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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09
PROPOSED BILLS OF
APPARENT MERIT

Two bills calculated to greatly re-
duce the number of fatalities and in
juries on railroads have been dis
cussed for introduction in the Mis-
souri, Legislature. While the precau-
tions taken by the transportation
companies to prevent accidents have
shown marked decreases in the num-
Der of deaths and injuries to passen-
gers and employees, the fatalities are
still great among two classes Of per-
sons over whom the railroads have no
control, trespassers and persons in
automobiles and other outsiders.
Figures of the Interstate Commerce
Commission show that in the United
States during the twenty-five years
ending June 80, 1914, there were
killed 1850 trespassers, and in
iured 1851, a total of 237, 181, or an
average in this country alone of 81
487 a year. These are fatalities
among persons walking on the tracks
or right of way of the railroads, get
ting on or off moving trains or cars,
stealing rides, etc. Of this number,
33,205, OF II per cent, were over Is
years of age; and 156,540, or sc per
cent, were over 10 years of age and
mostly wage earners. The remaining
20 per cent, or 47,436, were trainps
or hoboes.
The warnings and appeals Of the
railroads to keep people. off their
right of way and thus do away with
these needless and ayoidable sacri-
fees of life and limb have had little
effect, and it is only by the enact
ment Of laws that these fatalities can
be done away with or appreciably re-
duced in number.
Accidents at crossings, particularly
TO parties in automobiles, have also
formed a very large per cent of the
number of fatalities on railroads in
late years.
1t has been suggested that bills to
prevent or lessen this unnecessary loss
of life and limb be introduced in the
present General Assembly of the Mis-
souri, Legislature. One proposed bill
would make it the duty of the driver
Of every self-propeiled vehicle when
approaching a railroad or interpr-
ban line crossing to bring his vehicle
to full stop not less than 10 nor more
than 40 feet from the crossing and
look and listen for approaching trains
before proceeding further. Any vi.
o1ation of the act shall constitute a
misdemeanor and be punishable by
fine of not lcss than s5.00snor more
than S25.00. y
The other proposed bill is against
trespassing and makes it unlawful
For any Unauthorized person to walk,
ride or drive upon or along the tracks
or right,of ways Of any railroad COM
pany or to cross the tracks or right
If way except az a public on private
crossing. A violation Of This act is
also to constitute a misdemeanor and
Tcnder the offender liable to fine of
not move than $4,000 or to impris-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09

296,OOO,OO0; cotton lint, based on
gross weight, $1,128,00O,OO0; cotton
crop, including lint and seed, 81 ,406,-
100000; hay. tame and wild, $1,162,-
100000; wheat, $1,O26, 100000. Other
crops that each exceed hundred mil
lion dollars are oats, 1886, 000, 600; po-
tatoes, SALT 100000; farm wood-loS
products, $221,O0O, 600; apples, $780,
100000; tobacco, $3.50, 100000; barley,
$16O,0O0,O0O.
The level of prices paid to produc-
ers for the principal crops, December
/, 1916, was about $50 per cent high
'er than year previous, 500 per cent
higher than two years before, and
52.S per cent higher than the average
of the previous eight years on De-
cember l. The year 1916 was one of
comparatively low crop production,
but the prices and values of most Of
the crops were extraordinarily high.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09
BRYAN

-. H. .|.I
Mr.. Bryan, we suspect, is the most
powerful single individual in the Unit
ed States. ]. P. Morgan, Billy Sun
day, and Theodore Roosevelt might
be thought of challenging his pre-
eminence, but we doubt that they are
to be considered as serious rivals,
Morgan can break eggs for mil
lion people and carry off the omelet,
leaving them the shells, but he would
not make a chautauqua address.
Whatever power he has will die with
him. Bryan's will live twenty years
after he is dead. He will have direct
ed the thoughts of men and women
and their children. 1t will take at
least twenty years to eliminate Bryan.
Twenty days may eliminate Morgan.
Exasperated American patriots will
be encountering the Bryan sirup of
life at least twenty years after this
amiable man has been gathered to his
fathers. Billy Sunday operates vio-
lently on a restricted area. He stands
community on it's head. Boston now
offers the spectacle of the Brahmins
OH theirs. The bean not being the nat
ural resting place of the human race,
there is gradual resumption of the
normal business of standing on the
feet, but while Mr.. Sunday is effective
he is very effective, ..-
He has no such influence as Bryan.
He is no such power. People cannot
always be running to a fire, as Charles
Eliot Norton Cor was it he?) said of
reading Carlysle. Bryan does not
turn out the fire department. He u.s.
es a sausage suffer, fills it full Of
strip, and fills the people so full of
sweetness that they are ready to burst.
The business of beating folks over
the head with a good solid club is
Roosevelt's. The more the sound in
dicates solid bone or protected va
Guilty the more enraged the Colonel
becomes and the stouter his raps.
People will stand on their heads for
a while, but they never like to be
pounded on them. Therefore Bryan
with his strip squirt is more deadly
than Roosevelt with his club.
| 1t is no accident that now while
Colonel Roosevelt considers himself
| in the position of the mate of the New
Bedford whaler whose skipper want
ed silence, and d. little of that,
Colonel Bryan is the cock of the walk
IN Washington.
+. He is talking, as always, without
thinking. He typiies the impulse to
talk without thinking We have, mo-
thing but admiration for this amiabIe
man, but the damage he does is enor-
! nous. He has permeated the west.
His mood is the mood of the west. He
is more responsible for President Will
son now than he was four years ago.
He is the most powerful living Amer
lean, and our only wish is that he had
been a German or a Jap, or even
Canadian or a Mexican.
Twenty years after his last word
has been uttered the effect of what he
has said will have to be combatted by
Americans who wish their country
well.-Chicago Tribune.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09
FARM PRODUCTION

~ By far the largest gross value of
farm production in this country was
reached in 1916, according to estimate
made by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture. The total of
crops and animal products was $751;
449, 000,0 900, an increase of $2,674,-
100000 over the total Of. 1915, which
was itself a high-water mark. The
mere increase is greater than the
census gross value Of farm production
in 1889. The increase of 1916 over
1914 was S3,554, 100000. The gross
value of farm production is the total
of crops and animal products, and
takes no account of the use of pro-
duct as a material for other produc-
ton; nor are any costs of production
subtracted. Consequently, the value
of gross production should be regard
ed as an index number, and not as so
many net dollars put into the farmers
pocket. ."et IS
[, The value of the net product of
wealth on farms has never been de-
termined, and cannot now be estimat-
ed. The items. for the estimated
years are expressed in gross value and
are made to conform to the census
plan so as to be comparable with those
for the census years.
If the gross value of the census
farm production of 1899 is represent
ed by 100, the value for 1879 was 46.9;
for 1899, 52.2; for 1909, 1914; for
1914, 209.8; for 1915, 1884; and for
1916, 1851.
In the subdivision of the value of
gross production into its two main
elements, crops and animal products,
it appears that the total estimated
crop value in 1916 was $9,111, 000,-
900, an amount greater than the sum
Of the estimated values of crops and
of animal products for any year pre-
vious to 1912, greater than the total
estimated crop value of 1915 by ST.
204 100000, and of 1914 by $685.
600 1000.
The total estimated value of ami
NAL products in 1916 was $4,338, 000,-
900, or more than double the value of
1904, which was the highest amount
to that time. 1t was greater than the
estimated value Of animal products in
1915 by $470,000, 900, and Of 1914 by
$555, 900 600.
Compared with the value of farm
crops in 1899, represented by 100, the
crop value for 1909 was 1888; for 1914,
2OS.9; for 1915, 1908; and for 1916,
303.8. A similar comparison for an
imal products results in percentage
of 1857 for 1909, 220.2 for 1914, 225.1
for 1915 and 1928 for 1916.
The crop value for 1916 increased
over that Of 1899 by 203.8 per cent, of
1909 by &c per cent, of 1914 by 40
per cent, and of 1915 31.9 per cent.
The value of animal products increas-
ed in 1916 over 1899 by 1925 per cent,
over 1909 by Alb per cent. over 1914
by lat per cent, and over 1915 by H.
2 per cent.
From 1908 to 1914 the total crop
value, as fraction Of the value of
total gross farm production, declined
from GAG to 61.8 per cent, In 1915,
on the contrary, this tendency was not
only arrested, but was sharply re-
versed, and the crop value then be,
came GAL per cent of the total of
crops and animal products. followed
by another sharp advance Of 67.7 per
cent in 1916. $50 hsa
Four crops have each exceeded q
billion dollars in value at the farm in
1916. The estimate for corn 1t ST.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09
RENNIE.RUDY.

George w. Rennie of Graniteyille,
Mo-, and Miss Nankie Verrone Rudy OF
Desloge, were quietly married in Far
mington Monday, February 5th, Justice
VIM. Good tying the gordon knot, p.
L. Cahill and Miss Lottie Rudy were
present, at the ceremony and acted as
groomsman and bridesmaid. The
couple are well known and highly
respected young people and their many
friends wish them q happy married
life. They. will make their home in
iDesloge.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09
OLD CITIZEN OF RIPLEY
COUNTY DIES, AGED 79

T. ], Davidson, a prominent and
highly sesteemed citizen, died at his
home at Fair Dealing Tuesday night
Jan. Both, at 10 o'clock. He was 70
years Of age on the End day of last
month"; He had been citizen of the
county for many years and had many
He, is survived by his wife
and six children, and by one step
daughter, Mrs. NJ. Ward. -Doniphan
Prospect-News.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09

The immigration bin, with a liter
airy test, which President Wilson has
twice vetoed, has been passed over
his veto by both branches of Con-
gress the past week, each recording
the necessary two-thirds vote. So
this literary test for immigrants
which has been agitated in Congress
for over twenty years been four times
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09

passed by the body and vetoed by
three Presidents, twice by President
Wilson, now becomes law. 1t is bas-
ed on a wrong principle in the estima-
ton of many of our best thinkers and
most advanced educators.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-02-09
FOR SALE

Fine Jersey bull, two years old; or
trade for horse or cow. "asa r.
FRANK MERTZGER,
Route l, Bismarck, Mo. IN
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16

FOR SALE-l20-acre lease. threa
small wells; power; $4,000: $40 feet.
5i3 Robinson Bldg Phone 5S93-
7477.--Adv.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16
LII MARKET QUOTATIONS..
Market Stronger

The market for fuel oil Is stronger
than last week and the consensus OF
opinion Ia that manufacturers are OF
tho opinion that the government IL
going to set a price and that the price
viii be lower than now, which VIII
have the Immediate effect OF curtail-
ing the output or at least unscttling
conditions as II has coal. Another
idea is advanced, namely. that tho re-
cent offer made by the Standard OF
the Burton process viii be adopted
generally 10y refners I'm the mld-con-
tlneut field and II this IL done there
viii be a scarcity OF fuel oil.
The Burton process works the oil
down TO the coke, but the refiners are
not likely to adopt II now as 1t would
be impossible to obtain material dur
ing the next year and besides there
are many processes which are doing
excellent work and giving. the best pos
sible results.
The manufacturers say that the use
OF fuel oil in modern up-to-date ovens
with scientific appliances for feeding
the furnaces is saving of fuel ana
more than all the only means OF get
ting results In certain classes OF manu-
featuring.
BE this as IL may. there Is well
defined suspicion among the people
that burning fuel oil is a waste, but II
is equally certain that the manufac-
turers are equipped for fuel oil and
not for coal. and the upshot OF II all
IL that the market has advanced 10
cents per barrel within the last two
or three days.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16

tionnl talent Is another factor In the
game and helped nightly In the gem
cral situat>
Late news from the Fortuna No.
Miller faru I'm 27-19-i Indicates n
deeper gas sand than heretofore e.
countered and best OF all, very pro-
Life one. This well is reported max
ing 20,000,O00 feet Of gas from tn.
5.iI0 foot sand II had gas also nt
G70. again NJ 1850 and also at 2,070
and at 3,1i0 and now in the Skinner
sand II Is showing big rs above re-
ported.
This gas will doubtless he pipco
both ways, cast and west, from Lhe
jGnction OF the big pipe line and Will
therefore, serve the population IN
oklahoma city M well as Tulsa.
Another well completed by NJ. IL.
Whittier OF California and the Echo
oil company. (OHkes Bros. N Col
lins) Nclbgany Is making 5000, 900
feet Of gas nj 800 feet IN the lime at a
total depth OF 2.3s3. The location !,
In the northwest of the northeast OF
the northwest OF 6-24-10 and Will
doubtless go to the Indian Territory
Illuminating oil company and VIII.
therefore. supply Bartlgsville, which Is
already assured OF supply on ac-
{ cunt Of gas opened by the same peo-
ple
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16
I.55o feet in s5-is-7 No. ! Cedar farm,

YALE-Westerly and associates In
the northwest Of the northeast Of tho
southeast OF 7-l9-6 No. Q Moore farm
10 drilling at $50 feet.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16

George S. Hoagland, l.. +. David
son and @. Wiley Lloyd returned Sun
day from Chicao, where they attended
the convention and took promi
nent part in boosting for Tulsa for
next years meeting. They were han
dicapped by the fact that hotel facili-
ties In Tulsa are at present inadequate
TO take care of large crowd and
were beaten by New York by II final
vote. New York did not have much
OF margin at that, but the big town
IL anxious TO entertain the oil mems
association next year. II is cinch
that there has never been as hand
some n buncm In the town.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16
SOUTH oKLAHOMA-The Gyps,

SOUTH OKLAHOMA-Th Gypsy
oil company No. l Pruitt farm in the
northeast of the northwest Of the
southwest is drilling at l,l50 feet
The Carter oil company No. ]
Tucker farm in the northeast of the
northwest of the northwest OF 20
2s-Sw is drilling at 1,S10 feet.
The Gypsy oil company In its No.
| Ludersmith in the northwest OF the,
northwest of the northwest of So
2s-3w is trying to shut off the water
with s-inch casing at 2,090 feet.
The Empire Gas & Fuel Co. No. l
Colbert farm In the southeast of the
northeast of the southwest of 10
1n-5w is drilling at $50 feet.
The Lone Star Gas company Is
clearing out the cave at No. | Riley
in the northwest of the northeast of
the southeast OF l2-1n-6w at 1892
feet.
The McTon oil company No. l Saun
farm in 25-2-4w is a rig.
The Big Anticlne OIL company. Is
shut down at $50 feet in the north
west of the northwest of the south
west OF 3l-2-4w.
William a. Abernathy are drilling
Mt 200 feet in the southeast of the
southeast OF the southeast Of 11-2-5w
in No. Simms farm.
House farm In the northeast of the
southwest OF the northwest of 20
2-Sw is clearing out hole at 1850
feet
The Okla Star Oil company No.
Kate Allen farm in the northwest of
the northwe est of the southeast Of
2-3-4w is fishing at 1870 feet.
The Uncle Sam Oil company Is
shut down at $50 feet in the north
,sft . 1.., nut Af thn hAa mt
OF t,S-5w No. / Magine farm.
The Langston OH x Gas Co. No. 1
Milwell farm is trying to pull pipe at
2,070 feet in the southeast of the
northeast of the southeast of 1855.
The Unity Oil 4 Gas Co. No.
Adair farm In the northwest OF the
northwest of the northwest Of Is
5-5w is shut down at 1880 feet
The Haley Petroleum company In
the southwest OF the southwest OF the
southwest of l9-5-Sw is a rig.
The Oil State Petroleum company
No. Clay farm in s-5-7w is drilling
at 1875 feet
CUSHING-The Gypsy OIL company
/ No. Campbell In the center OF the
south line OF the south half OF tho
southwest quarter OF 2l-17-5 Is drill
ing at $500 feet.
| The tushlnx Development company
No. Benson farm In 30-l1-7 Is drill
| ing a, $40 feet.
The Atlantic Petroleum company
No l Camue farm in 7-l7-s in the
northeast Of the northeast OF the
northeast quarter has rig up.
c. H. Shaffcr IL drilling at 300 feee
lr No. 2 f.aughlin in the southeast OF
the southeast OF the northeast of
2-IS-5.
The Balboa company No. & McGell-
ro farm in the southwest OF the south
east OF the northwest OF 2-ls-7 arc
| drilling AT 2.540 feet.
e. u. Shaffer Is spudding at 100
feet in No. l rarchew farm In So
1877.
Moffitt and Tague are drilling at $50
| feet In No. Walsh In the southwest
of the southwest OF the northeas, "a
| S-lS-6.
| RJPIEN-Dick Villa No. Hall
farm, In the southwest OF the south
east OF the northwest of 2S-lS-% ID
down at .S35 feet.
The Carbo company No. Collott
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16

There Is less danger OF a shortage
OF gas toiny thah at any time In tho
last month and 1t seems proVidentai
that In the face OF cold winter gas Is
Oklahoma
The recent consolidation OF the
various g8s companies which brot
to the oklahoma Natural much add
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16

RIpLEN-Dick Villa No. Hall
farm, In the southwest OF the south
east OF the northwest OF 2S-lS-A IL
down at 1895 feet.
The Carbo company No. 1 Collott
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16
Production Declining.

The latest news from the various
fields in this state and Kansas indi-
cate that the grand total OF production
is declining in spite OF the big wsfs
In Butler county some of which are
being hurt with water. even more than
is usual, and that in oklahoma many
wells are delayed. waiting for the sit
uation TO clear up.
The price OF steel up to the present
IL not lower but on the contrary has
advanced for some classes OF that
metal which would certainly jar you.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16
sOUTIERN OKL,uOMA-Am


and others In the exact center OF the
northeast quarter OF the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter OF
7-5 ST. W is a rig
Rush Creek oil Il Gas company. No.
| King farm in the northwest or tsu
southeast OF the northwest OF l6-5e-
2w isa rig up.
j. r. Bynum Is shut down at .020
feet in the northeast OF the northwest
OF the southwest OF 22-5e-2w-
The Osaplo oil company IL drilling
e. 100 feet i'm the southwest of tn,
northwest of the southwest OF 9-3s-3y.
The Uncle sam oil company. No I
Andrews In the northeast of the
northeast of the northeast OF I-3s-4w
Is shut down at 100 feet.
The Golden Gate Petroleum com
pany Is slut down nj 733 feet in tho
northwest Of the southwest of the
southeast Of Il 3s-5w on No. Flor
ence farm
The Oklahoma Fox oil company
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16

In the southwest OF the southwest of
the southeast OF 2f-ls-4 In rig.
The Producers company No. 3 West
In the southwest OF the northeast oi
the north vest OF 1-19-5 In drilling AZ
$50 feet. No. In. the northeast OF ths
northeast OF the northwest Of i-19-5
Ia drilling at 1870 feet,
The Ohio cities on company No.
| Mullin farm in 10-19-5 is shut down
at 1.l55 feet.
McCray and others are drilling Mt
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16

Robert a. McBirney. Undertaking
Parlors, 5 West Third street. Phone
456. Residence phone 191.-Adv.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16

For Sale--One 135-horsepower Bes-
semer gas engine; new. Phone 1920.
ADV.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16

QUAY--The Devonian OIL CONF pany
No. Guinan farm In the northwest
OF the northwest of tho northeast OF
1905 In drilling at 3.1s5 feet.
CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-16
Oil and Gas
Leases. Supplies. Production. Eto

FOR SALE--l0.O0O It. II inch
new pipe; 5000 IT, pinch line; 10000
inch u ID tubing; 200 IT. 5 9-l6.
inch 17-lb casing; 1000 II. S-l6-inch
IS-lb. casing. $1,000 II. 5ss inch cas-.
ing. 5000 IT, SIX Inch l7-lb. casing
2.S00 IT. 6Ss inch 20-lb. casing: 2,O0o
H. SA inch 24-lb. casing 1900 It.
Sh Inch 2S-lb. casing: 1000 It. 10.
inch S2-lb. casing; 500 II. l2h inch
casing; one 20 h. p. boiler and engine;
two 65-bbl. wood tanks; one 100-bbi
tank. oklahoma Pipe company, 40l
North Boston avenue, phone 6444
Tulsa, Okla.-Adv.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-01-19
NOTICE OF sHeRRIFF's SALE OF
REAL PROPERTY

Under and by virtue of an execution
issued out Of the District Court of the
Fourth Judicial District Of the State
OF Nevada. In and for the County Of
Elko, in an action wherein F. w.
Smith is plaintiff and the Helen NJ.
Mining & Milling company, corpora.
tion, is defendant, upon a judgment
rendered on the 7th day OF September,
1916. in favor of the said plaintiff and
against said defendant for the prin.
cipal sum of Eighteen Hundred and
Eighty Dollars (S1,S80.00). lawful
money of the United States of Ameri
ca, with interest accrued and to &C
crue. and costs. i have this day levied
upon all the right title. claim and In
terest of the said defendant in and tC
the following described real and per
sonal property ,to-wit:
Those certain lode mining claims
suituate In the Railroad Mining Dis
trict In tho County of Elko, State OF
Nevada, and known as and called the
ANDRoSA, ANDRosA EXTENSION
HELEN NJ. EDNA, IONA. MINNIE
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1917-01-19
SUNDAY GALA DANCE
hUooINo GET TO MUSIC

BOSTON. Jan ls.-The followins
are few OF the telling shots let loose
here by the Rev. Billy Sunday:
THE S woman who.l scrubs your
floors. II she ID Christian. il q bet
ter woman than you are. IL you are
notsa Christian"
1T Is foolish to gallop a mile or
two to get a hug or two"
The dance is hugging match set
10 music"
Eva Tanguay can get $4,000 a
week and you hear little comment.
but IL preacher happens to make a
little money he is a damn CRATER"
THE free-rorali has something on
the private club dance in that the
girls there wear more clothes"
"Decollete, that means collar arount
the waist"
Take the leg shows off the stage
and the theaters would go into bank.
ruptcy."
ThereH be no hypocrites in heaven
so II you don't want to associate in
the future with the people you de.
test. come into the church now"
We've gone nuts on this culture
bug"
IF Christ's coming were DELAYED
until all Boston was converted. He
might not get here for 10000 900
years"