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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1906
Page
4
A split in interpreting Oklahoma statehood provisions centers on the prohibition clause for Indian Territory. The text bars manufacturing and sale of intoxicants within Indian Territory for 21 years, but allows private consumption and mail order access outside. Newspapers foresee ads and wholesale liquor moves still possible.
Guthrie Oklahoma June 21 The work of selecting 1 050 000 acres of public lands to be donated to the new state s universities and colleges has begun The land will be selected by the board for leasing school lands in Oklahoma immediately after passage of the statehood bill Secretary F L Wenner will travel to Woodward Alva El Reno and Lawton to file on lands not yet taken for settlement He estimates enough land exists to reach the 1 050 000 acre quota The western Oklahoma Beaver county area holds most parcels and the territory s oil and gas discoveries have increased value to possibly exceed 5 000 000 The state plans to lease for agricultural and mining uses and may sell later.
In South McAlester on June 22 the law and order league steps up opposition to Sunday baseball and theater, ice cream shops, and soft drink stands. Leaders vow enforcement to the letter, hinting at substantial arrests, while amusement lovers urge voter will at the polls.
Washington reports a conspiratorial effort to exploit the Kickapoo lands clause in the Indian appropriation bill. The president withholds approval while agent Thackery gathers Kickapoos back from Mexico to Oklahoma to shield property from the provision. Additional Oklahoma notices cover a July celebration for Delegate Bird McGuire and a proposed Oklahoma Central Railway route through Boswell. In Wewoka, oil gushes gas at 2,000,000 cubic feet daily, audible to the post office three quarters of a mile away.
United States Court reviews a bankruptcy report with Judge Dickerson, stenographer Guy Sacket, and clerk C G Moore from Chicka. The referee’s report is reversed and an appeal is granted with sixty days to file exceptions.
In a habeas corpus case in federal court, P. M. Walton sought his two daughters from Mrs. Ida Everett. Judge Dickerson ruled for Mrs. Everett, returning custody and ordering $10 monthly support from Walton. A separate arrest follows for Albert Leffley and Tom Riley in the murder of A. J. Morrison, saloon keeper in Konawa, Oklahoma Territory.
Justice W. H. H. Clayton and Joseph A. Gill of the supreme court of the Indian Territory are chosen to district the territory for the election of delegates to the constitutional convention. The appointment, decided by Attorney General Moody in conference with the president, limits to districting duties.
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