visit the Ada plant regularly as part of better production. Hazel Atlas operates in Oklahoma with Blackwell and Mill Creek plants, holding western assets west of the Mississippi. Mr Gowing, active in city industry since 1917, leads local glass ventures. his future plans were not announced.
Phillip Millis a 40 year old farmer near Hennessey killed his wife and five children with an axe then hanged himself in the barn. Mamie Brumley a teacher staying at the home survived a night of turmoil as neighbors described a year of financial distress and domestic strife.
Bill Dobbs of Kiowa was fined $10 in a Kiowa justice court for killing fur bearing animals out of season after claiming a possum in his chicken coop was harming his flock. No contrary evidence was presented and the county attorney noted the fine applied if the pelt had not been discarded.
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