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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
AT BALL AND MARBLE SHOWER
Six Hundred Boys Block Avenue in
Scramble for Sport Tools. f.'

Six hundred young Topeka baseball
fans participated in the BASEBALL and
marble shower of the II. B. Howard
company this morning in front of the
company's store on Kansas avenue
During the shower there were so
many boys on the avenue that auto
mobile and street car traffic was tenn
porarily stopped.
Allen King was awarded the Off
cia1 league ball for guessing the clos
est to the number of marbles in
jar. About 100 baseballs and 10000
marbles were thrown up in the shower
and scrambled for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

through Westchester county and fin
ally back to the big city, where he
called on his manager, Ike Dorgan.
Betting on the fight has been very
light to date. Willard is faVorite at
odds of from eight 10 five to two to
one to get the popular verdict
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
Carlisle was PLAYING with the Venice

Carlisle was playing with the Venice
club of the p. c. league when he
pulled the aforementioned play With
men on first and second, the batter
hit pop fly over second base. 1t
looked safe and both base runners
ran Carlisle caught the ball, how
ever, and then touched first and sec
ond before the runners could get back
to their bags.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

The Half Shell cigar, made fresh.
every cigar is a good one.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

The Merchants Nationals automatic base
ball team defeated the Santa Fees Friday
night by the score of 732 to 10 Porter
was high man with a total of 176 The
score:
Merchants Nationals. Santa Fees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

Tho new Half Shell cigar. fresh
made every minute. of Porto Rican %
bacco.-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

IN AS MUCH AS MOST OF THE
ST. JOE BATPERS ARE SOUTH
PAWS, "ANIMAL" DASHNER WILL
PROBABLY PITCH THE OPENING
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
Nationals. Santa Fees


New York, March 11.-Jack Dillon
of indianapolis outfought Jim Flynn,
the Pueblo fireman, in a ten round
bout here Friday night. times thu
men stood toe to toe and exchange
fierce head and body blows witt
Flynn usually the aggressor. Flynn
weighed 100 and Dillon III hounds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

Salt Lake City Utah, March H.
Joe Stecher of Nebraska in a handicap
wrestling match Friday night. threw
successfully George Nelson, dikt
Yokel and JokI Kilonis. Ste sheI
threw Nelson in Z minutes, the long
est contest of the evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

The feat is one of the rare, black
pearl performances of baseball, all
right, but, as a matter of fact, Carl
isle is not the only living outfielder
who ever performed it; that is, not
unless Moose Brown, a Topeka player
recently sent to the big leagues, is
dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

The Western league this season,
says the Des Moines Register and
Leader, will boast the services of the
only outfielder in the game today who
ever made a triple play unassisted
The man is Walter Carlisle, who will
be with the Lincoln Ducklings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

Ask T. the FREE souvenir vii
csc worth of the new Half She,
cigars. made fresh every minute. =
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

Brown is accredited with having
done practically the same thing last
season when he was playing in the
Nebraska State league. If memory is
correct, however, Brown did the stunt
while he was playing first base. And
1t IS easy to see how such a stunt
could be pulled from the outfield
easier than the infieId
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

from
was coming Ands theym be
title
who
in
training
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
Gotch Throws a Greek.

Los Angeles, Cal, March IL
Frank Gotch won in straight falls in
a wrestling match here Friday night
with William DemetraI, the Chicago
Greek.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
GAME FOR THE sAvAGEs ON
APRIL 90

Beau" Olcott, the Kansas Univer-
sity football coach, is an ardent Roose-
welt supporter, it has been discovered.
Well, you couldn't expect him to be
for a Lincoln, Neb, man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

Local men who give their first
football love to K. U. seem highly
elated that George Clarke. of Illinois,
has been selected to succeed Jay Bond
as assistant coach under Olcott- They
predict he will be a valuable man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

Aberg has consented to a mat in
PRODUCTION to Joe Stecher for a con-
sideration of Sic, 900. No. Willard and
Moran are not the only men who are
trying to get a corner on cash.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

Duckey Holmes, new manager OF
the Lincoln Western. league club, has
set March 20 as the date for the MEM
bers of his squad to report for spring
practice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

Smoke the new Half Shell cigar
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11

Aberg, by the way, has more of a
bull neck than any man Stecher has
yet tried to scissors. and he ought tc
be able to put up a real tussle against
the Dodge phenom
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
Open School Here.

However, he announces that any
work he can do towards putting the
First Aero company of the Kansas Ma
tional Guard on a working basis will
be given first consideration and that
as soon as it is practical he expects to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
Sport Wheezes
BY CLUG-
OUR CRUNIB

OUR CRUMB
The A. p. wire was poppin' hot
With news about the raid,
And German drives were most forgot
In the stir that Villa made
But in the flood of stuff that came
Some good sport slipped this line:
Ben Kauff will be back in the game,
He says that he will sign"
handsomely illustrated booklet
showing the towns the White Sox will
visit on their tour back to Chicago,
has been received by this column.
The railway map in the booklet
shows that the second squad of the
Sox will be in Topeka on April and
the first team on the 6. Collins and
Schalk will be with the first team. the
booklet says.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-11
Drawn for the Topeka State Journal

(Copyrfght, 1916 by II. c. Fisher
Trade Mark Reg o. s Pat Off,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
Oil Showing at Durant.

A showing of oil has been found
near Durant at a depth of $50 feet.
The we'll is located in section 8, 7s9e,
two miles south of Durant. The fol-
lowing dispatch from Durant was
published in the Dallas News, Sun
day:
"Oil sand was struck at depth of
$50 feet in the S. B. Longfellow well,
two miles south of town here last
night. The well is located on the
Leo Thompson land in section nine,
township seven south, range nine
east. The sand was penetrated at a
depth of ten feet and good showing
of oil found. Operations were shut
down to await instructions from Mr..
Longfellow, who is in Tulsa, and was
informed of the find by wire.
Oil or gas has been expected for
several days, and every preparation
made to conserve whatever is found.
Excitement has been great here to-
day and much activity in the buying
and selling of oil leases has been
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
PUBLIC NOTICE OF SALE OF OIL
AND GAS LEASE

Public notice is hereby given that
on the 9th day of May, 1916, that the
undersigned, guardian of the estate
and person of Ambrose II. Ward, a
minor. will sell at public auction to
the highest and best bidder an oil and
gas lease on the following described
real estate situate in Carter County,
State of Oklahoma, to-wit:
The SW4 NE4 SEA, and So NW4
SEA, and SW4 SEA, and W. SEA SEA,
Sec. 16 and NJ NW4 NE4, and SW4
NW4 NE4 and E2 NE4 NW4, Sec. q,
Township south, Range . west.
Said sale will be held at the county
court house in Ardmore, Carter Coun-
ty, State of Oklahoma. and will be sub
ject to the approval and confirmation
of the County Judge of said county.
BENJAMIN +. WARD,
l-5t Guardian
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
LIVE SPIRIT
SHOWN AMONG
BUSINESS MEN
STRANGER MARVELS AT THE
WONDERFUL CHANGE WHICH,
HAS BEEN WROUGHT SINCE
EXPLOSION.

II was in Ardmore on the 2Sth
of September, the day after the great
disaster" remarked prominent bust
ness man of Fort Worth here yester-
day, "and | want to say now on my
first visit since that time that Ard
more citizens are certainly to be con
graduated upon the wonderful pro
gress made in rebuilding the city,
the fine appearance of the new build
ings and the general all round ap-
pearance of hustle and business pusb,
not so evident before the explosion
took place. | am inclined to think
that, barring the many fatal acci-
dents, the explosion was a good thing
commercially for the city, as all
buildings on Main street now have a
real city-like appearance, and there
seems to be a spirit of progress that
is found to make Ardmore grow.
81 was one of the few that had
their little hammer out for Ardmore
before it awoke, but | am willing
to confess that am just as strong
for it now as | was against it in
the old days. The people have shown
that they possess spirit. Any COM
munity that can recover from such a
staggering blow as Ardmore sustain
ed, in so short a time, is bound 20
be possessed of hustlers who be-
lieve in brushing the sand out of
their eyes after the dust of the eX-
plosion had settled, and go to work
with a will to restore the city"
This gentleman was shown over
the city where the force of the eX-
ploson was greatest, and where the
most damage was done, and he mar
veled at the progress being made.
Previous to the explosion, there were
only few modern fronts in the city.
Now the entire length of Main street
possesses them, and as fast as work
llltll Cdl NC S'Nul'u W wv NuC WI N,
the old order of things is being
changed.
The business men are very opti-
mistic over the future of the city
and with a good road perfected to
the oil fields, the trade that is now
going elsewhere will be diverted to
Ardmore merchants.
The Chamber of Commerce and
the business Mems association are
gsing to give this proposition a
great deal of attention during the
coming summer, not only on the road
to the fields, but the one to Madill
will likewise come in for much
needed repairs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
SHUTTING DOWN RIGS
Out Of Dozen Rigs, McMan viii Use
But One

For the reason that the production
at Healdton is beyond the capacity
of the pipe lines the McMan Oil
company has shut down all of its
rigs except one This company has
been operating II strings OF tools
for several months. 1t is not known
how long drilling activities will be
suspended but r. NJ McFarlin, a
member of the McMan company, is
expected to be here within a short
time to look over the situation. When
this company purchased the Wood
ruff lease, in section 30-9 3 the
contract called for drilling to be
done in 80 days, and the probabilities
are that the company will so ahead
and do immedia.aY Nhatever dri.iilg
is necessary to comply with the con-
tract.
The Twin State Oil company and
the Schermerhorn people will drill
only such offset wells as they are
compelled to drill to protect their
leases. This will probably he the
rule in the field. Conditions are
somewhat different with the Dundee
Crystal companies. These companies
have plenty of pipe and they are
running their oil exclusively to stor-
age, and they will maintain their act
i've drilling campaign as usual. The
Magnolia Petroleum company will
keep only one machine busy in tho
field and one rig will be busy on the
wildcat well on the Chase farm in
section 21-3-3 This company has two
offsets to be drilled in section 23-4-3.
These two offsets will be drilled on
the Rose farm and one of them will
offset J. l.. Hamon and one will
offset Sol Lewis. This company will
also drill on the Daniels farm, which
was reported two days ago as the
Dixon farm. This farm consists Of
140 acres located mostly in the south
west quarter of section 23-4-3. The
company is now rigging up on well
No. on this lease. The Chase well,
mentioned above, is drilling at 200
feet. The companies that are max
ing preparations to shut down are
probably acting with wisdom. 1t
seems to be not good common sense
in drilling up the field, when the pipe
lines are not able to care for the
production, and at time when such
drilling would have tendency to
lower the price.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
ART WALKER HERE
Does Not Think State Control of
Runs Will Be Necessary.

Art L. Walker, Healdton field con-
and left for Oklahoma City. If he
is to open an office again at Writ he
will have to buy new furniture and
maps, etc, as his former office was
destroyed by the fire that swept the
town away. In reference to pro-
rating oil runs, Mr.. Walker stated
that the iIeld will be taken care of
and the producers will all be put on
an equality. If the pipe lines do not
do this upon their own motion, he
will go into the field and do it him
self. Mr.. Walker stated that the new
conservation act and also the Yea
ger-Strain act makes the pro rating
of oil obligatory upon the pipe line
companies and any company that
fails to even up the runs is subject
to a heavy fine. The situation is
about this: The state believes that
the present conditions will prevail
but short time. There is a cessa-
ton of the big drilling operations.
The Texas Company is hurrying its
line to completion, the pipe lines will
do their utmost to care for the oil
and within few weeks, the field will
be back running all the oil. This
being true, the state feels that the
pipe lines can manage the runs just
as well as the state can, and the
field, in the long run, will be better
off if left to manage itself, than for
the state to take hold. However, If
any of the pipe lines for any reason
become obstinate, if for any reason
one producer does not get equal. fair
treatment with all other producers,
the state will take hold of the situa-
ton and control it.
The producers themselves are not
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
A GOOD FAMILY COUGH SYRUP

Can be made by mixing Pine-Tar,
Aconite Sugar, Hyoscyamus, Sassafras,
Peppermint, Ipecac, Rhubarb, Man.
drake, Capsicum, Muriate Ammonia,
Honey and Glycerine. 1t is pleasant,
healing and soothing, raises the
phlegm, and gives almost instant re-
lief For convenience of those who
prefer not to fuss, It is supplied ready
made in 25c bottles, under name of DR..
Bells Pine-Tar-Honey. Can be had at
your druggist. Insist on getting DR..
Bells Pine-Tar-Ioney and see that the
formula is on the package.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
Building Wildcat Rigs.

]. |. Matteson is kept busy these
days building rigs for wildcat wells.
He has recently completed one for
the Tidewater Oil company in the
Francis field in Pontotoc county,
which is located about three miles
west of the well that company is
now drilling. He has also completed
rig near Coalgate, where j. S.
Sankey of the Healdton field has the
drilling contract. He also has
contract to build rig near Fort
Towson for a wildcat we'll and the
material is being put on the ground.
Mr. Matteson will leave this week
for Stonewall where he has another
wildcat rig in prospect.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01

ness and that they should also be
penalized for holding in the clinches.
The question was also asked whether
it would be possible for a fighter
knocked out to win the contest on
points, | cannot see how such a hing
could be possible, unless it happened
that the fighter was knocked out Just
before the referee did not have ten
seconds left in which to count him
out. 1t would be necessary to revert
back to the number Of rounds contest
ed and decide aS 10 which man had
the decision on points up to that time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
RinGIina GROWING East.

Ringing is installing a modern
water system at a cost of $4,000. 1t
has completed modern school build
ing at cost of $4,000. 1t has a nat
ural gas plant that cost $4,000. 1t Is
grading streets, laying concrete side
walks, building a city hall, laying out
city park, and building twentieth
century highways into its trade terri
tory. 3O-5
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
The Thelma Company.

Thelma Oil & Gas company No. 3
which was recently completed, is re-
ported to be making a daily produc-
ton of $50 barrels. The company
has made a location $50 feet south
of well No. /, where No. will be
drilled. No. is located about mid
way between No. l and No. 2. Ma
terial is on the ground, and Davidson
G. Kolars, who drilled No 3, have
the contract on well No. 4. This
lease is located near the edge of the
pool in the northwest quarter of sec
ton S-4-3.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
BOXING FANS
To Be G|VENA
GOOD SHOW
NEXT ATTRACTION OF ATHLETIC
CLUB WILL BE STAGED MAY 5.
GOOD CARD PREPARED AND BIG
CROWD WILL BE PRESENT.

The next show of the Ardmore Ath-
letic Club will be held Friday night,
May 9TH, and the attraction promises
to be the most successful thus far
staged by Manager Edwards.
The boys are all working hard for
the coming events, the preliminary
that Tucker and Bibb are undergoing
for the main event. The work cut out
for successful training consists of one
hours run on the road early in the
morning, ten rounds of shadow box
ing, rope skipping and from six to
eight rounds OF real boxing with spar
ring partners daily. The boys are
working out at the fire station every
afternoon at p. m, and the public Is
invited to come and witness them
work. No charge of any kind is made
for this privilege.
Manager Edwards states that this
will be the last show at the garage. He
will have permanent quarters before
the next one takes place. Mr. Ed
wards will move his family consisting
of his wife, three daughters and one
son to this city and make Ardmore
his future home. The younger son is
said to be the finest fve-year-old ath-
lete and best developed youngster in
the southwest.
What frankie Sanders Says:
as it possible to have a standard by
which a referee can judge a boxing
match, or are there any specified rules
regarding the deciding of bouts" The
above question was put to me the
other day by friend in a communica-
ton. TheT3 are a few referees who
follow along the same lines. | think
the standard set by Eugene Sorri, the
referee of all the big contests in Eng
land, is about as near correct as can
be had for strictly boxing bouts. Fran
MI pdHutlo iutd 10 llhI d bOAtl SllOulu
be given credit for the number of
points he scores in delivering a straight
blow and landing clean on his op-
ponent. He also takes into consider
alton the strength behind the blow,
but as a rule he goes a great deal on
the number of points scored by the
boxer, hitting the other or even tap
ping him, which is very similar
method followed by the late George
Silar of Chicago. Mr. Corri does not
believe in the kidney blow and | re-
member that when he refereed the
Langford and McVey contest in Paris
four years ago, he stopped the bout
in the seventh or eighth round and
said, Here, Langford, stop using the
kidney blow with the butt of your
hand, as it does not count a point and
you will get no credit for it," | think
it will be very difficult matter to
try and score boxing match on the
Hotpoint idea, as some claim can be
done, for where it is at all close, you
can hardly find two people who judge
the same way. | do believe that the
fighter should be given certain
amount of credit for his aggressive
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
OIL and GAS NEWS

shape to be drilled to depth of
about 1900 feet, which the company
intends to do. The we'll is not look
ing very favorable, for the reason
that it has already passed the level
at which the sands in the southeast
extension are found.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
The Maloney Well.

The Maloney well in the northwest
quarter of section 22-4-3 went into
salt water sand at 1880 feet, and
the well was abandoned. This failure
narrows the southwest extension
somewhat and is discouraging to
property owners in that section Of
the field. Field men say that the
extension may turn to the east from
the original wells. located in the
north part of section 23-4-3.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
Must Be Well Fed.

The phrase The shortest road to
a mans heart Is through his stomach
is by no means a modern saying. It
has been true throughout the history
of mankind, and although intended tc
be joke, 1t is in reality no reflection
on masculinity. A man with poor
ly fed stomach can rarely be found to
have a disposition inclined even to
kind thoughts, much less to love.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01

Hourly concerts by the Duncan band
during the Ringing lot sale, May 4,
5, and 6. Sightseeing trips over the
great Healdton field every few min
utes. Thirty minutes to the farthermost
oil well, Big pavilion for the sale.
Great crowds. Good hotel accommoda-
tions. Three big days of big bar
gains. 800
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
Evidently an Untruth.

That man accuses you of being the
greatest CRATER on earth" Yes"
replied Senator Sorghum, "but he
doesxt mean 1t. If he believed | was
the greatest CRATER on earth he'd be
right with me in every campaign, try
ing to get next and make himself
useful"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
In Section 26.

The Producers Oil company in sec
ton 26-4-3 in the southeast extension
has reached a depth of 1900 feet,
and the drill is now in blue slate.
The S-inch pipe has been underream-
ed to this depth and the we'll Is IN
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01

Buy property near oil production
in the great Healdton field. Values
have grown for two years in Ringing.
them, and Ringing is the market place
for 10000 people affected by the oil
business. Ringing townste lots are
to be sold, regardless of prices, to the
highest bidders, May 4, 5, and 6. Over
$50 business and residence lots. 30-5
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
Well at HUGO.

A local company at Hugo, drilling
three miles east of that town, had
reached a depth of 1,7S4 feet last
Thursday. The drill has passed
through the breaks and is drilling
now in blue shale. with reasonably
fair prospects of bringing in we'll
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01

SNOW LINIMENT to relieve rheu.
matism. 1t penetrates the flesh to the
bone conveying its soothing and re.
storative influence to the spot where
the pain exists. Price 25c, SOC and 81
per bottle. Sold by Bomar Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01

worrying. They believe present CON
ditions are only temporary, and they
believe the pipe lines will deal fairly
with all the producers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-01
PAY YOUR OCCUPATION TAX

All occupation taxes become due
May lst and will be delinquent after
May Is, 1916. Please call and settle
at once and save unnecessary costs.
w. s. FORREST,
City Bookkeeper and Collector