Fitts pool in Oklahoma becomes model of conservation and proration
Operators in the John Fitts pool join with the state proration department to implement uniform measures, take bottom hole readings, and level pressures across the field. Early results show reduced pressure loss, steady production, and potential for a 25 percent higher ultimate recovery, signaling a new era of cooperative oil conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fitts
Pontotoc County
State Proration Department
Fitts Pool
Texas
New Mexico
Franks
Byng and Ada Fall in Regional Finals as Oklahoma City Crown Looms
Byng high school boys lose a tight Class B regional final to McLoud 15 14 after earlier edging Luther 28 27. Ada falls to Capitol Hill 57 0 while Cap Hill edges Maysville for the girls regional title 24 22. Stonewall boys and girls exit at Durant. Achille girls beat Stonewall then lose to Valiant. Eight teams advance to Oklahoma City for state finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byng High School
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma City
McLoud
Byng
Luther
Ada High
New Lima
Wayne
New Lima Lassies
Holdenville
Ada
Stonewall
Durant
Tishomingo
Ardmore
Achille
Valiant
Clifford “Pooch” Elliott
Central Tigers to Form New Baseball Team
East Central Tigers plan a baseball program for the summer term the first since 1930 under coach Mickey McBride about 30 candidates have shown interest. A full new equipment order is nearly complete with black orange trimmed uniforms and E C caps. A schedule is developing with April 9 home game against Oklahoma City Goldbugs and an April 25 return in OKC plus a Central contest on the OKC trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central Tigers
Mickey McBride
E. C
Oklahoma City University Goldbugs
Oklahoma City
Tigers
Bond Debt, Interest Cuts From Serial Payments In Pontotoc
In Pontotoc county late 1926 voters approved two bond issues a courthouse and highway construction funded by state matching. Serial bonds reduce interest each year as principal payments start. Five $7 000 courthouse payments and five $20 000 road payments cut interest by over 360 and 950 respectively annually. Road debt drops from 425 000. Gasoline tax revenue covers interest and principal with no ad valorem levy needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Court House
What Fitts Pool Is Doing in Oil Production
The John Fitts pool report outlines January production and March potential and limits. January totaled 261,760 barrels with a flat rate of 100 barrels per day per well early month and 10 percent of potential later. March potential is 167,458 barrels per day, with total March allowance 254,661 barrels and individual well caps ranging from 75 to 272 barrels. New wells added this month may alter final totals. Leading wells include Carter No. 1 Cradduck, Moore No. 1 Akers, Magnolia Nos. 2 and 4 Tom Norris, Blackstock Nos. 2 and 3 Cradduck, and Stanolind No. 1 P. A. Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Commission
John Fitts
Carter No. 1 Craddock
Carter
Cradduck
Moore
Akers
Magnolia
Tom Norris
Blackstock
P. A. Norris
Ada Better Homes Campaign Here Secures Award
Ada wins a high merit award from Better Homes in America for 1934 work in home improvement. Miss B. Alice Francisco receives a letter from Katherine Liston noting a certificate to be sent after California signature by Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur. The organization, incorporated in Delaware in 1923, lists Hoover Wilbur Ford and Liston among its board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Better Homes In America
B. Alice Francisco
Miss Francisco
Ada Better Homes In America
Better Homes
California
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Katherine F. Liston
Organization of Better Homes In America
Delaware
Herbert Hoover
James Ford
Katherine Liston
Dispute Over Duffy Morrison Estate in Creek Nation
In Tulsa a fight over control of the $100000 estate of Duffy Morrison, a Creek Indian who died Tuesday, unfolds in county court. Uncle Timmie Fife and two cousins seek appointee, naming Russell Nixon, while Bluford Morrison and Felix G. Morrison urge Robert G. Fry. Morrison died intestate, at 42, 50 pounds, 40 inches, paralyzed from birth, with oil wealth on a 160 acre allotment near Sand Springs. He had no immediate relatives and could neither read nor write.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Cp—Aa
Duffy Morrison
Timmie Fife
Sapulpa
Fife
Russell Nixon
Tulsa County Common Pleas Court
Bluford Morrison
Haskell
Felix G. Morrison
Mounds
Robert G. Fry
John Boyd
Morrison
Sand Springs
John McCune
Indian youth jailed for disturbing worship in Franks parish
Nick Worchester a 19 year old Indian was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail for disturbing religious worship in the Franks community. County Judge John Boyce McKeel imposed the sentence after Worchester pleaded guilty. A warrant had been issued earlier but officers delayed capture due to the defendant recovering from chicken pox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Worchester
Young
Worchester
John Boyve McKeel
Franks
Enid Plans Biweekly Community Singing Bees
Enid trades council sponsors biweekly singing bees to revive fellowship. Led by a local church director, the gatherings invite all residents to join in old favorites like I Was Seeing Nellie Home and The Little Brown Church in the Vale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Mar
Little Brown
Vale
Old Virginia
Ohio Leaders Call Off Strike Over Weak Grounds
A planned match strike in Ohio was called off after leaders could not find a suitable target to strike. No actions were taken and the situation cooled without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Exemption plan could cut Oklahoma property taxes nationwide
Oklahoma City March 9 The state tax commission chief says a $1,000 homestead exemption would lower county property values by about 14.7 percent on average. Delaware and Adair counties would see the largest cuts while Osage would have the smallest. Forty eight counties would exceed the state average, and Pontotoc county shows a 17.2 percent drop. Investigations have been sent to Washington to verify a trio’s police records and possible links to other hijackings and burglaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
H. L. McCracken
Tax Commission
McCracken
MccCracken
Delaware
Adair County
Osage County
Pontotoc County
Holmes Leaves Usual Will For United States
Oliver Wendell Holmes probate shows estate of just over 550000 with 283500 in specific bequests. Remaining assets go to the United States of America as residual legatee, amounting to about 250000. Edward J. Holmes of Boston named principal heir with 100000 and library items. charitable gifts include 25000 to Library of Congress and 25000 to Harvard, plus bequests to Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Massachusetts Historical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
Jonathan Jackson
Library of Congress
Harvard University
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Massachusetts Historical Society
Oklahoma prison overhaul eyed by Governor and lawmakers
War den Key’s plan for McAlester prison calls for 1500000 to build a power plant outside the walls and a new cell block for 600 inmates. The plan includes extending walls, adding land, upgrading the mess hall and shifting the telephone exchange to staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Mar
W. Ss. Key
McAlester
Marland
L. M. Nichols
Board of Affairs
Nichols
Granite
Colonel Key
Stringtown
Leon Phillips
Cotton Contract Supplies Arrive in Pontotoc County
County Agent J B Hill announces a county committee meeting on 1935 cotton reduction contracts for Tuesday March 12 at 9 30 am. Location to be chosen to avoid interruptions as Hill explains contract handling after attending a district school in McAlester. Supplies for Bankhead act programs and corn hog contracts have arrived and township meetings with Maxwell and Francis are planned later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hill
Mr. Hill
McAlester
Pontotoc County
Maxwell
Francis
Oklahoma Rain Deluges State. Hail Damages Shrines and Homes
Heavy rainfall drenched Oklahoma with widespread damage from hail and wind. Schwer storms damaged greenhouses and buildings at Okmulgee while Schulter schools roofed. four people injured at Schulter and Pleasant Valley. Rivers rose, residents warned to evacuate lowlands as counties recorded up to four inches of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Okmulgee
Schulter
Pleasant Valley
Angelino Pesteriano
Henryetta
Oklahoma City
Boise City
Woodward
Beaver City
Hobart
Hollis
Lawton
Purcell
Bristow
Perry
Hugo
Pawhuska
Altus
Kingfisher
Sulphur
Walters
Mangum
Norman
Newkirk
Ponca City
Waurika
Idabel
Blackwell
Guyman
Durant
Tulsa
McAlester
Clinton
Marlow
Weatherford
Pauls Valley
Jefferson
Apache
Cherokee
Buffalo
Waukomis
Poteau
Holdenville
Claremore
Cleveland
Pryor
Meeker
Hammon
Grady County
Chickasha
Ardmore
Muskogee
Guthrie
Forgan
Elk City
Alva
Fairview
Enid
In Memory of a Pontotoc County Pioneer
Emma Henderson wife of J W Henderson died at Norman hospital February 28 1935 and was buried beside her husband at Stonewall March 1 Born July 4 1869 in Mississippi she moved to Texas and Center Oklahoma with ten children five surviving She joined Missionary Baptist church and lived a life of service in Lula Oklahoma The obituary notes a loving testimony and a faith filled farewell with quoted messages to her children and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Henderson
J. W. Henderson
Norman
Stonewall
Charlie Reed
Lula
Henderson
Mississippi
Texas
Center
Okla
Pontotoc County
A. E. Carson
Globe, Ariz
T. L. Hudgins
Oklahoma City
J. M. Smith
A. J. Henderson
B. H. Henderson
Webber Falls
Mother Henderson
Mother
Darling Mother
Jesus
Gammull Faces Additional Robbery With Firearms Charges
Duck Gammull will answer two robbery with firearms charges on the same day, Wednesday March 13, in front of Justice A. W. Oliver. Identifications by Fred T. Weir and Jeff R. Laird tie him to two hijackings on East Main and Main at Constant. Laird’s glasses were taken at gunpoint during the second hold up. Fingerprints of Gammull and two others are still being processed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duck Gammull
Hoyt Driskill
Gammall
Driskill
Justice of the Peace
A. W. Oliver
Fred T. Weir
East Main Street
Jeff R. Laird
Main
Constant
Laird
Gammull
Cartwright Addresses Massachusetts Odd Fellows Banquet
Wilburn Cartwright congressman and Oklahoma Grand Master of Odd Fellows spoke at a Boston banquet honoring William A. Pittinger Grand Sire of the World. He joked about Boston and urged fraternalism linking brotherhood to statesmanship and vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Wilburn Cartwright
Congress
Odd Fellows
Oklahoma
Odd Fellows of
Massachusetts
William A. Pittenger
University of Washington tests herbal cures from Makah lore
Four UW departments study ancient Indian herbalists lore to see if crabapple tea or goat's beard plants can treat stomach or kidney ailments. Dr. Erna Gunther led an expedition collecting Makah plant specimens from Cape Flattery with herbalist Ada Markishtum and her grandmother's knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunther
Leland Hannum
Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
University of Washington
Erna Gunther
University Museum
George Neville Jones
Forrest Goodrich
Department of Pharmacy
Jennie Rowntree
Department of
Home Economics
Cape Flattery
Ada Markishtum
Falletti and Jackson Tie on March 6 in Ada Home
Anthony Falletti and Robbie Jackson of Ada wed March 6 at the Beard home with Rev. C. Curry officiating. The bride has lived with Mrs. Beard for two years. Falletti works as assistant manager at the Oklahoma Tire and Supply Co. They will reside at 605 West Ninth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Falletti
Robbie Jackson
Ada
John W. Beard
C. Curry
First Methodist Church
Falletti
Beard
Oklahoma Tire and Supply Co
West Ninth
Wheat Crop Of State Expected To Be Below 1934
Oklahoma's wheat crop is estimated at 33,000,000 bushels as of March 1, down from 37,964,000 last year. The crop reporting service places condition at 64 percent of normal, with about 60 percent of the wheat belt lacking moisture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Mar
Oklahoma
State Board of Agriculture
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. A. Delaney and Associates
Stanolind
Deep Rock
Fleetborn
Carter, Magnolia, Phillips
J. E. Crosbie
H. L. Blackstock
Ayng
CGT Central
Dent In Court House
Better Homes Campaign Here Secures
Department of Justice
Washington, D. C
Holmes
United States
Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Key
Schuster
Kansas
Arkansas
Pontotoo County
Cartwright
Falletti- Jackson
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