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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
7
The Oklahoma Senate moved forward several major appropriations bills aimed at funding state operations and public services. Lawmakers debate allocations impacting education, health care, and infrastructure as they push toward final passage.
In Guthrie on April 4 the Oklahoma Senate, with a bare working majority, moved eight steering committee measures to third reading. Aimed at revising land title registration and related laws, the package includes adopting Arkansas mortgage acknowledgments by notaries, eminent domain procedures for corporations, attorney liens in personal injury cases, and mortgage first-claim requirements. A separate resolution seeks a joint committee to study the Lorienz land title system, with expected reporting to the next legislature.
State Senator Robert M. Roddie writes to P. C. Duncan explaining Senate Bill 204 does not target fraternal insurers. He cites Senate Bill 284 as the fraternal measure, aiming to bar non fraternal assessment companies while assuring Woodmen and similar orders are unaffected. He warns fraternal lodges against misinformation spread by acquisitive firms and urges proper consideration.
Roosevelt urges outdoor activity for Americans. The ad counters rheumatism by recommending Ballard's Snow Liniment sold by G. M. Ramsey. It claims quick relief from rheumatism neuralgia lame back and other pains and promotes improved spryness.
Oklahoma Attorney General says Dawes commission records determine which Indian lands are taxable. In Cherokee Nation taxable lands include surplus lands of intermarried citizens and dead claims, with restrictions removed. Creek Nation taxes apply to mixed bloods surplus and freemen lands. Choctaw and Chickasaw taxables include surplus intermarried lands and dead claims. Seminole Nation holds taxability only after deeds are issued.
A Georgia resident from Roding, August 27, 1900, writes of stomach and bowel relief after using Kohol purchased at Crescent Drug Store in Chicago. The testimonial mentions E C DeWitt & Co of Chicago and praises the product with a strong positive remark.
The corporation commission of Guthrie Oklahoma issues a proposed order requiring all public service corporations doing business in Oklahoma to file annual statements of revenues by June 30. It also requires interstate carriers to file similar statements detailing amounts credited to the state of their revenues.
An advertisement touts McGee's Baby Elixir as a remedy for infant digestion and stomach issues. It claims immediate weight gain, reduces fretfulness, aids teething, and lists 25c and 50c prices.
Oklahoma City Sheriff Garrison disclosed receipt of a letter signed Black Hand threatening his life. He did not reveal contents but stated anarchists may be in the city amid a crackdown on prohibition violators and gamblers.
An old line promotes Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup as a prompt gentle remedy for the bowels that expels the cold and reduces inflammation. Sold by Crescent Drug Store.
Legal notices from Pontotoc County Oklahoma announce hearings and filings. Guardians K C Parks and R S Floyd seek court orders to sell real estate for Jacob Perry Johnnie Brown Elsie Johnson and related estates. Notices set hearing for April 25 1908 and publish in Ada Weekly News for four weeks.
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