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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
3
Legal notices list multiple Indian land allotments in Pontotoc County Oklahoma to be sold at public auction in Ada including 120 acres near Rogg and 90 acres near Ponitotoc County. Details cover appraisements from 850 to 1200 dollars, cash payments, ten percent deposits, and deferred installments with eight percent interest.
The following allotted lands on the Indian lands will be offered for sale at the place and time indicated below. Specific parcels and sale details to be announced by the land office for interested bidders and heirs.
Public sale in front of Ada post office Monday May 5 1918 at 2 PM or after land sale. Bids on Pontotoc lands directed to W H Reynolds Ada. Listings include Wesley Under Wood 126.23 acres near Vanoss with cash terms. Harrison Porter 150 acres near Ada. Elias Edwards 80 acres near Vanoss. Appraisals 1480 1875 and details of land types and distances provided.
A country visitor asks about a chicken by the gate and mistakes its horns for a Minorca. Uncle Jack corrects her by clarifying the bird is a Leghorn. The exchange appears in Farm and Home London as a light country humor item.
Saturday secretary W Marraway of the Commercial Club spoke with farmers about 7 000 roads day and found them enthusiastic to help. The main issue will be accommodating all who want roads worked in their direction.
Puts Liver and Bowels in Condition for all ages and both sexes. Hot Springs Liver Buttons are mild yet certain, avoid harsh purgatives, and unclog the liver to improve health. Prescribed by physicians in Hot Springs, Ark, with a 25 cent price and free samples from the Hot Springs Chemical Co. and agents in Ada, Oklahoma.
The Ada Steam Laundry has repainted interiors, installed electric power, and will soon receive new machinery. Manager Blanks aims to make it the best laundry plant in the state, improving comfort for employees and efficiency of work.
Prof T F Pierce, superintendent of Pontotoc County Public Schools, is named principal of Stonewall High School for next year. Local residents praise his educational experience and anticipate expansion, including adding a tenth grade. Also note for sale Rieves No 0 Saw Mill, Ada Oklahoma, phone 309.
Stonewall Oklahoma residents held a meeting to form a commercial club to promote orderly town development. Officers elected include W E McGowan president Joe Beck vice president J W Denton secretary and directors L P Carpenter Arch Clark and Dr T R Spangler. A Trades Day road improvements rural delivery marines and farmers' gin endorsement were discussed.
Cheago April 24 Jack Johnson the negro pugilist was fined $1000 in federal court after smuggling charges on a $2000 necklace were dropped. He pleaded nolle contendre to concealing jewelry from federal officials. The necklace was forfeited to the government. Johnson still faces trial on a Mann Act indictment.
A. M. Adams of Union Hill reports crop conditions are most encouraging. He notes timely rains have let farmers keep up and improve their crops.
The Oklahoma House moved to acquire the six story Miller Dry Goods building at Grand Avenue and Harvey for a temporary state house. A $75,000 annual rental was cut from the general appropriation bill, with debate over purchasing the property for about $385,000 plus additions to create ten floors of office space.
State Senator R. E. Echols of Elk City will resign his senate seat to Governor Cruce on Saturday. His law firm Echols and Merrill will handle litigation for Wichita Falls and Northwestern and the Rock Island railroads in western Oklahoma. Echols, in office since statehood, is the third resignation this session after Senators Thompson and Anderson.
Sunday afternoon the Odd Fellows of Center observed memorial day with many members and others in attendance. Rev. J. A. Williams of Steedman delivered the principal address on the origin and purposes of the order.
Ed Gantt resigns as secretary of the Ada commercial club effective immediately. Directors elect Er. S. Haraway to succeed him, with Haraway praised as highly qualified to grow the club’s membership and prestige. Gantt will join Don Tolbert in a new position.
The Oklahoma City report notes five thousand copies of evidence from the Granite Reformatory investigation cannot be mailed due to postal rules. A committee led by Wyand Hill and Teehee offers the preliminary opinion on the matter.
Dr. N. L. Linebaugh presiding elder of the Ada district travelled to Friendship near Vaness this morning for a Sunday sermon engagement.
This note argues two main reasons to buy I H C harvesting and buying machines. It stresses efficiency and top price retention by ensuring quick cutting binding and shocking. It warns that inefficient tools waste the season and urges investing in proven field tested machines.
The Pontotoc County Singing Convention held a large meeting at Egypt with strong interest across Saturday afternoon, evening, and Sunday. Prof. W. E. Edminston of Oklahoma City attended as a notable visitor. Next gathering set for Summers Chapel in October. Officers elected: Mrs. Callie Templeman president, Vanda Black vice-president, Arvie Selph secretary, G. O. Black corresponding secretary, H. A. Berryman chaplain.
The American Commission on Agricultural Cooperation met at the Hotel McAlpin to finalize plans for its Europe departure. The group includes US representatives, state delegates, Canadian province members, and Southern Commercial Congress reps.
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