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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-12-04
Beaver School Notes.

The total enrolment for the past
week OF school has been l66, while the
total enrolment for the year is l7S.
During the past week the average
daily attendance WAS 1853, there being
2l cases OF absences and cases OF
tsrdiness.
The graded school has received their
new foot ball and the pupils have been
having great sport the last few days.
Daring the Thanksgiving holiday
Mr.. Green and some Of his pupils did
some needed work on the play grounds
They have undertaken to level the
grounds in order to have more room
for games,
The graded school will give box
supper in the high school auditorium
December 18th, for the benefit of their
athletic fund,
Some fifty visitors attended the
Thanksgiving program given by the
North school last Wednesday after
noon. The program was rendered al
the high school which enabled us to
get all the Beaver pupils in one room
at one time. There we're probably 100
pupils present, quite q little army
The program was exceptionally good.
The teschera deserve especial mention
for their efforts in training these
young people.
II the weather is at all favorable the
ball team will go to Blue Mound next
Friday afternoon where they will play
basket ball in the evening, returning
TO Balko for games with the Balko
teams Saturday afternoon.
The manual training department has
an order, to make book case for the
CHRISTIAN Sunday school. The boys
viii also make case for the w. @. II.
" library.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-12-04

Of the pleasant day the 23d and went
/ out for car ride.
The writer was out near Ivanhoe and
saw many fine looking crops of wheat.
ltwould seem at least -fourths Of
cultiyatng land is in wheat and many
have their stock now living and doing
well on what few months ago looked
like great desert, so dry and so burn
ed up Every thing was then, il seem
ed, as God was laughing at our calam-
) 'rty, but now his smiling face is upon
Us,
r. l.. l.. How has rented his son Ar
thurs place une-half mile east of here
Mr.. How intends to put in Al acres OF
sorghum for molasses. He has the as.
,istance Of Ed Lane engaged and they
are experts in their line,
John Evans and Cecil Smell we're not
So very successful on their trapping
trip to Texas They were cam?ed on
the BransOn ranch, where Chas. Craw-
ford il foreman The first night they
secured two racuons, two o'possums.
three ciyit cats and possibly some other
game That was their only good night
out
] A. How was in to see his father
and spent the night"f November oath
with him at I'D Lanes. He aud Ed
are repairinga well at the Osbornp ace.
Another Thanksgiving Day has pass.
ed into the past and many happy hearts
beat in true thaukfuIness, bat many
more were the stumachs beat in dis
tress of the big dinners eaten Some of
the parties who entertained were, G
r. Burns aud wife, Earl Kendle and
wife, Dode Mendenhall and wife, with
many others. East of us was Burrord
Trrrill Pastor Moore aud j. II Landou
ana WIFE As it was and ideal day il
was well enjoyed. Ed Lane aud fam
lily stopped on their return home a.
Hile Fishers and took supper while T
/. How spent n pleasant day with his
son A.
Maurice GaiTprd and wife were at the
latter's mother for thier Thanksgiving
dinner.
Earl Kcndlc has a sister visiting him
here from Alfalfa county
Our school closed Wednesday even
ing for two days vacation Days los
are to be made up at end " term
About all threshing is done except q
small crop for Oscar Stibbs and Tom
How. Mr. Kendle will clean 'em out
On his return home. He is in the vi
cinity of Sunset at present.
Friday-week ending fine. Crop Of
wheat at all places look nne and many
are pasturing same.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-12-04
S&Our S&O9 "a
HDeparim6FA
Money to Loan.

MR.. FARMER Before you sign up
anybody loan papers, save money
10y getting all the Information
possible. Tell me how much money
you want, number of land, and / will
give you some facts about rates and
terms of loans. Will G., FIELDS,
4-lO II Beaver. Okla,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-12-04
ointment in Christmas Gifts

1t is not the intrinsic value OF the
'hristmas gift that counts so much rs
the sentiment that inspires it. Hence
the small gift frequently contributes
more pleasure to the recipient than
costly one. Especially is this so when
the gift is tastefully prepared-when
il is attractively wrapped and tied
and decorated with handsome seals
and stamps and an artistic address
card Such adornments forcIbly be-
speak the sentiment that inspires the
gift. We have a wonderful 226- piece
package Of these embellishments for
Christmas gifts which we are offering
to our subscribers in connection with
a years subscription to our paper. In
addition to the package, we also offer a
years subscription to The Weekly In
ter Ocean and Farmer, the largest
metropolitan weekly in the West, and
Farm and Home, the best agricultural
paper The three papers and the pack =
age we offer for only $l.25. Fuller de.
tails of this great offer will he found in
our announcement on another page.
The Christmas package may be in
inspected at our office.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-12-04
WHENEVER YOU NEED
A GENERAL TONIC TAKE GROVE s
The Old Standard Groves Tasteess chill Tonic is Equally
Valuable General Tonic because it Acts the Liver
Drives Out Malaria Enriches the Blood and Builds up
the Whole System. For Grown People and Children.

what taking when Groves Tess chill Tonic
Malaria Chil and
debility loss Gives life and
Sickly Children. Bouness without
blood True Tonic and Appetizer ACompe strenghner
No
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-12-04
Clear Lake

Sunday, November %, T, II. Lane
Streerer Blaunt and wife and Mrs.
Cecil Smell were guests OF Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Lane.
Mr., and Mrs E. F. Macy, our gro
ceryman and wife, took the advantage
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-12-04
$l.255

Can you beatit? We have examined
all of the papers offered herewith and
the big Xmas package and consid-
er them rare bargain We are in
deed glad to be able o give the Herald
readers such an opportunity to save
F'al dollars and yet get their full value
and we trust every one Of them will
take advantage of such liberal offers
They can't last always so come in early
You have long waited for that chance
to get something for nothing. Now is
the time, Come in and Wen show you
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-12-04
Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure.

The worst cases, no matter Of how long standing
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable DR.
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. II relieves
~ain and Heals at the same time. 2Se. soc, $loo
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-12-04
To Cure a Cold In One Dnv

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine. 1t stops the
Cough and Headache and works off the Cold.
Druggists refund money II It fails to cure,
T. W. GROVES signature on each box. 2Sc.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-12-04
Reward.

STRAYED or STOLEN - From
my pasture, 10 miles west of
Beaver, six yearling steers,
branded ! on left hip, will pay
$500 per head for recovery Of
cattle and $1,000 for information
that will lead to the arrest and
conviction of the party or parties
who took them. Address,
O. l.. CAIN,
11-27 1918 4wk Liberal, Kans.
FOR SALE-Choice baled prairie hay
at my farm, l. miles southwest ui
Beaver. II PLASTER,
ll-l7 IT RID Beaver, Okla
LosT-A mans rain coat either on
the main road north Of Beaver or the
road south between Beaver and the
Bert Harrison farm Finder will be
literally rewarded for return Of coat
to this office or II. NJ Buick AT the
Register of Deeds office, Beaver, Okla.
1923 If.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-12-04
General Contractor
and Builder.

A specially Of interior finish, stair
work, store fronts, high class work.
Also cement work, foundations,
etc, backed 10y an encyclopedia Of high
est authority and years of experience.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Reference
on request. Shop on Main Street, res
idcnce on Main Street, Residence
phone No. 81.
S.2I Il 5 5. STRONG, Beaver, Okla.
FOR RENT Good, clean, two-room
house, with good well and cave and
barn fug four head Of stock. Call at
HERALD Office.
Two houses and lots in Amarillo,
Texas, good rental property on car
line, to trade for Beaver county prop
erty. w. 5 POTTER
Beaver, Oklahoma.
Il.l8 11-27 3w.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-12-04

lUODynshl, lgO0, BY W. \, u
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1913-12-04

Total SO %
All One Whole Year and Big Xmas
Package For only
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-06
cONSIDERABLE EIS.


"Speakin' of fishes" said the Tar,
@speakin' of fishes, near an far,
there once was a gentleman shark
/ knowed as swallowed our anchor
fer a hook, an when he seen what a
bite he'd took went hildn' off through
the sea, an towed that ship along like
a bloomin' chip, though she was a
regular monster ship. He towed her
backward, mile on mile, though the
engines fought him all the while; he
toWed her over the heavin' foam; he
towed her into the pier at home, an
then with many bump an shock
he towed that vessel upon the. dock;
he towed, her up through the city
street at a pace that a race horse
couldn't beat; he towed her over the
vale an hill an he never stopped a
bit until the screw got caught in a
spreadin' oak an the anchor chain
an the hawser broke. But the shark
KEEP on with a grim intent, though /
never did learn where the monster
went" There was silence awhile in
the village bar as a tribute mute to
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-06

the bold Jack Tar, an it looked like
the palm would sure be his till old
Bill Jackson said, Gee whiz!.I kin
tell you just where yer big fish is;
an 1 know the tale that you tell is
true, cause caught that shark as
he hove in view an | got him stalled
in the stable now an. use the critter
to help me plow." Then the old Tar
rose an he said, said he, by the
Great Horn Spoon, that sure beats
me-" Then his face grew pale and he
gave a start and he fell and died-of
a broken heart.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-06


eoIdqu
brayy
when a
political him.
mention his He's Representa-
he
o g a a
SWITCH thinking
'em ono or twice. s a
fuing politics al the
"the caught
mapping 4
OF Woodrow and the majority of Jersey will attend
And maybe the gentleman from Atlantic City viii back after all
We
lance" is still the price liberty" Watch all the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-06

Two old men were stroIling along
a wharf and halted before new
snow-white yacht. well, look at that
name, Bilp' said one. "Ain't that the
FUNNIEST way to spell fish
P-s-y-c-h-e?"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-06

Maybe Governor Hi Johnson will
get mad enough to give California
a law prohibiting Californians to sell
real estate to Japs. But wouldn't the
real estate spectators just yell
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-14
tBy a. F. Robertson.)


Ol is the industry which has made
the prosperity in northern and east
ern Oklahoma. There is more than
$lOO,OOO,OO0 invested in the game, and
more than $4,000 men actually EN-.
ployed. There are more than $4,000
wells, and the average daily produc-
tions over $4,000 barrels. This, TAX
ing into consideration the fact that
wells can only be pumped 800 days in
the year, means a production for this
year of more than 55,000,0O0 barrels,
as against 5i,000,0O0 barrels last year
Outside of the oil industry itself, but
employed in related occupations such
Is the supply houses, teaming, refin-
cries, there must be added 10000 more
names 10 those who are dependent on
oil for q livelihood.
Oklahoma is today the greatest
producer of high grade oil in the
world. California oil is of the low
SIdNlIN' III lHe uldtb-l Vi dIlclS, van
fCrnia heads the list, but the Okla
homa oil brings more money in the
open market and has the highest
gravity and the most valuable refin-
ing products. And the development
of the Oklahoma oil industry is but a
matter of few years. Eight years
ago the production of crude oil in
this state was so small that the fig
ures werelincluded with those of Kan
sas in the reports of the geological
survey at Washington. The great
Glenn pool, which produced more oil
per acre for a given length of time
than any similar area on the globe,
was not developed until 1906, and
from that time till this minute it
has been touch and go, rush., rush,
rush. From a proven producing dis
Dtrict of less than 1000 acres, the
Glenn pool produced more than 3d.
100000 barrels of oil in less than
lnTee years ana Is IOudI pTOuuClHS
more than 10000 barrels of high-grade
crude OIL 1t was the signal for all
of the producers throughout the coun-
try to hike to Oklahoma, that discov-
cry of Robert Galbreath's on the Ida
Il. Glenn farm And they hiked and
they have kept on hiking ever since,
and they are hiking today.
In the Early Days.
Leaving aside for a moment the
dry statistical tables and the geo
logical data, it may be worth while
to say that the first well drilled in
the state of Oklahoma was near the
town of Bartlesville. 1t was then In
dian Territory. There had been some
oil wells drilled in Kansas, and Jas.
S. Glenn and others believed that
the line of production followed the
96th meridian line to Beaumont. So
Glenn and some of his associates
made deal with the council of the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-14
THE OIL INDUSTRY AS A
BASIS Of GREAT PROSPERITY

Usage nation in 1896, whereby the
entire Usage reservation was leased
to Edwin B. Foster and associates
for ten years, with the privilege OF
renewal In 1899 there We're three
wells in the Usage and in 1904 along
came the overflow from Kansas and
the real development of the oil indus.
try in this state began. All of the
territory in the Usage was rapidly
taken up and the limits of producing
area began to extend to the Dewey
district, Copan, Nowata, Delaware,
Childress, Morris, Cleveland, Red
Fork, Muskogee, Bird Creek and on
down the line to the end of the list
of the more than thirty producing
districts in the state at this time.
There are varying sands in this
state and varying gravities of oil.
In what is known as the Shallow pool,
the drilling and equipment of a well
is of the importance of an investment
of from $120O to $500. In the Cush-
ing district with the last and most
productive of all the recent discOv-
cries, the cost ranges from $4,000 to
$4,000. And there are varying grades
between. There are as many geologi-
cal formations as there are pools.
Production Hard to State.
It is almost an impossible task to
give the production of Oklahoma by
districts. as there is no state board
which collects them, and manifestly
the pipe life companies and the re-
tineries are not willing to give infor-
nation. All that can be definitely
stated is that more than 80 per cent
of the 10000 barrels daily production
comes out of the counties of Wash
ington, Usage, Nowata, Greek ,Musko-
gee, Pawnee and Tulsa. There are
small pools in many other counties,
but not production enough to figure
in the total.
There are seventeen refineries in
Oklahoma with total daily consump-
ton of 21,000 barrels crude. These
are located at Tulsa, Gushing, Sand
Springs, Okmulgee, Muskogee, Big
heart, Oklahoma City, Vinita, Chel
sea, Sapulpa and Bartlesvlle. They
make but few of the by-products, lin
iting themselves ito gasoline, gas oil,
kerosene and some few have grease
plants, where lubricants are manu-
featured.
Oklahoma oil, while of the same
specific gravity as some of the Penn
sylvania oils, which bring a higher
price, is asphaltum at base and this
reduces it's refining value. Percent
ages of by-products are hard to OBJ
tain as they are considered trade
secrets, but it is a fact that the Okla
homa production does not yield the
same percentage Of lubricants and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-14

wax products as oils of a similar
gravity in Pennsylvania where the
base is parafne.
More than 500 wells are now being
drilled in Oklahoma every month. The
percentage of dry holes is less in this
field than in any other, being less
than one in ten. For more than six
months the market has been on the
advance and this has stimulated de
velopment Wildcatting has been 60
ing on all over the state for some
months more actively than ever be
fore, but no pools have been discover
ed since the Cushing pool started the
wheels to turning a year ago or more.
But there have been brief periods of
failure to land something in the past,
and the conditions attending wild cat
aged the men who 90 out in the wilds,
the highways and the 5y-ways and
put lINll an Oll lllN Nul II VI 'AhN sN' w.
The development of the oil indus
try has been retarded and hampered
by restrictions imposed 'y the in
terror department at Washington and
by state legislation, but fortunately
these obstacles and annoyances are
largely things of the past, and it is
now possible to get leases through as
in other states and in other fields
And the people of Oklahoma who.
make the laws and pay the taxes have
found that the oil people are just like
other folks and are willing to take
their share of the hardships of exist
ence without a whimper. The idea
that every man engaged in the pro
duGion cf oil is millionaire largely
obtained in Oklahoma for quite a
spell but the thinking people have
found that it has the raw SIDE just
the same as any hazardous avocation,
and this has tended to bring about
a better feeling all around.
Not only has the oil industry of it. .
self brought more than one hundred
million dollars of actual money into
Oklahoma, but its presence has
brought additional millions in supply
stores, machine shops and the like.
Oklahoma is the top lung of the
oil ladder It's product goes in a con-
tinuous stream in pipe lines to the
ocean on the one hand and 1
to the Gulf of Mexico on the other
hand. 1t is used in refneries in Penn
sylvania and Beaumont, at Baton
Rouge and Marcus Hook. Its oil sup.
ply is, apparently, as enduring as
those of Pennsylvania or West Vir-
ginia, which have been producing IL
quid wealth for more than a genera
tion.-Tulsa World.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-12-14

The man of character, energy en-
terrrise and thrift will find a well
come in Ardmore and there is a place
for him in the city building process
where success never fails 10 reward
the worthy The undesirable, shift
less or questionable class is neither
desired or tolerated. Ardmore well
comes good citizens and with these
is building the most prosperous city
in the state.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-06
HONORABLE MENTION
Dear Uncle Ted:

Dear Uncle Ted:
A CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
Christmas spirit means peace
on earth to men of good will"
That is what the angels said to
the frightened shepherds who
were watching their flocks on the
hillside.
Thsn an angel came down
from the heavens and said, go We
to Bethlehem and adore the Lord"
They hurried along and soon
came upon one of the shepherds
children, who had hurried off be-
fore the others, and he told them
of the beautiful Star which shone
SO brightly in the sky.
They hurried upon their way,
once more guided by the star.
Soon they came to a stable, the
star stopping moving and stood
above it. They went in, and
what they beheld was a baby
wrapped in swaddling clothes,
lying in a manger. BY him were
his mother and his foster father.
They knelt down and adored
the baby, for they knew 1t was
the Lord.
I remain true member to your
Circle,
ANNA MAE WOOD,
Aquinas Academy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-06
Furnishing the Innocent

4 a young man in prison said to kindly visitor:
They think they are furnishing me. They aren't.
4 am tough and can stand it. They're Furnishing my
poor old mother; and she isn't guilty.
~ That of course, was in one of the brutal and
worse than useless prisons with cells; in a grim,
gaunt, ghostly machine for the hardening rotting
q Of human nature.
Such foolish institutions will soon be no more In
stead, there will be places where mothers boy will
be given fair chance and full encouragement to be-
come in spite of failures and follies, the kind of man
she used to pray he'd become. Instead of making it
impossible the state will help.
As we near the good will climax of Christmas
much of it unconsciously personal and selfish,
wouldn't it be well to think of that jabird's moth
er-her sorrow, her loneliness, the way WE make
her Christmas unhappy by the vindictiveness we
continue in our scheme of punishments?
The spirit of Christ would not put in iails. In
the agony of the cross, He pardoned two thieves.
Nixola Greeley Smiths idea is that "Love laughs
at eugenics." Sure! and at everything else
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-06

put their souls in pawn to organ
ICED greed.
Now nothing remains for us but
the recall. If we fail to instantly
resent this act of cowardice, we
become parties to a shameful be-
trayal of the people of the whole
state. The laws OF this state are a
network of snares behind which
our public service corporations and
the pitiful manikins In office hide,
when they want to secure an I'M
fair advantage over the common
people. Our city charter Is a farce;
a document of high sounding
phrases meaning nothing. Read the
case of Dolan VS.. The Puget Sound
Traction, Light and Power company
in the 72nd Washington Reporter
and learn what the supreme court
did to the referendum" clause In
our city charter, insofar as II ap-
plies to franchises to public serv-
Ice corporations like the T. r. & p.
If We fail to recall Mills, Woods
and Lawson, the franchise ordin-
anee will go through and we will
have entangled ourselves in the
meshes of the cleverly devised
scheme laid for us by our treach-
erous public servants. / mistake
the temper of the people IL they
fail to hand this Stone Webster tri-
umvirate something that will give
them food for reflection the bal
ance of their lives. Let the city
build three well equipped lines;
one running out Sixts avenue, one
to Point Defiance and one to South
Tacoma. HOMER T, BONE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-06
December 4, 1918.
Editor Tacoma Times.

December 4, 1913.
Editor Tacoma Times.
Dear Sir: The people of this city
thave been delivered over into the
hands of the T. r. & p. in such a
perfidious and old-blooded fashion
by three city commissioners that
short work should be made of these
fellows.
In the face of an almost univer-
sal demand that no further conces-
siOns be given the Boston philan-
thropists, the commission proposes
to override the popular will and
hand them valuable franchise
across two newly erected bridges
on the tideflats, and substantially
reduce the revenue tax now paid
The worst feature of the whole
affair is that we must stand with
folded hands while the outrage is
being perpetrated. The supreme
court has nullified the referendum
as applied to franchises. and we
cannot have the action Of our city
council referred to the voters of
this city for condemnation or ap-
prevail.
The people of this city attempted
to make a charter with safeguards
against such a rape of the public
conscience, but our efforts were in
vain. By judicial construction, and
nothing else. the court of last re-
sort in this state has stricken from
our hands the weapon with which
we might protect ourselves from
white-livered public officials who