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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
13
T. J. Webb, waiting at the gin, pledges a new start for farmers. He says reliance on cotton has worsened hard times and plans to grow wheat, maintain a garden, and raise about forty hogs to improve living at home next year.
Mr Withers of Boise visits his son Paul Withers two miles north of town. Prof Philpott says school opens November 2 and will run for months. A tenth added to the corps. hopes for a strong school year. Dem nominee Wr. S. Malone notes cotton outlook is short, plans to market hogs. H P Sugg visits Ada to check on sister Mrs J W Bolen who is improving after illness.
S C Evans of several miles northwest of Fitzhugh says his twenty acre cotton patch could yield twenty bales if fully picked but he will harvest about half and graze the rest with cows. He plans to plant no cotton next year and devote the farm to food production to cut costs. The idea may seem radical yet could address high living costs.
W L Meharg reports cotton quick to come in with about 30 bales ginned Wednesday for a season total near 140. He forecasts around 2000 bales this fall, not as high as last year. Fitzhugh News expands with a Fitzhugh department as advised by local business and residents.
District Court case No 1345 W S Stone sues J F Darby S W Lanham Dennis Richards and Unknown Heirs of Lorenzo Lewis for claims to the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter section 24 township 4 north range 4 east Pontotoc County Oklahoma The Unknown Heirs of Lorenzo Lewis must answer by November 12 1914 or the petition will be taken as true and Stone will seek judgment quieting title and perpetuity of his interest in the lands.
Five citizens of Fitzhugh and Roff quietly repaired the Oklahoma-Lincoln highway segment north of Fitzhugh. Community cooperation kept the project low profile as they improved the road from the Webster stone crusher two miles north through Fitzhugh and Roff.
S. B. Etheridge is putting up a neat four room bungalow to be finished within a few days. He expects to move into the house next week.
The kidneys purify all blood and can be irritated by colds, fevers, or exposure causing back pain and irregular urine. Ada citizen Mrs. Catherine A. Carter endorses Doan's Kidney Pills, claiming relief from rheumatic pains and regulated kidney action. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. promotes the same remedy.
A Colbert school project is described as a model rural school. The Colbert 70 motto appears, with notes of a new 80 by 60 foot concrete block building, three rooms, completion by December 1, for Normal students' laboratory use. A critic teacher will oversee, flower beds and a school farm planned.
A N Davis said the machinery and rig for a new oil well on R P Ford's place near Steedman are in place and ready. The rig can drill to 3000 feet if needed. Colbert community is described as a county pride according to local information.
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