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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-02-24
Good Men Are Scarce,

Col. Z. Polk Johnson OF Louisville.
who fought for the Confederacy. read
something In the dispatches from the
front the other day that reminded him
very much OF what happened when
he was serving In the western army
In the Civil war. Il remember Il was
a wet. cold. rainy night In the middle
OF winter" said the veteran. when q
long. lean chap In my regiment was or.
dered TO 20 on picket duty. lie
thought the situation over for a min
ute and then he turned to the ser.
geant who had brought the message.
You go right straight back whar you
come from he drawled. and tell tho
cap'n l Jest natchelly can't do It. I
got a letter from Gin'ral Bragg this
mawnin'. and he said good men was
gittin' almighty skeerce In this here
army. and for me to take good care OF
myself"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-02-24

can't she take her iron.molder fellow
and be satisfied? She can't swing TO
both OF 'em. Ump!-the old man want
ed me TO skip out on a wild goose
chase TO Frisco IN mat bond business,
and take the first train! Sure. III 30
but not today; oh. no. by grapples;
not this day."
II was possibly an hour beyond Brof.
fms visit when Margery, having NC.
cessfully read the sick mar to sleep.
tiptoed out OF the room and went be
low stairs to shut herself into the hall
telephone closet. The number she
asked for was that OF the Raymer
Foundry and Machine works. and Ray.
mer. himself. answered the call.
Have you heard anything yet from
Mr.-trom u friend?"
Not u word. But I'm not worrying
ing that he Is the happy-or unhappy
-possessor OF the artistic tempera.
ment' and that accounts for anything
and everything. Id forgotten hat for
a few minutes, you know"
"Well?" she said. with the faintest
possible accent OF impotence.
He has gone of somewhere TO plug
away on that book OF his: I'm sure Of
II. And he hasn't gone very far. I'm
inclined TO believe that Mrs. Holcomb
knows where he ls-only she won't
tell. And somebody else knows, too"
who Ia the somebody else?"
Though tho wire was in a measure
public. Raymer risked a single word.
Charlotte"
None OF the sudden passion tina,
leaped into Margery Grierson's eyes
was suffered to find its way into her
voice when she said; What makes
you think that?"
"Oh, a lot OF little things. was
over al the house last night, and there
Is some sort OF teapot tempest going
on: ! couldn't make out Just what
But from the way things shaped up.
gathered that our friend was wanted
in Lake Boulevard, and wanted bad
for some reason OF other. had "a
promise that Id try to dig him up. be
fore | got away"
"Well?" went the questioning word
Owe the wires. and this time the impa
tient accent wa u~nconcealed.
." promised; but this morning Doc
tor BERTHE called me up to say that Il
was all right; that I needn't troubl,
myself"
"And ] needn't have troubled you.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-02-24

was handed down from the top Of the
omnibus. Alertly watchful, he quickly
recognized Brofin among the porch
loungers. and saw him leave his tilted
chair to saunter toward the steps.
Then the fateful thing happened. One
OF the luggage sorters. a cleanlimbed,
handsome young fellow with boyish
eyes and a good'Latured grin. wheeled
suddenly and gripped him.
why Griswold, old MAXWELL, I'll
be logged Who on the face OF the
earth would ever have thought OF find
Ing you here? So this Ia where you
came up. after the long. deep. McGinty
dive, Is III" Then to one d. his fel.
low travellers; Hold on q minute,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-02-24
as.nlratora for Air Rald,.

As q result OF the police warning
advising people to keep all windows
closed In the event Of an air raid on
London. and thus prevent the admis.
sion Of deieterious gases. there has
been a rush to buy respirators Stores
were sold out within IN hour or two.
The most popular form was that made
OF either noninfammable celluloid or
rubber, except the mouthpiece. They
have motor google fittings TO protect
the eyeA.-London Globe.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-02-24

Johnson; I want you TO shake hands
with an old newspaper pal OF mine
from New York, MIR. Kenneth Girls
void. Kenneth. this Ia MIR. Beverly
Johnson, OF the Bayou State Security
bank. IN New Orleans"
Thus cambridge, sometime star re-
porter for the Louisianian. turning up
at the climaxing instant to prove The
crowded condition OF an overnarrow
world. much az Matthew Brofin had
once turned up on the after'deck ~
the coastwise steamer Adelantado TO
prove II to him.
While Griswold. with every nerve
on edge. was acknowledging the In
PRODUCTION which he could by no
means avoid, Brofln drew nearer.
From the porch steps he could both
see and hear. cambridge, cheerfully
loquscious. continued TO do most OF
the talking. He was telling Griswold
OF the streak OF good luck which had
snatohed him out OF n reporters berth
In the South TO make him night editor
Of one of the ST. Paul dailies. John
son was merely an o%nlooker. Brofln's
eyes searched the teller's face. Thus
far II was q blank-a rather bored
blank.
And you are on your way TO st.
Paul now?" Griswold said to the news
paper man. Brofiin, whose ears were
skillfully attuned to all the tone varia-
tons In the voice OF evasion. thought
he detected q quaver of anxious I'M
patience in the h%alf.absent query.
Eyes; was going on through to-
night. but Johnson, here. stumped me
to stop over. lie said I might be able
TO get n news story out Of his sick
president" cambridge ratified on.
Ever meet Mr.. Galbraith7 lie 10 the
bank president who was held up last
spring. you remember: fine old Scotch
gentleman OF the Walter-Scott brand"
when did you leave New orleans7'
Griswold asked: and 10 Brofnn made
sure he distinguished the note OF anx-
iety.
Two days back: missed a connec-
ton on account OF high water in the
oulOs Mlkut uhNt bNustu uhONl'i -
hours In the good old levee town II we'd
only known. eh, Johnson" And then
again to Griswold: Remember that
supper We had at Chaudiere's, the
night I was leaving for the banana
coast? BY George! come TO think OF
Il, | believe that was the last time We
foregathered In the Say. Kenneth.
what have you done with your beard7"
Something clicked In Brofiin's brain.
The final doubt was cleared away.
Griswold was the man he had seen and
marked when the two we're saying
good.by on tho banquette In front OF
C~haudiere's.
Brofin's right hand went swiftly to
an inside pocket OF his coat and when
It was withdrawn a pair OF handouts.
oiled to noiselessness. came with II.
Deity the ~man.catcher worked them
open, using only the fingers OF one
hand. and never taking his eyes from
the trio on the sidewalk. One last
step remained; II he could only man
age to get speech with Johnson first
During the trying interval Griswold
had been fully alive to his peril. He
had seen the swift hand. passing. and
he knew what It was the Brofin was
~concealing In the hand which had
made the quick pocket dive. He knew
that the crucial moment had come:
and. as many times before, the saw
age fear.mania WAS gripping him. In
the cold vise.nip OF It he had become
once more the cornered wild beast
(TO BE CoNTINUEDD
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-02-24
CHAPTER XVII.
The Qualify Of Mercy.

On no less an authority than that Of
the great doctor who came again from
Chicago for a second consultation
with Doctor Farnham, Andrew Gal.
braith owed his life during the two
days following his return to conscious.
ness 10 the anremitting care and de-.
votion OF n person.
Seconding the efforts OF the physi.
clans. and skillfully directing those OF
the nurses. Margery threw herself into
the viearious struggle with the gener,
Gus s~elf-sacrifce which counts neither
cost nor loss; and on the third day
she had her reward. Her involuntary
guest and charge was distinctly bat
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
WILL PETITION STATE
Producers Charge Uniform Runs of Oil
and Will Ask for Umpire.

A petition was being drawn yester.
day requesting the state corporation
commission to take the Healdton field
over and pro rate the oil runs. Some
of the leases are getting the full pro-
duction run, while some claim that
less than ten per cent of their oil is
being run. Some producers are run
ming their pro rata to the pipe line
and running the balance to storage,
while other producers have no stor-
age. Some of the producers will sign
the petition and others will not. There
was dissatisfaction before when the
field was in the hands of the state
The dissatisfaction was not with the
state, but the charge is made that oil
was run to storage in violation of
agreements. There is also a feeling
that if the field is taken over by the
state that the pipe lines will take ad-
vantage of the confusion to reduce the
price The Magnolia wants the state
to assume the responsibilities and the
commission is not anxious to take over
any more obligations. Just what will
be done is not known, but it is prob
able that if the case is pushed the
state will have to take it over under
the Yeager-Strain act.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
Old Timer Here,

j. III. jenkins is here from his Tulsa
headquarters and will spend some
time at Healdton in the interest of
the Mid-Co Petroleum company. Mr..
jenkins has not been in the field be
fore in two years and while he eX-
pected the field to cover about the
territory it has covered, yet he was
surprised at the present production
of the field When he was here two
years ago he was representing the
Higgins Fuel Oil company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
The Middle Tennessee.

AT the last report the Middle Ten
nessee Oil company was drilling near
the center of 3O-3-3 at 1890 feet. No
salt water had been found and no oil
sands of any consequence have been
found. The drill at this depth was in
blue shale and the location was not
looking bad, by any means. Whether
the company is able to make a deep
test,-if deep test is required,
not known, but the chances favor
good test for the northwest eXten-
sion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18

#. F. Maloney was in the city yes
terday from Wilson.
Magnolia Petroleum company in
section 30-3-3 in the northwest exten-
sion is drilling at $50 feet.
The rig at Desada No. 2, which was
blown down in recent wind storm,
has been rebuilt.
p. II. Lively, contractor at Healdton
was business visitor to Ardmore
yesterday.
e. C. Funk of Tulsa was here the
latter part of the week representing
E. N Gillespie of Pittsburg.
J. l.. Hamon No. in section 22-4-3
which was delayed on account of an
unsuccessful fishing job, is now drill
ing at $40 feet.
Hamon- Colcord No. 8 on the west
side of section 15-4-3 is being drilled
in. The first sand was reached at
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
Surveying Pipe Line.

The RoXana Petroleum company
has started work on the surveying of
its pipe line from the Healdton field
to the refinery now being built by the
company near the town of Gushing.
The line will be eight-inch and will
be about 125 miles in length. The
pipe has already been ordered and it
is believed the line will be running
oil from Healdton by the first of next
year-Tulsa World
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
A Good Completion.

Scivally Petroleum company No. 5
in the northwest quarter of section
15-4-3 has been completed at a total
depth of lilo feet. The sand was
reached at 1046 and was drilled
through at 1854. The well is making
lots of gas and the production will in
all probability reach 800 barrels.
Claude Bell superintendent of the
company, who has charge of a large
acreage in different sections of the
field, states that this is the best well
he has ever drilled in at Healdton.
Well No. 6 on the same lease is drill
ing at $50 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
OIL INVESTMENTS

You wont just DRIFT into sue
CESS-you can't succeed by just
HOPING. If you are after success
in business, it takes ACTION.
You'll have to HOP-not HOPE.
Have you bought your UNION LIN
TIED OIL STOCK yet?" No, l
wanted to, but" there you are
DILATORY, put it off. Don't you
know that WANT is the child of
WASTE'-Don't waste this golden
chance to INVEST in UNION LIN
TIED OIL STOCK, and, by the
way-this stock is INVESTMENT
not SPECULATION-read our
plans.
We bought an oil lease this week
off of Barney Feagin and Walter
Cant (they are both Union Limited
Stock Holders), and today we can
get double our money on it. We
are buying good leases for the
UNION LIMITED as fast as you
invest in our stock.
Any dead fish can float down
stream, but it takes a good live
one to SWIM UP STREAM. Are
you a dead one or a live one?
Moral-GET BUSY NOW, Tele-
phone your order for the best look
ing money making proposition you
can invest in on EASY PAY
MENTS of $1,000 cash and $500
monthly for a $4,000 Share. EV-
ERYBODY'S DOING 1T.
Phone 700
UNION LIMITED OIL COMPANY
Ardmore, Oklahoma.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
A Hacking Cough Weakens the
Svstenn

Don't suffer with a hacking cough
that has weakened your system-get
bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery,
in. use over 40 years. and benefiting
all who use it, the soothing pine bal
sam with tar heal the irritated air
passages soothes the raw spots
loosenS the mucous and prevents
racking the body with coughing. DR..
Kings New Discovery induces natur-
al sleep and aids nature to cure you.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
Attention Oil Men,

For sale-1,600 feet of 4-inch pipe
at a big bargain. Also a rotary table
and Dempster pump; located in the
Healdton field. Address NJ. Sanditen,
Tulsa, Okla. Phone SS7.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
State Of Ohio, City OF Toledo,

SUdIe Ol OulC, SlJy VI loleuo,
Lucas County, ss.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. j..
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sumo of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of De-
cember A. d. 1866. A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. ]. CHENEY, & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c
Halls Fafily Pills for constipation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18

Local companies which are buying
steel storage, are reported to have
made the Texas Company an offer to
take over it's pipe line and steel tanks
at a price that would have been a
profit to the company, but the Texas
people declined to sell
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
Lost Rig in Fire.

Million & Thomas No. 20 lost the
rig at depth of $50 feet. A gas sand
was entered and in some unknown
manner the flow was set on fire. The
Dundee Crystal company lost the rig
and the loss on the tools was borne
by p. H. Lively, the contractor on the
well. The tools are lost in the hole.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
New Insurance Rates.

Owing to the excessive loss ratio
on frame dwellings with shingle roofs
and upholstered houses, also houses
resting on any but solid foundations
the companies have ordered an in
crease in rates of insurance on these
classes.
The new rates are now in the hands
of the commissioners for approval
If approved they will take effect about
July l.
All parties having property to in
sure would do well to call their agents
at once, so as to get advantage of
the lower rate
FRALEY & COMPANY
w. S. WOLVERTON & SON
T. C. BRIDGMAN
w. S. SMITH & CO..
e. e. GUILLOT
CHAS. DURIE
l.. Il. GOLDSBY
C. H. CLEMENTS e. co.
MARK KIRKPATRICK & co.
J. C. KING & co.
LEDBETTER & WIMBERLY
HAL M. CANNON
ROY SHORES & co. 1S-1
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
Building Three Rigs.

E. N. Dorsey is building rigs for
Nos. 10 and 20 for Gunsburg & Forman
on the Westheimer & Daube so acres
in section 9-4-3 and is also building
a rig for the same company on the
Mccoy lease in 23-4-3.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18

Let one of our experts help you
in selecting the proper fishing tackle
for your trip. J. b. Spragins Hard
ware Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
liqht iRainTaii.

The rainfall Friday and Saturday
was very light in the oil fields. There
was no wind and very little lightning.
No damage whatever was done.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
Near Ardmore.

Spectator Petroleum company in
6-5-1e. in Carter county had to skid
the rig at 2S5 feet In the new loca-
ton the drill has reached depth of
800 feet, and is in blue shale.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18
OIL and GAS NEWS

$40, the second at 1910 feet, and it is
probable that another sand will be
reached before the well is completed
1t is reported that local oil com
panies have purchased steel tanks the
past week, and deals are on for eight
more.
Ed Sewell, who is drilling the well
in 33-7-1w promoted by Bob Gillian,
and w. A. Thompson, was an Ardmore
visitor yesterday from Dallas.
Magnolia Petroleum company No.
on the Rose farm in section 23-4-3
is underreaming at $50 feet. This well
has had the usual trouble with water.
Magnolia Petroleum company on the
Emet Chase farm in 21-3-3 is setting
the ten inch casing at 116S feet. The
drill is in blue shale.
P. H. Lively, who will drill West
heimer & Daube No. l, which is 10
Gated in the southwest of the south
east of section 14-4-3, is moving in the
tools, and the we'll should be spudded
in Monday or Tuesday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18

c. A. Dorm has gone to Tulsa to
spend Sunday with his family and will
be back in the city Monday or Tues
day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18

Dundee Crystal have completed Mil
lion & Thomas No. 10 in section 5-4-3.
The total depth was 101S feet and
the production is $50 barrels.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-06-18

The very latest in fishing tackle
can be secured at our store and we
would be pleased to help you in the
proper selection. j. b. Spragins
Hardware Co.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-23
BOY, is, WEEDS TEACHER,
22, AND SHE LOSES JOB

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 21.-He is
16; she is twenty-five. They were
married and they are happy. TWO
years ago, when she was 20, Miss sa-
to Memphis and secured a position IN
the public schools. She had one pu.
pill to whom she became greatly al.
tached. He was James L. Yarbrough
at that time IL years old.
This fall James was in the fifth
grade. Miss Patrick was again his
teacher. School ran along smoothly
for a month. Then the principal noted
a marriage license had been issued
to James L. Yarbrough and Miss Sadie
Patrick. He questioned the teacher
and pupil. They admitted they had
been married. The school laws Dc
not permit married women to teach
so Mr.. and Mrs. Yarbrough are max.
ing their home with the elder MT
and Mrs. Yarbrough.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-23
sommerville. who rendered some in
teresting music
Continued oil page So
MANY LETTERS
Are Written and Received by
French Soldiers Who are
at the Front.

PARIS. Oct. 23.-The French sol.
diers' correspondence now amounts to
nearly 4,25O,0O0 pieces per day. They
receive an average OF 100000 ordi-
nary letters, 100000 registered letters
10000 postal cards and telegraphic
money orders, and $4,000 newspapers.
II keeps a busy staff of more than
1000 special employees at the central
postoffice in Paris while twenty-six
clerks sufficed during the first three
months Of the war, for an average OF
100000 letters and 10000 packages.
The present staff handles 22O tons
of matter per day, and it requires
forty-four cars Of the French standard
size to distribute it among the prlnci.
pal headquarters behind the front.
The soldiers mail now equals tho
ordinary peace time postal traffic for
the entire country and the letters
alone are triple the ordinary distribu.
tions in the city OF Paris.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-23
birthday Purity.

y birthday party was given at the
home OF Mr.. j. W. Gerard on Greg
ory's run Sunday in honor OF ]. w.
Gerard. who is 90 years old, and
Mrs. Gerard. who is 90 years old.
They were much surprised to see their
children and grandchildren all com
ing in with baskets running over with
good things cooked just ready to eat.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
James II. Henders and children, Har-
old, Mabel and Alice. of Clarksburg;
MIR. and Mrs. Owen Gerard and chill
dren. Lena and Willard. of O'Neil;
Charles Gerard and son, Allen, of
Shinnston; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Gerard and children. Edith. Freda
and Howard; Mr.. and Mrs William
Gerard and children, Dolan. Merl and
Pauline, Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Ger
ard and children. Eulah, Vernon and
Edmond, Mr.. and Mrs Fay Harbert,
MIR. and Mrs. Willis Rittenhouse,
and Thurman Gerard, all of Gregory's
run; Mrs. Thomas Tyghe and son,
Clarence, Mrs. Sadie Matheny and
son, James. Mrs. Villa Utterback, of
Grafton; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Robey
and children, Foreman, Burhl and
Clayton. j. f. Coffman, of Gregory's
run; Miss Lula Ash. of Lambert's
run; and Miss Mary Hereford, of