County Delegation Seeks New Route and Bridge
Four Francis residents and several Ada locals urged the state highway commission to designate a new state road from Homer schoolhouse through Francis to Sasakwa, linking with Holdenville and Wewoka. A river bridge north of Francis was discussed as necessary due to oil traffic, with plans to keep the effort alive. The panel also heard of grading and draining No 19 from Centrahoma to Stonewall and the Stonewall Ada segment, noting completion would extend beyond a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
Ada
State Highway Commission
Homer
Sasakwa
Holdenville
Wewoka
Canadian River
Highway Commission
Jesse Bunch
Centrahoma
Stonewall
Pontotce
Commission
Highway Department Shows Gains in First Half of 1928
Oklahoma City July 11 The state highway department reports a 21.9 percent rise in income for the first six months of 1928 versus 1927 while expenditures grew 33.3 percent. Construction spending totaled 5 085 491 dollars, up from 3 816 445 dollars, with surveys reclassified as an expense. Maintenance spending fell slightly from 1 120 653 to 1 114 767 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Highway Department
Ed McDonald
State Highway Commission
McDonald
State Board Valuations Scrutinized Across Oklahoma
Oklahoma City July 11 CP A protest by Seminole County over the Ada-Konawa toll bridge valuation will be taken up July 25 along with objections to Muskogee and Beckham County assessments. Seminole seeks reconsideration. the toll bridge is owned by George D. Key. Also, protests concern Oklahoma Gas and Electric, Kansas-Oklahoma Gulf Railway, and Midland Valley Railway properties. Jimmie Stokes is jailed on second degree forgery charges with a preliminary trial planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
CPA
Seminole County
State Board of Equalization
Ada-Konawa
Muskogee
Beckham
George D. Key
Democratic State Central Committee
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
Kansas-Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company
Midland Valley Railway Company
Jimmie Stokes
Stokes
T. O. Cullins
Justice of Peace
Summers Chapel School Sets Tone for Bright Future
Summers Chapel community praises progressive teachers Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rolland and staff, noting dedication and annual study. Local families from Stratford Tecumseh and Maxwell visit, while expected next term includes Miss Flossie Summers teaching in Stratford and land talks, with church and social notes amid travel and illness mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summers Chapel
Lloyd Rolland
A. L. Wood
Stratford
Jimmie Isaacs
Guy Northcut
Washington
Mack Fleming
Alva Davenport
Tecumseh
Maxwell
Flossie Summers
George Carter
Alfred Summers
Flossie
Carter
Vaness
Alva Pennington
W. A. Harrell
E. A. Easley
Dunn
James Parnell
T.sg. Dalrymple
Shawnee
Impson Anderson
Marguerite Burns
Oma McGalliard
Quin Bevers
Florice
Graford
Texas
Jewell Hooper
Maurice Harris
Worstell
James Pannell
Misses Inn
Kathryn Wood
Aline
Rachel Burch
L. M. Wood
Heber Springs
Ark
Pleas Roberts
Rebee
Walker
Mullinax
J. R. Kite
Truax Switch
Columbus Bailes
Burns
Lela Laffoon
Seminole
Ben Milam
Milam
Vera Hooper
Joe Robertson
G. M. Spurlock
Claud Hooper
J A. Pannell
Pecan Grove
Sheriff Seeks Re election Pontotoc County Statement
Pontotoc County Sheriff James Pannell appeals for a second term outlining his administration. He cites $288888.48 in funds collected and praised sheriff books by state inspectors. He notes felonies and misdemeanors processed, prohibition law enforcement actions, and the destruction of 164 wild cat stills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Sheriff's Office
State Examiner
Justice of the Peace
Hoover to Watt in Farm Decree
Secretary Hoover will address farm relief in his speech accepting the presidential nomination. The Indiana Farm Bureau federation president William H. Settle requested his views. Hoover’s reply was released in Indianapolis. He will not discuss campaign issues until the Palo Alto acceptance speech on August 11 as he travels to California next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
William H. Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Smith
New York
Indianapolis
Work
Republican National Committee
Palo Alto
California
Norris Declines Presidential Nomination by Farmer-Labor Party
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, in a formal statement, refused the Farmer-Labor party’s presidential nomination at Chicago last night, though he was nominated on the third ballot. The convention also named Will Vereen of Moultire, Ga., for vice president amid disputes over labor and farm credentials and a broader platform calling for farm relief, public ownership projects, and anti-injunction policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Farmer-Labor Party
Chicago
United States
George W. Norris
Norman Thomas
Farmer- Laborites
Will Vereen
Moultire
Prohibition Party
Farmer- Labor Group
Vereen
Farmer-Labor
Farmer- Labor
Boulder Dam
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Herbert Hoover
Anti-Saloon League
Power Trust
McNary-Haugen
Oklahoma cotton farmers watch calcium arsenate test against boll weevils
In Tulsa on July 12 AP reports Er C Button head of a local cotton oil firm tests calcium arsenate on a patch of cotton to combat boll weevils. Early results show only six weevils found on the treated plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Er. C. Button
Button
Summers Chapel News Acknowledges Rain and Visits
Rain continues to affect farming as residents report crops improving with moisture. A J Wood and wife visit in Oklahoma City with their son and daughter, while Mrs Wood stays for a week. Local travel includes Haskins and Evans to Ada and various family visits. Sundy school disrupted by road conditions. singing events and upcoming political addresses noted by the R Reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudan
J. Q. Moore
Alva Davenport
W. A. Harrell
W. G Davis
Joplin
Willis Roberts
Vaness
Walker
Ada
Anderson
Charlie Brindle
Maxwell
Tilda Norman
Howard Atchison
Shawnee
Travis
R. M. Crompton
Lucy Roberts
A. J. Wood
Oklahoma City
Mr. Wood
Howard Wood
Old Magee
Tom Burch
Summers Chapel
Rans Tucker
G. W. Evans
Orbry
Alva Evans
Bull Starts
B. Dub Harrell
Melton Evans
Clyde
Clint Haskins
Clint
Alvin Megar
Broom
Jessie McEntyre
Mattie Burrus
Mammie
Pearlie May McEntyre
Hellen Burrus
Irene Megar
Emet Light
Stratford
R Reader
Registration Notice Opens for July 18 to 27, 1928
Registration books will be open for registration on the morning of July 18 and close at midnight on July 27, 1928. Registrars for this election will be announced soon. This registration covers first time voters and those who have come of age since the last election, plus transfers between voting precincts.
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Sally
Courtney Barr
Sally Ford
Sally Barr
David Nash
Virginia City
Enid Barr
Enid
Barrs
Courtney Barrs
Charles Barr
Charles Barrs
David
Capital City Press
State University
Mr. Barr
Long Island
Gayety
France
New Hampshire
Barr
Courtney Bar
Virginia
Court
Europe
Capital City
Highway Department
STATE
Jardine
Alaska
Dawes Dyer
Sheriff Walker
Vanette
Dave Atchley
Atchley
Hiram Jones
Laxton
Hagar
Bill Belt
Joe Belt
Sunshine
Hardy Kennedy
Verna Zumbro Killerease
E. J. Benton
Earnest Majors
Dorothy Pollock
Rotf
June Land
Grace
Christine Blum
Charlie Drieden
Byrds Mill
Virgil Kennedy
H. A. Kennedy
Alma
Venita Majors
Laura Farmer
J. W. Lynen
Billie Killerease
Mrs. Shapford
Shell McKinley
Jones
Jeff Peterson
Earn Majors
Bill Tolen
Miss Wiley
Mona
Watt
Thad Pty Daeiaeney Scrip
Ning Norris
San Francisco
Omaha
Milnois
Otis F. Glenn
Illinois
St. Paul
Minneapolis
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