Big Bebee-Maxwell Gusher Sparks Ada Oil Boom
The Transcontinental No 1 Sutton well in Bebee-Maxwell field came in at 120 barrels an hour, yielding over 2 500 barrels daily. It is a north offset to Empire Norris No 3, with Sonny Ada buzzing over a potential 3 000 barrel well. Nearby No 1 Molly by Benedum & Trees rose to 148 barrels in 24 hours. Wildcatder LaSelle continues to drill and expand leases, signaling a thriving, unsettled oil rush in the Bebee-Maxwell area.
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Transcontinental Oil Company
Sutton
Swan
Bebee-Maxwell Field
Viola
Ada
Benedum & Trees
Hyde Held For Trial Over Poisoning Charge
Newkirk Oklahoma September 17 Hyde a Ponca City lawyer was ordered held for jury trial on a charge of attempting to poison Samuel C Collins wealthy oilman and former employer in his office on August 8. Hyde remained in jail in default of a $10000 bond after a preliminary hearing before County Judge R M Parkhurst no defense testimony was offered and Hyde was bound over for district court action.
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Newkirk
Okla
Samuel C. Collins
F. C. Hyde
Ponca City
Collins
Hyde
R. M. Parkhurst
Parkhurst
District Court
Crowe to Prosecute Arson Preliminary in Durant
Acting under Governor Holloway W P Crowe assistant attorney general will depart for Durant to conduct the preliminary hearing on arson charges against Headley Abbott Marion Rushing and Robert Murray. Rushing and Abbott face arson in the drug store fire while Murray and Abbott are charged with the haberdashery blaze.
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Oklahoma City
Holloway
W. P. Crowe
Durant
Headley Abbott
Marion Rushing
Robert Murray
Rushing
Abbott
Crowe
Murray
Colorado banker praised for depositor aid without family motive
A Colorado banker who secured $500,000 from New York banks for depositors is noted as the first among figures to act without a family-centered motive. The report highlights his actions as distinct from others guided by personal interests.
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C. D
Colorado
New York
Mob Attack Provokes Federal Probe in Kentucky
Seven men remained jailed in Owensboro on five thousand dollar bonds after a mob assault near Central City on Sunday. Federal agent Pat Sullivan and two undercover officers were attacked by about 150 people as they arrested Robert Mason and another man, who were later freed by the mob. Two prisoners fled, vehicles were damaged, and the agents were injured.
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Owensboro
Prohibition
Central City
Pat Sullivan
Louisville
John Dalpher
John Brown
Robert Mason
Boone
Hollywood
Sullivan
United States
James Bales
E. A. Larkin
Arthur D. Kirk
Constitutional delegates meet in Okmulgee reunion of 1907 group
Oklahoma constitutional delegates gather at the Creek Council House to mark 49 years since the 1907 convention. More than 30 of the 72 survivors attend as governors and officials from Muskogee, Oklahoma City, Perry and Tulsa participate in a radio broadcasted educational program and a roll call to confirm surviving members. The event notes Alfalfa Bill Murray presiding amid reminiscences and past leadership.
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Harvey L Scandrett
Associated Press
Okmulgee
Okmulgee City Hall
Oklahoma
Charles N. Haskell
Muskogee
R. L. Williams
Supreme Court
United States
Eastern
Henry S. Johnston
Perry
J. S. Buchanan
University of Oklahoma
William H. Murray
Tishominzo
Fred C. Tracy
Beaver
W. B. Jenkins
Guthrie
George A. Henshaw
Oklahoma City
G. Howard Langley
Pryor
G. M. Berry
Pawree
F. E. Herring
W. A. Ledbetter
W. B. Hudson
Henryetta
Ben F. Harrison
W. C. Hughes
S. W. Mayes
James A. Harris
Waggoner
N. B. Gardner
Sentinel
William C. Liebtke
Tulsa
C. H. Pittman
Enid
J. Nile Godfrey
Fairfax
Pantages Trial Delayed As Court Probes Hung Jury Claim
In Los Angeles on September 17, the trial of Mrs. Alexander Pantages for.
Exie Fife Escapes Injury After Auto Wreck Near Fort Gibson
In Muskogee Oklahoma Exie Fife described as the state's richest Indian girl veered into a ditch to avoid two approaching cars. She jumped from the vehicle and was brought to a local hospital with only a small skin wound on one knee. The incident occurred near Fort Gibson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Exie Fife
Oklahoma
Fort Gibson
Oklahoma Old Guard Reunites With Alfalfa Bill Murray
In OKmulgee the surviving authors of Oklahoma's basic law gathered guided by William H. Murray Alfalfa Bill returning from Bolivia. About 60 of the 112 1907 delegates expected to meet again in this historic revival marking territorial memory and statehood effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okmulgee
Old Creek
Oklahoma
William H
Alfalfa Bill) Murray
Bolivia
Yuthrie
Forest Fire Near Ventura Avenue Oil Field
A brush fire burning in the Santa Clara river valley neared the Ventura Avenue oil field at Santa Paula California as firefighters worked amid Sulphur mountain canyons. Hundreds of men fought the flames as extra crews were summoned to reinforce efforts to prevent reaching the oil field.
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Santa Paula
Cal
Santa Clara River
Ventura Avenue
Ventura
Sulphur Mountain
New Routing for Highways Secured and Plans Set
Easements secured for Highways No. 12 Ada to Roff and No. 48 Ada to Canadian River with five or six condemnation suits pending. Condemnation actions begun and grading drainage contracts expected after legal time expires. No. 12 rerouted via W Main around the cement plant, west of the railroad near Roff. No. 48 to N Broadway with a straight route toward the bridge, much on high ground, missing Byng. Stonewall Road No. 19 progressing behind schedule but contractor plans to speed up to meet January 1 completion.
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Ada
Roff
Canadian River
J. C. Hynds
The
Chamber of Commerce
Highway Commission
N. Broadway
Byng
Stonewall Road
George Toler
County Excise Board Sets 1928 Levy Totals
The county excise board tentatively fixed the current year levy at 9.97 mills, up from seven last year. General fund remains 4 mills, separate school 0.50, highway 0.25, sinking 1.45, and other levies adjusted. A 1 mill addition funds fair grounds purchase, and two new school houses require the school levy rise from 0.28 to 0.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Excise Board
Empire Norris No 3 well leads Bebee field output
The Empire Co Norris No 3 well in section 19-5-5 Bebee field brings in as the largest producer yet. First 11 hours output reported at 531 barrels and official tallies show 622 barrels in 6 hours. some estimates reach 1 200 barrels per day. The well sits in the Viola lime at 2 337 feet with Norris No 2 still strong. Benedum Trees and others have wells nearing pay depth as the field grows.
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Empire Co
Bebee Field
Empire
Norris No. 2
Viola
Benedum & Trees
Court House Activity Recap From Wednesday Session
From Tuesday raid five pleaded guilty before Judges Tal Crawford Bill Kennedy Bud Sparkman and Sid Chandler for possession of a still with bonds set at 1000 each. W L Jones and Lenora Golden each received 30 days and 50 dollars for possession and are serving sentences. Ford McNabb Bill Hutchison and Y J Broks faced chicken theft charges for 33 stolen birds from S R Tatum near Ada and were bound over to district court on 1000 bonds. Today Judge Busby presided motions and non jury matters.
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Tal Crawford
Bill Kennedy
Bud Sparkman
Sid Chandler
W. L. Jones
Lenora Golden
Ford McNabb
Bill Hutchison
Y. J. Broks
Ada District Pays Maturing School Bonds
Ada district treasurer A H Constant reports bonds totaling 67500 paid this year. Of this 57500 from the 1909 issue and 106000 from the 1915 issue were retired, bringing district bonded debt to 318921.20. Another 40000 will be paid in 1930 and the remainder will mature over time. Tarrytown contest over 11000 won by John D Rockefeller Jr by five feet. Village must refund back taxes on children recreation building deemed just beyond village line.
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A. H. Constant
Ada
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller Jr
North Tarrytown
Judge Busby Sets Two Week Criminal Docket for October
Judge Orel Busby aims to clear the district court criminal docket within a two week term starting October 7. Twenty six cases are listed including four murder charges. A dismissal docket will be used to clear long standing cases and September 25 sets dismissal for cases not prosecuted.
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Orel Busby
District Court
Busby
Plead Guilty in Lamar Bank Robbery Murder Case
Three members of the Fleagle gang W C Messick Ralph Fleagle and Herbert L Royston pleaded guilty in Lamar Colorado district court to first degree murder kidnapping and robbery with a gun in the 1928 First National Bank holdup. Jake Fleagle remains at large and trial is set for October 1.
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W. C. Messick
Ralph Fleagle
Herbert L. Royston
Lamar
Royston
Colorado
Sacramento
Calif
Ralph Fleagie
Garden City
Kans
Messick
Grand Junction
Colo
Jake Fleagle
A. N. Parris
John Parrish
E. A. Kessinger
W. W. Wineinger
Dighton
Kas
Governor Roused by Crime Rewards Offered in Borger
District Attorney John A. Holmes was shot and killed in Borger Texas as he returned to his home. His wife and mother in law witnessed the fatal ambush in the rear yard. Governor Dan Moody ordered Texas Rangers to assist in the hunt. Holmes had just begun his term and faced cases including the Bailey and Walker murders and indictments against Earl C. Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borger
Tex
John A. Holmes
Texas Rangers
Dan Moody
Holmes
William J
Whitey) Walker
Denver
Ed Bailey
Hugo
Texas Panhandle Burger
Miami
Moody
Distinguished reply from Commander Sneed on Confederate groups
In Lubbock Texas the Lubbock Daily Journal quotes Commander Richard A. Sneed of the United Veterans of the Confederacy denouncing Northern Veterans encampment actions in Portland Maine as un-American. He says the nation should honor peace with white banners and preserve a heritage of loyalty not divided by sections.
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Lubbock
Tex
Lubbock Daily Journal Today
Richard A. Sneed
United Veterans of the Confederacy
Portland
Grand Army of the Republic
Mason-Dixon Line
Lee
Appomattox Courthouse
Landis’s Son Made Deputy Coroner in Charge of Aviation
Major Reece Landis, son of Baseball Commissioner K M Landis, is commissioned as deputy coroner of Cook County overseeing aviation investigations. The announcement came today in Chicago.
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Chicago
Reece Landis
K. M. Landis
Cook County
Borger Tex Officers Seek Deathbed Statement in Bank Robbery Case
A deathbed statement allegedly made by Roy Harmon before he died from bullet wounds linked to a 1926 Wildorado bank robbery is sought by sheriffs and a former Hutchinson county district attorney. The document, if found, could implicate William J Whitey Walker in killings of two deputy sheriffs in 1927.
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John T. Buckley
Holmes
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Bebee
B. A. LaSelle
Mr. LaSelle
Roy Carter
G. A. Nance
LaSelle
Bebee- Maxwell
Grove
Kentucky
Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Juro Rokumoto
Carlos S. Hardy
Robert Shuler
Pantages
Rokumoto
Shuler
Shuer
Gustav Briegler
Jamees P. Costello
Jack B. Yellin
Costello
John Conterno
Yellin
Conterno
Pantage
John Considine
Miss Pantages
Empire Well
Norris No. 3
Court House
Lamar Bank
Oes
Gen. Sneed
Newark
Louis Bamberger
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