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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-14

district Of that state in the house OF
representatives at Washington. lie Is
now chairman Of the Louise committee
on Indian affairs, and as such has JUST
introduced a bill comforting citizenship
on all Indians born within the terri
torial limits of the United States; ar.
thorizing issue of and titles to all
adult mixed blood Indians and the de
livery to every Indian entitled, OF MS
full pro rata share of tribal FUNDS
which in some cases are very large
owing to the mineral wealth under
lying the areas that are tribally owned
This is the most far.reaching of all
proposed legislation affecting the In
dian.
Mr.. Carter is a native or the
Choctaw nation reservation Of the olu
Indian Territory now part Of the state
Of Oklahoma. He grew up with the
Indians and went to a government
school for Indians. He has been a
cowboy clerk in a store, auditor,
superintendent Of schools, trustee or
mining properties and a raiser Of live
stock He entered congress when Ok
lahoma came itno the Union in No
vember, 1907, and is veteran citizen
of one Of the most characteristically
American states Of the Union.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-14
REFINERY FOR FORT SMITH.

The Ozark Oil & Refining Company,
with a capital stock of $1,500,OOO, or
ganized at Fort Smith Ark, recently,
by Alexander Calvert and c. e. Ditto,
lately Of Bartlesville, Okla, and Ed
win Starkey Of Denver, Colo.
This corporation will be the parent
corporation for the Ozark Refining
Company of this city, operators Of the
only oil refinery in the state, and kim
dred corporations.
with the organization Of the Ozark
Oil & Refining Company, announce
ment was made that the corporation
had purchased the Prospect Oil & Gas
Company Of this city, together with
the latter's lease on $500 acres of
land in this county. The refining COM
pany announced an expenditure Of
s1O0O 600 for Improvements on its plant,
including additional stills to double
the retinery's output to 600 barrels of
oil daily 1t was also announced that
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-14
EDERAL ROAD FUND
SMALL IN AMERICA

About a year ago congress took the
irst step toward federal aid for road
Improvement, the result Of years Of
effort on the part of the automobile
md other interests. 1t set aside the
sum of $4,000, 600 to be expended dur
ng period of five years, according
to a prearranged apportionment,
among the forty-eight states, provided
each state added a sum equal to its
allotment of federal money. The
amount offered and apportioned for
the current year, the first Of the five
year period, was S4,S5OOOO, and but a
part Of this was taken up by the va
rious states how small a part will not
be known until official figures are
available some months hence.
Such is the pittance allowed by the
government indirectly to the motor
vehicle through the medium of road
ment-insignifcant in com
parson with the liberal benefits eX-
tended to the recognized public utili.
ties.
In the sharp contrast is the attitude
Of the other big nations concerning
their roads. Up to 1913 the national
government of France had expended
S311 100000 in the construction Of 23,-
1856 miles Of national highways and
allowed IS 600 GOO ppr wear for their
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-14
BY LOGAN WALLER PAGE.
Director Office of Public Roads and
Rural Engineering, Department


Director Office of Public Roads and
Rural Engineering, Department
of Agriculture,
When President Wilson signed the
Federal Aid Road act on July II, 1916,
lie rendered effective a measure
unique in the annals Of American
legislation. II involved not merely
the granting of financial assistance 10
the states in the building Of their
public roads; II went much further
and placed on trial a far-reachlng
policy of cooperation between the fed
eral government and each Of the forty
eight states. 1t undertook to lay down
the conditions which should govern
the cooperation, and it specifically
called for affirmative legislation by
forty-eight other legislative bodies than
the congress of the United states.
II placed the administration of the
act in the hands Of forty-nine agencies
comprising the secretary or agriculture
Of the United States and the highway
department of each Of the states on
the one hand therefore we have the
manifold difficulties incident to the
adjustment and smooth operation OF a
plan which requires action by 50
many different agencies, and, on the
other hand. we have all the possibili.
ties for good incident to the powerful
cumulative effort which may thus be
put forth by all Of the forces Of the
nation working in unison.
The beneficent results Of the federal
aid legislation are not to be meas
ured merely in the miles Of improves
roads built with the aid Of federal
funds | would put that result as
secondary. The most important has
already been accomplished in the form
Of an immense amount Of constructive
state legislation. establishing and
strengthening state highway depart
ments, providing skilled supervision
systematizing road work in the states
establishing maintenance funds, and
in many other ways insuring the eff
fcient and economical handling Of the
nations road problems.
1t was found that there were eleven
states which were without highway
departments in the sense contemplated
by the federal aid act. and that the
highway departments OF five other
states might be considered as in the
doubtful class. Few OF the states were
in position when the act was passed
to begin immediate cooperation. The
legislatures of most of them met last
winter, and it was not until their ad
journment in the spring Of 1917 that
the way had been cleared sufficiently
to enable individual projects to be
taken up.
As to the post road requirements
varying interpretations Of the term
rural post road" were current. II
was claimed by some that it meant
only those roads on which the mails
were actually carried; by others that 1t
meant any road over which 1t was
physically possible to carry the mails.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-14
Division

Total ------.---3VJ, ,llO, ~ j-O,SSJ,--h
The difference shows an increase OF
2l77493G barrels in favor Of 1917. This
gain comes from Kentucky, Mid-Conu-
nent, North Texas, Gulf Coast, Calitor-
MIA and Wyoming. The larger increase
of l6,4O7, ,9S5 barrels is credited TO Okla
homa and Kansas. Kentucky makes a
nice gain of 2,77O,SS7 barrels and Wyo.
ming is estimated to have added some
$500 600 barrels yearly to its output.
In neither Of these states do the figures
show the potential production. If all
the wells were open in Wyoming and
Kentucky and had pipeline facilities to
care for the oil, it is believed the out
put would be doubled in each state.
Good authorities estimate that Ken
lucky could yield 10000 barrels a day
with pipe lines TO each pool, and Wyo-
ming is credited with possible $4,000
barrels daily il supplied with transpor.
tation.
The increase in the actual production
has been obtained under adverse con-
ditions. The year 1917 was not favor
able to the producers except in the
advance Of quotations for crude oil. In
deed, except for the increased prices
the production would have fallen be.
low that of 1916. The fresh output
was obtained from wells making a
smaller average, as the only gusher
pool opened during 1917 was the one
in Kansas. The Gulf Coast failed to
find as many great producers as in the
previous year. The small pools of
Kentuck and the active operations in
Wyoming helped greatly, while the
Mid-Continent operators were busy In
their efforts to extend the productive
area Hampering the work everywhere
was the lack Of material for drilling
and equipping the wells; the high cost
Of every piece going into the business
the advance in the pay Of labor; a long
prolonged drouth in North Texas and
oklahoma and Kansas, and towards
he end of the year the strikes in
Texas and Louisiana, and the shortage
Of labor on account Of the war in all
parts of the oil region. Under normal
conditions the oil operators would have
completed more wells in 1917 than in
1916, and the total output would have
been added to greatly.
II conditions improve, it is believed
by the best.posted operators that the
production for 1918 will be much larger
than that OF 1917. During the last
three months several wildcat tests
through the Mid-Continent have indi
Gated new pools which will be devel
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-14
NOT so ALTRUISTIC.

Louisville Courier,Journal: "I'm
working hard to get severai or my
friends on an investigating commit,
tee" announced Congress Flubdub.
That shows good fellowship on
your part. Who is the committee
going to investigate"
Me"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-14

The following table gives the esti-
mated production Of the United States
during 1917, az compiled from re-
ceipts by the pipe lines from the
wells, with approximate figures Tor
tank.car shipments, and amounts re-
ceived by local refneries from wells
in their vicinity, and comparative
figures for 1916, in barrels Of AZ
gallons:
Division PrOdlSlo' fTou'49l'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-14

In common with all OldSmobile
eight-cylinder models, it's silent,
simple and powerful perfected
V-type motor amazeS even the
seasoned motorist by developing a
two-phase power
Idle along boulevards or thread
tangled traffic at a speed of one,
two or twenty miles an hour, on a
lean and gas conserving mixture
then, with simply additional pres
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-14
The CAR Of DOUBLE CHARACTER
AN IDLING PACE - THRILLING SPEED

sure on the accelerator, a veritable
burst of power is at your command
for lightning pickup, SteepeSt
hill or heaviest road. Investigate
this marked achievement.
There are seven other models in
the OldSmobile line of eightS and
Sixes-Touring Cars, Club Road
SterS, Standard RoadSters, SedanS
and CoupeS. Sl0
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
BRooKLYN PIGEON WINS

The nrst race OF the United Homing
Pigeon Concourse. old bird series, flown
from Wilmington last Saturday. was
exceptional in several respects. A total
OF 5,025 homing pigeons were liberated
at til06 a. m. and the hrst bird arrived
at the loft OF Herman Ketz, Brooklyn,
at i55i0 p. m. flying the distance OF
i07O3 miles in hours, 20 minutes and
10 seconds. an average Of i,262s3 yards
a minute.
The United States Government was
! interested In the event to the extent OF
having a squad Of thirty soldiers from
Fort DUPONT detailed to assist IN the
liberation. The wind was from the
north at Wilmington and northwest ai
home, the birds having to ny against Il
all the way. One hundred and seven.
teen pigeons were timed In and the frsi
twenty-three will receive diplomas.
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
JACKSON AND BENDER
In SATURDAY GAME

They're building two new entrances
and enlarglng the bleachers at the
Harlan grounds, sOuthslde, TO ac-
commodate the fans, who will be out on
saturday afternoon TO sec Chief
Bender strike out Joe Jackson lyes,
Henry. the real "Chlef," and the
Genuine "Joe''l or 10 see "Shoeless' Joe
lombard the adjacent fences with DASH
lng doubles, whistling triples and hot
homers.
The shoeless wonder has taken Job
at Harlan's and will no doubt be seen
in the lineup Saturday, while Bender
is on the twirllng stan Of the Hog
island team, Of the Shlpbuilding League.
And HOG Island plays Harlan next Sat
surday.
The local shipbuilders, led by Bill
Gallagher, land aided and abetted by
Joe) are confident OF Saturdays result
They walloped the Bristol aggregation
lest Saturday. counters 10 lone tally
1flere will be formal opening here OF
Saturday being the flrst game Of th'
Delaware River Shipyard League TO b
played here. A nag raising will TAX
place, a band concert and the tossin
out OF the ball by some prominent oitl
zen Of our thriving village.
The Bethlehem steel Corporate
League team Of the Harlan plant wi
stack up against Fore River Saturday {
Fore River.
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
Babe Ruth Ties Record for H0merS
in Consecutive Games; Three in Row

hitting participated
Ruth consecutive
ouy enough the accomplished pitchers Ruth and
Ray
Batting York. l. Ruth smashed DIR
The connected with Of Walter
Johnson's
On June TO- 1915 Caldwell batted for Fisher with the
Jim Scott The
following he sent pinch hitter this time for Catcher
the
70 which he pitched he made three in row by
Hamilton at that with
the Browns. present member OF the Pirates san
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
BROWNSON BUYS
BLACK UP TOMORROW

re third annual minstrel show znd
cscce % the 3rownsoc Library Associs-
ton wall be hele ct the New Century
Club tomorrow night. In the caste win
be some Of Wilningtons best talent
and minstrel performers, including
John Haney, James Kennedy, William
Lewis, John Collins and Hugh Brainard.
The program follows:
Opening chorus, "Dixie Volunteers .
overture, 'Ths Last, Long Anle;" solo
Bring Back Ny Daddie TO Me-" Andy
Rimlinger; solo, After the War Il
Over" George Dorset; solo, "Deoora
tion Day" John Haney; solo. ''Th'
Stars and Stripes is His Emblem" Josepl
Bierman, solo, Nanny Jinny's Hall o
Fame" James Kennedy; solo, "Whel
the Great Red Dawn is Shining" Fran
O'Rourke; solo, "Somebody Done NJ
Wrong" William Lewis; solo, "All IN
World VIII Be Jealous OF Me-" Jane
Quigley; solo, "Darktown Strutter:
Ball" John Collins; solo. Just as You
Mother Was" Hugh Bralnard; sole
What Are You Going to Do TO Hell
the Boys7" Robert McCa1erty; closln
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
THE BEST SPORTING PAGE IN WILMINGTON.
Billy Sunday Stops Swa'fing Devil Long
Enough TO Swat Baseball for Jackies

Billy Sunday for a number Of years
has swatted the devil In every form
twice a day or oftener.
And in his swatting his pet aversion
IS the bird who pilots the foarning
schooner across the mahogany.
Take slant at Tho picture and sec
II you can imagine The Billy sunday
you know, the tabernacle Billy, smil-
Ing his $500 an hour smile for the bene-
flt OF one Of the gents OF the white
apron and hung starter.
But that's Just what II Is. Bully play
ed right leld for team OF old-tmers
In Chicago tho other day. The game
was played for tho benent Of tackles
at the Great Lakes Naval Station. on
the keystone sack OF Sundays team
was Fred Pfefrer, who owns a saloon
in Chicago.
Fred and Billy played with Cap An
sons Cubs way back In the eighties
and nlneties.
It's likely that Fred, for business
reasons. doesn't care any more about
Biny's red hot roasts Of the gentle art
OF mixing 'em than Billy does about
the flicker" business, but they forgot
all about II as they posed for the cam
era man just before tho gamo.
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
1ERSEY BOXING BODY
FIXES FIGHT GAME RULES

The commission In setting Its weights,
Judged little on some classes, notably
tho feather, light and welterweight
class, but, on the whole, II Is good for
the game, provided the commission
sticks 10 It's weights. The recognized
weight for featherwelghts has been 1872
pounds for ages. Likewise, tho recog-
nIzed point for ilghtwelghts has been
1873 for a long time. and tho welter
poundage was set at ii2 some years aso.
However, the matter OF weights Is
largely one ofjcustom and surroundings.
II uniform standard OF weights was
adopted and adhered to II undoubtedly
would be a good thing.
in addition to stipulating weights at
which men must weigh In, the commits
sion has laid down a rule that all
weights must be made at 9 p. m. on the
date OF the Tight. This also Is good, for
lt prevents the use Of the abominable
old sweating process, which often used
/ TO precede a mans entrance into a rims
/ by only few minutes, leaving him q
nervous, weakeend wreck. II was this
that sent Joe Cans TO his grave and has
worked horrors on other old-tlm'
/ fighters.
Evening journal., 1918-05-15

With a percentage Of TIA. the Ex-
ploders' bowling team, OF the Powder
League, finished 81 points ahead Of
their nearest competitor, the Red Cross,
which averaged $50 for the season just
closed. In the individuals, Good top
ped the Glass "A" bowlers with the fine
average Of 1867. He was closely fol-
lowed by Jefferson, with t743, and
"Irve" Howett with 1H.9 pins. Eastman
and Grotz led the Glass "B" bowlers
with i6i.9 and 1921 pins. respectively
while In Glass &C, McAdams and Klund
averaged tl4.2 and 1897.
The honor for high three games Is
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
BOXING
TO BEGIN MAY 80

The Pe,nsgrove Athletic Association.
has Just completed It's big clubhouse,
seating 1000 people. and the opening
show viii be held on Thursday night
Nay so, after which the club intends 70
run shows every Thursday night.
Matchmaker Newton has promised Z
rare treat for the opening night. as he
expects 10 have some Of the most pro--
!neat lnen 81 the boxing game t-o-. Sn
over the State present.
Only the best ot exhibitions viii Se
put on by the club.
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
A 200
RRVIA 1893
FOR
EBALL SCORES
BY II. c. HAMILTON.

UNITED Press stan correspondent
NEW YORK. May i5---The New Jer-
sey Boxing Commission, recently ap-
pointed by Governor Walter Edge TO
have control OF the eght-round boxing
game which has been legalized In that
State, Is in the game for clean sport
i1dging from the set OF rules adopted.
rhe good old Marquis Of Queensbury
les, inducted into the United States
the late John l.. Sullivan, as a mat
Ter OF fact. are the rules adopted by the
Jersey commission. with a few additions
Tor local conditions. but. then, the good
old Marquis Of Queensbury rules should
be enough to keep boxing clean every
where.
At the outset OF the set OF rules
eight divisions have been SET into the
code, divided into paperweight bantam
weight, featherweight, lightweight, well
terweight, middleweight, commission
weight and heavyweight. The paper
poundage has been set al i08; bantam
las; feather. 1875; light, 1876; welter, i45i
middle i58; commission, i75, and all
over ITS will be heavyweights.
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
Middletown Musings
By AL"

The Clayton nine, which was scheduled
10 DO here Saturday, failed 10 appear. A
plain case OF cold feet is tho only report
that can be given over such actions.
This is the second time in three weeks
that Clayton has failed to show up after
a game has been scheduled. No excuse
has ever been given for such tactics.
Any team thinking OF scheduling Clay
ton should take our advice and look
further for their game.
Cowardness on the part Of Clayton
baseball nine and unfalrness on their
part Is our conclusion as TO the down
staters failure TO arrive here. Well
! Clayton, you'd have been walloped TO a
frazzle anyway so you did the best
J thing by staying home.
] Sporting writer overcome by gas,
Q reads a recent headline. Wen bet 40 to
c 1 that he was travelling with the Clay
g ton baseball nine. All smoke and no
g fre; all talk and no action.
It was a mighty wise thing IN the
u Clayton club deferring It's visit 20 this
Il town until after the baseball team had
II disbanded
Il has been claimed that the larges
4 ivory market IN the world is IN Siberia
y After watching the outcome Of the
locals scheduling games with Claytos
we have doubts as 10 the truth-ot thli
statement.
A new baseball nine IS now beinl
Organized here with the old NJ. A.. A
officers. Former Manager Walls ha
again decided 10 pilot the boys Il
victory.
II Is doubtful II Lefty Finn will b
back on the mound this year for th
locals. II IS Walls intention to form
IT nine with nothing but home tow
SO boys.
65
65 Looking over the past records IL ha
so been discovered that the locals hav
i55 never walloped the New York Giants.
100 Looking further we also find that tn
80 local combination has never led tn
@~~-
= recognized as the Worlds Champions
81 And again we do discover that 1or tn
= past three seasons Lefty Finn has twtrl
- ed the locals to the position OF cham
~ pions Of the Delmarvla Peninsula Their
sS may be one or two objections to thi!
y statement, but none Of them amount II
70 anything.
The nrst game Sor the newly organize
combination viii probably be played o.
.. Decoration Day. No game has yet beel
scheduled so some good nine stn ha
a chance
ANY team that IS snxious to test II
calibre Of the locals should write t
Mr. Walls. That team Will get all u
worries Il can handle.
Never again will ciaytoc- We Gol
play slseke-s.
III We see that Lefty Finn IS st!n Up
IN bis ole tricks. There's no use ot tai
Ing that boy can't lose.
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
TRAP SHOOTING
ANGLING
BASEBALL
Powder League Bowling Record

held by L. E. Good, with e.si, or en-
average OF 2iO3 per game. Rodrlgues
and Klund follow with 600 and COZ, fos
three games.
The individual prize-winners In Clask
"N were Jefferson, Houston and
White; in Glass "B," Eastman, Grotz
and Cochran; In Glass &C." McAdams
Klund and Pippin.
The following officers were elected
for next season: President, l.. e. Good
secretary, j. P. Prentiss; treasurer,
George clifford. The league averages
in detail followi
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
chorus, "Good-Bye Broadway, H

chorus. Goodbye Broadway, Hello
France" Were Going Over There"
Act lI.-Carvin and Haney, "The
Irishman and the Rube."
Act III.-McAdams, Collins, Lewis,
Company, -Four FOR Fun"
The circle includes Messrs. Francis
Marian, John McK.bbon. James McCul-
Tough and John Farrell. Andrew Rim
linger win act as interlocutor. The
minstrel Is under the direction OF Johr
A. Sullivan.
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
Keystone Field
Club Foul Bunts

Tho boys travelled 10 Elkton on Sat
urday and brought homo tho bacon,
which is very scarce there.
Corporal Meredith gavo a good ac-
count Of himself on Saturday. Although
he did not get hit no pillfored three
bags. Alta Boy Corp.
The man who said Bobby Graham
couldn't hit any more should take a
back seat. He had a whole lot to do
with tho victory.
Mr.. Nitche showed tho boys that he
could not only pitch but also hit. He
tore of 2 safeties.
II we had a good baseball team was
cry month ago. We would, etc.
Well boys we got one OF the best lnde-
pendent teams IN the State. Why don't
you follow It upS
Now that we are started don't stop.
We will show tho New Castle boys Just
how easy it Is After you know how.
'aTske Jigger Farrell along for luok.H
Take the Janitor," shouted another
But no one noticed John Barcley sitting
In the truck not saying a word Now
you know what gave us luck. Be on the
Job every Saturday John.
Mr.. Virgins appreciated his new uni
form He played a flns game IN center
field, and also got his bingle.
Jake Reason showed the boys how tc
scoop 'em up around flrst station. How
about that JakeG
Midge Mclaughlin says he didn't dC
much on Saturday. He got only run
two hits and had four assists 10 his
, credit, which IS a mere tribe for him
! What we would like to know Is, wha
does he call an afternoons work.
John Bradley had busy day in left
8 field. He had six put-outs. Talk abou
! a fielder You got TO hand It TO thai
boy.
Wonder where Bill Mckee was on Sat
urday? He's generally on the Job, but
we missed him Saturday. Come on Bill
set yourself together! Little LIE Eid.
At last, but rot least, M. Rut can Ger
tainly talk TO 'em. Alta boy, Rlcky
you tell 'em, got sore fingers.
or course we know Hickey puts up {
good game every Saturday, so we dom
have TO write about him. But wha
worried US was: Why Mr.. Clay Away
: smiled every time Rickey Stspped TO tn
plate? Is be friend OF Yours, hickey
Evening journal., 1918-05-15

Excellent boarding places win be
found in the want ads for the coming
week. Agents, canvassers and sales
people will do well to keep In daily
touch with the want aAA
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
oyrcyr pIrcuryc rYHYPryToN

An exhibition o. quot pitching Wi!
be given at the quarters OF the P, 3.
and w. R. r. A. A. every night next
week by Harry DEM and Jack Quinn.
members Of the P, 3. and w. State
champions.
Evening journal., 1918-05-15
w. c. T. u. CONVENTION.

The Sussex County Convention OF the
w. C. T. U. will be held in Bridgeville
tomorrow instead Of at Georgetown, as
had been announced.