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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-27
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
Of TR-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations in
West Virginia, PennSyI-
vania and Ohio.

- .i ~, ro1rrtion Of the crude
discussing 'Ie r'td,cortinnnt and
MARKET IN wv rh W. oasiorn rcfners
coastal H''U' 80 stoc, of
are not laElns III 49, o. NAT
western crude lo' e tme I"S rodrction
they anticipate iTl.Ae' araaot 10
and, when II goes low ~ H.. ~ ~ mos,
load up at price sr, IA OSiom Wv, anostion
ent quotations. mere IL uU quV''' w.
that the situation IN the west Is ue
cidedly embarrassing ana II woulu w W
no surprise If the depression eA'enuS
TO all fields. The eastern heIds VIII
nrobablv be the last to suffer reduc-
ton for the reason that there Is no
oyer-production and the demand for
hIph grade crude is very great.
The indications are that July will
show a large increase in completed
work and smaller amount oil new new,
nroduction for the current month
than in June. Operators are having
n hard time to keep their producing
nroDerties from showing a decline in
production. Only a very few can
make a substantial claim to nm in
crnase This is all the more deplor-
ohie in the face OF the fact that all
arc pushing development work in ev-
cry section that promises new produc-
tIon
Light Wells the Rule
In all districts light wells are the
rule There has seldom been time
when there were so few large wells.
Al the present time there are not
more than two wells in the West Viz
pinia. southeastern Ohio and south
vest Pennsylvania fields that have n
production of 100 barrels or more a
Gav one is located on the Batson
farm in Warrington district, Marion
county, and the other in Doddridge
county
In the list Of late competitions The
hest wells are not better than light
jumpers. In Union district, Harri-
son county the Mineral Oil Company
drilled its No. S on the NJ. J. Side
bottom farm through the Gordon
sand and it shows for twenty-bar-
rel prmper. In the same locality. the
yesDer Gas Company is drilling a.
test on the G. L. Lowther farm ana
Nos. S and 6 rigs on the j. b. High
land farm have been completed.
on the Little Kanawha river, near
the mouth Of Steer creek, sherman
district, Calhoun county, the Hope
Natural Gas Company has now drilled
its test on the Huaman-Barnes ihrm
feet into the Big mum
sand and it shows no improvement
over that of the first few feet deeper
drilling. 1t is also reported showing
some water. They are still drlIlhg
and will not stop before gong tnousI
the sand. This is the well that cauSeu
a good deal of excitement a le"
weeks ago when drilled IN ana was
touted as the fore-runner OIL a ne"
pool.
Lincoln County.
Next to Kanawha county Lincoln
county is completing more wells th al
any other of the lower counties. IN
Bear fork, Duyal district, the pig
Creek Development Company drllleu
No. l3 on the i. f. Curnes farm
through the Berea grit and II SHOWS
for an eight-barrel pumper. IN inc
same district, the same company mas
started to drill No. II on the Oll'er
Hill farm.
In Harrison distinct mason coun aco
Nixon & Company are d0"I I,oOV
feet at a test on the ID. ): iIanse'
farm. In Grant district CaDeIl c S
ty, the HarshbargeE on ana Gas I'm On
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-27

Solitude to womanhood. The play
ends happily with one of the penitent
outlaws married to the girl whom he
has adored since finding her. The
play is rich IN scenic effects. The
latest pictorial news, fashions, and
hnny cartoons arc the added offerings.
Tomorrow and Saturday. Triangle
Will present Mae Marsh and Robert
barron IN "a wild Girl OF the Sierras'
IL five acts and Chester Conbl'n in
Els First False Step" Keystone
ramedy in two parts,
lfies Billie 2rukc, t1lo dainhost and
pretGiest photoDiay beauty on the
Amarfcar screen. is the top attraction
ri tha Bijnu today She is seen in
'The Mesh OF Mystery" chapter eight
pf "Gloria's Romance" Gloria faints
ppon seeing her lover shot. She
sYantu2liy fines out he had been Killed
nd VOWS etarnGl vengeance. This
.ur16er is very interesting, showing
Hiss Burke in emotional situations
The added attraction today is "The De-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-27

The white poplar has been used as
4 natural lightning rod,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-27
CHARMING BILLIE BURKE

GAIN" This is the first time that this
print has ever been shown here, 1.-THE
Bargain" is q great western story with
western characters, western scenery,
laid in the Grand canyon Of Arizona
and typical situations The added at
traction is Napoleon and sally
Tomorrow, Tie iata william FOX pro-
dueaop, Bertha KRiisR Ia Ambition"
will bo the attraction,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-27

The feature at the Robinson Grand
today is William S. Hart in 1.-THE Bar
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-27

cow Ave act Mutual mGsLerpicture
with Miss Frances Nelson taking the
leading part, ,,,, &c..
Friday the last number Of "rhe iron
clawu will be shown and the identity
oi 1.-THE Laughing Mask" will be re,
ytatsJ aThe Tight 1lsin' ire see6ha
65issde CT "Yh6's Guilty" vii Ps
SEs%g, Blanche Swaet will be ger ~
: S;,a :, est 6aWsdy drama, "A sa'leFs
iiaaFtn
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-27

farm. The same company is due in
the sand this week at second test
on 'the Ida Ward farm.
buster South Of Dun City.
G. L. Black and Company have now
drilled their test on the GroN farm.
located south OF Dun City, Allie
gheny county. through the Boulder
sand and 1t is dry in that and all up
per formations. In the vicinity OF the
producer on the George Seibka farm,
Kretzer and Company have the RIG
completed for test on the Henry
Seibka farm and VALLEY Brothers.
have RIG up on the George Smith
farm.
The Carnegie Gas Company has
leased Il plot of ground in the First
ward. North Braddock. from George
T. +. Stametz Of BIaddocH, aud has
commenced the drilling OF gas we'll,
Within a distance OF several hundred
yards Of that spot the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Cou-
pany has recently brought in heuNy
pressure well which. It is said Will
supply the company with all the gas
il needs for the running OF It's works
in the Turtle Creek valley.
The oil Market.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-27
1t is 1.-THE Three Godfathers, "
in Five Parts, Starring
Harry D. Carey.

Harry D. Carey appears today al the
0rpheum tGeat0r in The Three Cod
fathers" a marvellous Offering from
the Bluebird studios.
The story tells Of three bandits who
discover little girl, who has lost her
way in the great northern woods. She
remembers nothing Of her home and
Can give them no information. They
decide to be three godfathers to her
Ind thus she is reared in complete
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-27
ORPHEUM PRESENTS
BLUE BIRD FEATURE

One OF the dramatic candidates for
n New York hearing he'd prelimin-
sry trial at Long Branch, when "a
delicate Situation, by Grant Stewart
was produced. with Cyril Scott, Fay
Banter. Wallace Worsley and Ethel
Intropidl in the company.
Helene Rosson is again being feat
ured in Mustang productions, under
the direction Of Murdoch ]. McQuarrie.
In SANDY. Reformer.' Art Accord OF
Buck Parvln" fame is playing the
lead opposite Mss Rosson.
Harry Sothern, who plays th2 par
NJ Abraham in the Francis y BUSH,
man and Beverly Bayno production OF
Romeo and juliet" and assists Lean
der de Corloya in the technical direc..
tion Of the production, is nephew oil
+ II Sothern and OF Sam Sothern, lie
played in the company Of p II. Soth-
ern for seven years.
lack Grants winter Garden Girls
are nutting over another good one al
tbe palace theater in AT the Old Town
Hal" a program a little different
from any that has been put on at the
Palace. Fred and Eva Hurley pre-
sent some new speciaities that make
a bIp hit The minstrel part OF the
show is very good and the girls look
very pretty in colonial costumes. INC
comedy part OF the show is in the
hands OF NJ R. Lord and Jack Grant
II is very good and several new as
we'll as old jokes are sprung causing
considerable laughter.
This splendid company will present
another new program tomorrow
David Belasco will open his season
carly in August with a play by Rol
Cooner Megrue called Seven
Chances" Frank Craven will be a
leading member OF the cast and others
will he Otto Kruger, Carroll Nc
Comas. Marion Abbott and Anne
Meredith.
o.
Sarah Bernhard says she will posi-
lively come to this country in Sep
TENDER and that she will speak Eng
lish for the first time in America IN
this tour. She will appear in a roper
toire Of plays and playlets, one being
"Cathedra1s," in which she acted in
the trenches for the soldiers.
~Jans Clegg," play by St John
IRVINE, an Irish playwright. was PRO
ducad this week in Stamford, Conn
wirh Wallis Clark and Katherine
Grey in the leading parts. 1t tells tho
story Of a wife who stands by her en-
bezzlfng husband until she finds he
Is pianu1ng an elopment, when she
leaves him
The feature at the Robinson Grand
today is William S. Hart in THE Bar
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-03
TWENTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
Items Taken from the Daily
Leader Files

Public schools close today for a
weeks vacation.
Misses Ida Schriner and Nellie
Morse were arrivals from Winfred on
the morning train.
Mrs. Peter Hooval, Mrs. f. Vidal
and Miss Ella Nelson were arrivals
on the evening train.
The social bah announced to take
place at the opera house Friday even
ing, April 10, for the benefit of Hal
stead's orchestra. is designed to be a
polite, social affair, without any fea-
lures of the masquerade as the inn
preston has gone out. Invitations TO
the party have been issued, and it is
the desire of the members of the or
chestra that their friends all attend.
In the leasing of school lands today
County Auditor Northrop accommo-
dated nearly forty purchasers, leas-
ing 6,315 acres. These tracts are
scattered throughout the county. The
price paid was i'm most cases the min
imum. only three pieces going above
) cents an acre. Section 36-107.53,
near town, went at Q cent an acre.
the highest price. and two pieces In
Clarno by a little competition went at
6 and s cents an acre, respectively.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-03
TAMES WILD DUCKS.
Madison (Wis.) Resident Has a Flock
of Nearly 200 OF Them.

Madison. Wis.-Wild ducks may he
domesticated ana raised ON the farm
as well MS tame ones, The plan has
been tried by J. c. EIalpin of this city
for the past three years with success.
Last fall he had n flock OF nearly 300.
and when the cold weather came on
they took their regular spin" in the
skies and then returned to the yards.
The wild duck sells for more than the
tame variety because Of the flavor of
the meat.
The first birds were kept in captivity
by clipping the wings. but the young
ducks are as easily handled as domes-
tic ones.
These domesticated mallards retain
many of the instincts peculiar to wild
nature. Let IN mallard start limping
and In less than ten minutes. unless
something Is done to attract attention
elsewhere, n majority will be limping.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-03
TWINS AND BURGLARS.
Latter Left When They Found the
Stork Had Come TO the House.

Kansas City. Mo.-Because the stork
and burglars selected the same time to
visit NJ. III. Brotherson of No. Gil Ohio
avenue. Kansas side, the burglars had
TO withdraw and postpone their visit.
The stork left twin boys. Mr.. Brother
son now is the father of six children.
Mr.. Brotherson FASTENED to his store
next door to summon a doctor at 3
a. m. He hurried in. picked up the
telephone, and as he jiggled the receiv-
er nervously he heard a noise in the
rear of the store.
Come quick" he said over the wire.
The noise increased, and something
fell. He stepped out the front door,
quickly locked 1t and hurried home.
The twins having arrived safe and
sound and the excitement abated, he
went back to the store. The back door
was open. some sacks gone and a pile
of boxes overturned.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-03
INCORRECT filing
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL NOT
ACT ON KIRBY COMPLAINT.

Pierre, April 3.-Joe Kirby's effort
to start dEbarment proceedings
against Justice Samuel G. Policy, of
the state supreme court, will have to
be done according to law if the attor-
ney generals department takes any
action on the complaint. Assistant At
torney General Byron Payne said to-
day.
The action, according to law, has
not in fact begun, since the first step,
filing Of charges with the supreme
court, has not been taken. Mr.. Payne
said today that no charges had been
filed. that Mr.. Kirby had forwarded
to the attorney general purported
charges for the disbarment of Justice
Policy, but had been advised that un-
der the law the attorney general has
no power to act until after the papers
have been filed with the supreme
court, and the matter referred to the
attorney general by them. The pa
pers are being held pending direc-
tions from Mr.. Kirby as to whether
they shall be Rroperly filed or other
wise disposed of"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-03
STATUTORY OFFENSE
GLENN SIMPSON RELEASED UP
ON PAYING $500 FINE AT
OACOMA.

Oacoma, April 3.-Fined $500 and
sentenced to a term Of six months in
the county jail, and having the Jail
sentence suspended upon prompt pay
ment of the fine, was the penalty inn
posed by Judge Williamson, of the
circuit court here in the case of Glen
Simpson. of Ida Grove, Ia, who
pleaded guilty to a statutory offense,
committed in Gregory county. Soon
after paying the fine and having the
case against him dismissed, the de-
PENDANT departed for Ida Grove.
where it is said he has a wife and
children. Miss Iowa Hodgkins, the
alleged affinity in the case. who for
merly operated the Dallas telephone
office, who gave bonds for her APP
p~earance at the same time as Simp-
son, failed to put in an appearance,
and it is alleged she has jumped her
bond. If her bondsmen are not able
to produce her in court steps will be
taken to have the bond declared for
feited so the county can collect from
the bondsmen the amount of the
bond.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-03
BURKE GIVES VIEWS
TELLS WHY HE ISSUED CALI.
FOR A REPUBLICAN CON-
FERENCE.

Pierre, April 3.-National Commit
teeman Charles III. Burke, when ask
ed as TO his views regarding the pres
idential preference primary, said:
II am in favor of a delegation
that will stand for the nomination of
Justice Hughes, and from informa-
ton that has come to me | am of the
opinion that if the convention tenders
him the nomination he will accept
In speaking of the call for a state
conference of republicans at Mitchell
on May Z, Mr.. Burke said:
Relative to the issuance of the
call for a state meeting, it was only
done after | became convinced that
the delegation has been selected arbi-
trarily by Mr.. Ewart and Mr.. Shober.
That the delegates have not only
been named by them, but the alter
mates have also been selected. That
Messrs. Ewart and Shober do not hold
any commission from the republicans
of the state to say who shall go to
the national convention and who
shall not, and 1T is my purpose to give
all republicans an opportunity to have
some voice in the proposing of who
shall represent the party in the ma
tional convention"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-03
GOODBYE DAMASKS
MAY SOON EAT FROM BARE
TABLES-NEAR FAMINE IN
CROCHETING HOOKS.

If the European war is extended
over another year, a large proportion
Of Madison citizens. as well as folks
i'm other parts of the country, will
probably serve their meals on cotton
covered tables or on bare boards.
Not only is a linen and damask
famine threatened, but manufacture
ers have seen fit to curtail the sup
ply of knitting and crocheting needles
with which women might fashion
their own stand and table covers
Merchants said today that not
w%ithstanding the pronounced rise in
the prices of all cloth, linens and fine
damasks are rapidly becoming more
difficult to obtain. 1t is predicted
that if the European conflict contin-
ues. the better grades of which are
made in Ireland. will Don be entirely
off the American market.
Dealers declare that it is next TO
impossible to keep supplied with steel
crocheting and knitting needles. The
manufacturers, while still turning out
some steel needles, find it more prof
liable to devote their plants TO the
manufacture Of rifle shells. Stores
which were able to get small consign-
ments of crocheting hooks, did so at
an advance in price of about 20 per
cent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-03
EGG WEEK FOR DRYS
HENS TO LAY FOR PROHIBITION
WEEK FOR MAY 25-31.

Mitchell, April Getting the
hens of the state to working for pro-
hibition may seem like resorting to
extreme measures 10 make a state
dry" and yet that is just what the
Egg week movement just launched
here means, and it promises to be
one of the most effective methods
used by the dry organization as we'll
as the most novel.
Realizing that the farmers wives
and other women are often neglected
in such campaigns and believing that
they would appreciate the privilege
of helping make South Dakota dry,
the state prohibition committee de-
cided to ask every woman in the state
raising chickens TO give all the eggs
her hens lay during the week of May
25 TO 81, inclusive, for this cause
This week d dozen women and half a
dozen men start out to organize the
state for the big egg drive. Local
Egg week" organizations will be eff
fected i'm all the towns of the state
and an effort made to see all the
women of the state during the next
thirty days. Those who are not seen
by an Egg week" organizer will be
requested to write the Antisaloon
league at Mitchell, stating that they
will save their eggs during the week
named and give them to the dry
cause.
Arrangements will be made to have
a local representative in each town to
receive the eggs. They will then be
shipped to a central point and from
there to a commission house. Al
ready a large number of women have
signed up and agreed TO the plan and
it is expected that there will be sew
eral thousand crates OF eggs sent in
to help in the fight against j. Bar
leycorn.
r. n. Holsaple. superintendent Of
the campaign. said today that he eX-
pected a generous response to the
suggestion. AS fast as the names
and addresses come in said he, we
shall begin sending up to date infor-
nation to the contributors regarding
poultry raising. how to increase the
egg yield. etc. Poultry magazines
and government reports will also be
sent so that our friends will see we
are trying TO help them while they
help us"
According to the published reports,
there were 10000, 600 dozen eggs
produced in this state last year, and
il is estimated that these reports rep
resent only about so per cent of the
actual yield. one week of faithful
work on the part of the hens of the
state would produce at the season of
the year selected for the Egg week"
500, goo dozen eggs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-03
IT'S SURPRISING
That So Many Madison People Fail
TO Recognize Kidney Weakness.

Are YOU a bad back victim?
Suffer twinges; headaches, dizzy
spells?
Go to bed tired-get up tired?
It's surprising how few suspect the
kidneys.
It's surprising how few know what
to do.
Kidney trouble needs kidney treat
ment.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for the
kidneys only.
Have convinced Madison people of
their merit.
Here's a Madison case; Madison
testimony.
Kidney sufferers h%ereabouts
should read it.
Mrs. S. Olsbo, Madison, says: Il
highly recommend Doan's Kidney
Pills, as | consider them a good med
ailments. They have proven their
value to me for such trouble. Others
Of my family have also tried Doan's
Kidney Pills, as | consider them a
good medicine for backache and 9th
er kidney ailments. They have
proven their value to me for such
trouble. Others of my family have
also tried Doan's Kidney Pills and
speak i'm their praise just rs strongly
as | do"
Price SO cents at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Olsbo had. Foster-Milburn Co,
Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-03
WAR SUMMARY
PROGRESS OF CONDITIONS As
COMPILED BY THE ASSO-
GATED PRESS.

New York, April Especial: An
attempt by the Germans to follow M
their success in obtaining a foothold
in the village of Vaux by an infantry
attack between Naux and Fort Dou-
aumont has failed. Preparation for
the attack was made by a violent ar
tillery bombardment. The French
curtain of fire stopped the infantry
assault. Paris says.
French positions between Avocourt
and Malancourt continue to be sub
jected to intense bombardment from
German guns.
Seemingly the situation in Holland
with reference to the war, is ap-
preaching a crisis. Notwithstanding
denials that the Dutch government
had withdrawn the f~urlough of sol
diers and had requisitioned trains. an
unofficial report from The Hague
states that the ministers of state have
held an extraordinary council. A
leading Dutch newspaper declares
that the anxiety in Holland is not
due TO the Tubantia affair. but to
some prospective action growing out
of the recent Paris conference of the
entente allies.
Seventeen ~uuwounded and several
wounded prisoners were taken by a
British patrol ship from the zeppelin
LIB, which "a hit by she'll fire i'm a
raid on England and fell in the
Thames estuary. The survivors said
that a junior officer had been left on
the airship to blow her up, if neces-
sary. The zeppelin sank while being
towed to port after the crew was res
cued.
The German official statement re-
fers only incidentally to the fighting
about Verdun, mentioning only artil-
lery duels there and in the Argonne,
with other activity by the big guns on
the Aisne front and further north on
the line. A British hand grenade at
tack neal st. Eloi, where the Ger
a recently lost some ground, was
repulsed.
The aviators of both sides on the
Franco-Belgian front have been busy.
Four French machines fell victims to
German battle aircraft in various en-
gagements.