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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24

the commission should issue an oder
| allowing a certain per cent of he
! production of the field to be placed
in steel storage.
Mr. Cruce stated that after oil is
placed in storage, that the comm's.
| sion loses control, and the storing of
oil might result in a soc price. He
also suggested that money could be
! borrowed at per cent with which to
buy steel storage, but that the inter
| est on the money and the evaporation
of the oil would destroy the profits
in the business.
Writ Franklin made a brief talk in
which he stated that the work which
had been done by the Producers as
sociation had done great deal of
good to the field; that drilling oper-
ations were checked at a time when
there. was no market for the oil and
which saved the producers many tnou-
sand dollars in drilling expenses
Byron Drew, president of the Bayou
company, said that, unfortunately,
many of the producers were forced
to sell oil at zoe for two years; that
while he objected to the contract at
the time, that he believed now the
companies should carry out that agree
ment.
In commenting upon the Gainesville
deal Judge Harreld said that he did
not believe it carried any moral obli-
cation. This belief was based upon a
statement that the Producers Refining
company would not pay more than
what the Magnolia is paying for what
oil it takes above the amount con-
tracted. Purchases in the field cut
side of the Magnolia people are gov
erned strictly by the MagnoIia's post
ed price
The producers voted to raise a fund
of $1,5O0 and the following amounts
were subscribed at once:
ID. C. Fitzgerald 500
Roy NJ. Johnson on--------L 100
D. % Mulch Observation-Disclosures lou
Apple-Franklin Oil Company 100
Apple & Franklin n-- 200
AVihoma 80 p
Healdton Oil & Gas Company 100
j. S. Mullen made brilliant talk,
favoring his motion to make fight
before the commission, and said that
Ardmore had a reputation as a fight
ing town, that it had settled more Of
the land questions than any other city
in the state, and he believes the city
can win in its fight against the Stand
ard Oil company.
Judge Harreld, J. S. Mullen and
Writ Franklin were appointed a com
mittee to solicit funds to defray the
expenses Of the litigation, which viii
be started at once.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24
MAY Be New Pool.

A report received from the Gypsy
well on the w. B. Johnson farm in
section 1928 says that the well is
100 feet deep and has sufficient gas
to blow oil, mud and water high up
on the derrick each time the drill is
lifted from the well. R. w. Coe, ac-
companied by NJ. NJ. Doan of the Gyp-
sy company left yesterday afternoon
for the. well and expect to return
from there today. The chances are
reasonably good that a new pool Will
be opened.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24
A PINE WHOOPlNG COUGH
REMEDY

Mothers, Dr. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey
is just the remedy for your children's s
cold ailments. The fact is that pine
il a quick enemy of cold conditions.
lis qualities loosen the mucous in the
throat, soothe the lungs and open up
the air passages. The combination of
honey, soothing and pleasant, with the
loosening pine quality makes this an
ideal cough remedy for children. Each
passing year brings for it, new friends.
A family of growing children cannot
afford to be without it. 25c a bottle
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24
GET RID OF THOSE POlSONS
In XOIIR SXSTEMI

You will find Dr. Kings New Life
Pills a most satisfactory laxative in re-
leasing the poisons from your system
Accumulated waste and poisons cause
manifold ailments unless released. Diz
ziness, spots before the eyes, black.
ness and miserable feeling generally
re indications that you need DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. Take a dose tonight.
and you will experience grateful relief
by morning. 25c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24
FOR
BETTER PRICE
|SSTARTED
HEALDTON PRODUCERS WILL IN.
WOKE LAW TO SAVE SACRIFICE
OF OIL FIELDS - MEETING
HELD YESTERDAY.

! Al general meeting of the Head
ton field producers, held at the county
court house yesterday afternoon, on
motion Of j. S. Mullen the producers
voted unanimously to employ w. b.
Johnson and to pay him a fee of not
less than $1,000 to assist the Cruce
committee, composed OF Lee CruCe,
s. A. Apple and l.. II. Love to pros
ecute complaint before the state
corporation commission to have that
body fix a minimum price on Head.
ton crude
In other words, the producers will
test the oil conservation law to ascer.
tain If it confers the power upon the
state to fix the price of crude oil
| Subsequent to the meeting, Mr. Mul
len stated that whether the pipe line
company resisted the complaint or net
that he would see that the question
was taken to the supreme court of
the United States for the purpose OF
having the question finally settled by
the court of last resort Mr.. Mullen
has taken more questions concerning
Indian lands to the supreme court
than all of the other land companies
in Oklahoma, and he will carry cut
his plans with reference to the oil
law.
Writ Franklin, president of the Pro
ducers' association, presided at the
meeting and called upon Lee Cruce
for statement Mr.. Cruce read a
letter from Col Greer, attorney for
the Magnolia Petroleum company in
which Mr.. Greer stated that his com
pany could not at this time pay a
higher price for Healdton oil In his
comments upon the situation, Mr..
Cruce stated that the producers
would, for an indefinite time, be re-
quired to sell their oil at SOC if they
did not resort to the state. He aIso
stated that it would have been better
for the producers if they had never
made any fight if they withdraw at
this time. He expressed the belief
that the commission would fix a price
of not less than soc. Mr. Cruce said
that the small producer would better
sell his holdings, If the law was lot
invoked, as he would gradually lose
,Vbot oil ba ,,,iubt bava
j. w. Harreld said he could not
understand why the Magnolia com
pany should be peeved at what the
producers had done, inasmuch as the
work OF the producers had been to |
protect themselves from one another
and what they had done was not
against the Magnolia Pipe Line com
pany. Judge Harreld also stated that |
conditions have changed within the
past few months. Instead of there
being an over-production of oil at tnis
time, the world is calling for oil, and
he said that Healdton crude should be
placed in storage, and felt that no
market could be obtained until the oil
was placed on top of the ground.
MIR. Franklin stated that the com
mon carrier rates from the field are
too high and should be re-
duced, in order to put the field where
it could make common carrier ship
ments In reply Judge Harreld stated
that information had been filed be.
fore the interstate commerce commits.
sion that would result in the lowering
Of the pipe line rate, and he believes
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24
NARROW Oil Men.

]. T. Doak of NARROW, president of
the Healdton Oil and Gas compa ~,
pany from the same town, J. S. Gra-
ham and 7. 7. Eason, were here yes
terday afternoon, and attended the
producers meeting at the court house
This company had two wells in sec
tion 1888, with a production of more
than 1000 barrels, and is making
preparations to drill the third well.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24
AND ALLIED PAINS
-THEY MUST GO!

The congestion of the blood in its
flow causes pain. Sloan's Liniment
penetrates to the congestion and starts
the blood to flow freely. The body's
warmth is renewed; the pain is gone.
The man or woman who has rheuma-
tism, neuralgia or other pain and fails
to keep Sloan's Liniment in their home
is like a drowning man refusing a
rope" Why suffer Get a bottle of
Sloan's. 25c,and soc. S1.OO bottle holds
six times as much as 25c size.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24
Rev. Critchlow Here.

Rev. and Mrs. John NJ CritchoN
are here from Titusyile, Pa, and will
spend week or more in the city. For
the past 25 years Mr.. Critchlow has
been engaged in the oil business, and
he says that by close economy he an!
his wife have plenty to supply their
material needs for an average lie
time, and that he will devote his en-
tire time to the ministry. His son
Walter Critchlow, will continue to
engage in the oil business. in the
sale TO the RoXana company The
Critchlows reserved what interests
they held in the Hapgood and Frazier
leases, both of which are in section
3-4-3.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24
Fer Sale at a Bargain

E. B. PUGH, so acres.
n. F. BROOKS, 40 acres.
In Jefferson County, close to Carter
County line. | own this land in fee.
Address d. r. BEATTY, 516-17, Beat.
ty Building. Houston, Texas. 19-1Ot
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24
Has Nice Production,

McMan Oil company is operating
four rigs, and within a week from
now the production of this company
will have reached $4,000 barrels a
day. The company is building steel
storage, and will quit selling oil at
SOC. Whether the company will put
only its pro rata runs in storage VIII
depend upon the instructions it ie-
ceives from the corporation commits
sion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24

BILE and you miss the eXhilarating feel
ing that always follows a copious
morning operation, a dose of HER
BINE will set you right in a couple of
hours. If taken at bed time you get
its beneficial effect after breakfast
next day. Price SOC. Sold by Bomar
Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24
RID Builder BUSY,

c. f. Sykes has several crews busy
in the fields, moving and building oil
rigs. He is now engaged in moving
one rig for the Ardworth, one for the
Gates, one for J. E. Crosbie, and one
for the Healdton Oil and Gas com
pany.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24

r. S. Sterling, president of the Hum-
BILE Oil company, arrived here yester-
day afternoon from Houston, Texas,
and, in company with Chas. B. Cod
dard, left Immediately for the oil
fields.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24

Earl Athey, who has the contra t
from the Louisiana Oklahoma Oil
company to drill in the southeast Of
the southwest of section 1922, north
of the Wildcat jim, has rigged up and
is ready to start to work.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24

From reports received here, the
well southwest of Duncan reached the
oil beneath the red beds and the 50
feet of open hole above the oil is
caving, and what the well will maze
Is not known.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24

James Lamb, rig builder in the
Gushing field is here making a br ef
visit with his family. He is on his
way to Electra, Texas, where he S
interested in a drilling company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24
OIL and GAS NEWS

1t has been learned that other oil
companies are negotiating for the pur.
chase of lands near the field to he
used for tank farms.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24

Chas. C. Staiti has returned from
Mineral Wells, Texas, where he was
called on account of the death of 2
relative.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24
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c. H. Clark, superintendent of the
McMan company, was in the cit!
from the fields yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24

]. S. Turpie of Sharon, Pa, is an
Ardmore oil field visitor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-09-24

Louis Campbell, of the Corsicana
Petroleum company, is a visitor frCm
Tulsa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-29
AMES FAMILY SEEMS
TO HAVE "JINX" BUSY

Ames, May ga "jinx" seems to
be mixing itself into the affairs of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Tarman OF this city.
A few weeks ago Mrs. Tarman was
taken to Des Moines hospital for a
surgical operation. Her husband re-
turned home from Des Moines and was
seized with an attack of appendicitis.
He underwent an operation at the
home of his parents in Nevada, on
the same day that his wife had a sec
ond operation. Dean Baaman, a
neighbor boy, was seized with ap-
pendicitis while calling on Tarman
and his condition was so bad that 1t
was impossible to remove him to his
own home and he was operated on
at the Tarman home. A few days lat
err Batman's mother committed suicide.
Mr. and Mrs. -Tarman recovered suf-
ficiently to return to their home here
last Saturday evening and found that
it had been entered by burglars during
their absence and the house ransacked
from top to bottom. The thieves con-
tented themselves with breaking and
robbing child's bank. Mr.. and Mrs.
Tarman are expecting more trouble
at any moment so accustomed have
they become to 1t in their recent ex-
periences.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-29
APPLICATION OF
MPENsAT|0NLA Law
COMMISSIONER GARST HAS AN
THEIR BIG PROBLEM BEFORE
HIM NOW.

| Des Moines, May 2S.-Commissioner
Garst has before him a problem OF
much more than ordinary interest re-
garding the application of the work
mems compensation law. Questions
! are raised that are vital to the law IT.
self.
4 The administrator of an estate of a
workman killed while in the service
(, of the Rock Island railroad seeks a
settlement under the Iowa workmen's
CONDENSATION law The company re-
sists and claims the federal employ
ers' liability law alone rules. The
main question is as to the overlapping
! of the two laws.
On the part of the railroad, company
the claim is broadly made that the
! federal government having taken
! jurisdiction and undertaken to appro-
pirate to ieself the field of settlement
! for injuries to workmen the state can
not now have anything to do with
such settlements as affecting inter-
J state carriers It is true the federa!
! law is an employers liability act ana
not a workmens compensation act.
| 1t designates the manner of settle
ment only where the employer is at
| fault. But the argument is that nav
! ing des gnated these cases Of negll-
gence as the ones where compensa-
| ton is paid it excludes the cases
where there is no negligence. Also
lit is claimed on behalfof the railroad
company that if settlement Is made
in the non-negligent cases under state
law and tht negligent cases under fed
eral law, the company will be paying
too much, because the schedule or
compensation fixed in the former Is
based on a compromise as to the lat
ter. Also it Is further claimed. that II
settlement is made under state law
in one class of cases there Is nothing
to estop the administrator at some
other time claiming compensation IN
der the federal law and getting double
pay.
But the state law gets on the the
ory that that workmen's compensation
and an employers liability are TWO
separate things, in distinct fields, and
the fact that there is federal law
on the one has no effect as to a state
law on the other. Inasmuch as the
cases where no negligence Is alleged
it is not in conflict with any federal
law relating only to cases where neg
ligence Is alleged.
Commissioner Garst and special
Jury has the matter under considera'
ton. Doubtless the case will go to
the courts for final determination.
The matter is vital to the integrity OF
the Iowa law.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-29
INVENTOR WIDOW
STARTS BIG SUIT
MRS. BETTENDORF WANTS
THREE MILLION DOLLARS
FROM BRoTHER-IN-LAW.

Davenport, May 2S.-Elizabeth H
Bettendorf, widow of w. P. Betten'
dorf. inventor of hydraulic machinery
and founder of the Bettendorf Co..
has entered suit in the sum OF
So, 900, 900 against her brotherin-law
J. w. Bettendorf and the Bettendorl
Co. as corporation.
Misrepresentation and fraud IN the
sale of w. P. Bettendorf's stock after
his death to J. W. Bettendorf and 9th.
ers is charged W. P. Bettendorf died
in June, 1910. He left no will On
agreement of the widow, the brother,
IL. W. Bettendorf, was appointed ad'
ministrator.
1t is alleged by the plaintiff that
while defendant was serving as ad-
ministrator and in duty bound to look
after the interests of the benef1ciar'
les. he violated this trust by acting
for himself in purchasing her interest
In the company's stocks, patents. ETC.
Mrs. Bettendorf, SO she alleges, was
induced by reason OF her complete
confidence in her brother-in-law, to
accept a valuation of $2,381,670 plac'
ed on the plant This was on Decem'
Der 81, 1872 Eighteen months later,
when making returns to the executive
council of state for the purpose OF re.
organization, valuation Of $S,es9,6os
was agreed on by both the company
and state officials. On this showing
the company was authorized to Issue
$7,5OO,O00 in stock.
Mrs. Bettendorf now seeks to re-
cover the difference in value OF the
stock at the figure she sold 1t ana us
actual value, as represented to the
state of Iowa. She seeks compensa.
tion for patents owned by her husband
in life and which she alleges were
taken over by the company. She fur
Their asks for her share of royalties in
these patents and inventions.
Shepard, Mccormick, Thomason
Kirkland and Patterson OF chicago
and A. w. Hamann of Davenport are
legal counsel for Mrs. Bettendorf
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-29
Minimum Wage Wins FaD0rM Report \
MADE BIZ Bureau of Labor Statistics
BY Laurence Todd
Special Washington Correspondent
By Laurence Todd
The courier's special washington Correspondent

Washington, May %. Minimum
wage legislation In the United States
and in all foreign countries where II
has been tried has proven successful,
according to the bulletin just publish
ed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
on that subject Australia and New
Zealand, where minimum wage laws
have been in force for more than 10
years, are given as instances OF the
fact that employers and employees alike
seem to benefit from the arrangement.
Industries have grown steadily, in
these countries, while the minimum
wage boards have gone quietly about
their task of establishing fair living
wage in each branch of industrial pro-
duction.
Some of the facts brought out in this
study of foreign and American expert.
ence with legal adjustment of wages
will probably be used by Senator Ken.
yon, next winter, In his fight to estab.
lish minimum wage law in the Dis.
trict of Columbia. Kenyon wants the
working women of the federal district
to get some sort of legal guaranty of
the right of collective bargaining with
LueiI employSTS. ONCE IHe WomcH dic
not organized into unions, the estab'
lishment Of wage boards will permit
them to plead for wages higher than
the $6 week, which now prevails In
the case of clerks, without danger of
dismissal. The United States Supreme
Court is expected to decide, in the
Oregon case, sometime this summer,
that minimum wage legislation is con-
stitutional
Massachusetts, according to this re-
port, passed the first minimum wage
law In the United States in June 1912.
Oregon, Utah, Washington, Nebraska,
Minnesota, Colorado, California and
Wisconsin followed in the order nam
ed This widespread interest in the
matter was aroused by the revelation
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-29
FINISH ELECTION
OF PAID OFFICERS
PREMIER SUCCEEDS SELF As
FIRST GRAND ENGINEER AT
CLEVELAND MEETING.

Cleveland, May 2S.-(SpeciaD Elec.
tons of all salaried officers were com
pleted yesterday by delegates to the
first triennial convention of the Broth.
erhood Of Locomotive Engineers. VIII.
liam B. Premier of Cleveland was re.
elected first grand engineer by accla.
nation. This gives Mr.. PREMIER the
distinction Of being the only official
elected in this manner. His duties
are those usually performed by sec
retary-treasurer.
Mr.. Premier became secretary-treas.
urer of the insurance branch in 1896
and served in that capacity until
1904, when he was elected first grand
engineer. This means that for nine.
teen years he has handled funds of the
brotherhood and the insurance de-
partment. He had charge of dis.
bursements incidental to the con.
struction Of the Engineers building.
J. H. Welsh of Atlanta, Ca, and J.
G.. Bywater of Salt Lake City were
elected insurance trustees.
M. E. Montgomery of San Jose
Cal, and Edward C. Corrigan OF
Hillsboro, Tex. were chosen as as,
SlSIduL Srduu Cllcl cuSluSSlo .. hoy
will serve six-year terms.
The engineers have adopted res.
olution making Cleveland the per.
manent convention city, so that this
city will entertain them every three
years.
The action Of the convention unani
mously indorsing state and national
| prohibition was responsible for the
receipt of this telegram yesterday
from Mrs. Florence D. Richard, presi
dent Of the Ohio w. c. T. u:
'The Ohio Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union sends greetings and
grateful appreciation of your splendid
resolution for prohibition. May the
words of our Lord, Blessed shalt thou
! be when thou CONTEST in and blessed
shalt thou be when thou goest out,
be verified to each member of your
brotherhood"
A proposal to cut down the number
OF delegates was under discussion yes
terday. 1t is proposed to have sys
TENS. instead of railroad divisions
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-29
SHOEMAKER DIES
While AT BENCH
WILLIAM YOUNG OF FAIRFIELD
is CALLED WITHOUT
WARNING.

Fairfield, May 2S.-William Young,
aged So, and employed as a shoemak:
er in the Charles e. Anderson shoe
store, died very suddenly while work.
ing at his bench at 1880 this morning.
He Is survived by his wife, sister
in Nevada and his mother who is in
California. No arrangements have
been made for the funeral.
Mr.. Young had not complained and
was apparently in the best of health
being unusually Jolly this morning.
Without a moments warning he fell
over from his bench and Mr.. Anderson,
who was standing near, Immediately
went to him but Mr.. Young was dead
when he reached him.
The death has caused sudden
gloom over the circle of friends in the
city as both Mr.. and Mrs. Young we're
unusually popular since their coming
here four years ago from Carson City,
Nevada. He was member of the To-
cal orders of the Moose, Odd Fellows
and Yeomen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-29
BUSINESS MEN TO DO
COMMUNITY WORK

Muscatine, May 2S.-Thirty young
business men, members of the Colo
clup, which has almost become ex-
tinct as a result of it's supporters be-
coming married, met Thursday night
at the Geneva Golf and Country club,
and plans for an organization to en-
gage in community promotion work
were discussed The Colo club COM
posed of business men, most of whom
were unmarried, was quite factor in
the social life of the city until the last
year, when the majority Of the men,
bers, having forsaken their bachelor
ways. could see nothing in the social
activities of the organization. The
new organization will attempt uplift
work but social features will also
have a part in its interests. A name
has not yet been chosen for the club,