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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
2
A broad editorial argues citizens must back law enforcement, warns against graft and demagoguery, and condemns radicals and foreigners stirring strife. It urges closer producer consumer links, praises agriculture dept for plant introductions, and condemns high tariffs while noting farm market pressures in Pontotoc County.
A satirical note on twelve Englishmen fleeing taxes to an offshore island and the likely return to old ways. William Allen predicts tariff passage as a Republican tradition, while Shawnee County reports boll weevil battles improving prospects for cotton. Durant Democrat envisions radio lawn mowers, and Spiro Times hints at post primary Screw suppers. A suggestion to pay cotton farmers a 10 cent bounty per pound exported is offered as fair turnabout.
Dr. A. Deen county health superintendent was adjudged insane by the sanity board and sent to the Oklahoma State hospital at Norman. He was arrested last week by federal authorities on a narcotics charge and bonded $1,500 before the U S Commissioner at Coalgate.
Australia plans to import beet seed from California and install up to date machinery to develop its beet sugar industry.
New York state reported motor revenue surpassing ten million dollars in the past year. Officials attributed the rise to higher vehicle transactions and increased highway use, with continued growth expected into next year.
The list enumerates candidates for state and county offices including State Judge D W Huffar Arden L Bullock J W Bolen State Senator H Ebby Joseph C Looney State Insurance Commissioner E W Handin State Treasurer A B S Shaw State Legislature W C Pratt F H McKeel Representative in Congress Tom D McKeown President State Board of Agriculture John A Whitehurst County Superintendent F E Gray A Floyd reelection A T Watson Mrs Parrie Britt Sheriff Joe E Sloan Bob Duncan reelection W B Walker County Attorney A C Chaney H F Mathis J W Dean County Tax Assessor Nick Heard reelection J B Faber County Weigher John Ward reelection A H Simpkins B Pete Lasater County Clerk Rit Irwin W A Peck reelection County Treasurer J I Laughlin 4 W Jim Westbrook Albert Chamberlain Court Clerk L E Franklin 2nd term County Judge B H Ben Epperson Tal Crawford Second Term County Commissioner Dist No 2 Charley Laseman I R Gilmore L D Brandon County Commissioner Dist No 3 J W Higbee County Commissioner District No 1 H Clay Stephens
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