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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1928
Page
1
Pontotoc county oil output grows weekly led by Be bee field output and Allen field activity. New wells such as Homackla McCall No.5 and Milner No.6 boost totals. Jolly-Oge in Bebee field shows early 140 to 160 barrel flow with Hunton lime potential.
Westheimer Daube report 25 feet of sand in Milner No 1 at 2 362 feet depth with bottom at 2387 feet and Wade No 1 at 2450 feet. Homackla Oil plans No 6 Mc Call Milner at 2 864 feet bottom 2878 feet with oil show. The Allen field in Pontotoc county shows promising shallow horizons at 2300 2400 2600 feet with long producing wells and heavy activity across nearby Hughes and Seminole counties.
The Francis caging team beat Konawa 19 to 6 Friday night to end a four game skid. Center Surginer was the high point man. Calvin boys and girls teams are scheduled to meet Francis this week.
The senate received the Reed committee report urging that Frank L. Smith's seat be declared vacant but postponed voting on the matter until tomorrow.
Pontotoc County Poultry Association elected J. R. Smith as president and Renzo Cooper as vice president. Clyde Kaiser became secretary treasurer with Sam Dew as assistant. Walter Burton of Artington, Texas eyed as next show judge, with fallback candidates if unavailable. Show dates set for December 12 to 15 and a membership drive launched.
A compact notice invites readers to place or respond to want ads in the newspaper helping locate lost items. It promotes the classifieds section as a quick route to recover misplaced belongings and connect with finders.
Democrats in Pontotoc County and Ada held caucuses to elect county committee officers. The report lists precinct chairmen and vice chairmen including Adams Ward 1 Robert Kerr and Mrs Tom Hope, and many others across wards and towns with multiple pairs of leaders and spouses.
Jan 16. Jim Berry, a young farmer, is dead after a brawl six miles east of Holdenville on Sunday afternoon. His wife is hospitalized after being struck with a club. Claude Head and Oscar Waldrup are jailed here. Head is held in connection with the shooting.
The Commerce Department announced a favorable U.S. trade balance of 681 million dollars for last year. Exports were 4,866,160,000 while imports reached 4,184,465,000, reflecting a positive surplus in the overall trade figures.
Oklahoma City January report shows state examiner finds potential criminal and civil involvement of county officers. Pontotoc County Attorney J. W. Dean seeks state Attorney General Edwin Dabney to send an assistant to Ada to aid a grand jury investigation. Dabney declines due to overlapping state supreme court litigation.
Jose Alvarado former detective for the governor filed a petition for rehearing after a robbery conviction dated September 17 1925 in Oklahoma City. He contends the verdict was a frame up and cites conspiratorial testimony by witnesses Ben Hughes and John O Fallon in the trial and appeals.
Mrs. S. L. Holloway aged 57 mother of Lieutenant Governor W. J. Holloway died in a local hospital after a stroke. She had been living in Norman with her son Stephen Holloway a student at the University of Oklahoma. Funeral services are set for Monday at 3 p.m. at the First Baptist church in Hugo.
More than 200 workers trench the Ada gas line between the New Bethel schoolhouse and Allen field to deliver a steady supply for homes and industry. Over four miles of 100 foot pipe sections are ready, with 22 cars of 12 inch pipe and multiple smaller lines to be connected as wells produce gas for Ada and nearby firms.
C. E. Darby was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary at McAlester for theft of an automobile after pleading guilty in justice court. He was arrested in Holdenville three hours after stealing a car in Allen and asked for immediate sentencing to begin his term. The law sets the minimum at five years with possible up to 25 years, and hijacking with firearms can carry a death sentence or at least 10 years.
W. M. French is jailed in default of bond. He was arrested and arraigned before Justice T. O. Cullins on unlawful possession of narcotic drugs. The judge said narcotic cases carry high bonds and noted second offenses may require 4000.
The Senate finance committee postponed action on Seymour Lowman of New York for assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of prohibition, awaiting conference with him before proceeding.
Oklahoma City January 13. Initiative petition No. 102 by Campbell Russell seeks to raise the gross production tax on minerals from one half of one percent to two percent. The measure targets road funds controlled by county commissioners and allows use on lateral roads. Volunteers will circulate the petition after alleging forged signatures on the earlier No. 101 effort. A seven member committee will select circulators.
At the weekly Lions luncheon in Okmulgee officials Thomas P. Holt and W. C. Duncan reported on a statewide road project. No. 75 is laid out with little local influence, and unity over route is scarce. The club unanimously backed the State highway commission to build roads quickly, pledging support for any route chosen. A cornet trio and Miss Jessie Lee Woods provided music.
Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray were executed in Sing Sing for the 1927 murder of Albert Snyder. Snyder spoke of sin and a hoped life lesson while Gray faced the chair with a restrained, steady demeanor as witnesses watched in Ossining.
In Coal county several wells drill progress reported. The 1 T 1 0 No 1 Cook is at 800 feet in Sw sw nw Sec 10 Twnshp Rang e. Sas well at 1 260 feet. A new location may be made for a gas well if current test yields insufficient gas. W E McCraw Ada holds gas well contract. McCraw Oil and Gas Co in Sec 35 In Se remains shut at 940 feet with 12 inch casing. Gibson Oil Corp has purchased 1200 acres of leases in the Jesse district, creating the county’s largest block. deep Wilcox sand test to begin after titles approved and location set.
Oklahoma shows a production rise as the nation posts a 7,244 barrel daily gain to 2,386,159 barrels for the week ending January 14. West Texas adds 20,896 barrels while the Greater Seminole field climbs 6,595 and Oklahoma as a whole adds 8,160 from the prior week.
The Daily notes Pontotoc County as a focal point for new wildcat efforts in Oklahoma. Douglas Oil plans a derrick in 10-3-8, 12 miles southeast of Ada. J E Crosbie targets 8-4-7, two miles east of Oakman. Jolly-Oge Oil adds a location near their Rebee field producer. The Rebee-area rig shows progress with 100 barrels of Hunton lime oil staged for flow boost.
Oklahoma City January 17. The state supreme court declared unconstitutional an amendment from the 1925 legislature allowing county commissioners to appoint a person for two years to issue alias tax warrants and collect delinquent taxes.
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