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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
ARDWoRTH COMPANY SOLD
Clear Profit of 7hree-Quarters of
Million Realized by Operators.

Clear Profit of 7hree-Quarters of a
Million Realized by Operators.
Former Governor C. n. Haskell
closed a deal here yesterday for the
purchase of the Ardworth company.
Associated with Mr.. Haskell. in the
purchase is w. L. Connolly of Tulsa,
to whom the Healdton Oil and Gas
company was transferred after it was
purchased by Mr.. Haskell a few
weeks ago. Mr.. Connolly is an old
Ohio and Indiana producer and he
and the former governor have been
friends for q period of thirty years.
The deal was made through r. P.
Clay who has been working on the
proposition several weeks.
The property sold consists Of 12O
acres located in the northwest quar-
ter of section 10-4-3. 1t has "a wells
and a settled production of little
more than 1000 barrels. The price
per barrel was about $475.
The principal stockholders of the
Ardworth Oil company were: C. =.
Anderson, p, c. Dings, L. H. Love,
3. A. Simpson, d. C. Fitzgerald, ]. C.
Whaley of Gainesville, Oscar Scott
of Gainesville, S. T. Bledsoe of Chi
cago, J. r. Cottingham of Oklahoma
City, Sam Ball and Roy Potter of
Gainesville, z. II. Rail and T. b.
Owen of Fort Worth, Frank Kell of
Wichita Falls, and T. II. Smith of
Denver, Colo.
This piece Of property was pur-
chased from E. A. Walker of Okla
homa City and J. c. Voorhees, of
Anita, Iowa, for $4,000. The stock
holders named paid in $4,000, leav-
ing a surplus of $4,000, after paying
for the land. After this payment was
made an assessment was made which
placed $4,000 more in the treasury
which was used in drilling. A COM
pany was organized with a capital
stock of s250,000. One dividend has
been declared which gave the stock
holders their money back and two
per cent more than the original in
vestment. The company had all its
debts paid, and all the money receiv-
ed, which was three-quarters of a
million dollars, was clear profit. The
land was owned in fee. and no royalty |
was deducted from the runs.
The officers of the company are: |
B. A. Simpson, president; p. c. Dings, |
secretary-treasurer, and L. II. Love, /
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request is granted, and when 1t isn't
they say, oh, just as | expected
They have no right to expect any
thing else in such a case, for faith
must be a part of every prayer. The
text says What things so ever yc
desire, when ye pray believe that
ye receive them, and ye shall have
them
1T is necessary that we have the
proper desire with our faith in order
TO receive answer to our prayers.
When man prays for a Pentecostol
blessing | know he doesn't mean it,
the doesn't desire it and doesn't have
the faith that his prayer will be an
svored. He isn't expressing his de
sire at all when he prays that way
therefore, such a prayer cannot b.
answered. The burden of the heart
must be Scriptural prayer; a greedy.
selfish prayer is not Scriptural. God
has told us in the Scriptures hoE
We can pray, and has strictly stlpu-
lated that selfish desires will not
bring the blessings down. How often
We pray and receive not but how
often we pray for what we want with
a desire and faith believing and
find our prayers answered. Intense
and undivided interest will reach
God"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
ESSENTIALS OF
PRAYER OUTLINED
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE)

NSo4N l4N Ci-D NUM- AbE ONLJ
prayers, whether it Is pes; FOR ~ or
not"
Here the evangelist told story
of father and mother who had d
sick son declared by the doctors to
be in a dying condition. They Sc
cluded themselves in prayer and
prayed that their son be cured be-
cause it was their will and not
Gods, praying "Our will, not Thine,
be done" The child recovered, but
when he became a man he broke his
fathers and mothers hearts by his
sinful conduct, and in later years
occupied a felon's cell.
"Some people ask il Gods will
must be done regardless of our own,
why ask His blessings at ali, as He
will have His will anyway. l wish
we could get lots of tho prevailing
ideas of prayer out of or heads
altogether. Why, God knows Us so
well that if we can come and get
all we want, we would take all we
could hold and then run away with 1t
without thinking from where it comes.
The use of prayer is that We may
get close to God. Prayer is to teach
us communion with Him.
when we are unfit to use the good
things of God, He withholds them
from us, just as the mother viii
not let her child have the scissors.
In our ignorance we often beg things
that will harm us, but God in His
wisdom withholds them. | say that
prayer is a means by which we be-
come better acquainted with God,
therefore We should pray to Him,
rather than to men. A great many
prayers are delivered TO audiences
instead of to Almighty God. When
the heart is prepared for prayer the
call is made to the Father, and il
goes to the heart of God as naturally
as a duck goes to a pond of water
thirty minutes after ne is hatched. |
believe every sincere prayer is an
swered. God never refuses anything
that is respectfully asked. He an
swers every prayer, even if He en-
swers no. and sometimes He says
come again
Some people experiment with
prayer and then look to see If their
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
Carter County Deep Test.

Robert Watchorn who is making
preparations to start deep test in
section 1868 which is in the town
ship adjoining Healdton on the south,
is also drilling a well at Strong City
which is in rank wildcat territory
twenty miles west of Emporia, Kan
sas. Henry Livingstone of the Tepus-
quet Oil Company and who is well
known at Healdton, has charge of the
drilling. The well at the last report
was at a depth of 745 feet and has a
nice gas showing.
From the Watchorn big gas well
completed about the first of the year
in the Otoe reservation near Bliss,
Oklahoma, fuel is being taken for the
drilling of two other wells by the For
tuna Oil Company.
Mr.. Watchorn is pleased with the
acreage in SO where he will drill his
test in Carter county, and his Califor-
MIA geologist, d. w. Michaels is also
pleased with the surface indications
there. Mr.. Teatsorth who has drilled
many deep wells for Mr.. Watchorn in
California, will drill this well. 1t will
be started with a diameter sufficient
to drill to $500 feet, at least, but nat
urally the owner expects oil much
shallower than that depth.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
Another Wildcat Test.

Robert Gillian Of this city and w.
a. Thompson of Marietta have recent
ly completed the blocking of a nice
wildcat acreage in Love county near
Burneyvile and announced that Ed.
Sewell Of Dallas, Texas, will drill an
oil test at once near the center of
section 81, 7s1w, which is near the
town of Burneyville. With so much
widcatting being done in Love county,
there surely will be one or more pools
brought in in that county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
Here from Pittsburq.

Vim. Laird, of the Surpass Petrol
cum company, is here from Pittsburg,
Pa, and is accompanied by his Okla
homa superintendent, John H. Alex
ander. Mr.. Laird's company has pro-
duction at Healdton, and he has re-
Gently been in Love county looking
over some wildcat acreage in that
territory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
Not His Fault,

A negro with a bad cut on his
head came to doctor. The doctor
fixed him up, and as the man was
about to depart, the physician said:
That's pretty bad cut on your
head, Henry. Why don't you profit
by this lesson and keep out of bad
company in the future "
"Well, I'd like to, DOCTOR" replied
Henry, sadly, "but amt got no
money to get er divorce, you see.'-
Lippincott's.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
OIL and GAS NEWS

The Gypsy well in section 1928 on
the Matte Norris lease in the Fox dis
trict is fishing for bit, at 1925 feet.
The Fox Pool we'll in section 5-2-3
south of Tussy is waiting for casing
at depth of 1900 feet.
T. p. Weaver, who is contracting
at Healdton for Gunsburg & Forman,
is an Ardmore visitor today.
Mr.. and Mrs. 10y Childress were
in the city yesterday from the fields.
Mr.. Childress is superintendent for
the Ardhoma Oil company.
J. B. Schermerhorn No. in Sec
ton 5-43 is drilling at 400 feet, and
No. 20 is rigging up.
b. c. Sims and John Savage of
Hartshorne, Okla, are visitors to
to the Healdton field.
Apple & Franklin have completed
a 3-inch line to the Roxana pump
station and will begin at once to
run their royalty oil to steel.
Roxana Petroleum company No. q
Writ Franklin in S-4-3 has a fishing
job at $50 feet; No. 20 on this
lease is drilling at 600 feet.
Roxana Petroleum Company is com.
pleting today No. 10 on the Roy M.
Johnson lease in section 4-4-3. 1t
looks like a nice well.
McMan-Magnolia No. Is Richards
in section 1888 lost the underreamer
on top of the sand and it has been
plugged and will be used as a water
well.
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Prohibit Importation of PIumaae.

London, April 19.-Prohibition of the
importation of the plumage and skins
of wild birds was urged upon the gov
ernment as better than taxation in %
resolution passed by the Royal Society
for the Protection of Birds. The So
ciety asked the government to prohibit
entirely the Importation of wild birds
plumage-ostrich feathers and elder
down only excepted-as a useless and
undesirable import and wholly inde-
fensible form of extravaganza"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
Here from CHICAGO.

]. b. Schermerhorn and family who
live in Chicago, but who have been
in south Texas several weeks, are
here, and will spend several days
looking over the Healdton field. Mr..
Schermerhorn is the owner of nice
piece of oil land in section 5-4-3.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
From homer.

Roy Brady was here yesterday from
Pooleville. He states that the Mur-
ply we'll which is drilling on his
farm in the northwest of the north
west of section 1912, in the Homer
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
Latimer Visits HeaIdton.

f. A. Latimer of the Magnolia Pc
troleum company, was here this week
and, in company with C. r. Stewart,
who has charge of the pipe line de-
partment at Healdton, made trip
over the fields.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
Dry Hole at Allen

. c. E. Sykes, oil and gas inspector in
the southern portion of the state, has
been called to Ada to plug a dry hole
in the Allen pool. The owners of the
well were unknown to Mr. Sykes. but
the drilling was done by Casey &
Lowery.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
Moving in Material.

G. E. Burford, who is here from
Muskogee, is moving in rig materials
to his new location in section 30-G-2w,
which is south of Wilson in Love
county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19

which is an inside well in the north.
east of section S-4-3 and is known on
the map as the Writ Franklin lease
The we'll is making about coo barrels.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
Cunsburq G Forman.

Gunsburg & Forman No. 16 on the
Westheimer & Daube 60 acres at the
last report was drilling in the sand
at a depth of about 1000 feet. The
well is showing up for an average
producer. No. II on the Westheimer
& Daube SO acres is drilling at a
depth of 500 feet; No. % on the
Westheimer & Daube 90 acres in sec
ton 4 was spudded in Monday, ana
is drilling.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
Southeast Extension.

l.. Teatsorth, who is drilling well
for Gunsburg-Forman on the Mccoy
lease in section 22-i-3, olfsetting the
Magnolia on the Rose farm is report
ed to have reached the top Of the
sand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19

vice-president. The directory was
made up of the officers named and
d. c. Fitzgerald and j. r. Cotting
ham.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19

In the meantime, the country
should not forget that its moral and
intellectual resources are and have
always been its principal assets.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
A Good Well.

RoXana Petroleum company has
completed Apple G Franklin No. %
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19

district has reached a depth of 500
feet and is waiting for cable. While
some oil showings have been picked
UP, a pay sand has not been found
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-19
Busy Zig Builder.

c. f. Sykes has under construction
a rig for Robert Watchorn in section
1858 and for the Okla-Tex Company
in 9-7-2. The rig he is building in
S-2-S for the Steiner & Sykes Oil Com
pany will be completed this week. He
received an order over the phone to-
day from the Oklahoma Star Oil Com
pany TO build rig in wildcat terri
tory in Love County.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-02
CHAPTER v
Looking Ahead

T MOCK a generation of intimate
II direction out of a one.man.power
organization and it must decline, for
every business Is but the extended
shadow of it's supreme head. Monte
Crispen had discovered that he was the
sole slop.gap to the flood of decadence
already gathering in the commercial
headwaters of those Industries his
uncle's capital had invaded. He began
to understand the shrewd purpose be-
hind the provided said John Montgom-
cry Crispen resides in the city of Phil
adelphia for one continuous year" con-
dition in the will of John Montgomery.
to force an heir of uncertain drift into
shoulder touch with affairs at home.
The more Monte saw of the Marleys
their views and lives true cross.sec-
ton Of work, worth and weave.wisdom)
the more determined he became to eX.
tend his own possibilities, cut down his
limitations and buttress up business con.
ditions at the Big Four. It was a big
stake we'll worth fighting for, he decided,
so he stayed on and on in Kensington,
studying the needs of the district from
all a les. From Craig Andrews and
tabulations of figures he had no diff
Guilty in ascertaining what the enter
prlses of his uncle had been; from his
what they were at present, and their
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-02
MONTE CRISPEN
(GRe Seq11eD
Remarkable Story of the Monre IeOs Adventures in Knsnson

fabrics go inches wide were gradually
sent to the scrap heap. Direct selling
was the growing feature of Triangle
distribution.
Authority with u.s." said Strong,
with manifest satisfaction after dinner,
"meaps more than gold letters on the
general managers door, big stick or
the sway of precedent"
what holds you together; there must
be general In every campaign" asked
Monte dublously.
Enthusiasm" replied Strong 1T is
lii the air at the Triangle. We had
safety guards on all our machinery long
before the worlkingmen's compensation
law passed the Legislature. and hired
no under-16 kiddies before the child
labor law went through. We do more
than keep abreast of the times. we
arc ahead of the headlines. Take our
whole organization our executives
downtown find us the capital we need
the men In the mill office decide upon
the patterns and price, and we in the
mill make the quality. 1 tell you, Mr.
Taller, it's enthusiasm and loyalty that
makes a mill right, and the owners
cannot get them by just asking; they
must make trade with labor, and give
in return appreciation and the square
deal"
Marley stopped abruptly and pulled
out solid gold watch won at the Tri-
angle for punctuality. He seemed
abashed for moment.
He said: MY tongue flies, and so does
the time. You must pardon me,
friend. All have said you doubtless
know from the bookkeeping end"
Strong was worthy of his baptismal
name. He had big hands and feet and
large features; weighed 1856 pounds and
it was all solid He came into the world
crying Justify, pride to his parents;
his powerful bass voice now had be.
come the pride of the whole Aramingo
section.
mot at all; we men on the ledgers
lose the sentiment of labor" said
Monte, keeping to his part as an office
underlng.
Anyhow, 1 must get down the line,
replied the big fellow. zone of my
dryer.tenders belongs to the military
band at Simpsons Memorial Church.
He wants me to sing an Irish song at
their next regular Thursday night. It's
q rehearsal tonight"
"Give the band chance, brother"
remarked Unity sweetly.
That's what comes to man who
sings bass" he said. "There is some-
body around here who is going to have
q piano, now that finances are looking
up. And maybe some soprano singing
lessons in the bargain"
But Unity had vanished, spitefully
graceful. Girls are that way. Whisp!
They are gone.
After an interval the big brother said
to Monte:
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Special Notice

The Mothers Day" Number of the
Aainbow News" will appear Saturday
LAY II. The best of the drawings and
Rtofiss about mothers" arriving in the
ssainbow office not later than May 8
FM be published in that number
Mother" is very beautiful subject to
'sfite about or draw about" and we are
pure all the Rainbows are going to try
|hslr best to express the lovely thoughts
Fnsy have about this loveliest OF words,
70 not hurry your work Plan it out
|opsnly at hrst go over it and over 1t
nnui you are sure you can make It no
pslter then copy 1t as neatly as you
- before finally mailing II.
Hemember all drawings in Jet black
~ on white unruled paperl All stories
5s'sn on one side of the page only.
s-Cut out this notice and post It
~ where Il win remind you that YOU are
Hs'ns 70 work for Mothers Day !"
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"Our Jenny"

~ hlcHARD HoRsTAIANS. Walnut st.
gvf Jenny was a small brown donkey
Z hloh We used to torment with kindness.
- nad long. brown. shaggy hair AND we
s.sn eombed II with a curry-comb, but
=.s.,y .saay was always dusty. We had a
buggy painted green, just light
'.e-sn Tor her to draw, ana three or
~ p Us would get into It at once. Then
~ Jenny had a hard time. for she had
qiew US up and down the road until
.t,4,sl can aonkeys patient but they are
4 q mate TOO, Jenny would take Il into
eeaq 70 stand stlll and then nothing
ss'n make her go. We might push and
=s'ap Anq call 20 her. Nothing would do;
~ .oeid only shake her long ears now
~ e snsa. as II she would say; Il hear
I es nat don't heed"
'ietines we used to ride on her back
- 'esp An obstinate flt would come over
ene would do something worse than
hef ears She would 20 Up to the
rtA Or fence she saw and eoolly rub
ssinst L until We tnmblad OF on the
ben she would give a little
triumph. turn around and trot
t qH = he slah.e Wasn't thar
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-02
THE HOME GARDEN FOR
PLEASURE AND PROFIT

By JOHN BARTNAM

TNREES, shrubs and hardy plants should
i be planted now Dormant stock can
still be obtained, and these are the best
in the case of large growing varieties and
cost less for carriage to the amateur gar
dener. Many plants, particularly the
hardy perennials are sent with earth
about the roots, and in such case the soil
should not be shaken off But do not
make the mistake Of sorde amateurs and
plant the burlap wrapp,ugs and excelsior
that comes about the soil.
You cannot plant trees or shrubs on
soil that has been cut down. by grading
or filled In with earth from a cellar and
expect them to grow In cases of over
turned soil a cubic yard of earth should
be dug out and the excavation filled with
good soil.
Be careful to keep roots covered with
earth or damp moss until they are put In
the ground. If not ready for planting
when the stock is received, take them
from the box or bundle and heel them
in-that is. dig a hole big enough to re-
ceive the roots and cover them with soil.
This will keep the roots from drying, and
the labels should be arranged so that any
tree can be selected as wanted. Firm the
soil by treading with the feet.
Thousands and thousands of trees are
killed every year by planters allowing the
roots to become dry, and the nursery
from which they were purchased is con-
demned for the care1essness of the pur-
chaser.
Before the stock is set out prune the
branches back from a third to a half of
the last seasons growth, so the tree will
be able to thrive minus the roots 1t has
lost through its removal from the spot
where 1t originally grew.
Cut off the ends of all bruised roots,
leaving a clean, smooth cut
Set the trees so they will be as deep
as they stood in the nursery. The feeding
roots are near the surface; therefore too
deep planting is Injurious Dwarf pears
and budded roses should be set with the
bud or the union of the stock and clon
Cor grated branch) two inches below the
surface
York the soil well in around the roots
and as soon as the roots are covered
tramp down the soil with the feet and
gently pour in pail of water add Sec
ond and third pail If the soil is dry, until
the soil is thoroughly moistened Wait
until the water has soaked in and then
fill up the hole.
A stake should be set where each tree
or shrub is to be planted and the name
may bo written on the stake. Dig the
holes carefully and of ample size so the
roots may assume natural position in
their new location. Put the rich top soil
around the roots and the balance on the
surface, mixing a half spadeful of we'll
rotted manure with the inferior bottom
soil.
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FARMER SMITHS FAIRY BOOK
Willie Wide Awake and Tommy Snarl

Little Willie Wide Awake had Just
turned over for the 2369th time and
yawned for the 10000 time Cmore
or less) when he found funny little voice
right over his pillow. At least it seemed
to him 1t was right over his pillow, but
when he got up and lighted the light, and
looked, he couldn't see anything but a
wrinkle in the bed sheet.
When he got back into bed he punched
himself to see whether he was asleep or
awake, and he heard little voice talking
again and 1t said: Wy name is Tommy
Snarl and 1 have about Is brothers and
sisters. l do wish 1 could see what
comb and brush look like. Won't you
please, good, dear. kind, willing wide.
awake, ask the Good Dream Fairy to
bring me brush and comb in an air
ship"
Willie was so excited at this that he
got up and lit the light once more Look.
ing into the mirror he saw that his head
was full of snarls. He brushed his hair
and brushed 1t until the sparks fairly
flew and then he climbed into bed, and
before a spider-legged elephant could say
Jack Robinson" he was fast asleep.
In few minutes the Good Dream Fairy
stood In front of him holding book, which
she opened slowly and there he saw
the most beautiful picture OF himself he
had ever seen and his hair was very
straight.
Now what do you think of that?