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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1921
Page
9
Ada Oklahoma publication notes its supplement status as a historic local paper established in 1901 and mailed as second class matter with annual subscription rate of two dollars.
A column argues against Blue Laws in Ada highlighting idle youths on Sundays and the need for wholesome recreation. It critiques moral legislation, stresses the Chamber of Commerce role in providing sane leisure, and warns that idleness invites the devil to win.
A commentary on violent tactics in Ireland and England urging nonviolent struggle through the world stage. It argues Ireland cannot win by force, appeals to Sinn Fein to use words and moral influence, and calls for unified Irish aims and worldwide scrutiny of British rule. It asserts Americans and others would judge fairly and a unanimous world opinion would shape a solution.
The piece argues for a Montana legislature proposal to care for children denied a father by allowing their mother to provide care in the mother’s home. It claims this humane approach surpasses public institutions for food lodging and education, emphasizing the value of a mother's training.
Article promotes a dairy barn design with twenty stalls four stock pens and two silos. It details a cross aisle carrier system removable partitions four air flues modern roof ventilators and lightning rods. William A Radford offers free advice on farm building questions by mail from Chicago.
In Hankow China beggars form strong guilds that govern competition and settle disputes. A visiting observer met Hankow’s head beggar known for organizing and disciplining the chaos of street life. He allocated beggars by street and assigned monthly payments from household donors. If rules were broken complaints went to the chief beggar rather than officials.
The article describes a substantial dairy barn built with a gambrel roof on a solid foundation. It features two 14 foot diameter vitrified tile silos connected to a well arranged feed room, central feed alley, modern stalls, and integrated litter and grain handling systems to boost productivity and reduce manual labor.
In a McAlester News-Capital reflection the writer argues that public opinion broadly supports disarmament yet people keep revolvers for fear of others. The piece contends the hesitation stems from fear rather than principle.
A newspaper in India prints a striking metaphor likening Hindus and Muslims to eyes in a tug of war and praising a new wall breaking, comparing their union to sugar and milk. The piece notes the bitterness has been pulled out like a thorn and warns Punch may exhaust its metaphors otherwise.
A Pittsburgh physician offers five cents per live, kicking cockroaches sent to the University of Prague for germ testing. The specimens will be examined for cancer-causing germs, suspected to cling to the bugs and pass to food left unprotected as they move about.
A Coos County New Hampshire cow testing association reports strong financial benefits and educational value. Testers save salaries monthly, with one farmer saving 525 yearly on feed and another earning 250 net per year from eight cows. A dealer says tests add 40 per head to cow value. one cow increased net profit by 19 in ten months. Cow testing is growing but underused. Less than one percent of US dairy cows have been tested. Progressive dairymen urge expansion.
Prof Larsen of South Dakota State College outlines why fall calves boost profits. A cow calving in fall yields about 20 percent more milk per year, winter dairy sales increase income, and winter dairying reduces labor and pest issues. Fall calves tolerate good winter care and join pastured calves by spring. Avoid mating too early in the fall.
A careful mix of sire and dam selection and a matching feeding and management plan is essential to improve a dairy herd. Many dairymen apply these ideas only partly, buying high priced purebreds while neglecting cow potential, leading to uneven stock quality.
In these times dairy farmers focus on building up herds as breeders associations colleges and breeders cooperate to promote better sires. Successful breeders stress early care and management of young bulls as key to development.
The article compares dairy cows to a stream fed by rain and drought and advises steady year round feeding. It recommends clover and gasbulage with bran and ground oats and corn, varied by animal and milk flow, to keep milk production profitable through all seasons.
A fragment from the Houston Post quotes, “Did you hurt yourself when the branch broke” and notes “No, not until LT reached the ground” as a fleeting remark in a local incident report.
Oklahoma Ireview notes Craig county jail occupancy ready after contractor update. Tillman county hosts livestock and poultry show February 3 to 5 under Better Livestock and Seed Association and Poultry and Pet Stock Association. McAlester hosts the Oklahoma Pharmaceutical Association convention April 11 to 13 with prominent pharmacists addressed by executive council. Federal courts set crowded docket with cases including Clarence Simmons and other notable figures. Memorial planned in Okmulgee Oak Park cemetery honors World War I dead. exact form to be decided and cemetery plots donated.
A Y W C A workers conference bringing Texas and Oklahoma volunteers will be hosted in Oklahoma City on February 24 with Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr presiding to address organizational problems. The Enid state roundup is canceled this year due to national finances. a local committee was advised by R N Brittan that the stock sale will likely occur in Enid next year.
More than 200 delegates are expected at the Carter County Teachers Association annual meeting in Ardmore opening January 29. The Chamber of Commerce will host a banquet for teachers as guests of honor. The meeting closes January 30 following the election of officers.
Oklahoma City report says the tenth annual Oklahoma Thresherman's association opened with over two hundred delegates. Prominent threshermen and grain dealers will discuss topics of interest to threshermen and officers are to be elected before adjournment Thursday.
Norman observers report the registrar’s office busy as students and prospective enrollees prepare for the second semester opening January 31. About 2,700 students are currently enrolled and officials expect enrollment to meet or exceed this level in the upcoming term.
President Stratton D. Brooks will remain the highest paid state official if the budget plan from Governor Robertson is adopted. Brooks currently earns $10,000 annually as head of the University and has asked the legislature to raise professors’ salaries by about 10 percent each year.
Wise County reports good conditions as two federal courts convene in Oklahoma City. The county showcases wells at Bridgeport Chico Alvord Sunset Boyce and more. Local education includes Deed Baptist College led by Dr J L Ward, debt free and self supporting. Hunters describe abundant quail with turkeys on shared ranges. a turkeysired quail hen hatched in a turkey nest and roosts with the flock.
J. Kh. Cooper and his family traveled from Stratford to the city yesterday to spend time with local friends and enjoy the day in town.
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