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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-18

B. M Stone and wife will leave on the Northwestern for Seward, where they will spend q few days, after which they will return to Valdez.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-18

Owen Meals uses his bicycle these fine days.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-18

FOR RENT--Four rooms partly furnished; price reasonable. Appl. at Valdez, Drug Co. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-18

WANTED-A position as camp cook for small outfit. Mrs. Frank Hoffman.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-18

Calamity Anne will also be at the Orpheum tonight Change tomorrow with Gaumont Weekly
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-18

Ed Wood will send his teams to Shoup bay some time the latter part of the week.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-18

Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver. mans, the tailor Telephone 198
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-18

Watch and jewelry repairing. Al work guaranteed and delivered promptly. Plant & Co.,, jewellers. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-18

Pete Black came up on the launch Brighton from Hartman fjord.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-18
Music! Music! Music!

mUtFC3 mV8tCs MUSIC! All the latest popular mssif at Iehe Valdez. Drug stere: ,-..
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
A Story of ST. PauI's. london.

There is an anecdote concerning st.
PauIs worth recording now that the
cathedrals repairing is under consid.
GRAFTON, says the London Chronicle.
81! Christopher Wren tells It in the
Parenalia: In the beginning OF the
new works of st. Paul's an incident
was taken notice of by some people as
a memorable omen. When the sur.
yeyor in person had set out upon the
place the dimensions of the great
dome and fixed upon the center, a CON-
mon laborer was ordered to bring a
fiat stone from the heaps OF rubbish
(such as should first come to hand)
to be laid for a mark and direction to
the masons; the stone, which was i'm
mediately brought and laid down for
that purpose, happened to be a piece
OF gravestone with nothing remaining
Of the inscription but this single word
in large capitals Resurgam.'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
Thyme for Whoopino Couch.

According to German medical
journal preparations Of thyme have
long been advocated for whooping
cough. Thyme grows in certain re.
eions OF the old world, and prepara-
tions Of it have been sold in the Unit.
ed States at very high prices. Various
derivatives of thymin (the active prin-
ciple Of thyme) have been used in diff.
ferent localities with good results.
One combination comprises herb of
thyme and the so-called "pilka"-a
herb which grows wild in the same
parts OF the world. II this compound
be given in whooping cough morning
and evening the patient "recovers" in
due time, but the interval between the
administration OF the remedy and the
cure may be so long as to render the
curative action matter OF specula
ton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
Let the little Want Ads no your
work.


Far down in the country where
Grand opera methods have not been
fpplied to church singing a blessed
old minister arose and announced the
number OF the hymn he desired the
congre cation to sing He followed
he old custom OF lining out the
hymn that is. he would read line
4 a loud voice and then the congre.
,ation would sing it, The first was as
.ollows. We praise thee, o God for
thy power ten thousand strong The
congregation tried the line and was on
such high key that when ten thous.
and was reached everybody was up
IN screech I'm afraid that's too
high said the benevolent old man.
TOO high on the ten thousand
strong His difficulty was solved by
an cid fellow who stood up far back in
he church and exclaimed in a nasal
voice: An right, hen, bring it down
A. o l.0oo. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
No Castles In SeNla.

Servia has come nearer to attaining
the ideal OF social equality than most
countries For it is a land in which
there is neither arlstocracy nor middle
class. and in 1900 it possessed not a
single pauper. II has, however. a
multitude Of placemen and officials. re.
cruited mainly from the peasantry
The average SeryiaL values comfort
far more than progress. and is con-
tent as long az moderate amount OF
work enables him 10 spend his eve
nings in the village wine shop. where.
b. the way. he generally keeps sober.
or discussing politics he will never
tire. and this, with music and poetry
and dancing. are the passions of his
life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
OBJECT AND
AIM Of Chill
DREN' 8 HOME.
WILL BE A PLACE OF REFUGE
FOR UNFoRTuNATES AND WILL
ALSO BE A HOME FOR Chill
OREN TEMPORARILY.

satisfactory progress has been
made toward completing all details
connected with the opening of the
'Eyangel!ne Home" north OF the city
and next week three children will be
taken. the first to be received.
Miss Hall, who was the prime
mover in the movement to establish
the home here, has been engaged in
the work in this state for the past
six years, and previous to that time
was working in a like manner in In
dianapolis. Ind She is thoroughly
equipped for the position she holds,
and says there is no possible chance
for its failure here.
The purpose of this association is
20 promote and practice the placing
into family homes the dependent chill
dren who can legally be turned over
to the association; also to investigate
homes where children are to be plac-
cd, and looking after these children
until they reach their maiority-al-
ways reserying the right and priyi-
lege to replace child, when cir
cumstances or surroundings are not
conducive to the best interests OF
the child.
This association will also maintain
a receiving or detention home, where
county wards or juvenile offenders
may be taken care of temporarily.
There will also be an aid department
connected with the work, whereby
a mother, by paying small sum
weekly, can place her children in
the home and have chance to work
or a man may place his motherless
children and have a chance to work |
for them, if one or both parents are |
sick, or unable 10 work, the children |
will be cared for free.
The home north of town will be |
called The Eyangelne Home. II has |
already been rented, and citizens Of |
Ardmore who are in sympathy with !
this movement, will be asked to help
furnish the home. They will be glad
to receive donations, such as small
iron beds. cotton blankets. baby cribs,
window shades, chairs. dining table,
linoleum, mating, rugs, kitchen uten-
sils, coal wood coal stoves kind
lings chlldren's chairs, clothing,
fruits, groceries, feed for COW, etc.
The Oklahoma Independent Child
Placing association was organized
the 10Th day Of December, 1914, with
a board of five directors, consisting of
a II. Straehley. President c. +
Ringer, Vice President: G.. w Stuart
Secretary Treasurer; Judge FIarreld
L. NJ Leeper, with an d;ecutive
of seven ladies', consisting
Of Mrs. Julius Kahn Mrs. f. A. Cur
It's, Mrs J. A. Madden Mrs. w r
Moore. Mrs. NJ Redheld, Mrs. Crit
tenden
There will also be a local board of
ladies' of the city who will cooper
ate in the management OF the local
work.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

Reports from Seattle Wash. state
thar Columbus Christopher. who was
member Of the company that drill
ed the well at Brock, has large hold
ings in the new Washington field
The paper published there is carrying
big advertisements of the oil com
panies which Mr.. Christopher has or
ganizcd and carries half tones OF
Mr.. Christopher and of the driller
who had charga Of the one well
which has been brought in The well
Is estimated at $50 barrels. The
friends Mr. and Mrs. Christopher
made while here will be glad to
learn that he has large acreage
surrounding the well, and will drill
the second well within 900 feet of
the original we'll
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

The Cushing field has increased 3S,
900 barrels within the last ten days,
according to reports received from
there. The production is now 220,-
900 barrels "A day. 4 new well the
past week located quarter Of "A
mile north of the field, was brought
in and is making 5000 barrels The
Cushing field is said to he one of the
really wonderful oil producing areas
of the world
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

The oil department Of the Santa
Fo Railway COMPANY is making every
preparation to care for the oil in the
lIealdton field that will seek an out
let to the markets through Ardmore
The company has made a very low
sportatiOn rate from the Wheeler
field into Ardmore Within two weeks
the CrosbIe line from Healdton to
the Wheeler field will be ready for
operation. Tha line proper is ready
now, but the pump station and the
tanks at the Wheeler end are not
ready at this time. The Santa Fe
has ordered in a $4,000 barrel steel
tank to be built here to improve the
terminal facilities for handling oil
The foundation work for the tank is
now under construction and it will
he finished by the first of February
unless construction. work is inter
fered with from some unexpected
cause. The tank at the terminal
here has now IA capacity OF 1000
barrels, and the new tank win be
eleven times as large. 1t is probable
that much of the Healdton oil will
be brought in here through the pipe
lines and shipped out over the Santa
Fe roads The Santa Fe is equippng
TO handle all the oil offered them
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
Bought Some Gilt Edged Acreage.

Gunsburg d Forman have pur-
chased a 2G-acre piece along the
north line of the Susie Crow farm
in section i-lS-7. 1t is part Of the
same allotment now being drilled by
e. j. Wrightsman. They have owned
the east so acres running north and
south, for some time and are drilling
a well in the southwest corner Of the
same Tulsa Democrat
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
The IiloqicsI Sex.

Mere Man-"You feminists are very
inconsistent" Miss Suif-"How do
you make that out?" Mere Man
"You argue that every woman ought
to be independent and then you fire
the cook when she shows an inclina-
ton ta become so."-Judge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

A ten pound boy has come to make
his home with Mr.. and Mrs c. NJ.
NanPelt In Oklahoma city. He ar
rived in time to get a Christmas
present which no doubt will be an
oil well. Mr.. and Mrs. VanPelt came
here in the early days of the field,
and have lived here the greater por-
tion of the time since.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

The charge is made and it is
claimed to be susceptible to proof
that a large number Of producers
have never ceased to put oil in earth
en- storage, even after the practice
was ordered stopped by the commits
sion on the 23rd OF October Tests
of ponds have been made by placing
STAKES at the edge of the oil, and
these marks have been drowned af-
ter few days. There Is no doubt,
according to these statements. that
IN orders of the commission have
fresh oil runs have been made at
the price of fifty cents, in some in
stances. The gravity. however, has
been kept up to tlS--. and IL the
pire line people have been aware of
the practice nothing has been said.
However, the earthen storage oil is a
question OF much concern in the
held II one man puts oil in storage
his neighbor also would like to have
the same privilege and some rules to
regulate the producers. with PEN
atty sufficient TO enforce respect for
the rules is badly needed. II the field
woud be protected. and the oil kept
would be protected, and the oil kept
tion policy of the commission de-
mands thai 1t be kept
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

The freezing weather which came
the latter part of the week caught
many with their pipes not buried
Preparations for winter had not been
made. and several hundred feet werc
lost by freezing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

Night and day crews are working
on the test well at Homer. II Is
reported that the well there is at a
depth OF 100 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

W b. Flynn Of the Paraffine Oh
company, Of Beaumont, Texas, Is here
and viii spend several days in the
field. In speaking Of the oil stua-
ton Mr. Flynn said the conditions
ought to improve that more oil is
being shipped in oil steamers for for
elgn trade now than at any other
time, and he sees in that an in
creasing demand. He also states that
when the lIealdtOn and Gushing wells
,are opened and allowed to flow reg
ularly that the oil production will
not be boosted beyond what it really
is He is of the opinion that during
the coming year the Healdton produc-
tion will be cared for and the field
will revive.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

Writ Franklin and Edward Gait,
both Of the crystal company, return
ed yesterday afternoon from a bust
ness trip TO Pauls Valley
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
OIL and GAS NEWS

The FL Reno well in 12-4-4, which
Is being drilled by l.. c. Hiyick, has
set the ten-inch at 500 feet. This
was done Friday and drilling was
resumed Saturday. This well had
slight showing Of oil al 500 feet.
It is a most interesting location, and
II is reasonable to presume that the
thick sand in the Skelley- Russell well
extends in some direction. to the
southwest, west or northwest.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
To THE GRAVE
FOR EVIDENCE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)

visitors were perfectly satisfied with
the examination and that the man was
Mark Lancaster who was wanted in
Pontotoc county for murder.
Lancaster was suddenly taken i'll in
resort on east Main street, August
Ia, 1918 and died at the sanitarium
the next day. He was well known to
hundreds of people here, and the con-
tention of the Ada citizens was always
SO absurd to them that they were new.
er taken seriously. However, with the
opening of the grave yesterday, the
case is settled, and the remains will
now be permitted to rest in peace.
The party from Ada departed for
their home yesterday afternoon. all eX.
pressing appreciation to the city and
county officers for their courteous
treatment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

Hugh L. Sturm has returned from
a visit Of three weeks with his par
cnts at his old home in Rogersyille,
Tenn. He reports a most pleasant
visit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

L. II. Keller. OF New York, who
has been absent from the fields for
several weeks. spent the past week
here
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

Dace C. Stewart, president of the
Magnolia Pipe Line company. will
be here from Dallas Monday to visit
with his brother G. Il. Stewart, dis
trict foreman of the same company
and to look over the fields.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

The Want Ads orer a good pub
licity medium for the small dealer
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13
Crime Charged.

Lancaster was under bond charged
with the killing of Mrs. May Harrison.
The story as told here by the officers
was that dance was given in the
country, near Ada, some of the Ada
boys, including Lancaster. attended.
Some trouble arose, the lights were
put out. pistol shots were fired. and
when the lights were relighted. the
body of the woman was found on the
floor. She was the mother of two small
children. No one desired to slay her,
but in the wild shooting she was shot
dead
Three men were placed under ar
rest, one was convicted and given a
twenty-year sentence. That case is
now before the criminal court of ap--
peals.
One case has not been tried. and
Lancaster's would have been the third
case.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

VI W Snriyer has returned from
a trip to Dallas and Tulsa
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

John 5. Sankey vas in from tho
fields and spent Saturday in this city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-13

Meet Me at the Golden Gate"
The Alaska citizen., 1914-09-07

October Paul Armstrong wrote it for Charles Frohman and that astute manager is going to put Martha He'd man in the principal role. Miss Hedman has been playing leading roles at the St James theater in London, to which city she went last
 season after appearing with John
 Mason in indian Summer" In Lon don she has achieved wonderful success.
 Blanche Walsh Is to have a new
 dramatic playlet for next season.
 Already Harry Lauder is bracing himself to spend real money for an
 entire week, says thee Portland Ore gonian. This is the first time in his life so far as history records the movements of this uncanny Scot. In December he will go to his estate in Dunoon, Scotland. where he owns a castle and thousands or acres of
 meadow lands and forest primeval On the Christmas and New Years holidays at Dunoon Comedian Lau- der will presides at a series of festi- vals and feastings, to which all the
 neighbors for miles around will be
 bdden. Simultaneously he will pro-
 ject a number of charitable enter prises All of this news comes in letter from his publicity agent.
 You see, Harry believes implicitly
 in the Scrptural injunction to never
 let your left hand know what your right one does He starts on gala world tour right after his Christmas activities and visits the Pacific coast next summer.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-09-07

ton and a large dredge is being as sembled in the Circle City district. Fairbanks is uncovering some quartz that is showing up well he says and is taking on an air of perman- ency.
 The gold production for this year, MT. Pugh says, will be according to data gathered by himself, something about as follows: Nome $4000,000; Ruby. $1,OOO.OOO; Iditarod $1,50O,- 900; Fairbanks, $4000,000 These figures he thinks are conservative.
 The tin mines of Seward peninsula Mr Pugh says, have 600 tons of tin ore and placer tin ready for ship ment that ace worth s400 per ton.
 Mir Pugh left Juneau on his tour of inspection several weeks ago going by way of Skagway and the Yukon At Dawson he stopped and held a conference with F. S. Busby, chief inspector of customs for Yu- kon territory and Northern British Columbia He then passed down the river visiting at different points Eagle, Fairbanks, Ruby, St. Michael. and Nome. The journey back up stream, he says, is a long pull.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-09-07
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

NO OIiCE Of FOnF c' On.'
 To George F. Bemis and Joseph
 Romaker, their heirs, personal rep
 resentatives and assigns, and all
 persons claiming by. through or
 under them.
 You are hereby notified that l. the undersigned. have expended more than eight hundred dollars ($8OOOO) in labor and improvements on placer mining claims numbers thirty-six (36). thirty-seven (3D. thirty-eight (3S). and thirty mine (39) below discovery claim on Dead wood creek, tributary Of Crooked creek, in the Circle mining and re- cording district. Territory of Alaska. which said money so expended and improvements made were for the purpose of holding said claims un- der the provisions of Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and were intended as and constitute the annual assess ment work on said above described placer ground for the years 1912 and 1913 You are further notified that If you do not, within ninety (9O) days after the last publication of this notice. pay to the undersign- ed as co-owners your proportion. as hereinafter mentioned, of said sum SO paid by the undersigned as as- sessment work for said years. to- gether with the cost of this ad- vertisement. your interest in and to the said placer mining ground will become the property of the undersigned. as provided by Sec tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Above-named George F. Bemis being a twothirds owner. and Joseph Romaker being one-sixth owner in said placer ground And there being due the undersigned from George F. Bemis a two-thirds part of the sum ex- pended for the year 1913; and from Joseph Romaker a one-sixth part of the sum expended for the years 1912 and 1913.
 ALBERT KRONJAGER.
 First publication Aug. 3. 1914.
 Last publication Oct. 9. 1914.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-09-07

plants to see him perform. Has he drawn more people by his won derful feats on the field than he has turned away by his eccentric deeds while out of uniform? IL is said that he helped materially 10 make fortune for the Detroit club own CTS and has put money into the poe, kets of other diamond magnates. Has he earned for them more than he has cost them in the final foot ings?
 Cobb has made the State Of Geor- gia as well known as he is himself but has he created a favorable i'm. pression Of the kind of men Geor- gia raises? He has interested lot of people in the game of baseball because of the wide publicity given his career. but has he improved the general public's opinion of the sport or of the kind of men en- gagged in ito
 These are not lmpertinent, but pertinent questions
 Twenty years ago the inability of the powers in command of baseball to control the actions of the unruIy element among the players had brought the game into such low esteem with the general public that ends trying to find some way to stop the ebhing tide of interest It was unusual for hotel of the first class to open its doors to a professional team, much less offer reduced rates as an inducement to tempt that sort of guests. Even fifteen years ago the conditions were about as bad.
 Then for period of years there was a marked improvement The advent of the American league and it's policy of suppressing the unruly players did much to improve the public's estimation of the game and of it's actors The improvement at tracted a better class of young men into the sport, with the consent oi their parents How great the change in attitude towards the men in base ball became can be illustrated by an incident which occurred only a few years ago to Chicago team while on the road.
The Alaska citizen., 1914-09-07
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD APPI

Department of the Interior. United States Land Office at Fairbanks, Alaska, July Is, 1914.
 Notice is hereby given that Hamp- ton E. Ballaine, of Fairbanks, Alaska, who, on May II, 1914. made Original Homestead Application, No. 0339, for E. 11 of S. W.A, w. 1aof s. E. A, of Sec 30; and F. 1z on N. E. A, and Lots No. 1, 2, 5. 6, in Section 31, Township 1 North. Range ] West, Fairbanks Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make five year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Fairbanks, Alaska, on the twentieth day Of November, 1914.
 Claimant names as witnesses; Herschel w. Pickard. of Fairbanks, Alaska.
 Charles Miller, of Fairbanks Alaska.
 William Borden. of Fairbanks, Alaska.
 William Frank Whitely. of Fair banks Alaska
 ANGUS M'BRIDE,
 Register First publication July 20. 1914. Last publication Sept. 14. 1914.