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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29

The gasoline turned out by the
Ardmore Refining company tested yes
terday 66.3 and the test at other
times has gone as high as 6S. 1t is
said to be better quality of gaso-
line than any other which is shipped
in here. The kerosene also looks
as clear as alcohol, it is of a very
fine, clear quality and burns well
without the smoke that accompanies
the combustion of the lower grades.
SO far there are two ArdmOre con-
Germs selling the gasoline made by
the local plant They are Berry's
Bakery and Whitchurchs Garage.
The Lockhart Oil company owned
by H. l.. Lockhart of Coalgate, has
the exclusive sale of the ArdmOre
refinery products. This companys
station is now at Coalgate, but will
be moved to Ardmore between now
and the end of the year Dan Muir
ply has charge of the company's
business. He is located in Ardmore,
and is pushing the sales of the com
pany. He has his wagons on the
street and is building up a good
trade here and is gradually extend
ing his market to other cities and
towns. Mr.. Murphy came to okla
homa from Cleveland, Ohio. He was
born and reared in an atmosphere
of petroleum and he has all the opti-
mism that goes with the business.
He is an Irishman, and is just plain
Dan Murphy. He is devoted to his
business and he brought here with
him the Ardmore spirit of enterprise.
He sees prosperity ahead, he sees
other rehneries here within a short
time and he says the quality of the
gasoline made of Healdton petroleum
will be a fayOrite with all persons
who want a good dependable gas for
their machines.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
OSAGE OIL NOT EXEMPT.
Attorney General Advises Auditor
Should Collect Tax.

Oklahoma City, April 2S.-An opin-
ion by the attorney general directed
to the state auditor advises collec-
tion of the per cent gross pro-
duction tax on oil produced in the
Usage nation. 1t has been generally
believed that the Osages would be eX-
empt from this tax under the decision
of the supreme court of the United
States in Choctaw coal cases 1t is the
the Choctaw coal cases. 1t is the
theory of the attorney general that,
while the question is doubtful, the
auditor should collect the tax. The
cases that may arise under this de-
cision will go speedily to the courts
and be determinative of the issue.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
Tennessee Negro LynShed.

Summeryille, Tenn, April 2S.-Tom
Brooks, the negro slayer of R. Lee
Day and Pleas Hawkins. was taken
from the custody OF deputy sheriffs
who were bringing him from Memphis
early Wednesday for preliminary
trial and hanged from the trestle Of
a railroad bridge. The mob met the
party about seven miles outside of
town and the lynching, according to
the officers. was accompanied by
little excitement. A coroner's jury
returned a verdict of death "by hang
ing at the hands of unknown par
ties" Brooks killed the two men
and wounded a deputy sheriff when
they went to his cabin near here
week ago to serve a warrant on
him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
LOVE COUNTY LOOKING UP
Prospects for Grain Crop Were Never
Quite So Good Before

DR.. and Mrs. d. Autrey were in the
city this afternoon from Marietta.
They came on a brief shopping trip
and returned in the evening. DIR
Autrey states that prospects for good
grain crop in Love county were never
quite so good as they are this year,
and farmers are looking forward to a
big harvest. The drilling of an oil well
will be begun within a few days on
the Cal Stewart ranch east of Mariet-
ia. and Love county is cooperating
with oil companies to help in putting
the county among the oil producing
sections of the state. The rain in Ma.
retta last Sunday was very hard
one. Water ran into some of the stores
in the business section and some of
the residence sections were flooded.
The boys used boxes for boats and
took advantage of the flooded streets
to create a little fun.
Marietta is also organizing good
ball team this year, and ArdmOre will
be challenged for game before the
season progresses very far.
5. G. Bourland was here today from
Overbrook.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
AS Noah Used to Say.

Two of Indiana's young women
teachers were overheard comparing
notes on their school work one day
last week. One of them said:
81 left the drawer of my desk full
of apples, pears and hickory nuts
when | came up to the association.
My children are always bringing me
things"
The other teacher laughed as she
said: Mine are not so free with
their gifts. One of my small boys
came to me and asked:
Would it make any difference in
my grades if | brought you a great
big apple every day?'
81 told him he might try it and
see, and, after a thoughtful pause,
he asked:
"'If | try it, and you find out that
it amt maxim any difference, will
you tell me, SOS | won't waste any
more apples indianapolis News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29

of the owners, phoned last night that
it was his opinion and that of %
other oil men who had been watching
the well gush, that it was good for
1.5OO to 1000 barrels.
The well is on the. southwest cor
ner of the Glynn Franklin lane and
is the northwest offset to the dtscov-
cry well in the same section. which
was drilled by Messrs. Harris a
Hampton. The top of the sand was
found at 1,61S II feet, and the drill
went 20 feet into the sand, when
the flow got so strong that further
work was Impractical
The discovery well is now several
weeks old and is flowing about $50
barrels from the top of the sand, 1t
was drilled only two feet in the sand,
and possibly would make a big gusher
itself if deepened.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
PERSEVERANCE WILL WIN.
Looks Like Biggest Well in Musko
gee County in Years.

gee County in Years.
The secret of success in the oil
business is persistence Luck usually
changes for the man who will not
quit. Il. l.. Kstler and George w.
Sterling are leaving town early this
morning to look at what is the big
gest oil well completed in Muskogee
county in six years, gusher that
is flowing over the landscape out in
the Harris pool. in western Muskogee
county. Messrs Sterling and Kist-
Ter have half interest in the we'll.
c. l.. Penderghast and c. II. Daniels
own the other half interest The
well is in the new Harris pool the
third well drilled in, in section 6-1i-16
and touched the oil sand Sunday and
has been flowing ever since.
The two $50 barrel tanks awaiting
the well were filled Sunday and the
gusher has been flowing over the
country. as the drillers do not dare
try to shut it in at present. Two
l6O0-barrel tanks are being hurriedly
constructed c. l.. Penderghast, one
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
Convicts Given First Ride.

Michigan City, Ind, April 2S.-The
five men who have served longest
in the state prison here have taken
the first automobile ride of their
lives, it became known today. One
has served thirty-s six years. All are
serving life sentences for murder.
Yesterdays twenty-eight mile ride
to La Porte was a reward for the
prisoners good behavior.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
NEGRO SHOT AND KILLED
Another Negro Surrenders to Police
While Walking to City Hall

Fort Worth. Texas, April 2S-Jim
Franklin a negro residing at 11O5 w.
Tenth street, was shot and killed in
stantly tonight. Walter Davis, another
negro, surrendered to the police.
Franklin was shot through the
throat by charge from shotgun in
a rear room of his home. Davis was
walking to the city hall to surrender
when passed by police en- route to the
scene of the shooting.
Franklin is survived by his wife.
The ambulance OF the Fort Worth I'm
dertaking Company conveyed the body
OF the negro to the Peoples undertak'
ing establishment
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
CLAIMS coWL SHOT HIMSELF
Coroner Decides Death Could Not
Have Resulted as First Stated.

Bridgeport, Conn. April 2S.-Arthur
Hearn Cowl of New York, who died
at hospital here Monday night of
a bullet wound in the head, COM
mitted suicide, according to the cor
oner's finding filed today. The coro-
ner said Cowl shot himself at the
home of Arthur DeForest Wheeler in
Stratford, where Cowl had gone to
visit his fiancee. Miss Emily Wheeler
The report declares that Miss Wheel
er had nothing to do with the death,
and says Miss Wheeler told the offic-
ers Cowl asked her to pull ribbon
attached to his vest. and when she
did so, the shot followed.
The coroner, however, by tests,
demonstrated that the automatic re-
volver used by Cowl could not be
fired by such means and concluded
that Cowl fired when Miss Wheeler
pulled the ribbon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
AIR RAID MADE ON
ZEPPELIN FACTORY

Berne Switzerland, via Paris. April
29.-The military station at Romans
horn this morning reported the ap-
pearance of a squadron of allied avia-
tors making for Friedrichshafen where
the headquarters of Zeppelin dirigible
balloons is located. Soon afterward a
lively cannonsding lasting half an hour
was heard.
Six machines are said to have been
over Friedrichshafen. Details OF the
raid are lacking.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
OIL and GAS NEWS

prohibit the taking of oil from the
field by any refinery or purchaser un.
less the runs of oil are prorated among
all the producers. The report is said
to have emanated from Tulsa where
a hearing is in progress today on the
Cushing field. This report is of no
real value, because it is based only
upon rumor, the source of which We
were not able to reveal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
Younger Men Wanted.

Washington, April 2S.-President
Wilson toJk another step in reiuy-
enating the diplomatic service We'd q
nesday by signing an executive order
which will bar men more than %
years of age from the so-called civil
service portion of the corps, which
includes secretaries and clerks. The
age limit has been fifty. Ambassa-
dors and ministers will not be af-
fected.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29

The Wild Cat Jim well in 1922 has
reached a depth of something ike
1850 feet Drilling will be continued
until the well is at depth of 1000
feet unless oil or gas is found earlier
Several oil showings have been found
and at 1910 to 1850 a gas showing was
found. The company is encouraged
and will continue to make hole. The
well so far has not occasioned any con
siderable leasing near it.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
District Court to Convene

Pauls Valley, Okla, April 2S.-Dis-
trict court will convene here May 8.
The docket is the largest since state
hood, due to the fact that no court
term was held here in January of
this year. There are sixteen divorce
cases pending, over three hundred civ
il and twentNeight criminal cases.
The term is to last five weeks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
SPECIAL SESSION BEGINS.
Texas Legislature Convened at Aus
tin TODAY in Special Session.

Austin, Tex, April 29.-The spec
ial session of the legislature con
vened this morning The house was
three short of a quorum and adjourn
ed until this afternoon. The senate
had a quorum and elected Wiley
of Montague county as president pro
TEN for the session.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
TO BE NO RECOGNITION
Bryan Says There'l Be No Recogni
ton of Any Mexican Government.

Washington. d. c. April 29.-Secre-
tary Bryan declares that the United
States is not considering the ques-
tion OF recognizing any government in
Mexico. Ii was rumored last night
that the United States soon would
recognize CarranZa.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
Marriage License Issued

The following marriage license was
issued by the clerk of the courts this
morning, that will cause more than
passing interest in this city, as both
parties concerned are prominent in
Ardmore society: w. A. Wolverton
and Mrs. Frances Downward, both of
Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
To Make Indian PAYMENTS.

Lawton, Okla. April 2S.-The In
dian payment that was deferred on
account of the change of agents at
Anadarko will start in a few days at
Lawton. This payment will amount
to 1913 per head. The total will reach
sl25,00O.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29
obreaon Advancing Northward.

Washington, April 29.-Carranza
wires denying the report that Obre-
gon has been cut off from the south
by the Zapatistas. Obregon IS ad'
vancing northward with unimportant
skirmishing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29

oscar Scott and others from Gaines
Vile are interested in acreage around
Thackerville, and are doing some
drilling in that portion of Love
county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29

The Apple & Franklin, ct al, well
near the center of 15-4-3 has been
drilled through the gas sand and is
now at a total depth of 1880 feet. The
owners have not learned the exact
thickness of the gas sand. but 1t is
approximately 30 feet ]. A. Pollard,
federal gas expert from the bureau
of mines who directed the drilling of
the well through the gas sand is still
with the we'll The production of gas
was not tested but it equals the two
wells surrounding and that means it is
a heavy gas producer and will make
from twenty-five to forty millions.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29

1t was rumored here today, but the
rumor lacks confirmation, that the cor
poration commission has agreed upon
an order for the Healdton field. The
order is said to track the law as it Is
understood by the layman and will
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29

Mrs. n. W. Coe has returned from
A visit with her mother in Denison.
Mr. Coe went to that city, ana ac-
companied her home yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-29

W. b. Baker of the Roxana re
lroleum company is a Healdton field
visitor from Tulsa
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-16
DIES OF HIS INJURIES.

j, w. Staples of Glenns Ferry, a
f:e ght engine fireman, Wednesday
night at Nampa sustained injuries ne
ceasitating amputation of an arm and
both legs, which failed to save the
mans Life. The operation was per-
formed at the Nampa hospital.
Staples train had just pulled in
from Huntington and he had just
swung from the cab in front of the
dlspatcher's office with the purpose
of getting a lunch at one of the
restaurants, when he collided with
two freight cars being switched in
the yards. Both legs were severed
and the bones of an arm simply
crushed.
The deceased is survived by a wife
and parents at Saracoxie, Missouri
where the remains were shipped for
burial. Staples was 80 years old and
had been employed by the Short
three years.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-16
MISSES GRAY ENTERTAINs

Lucinda and Anna Gray entertained
few friends at their home Friday
evening, january 10Th.
Cards, conversation and music were
The chief amusements OF the evening.
After spending a very delightful even
ing dainty lunch was served by
the hostesses. Those present We're:
Claribel Smith, Cloye Burt, Alpha
White Amanda Meincier, Laura Shoe
make, Fay Black, Norman Smith,
Fayette and Leander Bach, Esmond
Sawyer, Charles Hobbs and Fred
Hansen. 1t was very much regretted
by all that Ora Swan, on account of
the sudden death of her father could
not be present, also Carl Miller and
Osborne Casey who went TO Gooding
to take part in the basket ball game.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-16
D. OF v. INSTALL

On Monday evening, anJuary 4th,
at the regular meeting of the Fran
els e. Willard Tent No. /, ID. Of
V. the following officers for the en-
suing year We're installed:
President, Mrs. Mary E. Bumgar-
ner; Senior Vice President, Mrs. Lii
Ian Evans; Junior Viye President,
Mrs. Alice Thompson; Treasurer, Mrs.
Mary Smith; Trustees, Mrs. Lillla
Evans, Mrs. Parker, Mrs Clara Whit
right; Patriotic Instructor, Mrs Ber-
tha S. Green; Secretary, Miss Bessie
Childs; Guide, Mrs. Parker; Guard
Mrs. Clara Wbitright; Asst. Guard,
Mrs. Anna Wheeler; Musician, Mrs
Alice Thompson; Color Bearers, Num-
Der One, Mrs. Mary Smith, Number
Iwo, Mrs. Anna Wheeler, Number
Three, Mrs. Clara Whitright, Mum
Der Four, Mrs. Bertha S. Green.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-16
HAD 10 COME BACK.

W. d. McCabe, wife, sen and daugh,
ter reached Mountain Home Tuesday
morning trom their former home at
Hardin, Missouri, and will make this
their residence henceforth. Mr.. Me
Cabe is not total stranger in these
pants, having resided several years at
Bruneau, but eight years ago returned
to Missouri, where he married, sup
posing, Of course, he would settle
down for good in his home state.
However, the lure of Idahos balmy
CLINE and sunny skies proved irresti-
bic, SO he packed up what belongings
he chose to bring with him, bundled
up the good wife and kids as com
Portable as could be, like a good hus-
band and father and headed for the
promised land.
Mr. McCabe is a brother of Fred,
Claude and Miss Gladys McCabe of
Mountain Home, and will engege with
his blother Fred in the sheep busl-
ness.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-16
CYRUS CARR.

Cyrus Carr, the well known, loved
old janitor at the county buildings,
Was buried at 2:3O p. IN. today. DEATH
occurred Thursday night, following a
paralytic stroke suffered Saturday
night, the 10th, from which he never
rallied or recovered consciousness.
Funeral services from the Carr
home were under the direction and a
cording to the ritual of the local lodge
of Odd Fellows, of which order the
deceased had been a member in good
standing for many years.
Numerous floral offerings and large
attendance Of all classes testified to
the high esteem in which he was held
by the people in general, while deep
felt expressions Of sorrow and sym
pathy for the widow and surviving
members of the family were general.
Surviving in the family are the
widow, son Nile and a daughter, Mrs.
DoWner, and for these the Republi-
can, with hosts of friends and ac-
quaintances, extends its sincere sym
pathy
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-16
KILLED BY ELECTRICITY.

DR.. B. b. Swan, pioneer dentist and
resident of Mountain Home, died
early last evening as a result of trying
to extinguish an incipient blaze in
the cellar in the rear of the house
where a stove had caused a bur
lap sack, containing potatoes, to ig-
mite. In attempting to extinguish
the blaze, DR.. Swan seized with both
hands a large vessel containing water
and dashed its contents on the fire,
the stream of water making itself a
conductor of the electric current
from the stove to the unfortunate
man $ body, with fatal consequences.
Dr. Swan was perhaps as much of
a landmark in Mountain Home de-
yelopment as any of its old-time
young manhood, the scene of his mar
riage mad the upbringing of his fam
AlJ anu NliCiC HS clNIIithCu buCu
measure of success i'm a business way
as could not fail to bring much per-
sonal satisfaction, and certainly sub
stantial material profit.
He was a member of the city coun-
Gil an enthusiastic member of var
iouS fraternal orders and still a
young man-on the hither side of so
of rugged mould, and but for the
fateful and unpulsiye action with the
water in his attempt to conquer cleo
tr.city might-probably would-haVeI
lived to advanced years.
He is survived by the wife and
Four daughters, the eldest being ac-
lively engaged as a teacher i'm one OF
the county schools.
AS yet we have learned nothing
about the funeral arrangements, these
being held in allegiance until the de-
ceased's family is heard from, all of
whom, we believe, live in an adjoin-
ing state.
The Republican tenders it's sin
cere sympathy to the bereaved.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-16
RURAL SOCIAL CENTERS

We need social centers where our
young people can be entertained,
amused and instructed under the di-
rection of cultured, clean and COM
petent leadership where aesthetic
surroundings stir the love for the
beautiful, where art charges the at.
mosphere with inspiration and power,
and innocent amusements instruct
and brighten their lives
To hold our young people on the
farm we must make farm life more
attractive as well as the business of
farming more remunerative. The
school house should be the social unit.
properly equipped for nourishing and
building character, so that the lives of
our people can properly function
around it and become supplied with
the necessary elements of human
thought and activity.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-16
ELECTION JUBILEE.

In honor of Mr.. Morgan and his
election to the office of county com
missioner about thirty of the neigh
Dor friends of Mr. and Mrs. Shep-
pard Morgan gathered at the Nor
gan home last Friday evening when
a d lghtful hour was enjoyed with
cards, followed by refreshments.
Those present were; Mr. and Mrs
G. F. Ross, Mr.. and Mrs w. H.
Evans, Mr. and Mrs A. NJ. Hall, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Reddoway, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jim Blackstein, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank d'Groot, Mr.. and Mrs. B. NJ
Lynch, Velna Ross, Edna Rice, Chas.
Ross, Jr., Adm Hall, Jr., Mr.. Foster
Jack Frost, Mr.. Cheney, J. Black
stein, 2. Labbee, Sam Lowry and
Alva Rice.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-16
french MENACE
GERMAN RAILWAYS
ATTEMPT OF ALLIES TO DE.
STRoY RAILWAYS USED IN
BRINGING RElNFoRCEMENTs.
Weather Conditions In Russian Po.
land Prevents Movements Of
Large Bodies Of Troops and in
Measure Hats Operations.

The French attacks to the north OF
scissors, on the Aisne and near
Perthes, east of Reims, are develop.
ing into a serious offensive. The
gains the French claim to have made
at these points, If followed up, would
have twofold Importance. They
threaten the railways which the Ger.
mans are using to supply th@ir troops
N the lighting line and are serious
menace to the German forces which
ho.d positions to the north of Reims.
The French have found 1t. impossi.
Bile to take by frontal attack those
positions from which the Germans
are bombarding Reims, but advances
IN either side would envelop them
md force a retireent, thus giving the
cathedral city much desired relief
rom the German shells
IN the Argonne and on the heights
Ct the Meuse the Germans are on the
IF nsive and claim to have maue fur-
ther progress. 1t is reported that the
Germans have sent heavy reinforce
ments to this district to prevent the
French from breaking their lines,
hich are very close to their own bor
der and not far from Metz.
Fresh German troops dispatched to
Alsace, combined with the wintry
weather, have stopped the French ad-
anCe IN that region Along the rest
o. the front artillery is doing most Of
the work
Ony isolated attacks are being at
tempted the state of the weather and
the ground making the movements OF
aree bodies of troops out of the ques-
tion.
Siilar conditions prevail in the
east and while they have not com.
p.etely stopped the fighting they have
ca led a halt over the greater part of
he field Of operations. In restricted
areas, along the river Rawka, near
Bolimow, however, there has been
fierce lighting, but according to Petro-
grad correspondents, the Germans
have been unable to make any ma
terial advance. Severe fighting also
is taking place on the Nida river,
where the Austrians are opposing the
Russian attempts to penetrate to
Cracow.
The Germans are keeping the Mazu.
rian lakes open with ice breakers to
block the Russian advance In East
Prussia The Russian troops mold
positions around the lakes and have
been waiting for them to freeze over
before resuming their offensive.