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Newspaper
Adair County Democrat
Location
Stilwell, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1929
Page
7
Hollis citizens vote to issue bonds totaling 68000 for a new high school building with work to start immediately and the city council set to oversee construction.
Bryan county voters will decide on a 65000 bond issue to buy a site and build county and district free fair grounds in a July 9 election. The proposal funds acquisition and construction for civic fair facilities serving the county and district communities.
Virgil Walking, an aviation student in Enid, promotes an aviation club for Perry. A group of local businessmen is preparing to establish a municipal airport and likely purchase an airplane in the near future.
A new census of Potawatomi Indians will be conducted this month at Tecumseh, announced by A. W. Leach, superintendent of the Shawnee Indian agency. Federal records show 2,800 Potawatomi once on government rolls.
Local merchants of Mountain Park set a regular monthly trades and bargain day established in May to run through the summer. Cash prizes will be offered for a program of sports and amusement stunts, and special bargains will be offered by the merchants.
T. W. McKenzie, previously in the budget office assisting in shaping the State budget for the special legislative session, has been appointed title examiner in the School Land Office by the School Land Commission.
Eighteen tribes are represented in Chilocco Indian School’s graduating class totaling 52. Lawrence E. Correll, superintendent, notes 23 girls and 29 boys among the graduates. The Cherokee tribe leads with 17 graduates as crowds fill the program events.
Civic clubs of Bristow will sponsor an extensive supervised play program for school age boys through the summer under Harold L. James director of high school athletics. The plan includes city baseball leagues swimming and diving contests and various other games conducted on a broad scale.
Taxpayers of Cushing vote to lease the city hospital to the Masonic Hospital Association of Payne County for 99 years at an annual rental of 1 dollar. The hospital, built about five years ago with a 65000 dollar bond issue, will be taken over on July 1.
The first American Legion home in Woods county was opened at Capron ten miles northeast of Alva. A basket dinner and old time fiddling contest celebrated the opening. Alva funds are being raised to build a Legion home on the old land office lot deed signed by former President Coolidge.
Plans by the Binger Chamber of Commerce call for a $15,000 hotel to be built in Binger where State Highways 41 and 8 intersect. A newly routed scenic shortcut from Oklahoma City to Medicine Park passes through Binger, promising improved access to the area.
Regular service on Brainiff Oil Belt Air Line linking Oklahoma City with Wewoka and Seminole, oil field centers, adds Tulsa connection. Jack Atkinson piloted the first Hornet Hamilton, winging the inaugural flight. City departures at 8 arrive Seminole 8 40 Wewoka 9 Tulsa 10.
Oleta Mitchell fourteen years old of Buffalo Harper county is crowned champion speller of Oklahoma grade schools. Second place in the state contest held in Oklahoma City in May went to Harry Grubbs fifteen years old of Broken Bow McCurtain county. Gold silver and bronze medals were awarded to the top three finishers.
Asher enters a new era as the city council formed in May faces an oil boom from a major well. Housing and business sites are in high demand as development accelerates under the unique state event.
Dr. S. Addison McElroy longtime Idabel Presbyterian minister is awarded a $1,000 check from his congregation and local citizens to fund a journey to Jerusalem. Citizens praise his service aiding numerous pupils by funding their schooling from his own funds and helping many others in the community.
Oklahoma industry reports a 34.1 percent rise in April workers to 34,809 across 700 plants, per state labor commissioner W. A. Murphy. Total April payrolls reach $907,915 weekly, reflecting higher industrial activity from a year earlier.
Excitement rises as Gypsy Oil Co completes an 1800-barrel well fourteen miles northeast of Medford. Leases and royalties fetch high prices, fueling Grant County wealth prospects after a 1915 local firm drilled two wells with promising showings but no funding until Gypsy drilled in May.
The Stadium Corporation of Oklahoma A. and M. College plans a student union building at a cost of 100000. Of the 78000 already spent on the athletic plant, much came from student fees at 3 per student per semester, with original funds from donations. It is believed as much as 20000 yearly can be raised to pay off building bonds.
The Ozark-Rocky Mountain Highway Association held its first meeting in Vinita to advance the longest east west Oklahoma highway. The route spans Missouri to New Mexico with spurs from Boise City to Mexico and a northeast extension from Grove to Wyandotte and on to Neoshy? Mig sour).
Brainiff Airlines announces passenger service between Oklahoma City and Tulsa with two ships daily from each city. Woka will be served by the line. The chamber of commerce is upgrading the local airport to meet the service needs. A aviation designation sign stands atop the Aldredge hotel, a city landmark.
The State Chamber of Commerce launches a national advertising drive printing 10,000 copies of two books and 3,000 reprints of each. A booster train will run from Tulsa to Boston from June 16 to July 9 to promote Oklahoma as an investment opportunity with the Blue Book of Southern Progress and Don E. Mowry’s Scribner article. Potato harvest at Washita Farms near Tishomingo begins on 800 acres with an expected average of 100 bushels per acre. The farm comprises 6,000 acres of corn, 800 of potatoes, 700 of alfalfa and sweet clover, and nearly 300 acres of oats and small grains. Tenants farm on a third to fourth share basis. Cotton acreage remains under 2,000 acres, with tenants focusing on poultry, hogs, and dairy. The farm reports 1,200 pigs farrowed this spring and over 1,000 chicks hatched, with about half as many turkeys per week.
Victor Griffin and Charles Goodeagle organize a summer gathering for the Quapaw Indians of Ottawa county at Baxter Springs Kansas. Osage and Quapaw will join Fox Sax Pawnee Shawnee and Delaware representatives for a large camping ground reunion with several dances including the Victory dance presented by Mrs. Charles Goodeagle of the Pawnee tribe.
A May Muskogee lease auction for Five Civilized Tribes sold 184 tracts covering 11 844 acres with a total bonus of 49786 dollars. Eight fee tracts totaling 246 acres brought 20466 dollars. Peters Petroleum Co paid 4611 dollars for 36.45 acres in Hughes county near a new gas field. Fees included Seminole county tract at 210 dollars per acre sold to Denver Producing and Refining Co of Okmulgee for 40 acres.
Subscribers asked about udder inflammation in dairy cattle. Two forms exist: post calving, usually mild and brief, and infection related, which may be temporary or chronic. Recommendations include gentle milking, hot salty wash, brisk rubbing with grease, careful handling of infected milk, frequent milking, and using antiseptics like Lysol. Promote caution to prevent milk fever and safeguard the cow’s udder.
Sixteen revocable gas utility permits were approved for two companies by the State Corporation Committee. Apache Gas Company received permits in Marshall, Apache, Perry and Lowell. Consolidated Gas Utilities Company received permits in Pletcher, Weatherford, Garber, Fairview, Braman, Hitchcock, Customer City Elgin, Tonkawa, Canton, Thomas and Blackwell.
At the Knights of Columbus State meeting in Oklahoma City the next year’s gathering was chosen for Okmulgee with May 12 set as the date. Officers named include Frank P. Menton of Oklahoma City as state deputy, M. P. Theiser of Muskogee as secretary, Charles E. Diereker of Shawnee as state advocate, Tom Wade of Marlow as treasurer, and Ed Boyle of Henryetta as warden.
On the dedication of 271 miles of hard surfaced highway extending from Lawton to connect with highway No 81 an important travel artery for the Southwest district, officials and boosters from Grady Comanche Jefferson Carter and Tillman counties attended along with Lew Wentz chairman of the Highway Commission and General Dwight L Aultman commander of Fort Sill.
Oklahoma A and M College will offer a two year course in secretarial training next year. Dean Raymond D. Thomas says the plan allows students to finish stenography and typewriting by the end of the sophomore year. Those wishing four years of study can pursue executive secretaries training in the new program named secretarial science.
The Pioneer Woman statue, conceived by E. W. Marland, will be placed on the old Lake Park refinery grounds now part of the Marland estate near Ponca City. It will be 19 feet tall on a 31 by 31 foot pyramid base of Oklahoma stone, surrounded by a 40-foot circular drive and landscaped grounds. Dedication is planned for the fall.
Oklahoma City becomes key aviation hub after Curtiss Flying Service of New York buys and consolidates the Graham Flying Service. Curtiss takes charge of a full Oklahoma City operation with 15 new aircraft including three passenger and cross country planes and two taxi planes added to the field.
State treasurer R A Sneed received a one million dollar check from State auditor A J Shaw representing early May gross production taxes. Nearly half funds an overdraft of 475481.40 on 1929 general revenue. The rest 502698.81 retires warrants 72332 through 77400.
Perry Hartin a Frisco railroad veteran conductor has purchased Iron Springs about 35 miles north of Hugo on Little River and plans improvements including new cabins boats and driveways. The springs are praised as the region’s prettiest spot for fishing camping boating and swimming with minerals noted as favorable.
The State Corporation Commission orders a daily oil production limit of 725000 barrels statewide. It replaces the prior Seminole area order, which capped nine pools at 350000 barrels per day and the state at 650000. If production rises above 725000, restrictions would apply only in the Greater Seminole district. existing proration allows widening of wells unless state output exceeds the cap.
Oklahoma reports the United States government paid 4985.36 to settle 1925 claims after purchasing the U S Veterans Hospital in Muskogee on February 11 1925. Treasurer Lewis Terry states the money arrived April 30 1926 covering interest, purchase money from purchase date to receipt and rent from purchase date to receipt.
Eight smaller state eleemosynary institutions receive funding for new buildings and repairs in the coming biennium. Tecumseh training school will add a receiving cottage and an assembly hall at 50 000 each in year one. Pauls Valley training school gains repairs, a 9000 dining room item and 2000 storage room. Two new buildings planned for the state training school for negro boys with 15000 yearly building material. Taft home for the negro blind deaf and orphans gets 35000 for a building for the feeble minded. Sulphur deaf school receives 25000 repair and equipment funding.
Fort Sill hosts a unique nine month artillery training program attracting officers from U S Army and Marine Corps and foreign nations. The Lawton Chamber campaigns to keep the school at Fort Sill amid removal rumors as Pat M Hurley supports retention through his posting as assistant secretary of war.
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