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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1926
Page
3
The Ada pickle factory owner orders 300 pounds of aphicide to combat aphids on cucumbers with dust guns. Poultry notes warn that feeding greens and yellow corn prevents eye diseases in hens and yields richer yolks, citing Missouri College experiments.
Agent Hill notes Kanata oats are grown in Pontotoc county for the first time this season and praises the variety as a strong performer. He remains a firm believer in its potential and suitability for local conditions.
Extension entomologist C. W. Osborne visited Monday and praised the Abruzzi rye experiment. He noted it is the only known patch in Oklahoma and expressed high hopes for the crop.
Secretary Snead of the Better Farming association urges speedy measurement of contest plots. Committees will begin inspections shortly and officials aim to have plots ready to measure swiftly. With many entries, the task will be sizable.
F. J. Stafford brought in a sample of Irish potatoes, noting he was early. The reporter mentions their own wife has been digging potatoes from her patch for almost a week to supply their table as Stafford predicts a good yield ahead.
J. R. Harris and another beekeeper describe trying a requeening experiment, each obtaining a queen from a bee supply firm. If results satisfy expectations, they plan to expand trials next year.
More than 200 acres of cantaloupes have been planted in the Ardmoreite area this spring. Last year a considerable quantity of melons were shipped to other points, and growers expect to have even more to ship this year.
W. R. Riddle notes the potato crop in Union Valley seems fine but growers doubt a fair price at harvest. Union Valley and Peck Grove farmers planted two car loads of seed and expect a good profit if conditions stay favorable in the coming weeks.
Citizens of township areas meet Saturday May 22 at 1 30 PM to elect two directors each for Ponto tec county fairs. Elections will be held in Stonewall Allen Francis Maxwell Vaness Roff and Ada Chickasaw township.
The first county federation meeting will be held in the basement of the Presbyterian church on Wednesday May 26. A program in the forenoon combines business and music with a luncheon from 12 to 1. At 1:30 John W. Boehr dairy specialist from Oklahoma A and M college Stillwater will demonstrate butter cottage cheese and ice cream making. A lady speaker is expected. Mrs Jessie F Morgan home demonstration agent invites anyone interested in the demonstrations to attend.
Mrs J L Boring of Pecan Grove reports selling 1900 baby chicks this season and others have shipped thousands. The trend suggests Ada would be a first class place to establish a hatchery.
Missouri Farm Bureau News notes pale yolk claims affect market grades and consumer taste. E W Henderson of the Missouri College of Agriculture argues pale yolk preference is a buyer whim, not a real superiority. Palmer and Kempster linked yolk color to xanthophyll from yellow corn and green feed, vital for hens and human nutrition.
Dr. C. H. Mitchell of Lula died this morning at 1 30 in a local hospital after treatment for Bright's disease. He was 71 and had practiced medicine in Lula for many years. Funeral services and interment will be in Lula on Saturday.
M R Gibson aged 38 died Sunday at 8 o clock at his home in Francis. His body was brought to Ada and funeral plans wait for his mother to arrive from Los Angeles. He was a telegraph operator for the Oklahoma Pipeline Co. and had lived in Francis about a year.
Mrs Ida McCook wife of J A McCook died suddenly at the family home seven miles west of Ada. Heart failure was given as the cause. The body was taken to the home of her mother Mrs Lancaster 731 West Seventh street. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon. Deceased was about 35 years old.
The body of O. E. Lewis aged 40 accidentally killed at Henryetta May 10 was shipped to Ada and then taken to Pontotoc for burial yesterday. He leaves a wife six children one brother and three sisters.
Mrs. Sarah C. Wiggins aged 68 years and 6 months died this morning at 3 o'clock at the home of her son W M Wiggins 307 West Seventh Ada. Funeral at Oak Avenue Baptist church at 4 o'clock with Rev J W McCulley officiating. Burial in Egypt cemetery. She had lived in Ada 19 years and husband died about 10 years ago. She leaves two sons and four daughters.
Fred F. Brydin chair of the county Democratic Central committee plans a state candidates rally on May 28 and 29. May 28 events at Allen 9 AM Stonewall 1 PM Roff 7 PM. May 29 candidates speak in Ada. Brydin aims to acquaint voters with the state candidates and their claims.
Stuart L. Bryan of Oklahoma City is named statistician for the state board of agriculture filling the post left by the late Chalmers Carter. Bryan, 4 years as junior federal statistician under Carl Robinson, previously worked in Florida real estate before returning to Oklahoma to take the role. He will oversee all agricultural statistics and compute crop estimates from statewide correspondents.
Amarillo Texas will be well represented at the national convention of real estate dealers in Tulsa from June 7 to 11. D M Venus secretary of the local real estate board says 200 Amarillo dealers will attend the event, traveling on a special train.
Classified want ad item listing offers property and item sale services. The notice invites readers to place ads for buying selling renting or finalizing property deals through the newspaper classified section.
The LaSelle well in section 28-5-5 near Bebee appears to be a good paying oil find. Oil is around 1000 feet deep with sand at 1702 feet and five feet drilled. The oil tests 38 degrees gravity and a line to Bebee is anticipated. Ada Development and Sledge operate nearby with other wells, while Haney drills Wilcox below 4100 feet.
United States District Attorney Buckner opened a sealed indictment detailing a liquor importation network centered near Port Chester New York. The case names Emil Wormser Irving Austin Harry Lawson Edward Siegel Criss Derg and Robert Olsen all already on bail for prohibition violations. The five count indictment portrays a highly organized operation with Wormser described as a Riverside Drive resident who organized shipments and distribution while avoiding direct involvement.
Forde Harrison formerly of Ada and Allen and Warden Key of the state penitentiary narrowly escaped a cyclone on their way to the Oklahoma Press Association meeting at Bristow. The storm crossed the road five minutes before they arrived, leaving a hay load scattered and horses displaced. The scene also showed a distressed black laborer in a ditch as his wife urged caution amid the chaos.
The war department will seek congressional action before further defense tests. A nationwide muster for the year is dropped due to difficulties. Officials consider changing tests from annual to quarterly or holding them within corps areas by local seasonal conditions.
Okmulgee county health officer J O Wales will spend four weeks this summer in Alabama for training at the International Health Board base near Montgomery. The International Board will pay Wales’ expenses, and most Oklahoma county health officers have already taken the training.
A Navajo sheep herder George Nelson is hunted by posses across southwestern Colorado after the slayings of John G Wolfe and John H Wolfe near Beaver Mesa. He allegedly kidnapped Leonore Wolfe before releasing her and warning of further bloodshed as authorities pursue him toward Shiprock. Local life notes follow with weather, visits, and community updates.
A Pittsburgh Gazette photo features Paul and Lloyd Waner. The caption notes Lloyd Waner arriving in Pirates camp after leaving the San Francisco team on the Pacific coast and that he will likely be farmed out to a minor league club for the season.
Oklahoma City May 11 The state election board awaits ruling on whether Governor M E Trapp who became acting governor in 1923 after J C Walton’s impeachment can run again. Opponents argue he cannot succeed himself while Trapp says he was never elected to the office. The board cites national precedents and a state supreme court ruling that the lieutenant governor office was not vacant.
The internal revenue office in Tulsa Oklahoma was ordered abandoned on May 15 and its business and employees shifted to Oklahoma City. Commissioner Blair cited decreased business as the reason for the transfer.
Washington May 12 The controversy over the sale of the Admiral Oriental line of steamship vessels to the Dollar interests was ordered to show cause next Friday why the sale should not be enjoined. The action was brought on the petition of the Puget Sound Oriental line. Find it buy it sell it rent it with a News Want Ad. They satisfy.
Promotes normal growth by boosting iron in the blood for children who are pale or underdeveloped. Claims to help with constipation headaches and poor appetite while offering a safe tonic to build healthy, sturdy bodies. Encourages buying Bull Herbs & Iron from local sellers.
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