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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
PRAIRIE OIL CASE
AGAIN POSTPONED

Oklahoma City, Dec l6.-After lis
tening all afternoon to arguments on
both sides, the supreme court late on
! Wednesday afternoon gave attorneys
for the Prairie Oil and Gas company
and the state board of equalization
until next Tuesday morning at 1000
O'Clock to submit briefs on the law In.
volved in the application of the Prai.
rie company for an order enjoining
the state board of equalization from
making a proposed increase of $40.
100000 in the assessed valuation of
the Prairie's property. The decision
of the court is expected to be given
a week from next Tuesday, inasmuch
as attorneys for the state have urged
that the matter be disposed of before
the present board of equalization goes
out of office
The company is asking for a writ of
prohibition, enjoining the board from
making the proposed increase in the
assessment of the Prairie property At.
torneys for the board of equalization
contend that writ of prohibition is
not the proper remedy at law. They
assert the company should appeal from
the order of the board, making the in.
crease.
Attorneys for the Prairie rely on the
that the board has adjourn
ed sine die for the current year; that
the levy has been made on an assess
ment of s35,OOO,VO0 against the Prairie,
and that it has no further Jurisdiction.
They also countend leases are includ.
ed in the proposed increase, and they
declare leases are not subject to tax.
alton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
STERILIZATION, LIMITATION Of
ACREAGE AND COTTON FOUNDATION

and enduring qualities and being
Worldwide in its usefulness spec.
ulation and hedging could be elm
mated by a stabilizing and far.
reaching cotton foundation.
Hon John l.. McLaren state ware
house commissioner for South Caro-
lima, sounds the present keynote in
i've words: Hold cotton, and re-
duce acreage" He is working along
the right lines and the people and
the press should aid him in his ac-
tivities
The tenant cotton farmer must be
helped to reduce acreage.
Forces greater than he can resist.
force him to pursue his HABIT OF
raising cotton to the practical ex-
clusion of other crops. Under con.
ditions prevailing in the past, cotton
VIII keep the mass of cotton farm
ers in debt and bondage, and they
should be helped to help themselves,
aid in reforms, diversification, and
cotton foundation that will over
come speculation and give stable
prices for his product The cotton
proposition is big enough and far
reaching enough to interest the best
minds in finance, commerce, agricul-
ture and craftsmanship.
When such advanced thoughts are
offered, the superficial exclaim, "Why
not do the same for apples, pota-
toes, tobacco, and all grain? Like
gold, cotton Is in a class to itself.
and needs no doctoring for its pres.
ervation. C. r. SMITH
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

That producers are willing to take
3oc for the oil in the Healdton field
is evidently the conclusion which
has been reached by the pipe line
people. While not all OF them are
willing TO sell at these figures. yet
some Of them are. This was made
very plain in the fact that when a
market was created for carthen
storage oil At soc. that n number
OF producers began to violate the
orders OF the commission made Octo-
Der % and run fresh oil into earthsn
storage. What other object they
could have had except to get to sell
il at soc is hard to figure out. and
the acts Of the producers have been
"A hard blow to the price in the field
The pipe line people assert that they
cannot meet competition. anyway.
with Healdton oil only sc below
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
Dave C. Stewart spent one. da,

| Dave G. Stewart spent one. dag
this week in the city with produc
ers. Mr.. Stewart is president of the
| Magnolia Pipe Line Company. He
was very congenial and was willing
to talk oil with the boys all day
but he had very few encouraging
words for the outlook of the oil bus
mess. He stated that the Healdton
held was great il-producing area
but that his company could not make
shipments as they could before the
war, that the greater number of oil
vessels carry the German flag, and
the English have control of the seas
and for that reason the foreign oil
business is hampered.
Mr. Stewart went to China last
March. After arriving there. he went
by private conveyance SIX hundred
miles into the in,ef'or He 4 K
eight men from the Electra field
and eight from the California field.
He has four rigs running in that
country now, but reports are slow
in coming. The Japanese drilled
some wells near his wells some years
ago, and found small oil production
at depth OF 200 feet He thinks
possibly that by going deeper field
will be developed. The Standard is
also operating in South America, but
with what success Mr. Stewart was
unable to say.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
THE NEW TYPE OF
TRUANT OFFICER
u u u u u u u u Il u r ~ II n I, =,

The old-time idea of the truant Of
ficer as kid cop" is passing away
according TO w. s. Deffenbaugh, of
the United States bureau of educa- :
ton, who has recently been in con-
terence with attendance officials from
all parts of the United States. The
new truant officer according to Mr..
Defenbaugh, is man of entirely
different type, quite frequently, in
iact' woman In several cities
large percentage of truant officers are
college graduates: in other cities
they are men and women with ex-
perience as social workers: but
whether college graduates or not.
they are required to know and
understand the home conditions of
school children.
Attendance officers of the new type
are interested in removing fundamen-
tai causes of truancy rather than in
merely catching the offenders. The
chief cause of the failure to obey
attendance laws, according to the ma
uonal league of compulsory educa.
ton officials, is inadequate family life
Resolutions adopted at the recent
meeting of the organization. there
fore, called for adequate and uniform
marriage and divorce laws for the
protection of childhood enactment
and enforcement of laws pertaining
TO the issuance of marriage licenses
that Will prevent child marriages and
prohibit the marriage OF persons ply
sically morally, and mentally unfit
to wed" They urge that the juva-
nile courts be given definite authority
TO place parents. as well as children.
on probation for truancy and delin-
Quency; civil service for all truant
and the maintenance of pa.
rental schools, special rooms for tru.
ants and incorriglbles, and health in
Spection of schools as material fac
tors in child welfare.
The attendance officer of the new
.ype is to be a far better trained
nan or woman, and is to receive bet
er pay. Superintendents Of some
'f the largest school systems in the
nited States Joined in advocating
minimum salary of 800 per month.
With services for IL months in the
ear in order that the officers NAV
'e in constant touch with the home
of the boys and girls
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

The above story is taken from the
Phoenix. and is published for what II
is worth The Magnolia people OWL
an eight-inch line from Fort Worth
north TO Addington. Oklahoma. That
line could very easily be extended
along the Rock Island right of way
on TO Oklahoma City and to Cush.
ing. The company had planned to
build that line before the Healdton
field was discovered and that ac-
counts for the TACT that Healdton
got a pipe line as early in the his
tory of the field as it did The
Healdton field had the capacity to
meet the demands OF the company.
and a siNinch branch was built out
to it, and the Cushing plans were
temporarily abandoned II does not
look reasonable that the Magnolia
would go of and form a partnership
on a pipe line deal with other fields.
when It has a line already started to
Gushing and it has men in the com
pany who are able to get all the
capital needed for any extensions
that their business might require.
II there was a conference between
White and Sinclair on one side. and
D. G. Stewart on the other. it was
perhaps along the line OF selling to
the Magnolia people. An oil mar
Set is hard to find just at this time.
oklahoma has a big production and
.ast amounts Of oil are being placed |
n storage and shipments are be-
ginning 70 be made by rail, both to
he south and 10 the north. and in
ime a market will be established for
very barrel OF the oil. but at this
ime the market demand is below
he production. and before White &
Sinclair build their line, they will
irst know just where they are going
o place their oil
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

The United States in 1911 produced
220. 449, ,39l barrels of petroleum.
1t is estimated that the annual catch
of Holsters in the world is 125, ,0OO, OOO.
New Orleans is to have a school of
Salesmanship for the benefit of clerks.
Cleveland is to have a playground
institute to train teachers to teach
children to play.
The park CON mission of Denver has
decided that non-union men will be
the first 10 be laid OFF.
Minnesota'S : compensation law has
reduced the number of personal in
jury suits neary forty-five per cent.
The federal bureau of labor statis-
tics now has in the hands of the prin-
ter bulletins concerning wages and
hours of labor in the following indus
tries; Cotton. woolen and silk. iron
and steel. lumber, millwork and fur
liture and boots, Stoes hosiery and
knit goods.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

W. l. Russell OF Lima, Ohi1 arl
W G. Skelley of Tulsa, are her and
will remain several days looking oN"r
some matters in connection with
their holdings in the Healdton fr,l
These people have two wells in sec
ton Cts. and have a production OF
almost $500 barrels Mr.. SHELLEY
has also several strings of tool, Ia
ipe fields. and in connection with
lack Sankey. has done much oi the
- tract drilling
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

Magnolia May Be In Deal
Though some persons in author
ity continue to profess doubt that
Messrs. Sinclair and White are yet
actually sure Of building a pipe line
to the gulf information coming d.
rectly from the office of the latter
reiterates a confirmation OF the story
and adds details about preliminary
surveys starting, etc
That \Mhssrs. Sinclair and White
met d. {. Stewart, president OF the
Magnolia Pipe Line company at Mus
kogee some ten days or two weeks
ago, by appointment and for the
purpose of discussing the new pipe
line, is stated to be true. 1t is even
alleged that Mr.. Stewart was asked
to take the presidency of the new
pipe line
This is rather doubted by ota,r
circles however. and the counter
theory sprang that perhaps Messrs
Sinclair and White are seeking 10
interest the Magnolia company n
the new line. II is even suggested
that perhaps the Magnolia company
may be in the deal with MrssrS
Sinclair and White. In confirmation
OF this, II is pointed out that the
Magnolia's eight-inch pipe line i.om
Beaumont was originally surveyed
into the Gushing field. and tha' The
terminus of the e!ght-inch Is some
- miles due west of the Hea,tUcn |
pool, where the line abruptly stops !
and 6-inch line runs on: at 4 !
right angle over to the Healdton
1t is also pointed out that he
Magnolia has a deficiency in its sap |
ply of light crude that has pecessi- |
tated the company shipping large
amounts from Gushing by tank car
to its Texas retineries.
In view of the company's need for
light crude, as well as TO the fact
that its pipe line is already built
of the way from the
Gulf to Cushing the advocates Of
this theory thus summarize, :he
Magnolia is so situated tho, It can
not afford to pay more than qny one
else for Gushing producroh, ana
would not, under equal coudltiGrs
allow any new pipe line 20 get IN
there ahead of IT,
Whether the Magnolia CONES INTO
Cushing after the Sinclair and White
production or not. says an authority
on pipe line matters. take il as a
good bet that the company will con-
inue the pipe line into Gushing.
Perhaps. if it does not buy the Sin
lair and White production, it may
Ie the McMan company's. Remem- l
Der that the latter is in partnership Z
With the Magnolia's producing sub
'idiary the Corsicana Petroleum t
company, both at Healdton and in {
he Electra TEX, field" a
Former Governor c. y. Haskell
Who went to Washington, D. c., and
hence to Pittsburgh, Pa, two weeks
Igo, and had not returned Sunday {
fternoon, left directly after the con-
erence at Muskogee between Mr..
stewart and Messrs. Sinclair and I
White. Reports indicate that the a
governor may be working on mat. b
ars of Indian leases while at Wash I
lgton, while his Pittsburgh mission C
; a mystery still. He went east "
pom Sinclair and White matters to V
certainty. Muskogee Phoenix. II
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

l.. J. Milburn, r. II. Vaughn and
Bill Paul of the Lucky Strike com
pany, are here attending court. The
company has suit on with the
Carter Drilling company. The COM
pany drilled a duster in 1913. and.
10 add to its troubles, the drilling
company is now after them for a
sum which 1t feels it should not pay
Tn, Pauls Valley boys are taking
the matter in good humor. and call
their company the Unluck'y Strike.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

Coine company is building a rig
for No , on the Hickman Willis in
G-i-3, which will be an offset to
Watchorn No /. on the Horton in
the same section. 1t is stated that
The Watchorn we'll will be shut in
and the Coline will drill only to the
gas sand
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

Gushing Oil One pipe line company
has stated that 1t was offered earth
en- storage oil in the Cushing field
at 20c and unless all the powers of
the state, coupled with the co-opera-
tion of the producers are used, the
price of Oklahoma crude will 90
even lower than 1t is at this time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
oeWITT's HANDMADE CIGAR. Sc

London has to yacate his present
building on January !, and is offer
ing any suit in the house for SlO5O.
any $3.50 and $500 shoe for s2.95.
All goods go at cost 1913
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
NEW BOSS OF WHITE SoX.
Clarence Rowland to Manage Chica
go American League Club.

Chicago, Ill, Dec. 17.-Clarence
Rowland, who was last year man
ager of the Peoria Three | league
baseball team, today signed a con-
tract to manage the Chicago Ameri-
cans for three years. Eddie Collins
was recently purchased by the
White SoX, and it had been expected
that he would be made manager OF
the team.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

Mrs II. p. Nichols has returned
from Austin, where she and Mr.
Nichols have spent several weeks
with Mr. Nichols mother Mr. Mich
OILS underwent an operation tor ap-
pendicitS in Austin on the 22nd of
October. lie IS recovering slowly.
1t is expected that he will be able
to return home within ten days. At
the time the operation was reported,
il was stated that Mrs. Nichols went
on the operating table, when it was
her husband
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

One of the Gunsburg & Forman
wells in section on ten acres ad p
Joining the Crosbie lease in section
> has already produced $4,000 barrels
since it was drilled in.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

WHEN YOU TRADE AT The
GOLDEN GATE CONTEST STORES.
BE SURE AND CALL FcR youe
VOTES.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

: - Dyer X w. Dawson an. b.
Z 3uwell of the Mutual Benefit com
ranv are here from Oklahoma "iy.
q" he company has suit in coult.
growing out of some drilling con
tracts in the field
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

McMan- Corsicana well on the east
of the Skeley 4 Russell well in sec
tion G is making 5000 barrels.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

The COline company. on its loca-
lion in section 6, south of the Skel-
ley 4 Russell big well, on the Ward
lease, is drilling in a good we'll
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

Gunsburg n FOrman are spuddng
in No. . in the southeast quarter OF
4-4-3, on the Westheimer Il Daube
property. Those people have re-
Gently finished Nos. and . on the
same lease. and each well has pro
duction of $50 barrels
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

J T. Jackson. field superintendent:
fer the Mutual Benefit company, Nds
here yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

The Gates Oil company has a rig
up for No in section 3-4-S. This
is really the companys fifth well,
but bears the number three.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

G.. II. Everett of the Jones Evaret.
Machine company was in the cry
today from the fields. This comGaHy
established machine shop in the
fields early, and have done vast
amount of work The plant is busy
now. but operates only eight hours
a day, Last spring, when the fed
was busy. the shop was in operation
from eighteen to twenty hours day.
Mr. Everett has charge of the shop
there, while Mr.. Jones has charge of
the shop in Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

George s Ramsey, an attorney Of
Muskogee. who comes here frequent
ly on oil litigation. is an Ardmote
visitor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

Westheimer Il Nichols are drilling
in the southeast of the southwest Of
the northeast of 5-i-3. an offset to
Wrightsman 4 Foster
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

Dundee people have rig up for
Hapgood No. 1 in the southeast cor
ner of 3-4-3.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

:. Walker. mayor of Electra, and
member of the rig building firm OF
Lamb 4 Walker, was here yester-
day
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

W. Il. White. superintendent for
che Corsicana Petroleum company,
was in the city today from the fields
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

Hapgood is moving tools in on his
location in 21-4-3 and drilling will
be begun within a short time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

h. l.. Fairbanks. with Gunsburg
4 Forman, is in the fields from
Tulsa.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

George l.. Craig of Pittsburg, Pa,
who makes frequent visits to the
Carter county oil fields, is here
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
OIL and GAS NEWS

Adkins, Conrad & Nichols have
rig up for No. { in 9-i-3
IIealdton Oil and Gas compan,
IA 31-3-& is drilling at about 40
feet.
h. L. Fairbanks. with Gunsburl
4 Forman, is in the fields from
Tulsa.
Dundee people have a rig up foi
Hapgood No in the southeast cor
ner of 3-4-3.
T. Jackson, field superintendent;
fer the Mutual Benefit company, vds
here yesterday.
McMan CorSicana well on the east
of the Skelley & Russell well in sec
ton is making 5000 barrels.
Hapgood is moving tools in on his
location in 2l-i-3 and drilling will
be begun within short time.
George l.. Craig of Pittsburg, Pa,
who makes frequent visits to the
Carter county oil fields, is here.
W. t. White. superintendent for
che Corsicana Petroleum company,
was in the city today from the fields.
). Walker mayor of Electra and
member of the rig building firm OF
Lamb Walker, was here yester-
day
George $. Ramsey, an attorney of
Muskogee. who comes here frequent
ly on oil litigation. is an Ardmote
visitor.
Westheimer 4 Nichols are drilling
in the southeast of the southwest OF
The northeast of j-i-3. an offset to
Wrightsman a Foster
The Gates Oil company has rig
up for No. in section S-4-3 This
is really the company's fifth well, |
but bears the number three.
The Coline company. on its loca-
lion in section 6, south of the Skel- |
ley 4 Russell big well, on the Ward |
lease, is drilling in a good we'll
= - Dyer. X w Dawson AM b. |
T. 3tlwell of the Mutual Benefit com
ranv are here from Oklahoma "dy |
he company has suit in court.
growing out of some drilling con
tracts in the field
Coline company is building rig
for No , on the Hickman Willis in
G-i-3, which will be an offset to
Watchorn No, l, on the Horton in
the same section. 1t is stated that
The Watchorn we'll will be shut in
and the Coline will drill only to the
gas sand.
oeWITT's HAND. MADE CIGAR, Sc.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

Adkins, Conrad & Nichols have a
rig up for No. { in 9-i-3.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

Healdton Oil and Gas company
IA 31-@-S is drilling at about 400
feet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

\ J. Walker assistant oil and
gas inspector under the interior de-
partment, who is stationed in the
Healdton field, was here last night,
en- route to MuskOgee. He viii visit
the Gushing field and may not re-
turn here before the first OF the year.
Robert Watchorn has moved rig
on location No. on the Horton lease
in G-i-3. The location will not be
drilled at this time and the tools
will be shipped TO Cimarron river
beds, where lease was recently ac-
quired by the Samoset company of
which Mr. Watchorn is president.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-17

Robert McFar N OF the McNIau
company is in California. Mrs. Nc
Farlin has been there for some time
and he has gone there to bring her
home. In his absence from the state
Mr. McFarlins production has sur
passed the production OF any other
company operating in Oklahoma
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-19
MRS. HUFFMAN TO
HAVE S500DAMACES
JURY RETURNS VERDICT FAVOR.
ING PLAINTIFF AFTER BEING
OUT ALL NIGHT.

The jury returned a verdict this
morning in the case Of Mary c. Huff
man vs. The City Of Ottumwa, finding
in favor Of the plaintiff and awarding
her judgment Of $500. This was an
action in which Mrs. Huffman was
suing the city for $4,000 for injuries al
legged to have been received in January
1912 in front of the property known as
No. 705 East Main street.
The case Of r. M. Beamer ct al VS..
Chas. Stuber was begun this morning.
This action involves a commission for
selling farm. The final reports have
been received in the estates of Albert
Johnson, William and Cora B. Cheek
and Albert E. Bales and the admins
traitors and the executors have been
discharged.
William Leffler has filed petition
against August LETTER in which he
asks that an involved mortgage be
cancelled and that he be declared as not
Indebted to the defendant. Patrick
Fenton seeks the quoting of title In
real estate in a petition filed by him
self against Ethel Williams ct al. Jas.
w. Jones VS.. F., M. Reno is the title of
petition in which an attachment OF
SIC, 900 Is sought and the plaintiff asks
for judgment against the defendant
for that amount.