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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-11-28

been remarkable, ! ! i point be-
Ing the Rathbone 40. Z, noted above,
which IS 1909, At the time Of the
writer's last visit t. that locality. foi-
ty-nine years after the completion u
the we'll, vas still producing oil ~
the rate Of thirty to forty barrels
monthly. The rapid rise and gradual
decline Of these great shallow pools,
starting Is 1860, reaching their cres,
in 1870 and holding only casual At
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-11-28

According to DR.. j. q White, Stale
Geologist, the first we'll drilled III the
state for oil alone was put down by
the Rathbone Brothers on a tract near
the present village Of Burning Springs,
Writ county. The we'll, which was
drilled by the laborious s%pringpolc
method, was begun in 1859, completed
in 1860 and struck oil at a depth Of
3O3 feet, lowing al a rate Of 100
barrels daily.
Subsequent to 1860 drilling pro
ceeded at a rapid rate for a short
while in the Burning Springs, Hughes
River and Volcano fields, il all Of
which the production was from shall
low sands where drilling was easy,
but the Civil war caused an almost t.
tai cessation Of the Industry. After
the war operations were resumed and.
for the next ten or fifteen years the
shallow fields were exploited to their
maximum development.
Long Lived Shallow Wells.
The life Of many of these wells has
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-04
SOLDIERS DO()SE THE [|GHTS,-.
 PIRATES PLAY NIFTY CAME

Tho usual enthusiastic crowd of fans witnessed the ball games in Eagle hall last night but. aside from the oppor- tunities to yell afforded by the game game between the Pirates and Horse shoes. the Nome rooters were given small chance to exercise their lung capacity for its was soldier night. entirely. absolutely and completely. The welkin rang with mighty shouts but 1t wasn't the Nome bunch that was doink the yelling It was soldier first. last and all the time They slugged ane hammered the Nome boys all over the lot. Two baggers right and left and singles galore It was biff and bingle. until the Nome crowd forgot to holler and even the soldiers at times relapsed into silence from sheer in capacity to yell any more. And when the first half of the seventh was over what deep. deep sigh went up from tie Nome fairs and braves for the score board showed thirty two to two. In favor of the Defenders. The Northern Lights were eclipesd and tho Uncle Sans were delerious with the Joy of having wiped away that one and only defeat administered by the Lights earlier in the series. Al Lo. men led off for the Lights, swattine the second pill mighty thump. Ingle grabbed It on the bounce, passed tc Dame and the scorers chalked up an out against the Lights.
 HeckIa popped one aloft to Frantzen the gent with the Norsk name mufred and Heckla was safe on first. c Lomen strode forth with mighty stride swiped the air three times and "Your out" says the ump. and George retired C. Lomen hit a light one to Frantzen who again muffed and Heckla cam, home. McMillan famed. Hits : runs 1.
 In the second half the soldiers led on with single by Nile c. E.. Petit slammed one into the gallery, sendins Nile to third. Dame famed. Saundsr, singled. scoring Nile and c. L. Petit, hi1 scoring his brother and sendins Saunders to third. Frantxen hit the oail an awful swipe. scoring both saunders and Petitit. Frantzen then stols second and third while Hitch
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-04

to promote patent concrete stave tc be used in the place of wood, in build ing Silos. The slave was patented by brother of Brooks. They seem tc think they have the proper thing
 I also learned that Capt N. M. Widding. who had the gas schooner Eagle last season in the Kolyma river country, and left Nome last fall not expecting to live, is at Soap Lake Wash, and is entirely cured.
 Gus seIffert had just departed for St. Louis. Mo. in connection with his mining company and 1t is reported that he Is doing well.
 It may be of interest to those en- gagged in fishing at Nome to know that Dickson who shipped out about one hundred barrels of herring. found a ready market for them at SIS per barrel. It seems to me that this would be good thing to push along and especially while the war continues
 I took the Alameda for Juneau on the l7th, and met many bound for the Tolovana camp and they all seem to think we'll of it, one man Gus Peter son an old timer from Fairbanks) was taking in two hundred tons of supplies and twenty horses. he states that by hauling his supplies In winter he can lay them down for s20o ton, that he has ground to work for the next three years There is plenty of wood, the ground is from 40 to 125 feet deep and will run from 75c to s1.50 to the foot of bedrock.
 l met on the boat Jim Murray, Geo Goshaw, both mining in southwestern Alaska and Ike Evans. who is United States marshal at Seward From what can learn, all the towns in this section of Alaska, with the exception of Juneau, are very quiet and they
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-04

was swiping the air at the home plate and moment after that player had made his last intellectual swips and returned to the bench, Frantzen came home on Lomens tumble at the plate. Ingle hit, stole second and third. Fortier walked and things looked good for a couple more tallies. but Nile flied out to C.. Lomen and the agony was over. Hits q runs 5.
 The first half of the second saw the beginning of the end for the Nome boys, for, with the score five to one Powell, Mish and Baird bit the dust with nary hit to their credit. And he Sammies yelled right lustily. But they yelled worse when their own crowd got to acting. c. L. Petit hit Cor one base, stole second and. a mo- nent later, third. Buddy Lehman -ot a bit wild and mixed up a walk 'or Dame. Saunders hit but was 'aught at first. Petit c.lme home in
 he meantime and Dana went to third 7. E. Petit hit a nice one to Me Mullen, who muffed. and Dame loped nome Petit got busy and made third ,n series of steals, scoring on Frant- ,en's single. Frantzen also reached
 hird sack when the ball was busy Hitch draw a walk and Ingle lined put a two bagger, scoring Frantzen md Hitch. Ingle scored on Fortier's hit and Nile slammed out & two bag ger to left field, sending Fortier to thlrd. c. L. Petit flied out to Baird md Dame went out on a bounder to Powell. Hits 9. runs 6.
 The first half of the third again saw the Lights retired scoreless.. Bud Lehman beat the ball to first on Niles tumble of the third dewdrop and stole second Al Lomen famed and Heckla followed suit. In the meantime Buddy had reached third hut he was doomed to get no farther Tor G. Lomen couldn't see the pill as t went by three times. No hits. no runs
 And Just then the curtains fell for he town boys. for the soldiers rang up twelve before the Lights got their glims to working. Two hits and 8 walk filled the bases right away and then Buddy blew up completely and walked Hitch. forcing . run. Frsnt-
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-04
LETTER IF INTERESTING NEWS
 IF MANY FORMER NOME|TES

Seattle and his talk is excellent Sam
 Tel 8. Lennon, who is assisting Tex 2ickard (our old townsman) promote
 colonization scheme In Paraguay
 The land Is sold at s2 per acre; Al 1uinan, who had just came In from his apple ranch In eastern Washing ton, and says that apples this year have been at 8 good price and they have had very good crops, although the apple crop on the whole is poor.
 Ho informed me that Howard Ames had sold $500 boxes from this seasons crop at s115. and he also said Speak
 ng quite low) that mining on the Hot Air claim on Glacier creek, beat rais.
 ng apples all to thunder and he hopes Q return to the north in the near future; c. D. Murane. who Is quite busy and looking well; Ed Fleming who Is still tearings things to pieces put, now eXerting his energy In de- veloping a copper proposition in 'outheasthern Alaska; Arthur White lead and his brother Steward Is with lim; Clyde Morris, who is operating he Sunny Crest Dairy, eight miles rom Seattle and has it stocked with he finest Holstein cattle; J. W. Al bright, who Is one of the very few Alaskans that has hung onto the coin; Charley Suter. who seems to be doing 2 good jewelry business; Walter Gaff- ney, J. F. Giese. W. T. Perkins, J. " Rogers, Geo. Williams, all originally with the Northwestern Commercial Company; L. Ketcham, who Is still with the Hubbard, Stewart Co., and Is married J. H. Guffey, who had just dropped in from hls chicken ranch on Whidby island. and Bruno Mauro who still resides in Portland
 I was told that John Coply and Billy Brooks, had just left for the east
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-04

The following newsy letter Is from the pen of MT. R. ". J. Reed and contains many interesting references to former Nomites, some of whom have been missing from our midst foi many years. The letter was written in Juneau. December IS, 1916.
 Although the Vic was somewhat delayed in getting away. on account of ',.e heavy slush ice in the roadstead, we made excellent time and reached Seattle at 9:so o'colck on the morning of the 18th (November)
 Tie usual large crowd was on the dock to welcome us and in any portion of the dock you might look. familiar faces were plentiful. We stopped at the Frye. which seems very com modious place to sourdough, still r. you wish to meet Alaskans there ie the place to find them. You could easily imagine being under Jim Swartzels wing at the Golden Gate as about three out of four that you meet in the lobby are old time Alaskans and most of them from Nome.
 In my three days stay in Seattle l met many Nomeites, the following which are but a part, but, the only ones tLAt I recall at this time: Rich ard Hht'on, who Is editing a paper in Olympia and If appearances count, he Is certainly prosperous; Hugo Beyers who 's' purchased a home in Ballard and says he will raise "Shickens;" Ross Kinney and Roy wallingford, who are employed In the city treasurers office; Edgar C. Raine, who has just returned from the east, after deliver ing a series of lectures on Alaska to various colleges at s1o0 per night
 I had the pleasure of hearing him at the United Presbyterian church In
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-04

I arrived at Juneau on the 2lat and found plenty of rain. snow and slush as well as an epidemic of la grippe, typhoid and scarlet fever and abou
 one third of the inhabitants under the care of the physician. While I do not like the climate here and don't bsliss q any Of the Inhabitants do either, tho town has made wonderful strides in the past three years and will certainly
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-04

zon and C. l.. Petit came in on Ingle's two bagger and, a minute later. Hitch and Ingle both came home on Lomen's on passed ball. Buddy went stll' higher in the air and the soldiers got the range and slammed him all over the diamond. Singles and two baggers galore followed and the Nome crowd commenced to tie the crepe on the door
 (Continusd on Page Two)
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-04
that you can depend on to be perm..

that you can depend on to be perma. nent.
 The population is in the neighbor- hoodof six thousand. there are several recently constructed buildings that arc In class A. that Is fire proof" there are somewhere between four and five thousand men employed in a radius Of few miles anoa the monthly pay. roil is from s15Oooo to S2Oo. 900. an Item that cannot be overlooked
 1To be continued
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-04
are all waiting for something to turn miles

up.
 The much heralded Anchorage they have discovered, freezes in for four months during the winter and the supplies that were to have been landed there for the railroad were discharged at Seward, they will have to be hauled on the railroad that is started for Anchorage and thirty five miles out of Seward and then be taken by dog team from there. a distance Of about 116
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-02-04

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tTo be continued.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-29
USE YOUR ARMS TO
SIGNAL AUTO MOVEMENT

Abilene has learned to drive
autos ON the right side OF the street
and make square turns but 1t needs
to learn one more lesson.
When you are intending to turn
a corner to the left, meaning that
you are to cross the width of the
street, reach out your arm at right
angles to the left side Of the car as
a sign to the driver Of q following
car that you will make turn. or
course II you are to turn right you
need no signal because you are close
to the right curb and will simply
follow 1t around the corner.
When intending to stop reach
out your arm at right angles to the
left side of the car and then make
downward movement bringing the
hand to the car side. This tells the
man behind you are stopping and
may prevent his colliding with the
rear Of your car, damaging both.
These rules are simple and they
make for safety. BY following the
established rules and driving on
the right side few accidents will
occur.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-29
WICHITA ROAD THAT
is A GOOD HIGHWAY

w. ]. Councilman drove home
from Wichita yesterday, reporting
heavy rains around Wichita but
good roads the remainder OF the
way. He has made the trip several
times and says that from Abilene
to Wichita the best road, good In
wet weather especially and always
the most satisfactory is:
Abilene to Solomon, 8 miles.
Straight south 10. west 8, south
Az to Gypsum.
South IL miles to Roxbury.
South to Canton II miles.
South to Hesston IL miles.
Follow Meridian road, white poles
southeast to Newton IL miles.
South, Meridian road, to Wichita,
26 miles. Total 105 miles.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-29
LEAStFA|RCROUNDS
FAIR ASSOCIATION WILL PAY
$3.50 ANNUALLY
Board of City Commissioners Again
Hears Protests of Property
Owners Against New
Sewer District

Some property owners In the re-
Gently established sewer district
were before the board Of city com
missioners this morning making
protest and demonstrating against
the installation OF sewage dis
trict. They claim that rs per cent
Of the residents are opposed to this
project which is sanitary necessity.
Engineers estimates presented to
the commissioners show that the ex-
pense to the property owner will be
75c per running foot of real estate
frontage for the mains and later
ais. The natural contour OF the
land and soil nature makes the
project unusually cheap. None Oh
the trenches will have to be more
than eight feet deep, according to
the estimates; 6, 5 and lO-lnch
pipe are being considered. The es-
innate placed is very high and the
chances are that the actual work
will cost less. According to the
state statutes the commissioners are
the sole judges of the expediency
of ordering in the sewer and no pro-
test can prohibit them. The cost OF
the one-half mile main outside OF
the city will be levied against the
city at large.
Mayor Nichols signed a one year
lease this afternoon giving the
dickinson county fair association
the exclusive use of the city park 3
consecutive days of the year and
three other days for racing matt
nees. The consideration is $3.50 cash.
The association agrees to keep In
repair the race horse barns while
the city will provide for the main
tenance of the fences.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-29
S75, 900 EXPANSION FOR
RIVERSIDE l.. p. g. G. 90.

The Riverside Light, Power &
Gas company has closed contracts
for furnishing electric current to
fifteen more towns In central Kan
sas, which makes total Oh Il
municipalities that will be getting
Juice from the central power plant
here by the last of the year. The
years expansion means an expen-
diture of $4,000, including con-
struction and supplies. The trans
formers and lightning arresters are
the largest item. as $4,000 will be
spent for these alone.
Work is now progressing on the
building of 90 miles of transmits
sion lines. Gypsum City is building
to Solomon. The local company will
erect the distributing lines and In
stall street lighting system In the
towns of Ramona, Lincolnville, Lost
Springs, New Cambria, Manchester.
Longford, Wakefield, Detroit and
Talmage.
The company intends to keep ex-
panding from year to year and
next year, with more towns on the
circuit, the central plant on the
Smoky Hill river south of town.
will be enlarged and larger capacity
machinery installed.
The country is coming into a new
electrical age and the Riverside
company is keeping abreast with
the times. Every rural home that Is
being built is being wired for cleo
tricity and the day is coming when
the electric lights on the farm from
central plant will be as common
as coal oil lights have been.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-29
Special to the Reflector:

Special to the Reflector:
Ell Paso, June 27.-The troop
trains loaded with Carranza SOL
diers arrived today at Neuvo Lar
edo, across the Texas border.
The arrival OF the troops created
much CONSERVATION among the res
idents.
Washington, June 27.-The re-
port comes here Of the Latin-Amer-
lean diplomats, who, fearing that
the United States will take drastic
action, are urging Carranza to re-
lease the seventeen Americans TAX
en- prisoners at Carrizal and now
held at chihuahua.
Ell Paso, June 27.-Numerous
reports which are being brought in
from the interior of Mexico, tell OF
the actions of the concentrated Mex
lean troops which are rushing
northward toward the U. S. border.
Washington, June 27.-President
Wilson and his cabinet were busy
today drafting the war message
which will be presented to congress
as soon as the reply of Carranza to
the last note is received. No defi-
mite action will be taken until then.
The answer is expected early tOmor-
row morning and Thursday is the
latest possible time extended for
the reply.
Washington, June 27.-A formal
declaration of war or vote of con-
fidence in the president of the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-29
ASKS FOR $4,000
d. j. GORMAN SUED FOR BREACH
OF PROMISE By ESTHER
CALLAHAN
Prominent and Well Known Chap
man Young People Named In
Suit, Papers for Which
Have Been Filed

Dennis j. German of Chapman
and we'll known in the county, Is
named as the defendant in $10,-
900 breach of promise suit filed IN
the office of the clerk OF district
court today by Miss Esther Gala
han, also Of Chapman, through her
attorneys. The trial which will come
up In the September term OF court
promises to be of much interest.
Both young people come from prom
inent families in the Chapman dis
trict.
1t is alleged In the petition that
Mr.. German and Miss Callahan be-
came engaged to marry in February,
1915, and that in January, 1916,
when she desired that they be mar
ried and his promise fulfilled he
refused to do so. 1t is claimed that
she has suffered disgrace and hui
initiation and untold mental suffer-
ing and in the failure Of the mar
riage contract she lost considerably
financially, as the defendant is well
to do, and for these she asks $4,000.
1t is further stated that the un-
lawful conduct of the defendant
has caused her great suffering and
humiliation and through his actions
she has lost her place in society
and social life of the community.
For this she asks for damages to
the extent of $4,000, making total
of $4,000 and costs.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-29
FORM VOLUNTEER REGIMENT
Veterans and Ex-Soldiers Are Asked
to Join

A statewide call for veterans. A
provisional regiment of veterans and
ex-soldiers now forming, with regi-
mental headquarters at Salina, fully
differed and organized, is to be Of
fered as a body to the president up
on call for volunteers.
Give your country the benefit OF
that experience you have had is the
cry. Show the knockers that pat
riotism is not dead. They are not
organizing a border guard, but a
regiment that will see service and
be a credit to Kansas and the ma
tion.
Exceptional opportunities to
those who are qualified to hold
commission, who can devote the
time to raising a company.
Get your application in at once
If you want to help organize; to
wire prepaid is advisable, and don'i
delay enrolling in the companies
as there will be more veterans OF
fer than the war strength of the
regiment can accommodate.
The regimental slogan is Lei
Kansas Lead" 1t will be printed II
gold letters on the regimental col
ors.
Address all communications to-
Lewis whistler, Acting Colonel II
Charge of Provisional Headquar
ters, Salina, Kansas.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-29
Draft War Message
AS Crisis Ponds

United States is expected to be
enacted by Congress within a few
days.
Unless the Carranza government
backs down from Its present posi-
tion of demanding the withdrawal.
of the American troops from Mex
leo it will be resolution declaring
war.
If Carranza should recede, or Il
the mediation plans Of the South
American republics should bear
fruit, 1t will be a resolution approx
ing the policy of the administration.
showing that congress is back Of
the president.
A majority of them believe it
will be a declaration Of war, since
few can see a way out Of the present
situation for Carranza.
The form of this resolution has
been prepared and the foreign az
fairs committee has considered the
procedure that will be necessary II
called upon to act.
Washington, June 27.-Efforts
toward Latin-American mediation
in the Mexican crisis, favored by
Carranza officials, collapsed with
out having reached the stage of a
formal proposal to the United
States.
1t was made plain by Secretary
Lansing to Ignacio Calderon, min
lister of Bolivia, who called with
the intention of asking whether the
United States would entertain an
offer of the services Of Its south
ern neighbors to aid In avoiding
war, that the Washington govern
ment sees nothing in the situation
that would warrant arbitration pro-
ceedings.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-29
HISTORY REPEATS ABILENE
SHOWING OF SPANISH WAR

In 1898 when volunteers we're
called for the Spanish war the first
to enlist were Edgar Fry, clerk at
the Union Pacific, and Carl Fry
clerk In Northcraft's drug store,
Last week when the Mexican trou-
BILE called for men, the first to en-
list we're Ralph Lucier, clerk at the
Union Pacific, and Otto Smith, clerk
in Northcrafts. Edgar Fry is now a
captain in the regular army; Carl
is a mining engineer in California
Lucier and Smith are at Ft. Riley
and will soon go to the border
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-29
o. L. MOORE IMPROVING
AFTER SURGICAL OPERATION

Word was received from Topeka
today that Judge o. L. Moore is
improving from the surgical oper'
alton which he underwent Saturday
morning for gallstones. He is at
Christs hospital and a rapid recoY-
cry is expected. He has been sur
fering for more than year and
ii is anticipated will recover his US
ual health.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-29

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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-29
EMPLoYE FALLS DOWN ELE-
VATOR SHAFT AT CREAMERY

Henry Fisher, an employe, fell
the height of one story down an
elevator shaft at the Belle Springs
creamery yesterday morning. He
received only slight bruises and
one ankle was sprained. He was on
the streets today and will be able
to be back at work in few days.