Government to Control a National Emigration Bureau
Spokane officials at the National Irrigation Congress urge a federal bureau of colonization to direct emigration to reclaimed lands. They argue centralized information would help newcomers become self supporting and reveal opportunities in agriculture, horticulture, and resource development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
New England
Wouthern
Witham EB. Smyth
National Irrigation Congress
Bureau of Colonization
Beresa of Forentry
United States Reclamation Service
Leason
Eol
Oklahoma Land Policy for Home Builders Not Land Grabs
The article argues for careful settler occupancy over land grabbing, praising irrigation and the New Lands act of 1902. It stresses small farms, local markets, and strong civic life, with a focus on productive capacity, not acreage, to secure economic and social security for settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Indicted for Murder in Oklahoma City Case
Shawnee reporters note three Keokuk Falls men Hammon Wilson and Lomax indicted by the grand jury for the murder of an Indian killed months ago. It is said the men overpowered the Indian and stabbed him to death with their guns when he resisted arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Press Service
Shawnee
Okla
Hammon, Wilson and Lomax
Keokuk Falls
Conatus Ilea
Senate Tariff Vote Planned Thursday at 2 P M
Washington August 3 The senate will vote on the tariff Thursday at 2 PM. Insurgents are said to be in line and no untoward action is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Press Service
Washington
Senate
McCracken affair unsettled as sheriff hunts in Kentucky
Wawhuska Oklahoma reveals new twists in the McCracken case. Sheriff Byrd returns from London Kentucky without Mrs McCracken who secured release on bond. She offered to return to Oklahoma when needed, but neither she nor Mr McCracken could be located. Attorney Mitchell in Kansas City taking depositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Pathas Service
Wawhuska
Okla
McCracken
Byrd
London
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Mitchell
Mia. McCracken
Kansas City
Has Plenty Of Em Special To Daily Democrat
Edith St John, two, of Spokane, traced to General Wolfe, carries vast ancestry in her family. Her parents Mr and Mrs J B St John live on South Row Street, with two grandfathers, two grandmothers, three great grandfathers, two great grandmothers, seven great aunts, 14 great uncles, seven great great aunts and one great great great aunt. The great-great grandmother died at 17 in 1908. Family members have been farmers, mechanics, lawyers, tradesmen and preachers. Originating in New York, the clan moved to Michigan then North Dakota before settling in Washington. Grandmother J A Weyant notes persistent industriousness and no divorces among the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Democrat
Spokane
Wash
Edith St. John
Wolfe
Quebec
J. B. St. John
South Row Street
New York State
Michigan
North Dakota
Washington
J. A. Weyant
Oklahoma highwayman on stand during Ammerman trial
Ed Mitchell testified in Sapulpa that refusing officers is useless as he and Jim Bothwill face robbery charges after being arrested on a train near Tulsa for the capture of $600 from gamblers at Tone Ammerman’s Buffalo resort.
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Oklahoma
Sapulpa
Okla
Ed Mitchell
Tone Ammerman
Buffalo Gambling Report
Ammerman's
Mitchell
Jim Bothwill
Tulsa
Phillips in El Paso Amid Reports of Missing Funds
A local party received a letter stating E. J. Phillips, a local packer who departed town claiming over thirty thousand dollars owed, was seen in El Paso. The note indicates Phillips will resist any attempt to return him for questioning.
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Oklahoma Press Service
Oklahoma City
Okla
E. J. Phillips
el Pano
Phillips
Four men arrested for murder in Shawnee case
John Ruddell Yat Ellie Hank Jones and Will Byera were arrested in Shawnee on August 3 charged with the murder of Walter Stapp whose body was found Sunday night in a wagon yard near Wanette. The arrestees claim the death was accidental.
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Oklahoma Press
Berwick
Shawnee, Okla
John Ruddell
Yat Ellie
Hank Jones
Will Byera
Walter Stapp
Wanette
Identification of Killa by Death at Mexican Mine
A telegram from Oklahoma City Aug 3 claims the man killed at the San Pedros mine in Mexico is William Killa. Dr McGinnis conducted the post mortem and said letters on the body prove identification. John Willis, a Wells Fargo messenger, identified the dead man and testified he was the same man arrested months ago in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma Prise Service
Oklahoma City
Oxia
San Pedros Mine
Mexico
William Killaby
mcGinnis
Boty
John Willis
Wella Fargo
Oklahoma carpenters joiners federation formed in Tulsa
In Tulsa at the state federation meeting the Oklahoma state convention of carpenters and joiners was formed. Officers named include President Geo Walker Chereokee. vice presidents Chas Ballard Oklahoma City and D A Ferguson Ardmore. third vice president C R Mamua McAlester. secretary treasurer Geo McConnell Bartlesville. Only routine business to be discussed tonight.
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Oklahoma Press Service
Tulsa
Okla
State Federation of Labor
Oklahoma State Convention of
Carpenters and Joiners
Geo
Walker
Chereokee
Ser
Chas
Ballard
Oklahoma City
D. A. Ferguson
Ardmore
C R. Mamua
McAlester
Secy Treas
McConnell
Bartlesville
Federation
Money found in Pueblo bank tied to estate theft
Detectives located $28,000 deposited by N. Cudy in a Pueblo bank, suspected of embezzling from the estate of Mrs. C. C. Richardson. Sheriff Hale of Kingfisher, Okla., planned to take Cady back. Officials believe other sums are hidden in additional banks. The proceeds fund a Confederate soldiers home project with applicants from Vinita Ardmore Haskell Sulphur Chickasha Muskogee and Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma Prurge Service
Oklahoma City
Okla
Vinita
Ardmore
Haskell
Sulphur
Chickasha
Muskogee
Oklehoma City
Dev. D. M. Haily
McAlester
Guthrie Board Reduces Express Tax Increase
The state board of equalization, meeting in Guthrie Oklahoma on August 3, reconsidered the July 15 decision altering express company assessments. It reduced the rise from fifty percent over the prior year to ten percent, adjusting projected tax levels for carriers.
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Oclanoma Press Service
Guthrie
Okli
Board of Equalization
Hendrix Located Near Paris Texas In Jail Break Case
News received at noon reports posse located Will Hendrix, a Chectaw Indian who escaped from jail while serving a life sentence for murdering his father in law. The Indian is described as desperate and may not be taken alive.
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Oklahoma Press Service
Paris
Tex
Aug. S
Will Hendrix
City Council Orders Audit and Fire Department Reorganization
City Attorney to prepare a resolution for hiring an expert auditor to review city books, with a future start, while sidewalk work and Main Street paving orders proceed. Fire chief authorized to seek hay and oats bids and to locate old hose carts. Meyer Plum names J Ridgell assistant fire chief and lists new fire department members under the reorganization. Council to reconvene tonight to discuss the tax levy.
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Audi
Main Street
Meyer Plum
J. ©. Ridgell
Sid
F. E. Stefaner
Geo
Emmons C. L. Kunkel
Fred Hutson
Bitcahe
W. W. Davia
A. R. Jramer
J. E. Davidson
Oddain
Sudden death shocks Anadarko as Montgomery baby found
J L Montgomery learns his wife died Monday night while visiting Rev Spillman near Oklahoma City. The mother ignored crying infant in the home, leading to discovery of a lifeless daughter. Funeral planned by Baptist church at 4:30 PM Wednesday. Also noted is the death of Mrs M L Moore at 527 East Arkansas Ave at 3:19 PM Monday, age 70, with funeral by Miller & Gieh and Father Isadore.
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J. L. Montgomery
Tie
Rev. Spillman
Fairfax
Oklahoma City
Mrs. Montgomery
Mr. Montgomery
Don Montgomery
Hollis
Anadarko
Rev
Brooks
Baptist Church
Mra
M. L. Moore
George Hide
East
Arkansas Ave
Wow Slice Peat
Miller & Gieh
Isadore
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Spokane, Wash
Levi Grant Monroe
Tariff
the New American Cult
Voawwarey
Mrs. McCracken
EL Paso
Hendrix
Council
J.L. Montgomery
Moore
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