Career Milton C. Garber




1 career

1.1 judicial positions (1902-1912)
1.2 enid mayor (1919-1921)
1.3 congressional service (1923-1933)
1.4 enid publishing company





career

milton garber, brother (bert a. garber), , father (martin garber) participated in land run of 1893, establishing town of garber, oklahoma, named after father. admitted bar in 1893 , commenced practice of law in guthrie, oklahoma, oklahoma capitol. father , brother operated general store.


he established northwest oklahoma junior livestock show, maintaining interest in agriculture. partial owner of oxford hotel , enid radiophone company, assisting in establishment of radio station kcrc. m.c. garber , b.a. garber opened garber oil fields.


judicial positions (1902-1912)

following resignation of james k. beaucamp, m.c. garber appointed probate judge of garfield county in 1902 , subsequently elected in 1904. appointed associate justice of supreme court of territory of oklahoma , trial judge of fifth judicial district in 1906, serving in these capacities until oklahoma became state. garber elected judge of twentieth judicial district in 1908 , served until 1912, when resigned pursue private law practice.


enid mayor (1919-1921)

he served mayor of enid, oklahoma 1919 1921. during tenure, convention hall constructed memorialize garfield county world war veterans.


congressional service (1923-1933)

garber elected 5 terms republican united states congress. served in sixty-eighth through seventy-second congresses (march 4, 1923 – march 3, 1933). in 1932, failed win re-election seventy-third congress. e. w. marland, democrat of ponca city, oklahoma succeeded him in office. while in office, garber served on following committees: expenditures in interior department, indian affairs, irrigation , reclamation, public buildings , grounds, roads, , interstate , foreign commerce.


enid publishing company

in 1920, garber purchased enid morning news later merged enid eagle in 1923. became editor , co-publisher of enid publishing company, maintaining active role following congressional career. son milton b. garber later became editor.








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