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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07

The slur repeated for two years
and a half that many Englishmen in
America were hiding behind the Stars
and Stripes in order to escape going to
war is being gloriously erased by the
rush to the first British recruiting sta
ton in the United States, opened yester.
day. 1t is evident now that geographi.
cal circumstances and not spiritual de-
fection restrained thousands OF our Eng
hsh residents from answering the call
OF liberty. Within twenty-four hours
every United States army and navy re.
cruiting station win be authorized TO ac.
cept applicants for British service, and
the indications now are that the number
OF recruits will run high into the tens
OF thousands. These troops will be all
volunteer-another indication that con.
scription is no check on individual ini.
tiative.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07
THE LOST PARADISE

looked into the little room
may not enter more,
The room that was a Paradise
For us ten years before;
With aching heart and praying eyes
fingered at the door.
Across your bed the CLEAN and gloom
OF sunlit leaves that crowd
Your window FhadoN'-inusic made
one must not play alond.
A score OF llitfIne iIcllt ana shade
by spiritual fingers played
='hlehaFd rs oa|tenss' ~ falp,fs Na,,pa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07
What Do You Know7
QUIZ

I. Who made the first aerOpIane? whenY
2. How did the Borough Of the Bronx, New
York city, get its name?
9. Who were the Achaeans?
e Mhat queen was called ,'Brandy Nose"?
@. Who discovered the method of senaratlng
beet sugar from the plant? When?
general?
3. Who is the imam from nOwhere"?
o. Where is AiX-la-C hapelIe?
10. What is the height Of st. Paul's Cathedral
London?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07

The rechristening OF the German
interned merchantmen Kiel as the Cam
den is official evidence Of the Govern
ment's opinion Of tho shipbuiding capaci-
ties OF our busy municipal neighbor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07
FIGHTERS WHO DON'T FIGHT

1t will take q lot of courage for any
politician 10 start factional fight in
times like these.-Mayor Smith.
NOwARDICE, not courage, keeps tho
~ thugs and loafers busy following the
orders OF factional leaders who wrangle
in times like these. fractional fights con.
tinue because the men who engage in
them have not the manhood to serve
their country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07

When we say that Registration
Day passed off as quietly as a national
election day. we not only praise tho pa
triotism OF ten million citizens, but we
emphasize the eloquen: fact that our
great democracy rightly regards a pTesi-
dental election as the ideal symbol of
law and order.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07

dlviduansm. There was time when II
was thought a boy could not be a real
boy unless he robbed birds nests. But
the Scouts have proved that boys who
build bird houses are tho boys who per.
form acts of heroism. IL will be hard
to make gang politicians out of Boy
Scouts. IL will be harder to down a ma
tion that has thus encouraged and dis
cipllned its bows
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07

Frances peace terms are what they
always were and always will be-return
of Alsace-Lorraine and reparation for
damage in invaded territory. Simple
direct and unimpeachable. Perhaps the
best formulation OF Allied terms would be
for each nation to state its own terms
Irrespective OF those Of its allies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07

IN the aristocracy of labor that which
we were in the habit of calling a bod.
carrier is something else again. Tn,
sunbury Daily tells us:
Failing through a scaffoIding at ,h.
new ST Johns Methodist Eplseonai
Church, now under construction w u
Fox, OF Augusta street, suffered se,a-.
confusion Of the right side yesterday NJ
FOX was employed as a brick tender bis
duties being to carry bricks and mortsy
to the bricklRyers '0i 'aI
Or perhaps, one is only brick tende,
when. nesSeslsppon a chusohs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07

GEORGE JEAN NATHAN has a new
book out. It's called Bottoms Ur" It's
an application of the slapstick to satire.
and here's one of the things that's most
in keeping with the title. In page de-
voted to three modern dramatists,'' he
SAYS Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07
Germany,s description Of ours

Germany's description Of ourselves
as "a nation OF tango lizards" acquires a
certain glimmer Of meaning from the ac-
tions OF tho Ute Indians who resisted
registration by indulging in a war dance
IN favor of peace Perhaps the contempt
uous yet imaginative Teutons really be-
heved that the bulk of our population was
still composed of aboriginal redskins.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07
GIRLS WILL CHANGE

The sergeant Of marines 1oas trim
And pleasing to the ladies';
Because Of ttco that chung to him,
These tcords Of old O'Gradys:
"Thev say the girls they're rdtsin' here
Has VerV tdlefn' aOdys
Mdvhap It's true, but, dear, oh, dear,
IT'S not their likes I'd praise.
There's not 1odn Of all the lot
PUe eUer CHANGED to sec
Not 1cdn o. them--thdt eUer got
4 hcdrt-throb out o. me.
An, sure, I'm not so hard TO Phase;
IT'S that used to kno1o
A scoro Of maids deScrUin' praise
But that aods long ago.
"AlthoH0h the times an STYLES may change
A maid Is stHI maid;
Bat here she looks an acts so strange,
She's different, I'm afraid
Mdyhdp the climate here's to blame
, For all the faults I see;
At any rate, they're not the same
As Tndidens used to be.
But Irish maids! och. oUcr there
The girls used to Eno1O
Were dlC0oys street an tr7ic an 1dir--
Was that so long d1op"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07
Little Luxembourg's

Little Luxembourg's appeal to
President Wilson TO save her from "a
fate similar to that OF Belgium" displays
a lucid comprehension of Americas aims.
It is noticeable that the tiny duchy relies
on the well-spring OF freedom.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07
Here's the Irish Finisher

Sir-Joe lyman is the one Irishman
who can stop tho submarine If It can be
stopped Ask Cramps about him, or
the Union Iron Works at San Francisco,
or ask the English Government, which
gave him the shipyards of Montreal in
1915 TO build fifty submarines. Do you
know anything about his patents which
made the use Of armor plate in the con.
struction Of battleships such a simple
matter? He never saw n machine shop
until he worked in Baldwin's for SO per
meaning week. and now he is the first
and last word in shipbuilding on the Pa
cific coast There's your man!
JOHN ]. RAHIIIY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07
TWO French soldiers stood In

Two French soldiers stood in the
mud and rain. Wen win." said one, pro
vided they stand firm" who do you
mean by they'?" asked his comrade.
''rhe civilians" was the reply. They said
that, at least. in cartoon by Forain, and
st is the most popular cartoon of war
time France. It is the whole war in a
nutshell.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07

The regular army stln needs $4,000
men. So there is plenty of chance for
those would-be volunteers who were dis
oouraged" by conscription.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07

We have ways of getting exclusive news
from Fort Niagara which may yet mystify
and annoy the German invaders when
they occupy New York. Latest advices
inform us of a panic among tho colored
walters at the camp Several days ago.
in the late afternoon, rumors spread
among the help that German spies had
been acting suspiCiously around some of
tho buildings. The walters refused TO 20
to their quarters that night. They bunlted
out under the trees but few Of them slept.
The next morning one of them told of
a race between two motorcars he had
seen and heard on road out beyond
camp. The news was important because
Of his Interpretation of the characteristic
cries Of two makes Of motorcars: In
dc front was de Ford an behind was de
Buick. Long come do Buick 'Siz.z-z-z-zl'
But de III ole ford go, -yeh-yeh-yeh-
yeh-yehn"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07
What Else Could One Expeet7

'It is claimed that the Hessian fv has
destroyed approximately one-sixth Of The
entire Kansas wheat crop this year"-ARrie
cultural Digest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07

ON PAPER made in Germantown in
1881, II. b. writes TO call our attention to
the fact that in the Record of Marriages
Of Christ Church, Philadelphia under
date Of March 5, 1856, will be found that
Of John Codd and Mary Fish, the cere-
mony being performed by the Rev. Will
liam Sturgeon
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07
The Neighbors Are Saving.

George Williams, the cotton manufac.
turer, would be painting his barn all the
time If he lived in tho country; and they
do say the only reason he built those new
concrete steps in front of his house on
sedgwick street was so ye scribe would
see them and put this piece in the paper.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07

believe some big underlying organiza-
ton is responsible for the widespread sale
Of dope" in South Phlladelpha-S
ment by Internal Revenue Official.
A complete account Of the workings
Of that organization was published in
this newspaper about a year ago. Incl.
dentally, the remark Of a South Phlladel,
phia magistrate yesterday that SO per
cent of the larceny cases that come be,
fore him are due TO dope" is evidence
that the exposure was made none too
soon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07

Shaw
Act !
SopnlTlGlcI
Act II
s5pnlllpI,I
Act III
s0pnlllpId
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-07

THE TERRIBLE MEEK
! beg to raise mn votce IN praise
OF men as mild as sheen,
For eUerU day the papers say
IT'S only strong men lceep."
CASA WAPPY.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08
SENTIMENT OF SCOUT
Man Who Seeks the Site Of Wells Is
Intensely Human Creature.

The oil scouts with rubber cap and
ducking coat equipped for travel in
all kinds OF weather are among the
most trusted and are the most trust.
worthy men in any field They carry
the confidential information about
their own company's operations and
about the operations of other cOmpa-
nies. BE 1t said to their credit that
such information impaired to them
never leaks. 1t is said there are mo.
ments in life when the heart over
flows and It's secrets are spilled on
the ground like water, but that poet
had in mind emotions foreign to those
in the breast Of the scout when about
his work
But the scout is without emotion on
topics outside of bushes. He is hu.
man, intensely human and the heart
that goes merrily about its work has
a little secret corner which bears the
image of brown haired maiden in
Pennsylvania or Wes, Virginia who is
patiently waiting for the time to be
replete with opportunities to mote
west and the dream of the two is to
get to the managers desk or better
still to be in the producing business.
1t is the beautiful example of love
that lights the path to guide the feet
OF the scout II makes the laugh OF
the child more musical, II imparts a
disdain for wrong, purifies, II bios.
SONS the bright flowers of hope. and
swells the heart with pride and when
encouragement comes II is the one
power that dissipates the clouds and
lets in the riffs Of sunshine.
Every week Uncle Sam carries pack.
ages for the two. Coming this way
are boxes Of home made candy made
by her own hands; sometimes II is a
cake of maple sugar mouled in the
kitchen at home and at times II is
roasted peanuts OF the big variety
grown in the East. From the West
goes pecans, sprig of mistletoe.
wild flower. a red haw blossom or a
sprig of evergreen gathered from an
oil lease.
The scout is successful in conceal.
ing his emotions but he Is rich in sen.
timent and it is OF the sentiment that
lightens labor bnd eliminates trouble
from toll II is the feeling OF that
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08
STEWART LIKES LOCATION
Hea'dtor Is Not the Ordinary Oil
Town, But Is Building for
Perm1neney

4 have been in nearly all the oil
fields from Pennsylvania down this
way said Charles Stewart, Of the
Magnolia Petroleum Company. but in
none OF these fields have ! ever seen
an oil town start @ as we'll as Head.
ton. 1t is a JOY to re the town grow,
an inspiration C 1ote the fervor of
sentiment for II. own that is enter
tanned by the pie residing there
They are net & people of the usual
oil town, they .e talking schools and
churches and permanent homes and
pretty lawns and municipal improve
ments and are laying the foundation
for permanent city. In my opinion
there was never a better location for
a town. The drainage is perfect and
the water good 1t is at the edge Of
production where there are no haz-
ards such as the inside has. At one
door OF the new town is the greatest
oil field of all the state and at the OPP
pOsite door is broad eXpanse of farm.
ing country, while few miles to the
north a new field is being developed
with all the energy that goes with
new fields"
The oil fraternity is looking to
Healdton to reyolutionize living condl.
tions in the field. They are looking
to the town for educational advant.
ages for their children and for church
surroundings second to none in the
state They are expecting municipal
improvements coupled with the great.
est business activity Of any oil town
in the state, and why should not Car.
ter county have the brightest oil spot
in all Oklahoma? 1t is worthy yes,
thrice worthy, of just such town
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08

G. W. Strawn has returned from
the Wrightsman well in 2-4-7 east OF
Addington. Mr.. Strawn passed over
that country two years ago, and was
50 well pleased with the country as
an oil proposition that ne acquired
some leases at that time which he
still holds, and now since the well
has begun drilling he is making 9th.
er purchases. He states that the well
has begun drilling and has started
with a hole large enough to admit
OF a 1900 foot teCt or better Three
geologists are now working out the
country about this well and also
about the Keys gas well near juno
tion City in Cotton county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08

Claude Baker, an oil producer Of
Ponca City Is Healdton field visitor
RoXana Petroleum Company No. 32
Franklin In S.i.3. is drilling at $50
feet.
II. H. Steele of the Ohio Cities Gas
Company is here from the Tulsa Of
fices.
Lawrence G. Hivick Is here from
Oklahoma City looking after his oil
interests.
Desada oil Company Is drilling Nos.
I and I in the northeast quarter Of
section l6-4.3.
Jake l.. Hamon and Fred Ellis spent
the latter part OF the week at their
former home In Lawton.
+. F. Black Of Tulsa and 4. II. Black
Of Independence, Kansas, are Healdton
district visitors
j. r. Sivalls of the firm of Black.
Sivalls and Bryson, was In the city TO.
day on business matters
llamon & Wallace. No I, on the In
gram lease in l6.4.3 has been complet.
ed at total depth Of 1876 feet, and Is
good for about l50 barrels.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08
OIL and GAS NEWS

f. w. Higgins OF the land depart.
mcnt Of the Twin State Oil Company is
here on business for his company.
RoXana Petroleum Company, No. "a,
Franklin in section S.4-3, lost the tools
and has moved the rig few feet TO
the west.
The Daniel Waite well on the Roy
NJ. Johnson acreage in 23-7.5 in Mar.
shall county is drilling at a depth of
about 1900 feet.
Miss Norma Lawson, formerly with
the RoXana Petroleum Company, is
spending Easter Sunday with home
folks from the State University.
The Midwest well in section 3665-3
south of Healdton Is drilling under.
reamer lugs at 700 feet. The last re.
port on this well placed it too deep.
Mnneokla Oil Company on the
Indian Chief leases in 1915 in Mar
shall county has resumed operations at
1000 feet The inch casing is being
run.
Plains Oil & Gas Company in 1928,
has the casing loosened and the rig re.
paired The well is underreaming and
will likely be ready to drill deeper
within the next two days.
h. f. Blaise. representing Chas. ].
Wrightsman, is here loking after the
two Wrightsman tests in the southern
fields, one in 3.42 and the other in
2.4.7
Lawrence Hivick, Homer Hinkle
and Mark Kirkpatrick have acreage
near a Sinclair well in the Enid dis
trict that has just come in at Is barrels
at l27l feet.
The Ringing and Oil Fields railroad
is seeking to avoid water troubles that
have hampered the O. n. NJ & p, and
the company is building a big reser.
yoir at the town Of Healdton.
The Rau Consolidated Oil Company
drilling what is known as the Joe vii.
liford well In section 29.3s.lw, lost its
rig by fire. The company will be de-
layed until timbers can be moved in.
Bayou, 1911 Oil Companies No. 12
on the Stewart Hawk in 1898 is
on top Of the third sand at 1850 feet
and has a string Of tools lost Two
nice sands have already been drilled
through.
The Barnsdall interests in what is
called the Fitzhugh well in Pontotoc
county in section S-2n.5e has sand
at 1895 feet that filled the hole to a.
depth of 65 feet in fluid and is shut
down The oil is of a heavy grade.
1t is Of a greenish color, but is said
10 be very heavy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08
An Order seinu Made.

Growing out Of a hearing here the
past week Of the Healdton producers
before Art L. Walker, chief conserya-
tion officer of the state and the local
officer Usher Carson, an order is be-
ing prepared which will require a per.
mission from the state before well
can be shot. With reference to the
use OF vacuum pumps it is most likely
that no order will be issued until an.
other hearing has been held.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08
Here From Houston

Chas. c. Staiti of Houston is an
Ardmore visitor. He will be here for
several days and will visit his hold.
ings at Healdton. Mr. Staiti has re.
Gently been in the Kansas fields and
is developing a nice acreage in tina,
state at this time. Mr.. Staiti has
spent much of his time here the past
three years and has many friends
among the local producers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08

sweet companionship that makes the
whole world akin and spurs the red
hlOoded man on to the highest achieve
ments possible within the environment
of his life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08
ARDMoRE OIL OPERATORS

We have some choice acreage for
sale on Red river, % miles northwest
OF Paris. Contract let for 2,50O.foot
well For maps and other informa.
tion write or wire Aiken d Nicholson.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08

AIgiers on Company is making prep
aration- 10 drill It's Searcy lease IN the
Enid district This company is com.
posed Of L. C. Hiyick. Chas. L. Ander-
son, j. 5. Mullen Don La. %. ...
Dawson and j. y Dyer
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08

Export conditions have made bust.
ness light on the Santa Fe road from
Gainesville 10 Galveston, and the
Santa Fe has as a result, more fuel oil
in storage than it ever had at any 9TH
er period This company at Healdton
is producing oil from IT'S leases, but is
not drilling any new wells at this time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08

Prairie Oil & Gas Company's wen in
S.2.3 in the Fox district is drilling at
a depth of about 100 feet. At depth
at about l,545 It had a 95.foot sand
which made lots of water and a gas
production of probably one and a half
million feet The presence of the wa.
ter made it difficult to estimate the
gas productions
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08

The presence of gas in the Prairie
well in section s, has encouraged own.
ers w 1928, and as result the Sum
nit Oil Company has been organized.
1t took its name from the Summit City
Club, which is a popular social organi-
zation. These people it is stated, will
begin within a short time to drill its
well which has been shut down at 200
feet for several weeks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08

Dundee Petroleum Company in sec
ton 9-6.6 on the Albert Staiti acreage
is drilling past the 1000 foot level Rig
repairs are being made at this time.
The formations must look somewhat
favorable as the company had intended
to abandon the well at 1000 feet If
nothing had been found up to that
depth.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08

Alya H. Mcdonald has recently
purchased a lease located in the sw,
NV, ne of section 25-4.3, and is mov-
ing timbers to the northeast corner
Of the tract purchased. The location
is but a short distance from the
Dundee well in the same quarter
section and is practically in proven
territory This was reported as a
McDorman location, but should be
changed to Mcdonald
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08

Have the biologists played Fox in
,he right direction is a question that
is frequently asked Men are playing
for big fortunes, and they are giving
serious thought to this question. There
are big fortunes TO De- picked up with
small investments if those investments
are planted in the right place In some
neglected corner of the new area there
are opportunities like those which
were picked mp at Hcaldton and are
still being picked up No man has a
right 90 say the goologists have played
IL wrong, but the science has not been
perfected and In that lies the oppor.
Wuity to buy In the cheap acreage
places and to make a god hit II Is in
spring 10 study the situation, IL is full
OF hope, Il lends a heap OF courage and
often leads 10 comfortable fortunes.
Oldsmobile is Queen. sMarmon is
King. ADV.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08

J. L. Mulligan, formerly Of New York
is now in charge of the Healdton of.
fices and properties of the Roxana Pc.
troleum Company. He has surrendered
the company's lease on the rooms in
the Poland building in Ardmore, and
is moving the companys offices to sec
tion on the Franklin farm. The com
pany will use the town of HealdtOn as
base for supplies and will have its
executive offices in the field.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-08

The Daniel Waite well on the Roy
NJ Johnson acreage in 23-7.5 in Mar
shall county is drilling at depth of
about 1900 feet.