The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-21
80" at the Usage Land Sale.

LO, az thN oS'Eo
Margaret Murphy in Tulsa World
The man who wrote sentimentall,
about "Lo. the Pool Indian, who's
untutored mind sees books IN run
ming brooks etcetera, wasn't think
ing about the Osages. ON, no! lla'
any old poet attended the sale a
Pawhuska on Saturday he woul'
have been more likely to write
"Lo! the Poor Paleface, whose IN
tutored mind sees oil in every dom
and anticline." etcotera )etceteri
meaning wherever the neighbo
happened to be bidding highD
The Indians who hung aroun'
the outskirts of the crowd and as
sembled under the council elms OF
Saturday and watched the oil mel
try to outbid each other on presur
ABLY desirable tracts OF land, Wer'
neither 10 nor poor and wheth
er they were in blankets or in tf'
most modish OF spring frocks they
we're. and they knew it, going Il
get theirs" when the white mar
had his say. And at times when the
bids ran fast and high, even the
historic Indian inscrutability gay,
wav in a fash OF interest, as they
counted the cost TO the other tel-
low).
\ twentieth century Pocahontas
l. nj -
indicated that She was Just home
from an Eastern finishing school
figured with pencil and pad and
offered striking contrast to an
old. old (and toothless) Indian IN
brilliant blanket and much paint,
who sat inside and grumbled mum
blinglv because the bids were not as
big or eager as they once had beer
The setting for the sale was per
feet. The trees and grass-Ikc
some of the bidders-vCrc ver,
green. J. George Wright godfather
Of all the Osages, read the rules AND
regulations OF the game and Col. j..
N aters OF Skeedee, who was master
Of ceremonies. was at his most eN-
cellent best and wheedlcd accord
ingly. His recurrent and glceiul
He knew it was there, when he
succeeded in getting raise after
he knew the limit had been reached
in the bidder heart, was positively
ghoulish.
\ diversion and relaxation was
furnished by spirited auction OF a
hand-painted china tea sea. That
Is. it started out to be an auction,
but when the Tulsa oil man with
hi, wife got into the game, gener-
ositv got busy it wa, turned into
a donation party, pure and simple.
The tea set, painted by Mis-, Anne
York OF Pawhuska, VA, offered tor
auction for the benefit Of enlisted
men about TO leave the town tor
training camp. After q few minute,
Of spirited bidding. Frank Breene
for the Winona oil Company. otter-
ed TO open $500 tea set fund m
consideration of three others in the
group doing likewise Three other
did-and one more. They were !.
Edgar Pew for the Carter, DIR. i.
c.. Kennedy. Guy T. Berry and 'he
Manhattan oil Company. Then s..
NJ. Landou OF independence. Ran;
T. II. Robinson of Pawhuska. l.. ID.
Jackson OF Sapulpa and L. { Can
ary OF Caney each gave 500 tn
the fund. and Mr. Brcnneg OF Paw
huska and Hugh Mackay OF Den
yer. Colo. donated ano;her hun
drcd. making the er,tWhilc tea sea,
5000 article
Ii will bc brought oycr and raj
fled in the LOBBY OF Hotel Tulsa mex.
Saturday night. and the famous
Colonel Water, will be on hand Co
give OF his best auctioning taien,
10 help the tea set raise NOR,
lake" for the boys across the sea.
Soon. the oil men hope. it vii De
rivalling the Shriners' historic sack
OF -four.
The Wag-Mar test an section ,
4s3w, a quarter south and ten acre.
west OF the RoNana No IN that
section, i just now attracting the
attention of the oil fraternity here
especially OF those who have inte,-
ests in that part OF the held. Their,
was a large number OF visitors At
the lease yesterday owing 10 the
fact that the drill was reported on
top Of the gas sand. The sand wa'
found at l,S44 feet, which II two
feet lower than II was found In the
Roxana. In the Roxana this sand
carried considerable gas and Va