Oklahoma Bank Law Revisions Tighten Deposits Rules
Oklahoma moves to base bank charter eligibility on population with minimums for capital and a new 5 percent average daily deposits guaranty fund funded by phased assessments. The measure limits deposits from other banks and sets emergency levies to 2 percent with certificates of indebtedness at 6 percent. Banks push for state funds deposits and state warrants security, while the law restricts misleading deposit guarantees and requires fund-backed deposits only.
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Guthrie
Haskel
Te Bank
Prague
Lincoln County
Supreme Court
Guaranty Fund
Oklahoma
Echols
Senate
House
Grigsby Home Burned in Ada Fire Destroys House
The North Ada residence of Attorney J. E. Grigsby was largely destroyed by a roof fire around 11 o clock. A defective flue started the blaze. Mrs. Grigsby was unaware until a neighbor alerted firefighters. Firemen saved neighboring structures, with building loss about 2000 dollars and contents around 1500 dollars, insured for 1000 and 400 respectively.
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J. E. Grigsby
Ada
Eliot supports commission plan for city government
Dr Charles W Eliot Harvard president emeritus argues for commission government as most efficient. He cites Galveston and Texas cities, praising a system where a days work earns a days pay, contrasting with Cambridge and Boston. Senator Roddie returns to Ada constituency.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Galveston
Texas
Cambridge
Boston
Oklahoma Senate Puts Through 28 Bills Amid Testy Lines
Guthrie March 11 The Oklahoma Senate disposed of 28 bills and moved toward final adjournment while House pipe line debate stretched the day. Major appropriations and land and school bills advanced, with votes split on local school siting and new city election provisions recalled for changes.
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HOUSE
Senate
Guthrie
Butts
Alfalfa County
Old Woods County
Helena
Billups
Mitchell
Sherman
Earle
Murphy
Farmers Institutes
Bell
Board of Agriculture
Ross-Gilmer
Lincoln County
National Guard
Vinita Insane Asylum
School of Mines
Wilburton
Southeastern Normal
Durant
Corporation Commission
State Board of Education
A. & M. College
Whitake
Pure Food Commission
Dairy Commission
Cope
Wilson
el Reno
Ross
Smith
State Examiner’s
Gilmer
Mutual Hai
Wortman and Dunn
Burnevie
Semple
Household Whist Party Hosts Large Attendees at Mays Home
Mrs Chas Frierson and W W Mays entertained many friends Friday afternoon at Mays home. Guests played 42 across seven tables with Mrs Claude Rodarmel taking first prize and Miss Gertrude Thompson the consolation prize. Tally cards featured snails and spiders and a two course luncheon followed, with all enjoying the affair.
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Chas. Frierson
W. W. Mays
Claude Rodarmel
Gertrude Thompson
Francis Wigwam and State Federation News
News from Francis reports the removal of the superintendent's office to Sapulpa as a temporary measure with plans for a new building. many staff will relocate while a core group remains. Oklahoma City will host the State Federation of Women's Clubs fall convention, with district meetings set from April to May in Guthrie Bartlesville Ada Chickasha and other towns.
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State Federation of Women’s Clibs
Oklahoma City
State Federation
Enid
Guthrie
Bartlesville
Ada
Chickasha
Southern Negro Officials to Be Barred From Top Federal Posts
Chicago dispatch reports President Taft will favor Southern white Republicans for top federal posts below the Mason-Dixon line. Col. John R. Marshall, commander of the Bright Infantry, Illinois National Guard, seeks Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia with backing from Sen. Cullom.
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Chicago
Taft
The
Tribune Today
Mason and Dixon Line
White House
John R. Marshall
Brighth Infantry
Ilinois National Guard
Negro Regiment
Recorder of Deeds
District of Columbia
Col. Marshall
Senator Cullom
Republican Organization
Rough Riders Hold On As Taft Rebuffs Oklahoma Loyalists
Oklahoma Republicans and congressmen met with President Taft in Washington to press for three Interior Department posts and one Justice post for Rough Riders. Taft said he would not remove Roosevelt appointees without cause, a setback for John Abernathy and allies. Indian affairs hopeful J. E. Jenkins seeks appointment. Cash Cade rushed home due to his father’s serious illness.
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Washington, D. C
State
Republican
Congress
Oklahoma
Taft
Roosevelt
John Abernathy
J. E. Jenkins
Oklahoma City
Indian Service
Indian Affairs
Cash Cade
Shawnee
Letters Describe Civil War Battlefield Tour
A Martinsburg reader thanks Ada News for publishing letters and recalls a battlefield tour of Sharpsburg and Antietam. He notes monuments, battlefield slabs, specific generals positions, Burnside Bridge, Bloody Lane, and Dunkard Church, urging readers to visit for reading and history.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Ada News
Ada
Okla
Edior
Dayton
Ohio
Sharpsburg
Antietam
Longstreet
Jackson
Burnside
General McClellan
Burnside Bridge
Bloody Lane
Dunkard Church
General Jackson
C. W. Graves
Guthrie Coal Tax Compromise Advances in Legislature
A conference committee compromise lowers the coal excise tax from 2 to 1.2 percent, enabling coal companies that had refused payment to file on a 2 percent basis. Company representatives testified before the committee as the House declined to remove the remittance clause for three quarters of taxes due.
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Senate
House
Guthrie, Ok
Marcin
Conference Committee
Anthony
Francis Division 70 to be abolished at Frisco
Sapulpa Okla March 10 President A J Davidson and Earl Gray announced that the Francis Division starting here and ending at Francis Oklahoma will be abolished as such. Management up to Sherman Texas will be returned to Sapulpa from which it was taken over a year and a half ago. The change adds a large force of salaried officials to Sapulpa including an assistant superintendent train master and several dispatchers.
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Sapulpa
Okla
A. J. Davidson
Frisco Road
Earl Gray
Francis
Oklahoma
Amd
Sherman
Tex
H. F Clark
Prof. Pierce and family Return to Rebuilt Home
Prof. T. F. Pierce and family are back in their home after a severe storm wrecked the previous structure. The house now has a new substantial foundation and the family feels safe again.
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T. F. Pierce
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Elliott
Harvard
Roddie
Visions OF
Holdenville
State Federation OF Women's Clubs
Mas, Tom Hope
Harvey House
Round House
Gossette
Norman
Baker
Gordon
Neo
Kroeger
E Hoplas
Francis Wigwam
4Th District
Dixie
Tribune
Cullom
Tom Hope of
Washington
Brother Graves
House of Representatives
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