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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-08-01
WAR DECLARED.

Announcement of the declaration of
war by Austria-Hungary on Servia came
July % almost Immediately after Ger
many and Austria had notified Sir
Edward Grey, the British foreign min
lister, of their refusal to join in a me-
diation conference.
1t is assumed that the efforts of the
European nations will now be directed
toward localizing the. area of hostil-
tiles.
War was declared on Servia by Aus
tria Notwithstanding the fact that the
Servian parliament, after prolonged
debate, is reported to have accepted
all the demands made by Austria
Hungary.
The imperial Austro-Hungarian for
eign Office at Vienna declared that
even if Servia did comply with the de-
mand contained in the Austrian note
the government of the dual monarchy
would not be satisfied
The actual cause Of Austria Hun
gary's decision to enter into hostile
conflict with Servia was the reply sent
by the latter to the note from Vienna
demanding that Servia take steps to
put a stop to the Pan-Servian propa,
ganda on Austrian territory and also
punish those Servians indirectly con.
cerned in the assassination in Bosnia
on June % of Archduke Francis Ferdi
nand, heir to the Austro- Hungarian
throne.
The response of Servia was consid
cred by the foreign Office in Vienna
unsatisfactory" and filled with the
spirit of dishonesty"
In the meantime Sir Edward Grey
requested the European powers to per
nit their ambassadors in London K
confer with view to a peaceful solu
ton of the controversy. Italy ant
France at once consented to join thei
efforts to those of Great Britain, bu
Germany and Austria refused.
| Austria-Hungary, in the interval, hal
proceeded rapidly with the mobiliza
tion of her great army.
Servia also has modified her force
and has withdrawn the garrison of Be
grade, the capital. to the interior, a
Belgrade occupies weak position.
Every war office and admiralty il
Europe is occupied in preparations TO
eVentualities.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-08-01

If the farmer does but realize the
fact, dry well in the country is the
best possible cold storage plant A
farm expert says that at depth OF
thirty feet, all kinds of produce can be
kept just as we'll as in the best cold
storage plant, provided it is moderate
lily dry. Hence he contends that dry
we'll is a blessing to the farmer, II he
will only utilize it. Milk, butter, veg
letables, fruits, eggs, etc., can be KEEP
indefinitely therein.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-08-01
suCkERlNG CORN.
The Progressive Farmer:

The progressive Farmer:
A reader wishes to know iif we
think it necessary to pull suckers off
corn?'
If we could tell about the future
rainfall or knew just how much plant
food is. going to be available to feed
the corn we could possibly give useful
advice on this subject; but as no one
can know these things and experiments
seem to indicate that, taking one year
with another, it does not pay to pull
off the suckers we advise our reader
that he leave the suckers alone.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-08-01

The first formal ceremony in honor
of the 100 years of peace between the
English speaking nations occurred
when Sulgrave Manor, home of the
family of George Washington, pur-
chased for $42,500 subscribed in Great
Britain, was handed over to members
of the centenary committee as gift
to the American people.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-08-01

Nine. Caillaux was acquitted of the
murder of CASTOR Calmette, the editor
of Figaro. 1t would have been difficult
to have found a French jury to convict
her, after it was disclosed that Cal
mette had accepted overtures to work
secretly for Hungarian interests.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-08-01
VARIATION OF THE HoUN' DAWG
SONG.

Every time you go to town
And start to throw your money round;
Say, homemade goods are the stuff
for me
Because they spell prosperity.
The dollar you send to the Eastern
shore
Says, Goodbye, Bill" for evermore,
But the dollar you spend in your inland
town
Keeps a-comin' and a-comin' and a
comm round.
Credit Lost.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-08-01

The fourteenth plague-infected rat
was found in New Orleans, Monday.
A few more are added to the list from
time to time.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-08-01

Most of those New York papers who
talk hard times belong to the type who
prosper when hard times exist-Baton
Rouge State-Times.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18

Emery C. Williamson, who owns sew
eral farms there, and the Crescent
Oil company. Mr.. Macbeth holds the
majority of the land personally and
intends to have extensive develop
ment operations started within few
weeks.
In the taking of these leases, Mr..
Williamson prepared for the extern
sion of the Olympia-Tenino field. A
meeting of the property holders in
the district was held recently in 2
school house in that section and Off
GERS of the Crescent Oil company told
the assembled ranch owners of the
oil possibilities. Some of the best
tracts in the district have been re-
served for the Crescent company.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
UTAH HAS BIG RIG COMING.

"The Utah Oil, Mineral & Develop
ment company is constructing an 82-
foot derrick on the Blue ranch, one
and half miles northwest of Teni-
no, and last Saturday ordered a stan
dard rig of the heaviest and latest
pattern from the Leideker company,
Marietta, o., including a 4O-horse
power boiler and 30-horse power
engine. to be installed in this derrick
Immediately on it's arrival from the
East" says President S. l.. Holda-
way of the company.
The spot selected for the first we'll
by the Utah people is said to be with.
in 100 yards of rich oil seepage,
within 200 yards of the Pacific High
way, and easy of access by way of
two transcontinental railways.
David Black, field superintendent
for the Utah company, is rushing
work on the derrick, and the ma.
|chinery will be installed and drilling
will begin within a short time, say
officers of the company.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
PER CENT OF WELLS PRODUCE

Beginning with the discovery of
oil in 1859, up to and including
1908, oil men drilled 301,132 oil
wells in the United States, of which
1907 per cent were successful and
1913 per cent failed. This record
covers prospecting, exploring and
early development in new and un-
proven fields. Ninety-five per cent
of business and industrial enterprises
fail to make success each year, only
Is per cent succeed.
The profits from successful oil
wells range from 100 per cent to
10000 per cent, and even greater in
some cases.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
NEWS OF THE OLYMPIA OIL PROSPECTORS
SAYS CRESCENT HAS OPENED
BIG FIELD.

+. r. Sager, a trained oil man, who
has secured the Tenino field for
three months, says there is not a
shadow of a doubt that the Tenino
oil fed Will prove one of the best
discoveries in the country. He as
serts that the Crescent is all right
1t is on the feather edge of the anti
cline. If the well had been sunk half
mile farther south, he believes, the
same oil sands would have been found
at 100 feet.
-Four hundred and seventy five
inches of OIL" he said, ran into the
we'll in II hours, so that the we'll at
that rate will produce 10 to IL bar
rels a day. The oil pushed the water
over the casing. There were 485
feet of the hole unprotected. The
drill had gone through a paraffine
shale formation. This dissolves and
sloughs into the hole.
1.-THE oil sands were barely pene-
trated when the we'll began filing up.
Then it was capped.
Three biologists confirm my own
figuring that the anticline. extends
from Chehalis creek to the mountain
back of Tenino, distance of about
II miles. 1t is from mile to a mile
and a half in width. The wagon road
from Tenino to Chehalis skirts the
north edge. A mile and a half from
that road ought to be about the crest
of the anticline.
II have gone all over that ground.
I find that the Weyerhaueser holdings
have the very choisest locations for
drilling, in my judgment. They have
10 or Is sections of land.
1.-THE close business relations be-
tween the Weyerhaeuser people and
Standard Oil give that concern prob
ably the first call on the lands. Ever
hear that saying: TO him that hath,
shall be given?' 1t applies in this
case.
Quality of Crescent oil? It's the
highest in America. except Katalla,
in Alaska. But that isn't produced
in any quantity. Crescent oil is two
degrees higher in gravity that the
amber, the highest quality of oil
found in the Pennsylvania fields,
which are the best"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
SYNDICATE ENTERING FIELD?

H. J. Haslett, representing q. pri-
vate syndicate of California, New
York and British capital seeking to
enter the oil fields Of the state of
Washington, was in the field this
week looking for leases, according to
the Washington Oil Reporter Of Ia
coma.
"The people for whom I am work
ing will not reveal their plans at
this time and have no stock to sell"
said Mr.. Haslett. 1--WE have a good
|geologist in the field, the same man
We sent to the Calgary district. He
reported unfavorably ON that district.
but thinks very we'll of Western
Washington, and we are now seeking
IAN entrance"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
NAY EKsTADT. Plaintiff.
the estate OF Bert L. Hillman, De-
ceased, Defendants.

"a.
the Estate OF Bert L. Hillman, De-
ceased. Defendants.
Under and by virtue Of writ OF sPe-
perior Court OF the State of washing,
ton, holding terms at Olympia, IN ano
Tor Thurston County. In said state, ana
dated on the Gath day OF November, ISL,
on the s5th day Of November. 1914. IN
favor Of the above named Plaintiff. and
against the above named Derenoahts,
for the sum Of tsso;5a: together win f IA, an
taxed at 1880, with interest ct the rate
81 per cent per annum from date
thereof, and amounting In all 70 tne
sum Of Four Hundred Sixty and $4,000
which Which said writ Of Special Execution
was to me as Sheriff OF Thurstonn
County. washington. duly directed ana
delivered. and by which ! am com
co sdnse 70 o law. the following described
real estate, to-wit:
The NWK Of NwA Section 9: Tow
ship is North Range West ~. M, IN
Now. therefore. public notice II hereby
wiven that on the 26th day Of December.
10f4. 81 o'clock r. NJ. Of said day, at
the front door OF the Court House. on
Thursfon County, washington, will
oeIl the shove described real estate At
public auction to the highest bidder Tor
cash, or 20 much thereof as may be
necessary 10 raise sufhcient to satisfy
oaid last above named amount. together
With Increased costs and Increased In
terest.
aAfh DAY Of November, 1914.
FRED w. McCORKLE.
eheriff Of Thurston County, Wash.
p. M TROY, Olympia, Wash.
11-4-b
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
SHASTA LIMITED STOPS AT
TENINO.

Announcement was made the other
day that the Shasta Limited will stop
at Tenino, both coming and going.
from now on, to offer service to the
IL field. Increased traffic during the
asst few weeks has necessitated the
extra accommodations. The Shasta
Limited heretofore has made only
the important stops between Tacoma
and San Francisco.
Business men from Tenino are ne
gotiating with the oil companies to
fix up the road between the town and
the Crescent we'll, which has been
shredded by the extra heavy automo.
bile traffic since the oil discoveries.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
TO DRILL ALONG SKOOKUM-
CHUCK.

A new oil held which Is near the
!Olympia-Tenino field will be drilled
within the next 80 days, according
to word which has been received in
Olympia. This is on the Skookum-
chuck river where strong oil seepages
ARE to be found, and which has been
by oil men.
Approximately 1000 acres Of land
has been leased in the district. The
field work was done by w. r. Mac
beth of the Crescent Drillers COM
pany during the month of October.
The leases are held by Mr.. Macbeth,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
No. 1855,

No. 1dsbS.
LAND OFFICE AT OLYMPIA WITH
THAT AT SEATTLE. IN THE STATE
or WASHINGTON. Notice is hereby
given that the President of the United
States has. by Executive order of No
vember 49, 1914 in accordance with
Sections 224s. 1850: and GASP OF the Re,
vised Statutes OF the United States. and
by virtue OF the authority therein given.
directed that the United States Land
the business and archives Of said ONCE
transferred to and made part OF the
United States Land ONCE at Seattle. in
the state OF Washington. In pursuance
OF said Executive. order, the land office
1t Olympia. Washington. will be perma-
nentlv discontinued at the close of Off
ciai business hours on Saturday. jan
nary 90 1915. and its business and ar
chives transferred to and made a part
OF the land Once az Seattle, Washing
en- nnder nv hand at the City of Wash
inFton. District of Columbia. this sec
Ond day Of December, ID. 1914,
CIAT ITALIAN Commissioner Of the
General Land Office. 12-3-4
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
JULIUS FRIED Is INTERESTED.

julius Fried, the man who brought
n the Lakeview gusher, California,
nd who probably has developed
more oil wells in unknown territory
han any other man in the United
tates. is interesting himself in the
renino region through the United
Ill & Land company, which has &C.
iuired considerable acreage in this
and other sections of Western Wash.
ngton, according to J. J. Under
wood, we'll known Seattle newspap-
Ter man.
Fried has record Of putting down
Al wells without failure, among
them being several gushers. The
Lake View, it will be remembered,
was put down by Fried in spite OF
considerable opposition, and it prov
ed the largest producer in the United
States. For many months it's yield
was 100000 barrels per day.
In a letter to the United Oil &
Land company, Fried expresses his
willingness to ship ~ drilling rigs
o Washington, provided the land il
approved by Charles G. Thrasher, the
ompany's geologist. Men who will
epresent Fried are now on the way
the field from San Francisco.
The company has a drilling rig
which is being placed in the field
his week. This outfit will be placed
acreage owned by the company
east OF the Crescent we'll, and an
Their outfit has been purchased in
Portland. AS soon as it arrives, the
after rig will be installed on tract
ying west of the Crescent we'll.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
Was Marshall Joking?
Davenport Tribune.)

When Vice President Marshall said
that he reckoned the American peo-
pie didn't care much whether he was
on the job or not 1t aroused the iras-
cibility of some of the newspapers OF
the country, said newspapers hurry
ing into press about the neglect Of
duty, etc., pointing out his weakness
In Sinking his duty. The criticism
appeared the same day that the vice
president was presiding and attending
to his duties as he always does, which
leads one to believe that Marshall is
SOME little joker and no doubt en-
joyed the hasty censor of his critics.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
TWO BIG COMPANIES CONSOLE
DATE.

Plans for the consolidation of two
|of the largest Of the Tacoma-owned
oil companies. the Betz company,
with capital stock of 100000, and
the Producers Consolidated Oil &
Gas company, a 100000 corpora
ton, were consummated this week.
The deal involves some of the best
oil land leases in the 'Olympia-Tenino
field.
The Producers company absorbs
the Betz Oil company outright, the
stockholders of the Betz company
turning in this stock and taking in
change the same amount par value
of the Producers stock. The officers
of the new consolidation will be H.
y. Matthews, president; Harry Betz,
vice president and treasurer; e. M.
McMahan, secretary.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18

Il. q LAND OFFICE at Olympia, Wash
ington. November 80. 1914.

NOTICE IL hereby given that George
~ POST. OF Tumwater washington,
Who. On April IL, 1908. made Homestead
Entry, No. O4OO. for NWH Of SWA,
section -, Township IL North. Range
4 West, Willamette Meridian. has fled
notice Of intention to make Anal five
year Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described. before the Reg
lister and Receiver Of the United States
Land once, at Olympia, washington,
on the 11th day OF January, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Eugene A. Post, Of Olympia, Wash
1ngton; Charley Waldrick, Of Tum-
water. Washington; Fred Waldrick, of
rick, OF Tumwater, Washington.
FRED w. STOCKING,
l2-l-e Register.
m THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF THURS
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
ELMA' HAS "OIL BUG"

A. D. Devonshire, president of the
Bank Of Elma, has offered to put in
1000 with nine other men who will
put in like sum, for the purpose of
sinking we'll in the vicinity of Elma.
yMr. Devonshire is confident that oil
exists in the Chehalis valley.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
TENINO ALIVE WITH
Visitors to NeighbOring Town Crowd
Hotels and Cause Excitement.

With its hotels filled and the
streets thronged with men from all
parts of the Northwest, Tenino is
feeling the first effects of boom
which bids fair to be the greatest in
che history of the town. The hotels
at Tenino are being taxed to capacity
to handle the crowds which are Wis
iting the town and the Crescent we'll.
All are talking oil. Scores of auto
mobiles are passing through the
town daily and the machines held
here for rent are finding more bust
ness than the can handle.
The hotels are crowded with oil
experts. field men, timber derrick
erectors, drillers, tool dressers, ma
chinery house men, lumber men, real
estate agents, lease seekers, repre-
sentatives of Seattle. Portland, Van
couver and Tacoma business men
and investors. Practically every city
of any size in the Pacific coast states
is represented here. All have adopt
ed watchful waiting policy, watch
ing and waiting for the opening of
the Crescent we'll as producer.
Among the more prominent oil
men now in the city are William Jew
ell of Bakersfield, Jack Reynolds of
California, Jimmy McGlinn of Med
way and George w. Evans, federal
geologist from the bureau Of mines.
Scores of realty men have been in
Tenino during the week looking over
town lots and acreage, preparing for
a building boom and industrial reviy-
al not only here, but at Grand
Mound, Little Rock and Bucoda.
In the hotel Hobbies at night the
stories of the oil fields in all parts
of the world are to be heard. Men
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
Quite a number of shooting match

Quite number of shooting match
es-"turkey shoots" being the old
fashioned name-are being held
throughout the county, one being
staged at South Union Wednesday OF
this week by Clarence Ball and Har-
old Abbott, while Andrew Koch is
circulating dodgers announcing an
other to be held at his place near
Tumwater next Sunday. All kinds OF
birds, besides turkeys, are enumerat.
ed among the prizes and a whole LOT
of interest is being taken in the var.
ious matches.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18

m RE THE ESTATE OF MINNIE
NcDUFF. deceased.

~>S>~~~~>s
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT
Lillian Lillard Of Olympia, washington
ana Pearl f. MEDIUM. Of Pasco. Wash
angton. have been appointed executors
or the estate Of the above named Min
ME A. McDun, and that all persons
having claims against the said Minnie
A. McDuff or against her said estate
be and they are hereby required to pre-
sent the same on or before twelve
months from the date OF the first publ
cation of this notice. either to Pearl e.
MEDIUM, at Pasco. Washington person.
All or at has place or residence, or to
Liilian Liliard. personally or at her
place Of residence. in Olympia, Wash
tngton or to their attorneys. Messrs.
Troy q Sturdevant. personally. or at
their law of1hces. suite Byrne Building,
Olympia, Washington. or else the same
will be forever barred.
LILLIAN LILLARD.
PEARL E. McDUFF,
Executors OF the above estate.
Date OF first publication December II,
1914 1929
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18

An interesting Christmas program
is to be given by the pupils of the
Hays school Friday evening of this
week, in connection with a basket So
cial.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
AJAX PREPARES TO DRILL.

Drilling within one mile Of the
now famous Crescent well will b.
started Immediately on the properties
of the Ajax Oil & Gas company in the
Tenino field, according to an an
nouncement made by A. B. Lacey of
the Ajax company, Of which Frank
Kotick Of Little Rock is president.
Arrangements already have been
made with the Pacific Well Drilling
company to sink to depth of 1000
feet if necessary" said Mr.. Lacey.
"A Standard rotary drill is to be in
|stalled and a 116-foot derrick erect
ed SO that the drillers can handle
four joints of casing without difficult
|ty. .
The new we'll site is in section SO,
township 16. north of range 4, west"
TENINO ALIVE WITH
MANY OIL PEOPLE.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
NOTICE OF sHERIFF's SALE.

m THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON In AMI
FOR THURSTON COUNTY.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-12-18
TENINO-LITTLE ROCK ERECTING
DERRICK.

Expert w. II. NJ. FeTrlS with
crew of men is busy erecting the
derrick for we'll No. ! of the Tenino-
Little Rock company, according to
President Cattanach who in a recent
interview said:
THE hole will be spudded in with
16-inch bit and the 15-inch stove
pipe casing will be carried down some
400 to 900 feet, to be followed by the
Pinch. Ferris expects to make
record and land the 12-inch casing on
a shell at depth of 1000 to 1900
feet. This will be followed by the
to be able to finish the we'll with s.
inch casing.
ITO reach the Washington Big In
jun sand, he figures on depth of
some 1850 feet at well No. l.. This
well was spotted on a site that, in
the estimation of competent geolo-
gists, will prove to be the dome of
the mother anticline in this district.
In fact, we believe the entire horizon
in the Tenino-Little Rock field, owing
to it's dip toward the Sound, may be
termed an immense monocline, car
rying subsidiary anticlines, and that
Tenino-Little Rock No. l is located
on the largest of these, figuring on
the limbs shown by the topography.
1.-THE mud volcanoes in this section
are very active, and a large one that
emits an unusual quantity of gas, To-
Gated northwest of Tenino-Little Rock
well No. 1, was ignited by some one
and has been burning for a number
of days. Mud volcanoes are pri-
mary indication of oil, and are so
taken and highly esteemed by every
oil authority throughout Christen-
dom. Gas, as rule, however, es-
capes from minor sands in the upper
horizon.
"On this account, it is predicted
that the big sand at depth will show
tremendous gas pressure, and it is
freely prophesied therefrom that
this is gusher territory. With $3.50
to SO oil, a gusher will create ver-
table storm for oil property in this
vicinity, and the man with a bank
roll as big as his leg will become a
verify in the Tenino-Little Rock field.
"Gusher territory" concluded Mr..
Cattanah, makes me frantic. With
a high grade paraffine oil in our field,
gushers would disrupt business in
Western Washington, and this is
neither idle nor silly talk for promo
ton purposes, but cold-blooded his
tory that may easily be repeated in
our own oil fields, and over night"