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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-23

amounts upon the execution OF each
deed to a lot; thus assuring a fuhu
AT the disposal of the Scully OH
G, Gas Company in an amount sur
ficient to thoroughly test the entlre
900 acre tract without further outlay
on the part of the stockholders.
The fact that the development OF
this land will be in the hands OF the
LOT owners as stockholders OF the
Scullv Oil 4 Gas Company assures
said lot owners that drilling will ac-
tually be done, because it Is entire'y
| in their hands so to do.
The chances for profit from an
! investment in these lots Is tWo-iold'
First. there is the possible profit
to be derived from the ownership OF
stock in the Scully Oil & Gas Com
pany: and, second, the possible proi-
| its to be derived as the owner OF a
lot or lots. This second source oi
/ possible pTOilI COtheS lioih '"N 49,
that the Scully Oil & Gas Company
| is given an option OF one year on
each lot sold in which to lease same
at II 1-2 per cent royalty on al
oil discovered. and $50 annually for
each gas well. If at the expiration
of said year the Scully Oil & Gas
Company does not see fit to lease
any particular lot or lots, the owner
| thereof is at liberty to develop same
| himself or have others develop it for
him upon such terms as he sees
/ fit.
/ The plan of the Petroleum Develop
ment Company is clearly free from
all quick rich" and fake schemes,
and is entirely within the bounds OF
a legitimate investment proposition
offering an opportunity to the man
who is seeking investment in small
way in a rich oil and gas field.
The company does not hold out
to the public 4 promise of fabulous
profits, but they do state that their
property has every reasonable possi-
bility of being underlaid with a de-
post of oil and gas. Fortunes are
known to have been made by small
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-23
LEAD AND ZINC IN VAST GUAM
Titles.

Miss Gertrude Sober, to whom is
doubtless due more than to any 9th
er person the present movement in
the field, knew nearly ten years ago
that the Arbuckles would develop
into one of the greatest lead and
zinc producing camps in the coun-
try. While she was not alone a pio-
neer in the field. her perseverance
and determination has won the ad-
miration Of all who know the facts.
Judge Robnett, Dr. r. c. Hope, Col.
j. l.. Napier, VIM. Beard and C. L.
Mcclure are also old timers in the
field, and are deserving of remem-
brance for the obstacles they have
overcome and their unflinching tenac-
ity of purpose to develop the values
OF the district.
Their reward is the ownership of
rich mines and the tardy but final
acceptance by the world of the new
field as a great mining district; also
the present establishment of two
large concentrating mills, the pur-
chase of others and the shipment
Of mills and machinery now on the
way here.
The permanent acceptance of the
district as a rich and extensive min.
ing field is now fixed fact. NO
longer is it matter of guessing or
conjecture. Innumerable assays and
analyses made by the leading miner
alogists and analysists of this and 9th.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-23

lous, considering the area covered
by the present development, which
is over three miles square in ex-
tent.
The limits of this field up to this
time is mere conjecture from the fact
that everywhere that wells have been
drilled. producers of oil and gas
have been brought in, and many ex-
perts are firmly convinced that miles
of this virgin field is yet untouched
by the drill or leases.
Lands in this vicinity are yet re-
markably cheap, and is without
doubt one of the best fields for
speculation that is known to man
for immense fortunes on small outlay.
Thousands of acres with perfect IT,
ties can be purchased or leased for
extremely nominal sums.
One of the most enticing features
of this field is the shallowness at
which gas stratas and oil sand Is
| struck. There are three distinct
stratas of gas, the first being at a
depth of about 200 feet, the second
at from $50 to 500 feet, and the
third, the largest and which con-
tains the heavy pressure, at from
700 to 900 feet. The average depth
of the present wells are about 1000
| feet. Water is plentiful for drilling
purposes, and the formations the
most favorable for economical drill
ing
There is now under headway a
railroad promotion from Ardmore to
Oil City, Duncan and Lawton, that
will go directly through this field,
and which will give transportation
for the products Of these wells, of
which many hundred will be drilled
as soon as the road begins construc-
ton work.
The new oil town, Gil City, which
was recently promoted immediately
, adjoining the present development,
has grown rapidly, and is now fur,
nishing a great many supplies for that
section of Carter county.
During the last few weeks num-
Der OF outside capitalists have ac-
quired holdings in the oil field, and
are aggressively pushing to compile
ton their arrangements for imme-
date development by the drilling of
number of wells.
The output is at present unknown,
from the fact that no information of
this character has been obtainable,
but is variously estimated that the
wells are producing from 100 to 500
barrels daily, which taken at a low
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-23

natural gas wells, each producing
from ten to eighteen million cubic
feet of gas per day and to give you
some idea OF the vast pressure in this
field, one we'll alone has pressure
of 26S pounds.
This fie d has never been adver'
tised to the world, and all the in
formation has been jealously guard
ed from the public, and only recently
number of Independent companies
have learned the true facts of this
field, and are now entering 1t with
their outfits and a number of con-
tracts have been made for the drill
ing of wells that will materially ex-
tend the area of the field.
1t is said that out of all the wells
put down, only two busters have
been made, which in itself is miracu-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-23

investments in the stock Of oil COM
panies, and as has been advertised
by the California Consolidated Oil
Company in which Admiral Evans
and other prominent men are large
ly interested, In thirteen California
oil companies where 800 had been
invested the same 800 has since
had value OF from $3,S00 to $40,-
0OO-a $4,000 return for every dollar
invested"
In the opinion of the Ardmoreite
no safer opportunity was ever Of
fered to the public for investment in
small way in a bona fide and le-
gtlmate oil venture with q reason
able assurance Of profit than is Of
fered by the Petroleum Development
Company. Their land is undoubtedly
in the oil and gas area, adjoining as
It does the section in which produc-
ing wells are found, and surrounded
as it is by the holdings of oil men
of experience whose selection of d
tract of land is in Itself a criterion
as to its value as an oil and gas pro-
ducing tract, and the Ardmorelte pre-
diets a great future for the Scully
Oil & Gas Company with its stock
holders owning a tract virtually in the
heart of the greatest fuel oil field in
the state.
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and even Of oil running out of the
surface of the ground, together with
wells of water that were kept con
stantly bubbling from some unknown
cause. found ear and aroused curl
osity in some hardy pioneer pros
pectors, who wended their way 20
miles inland northwest of Ardmore
to investigate these tales, and found
that half had never been told, and
but few people who were residents
of that district even family suspected
the vastness of the volcano of wealth
over which they were treading, dTiv-
ing their herds of cattle and farming
in a crude way.
A few years later the information
gathered by these prospectors reach
ed the head of the great Santa Fe
railroad system, as far back as 1908,
who sent out their own experts into
this field and quietly began to ac-
Quire in the best manner possible
great tracts of land in and around
what was then known as Old Wheel
er.
AS soon as titles to these lands
could be secured, and without even
the knowledge Of the majority of the
inhabitants of Ardmore, several test
wells were put down, and Ardmore
awakened to the fact that vast
field of oil lay at her door. Excite
ment ran riot and her progressive
citizenship scrambled over each 9th
er in their attempts to secure hold
ings in this great field; then came
the period of government interyen
ton on Indian titles, that made II
hard for the purchasers to know
whether they owned anything or not
but during all this period of doubt
the Santa Fe people kept steadily
hammering away developing their
field by drilling and bringing in
well after well, during which time in
one of their wells in the famous
Section 81 a great flow of gas was
struck, which has since proven a
great boon to Ardmore and vicinity
Arrangements were Immediately
made to utilize this gas for manu-
featuring and domestic purposes, and
a pipe line company was organized
and a pipe line built into Ardmore
the result of which is that Ardmore
is now one of the best natural ga:
supplied cities in the world.
At the present time there have
been completed nearly 100 producing
oil wells that are giving forth the
highest class of fuel oil, testing abou
81 per cent. There are some fifteer
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-23

Everything comes to those who
wait" Ardmore, Carter county and
Southern Oklahoma are now begin
ming to realize the profits with ac-
cumulated interest from long and
patient wait for the development OF
the great Santa Fe oil and gas field,
located a few miles to the northwest
of Ardmore.
Many years ago during the infancy
of the development of this now great
state of Oklahoma, while this sec
tion of country was yet in territorial
form, and known as the Indian Ter
ritory. many prospectors knew of the
vast hidden wealth in Carter county,
but conditions were such that capital
could not be induced to invest un-
der the then existing conditions, but
nevertheless, tales of oil indications
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-23

er countries; various careful and ac-
cuTate smelter tests and mill runs
made in Joplin, Denver, FL Paso,
CofeyVille and elsewhere; many
shafts and other openings which have
been sunk at various locations, many
of them distant from all others;
the shipments of carbonate and other
ores at a good profit; abundant and
convincing proofs that the mineral
ization is in ledge and blanket forma-
ton both on the surface and as deep
as development has extended. nave
fully and finally established the fact
of the great richness of the field,
which is located near Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-04-23

| Appearing elsewhere in this edition
is tie advertisement OF the Petroleum.
Development Company and Il w!'ld
be well worth your time to investi-
gate the proposition submitted by
said company if you are contemplat-
ing investing in the great Wheeler
Santa Fe oil and gas field
The officers of the Petroleum De-
veiopment Company are: A. .. Bur
well, president: Guy p. Cobb, g Gre
tary: John r. Dexter treasurer. They
are all Ardmore men of the highest
business ability and integrity, and
their names stand MS a gilt edge
guarantee of the fulfillment of each
and every obligation and promise OF
the company.
The Ardmoreite representative re
Gently called at the office of this
company and fully informed himself
as to the plan of sale set out in the
advertisement and contracts of the
company, and he unhesitatingly states
that he Is convinced that this com
pany is extending to the public an
opportunity for investment in le-
gitimate oil venture which bears prom,
Use o. rich returns and contains the
embodiment of fairness seldom met
with in promotion projects.
Long before the great 100000
foot gasser was brought in on March
1st. 1911, the officers of the Petroleum
Development Company realized that
the Wheeler field was destined to
become one of the most active oil
and gas producing fields in Okla
homa and they backed their judg-
ment to the extent of securing con
siderable holdings, both as company
and as individuals.
The particular tract they are ad
vertising is 800 acres located in
the section adjoining the one in
which the large gasser was brought
! in, and lies three-quarters of mile
south Of Oil City, the fast growing
oil town of Carter county. This tract
has been plated into ten acre blocks
each of which is subdivided into one
quarter acre lots. These lots are be
ing sold at 500 on monthly pay
ments of $40 without interest. Ter
pei cent discount is allowed for cash
With each lot sold there is ISSUED
seventy-five shares or stock in the
Scully Oil & Gas Company incorpO
rated under the laws of Oklahoma
with 100000 capital stock; whicl
stock will be entirely held by tn,
purchasers of lots in this 800 acre
tract, except that $4,000 thereof will
be retained by the Petroleum De
velopment Company as promotion
stock; which is only four per cent
and as compared win the usual 81
per cent promotion stock, should o.
itself be an inducement which would
appeal to every conservative person
The company agrees to refund to the
purchaser Of these lots the purchase
price within thirty days from the
date OF sale if the purchaser is dis
satisfied with his investment.
A bond has been deposited in the
Guaranty State Bank of Ardmore in
the penal sum of $1,000, guarantee.
ing the drilling of one well on this
tract of land, but this is not the sole
extent of development, as s25,0O0 in
cash will be on deposit in said bank
to the credit of the Scully Oil &
Gas Company to be used for devel.
opment purposes on this tract of
land by said company, which sum
will be deposited by the Petroleum
Development Company in pro rata
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-19
TWENTY=SEVEN GRADUATES
IN BLOOMFIELD SCHOOL.

The commencement exercises of
Berkeley School. of Bloomfield, will be
held on Friday night in the school
assembly hall. The pupils to receive
diplomas will include: John Russell
Adams, Ruth Barbara Ayers. Anna
Dorothy Battle. Anna Mario Battle,
Irving Borcher, Sol Cohn, Charlotte
Goss Conley, Helen Rommel Gregory,
Lewis Max Hauser, Florence Mae Hes
ter, Elsie Elizabeth Hough, Meta Kahn,
Gertrude Freda Lauffer. Gladys Lenton,
Flora May Lindsey. Felix Alexander
Maebert, Gladys Clair Macdonald, Ed
ward Joseph Monahan. Stanley Pindar,
Austin Melville Rice, Ethel May Rob-
ertson. Bertha Harriet Rove. Luther
Johnson Roy, Samuel Scholes, Viola
May Weston. Arthur Robert W~arnasch.
Florence May Wrinkle. The officers of
the class are: President, Mr.. Adams;
vice-president, Miss Rowe; secretary.
Miss Gregory; treasurer. Mr.. Borcher.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-19
PREACHER FLAYS
SMART SET IN
|RON|C SERMON
Many FrancifuI Ideas Concern
ing Society, Says Rev.
DR.. Baldwin.

what is society?" asked the Rev.
DR., Fred Clare Baldwin, pastor of the
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church,
East Orange, of the members of his
congregation who had assembled to
hear him preach on THE Young Man
in Society,"" The pastor then proceeded
to define society in terms that would
make any of its members feel very
embarrassed DR.. Baldwin said in
part:
There are many fanciful ideas con-
corning it in this country, and really
you are a good man or a good woman
who can hold your own against 1t.
Take that little book Who's Who Are
you among those who received a letter
when this book was being compiled. 1
received one, but l didn't have the $40
to spare, so l did not answer it. If
you had the $40 to spare you could
have your name in 1t. 1t vas published
and republished n now it has raised
a fictitious standard, M l really be-
lieve II some of you foundt the book on
a neighbours table and on opening 1t
did not find your name in 1t you would
shut it up and feel ashamed. This
book does not tell you, who Is who, be-
cause everybody Is somebody. l have
a friend in Newark. He established
something and he assured me 1t was
going to be q success. He said 1t must
be a successfully, we have most of
Newark's 400 in it,
Society" said the speaker. revert
ing to a serious vein, lis that world
of folks among whom you spend that
time thai finally brings you to God.
1 hope you will enter the best kind In
the land. and 1 hope there is no fcti-
tious society that considers itself too
good for you. There is no place In de-
cent society for the snob, for a So
ciety tina is built around s%nobbery is
a disgrace.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-19
FREDERICK W. DASHE, CIVIL
ENGINEER, PASSES AWAY.

Frederick w. Dashe. who a few
years ago represented Kearny in the
Hudson County Board of Freeholders
and was afterward an inspector on the
Belleville turnpike paving, died yes
terday at his home, 5S4 Belgrove drive,
Arlington, after a week illness. He
was a civil engineer and had made
plans on the order of the Hudson
county board for q new bridge ever the
Passaic between Arlington and Mort I
Newark. although owing 10 a mis-
understanding between the Essex and
Hudson freeholders the plans were
never adopted. Mr.. Dashe was promi :
nent in Kearny politics n an active
member of. Kearny Lodge No. 1850, B.
p. o. Elks, and other organizations.
Mrs. Dashe survives him. The funeral
will take place at s o'clock tomorrow
evening at the Belgrove drive address
and services. will be conducted by the
Rev. william Coombe, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church. Arlington.
Interment in Arlington Cemetery.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-19
LICENSE FIGHT
To Be HEARD BY
COUNCIL TONIGHT
Big Crowd Expected to Turn Out
at Hearing in Bloom.
field.

A public hearing will be given the
citizens of Bloomfield tonight in Cen
trial Hall, that town. on applications
made for licenses to sell liquor. The
license fee is $500. There are five new
applicants. John C. Filkin, for the
American House; Roger Flaherty,
Glenwood Hotel; August Fredericks,
Broad street and Watching avenue;
Wallace Lyon, Upper Broad street. all
retail, and Mailman Bros, Broad street,
wholesalers.
A large number of men and women
have signed petitions asking the Town
Council not to vote for any new APP
plieants. The principal opposition,
however, is to the location of any new
places in the Brookdale section of the
town. Fredericks and Lyons reside in
Brookdale. There has been no saloon
in that section in years.
The ministers in all the churches
yesterday spoke briefly of the fight
against the increase IN licenses and
urged all present who had not signed
petitions against them to do SO at
once. A big crowd is expected at the
the meeting.
The Town Council and Mayor Hauser
will act as a jury, and after hearing
arguments pro inc con will return to
the council chamber and render a de-
cision. 1t is rumored that two of the
five applications will be granted. The
councilmen, however, have nothing to
say at this time.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-19
SKULL
CAUSE OF DEATH,
AUTOPSY SHOWS
Bloomfield Man SuccumbS in
Hospital After Fall
from Car.

An autopsy was performed today
upon the body of MI. Frederick Kiefer.
of ia willow street. Bloomfield, who
died at Mountainside Hospital, Mont
clair, several hours after he had fallen
from a trolley car and then walked to
his home. 1t was feared he had died
from a fractured skull.
The motorman of the car, Frank
Federci, of 16 Spring street, and the
conductor, Patrick Thocali, of % Joyce
street, Orange appeared in the Bloom
field police station today. but as no
charge was made against them they
were allowed to go. They said the
man got off the a backwards
The man jumped from an ope car
of the Orange and Passaic Valley troll
line at Prospect and Willow streets,
Bloomfield, Saturday night, and landed
upon his head. He was a heavy man
and it was evident to those who ran
to his assistance that he was badly
injured about the head.
The car was rushed to L. r. Rlx-
stones drug store, at Dodd and Pros
pect streets. East Orange, where the
injured man had his wounds dressed.
He refused to be taken to- a hospital
and with little assistance walked to
his home.
DR.. Frederick G. Shaul. Of Bloom
field, was called in an hour later. and
after attending Kieffer advised his re-
moval to a hospital. Yesterday morn
Ing at II o'clock DIR. Shaul was again
sent for and his order that the stricken
man be removed to the hospital was
obeyed. In the ambulance Kieffer be-
came unconscious and never recovered.
He died at Q o'clock In the afternoon.
Mr.. Kieffer was As years old and had
been a resident of Bloomfield since
1881, and was well-known there. A
widow and two children survive. His
funeral will be held on Tuesday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-19
MlLLBURN,
IRvINGTON
N HILTON
"BOARDER" GETS $500 HAUL
In VISIT TO MONTCLAlR.
Police Believe Notorious Crook
Is Operating in Suburbs.

In an endeavor to apprehend what
they believe to. be a notorious crook.
the police of South Orange, East Or
ange, Nutley and Montclair have set
a dragnet, thus hoping to attain their
end The man, who has repeatedly
fimfammed residents of these subur-
ban towns during the last two weeks,
made his most recen haul in Mont
clair. The "boarder burglar" as he
may be called. visits homes in search
of board. pretending to be an acquaint-
ance of the various families, and after
gaining admittanee ransaeks the houses
and makes his escape.
in Montclair he visited the home of
Mrs. Charles A. Roome, a widow, at
101 Valley road. After getting in he
stole jewelry and cash amounting to
$500.
The burglar boarder' is well dressed
is believed to be a slick crook by
the police in all of the suburban towns
which he has visited.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-19
WATCHMAN UNABLE TO GIVE
BAIL ON SERIOUS CHARGE.

Arraigned on a charge of assault and
battery in the Orange Police Court to-
day, Tony Biscuit, 35 years old, a
Waterman at the iron foundry Of N.
Virgil G. Son, of 81 Crane street, Or
ange. was held in $1,000 bail. He was
unable to get a bondsman and went 10
Jail. The charge was preferred by the
father of Morella Camponi, 9 years
old,
The little girl told the police that h
was playing with other children of her
own age in Crane street, near the foun-
dry, when Biscuit asked her and an
other little girl to enter the foundry.
When Morella reached the office in the
rear Biscuit attepmted to assault her,
it Is said. n she screamed in terror.
Mrs. Camponi heard her daughters
cries and ran to the foundry, followed
by several n~eighbors. who were like
wise attracted by the child's piercing
screams When the man saw the an
proach of the crow he pushed the girl
u of the foundry and locked the door.
OF the crowd he pushed the girl out OF
the foundry and locked the door.
II police were notified and Bis
cult was soon placed under arrest. He
was put through a severe Questioning
py Detective-Sergeant John Drabell ~
ponce headquarters last night, and
the police are of the opinion that the
timely arrival of Mrs. Camponi saved
her daughter from injury.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-19
CLERGYMAN IN AUTOMOBILE
FINDS LOST YOUNGSTER.

Wandering away from his parents,
who were attending a family outing at
Eagle Rock, West Orange. Saturday
afternoon. Henry Boettner, 4 years old,
of Jersey City, got lost and caused
much worry to his folks, who feared
he had fallen from the mountain top.
When the boy was missed his parents
and several others searched vainly for
him. and after an hours search the
mother became Frustrated with grief.
Searching parties were formed and
the Rev. Ohio F. Humphreys, rector
of the Trinity Episcopal Church, West
Orange, who had the Sunday school of
the church on an outing, pressed his
automobile into service and made a
thorough search of the mountain. DR..
Humphreys. thinking the boy went for
a walk, motered toward Montclair, and
at the corner of Valley road and
Bloomfield n found the lad sitting
in the gutter munching peanuts.