The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-31

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building in our county.
Most every man, woman and child IN
this county has an oil bee in theiI
bonnet. We are beginning to count the
days until We have so much money
we cant count it. we have planned
the good We expect to do Some even
are looking around for children to
adopt. like Charles Page does at Tul
sa
The trouble of it IS that when a fel'
low is nearly broke, he prays a whole
lot to the good Father to help him get
money promptly, makes good many
promises and when they do come his
way. he doesn't always make good
his promises and thinks he doesn't
need to ask any favors of anybody
either earthly or heavenly.
Chadwick, who promoted the old
Choctaw road, now Rock Island,
through this county. said Seminole Ma.
ton. now Seminole County, was the
nation of all nations for the oil bust
ness. He interested a bunch OF Eng
lishmen. His preparation was not
what You would have called eNtraya-
CANT, it was elaborate, fit for king
and suite About the time he was get.
ting all ready, some Of the money fur
nishers arrived at McAlester, criticised
baked and the expedition was called
off.
Looking over the Seminole map you
find the Pen West well on the east,
showing that there is oil Just over the
county line east of us. A little far
ther south the Allen field is sustain
ing a home refinery. Just across the
south line the Francis field is looking
better every day. One driller there has
taken the exclusive route. He has
fenced his well in, so rubber-necks
can't find out what he's found out.
On the west, right at the line, the
Maud field, which was drilled by a
bunch of confident Bohemians, is max
ing little better every day. There
are six rigs making openings in the
ground by drilling, and making the
spectators open their eyes on top of
the ground
On the north, Jimmy Cameron and
the Big Push Oil Company have about
quit fussing at Paden At the last eN-
plosion of the Rogers well No. /, the
cotton patch where the well is located
received quite a showing of the stuff
that mcntholatum and nujol are made
of.
A dollar thirty per barrel now looks
good and we would be' satisfied with
that for long while if some of the big
companies who have most of this Coun-
ty tied up, would let their purse
strings out little and let the oil
out of the ground. John ID. can afford
to pay for tankagc in the ground much
better than some of us hopefuls can
get along without that customary one
eighth out of the ground
Understand you are getting a big
botcl and a ten-story office building.
Wish the first time you see Jake Ham
mon-or John Ringing, when they are
sitting down and out of a job, you
would kindly ask them to switch the
east end of their road to Seminole
County
In the meantime. let us have your
private opinion Of concrete roads, as
IT is well known fact that there are
great deposits of concrete sand and
gravel in this county, just the right
proportion with very little cement re
quired.
Most of the people of this county are
from the south and naturally feel kind
to southern cities. SO when you get
your mind on trails of different kinds.
head one our way and We will prom
Use in return to crank our roadster,
pointing toward Ardmore.
We have our oil, gas, glass sand
and coal that We'know of, and there
is only one being that knows the rest
of it. and he is the one that made il
all, and won't just tell, only by forma-
tions. We boast of the biggest anti
cline in the state What We are thank
full for now is that He put it in Semi
mole County. and the next thankful
act we will be guilty of is to the guy
that drills to it and ships it out
Your Friend,
s. O. u.