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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-03
A TRIP TO HosPITABLE NORWAY

tBy J. e. Jones)
Brookings Register Bureau, Washington DC.
There was something creepy about
the war zone and when the shores of
Norway came in sight the rugged coast
beckoned a friendly welcome. Within
the three mile limit we knew that We
were in neutral waters, and after the
long wait in Kirkwall and the uper-
vision, friendly though it nay have
been, of the British fleet, we were quite
overjoyed at the sight of the friendly
fishing boats, the occasional lightht use
and villages and the rock-ribbed, pine
covered coast of the mainland of the
Scandinavian peninsula. We forgot
all about the censorship and the re-
moval of our parcel post mail at Kirk
wall and the other irritating features
of the previous two days.
The Christmas Country
Norway is most truly the Christmas
country and there are pines, pines
everywhere. The first stop was at
Christiansland and soiue one described
the scene as being like that of the
Christmas cards and another said thai
it looked like a toy town rugged up to
be sold to rich children" Christians
land has $4,000 people, with character
istics all its own 1t Is located on a
great sand plain surrounded by the
ford on two sides A number Of
journalists came aboard and they were
Immediately seized by the little group
of sen%sationalists from New York who
had, from the beginning, tried to dis
credit u ship and the purposes of the
Peace Pilgrims.
We were in the Scandinavian coun-
tries at last, but | think few Of us
realized how much we were TO appre-
ciate these people and their customs.
In SO many ways they were like our
selves that one could scarcely tell the
difference; but we were to learn that
tney were Just as distinctly olnerent
in many of their habits as customs and
presidents could make them.
Christiania was reached on Sunday
morning and we were all glad to dis
embark after fifteen days confinement
on the over-crowded Oscar II.
Christiania has ESQ. 900 people and
lies in a broad valley on a fine ford. 1t
is surrounded by mountains and it was
here that We were to see the Nor
wegian people in the full enjoyment of
their winter sports.
Winter Sports
A few hours after our arrival we
were conveyed by an electric line to
Holmenkollen, where the peaks are
about 5000 feet high. Nearly the en-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-03
BOY CORN RAISERS

IF the boy corn raisers of South
Dakota continue the progress they
have made in the last year this state
will be in the front rank as a producer
of juvenile agriculturists," so says
Prof. R. A. Moore of the University of
Wisconsin who recently finished the
judging Of the boys exhibits at the
First National Corn Show held in St.
Paul. Prof. Moore said the corr laid
before him to be judged was the most
surprising in quality that he had ex-
amined in the long years of his asso-
citation with grain.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-03
FARMING

H. G.. Snodgrass. a banker of Inter
ior, s. D., vas in Sioux City last week
and in talking about South Dakota he
said, THE great difficulty in a new
country is to get the farmers to realize
the importance of diversified and in
tensive agriculture" He said further
that, while we have been pushing the
importance of dairying as a revenG,
producer we do not want the farmers
to neglect the duty Of raising feed for
the dairy herds"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-03
SCHOOL NOTES

In the final report for the first semes-
ter the records will show that Law
renee Knappen holds first honors in
the senior class, having an average
grade for the first semester of 97.7%
which is the highest standing of any
n in the entire school. Clara Hoff-
man with an average of 95.7 and Bessie
Chase with 95 are rivals for second
place in the senior class.
Aslang Bjorge, with an average
grade of 96.4 for the semester, holds
first honors in the junior class. May
Swift with IN average of 95.4 and
Esther Irish with 94.4 are close con-
testants for second place.
In the sophomore class Marshall
Knappen holds first honors with an
average grade of 97.4. Rose Lynch
holds second honors with 95.4.
Verna Sexauer with an average of
96.S holds first honors in the freshman
class. Lyndall Whitehead with an
average of $50 holds second honors in
this class.
In the departmental school Bessie
Bolles and Ruby Olson with an aver
age Of SO are tied for first place in the
9Th grade division. Juanita Thompson
holds second place in this division with
an average of 80.
In the 7th grade Gwendolyn Dunbar
holds first honors with an average Of
SO. Muriel Spoane holds second place
with 80 for the semester.
In the grades Laura Miner and
Vesta Spooner rank first first in Miss
Upmann's room. Alice Arnold holds
second place in this room. Nora Hasle
holds highest honors in Miss Even
sons room with Marguerite Hoy and
Gail Haroldson as close seconds. Alma
Christensen holds first place in Miss
Vahle's room with six contesting for
second place with but a small frac-
tional difference in their averages.
Leona Christensen. John Johnson,
Eleanor Ellis, Lottie Plumb, Frances
Prentice, Earl Sherman.
Frances Forsee and Marian Short
hold highest grades in Mrs. Counter
mines room Pemelia Powers and
Pearl Leighty hold second place in
this room. Winford Bartlett ranks first
Joice Tate second in Miss Binnewi IS
room. Arthur Hume ranks first and
Olaf Nelson second in Miss Stermer's
room. Alice Atkinson ranks first and
Adlome Larson second in Miss Thay-
er's room, Clifton Benson rasks first
and Gertrude Roskie second in Miss
Nelson's room. Donald Lentz ranks
first and Cleota Venjum second in Miss
Rohrer's room. Mabel Morrison ranks
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-03
BUILDING RECORD
BROKEN AGAIN
INDICATIONS POINT TO GREATER
IMPROVEMENT IN RESIDENCE
SECTION THAN 1915
SIXTEEN HOUSES ARE BEING PLANNED
New Homes Will Be Started At First
Signs Of Spring-Cost From
TWO To Four Thousand

The remarkable building record of
last year in Bookings has every APP
pearance of being eclipsed by the resi-
dences which are already being plan
ned for erection in the spring.
The construction of new homes of
the type built last year speaks volumes
for the prosperity and progressiveness
which abounds in Brookings. Those
to be built in the coming spring will
be of a very substantial and lasting
type and will reflect greater the desire
Of the people of B~rookings to live
under their W roof.
OF the number who have had plans
prepared and contemplate building
residences during the year the follow
ing are a few:
John p. Ashbaugh.
A. B, Hanson.
John Nolan.
Joe Mcknight.
w. H. Leighty.
Henry Arneson.
Olaf Eden.
A. T. Mann.
Milton Mcknight.
A. B. Allison.
Harry Mcknight.
John Dokken.
Lee H. Comstock.
A. j. Dokken CO.
A. j. Dokken, a Bookings basement
contractor, has plans completed for
three houses. Two will be built on
9Th street, n of which is under way,
and one on 3rd street which has the
foundation partly completed. Mr.. Dok-
ken will move the Heath house on 3rd
street back to the alley making room
for a new house. In the construction
Of his houses he will introduce a new
building material, Kellastone marble
dash, which is said to be we'll adapted
for this section of the country.
The sixteen sets of plans call for
houses costing from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-03
DANCES

Deadwood has made another step
toward greater municipal regulation.
The city is now holding dances each
week in the auditorium under the su-
~pervision of a committee of women
from the auxiliary. The e arrange
ment Is popular.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-03
Winter Sports

A few hours after our arrival we
were conveyed by an electric line to
Holmenkollen, where the peaks are
about 5000 feet high. Nearly the en-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
SIS INVESTMENT IN OIL NETS
$4,000.

Oklahoma City. Okla, April 10
Oklahoma oil is today the source Of
the greatest natural wealth the world
has ever known. With the price Of oil
jumping almost weekly, it reached the
highest figure in history few days
ago when it went to $155 barrel
and the world looks upon Oklahoma
in GREATNESS awe and amazement.
With oil at only 40 cents a barrel
for the first six months in 1915, there
were 5,799 wells drilled in the states
1876 different fields during the year.
Out Of this number only Is per cent
failed to produce oil or gas. The l23,-
10000 barrels produced would at
present prices be worth almost $780,
100000.
Throughout the oil field are Won
derful examples OF fame and fortune
gained at the gush OF oil. A dozen
names are Familiarity known as the oil
kings and rank among the mulu-mil-
lionaires. but everywhere there are
rich. wealthy and well-to-do, thou
sands Of them, who have made it by
wise investments in oil.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
OIL AND GAS DRILLING IN PITTS
BURG COUNTY.

The Oldest inhabitants Of Pittsburg
county cannot remember when there
were not assures at various parts Of
the county from which gas had issued.
In the southeastern part of the conn-
ty one stream is covered with a Scum
of black oil and the memory OF man
cannot run back to when this phen-
omenon was first observed.
Biologists of the United States and
Holland have declared that if there is
anything in geology at all, one of the
greatest oil pools in America is with
in radius of 30 miles Of McAlester.
owing to the large amount of land
still belonging to the tribes, either
unallotted or segregated this field
long remained undeveloped. But re-
Gently active development work has
begun. The records Of the county
show that fully 60 per cent of the
land of Pittsburg county is either COW
cred by oil or gas leases or owned out
right by oil and gas men, who bought
it at the government sale Of unallot-
ted land.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
HOW PARSON LIFTED MORTGAGE.

In the Eldorado oil field dwelt a
minister Of the Gospel who had lost
his eyesight. He owned an 80-acre
farm of land, but being unable to
work It properly, he was in financial
distress. A mortgage was coming due
and prospects were disCouraging. The
minister had a family Of ten children,
but they were young and not source
of help to him. OF course the min
lister prayed for assistance, but there
was nothing doing. Then one day
man, wearing high-topped shoes and a
makeup similar to that which gold
mine heroes wear in moving pictures,
knocked at the minister's door There
was some conversation. Finally, the
man said to the preacher. I'll give
you $500 bonus on your land il you
lease It to me-" The minister was
astounded. Come tomorrow" he
said; 81 wish to inquire into this mat
ter before I sign away any of my
rights" So the minister made in
quiries. A friend advised him to be
in no hurry; to watch and wait. Bet
ter bids were sure to come. And
they did. Now that minister is re-
celving an income of 5000 day from
the oil on his land; his ten children
are happy and well dressed, that old
mortgage has been burned and an o.
culist thinks he will be able to mend
the minister's eyes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
COMING OIL AND GAS FIELD is IN
THE SOUTHEAST.

That the greater part Of the future
oil and gas development in Oklahoma
must be in the southeastern part of the
state, and that there is very little
hope for Western Oklahoma along
that line, is the opinion of Professor
Charles y. Gould, formerly director
Of the Oklahoma Geological survey,
He expressed the belief that south
eastern Oklahoma is as rich in these
deposits as the northeastern part, al
ready developed. and that it has been
merely accidental that the develop
ment has proceeded along the line that
it has.
"The probable oil field in Oklaho-
ma" says Prof Gould. comedies very
closely with the coal field. 1t will be
noted that the greater number of pro-
ductive areas lie in the northeastern
part Of the state. This is largely due
to the fact that development began at
the Kansas line and has moved south
ward, slowly and methodically. The
first wells were drilled along the Goth
meridian and in the shallow field, so
called. further northeast At the
present time the development has pro-
crossed as far south as Muskogee,
Okmulgee and Henryetta.'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
STRUCK OIL; PLUGGED WELL.

Word from Kiowa is to the effect
that the okla-toka Oil and Gas COM
pany, drilling on the 7. D. Bell allot-
ment, four miles west of Kiowa, 17-3-
10, have made a real oil strike. At
just what depth or in what quantity,
however, nobody in authority to give
actual information is willing to tell.
Under instructions from the company
managers drillers have plugged the
well and refuse to give out informa-
ton.
First rumors were to the effect that
It was gusher, with oil flowing out
the top Of the hole. That was later
denied from authoritative source but
a number of visitors at the well Sun
day declare that oil, hauled from the
well in waste buckets is flowing out
from the plugged hole distance Of
hundred yards or more.
1t is supposed that the company
wants to close up contracts for addi-
tional leases before letting it be
known just what the conditions are st
well No. l. The original stockholders
are Oklahoma City men but, TO get adj
ditional capital with which to sink the
well to greater depth, new bunch Of
stock was sold about three weeks ago
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17

with a retirement prospect attached
to it. Senator Chiffon has believed
for months, ever since Judge Akin
son resigned, that he had what
amounted to a promise from the
president to appoint Mr.. Johnson
He was very sanguine that his man
would land, and very earnest ana
active in Johnson's belief. Another
one Of life's sad, sad stories!
Great Randolph Racer.
The Randolph Racer-sounds like
the name on a boys sled as Con-
gresham Howard Sutherland mas
been named, has the figures OF what
he was IN to in that June primary
all certified except Mcdowell and
they are official but not certified
Here they are;
Sutherland, 1851; Hite, $780,;
White, 24.9IJ; Rosenbloom. 1888,
AS to the Racers previous per-
formances on the political track, TINS
form sheet may be Of service TO the
dopesters:
lJtltdltl - I q. AN''l ANa 4'r'''''.'
ton for congressman-at-large in
1919 by $1,000 votes; was elected
same year by nearly 1900; Roml-
mated unanimously in 1914 ana de-
leqtcd T. 7. Hodges by nearly 5000,
Figured right now in the betting
as ) to ! favorite.
Harry Price, of the Washington
Post. who culls the corridors OF the
hotels for interviews, met vel!
known West Virginian with the fol-
lowing result:
Harry c. woodward. Of Spencer,
W Va. who was nominated by the
Republicans of the Fourth West
Virginia district for Congress by a
majority Of more than 5000 brought
word to his former Republican col
leagues in the House that West Viz
ginla surely will be found in the Re-
publican column this year.
woodward Talks.
West Virginia is protection
state" said Mr.. woodward at the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
OIL LEASES BRING UNPRECE.
DENIED WEALTH TO LAND
OWNERS AND CROPS
ARE GOOD,
Special to The World,

Special to The World
RANGLING, Okla, June 5-Since
the first of last August land owners
in two townships of the Healdton dis
trict have received over $780, 900
cash for leases on their lands, &C
cording to T. D. Wagner. local real
.ty dealer, who has just made an es-
innate of the amount Of business done
in a region where validating has
been active and lease values scar
ing. These townships are three and
four in two south end three and four
in three south, embracing territory
where the big Gypsy wells are and
the operations about Milroy,
Farmers OF this part Of the Coun-
try simply are growing wealthy out
of oil leasing" says Mr.. Wagner. An
Illustration of their financial condi-
ton is found in the fact that prior
to the first OF last August put out
for a company | represent an average
of 10000 month in loans on farm
lands, whereas, since that date | have
had only one application for a farm
loan and it amounted to $4,000.
1.-THE farmers do not need TO bor-
row money any more The oil men
are paying them all they need for ex-
penses and majority of them are
putting balance in the banks. De-
posts have been growing by leaps
in nearly every bank in four counties
of southern Oklahoma for the last IL
months. These are the most prosper
Gus times the farmers Of this section
have ever experienced.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
This is What the Newspapers Say:
SPECTACULAR PROFITS IN THE
OIL FIELDS.

The oil districts have fairly gone
mad because Of the number Of new
wells that have come in, and the price
the product brings. Down at Tulsa,
Oklahoma, no one mentions sum less
than 100000. The Hobbies Of the
hotels there are said to resemble New
York's curb market in its maddest
moments.
81 know one man." said banker,
who was just well driller a little
while ago. Didn't have anything but
a kit of tools and some oil-soaked
clothes. Now he is worth between
81, OOO,O 900 and S5,OOO,0OO. The worst
of it is that $1,5OO,OOO OF this is in
cash. He doesn't know what to do
with it. AS fast as he decides on one
investment some one comes along
with a better investment, and he
changes his mind. The responsibility
is making an old man of him"
In one little Oklahoma town group
OF pikers put S175 each in an oil ven
turc. There were twelve Of them
and the flOtatiOn Of the company was
postponed several times because this
man or that could not get the reQuir-
ed ante. Some Of them borrowed
their stake in So Jumps. The other
day the company sold its holdings
for 81 100000 net, cold cash. A board
ing house keeper took stock because
she could not collect her cash for the
beans she had purveyed to drilling
crew. She left for her old home with
money enough to buy the city hall in
her New England village. One man
traded a $50 horse for stock that net
ted him 100000 The air is full Of
stories of this sort. The lead and
zinc mining districts are making quite
as much money as tho oil country.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
OKLAHOMA BOY WILL BE RICH
MAN, GETS $50 A DAY.

Cushing, Okla. May 22.-under
date Of Saturday. May 2, the Kansas
City Daily Star prints the following
story
Running wild, free and irresponsi-
bic as a colt, obliyious to the events
Of the world as an Eskimo. in a four
room house on rocky Oklahoma farm
Of so acres lives a ten-year-old Afro
American boy who doesn't know that
he is one Of the richest boys in the
state, and II he did, the fact would
carry no significance to his brain.
Little Dan Tucker often sings for
his supper, but he doesn't have to-
he doesn't have to do anything for
his subsistence and probably never
will The month Of March saw de-
posted to his credit $4,000 and every
day he makes not less than $3.50.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
HUGE OIL DEAL BY LOCAL MAN,

E. T. Richards, of this city, has sold
2lO acres Of his oil land in the Head
ton field to the Cosden interests for
$65OOOO.
He could have secured $4,000 more
for the 2lO acres after the parties
had purchased an option on the prop
erty and before the deal was closed.
He has realized more than a million
dollars from this property including
the royalties and the sale price. The
royalties at the time of the sale
amounted to $4,000 a month. Mr..
Richards estimates that il conditions
in the oil business remain as good as
they are now the purchasers will have
their money back within three years
Mr.. Richards purchased this land in
1903. paying $40 and $12.5O'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
CUSHING FIELD is
STILL COMING STRONG,
Hill Company Gets 10000 Barrel Well
in the South End Of
Pool.

AS an evidence that Cushing still
has strong kick in either hand, the
Hill Oil & Gas Co. Saturday night
drilled in a well that started off at a
12,OOO-barrcl clip and yesterday was
making right around 10000 barrels "A
day. This well is the No. 2 on the
Samuel Sawyer farm in the northeast
corner of the southeast OF section
22-I7-L
1t got the top of the Bartlcsyille
sand at 2.GO5 feet and is now 30 feet
in. 1t proved a big surprise to the
owners as well as the public, This
well is one of if not the largest Bar
tlcsyillc sand wells ever drilled in the
field and its records will be watched
closely The Hill company owns all
surrounding acreage
Last February its offset on the BAR
farm was drilled foot in the sand
and is still making 700 barrels and,
according to company officials here,
will be deopcncd right away.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
PROSPERITY IN OKLAHOMA.

In eighteen years Oklahoma has
been transformed from a cattle range
and Indian hunting ground into a state
equal in industrial wealth and agri-
cultural resources to almost any of
the forty-six states Of the Union.
People can understand how the farm
lands Of Oklahoma were so quickly de-
veoped because they knew that thou
sands settled upon them in a single
day, but the world has looked in Won
der at the marvellous growth Of the
cities and towns
Cities are founded upon industry and
industries are supported by the land.
Oklahoma is one great diversified
farm and the cities and towns are her
supply stations
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
NO CHARGE FOR ADMISSION

Willard. Our prosperity is depend
ent upon a protective tariff. ard we
know that before the European war
began the Underwood tariff had
been proved a fat failure. We
know that Notwithstanding eXtraor-
binary measures taken by the
Democrats to raise revenue there
has been a big deficit in the treas
ury. The people out my way are
dead opposed to the stamp tax Every
time they lick a stamp for revenue
purposes, or pay extra toll on tele-
phone calls they criticisc the Demo-
cratic party,
The Democrats have never at
tempted to explain theil failure to
reduce the cost of living, notwith-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
List Of Members of the
TELEGRAM 10000 CLUB
and vote standing to 4 o'clock p, m. Saturday
DISTRICT NO. /

Includes Clarksburg, Broad Oaks,
Industrial Union Heights, Hart
land, stealey Heights, Point Com
fort, Tin Plate and Northview.
Prizes in this district are one
$1,145 7-passenger overland touring
car, one $3.50 Matchless Milton Pr
ano, one 800 Edison diamond disc
phonograph, on S7o diamond ring,
ono Hoosier kitchen cabinet. four
S25 gold watches, ono $3.50 auto-
graphic kodak and twenty per cent
cash commission to non-prlze win
ners.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
PLEASANT CLIMATE THE YEAR
ROUND.

The winters are short and never Sc
we're and the summers are not excess
siycly warm. The farmer can break
his soil for new crops when the great
err part Of the country is under blan-
lset Of snow, and he is still able to
work in his fields long after opera
tons have been suspended in the
north and east. Oklahoma is well
within the grain belt and in greater
part Of her territory all Of the crops
that can be grown in other states are
provided with ample moisture during
the growing season
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-17
OKLAHOMA WE'LL MAKES MILLION
IN SIXTY DAYS.

Tulsa. Okla, May 1.-"Oklahomas
greatest oil we'll" is the title that has
been given to the Gypsy Oil com
pany's and Frank A. Gillespie's well
in the Jackson Barnett allotment in
the heart of the world-famous Cush-
ing oil pool. This well has produced
more than half a million barrels OF
the highest grade oil in the southwest,
and has made its owners nearly ST.
900. 1000 in sixty days.