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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
4
A brief notice regarding resolutions of respect states that any text under 100 words is accepted, while longer passages incur a charge of one cent per word. The editor invites readers to count words and remit payment with the manuscript.
Oklahoma City March 13. The legislature has sat 65 days with 26 bills passed both houses and signed by the governor. The list shows mainly appropriations for per diem salaries and expenses, plus a few district realignments and legal adjustments.
Judge Tom D. McKeown delivers a cemetery eulogy for Robert J. Ross age 46 a dedicated carpenter and Mason of Ada Lodge 119. The speech praises his honesty resilience and skill building homes and lodges and his life as a model of Masonry.
Oklahoma City March 18. In urging adoption of the McMechan plan the governor calls for prompt setup of a statehouse project including cost determination funding and safeguards. Proposals cover grounds expansion to 25 acres a governor residence a state peniten tiary board reforms text book procurement rural school aid and consolidations of county offices with new deputy limits. He also seeks varied taxation and welfare measures and urges timely submissions of further items.
The Ada group presented Uncle Rube Tuesday evening to a large audience with strong cast work. Hugh Biles as Uncle Rube and Miss Irma Spriggs as Mrs. Maria Bunn drew high praise for their performances. The normal orchestra also earned praise for its musical numbers. The report notes the cast’s lively humor and convincing characterizations throughout.
The text contrasts pie or Teddy with imagined civil strife and lynching in Coatsville, Pa where a lynching occurred with no convictions. It notes liquor licenses being denied there, and predicts vengeance from the mob. It also reports a Democratic win in New Hampshire U.S. Senate elections, affecting party power amid Illinois deadlock.
The News secures J W Simpkins as circulation manager. He will conduct a thorough county canvass for news subscribers and collect money already due, with authority to receipt for subscriptions.
A dense list of Senate and House bills with topics from finance and taxation to county courts, treasurers, jurors, and audits. The text notes a memorial of a deceased member and a Masonic fraternity tribute expressing condolences.
Ought to Know, Rabbi Robbins of the News-Capital notes a Texas editor backs a Boston man’s view that hell is a disease. He says he catches it himself nearly every night he gets home late. B F Bowerman, longtime Cement resident, plans to move back here after his family arrived Monday.
H. S. Williams was up from Fitz augh Tuesday for an informal local engagement and social visit.
Washington March 17 The extra session called by President Wilson will assemble April 7 with tariff revision bills before it.
On Saturday night, March 15, a bay horse about 14 hands high, age eight, branded hat on left thigh, two white fronts and one white hind foot, star on forehead, was taken from Wilson Tom's place north of Franks. Reward $5 for return to three miles southwest of Pontotoc or $2.50 for information leading to recovery. C. H. Keel, Pontotoc, Oklahoma. The News Shop for wtb work.
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