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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1924
Page
7
Jack Warhope cycles through a moonlit pursuit in the Flatwoods. He treks from a hidden cabin to a wary encounter with a blue-eyed girl Jennie Belden who warns of a third man and looming danger as a shadowed plot unfolds.
The Oklahoma legislature plans to reconvene to consider a package from the survey committee aiming to cut expenses by abolishing departments, merging bureaus, and trimming personnel. Proposals include overhauling county tax levies, shifting levy control to taxpayers, raising gasoline tax, and creating a citizen highway board to replace the current department. Senator McPherson and Anglin back the reforms with Governor Trapp open to highway department abolition.
A woodsman senses constant eyes in the forest. Jack Warhope treads dew drenched glades and disturbs a brush under an old white oak stump. A pheasant flushed, a fox squirrel scampered, a chipmunk fled, and blue jays cried out as the woods awaken.
Time to register with your scoutmaster. A 50 cent fee funds registration cards issued through the office to the scoutmaster. Anniversary week celebrations will occur in Ada February 8 to 14. Each troop should plan a fitting celebration and join in.
Progress of the opportunity schools is satisfactory, says Supt. J. E. Hickman. The Irving school class has five students led by Principal O. M. Kimbrough who grew up on a ranch and pursued college education. Glenwood classes total thirty five under Principal E. E. Emerson with college faculty involvement. Washington classes number twenty six with Principal K. W. Harris and staff.
Congressman Tom D. McKeown argues in Washington that soldier relief legislation should be addressed before the tax reduction bill and favors financing it with foreign loan obligations. He calls for repealing taxes on earned incomes under five thousand dollars and eliminating unnecessary wartime taxes.
Feed CHOCTAW MIXED FEED to horses and mules to increase power on the farm. The note mentions a number 1-7-3 in Russia allowing high speed horse racing under Soviet control.
Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler, head of public safety, announced plans to curb banditry following a police campaign that shut nearly a thousand saloons and many gambling rooms. He proposed armed guards and observation posts at city entrances and armored cars to deter highwaymen and track entrants.
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