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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1926
Page
3
The editors discuss berry and grape trials on farms near Snyder Oklahoma including C N Hammond and J A Cowden with strawberries dewberries and blackberries. They note irrigation systems and milk and bee ventures, plus the impact of cotton pricing and penalties on half and half cotton.
Ada Masons and the Ada lodge degree team staged the Master Mason degree in Durant before Masons from Oklahoma and Texas. Visitors praised the work, hoping the event ease rivalries and improve relations, with a banquet at Southeastern college cafeteria and many courtesy gestures extended to out of state guests.
Konawa a hustling city twenty miles northwest of Ada with about 1500 people, two banks, gins, a high school, a newspaper, churches, and modern amenities. It owes prosperity to agriculture, with 8000 bales of cotton marketed last year and active leasing driving mortgage payoff and new investment. Community pride shows in gravelled streets by the American Legion, and a well near Sec 33-6-6 sparks speculation of productive potential.
J. M. Atkinson notes cu cumber growers see fair success using the dusting process to control the aphis. He expects cucumbers on his own patch by June 1.
Agent Hill reports Kanata oats planted in Pontotoc county for the first time look fine and about 10 days earlier than ordinary oats. Some 1,600 bushels of seed were planted. He notes little cotton to replant due to dryness while some crops are being chopped out.
Alfred Summers of Maxwell cites R. L. Zumbro as the earliest cotton planter he knows. Zumbro planted 10 acres in March and has avoided bad weather. The crop is now well advanced and may produce the first patch in May.
Farmers in Snyder Oklahoma faced a 2 cent per pound cotton price penalty compared with Hobart and Roosevelt due to half and half cotton. Buyers justify lower prices by quality and market conditions while noting mills once paid top dollar to fill scarce supply.
At a Wednesday federation meeting officials decided to push the Ada Saturday market with vigor. Each club will take turns managing the event while all will contribute products. Pecan Grove will run this Saturday’s market.
Ada notices a rising fishing interest as summer arrives with locals showing restlessness about city offices. Hardware stores report strong demand for fishing gear while distant haunts like the Kiamichi mountains promise ample fish. The city lake, refurbished by the fire department, attracts workers seeking short getaways.
The Ada Development Company reports Lloyd No 4 flowing 100 barrels daily in section 6 3 7. The sand is 54 feet thick with the hole at 1195 feet. No 4 boosts field output to about 200 barrels daily, while No 3 is profitable and Nos 1 and 2 pump. Lloyd No 6 location planned about a shp east of No 4, to be completed in a week or ten days. Sledge and others show in Bud Blackburn farm test in section 31 4 7.
Local notes report a Frisco 4 Ada 2 baseball victory at Frisco on Sunday. Mentions include Dr. G H Truax at a medical meeting, visits from Collins Institute and Ada residents, and various family and social ties across the region.
Able bodied white workers should register with Mrs. Orville Snead in Ada as Oklahoma prepares for a record wheat crop. A state labor telegram says harvest could begin after June 5 or June 10 with favorable weather, wages unknown but may be 3 to 4 dollars daily plus board and lodging.
Farmers await rain amid cotton crop delays while community notes recount visits, church events, and a high school eighth grade graduation at Ada City. The Ada Public Schools held eighth grade exercises with 125 graduates receiving certificates to enter Ada High School next fall.
A compilation of student and staff names from Hayes Judson and Irving schools. The list includes Pauline Antle Birdie Bynum Pauline Esther Backus Arthur Ferman Bowles Geneva Judson Bra ly Hazel Beatrice Byrd and many others across the three schools.
Warsaw May 25 The provisional Polish government formed after Piłsudski's coup plans to dissolve parliament and establish a dictatorship for at least one year. Public opinion favors fair presidential elections but many urge parliament's dissolution and a strong centralized rule.
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