Gov Haskell Speaks at Sulphur Independence Celebration
Gov C N Haskell addressed about 2500 at Sulphur Oklahoma for a two day Independence Day celebration. He defended state acts and railroad growth arguing interstate lines have expanded in Oklahoma the past two years, denied corporation baiting by government, and praised open enterprise while safeguarding citizens. Other speakers included Graves Leeper Z T Burton Frank Smith and Judge Harry Fielding. A beef barbecue and albona and pashora foods were served.
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Sulphur
C. N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Legisaltive
Graves Leeper
Oklahoma City
Z. T. Burton
Tishomingo
Frank Smith
Chickasaw
Harry Fielding
Indian Territory
Numbering Cotton Bales Start in Oklahoma
Guthrie Oklahoma July 8 The Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture is compiling a list of gins active in the state. A new law requires gin owners and managers to number bales from No 1 and report monthly bale counts on the first and fifteenth day, with penalties from twenty five to one hundred dollars for noncompliance. The season begins September first and the board will issue blank forms to gins. Ginners are urged to provide gin name post office address county and manager or owner to aid accurate timely reports.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture
Board of Agriculture
Caldwell attacks Tennessee Supreme Court on Union City case
Nashville July 8 Attorney General Caldwell, who prosecuted and convicted the night riders at Union City Tenn, denounces the supreme court for reversing his cases last Saturday. He calls the judges blind to justice and says retr ibutive justice must be left to an avenging God.
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Nashville Tenn
Caldwell
Union City
Tenn
Supreme Court
Tennessee
God
Fireman William D. Howard Killed in Knoxville-Asheville Crash
William D. Howard of Ada a fireman for the Southern Railway died from injuries after an east bound freight engine struck a cow near Del Rio on the Knoxville Asheville line. He died hours later and his remains were sent to Sevier county for burial. Howard lived in Oakwood and is survived by a widow and one child. The engineer L B Bolt escaped unharmed. The body was moved to Ada then to Sevierville for funeral arrangements set to begin today.
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Wm. D. Howard
Southern Railway
del Rio
Knoxville-Asheville
Howard
L. B. Bolt
Oakwood
Oklahoma to regulate public utility firms under anti trust law
Guthrie July 9. The Corporation Commission will assert jurisdiction over companies deemed public businesses with virtual monopolies that supply essential commodities. Complaints about a local ice firm were reviewed, with no specific charges filed. blanks are available for filing complaints under the law.
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Guthrie
Okla
Corporation Commission
Commission
Oklahoma
Floral Offering Presented to Uncle Bil Cross on Birthday
The School Land Department visited Guthrie July 8 to honor Uncle Bil Cross on his sixty second birthday. Ed O Cassidy presented the floral offering and Uncle Bill responded with a heartfelt speech.
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Guthrie
School Land Department
Uncle Bil Cross
Ed O. Cassidy
Uncle Bill
We Should Smile. Printing Office Earns Joy Over Prompt Payers
A Vinita Leader excerpt praises a printing office for timely bill payment and for handling critics who burden the sheriff, contrasting them with others who borrow papers and praise management without contributing. The tone blends humor and local pride in a small-town business.
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Vinita
Small Want Ad Eases Big Difficulties in News Notice
A concise news advertisement offers a simple remedy to a complex problem, illustrating how a brief classified notice can influence a larger situation. The piece highlights the impact of targeted communication through a newspaper ad in addressing a substantial need.
El Reno Proposed Site for Masonic Home in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Grand Lodge committees favor El Reno s proposal to turn over the Darlington Indian Agency site for the Masonic home and industrial school. The deal includes government buildings, 640 acres, water and sewer, a $78,000 price, and a $10,000 lodge bonus, with extended streetcar service. The report will go to the grand lodge for ratification.
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McAlester
Okla
Grand Lodge of Masons of Oklahoma
el Reno
Darlington Indian Agency
Grand Lodge
Darlington Agency
Canadian River Valley
Durant Normal Opens Summer Course at Guthrie Ohio
The first summer normal course linked to the new normal schools is under way at Durant with Southeastern Normal school. It began June 14 and runs through the month. Durant citizens pay incidental and tuition fees to attract attendees. About thirty teachers including county superintendents and assistants from surrounding counties attend.
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Guthrie
Ohio
Durant
Southeastern Normal School
Creamery Inspection To Begin Soon In Oklahoma
W Holmes, recently named state dairy inspector under the board of agriculture, will start thorough inspections of Oklahoma dairies and creameries. The dairy commission aims to boost the dairy industry while the pure food department handles adulteration cases. The inspector will also administer tuberculin tests and promote proper methods to attract dairymen. The board seeks Oklahoma to become the chief dairy state, with annual visits to each dairy and creamery.
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Guthrie
Oklo
Charles Barrett
Board of Agriculture
Pure Food and Health Department
Dairy Inspection Department
Holmes
Dairy Commission
Barrett
Oklahoma
Union
Bondsmen surrender in murder case appeal
Tom Birdwell, convicted in May 1908 for the murder of Jim Goodson, was paroled on a $5000 supersedeas bond. Bondsmen W E Nutt John Gann R F Johnson and C C Long surrendered him to the county jail this morning. The appeal status is unclear and a new bond seems unlikely.
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Jim Goodson
Tom Birdwell
W.E. Nutt
John Gann
R. ‘F. Johnson
C. C. Long
Nutt and Gann
Increase in Assessment Across Oklahoma Counties
Sixty one counties show an average 20 percent rise in assessments for most property classes excluding public service. Muskogee County up about 33 1 3 percent and Canadian County about 40 percent, others with smaller gains or slight reductions. Farm property largely unchanged from 1908 levels as the state board reviews figures ahead of next Monday’s meeting.
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Guthrie
Okla
State Board of Equalization
State Board
Muskogee
Canadian County
Hefty Oklahoma Onions Displayed By Peay
Mr J W Peay of this city presented four large onions to the Newsman this morning weighing just over two pounds. Grown in his west 13th street garden, he notes 40 larger onions in Pontotoc county. Onions have been a valuable crop, with these samples proving the county’s soil for top production.
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J. W. Peay
Oklahoma
Peay
West 13Th Street
Pontotoc County
Three Oklahoma agriculture board members up for re election
Guthrie Oklahoma July 9 three members of the state board of agriculture will be elected by county delegates at a convention in Stillwater August 10 coinciding with the board’s annual meeting. O A Brewer Hel ena Thad Rice Watonga resigned Ewers White McLoud and M F Ikard Chickasha seek re election. The board will also run a two day institute at the A and M college after which the state agricultural society schedules its second annual convention.
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Guthrie
Okla
State Board of Agriculture
Stillwater
State Board
Harmon
O. A. Brewer
Helena
Thad Rice
Watonga
Ewers White
McLoud
M. F. Ikard
Chick
Dispensary Official Served With Oklahoma Injunction
Acting Superintendent Stone of the State Dispensary received a district court injunction from Oklahoma City to stop state interference in transporting liquors shipped into the state from depots warehouses and express offices to residences. The suit filed by D. M. Blank doing business as the Oklahoma Distributing Company names the Oklahoma County Sheriff Oklahoma City Chief of Police State Enforcement officer and Mr Stone. A July 21 hearing was scheduled.
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Guthrie
Okla
Stone
Oklahoma City
D. M. Blank
The
Oklahoma Distributing Company
Oklahoma County
B. J. Waugh
Mr. Stone
Would Sell Their Baby
New York July 9 Harry Beach twenty four and unemployed and his wife offered their two weeks old baby for sale for 500 cash claiming keeping the child would harm him and that selling would provide him a good home and bring prosperity to themselves.
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New York
Harry Beach
Beach
Local Businesses Urged to Complete July Printing Commitments
Businessmen who promised the News solicitor printing work for July 1 are asked to fulfill the promise now. Bring the work in or phone a News representative. their requests will receive immediate attention.
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State of
Ada
B. B. Howard
Sevier County
Sevierville
Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Logates
Masonic
Building Committee OF
Darlington
Pure Food Commission
Telephone
Pioneer Telephone & Telegraph Co
Fort Worth, Texas
Jackson Loan & Trust ‘Co
Jackson
Mississippi
Ada News Printery
C. B. Weaver
Agency
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