10 May 1923
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1923
Page
1
The column notes farmers have strong numbers in dairy cows hogs and poultry but little new feed acreage. County Agent Hill urges more feed crops especially substitutes for corn as four straight good corn years may not repeat. Cotton crops rise while feed remains tight risking high prices and hard times without adequate substitutes.
Mary Rosella Turner shares practical methods for rearing young turkeys. She advocates letting a turkey mother raise the poults, describes housing, feeding three times daily initially, then once daily as they roam, and outlines parasite control with fluoride dust. She notes protective measures against cold heat and weather, and stresses roosting practices and yard training.
The county poultry association held its regular monthly meeting Thursday evening with lighter attendance than earlier gatherings. The question box system elicited valuable points for breeders and plans were made to meet with rural clubs to increase turnout. Mrs. Duvall announced women's clubs would join at the June meeting to participate in the program.
Agent Hill says about one third of Pontotoc county cotton acreage is planted. Late northers are not calculated to help Young cotton much.
If no surprises occur, Pon Toteoc county expects a good fruit year. Peach trees are well loaded and berries and grapes show heavy. Strawberries are ripening as the season progresses toward a bountiful harvest.
Edith V. Huffer reports Kiowa county farmers can set aside rot prone Irish potatoes by canning. Mrs. J. W. Clay saved four bushels showing a new farm preservation method. The article notes the finished product.
Proportions of Pontotoc county poultry business show trucks supplying Oklahoma City from Ross and Shawnee from Center while eggs and chickens are carried along the route. Cars have moved from various county points over the past year with many more planned next year.
The Roff banks have brought in two cars of good milk cows which they sold to their customers. Roff is becoming a cream shipping center and with this increase in the herds of some of the best citizens of that part of the county, it will be given a boost and further insurance provided against disaster from the boll weevil.
The May 3 U S Department of Agriculture report shows Chicago New York Boston and Philadelphia egg receipts of 367 000 cases for the first three days of the week up from 349 000 last week and 333 000 a year ago. Egg production expands east of the Mississippi with more market arrivals expected. butter demand remains strong and dairy firms push marketing of cream. Live fowl prices in New York fall nearly 2 cents. dressed poultry demand remains good with steady movement out of storage.
Federal Judge Knox voided the Volstead act limit on medicinal liquor and blocked prohibition officials from interfering with Dr. Samuel Lambert. Lambert claimed other physicians share the view and faced threats for prescribing more than the limit. The judge accepted that liquor can be a legitimate medicine under specific circumstances.
Attaches of the court raised the issue whether Judge Knox's decision, if sustained, would apply to the Harrison Anti narcotic act. The act prohibited physicians from prescribing narcotics in excess of set limits, disregarding the physician's judgment on dosage.
A cold high area from Manitoba brings freezing temperatures to the Midwest. Reports to the weather bureau indicate readings reaching northwest Kansas and north central Wisconsin as the barometric push moves southward.
Des Moines recorded a brief snow flurry with a 35 degree temperature while several Iowa towns reported freezing readings. A high wind prevented a deadly frost.
Snow flurry observed in St Louis the second May occurrence since weather service began 652 years ago. Hannibal reports a 2 minute flurry. Forecasters predict a heavy killing frost for the region tonight.
Phoenix set a new high for May 7 as the temperature climbed to 100 degrees, breaking the last 28 years of records. The scorching afternoon reflected a pattern of extreme warmth across the region.
Dublin May 8 The roundup of Irish irregulars advances in the mountains near Blessington County Wicklow with many men said to be hiding and heavy firing reported this morning near Blessington Later more than a dozen propone rs were brought into the town
The Stonewall schools held the eighth grade commencement in the school auditorium. Four boys and two girls received diplomas to enter high school next fall. W. D. Little of Ada gave the graduating address. High school commencement follows Thursday with Prof. R. R. Robinson speaking. Superintendent E. E. Miller praised the year’s work.
East Central State Teachers College defeated Oklahoma City College in the final debate of the season at the East Central auditorium. Miss Opal Bennett and Miss Ruby Andrews argued the affirmative, earning a unanimous decision from judges S. R. Hadsell Luther Russell and R. E. Crump. The team has a string of unanimous wins over multiple Oklahoma colleges and will host a faculty banquet with toastmaster E. C. Wilson tonight.
Stratton D. Brooks, Oklahoma University president for eleven years, will become president of the University of Missouri with a salary raise to 12 000 dollars a year. He met with Missouri officials in St Louis after being offered the post. Brooks is a native of Everett Missouri born September 10 1869 and has built OU from 876 students to 5232 in 1922.
Oklahoma City May 9 Gov Walton said he will leave the selection of presidents of the state university and A M college to their boards of regents and pursue a hands off policy. Capitol politicians note he controls the reorganized boards and his influence may still be felt amid the regents meeting. A temporary president may be named at the university pending Brooks resignation.
Gov J C Walton will seek an attorney general opinion on submitting a June constitutional amendment to provide a fifteen dollar per pupil levy for each school district. The aim is to aid poorer districts with state funds, amid a statewide county superintendents conference debating a revised rural curriculum.
Ada citizens greet Sulphur boosters in Chamber of Commerce rooms for a program promoting the May 18 water carnival opening the tourist season. Delegates named include J A Seeton Elmo Henry W G Cunningham P C Brewer and several others with an orchestra noted. Bricks over 4000 years old remain in perfect condition.
A Shanghai Pekin Express hijack near Lincheng on the Tien Tsin Pukow line left 150 passengers seized. Reports say one foreigner, a British subject named Rothman, was killed while many Americans remain in captivity. Captives include Robert Scripps Major Pinger and others from the Philippine service. Authorities pursue the bandits as the crisis strains U.S. China relations.
An agreement with eastern parties closes a 3500 foot test on the T. W. Bell farm three miles east of Allen with drilling to start within sixty days. Leasing remains active east of Allen and north to the Canadian River at Calvin with good figures. Geologists have surveyed the area, and renewed acreage activity in Hughes county suggests a major play this year. Washington state supplies a quarter of national lumber.
Charles Baskin a Ninth legislature member named as Nowata district judge by Gov Walton will probably resign said Dr E T Bynum executive legal adviser The constitutionality of Baskins appointment was raised by state auditor C C Childers who refused to approve his salary claim as he was a legislator and could not hold the office during his term Bynum said the governor has no successor in mind
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