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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26

A cynic is a man whose disappolnt,,
ment is due to the factthat the worio
was made without his advice.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26
Was Given Shower

A very pleasant evening was enjoy
ed at the home of Miss Rena Owen
last Wednesday when she entertained
in honor of Miss Neva Darling with a
kitchen shower.
There were twenty guests present
all near friends Of the bride-to-be. A
fine lot of useful gifts were given
Miss Darling. Light refreshments
were served.
Miss Darling was married to Alvin
Perria of Rochester, Mich, Monday
evening.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26

Gard of Thanks.-We wish to
thank our many friends and especi-
ally the employees in the winding
room OF Mill No. /, for the lovely
flowers and words of sympathy dur
ing our recent bereavement.
j. Z. Parker.
Augusta Lehman and family.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-26

Many a drunkard despises himself
for his weakness-and despises wa
tered liquor for the same reason.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07
SOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE

The Mexican situation that may
arise while this country is in war
must be handled carefully. Our be-
havior toward Mexico has not en-
couraged a feeling friendly toward us.
Should the United States give Mexico
sufficient provocation, there may be a
German ally south of the Rio Grandc.
Certain interests clamor for war
with Mexico. Annexation of Mexican
territory means millions to a few
selfish capitalists in this country, and
they will try to foment constant ill
feeling between the countries.
The United States is insisting on
the rights of small nations 1t must
be the task of this nation to treat the
small nation south of us with every
care. There must be no suspicion of
wrong motives in the dealings with
our neighbor.
There will soon be many things in
Mexico to irritate us. Germany may
try to subsidize Villa There may be
other raids by the bandit-and then
some newspapers will shout for war
with Mexico. Should the United
States then blunder in this ticklish
situation and give Offense to the ma
tional pride of official Mexico. Carran-
"a will be alienated and there will be
war
We should be patient.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07
FROM BOTTLE TO BREAD

1t has been proposed that the grain
crop OF the United States be con-
served to supply this nation and its
allies with food to carry on the war.
To do this. we must put the life and
energy of the grain into the fighting
men OF England and France instead
of in the bottle for Americans.
In the former case. grain as a food,
VII mean the continuation of death
and devastation through long. bloody
months of warfare to a worthy and
noble end. In the later. grain in bot
tied form will be a foe to all that is
good and noble and will result in
every case in wrecked humanity
This country has seen. as England
and Russia saw. that the height of
human efficiency. in the crucial test
can never be reached unless the Ii
quor traffic is abolished Drink and
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07
A DISLOYAL CITIZEN

The call goes out to the young men
to join the ranks; the farmer is urged
to raise more food; women are asked
to show their loyalty in various ways
all respond by doing their bit. But
there are citizens whose acts in such
times as this are traitorous. They
are the price mixers"
This is no time for speculation in
foodstuffs and other supplies. and
anyone who works for his own self
ish interest in the pits is certainly
one Of the country's most disloyal cit
izans. Speculation in foodstuffs is
bad enough in times of peace, but
when the country is at war. it is moth
ing else than hostile act.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07
Christian College Notes

Miss Naomi Phillips spent the
weekend in ST. Louis with hel
mother. Mrs. ]. A. Phillips, of Poplar
Bluff.
Misses Katherine Kelley and Oneita
Baker of Kansas City were weekend
guests of Miss Virginia Kelley at the
college.
Miss Martha Prewitt of Clarksville
is the guest for several days of Dr.
and Mrs. WOodson Moss.
Miss Anna Hit of Lees Summit was
the guest of Miss Nellie Mae Poynter
for High School Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Shaw and son,
George, of Jefferson City were dinner
guests of DR.. and Mrs. Woodson Moss
Friday evening.
Mrs. C. r. Rogers, Misses Olive
Bush and Miss Mary Deak Smithpeter
of Carrollton were guests of Miss Cliff
ton Rogers over Saturday and Sunday.
Misses Mary Wilson. Allene Lyle
and Lillian Birdsell were Sunday
dinner guests at the Pi Beta Phi
house
Misses Marie Pettijohn and Georgia
Doolin left Friday for their home at
Gallatin. to attend the funeral of a
girl friend
Miss Bertha Hornaday of the music
faculty entertained at dinner ON Fri
day evening the following guests:
Mr. and Mrs. w. r. Nelson, Miss Myr-
tie Parker, Miss Dorothy Self, Rein
hardt Egger and Eldon C. Bohrer.
Dean Elizabeth A. Hall left for Kan
sas City Friday to supervise the COM
pletion of work on the college annual
Miss Ada Julia Lingle of the senior
class has been appointed teacher of
English and history in the high school
at Norris for the coming year.
A birthday breakfast compliment
airy to Miss Isabel Myers was CIV
en- in the college dining hall Sunday
morning by her college club friends,
Misses Louise Johnson. Marsena
Johnson, Frances Hyde. Lena Brown,
Bernardine Campbell, Avondell Ba-
con, Marjorie Dickey. Virginia Kelley,
Allene Lyle, Louise Miller. Mary
Margaret Mcbride and Clara McJunk-
in.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07

decentralization are not the allies of
courage and conquest. We cannot
hope materially to aid in this strug-
gle until we do away with bottled,
liquid grain. Outrages committed by
soldiers in the present war have been
done in many cases when the devas-
tators were fired by liquor. Drink.
in wartimes, is more horrible in effect
than it is in times of peace.
We must use our grain crops to
our best advantages. We need grain
for food, and that is the only way in
which we can use it. The abolition
of liquor now may mean its abolition
forever
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07
HERO WORSHIP

The present world crisis has
brought about the revival of hero
worship. The sweetheart at home
thrills with admiration as the soldier
passes by. The father swells with
pride as he hears of the valorOus
deeds of his son upon the field of bat
tie. Mother-love throbs in the heart
of her who gave to the national cause
a son or sons to fight on land
or sea. The man in the trenches is
the hero of his fireside.
But even greater, more nearly ma
tionwide and worldwide, is the hero
worship of the leaders of the war
The praises of Joffre of Haig and of
Hindenburg are sung throughout the
world. Leadership. especially mill
taristic leadership. breeds awe. and
awe and improper understanding
breed hero worship.
Hero worship is a good thing. The
striving for the ideals and the high
position obtained by alother lends
impetus to the low worker in his
lowly place. Emu IN leads the ma
tion and the wC-id forward. 1t is
only too bad that tHe emulation of to-
day is the emulation of the war-god,
the military leader. rather than the
leader OF the world at peace. But the
hero-worship OF today will live over
into the times of peace, and men will
arise and bow to the man who sets
the world at peace.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07

Columbia has a preparedness prob.
lem of its own in the development OF
it's resources of coal The recon-
mendatiOn of J. w. Schwabe recently
at a luncheon of the Commercial Club
that the Boone field be opened is one
to be taken seriously. Even though
Columbia may not need the coal next
winter, the nation may.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07

No doubt the kaiser has overlooked
one of Americas resources. Wilhelm
probably has never heard how many
medals and cups Bob Simpson has
won. If necessary. these could be
made into bullets, you know
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07

The foreign commissions report
that the Allies want American troops
to be placed between seasoned units
on the Haig front. to be slowly but
steadily absorbed" These same
American soldiers want to know what
is meant by absorbed
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07
&. c. Chandler to Marine Corn,

G. c. Chandler, junior in the Col
lege of Agriculture, left yesterday for
Port Royal, S. c., where he will join
the United States Marine Corps. He
visited here yesterday, but for the last
few weeks has been working a farm
near his home at Pennington.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07

Germany has only 2 fow more days
to perform that >,-.., of bringing
England to its knees in three months
by means o. submarines. The kais-
er's guess seems to be about as salts
factory as a baseball umpire's decis-
ions in a small town.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07

With German submarines such a
menace, there is really some excuse
for my ship" not coming in
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07
700 N. e. ALUMNI NAY SERVE
Il. II. KinyOn to Send Names Of Elisi'
BILE Graduates to Army Officials.

Die Ufduu6ttS 10 ""y
Henry H. Kinyon, secretary OF the
Missouri Union, has just completed .
list of the names and addresses Of the
University alumni between the ages OF
36 and A at the request of the central
department of the United States Army
at Chicago. The list was taken from
the fifteen north central states and
totals about 700 men. The plan is to
get men for executive positions not
only in the army but also in other
branches of work during the war.
Similar lists are being prepared by
other colleges in the central division.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07

Like his famous feminine name
sake. General Maude seems to be
making hay while the sun shines.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07

Ed Club to Honor Dean Charters.
The Ed Club of the University will
give Dean W. W. Charters of the
School of Education a reception. Fri
day. May II. at the Elementary
School
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07
PROF. IRA 8. GRIFFITH HONORED
N. c. Manual Arts Teacher Heads
the Western Association.

Prof. Ira s. Griffith of the manual
arts department of the University was
elected president of the Western
Drawing and Manual Training Asso-
citation at the business meeting Fri
day of the convention held in Lincoln,
Neb. Miss o. Van Dalaine Henkle Of
Harris Teachers College, St. Louis.
was elected vice-president. st. Paul,
Minn.. will have the next convention.
The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-05-07

Help do your share. Buy a bond
it will return you dividends on your
investment.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26
Prom the FoX District.

Gypsy OIL company No / Bowers in
1924 is setting plug at 1896 and No.
. on the same farm is rigging up. Gypsy,
on the Martin farm in 1923. is drilling
at 2334; on the Pruitt in %, it is NOV.
ing in tools; on the Pearce in &c. il is
drilling in sand at 2211; on the Linder-
smith, in 33. il is drilling at 2O23; on
the johnson in 2S. II is drilling at 435.
Plains. on the McCown in 20, is drilling
at 1880. Hickman, on the Hickman in
S3, is shut down at 1880; Phillips &
Franklin No Dougherty. is drilling
at 1920; No. 4, on the same farm. is
drilling at $50; Carter Oil company, on
the Tucker in 20, is fishing at 1915
Prairie, on the Westheimer in S, is
drilling at 2375; Summit Oil company
in II is drilling at 1885; Sinclair oil
company. on the Astral in 90, is drilling
No. 1875; No. is making at least
5OOO0,00O feet Of gas and is shut in; No.
4 is at a total depth Of 1885 and is un.
derreaming at 1855.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26
CRUDE SHOULD BE HIGHER.

american Ol journal; The recent
rise in the prices OF northern Oklahoma
and Healdton crude oils are merely allie
viatiye They in no responsive manner
represent the true value Of the oils a.
measured by their worth for refining
purposes, or the great demand sudden
ly put upon producers for an enormous
Yield
At this moment Healdton oils should
be $3.50 and there remains little doubt
that within few months they will
reach that figure Northern Oklahoma
oils should be much higher than 81
now and they, too. within a few months
will be sold at S2.25.
The reasons for these deductions are
obvious oil men who have watched
the trend of development know that
with the high prices paid for drilling
and the costly scale for labor, not to
speak Of its scarcity those who are
looked to to bring IN new fields can
not afford to take the risks. The re.
wards for occasional successes are not
big enough They never will be until
the government takes the dead weight
Of privately owned pipe lines of the
backs Of producers and allows crude
oil to fluctuate in value, not from the
criminally malicious figures of produc.
tion, storage and movement as fur.
nished by the Standard oil company
and it's group OF hTelngs, but from
the volume Of production alone.
a concerted move should be made by
every producer In the fields to force
the federal government TO take over for
the war the operation OF pipe lines own.
cd by companies producing or refining
oils and commonly denominated as
common carriers. Ownership OF these
lines has allowed the Standard OH
groups TO manipulate prices as they
please. II is time that this condition
should end. In no other business In
the world would the condition familiar
to oil operation be tolerated.
Ownership OF these lines has allowed
the Standard groups to increase or cur.
tail production as they wish Pennsyl.
vania oil Is high in market value mere.
~ because the Standard wishes to get
return on the enormous investments
It has in that field. Compared with
Oklahoma oils for constituent value. It's
worth In no way approximates what
the Standard has set up for t. Its
yield is small and the Standard wishes
TO hold II 10 the maximum.
That is the manner In which the
Standard is privileged to operate be.
cause OF its ownership OF common car.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26

riers. Its ownership Of production in
the Pennsylvania fields is at a much
higher ratio than is true of Mid-Con.
| tinent fields where a spirit of indie
pendence and universal effort have Civ.
en- to non-Standard producers the bulk
Of the wells.
The producers OF the Healdton field
are to be congratulated for the spirit of
independence displayed by them and
for the fine cooperation shown there
In bringing refneries. carbon plants
and other enterprises to the field The
less oil that is shipped from there in
the crude state, the better for the
Healdton producers Ardmore, as the
capital of the great producing region,
should arrange to absorb all the profit
there Is in oil and disregard as far as
may be feasible the pipe lines built there
to share the spoil the Magnolia com.
pany kept sequestrated for itself for
nearly two years
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26
OFEsET ACREAGE FnR SALE

Make money at our riskl The Chand.
ler Creek OH Company is spending SIS.
200 drilling a well In section 7.4li. Co.
manche County, Oklahoma, 10 be drilled
until paying production is found. or a
minimum OF 1900 feet Is reached. The
first well is now drilling at COO feet.
Drilling sites, including offsets. viii be
sold In lots OF from 10 to 16O acres at
from $40 to S25 an acre. The acreage
viii be sold contingent on our complet.
ing the well, For plats and further
information, address The Chandler
Creek OH Company, $40 Railway Ex.
change Bldg. Kansas City. Mo.-Adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26
HarIow's WeeI,Iy,s View of Ii.

Harlows Weekly: There has been an
advance in the price Of Healdton oil of
twenty-five cents per barrel IN the past
ten or twenty days, and oil journals pre-.
dict another ten-cent advance within a
fortnight. 1t is now selling for $1.2O.
Meanwhile other grades have advanced
10 cents.
Theoil purchasers announce this ad.
| vance is due to changed conditions" "
Probably no statement was ever more
true.
About the middle Of July. w. Il. John.
son, prominent citizen Of Ardmore,
addressed a letter, together with certain
data, to Governor Williams asking if
something could not be done relative to
stopping the discrimination against oil
in the Healdton field, explaining that
all efforts hitherto to secure a fair price
had proven unavailing. Governor VIII
liams forwarded the communication to
the department Of the United States
attorney general TO the interior depart.
ment, the secretary of the navy and
some others. He added that as the gov
ernment was seeking OIL he felt that
the cheap price Of Healdton oil merited
attention.
Departmental Washington acted
quickly. United States District Attor.
ney Fain Of the western Oklahoma dis
trict was instructed to make AN imme.
date investigation and the purchasing
department at Washington admitted il
was ready to make few touches in
the direction of Oklahoma
Healdton oil advanced ten cents per
barrel two days after the government
had notified the governor Of the move.
ment, and within week. owing to
changed conditions" the Magnolia pipe
line branch announced another dime
raise, which was followed by another
five cents increase and the announce
ment in the trade journals that another
like advance can be expected soon.
Governor Williams has certainly dis.
covered a new method Of making
changed conditions" He admits that
be had not the slightest idea when he
sent the data to Washington that the
conditions would change so quickly. al.
though there is no secret that he felt
the change would come I'M the near IN.
ture. From July l6, date Of receipt OF
the letter from Ardmore. until August
3, date Of second advance, is not a
long time, but the Healdton oil pro.
ducers got more desired action in that
limited period than in an the history of
the field previously. Advancing prices
for oil In this state was tried through
the attorney generals office q long time
ago; thenit was tried through the state
corporation commission. Gubernatnrill
punches had never before been tried
but the results obtained I'm the fore.
going instance is proof that the unex.
pected sometimes produces immediate
and splendid results. As Healdton Is
one of the big producing fields of the
state, enhancement of the price OF
twenty cents per barrel win bee a large
Item on the dollar income from oil sour.
ces. The oil is not as high grade as
that Of Gushing ana other Mid.Contin.
ent fields, but the price heretofore paid
for the product was far less in propor.
tion than was being paid for the pro.
ducts " the other Oklahoma fields. and
even now, at only 62 1-2 per cent Of
the Gushing price. is probably consid.
erably below its relative value.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26
ENTITLED TO ENDLESS CREDIT.

In personal letter to the publisher
Of The Daily Ardmoreite received yes.
terday w. p. Harvey, editor of the
American Oil Journal Of Kansas City,
high-class trade journal, which has
always been friend to the producers
of the Healdton field, says.
Il hope that the prosperity whicn
has come to that region through higher
oil prices is reflected in your cash reg.
ister. Your paper made fine fight
and is entitled to endless credit as
well as a share Of the general prosper.
ity."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26

There have been $4,000 barrels run
out of storage at Healdton during the
past week, but that does not mean that
the net reduction is that much. A re.
port on storage shows the field to have
l3,6O7OO0 which is more than the field
had a month ago. The Empire Pipe
Line company has built loading racks
near its pump station at Healdton and
is loading out cars for shipment TO a
refinery which the company owns at
independence, Kan. The company hopes
TO ship from ten to fifteen cars a day
out of the field.
Sinclair Oil & Gas company is run.
ming all, its production from the field
and is running some storage oil each
day. The company is planning to take
down about five steel tanks at Healdton
and move them to a point OH its pipe
line under construction to Chicago. But
while the Sinclair is running all its oil
the Carter, the Gates, the Extension
and the Humble Oil companies are run
ming exclusively to storage. The
Humble is equipping itself to take care
of the Wilson refinery in which it owns
half interest and is also getting ready
TO build casinghead gasoline plant
in the field and the high grade gasoline
VIII be blended at the Wilson refinery.
During the month Of August there
were eight wells abandoned 81 wells
were completed, AZ are drilling at this
time and a rigs are up and under con-
struction. The total number of pro.
ducing wells is 1913. The production is
holding up well, and a conservative es
innate places at at $1,000 barrels.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26
HEALDTON OIL GOES UP AGAIN

Oil and Gas journal: In the Heald.
ton district, this state, the posted price
of Sl.20 per barrel for oil has devel.
oped a decidedly optimistic feeling
among the producers. They win get
rid Of their storage oil and draw vast
quantities from those prolific sands in
their territory to increase the general
supply. 1t is the boast Of Healdtonites
that they are capable Of furnishing
Uncle sam with all the oil he may need
to conduct his war and get this supply
from their own wells exclusively.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26
CLEMATUs WINS u,ND,c,p

Saratora, N. Y, Aug. 25.-Clematus
II. won the Merchants and Citizens
handicap for three year olds here to.
day, The value was $4,000. and dis.
tance a mifc and three slxteerths.
Crimper was second. Ticket ran third.
Time 2O2 2.5. Moscowa. Capra and
Dodge also ran.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26
GERMAN SUBMARINE EXPERT
II ARRESTED At BALTIMORE

Baltimore, Aug. 25,-Gotthold Prusse.
German submarine expert who came TO
Baltimore on the first trip OF the
merchant submersible Deutschland was
arrested here yesterday on the charge
OF entering barred zones without a per.
nit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26
Steal Congressional Documents.

Washington, Aug 25.-It was learned
today that during the last week. while
the dispute over the finance committees
revision Of the war tax bill was before
the senate, the committee room was
twice broken into at night and papers
in the custody Of Chairman Simmons
were stolen. Nothing of Importance. il
was said. was lost.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26
PAGE FIVE
Recommends ChamberIain-s Collie. Cl,oL
era and DiArrhoea Remedy.

never hesitate to recommend Cham
beriain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
hemedy," writes Sol Williams, mer-
cnant, Jesse, Tenn. 81 sell more Of il
than Of any other preparations Of like
character. have used 1t myself and
found It gave me more relief than any
thing else 1 have tried for the same
purpose" For sale by all dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26
On a Cap Rock.

The Indian Chief well on the Roy NJ.
Johnson acreage in section l9 7s5e, in
Marshall county. is at a depth OF a
little more than 24OO feet. and is drill
ing in hard rock. Roy NJ Johnson
andNI1ddie Ramsey are at the we'll
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26

Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Norris and chill.
dren' Maude Harold, Barton. Clarence
and Anne Hester, who have been guests
OF Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Gilbert. leave
today for their home in Oklahoma CITY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-26
ATTENTION DRILLING CONTRAC.
TORS

WANTED-To let contract for 5000
II. hole In northwest Grayson county.
Texas. In Delaware Bend. 22 miles
north OF Whltesboro Mail bids to Box
s66. Ardmore. Oklahoma. 25.3t