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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1929
Page
3
Editor Byron Norrell reports on pecan growers battling bag worms with nests and leaves. He notes plans for self tested spray ideas and optimistic outlook for hickory pecan trees plus farm club activities and late summer field work including gully dam construction and potato storage practices.
Land owners and tenants face a serious problem as entomologists report boll weevil in most cotton patches. The article discusses calcium arsenate poisoning as a proven control method and presents farmer results showing higher yields on poisoned plots versus unpoisoned fields.
I R Gilmore seven miles west of Ada uses Johnson grass as a resource. He is pasturing 52 head of steers on a 50 acre pasture and reports satisfactory results.
C. V. Polk and Robert Brumley, who had success poisoning boll weevils last year, are attempting the same method again. They each purchased 100 pounds for use in the pest control effort.
L. E. Hazen of Oklahoma A and M College warns landowners lose more soil to sheet erosion than gullies. Terraces should be built before gullies form to save topsoil and avoid ditch filling. if gullies exist they are filled with frost after washes appear.
Experiments at Panhandle Experiment Station Goodwell Okla compare sudan grass with native buffalo and gramma pastures using Holstein heifers. Sudan pastures yield better gains, needing about 1.54 acres per head for a 84 day period while native pastures lose weight in August.
Chicken raisers in Canadian County formed the Canadian County Protective Association in December 1927 to curb raids. The group, now with 246 members, uses marked birds and offers rewards for arrests. Sheriff T. C. Shacklett credits the association with a fall in thefts from 33 thieves in 1927 to 13 in 1928 and five convictions in the first half of 1929.
The Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman notes successful storage of the spring crop of Irish potatoes is possible if key factors are observed. Digging should occur once maturation is reached, indicated by yellowing leaves. delayed digging risks storage failure.
The market edged higher despite fif teen percent call money earlier, with United States Steel common and many rail shares hitting new yearly highs. General Electric jumped over 20 points to 352 while Case Threshing Machine, Delaware and Hudson, Westinghouse, A M Byers, Eastman Kodak, and United Aircraft advanced 7 to 10 points. U S Steel reached 196 1 2. About 1,500,000 shares were traded.
July 2 cattle and hog market notes show steady to mixed results with steers and yearlings selling around $813.00 for top carlots and heifers up to $13.00 while grain fed cows reach $10.00. Hogs near steady with top reported around $10.50 and packers at $8.75 to $9.50 for sows and stags. stock pigs mostly $9.25 to $9.50.
Hog sales 11 000 head incl 1 500 directs steady to weak with top $11.00 on choice 180 230 lb hogs. sow prices 8 75 to 10. stock pigs 2 90 to 11 06. Cattle 4000, calves 800. steers and yearlings strong to mostly 25 higher. top 1 764 lb steers 15 50. slaughter cattle steady to firm with many classes. Vealers milk fed 9 00 to 15 50. cows 8 50 to 11 50. sheep and lambs active with Colorado lambs to 14 75.
Wheat prices rose in Liverpool and Buenos Aires with US export demand expanding to 1 250 000 bushels including domestic hard winter and durum. Canada and US crop conditions worsened with last year's estimates cut by 140 006 000 bushels. Wheat closed unsettled with small gains, corn up, oats up, provisions mixed.
In New York on July 2 the cotton market opened with an early decline due to easy cables and favorable weather, then rallied on covering joined by trade and commission house buying. Reports of boll weevil infestation prompted some liquidation, causing irregular fluctuations. By late afternoon July contracts fell slightly while new crop positions rose 6 to 7 points.
Spots New Orleans July 2 reports spot cotton closed steady with 11 points gain. Sales 109. low middling $16.89. middling $18.30. good middling $19.04. Receipts 1,072. stock 137,208.
Kansas City market notes dated July 1 show eggs at first 264, seconds 23 1/4 cents per dozen. Butter creamery 47 cents barge quantities 46 cents, butterfat 41 cents, packing butter -. Poultry prices list hens 21 1/4 cents, broilers 29 cents, roosters 14 cents, springs 34 cents.
George Myers and Wash Peppers faced robbery charges at a preliminary hearing before Justice P. H. Deal. Insufficient evidence to bind them over to district court led to dismissal. The alleged home invasion occurred at Mrs. May Jordan's residence near Ada. A secondary note mentions a study by the Children's Bureau about rickets in undernourished Porto Rican children.
Heavy rains swept Oklahoma leveling relief for dry areas while stalling harvest in the northwest. Enid reports 1.5 inches damaging standing wheat. other locales note beneficial moisture for cotton and row crops. Lightning struck Central Christian church in Oklahoma City and a Garber Covington substation lines were blown down.
In Berlin on the tenth anniversary of the Versailles treaty, Germany staged protests against the war guilt lie. President Hindenburg did not attend meetings, demonstrations spread nationwide, and the government urged officials to avoid public clashes while party leaders urged revising article 231.
In San Antonio on June 28 Senator McKellar warned Texas Republican Rene Creager he could be jailed for contempt of the Senate during an inquiry into Hidalgo county politics. Creager and Orville Bullington backed Garner as a longtime ally amid tense testimony and apologies followed questions linking Garner to the Hidalgo machine.
Batting leaders include Ott Giants with 68 runs and 81 RBIs, Terry Giants with 194 hits, and Foxx Athletics batting at .415. Pitching highlights feature Grimes Pirates with 32 wins and Grove Athletics with 12 wins and 2 losses.
New faces appear in Pontotoc County official ranks as J. M. Starfield begins duties as county treasurer deputy joined by Ruth Collins T. E. Vaughan and Richard Toomer. George Collins Jr named to the county commission from the second district. G Heflin retained as county superintendent for a second term.
A tropical storm demolished a tenant house six miles east of Wharton Texas, killing three black women and injuring a man and baby. The house occupants included Young Battiste, his wife and baby, and his wife's two sisters. Battiste injured but alive. bedding scattered to a nearby house. Other storm casualties reported near Victoria and Bay City with fishermen missing.
The Allen City Hall and Masonic building near completion with brickwork finished and carpenters and painters to follow. B F Gillum's restaurant joining the hall is complete and ready for occupancy, with move date undecided. Rapid progress on a new steel addition to Central State Power and Light, doubling capacity for the White Oak refinery under construction.
Two people died and two were seriously injured in a car wreck four miles south of Warner in Muskogee County. The dead include Armey Lee Rhodes 46 of Boynton an oil man and Muriel Voss 10 daughter of Mr and Mrs James Voss of Boynton.
Joe Hardin received painful but not serious injuries after an early morning auto crash on the Ada Stonewall road between 12 30 and 1 o clock Saturday. He was treated at Breeo hospital for a wrenched back after veering to the outside of the road to avoid a fast approaching car.
In Oklahoma City on June 28 Jim Nance faced a wreath bearing memory of the coalition between insurgent Democrats and Republicans. The coalition, once a voting majority, collapsed as insurgents joined regular Democrats to pass a runoff bill and kill a license tag agent bill. Garfield county Republican J B Campbell placed the wreath. behind it lay impeachment papers against former Gov. Henry S Johnston.
Oklahoma City lawmakers weigh road bond constitutional questions as special attorneys study the resolution. If legal hurdles persist and partisan opposition remains, a second special session may be called within 60 days. Conferees prepare to finish business by Wednesday night and lawmakers adjourn for July Fourth.
Professor A. H. Johnson 41 a Hartwell Georgia principal and federal training director was found dead in his car in Atlanta after attending the National Education Association convention. Police consider motor theft ring robbery or drug frenzy theories. Relatives say he had no known enemies.
A mob of about 100 men traveled from Chetopa to Oswego to seize A R Smith a 46 year old Black man jailed on accusations involving a white woman. Sheriff Alfred Coad moved the suspect to an unknown hiding place, the mob dissolved when told he was not in the jail.
Oklahoma City July 1 report notes the state lacks legislative appropriation to fund department operations at the start of the new fiscal year. Senate Bill 6 stalled in the House as members seek printed copies for amendments. Budget officials say delays will not impede state operations and funds can cover salaries through June 1931 once approved.
Oklahoma City July 1 7 Thirty four oil producing counties in the state received 20 916 during June as their share of gross production tax collected by the state auditor Osage county received six times more than the next highest county A check for 313010 went to the Osage county treasurer while Seminole the next highest was given 2221 Other counties and amounts include Beckham 137 13 Caddo 4 93 Carter 181 82 Comanche 2 52 Cotton 25 44 Creek 921 01 Garfield 48 55 Garvin 11 92 Grady 339 32 Hughes 64 08 Jefferson 6 74 Kay 616 70 LeFlore 2 00 Lincoln 5 29 Logan 154 35 Marshall 6 12 Muskogee 126 97 Noble 6 12 Nowata 247 82 Okfuskee 149 01 Okmulgee 620 45 Osage 13010 00 Ottawa 176 90 Pottawatomie 1048 78 Rogers 78 18 Seminole 2201 06 Stephens 152 85 Texas 64 12 Tulsa 154 36 Wagoner 33 58 Washington 106 17
The Georgia House adopted a resolution by 179 to 5 apologizing for recent events in Washington that threaten to worsen racial discord. The measure followed a 69 to 112 vote against tabling the resolution.
The text notes salaries paid from the state treasury and a May appropriations bill not signed by Governor Cruce until July 3, 1913. The house plans many amendments to an $8.41 million bill, with a Senate conference likely. Total bills total about $30.6 million, but Cruce aims to cap at $29 million, predicting line item reductions of roughly $1.06 million.
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