Oil field boom spreads through county wells and tests
Reports from Ada and surrounding lands detail multiple wells drilling at depths from 900 to 2450 feet. The Shaw well on E H Bennett land shows oil as observers debate test results while several rigs, including Dixie and Slick, pursue deep tests and near Hicksy tests. Reed pushes a special session as flood relief widens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
E. H. Bennett
Snowden-McSweeney
R. C. Gilmore
Jonas B. Milner
Homackia No. 2
W. D. Watson
Allen
Niwisiana Refining Company
Mark Waffle
J. R. Craig
Se-Se-Se
L. J
W. L. Butler
Ne-Ne-Ne
Dixie Mear
Joe M. Bales
Mattie J. Walker
Smith
Edward Heber
LaSele
Myrtle Bumpers
LaSelle
C.o. Burk
Gollig Mole
J. F. Bullard
Official List Of City Teachers Announced After Board Meeting
City board of education released the official list of teachers for the next year with I. S. Henshaw as superintendent and B. R. Stubbs as high school principal. Mable Browall secretaria ry. The wards and high school and ward teachers are named with several assignments to be made later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Robert Bradley
Mabel Browall
B. R. Stubbs
J. Henry Collins
City Board of Education
I. S. Henshaw
C. D. Booker
Chas. F. Spencer
Harvey Faust
H. M. Zimmerman
A. Floyd
Abbie Horn
Mary McKay
A. J. Hacker
Annie C. Byrd
Geo. L. Dougherty
Churchill Thomas
W. Burgess Steed
Louise Barney
Paul W. Myers
Emeline Dawson
Jas. W. Huff
Grace Rushing Moore
Clifton Parker
Roy S. McKeown
Wyatt Freeman
Ward
Lowell V. Turner
Wilbur Lee
Effie Lawson
Lettie Rock Robey
Joe Neal
Geraldine Hale
Mae Bentley
Chloe Smith
Susanne Holman
Renfro Herndon
Bonnie Allen
Bernice Hargis
Harral Allen
Velma Jordan
Vera Sewell Hudson
Wayne Wadlington
Mary E. Tatum
Mary Orr Nelson
Donnie Hughes
Jessie Bagley
Parrie Britt
Eunice Johnson
Gertrude Smallwood
Marrye
Frances Duncan
Kathleen Grant
Jeanette Bobbitt
Dorothy Waggoner
Likie Wausson
Lula Branscome
Opal Little
Kathleen Smith
Nellie Henderson
Gervis Bills
M. D. Timberlake
Pearl Overturf
Marjorie Hatch
Faye Laird
J. E
Oklahoma Cotton Acreage Shows Slight State Drop
Revision of figures by the Oklahoma on Exchange indicates a 11.4 percent decrease in state cotton acreage from 1926. The average estimate was 8.1 percent, based on incomplete data from delegates, with reductions ranging from 3 to 35 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tom Pointer, Jr
Exchange
Oil Production In Seminole Area Declines Steadily
Tulsa Oklahoma May 16 Crude output in the Greater Seminole area fell by an average 5490 barrels per day in the week ending May 14 the Oil and Gas Journal reports nationwide production dropped 26950 barrels daily Oklahoma shows a 10700 barrel decline while the Mid Continent area loses 6962 California 6000 and Texas 1513 barrels per day United States total daily production stands at 2485543 barrels versus 2512493 last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
United States
Seminole
Oil and Gas Journal
Oklahoma
Mid-Continent
California
Texas
Prospects Good for Shaw Test Well
Prospects for a productive well at the Shaw location section 33-5-5 look favorable. Final testing will be delayed several days as 300 feet cavern and tools in hole must be conquered. J Langford Shaw reports two oil flows Friday, with 150 feet of open hole below the pipe and conditioning underway at 2085 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Shaw
Bennett Farm
J. Langford Shaw
Wildcatter
Oklahoma City Livestock Prices Report May 17
Cattle market steady with 1600 head. cows lower. Yearlings 9.75. steers 8.10 to 9.25. 200d cows 6.75 to 7.50. vealers 9.00. heavies 8.50. Hogs 1000 head steady. top 9.40. bulk 9.15 to 9.40. sows 7.75 to 8.00. heavy hogs 9.25 to 9.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oil Wells Shut Down in Seminole Field Curtailed Production
Tulsa May 17 Thirteen oil wells have been shut down in the Seminole field since Saturday when 15 of 49 operators agreed to curtail production. Drilling stopped on seven wells today, bringing the total number of companies taking action to six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Seminole Field
United States Cotton Production Estimates Released
The department of agriculture projects 1926 cotton output at 17 912 000 bales of 500 pounds gross with 48 730 000 acres in cultivation as of June 20 1926. The area picked totals 47 087 000 acres and lint yield per picked acre is 181.9 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Ada Considers Re advertising Bonds for White Way System
Mayor Somer Jones announced Ada may re advertise the sale of bonds approved earlier for the white way project. The move follows a new law requiring bonds be awarded to the lowest bidder by interest rate. The Oklahoma State Bank of Ada sought to buy bonds at a premium saving hundreds of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Somer Jones
Oklahoma State Bank of
Courthouse Dedication Program Planned for Flag Day
Pon totoc county prepares a courthouse dedication on June 14 with Norman Howard post American Legion leading a multi group program. Elk lodge plans a flag history drama and funding. Robert S. Kerr to chair. dignitaries Roy Hoffman and Jim Hatcher to speak. a flag pole and flag will be installed atop the court building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Norman Howard Post
American Legion
Roy Hoffman
Jim Hatcher
Elk Lodge
Robert S. Kerr
Heral Legion Post
Levee Breach Sends Melville Residents Fleeing Flood
A break in the Atchafalaya main levee near Melville Louisiana floods the town with five feet of water by 6:15 am trapping residents. Rescue trains and boats are deployed from Opelousas to evacuate refugees while communication breaks down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Arthur Jacobs
Opelousas
Associated Press Today
Atchafalaya
Melville
Jeecbs
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Baton Rouge
Associated Press
Julia MacNeill
Britton Woman Trial Revolves Around Husband’s Death
Oklahoma City May 16 Halima Mayer testified she heard Edith Bishop say she would kill her husband if he acted with another woman and would kill the rival woman too. Margaret Mayer and Joseph Mayer corroborated. Edith Bishop denied planning to move without Luther, and said she directed handling of her husband’s body after he was killed in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Halima Mayer
Britton
Okla
Edith Bishop
Miss Mayer
Luther Bishop
Bishop
Safe Taken From Kansas Bank Found
Coffeyville Kansas May 14 The safe stolen from the McCune State bank was found this morning by a posse of Kansas and Oklahoma officers who traced it to Blue Canyon. The safe had been blown open and rifled and two burned motor cars were found nearby. A farmer reported two cars with a tarpaulin covered safe passing his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville
Kan
McCune State Bank
Kansas
Oklahoma
Blue Canyon
Here
Hackney
Wrecked Car Tied to County Jail In Auto Theft Case
Grover Mincher is jailed after a Dodge roadster, once owned by Marshall Harris, was found wrecked along Francis avenue near the Sandwich Shop. Mincher, hospitalized then jailed, faces auto theft charges with a preliminary trial set before Justice T. O. Cullins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Mincher
Marshall Harris
Francis Avenue
Mincher
T. O. Cullins
Justice of Peace
Harris
Lowery Harrell
Herman Enloe
Stonewall Road
American Leads in Drilling Here
Twelve years of Pontotoc county operations show about a fifty percent success for the American Oil and Refining company under O W Skirvin. Since 1915 they have drilled 37 wells, 18 gassers, with several active projects including the MacThwaite gas purchase and a fuel supply contract for a Byng power plant. The company is setting up an orphas meter and regulator in section 27 and has four wells in various stages, including Phillips No 1, Stringer No 2, Logsdon No 1, and P G Ray No 1, with expansion planned starting Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanday
Pontotoc County
American Oil & Refining Company
O. W. Skirvin
American
Ada
MacThwaite Gas Company
Skirvin
Phillips
Johnston labeled tyrant as Oklahoma highway feud erupts
Oklahoma City May 16. State highway commission concedes to Governor Henry S Johnston the role of tyrant and master in ousting Henry L Page state engineer. Page says commission fired him without hearing amid political storm and loyalty accusations. Carmichael replacement noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Henry S. Johnston
J. M. Page
Henry Leninger
Page
Clark Mandigo
Kansas City
Highway Commission
Fire damages cotton storage at Case’s gin
Fire at J. L. Case's gin around 1 am destroyed bollies and damaged the cotton storage house. The fire department stopped total loss and spread. Case said only a few bales were inside. loss is insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Case
Washington Pastor Sued for Libel by Shipping Board Head
The Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce of the First Congregational church is sued for 50000 dollars in libel by Howard T. Cole head of the Shipping Board. Cole’s lawyers filed in DC supreme court attaching two letters Pierce sent to Brig. General A. D. Dalton demanding Cole’s dismissal and accusing him of improprieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jason Noble Pierce
First Congregational Church
Coolidge
Shipping Board
Howard T. Cole
Cole
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Pierce
A. D. Dalton
Bristow Battery case reversed by Oklahoma high court
Oklahoma City May 17 The Bristow Battery decision upholding county road levies above four mills is reversed by the state high court Justice E F Lester notes session law 1923 24 allows up to 8 mills for county road funds The ruling sustains a 2 32 mill levy for Oklahoma County Highway Fund for the year starting July 1 1924 Wirt Franklin Ardmore oil man brought the suit The Twilight league Legion baseball team sunk undefeated hopes as College nine defeated veterans 4 to 3
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Lester
Oklahoma County District Court
Oklahoma County Highway Fund
Wirt Franklin
Ardmore
Legion
College
Pontotoc County Red Cross Flood Relief Contributions
Sunday report shows Ada Pontotoc area totals 113 dollars added from two American Theatre shows boosting relief cash to 113 dollars. Allen schools led by Dale Boren raised 100.09 dollars plus three clothing boxes. Methodist and Baptist ladies contributed clothing and 10 dollars from Roff auxiliary joined. J G Roberts thanked donors as county sought 500 plus 500 more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Snead
Allen
Dale Boren
C. B. Kemp
Roff
Red Cross
American Legion
American Theatre
J. G. Roberts
Ada
Roberts
Roberts Family Plans Summer Stay in Mena Arkansas
Byron Roberts returned from Mena Arkansas where he accompanied Mrs. Roberts and their two small sons. Mrs. Roberts and children will spend the summer there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Roberts
Mena, Ark
Mrs. Roberts
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McKeown
Congress
Senator Reed
Missouri
Tom D. McKeown
MoeKeown
House
Henshaw
Stubbs
Mrs. Browall
Cotton Statistics
St. Landry Parish
Airline
Britton Girl
Witnness
Mrs. Bishop
Luther
Kansas Bank
P. G. Ray
Henry Johnston
Claims Highway Commission
A. B. Carmichael
Carmichael
Bristow Battery Gase
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