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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21

school teaching high school subjects
in their respective districts.
"All pupils who have completed the
course Of study offered by the com.
mon schools Of this state desiring to
attend some high school in the state
shall so notify the board of the dis.
trict in which they live, before the
board makes their annual estimate,
otherwise the board shall issue no
order to pay the tuition for any such
pupil
"The school board OF each district
so named, at the close OF each school
year shall issue a separate warrant
for each pupil Of the district who has
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21

vide for high school training for com
mon school graduates. Representa-.
tive ]. c. Hamilton's bill, aiming to
remedy this situation, has been re.
ported out by the committee on edu
cation with the recommendation that
It be passed. Hamilton's bill reads:
"The school board of each county
and every common school district in
the state is requested to provide in
its annual estimate for a sum suffici.
ent to pay the tuition for such pupils
as have completed the course Of study
offered in the respective districts, de.
string to attend some high school in
the state. provided that they have no
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21
MAM1v,x,
AMERICAN OIL & REFINING COMPANY.

vital situation II has been recon.
mended to the state Legislature that
remedial legislation be enacted at
once.
81 earnestly recommend that the
legislature pass law making 1t the
duty Of the school board to provide
in its annual estimate fer fund suf.
ficient to pay the tuition of such
pupils as have completed the course Of
study offered in the district in all
cases where such pupils attend high
school in another district in the state.
Recognizing the importance of the
suggestion, the house already has tax.
en- up consideration of a bill to pro.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21

state OF Oklahoma has not a complete
system of free public education. So
declares State Superintendent r. II.
Wilson, who, above all other men in
the state, should be in position to
know. To prove his contention he
cites the fact that there are more
than five thousand districts in Okla
homa that cannot provide high school
instruction for the scholastics, under
circumstances as they exist at this
time. Fully sixty per cent of the
school children that reside in the
country have no free high school ad'
vantages, declared Wilson.
In order to speedily remedy this
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21
Bulletin.
ADA OIL WELL
: IS SENSATION
Mascho Test Hits Gusher OIL
$50 to 500 Barrel Pro-
ducer Sure.
NEAR SKIRvIN LEASES
Oklahoma City Company
Controls New Ada Field
rs Acres Within 800 Feet.

ADA. Okla, Jan. III. II. Mascho's
we'll. In section 3-4-7 east, In Pontotoc
county, has been flowing for two days at
the rate of 500 barrels daily. The oil
has gravity Of .3S. The city OF Ada is
filled with oil men from Oklahoma City
and Tulsa
Since this strike. leases in the Ada
field have gone higher and higher and
many OF the big companies are making
immediate preparations for the develop
ment OF the Ada field. The gusher on
the Mascho farm was found east of tho
big acreage owned by the American Oil
and Refining company. which company
now has four wells drilling and two pro-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21
Success of Two Wells Could Make
Stock Immediately Worth
S1O to $50 for 81

The possibilities for immediate profit in
this proposition depend To some extent upon
the amount produced by the two wells guar
anteed under Mr.. Skrvin's remarkable pro-
position. II Is easily probable that they
would make this stock worth SO 10 $50 for
$l0O So sure Is Mr. Skirvn that these
wells win be good producers that he makes
the positive and unequivoca guaranty that
they will produce. or all deposits made on
this proposition are 10 be refunded. Even
at the small expected minimum covered by
the guaranty the two wells guaranteed 10
he brought In. together with the two wells
already H. would earn substantial dividends
on the entire capital stock of the company,
but these two wells would mean much more
than that. They could mean that the entire
holdings Of the American oil q Refining
Company are proven; that they have an
enormous acreage value and that they
would furnish territory for hundreds Of
profitable wells
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21
Use this Form-Reserve Your
--Shares Now
Datcu u--a---------------- ~
OKLAHOMA OIL SECURITIES Co.
9lS Skirvin Bldg
oklahoma City. Oklahoma.
Dated

Dated cd-------------------19l7
OKLAHOMA OIL SECURITIES co,
9lS Skirvin Bldg.
Oklahoma city. Oklahoma.
GENTLEMEN hereby reserve---------
shares Of stock In the American oil a. Re-
inning Company at $l2j per share. | am
handing you herewith
Dollars which is l0c per share
agree to pay the remaining S.l5 per
share provided the American oil Il Re-
filming Company drills in two producing
wells within ninety days from the date
hereof
II Is understood that these two wells
shall each produce one hundred barrels
Of oil or 100000 cubic feet OF gas per
day.
1t Is further understood that the COM
pany now has two producing wells and
that the two tO be drilled In viii make
four producing wells before / owe any
more Of this reservation.
I'm the event that the Company fails
to drill In two additional wells as above
stated within ninety days from the date
hereof the l0c per share which am pay
ing herewith shall be refunded TO me.
It is agreed that am to have two op-
tions Of paying the Sl.lj per share above
referred to. First, | can pay all cash
and settle In full for Sl.lO per share, or
! can pay ljc per share within ten days
after the second of the two wells shall
have been drilled In. and 2jc per share
each thirty days thereafter until the full
amount shall have been paid.
1t Is understood and agreed that am
70 pay no interest whatever ON the de-
ferred payments on this contract.
The stock certificate FOR the number OF
shares shall be full paid and non assess
able and shall be issued to me as soon rs
have completed all payments for same.
IL Is understood that my stock shall
| entitle me TO n full pro-rata interest In
everything that the Company now owns
| or may ever own.
This contract contains all OF the con.
| ditions of this sale
's"eu----------------
Town -.---------------------
Box or Street
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21
The Oil Business Stripped Of All
Risk or Chance of Loss

The four wells drilling will clear away
the last doubt and two producing wells I'm
addition to the two the company already has,
means quick, large profits for every buyer
" this stock We do not see how any one
can hesitate for one minute about filing out
the order form OF this page. Thousands Of
chances for loss I'm order TO make profits
no more attractive than those offered by
the American oil & cnning Company. AS a
subscriber for this stock you have every
thing to gain and nothing to lose. Four good
wells assure the success OF the American
OIL & Refining Company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21
Future Profit Possibilities Stagger
Conservative Imagination

You see that the oil or gas these two
promised wells may produce Is but drop
In the bucket compared with their worth,
clearing away all doubt about the profitable
extent NJ the territory controlled by the
American oil q Refining Company. The com
pany is capitalized at only 81 600. 900. Only
100000 Of this has been issued. We read In
the papers every day OF the leases ~ n few
hundred acres selling for millions very
short time ago q small tract Of only $50
acres was sold by the Fortuna Complgy 10
the RoXana Company for $1,000, 900 cash
The American OF & RenuiDg Company owns
outright over 5000 acres out ot total Of
5000 acres In which It has n partial interest
Figure for yourselves the possibilities of
profit run into millions. We hesitate TO cal
culate them for you In cold type lest you
think us reckless; but men who know ok
lahoma oil and the profit that hundreds
have made In the opening Of every new field
viii have the vision 10 see for themselves
the ultimate profit possibilities Of this stock
Oklahoma Oil Securities Co.
sis sklrvln Bldg. Oklahoma City. Okla.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21
Skirvin's Co. TO Drill
Within 500 Fl. OF Gusher

The American OIL and Refining COM
pany, which is fortunate enough TO own
q 76-acre lease which Joins the Mascho
farm, is already making preparations to
drill n we'll In section BAL. The loca-
tion has already been made and II Ia
within 600 feet OF the very spot upon
which the Mascho well Is located: Mate:
rial is being hauled TO the location and
the rig will be erected within the next
week. The American property has n
value OF a good many thousand dollars
at present, but tho company has retained
Ii. FOR It's own production. Drilling work
Will be rushed with all speed and thers
Is little doubt that within a few months
this concern will have added gusher pros
duction to It's already handsome earns
ings. The Mascho well certainly proves
that there Is gusher oil IN this new field
The ofour other wells. OF the American
company may all strike big pay oil al
they are only short wayp from the
Mascho we'll and are believed TO be upoi
the same geological structure e
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21

been attending some high school OF
the state upon a written statement by
the school board of the district which
said pupil attended, in favor OF said
district"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21
v. B. SkIRvIN makes MOST REMARKABLE
OFFER IN ALL OKLAHOMA OIL HISTORY

o to the public
heen aciv
n he O. usin
n the oil by
o n md
a proposton
o an
o only the nVesto S reQl I'd
stock h shes purchase
e II
IS a
American a new
o at t of feet Of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21

ducing wells. Biologists say that this
big well may be on the east slope OF the
same structure as the American compa-
ny's properties.
Daily Oklahoman, January I.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21
No Reservations Accepted for
Less than 100 Shares

IF YOU WANT
100 shares; value Sl25-Send $1,000 now
balance cash or payments when wells come
in.
200 Shares; value $250-Send $1,000 now
balance cash or payments when wells come
in
800 Shares; value SG25-Scnd $4,000 now
balance cash or payments when wells come
in
1000 Shares; value S1.25O--Send 800 now
balance cash or payments when wells come
in
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21

Ardmoreite ads bring results.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21

Indicates American oil x Re
hning cos well number /. It
is today producing 80 barrels
Of oil a day. At the present
a barrel, this amount Of pro-
tn SOL a day, or about $lI6l5.O0
is not gusher production, but
ess very profitable production.
Indicated on the side OF the
map is American oil & Re
filming Companys well number
.. This well is the commercial
10000. 000-foOt gas well. We
g contracts already signed for
as at Sc per thousand feet.
Indicated on the side Of the
map is American oil 4 Re
fining Company's well number
4, which is one ~ the four
at the present time by the
Indicated at the side Of the
map is American oil & Re
hning Company'S well number
3, which is now drilling and
o produce a minimum of 100
or lO,O00,00O feet OF gas a day.
Indicated Mt the side Of the
map is another Of our four
wells now drilling where gush-
cr oil is expected In the deeper
Indicated at side of the map
shows American Oil & Rcnn-
ing Company's private pipe
lire which extends from that
D the city " Ada There are
mes to wells No. ! and 40. ..
Indicated at the side of the
map is another Of the four
wells now drilling by the
American OIL * Refining Com
I the four, Mr.. Skirvin gives
that two viii produce
oil day apiece. or l0,00O,000
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21
You Can't Possibly Lose-Why
Not Act at Once?-You
Must Hurry.

This offer is limited. DO not waver and
hesitate. Fill out the coupon and send 1t
today with Zoe for each share that you
want. Positively no order for less than
100 shares will be accepted Read the order
form carefully. Note the easy payment plan;
note the &c per share discount for all cash;
note the remarkable lberallty OF the entire
proposition and then act quickly because
when we have the necessary funds I'm sight
we will withdraw this stock at the low price
of Sl.2j per share. II this advertisement does
mot give you all the information you want
about this proposition. do not take chances
by writing us questions, but ill out the
coupon for the number of shares you want
attach your remittance and then ask your
questions. II you are not satisfied with the
Information we send you, we viii refund
NOur money immediately
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-01-21

pany. out Of the four, Mr. Skirvin Civ
the positive guarantee that two viii produ
100 barrels Of oil a day apiece or 10000. 0
feet OF gas a day apiece
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-26
Uses and Abuses of Fertilizers
Of Station
q. FERTILIZERS AND HORTICULTURE.
The Fifth Of q Series OF Six Articles.


vegetable growers plant
vegetable What
they wish rapid growth their produce that they will get the veg
possible of planting
conditions fertilizers quantities In the next paper we
shall tell fere In the present
plants
The relation apple growing very
fertilizers with fruit trees, and
especially apples but have not yet worked out the best formulate
~ b hs @ aT and T,.s p,snn ha, IN nang von trees large
should be used preparing the place for planting
These should be rich food elements the trees
elements various forms
Bbh recommends that weeds
should not be allowed grow around the apple trees as they VIII take up
the plant food which is put down for young trees
growing other crops which require constant attention and MOST
hortuis ertlize the that in the orchard and
The orchard cannot be cultivated too deeply or injury will result
cultivated shallow and fertilizers applied in
While fertilizers the trunk
of the tree yet the roots pretty
food that happens to away
of apples peaches takes from the soil much plant food
nitrogen potash and phoDhoc acid and unless this supplied from
will less fruitful and finally bear little
will be quality The that old
pastures bear good fruit not sound because conditions prevail
this duplicated in orchard
Besides such fruit rarely excellent and delicious
q of
forced less high standard
the fruit and the time keep the land fertile apply
the soil al much fertilizer as the takes from it.
Fruit demand in their growth fertilizer rather rich potash and
phOphOrc acid but rich In nitrogen found that the citrus
Experiment grew
fertilizer
combination
acid Of these completely supplied with
phae OF ammonia than from other nitrogen
orchards but quite good the Ohio station BaOu charge
OF workw
production Of
fertilizers thin orchard
consideration all different plots
miles Of country have the following:
fortified 100 barrels.
Average unfertlined. a barrels
Gain from fertilization sc barrels.
Cost Of gain barrel IT'S cents s.
endorsement
orchard by the kinds
application peaches
Experiment
psashss and found
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-26
HoEING MOST IMPORTANT.
(By G. A. Kefrer, Division of Exten
sion, University of Tennessee.)

(By G. A. Kefrer, Division of Exten.
sion, University of Tennessee.)
No tillage operation of the garden
Is more important than hoeing, and
none is so badly done. Plow under
and disc in abundant manure; make
thorough preparation with plow and
disc, with spike tooth harrow and
planker, or in small gardens with
spading fork and rake; use the best OF
seed and plant at the right time, at the
right depth, and cultivate regularly
and we'll All these preparations will
not take the place of good hoeing.
Keep the hoe sharp Begin using IL
as soon as the little plants show above
the ground Hoe very close to the
plants, cutting the soil an inch deep
or so with slanting cuts very clss to
gether. Then smooth the surface with
the back of the hoe, making It dust
fine. Do not hoe after rain until
the soil will crumble, but do not wait
until 1t is dry. Hoe often. Hoeing
lets air into the soil, and air Is as
necessary as moisture for vigorous
root growth. Fine hoeing makes OF
the surface a mulch that checks the
escape of moisture while admitting the
air Do not hoe deep-two inches is
the greatest depth admissible. and one
inch. or less, is usually best. DO not
cut the soil In big chunks. which will
dry into hard Jumps; such work is
an utter loss OF effort. Do not wait
until after the weeds are few inches
high before beginning to hoe the gar
den-hoe early and often,
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-26
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION ELECTION

July 20, 1917, first election.
Voters will vote simply "tor' or
against" the Convention.
Sept. 20, 1917, election Of dele
gates. EVERY county will be
entitled to ONE delegate, some
counties to more, making TT
delegates In all.
Oct. 80, 1917, convention VIII
meet In Nashville. II WILL MOI
write the Constitution anew. u
will merely suggest AMEND.
MENTS, which must be voted
on by the people.
The Convention will fix the
date Of the election on the
amendments. Each amendment
must be voted on separately BY
THE PEOPLE. A majority OF the
votes cast on each amendment is
necessary to lts adoption.
sssss
In all counties voting under
the Dortch Law, a registration
certificate Is necessary to VOTE
1916 poll tax receipt Is reees-
sary to vote.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-26

UCol lOIIlo INV vi huS Hlal NChs
amount to use will vary according to
market requirements, usually about
one ounce to the pound of butter. Use
just the amount of salt your customers
desire, Sprinkle the salt evenly over
the butter and work it down to a solid
mass with as little working as pos
sible. II time will permit, let the but
ter stand for several minutes TO give
the salt time TO dissolve, and rework.
Never touch the butter with your
hands. This Is not sanitary and HE
heat destroys the grain of the butter.
Always mould the butter into brick
shaped prints. This makes more at
tractive package, the paper can be
wrapped around 1t nicely, and it packs
we'll for shipment. Use a good grade
of parchment butter paper, and IL the
butter Is to be shipped very far, put
each pound in a small paste-board car
ton, or box.
1t Is always advisable to sell direct
to the customer where this method OF
marketing is practicable. Hotels, res.
taurants, and private families usually
afford the best markets for good dairy
or farm butter. For farmers living IN
remote country districts, parcel post
offers q good method of marketing but
ter.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-26
HOW TO FEED LIVE STOCK.

Tennessee farmers have an oppor.
tunlty not afforded farmers in any
other state. No state has put out .
more complete bulletin on the feeding
OF live stock than has Tennessee. This
publication was written BY Prof. c. A.
Wilson, head Of the animal husbandry
department Of the University OF Ten
nessee. t 10 free for the asking 70
residents OF Tennessee. These sixty
pages should be On every farm whore
live stock 10 raised. A letter addressed
TO Division OK E<.s.=cc, University
Of Tennessee. Knoxville. win bring
20 . eeey.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-26
The Time Is OppOrtune
(By James H. Malone.)


have been connected with the
movement for Constitutional Convsn-
ton over a quarter of century. Ev-
cry time it has come up coterie start
the cry that this Is an "inopportune
time" Each time they have differ.
emit reason for the cry.
This time the war is cited for an az
cuse, which is poor one. Every right
that free men enjoy has been won in
battle and times Of war. The armed
barons in 1915 A. d. met King John on
the field at Runnymede and wrung
from him Magma Charta, the very
foundation stone of our rights as citi-
zens of free republic.
The right of petition for redress Of
wrongs, and the declaration of rights.
were won at the point of the sword.
The Declaration Of independence,
our palladium of liberty, was written
after war had been commenced and
blood shed on battlefelds, TO wrest
from England the right to free gov.
eminent in America.
Russia, the greatest country In area
and population on the globe, only
found her liberty in this great world
wide war; and even now she is fash
ioning and writing a new constitution
that will usher her into being the lar
gest republic in the history Of the
world
The States of Massachusetts, Indiana
and Arkansas will re-write their con-
stitution in the year of our Lord 1917.
while Illinois will vote on the subject
Of calling convention
Even Holland. that wonderful little
country ruled over by woman. and
begirt and threatened by autocratic
Germany, will this year also revise her
constitution, thus displaying the spirit
of the lion, which is the proud symbol
of the manhood of the little kingdom.
Mr.. Edgerton, who happens to be
president of a part Of the manufact.
urers of the state, made proclama.
ton that he was against the c0nstitu.
uonal movement, because q war 10 80
ing on In European countries. The I'm
preston was made that he spoke for
the manufacturers Of the stata but
his own members in Memphis Aase
repudiated his position.
Seventeen editors. out of $50 In the
State, In meeting after an address By
Mr.. Edgerton, passed resolution By
II to giving it as their opinion that
we had best wait while. What right
have IL men to speak for 1se?
A righteous war is a great arouser,
1t toughens the muscles. It hardens the
fists and brings fresh air into the
lungs; 1t exalts life to heroic heights;
II kindles patriotism to fervent heat.
This is why the greatest charters and
constitutions ever written were era
died while shot and shell rent this
world, and this old earth was being
drenched with the blood of the sons Of
men.
A few men here and there, with
spirits like the mouse, say that Ten
nesseans are an exception to all man
kind; that they can do nothing except
mark time while charters and consti.
tutions are now being written by the
heroes Of the age, for the liberty and
advancing civilization Of mankind
throughout the world.
Tennesseans Of old had the spirit OF
the lion, and we Indignantly deny that
Tennesseans of today are the degen.
crate offspring of as noble an ancestry
as ever trod American soil
DO NOT ENDANoER THE LIFE or
YOUR ANIMALS.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-26

(By c. A. Hutton, Division of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee)
The churn should be stopped when
the butter granules are the size of
wheat grains. This is because at this
stage the buttermilk can be washed
out and the salt mixed uniformly
throughout the butter.
Remove the butter to the worker
with a wooden paddle, or ladle, while
1t is still in the granular condition,
The small "V" shaped lever worker is
one of the best types on the market.
If only a very small quantity of butter
is made at a time, it may be worked
in an old fashioned butter bowl by
means of a ladle, but this is very diff
cult and tiresome.
AS soon as the butter has been re.
moved to the worker, add the salt. The
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-26
INVESTIGATION

(By C. Z. Alfred, Division Of Exten-
sion, University OF Tennessee.)
l. Diversified farming provides for
crop rotation.
2. II provides against total failure.
8. 1t provides work for men, horses
and machinery for larger proportion
of the time.
L. 1t enables the farmer to utilize
IS feed and fertilizer many by-prod-
nets which would otherwise De wasted