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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
Roxana Drilling Report.

RoXana Petroleum company No. ~
Roy NJ. Johnson in section 4-4-3 is
fishing at 800 feet. Tools are being
moved in on location No. 13 on the
same lease. Mcclure No. 20 in sec
ton 5-4.3 is drilling at about 500 feet
and No. q on the same lease is drill
ing at about 600 feet; Writ Frank
lin No. % in section S-4-3 is drill
ing at 400 feet; No. p is fishing at
500 feet, and No. % on the same
lease was completed at a total depth
Of 1850 feet, with a production OF
400 barrels. No. s Apple-Franklin in
section 9-4-3 is drilling at about 200
feet; No. 9 is rigging up; No. on
this lease has been completed at
depth of 1919 feet, and has a pro
duction of about - barrels. Mcclure
No. Il in section 5-4-3 has been com
pleted at 1,O45 feet, and is making
something like 100 barrels. Rayson
Wesley No. > in section 3-4-3 has
been completed at a depth of 1850
feet with a production of about 10
barrels. No. 4 on the Davis lease in
section 6-4-3 has been completed at a
depth of 1.1S1 feet, with a production
of 100 barrels. No. G on the same
lease is drilling at 500 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18


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burden tor MN 10 assume '"e See'',
knowledge OF al 'hese summers anu
winters!
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of five dollars an acre 'heSe l"u'eS
bought twenty oroau' "'lu''ns 'creS'
basklng Ill the oNIahoi"a SUNSHINE III
me FOX heId' Inc Iau'eS 'e'' SURE
that these twenty acres are I'o"''"s on
the bosom OF n lake o' OIL
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
South of HeaIdton.

It is stated that the Watchorn Wild
cat test to be drilled south of Heald-
ton has been located in the southeast
southeast southwest of section 1G-5.5.
The well, it is said, will be drilled to
a depth of $500 feet, and Louis Teats-
orth has been awarded the drilling
contract. In a recent test which Mr'
Watchorn drilled in the Otoe reserva-
ton he went almost as deep as the
Carter county test is to be drilled
and it is probable that he will make
the deepest test here that has ever
been drilled in the county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
A New Test Well.

George j. Ames of the Mohawk
Refining company is here arranging
to start well in section 6-5s-lw'
The location is near the center Of
the southeast quarter of the section
and is on the Ramsey farm. Timbers
are on the ground and the contracts
for the rig and for the drilling will
be let at once. Mr. Ames has sew
eral parties associated with him and
they have 1900 acres under lease.
The well is to be drilled near the
BAYOU between Wilson and Lone
Grove.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
Almost a Freak.

Humble Oil company has completed
No. . on the Hickman Willis lease
in section 6-4-3. The total depth o1
the well is 1850 and it had 80 feet
of sand. The production will be about
u barrels. Just across the line to
the north of this well the Coline mas
a well that found a sand shallower'
and the same shallow sand was found
in the Merrick well to the east. The
Humble well missed this sand entire
ly, but picked up another sand about
200 feet deeper. In all probability
the Merrick and Coline wells will IN
time be deepened to the lower sand
found in the Humble well,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
FOUR WOMEN AND ONE LEASE

This story of the Oil Field, at the
outset, is limited. In the first place.
it provides for no hero. Positively
nothing Of the male species must en-
ter its composition.
Again, it must make ample provision
for four heroines and still must pre-
serve their incognito.
All four are Ardmore women, ana
although their names have never ap-
peared in the oil column, you have
read them in the society items often.
Three are ex-school teachers, and one
can crochet. With the exception OF
this rather damaging bit Of evidence,
no further statement will be made
that might divulge their secret.
Up to the very moment when they
agreed TO enter upon this daring enter
prise, none of the four had ever had
any intimate acquaintance with any
sort of lease-much less an oil lease
They had rather hazy idea that a
lease was an agreement between two
parties, wheTe one furnished the
money and the other furnished the
land, and both took long chance. Ev-
erybody they consulted insisted on en-
phasizing the "long chance" But they
were not to be deferred. They had
taken a long chance before-All four
are married.
They knew, too, that lease was an
agreement to be treated with some re
spect and involved various legal pro
ceedings with "whereas's" and "afore-
said's" therein.
The only hitch came when their
agent told them it would be necessary
to state their correct ages before the
papers could be drawn up properly.
But money maketh martyrs Of us all!
Family Bibles were consulted and the
trying ordeal was about to be con
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
SUITS TAKE NEW TURN
Judge freeman viii Be Asked to En-
join Companies.

Join Companies.
The suits which have been brought
to cancel the thirty-cent selling con
tracts have taken new turn and
they will be watched with much inter
est. The companies which have
brought these suits. or more properly
speaking the companies, one of
whose stockholders have filed the
suits, are the Gates, the Bull Head,
the Bayou, the Ideal, the Healdton
Oil and the Apple & Franklin OIL
companies The companies are rep
resented by Thomas Norman, Ledbet-
ter d Adams, and Stuart Il Cruce.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Norman
served each one of these companies
with notice that on Saturday, April
%, the district court would be asked
TO grant an Injunction against each
of them enjoinng them from making
any more oil runs to the Producers
Refining company under the con-
tracts which call for the sale of oil
at soc a barrel. In addition TO the
companies being notified OF the petl-
ton for Injunction the Producers Re
fning company was also served with
notice. InasmuCh as every company
involved in the suit would like TO
get from under the burden of the
thirty-cent contract, it is reasonable
10 presume that their efforts to pre-
vent the injunction will be rather
feeble. However, the Producers Re
fning company, whose interests are
involved, will in all probability make
stubborn resistance. Attorney j.
r Cottingham was here today from
Oklahoma City in conference with
the local attorney of the company
Chas. Won Weise. 1t is also proable
that Judge Sam Hayes of Oklahoma
CITY will be in the case for the re-
fining company.
Before the litigation is ended, II
NAV assume a number of phases
Whether the oil can be sold from the
leases to other companies is not
known and if the oil cannot be SOLD
the ROYALTY owners will have right
to enter into the proceedings to nave
the leases cancelled.
The companies involved in the suits
stated today that the interests ol
all ROYALTY owners would be fully
protected during the time the cases
are being tried, and the royalty own
er will have no cause for complaint
The Producers Refining company
at this time is purchasing about 5'oo'
barrels of oil day, under the thirty
cent contracts. The company uhdei
these contracts is entitled to be re
ceiving 1900 barrels but some OF th'
companies are not producing enough
to fill their contracts, and others have
not seen fit so far to build connecting
lines with the Producers, and are no
making deliveries. As it is, the 5'oo'
barrels being delivered are beins
purchased for $500, while the posted
price would be $4,000. The profit o
the refining company, with oil at IL
present price, is $500 a day,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
THE DAILY ARDMOREITE

people to pay $500 an acre for 30
acres located in section 80, which is
still further north from where the
wells are drilling in section 81. There
has been a great change in the ap-
pearance of this portion Of the field
When the Urbana No / was drilled
it was the only rig in that locality, but
since that time rigs have been built
in every direction from it and the
northern part of section 81 is now
very busy scene of oil-producing
activity.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18

Preston C. West is an oil field Wis
itor from Tulsa.
Bull Head Oil company has a rig
up for No. Loman in section 4-i-5'
f. n. Morgan of Oklahoma City
was an Ardmore oil field visitor to-
day. 49,.
Gunsburg & Forman have geolo'
gist in the field going over the Fox
district.
Hamon & Colcord. are shutting Off
salt water in No. 2 on the Corey
lease in section 15-4-3.
The Texas Company is stringing
pipe across the southwest quarter
of section 2-49.
Apple & Franklin Oil company is
moving a rig to No. 20 on the FRANK
Loman lease in 9-4-3.
T. F. Maloney is due to reach the
sand today in Colbert No. in Sec
ton 22-4-3.
Roxana Petroleum company has a
rig up for No. Rayson Wesley IN
section 3-4-3.
w. H. Royce of the Wilburton on
and Gas company is here from VIII
burton.
c. A. Phillips, who has been here
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

State of oklahoma, Carter County. In
the District Court
Perlie Mcpherson, Plaintiff, VS.. Walter
Mcpherson, Defendant. No. 34O2.
Said defendant Walter Mcpherson
will take notice that he has been sued
in the above named court for divorce
and must answer the petition filed
therein by said plaintiff on or before
the 29th day of May, A. ID. 1916, or said
petition will be taken as true, and q
Judgment for said plaintiff in saiC
action for divorce will be rendered ac
cordingly.
Dated this 18th day of April, 1916
j. b. CHAMPION,
Attorney for Plaintiff
Attest:
S. f. HAYNIE,
(SeaD District Clerk.
1S-25-2-9
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
Tiqe Makes Purchase.

w. A. Thompson of Marietta has
made a purchase of tract of ten
acres located in the proven area in
section 15-4-3. This tract is Offset
on one side by the McGhee well and
on the other by the Sciyally Petrol
cum company. The lease has gas on
one side and oil on the other. The
McGhee gas well is said to be making
oil now, and when the gas is out OF
the way, it is probable that it Will
be a fair oil well.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
AN INTERESTING FEATURE
Production Moving North and Sands
Are Getting Thicker.

Skelly & Russell No. l on the
Woodruff farm in section 1888
reached the sand at 99O feet and
was drilled in to a distance of 200
feet. This we'll is just being COM
pleted and will probably have a pro
duction of at least 500 barrels.
There is a very interesting feature
connected with this northwest extern
sion. As the wells go north, the sand
is found about 40 feet shallower and
becomes 40 feet thicker, and the indi-
cations are that the entire twenty
acre farm which was purchased from
Mr.. Woodruff by Skelly & Russell, is
in a good producing area, and it was
this feature that induced the McMan
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
Made Two Competitions.

Dundee Petroleum company on the
Crystal property in section 5-4-3 has
completed No. il at a depth of about
92O feet and the production will be
about 80 barrels, although the well
has not been gauged. No. 10 on the
same property has been completed
at 1910 feet, and the production has
not been gagged
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
Wilburton is Busy.

Wilburton Oil and Gas company
in section 22-4-3 has well No, drill
ing at 500 feet and No. 8 is spudding.
No. 4 has the rig completed and Is
rigging up, and timbers are on the
ground for well No. 3. The Wilbur
ton company has 80 acres and has
one producing well which is in the
south part of section l5-4-3.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
COMPLETED New Well.

No. . well on the Frazier lease IN
section 3-4-3, owned by Walter
Critchlow and Henry Marcum, was
being drilled in yesterday. The top
of the sand was reached at 955 feet.
No. l on this lease came in as a
ffty-barrel we'll two years ago, and
the well is now flowing within two
barrels of what it made the first
week of its existence.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18

The Ardmoreite car leaves The
Ardmoreite office for Writ and inter
mediate points, promptly at 4 o'clock
every afternoon. One passenger can
be taken. This car also leaves every
Sunday morning at o'clock. Pack
ages accepted when brought to the
office.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
OIL and GAS NEWS


on business 'lIp' mas ie'Hi ii'" ~
MS nome at Nlioul'oh'
wei coh'rac'oIs "I Ile"iu'oN' 10 -
the city loua! Oh ousihess UP
ADAMS Bros nave oeeh nSnl"s io'
sectloh ito "lIh OuI sls"O Sho"
OF success
FROM later reports recelNeu' II 10
piop"pie ll"' 'ie iioi'.i 'p'' ''
ago. IS without louhua'ioh'
Grover Chase Oh healu'oh' WIZ
owns lanus near 'he sue ol 'ne Mas
nolla proposed deep test III -l'''o
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
A Deep est.

The Magnolia Petroleum company
has a rig up in the northeast quar-
ter of section 21-3-3 on the Emet
Chase farm and the tools are being
moved in today. Drilling operations
are to be begun at once and it is
the intention of the company to drill
a deep test.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
In the Maud Field.

The News-Herald is informed that
material is being received for two
new wells in the south part of the
county-one in 1914, northwest OF
st. Louis, and the other in 80, just
north of the Maud well. No infor-
nation as to who the drillers are is
available at this time. Shawnee
News Herald.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18

Prospects are good that still an
other wildcat test will be drilled IN
Love county. AS soon as the acreage
is blocked, The Ardmoreite will be
able to announce the location of the
well.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18

Write Orders to Yyur Children.
Telling my children what | want
them to do | write it down, numbering
each item, | do not hear any com
plant, and the work is well DONE
Mothers Magazine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
Unfortunately True.

II mny he necessary to slight your
golf or dancing once in a while In
order to have any Office hours left
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
Daily Thought.

The aim of education should be TO.
teach us rather how to think than
Hhat to think. Boattie
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-04

This time she was not so fortunate,
She waited her turn in the shuffling
mob that was trying to get out of
the store, jumped forward into the
door and did her best,
But the aged woman's steps were
not agile enough for a husky,
thoughtless young fellow who
pushed into the door behind her. He
gave the already speeding door an
other shove and it struck the woman
and threw her to the sidewalk VIC
lently.
Her hip was fractured in the fall.
Employees hurried her to the stores
private hospital and then to another
one on the outside. The police were
not allowed to interfere.
Mrs. Etten has recovered to a de-
gree after several months spent in
bed. She had Reker file suit against
the store.
RekeT, in doing so, says:
1.-The revolving door is dangerous
to life and limb It's a machine used
by the State street stores to crowd
the greatest number of customers in
and out of the stores without allow
ing cold air to blow into the sales
rooms.
There should be more serious
regulation of the revolving door. Too
many of those in operation on State
street are allowed to swing around
faster than the people supposed to
use them, can walk. This should be
watched.
81 think that either these doors
should be done away with by law or
the stores should be forced to have a
man to watch them as they do NOV
ing stairways. There are numbers
of people injured regularly by them.
Most of these accidents we never
hear of, for either the stores do not
report them to the police as the law
FoTOUi5nC OP the 1IOfOrt11n ITO vybO 10
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-04
SAY REVENUE COLLECTORS
AIDED TOBACCO MEN

Washington, April 4-Charges that
deputy internal revenue collectors
have been on the payrolls Of tobacco
manufacturers implicated in the to-
bacco frauds are under investigation
by Collector of Internal Revenue
John E. Low, Jr, at New York, it was
learned today.
It is said Carl Whitney, attorney
for 80 arrested manufacturers, will
claim deputies received salaries Of IS
or $40 a week for collision with man
ufacturers.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-04
ENGLAND EXPECTS AL
YEAR OF WAR

London, April An introducing
the. new budget in commons this
afternoon, Chancellor of the Exche-
quer McKenna said he assumed the
war would last at least ''the entire
financial year"
The financial year of which the
chancellor spoke does not terminate
until March 81, 1917.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-04
BITS OF NEWS

Frank Hartkopf, saIoonkeeper,
Lawrence aV. and Bernard, chased
three holdUp men with a club.
Knocked one unconscious.
Ben J. Short, who was attorney for
Barney Bertsche, is also attorney for
Francis Becker. n. rs
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-04

case Of emergency they can be COL
lapsed quickly so as to let the peo-
pie run out without pushing around
the door.
I'VE are going to be shown that
these doors are wrong the first time
a State street store gets on fire. We
are going to have a crowd of people
trying to force their way out Of the
stores through the doors which will
either be going so fast that one can
not enter them or so slowly that they
will not handle the crowd.
81 believe that the situation is Of
enough public interest to force an
investigation by the city council"
Arizona republican., 1916-08-20
MILITIA CAPTAIN
 HERE ON BUSINESS

Capt. Frank II Hayes, first Arizona infantry. in command of company NJ. whose home station is 2t Morenci. has been in Phoenix for the past two days upon official business.
 Capt Hayes company is al present gtatiored at Roosevelt guarding the dam, and having one grand glorious time as far as il goes
 According to the captain, his men are all well satisfied with being sta toned at the dam. or at least they will he as long as the water holds out and there is fishing and swim ming to be indulged in. If it were not for that. life there would be all but uncomfortable.
 The men of company II, are in good shane and wishing but for one thing, that k to be sent back to the border where there is some chance of ex- citemcnt T. Is little bit too dull so far from the line There Is very little opportunity for drill at the dam. the flat spaces being few and far be- tween
 Captain Hayes stated last night. that his men were all anxious to sec action and in case of trouble down below. they would just naturally pack up their belongings and start on a hike to the scene of activities. There has been little or no sickness among the men of Captain Hayes command. and thus far there have been very few applications for leave 10 20 home and take care of depen- Gants. Capt Hayes stated last night. that although he had no information on the subject he was of the opinion that 1t was but a question of a short time before his command would be relieved and sent back to the me.
Arizona republican., 1916-08-20
An Economic Spree"

All England is reported being economic spree" This is kind of inoxication that should be welcomed. The avoidance of waste become to how to campaign of education in economy is being conducted It does overlook small things which in their aggregate things. Even so small matter as washing windows cheapy is taught The posters remind their readers that a new hat will buy four steel helmets for the fur coat will buy machine gun and on, while the motto is "Od England first; self second" One bit of good advice is to pay for all you buy when you buy it.
 Doubtless economizng of this kind is going pretty hard with the English. It would with Americans in similar circumstances But the result would be prsing statistics could tell the tale of how much could be really saved the practice of economy such England is urging. The waste must be enormous. And if the people who have not been thrifty. who have bothered about little economies, get in the habit of avoiding waste they likely to tnue it when the necessity may not be great present By avoiding . becomes richer He has more to spend and gratify larger circle of wants
 Any country can afford to guard against waste whether that nation be peace Capital is the saved from ones income to be used for further production and when waste is prevented the stock of a nations capital is increased. And England must recuperate her capital by every pos sibe means
Arizona republican., 1916-08-20
MILLER TO CAMPAICN
 IN SOUTH IF STATE

P. J. Miller. democratic candidate for nomination as corporation com- missioner. leaves tomorrow for the southern part of the state, where he will spend his vacation from his land department duties in furthering the interests of his campaign. Miller has just returned from the north where he says he has received many as- surances of active support. He has been a resident of this state since 1883, during which time he has been engaged in mining. ranching and general business. Formerly d resi- dent of Yavapai county. where he arrived as a youth of twenty. he later moved to Yuma where he has lived since 1900. Yuma is still his home and his acquaintance with irrigation and land matters is indicated by the fact that for six years he was chosen as secretary of the Yuma County Water Users association and was one of the men largely instrumental in securing the great movement project for the Yuma country
 Miller has served three years as member of the state tax commission, and the past season has heen serving
Arizona republican., 1916-08-20
The Rebuke of Mir. Hay

The president very properly rebuked Chairman Hay, of the house military committee. by his veto of the army bill account of the objectionable clause intended loose wild tongues of certain tired army officers Hay is probably the smallest that occupied such responsible position, which he has used for the benefit of himself and his friends He has devoted much time so that pleasant pasime that he has been able grasp the needs of the army.
 It will be remembered that he caused to be in serted in the army bill provision creating job for a certain Virginia gentleman which could be filled by other person in the world In the of the death resignation of the incumbent nowhere in the world could eligible successor have been found.