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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1920

Page

11

Government Stations Boost Mineral Salvage And Efficiency

The Bureau of Mines reports millions of dollars in salvage through improved handling and processing methods. Eleven experiment stations across the country target low grade ores, clay products, and oil fields, with Minnesota, Colorado, Utah, and California sites driving major advances and savings.

Washington, D. C Bureau of Mines Columbus Colorado Colo Northwest Pacific Utah Minnesota Minneapolis Salt Lake City Seattle Wash Tucson Ariz Berkely Cal Cuyuna Range Pittsburgh Experiment Station Bartlesville Okla Manning Federal Bureau

Confederate Colonel Bate and his black horse Black Hawk

Capt. Robert D. Smith recalls Gen William Bate then colonel of the Second Tennessee in Shiloh fighting. The black stallion Black Hawk carried Bate through early battles and after Bate was wounded the horse followed to the hospital before dying from wounds, its final look and whinny remembered.

Robert D. Smith Tenn Wm. B. Bate Columbia Dred Bate Black Hawk Shiloh Balaklava Gettysburg Franklin The Tennessee Sherman Grant Shiloh Church

Money Offered to Kill Ragland Man Testifies

J C Fleming of Atoka county testifies that Jno Cravens on multiple occasions offered a large sum to kill Tom Ragland during the preliminary hearing for Cravens and others in Konawa Oklahoma. The four prisoners Cravens Jim Goodrich Leonard Surratt and Art Cravens were remanded to county jail without bail to await district court actions.

Konawa Okla Jno Cravens Tom Ragland J. C. Fleming Atoka County Snider District Court Seminole County Jim Goodrich Leonard Surratt Art Cravens Jno. Cravens Surratt James H. Cobb Geo. C. Crump Holdenville al G. Nichols Wewoka Pryor & Stokes Ragland al Huckleberry Tom Ray Ge Rey Bostions

Cotton shortage shown by reports

The census bureau announced cotton ginned before January 16 totaled 10 322 148 running bales, including 112 842 round bales and 35 251 Egyptian and 8 278 Sea Island bales. Oklahoma ginned through January 1 stood at 835 560 bales.

Associated Press Washington Sea Island Census Bureau Oklahoma

Oil production in Pontotoc County fields gain small scale output

In Pontotoc County several shallow oil fields are producing modest yields. Allen field outputs about 1200 barrels daily from shallow wells, Francis field yields 100 to 200 barrels, Steedman field near Allen pumps about 25 barrels per day, and a new field northwest of Roff shows shallow finds at 400 feet. Heavy 32 degree gravity oil supports profit. more drilling expected as spring arrives beyond the three known shallow fields. Alliance between Austria and Czecho Slovakia outlines limited Austrian military moves and support for Slavic troops in Western Hungary.

Pontotoc County Allen Francis Steedman Roff John E. Smith and Associates Austria Czecho-Slovakia Budapest Czecho

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