Festival Arrests Highlight City Fourth of July
Sixteen arrests were made by city police during the Fourth of July celebration as Judge W. H. Fisher and City Attorney Lowery Harrell disposed of ten city cases. Seven intoxication charges, two loitering in dark town, one disturbing the peace. six cases sent to the county. Notable arrestees include Bill Ward, Wood Harden, C. B. Fields, Fink Bevels, A. S. Cassida, Claud Farris, and Sam Driver, all fined $8.75. Six men jailed in the county on liquor charges. Heaviest docket since the new administration began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Fisher
Lowery Harrell
Legionarres
Bill Ward
Wood Harden
C. B. Fields
Fink Bevels
A. S. Cassida
Claud Farris
Sam Driver
J. L. Scates
W. R. Scates
Joe Harden
Wick Adair
E. Walker
Albert Kiser
J. E. Caudle
Luke Jenkins
F. O. Houpt
Frank Faust
Houpt
Faust
Shopmen Walk Out At Frisco Road Shops
A Friday noon phone report says the entire Frisco road shop crew quit work. The company is said to be paying off in full with no side announcing action. A local railroad agent believes trains will be little affected for about thirty days and expect only occasional car repair delays. Ada residents likely will not notice the strike soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances
Frisco Road
M. M. Harwell
M. E. & T. Railway
Ada
Mr. Harwell
Way
Maintenance of Way
Jewell
American Federation of Labor Department
Railroad Labor Board
Potatoes Marketed in Fort Gibson Bottoms, Prices Mixed
Fort Gibson Oklahoma June 30 more than three fourths of the potato crop in the Fort Gibson bottoms has been marketed with nearly all moved by week end. Over 350 cars have been shipped. White potatoes average 100 bushels per acre with some fields at 150. Red potatoes yield less. Market opened at 3 per hundred pounds but fell to 1.75. Prevailing price now 2.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Gibson
Okla
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Southwest Wheat Improvement Association
Southwest
Ft. Gibson
The
Board of Agriculture
First cotton bloom reaches the News by W F Gordon
W F Gordon of Ashe in Worstell community twelve miles west of Ada is reported as the first cotton bloom of the season. The Weekly News will be mailed to him for three months as part of a long standing local custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Gordon
Ashe
Worstell
Ada
Truck growers and crops in county farm notes
Praytor family keeps 20 acres of truck crops with corn fruit and berries plus a coffee bush and cufa grass nut for chickens. Neighbors like the Aldriches and Collins run truck plots and poultry while boll weevil control trials begin. A&M College reports record summer school attendance and statewide farm demonstrations expand under county commissioners turning homes into demonstration farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ©. Praytor
C. S. Collins
Orpington
Aldriches
Aldrich
John Thrasher
Mrs. Thrasher
A. & M. College
Board of Regents
Tulsa
Choctaw
J. A. Whitehusryt
State Board of Agriculture
Baked Squash Recipe Steps Emphasize Stewing and Baking
Instructions describe cooking squash by placing whole squash in a stew pan until tender, then pressing out the water and baking in a dish with salt a small amount of sugar and butter. This concise kitchen note outlines preparation and flavoring.
Oklahoma Crop Notes 1922 Southwest wheat quality effort
Oklahoma City July 1 1922 report from the Southwest Wheat Improvement Association urges farmers to boost wheat quality and yield. It cites 16 million dollars lost in 1921 due to low grades, lists preventable factors, and promotes seed selection, proper handling, and disease weed control. It notes potato shipments from Fort Gibson and cot ton improvements with pest control measures and drag construction guidance.
State board endorses Dial’s leg drag to fight bull weevil
State board of agriculture issues a bulletin endorsing the use of Dial’s leg drag to combat the bull weevil. Readers are advised to remove weevils from stalks and place them in hot dirt to kill the pests and prevent hatchings of new crops of weevils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture
Mistaken Cotton Bugs Mistaken for Weevils Sparks Concern
A farmer mistook small cotton bugs for weevils claiming his crop is overrun. The insects are far smaller than true weevils and resemble nothing like them, yet the owner fears damage. Experts note the actual pest impact may be less severe than assumed, urging proper identification.
Control of the Hessian fly on melons by tobacco spray
Florida entomologist Professor J R Watson explains a soap and tobacco decoction to curb the melon aphis. Prepare by soaking tobacco stems overnight or simmering, then dilute with ten parts water. Use Black Leaf 40 diluted 1 800 to 1 1000, dissolve soap, heat, and mix with water to fifty gallons before spraying the plant undersides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Watson
Florida Experiment Station
Jury Drawn for Murder Trial in Bassinger Case
Trial set over alleged newborn murder in Aller involving T. J. Bassinger and his daughter Ethel. Jury selection began with 48 called, 33 remaining unexcused. depositions out of state granted May 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Bassinger
Allen
Aller
Bassinger
Ethel
Justice of the Peace
H. J. Brown
Ethel Bassinger
J. W. Bolen
Jasper Bess
C. C. Burrow
Sloan Reese
De Valera at Large as Sackville Street Fight Rages
London reports the attack on Sackville Street in Dublin continues at 2:45 pm with Eamonn de Valera’s whereabouts unknown. Dublin notes a national call to arms and ten blaze-lit buildings at the insurgents’ stronghold while regulars hold Granville Hotel. five Gresham Hotel occupants surrender as battle nears end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Sackville Street
Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Press Association
Irish Provisional Government
Granville Hotel
Gresham Hotel
Free Fairs in Pontotoc County Begin First Monday in September
The premium list and rules for Pontotoc county township and county fairs are published with over 800 premiums. Fairs run Allen on September 4, Fitzhugh at Roff on September 5, Francis on September 6, Maxwell on September 7, Midland at Vaness on September 8, Stonewall on September 9, with the Ada county fair from September 13 to 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Allen
Fitzhugh
Roff
Francis
Maxwell
Midland
Vaness
Stonewall
Ada
Mrs Thompson Hosts Relatives From Texas This Week
Mrs H C Thompson of East 17th street entertains this week her mother Mrs P A Pegues of Longview Texas and her sister Mrs Chas E Basham of Wichita Falls Texas. Mrs Basham's husband serves as vice president of City National Bank of Commerce in Wichita Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Thompson
East 17Th Street
P. A. Pegues
Longview
Tex
Chas. E. Basham
Wichita Falls
Basham
City National Bank of Commerce
Lumber dealer starts 48 hour term in Klan case
In a tense district court, jurors called in the T. J. Bassinger murder trial refused to answer questions about membership in the Ku Klux Klan. C. E. Danning was jailed 48 hours for contempt, later released. M. C. Grigsby and other jurors faced penalties or new voir dire as Judge Bolen pressed limits on permissable inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Bassinger
Allen
Ku Klux Klan
M. C. Grigsby
Grigsby
The
Invisible Empire
John Crawford
Bassinger
Hugh F. Mathis
J. W. Bolen
Bolen
Crawford
C. E. Danning
Canning
Court House
Boien
Ku Klux
Cunning
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Sunday School
Christian Sunday School
Gordon Freed Cleared of Murder Charge in Stillwater
In Stillwater on June 30 Earl Gordon of Miami Oklahoma was found not guilty of murder in the May 9 campus killing of Beckham Cobb of Birmingham Alabama. Cobb, a classmate and vocational trainee at Oklahoma A and M College, was slain on campus as he allegedly forced Gordon to accompany him home to apologize to Mrs Cobb. The jury deliberated about one hour with two ballots taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Earl Gordon
Miami
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Beckham Cobb
Birmingham
Alabama
Gordon
Cobb
Oil Test Wells Planned Near Stratford and Roff
The Oil Fields Oliver and associates will drill a test well on the H. C. Gray farm five miles southwest of Stratford with C A Rotenberry hauling to the site and Mahan Drilling Co. holding the drilling contract. Western Oil Corp of Denver has HQ in Roff and will test on the W N Guest farm eight miles northwest of Roff with a standard rig moved from Bebee fields and Carter Nance Drilling of Ada holding the drilling contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver and Associates
H. C. Gray
Stratford
C. A. Rotenberry
Mahan Drilling Company
Stratford Leader
Western Oil Corporation of
Denver
Colo
Roff
W. N. Guest Farm
Bebee Fields
Carter-Nance Drilling Company
Ada
Roff Eagle
McCumber cites bipartisan opposition in Nd primary loss
Senator McCumber of North Dakota blames his Senate primary defeat on a partisan coalition against him and a nonpartisan group backing his opponent. The July letter, released publicly, frames the loss as the result of organized political forces rather than his record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
Pawned Articles Worth One Million Each Week in London
A London estimate places weekly pawned goods at about 1 million dollars. The figure reflects broad activity across pawnshops, with diverse items ranging from jewelry to functional valuables exchanged for short term loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Large Northern Oklahoma drainage project completed on farm
One of the region’s largest drainage projects has been finished on a farm about 20 miles away. The drained land, once small lakes unsuitable for farming, is now considered among the best in the northern part of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
Shopmen Stand Alone in Strike
Chicago dispatch notes railroad shopmen walked off last Saturday in a national strike, while maintenance of way workers stayed on the job under protest amid wage-cut negotiations. Leaders praise the separation of shop crafts from other unions as the strike shifts, with officials awaiting further effects nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mainenance
Way
Ben W. Hooper
United States Railroad Labor Board
W. L. McMenimen
E F. Grable
Southern and Western Railroads
B. M. Jewell
Monkeys Refuse to Pick Boll Weevils in Oklahoma Farm
McAlester June 28 A cotton raiser, after county meeting talk on boll weevil control, released gypsy camp monkeys to harvest pests in his field. The monkeys refused to work, caucused, then attacked nearby hounds. Gypsy owner said the city-bred monkeys were not suited for farm tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
New York
Surprise marriage in city hushes wedding at home
Miss Alberta Chaffin wed R. D. Renick yesterday afternoon at the home of Justice H. J. Brown. Both reside in the city and will live here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renick Chafin
Alberta Chaffin
R. D. Renick
Justice H. J. Brown
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Allen Chamber of Commerce
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Devalera
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