Allen Territory Draws Heavy Drilling in New Locations
Pontotoc county oil activity expands with 24 new Allen field locations four on the Perry farm and others on the Waffle Milner and Harjo farms. Louisiana Oil plans 16 wells. Miller No 1 near Ada shows oil gas, prompting more pipe setting as Ramsey Webb No 1 yields 27 barrels per hour and 12,000,000 cubic feet gas. Daily deep pool production nears 2,800 barrels oil valued around 1.25 per barrel.
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Pontotoc County
Allen
Ada
Texas- Pacific Company
Miller
T-P
Nw-Ne-Ne
T-P Harris No
American Oil & Refining Company
Louisiana Oil and Refining Corporation
Allen Field
Deep Pool
Louisiana
Perry Farm
Waffle
Milner
Harjo
Teamsters
W. R. Ramsey
Webb No. 1
Sinclair Pipe Line Company
Ready for Crossing at Litle Sandy in Ada County Line
The Ada district completes a concrete retaining wall on the east side, adds steel posts, and fills with rock and gravel on the Ada Byng underpass crossing. The 18 foot roadbed accommodates two cars, but slow driving is advised at the hill’s foot. High traffic from Seminole oil field and Byng underscores the need.
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Oklahoma City
Ada-Atoka
Ada
Byng
Highway Department
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Seminole Oil Field
New Bethel School House
McKeown
Oklahoma City Livestock Market Report Highlights Cattle and Hogs
Livestock prices show cattle down slightly with steers near $7.59 to $8.50 and fat grass cows $5.50 to $6.00. Hogs drop 19 cents with car lot tops at $10.65 and bulk around $10.00, stockers $9.00 to $9.75, bulls and canners steady.
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Oklahoma City
Stags
Ada civic groups plan water line bond drive
Ada seeks a new water line to Byrds Mill and will form a central committee from civic organizations to map a bond campaign. The effort parallels earlier white way and sewage projects, with Elks Legion Lions Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanians all forming committees to push the plan.
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Ada
Byrds Mill
Elks and Legion
Lions
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanians
East Central State Teachers College Term Opens Tuesday
East Central State Teachers college begins the regular fall term with registration on September 5 and 6 and classes starting September 7 under President Dr A Linscheid. The Horace Mann high school opening mirrors the college schedule as Ada residents inquire about the new term.
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East Central State Teachers College
A. Linscheid
Horace Mann High School
Ada
Oklahoma pilot lands at Fort Bliss en route home
Piloted by Bennett Griffin the plane Oklahoma that failed to start in the Dole air derby landed at Fort Bliss late yesterday and departed at 5 a m today for Dallas with navigator Al Henley aboard they head toward Bartlesville Oklahoma as their home port confirmed by officials in El Paso.
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EL Paso
Bennett Griffin
Oklahoma
Fort Bliss
Dallas
al Henley
Griffin
Bartlesville
Okla
Red Cross and United Charities Seek Cotton Pickers
Mrs Orville Snead secretary of Pontotoc county Red Cross and United Charities leads an employment effort to recruit cotton pickers for nearby counties. Jackson Tillman and Kiowa need workers at 1.25 per hundred with starts around September 10. Those seeking work should contact the Red Cross at Convention Hall for details.
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Orville Snead
Pontotoc County
American Red Cross
United Charities
Kiowa
Red Cross
Convention Hall
Ada School Officials Prepare for New Year Enrollment
City schools in Ada begin enrollment for the new year with grade school meetings next week to finish the process. High school students enroll Tuesday for juniors and seniors, followed by freshmen and sophomores Wednesday and Thursday. Parents with six year olds before January 1 are asked to enroll on September 5 to avoid mid year start.
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Ada
I. S. Hinshaw
COUNTY MAY GET IN ROAD BUILDING PROGRESS
The Oklahoma state highway commission approved surety bonds for contracts in Pontotoc county covering four bridges and for Garvin county work to grade and drain 2.1 miles of highway. With bonds approved, work orders will be issued soon.
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Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Boardman & Co
J. J. Harrison
Pontotoc County
C. W. Pharaoh
Garvin County
Buy it rent it sell it find it with a NEWS want ad
Classified notice offers buyers renters sellers and advertisers a simple way to reach local readers. Simple text ad package invites readers to place small line items for property rentals sales or miscellaneous wants in the newspaper.
Boll Weevil In Fiendish Revenge On Market Trend
New Orleans posts a drop as boll weevil activity harms market trends. The pest invasion disrupts farmers and raises concerns about cotton output and prices.
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New Orleans
Government Weevil Report Triggers Fluctuating Cotton Market
A government boll weevil report shows rising infestations in the cotton belt with Eastern Texas and Mississippi among hardest hit. The market opened with sharp losses but later recovered most of the declines as traders reassessed the data and buying returned.
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Texas
Cotton Market Dips on Government Weevil Report
New Orleans on August 30 reports the cotton market falling from 100 to 108 points or $5.00 to $5.25 a base after the government weevil report today.
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New Orleans
Allen Man Dead in Car Accident Near Allen
Cather Parkham was killed and Jack Blankenship was seriously injured in a rear end collision between a Ford roadster and a truck loaded with oil pipe on a highway near Allen at 8 30 Saturday night. Otto Strickland, Allen druggist, reported the incident. The men were working on headlights. the truck neared without warning and the pipe crushed Parham's head and Blankenship's skull. Blankenship was rushed to Ada hospital. he is about 20 years old. Parham, about 30, lived in Hughes county east of Allen.
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Cather Parkham
Jack Blankenship
Allen
Otto Strickland
Parham
Blankenship
Ada Hospital
Mr. Parham
Hughes County
Collision in Allen oil field leaves two men injured and dead
Jack Blankenship, badly hurt in a Saturday collision with a casing laden truck in the Allen oil field, shows marked improvement at Ada hospital though he has a fractured leg and eye injuries. Cather Parham died when a pipe from the truck penetrated his head as the men worked on their car lights.
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Jack Blankenship
Allen Oil Field
Ada
Blankenship
Cather Parham
Ashes of Sacco and Vanzetti to be divided
The Sacco Vanzetti defense committee announced the ashes of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti will be divided into four parts. Half of each man will be taken to Italy for burial. the other halves will be buried in a Malden cemetery.
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Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Sacco
Road 10 Stratford Grading Approved by State
State highway commissioner Jess Bunch said Ada to Stratford road contracts are approved and work orders issued. The $175,000 project covers grading drainage and bridges, with Garvin County funded by the state. Pontotoc County voters backed $420,000 in bonds two years ago, paving the way for future stretches toward the oil fields, McKeown bridge, or Allen.
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Jess Bunch
Ada
Stratford
Garvin County
Pontotoc County
Oil
McKeown Bridge
Allen
Shaw Well Production Rises to Sixty Barrels
The Shaw-I. T. I. O. well on the Bennett farm in Bebee field segment 33-5-5 now yields 60 barrels from 1798 to 1810 feet and is expected to reach 100 barrels daily. Oklahoma Pipe Line extends the line to Francis linking three Bebee wells in pipe line oil. B. A. LaSelle operates two additional wells in sections 28-5-5 and 31-5-5, one brought in last July and the other since early spring.
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Shaw-I. T. I. O
Bennett Farm
Bebee
Oklahoma Pipe Line Company
Francis
B. A. LaSelle
Tulsa sports writer held on serious charge
Tulsa August 29 Larry Dailey sports editor of a local newspaper was held after a quarrel at a restaurant following a liquor party. A fist fight with oil lease broker William Gay Clark fractured his skull. Stella Morey 45 attended the party and was found dead the next morning with physicians citing natural causes.
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Tulsa
Larry Dailey
William Gay Clark
Dailey
Clark
Stella Morey
Bank Loot By Lone Bandit Stuns Douglas
The Douglas State Bank was looted of an estimated 1500 to 1600 dollars by a single robber just before noon. He fled in a small roadster and was later reported surrounded by a posse southeast of Douglas though the report could not be confirmed. Bank officials and a customer were held at gunpoint while the money was collected and placed in a sack in a tin bucket before the escape.
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EMD
Douglas State Bank
Douglas
L. L. Lovell
J. L. Brannen
Ecashier
E. N. Hobbs
Lovell, Brannen’s
Hobbs
Rennie Avenue Paving Progress Reported by Frye Brothers
Rapid progress on Rennie avenue paving under Frye Brothers and Chilcutt contract with much curbing finished. Crews near starting a concrete slab on the main travel artery. The same firm also handles paving on Seventeenth Sixt earnings? wait.
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Rennie Avenue
Frye Brothers & Chilcutt
ADA Independents to Meet Healdton Again
The Ada Independents prepare for a Labor Day series rematch with Healdton in Ada. Healdton, strong and favored, defeated Ada 4 to 0 in last week’s game and has played in Ada for several years during the annual event.
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ADA
Healdton
Old Glory Ready For Flight In Rome Bid
Food was stowed aboard the monoplane Old Glory as pilots rested two hours before a non stop departure for Rome. The takeoff followed drying of the runway amid rain and a 15 mile southeast wind.
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New York
Rome
American fliers depart Munich for Constantinople in Pride of Detroit
Favored by ideal flying conditions, William S. Brook and Edward F. Schlee launched the Pride of Detroit from Munich at 6:35 a m for Constantinople. The 1 600 kilometer leg is expected to take about 12 hours with the monoplane carrying roughly 240 gallons of benzene.
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Belgrade
Jugo-Slavia
Munich
Germany
Williams. Brook
Edward F. Schlee
Detroit
Constantinople
Brazilian attempts to locate aviator Paul Redfern
In Rio de Janeiro on August 30 the government steps up efforts to find Paul Redfern the American aviator who began a non stop flight from Brunswick Georgia to Brazil last Thursday. Telegraph traffic is slowed to allow long distance calls but no word has been heard.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Paul Redfern
Brunswick
Brazil
2000 Sacco Vanzetti sympathizers storm Cherbourg consulate
Sacco Vanzetti sympathizers in Cherbourg France joined a clash with police and soldiers from 8 pm to midnight. About 15 reached the American consulate before it was secured as a temporary police station. Dozens were hurt lightly, windows and lamps were smashed, and rioters dispersed after realizing defeat.
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Cherbourg
France
Sacco-Vanzetti
Law and Order
Rolice
Military Club
Prisoner at Wilson to serve for rebellion
Webb Easterwood, who staged a jail demonstration at Wilson by burning his cell and breaking doors with a gas pipe, must serve four years in prison. The Oklahoma criminal court of appeals dismissed his appeal for being filed six months after conviction for injuring a public building in Carter County in April 1925.
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Oklahoma City
Fisher Receives UCV Honor with Staff Appointment
W H Fisher is informed by Gen R A Miller Abilene Texas commander of the Trans Misssissippi department of the United Confederate Veterans of his appointment as assistant inspector general on Miller's staff with rank of colonel. Fisher has long been active in the UCV including serving as commander of the W L Byrd camp of Ada. The appointment honors his years of service.
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W. H. Fisher
R. A. Miller
Abilene
Texas
Trans-Mississippi
Department of the United Confederate Veterans
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