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The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
They Meet in Topeka and Hold state
Convention.

The third state convention of the
Court Of Honor for Kansas was held
at the lodge room. I19 West Sixth ave-
nue. yesterday. While this was the third
meeting of the order it does not indi-
cate that the court is but three years
old as contrary to the usual custom the
Court of Honor holds meeting but once
every three years.
The meeting last night aside from the
social features. was held for the pur-
pose of electing new officers and dele
gates to the national meeting which will
be held the Sth of next May at Detroit,
Mich. The officers elected last night for
the state organizS ton were DR.. BiIby
Of Kensington, chancellor; Ada Hill of
Stockton recorder; Sarah Boughton,
Phillipsburg, treasurer; Flora Rush,
Alice K. Baird ard T. NJ. Tracy were
elected as delegates to the Supreme
Court of Honor which will meet in De
troit.
A class of % candidates was initia-
ted early in the evening. After the ini-
tiation ceremony a banquet was served
followed by dancing which lasted until
midnight.
About 70 delegates from various courts
of the state attended the meeting.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14

for the primary.
1T is up to the Shawnee county Re
publican central committee" is the al
most universal answer. The committee
meets a 2:30 o'clock on Saturday after
noon at the court house to discuss the
proposition. The main hope of the ad-
vOcates of this scheme is to prevent
repeating" a sin that is strongly sus-
pected of having been committed in
some previous years.
The candidates are decidedly averse
to talking Archie Baird. candidate for
register of deeds, was one of the few
who was willing to express himself
freely. He was very flat-foOted in his
opinion.
1t is a mighty big question in my
mind" said Mr. Baird this morning,
whether it is advisable for fellows out
side of the ring like myself to have a
primary registration. The most import
ant citizens are the ones most laggard
about registering and taking an inter
est in primaries and election. The ring
will see to it that all Of its adnerents
are registered and that they vote But
that won't be true of the more repre-
sentative citizens. If they fail to regis
ter then they cannot vote. If the reg
istra ton scheme is not adopted, and
the same plan of previous years fol-
lowed, then / believe that more of our
representative men Will come out and
vote than by any other plan Shaking
up lAG ldEEaEQ voters IN the ldSl rev
days has its effect and many come out
TO vote. But to make them eligible the
same work of shaking them up viii
have to be done if they must register,
/ For that reason I say that for the can
/ didates outside of the ring, I believe
I 1t better to leave things as they are.
Sheriff Bert Lucas. while not run
ming for an office, is backing Rome
Colvin as his successor. He was asked
about primary registration and said
Il don't want to say anything about It
The matter is uD to the committee
I don't know how Colvin stands on the
matter"
Deputy Sheriff Ostrand. another
Colvin man, said: 81 cannot say dehn.
itely but I rather think Colvin agains
registrat ton for the primaries
Lucas was questioned then about eff
forts to prevent repeating He saiC
with a laugh. "I suppose the polio.
VIII take care of that. You bette
ask Chief Goodwin
Henry Monroe. who is running foi
county clerk. said: ''I haven't a wore
to say. 1t is up to the committee
Captain J. r. AIcNary. candidate fol
! county attorney. was equally retieent
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
Reasons why Uncle sam Stock VIII
Pay Dividends and Go to at Least
Fifty Cents PEI. Share in Six Months.

Because the company owns its own tank
cars in which to carry the refined oil to
the different distributing stations where
the company owns its storage tanks, Oh
leased or owned grounds and where the
Uncle Sam Company has its own tank
wagons in which to deliver the oil to the
doors of the customers in nearly a hun
dred towns already. Then it controls %
owns the crude oil that goes into the re-
fnery, where Uncle Sam men are turning
out the highest grade of refined oil in
the Central West. Furthermore. the Uncle
Sam Company owns four drilling rigs and
does its drilling at cost 1t controls or
owns the oil rights nOW in over Thirty
TWO THOUSAND ACRES of land. some
of which is conceded to be the great est
producing territory in the West. Stop
and consider moment the strength of all
this, and, last, but not least, it has over
FIVE THOUSAND STOCKHOLDERS,
representing every state and terri sJry in
the Union, also Canada, Old Mexico, and
from across the waters. large number
of these stockholders are taxpayers Of the
Missouri valley states, where they will
all be looking out for Uncle Sam oil. and
will be on the grounds to work for a
square deal for the company against the
trust at every bend of the road The
company has made a special effort from
the start to secure a large number of
stockholders, so that the influence of the
company would be great In addition 10
the above work complete, the company
now has
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
Don't Be Fooled by Skin Game


There has been for months past a sys-
tematized game of blackman against the
Uncle Sam company. These blackmailerS
send out advertisements and sneak them
into responsible newspapers by fraud, Of
fering Uncle Sam stock at cut rate,
when the facts are that the party signing
the advertisement has no Uncle Sam stock
and can not procure single share under
the market price. Besides this there are
certain brokers who, knowing that Uncle
Sam stock is prominent before the public,
place quotations in their lists. when they
do not have the stock and could not fill
an order, but desire to secure inquiries of
prospective purchasers. when they immed-
lately make some false excuse and try to
load you up on some wildcat stock that they
are anxious to get rid of. Sometimes
these advertisements are signed from
Cherryvale, when in reality not a single
share of Uncle Sam stock that is paid for
or is legitimate can be purchased at TN
der the market price. Don't let these
blackmailers beat you out of your money
or delay until others have what you want.
Mail your check or draft direct to the
company and you will receive your stock
promptly by return mail and have no
trouble.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
CITY TO TAKE THEM.
Finds That Warner Enclosed Arc
Lamps Fill the Bill.

The new inclosed type of arc lamps
which form portion of the circuit of
the city electric light plant, resulted in
a saving of S77.5O over the correspond
ing month last year. Twenty dollars
of this was in the less amount Of car
bons which was necessarily burned,
and the remainder came from the saw
ing in the salary of one of the trim
mers, whose services were dispensed
with on account of the less amount of
trimming which is needed in an en-
closed arc lamp over the old type open
arc.
s'The Warner lamps are all right. q"
said Superintendent Goodrich. They
are giving good satisfaction and the
city has not lost anything so far by
adopting these lamps"
The gas and electric lights commit
tee last night authorized the payment
OF 81 $50 less per cent fer freight
for the 80 Warner lamps which were
purchased subject to a thirty day trial
The trial expired on the 22nd of Jan
uary.
A further saving is contemplated in
the running of the plant by installing
the use of natural gas for fuel Instead
of coal
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14

Substantial Growing Enterprise Do
You Want Your Investment TO
Grow With 1t?
1t has been nearly one year now since
the Uncle sam company started TO work
on its first refinery ell, 1t mas nau tildt
refinery completed for several months,
and it is now running night and day 70
keen up with the rapidly growing trade
for Uncle Sam oil. At the commence
ment of this enterprise certain wise euy
and knockers predicted that the LLcIe
rel of oil, and all sorts of talsehoOos anq anq
uisrepresenta ations were peddied AROUND
over the country by the OIL trust I5 619"
ever, the Uncle sam company WoIAe1
with a vim known only for success ana
thus the lie has been thrown back INTO
frhe faces of the blackmailers of Dncle
Sam, and Uncle Sam oil wagons To-Day
are patroIling the. best cities and trade
centers in Kansas and have one large sLa-
VIII start in Kansas City Mo, TINS @eek-
A year ago the oil trust said we could not
market refined oil and circulated other
HGalsehoOds to discourage investors 73l 11oIa
buvinE the stock OF the company, Wnlle
fodav the management of the Uncle sam
company know that they could sen IN
Kansas alone the output of FIVE
THOUSAND BARREL REFINERY. Peo-
pie want independently oil Every mere me
company has installed distributing sta
fions the trade has come to the company
with WhOOp. Today at Wlchiras rope
ka, ConcOrdia, Winfield, anthony, PITTS
burg, LeaVenWOrth, a Aucfilson. 51utcuIn-
son. wellington and CherryVale the com
pany is selling all the oil that can be
turned out from the Cherryvale refinery.
The company now has tanks for Great
Bend. Ottawa, Lawrence and Emporla, all
ready to ship, and tank wagons to put
there, and viii soon have these stations
going. From these distributing centers IL
must be remembered we can reach from
six to ten adjoining country stores and
towns. 1t will be but just a matter OF a
few months until Uncle Sam wagons VIII
patrol Kansas from border to border. The
state was ridicUled by the oil trust. its
laws have been scoffed at and the people
of Kansas. nearly to q man, are going to
sec that the oil trust is forced to be de
cent in the state, while, on the other
hand. about three-fOurths of the people
In Kansas, out of state pride, VIII patron
ize this great home COMPANY as it must
be remembered that in Kansas the Uncle
sam company has over 2, 600 stockholders
These men have subscribed from sZU to
81, 900 each. and have gone into the Uncle
Sam company to prove to the world that
the criminal oil trust can not run Kansas
and that Kansas laws passed by the last
legislature are effective. Under such con
ditions as these. how can the Uncle sam
company help but achieve grand successE
Don't common horse sense indicate that
an Investment in Uncle Sam stock must
be a big winner and great dividend
maker2
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
ANNUAL ATHLETIC MEET.
Y. w. C. A. Classes VIII Be Seen at
the Auditorium.

The gymnasium classes Of the Young
Women's Christian Association are
making great preparation for their an
nual exhibition which takes place Mon
day. evening, February I9. The exhibi-
ton viii be given in the auditorium un-
der the dictatorship of Miss Margaret
Douglas, the physical director Of the
Y. ". c. A.
The seats in the parquet Of the audi
torium will be removed and the ap-
partus erected for athletic feats. The
programme viii include fancy club
swinging wands. free exercises. work
on the horse. parallel bar. etc.
The White and. Gold teams viii con-
test for championship in bottle ball
This is d new game and will be put on
in the public exhibition for the first
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
IN CONCLUsION.

The charter name of this company is
The Uncle Sam Oil Company" Its au-
thorized capitalization is TEN MILLION
SHARES. Par value, one dollar each
Every share of stock draws the same
amount of dividends as any other share
me oIlcerS OF the company are James
IngersOll. President: J. H. Richie. Vice
President, and H. II. Tucker, Jr., Secre-
Uary ana treasurer These men also con
stitute the board of directors. All of the
stock of the company has been sold for
cash or its equivalent from the start You
one of the above named officers undry
s1-00 per share; IN fact. their stock is not
for sale at any price. The man lgement
is the same now as in the beginning--the
old guard are in the traces, working
for sale and being sold to buy pipe line
and machinery for the river refinery.
When you invest for stock your money
goes into the enterprise to make the very
stock you buy more valuable The com
pany IS in touch with over TEN THOU
SAND investors by special letter report.
principal and influential papers in the
United States-will be read by over
TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE The
company is a straight legitimate enter
prise-One that IS already q far greater
success than even the most enthusiastic
expected on the start. Reference Mont
gOIBery County National Bank. PeOnle's
National Bank and Charryvale State
Bank all of CherryEale, Kan. The COM
pany has several pictures of the refinery
at CherryVale and different views of the
oil fields. which it VIII send. wiz other
ther information. the company is so well
advertised and has so many working for
it. that. without a doubt. the stock Will
soon be sold and investors would do well
to not delay in securing the stock yoti
want as the company is one of great
merit and the price of the stock. with
the assets back of it. offers every man
/ an investment that he must admit is good
] and far above the ordinary propositiou.
You will probably never have an oppor-
tnnity again to invest with company
| like this. It was born of necessity. on
account of the black list by the oil trust
4 of certain producing properties in the
! Cherryvale oil fields. 1t is backed by in
fuential men in both state and nation.
and if vou Join our band. now over fiye
| thousand stronF. yot1 will be treated fairl~
/ and we sincerely believe will secure stock
( row at twenty cents ner share. or one
/ fifth Of its par value. that viii 20 to mar
/ in less than a year. The company realizes
! that it must offer a greater fDvest1n ent
! and great Inducements to raise monev
/ as fast as We need it but will make it all
( back in a few months with main trunk
pine line and river refinery cornrlsted. Wa
I solicit your investment in good faith, and
/ the stater7ents made herein we can back
with proof
For further particulars write or wire
The Uncle Sam Oil Company
Or H. H. Tucker, Jr., Secretary,
CherTyvaIe, Kansas.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
Another Large Producer Secured on
Eleven Hundred Acre Lot 43-
Owned bv Uncle Sam

Few investors realize the worth of the
oil rights in one of-the- Usage lots These
lots as they call them are really a
big ranch of EI-E5V EN- fdITNDREDAC
Development has proved some of these
Tots" to contain oil in every part The
Uncle Sam Company owns all the stock
in the company that owns Lot 43. and has
completed four large oilers on this prop
erty in the past four months. The last
one was drilled in just the other day and
was gushing oil in less than twenty-four
hours after the shot, although there was
apparently no gas in the we'll when shot.
Off Of this one lot the Uncle Sam Com
pany can supply, with a little more de
velopment, close to SIX HUNDRED bar
rels of oil per day. THIS oil is high grade.
too, and very valpablb for refinery pur-
poses on account Of the amount of gaso-
line secured.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14

5000 shares. $3.50 cash, 6 monthly
payments $3.50 each
5000 shares, S so cash, 8 monthly
raavuaenfs S 90 each
9. .6OG shares. so cash, @ monthly
payments ....-.. -.--.$ bV eacA
600 shares. s 80 cash. 6 monthly
payments y 30 SeCiA
500 shares, 10 cash, monthly
payments ........-.$ 10 eacn
$50 shares, $3.50 cash, monthly
r1avr0ents $3.50 each
100 shares. $500 cash, 6 monthly
payments .......... $500 each
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
Twenty-six Distributing Stations for
Oklahoma and Indian Territory.

While the oil trust is using its under
handed methods in determined effort
to cheat Oklahoma and Indian Territory
out of statehood for another year or two,
still the chances are good that justice will
prevail and that Oklahoma will soon be
a state The Uncle Sam company has hes
itated for several months In entering IN
dian Territory and Oklahoma with the re-
hnery No. g. until Oklahoma was admit
ted as a state. However. the company
Is going to enter the field without further
delay TWenty-six main distributing
stations will be established there during
the next four or five months; they viii be
put in so as to cover nearly the entire
state, and will be located as follows Enid.
FL Reno, Oklahoma City Guthrie, Shaw
nee. Alva. Blackwell Bartlesville, Chick
asha, Hobart. LaWtOn. South McAlester.
AnadarkO, POnca City. Saltwater, Ard
more, Sapulpa, Maugum, Pawnee, Nor
man and Kingf1sher. Oklahoma will pass
the same laws in favor of a square deal
as Kansas passed last year, and the oil
trust knows it. However, the Uncle Sam
company is going to push its products in
to the field and even if the trust sue
ceeds in beating statehood the company
will supply Oklahoma with oil. the
came companies owned by the Standard
that have tried to fool the people of Mis-
souri, are operating in Oklahoma and de-
livering very poor grade of oil Al
ready the Uncle Sam company has been
selling considerable oil along the northern
line. If you want to line up with the
greatest success of the age put a few
hundred dollars in the Uncle. Sam stock
now before it is all sold.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
Sixty-nine Miles of Main Trunk Pipe
Ling on the GEOmnds.

In eleven months time the Uncle Sam
company has grown to a power in the oil
fields 1t has built more pipe lines built
refinery equipment, established more oil
stations, drilled more oil wells. than any
other enterprise of its kind before in the
world. The facts are that it has accom-
plished more in eleven months than ths
present oil trust did in ELEVEN YEARS
the Uncle Sam Company will complete
every work started. 1t will complete the
river pipe line. and the fact that SIXTY
NINE MILES of this pipe line on the
grounds speaks volumes for the com
pany's good work and good faith Then,
again. over SIXTY MILES of this main
trunk pipe line Is screwed together-partly
ditched-land for pumping stations Sc
cured. and the first two mammoth pipe
line pumps and boilers are on the grounds
ready to haul out from Cherryvale.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
VII BuiId RIg Reanery Id TuIsa.

telegram received in the last ten
hours from Hon. William Stryxer. editor
of the Tulsa Democrat, and chairman of
the committee that was appointed few
days ago to secure a location for the I'm
Gle Sam refinery No. 3. for Oklahoma,
states that the deal is practically closed
and viii be finished in q hours. The Tn
Gle Sam company asked the Tulsa Com
mercial club to furnish a suitable site.
and build a railroad switch and the work
would commence. That Is what is going
to happen. and just ssuree as ayoH lares
a foot high you Wih see Refinery No 3.
sa. This refinery will be used to supply
Oklahoma and Arkansas and. northern
Texas. Tulsa is the very. center of the In
dian Territory and Oklahoma oil fields,
and has very high grade Of oil and thou
sands Of barrels of oil that is seeking
market. For so miles to the south oil has
been found, and from % to 80 miles both
east and west oil has been discovered.
The field has just been scratched. The
Uncle Sam company will start in Tulsa
with a SIX HUNDRED BARREL DAI-
LY refinery, built so that it can be easily
increased to FIVE THOUSAND barrels
per day. and will make Tulsa the CHIEF
distributing point. as it has five main
trunk railroads. and is a model location
for a refinery. Don't wait until Uncle Sam
pleted and another=bis plant three fOurths
constructed and oil stations all over seven
states. but secure your stock today at a
price that you know must treble in value
in the next three months. Better send in
81 900 and secure five thousands shares
while you can buy the stock at one-ffth
par.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
Large Distributing Sta
fi0vs for Missouri

Every day urgent requests for the Uncle
Sam company to Supply oil to Missouri
are received at the home office in Cherry
vale-especially since the oil trust. through
its head men, have def1ed the laWs of
Missouri and laughed at the state and in
suited every loyal citizen in the state. I'm
Gle Sam men have quietly gone over the
state and have learned the lay Of the
grounds. Furthermore, the men who do
things i'm Missouri have promised that the
anti-discriminatiOn law and the maxi
mum freight rate law similar to the Kan
sas laws viii be passed al the first meet
ing of the Missouri legislature. Further
more the Uncle Sam company has stock
holders now all over the state. and 9th
ers are Joining every daY. There are now
over FOUR HUNDRED MISSOURI
STOCKHOLDERS One man in Central
Missouri about one month ago took
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
another one Of These Great Oil prop
critics Was Secured Last Week for
the Publishers, Conlnanv-

The same men who are at the head of
the Uncle Sam Company built up the
Publishers Oil Company two years ago
at Cherryvale. When the boycott on
Kansas oil was put into effect by the oil
trust the Publishers Company was on
the black list because its managers were
some of the men who helped to secure
just oil legislation. Resenting this move,
the Uncle Sam refinery was forced into
existence to make a market for producers
the trust was seeking to ruin. The stock.
of the Publishers Company was one time
offered at 20 cents per share You cannot
buy a single share from the company at
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
Balance of the Stock sold at 20 Gents
Per Share VIII Complete the Entire

You must remember that there are no
property in this company. The property
belongs to the stockholders, The stock
as before stated is IN good demand al 20
cents per share and the company can
complete the river pipe line, complete the
river refinery and complete the Tulsa re-
finery and establish the ONE HUNDRED
AND THIRTY TWO large distributing
stations in Kansas. Oklahoma, Missouri,
Iowa, Nebraska Illinois and Arkansas.
Stop and consider for moment what this
stock will be worth by that time and then
ask yourself II you can afford to turn
down an investment in this great inde-
pendent growing enterprise
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
Company Employs Over Sixty Men
and Women.

In the oil sales department. at the re-
hnery. on the pipe lines. in the oil fields.
at the main office and at the different dis
tributing stations and statesmen on the
road. the company employs all the time
now over SIXTY men and women, while
at other times the number will run close
to one hundred A proposition of this
magnitude must be handled with skill,
and the fact that it is succeeding so rap
idly and getting along so well speaks
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14

Charles F. Hardy, member of the
board of education and a candidate for
reelection, is the second person to pay
uD his assessment to the city RepubH-
can central committee. c. H Ralston,
assistant city attornev at the citv hall
is the secretary of the committee and
the assessne nents are made PAYABLE to
him. Hardy represents the Fifth ward
on the board of education.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
Twenty-Five More Distributing Stations
for Kansas.

In addition to the IA large cities where
Uncle Sam wagons are now delivering oil
every day. and within wagon haul of over
ONE HUNDRED more towns, the Uncle
Sam company viii during the next four
months install stations atsTX EiN'T -IeI Y r
more Kansas cities, so that within six
months Kansas will be- able to buy Uncle
sam oil in every hamlet in the Sunflower
state. The following cities have been Sc
lected as distributing stations for Uncle
Sam oil. and viii be supplied as soon as
the big river refinery is completed. Troy,
Hiawatha. Seneca. Washington. Belle
vile Mankato. Smith Center. Phillips
burg. HoltOn. Manhattan, Minneapolis. Be
lott. Lincoln Center. Ellsworth. Lyons,
I<fngman, Oskaloosa. Abilene. Junction
CITY Garden City, Dodge City, Newton.
Olathe, Colby and Clay Center
The Topeka state journal., 1906-02-14
SPECIAL OFFERs.

For a few days the company win
sell stock in fifteen thousand (15,O001
lOts-par value $15,OOO-f0r $4,000
cash.
This amount of money viii pay for con-
siderably over the two miles of main
trunk pipe line. Where a club Of men 60
together the company will issue stock as
directed, in amounts of 100. 500 and 1000
share certihcat ates-just as directed.