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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

McMan Oil company which had de-
clined to sell its Healdton production
at soc heretofore, has Joined with
the other producers in accepting this
price The company has something
like 10000 barrels due it on its daily
runs. There are no Healdton pro-
ducers now that are holding oil for
higher price.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18
Missionary Work in Fields.

From Ardmore, Okla, comes in
formation to the effect that Rev
Albert NJ. Bean, who for the past
six months has preached in the Heald
ton field and whose salary was paid
by Rev. J. NJ. Critchlow of the Dun
dee Petroleum company, has finished
his contract and left for his home in
Colville, Wash. He did svrIe excel
lent work it is said, and was well
liked by the oil field people.
That there is a large and unde
veloped field for religious work in
Oklahoma's oil districts is an idea
quite prevalent. Last week at Drum
right, State Y. NJ. C. A. Secretary
Garrison was a visitor and he held
conferences with leadin gcitizens re-
sarding the establishment in that
town of a branch of his organiza
ton. The secretary received much
encouragement. Mr.. Garrison after
looking over conditions in some OF
the new oil towns in that part of the
state, said that law enforcement was
badly needed He further stated
that h would confer with Governor
Williams with a view to having state
aid in wiping out lawless establish
ments in those places-Oil and Gas
Journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18
8. Z. p. u.

April is, seven O'Clock. company Z
in charge.
Captain Miss Moore.
lntroduc ducIion-Leader.
To be Saved BY Christ We Must
Be Perfect. Judge by the Light OF
Nature-Mr. Brown.
Judge by Conscience-Orla Green
wood.
Judged by the Scriptures Mr.
Whiddon
Vocal Duet-Misses Lynn and West
No One Has Been Saved Without
Christ-Miss Williams.
Christ's Work of No Effect If Men
Could BE Saved Without Him-Mrs
Harbour
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

The II. p. Locket well near Dixie
in stephens county in 9-2-4 which
was promoted by Eddie Ramsey and
others. drilled to a depth of forty
feet and was shut down. When
drilling will be resumed is not known
It Is said that the company has
good drilling contract and will be
able to make hole rapidly when it
gets ready to prosecute drilling.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

If reports that reach us are true,
some crooked work has been done
in disposing of stock in one of the
wildcat companies in this county. Men
who have organized companies in the
the average in organizing clean com
panies, and if these reports are true
it is to be hoped that the authorities
will make proper Investigations and
that the courts will punish any who
have robbed others. Wildcat drilling
is useful for the development of the
oil industry and the man who spends
his money in that way is entitled
to a square deal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18
Relatives Quite Alarmed.

There has been nothing coming
out of Mexico in the shape of mail
matter for the Oklahoma relatives
of many of the operators for some
time, and, naturally they are much
concerned. The report that the state
department at Washington had been
asked to furnish transportation for
500 American citizens from Tampco
is taken to mean that the situation
has taken turn for the worse. This
is intensified by the fact that some
of the tanks at Ebano have been
pierced by balls from, -arranza's ar
tillery and two or three fires have
resulted. and Gas Journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

The well near the center of section
10 in the heavy gas area has been
drilled to a depth of go feet j. A.
Pollard of the federal bureau of mines
who is engaged in gas conservation
in this state and who has two assist
ants, Ralph w. Weed and w. f. Nc
Murray with him, has charge of the
well while it is being drilled through
the heavy gas sand. The well has
been filled with mud fluid and the
owners expected to get it drilled
through the sand yesterday evening
or last night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

The McDougal well in 36-5-5 near
Madill has reached depth of 46O
feet. The drilling company finished
its contract. Ardmore members of
the company say they understood the
contract was for 1900 feet and they
will insist upon deeper test being
made.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

f. II. Thwing, of the Ponca Re-
fining company, has gone to Califor-
mia, accompanied by his youngest
daughter and son. He expects to be
absent couple of weeks on a bust
ness errand connected with his re-
fineries.-Oil and Gas Journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

The Santa Fe Railway company
is contracting with Gushing reiiners
for 100000 barrels of fuel oil 1t
will build storage at Cushing and
keep it all against the day when
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

A number of persons from Ardmore
went to the oil fields yesterday to
witness the drilling in of the Sciv-
ally Petroleum company's well in sec
tion 10 and the Apple-Franklin-John-
son Gait gasser near the center OF
section -. A large number of eX-
cursionists went out over the Ring
ling road and many Others made the
trip by auto.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

r.. r. Cole, who caught the big bass
from the city lake, will have to &c
and fish some more. Wade Ritter
caught a fish in the lake that weigh
ed seven pounds and eleven ounces
1t was the biggest bass caught with
a fly in the United States that year
and he took down a prize of sac
worth of fishing tackle. Mike German
caught one weighing eight pounds
and two ounces, G. w. Stuart, jim
Weeks and w. II, Rogers each caught
bass there weighing eight pounds or
a little better.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

Judge and Mrs. }. w. Harreld,
Misses Helen and ThurloW Ward, Ei-
ward Gait, Mr.. and Mrs Sam a. Al
pie and Mr.. and Mrs. Writ franklin
went to the fields today to witness
the drilling in of the gas we'll near
the center of section 10 49,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

The constitutionality of the new oil
conservation law. now in force in
Oklahoma, is to be tested in an i'm
portant case pending in the federal
court at Oklahoma City and the out
come of the litigation will be of vital
Importance to oil producers. oil &
Gas Journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

the price of fuel oil advances. These
contracts are in addition to its pres
ent needs-Oil and Gas Journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

Parties at Wanette, Okla, have
organized company and are drill
ing test about seven miles north
west of that town in Pottawatomie
county. The drill is at a depth of
about 1000 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

Harry Lamb arrived here last night
and will leave today or tomorrow
for Taylor, Texas, where he will
continue as bookkeeper for the Cor
sicana Petroleum company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

Oil prophets are prognosticating an
early decline in the big oil output
of the Gushing pool and higher prices
are predicted owing to the decrease
of the supply-Oil and Gas Journal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

Try Berry's Cream LOAF Every
one better one. lou
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

The Producers refinery at Gaines
vile, Tex, is now assured, all con.
tracts having been signed. This plant
will handle Healdton crude only and
is bN1g constructed for the sole pur-
pose of supplying fuel oil trade
1t will be owned by a number of the
largest producers in the Healdton
district and Kansas City capitalists
interested in the Ponca refinery, with
whom the producers have joined in
an effort to market their production
Contracts have been made for the
entire output of the refinery, so far
as fuel oil is concerned, for a term
of years. and as the owners of the
refinery also own their own produc-
ton, the proposition Is an exceptional
one.-Oil and Gas Journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

Harry Lamb, bookkeeper for the
Corsicana Petroleum company, has
been transferred to the same COM
pany's office in the Taylor, Texas,
field.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

The Magnolia Pipe Line company
took from the Nolan and Markham
loading racks at Norfolk, Okla, 1866
tanks of oil during the month OF
March, according to railroad figures
With the completion of the new pipe
line from the field to Addington, to
connect with the Magnolia line, the
oil shipments over the NJ, X. & T
railroad will decrease about 100 cars
day. it is estimated.-Oil and Gas
Journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

Night and Day Oil company eX'
poets to reach the Sand at mo and
will be ready to drill in Monday or
Tuesday if no delays are occasioned.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18
OIL and GAS NEWS

looking over the fields in that county
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

Day and Night Oil company in
ll-4-3 is drilling at depth or 800
feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

j. T. Jackson has returned from
Marshall county where he has been
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-03
Wake Up and Get Busy

MIR. sCHWAB would not have had orders
ASl that Justify buying a whole village in
the Bethlehem district and spending s25, 100000
In en'arging his steel plant II he had not gone
out in search of business and got 1t.
South Bethlehem will be prosperous this
year because of the energetic initiative of
Mr.. Schwab. Circumstances have favored
him, but the same circumstances were lying
around loose for anybody to harness to his
business to pull it out OF the ruts. Mr..
Schwab saw them and got busy.
There is business awaiting other men in
the steel trade If they will go out after 1t, be-
lieving that 1t is there. 1t is possible today
to quote figures for structural steel so at
t~ractive that a man with foresight and cour-
age who happens also to possess uninvested
capital will find 1t impossible to resist the
temptation to put up great buildings for the
accommodation of the expanding needs of
the great cities. All that is needed is an
energetic. alert campaign to get business. and
1t will come. But If the big producers are
timid they cannot sell anything in times like
these.
Wake up, as King George said to the Brit
ish, on a famous occasion, and get busy!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-03
Paw! Paw! Pay!!!

IXTHEAT sold in the Chicago market on
w November 2 for s1.14A. On November
1e il brought $1.1bh. 1t had risen to s1.16
on December ]. and two weeks later it was
selling for s1.1Sh. On January 2 the market
price was S1.291s, On January 10 It was
SLASH. Monday it reached the outrageous
figure OF SISSY and yesterday IL rose to s1.ss.
This unprecedented rise of STA cents in
three months has come in the face of the
biggest wheat crop on record. a crop so big
that It promised cheap flour and good bread
for the succeeding ~ months. War prices
ara not only draining the country OF its
wheat. but are bringing hunger SO near that
Il confronts hundreds OF thousands OF the
very poor IN the large cities.
How long is this condition to be permitted7
How long are our food reserves TO be ex-
hausted 70 feed the warning nations while our
eun people suffer? These are questions that
are pressing harder for an answer with
eyery increase Of = cent a bushel Ia the price
II gheat- while the energies Of the Admins
1nsfion are being exerted TO force Congress
20 authorize q chipping commission to buy
score Of international q~uarrels on the pre-
takt q eRlargipg the merchant marine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-03

be true then art is reserved for q small
coterie Of specialized minds and has no popu-
lar appeal.
Many persons with faith in the soundness
OF the taste OF the average man will dispute
any such doctrine OF exclusiveness.
The painter who has a srasp Of the funda-
mental emotions. who is a man OF like pas
sions with the rest Of us, will translate his
own concept ons Of beauty into terms which
the common man can understand, The great
paintings which have survived are understood
by the man of ordinary training. Every fire.
quenter Of the galleries knows that there are
paintings on the wall before which men and
women with no apparent external signs OF
aesthetic appreciation stand In rapt atten-
ton, while they pass others by without a
glance, There is a soul OF beauty in the
bUmhlest and a kinshlp between thoughtful
persons OF all degrees Of education.
Whatever one may think OF the verdict of
the expert, II a painter has touched the soul
Of the mass. he has achieved something worth
while,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-03
Whisky Is a Poor Pilot

yTTHEN the Board OF Commissioners Of
w Navigation decided to revoke the licenses
OF Delaware River pilots who get drunk, they
followed the precedent set in every other
board charged with the safety OF the travel
ing public. Whisky is a poor pilot, either
on q river plying the Delaware,
or In the cab OF a railroad locomotive, or in
the engineroom OF a great factory. or in any
other position OF responsibility.
The unwlllingness OF people to intrust
their lives or their property to a man be-
fuddled with drink has done more to pro-
mote. temperance than all the exhortation OF
the lecturers for the past hundred years. The
law OF the survival OF the httest is in oper-
alton. The drunkard is unfit and must 90,
or stop drinking. Those with any viii left
are becoming sober.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-03
Too Rotten to Stand Calking

TTTHEN the ship purchase scheme ran into
w a little honest argument it reeled and
shivered in the manner of a 2oOO-ton freighter
up against a mile-long iceberg. Patient the
donkey is, and OF late he has been decidedly
docile, but there are a few Democratic SEN
ators willing 10 kick over the traces when
the impossible is demanded of them. There
has not been such a panic among the Ad-
ministration servants since the party be-
came ascendant in the Senate. They were
not prepared for the rebellion. Now they
have spread molasses for a few Progressive
Republicans, who seem very willing to be
trapped. and 1t is expected that some kind
OF a substitute measure, a real hybrid, may
be rushed to adoption. But the scheme is
one which cannot be made good by COM
promise. 1t is like Sid Hawkins old scow-
no use trying to calk 1t, the planking's too
rotten. N
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-03

MO LEGISLATION is needed to take the
IN police out of politics. They are not in
politics now and have not been for the past
three years. The Blankenburg Administra-
ton, elected by voters who had grown weary
OF the use of every department of the city
government in the interest of gang politics,
took the police and fire departments out of
politics. The men are now serving the city
In the interests of all the people.
The way to keep the police out of politics
is to elect another reform Mayor. Unless
this is done no law which can be passed at
Harrisburg will be effective, even II the
violent assumption be made that the bill now
before the General Assembly is intended to
divorce the peace officers from politics. Eff
cheney in government Is not a matter of laws,
but OF men. Upright public spirited officials
can sive us good government with bad laws.
but bad men will not be decent, no matter
how good the laws may be.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-03
Wisdom From a Waiter

From the Minneapolis journal.
Until a man forgets where he came from
and remembers where hs is. he Is not all an
American"
That epigrammatical utteranca was let fall In
Chicago by a waiter, born in Scandinavia. 10 a
customer the other day. II is expressive OF a
great truth.
A man born in Europe may have every inten-
tion or being an American In this country
where his children are to live after him And
II he cherishes a fond affection for the partleu-
lar old sod across the water whence he came.
who shall blame him7 That he should 40 SO
Is but natural, and indicates a proper heart In
a man.
But Europe no longer Il his home. His for
tunes are cast here. How Europe fares, may
we'll interest him. But how America fares,
concerns him vitality, affects his practical IN
tsrests, Will AFFECT those OF his children who
are TO live here and will be Americans.
And how fortunate the lot that has brought
him 10 America, where he is more sure OF living
his days in peace than he could be anywhere
In Europel The chances are small that any
sudden destruction such as has fallen ike .
bolt upon the BelsianA will assail him here.
The opportunity for him to eat uhmolested the
bread mat his own hands have earned Is here
better, FAR better, than ~anywher In all the
world. The probability that what he h aba
to save his children will enjoy here axeaada
what appertains to any other corner Of the
earth. Here he can build in security; here he
can lay up store; here he can descend 10 4
decent and q Christian grave.
Therefore, every inducement for being drst
and foremost an American citizen, considarina
exclusively AmeFica's Interest. Is presented 10
our newest Immigrant - well a. TO the selons
let us not hsht thu battles Of Europa hare
Or seek 20 influence auF country's policy to
favor some b<lligerent abroad. The linss of
true American policy are veil determined.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-03
The Bell Will STAY Here

THADERS in Councils have decided that 1t
Lwould be bad politics" to send a Junket-
ing of Councilman TO San Fran
cisco TO escort the Liberty Bell to the Pan
fair and to stand guard over it
after 1t got there. They deserve congratula-
ton FOR their ability to perceive the obvious
and their discretion in refrsining from doing
that which would lead to their political I'M
doing.
But the abandonment OF the counclImanlc
junket is not enough. The plan to send the
bell itself across the continent must also be
abandoned The political fate OF a few local
politicians is all that is affected by the de-
eision that the Councilmen who go to the
fair must pay their own way or stay at home.
but the fate Of the bell is involved in keeping
Il In Independence Hall.
The ben Is a national possession. entrusted
to this city for s~afekesping. We are re-
sponaible for preserving 1t as an inspiration
to all who visit the Cradle Of Liberty. Coun-
ellis Is expected. therefore, now that the
junket has been abandoned. to take the large
view and reject any proposition TO move the
bell.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-03
"Hog Wild" for Common Sense

TB&AS elected a mar by the name OF Fer
i guson to be Governor. Texas got some
thing worth while. AT least a brave begin
ming points that way. For this virile speci-
men, who has learned that prosperity comes
to the man who works for it, has been
preaching a new doctrine to his people. Lis
ten to some real truth as he gave 1t to the
Texas Legislature:
"The Government can do much to pro-
tect property, but only the individual can
produce property"
You, as a Legislature, can regulate many
things, but you cannot produce wealth by
statute"
N law can be passed that will provide
against wasteful extravaganza, excessive
expenditure or incorrect living
"There is real danger of somebody going
hog wild about higher education
when you try to do something with an
abuse you hit a sore spot on some politicians
neck"
Governor Ferguson will do Texas a lot OF
good, but the place that really needs him in
Washington.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-03
PutIing AZ % DE- Te.t

nftHHH are poets poets ana painters
t~palntera, just as there are mems men ana
omen'a women But Il l. notorious that q
mans nan e seldom popular with the
HQmsn, and that = poets poet Is read only
~ lhat anal and select company who take
zht mstlng % verse = one q the most
aas occupations Of lie. And paintings
aIeH re mAksrs u pictures IKE are often
@Atse fbat the public passes ~ for some
zla# NEE human
re peIntinss It the annual exhlbition o.
$50 Academy g taa fin Arts. which opens
euaaay are = y subjected 70 the test
Hzau'eztr ana 1aat ane which Is approved
- lzec aunber q visitors Is q receive
rs pzeftded ~ q lonai patron 81 art.
Hess HAo doubt ne value of sueh
- $ Eeqaenilf ar9aed tai fhs
ts .e IS elflzIle maftezs
~ Ias aatined aIaa aaa
#"H fHat
a1 i 81
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-03

Life in the Trenches Described by a Teacher Who Turned Soldier
Strenuous, Strange Existence in the World of War.

as corporal would prevent me from doing a
In any event.
AT night we are freer to show ourseiya
The enemy cannot see us and fire at random
or do not fire at all, in order not to wazA
their ammunition. 1t is during the night that
most of the work is done. We widen ia
trenches, deepen the connecting passagewAu
or construct new ones, stretch barbed win
before our trenches, etc. Sometimes on oM
right or on our left an attack is going on
Then we watch in perfect silence, ready to %
our part If called upon. One or two kilometfu
away we hear the cracking of the ~fuailiada
the noise of the grape-shot, like the whirr d
a coffee mill, and above all the dull roar o.
the cannon. Then all dies away into silenrl
and the mex morning we learn that we haV
captured a trench or lost one. But don't
worry about me. 1 am in a regiment OF 'od
men, from So to AZ years old, and we an
given the least exposed trenches.
1T is also at night the cooks bring "
our provisions, but the soup and coffee at
cold when we get them after a long carriaga
on a winters night. Sometimes we can warn
up the stew over the little charcoal braslen
provided to keep us from freezing. We U.s.
the charcoal because 1t gives neither fan'
nor light. 1t is the only fire that does MOI
betray It's presence. 1t sometimes happsm
that We do not lave even this meagre hea
at a time when we most need 1t. Then "
suffer veritable t~ortures. We endured shA
from the 18th to the 22d Of November and nol
a few men had their feet frozen. In geneisl
we can protect ourselves from the cold. nN
against the rain we are powerless.
Rain and Clay
From the 4th to the sth OF December W
had four lays of rain in the trenches IN
soil OF clay. Just imagine the coating OF mus
that covered our garments and even on
hands and faces! I thought at the time ina
If I had appeared on Spring street thus pe
smirched I should have caused a Sensation
And to think that 1 nave not caught pnsa.
monia after all these drenchings. Truly u
hardening Of the human body to exposure 7
miraculous.
DUTY calls me and I must stop. In Ap
life of a savage. of a barbarian that y"
here, I can scarcely ever write; so please =
member me to all my colleagues. Say az
TO those students who may still ask about ~
that I'often think of them and that silsnS
is not forgetfulness."