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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

There is II mound of earth in 81
taul's. church, ut New York, that Is
overgrowu with long, coarse grass and
locks like an unkempt, unmarked
grave. Groups of young women from
office buildings gather In that quiet
part of the churchynrd every day at
the noon hour to eut their lunches.
Among these regular frequenters Of
the place there has been much specula.
ton as To the meaning Of this new
grave and why &C should be so neg.
le ted. Al sorts of romantic stories
have been woven about 1t by the i'm.
agingtive tales of family feuds, dlsap
pointed love and the like. Yesterday
workman wheeled barrow up TO
this mound and began shOvcing some
OF It in TO cart 1t AWAY. There was ex
element Immediately among the
luncheon parties. "Whose tomb is
thlsT asked one of the lunchers
breathlessly. The man looked puzzled
for moment and then grlnned. "Thls
Gln't no grave, miss" he answered.
"This is just heap of mold that we
use to fill up any place that caves In"
And thus romance was spoiled
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14
COLD BRICK
SCHEME IS
GIVEN JOL 7
AGENT OF OKLAHOMA CITY CON
Germ ENTERED PLEA OF GULL.
TY AND PAYS FINE AFTER HIS
ARREST HERE YESTERDAY.

What appears ON the surface TO be
a smooth game wherein one party
gets the money and the other eN
perience was given a severe frost in
county court yesterday afternoon
when a representative Of the Re
liable Home supply Co. of Oklahoma
City entered a plea of guilty in court
upon the charge of operating lot.
tery and was fined in the sum of
twenty-five dollars.
The warrant was sworn out by a
Mrs. Evans who alleged that she
had been swindled and the agent who
rf gstered as Morris was placed in
the county Jail pending investigation.
lie was granted permission to com
municate over the phone with the
home office and when arranged
thought best to plead guilty.
The home office grew indignant
with the county attorney when he
informed them that he had one of
their representatives in Jail and they
informed the attorney that he had
better turn him out, the county attor-
ney extended very cordial invita-
ton to the home office" that if the
whole bunch would come here they
would be given quarters right along
nT In 1
bastile and that henceforth there
would be no such CRAFTS permitted in
this city by representatives from
Oklahoma City or anywhere else.
The Reliable home supply company
had very clever arrangement to
separate people from their money, it
consisted in the main of a proposed
agreement between the company and
the holder of the contract wherein
the latter was to pay 25 cents per
week for a period Of - weeks, at
the end Cf that time they we're sup
posed to receive one of list of
articles purporting to be Of the value
OF $1S,GO. There was, however, a
provision in the contract that speci-
fioally stated that no money would be
refunded in case Of discontinuence or
lapse.
In commenting on the matter coun-
ty attorney Hardy stated this morn
ing that it was a pretty smooth little
scheme, lapses under the very nature
Of things were more. apt to occur
than not. and i'm that event all that
had been paid in was forfeited. Mr.
Hardy stated that from now on any
one peddling in this city was going
to have a pretty clean bill Of health
before they began operations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

A normal child provides his own
amusements unless he is spoiled by In
dulgcnce. Many are the complaints
that chlldren-modern children-are
hard to please, that more isd more
are they coming TO depend upon an
expenditure Of money. When children
repudlate the fascinating paper dolls
provided by the newspapers dolls and
wardrobes that were not known in our
days, something Is wrong with them.
When they want no gifts but wrist
watches and toys run by electricity
they are to be pitied for they have
reached the verge of boredom. Where
does the blame liei'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14
SCARCITY OF LABOR APPARENT
Chief Engineer Says Teams for Grad
ina Are Hard 70 Get.

! There is no better sign of prosper
ity" said J. J. Harrison today. than
is found in the fact that labor is
scarce" Mr. Harrison is here from
Henryetta, Okla and is the chief en-.
Igineer on the Ringing and Oil Fields
road which is being built from a point
near Ringing into the Healdton field
81 have seen the time" said Mr..
Harrison. "when ] almost had TO fight
contractors OFF Of me when a job
like this was to be let but find IL
different now. Men who own grading
outfits seem to be busy and they dis
like 10 go to the expense OF moving
their equipment when they are EN-
ployed most OF the time nearer home.
However, have the promise OF some
large outfits soon, and the scarcity OF
labor will not result in any serious
delay"
Mr. Harrison secured an outfit OF
twenty four teams from Texas bu-
these teams will first be placed TO
work on the townsite. That work will
be completed now within a few days.
and the teams will be used in grading
on the road. Some other big Texas
outfits are said TO be on the way and
there will be many new faces among
the laborers in the Healdton oil fields
and the white tents for the workers
will add a picturesqueness to the win.
Ter scene in the fields.
Contractor Nichols OF Gainesville !
has twenty teams at work near the !
junction with the o.. " NJ. G. p.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14
"SabotaQc."

SAT stago has been defined as "strfln
ms but staying on the payroll" II Is
tho means taken by discontented
workmen to interfere with the ma
chinery of their employers produc-
ton. and IL possible to force him to
consider their demands without actual
ly going ON strike. Driely. sabotage
means poor work. done deliberately.
with the definite purpose Of causing
the greatest possible annoyance to the
employer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14
THE FINANCE
COMM 7 TEE
PERFECT PLANS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL
PUT ON BUDGET SYSTEM THAT
WILL INSURE PERMANENcY IN
FINANCIAL MATTERS.

The finance committee of the
Chamber of Commerce met last night
at the club rooms and made final
arrangements for the plan Of raising
the budget for the coming year.
An extensive advertising campaign
is planned to continue throughout the
year, with Charles Won Weiss as
chairman of the committee on pub
licity.
Every prospect for every plant
great or small will be investigated
and others will he sought The com
mittee has set It's mark for one thous
and dollars per month and the indi-
cations are that there will be ready
respond to the demand.
!. NJ. Putnam is chairman of the
committee and those who will assist
in the work of securing funds are:
n. B. Feagin, Frank Gates, j. w.
Kruger, c. Il. Ringer, J. +. lIamil-
tho, Perry Maxwell, Mark Kirkpat-
rick, Kirk Dyer, Writ Franklin, Roy
Johnson, Edward Gait, G.. +. Schuman
and A. NJ. Maddox.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14
Inactivity Causes Constipation.

Lack or exercise in the winter is a
frequent cause of constipation. You
feel heavy, dull and listless; your
complexion is sallow and pimply, and
energy at low ebb. Clean up this con
dition at once with DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, a mild laxative that re
lieves the congested intestines with
out gripping. A dose before retiring
will assure you a full and easy move
ment in the morning. 25c. at your
druggist.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

w. b. White of the Magnolia Pc
troleum company is very busy these
days building a casing-head gasoline
plant at Healdton, which is the first
plant of the kind to be built here.
The manufacture of casing head gas
oline promises to be an importan. in.
dustry at Healdton within snort
time but while the field is as new as
it is now the gas will not make very
much gasoline, and the owners at
first expect only small returns. Three
11O-horsepower engines and three
compressors are being installed. This
is said to be a medium-sized plant
and will cost from forty to fifty thou.
sand dollars. It is located on the
Dawson ten acres in section 4-4-3
The casing head gasoline plant uses
that which is wasted. and they are
alway welcome in a field.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14
Where II Costs,

"'The average salary in our railroad
shops and stores" says q young man,
"is Sl5 week. Our boys say 1t costs
50 Of that to keep company with a girl.
The movies, the lake, the jitneys, boat
hire, an occasional shOw--it eats up
the dimes. And the boys say 1t must
be donc-what we need in this town Is
u get-togcthcr club with tie cost Of
courting cut down. n."-WOman's Home
Companion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

How profitable is it for every one OF
Us to be reminded. as We are remind
ed when we make ourselves aware Of
the derivation Of diligence from "dili-
CO." to love. that the only secret or
true industry is love OF that work.
X. c. Trench.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14
ExpIainina the ceremony.

II Is from the Boston Traveller, and
s supposed TO have been spoken by
clerCyman's small son, whose older
lrOtner was to be confirmed at church
It's like this" quoth the youngster,
the bish' Is going to put his mltts on
bean"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14
Easily ESpiainabIe.

Same time ago Il countryman went tt
the parish priest and told him that he
had seen ghost ut the wall near the
church gate. The clergyman only
laughed at him anG asked: "Whai
shape was It inf" 'It was for all the
world like an ASS. sir" Go home, my
man. said the clergyman. You musl
bave been afraid of your own shadow
when YOU saw j, on 'hc wall"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14
OIL and GAS NEWS

/ W. H. II. Keltner has returned from
the Caddo fields at Shreveport, La,
where he has secured acreage and will
start an oil well by the first of the
year. Associated with Mr. Keltner
are DR.. Martin of Marietta and w
L. Landrum of Writ. Mr.. Keltner
thinks well of the Caddo fields, and
hopes to be one of the producers in
that area.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

Magnolia Petroleum company No,
80 Smalley in 1O-4-3 is drilling at 625
feet; No. II Rose in 23-4.3 is drilling
at 45O feet; No. Rose is drilling at
$50 feet; timbers are being moved
in for No. Rose. \ rig has been
completed for Daniels No a in 23-4-3
ofsetting Extension Oil company No.
. Lille Wilson.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

NJ. A. billiard of Midlothian, Tex,
a member of the Thelma Oil and Gas
company, and also the man who built
the billiard pipe line from Healdton
to Ringling, is here on a business
trip The Thelma people sold their
lease in S.4-3 to the Indiahoma Oil
and Gas company and the purchasers
are now taking a gauge of the prop
erty with a view of selling it to still
other parties.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14
Would Save Expenee.

well. doctor, uf l got to die, die
tontentct. My life insurance is ten
t'ousand tollars." 81 think, with the
aid Of stlmulants, can keep you alive
for week longer" "DOnd't do II,
doctor. Der premium comes due der
day nfter tomorrow" boston evening
Transcfnt.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14
Daily Thought.

II is astonishing how fruitful Of i'm
provemcnt short season becomes
when eagerly seized and faithfully
used. II has often been observed that
those who have most time at their
disposal. profit By it the least.-Chan-
ming.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

w. +. d'IIappart was here Wednes-
day from Wilson, where he is build
ing a refinery Mr.. d dHappart is a
minister in the Presbyterian church
but he is also a good business man.
He has built several refineries in
other portions of the state. His work
here has been somewhat SLOW, because
getting orders filled for steel is not
Ia very easy task. However. he has
his cooling tanks on the tracks here
nov, ready to be transferred to VII
son, and the stills have been shipped
and are now in transit. If the wealth.
er were to be ideal the refinery could
be in operation within sixty days, but
allowing for bad weather the plant
will be in operation now within ninety
days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

Carter Oil company No. Z. b. Pugh
in section 1912 had sand from 1914
to 1880 with only a rainbow of oil.
The drill has passed the level Of the
sands found to the west of the well,
but the company is still making hole,
and prospects for a pay sand are said
to be good.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

Extension Oil company No. 16 Mob.
ley in section 24-4-3 reached sand
at 966 to 974 feet which the owners
believe will make 100 barrels or bet
ter. This is a new sand which has
not been found in any other well in
the southeast extension. Deeper drill
ing will be done and other sands are
expected at 1915 feet and at 1860 feet
Reports from other sources say the
sand is good for at least forty bar
rels. No 16 on this lease is the sec
ond well south from the northeast
corner of the siXty-acre lease in the
northwest of the northeast OF 24-4-3.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

II is unfair to call woman tlmid
creature, when 1t is universally con-
ceded that she is as brave as an ele-
phant.-Judge.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

sand is new, no other well has found
it. 1t is not a prolific sand and would
probably not make more than 10 bar
rels This new sand will without
doubt be a good producing sand in
other wells yet to be drilled in that
portion of the field. No. on this
lease is rigging up and No. 6 has
timbers on the ground
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

OF the good man Il good pledge and
of the bad neither pledge nor surety
Portuguese PrOverb.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

McDorman has completed his first
well on his ten-acre lease on the
south line of 13-4-3 onsetting Nyan2a
Petroleum company and it is making
from 20 to so barrels. Well No. > will
be started at once.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

Sol Lewis, Healdton field oil pro
ducer who writes life insurance as a
"side line and for recreation" is here
from his home in Norman, Okla.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

The Haskell Sinclair well in section
11-4-1, northwest of Lone Grove, is
nnderreaming at 1875 feet. The drill
at this depth is in a very hard sand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

Ardmoreite want ads pay big re-
urns.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

c. n. Henderson and his brother
in-law, l.. f. Bezner of Lindsay, Tex,
were in the city yesterday from the
fields.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

J. w. Freeman of West Monterey,
Pa, accompanied by his two daugh-
ters. Misses Greta and Margaret ".
is in the city visiting with his other
daughter, Mrs. j. L. Mildren, at ia
Fourth avenue, northwest. Mr. Mil
dren is with the Carter Oil company.
Mr.. Freeman and his daughters will
make only a brief visit They hope
to be back home on Christmas day
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

Healdton followed Cushing again
and the ten.cent advance in the north
ern portion of the state brought a
fve-cent advance for the southern
portion. Healdton crude is now sell
ing at soc. Oil men say advances
will continue now until oil in the local
fields will be selling at 81. Such a
price will spoil all these little towns
and will make great big cities of them.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-12-14

b. NJ. Bynum, from the Bynum well
locality south of Wilson is an Ard
more business visitor today
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-12-27
Hillegas on VermOnt's Educational
Position.

Our great problem is not a money
problem. We have the best machin-
cry in Vermont for doing. good school
work that | know of. Our junior
high schools, our system of super
vision and our plan of certifcation
are the best there is. 1t only re-
mains to get into the schools and get
results with the material and machin-
cry we have.
If you were asked where to go to
see the best example of cooperation
between the shop and the school, you
would probably answer 'Fitchburg,'
because the Fitchburg plan has at
tracted attention all over the country,
but the best plan there is is in Sprng-
field, VT
If you were to look for the best ex-
ample of cooperation in school agri-
cultural work, you would probably
look for some town in the Middle
West, but the town of Lyndon has the
best plan | know of.
The Lyndon schools have a green
house where the pupils grow things
summer and winter. They have two
acres of school land under cultivation.
They have a henhouse where they
raise chickens.
"In Highgate the school was doing
problems on potato-digging and the
/ pupils took the job of digging pota-
toes from a large field nearby. The
owner listened to the instructions to
| the class at work and asked leave to
come into the school room and hear
| the work outlined in a theoretical
way.
Thereafter one could see the spec
tacle of a 45-year-old farmer sitting
in the class of agriculture and APP
parently profting by the teaching.
| "In another school where the pu-
| pills learned in their civics class that
! it was costing 40-odd dollars a year
| per pupil for their instruction, the
| boys showed their appreciation by
! clearing away a rubbish pile, repair
| ms the clapboards, filling up a mud
| hole with gravel, and the girls
| cleaned the school from top to bot
| tom That was practical civics.
i Vermont has the most successful
| village and rural high school system
/ today there is in the country and
! when educators want to know how TO
| organize and put junior high school
| into operation, they come to Yer
/ mont.
The doctor told of the progress in
| transporting pupils, and assured the
| taxpayers that another year would
show at least a $4,000 saving, due to
| better methods.
So far as trained teachers are con-
| coCned," he said, Vermont for the
| first time in it's experience has a
waiting list of trained teachers.
! There are only three teachers per-
| mits extant, which means that every
! school n the state, with those excep-
| tions, has q trained teacher, and
every school has also trained super
! vision.
I'VE can nowpromise youngwomen
who have taken four years in high
school and two years at normal
school, a position that will pay at
/ least $40 a week. This year we were
able to reject nearly 100 applicants
and yet keep our schools all going"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-12-27
Good Statesmen.

The efficient salesman is Il man who
can get job-prObably a better one
from n financial standpoint than you
can give him. The production man,
with his tendency to stricter discipline
and his idea of iiXity of wages, rare
ly understands the more tempera-
mental and emotional sales type The
salesman demands n looser rein than
the tooliaai,er, tic laborer and the Of
flee clerk. The salesman gets 1T, be-
cause he can 20 where be can have It.
Industrial Management.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-12-27

The idea that the poor American
boy has no chance today has again
been dissipated. Sixteen years ago
Thomas Cochran reached New York
City practically penniless. Today he
is about to become a member of the
great banking house of ]. p Morgan
& Company, and is director in no
less than dozen great American in
dustrial concerns, and resigns the
presidency of the Liberty National
bank to become a member of the
Morgan company. Another similar
example is that of Joseph D. Lewis
who 80 years ago hired as office boy
in the Chicago office of the n. X.
Fairbanks company. Mr.. Lewis has
just been made president of the COM
pany and it's subsidiaries with capital
of $150,000,000. The fact is there
was never a time when straightfor-
ward, honest, Industrious boys can
climb to greater heights in America
than today. But the street-corner-
hanger-on, the cigarette-p pulling dude,
the afraid-of- honest-work boy, and
pleasure-loving, "didn't think" and
don't care" youth don't believe it.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-12-27
Clark C. Fits of Brattleboro Dead

Clark C. Fits of Brattleboro died
at the home of his sister-in-law in
Watertown, Mass, Wednesday eve
ming of last week, aged dc years.
Early in November he went to a
Massachusetts hospital for an opera
ton and on Thanksgiving day was
moved to Watertown. Hewas thought
to be improving but liver complica-
tions set in which he could not over
come.
Mr.. Fits was one of Vermont's
leading men, was prominent in the
development of industries in Brattle-
boro and was the states first attor-
ney-general. He was self made
man his father having died when he
was Ia years of age. After gradual
ing from high school he studied law
and was admitted to the Vermont
bar. His rise was rapid. He leaves
two sons by his first wife and two
sons and a daughter and the second
Mrs. Fits.
Mr.. Fits was staunch Republi-
can and held many town and county
Offices and was offered a federal
judgeship at $4,000 yearly at one
time but refused.
He was a member of the Center
Congregational church, a vice-presi-
dent of the Greater Vermont associa-
ton, a trustee of the Brattleboro
Savings Bank, director of the Peo-
pies National bank, director of the
s. A. Smith Manufacturing company
and of the Hooker, Corser & Mitchell
company, member of the Masonic
fraternity and of the Red Men, of the
Vermont Wheel club.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-12-27
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

By local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear There is
only one way to cure catarrhal deafness.
ana that Is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an in
hamed condition Of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube When this tube is
inhamed you have a rurlbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing. and when it Is entirely
closed, Deafness is the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to Its normal condition hearing
viii be destroyed forever. Many cases Of
deafness are caused By catarrh which ia
an tnflamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine. Cir
culars free. All Dru ggists. Use.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-12-27
Chance for Boys at West Point and
Annapolis.

Representative Porter II. Dale of
the second congressional district of
Vermont has been notified that his
district will be entitled to send one
cadet TO the United States Military
academy at West Point and one mid
shipman to the United States Naval
academy at Annapolis, each to enter
in 1917, and has been asked to make
nominations for these expected va
cancies.
He has arranged with President
Ira L Reeves of Norwich university,
Mortified, Vermont, to conduct for
him an unofficial preliminary exam
nation of candidates from the dis
trict for appointment to these vacan-
cies. This examination will be held
at the university Jan. II, 1917. The
successful candidates will be certified
to Representative Dale for nominal
ION to take the Official government
examination for admission to the
academies.
Youths in the second district Che
tween the ages Of II and - years for
West Point and is and 20 years for
Annapolis) who desire to compete
for these nominations viii obtain full
particulars by addressing President
Reeves.