Oil activity in Pontotoc County boosted by lease trading
Pontotoc County oil activity surged as lease trades push values to about 275 dollars per acre. W M Angle and W L Brittain of Duncan bought a 40 acre section 17 5 8 for 11000, with Wickler and McQuinn also taking a quarter interest. Snowden and McSweeney of New York, via Tulsa offices, bought Gilmore lands for a new Allen sand well. Ramsey and other rigs advance preparations as prices reach high figures for royalties and future drilling. The Oliver farm well pumps about 10 barrels daily from 1600 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
W. M. Angle
W. L. Brittain
Duncan
Wickler and McQuinn
Gilmecre
Snowden and McSweeney
New York
Tulsa
Ramsey
Harry Hagar
Shaw
LaSelle
Brinson
New Bethel
Francis Royalty J
Oliver Farm
Ed Gillette
New Highway Route South to Ada Seen On Official Map
Oklahoma's official highway map shows the north line to Wewoka as Highway 48 with Ada at its center. The route runs 124 miles north of Ada to Sasakwa then north to Wewoka, linking with Highway 3 south of Wewoka and east to Holdenville then south to Calvin and McAlester. Ada businessmen urged the state to designate a north route from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Oklahoma
Clay Stephens
Board of County Commissioners
Wewoka
Oil Field
Sasakwa
Holdenville
Calvin and
McAlester
Senate Sets Timetable On Farm Relief Bill
Washington February 8 the senate agreed to vote not later than 4 oclock on the McNary Haugen farm relief bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Mrs. B. M. Rogers Burned In Explosion
Mrs. B. M. Rogers of 215 East Fourteenth escaped serious harm after gasoline in her laboratory bathroom exploded while she cleaned it. She suffered burns to her hands and lower limbs as flames damaged three rooms before firefighters using chemical extinguished the blaze. The house belonged to Dr. F. R. Laird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Rogers
East Fourteenth
Five Men Found Guilty in Peonage Case in Texas
In Corpus Christi on February 6, five men including Willacy County Sheriff Raymond Teller were convicted by a federal jury of peonage. Testimony stated detainees arrested on vagrancy charges were forced to work in a cotton field under armed guard, with deductions from pay for fines and meals. The defendants allegedly held in jail one night then slept in a barn, unaware of the charges. Government lawyers said Willacy County became a slave market during cotton picking season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
Raymond Teller
Willacy County
Raymondville
United States” District Court
Notorious Oklahoma Outlaw Kimes Plans Prison Break
McALESTER Feb 2 Matthew Kimes and brother George with Leonard Mayfield staged a bold escape from the state penitentiary. Mayfield fled with guard W R James as lookout but was pursued by bloodhounds. Kimes was shot after the break and Mayfield captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Matthew Kimes
Oklahoma
George
Leonard Mayfield
State
Mayfield
Liberty
W. R. James
George Kimes
Clint Clayton
Kimes
Catalina Channel swim earns funds for boy’s schooling
Mrs. Myrtle Huddleston, 30, of Long Beach, first woman to swim Santa Catalina Channel, completes the 22 day journey in 20 hours 42 minutes. No prize won. she expects income from films and ads to fund her 11 year old Everett’s education.
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Long Beach
Cal
Myrtle Huddleston
Catalina Channel
Santa Catalina Island
California
Huddleston
Mattoon
Ill
Sue
Everett
Ada Milling Company Worker Injured In Mill Accident
Roy Click, an Ada Milling Co employee, is in serious condition at Ada hospital after an accident on Ninth street mill yesterday afternoon. A hand was caught between a belt and pulley while he was dressing a belt, fracturing his skull. He has worked at the mill nearly four years and lives on South Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Click
Ada Milling Company
Ada
Ninth Street
Click
Ada Hospital
Ada Mill
South Broadway
Commissioner Jones Loses Large Farm Barn in Fire
Commissioner Hiram Jones estimates the Wednesday night barn fire on his farm in the west part of the county caused about 3500 dollars in loss with 1600 to 1700 dollars insured. Approximately 3950 bales of hay and harnesses burned in the large barn while 200 to 300 bushels of kafir were burned in the small crib that caught from the barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Jones
Hig Farm
Oklahoma Senators Seek Ezra Brainerd for ICA Seat
Senators Harreld and Pine of Oklahoma ask President Coolidge to appoint Ezra Brainerd of Muskogee to the interstate commerce commission.
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Brainerd
Washington
Harreld and Pine
Oklahoma
Coolidge
Ezra Brainerd
Muskogee
Interstate Commerce Commission
January Rainfall Far Above Average in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County and all of Oklahoma saw a wet January 1927 with at least 4.41 inches of moisture. Ada’s Observer MacMillan reported 3.32 inches in January 1926, with earlier years at 0.99 inches in 1925 and 0.98 in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
MacMillan
Ada
Pat Neff Named to Railroad Labor Board
Former Texas governor Pat Morris Neff was nominated to join the railroad labor board in Washington, succeeding Carl Williams of Oklahoma City who resigned for health reasons. Williams served only a few months. Neff previously governed Texas from 1921 to 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pat Morris Neff
Texas
Railroad Labor Board of Mediation
Carl Williams
Oklahoma City
Williams
Neff
Senate bill limits tax certificate validity to five years
Oklahoma City. Senator Shearer Guthrie's bill would require demand for payment after five years or the tax certificate becomes worthless. Senators say the measure stops certificates with an 18 percent penalty, preventing confiscation of property without final notification to owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Shearer Guthrie
Senate
News Want Ad: Buy It Rent It Sell It Find It
Classified want ad note invites readers to buy rent sell or find items and services. It highlights a concise social exchange format for quick responses and local listings.
County Basketball Tournament Set for February at Francis
Francis D. W. Hodges directs a county tournament on February 18 and 19 at the Francis gymnasium. A B and C division boys and girls will compete with around 50 teams. In A class boys six teams from Ada Horace Mann Francis Allen Roff and Stonewall will enter. four girls teams expected. Games start 8:30 each day. punctuality required. forfeits for late arrivals. A bulletin will announce game schedules and times to all schools. Tickets issued at registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
D. W. Hodges
Ada
Horace Mann
Allen
Roff
Stonewall
Hodges
Girl Turned Bandit in Tuition Money Bid
A 19 year old University of South Dakota coed attempted to rob the First National bank in Vermillion to raise $24 for her second semester tuition. She entered with burglary tools but was interrupted by a night watchman and later arrested after returning for her gear, crying as she confessed to the theft motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermillion
I. D
University of South Dakota
Marion Meyer
First National Bank
H. O. Perkins
Daugherty On Owh R3 Graf ter While Attorney General
New York report on Harry M. Daugherty and Thomas W. Miller with Emory Buckner alleging graft in the transfer of 7 million dollars of American Metal assets to a German agent. Buckner claims 391000 in Liberty bonds moved to Mal S. Daugherty via King and Smith. Separate item notes juror summons delay in opening day of trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
Emory R. Buckner
Daugherty
Thomas W. Miller
American Metal Company
Richard Merton
John T. King
Republican National
Merton
King
Mal S. Daugherty
Washington Court House
Ohio
Arthur Zinn
Knox
Buckner
Miss Meyers Adjudged Insane After Bank Robbery Attempt
In Vermillion South Dakota Miss Marion Meyers 19 a former university coed was ruled insane after attempting to rob a local bank. She was ordered held for the March circuit court under 1500 dollar bond and directed to Yankton State Hospital for observation though the state's attorney opposed removal from jail until the bond was posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermillion
S. D
Marion Meyers
State Hospital
March
Clay County
Yankton State Hospital
H. O. Perkins
Miss Meyers
Former university co ed held after attempted bank robbery
Marion Meyers a 19 year old former university co ed waived examination and was ordered held for the March term of circuit court on a charge of burglary in the third degree after a Saturday bank robbery attempt at the First National bank in Vermillion. Her demeanor shifted with the arrival of her mother Mrs M L Meyers of Woonsocket who defended her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Meyers
First National Bank
Miss Meyers
Justice of Peace
J. P. Copeland
M. L. Meyers
Woonsocket
Durant Man Named Superintendent of Schools
I S Henshaw of Durant was elected superintendent of the Ada city schools for the coming year by the Ada school board at a Monday meeting. He currently heads the English department at Southeastern College for Teachers and has prior experience as a superintendent in Checotah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
I. S. Henshaw
Durant
Henshaw
Southeastern College
Alva
Checotah
Seed Loan Bill Passed by Senate
The senate approved an 8.6 million seed loan bill granting funds for cotton farmers and northwestern grain growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Edgewater Officials Face Jail Over Rum Running Conspiracy
The mayor of Edgewater New Jersey his police chief and two detectives were found guilty of conspiracy to aid in the liquor smuggling scheme tied to the steamship Eker. They allegedly accepted 43000 in bribes to assure liquor landing. Sentencing set for Monday with penalties up to two years and a 10000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Jersey
Eker
Henry Wissel
Edgewater
Wissel
Atlanta
Suspected bank robber arrested at Okemah
Bob Gresham 28 of Tulsa was arrested at Weleetka in connection with the Sapulpa bank robbery. He carried 22 dollars in nickels wrapped in two dollar rolls and has a prior 1922 sentence for car theft. He escaped from jail before a night parole and had been a fugitive since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okemah
Bob Gresham
Tulsa
Ait Weleetka
Sapulpa
Gresham
McAlester
Jack Walton
Tulsa Attorneys Disbarred by High Court
Tulsa lawyers Walk ter Chiewood and D G Elliott were disbarred by the Oklahoma Supreme Court after federal conviction in Tulsa on straw bond cases. They are serving two-year terms in Leavenworth. They offered no defense to the committee of the state war association's charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Walkter Chiewood
D. G. Elliott
Tulsa
Federal District Court
State Supreme Court
Federal
Leavenworth
Supreme Court
State War Association
Four Victims Believed S victims of Poisoned Liquor Found
Police found the bodies of two men and two women in a cottage on Hast Fifth street after forcing entry. Authorities believe the deaths resulted from poisonous liquor.
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Los Angeles
Friends Boost Former Ada Man for Road Commissioner
Telegraphs urging Governor Johnston to consider Carlton Weaver of Wilburton as a highway commissioner arrive at the Oklahoma City capitol. Weaver, a former Ada News owner and editor and 1906 constitutional convention member, would accept the post if offered but would not seek it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Johnston
Carlton Weaver
Wilburton
Oklahoma Constitutional Convention
Capitol
Weaver
Ada News
News-Democrat
Youth Identified as Grumright Man in Dallas
In Dallas, John Doe, a memory-impaired youth in the city for months, has been identified as Orton Beaver from Drumright Oklahoma. A nurse from here and a former acquaintance corroborate the link, as relatives seek Beaver who vanished after visiting an uncle in Wichita Falls last November. The youth recalls nothing of his past.
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Dallas
Texas
John Doe
Orton Beaver
Drumright
Lorraine Russell
Beaver
Oklahoma
O. T. Kimbrough
Wichita Falls
Stratford Vicinity in Line for Drilling
The Mc Culloch Oil Co began hauling timbers to the John Abernathy farm near Stratford as oil prospects rise. Nearby Barnsdall and Burkburnett fields influence activity while Carter Oil drills southeast of Stratford and plans to resume work on the Hottle well with new machinery after a breakdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford Star
Stratford
McCulloch Oil Co
John Abernathy
Township
Range
Barnsdall
Les Hart
Wild Cat
Burkburnett
Smith
Carter Oil Co
Hugo Youth Held for Murder After Garageman's Death
Hugo Oklahoma February 5 Sam Kimball garage proprietor is dead and Wilson Bronaugh real estate man is jailed on a murder charge after a downtown Hugo altercation over a disputed bill. Kimball's skull was crushed and he died after being rushed to a Paris Texas hospital. Police say the fight stemmed from an argument over a bill Bronaugh's father owed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo, Ok
Sam Kimball
Wilson Bronaugh
Kimball
Paris
Tex
Hugo
Bronaugh
Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Railway to enlarge Maud Station
The Oklahoma City Ada Atoka Railway will expand its Maud Station facilities to handle growing business. Sidings and yards will be enlarged, more office room added, and the building rebuilt, as announced by station agent Ed Thorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka
Senate Rejects Johnston’s Highway Commission Picks
Late Tuesday Governor Johnston submitted five names for the state highway commission but the Oklahoma Senate refused to confirm any of them. The list included C. D. Carter Ardmore congressman Jesse Bunch Contrahoma Henry Liniger Lawton John G Parker Enid and W G Jones Westville Republicans. The senate sent the names to the roads and highway committee and awaited the governor’s next move with options ranging from submitting a new list to placing his original selections in office after adjournment. Two other major appointees remained pending before committees with action soon expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston
State Highway Commission
C. D. Carter
Ardmore
Jesse Bunch
Contrahoma
Henry Liniger
Lawton
John G. Parker
Enid
W. G. Jones
Westville
Senate
Oklahoma City
State Senate
Commission
Governors picks loom in Oklahoma highway board fight
Governor Johnston to appoint several state officials this week as he seeks nominees for the road commission. Nominations face Senate review Monday or Tuesday amid mounting unpaid claims and halted department work. regional contenders include Weaver Johnston Braswell McGowan Foster Harrower and others from Creek Muskogee and western counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Johnston
State Highway Commission
Senate
Washita
Road Commission
Oklahoma
Roy M. Johnson
Ardmore
Republican
Carlton Weaver
Wilburton
C. O. Johnston
Durant
S. A. Braswell
Guthrie
W. J. McGowan
McAlester
Creek County
Bart Foster
Drumright
Jimmy Wilson
Sapulpa
C. E. Foster
Malcolm Morrison
Bristow
Muskogee
Gabe Parker
Wm. Harrower
William Jones
Westville
F. E. Howard
Baron Fork
Adair
John M.miller
Tulsa
James Taliaferro
Cecil Moore
Open hearings on Nance corporation tax bill begin
Oklahoma City on February 7 reports open hearings before the house committee as numerous participants appear to present views on the Nance corporation income tax bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Nance Corporation
House
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Producer
Gillette & Kroeger
Independent Oil and Gas Company
F. R. Laird
NE State Prison
Perry Chucculate
Sequoyah
Chuculate
Kimes Brothers
Sallisaw
Covington. Ok
Banks
Matthew
Maryfield
James
Catalina
Jones
Pat Neff
R. R. Labor Board
Buckney
Eroey Town
FAGE
High Court
Ada Mar
Garageman
Maud
Howard
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