Oklahoma highway salvage uncovers ancient artifacts and spear points
Oklahoma highways and the University of Oklahoma Archaeological Survey report salvage digs yielding 2,000 year old spear points from a Davis area sand pit and 7,000 year old stone preforms from Texas and Red River sources. The Antiques Law restricts unauthorized digging with fines and jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Highways
Oklahoma
Highway Department
Oklahoma Department of Highways
Oklahoma Archaeological Survey
University of Oklahoma
Chester Brooks
Spiro
Don Wyckoff
Oklahoma Archaelogical Survey
Archaelogical Survey
Davis
Guy James Construction Co
Texas
Red River
Muskogee
County soil and water district gets new name
Pontotoc County Soil and Water Conservation District adopts new title Pontotoc County Conservation District under Senate bills 10L and 101. The board of supervisors becomes district directors and the State Soil Conservation Board becomes the State Soil Conservation Commission. The law expands district authority to include ecological factors land use planning and broad natural resource programs. All qualified voters in a conservation district may vote in director elections. Continued on Page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Soil and Water District
Pontotoc County
State Soil Conservation Board
State Soil Conservation Commission
Senate
Leonard Solomon
The
Conservation Commission
Referendum on wool producers program to be voted
Sheep producers will vote on a national referendum to extend the wool and lamb promotion program. Ballots may be mailed June 7 to 18 or cast in person by eligible wool producers in counties served by ASCS offices. Deductions from wool and unshorn lambs would fund advertising and education under the National Wool Act, renewed if national approval is received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascs
Pol
Wael
Secretary of Agriculture
American Sheep Producers Council
ASPC
Horses Move to Suburbs and Spur Urban Rules
AP Farm Writer Don Kendrall reports that horses, like farmers, increasingly migrate to urban and suburban areas. Private estimates place nationwide horse numbers at 7.5 million, with potential growth to 14 million by 1940, reshaping the equine landscape from work animals to recreation and prompting new zoning and sanitation ordinances, exemplified by Dallas rules requiring specific acreage, enclosures, and manure management. The piece also notes an Agriculture Department dairy study slated for completion by July 1, 1972, under NFU oversight, addressing Grade A upgrades for dairymen and concerns over Grade B milk used for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kendrall
Washington (Ap
Ing
American Horse Council, Inc
Dallas
Tex
Washington
Agriculture Department
National Farmers Union
Agriculture
Clifford M. Hardin
Hardin
NFU
Tony Dechant
Truman Graf
University of Wisconsin, Sill
Dechant
Northcentral States
Oklahoma wheat growers fear higher costs from new 21 age limit rule
Oklahoma farmers warn a July 1 1971 ruling by the U S Department of Transportation banning operation of combines and trucks by anyone under 21 will raise harvest costs by about 1 per acre and deepen farmer distress. Earl Abernathy of the Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association says the change could add 4 million dollars to harvest expenses and urges Congress to back Senate Bill No S161 proposed by Senator James Pearson. Abernathy has appealed to President Nixon and top officials to preserve current regulations allowing youth to help harvest wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Earl Abernathy
Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association
U. S. Department of Transportation
Abernathy
U. S
James Pearson
Kansas
Strong hog and cattle prices lift farm price index in May
The Agriculture Department reports a 2 percent rise in the May farm price index, the first gain since February, helped by higher hog and cattle prices and stronger potato and watermelon values. Milk and eggs fell, while overall costs climbed 1 percent from mid-May and remained higher than a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Famous Moran painting joins National Cowboy Hall of Fame exhibit
The mountain painting Mountain of the Holy Cross by Thomas Moran, created in 1874 75, is showcased at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City marking the start of its seventh summer tourist season. The work, 80 by 63 inches, traveled from New York to Washington Boston and London before returning to the United States where Knoedler and Company sold it to Anthony Bower for the Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Oklahoma City
Colotrade
Mountain of the Holy Cross
Thomas Morgan
Miles
Moran
Continental Divide
Tennessee Pass
Colorado Mountain
Redcliff
Minturn
New York City
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone Falls
Carcom Gallery
Washington, D. C
Rutherford B. Hays
Boston
Longfellow
Colorado
Thomas Moran
Royal Academy of Art
London
England
William A. Bell
Bell
Briarhurst
Manitou
Colorado Springs
Dr. Bell
Berry House
Bletchingly
Surrey
M. Knoedler and Company of
America
Knoedlers
Western Heritage Center
Also Mentioned on This Page
David Hall
Latriece Baker
Carrier
Clayton Taylor
Oklaham Hall
Oklahoma State University
U.S
USDA
Fred Lytle
McGee Creek
Atoka County
Lytle
Ted Layne
East Central
Nixon
Clifford Hardin
Consumer and Marketing Service
Philadelphia
Huntington Hartford
Scion of the Arts
Eastern ‘Maillionaire
Heir To
Ir Fortune
Parker Mosses
Bernet Galleries
Hartford
Anthony Bower
Knoedler Company
National Cowboy Ha of Fame
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!