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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
25
Ada state senator Reuben M. Roddie, veteran leader and orator, seeks Congress in the Fourth District. Stonewall lawyer Burris, educated at Vanderbilt, built a broad practice across Pontotoc and Coal counties.
Williams with Dean form a Texas and Alabama backed law firm about a year ago. Dean, UT Austin law grad and ex deputy county attorney, served as county attorney briefly after the predecessor resigned. Williams, an Alabama native, Oklahoma graduate, builds a large county library and devotes effort to clients.
The Ada based Judge Thomas D. McKeown is celebrated as a natural jurist with a spotless record and strong support. Highlighted are his early legal training in South Carolina, Cornell studies, Ada city attorney service, and role as district judge with broad popularity and reformist integrity.
A public dedication by Roscoe Arnold outlines his life from birth in 1856 to years in Oklahoma and Texas. He describes selling newspapers, reading law in Topeka, and supporting a local library while awaiting license. He pledges continued commitment to Chickasaw Nation people.
Crawford and Bolen, Ada based lawyers, specialize in criminal law with strong civil practice. John P. Crawford, from Arkansas, and James W. Bolen, from Mississippi, formed the firm after moving to Pontotoc county and Ada with rail expansion. They have been active in statehood efforts and Democratic campaigns.
George W Burris of Stonewall is a noted Pon totoc County lawyer and respected in Oklahoma legal circles. He was elected to the Fourth Oklahoma Legislature without opposition and chaired the Appropriations Committee in the Third Legislature. He served as floor leader and was a presidential elector in 1912. He later joined the state bar commission before resigning due to other duties. His firm operates from the Oklahoma State Bank building on Main and Townsend.
A L Bullock a prominent Pontotoc County attorney from New York graduate of the University of Buffalo admitted to the bar in 1900. He practiced in New York three years then moved to Oklahoma at Roff partnering with E S Kerr until January when the firm dissolved. He served as city attorney and trustees president, shifted from Republican to Democrat after a party split, and holds multiple Masonic IOOF and Elks offices. The Pontotoc bar lauds him as able and conscientious.
W B Toney arrived in Oklahoma from Arkansas six years ago and settled in Allen. He studied law at the University of Arkansas Law Department, practiced in Arkansas for two years, then opened his Allen office. He has broad court experience including state and federal courts and is also a physician trained at the Cincinnati Medical Institute.
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