Ada City Considers Police Probe After Pistol Duel
The Ada city government vows a full probe into the Culver Mitchell pistol duel and police conduct. Mayor L. J. Little backs reform as the police committee chaired by City Attorney James Webb prepares to resume hearings early next week, seeking public trust and departmental integrity.
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Parker Going to Washington with Comanche Leader
Comanche chief Quannah Parker will make his seventeenth trip to Washington to argue peyote is not poisonous and does not cause violence. A delegation has traveled to Mexico to collect herb samples for the mission, accompanying Parker to the capital.
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Washington
Mexico
Taft Opens Greatest U.S. Irrigation Project at Gunnison
President Taft toured the western slope of the Rocky Mountains to inaugurate the Gunnison tunnel irrigation scheme reclaiming 104000 acres. He attended the Montrose county fair, witnessed a cowgirl relay, and observed irrigation's dramatic impact from sagebrush to lush alfalfa and fruit orchards.
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Gunnison
United States
Bertha Elsie Hall
Little Miss Hull
Grand Junction
Buffalo Bill Guests at Pawnee Bill Barbecue Feast
Col William F Cody surprised by invitation to Major Gordon Lillie at his ranch in Pawnee Oklahoma with a frontier era feast of barbecued buffalo. A Pawnee Indian village stood nearby and guests dined from an old time mess wagon as Cody recalled life forty years ago with speeches by Cody Lillie and Congressman McGuire.
Organ dispute and crowd scene in Coalgate Oklahoma
A white man tried to collect on an organ debt from a Black man as onlookers swarmed an alley behind Rollow’s in Coalgate. Hundreds gathered to witness the confrontation and the resolution to pursue the matter further in private.
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Oil pipeline plan urged to curb oil giants control
Guthrie Oklahoma September 23 independent oil producers urge the state to build a pipeline from the mid continent field to the Gulf of Mexico. Senators Strain and Yeager ask Governor Haskell to call a special session to consider the project as a check on Prairie Oil and Gas and allied buyers who allegedly restrict Oklahoma output and fix crude prices.
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Independent Producers Plan Oil Pipeline Across States
Oklahoma Governor and senators discuss forming commissions with Louisiana Texas and Arkansas to explore funding and legality of a state oil pipeline project. Possible financing include bonds tax measures or voter initiative. Plans cover routes to Louisiana New Orleans and Texas Galveston with talks of commissioners and future special elections.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
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New Orleans
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Galveston
Judge Grigst explains why he opposed Broadway paving
Judge J E Grigst explains his vote against the Main Street and Broadway paving resolution. He argues the city should use asphalt from Amiotee County exclusively and that council contracts bind property owners to higher costs and limited competition.
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