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Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10

Every man who has gone upon the
public domain TO prospect for oil, and
has prospected for oil in good faith,
or has shown by accomplishment OF tho
necessary preliminaries his intentions
so to prospect, is there by right con-
ferred by the constitution. by statute
and by custom. A Ballinger-Smoot en-
actment jammed through congress can
not take that right away, but it can
disturb a great industry. make mainte-
nance expensive and almost hopeless,
and set back the development of oil for
many years.
The proposed legislation will operate
against a large number of operators,
great and small. Only the great OPP
orators will survive the ordeal of long
drawn out litigation which is to be in
augurated. Those with unlimited re-
sources-they can be counted on the
fingers of one hand--will eventually be
able to retain what is theirs.
Oil operators alone are not affected
by the threat of adverse legislation.
The general public is deeply concerned.
The world needs the oil now lying with
out usefulness beneath the surface of
the ground. The general public can
consume that oil with profit, and wants
to consume 1t. Such conservation as
that which is supported by the Ballin-
ger crowd would deprive the public of
the Pacific coast particularly of a busi-
ness asset of tremendous value, one of
the foundations Of its commercial struc-
ture as 1t has adjusted within the past
few wears.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
RIPLEY SAYS SANTA FE
WILL TAKE OIL FROM PIPE

That the Santa Fe railroad is not
financially interested in the new Cali
fornia Arizona pipe line. but has been
approached in regard to and may look
favorably on the matter of taking oil
from the proposed carrier at conven-
lent points along the railroad line were
statements of r. 2. Ripley president
of the system, made in Bakersfield the
other night.
The Santa Fe railroad has been con
sidered as one of the factors infiuenc-
ing the $25 $1,000 project and specula-
ton has been rife concerning the part
the railroad company is playing in the
plans. Questioned as to these matters
Mr. Ripley expressed himself as being
favorably impressed with the project
and that by the extension of the mar
ket in the southwest the success of the
venture will be assured.
His statements regarding the project
were somewhat reticent and If any
negotiations have been completed as
vet Mr.. Ripley did not make them
known.
The remarkable growth of the Mid
way since his last visit to the oil
field impressed the railroad president
greatly.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
CALIFORNIA MINES ACTIVE

For account of mining industries in
California there are orders for appa-
ratus to be installed this year that
aggregate $9,000,000 Gold mining is ac-
tive: several of the copper mines are
running at record production. Within
a few weeks eight valuable mining
properties in gold and copper have
been bought for British and German
account. An enterprise of prime value
to the mining interests in Southern
California, southern Nevada, western
Arizona and northern Mexico is the
underway increase in capacity Of the
Needles smelter of the United States
Smelling and Refining company from
$50 tons to 600 tons a day.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10

claims. Practically every acre of a
vast territory reaching from San EN-
idio TO Coalinga has been located, and
under agreements being made or al
ready completed derricks have been
erected on possibly a fourth of the
quarter sections included in the with
drawn area. Hundreds of thousands
Of dollars have been spent. Persons
have risen from poverty to compare
tive wealth through these locations,
and hundreds of others see themselves
on the highway to fortune II they can
hold their present claims. Men who
have gone ahead drilling after the
withdrawal order say that they We're
compelled to do so I'm order to protect
their locations and keep them from be-
ing jumped
MAY CAUSE GREAT loss
All these will be bitterly disappoint-
ed in the event the withdrawal order
is made effective and no opportunity is
given them TO recover their invest
ments by placing new filings on the
land they had partially improved.
some of the men now drilling on with
drawn land say at least individuals
and companies in their position should
he allowed preference rights to file on
the land under whatever new regula-
tions may be prescribed by congress.
Following the SuBSeSlloH ol lHoSe
who believed in wiping out all loca-
tions where work had not been started
before the withdrawal order opinions
were asked for as to the right way
OF going about throwing the land open
to re-entry Several said that the right
wav would be to follow the method
adopted in the opening up indian lands
for homestead entry, letting the pros
pective entryman draw for the first
privilege to file.
IT was estimated that under this
plan about 250,o00 persons would come
here to take part In the lottery and
get a chance on quarter section OF
gusher land
Getting down to the question of
framing new law. the majority or
those interviewed were of the opinion
that a claim should consist of 100 acres
and that one we'll should patent a
claim It was quite generally agreed
that a locator should be required to
begin actual drilling within six months
after filing his claim or forfeit his
right of possession. and nearly or quite
EVERYONE agreed that no man should
be allowed to gain title to more than
100 acres.
? A considerable number would have
reduced the amount to as low as forty
acres. but the majority thought a
quarter section not too much to JUS
tify the expenditure of the large sums
necessary to develop a Well
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
GREENE cANANEA OUTPUT

The production of copper by the
Greene Cananea for,the current month
is estimated by the management at
$3.50, 900 pounds. Ore blocked out is
sufficient for an annual production of
60 600. 900 pounds for twelve years. The
plants are being operated at 81 per
cent of full rated capacity. The de-
velopment work is upon the scale OF
ten miles for each years account. The
cost of copper is 10 cents a pound This
cost will be considerably reduced when
the work in relation to development
shall have been much further adj
vanced. The average returns from ores
of late have been forty-five pounds a
ton. Based upon the present prices of
copper, the shares of the Greene Can
anea have the earning power of SLIP
each
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
LOTTERY OR SQuATTER's
RIGHT 1.-THE QUESTION
Administration BIunder In With
drawing Lands Divides
House Against Itself
CONSTITUTION Is AT STAKE
According to Mormon Smoot's
Bill Locators Are Denied
Equity for Work
CONSTITUTION is AT STAKE

Two questions are interesting oil men
with regard to oil land legislation,
one as to what the new law is likely to
be and the other what 1t ought to be.
and there is about as much difference
of opinion regarding the one as the
other
Practically everyone seems to agree
that the Smoot bill is defective and
mono is found who will justify any
discrimination against those who have
gone ahead drilling on withdrawn land
In case the withdrawal order Is made
effective and the land is thrown open
for re-entry. But when 1t comes to
giving preference rights to locators
who began work on withdrawn land
since the withdrawal order, a very de-
cided difference of opinion Is manifest.
There Is general unanimity of opin-
ION to the effect that a man or a COM
pany which started actual work of de-
velopment prior to the time the land
was withdrawn should be allowed to
proceed with the work of discovery
and the proving and patenting of the
claim. But large number of people
would draw the line there and say
that those who had located prior to
the withdrawal order but who had done
no work in the line of actual devel-
opn1ent up to that time should be
placed on the same footing as those
who had never filed claim when the
land is restored to entry.
In other words, these people hold
that the map should be wiped clean Of
all locations that were not followed
IN with actual drilling or preparations
to drill by September 27, 1909, and that
the land should be thrown open to en-
try by everyone and anyone, without
preference or discrimination.
IN DEFIANCE OF ORDER
Persons who hold this view insist
that those who went on the withdrawn
land and began drilling after the with
drawal order did so in defiance of the
executive order and ought to lose any
money that they have invested under
such circumstances. There are not a
few who hold this opinion, but locally,
at least, they seem to be fully ball
anced, if not overbalanced. by those
who hold that a man or company who
went ahead drilling to protect loca-
tion made before the withdrawal order
.-even IL he did not start drilling un-
I'll after the withdrawal order-ought
To be protected in his investment, at
least to the extent of having a pref
erence right to take up the land un-
der the new law. whatever IL may be-
circumstances Of the last few months
make the situation in this respect
rather intense. owing to the great
strikes in the west side oil fields and
the general prosperity of the oil indus
try new value has been given to oil
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10

Many have been heard to express
the opinion that 1t is pity the big
we'll was not yielding wealth for poor
men instead of doing its utmost to
further gorge the treasury of so fat
ulently rich corporation as the Union
Oil Company. It is a pity, and yet it
is not so pitiful as it might be for the
share owned by the Union of the
wealth being poured out by the Lake
view gusher is about forty-two and
one-haf per cent-ffty-one per cent
of eighty-three per cent of the whole.
Fifty-seven and one-half per cent is
going into the pocketbooks of few.
most notably Julius Fried and A. p.
Hodgenson of Los Angeles and Parker
Barrett and J. NJ. Dunn of Maricopa-
Mr.. Fried is the heaviest owner in the
land and is also the largest stockholder
in the Lakeview, excepting the Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10

The only way that a small man can get
into and secure dividends from this, the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10

of which there is only limited amount of
sale is limited.
All moneys subscribed are deposited i
the deal.
No subscriptions received for less than
For further particulars call or write to
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
BLOWS OUT TWICE

During the past week the La Belle,
section 4. 1928. Midway, blew out
twice. once Thursday and again on
Sunday. The we'll quickly sanded up.
1t is about 2915 feet deep in fifty feet
Of sand
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
EARNS Sc A SHARE

Calumet and Arizona is earning at
the rate of Sc share. The capitali-
zation is 50, ,5000 900 in shares of the par
value of $40 Dividends that aggre-
gate 11,250,000 have been paid
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
Do You Really Want to Make Nom
You Want to Make 1t Legitim;
JY AND BUY NOW, FRACTIONAL rs OIL

In Other Words, if You Are Buying Oil Stock
Why company that producing oil than any we'll
in the world?
why Not Buy Stock in the Fractional rs Oil Co.?
When YOU buy FRACTIONAL CO. stock you buying
an interest in the great LAKEVIEW GUSHER.
FRACTIONAL 25 OIL CO. interest in the land and
the great
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
Beats GoIdfield Con.
LakevieW is a Wonder.

Some idea of the value of the gold
laden lava that issues from the active
volcano known as the Lakeview gusher
may be gained better by comparison
than otherwise. The other day the re-
port for the month Of February Of the
Coldheld Consolidated Mines Company
was made public. This probably Is the
greatest gold mine in the world at the
present time. In the month the gold
taken from this mine was worth $780,
00D. and netted the owners the I'M
mense sum of $750,000
The Lakeview gusher in the II days
that it has been producing oil has
flowed approximately 100000 barrels.
which at the market price of 65 cents
p barrel is worth $650,000. If the Lake.
view gusher keeps up its present per-
for1nance for 30 days 1t is easy to fig
ure out that this single oil we'll Will
outrank in the money value OF It's
product for the same length OF time
the worlds greatest gold mine.-Los
Angeles Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-10
HERE IS OUR LOCATION

Our Well No. which we are sinking on Section 32-
I2-23. is nearly completed, and we shall soon have i'm
portant news for our lucky stockholders Look at
this photograph and note how the great gusherS of the
Marcopa-Midway field stand in the background. What
do you think are our chances2 Aren't they good
enough for your Don't you want to make an invest
ment with us?
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-12-01
sso.ooo.ooo Loot CHARGED.

Federal officials raided the Offices
occupied by Burr Brothers in New
York, corporation dealing in stocks
and other securities.
The raid was made on warrants
charging use Of the mails to defraud
investors.
Postofiice officials say that the con-
Germ had sold to investors at par
value between $40,000,000 and $50,O00,-
goo of stock in various companies.
most Of which have gone out Of ex-
istence or become bankrupt.
The officers arrested were Sheldon
c. Burr, president; Frank H. Tobey,
vice-president. and Eugene II. Burr,
secretary-treasurer Arrests are eX-
pected to be made in Cleveland, Chi
cago, Los Angeles and San Francisco,
where the corporation has extensive
Offices. Postoffice officials have been
working on the case for months. Hun
dreds Of complaints have been made
against the corporation by investors,
who charge that they have been
swindled.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-12-01

Americans are not the only ones
who engage in the search for lost
treasure or unclaimed estates. Very
little has come of efforts to find Cap
tain Kidd's loot and other valuables,
though no doubt attempts will be con-
tinued. And now an association has
been formed in England for the pur-
pose of recovering about s7,000,000 in
specie believed TO be in the British
frigate Lutine, which was wrecked In
1899 and sunk at the entrance to the
Zuyder Zee. The association has
been incorporated, and doubtless
there will be plenty of persons ready
to take chance by investing in the
shares. But the probability is thar
almost any ordinary business venture
would bring better returns.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-12-01

Receipts of sheep at Omaha make a
new worlds record. more than $4,000
having arrived in one day. This i'm
merse number taxed the stockyard
facilities almost to full capacity Yet
the announcement of these facts is
coupled with the statement that the
market prices showed no tendency to
break" Heretofore 1t has been alleged
that high rates for meat were due to
the short supply. But with unprece-
denied shipments of sheep this rule
certainly does not apply to at least
one class Of meat. What is keeping
up the prices? Would II be unfair to
suggest that the packers trust might
throw some light on the situation.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-12-01
BABYS SCALP CRUSTED

"Our little daughter, when three
months old, began to break out on the
head and we had the best doctors to
treat her. but they did not do her any
good. They said she had eczema. Her
scalp was solid scale all over. The
burning and itching was so severe that
she could not rest, day or night. We
had about given up all hopes when we
read of the Cuticura Remedies. We at
once got cake of Cuticura Soap,
box of Cuticura Ointment and one bot
tie of Cuticura Resolvent, and fol-
lowed directions carefully. After the
first dose of the Cuticura Resolvent,
we used the Cuticura Soap freely and
applied the Cuticura Ointment. Then
she began to improve rapidly and in
two weeks the scale came off her
head and new hair began to grow. In
a very short time she was well. She Is
now sixteen years Of age and a pic
ture of health. We used the Cuti-
cura Remedies about five weeks, reg
ularly, and then we could not tell she
had been affected by the disease. We
used no other treatment after we
found out what the Cuticura Remedies
would do for her. j. Fish and Ella M.
Fish, Mt. Vernon, KY. Oct ~, 1909"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-12-01
THE HIGH COST
OF LIVING REDUCED

Much has been said about the high
cost or living. its causes, and the possi-
bilities OF its reduction. But little has
been said about the most costly leak
the false economy existing today In near
ly every household.
Much. foodstuffs are bought with but
get II" without a thought OF quality or
after cost" One OF the most serious Is
baking powder.
BY the use of perfect baking powder
omy as from any other article used In
baking and cooking. In selecting the
baking powder, therefore, care should
be exercised TO purchase one that re-
tains IT'S original strength and always
remains the same, thus making the food
sweet and wholesome and producing
sufficient leavening gas to make the
Very little OF this leavening gas is
produced by the cheap baking powders.
making II necessary TO use double the
quantity ordinarily required TO secure
good results.
You cannot experiment every time
you make cake or biscuits. or test the
strength OF your baking powder to find
but how much OF II you should use
vet with most baking powders you
should do this for they are put together
so carelessly they are never uniform,
the quality and strength varying with
each can purchased.
Calumet Baking Powder is made of
chemically pure ingredients Of tested
strength. Experienced chemists put It
up. The proportions of the different
materials remain always the same.
Sealed in alright cans. Calumet Baking
Powder does not alter in strength and
Is not affected by atmospheric changes
In using Calumet you are bound to
have uniform bread, cake or biscuits. as
Calumet does not contain any cheap
useless or adulterating ingredients sc
commonly used to increase the weight
Further. II produces pure. wholesome
food, and is baking powder OF rare
leading physicians and chemists. II
complies with all pure food laws. both
STATE and NATIONAL. The goods are
ing Calumet from her grocer. ~ not sat-
isfed with IT, can return 1t and have her
money refunded
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-12-01
Red Cross to Send Out First Aid Car

Covering a wider field than the por
table rescue station being put into
service by the bureau of mines. a
car will be put on the road by the
American Red Cross society about
December 5, which will teach first
aid-to-the-injured work to railroad EN-
ployes, employees of factories, as well
as covering other ground where there
is danger from accidents.
Viii e this car. which will be known
as the American Red Cross first aid
car, will cover a somewhat different
field than the bureau of mines cars
II will work in the mining districts
and also will be available in case OF
mine disasters.
The car, which is now in Buffalo re
ceiving its equipment. was presented
to the American Red Cross society by
the Pullman Car CO., and the rail.
roads will make no charge for haulin ;
the portable first aid school through.
out the country.
Dr. NJ. Whitfield Glasgow of Biz.
mingham, "A, will have charge OF
the car
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-12-01
Madero's Silence Mystifies Many.

Until the whereabouts OF Francisco
i. Madero is definitely known, it can,
not be asserted definitely that the
present compulsory quiet in Mexico
will continue.
This is the opinion OF Texans who
know Mexico and its people as they
know their own state. A great mass
of correspondence has come in dur
ing the last three days from Parral.
Chihuahua and Torreon, from business
men, lawyers, doctors and quasi-news.
paper men. All minimize the disor.
ders of week ago and all declare
that the government is In control eX-
cept in few scattered places.
The fact that the insurrecto lead
er's whereabouts is not known leads
TO the supposition that he is engaged
in an attempt to join some band of
his sympathizers with arms and other
munitions of war. But this is only a
superstition. If he fails to do so, the
small bands now abroad undoubtedly
will be gradually exterminated.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-12-01

grew stronger, and within three months
was q perfectly well woman.
81 want this letter made public to
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. JOHN G.. MOLDAN.
2115 Second St., North, Minneapolis,
MINI.
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the efficiency Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
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exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing Ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight of these facts or doubt
the ability Of Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
Ifyou want special advice write
to Mrs. PinlKham, at Lynn, Mass,
Shewill treatyourlettera strictly
confidential. For 90 years She
has been helping sick women in
this way, free of charge. DON'T
hesitate write at once.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-12-01
40 GIRLS BURNED;
80 MORE HURT
FOUF-TORY BRICK BUILDING Al
NEWARK, NJ. j., SCENE OF
AWFUL HOLOCAUST.
MOST OF THE VICTIMS IN THE
FACTORY BLAZE ARE
YOUNG WOMEN.
Many Leap From the Top Of the
Structure Through Smoke That
Hides Rescue Nets.

A death-dealing fire. the most fatal
that ever visited Newark, ~ j., oc.
Cured when the old Domestic Sewing
Machine building, at High and Orange
streets, burned to the ground. Prob
ably 40 girls employed in the build
ing met death, and 80 We're taken to
hospitals
Twenty-three bodies have been re-
covered. and OF these 10 had been
identified. The identity of the four
others may never be determined.
The building had four floors, and
contained five manufactures. 1t had
formerly been occupied by the Domes-
tic Sewing Machine Co. Portions of
IL We're oil-soaked, and famed up in
stantly There was but one fire es-
cape, and in a couple of minutes after
the alarm of fire it was ehyeloped by
flames.
One hundred and twenty-five girls
were employed in the building by the
five firms quartered there.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-12-01
Madero Shot and Property Seized.

That Francisco |. Madero. leader OF
the Mexican rebellion. was shot from
his horse in an engagement with gov.
eminent troops at Guerrero on his
own estate, and that the Diaz govern
ment has ordered the confscation OF
his property, is the report received
by Customs Collector r. w Dove
from the Mexican commander at Gu.
dad Porfirio DiaZ.
Madero was leading his men against
200 rurales and so diers, says the re.
port, when, during a fierce fire. he
was seen TO fall from his mount He
was carried by his men as they re-
treated to the mountains. The So.
diers later scattered the band, but
Madero was not found
The government is reported in com.
plete control everywhere except in
Guerrero, whittier troops have not yet
penetrated. The insurrectionists in
that place are reported to have ap-
pointed city government OF their
own choosing.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-12-01
"oH. YOU ciDERi"
MICHIGAN

Fall is the season when man Is
moved to praise OF things humble In
origin. but rich In fulfilment The
young turkey struts about. preparing
himself for November's ideas; the
woods cackle with the dropping OF
hickory and butternut as the boys
sent clubs into the branches. and the
pumpkin swells and yellows on the
vine. Especially Is II the time when
the muse inclines to sing OF cider.
And the muse might be In far worse
business, says the Detroit News. The
Romans knew the drink and before
them the Greeks. In the days OF
Isaac and Jacob the pastoral tribes
were familiar with its bead and zest.
To such drink does the palate yearn
in these October days. Exalted be
the natural. undistilled juice Of the
first pressing. A good custom is the
old one of grating UP little horse
radish and dropping It into the
secured casks that are to hold the
liquor. 1t improves and lends the
tang, which is beyopd the powers of
description. With a cool place for its
storage, the resultant product can be
kept in any receptacle. If no cool.
cobwebby cellar be at hand. then a
stone jug will do admirable service.
From either q geneous-mouthed pitch
er, topped with the lightest. arrest
bubbles that ever rode an underlying
depth of rich, clear brown, can be
brought out to make an autumn or
winter evening with book and hickory
meats and popcorn and a swapping
fire an evening of life. indeed.