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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-03
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ton. What are the conditions for the
future use of crude oil, a growing de
mand from many new uses? The au-
tomobile alone uses thousands of bar
rels daily of gasoline, steam plants
find oil better fuel than coal.
The oil fields OF some OF the older
states practically exhausted hundreds
of we'll in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and
Virginia being pumped for two barrel
production per day, and hundreds OF
them falling below this, causing cas-.
inggs TO be pulled and wells abandon
ed You read of great gushers, pro-
ducing thousands of barrels of oil in
Louisiana, Mexico and California They
are as short lived as, and the gush is
not always from the well-many times
from exaggerations Of interested par
ties.
The oil fields at our very door can
not fail to be a great producer. No
where will you find more different oil
bearing sands; first sand found in wa
ter well, second at 200 feet, then gas
at 300, 400 feet more sand, GOO
feet gas. 900 feet gas, 1000 feet oil,
1,300-go get your information; wake
up, and get some of the spoils. You are
all hungry. We know of a party a few
days ago in another field trying to sell
a fourth interest for $500 when the
well came in and not finished, was
offered $4,000 for a half interest
With small investment many
times shows the road to stupendous
fortunes. A little money and grit
often opens up great opportunities.
INTERESTED CITIZEN.
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INFORMATION ON MERGER.
Western Union Declines TO Come to
Attorney Generals Aid.

Oklahoma City, Okla, July l.
When the Western Union Telegraph
company appeared before the state
board of equalization today in support
of its application fora reduction Of
the assessment made against it by
the board for taxes Attorney General
West insited :. T. Bledsoe. counsel
for the company. TO state what was
the consideration in the alleged mer.
ger of the Western Union and the
American Telegraph and Telephone
company. The attorney general said
that the state did not care for details
of the transaction, but submitted that
the price would 90 a long way toward
determining the value of the Western
Union property Mr.. Bledsoe replied
that the only question before the board
was the value of the property and it
was no difference who held the stock.
whether the Western Union had done
the buying or the reverse. The attor-
noy general said it was a matter OF
public information from newspaper
reports. His objection to proceeding
with the evidence until the price was
obtained was overruled by the board.
That there is a radical absence Of
harmony between the figures of the
state board OF equalization and the
CORPORATION commission respecting the
Western Union Telegraph company
was apparent from evidence brought
ont today. The company returned its
oklahoma property for taxation as be-
ing valued at $4,000, but admitted
that were IL necessary to rebuild the
lines. IL would cost sS50000, figuring
from their standards of the life OF
such property that it was about half
worn out The state board Of equal
ization hiked the assessment TO ST.
100000. thus making a liberal allow
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-03

ance for the company as going
concern"
In the Western Union rate case, re-
Gently appealed to the supreme court
from the corporation commission, the
court returned the record and direct
ed the commission to ascertain the
value of the property. Its answer 10
the su, rene court was $SS0,000
For taxing purposes remarked
the attorney. we are valued at S1,45o,-
00O, while FOR the purpose Of earning
a return on the investment We are
fixed by another department OF the
state government as being worth only
s3SO,00O"
According TO J. c. Nelson OF Den
yer, general manager OF the mountain
division, and formerly division super
intendent of the company at Omaha,
the company has not been able 70
earn as much as per cent upon the
value it returned to the board. The
evidence revealed that it cost 3S.2c to
handle message, and that - per
cent of the Oklahoma business was on
25c basis Without figuring anything
for depreciation the company on Okla.
homa business made during 1910, $37-
5000. With depreciation extracted
a statement submitted 10 the board
shows a net loss of SS,S90.O7 for the
year.
The Indian Territory Illuminating
Oil company operating blanket
lease upon Usage Indian lands in
Usage county appeared by John H.
Brennan Of Bartlesyille, general at
torney, and protested against being
assessed at $1,13O,0OO, while their re-
turn was only $5S,SOO.
The company holds a lease granted
by congress, said to be the only one
of its kind ever granted, and develops
the Usage land on royalty basis. Mr..
Brennan stated that 70 per cent OF
the business returned by his company
could not be taxed by the state for
the reason he denied that his was a
public service corporation.
But onetwelfth of the business is
gas, and while the gas side of the
enterprise exhibited a less, the oil
business was big payer, the attorney
stated. Oil is returned for assess
ment locally Attorney General West
told Brennan that the state is taxing
a business as a business. The lease
Mr.. Brennan said, expired in five
years, and in view of this he said
there We're no buyers of stock. Fifty
thousand shares, ne said, had recently
been refused at 15c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-03

soon designate one first class orlce
FOR each state to receive deposits. The
main consideration in the selection Of
the office for this designation will be
the size Of the business in money or.
ders for foreign destinations, one OF
the principal reasons for the establish.
ment of the system being to persuade
foreign-born workingmen to keep their
money on deposit in this country. The
business of the postal savings offices
first established-one for each state
was largest up to May 81 in the west
ern mining towns, such as Leadville,
Colo, Anaconda, Mont, Globe, Ariz.,
and Carson City, New. Leadvilles to-
tai deposits were sci, ,S97, The small
est deposits were at Rome Ga, so be.
ing the total.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-03
PLANT CORN YET.
President OF Institute Gives Out a
Statement


McAlester, Okla, July 2.-George
w. Moncrief, president Of the Pitts
burg County Farmers Institute, says
that he intends to keep on planting
corn until July 10.
Major Hackett and were at the
fair held at Hartshorne last year and
one man showed us corn as fine as
you ever saw which he planted on
oat stubble on July :. He had done
the same thing for four years. with
uniform success. He used the Mexi
can June corn, a variety famous for
late planting.
II wish that the seed men would
take the matter up and that the pa.
pers would call the attention of Ok
laAOma farmers to this fact. There
is every reason to believe that there
will be rain yet and if there is, there
is no reason why the farmers should
not have fine crops OF late corn"
George NJ. CLANCY, who is one OF
the Oldest settlers, says that he has
seen fine crops of corn from seed
planted as late as July Is.
Major Hackett says that he be
lieyes corn planted within the next
fifteen days will result in a good crop.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-03

For the next few days Beverly,
Mass, will be the summer capital of
this great and glorious republic" the
president and his family having gone
to their summer home in the old bay
state on Friday. President Taft will
'cummute" between Beverly and
WASHINGTON for the wee ends" while
congress is in session and after he
gets the national legislature off his
hands viii settle down to daily golf
playing until he starts on his Swing
around the circle" in the fall.
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Notice Of Request fer Parole

! hereby give notice to the public
that | will apply to the Governor of
the State of Oklahoma for an indef-
mite eXter3lon of the temporary pa
role granted me, which expires on the
10th day of July, 1911, and that appli-
cation will be made and presented to
the Governor on the date of the eXpir.
alton of my temporary parole.
The grounds upon which | shall ask
for indefinite parole or pardon is that
! am not guilty of the offense charged
against me.
21-lm A. ENLOE.
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THE OLD TIME SALUTE.

Most place kind novadays- !;
: The glye'ment is gyn ever whichaways /:
An when N Fourth is welcomed they load N shoot
But say it isn't tn good old time salute.
. Remember how We use TO doo We didn't 10 gun
: We'd get a rar o we'd wait the risin
: A shiverin little cold wind 'ud strike
But when We shot anyis ofVeH that somepn like!
Wed an keerfuly we'd drop
: Some Masin' powde Il
An then d a primin' fuse tn little
on top oher-There you've the finest kind
We'd have some irunro al a heain
An when tn ray gray
We'd tech tn o a all
TO safety 18th
caunons When you boys
leave You anyils tn
$ a place where still they like o
The anyils jest at early salute
Nesbi
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-03

Gov. f. +. Noel of Mississippi, writ
ing to Secretary Ellison, of the Ma
tonal Rivers and Harbors Congress,
commenting the work of that associa-
ton in exciting a lively interest in
waterway development. says: Il be
lieye in a fixed governmental policy
intrusted to a non-partisan board. In
this way a permanent system of i'm
proyement could be planned and exc
cuted. \ shifting system, changing
with each congress cannot result in
a permanent and beneficial public
policy"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-03
STEAMER SPOKANE
WENT ON THE ROCKS

Victoria, B. c., July 1.-Two wo-
men passengers lost their lives when
the steamship Spokane went on the
rocks in Seymour Narrows Friday
night. They succumbed to shock. The
steamer is beached in Plumber bay,
and is awash to the hurricane deck.
The Spokane. for years has been
used only for carrying tourists to the
glaciers and towns of southeastern
Alaska.
The dead are:
Mrs. William GodliF, of Oakland.
Cal
Mrs. J. I. Strauss Of Philadelphia
Their bodies have been placed on a
ferry for Seattle. All the 1GO passen-
gers except these two were landed in
small boats.
The refugees were taken aboard the
steamship Admiral Sampson. which IS
taking them to Seattle, where the
steamer is due to arrive at 6 O'Clock
Saturday morning.
Only meager news Of the wreck has
been received. The wireless operator
on the Spokane sent messages irreg-
uarly until this afternoon. when the
ship probably was abandoned. She is
not exposed TO storm and probably
will be raised and repaired. The Spo-
kane was valued at 100000 and was
the finest ship on the Alaska run.
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0bc DailD ArOmortlte.

BY The
ARpMOREITE PUBLISHING co.
SIDNEY SUGGS. S..--.......P President
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FREE NEWSPAPERS.

Oklahoma City is somewhat DIS
urbed just at present by a fight be-
tween free and paid newspapers.
The situation is peculiar because
that is the only city in the world with
free newspapers and probably the
only one where such could exist even
so long as they have.
Ardmore will never have such an
experience and it is n little strange
that Oklahoma City should have when
conditions are not different. People do
not appreciate something for moth
ing It is un-American, against the
general business precepts of the coun-
try and always discounted.
The functions of a newspaper are not
solely its adverting columns. If 1t
we're so then free newspaper would
Doe all right anywhere. There is an
other function which cannot be under
estimated nor discounted and that Is
the potency of the newspaper in the
development of the country in which
f. circulates
The development Of any section can
not be confined. It comes from with
out as well as within and what mer-
chant in Ardmore would be content
with nothing but the patronage of just
those people to whom an advertising
sheet could he delivered each day?
An up.to-date newspaper is neces
sarily compelled to cater to all classes
Of people. mus, carry all of the news
possibly can commensurate with it's
receipts.
10 is also a great factor in other
fields and its widencss of scope must
not De narrowed.
The free newspaper cannot get rates
rom the government which refuses
o become the common carrier for ad /
.ertiscrs.
The legitimate newspaper has a
rate which enables it 10 send its is,
,te. TO amy part OF the United States
BE- ch,aply as ON ,he rural routes.
The free paper cannot afford to
..ud issues through the mails at the
.c-ular rates and consequently is con
iuod i'm its sphere.
However one looks nj 1T the prinCi- .
"a 10,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-03

Since the establishment of the los.
tai savings system 500 postoffices
have been designated 10 receive saw
ings and $50 BANKS applying to be
made repositories have had their Sc
curiteS approved by the board of trus-
tees for the system The postoffices
thus far designated are Of the second
Class. The postmaster general will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-16
BURIED IN A WELL.
Bodies of a Woman and Her Daugh-
ter Are Recovered.

Tecumseh. Neb.. Aug. 16.-Mrs. F..
E. Hesse and her 17-year-old daugh-
ter, whose bodies were dug out of an
old well yesterday, were murdered, a
coroner's jury concluded this morning
after an all night session.
E. E. Hesse, the husband and step
father, is sought.
The local authorities believe John
McMasters. Mrs. Hesse's former hus-
band, also was murdered, and further
search of the Hesse premises is being
made with the idea his body may have
been hidden there. Hesse was Jealous
Of Mr.. McMasters and resented his
visits to the house to see his daughter,
Juanita McMasters, it is said. 1t is the
theory here that McMasters, his
daughter and Mrs Hesse were Drained
with an ak or club and their bodies
thrown into the well and the house
then burned to hide traces of the
crime.
Both womens skulls were crushed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-16
WOOL BILL PASSES.
Insurgents and Democrats Combine
to Put 1t Through.

Washington. Aug. 16.-The senate
by vote of 38 to % adopted the con-
ference report on the wool tariff re-
vision bill, already adopted by the
house.
The bill will now go to the White
House for the expected veto of Presi-
dent Taft.
The vote came after vigorous five
hours debate on the merits of the bill.
1t was victory for the combined
Democratic and insurgent Republican
forces as against the regular Repub-
licans. Only two progressive Repub-
licans, Senators Borah Ida.) and
Bourne (Ore.) united with the regu-
lars in the vote against the bill. The
bill, as passed by the two houses.
places a flat ad valorem duty of 20
per cent on all raw wool and propor-
tionate rates on woolen manufactures.
The opinion is held in Washington
that congress will enter upon the last
eight days of the session today. The
demand of insurgent senators that the
cotton bill be disposed of is compli-
eating matters in the senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-16
ATWOOD SCARS ON
Aviator Leaves EIkhart, Ind,
for Toledo, O.
Abandoned His Plan to Carry a
Passenger.

Pettisville, Aug. 16.-Continuing his
record breaking flight from st. Louis
to New York and Boston. Harry n
Atwood this morning travelled from
Elkhart. Ind, to Pettisville, o., where
he descended to eat luncheon and take
gasoline. He Travelled 81 miles in
two hours and six minutes and flew
at a speed of a mile minute during
most of the way on the first leg of
today's flight. His average speed for
this mornings journey was 46 miles
an hour. He left Elkhart at SOC
a. m. and following the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern railway sped
eastward at an altitude of 800 feet.
He went AZ miles the first hour
When he reached Kendallville, Ind,
he rose to an altitude of 500 feet and
increased his speed to so miles an
hour which was maintained for a long
stretch. At Corunna, Ind, he drop
ped to 200 feet but continued his
speed. as the air currents were favor
able. A large crowd of upturned
faces greeted him at every city along
the route. At several points he was
cheered by the waiting throng.
He attained the highest speed in
crossing the Indiana line between
Butler, Ind, and Nina, Ohio. when he
travelled miles in minutes Atwood
did not appear fatigued when he
reached louisville LlG It1lSu Ills SciS-
oline tank and rested. He said:
My machine is in perfect condition
and the air currents were favorable
throughout the morning trip. 1 had
a delightful flight from Elkhart and
enjoyed every minute of the journey.
I feel fine. The morning air sharpen
ed my appetite so ] thought I would
eat before going llp again I am away
ahead of my schedule and am conf
dent 1 will finish my flight before the
10 days limit prescribed. 1 expect to
leave here at $3.50 p. m and arrive in
Sandusky, O., before o'clock this
evening.
A delegation from Wauseon came
wood to that town for luncheon. He
will return here to resume his flight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-16
THIS BURGLAR QUEER.
Enters Dentists office. Takes Little,
but MUSES. Things Up.

The apartments of DR.. c. B. Reed,
dentist, at S23 Kansas avenue. were
entered by a burglar Tuesday night,
who had literary instincts. At least,
the books in the waiting room. incIud-
ing the magazines, Were taken from
their proper places and strewn over
the floor, and three account books
were found to be missing; also some
platinum valued at fourteen or fifteen
dollars. A check for $25, however,
which was lying in a conspicuous
place, was left untouched
'tIt looked as though q cyclone had
struck the place." said DR.. Reed this
morning.
The nocturnal proWler or prowlers
had entered a court through a hall
window and from the court through
another window into a ladies' room,
and from here into the waiting room
was a trail of burned matches. A
footprint was left on the window sill.
Papers had been set OF fire in front
of the safe, and it is evident that an
attempt was made to discover the COM
bination, and a peculiar thing about
the doings OF the night prowler was
that the rugs were rolled UP as
though the intruder expected to find
something hidden beneath.
All the drawers in the doctors room
were opened, but some scraps of gold
valued at about $40 were not taken.
''Of course, may find that the plati-
mum was not taken after all" said DR..
Reed, tbut the whole thing impresses
me as being rather unusual"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-16
LAST GREAT REUNION.
That Is What One in Topeka Next
Month VIII Be.

1.-The coming great reunion and
semi celebration to be held
at Topeka, September rs to %, will
test the pride and patriotism of the
people of Kansas" a veteran of the
Civil war said today.
''This will probably be our last great
reunion the old soldier remarked as
he spoke of the passing of so many of
his comrades. But the spirit of the
time and the occasion will bring all
out this year who can stand the trip
to Topeka. There are probably not
more than $4,000 of the old comrades
left. but we are expecting a large ma
jority of these, and they are coming
from every county in the state
Unusual interest in the big reunion
is manifested in all the camps of the
Sons of Veterans. This organization
will be largely represented. They are
coming from every locality where they
have and maintain organizations, and
generally they will come III delegations
and camp on the fair grounds with the
veterans of the Civil war.
The ladies of the G. A. r. are TAX
ing an active interest in the prepara-
tions for the meeting. There are 4O6
members of this organization in To-
peka and they are urging the men,
bership throughout me state to come
in numbers.
The Woman's Relief corps. too, is
busy advertising the imr ortance of the
reunion as the commenoration of the
great historical period that has SO
greatly blessed this state and it's peo-
pie. These loyal women are doing
their part in working Up enthusiasm
and urging their members to be pres
ent.
The association beIieveS that these
organizations together with the Span
ish-Am erican war soldiers and their
friends. will bring to Topeka on the
27th of September fully $4,000 people
The association also believes that 5O,-
| 900 more of the citizens and children
/ of the state will come to participate in
the celebration that marks the close oi
the greatest fifty-year period of his
tory in the annals of the nation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-16
WITHOUT A STOP.
Atwood Flies the 1O1 Miles from Chi
cago to Elkhart.

Elkhart, Ind. Aug. 16.-Skimming
over the southwest corner of Lake
Michigan and then over the sand hills
Of northern Indiana. Harry n. Atwood,
of Boston, in his aeroplane, flew the 10t
miles from Chicago in two hours and
16 minutes without stop, thus COM
pleting 3S7 miles of his 1,460 mEe cross
country flight from St. Louis to New
York and Boston.
Atwood made the 101 miles from Chi
cago in just q minutes greater time
than the fastest train in the United
States, which covers the distance be-
tween Chicago and Elkhart in one hour
ana 80 minutes.
ne arrived here 5:45, settling down
into hay field.
His highest altitude was 1000 feet,
reached over South Bend, Ind, but gen.
orally he kept low in order to follow
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
railroads tracks, which fixed his course
It was while he was out on Lake
Michigan, viewed by thousands of peo-
pie lined up along the shore and some
times hailed by the whistling of steam
boats that Atwood made his most spec
tacular appearance
Once away from Chicago, he hit up u
high speed against a. head-on wind and
cut across the corner of the lake to
save a few miles As it sped on, the
white wings of his machine shimmering
in the late afternoon sun, the air craft
was everywhere visible from shore and
from boats away in the distance.
For half an hour Atwood sailed over
the lake, keeping not more than 800 feet
high. At times, he said, to test the
variations of the air currents, he
swooped low enough as almost to be
able to scoop up water. Once over
land again at a point near Pine, Ind,
% miles from Chicago, he headed dl-
rectly eastward.
Enthusiasm appeared to increase as
he journeyed eastward Telegraph and
railroad wires we're kept busy with re-
ports of his whereabouts
All messages were transmitted and
handed out to the crowds as If record
ln~ the progress of aeroplanes had be-
come an established business.
At Elkhart, where Atwood planned
to remain over night, all faces were
turned toward the west The aviator
was unable to locate the grounds ar
ranged for his reception, so no land
ed in a hay field, but later rose again
and was received in -l'e driving park
BY his performance Atwood is con-
f1dent that his flight begun by his 286
mile trip from St Louis t. Chicago
Monday will be ended in Boston easily
within the 10 days fixed by him as the
maximum time. He VIII resume his
flight this morning, going to Toledo,
which he hopes to reach by 2 o. m,
and TO SanduSky, O-s Where he expects
to land for the night
II could make much better time
were it not that my arrangement calls
for my making IA stops on the entire
trip" said Atwood. IF had my way
would go right on through. stopping
only wherever night overlook me-
''It is becoming more evident to me
that aeroplanes are losing much OF
their danger and are becoming We
hicles for practical use. The ocean-to-
ocean flight will soon be in vogue.