Two Producers Boost Allen Field Output on Week’s End
In Louisiana oil activity near the Canadian River, two new producers were added to the Allen field, lifting county output by about 2,000 barrels. Louisiana’s Harjo No. 7 and Harjo No. 8 show deep wells with promising sand tests, while Hulwa and Punlesti prospects draw major company attention. Additional rigs target the area as Mid-Continent, ITIO, and Gardner Oil improve offset locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Perry
Homackla Company
Adams No
Allen Field
Canadian River
Ramsey
Mid-Continent
Bingham Farm
Gardner Oil Company
Bebee
IT. I. OG
Taylor Farm
Hunton
Gas Line Tested To Carry 50 Million Feet Daily
Eight miles of the Allen Pipe Line is under test pressure. after a day of inspection the line will carry about 50,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily. Excess gas will be stored in an old field north of the city as a reserve. A future river crossing will add an eight inch line for 25,000,000 feet daily.
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Allen Pipe Line Company
New York
Pennsylvania
South Canadian River
Wynnewood Bank Robbery Suspects Sentenced
L. L. Red Callaway received 25 years and W R Callaway life in a Wynnewood bank robbery case. Raymond Wilson faced trial as a third suspect. jury selection began in Garvin County District Court. The gang allegedly stole 40 090 dollars from the First National Bank last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Want Ads Readership Encouraged At Local Paper
In a short note the paper urges readers to check the Want Ads section for opportunities. The call emphasizes broad appeal and consistent readership across the community.
Sweeney seeks habeas release after murder charge
Malcolm Sweeney, held without bond on a murder charge, moves the district court to fix bond via habeas corpus. The case centers on the January shooting of Frank Runnels at Bob Ford’s home, with self defense claims and conflicting eyewitness testimony.
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John Crawford
Malcom Sweeney
District Court
Orel Busby
Sweeney
T. O. Cullins
Bob Ford
Bank Robbery Suspects Held Near Bowlegs After Clarita Heist
Two suspects are held at Bowlegs in connection with the Clarita bank robbery yesterday afternoon. Officers head to identify the men as deputies report a gunfight near Francis and a Dodge touring car used by bandits. Luther Prince, a special officer from Allen, was wounded in the leg during the pursuit, blamed on a bandit’s nervous actions. J N Davis and Babe Moore accompanied Prince. Davis accidentally fired his pistol while helping. The bandits fled on foot after a roadblock, their car abandoned with a visible tag end reading 945.
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Runnels
Bob Ford
Sweeney
Pioneer County
Bobh Ford
Lucian Pigg
Runnel
Ford
Fussilade
Hugh Mathis
Scott Ferris
Bowlegs
Clarita Bank
Luther Prince
Allen
Breco
Prince
Francis
J. N. Davis
Babe Moore
Davis
Warred
Coalgate
Walter Clark
Pontotoc County Ginning Report Shows Light 1927 Cotton
The Pontotog County ginning report by county statistician Buel Bradford notes 4 097 bales ginned by January 16 1927 up 40 from December 20. This crop ranks as the county's second lightest with 1921’s crop being the smallest at just over 3 600 bales due to boll weevil damage. By January 16 1927 total ginned reached 24 877 with about 3 000 bales remaining to be gathered.
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Buel Bradford
Veterinary WARTime insight sparks VP nomination quip
During the World War, veterinarians found a way to hush mule braying. A quip asks if a veterinarian could be nominated by a political party for vice president.
Imposter Suspected In Welfare Fraud Probe Across Counties
Mrs. Orville Snead and welfare workers investigate a woman they say has visited multiple counties using different names and claiming varying numbers of children to obtain widow’s pensions and aid from welfare organizations and Masonic and Odd Fellow lodges. She allegedly received July payments in Pontotoc and Okmulgee counties while also drawing in Okmulgee. She wears Masonic and Odd Fellow emblems asserting her husband’s memberships. About ten days ago she sought relief from Mrs. Snead, who began questioning the applicant.
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Orville Snead
Snead
Okmulgee
Muskogee
Gasoline tax funds Pontotoc road bonds
Pontotoc county carries more than 400000 in road bonds funded by the gasoline tax so no new levy is needed for interest and sinking obligations. The county also has 11 funding issues and courthouse bonds requiring 2.7 mills. First bonds issued in 1919 mature by 1929 with serial notes due annually later. currently 20626 needs for interest and 17051 for sinking.
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Pontotoc County
Court House
Tragic highway wreck frees whiskey stash in creek
Henry Grader 38 a Coalgate land owner was found drowned beneath a Buick roadster in Bois D Arc creek near Frisco. 40 gallons of whiskey in five gallon kegs were found in the wreckage. Grader’s death and the infant son in hospital near Ada build a twin tragedy with the family awaiting the father’s visit.
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Henry Grader
Coalgate
Bois D’arc Creek
Frisco
Ada
Bois D,are Creek
Coal County
Brece Hospital
Grader
Young Grader
Three Men Held After Waurika Shooting
Three men, S. E. Smiddy and his sons Green and Gene Smiddy, are jailed in Jefferson county on charges tied to the killing of Louis Harwell, 50, a deputy sheriff, and serious wounding of Arthur Hood, a constable, after a volley from a parked car. Hood is in serious condition at a Waurika hospital. Green Smiddy allegedly shot Hood. the trio deny involvement as an investigation continues.
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Waurika
Jefferson County
Louis Harwell
Arthur Hood
Addington
S. E. Smiddy
Green
Gene Smiddy
Hood
Frank Driskell
Harwell
Green Smiddy
Marwell
Driskell
Governor Johnston Endorsed by Fourth District Democrats
The Democratic Fourth congressional district committee met in Ada on January 26, 1928, and endorsed Gov. Henry S. Johnston and state chairman George D. Key as well as congressman Tom D. McKeown. Val Crawford was elected district chairman with Mrs. C. A. Hagan as vice chair. A resolution pledged loyalty to the Democratic Party and recommended continued reelection of Key and creditable service by McKeown and Sen. Elmer Thomas, with Shelby Livingston named as a delegate at large to the national convention in Houston.
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Democratic Fourth Congressional District Committee
Henry S. Johnston
George D. Key
Tom D. McKeown
Val Crawford
Okfuskee County
C. A. Hagan
Lincoln
Democratic Congressional Committee
Fourth Congressional District
Democratic Party
Oklahoma
George D Key
Elmer Thomas
United States
Shelby Livingston
Seminole County
Houston
Ada
Fred F. Brydia
Nution
Funeral for Love County Sheriff Held in Marietta
Hundreds gathered in Marietta for the funeral of Sheriff Sam C. Long who died in Ardmore hospital from gunshot wounds suffered during a Love County National Bank hold up last week. Interment planned at Lake View cemetery. services to be led by Rev. S. G. Rogers. He leaves a widow and nine children.
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Marietta
Love County
Sam C. Long
Ardmore
Love County National Bank
Lake View Cemetery
Baptist Church
S. G. Rogers
Fist Methodist Church
Long
Ada to Get New Six Story Hotel at Twelfth and Broadway
Ada business leaders sign a contract with Wewoka financiers to build a six story hotel on a 110 by 46 foot site at Twelfth and Broadway. The project, costing about 300000, will be locally operated with Ada citizens funding 22000 and builders covering the rest.
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Ada
Twelfth
Broadway
Wewoka
E. C. Aldridge
Farmers National Bank
Aldridge
Seminole
G. B. Sterritt
W. F. Parker
Sterritt
P. A. Norris
W. B. Skirvin
W. E. Harvey
R. W. Simpson
M. O. Matthews
W. C. Rollow
Chamber of Commree
Hynds
Chamber of Commerce
Reid
Calt
Skirvin Hotel
Oklahoma City
Skirvin
Latta Boys Edge Pleasant Hill After Extra Period
Latta high school basketball beat Pleasant Hill 17 to 12 in an overtime period after a 12 to 12 tie at the end of regulation. The Latta girls team lost to Latta 14 to 8.
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Latta
Young Democrats Endorse Johnston Elect Officers
The Young Democrats of Pontotoc County elected E. J. Walker as chairman Aubrey Kerr as vice chairman and Robert Wimbish Jr as secretary at a Saturday meeting Delegates to the Pawhuska state convention were Denver Davidson Judge Orel Busby and Byron Roberts A resolution endorsed the Johnston administration and plans were made to secure the 1929 state League of Young Democrats convention in Ada.
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Young Democrats
Pontotoc County
E. J. Walker
Aubrey Kerr
Robert Wimbish Jr
Pawhuska
Denver Davidson
Orel Busby
Byron Roberts
Johnston
State League of Young Democrats
Ada
Roff Officials Seek Normalcy After Fire Disaster
Roff school leaders press to restore normal operations after a fire last Saturday razed the grade school building. Churches will house 337 students while the heating plant for the high school, located in the damaged building, remains destroyed.
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Roff
Cosgrave Praises Chicago as Unbelievable City
President Cosgrave called Chicago an unbelievable city while noting the mayor’s spoofing remarks as the only real diversion.
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Cosgrave
Chicago
Two more suspects tied to Marietta bank robbery
In Gainesville Texas on January 31 two additional suspects were arrested in the Love County National Bank robbery near Marietta Oklahoma. Oscar Boyd Morrison of Goose Creek Texas was killed and Sheriff Sam C Long fatally wounded during the gun battle. Charges of first degree murder and robbery with firearms will be filed tomorrow against nine men connected to the bank heist, with about $9000 taken and an automobile linked to the fugitives found at the scene.
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Gainesville
Texas
Love County National Bank
Marietta
Okla
Oscar Boyd Morrison
Goose Creek
Sam C. Long
Red River Bottom
Five Suspects Named in Sheriff Longs Death Charges Expected
Marietta officials say murder charges will be filed against five suspects after Sheriff Sam C. Long of Love county was killed at Ardmore. Haynie Liddell, tied to a Bennie Keel confession as the alleged slayer, remains at large. The arrests followed a Love county National Bank robbery in which a bandit was killed and the sheriff was wounded.
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Sam C. Long
Love County
Ardmore
West Crop
Haynie Liddell
Bennie Keel
Love County National Bank
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Wynnewood
Ay Mae
Pontotog County Ginning Report
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Whiskey
Missouri
Arkansas
Los Angeles
Calif
William Edward Hickman
Little Marian Parker
Jerome Walsh
Walsh
Asa Keyes
Keyes
Marian Parker
A. L. Skoog
Kansas City
Skoog
California
Sheriff Ling
Rollow
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