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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

we hear persons talk about waves
mountain high" but such waves exist
only in the imagination II on the land
you see hill SO feet high, you would
hardly call 1t mountain, yet It IS very
seldom that an ocean wave reaches that
height
An Englishman named Cornish has
invented an instrument for measuring
waves and with it has made many ex-
periments.
In the southern Indian ocean during a
violent northwest gale waves aver
aged - feet In height The largest seen
was 81 feet high
IN the open ocean strong wind caus.
ed waves l6 feet high. East OF the Cane
OF Good HOPE during strong west winds
which blew with great regularity FOR
four days the height Of the waves onlv
increased from 10 TO % feet and even
waves OF this height are extremely rare
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

rating the electrodes and electric ener-
gy for the transmitters. The transmit
ting waves or rays can also be directed
and compelled TO travel in any given
direction M. Popp claims, by what he
calls his reflector-isolator. other
claims which the inventors seem able
TO substantiate are that their apparatus
is simple and easily kept in order; that
It is easily transported by not more
than four men and can be set up and
put In working order in an hour, de-
sideratum that all army men will ap-
preciate where immediate dispatch is
OF the first importance. The other i'm
portant though negative feature-the
absence of telltale poles or balloons,
already alluded to-constitutes an inn
measurable advance over the Marconi
method and recommends il at once 20
the governments OF Europe and Amer
lea
In this connection 10 may be observed
that the wireless telegraphy idea is a
great deal older than young Nrircont.
with whom II is now indissolubly asso-
ciated, for he merely collated and eIab-
Grated on what more famous men than
he had discovered. Before Marconi
were Faraday and Clerk Maxwell. who
discovered the nature OF electric waves.
Hertz. after whom the "Hertzjan
waves" are named; Thompson. Popcff.
Rigi. Bigaut and many others. They
are ali merely workers I'm natures vast
laboratory. each discovering something
OF value which, whom all the parts are
fitted together, will be found to constl.
tute a perfect whole.
JOHN NJ. 1BERTsoN.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

caused no oil to flow from Crocker's
well, but burned gunpowder was pump
ed from we'll near by, showing that
the explosion was success. One of Mr..
Crocker's early strikes, the Rattlesnake
well, was located by professional will
low wand seer. who was to get all the oil
produced the first three days. oil was
struck and the willow wand wielder
pocketed si.5d0 Mr.. Crocker was one
OF the wildcatters who located the
world famous Bradford field.
Probably the most noted wildcat well
was $40" of Cherry Grove. 1t was
drilled by Captain Peter Grace and
Captain George Dimmick and was a
mystery for weeks, would be intruders
being driven away with shotguns. The
well opened the Cherry Grove pool.
Knocked the bottom cut OF the oil mar
ket. caused town OF 5000 inhabitants
to be built i'm wilderness In one month
and ruined hundreds OF men because
the pool 1t opened was great in promise
and insignificant In fulhllment.
ROGER p. BARNUM.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

the top OF the well. and when equipped
for pumping the first wildcat venture
produced about 40 barrels of oil per day.
Since Drake found oil at less than 20
teet other wells have been sunk over
S'OOO feet into the earth. IL is also in
teresting TO compare the 40 barrel well
OF Drake, the first wildcatter with the
$4,000 barrel well OF Guffey the king OF
the new centurys wildcatters
While Colonel Drake is called the first
wildcatter, there is evidence that the
American Indian preceded him and that
the Indian was, In turn. preceded by
the mound builder or some other pre-
historic man, The oil City Derrick's
Handbook OF Petroleum" states that
numerous pits of great antiquity were
found along OH creek French creek
and at Pithole, Pa, years ago and that
they were constructed for the purpose
OF collecting oil. These curious pits
were dug on the low grounds near
streams in the vicinity of oil seeps.
and there is evidence that they were not
constructed by the Senecas or other In
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

AS already stated, there are no masts
or balloons, which are absolutely neces-
sary in Marconis method. for. in oppo-
sition 20 his scheme. this latest OF
Wireless discoveries is terrestrial
rather than aerial, The electric waves.
the discoverers say. are not interfered
with by the earth's curvature. but fol-
low It's surface. Whether or not the
theory promulgated by Marconi-that he
must first overcome the curvature Of
the earth by erecting high sta lions at
either end for transmtters and coher-
ers-was correct or not. at least he has
acted on that theory, while Colonel sPi-
loWski and NJ. Popp have cut the Cor
dlan Knot az once by discarding the idea
OF an interference from curvature.
l3y their terrestrial method they send
messages which are received at the de-
sired stations and clearly understood
Their apparatus is simplicity itself 40
FAR as electricians regard IT, and con.
sists Of two electrodes. separated nv n
distance that should vary according 10
the distance 20 be overcome Tpon a
sheet, OF glass is placed the negative
electrode, as an "isolator." while the
positive is buried in the earth AZ n
depth or 10 or ~ feet. and both elec.
trodes are connected with the transmit.
ting apparatus. This arrangement is
also followed at the receiving station
and this Is all. the inventors say. that is
necessary for the perfect dispatch and
registration Of messages Distance is
no obstacle they declare. the sending
OF a wireless message from Eurnpe TO
America being merely matter OF Dc
taii' as for example, the distance SEGA.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

dams. although at a later period the
Senecas attracted the attention OF
French and English missionaries and
explorers by exhibiting what the
French missionary Joseph Delaroche
Daulon described i'm 1927 as "a good
kind of oil which the Indians called an
tonontons." This oil came from the oil
spring near Cuba and was used as "A
medicine by the Seneca Indians. They
sometimes sold It TO white people at 4
guineas (S2O) quart, which is probably
the top notch price for crude petroleum
up 10 the present writing. as oil that
sold then at the rate OF over 81. 500 a
barrel now sells for about 81. In March.
1858, before Drake struck oil, a number
OF barrels taken from salt wells at Ta-
rentum, Pa. were sold for $40 barrel.
and owing to the great scarcity-but
l,lS3 barrels were obtainable in 1865
the price rose to $50 barrel
Colonel James NJ. Guffey the acknowl-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

But the first time he did so he was ar
rested by a policeman. This did not
uaunt him, however, and il was only a
snort time ago that he entered his
protest against confirmation of the lat
est appointee TO the bishopric Dr. Win
nlngton-Ingram. objecting to him on
tne personal ground that he was guilty
or moral immortality"
John kensit. the "ecclesiastical Fin.
60 as his enemies call him. was born
IN 1893. in person he is short and
stocky, with sparkling eyes. curly black
halr and fine features. He is a book
publisher and has stuffy little shop in
Faternoster row. London. where n is
SAID that literally two is company and
.hree crowd His store, however. has
become famous as the place whence are
issued his manifestoes against the rit
practices which he so ardentlv
condemns.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

was pouring forth a veritable flood OF
OH at the rate OF $50 barrels an hour,
or 10000 barrels per day. In four
months Guffey a. Galley had drilled nu-
merous wells and had a production of
10000 barrels a day, which gave them
an Income from the Mcdonald field
alone OF about $4,000 day, or size, 600
per week. In one month the Mathews
gusher produced 200, 600 barrels OF oil.
worth about $1S0.O00.
Having thoroughly opened the Nc
Donald field, Guffey a. Galley looked
about for new worlds 10 conquer. I'm
like most operators, they did not believe
that western Pennsylvania was the
only territory in which oil could be
found In paying quantities. They were
willing TO drill In any state in the I'm
ion hundred miles or a thousand
miles from the nearest oil well IL I'm
their judgment there were indications
that oil was TO be found. II is a far cry
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23
JOHN KENSIT, THE
FAMOUS ANTlRlTUALIST.

This is the portrait OF famous John
kensit. whose name has become almost
household word in England on ac-
count of his frequent and reiterated
protests against the church of which he
is member protesting in it's book OF
prayer TO follow one creed of worship
ana deliberately setting up another in
practice" He is now known as the
great protestor. commended by some for
his evident sincerity and denounced by
others for his sensationalism Though
brought UP strict churchman. he has
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

The WILDCATTER OF THE O|LFIELD I

thousands OF acres around his proposed
test well. agreeing TO give the owners
or the land one-eighth of the oil pro-
duced. He consequently controls
large area OF valuable territory when
his well proves TO be good one. When
Colonel Guffey drilled his big gusher
which began producing oil at the rate
OF $4,000 barrels per day. he had leases
covering 10000 acres OF land near Beau
mont. and If the Beaumont field does
not prove 10 be a pool like the famous
Cherry Grove pool an immense fortune
Is within his grasp. 4 pool In the oil
regions Is what it's name indlcates-sim.
ply pool OF oil OF limited area-and its
webs usually start with a very large
output. and in a few weeks dwlndle 10
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

attendant ceremonies, consisting OF a
speech 10y the mayor OF picturesque
Fontainebleau and the singing OF an
ooe TO the celebrated artist. while In
the evening the town was brilliantly IL
Illuminated 1t is doubtful If Rosa Bon
heur within the scope of her long life
of a years, 60 of which were devoted 10
painting, ever produced a finer or more
famous picture than the celebrated
Horse Fair" which. through the gem
erosity of Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt, be-
came the property OF the New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

little or no production. The famous
Cherry Grove well. "6i6," which was
struck in Warren county Pa, in. Feb
ruary. 1882 and caused terrific excite
ment in the oil country, produced 200
barrels the first "a hours Increased to
2,5OC barrels In Few days. decreased TO
100 barrels a day in four months and at
the end of eight months was producing
less than barrel per day In contrast
TO this is the showing OF numerous
wells near Bradford, Pa. which started
modestly at between so and 200 barrels
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

~ Y EWSPAPER readers have lat
IN terly been made familiar with
NJ any number OF strange terms
In connection with the devel-
opment of the oilfields of CAL
ifornla and Texas. wild
eaters and wildcat wells" are fro
quently referred to in correspondence
frofn the oil regions, Ina witch some per-
sons are making billions ond many
more arc making nothing biit future
trouble for themselves.
The wildcatter of the oil business IL
the enterprising and venturesome indi-
vidual who puts down a well IN abso-
lutely new territory where petroleum
has. not been discovered aud either
strikes oil or gets a dry hole" as an
unproductive well is called The dry
holes are far more numerous than the
'gushers" and even than the wells
where oil is found In small quantities.
For this reason putting down wildcat
wells as a general practice is certain 10
be either very profitable or very disas-
! trous. Many men fail, but now and
then some shrewd and lucky producer.
like Colonel J. M. Guffey. the most
successful wildcatter In the world and
the discoverer of the mighty Lucas
gusher In southeastern Texas, strikes a
biz we'll and makes fortune. The very
term wildcat welI' indicates the great
financial hazard of the business. 1t is
"a hundred to one shot," to use race
track simile, with from $1,000 TO $4,000
as the wager that the well will be a
good one.
This does not mean. however, that the
wildcatter is rebrained enthusiast
who puts well down anywhere and
simply trusts to luck Before he sinks
the well he has looked up the geological
data pertinent TO the situation and has
IL figured out that the oil belt he ex-
poets 70 tap connects with an oilfield
a hundred or several hundred miles dis
tant. He knows that he Is taking a big
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

tho result of series OF re-
~ cent experiments i'm France IL
has been proved to the salts
faction OF many electricians
4 N and scientists OF repute that
tho go called aerial waves are
u" LONGER necessary TO the perfect
tfansipisEio1 OF messages by wireless
Biography. One OF the obstacles IN the
Nly 90 The perfect wording OF the Mar
en- Fstem has been the probable In
tfl epce from the curvature OF the
c'Hh At least the eNperimenters have
cen working 70 overcome the interpo-
am -, ~ the carths curvature by the
"fefi'cn of high poles and the use OF
tfiN- nasts. II was recIsoned that the
'ip'cuItics OF ntercommunication in
'rcae IN ratio 90 the distance be-
tween he points which * was desired
~ connect and consequcntly verbal
'cnHnuuirdtion between Europe and
Nnn"'ica seemed likely never to even
ttaie' NJ The lines of development were
10 he followed along those sugg sted by
@afconi
AShn, ene OF thc chief uses OF wire
icss tclegraplg would DC for the con-
Ntrance OF signals and orders IN war
tmo either between different sections
81 1h army, between different vessels OF
E p'ct o. Between fleet and the shore
~ order 20 successfully send and re-
'1irc these signals high masts would bo
nrccssnry. such as havc been used nv
NiaHoni IN his experiments i'm England
orl vance, notphly along tie shores
80 'he Fsciiah channel Now. these
ria 81 would. of course. attract the az.
tention of aii enemy and cause a con-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

chance, but at the same time is fairly
conhdent that he will strike new field.
one producer / know drilled a wildcat
well and missed discovering such
held by about 800 feet. A second Wild
cater tempted fortune a quarter OF
mile Farther east, opened the new field
and made $lO00,O00. Both men had fig
ured carefully, but one had luck and
the other lacked H.
The reason why a successful wildcat.
ter makes a fortune when he makes
such a strike Is that he usually leases
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

An incident which suggests a moral
lesson for society leaders has occurred
TO a young lady in Berlin who wore a
foX's head at the end of her boa. A
dog was seized With the delusion that
he was up against a good thing" got
INTO iuu CRY az once and after an excit.
ing run made = good Kin OF the dead
fox, the young lady being so much
mauled that she was nearly In at her
own death
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

ed the frosty and almost arctic winters
because they have been repeatedly coat
ed with tar
a church now In course OF erection for
New York Christian Scientists will have
a room In the basement set apart for
the storage Of automobiles.
IL has been judiolally decided in Troy,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

walls, did the plastering. painting. tin
work. etc. and paid out OF his own
pocket all the money for materials
about 81 900.
Some OF the wooden churches OF Nor.
way are fully 200 years old and arc stiil
In an excellent state OF preservation.
Their timbers have successfully resist.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

less fruit have been introduced into
British conservatorles.
Tho public houses OF London. AZ set
side by side. would reach a distance OF
something like IS miles
The demand for farmhands has caused
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

such drain upon the labor supply OF
some parts OF Kansas that advertise
ments In the large cities for unsl<llled
men even at double rates are unheeded.
A little church In Reading, Pa. was
entirely built by the pastor. who Is 60
years old. He made the excavations.
put In the Foundations, erected the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

n. Y, that. although Vermont is a pro-
hibition state, debt for beer sold TO
parties within that state. IL contracted
Tor In New York state. Is legal.
The sentences recently imposed upon
an italian prisoner for a series OF for
geries aggregated loss years. This re-
calls the story OF the condemned man
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

not far from New York who asked the
Judge TO commute his term 90 imprison-
ment for life.
The engineers OF the New York rapid
transit commission say they expect the
tunnel will be completed and ready for
the running Of trains before the end Of
1908.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23
A MONUMENT TO ROSA BoNHEUR.

Two years after the death OF the emil
nent painter of animals, Marie Rosa
Bonheur, which occurred at Fontaine-
bleau. the monument shown in the ac-
companying illustration has been erect
ed to her memory II was unveiled with
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23
At HOME AND ABROAD.


There a-o now IS factories. with $50.
ooo nurcepowcr. In tho french Alps.
Now South Wales cxempts from pilot
rates al fhirs OF war, cable laying yes-
scls. wlalcr1 and yachts.
Banaaas with purple leavcu and seed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

III 80 pound pull will move a wagon
over wooden pavement, n pull OF fl7
pounds Will be needed to move the same
vehicle over newly graveled road.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

sWSPAPER readers have lat
terly been made familiar with
any number OF strange terms
In connection with the devel-
.A..l.a...A - al.a ..IIAnII.. ~ lNnI
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-07-23

the result of a series OF re-
cent experiments i'm France IL
has been proved TO the salts
faction OF many electricians
and scientists OF repute that
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-07-17

The New City and County Directory.
Three more representatives of the
R. L. Polk Directory company arriv-
ed last night from the western part
of the county where they have been
busy q number of weeks gathering in
formation and data from the smaller
towns in the county and among the
farmers and ranchers. They will
now make house to house canvass
here for information, names, ETC., and
the work will be pushed rapidly nm
til completion. The book will contain
all the features of any metropolitan
city directory. This book will be pub
lished at regular intervals of every
two years by R. L. Polk and company
of Montana, the general offices of
which are in Helena. They will es-
tablish directory library here with
the public library, where will be kept
on file the books of all the principal
cities and states for the free use of
the public.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-07-17
THE HIGH SCHOOL BONDS.
Prospects For Their Sale Are Not
Good.

Prospects For Their Sale Are Not
Good.
It is still an open question whether
the county high school will be built
this year, if at all, with tbs chances
in favor of it not being built under
the results of the last election.
When the question as to the bonds
was carried at the last election. no
doubt was felt but that the question
had been finally settled and that a
school would be built.
Under the school law us passed
by the last legislature any school dis
trict is required to first submit their
bonds to the state treasurer to be pur-
chased out of the state school fund,
before offering them for sale else
where. This was done with the high
school bonds but the state treasurer
has some doubts as to their legality
and has delayed taking any action
on them until the question is remov-
ed. 1t is his wish that test case be
brought SO as to bring the matter be-
fore the state supreme court for set.
Element of the question as to their
validity under the provisions of the
constitution.
If this is done the school could not
be built this year or next, and per.
haps never under the late election for
the bonds.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-07-17
JOE AGAIN IN TROUBLE.
This Time He 10 Accused Of Stealing
A Box of Cinare

This Time He 10 Accused Of Stealing
A Box Of Cigars.
Joe Fielding, who was arrested for
stealing a box of cigars from the
saloon of True & Mathews, had his
hearing before Justice Macarthur
yesterday afternoon. He pleaded
guilty to the charge, but claimed that
he did it for the purpose of selling
them to get money to buy something
to eat. The justice turned him over
to Judge Smith of the district court
to be examined on charge of incor
rigibility.
Fielding is only about IA years old
but has been in trouble several times
before. His father was formerly a
railroad man here, but has made no
attempt to look after the boy and has
apparently abandoned him entirely.
He was in Kalispell short time ago
but did not attempt to give the boy
home or look after him in anyway.
The boys mother has been dead for
several years and he has been living
around as best he could. His aunt
living in st. Paul has written that she
would take care of him and he will!
probably be sent to her.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-07-17

A number of Protestant citizens O..
Toledo. O., believing that the Rev Ed
ward Hannin, a Catholic priest of that
city has overworked himself in the In
terest of his parish in the erection of
a new church, quietly collected among
themselves over $1,000 and rendered
it to defray his expenses on health
trip abroad. Father Hannin declined
the offer on the ground that he can
not this year sever himself from the
parish interests.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-07-17
A SMALL BLAZE.
Barn on the West Side Catches
Fire.

oa'U vi inc west Que NasSueS
Fire.
The fire department was called out
about o'clock yesterday evening by
hot blaze at the old barn on Third
street between Second and Third ave-
nues west. In some manner the build
ing had caught fire and when the
alarm was turned in the whole second
floor was aflame.
With their usual dispatch the fire
department was quickly on the scene
and by good work soon had the flames
under control. The building was a
frame structure and as dry as finder
and burned fiercely.
DR.. Cutler and Manly Harshman
were using the barn as storeroom
for their cutters bob sleds, etc,
which were in the building at the
time, but their loss will be small. A
gasoline engine with a wood saving
attachment was in the building, but
escaped any serious damage.
The building was owned by eastern
parties and was uninsured. The loss
will probably aggregate about 5000.
The origin of the fire is unknown but
is supposed to have been caused by
children playing with matches. The
fire started on the outside and ran
up the side of the building, catching
in some old nay in the loft.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-07-17
Creme Cigars, SC, Bronson & Lighthall
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

The Kalispell: John Lobner, Pau
Ole Thorson, Jas. Toohey, Libby;
Henry Hormung, Dupuyer; Ed. Stang
Ter, Park Rapids, MINI.
The West: D. Mckenzie, st. Paul;
D. Good, Seattle; H. E. Adams, Min
neapolis; Chas. e. Kelsey, Great Falls
Frank B. Hilton. st. Paul; ]. D
O'Brien. Helena; Mrs. 8. Shut, Miss
Mayme Howell, Essex; Richard
WEIGH, Helena; C. ]. Cottingham
Great Falls; r. ]. Conroy, st. Paul;
Van O'Brien. Willis O'Brien. Cattle
O'Brien. Name Shortall. Saltwater
MINI.