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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31

20 light II may confidently be pre-
d'cted thai he development Of new
fields VIII continue ia Oklahoma foi
the ncyi 30 years ana that they viii
aoa'iure 10 producc for another ~
Gears Who can doubt that the oil
business as on the eve Of fremend
ons BOOM
Truth Stranqer Than Fiction
ii would boz eaaf 10 flli volume
WITH statements Of fabulous returns
which have lecn received on money
invested ia Oklahoma Oh We viii
take space only TO insert few
ems which are commonly reported
and We have no doubt that they are
su staniltaily true The fart is fhe
truth about Oklahoma Oh is Itself so
maryeious that there IS itile tempta-
ION 20 0yersfate Or eNaggeraie. For
example n is said that Meyers
Fisher shoe clerk Ia Kansas city in
vested s25N.op ia Cleveland. Okla
noma oil stock and within the year
received IN rcand numbers SO 5np
ASH f1r II. and that Herher Manuel,
"a MeXlcanized Gefmanl. invested
81 600 ia a small lease and received
fi1.0n0f0 for f inside 81 eieBt
months
Mr. {. J. Benson and SIR Yacti i
.. shawnee. Oklahoma. Invested
$500 en in an oil lease in The CUSHING
ield Jess Than a wear aso. M
fackish r. entiv sold his interest Tor
-. 00.0o and 1T is reported inat Nj.
7enson : oil interests are now worth
500 coco.
Almost everyone has heard of John
y. Gates and the Texas Company.
Z is reported that the Texas Com
ANY was organized in 1902 with only
100000 capital. and that today II is
worth $50 oe0Q.o00es. Or S6lOl0o iof
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31

'ttle In the state.
We have a number OF Other Tracts
under option and same will be taken
over If titles are found perfect.
G.e o. our tracts from which We
take onr name is in the Arkansas
River Bed near cleveland, Okla. On
one section of which We own a part.
the Gypsy OIL Co. has II wells re-
ported 10 be producing 2l500 bar
rels every = hours For some parts Of
the lease adjoining our RIVER Tract
the Gypsy people paid over $4,000
per acre as per records OF Interior
Department AT Washington.
What to Do and How to Do H.
From a pernsal OF the foregoing Il
will n~ seen that there is no line OF
investment that secms to offer
bigger or saltr return than Oklahoma
OIL It will also p seen that the
Arkansas River Red Oil 4 Gas Com
pany of Crshug oklahoma. has the
lards. hc leases and the oil in the
nllesf measure that its business is
IN the hands OF men who are honest
and honorable as Well as capa. lie and
husinoss like We therefore invite
y0n to invest with ms feeling assured
that yoH can not make mistake.
Shares arr one COLLAR each and for d
limited tune descriptions viii be re-
celyed .or stock at par IN sums OF
five dc'ars and mp
The Compnnv reserves the right, as
soon as sufficient funds are in hand
to prosecute The development salts
faciorils TO raise fhe price OF stock
without notice However in case
any subscription for stock at par is
received after such raise has been
made .hecks viii be returned. We
fsier by pelmission 10 the Logan
ConnS Sank Of Guthrie. the Oklaho-
ma State and Frs National ranks
al Cushing Oklahoma.
send Hs socr check for the amount
of stock yoG desire anG certificates
w'll 1f mailed at once II YOU can
fnT z possible 20 visit us and per
sonaliy inspect otr properties BY all
means DO so. No,hing could please
us better Tor se know that YOU I'll
be- more than convinced. Make all
chees and drafts PAYABLE to the
Arkansas River Bed oil & Gas Com
lany Address an correspondence
pertaining to the purchase OF stock. 10
B. J. WAUGH.
Stock Sales Manager.
Cushing. Okla.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31
Land of Opportunity.

A recent magazine article describ-
ing the wonderful resources of Okla
homa made the statement that Okla
homa and Opportunity are synony-
nous terms And this is true
whether one considers her east agrl-
whether one considers her vast agri-
ing and transportation facilities or
her mineral derosits. Few states
If any, have made equal progress ia
the same length of time in population,
wealth or culture But great as all
her other resources are it is in the
realm OF oil and gas that the most
substantial successes have beem
made in Oklahoma.
Brain Staggering Totals.
The total production for the thir-
teen years since oil was discovered
in Oklahoma amounts to 36S,o9l G92
barrels which were sold for s104,936,-
664 90.
Oklahoma Produces Almost One
Fourth Of the Oil Of the Nation.
The total production of oil in the
United States for 1912 was 222.ll3.2lS
barrels. or this Oklahoma produced
5l,427971 barrels or 2S15 per cen.
of the vince Only one state tCali-
formal produ ed larger amount but
as most of the California oil has an
asphaltum base it is relatively less
valuable than the Oklahoma ell which
has a parafine base
$1,000, 10000 A Week.
A careful estimate of the value OF
the oil produced in Oklahoma ior
1913 places the sane at s5S.520 000
which is considerable above 81 100000
per week.
Much Safer Than Ordinary Lines Of
Business.
wild Cat" drilling for OIL in I'M
proved territcry is an extremely
hazardous undertaking. It is done ia
the hope cf finding rev fields OF
course. many and pro ably most OF
these hoes are dry. Rrt in spite Of
this the perce 7tege Ct dry holes in
the state for the past two years has
been but II or - per cent. l. is
commonly said that - per cent of
people who go into the mercantile
business fail and farming as well as
every other line has large per-
centage of failures. thus proving that
the business OF rrodu-ine oil in Ok
lahoma IS among The safest ventures
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31

"Of the total production OF ~, IS
alS barrels OF crude petroleum pro-
dnced in the United states in 1872
about S5,00G Geo barrels, or over one
third. was burned as fge for power
prrposes. 3S.605, ,59S barrels of which
were used by railroads covering
2S.f5l miles OF track
Oil For Water Navigation.
The west coast a. s Geological
Survey as aboye) has adopted oil al
most exclusively for vessels of the
oaswise trade and this use may be
expected 10 extend 10 the east coast
with the opening OF the Panama
Canal"
United states Navy.
The United states Navy tV. :.
Geological iSarvey abandoned the
use of coal in future fighting ship
design: all new destroyers, sunma-
rines and battleships are designed for
oil burning During the year 1912 the
Navy used 2i.O00.001 gallons of fuel
oil and it is estimated that the con
sumption Of oil for the present year
Z lffHf " al De i+''i'''F S"t'l'S.
Other Navies.
II is we'll known that the British
Navy has after exhaustive tests de-
gided to use only oil for fuel on its
war vessels The other navies of the
world are fast following the lead ofl
these two.
Better Prices.
In view OF the above ii Is not
strange that the price for the past
six months has stood at sl03 per
barrel when the average for the past
twelve years was only 60 cents. And
who does not think for the same
that iae price Will 90 to $500
In the near fuirTeE Tne -ecent an
ointment Of a congressiuna, coil
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31

/ VII
IN the mouern business Woilu, n'a
any one may seen lrcn, tiie loilo" e
olllclai figures taken lron f'ouu'
ION OF fetroleulh III i'll' ny "a ~
DSy ol tue h''eu states 'V"''
slca survey
IN 1910 ont of a total of 3,1I7 wells
drilled in Oklahoma, . lSS of them
strus oil showing an average OF fl
barrels per we'll Of initial daily pro-
dnttiCn. ISL were 'gassers and only
ioS tinciudins all the wild cat
'ioieS' or ~ per ''ni were 'el''I''"
u''
In 1911. 4,0S7 wells were drlliod.
3,2si of them were oil produe ers, win
an average OF 1876 barrels per well OF
initial daily production. 30i were
eassers. and only 4S9 (lnelrding
wild cat wellsl or - per CEN were
reported dry. What other line o.
business makes as good showing?
Aston .shi7o Increase in the Use of Oil.
rew ueonle realize the pla.e oil IS
assuming in the industries of the
world Everyone understands in n
general wav that kerosene or coal
Oil is rsed for lighting. Rut how
many realize that American oil is
burned in the humblest cottage OF
every country on the globe?
In Central Africa. Interior China
~.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31

adyerised lhe prizes and furnished
details as TO the lesson the picture
should reach These preliminary
sketches were asked TO be filed by
all competitors by September /. 1918
From the scores OF sketches -
ceiyed there were selected the wc9iN
of six artisls asking thom to com
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31

pete with fnshed Oh paintings 10 -
IN the hands Of the Judges by be-.
Il. l9i3 lfrem HE work Of these
contestants the three prize winners
were selected
frhe first prize winner which is to
be used IN advertising the pure food
drink, Postum, embodies to the full
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31

est meaning the lesson OF the evils
Of coffee tobacco and alcohol The
central figure is youth surrounded
b. the hree servants depicted ny
a'uriug women, each offering temp
tnion the pipe the wine and tile
cup of coffee The youth is pushing
all these aside and is gazing earn
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31

Dangerous Servants Alcohol to-
bacco and coffee.
Many entries were received and in
the final selection the prizes We're
awarded as follows:
First prize, 81, Miss May Aiken
l2l Highland Street Worcester, Mass
Second prize, $5O0--Watson Bar
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31

RAFT Little Neck, Long island, New
York.
Sc end prize, S52O-Charles =.
Chereh, s244 S, Winchester ave
Chicago, III.
The elimntiye process in determ
ining the prize winners was uniqda
but very satisfactory. Mr. Post first
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31
THE ASTOUNDING RECORD Of
The Arkansas River Bed Oil and Gas Company of Cushing Okla

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ruamnw0y yMp~ ~
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31
A Free rip. Note T his Unparalleled Offer.

living in adjoining
Cleve
you REFUND YOUR CARFARE
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31

every dollar invested and that a
share Of Home Oil Company bought
for S2500o has since had value Of
800 o00 We have seen statement
that the Kern OH Company originally
cost twrnty-live cents share dng
has paid So share dividends
II is said thai the Mary owen
farn Of 10 acres tour welis) owned
by the Bady store Of Tulsa. has
produced Sl ,0t oa IN the last eight
months
Who has moi heard OF the little
Negro Indian girl who is reported 10
be getting sl.n00Oo per day royal,Y
from wells drilled on her 10 acres?
The ahcve examples which could
be multiplied many fold refer to The
profits when oil was only 90 10 60
cents per barrel HOW much greater
hey may be- at the present price Of
81 13 or the future $500 we hope
g.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31

estIy al a city in the distance ana
opportunity, In lthe distance also
are the forms of two children The
liclure is exceptionally well executed.
----------~--------
lpon't forget the guarantee Memo
on pure. no water, all oll--every
ounce oil Lesh Ind Oil Co.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-31
Fuel OiI.Railroads

From Production of Petroleum in
1872, D. T. Dav of the Tniteu
States Geological Survey.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-03-13
GERMAN RED tape
A Most Irritating Brand Is Used
In the Postoifices.
SENDING A PARCEL BY MAIL.

Experience Of an Enoieh Tourist Who,
With Joyous Confidence, Undertook
to Perform What Was Supposed to
30 Perfectly Simple Operation.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-03-13
BATHROOM SHOCKS.
Keep Away From Electric Fixtures
While Your Skin Is Wet.

"a man Is In much greater danger
from electric shock when taking bath
than under ordinary conditions, as the
surface of the body when moist offers
much less resistance to the current
than when dry. Persons have been
killed while bathing by current that
would scarcely have affected them out
side the bath. says Cosmos of Paris.
Balthazard told at the Society of
Legal Medicine of the case of lady
killed by electric shock in her bath
room at the moment when she was
pressing the button of an electric bell
between the poles of which there was
difference of potential of not more
than no volts. .
In ordinary circumstances. owing to
the great resistance of the human body,
such a small electromotive force pre-
sents no great danger, but when the
circuit contains. as In the case report
ed, a large surface of moist skin the re-
sistance fails and more than 100 MILL
amperes may pass through the organ
ism, sufficient at this tension to pro-
duce death by tetanixation OF the re-
spiratory muscles.
Currents of even forty-six volts are
dangerous In a bathroom. II should be
remembered that currents Of feeble In
tensity can produce sudden rise OF
arterlal tension capable Of causing sud
den death In person with a weak
heart
High tensions, enabling currents OF
four to five amperes to pass. have
quite different effect. They do not
generally cause death, because the
notifications Of the tissue produced at
the point Of contact at once oppose
considerable resistance to the passage
of the current. The intensity within
the organism is not sufficient to cause
termination Of the respiratory mus
cles. and the LESSONS are usually purely
local.
Socquet also observed case Of
electrocution with an electromotive
force much lower than 10 volts. There
was no burn mt the point where the
current entered. but at the autopsy the
lungs showed the characteristic LESSONS
of asphyxh and even actual lacera-
ton. -Translation For the Literary d.
gest. - ..---.--.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-03-13
THE WORD HELL.
A Little Book That Contains Some
STARTLING Information.

Startling Information.
A little book selling at only ten
cents, postpaid, is having very wide
Notwithstanding up into the mil
lions. 1t contains some very startling
information respecting the meaning Of
the word He'll. 1t claims to demon
strate, both from the Hebrew and the
Greek of our Bible, that He'll is NOT
a place Of eternal torment, but merely
another name for the TOMB, the
GRAVE, the STATE OF DEATH. II
affects to show that man was not re
deemed from far-off place of eternal
torture. but quotes the Scriptures prov
ing that he was REDEEMED from the
GRAVE at the cost Of his Redeemer's
LIFE and that the Scriptural Hope,
both for the Church and the World,
is resurrection hope based upon the
death and resurrection Of Jesus. The
book is certainly worth the reading.
The information 1t furnishes is GER
tainly valuable. far beyond its trifiing
cost. Order 1t Mt once from the Bible
and Tract Society. IL Hicks street.
Brooklyn. N. Y.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-03-13

y The 18th anniversary pfAlc
company was celebrated ~
erecting the most m odern sale
factory in the world. Wt1r--
awake men who received 80 r
special selling indueens~i.-
rendered II necesss ny 70 dss s&s
our output. We ere sp<n<Aaos
many thousands OF dollars 90
larging our sales organiznSAs-s
but to lea IN all particulars. e
will cost you only the price ~
. postal card. -
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-03-13
WHY NOT MAKE $4,000 A,M0NTH THAT'S
$500 a Week, almost 5000 Day

to merchants, doctors, lawyers, dentists and
well-to- do rme ell Of HON realize the need
OF safe, but do not know how easy 4 is to own
one. Statesmen declare our proposition one OF
the best, ciean-cut moneys aking opportuni-
ties ever received. Without previous expert
ence YOU can duplicate the success OF hers.
Our handsomely illustrated 200-page catalog
will enable you to present the subject TO Gus
toners in as interesting . manner as though
them through our factory. Men appointed as
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-03-13


fayoron ones sman
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-05-01
FACTORY PRODUCTS In LEAD

During the last third of a century
factory products have been steadily
supplanting the products of the farm
in the export trade of the United
States. In 1880, agricultural products
formed 84.3 per cent of the exports,
and manufactures exclusive of food
stuffs) only IA. Is per cent. In 1913
the proportion of manufactures in the
export trade had inceased to 48.8 per
cent, while that of agricultural pro-
ducts had dropped to 46.1 per cent.
With the increase in exports of manu-
features there has been a steady in
crease in the imports of raw materials
for use in manufacturing.
These and other significant changes
in our trade are analysed in an inter
esting manner in the "annual review
OF the foreign commerce of the United
States" bulletin just issued by the
foreign and domestic commerce.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-05-01

and surprising amount of informa-
tion regarding the care of fire arms.
The Marlin Company is one of the
oldest and best known firms making
fire arms and sporting goods. The
Marlin rife has been standard for
many years. The book can be obtain
ed free by addressing the Marlin Fire
Arms Company, New Haven, Conn.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-05-01

absolutely. They opened up the
barrel and it was even so.
The relief from the tedium of long
winded dissertations in the farm
credit section that put your think
tank on the blink, was afforded by a
slim, boyish looking chap named
Woodruff from Joliet. George is not
a farmer. lie is live wire banker,
whose personality and enthusiasm are
SO contagious that he could sell sand
in Saharah. Furthermore, he is as
much interested in the farmers of his
comm unity as if his hands were Gov
cred with calIouses; they are for all I
know.
In few ringing words he handed
out some real ideas that will help to
clear the rubbish from the problem
of farm loans.
He has bonded the farmer and gets
money from all over the world on
these bonds to loan to Will county
farmers at reasonable rates on their
notes.
Not word was said at this confer
ence in favor of the government loan
ing money to farmers at low rates of
interest. Even those farmers who
were present seemed to think this
plan not feasible nor wise.
1t was suggested by Professor
Carver. of the Rural Organization
Service of the Department of Agricul-
ture, that cooperation is backward
among farmers because OF their ex-
treme individualism. They are SO
accustomed to bossing their own
affairs that they do not easily work
with one another along cooperative
lines.
Brother farmers. is this the truth?
Are we hide bound with suspicion
and too independent in our aloofness
to make successful co-operators? |
am afraid that in many cases the in
dictment holds.
Let US face this thing squarely.
While an independent spirit may be
magnificent. it is not as expedient as
to sacrifice few individual opinions
and privileges for the common good,
especially when we who make these
concessions reap larger benefits. This
thought contains the essence of the
cooperative principles: Harmonious
working together will mutually benefit
all its members by taking new
watchword, not 81 am for myself.
first, last and always" but, "each
for all and all for each.''
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-05-01
HANDSOME NEW CATALOG

The Marlin Fire Arms Company has
just Issued their 1914 catalogue. This
makes handsome book of more than
loO pages filled with descriptions of
the different guns made by this firm
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-05-01

quality and guaranteed freshness. A
mail order business is now being de-
veloped.
Postmaster Stewart, of Chicago, in
a valuable paper on the present status
of the parcel post emphasized the i'm
portance of standardizing packages;
making packages carefully in ink
without dependence upon tags which
get lost; wrapping farm shipments In
stiff covers instead of soft paper,
especially meat and poultry and
Washable goods; packing meats and
poultry when cold instead Of freshly
killed; shipping quickly to shorten
the time for perishable goods and
many other details of direct market
ing through Uncle Sam.
The conference brought out the fact
that CO. operation is the greatest social
and political movement of the day
and that it is working at both ends
of the line. In fact, there seems to
be a keener interest among con-
sumers than with producers. In the
city there are many consumers co.
operative clubs buying in quantities
and distributing among their men,
bers. Farmers will do we'll to watch
this. It may help them to sell some
of their stuff at better prices long be-
fore they can work up interest in or
ganization at the farm end of the
line.
Under the usual system Of market
ing through local buyers, commission
men, wholesalers, retail stores, etc.,
AZ per cent of what the consumer
pays for his food goes to the pro-
Queer. 81 per cent to the distributors.
4 per cent for transportation. and IL
per cent goes to waste. There is not
mucn here upon which TO rest case
against the railroads. Doubtless the
railroads need rather to economize
than to raise their rates. The un-
economic round about system gen.
orally has been wasteful where it was
not deliberately VlCIOuS.
Direct marketing by parcel post,
express or freight, will eliminate
most of the IL per cent waste, all of
the midlemens 81 per cent, increase
somewhat the expense for transporta-
ton, and add considerably to the
producers income without injuring
the consumer.
The farmer who desires to sell di-
rect to the consumer by any of these
or other channels, needs to remember
two facts of prime Importance: He
must find his customers, either in
dividuals or clubs, cooperative con-
sumers associations, hotels, etc., and
he must never think to build up a
business in food products not OF the
best. Quality, freshness, appearance,
continuous supply. absolute honesty
these are the essentials. Leave
them out and any attempt to do bust
ness direct will 60 to smash. Nix on
the old trick OF putting stone in the
tub of butter-it won't work any
more and it never did work but once.
Confidence, not inspiration, is the
basis of trade today. ''Money back'
is the shibboleth which stimulates
commerce and makes merchants rich.
The CITY consumer can not look over