State's Record Lease Opens for Oil and Gas Tracts
Sealed bids on 104 public, state, and school land tracts in 12 Oklahoma counties for oil and gas leases will be opened at 7 pm by the land office. The sale, renewal of old five year leases, will be on a commercial basis, with royalties of one eighth and rental terms.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
A. S. J. Shaw
Caddo
Comanche
Cotton
Garfield
Grant
Kaw
Lincoln
Logan
Muskogee
Noble
Pawnee
Stephens
Shaw
Caddo County
Comanche County
Cotton County
Garfield County
Grant County
Kay County
Lincoln County
Stephens County
Ada
Oklahoma
Saiq
Benham &Mullergren
Pontotoc County
Ada Weekly News
Board of Commissioners
Benham & Mullergren
State of
City of
Public Justice& Safety
Gary Kitchens
Public Justice and Safety
W. B. Jones
City
Ity
Board of Commissioners of
Benham & Mullergrén
Firestone
Kansas City
Missouri
Floyd Prepares Annual Letter to 58 Districts
County superintendent A. Floyd compiles the annual letter to be mailed to 58 public school districts around Pontotoc County. Ada Independent School District in Pontotoc will not receive a copy.
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A. Floyd
Floyd
Ada
Pontotoc County
Ada Chamber circulates 900 industrial prospects monthly
Ada Pontotoc county's natural resources are highlighted by Owen Walker as the Ada Chamber of Commerce circulates information to attract factories. The county offers glass sand clay limestone shale rock asphalt molders' sand and timber with transport via Katy Santa Fe and Frisco lines and abundant water.
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Ada Chamber of Commerce
Owen Walker
Pontotoccountg
Chamber of Commerce
Walker
Pontotoc
Katy
Santa Fe
Frisco
Railway Industrial Commission
C. of C
Byrd
Ada
Fourth Street
Broadway
Hoover opposes farm export credit bill to aid Europe
Secretary Hoover told the Senate committee that efforts to mobilize banking credit to prevent liquidation of farm and sugar surpluses should not rely on extending credit facilities for Europe. He warned the U S farm purchasing power has fallen sharply and said Europe’s food needs could be met without new credit, while opposing the Morris bill creating a 100 million dollar government farm exports corporation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Senate
Government Farm
Europe
United States
15000 U S Soldiers In Present Hawaiian Force
Honolulu Hawaii June 24 More than 15000 officers and men of the United States army compose the present garrison in Hawaii. Officials expect the total will grow to about 25000 with the addition of the 55th artillery unit arriving in May. They are quartered at Fort Kamehameha near Pearl Harbor.
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Honolulu
T. H
United States Army
Hawaii
55Th Artiery
Fort Kamehameha
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Islands
Katy Agent Visits Here On Business For Road
L B Chipley assistant industrial agent for the M K T railway company was in the city from Dallas to discuss industrial matters. He visited O Nuneikee secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and said two wholesale houses would be built on the Katy right of way as soon as arrangements were made. Leases were sent to the Griffith Wholesale house and the Hale Hassel house for signing.
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L. B. Chipley
eM. K. @ T. railway company
Dallas
Tulsa bout set for Mortis and Weinert heavyweight clash
Tulsa will host a 12round heavyweight bout at Convention Hall pitting Carl Mortis nicknamed Oklahoma White Hope against Charley Weinert of Newark New Jersey.
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Tulsa
Carl Mortis
Oklahoma
Charley Weinert
Newark
N. J
Free hotel meals for prisoners at city hall hostel
The Hotel de Goetcher, housed in the city hall, serves free meals to inmates. City budget this year totals 513 with 100 spent by Sanitary, meals cost 40 to 50 cents, and Mayor Kitchens seeks 600 for next year to cover rising demand. Chief Goether, who runs the program, notes its practicalities and contrasts with mainstream hotels.
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Hotel de Goetcher
Goetcher
Sanitary Department
Kitchens
Goether
Ozarks
American Planes for Mexican Border Patrol
Eight American made airplanes have been delivered at Nuevo Laredo for the Mexican government border patrol and will be used once assembled. The planes are painted blue as the distinctive color for border patrol aircraft. The United States government already maintains an air patrol along the border.
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Nogales
Ariz
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
United States
Power Farming Show to Feature Tractor Tests at Fargo
Fargo North Dakota June 28 Nearly every device in power farming will be at the national tractor show opening tomorrow and running through June 30. About 50 000 attendees are expected for three days as tractors compete plow and till ten acres with observers recording operating costs and efficiency for a prize pool over 1 000.
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Fargo
N. D
Middle West
United States
Paris
France
E. E. Whaley
Springfield
Olio
National Implemennt and Vehicle Association
Mrs Pelters Plans Move to Saint Louis for Family
Mrs. Jacob Pelters announced she will sell the Pelters Fashion Shop on West Main and leave Ada soon to join her husband in a Saint Louis hospital. She has lived in Ada years and operates at 202 East Twelfth Street.
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Jacob Pelters
Pelters
West Main Street
Saint Louis
Ada
East Twelfth Street
Allen School Bond Issue Passed in District Vote
A $6,000 school bond proposal carried in Allen district elections this week. Funds were borrowed from three Allen banks last spring to cover school debts totaling $2,700 and the new bond issue will cover that deficit plus improvements at the Lincoln school.
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Allen
Ada
Lincoln
Harris Clore divorce suit in Pontotoc County
Winnie Harris Clore sues Hobson J. Clore for divorce in Pontotoc County with notice to respond by July 4. The petition seeks a lawful separation and judgment for the plaintiff. Attorneys for the plaintiff are L. E. Franklin and King & Crawford. dated June 22, 1931.
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State of Oklahoma
Phillip Payton
Pontotoc
Choctaw
Oklahoma
Section
Township
Range
Chickasaw Nation
Indian Base
Meridian
Indian Territory
Ship
L. E. Franklin
J. Rogers
King & Crawford
Clint Miers
Busby & Harrell
County of Pontotoc
Mullins
B. S. White
Sookey Clark
Pontotoc County
Lookey Clark
H. Gatlin
Plaining
R. W. Small
Ida Small
Annie Parks
Center
State of
Winnie Harris Clore
Hobson J. Clore
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Committee of Steps
District Court
Jackson County
Arthur Coffman
L. R. McFann
H. C. Morgan
Bob Duncan
J. I. Pitchtford
Barringer Heights
L. EB. Franklin
Tom D. McKeown
Maxwell
Roff
Powell
Flowers
Max
Oakman
McIntyre
Maxwell Boys
Shawnee
Olivia Summers
Maxwell Singing Class
Reuben Mc Roddie
Lang
Commissioners of the Land Office
J. B. A. Robertson
J. S. Morris
F. C. Carter
U. S
The
Mrs. Pelters
Allen School
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