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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

Jesse Brown, who is with Esper-
son and Davis, was in from the
fields last night. He has his water
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

w. II. Shepard, who has charge
of the business here of the Selby
Oil and Gas company, came IN IRON
the fields yesterday and left fol
Tulsa en- a busines trip. He will
be back here the latter part OF the
week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

problem solved on his lease and Is
ready for active drilling.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

T. H. Dunn has leased the south
east quarter of section 1882 to
the Schrimsher Oil and Gas COM
panv of Oklahoma City. Under this
contract drilling operations are to
begin before the expiration of six
months. These people are doing the
drilling on the tyo wells for the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

C. c. Staiti, who is here from
Houston, left here this morning 10
visit the fields.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

Col. %. B. Lester is in Ardmore
again from Savannah, Ga. Col. Les
ter formerly resided here and he
has some holdings in the field in
3-3 and in Az. He is mingling
with the oil crowds and will remain
here some time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

]. M. Dorchester, old-time Indian
Territory citizen, who for many
years was the Pauls Valley post
master, is in the fields and Is max
ing some investments. He was In
the fields Monday and is pleased
with the vast amount Of work that
is being done. The chances are
good for him to do some operating
in the field.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

The Corsicana Petroleum company
has purchased four power plants
and pumping equipments, which will
be installed in readiness when their
wells cease to flow, which is the
usual thing in all the oil fields.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

Corsicana Petroleum Company
No. /, Sam Wood, in section 32-3-'
is drilling at about 400 feet. Witt
ordinary good luck the Ray Chit
ton and the Sam Wood well
should both reach the sand abou
Saturday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

A. z. Myer, auditor for the Santa
Fe at Amarillo. Tex, is here the
guest of Eb Evans, the Santa re
agent. and is looking over the oil
maps with view of making invest
ments in the field. He eXpresseu
himself as being greatly pleased
with the activity in Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

G. w. Strawn, who came here
from Wagner, will start his lhl-
tial we'll in the Healdton field today
The well is located in the south
west quarter of 1853 in very like
ly looking territory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

Cofsicana Petroleum companys
No. l, Ray Chiffon in section 4-4-3
is drilling at about 400 feet after
a shutdown for week on account
of scarcity of water.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

F. G. Walling, an attorney OF
Tulsa, arrived here last night and
will remain a short time. He came
on legal business connected with
the Gil fields.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

Producers No. 1 on the Nancy
Dawson lease has been given pipe
line connection and is making 400
barrels a day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-03-03

The Klondike Oil company sas
been organized Luther B. Smith
of Marietta, is president, r. F. Sew
allv of Springer is vice president;
S. S. Tolson is secretary and w. F.
Wilmington is treasurer This COM
pany owns so acres in 1858 and
will begin operations on their hold
ings at once. No drilling contracts
have been awarded.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11
Check Your April Cough.

Thawing frost and April rains
emil you to the very marrow, you
catch cold-head and lungs stuffed
you are feverish-Cough continually
and feel miserable-You need DR..
Kings New Discovery. 1t soothes in
tanned and irritate throat and lungs
and stops cough; your head clears
up; fever leaves. and you feel fine.
Mr.. j. T. Davis of Stickney Corner.
Me-, was cured of dreadful cough
after doctors treatment and all other
remedies failed. Relief or money
back. Pleasant-Children like it.
Get bottle today. so cents and 81.
at your druggist.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11
WRITE STORIES FOR
MOVING PICTURE PLAYS
New, Spare Time Profession For Men
and Women-0ne Man Makes
$500 in Six Months.

Owing to the large number of new
motion picture theaters which are be-
ing opened throughout the country.
there is offered to the men and wom-
en- of today, new profession, name
ly, that of writing moving picture
plays. Producers are paying from
$50 to $3.50 for each scenario ac-
cepted, upon which they can build
a photo play.
$500 in Six Months.
As it only requires a few hours
time to construct a complete play,
you can readily see the immense pos
sibilities in this work. One man.
who gave the idea a tryout, writes
that he earned $4,000 in six months.
1t is possible for an intelligent per-
son to meet with equal success.
One feature of the business which
should appeal to everyone, is that the
work may be done at home in spare
time. No literary ability is required
and women have as great an oppor-
tunity as men. Ideas for plots are
constantly turning up, and may be
put in seeneario form and sold for a
good price.
Particulars Sent FREE
Complete particulars of this most
interesting and profitable profession
may be had FREE OF CHARGE by
sending post card to
PH0TO-PLAY ASSOCIATION
Box l5S Wilkes Barre, Pa.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11
ATTENTION, KNIGHTS TEMpLAR

All resident and sojourning Sir
knights are requested to be at Ma
sonic hall in full dress uniform at 7
O'Clock p. m. sharp. Sunday evening,
April IL, for the purpose of attend
ing Easter services at the Presbyteri-
an church.
Attest:
CHARLES E. CHERRINGToN,
u Is: WRIGHT, Il. C..
Recorder. 4-1I-1t
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11

distribution
divert
Grand District shall the
eighty (S0) cubic second OF
entitled
the
Rivers nd t Grand Valley project
o
be
than three 0 secondee shall
distributing
7) secondeet shall be required
distributing
follows to-wit
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11
PLAN PROPOSED BY Sec.
LANE TO unity bitches
Form of Contract Presented with Cor
respondence Between Ditch Board
and Secretary of Interior for Taking
Over Palisade and Mesa CO. Districts

The subject before the Grand
valley today is he proposal to unity the palade Price
the Mesa 'sub"
Consideration will be this
this evening in Palsade.
Later on meetings will be held Clifton FruityaIe.
all
Lane intellgeny
rpondence md
the the disrct
excepting wit
The are as
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11
Look to Your PLUMBING

You know what happens in a
house in which the plumbing is in a
poor condition-everybody in the
house is liable to contract typhoid or
some other fever. The digestive or
gans perform the same function in
the human body as the plumbing
does for the house, and they should
be kept in first class condition all the
time. If you have any trouble with
your digestion take Chamberlain S
Tablets, and you are certain to get
quick relief. For sale by all drug
gists.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11


Districts distributing canal described
The that it will responsible for the proper care and use
United liability
by delivery the requested by the District
The United States shall not be liable for failure to supply water
under this contract caused by insufficient supply in the river river hostile diver
by floods acts hostility unavoidable accidents beyond
he control of
the District established existing January 1914 and
entitled right conferred by receive the
consideration the benefits
District and of costs expended the United States enable
the irrigation water aforesaid the said District hereby authorizes
the United States in its canals and the benefit the
District provided this
and for
purposes all the waters claimed
herenbefore described
rrgabe the District
of
s. The District annually
delivery water herenabovo provided minimum
addition thereto so
year.
ch interest
delivered any year
is specifically
the United States authorized withhold delivery District
until all such payments have been
of
begin in and for and shall continue from
United States
to the District April 10 of that the United
to give the District 60
of States will
be by the officer in charge of the project for the United
shall be fiscal
nection
obligations the District by its land
CT its organization and the lands embraced within
be entitled to tabe
the the
other like lands Dstct)
landowners joining
with the law project Upon
OF the District however,
States District and it's
water together with all its
cad lands shall thereafter
use of water as fixed by this
IN case OF shortage River
especially created the
Indebtedness project to insure
the United States that shall be
% water to its lands and for
city therefor.
o H. To ha may the unm-
paired use OF all the water of the District the District
cation contemplated and
that intervening the
of the United States
water at future me especially in low
the District hereby
other than the United
p;an in
water utilized by the United States
by it is found de-
able to tunnel No
and for the benefit
after project as herein
will not operate cause
allow
and except it be the
ton water necessary for irrigation
waen the United States because
TO the SAID Districts irrigation in
that while deliver the said water
49, No Member of Delegate
after his election after he has
fled and during his continuance
part of this arise tbeeunon
Nothing however, herein extend to n in
general benefit Of such Incorporation company provided in Sec
OF the Act CT Congress 19Os (s5 Stat L. 11o
IN WITNESS WHEREOF heunto set their
the day and year first above
0 UNITED STATES AMERICA
''HAN' Project Manager U. S. R. S
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11
StraigIlt at Ii.

Ihere is no use of our beating
around the bush" We might as well
out with it first as last. We want
you to try Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy the next time you have a cough
or cold. There is no reason so far as
We can see why YOU should not do so.
ihis preparation by its remarkable
cures has gained world wide repu-
tatlon, and people everywhere speak
OF It In the highest terms of praise.
1t is for sale by all druggists.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11

Mrs. Lazwell ofsMolina was in the
city today. She came down expect
ing to take the civil service examina-
tion for appointment as postmaster
at Molina. No examination had been
ordered.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11


the United States
project
paragraph concerning payment operation and maintenance
United necessary
power
development United
Division the
failure of you districts to accept the contracts presented by the Depart
This location the
of
been under the proposed which involved cOnsd
be
operating maintaining the works essential delivery ira
ton canal and the have been
proportion probable
operation and maintenance
The especially the furnishing
will
highest possible
The provisions of this contract therefore designed make flat
foot for all thereof.
believed that with economy that it will be ascertained that the
valley
than with three acreee However of four
ordinarily
make the unduy excessive and the service for its
outlay
believed the whc enclosed herewith
sufficiently clear require further explanation deemed
desirable absolute the dis
project
Under to say nothing of the legal obstacles
of plan arbitration and submission the
a
he form submitted herewith provided districts thereof
further advised
1914 the
ng the nes announced Departmental letter July 49, 1872 upon
the assumption that contract of this nature desired district
~" ny i"t" t"4' =" 'ne
rose5 1nno be- sntanes in fairness to the Grand VaIr poe
maintenance, which requires shall
to the
taken specified
specifications for the portion of the be constructed in
the summer of 1914 may be properly drawn
(signod) FRANKLIN k.
Form approved by Secretary March 2s 1914.
GRAND VALLEY Project COLORADO.
Proposed Form Of Contract with rnlsadc Irrigation District
o thereof
thereto particularly the act of February a. 1911
$3.50, United America assigns by
United Reclamation
Service duly
Director of the United States Reclamation Service hereinafter referred to
the United the first the Pasade Irrigation
OF the Colorado with its principal place of bust
Paliaade State Colorado its and assigns hereinafter
referred to as the District party of the second part
WHEREAS, constructing
project purposes
WHEREAS
eighty O) cubic feet of water per second of time from the
River irrigation used the
irrigation of the of the District and five hundred
River for which powewater used solely for pumping
WHEREAS the District the of that certain canal used
the Price Ditch together with certain rights of
and sruc nd
WHEREAS of
efficient the waters the Grand River have all the
now used for the irrigation of the lands of the District diverted the head
gate to be installed by the United States for the Grand Valley project
ed through the canal constructed therefor and made available for the
WHEREAS may
opportunity its supply irrigation water through the works
gravity
dispense
md,
WHEREAS O power
in lifting pumping the irrigation water to the Districts main canal shall
and the benefit of the Grand Valley project;
available the
Valley project delivery
Government made
WHEREAS o
both parties and to the users of water from their respective
THEREFORE, consideration (soO9
which acknowledged
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11
FIFTEEN YEARS Ael
IFrom The Daily Sentinel
MONDAY. APRIL 11. 1883.

The library association elected of
fieers this afternoon as follows: Mrs.
F. NJ. T. Swift, president; Mrs. Jen-
nie Delaplain, vice-president; Mrs.
Vida D. Wallace, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Emma d. Chester. CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. Retta II.
McMullin, treasurer; Mrs. Frances
Wheeler and Mrs. Emma Wadsworth
were elected to the board of mana
gers. Mrs. Alice Vannice, Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Webster and Mrs. Lola Price
were named on the committee of wavs
and means. Mrs. B. F. Jay, librarian
made an excellent report.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11

Master Mechanic j. l.. Pagan is
in Glenwood Springs on business to-
day.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11

Mrs. T. A. Shocks and son left to-
day for Salt Lake City to reside per-
manently there.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11

February
Project Engineer Junction Colorado
part of the land owners
rnder the Mesa
Honorable
Districts would be willing to fy with the United States
Districts shall take the used by their
tion
of the Grand Valley Project
We address these petitions
forth the petitions AS
directly
the head the
Service We wish to send these through and the Service and
slider the matter
suggested
after public meetings had been held in the Districts the
doe the petitions signed The suggestions
/ The payment Of lump sum instead of much To
of statutory
should be eliminated for the that there diversity
opinion the number of inches cubic foot of Not only the
To District
uto the United States District Court of Colorado objection this
that all interests this The
would
In ay matte" which either party might wish to submit to the court There
is but of court each held this division of the District and
The insertion clause relative to the interests of mem
this there would be objection.
In provision for arbitration has been
that leave matters in dispute with the Secretary of A
arise
This
principles of arbitration
The inconvenience the mposbly the Districts
sonaiy submitting their side of any controversy
( The great time that would eapse in settling matter
controversy.
hoped course nothing may arise that
involve either arbitration such
incidentally anyway
pended IN the construction OF the project Eventually and primarily the
water users under the project will into their and maintain and
The United
We wish to make two other suggestions:
probably within which
%
to he he contract
o
tract with the Pasade Irritation District by providing that certain
the should delivered
irrigation District Ditch and another
of the
in
the Interior consideration by him
respectfully
(signed) NJ. LOGAN,
Attorney for the Palade and Mesa Districts
INTERIOR.
Washington, d. C. March 2s 1914.
Attorney County Irrigation Districts
Junction Colorado.
OF OF
the Project Manager Colorado enclosing petitions
part landowners County
Districts addressed to this office together with the forms of contracts
which the districts will be willing rat whereby the districts
their irrigation
canal surrender
to the project
petitions transmitted through the Reclamation
attached
of
all correspondence and the
has decided of which would be will
ing Copy o
heyer bep necessary to follow in the main the form Of contract an
proved
particulars
and
that the District
Mesa county heretofore entered shall be recognized final
dnnaye of the respective rights the parties hereto FOR the
decision the United
Attorney General March IA 1914 The United States
pending litigation involving the rights the waters of the
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11

Horace A. w. Tabor died this
morning at the Brown Palace hotel
in Denver.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11

An effort will be made in a short
time to have the telephone company
extend its long distance service to
Grand Junction.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11

L. E. Rathburn and wife of Chi
eago are in town, guests of the St.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-11

There is every evidence of a fine
fruit crop.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
WOODEN LEG BROKEN, SUES.

Washington Broker Wants $4,000
Damages For Singular Mishap.
Wlashington.-A wooden leg. broken
4 IN street car accident. and number
of hurts and bruises are valued at
$4,000 in a suit instituted in the dis
tr1ct supreme court by Eustace Lee No
Die. general agent and broker, against
the Washington Railway and Electric
company.
In his declaration Noble says one of
the company's cars. on which he was a
passenger. became, derailed at -Four
and Half street southwest, and his
wooden leg was broken and rendered
of no further use to him. The leg. he
says, cost him $780,.
Noble further complains that he was
thrown against the seat in front Of him
and that he suffered severe bruises.
He spent 5000 for a new leg, he saws.
and 5000 for medical attention,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
CASPIAN SEA SINKING.


Steamships IN Many Places Unable to
Reach Landing Stages.
st. 'Petersburg.-The scientific world
in Russia has for some time been oc-
cupled with curious natural phenom.
enon. The surface of the Caspian has
since June, 1910, been continually sink.
Ing and is now beginning, to be incon-
Venlent for navigation, as steamers in
many places cannot reach the landing
stages. - t7'..<~5 t>@.s.ss l.sssEo
Professor Shoralski, commissioned by
the government to study the subject,
mas ascertained that the amount of
water contributed by the rivers flowing
into the Caspian. especially by the
Volga, has considerably diminished. It
is therefore quite possible that the
river water flowing into the sea is not
sufficient to make good the loss caused
by evaporation. r. 't ~.-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
BIDS 100000 FOR A BABY.
6ut Rich Nrginian's Offer Is spurned
by the Child's Mother,

by the child's Mother.
Washington. = According to women
connected with the Florence Critten-
ton mission, which is having a baby
exhibit here to help raise funds for a
summer camp and hospital for babies,
wealthy man from Richmond. Va.
offered to endow the mission with $780,
OOO II he was permitted to adopt a boy
infant he had seen at the exhibit. Mrs.
Kate Waller Barrett, national presi-
dent of the Crittenton mission, said
that the Richmond man told her that
the boy, who is known as BABY
FRANK, resembled portrait Of one Of
his ancestors.
Arrange for me to adopt him and I
will have my lawyers draw up the pa
pers turning over that amount of
money to the mission at once" Mrs
Barrett quotes the man as saying.
Mrs. Barrett said she told the man
that the babies at the exhibit were not
Tor sale and that she knew 'sBaby
Franks" mother would not consent to
an adoption.
In a statement Mrs. Barrett said that
many persons who had visited the ex-
h1b1t had demonstrated with the baby's
mother because she refused to part
with him. Almost all of them said. in
substance. according to Mrs. Barrett:
'"They ought to think Of the child and
its future. This man is rich and can
give the child every advantage"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
TO DRINK RUM PA YEARS OLD

That's What Wistar Institutes d.
rectors Will Do In 1892.
Philadelphia.-Ja rum PA years
old is promised to the directors of the
W1star Institute of Anatomy of the
University of Pennsylvania at the CEN
tenary Of the institute. But the only
directors who will be allowed to drink
it will be those who are in Office in
1892, when dinner will be arranged
for them for the specific purpose of
drinking the rum. The centenary of
the Institute will be in 1892.
A bottle Of Jamaica rum was left un-
opened in this city by British officers
upon their evacuation of PHILADELPHIA
in the War of the Revolution, and its
history since that time is recited upon
a card tied to the neck. The card was
written. by Isaac Wistar, founder Of
the institute.
Mr.. Wistar inherited the bottle from
his uncle. Franklin Jones. In 1894.
two years after he founded the 1nsti-
tute, he presented the bottle to the in
stitute, with the request that it be held
for the centenary celebration. The
bottle is Of green colored glass and
holds about three pints.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
g,--sg,s..-E. -
GOSPEL AUTOS IN CHICAGO.

Will Try to Reclaim Wealthy as Well
as PenniIess "savages."
Chicago. - Gospel automobiles were
put into service here on the theory
that there were more religious saw
ages" in Chicago than in. darkest
Africa" Moody Bible institute dedi-
Gated the first of several such gospel
autos which will tour Chicago. The
speakers will consider the wealthiest
residence districts and the poorest
tenement sections equally Savage"
and will work in both. Five hundred
men and women will take turns preach
ing every night for weeks, first in
ghetto districts. then along the lake
shore.
I'VE expect the wealthy will listen
to the sermons just the same as the
poorer people," said the Rev. W. w.
ketchum. who preached to a crowd at
North Clark and West Division streets.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1914-06-06
AFTER RIVER PIRATES.
Posse Organized to Exterminate the
Wholesale Freebooters.

rose Organized to Exterminate the
Wholesale Freebooters.
Martinez, Cal.-River pirates, whose
depredations in the Carquinez straits
and the tide lands of the San Joaquin
valley have caused farmers loss of
many thousands of dollars. are to be
exterminated. it was learned here.
With the cooperation Of the federal
authorities Sheriff R. R. veale of Con-
ira Costa county has organized pick
ed posse to wage war on the inland
freebooters. ..-.
The chief source of revenue of the
pirates is the merchandise produce
piled along river levees awaiting ship
ment. The method of the gangs is to
moor scow at night in midchannel
and row to the wharves. from which
the produce is removed and brought to
the bay cities and sold. The delta Sec
ton has been rich field for the gangs