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The Detroit times., 1915-02-24

and be IL TURNER
Resolved. That the City Treasurer
be and he Ia hereby authorized and In
structsd TO accept from lanes ~ LILY. Icy
,ss sq% q so5' y, ysi Ysif Settle, o.
ns r her Tor the year 1919. ana can
eel balance due: and be IL further
Resolved, That the City Controller
be and he IL hereby authorised and In
structed TO draw a warrant upon the
proper fund In favor pr Robert p. Flat.
terry for the sum OF SfS.13. the said
sum being the amount OF personal as
on Valuation OF 100000. for the year
1914. CIV. I. r. 370). upon presentation
OF the proper receipt showing said
taxes for said year TO have been paid;
and be ~ further
Resolved, That the City Treasurer
be and he Is hereby authorized ana IA
structed 90 cancel the general city
taxes levied against lots 81 and 90 II,
q Anderson's sub OF lots and " OF
I-t ssc. 50. 10000 eers traetr =:
the year fsfs. on Recommendation OF
che Board ofIAsssssors.
Adopted as Follows:
yeas--Aid. Allan, Barnett. Bleif. Bur
ton, cranshaw.. .Dni Dingeman. ellis.
fiindie. jsksi Ksating. Kccher. Krcnk'
Lempke. Lodge. Nowc. Owen. Robinson.
s fsa; thompson. Vernon War,
| ten. wenrei Wilson. wing. zfnk and
the Prcsident---3g It4I
Nays--Sone.
The Detroit times., 1915-02-24
Health and City NeepltaIa.

10 the HonoraSle the Common counsi,:
Health and City Hospita1a. % Who0|
was referred the Communicates 80
Thos. Craney. Transmitting Dro0on7 >
s ton fcr the Stspositicn 81 eare6Q
own expense oil ~erbaGe 60 3 plnne o
be put Into operation ~ NJ. Cr6ne1I
has conferred with Representatives a.
petitioner, and after Giving the mn1-
ter due elaboration. recommend oha1
the proposition 40 contained IN eo1H-
munication above referred 20. be Re-
Respectfully submittsd.
THOS, r. 0IxINNAN. ~
MAURICE j. KUATIl10 z
CHAS W BURTON.
ANTHONY NOWC. 81
Accepted and adopted - coIlowus
Yeas--Ald Allan, Barnett, Dle6 Qr@
Field. Frsiwaid. Gilman. O. ~
IIindle. Jskel. Keating. Kocher. IS<n
Lsmpke. Lodge. Move. Owen Uok1n111.
Rollo. Rutter. schemans1y. ok101
wilson, Wing link. ana the frcsi1sS>
Ssys--Nons.
The Detroit times., 1915-02-24

Resolved, That the city Treasurer be
and he Is hereby authorised and In
hereinafter mentioned. such amounts
names. in fufi settlement OF the per-
sona1 assessments levied against than
for the year 1914 end cancel balance
due, towit:
The Detroit times., 1915-02-24

To the Honorable the Common Council,
Gentlemen--Your Committee on
T: on: q e john SsH c.ls :c the nrD '
john sPfsHE err.sn ios F4a.E sss Ssi
Sa0aO. A. Msndell Leibovits Stoo7l,
Julius j. Levinson giOos). John Mar
tin (4os2). Arthur Werner y, RI
f f.%S b sfsnsh i.. tS go 'His sSrsg
Kohn 14Ilsl. James a. Robinson, Tor
Mrs, J. II. Emery S4Is). Melinski 4
wolfson tsoss>. Gsorgs =; Joiner.
Clothing Mfg. Cos SliSil. Miller =
Kochenderfer lfor w g. Wallingsr =
cS.) tsi!s). Robert r Flattsry llossl
adjustment of certain personal asssss-
msnts, also the communication from
the Board OF Assessors. recommending
levied ss aSsinst lots % ana g. An.
have had the same under co1siders.
petitioners. and after consultation with
that the prayer. of petitioner. Be
Ing resolution and that the Tscommen-
dalton contained In communicat ton
above referred to. be concurred In. We
therefore offer the following resolu-
LOUIS II LEMPKE
Gg DREEs vEk ENMoHRswAID.
MOSES wARTELL
r. W. WENZEIA
HERMAN sGHULrz.
ing RESOLUTION was offered:
Resolved. That the City Treasurer be
and he II hereby authorised and In
structsd TO cancel the taxes due on
personal assessments levied against the
persona hereinafter mentioned for the
vaap 1914 tnxvfts u
The Detroit times., 1915-02-24

referred to committes on Taxes.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

Can egg-farming be made to pay?"
Is an everyday query emanating from
persons who possess a few hundred
pounds TO invest and think they will
ike such pursuit. Without fully
going into tho pound, shilling, peace
OF our mammoth egg imports, statis
tics show that the number of eggs
,onsumed in England in a week to-
tails over 150,O0O.OOO. An average
mems egg weighs about two ounces
or three ounces and varies in length
from two inches to three inches. II
then. these l50,000000 eggs were
oiaced in a row. e., end to end
they would cover 5000 miles-furthe,
than from London to New York. This
vast total of eggs is supplied by hens
on hundreds and thousands of farms,
while the contribution from hens kept
IN back, gardens is ty no means q
small ode.-Answers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31
Why Flats A Q Popular.

People are still trying to answer
,he question OF why apartment houses
arc so popular, but the answer should
rCne, it wouls seem, without much OF
q struggle 1t is simple. 1t Is due TO
the ambitiok Of people to have bean
tiful surroundings, the difficulty Of Sc
curing domestic help and The growing
indolence of the human race. It js
20. quite fair to talk aoout the indo-
leLce OF the human race when il
seems that every man ant every wom-
as time is taxed to the utmost with
Affairs Of one kind or another to which
they are compelled to give attention
They have so many things to do that
they do not get time to do the things
they would like to do This is city
argument. 1t will not apply to the
small city to such great extent
Con struction News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31
Million Dollar Oil Deal.

Shreveport, La, Jan. 800. A.
Wright, local representative of the
selling company, has confirmed the
report that deal was consummated
here today whereby the Atlas Oil
company transfers to Benedum- Trees
& Parker of Pittsburg, Pa, all its
holdings in the Louisiana and Ok
lahoma fields, including - producing
wells, two of which are located on
the Crichton lease in a newly de-
yeloped section of the Red river
Parish field south of Shreveport.
The consideration was nearly a
million dollars.
The Atlas Oil company was organ
lied about three years ago, the own
ers being Potter Palmer Jr., and Hon
ore Palmer of Chicago, and o. A.
Wright of Shreveport.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

Some very interesting recent re
searches by Stormer and Kirkeland on
the Aurora Borealis render ii probabls
that this phenomenon is due to cor
pusculai radiation proceeding from
he sun to the earth. These corpuscles
are doubtless electrons which are
known to have great penetrative pow.
or. 1t is interesting to notice that
these observations furnish 4 means to
evaluate the actual degree to which
he space in the solar system is q
vacuum. II may be expressed by say.
ng that II is as much rarer than the
most rarified vacuum yet produced ex
= rimentaily as this latter is rarer
ihan the ordinary atmosphere. The
Iensity Of this interstellar vacuum va,
ies within jaa limits OF the solar sys
'sn with its distance from the sun
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31
story Of st. Paufs London.

There is an anecdOt. concerning 8,
Paul's worth recording now that the
cathedraIs repairing is under consid.
Grafton. Sir Christopher Wren tells
It IN The Parentalia; In the begin
Ming OF the new works of st. Paups
an incident was taken notice OF by
-Ome people as a memorable omen
When the surveyor in person hac sst
out upon the place the dimension. Il
the great dome, and fixed upon ,re
center, the common iaboreT was or.
dered to bring fiat stone from the
heaps Of rubbish (such as should
irst come to hand) to be laid for a
mark and direction to the masons;
the stone, which was immediately
brought and laid down for this pur
pose. happened to be piece o,
gravestone. with nothing remaining of
the inscription but this single word
in large capitals-Resurgam."--Lo
don Chronicle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31
MUST REDUCE EXPENSES

Washington, Jan. 30.-A threatened
deficit in the governments revenues
presented a problem that President
Wilson, his cabinet and congressional
leaders had before them yesterday for
solution at a White House confer
ence. The question was gone into
deeply at a cabinet conference yester-
day and the outcome of today's meet
ing was awaited with tense, interest,
both in administration and congress
sional circles.
With estimates of expenditures for
the coming fiscal year far in excess
of prospective revenues, administra-
ton leaders are convinced of the i'm
perative necessity of taking steps to
forestall the deficit that confronts
them. Present estimates for expen-
ditures exceed estimated revenues by
approximately $6O,O00,00O.
One relief plan which may be laid
before congress is the abandonment
of the $34,OOO,O00 river and harbor ap-
preparation bill and the adoption of
Postmaster General Burleson's suggeg-
ton for reducing the cost of rural free
delivery service from $52,000,000 to
$35,O00,O00 by putting carriers on a
contract basis. If congress accepts
this plan, it would save $51,OO0,O0O
and it is believed would avert all pos
sibe embarrassment for the present. If
congress also could be induced to re-
duce all appropriation bills so as not
to impair the efficiency of the govern
ment it is believed possible extern
sion of the time limit on the war tax
law would be avoided.
Other plans under consideration are
to cut the army anu navy appropria-
tion bills and lower the income tax ex-
emption below $4,000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31
STORM IN FIELD

Homer Hink'e, secretary of the Co.
line Oil Company, received a tele-
phone repor: from the field at 900
O'Clock last night, which informed him
that a violent wndstorm was passing
over the field One rig was blown
down en- the Hickman Willis lease in
section and one on the Jones lease
in section 4. At the time the report
was sent, no fires had been started by
lightning.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31
soldiers Wills.

In olden times everybody who was
In the happy position of having per-
sonalty to bequeath was free to make
q will verbally or by an unattested
writing. J ais right, restricted by the
Statute OF Frauds, was abolished by
$le wills act of 1897, subject, how
ever, to the reservation that soldiers
IN actual military service, and ma
vines, on sea, were still competent to
dispose of their personally as they
might have done before. Hence all
She soldiers and sailors on duty
have, so far as the disposition OF
their worldly goods is concerned, a
larger freedo.7 than that possessed
by the kings subjects who are stay
Ing at home. AS rule, too, wills
ire valid only IL the persons making
chem have reached the age of twenty
>ne. There is judicial authority for
saying that even this restriction does
not apply to soldiers and sailors on
active service.-Tit-Bits
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

Samoset Oil company, which was
recently organized under the laws
OF the state OF Delaware with a capt.
tai stock of 100000, has made a
deal with the Crystal Oil company,
under the terms of which the crystal
acreage will be developed by the
Samoset company. The deal as re
ported, provides that the Samoset
oil company will pay all cost of de-
ve!opment. and after royalties are
paid, the oil will be equally divided
between the Crystal and the Samoset
companies.
The Crystal people early in the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31
lightning.

Maurice well is at a depth of 1865.
No drilling has been done for the past
week on account of no fuel. The San
ia Fe has set car of fuel oil on the
spur built near the well and drilling
operations will be begun Monday.
There are no discouraging conditions
existing with the formations, and the
owners are hopeful of bringing in a
well.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31
WANT YANKEE
FLEET IN THE
PACIFIC SIDE
WESTERN CCNGRESSMEN DE-
CLARE PACIFIC COAST HAS NO
ECTlON-DANIELS WANTS
SHIPS TOGETHER.

Washington, Jan. 3O.-The house
met early Friday to begin considera-
ton of the naval appropriation bill
carrying $14S,O0O,OOO.
The agricultural appropriation bill
carrying more than $22,00,000, was
passed last night without roll call
and was sent to the senate yesterday
Only two of the appropriation bills
the urgent deficiency and the District
of Columbia-have passed the senate
All the big supply bills except the
naval, the sundry civil. pensions, dip
lomatic and consular and the mill
tary academy bills, have passed the
house.
The house agreed to remain in ses-
sion continuously until conclusion
late Friday night of the general de-
bate. Hensley of Missouri was al
lowed four hours for speeches
against the bill; Gardner of Massa-
chusetts an hour in favor of the full
program of the general board of the
navy.
Some administration officials indi-
cate they believe the naval bill would
be stripped of some of the additions
made by the committee over what
the navy department recommended.
The bill provides double the number
of submarines recommended by Sec
retary Daniels, and a transport, a
hospital ship and other items not
requested by the department
Representative Stevens of Califor-
mia made a plea for Pacific coast ma
val defense He predicted Great
Britain never would seriously partici-
pate in any war on the United
States but that in the interest of
world wide peace the United States
should be prepared for defense.
1--WE should not appropriate hun
dreds of millions additional" he said.
until we know what defenses we
ought to have. We can double the
number of submarines now built and
not hinder any proper program. We
can build few battle cruisers and
not go contrary to the lessons of the
war in Europe.
I'VE have two great ocean fronts
and a fleet large enough to fairly
protect only one. The Pacific coast
has more miles of territory touching
the three mile limit than has the
Atlantic coast, but it has no dread
nought.
II am not one of those who think
war imminent or likely. Yet if war
should come tomorrow in which di-
rection would you look to see the
flash of guns? Now that the Panama
canal is opened, do you not think
the only fleet we have should be on
the Pacific coast at least part of
the time?
Secretary Daniels has said the
fleet should not be divided. Then why
not keep it in the Pacific a greater
part of the time?
eff the fleet is to remain the lar
ger part of the year on the Atlantic
coast( do you not think that the
submarines should be stationed along
our Pacific shores"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31
Possible Good IN Accident.

A young man who, having run up o
lot Of bills which were considerably
beyond his means to pay, was much
pestere6 by collectors. He, however.
had the disposition OF true Micaw.
ber and did not allow himself to be
put out by their attentions. One day
a collector came to his house, and
in mounting the icy front steps slipped
and broke his arm. The young spend.
thrift, who was looking out of the
window at the time, remN-ked calm.
ly: We'll, hope that will be les.
con to them to keep away from me
for while"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31
Given Twenty Year Sentence.

Guthrie, Okla, Jan. 3O.-In the dis
trict court here Friday the jury
brought in a verdict of guilty against
julius Allen of Crescent, charged
with the murder of Mrs. Agnes
Johnson of that place, last Novem-
Der, and fixed his punishment at
twenty-three years in the peniten-
tiary.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31
Another Pipe Line.

The McMan Oil company VIII be-
gin Immediately the construction OF
an eight-inch pipe line from the
Cushing oil field to Addington, Okla
This announcement was given out
officially last night by r. NJ McFar-
lin and II. II. Rogers and the pur-
pose of the line is to deliver large
quantities of Gushing oil to the Mag
noia Petroleum company.
Work on this line will commence
at once, and will be in charge of
d. c. Stewart, the best known pip.
line builder in the United States.
Later another line will be built
by the McMan company from Add
ington to either Alvord of Fort
Worth, Tex, and the service of this
line will not interfere with the han
ding of oil by the Magnolia pipe
line from the Healdton field.
The reason we decided to con-
struct this line said Mr.. McFarlin
last night, "N on account of the very
high freight rate and the saving it
viii be to both companies We
made the sale of the oil some time
ago, and have been delivering con-
siderable in tank cars, but the eX-
pense of this is so great that a pipe
line is a business necessity"
The McMan Oil company is COM
posed of r. NJ. McFarlin, J. A. Chap
man and l.. l.. Hutchinson, princi-
Pal owners, and the name of the
company is derived from the NC"
in McFarlin and the Man" in Chap
man. They are the largest individual
oil producers in the world, and the
last report of Umpire A. +. Watts,
January %, their Bartlesville sand
production on the gauge was 39,67S
barrels day Since that time the
production has been increased per-
haps 10000 barrels a day. In addf-
tion to that they own more than
one hundred $1,000 barrel steel tanks
and have more than four million bar
rels of oil in storage in the Gushing
field.
They are owners of a very large
amount of the best acreage in the
Cushing field. and have proven prop
critics in almost every field in the
state Mr.. McFarlin states that they
can increase their daily production to
10000 barrels day by drilling in
wells now on top of the sand.
At the present time this company
is supplying three refineries, one at
Neodasha, the Cosden company and
one other Five pipe lines-four
four-inch and one siX-inch now run
from their properties.
d. c. Stewart. who will have
charge of the construction of the
line. recently returned from China
where he had gone to open new
Helu OH IHe SldHudlu = COhIVSoloh
with the Chinese government While
there he superntended the construc-
tion of 500 miles of wagon road,
and two wells had Just been com
menced when he left there, about
three months ago He had charge
CT the construction of the Prairie
Oil e Gas company's pipe line in
oklahoma, and has superintended the
construction of every line they built
out of the state.
He is reported 30 be the best pipe
line constructor in the world, and
when the White & Sinclair line was
supposed to be q fact he was prom
inently mentioned as the man who
would have charge Of its construc-
World.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

The Bay City well in 33-4-l, near
Ardmore, is ready to begin operations,
except that the reservoir has no water.
Mr. Henry stated yesterday that a
rain would be welcome at this time
with the Bay City Oil & Gas Com
nanV
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

In two different places in its issue
OF January 2S the Oil and Gas Jour
nal Of Tulsa states that the Wrights-
man & Foster company has sold its
oil in the Headton field to the Mag
nolia company The information we
had is that the sale was made to
the Pierce Fordyce Oil association.
In one place the Oil and Gas Journal
states that the sale called for 300, 1000
barrels to the Magnolia people at soc
This is undoubtedly an error, be
cause the pipe line would be in
contempt of the commission if it
were making such a purchase Our
information is that one 10000 barrel
shipment has already been made to
the Pierce Fordyce and two ship
ments of 10000 barrels each are
nov being made, The oil is going
through the line at the rate Of 5000
barrels day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

J. l.. Hamon and C. f. Colcord
have awarded contract to T. f..
Maloney to drill a well in the north
west quarter of section l5-4-3. This
well will be drilled between the De-
sada and the Stockmans well and
it should be in producing territory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

c. ]. Hennger, a gauger for the
Magnolia company in the Healdton
field, and B. c. Berry. a clerk for
the same company, are here to spend
the Sabbath
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

Have you a mouse or a room you
wish to rent? 1t will cost but thirty
cents to rent it-try the want ads.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

Crystal oil company which has
turned its development work over to
the Samoset company is composed
of s. \. Apple, Edward Calf, Roy
NJ. Johnson. \. r. McGhee, and Writ
Franklin. This is the company which
took the original leases in the Heald
ton field. and which induced J. NJ.
Critchlow of the Red River Oil COM
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

]. II. Adsit of Tulsa was here
yesterday Mr. Adsit is now at the
head of the production department of
the Twin State Oil company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

Orders have been received here
TO take down the pump station re-
Gently built at Waurika. The work
will be done at once, and shipping
orders will be received. The ma
chinery will probably be taken to
Texas In lieu of the station at Wau-
rika much larger station will be
built at AddingtOn.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. G. Guthrie are in
the city from their home in the fields.
Mr.. Guthrie has made visit to
Stawn, Texas, recently.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

Operators in the field have offered
their men their choice between half
accepted half pay No OIL is being de
liv cred there is but little work to do,
and employer and employe seem to be
willing to share alike in the shut
down that has come to the field.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

d. c. Stewart, president of the
Magnolia Pipe Line company, and
his brother, c. II. Stewart, who IS
district foreman of the company with
headquarters at Ardmore, will have
charge of the building of the McMan
Oil company's pipe line from Cushing
to Addington. Surveyors are in the
field now, and it is believed that the
work will be rushed to completion.
Dave c. Stewart has built more miles
of pipe line than any other man in
the oil business.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

Mr. and Mrs G. w. Strawn are in
the city from Wagner. Mr.. Strawn
will spend seyeray days in the field
before their return home.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

G. w. Mennis, manager of the
State Oil company in the Cushing
field, was here yesterday in confer
ence with j. H. Hamon of this city
and Judge r. S Roland of oklahoma
City, who is a member of the Rex
Oil company The State Oil com
pany has one and a quarter miles
of river bed leases. one we'll has
been drilled to the Layton sand and
is making 800 barrels, and will be
drilled to the Bartlesville sand. This
well is in section lS-1S-7. Mr.. Men
mis- is president of the Carter Drill
ing company. which was organized
here, and named for Carter county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31
OIL and GAS NEWS

The South Mid-Continent well
1873 near Ketner is rigged up, bu
drilling has not started.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

"Meet Me a, the Golden Gate"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

J. G. Adkins of the Adkins, Con-
rad & Nichols company, was a Wis
itor in the city from the fields yes
terday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-31

1t was reported here yesterday that
the well of the FL Reno Oil and Gas
company in section 12-i-4 has reach
ed its contract depth of 1900 feet
and had been abandoned. The casing
was being pulled yesterday. l.. C.
Hivick who drilled the well, and f.
l.. Rhodes, manager of the FL Reno
Oil and Gas company, were in the
fields yesterday. 1t was reported that
Mr.. Rhodes was here settling up the
bills made by the company in doing
the drilling. This well was across
southwest of the big wells in section
Cts.