Oklahoma III Grip of Worst Storm Grimly Bites Oklahoma
Beavers county offices closed as ten days of coal for heating the county building are distributed amid temperatures around eighteen below, with snow thirteen inches deep. Ranchers fear losses to cattle and horses as oil cake feed dwindles. many areas report blizzards, freezing temps, and strained gas and rail services across cities like Oklahoma City Hobart McAlester Muskogee Durant Vinita Tulsa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Beaver
Oklahoma Panhandle
George H. Healey
Healey
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma City
Weather Bureau
Hobart
McAlester
Muskogee
Durant
Vinita
Tulsa
Mercury
Oklahoma Natural Gas
Tracks
Big Heart
Osage Hills
Cold North Wind Drops Temperature Near Zero
A sharp north wind at Thomas pushed the thermometer to 3 below, intensifying heavy snow that has blanketed Custer county for weeks. Wheat crops remain well protected despite the bitter weather.
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Thomas
Custer County
School Should Teach Farming in City Outskirts
R J MacLean secretary of Spokane chamber of commerce urges an agricultural school or experiment station on the outskirts of every large U S city to boost farming, mining education, and basic resources. He argues city dwellers could learn farming locally to lower living costs and raise production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
United States
R. J. Maclean
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
Washington Educational Association
Bailey to Deliver Opening Ovation at Southern Congress
Senator Joseph W Bailey of Texas agrees to give the opening ovation at the fourth annual Southern Commercial Congress convention in Nashville next April. He will speak on The Mississippi Valley, stressing its role in national development. The program centers on The Souths Educational and Agricultural Recovery, with the Mississippi Valley highlighted as pivotal to the era ahead.
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Southern Commercial Congress
Washington, D. C
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Duncan A. Fletcher
Nashville
Mississippi Valley
Bailey
Congress
Vanderbilt University
United States
South
Revival Services Draw Crowds at Methodist Church
Evangelist McIntosh leads revival as weather challenges crowds. Rev Ed Phillips conducts music, with strong participation from business and professional men. Morning services draw interest as churches anticipate growth in membership and spirituality. Members urged to attend and invite friends to Christ.
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Evangelist McIntosh
Methodist Church
Ed Phillips
Christ
New Forage Clover Discovered in Oregon Origin
Spokane jury reports a perennial clover native to Tillamook county Oregon that yields many tons of feed per acre. It grows year round, lacks bloom or seed, propagates from buds, and resists frost. A sample was sent to the U S Department of Agriculture where agronomist J M Westgate called it one of the most interesting specimens before the department.
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Spokane
Wash
Tillamock County
Ore
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
J. M. Westgate
Agronomist
Department
Oklahoma rate victory and bank losses debate
The Oklahoma corporation commission wins against rail freight rate cuts by the Interstate Commerce Commission, boosting shippers in the region. The piece notes fifty year bank failures costing $27 million and argues government deposits should be insured similarly to state banks. It also defends the state game warden’s office and denounces socialist writers and publications like Appeal to Reason, criticizing their influence and motives.
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Oklahoma Corporation Communission
Interstates Commerce Commission
Southwest
State Commission
Oklahoma
Higher Commission
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
General Revenue Fund
Drainage Conference to Discuss Wet Lands in South
Washington report on A W McKeand of Charleston who will preside at a Nashville drainage conference in April under the Southern Commercial Congress. The meeting aims to define southern attitude toward federal wetland surveys and cooperative reclamation funding before the National Drainage Congress in New Orleans. The South holds vast swamp land, essential to regional interests.
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Washington, D. C
A. W. McKeand
Chamber of Commerce
Charleston
D. C
Oklahoma City
Washington
Dawe
Southern Commercial Congress
Nashville
National Drainage Congress
New Orleans
Sind
United States
Archer After Victor's Scalp
Washington dispatch says A Archer, ex deputy U S marshal, claims to seek to undermine Victor’s bid for the marshalship in Oklahoma. The rumor notes Justice Department probes from over a year ago and hints Archer may appeal to President Taft to influence the nomination.
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WHS
Vo Cune Agasuigion
Victor
Department of Justice
Archer
Deportment of Justice
Vietor
Ohlo
Taft
Victor Cortte Nate
Phalshin
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Craig County Oklahoma
In pursuance of a County Court order on January 1912 the guardian of Myrtle Marrs minor will sell by private sale to the highest cash bid subject to court confirmation on January 28 1912 at ten o clock a m or within the statutory bidding period. The property is the south half of the northeast quarter section 16 township 26 north range 19 east totaling about 80 acres more or less. Bids must be written and left at the County Court Judge s office with a certified check for one third of the bid. Guardian David M Marr Attorney Andis A Brown. 28
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Chieftain
Craig County
Oklahoma
Myrtle Marrs
Myrtle Marra
David M. Mars
Guardian
David M. Marrs
David M. Marra, Jr
David M
Marrs. Guardian
Manton L. Marrs
County of
Craig
State of
Peter W. Grooms
Tnder
Vinita
Oklahome
Towlt
Seation
Blair Gaines
Craig County Oklahoma Sealed Bids for Janitor Services
Notice from Craig County Commissioners inviting sealed bids for janitor services for the quarter ending March 1 1912 bids due February 5 at 6 20 21 with right to reject all bids and signed by County Clerk R F Nix on January 10 1912 still time to get the companion for
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Board of County Commissioners
Craig County
State of
Oklahoma
R. F. Nix
The Youths Companion doubles price soon for monthly readers
The Youths Companion publishers announce a yearly subscription option at 1.75 through March with a 2.00 rate starting April 1. Many subscribers retain old pricing for 52 weeks, while new readers gain access to departments on athletics girls home industry and a family page, Boston address included. Temporary injunction continued in Guthrie Oklahoma as county officials contested the state tax increase.
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The
Youth's Companion
Youth
Berkeley Street
Boston
Mass
Guthrie
Okio
A. E. Huston
Stillwater
Cushing Trades Company
Huston
State Board of Equalization
State Supreme Court
Muskogee Water Rate Confusion and Charges
A desk card compares Muskogee water rates with other charges, noting double rates and zero meter costs in Muskogee versus four dollars and installation costs elsewhere. Rates cover domestic, commercial, industrial, and flat room services with per hundred or per thousand gallon charges and discounts for early payment.
Private sales of Craig County minor estates in Oklahoma
Guardians announce private sales for cash of lands belonging to minors David M Marrs Jr Manton L Marrs and the estate of Peter W Grooms. Bids require certified checks for one third of bid, with sale subject to county court confirmation. Sale dates set for January 1912 and June 1911 records, locations Vinita and Craig County.
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