Ottawa County Mining Activity Report Notes Depths and Yields
The Quapaw and Lincolnville camps near the Kansas line in Ottawa County host blanket ground zinc and galena ores. Output centers on sphalerite and galena in chert breccia with widespread low grade ore but high grade concentrates, with several 100-ton and 400-ton mills but little new development since 1907 due to low prices.
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Quapaw
Lincolnville
Kansas Line
Short Creek
Kansas City-Quapaw
Old Misson
Petersburg Land & Mining Co
Miami
Kansas City-Quapaw Company
Mission
Ward
Eulnes
Ates
Lold Mission
Big Jack
Ethel Miller Mining Company
Lancaster Mine
White Eagle
Champ Clark Speaks in Muskogee Oklahoma Rally
Champ Clark, speaker of the U S House, addresses about four thousand Oklahoma attendees in Muskogee. He prioritizes tariff as the primary 1912 issue, condemns Taft as a standpatter, cites Democratic gains since taking the House, and urges Oklahoma to back Clark for president with no second choice. Justice R L Williams introduces him and Champ Clark clubs form in the state.
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Musckgee
Okla
Champ Clark
Congress
Clark
Mr. Clark
R. L. Williams
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Justice Williams
Oklahoma
William Howard Taft
White House
Big Tulsa Real Estate Deal Shocks Oklahoma Market
Tulsa real estate records a landmark sale on South Boston Avenue as A Miller Hammett buys a fifty foot lot from F C Giddings for 25000 dollars at about 500 dollars per front foot. Giddings nets 15000 on a ten thousand dollar investment in eighteen months, while Charles Page profits 100 percent after eighteen months. The deal signals rising demand and imminent development on the property in Tulsa.
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Tulsa
Okio
Oklahoma
South Boston Avenue
A. Miller Hammett
F. C. Giddings
Pioneer Tulsan
Giddings
Charles Page
Sand Springs
Carter Bill Has Chance 10 Pass
Washington D C Dec 29 The house committee on Indian affairs endorsed Representative Carter's bill to sell the surface of Choctaw and Chickasaw coal and asphalt lands and report it with a recommendation that it be passed when Congress convenes next week. Two amendments set sale at appraised value after six months and allow the McAlester Country club to buy land now used by it.
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Washington, D. C
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Carter
Congress
McAlester Country Club
Campbell
Jackson
Kansas
House
Senate
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Washington
Senate Committee
Owen
Express Service Problem at Vinita Needs Remedy
Centralia Standard notes growing difficulty in obtaining express deliveries from Vinita due to overburdened mail carrier. Citizens report uncertain service and inconvenience, urging action to establish a hack extension for regular express haul.
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Vinita
Centralia
Centralia Standard
Latta Named Editor of Oil and Gas Journal in Tulsa
Thomas A. Latta, former Tulsa Daily World editor and noted Oklahoma editorial writer, has accepted the editorship of the Oil and Gas Journal, which recently moved from St. Louis to Tulsa. The appointment has sparked widespread comment as Oklahoma’s statehood era landmark newspaper change.
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Tom Latta
Tulsa
Okla
Thomas A. Latta
Tulsa Daily World
Oklahoma
Oil and Gas Journal
St. Louis
Statehood
Jackson Day Banquet Plans in Tulsa Oklahoma
Extensive plans are underway for the Jackson Day banquet to be held at Ty's on Saturday December 10 with Champ Clark speaker of the house and presidential aspirant as a principal speaker. The entertainment committee includes 14 democrats and 25 Republicans.
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Tulsa
Tulea
Okla
Ty’ S
Champ Clark
Delaware County has two Jay towns in Oklahoma
Jay, the county seat of Delaware County, faces a dispute over county records after New Jay, a 240 acre addition to the original 10 acre site, challenged Old Jay. The matter reached the Oklahoma Supreme Court with New Jay erecting a county building a half mile from Old Jay and Governor Cruce weighing a proclamation favoring Old Jay while giving New Jay until January 2 to respond. Both towns share incorporation.
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Oklahoma City
Jan
Jay
New Jerusalem
Delaware County
Grove
Supreme Court
New Jay
Cruce
Oklahoma a Livestock State
Oklahoma produces livestock and grows in manufacturing with thirteen counties hosting plants valued at 32.68 million dollars and output over 41.23 million. Payroll nears 7.93 million with 14,287 employees. Oklahoma County leads in manufacturing and Oklahoma City packing plants are a top three industry.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma County
Eastern Oklahoma Poultry Show Opens in Tulsa
More than 3,000 birds from a dozen states will be on display as the third annual Eastern Oklahoma Poultry Association show opens in Tulsa on January 1 for six days. Birds from Oklahoma Missouri Texas Arkansas Kansas and other states are already in the Main Street exhibition hall with hundreds more entered. Free admission tickets have been mailed to farmers and poultry raisers to boost attendance. President Joel G. Smith says 1,200 to 1,600 additional birds are expected before opening.
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Tulsa
Okld
Eastern Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas
Arkansas
Kansas
Tennessee
Ilinois
Ohio
Indiana
Joel G. Smith
Hasterm Oklahoma Poultry Association
Roosevelt confronts rumors over Harriman memo tensions
New York dispatch reports Colonel Roosevelt’s heated denial of a published exchange with Treasurer George HK Sheldon of the Republican National Committee. He defines a liar as one who deliberately invents and circulates falsehoods, denying personal insults.
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New York
Roosevelt
George HK. Sheldon
Republican National Committee
Harriman
Hart
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House Indian Committee
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Wm. R. Badgett
Mr. Badgett
Methodist Church
Eastern Oklahoma Poultry Show
F. M. Gwinnup
San Malsell
Vinita, Oklahoma
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Kansas City Weekly Star
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