Poultry Show Opens With 10 Displays and Top Awards
The poultry show opens today inviting spectators to view exhibits. Barred Plymouth Rocks dominate entries, with eight or nine exhibitors in the class. Premiums awarded to Ada and Purcell exhibitors include Yarbro Cup and Coffman Sparks Cup for best pen and pullet, with many breeds represented and strong attendance this year. Geese and mushrooms noted in closing lines.
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Plymouth Rocks
J. F. Weldon
Ada
James Robertson
Purcell
Columbian
Wyandottes
G. B. Armstrong
Jersey Black Giants
Tully & Miller
Shawnee
C. W. Ballard
Buff Orphingtons
Lute
Coffman & Sparks
Horace Bryant
Clyde Kaiser
Am. B. R. Club
Chas. Simpson
Carl Solomon
Vaness
Roy Meeks
B. B. Dawson
Roy Meek
Jim Emerson
H. L. Buchanan
Atoka
Sam Dew
Ada Farm Contest Wins Second Prize in State Wide Test
W B Johnson of five miles west of Ada took second prize in a ten litter contest spanning the state and earned 50 dollars from the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce. His eight pigs weighed 2129 pounds at 180 days old, a Duroc and Poland China cross. The column notes reports urged by Dec 20 to locate winners for prize distribution and praises intensive farming while recounting local honors and poultry judging results.
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W. B. Johnson
Ada
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma farm reports high cotton and potato yields
Guthrie reports record cotton break with 1250 pounds per acre on hillside sandy loam built with barnyard manure. Chandler farmer promotes large potato yields. 21 000 Nancy Hall plants cost 50 dollars and sweet potatoes yield near 1 000 dollars per acre on seven acres.
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Guthrie
Okla
C. A. Chambers
George W. Powdrill
Oklahoma A
M. College
Chambers
Powdrill
Chandler
George Eikenburg
Lincoln County
J. W. Gunn
Eikenburg
Nancy Hall
Eikerburg
Turkeys Bring Profit to Oklahoma Farm
Woodward county farmer Ed Emberton raised 3532 turkeys after saving 29 hens and 2 gobblers. He sold them for 1119.30 from 24 dollars invested, averaging 3.45 each, with labor mostly by Emberton's son. Grasshoppers were their main food as Bourbon Red breeder Mrs. Earl Stuart sold 67 birds at 3.58 each.
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Woodward
Okla
Lloyd Godley
Oklahoma A
M. College
Ed Emberton
Emberton
Godley
Earl Stuart
LaFollette Restored to Republican Fold in Senate
The Senate accepted Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin into the Republican ranks, despite threats to pursue an independent course. He pledged to adhere to the party platform and accept committee assignments if offered, echoing his late father’s political stance.
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Associated Press
Washington
Republican
Senate
Robert M. LaFollette
LaFollette
Watson
Republican Committee On Committees
Wisconsin
Sen. Watson
Young Wisconsin Senator LaFollette Becomes Fifth Youngest
Washington reports Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin will be 30 years 10 months when taking the oath, making him the fifth youngest senator. The Constitution bars under 30, but precedents show several men younger than 30 took the oath previously, including Henry Clay and Armitstead Mason, Elias Kent Kane, and Stephen W. Dorsey.
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United States
LaFollette
Henry Clay
Virginia
Elias Kent Kane
Ilinois
Stephen Wallace Dorsey
Arkansas
Women of Texas Likely To Oppose Ferguson Reelectio
Mrs J D Claybrook president of the State Democratic Women's association in Austin declares to Dallas county Democrats that women of Texas will oppose Gov Miriam A Ferguson on a second term. She says women regardless of party are not behind Ferguson and would not reelect her. This marks the women's group first official stance against Ferguson.
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Dallas
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
J. D. Claybrook
Austin
Democratic Women's Association
Claybrook
Ferguson
Democratic Women’s Organization
Mra. Ferguson
Oil Line Under Pressure Near Ada Progress Report
Oil news from Monday notes the Oklahoma Pipe Line rush to extend from Francis pump station to an Ada area oil pool opened by Ada Development. Two miles of pipe laid with work advancing toward completion in a fortnight. Two National rigs operate on Frick and Rives farms in section 6-3-7. Lloyd No 3 rig moves to Sarkey farm for new well. other wells slated for year end completion as sand shows at about 1200 feet.
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Rom
Oklahone Pipe Line
Francis
Ada
Ada Development Company
Frick
Rives
Sarkey Farm
Ada Development Well 3 Flows 70 Barrel Prospect
Tuesday's Daily notes Well No 3 of the Ada Development Co drilled by Lloyd is flowing naturally at about a 70 barrel rate. Plans called for spudding on the Frick location 6 3 7 southwest of the producing well this afternoon.
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Ada Development Co
Lloyd
Frick
Justice Dwift For These Two Youths
Grady Mickle and Albert Jones were jailed for burglary in Okmulgee. They had faced a two year suspended sentence in Granite for prior burglary charges. Sheriff deputies brought them to Ada on Saturday, revoking the suspended sentence and sending them to the Granite reformatory for two years. They left Ada the same day for transfer.
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Grady Mickle
Albert Jones
Granite Reformatory
J. W. Bolen
Granite
Okmulgee
Walker
Ada
Reformatory
Regional auto deaths top 120 in nine Midwest states
Auto accident fatalities across nine Midwestern states reached 120 last week. Ohio had 23 deaths, Illinois 18, Missouri 16, with Michigan 15, Indiana 14, Oklahoma 10, Texas 9, Minnesota 4, and Kansas 1.
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Chicago
Ohio
Illinois
Missouri
Michigan
Indiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Minnesota
Three Men Charged With Deer Killing in Pontotoc
In Pontotoc County a county court case accuses George and Charles Dickerson and Frank Reed of slaying deer out of season. State Game Commissioner J. T. Armstrong filed the complaint amid a report noting the local beaver’s long sleep pattern.
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Totoc County
Sea
George
Charles Dickerson
Frank Reed
Pontotoc
J. T. Armstrong
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George Jones
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Vanoss
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Eldred Solomon
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Perez Simmons
Bureau of Entomology
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Toung Bog
F.M. Lafollette JR
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Department OF Interior
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