Ramsey Producer Tops Bebee Field Oil Boom in Pontotoc
Roberts-Allen No. 1 in the Bebee field flowed between 600 and 700 barrels of oil on Saturday at a depth of 2,665 feet, signaling the biggest production in the Bebee area and lifting total county output past 12 000 barrels daily. Operators rush storage tanks as several wells on Hunton lime test push forward.
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W. R. Ramsey
Bebee
Pontotoc County
Ramsey
Allen Territory
Francis
Allen Field
B. A. LaSelle
Jolly-Og
Superior
Boyd
Roxana
McCullough
Hunton
Statler Brothers Rotary
Oklahoma Pipe Line Company
Oil Title Suit Won by Plaintiffs in Pontotoc County
Jurors in Pontotoc County cleared deeds and instruments clouding oil property in the Bebee field. Damages of 1000 awarded to Konawa plaintiffs E. Douthit C. H. Hyde and F. P. Swan against Melvina Homedy Sam Homedy Elbert Collins and Jim Brunnett. Second suit Shaw vs the same defendants also resolved with oil lease claims relinquished and damages waived.
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Pontotoc County
Orel Busby
Bebee
Konawa
J. L. Shaw
E. Douthit
C. H. Hyde
F. P. Swan
Melvina Homedy
Sam Homedy
Elbert Collins
Jim Brunnett
Shaw
LaSelle
Ramsey
News ad helps you locate lost items in a quick way
A notice styled like a want ad offers readers a simple method to report missing belongings and find them faster through community listings and local alerts.
Fleet No 4 in Seminole County Boosts Fleet Lease Output
The Fleet No. 4 well came in yesterday at about 200 barrels per hour and was producing 3300 barrels this afternoon. It yields pipeline oil grade 30 plus gravity valued at $1.06 per barrel. The Fleet lease now Produces 7600 barrels daily across three sands at 2500, 2600 and 2700 feet in Section 7-5-8 NE SE SE.
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Fleet
Seminole County
Frank Fleet
Fleet No. 4
Mid-Continent
Husband Faces Kidnapping Charge In Oklahoma Case
Tulsa dispatch reports Earl E. Gordon files kidnapping charges against Joe Wilson and three Miami, Oklahoma residents, alleging Maude Lee Mudd was abducted February 12, 1928 and taken out of state. Maude, an 18 year old heiress with $3 million wealth tied to lead and zinc properties, previously eloped and married Wilson after an annulled marriage to Gordon.
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Tulsa
Earl E. Gordon
Maude Lee Mudd
Joe Wilson
Miami
Okla
Gordon
Vic Wilson
Edith Wilson
Charles Wilson II
Wilsons
Oklahoma
Kansas
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Oklo
Florence
Ariz
Wilson
Arizona
Ella Shannon
Susan Bomberry
Shannon
Maude
Paulen
Maud Lee
Election turmoil in Kansas City as ward clash turns violent
May 8 Kansas City reports show four men kidnapped and one slugged amid municipal and county bond election disputes between Democratic factions led by the Pendergast machine. Victims include Anthony Divona and Justice Benanti. others feared kidnapped or assaulted during the confrontation.
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Kansas City
Pendergast
Democratic Party
Anthony Divona
Justice Court
Frank Benanti
Justice Benanti
Joe Galucci
Marion Nigro
Ben Ryan
Angelo Gerard
Harry Goldburg
Thomas Pendergast
Bivona
Ryan
Senate Acts on Farm Relief Bill in Conference
The Senate received the farm relief bill passed by the House and ordered it sent to conference to reconcile differences. Republican conferees are Mc Nary Oregon Capper Kansas Gooding Idaho and Democrats Smith South Carolina Rans dell Louisiana.
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Washington
Senate
House
McNary
Oregon
Capper
Kansas
Gooding
Idaho
Smith
South Carolina
Ransdell
Louisiana
McNary-Haugen Farm Relief Bill Heads To White House
Washington officials anticipate a speedy settlement of differences between the Senate and House versions of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill. If conference resolves disputes, the measure could reach President Coolidge within a week, though a veto remains likely due to the equalization fee.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Coolidge
McNary
Oregon
Senate Agricultural Committee
White House
Weevil Will Face Fight This Year in Pontotoc County
Farmers meet in the Ada convention hall to plan boll weevil control. Calcium arsenate will be sold at eight cents per pound in 100 pound drums by Sutherland Lumber and Choctaw Cotton Oil, with molasses from Ada alfalfa mill at 20 cents per gallon. Banks will fund purchases, and a ratio of arsenate to syrup will form one gallon of spray for one acre. One weekly application with a mop is advised for young cotton, with more if rain washes poison away.
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Pontotoc
Sutherland Lumber Company
Choctaw Cotton Oil Company
Ada
George Montgomery
Bee County
Texas
J. C. Sparks
Tulsa Murder Case Tied to Bride And Former Wife Tragedy
Mrs Rose Oldham recounts a double homicide by Charles Fray 37 of Jenks Oklahoma who killed his former wife Laura Fray 25 and fatally wounded Jenks Marshal A G Curtis after a confrontation with his wife Lucille Fray 25. Deputy Sheriff Bill Pinion shot Fray at Jenks.
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Tulsa
Charles Fray
Jenks, Okla
Lucille Fray
Jenks
Fray
Laura Fray
A. G. Curtis
Rose Oldham
Pawhuska
Oldham
Curtis
Pinion
Broken Arrow
Fred Wilt
Johnson
Key Agrees Now to Sell Bridges in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City May 5. George D. Key state chairman and toll bridge owner offered to sell the South Canadian river bridges at Bridgeport and Ada Konawa to the state. The highway commission had the offer under study with no action expected. Price around 375000. Private buyers reportedly bid 500000 to 600000.
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Oklahoma City
George D. Key
Bridgeport
Ada
Konawa
State Highway Commission
Key
Johnston
Highway Commission
Jefferson Highway Bridge Company
South Canadian River
Eufaula
Highway Commissioners
Pittsburg
McIntosh
Carl W. Gust
Bridge Company
Gust
Highway Commission and
Konawa farmers plan sugar beet trial with free seed
Twenty or more Konawa Territory farmers will plant and tend one acre of sugar beets each after hearing C A Birge of the O C A A railroad discuss the crop. The railroad will provide free seed and if beet growing succeeds, a sugar factory is promised next season along their line.
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Konawa
C. A. Birge
High School Student Free On Bond In Slay Case
Troy Smith an 18 year old student charged with manslaughter in the death of Julia Padden 16 after a car accident last Saturday was released on $2000 bond. He was arraigned yesterday and the preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 15 in common pleas court.
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Tulsa
Troy Smith
Julia Padden
Common Pleas Court
April Rainfall Totals and Weather in Pontotoc County
The weather forecast notes a gloomy April in Pontotoc County with 12 cloudy days and 15 clear days. Temperatures ranged from 28 to 90 degrees as spring alternated with summer, recording 4.23 inches of rain this April compared to 6.47 inches last year.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Highway Commission designates routes in state
The Oklahoma Highway Commission permanently designates state highway No. 2 through Waurika and U.S. 1. It selects the Wilburton to Kinta route for improvement and considers Red Oak to Sequire. Work on the Wilburton Kinta segment will begin soon.
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Highway Commission
Oklahoma
Haskell
Latimer
Wilburton
Kinta
Red Oak
Sequire
Wilburton-Kinta
Highway Department
Buy it Rent it Find it with a News Want Ad
Classified line promotes using News Want Ads to purchase rent or locate items. Encourages readers to place or browse ads for goods services and properties through the newspaper classifieds system.
School and Bank Officials Face Serious Charge
Oklahoma City May 7 Embezzlement charges to be filed in Tishomingo Johnston county against six persons over a Milburn school district funds shortage of 12000 tied to a personal note loan by Milburn Bank president. Suspects include Anna L Campbell Charles L Hulsey J W Hopkins J C Dodd W P Cottrell and J T Gardner.
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Oklahoma City
Milburn
Tishomingo
Johnston County
E. J. Sutherland
W. H. Lawson
Dabney
Milburn Bank
Anna L. Campbell
Charles L. Hulsey
J. W. Hopkins
J. C. Dodd
W. P. Cottrell
J. T. Gardner
Death probe in Holdenville man at oil field camp
Investigating officers in Seminole County probe the fatal shooting of Charles Springer, Holdenville businessman, after an altercation with Jack Foreman, 24, at the Indian Territory Illuminating company model camp west of Wewoka. Foreman held in jail awaiting charges. two versions exist. Funeral services scheduled in Holdenville.
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Holdenville
Wewoka
Seminole County
Charles Springer
Jack Foreman
Indian Territory Illuminating Company
Foreman
Springer
Arson Gases Come to Trial in Durant
In Durant on May 8 the state pressed arson charges over destruction of homes and businesses in Durant and Caddo. Preliminary hearings continued for Headley Abbott and Bob Abbott, accused of burning Headley Abbott’s gun for insurance. Jimmy Anderson testified that Headley Abbott hired him to torch the gun. Other hearings for Bob Murray and Marion Rushing, linked to a clothing store and a drug store fire, were scheduled.
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Durant
Caddo
Headley Abbott
Bob Abbott
Jimmy Anderson
C. W. Scruggs
G. W., Rice
Youth Robbery Case Yields 25 Year Sentence
Jack Johnson nineteen year old confessed bank robber was sentenced to twenty five years in the Granite reformatory for taking part in the First National bank robbery at Stonewall three weeks earlier. He pleaded guilty before Judge Orel Busby and aided in locating some loot. Palmer, also linked to the case, seeks habeas corpus release as Ada friends plan to post bond.
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Jack Johnson
State Reformatory
Granite
First National Bank
Stonewall
Johnson
Orel Busby
Roy Whitlock
Whitlock
Jack Palmer
Sasak
Palmer
Ada
Indiana Watches for Development in National Rage
Indiana primary coverage notes intense contest between Herbert Hoover and James E. Watson for 33 Kansas City convention delegates and presidential preference. Watson ends campaign after Fort Wayne radio address. Hoover leads in forecasts. Democratic preference to Evans Woollen with ballots invalidated by write-ins. statewide campaigns rely on radio and aviation speeches amid Klan-related political tensions.
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Indianapolis
Herbert Hoover
James E. Watson
Kansas City
Watson
Fort Wayne
Hoover
Oscar G. Foellinger
Evans Woollen
Senate
Kenesaw M. Landis
Frederick Landis
Arthur R. Robinson
Solon J. Carter
Arthur L. Gilliam
Ku Klux Klan
Carter
Robinson
Indiana
Anti-Saloon League
United States
Walter Myers
Albert Stump
Myers
L. William Curry
Frederick KE. Schortemmeier
Thomas H. Adams
Vineinnes Commercial
Charles W. Jewett
Logansport
Harry G. Leslie
Lafayette
House of Representatives
Frank C. Dailey
Thomas Taggart
John E. Frederick
Earl H. Crawford
Milton
Building shows gains for week in permits total 38700
City building activity revived with 38700 in contracts issued over the past seven days. Most permits were for residences with one business structure the W C Rollow building on Twelfth street valued at 12000.
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W. C. Rollow
Twelfth Street
Fred Gay-Nash Motor Company
Twelfth
Stockton
Nash Agency
Aldridge
Lucile M. Cleary
Wick Adair
R.p
Missing Fift een in Dinking Sinking of Dredge Navesink
New York May 8 The list of missing 18 after the government dredge Navesink sank off Staten Island following a collision with the Swinburne. The sea going sand sucker went down in 50 feet of water as divers search the wreck near the Narrows. Survivors were rescued by vessels at anchor. Construction cost was 400000 with replacement estimates up to 1009000.
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New York
Navesink
Staten Island
Lamport
Holt
Swinburne
Seamen’s Institute
Depositors to Receive Dividend from Bristow Bank Failure
The Oklahoma state bank commissioner announced a two percent dividend today for depositors of the First State Bank of Bristow Oklahoma, which failed in 1923.
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Oklahoma
CIFY
First State Bank of
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