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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1902
Page
8
A statewide report shows Oklahoma with 180 banks reporting total resources of 9.12 million dollars and average 48 percent reserves. The article notes rapid bank formation under a law allowing five thousand dollar capital with half paid in and warns repeal debates may meet opposition from small bankers.
General excerpts from Governor T B Ferguson's report to the Interior Secretary outline Oklahoma's growth from 61 000 people in 1880 to 450 000 in 1901, annual production totaling 100 million dollars, and educational funds 306 000 with 1 000 schools. The territory hosts 5 430 885 acres of vacant government land, 2 000 miles of railways, 1 000 churches, 200 newspapers and 200 banks, with low per capita debt and a 7 05 mill tax chiefly for schools.
Edward Ellis was freed after a federal murder conviction in Pawhuska was ruled invalid because an Osage nation jury tried him instead of a Pawnee county jury. He had been serving an eight-year term in Columbus, Ohio, and was released upon arraignment. Census counts show 5,154 residents in Durant after enumerators completed work.
A new Christian church is planned at Ingersoll and a telephone line has been built between Alva and Woodward. Sending Out Ballots Gutunne notes sample ballots for 561 precincts are being sent by Miss Albina Stephens for election day use.
In Pawnee County a civil action is filed by the county commissioners through attorney John C. Hughes against Horace Speed to recover 8789.22 in fees allegedly received as attorney for a former board of commissioners in collecting through cattle taxes. The petition claims Speed conspired with the then commissioners in a bribery scheme to obtain a 20 percent commission.
A large number of farmers in western Garfield County must submit new proof of final entry before C. L. Higday at Lahoma after the town moved across the county line. The General Land Office ruled proofs were not filed in the district where the land sits.
Dr. T D S McCall sold the NW quarter of section 27 range 13 to William J Good for 3000. Good traveled from Arkansas to close the deal. Improvements worth about 600 bring land value to roughly 15 per acre.
The attorney general states county commissioners hold sole power to designate voting precincts in general elections within first class cities and incorporated towns. Mayors and councils have no authority in the matter. General election laws provide the necessary framework for holding elections.
William Pollock a 37 year old farmer near here died after a razor suicide attempt following illness. He had recently sought medical help for kidney trouble and left a $2000 Modern Woodmen policy. A hired man blocked an earlier hanging attempt, and Pollock died later that day. He leaves a wife and four young children.
The territorial detective and protective association met in Guthrie and elected W D Walton president and C D Herbert secretary and treasurer. A proposition from Jas Kirkwood of the Oklahoma Anti Horse Thief association was read and accepted, the convention agreeing to merge with the Anti Horse Thief association.
A group of city prospectors viewed Oklahoma soil and expected little. They found rich corn and cotton fields, vast wheat and oat stocks, kaffir corn castor beans and abundant fruit. Surprised, they carried back red soil and samples of Oklahoma crops to display in Iowa.
Oklahoma City and surrounding suburbs are estimated to total at least 22 000 residents. The city proper is stated to have not less than 20 000 people, according to a comprehensive poll conducted by both political parties.
In Comanche county Consolidated No 2 east of Lawton shoots a strong twelve foot flame from its derrick top at 86 feet high. The flame visible from Lawton signals gas feeding the boiler for drilling the second well. The depth reaches 700 feet with continued gas pressure and increased flow. It is believed production will soon be sufficient to sustain operations.
An editorial denounces tariff protections as a corrupt band of freebooters exploiting commerce. It argues for free cross border trade and against national tariffs, invoking Judge Calder and Roosevelt to condemn protectionist policy and praise open markets.
A call for open trade across regions North and South, urging swift bridge and highway building to ease travel and commerce. The speaker condemns tariff robbers who seize half of purchases and advocates selling at high prices and buying cheaply, ending the thievery.
In a Beloit address on September 24 Congressman W A Calderhead declares trusts a godsend that lowers living costs and spurs progress. He also brands organized labor as the era’s greatest menace and accuses Republicans and labor advocates of cynical electioneering.
Secretary Shaw releases 30 million dollars of bank reserves and accepts securities beyond government bonds for loans on deposit with banks. Banks must issue new circulation equal to the bonds released, creating a major expansion of the nation’s bank currency and marking a significant shift in U S financial policy. What will follow when the money market next faces strain in Wall Street.
Under the headline the Quincy Herald notes the Republican party promised in its 1900 platform to restrain and prevent monopoly abuses. Two bipartisan congresses have passed with no legislation curbing trust extortion, the paper asserts, criticizing failure to fulfill that pledge.
A fragment reflecting on moral conduct by J Ruskin. It asserts that a man in authority should strive to maximize the good he can perform through his behavior and decisions. The tone is didactic and emphasizes ethical leadership and responsibility.
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