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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Furnished by the Chickasaw Title
Company, Bonded Abstractors.)

{. r. Pearson, single, to w. II
Cotterall, warranty deed part sectio,
Is. SS2w, $40.
Jake l.. Hamon and wife to Mrs
Emma A. .Fagerquist, warranty deco
lot p, block 40, Healdton $1,000
Myrtle Grisham and husband, tc
John 7. Marnwell and l.. +. Barn
well, warranty deed part |, 2s5w
$500.
| Frances Johnson and husband tc
Edwin +. Cox. warranty deed me-
nw4 p, 2s2w. $500.
Israel Folsom and wife to ]. r
Little, warranty deed part I and 9
5s2w. 5000.
c. ard c. Nations to James NJ. Nc
Cants, e2 sw4 and lots 3 and a.
section 80, ls3w, $l,067.l9.
w. A. Henderson and wife to
Mrs. Frank McPhail, warranty deed
part of lot I, block 36S, Ardmore, ST.
$50.
Elizabeth G.. Fulsom, widow, to
William A. McClain, warranty deed
part %, 2s3w.
L. A. Bagby and husband, to Mrs.
Lonnie Mae Brady. warranty deed
east 40 feet lot g. block Sc, Ardmore.
Hattie Maye Curtis and husband.
to A. l.. Nelms. warranty deed part
IS 3sle, $5,450.
Matte Lyles and husband to l..
L. Segler. warranty deed lots 9 and
10. block 81. Plummers re-subdi-
vision OF lots | and ?, block 80, Ard
more, $3.50.
J. !. Knight, single, to Loyal Oil
and Gas Co., warranty deed lot l.,
block 3 and lots ; and 1, block 9,
Graham, 500.
Maude Moore, to B. W. Duke,
claim deed part ;, 5slw, 81.
c. and c. Nations to Edna Eavcs,
unallotted land deed part. sec y,
1s2w, SOS.
c. and c. Nations to Lonnie
Taylor, patent to freedman. sw4 nw4
section 2, 5s2e.
+. NJ. Lykins and wife to !. A..
Carathan and wife. warranty deed,
lot II Lykins re-subdivision and re-
plat, block 70 Ardmore, 81.
Ola Holloway. single. to John
ME Moore and Jodie Moore, war
ranty deed, east 50 feet lot !, block
595, Ardmore, $500.
John Wilson, Jr., and wife to !. !.
Wilson, Sr. and wife, warranty deed
part I. 3s3e. $1,000.
c. NJ. Walker to VIII Sparks, war
ranty deed lot l03 c. NJ. Walker sub
division and part %, Ss2e, $50.
r. T. Looney and wife to NJ. A.
Looney, warranty deed part 32, 5s2e.
and other lands. 81.
Southwestern Land Co, to Loe NJ.
Kerwood. warranty deed lot ,. blk.
a., Sunset View Addition to Ard
more, $3.50.
Chas. Won Weise to c. W. Rollins
quit claim deed lots ), 4 and !, blk.
20. lots Oh, 6c and IA. block IS, Ard
more Realty Company's re-subdi-
vision OF certain lots in Highland
Park Addition. Ardmore. also block
3 and lots ). 9. !. s. and o. block 4
Ardmore. 81.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
SAVING THE COLLEGES.

The arrangement whereby the
government has virtually COM
mandcered the colleges for the train
ing of army officers is probably a.
fortunate thing for the institu-
tioEs themselves as ii is for the
students.
As matters stood, most Of the col
legeS and univer sites were pretty
well shot to pieces by the abnormal
war situation. About hall the stu
dents had enlisted or been drafted.
Many undergraduate bodies were
reduced to a handful. The income
from tuition fees was correspond.
ingly reduced. Othei sources OF in
come became precarlous, owing to
the unSettlement of investment val
ues and the difficulty OF competing
with government loans where en-
dowment funds were needed. 1t
was harder to pay tha salaries of
professors and instructors and there
was less work for those highly spec
iaized experts to do The outlook
was dark.
Now comes the government, and
takes over the colleges almost as it
took over the railroads. By offer
ing free instruction and mainten-
ance, plus soldiers wages, it insures
the filling OF the colleges to the
capacity OF the plants By arrang-
ing to pay a liberal share OF the
cost, it enables the colleges to meet
their pay-rolls and other charges,
saves their credit, preserves their
organizations, improves their equip
ment and prepares them for greater
usefulness than ever.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
RH1EREA,
THE AIRpLANE SHORTAGE.

Our airplane industry IS more
and more reduced to relying on the
working up OF instruments and mo
tors saved from destroyed alrplanes.
The supply OF material for the front
has become essentially dependent
on the return OF waste material
from the front" In other words,
they are reduced to making al
planes out OF junk.
From recent utterances made IN
ENGLAND and America, it might be
fancied that this refers to the allied
air service. 1t happens to refer tt
the German service, and serves as
a good index 10 the serious predica-
ment in which Germany now finds
herself.
Let us keep our perspective
straight. Ii the allies are ham
pertd, let it not be forgotten that
Germany is in far worse plight.
Nearly all the aviation news from
the battle front in the past lew
weeks has indicated a great super
iority on the part OF the allies. The
British and French always, and the
americans generally, have doml-
mated the air. They have kept the
German planes onethe defensive.
scouting back OF the German lines
almost at will, blowing up German
bridges and roads, harrassing Ger
man columns in retreat, attacking .
German batteries, bombing Ger. |
man trains and factories, and in
general, making the lie OF the Ger
.man army miserable back as lar as,
and even beyond, the Rhine.
The only trouble is that, though
superior, the allies still lack the oy'
erwhelming superiority which they
need in order to accelerate their
victories and shorten the war as
they desire. 1t is eagerness, no de
spair, that lends force TO the lead
ers' complaints
This is, indeed, thoroughly
sound reason ior Fastening our part
OF airplane production to the ut
most. But We needn't add worry TO
our hurry We are going to beat
the Germans in the air in any event.
1t is merely d question OF how thor
oughly and quickly we're going 10
do il
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22

would not join them determined " md
nort labor is told IN the ie''''' -
noners seized by the overnment ~
,ast fall and now made pupi''
,,,,u he introduced at the trial sept -
IN yichi,a. of the % men now ""uer
indictment. ,,o o,iv
mo action at Wichita Is the onlV
..i'o,osole I ". W. Indictment save th"t
-, chicago. which resulted IN the cohN'o'
lion of leaders Of the organization No"'
or tho men to be tried at Nichl'a WIZ
tried at Chicago. -,..,
rho seized letters written by aSita'or'
l., ,,o ou and coal fields TO leaders III
chicago. or replies TO such letters WV
be used to support the coh'eh.io"
the government that the l. W.
nlanned campaign OF sabotage 10 WI
,roI the oil fields and thus TO interfere
win tbe prosecution of the war IN one
letter one Of the agitators wrote
I'VE must get our fellows to consre'
,,o,o bare and there and there should pe
M least 400 men blow in from the nu'
vest fields and from the big cltles' Inc
nil workers and coal miners are not sym
pathetic. and II is pretty nara 10 get
,hem interested. We need lots OF litera'
,ure stlckers and the like to stir things
up here 49,. .,,
The literature was sent ana 'he CIV
crnnent has two trunks filled win H.
which its agents seized. This litera'uA
advocated force to terroriZe the OIL "Hd
ras fields and to make the men wto
would not Join unhappy. In announcer
letter the organizing of new union was
suggested. 1t stated;
Every time man shows IN mere ne
Is frisked by a cop and II ne has an l.
W ". card il means he goes 10, jail.
Il would be a good idea to organize come
kind of Il union 10 slip past these paid
agents OF the big guys
OH Workers Union.
The Indictment charge the union
formed at that suggestion was called the
oil Workers Industrial Union, and wa'
nothing but the /. W. W. under new
name. Another letter stated:
IF we work fast we can have every
thing here 50 they can't turn around
without asking us what to do
There are also suggestions as to the
men refusing to register for the draft
but those on trial are not accused of
interfering with the draft law, but of
trying TO hinder the government in the
prosecution of the war impeding the
coal ana oil output.
Five Of the men TO be tried now are
interned as enemy aliens and will he
brought from Fort Douglas, Ariz,, for
trial. They are: Carl Smell, Paul Ma
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22

nit no sin that by His help | can
avoid. Do not worry about be moral
ly or physically If | should meet
death, ! will die like man for the
most sacred cause our country or
any other country has ever called
upon mothers 10 give their sons to,
but am certain that ! am coming
back, and coming back man
Joseph II. Odell, special cores
pondent at the front for the Out
look, has been studying soldiers in
the mass and as individuals with
greatest thoroughness, He says
that our soldiers, even more than
those of any OF our allies, still hold
the crusading spirit. He says in
part:
"Our army has a mission, a sacred
mission, and from the officer in
command down to the lowliest en-
listed man there is a feeling OF ded-
ication They are all fighting .ior
cause. and each is the champion OF
all that is tine and holy and worth
while in the world"
To believe for a moment that our
men will return brutalized in soul
and body is to doubt the very cause
for fhich they are giving their lives
and the principles they would vindi-
cate by beating Prussiasism. No,
let the people who are wringing
their hands and bemoaning the
brutali2ation' OF our soldiers look
to their own souls. They have much
o do to make themselves worthy 20
welcome those fighting men when
hey come home again.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
FOR ALL THAT is FINE
AND HOLY

There are some people who pro-
fesS to be greatly concerned about
the brutaizing effect the war is go
ing o have on our boys. 1t is about
time these people cured their Wor-
rying with facts.
The Americans who are fighting
for us in Europe are enduring a
good many hardshipS and living un-
der conditions that tend TO rub off
superficial evidences OF refinement.
As one young preacher who was the
"N' man with an American machine
gun company at Chateau Thierry
writes to friend in this country:
You have got 10 realize under
what tremendous physical and men
tai strain these men are living. They
can't always be as polite as some
rolkS seem to want them to be"
This man hiked and worked and
rested with The front ranks of ad-
vancing Americans at the, Marne.
He admits that there is much pro-
fanity and roughnesS among them.
but adds:
The longer ! work and live with
these men the more ! become CON
virced of their essential goodness.
| believed in them when | was still
back home. ] have daily proof OF
their fineness and goodness here on
the battlefront"
Let any who seek proof read the
letters of the boys themselves. One
letter, printed in part i'll the Literary
Digest, is valuable because it is so
typical of the majority. TO his moth
er the writer of that letter said:
when the United States marines
get the Kaiser. and the Crown Prince
has TO roll his own pill. | will come
gack. and ii | do not come back the
man YOU would like to see. am bad
ly mistaken.
'The past six months have made
home and mother very dear and sa-
cred to me and to thousands OF 9TH
er boys. God helping me, | will com
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
4 Square Deal in Taxation.

The following interesting item is tax.
en- from Fridays Tulsa World
Late news from Washington is to the
effect that the prospects are good for
square deal in the matter of taxes
pertaining to oil, and especially to the
drilling of wildcat wells. The commission
that is asked for in the bill, is likely
TO be appointed, and best of all. w. n.
Davis of Bartlesville is sure of place
on this commission if it is appointed.
1t will do more To give the oil men
confidence and start lot of drilling
than anything else that could possibly
happen. AS things stand now there is
but little hope for getting wildcat wells
drilled, since a large percentage of the
profits go to the tax gatherer and none
Of the losses are taken into considera-
tion.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
Beware Of the Peace Talking Ger
mans.


St. Joseph, (Mo.) News Press
The expected peace drive has begun
and the extent OF its ramification:
will be revealed as the weeks go by
Burian of Austria has spoken sig
nificantly in favor OF league OF ma
tionS tor the preservation OF peace
in the future, in which the central
powers would gladly participate. To
clear the way for such an arrange
ment, there would first have to be
peace. The central powers are
ready until they can dictate the
not ready to sit on equal terms
around 4 peace table with thieves
and murderers against whom they
have united for the future safety
OF mankind. Nor will the allies be
ready until they ca ndictate the
terms of peace to the offenders
not bargain with them in give and
take fashion. \ league OF nations
with the Hohenzollerns and Haps-
bures as partners upon common
basis wouldn't be worth any more
with those rascals than was the
treaty which guaranteed the neu-
trality OF Belgium, the international
laws OF the sea and the other agree
mentS which they have broken.
Kaiser Wilhelm proclaimed in his
speech to the workers at Essen that
he had always been for peace and
was ready now, but unfortunately,
it took two to make a peace, and the
hardhearted and rapacious enemy
was so bent upon the neeation OF
Germany that the war OF defense
must go on. The kaiser rehashed
to the workers-with the world as
his audience-the mouldly old stuff,
long ago shelved by Germans them
selves. about Germany's being forced
into the war under the pressure OF
sef-defense.
The kaiser doesn't remember, OF
course, that it was he who forced
Austria to declare war upon Serbia
that ii was he who declared war
upon Russia and France; that it
was his ravishment OF Belgium that
forced England into the war. He
doesn't remember that all OF his
defense has been upon foreign soil
in quest OF spoils, and not within
his own borders. He doesn't re-
member the Lusitania and the other
outrages upon humanity that have
made him an object OF horror and
hatred the world over.
lie adds blaSphemy to hypocrisy
when he calls upon God as wit
ness and for support. He doesn't
chose to remember the destruction
Of cathedrals. the murder of reli
glouS. the bombing OF hospitals, the
violation OF women. the slaughter
OF children and the other numer-
Gus atrocities committed in his name
and with his sanction. He speaks OF
peace in the East and saws it will
come i'll the West, too. # the con-
iitions in Russia are peaceful now,
the reports from there are all lies
and the kaiser is the paragon OF
veracity And there shall be peace
in the West, too, he says. Yes, there
shall be. but no OF the kaisers max
ing. The kaiser and the thing which
he personifies must be wiped ont be-
fore there can be peace, and before
there can be league OF nations.
we must all be on guard
against the peace-talking Germans
and against every agency which they
may employe to this end.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
An Oyer-ripe Tomato

and other overripe vegetables or
fruit often cause very serious bowel
trouble in hot weather. Check it as
quickly as possible. Get bottle of
Groves Baby Bow. Medicine. a
safe and sure remedy for summer
diarrhoeas. 1t is just as effective for
adults as :or children.-adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
Heard On A Car.

Boston Transcript: They say
that her husband is 4 perfect fire
eater
We'll, considering the price OF
fuel, | should call his diet rather
expensive
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22

The new German colors are white
black and yellow-whitc the color
OF the kaiser's hair; black, the
mourning the women wear; and
yellow the hearts OF the fighting
mer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22

In iairnes, to landlords, it must
be admitted that rents in general
haven't gone up anywhere near so
much as most Of the other cost
of-liv;ng items.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22

"1he present German retreat will
so to the Belgian border" writes
war expert Glory! glory halle
luiah The Lord is marching on.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22

Conklin'S Fountain Pens are ideal
for school use. Absolutely guaran-
teed. Sessions Book Store-Adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
TWO LETTEDS TO A MOTHER
Contrast Between Words of Lin
coin and the Kaiser Typifies Diff
ference Between Democracy and
Autocracy

Seldom has the difference between
the causes for which America and
Germany are fighting been illustrat-
ed more forcibly than in two letters
TO mothers who sacrificed their sons
TO their country.
Abraham Lincoln's letter OF SYM
pathy and coincidence to the widow
BiXby, who gave five sons to the
nations cause in the Civil War, is
known wherever the English Ian
guage is spoke. 1t speaks from the
great heart OF the martyred presi-
dent and breathes democracy in ev-
cry line
\ contrast appears in letter from
the Kaiser to a German woman
Mr., Better. OF Delmenhorst, Olden-
burg. who has lost nine sons in the
present war The two letters speak
ior themselves
The Kaiser's Letter.
His Majesty, the Kaiser. hears
that you have sacrificed nine sons in
defense OF the Fathcrland in the
present war His Majesty is i'm
mensely gratiiied by the fact, and in
recognition is pleased to send his
photograph. with frame and auto
graph signature.
Lincoln's Letter.
Dear Madam: have been shown
III the files OF the war department
statement OF the adjutant general
OF Massachusetts, that YOU are the
mother OF five sons who have died
gloriously on the field OF battle. ]
feel how weak and fruitless must be
any words oil mine which should at
tempt to beguile you from the griei
OF loss so overwhelming. But |
can not refrain from rendering to
you the consolation that may be
found in the thanks OF the republic
they died TO save. | pray that our
Heavenly Father may assuage the
anguish OF your bereavement and
leave YOU only the cherished mem
ory OF the loved and lost and the SOL
emn pride that must be yours to
have laid so costly sacrifice upon
the altar of freedom"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
From Other Editorial Pages

so much unrelieved vileness, such
organized beastlinesS in the world.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22

Now that the rains have put drllllnH
water into the tanks 1t is expected th't
there will be a renewal Of activity IN sew
eral places where it has been reported
that wells were near the sands and wait
ing for drilling water. Several opera
tions in the Duncan field have been re-
ported as being in that situation, ana
some contemplated development work in
this county has been waiting on water
The Sparks test, in section 80 2s9w, after
spudding in several weeks ago, was com
PEELED to shut down for lack of water
Henry Markham has rig up in sec
ton 6 3s2w and is said to be waiting FOR
water Some months ago Mr.. Markham
drilled two shallow gas wells in this sec
ton, both Of which showed some oil with
the gas A deeper test there will be in
teresting.
In the Duncan field nothing of un-
usual interest has happened during the
week. There are a number of tests due
TO reach the sand and several are wait
ing for cement to set, while others are
waiting on cable tools with which to
drill in The Plains Oil and Gas Co. in
section 2sSw, has put up standard
rig and will drill ina soon as tools can
be moved in. The Best of All, in section
~ ls9w. has set the casing and expects
to resume operations about Monday OF
next week. The Wauran has set the cas-.
ing at 2,335 5feet and is waiting for the
cement to harden. The Mckinney OH
and Refining Co., in section sc ls6w, is
changing tools at 2,175 feet.
In the Two-Four field new wells are
being completed in the shallow sands
almost daily and it is hard to keep up
accurate reports on these wells. As yet
there is no attempt to seek deeper sands.
North Texas continues to give promise
OF developing into the largest field in
the Mid-Continent field. In less than a
year from the bringing in of the dis
covery well the production of this field
is In excess of $4,000 barrels and there
is much production being held back be-
cause of insufficient transportation facil- |
tiles From Burhburnett to Brownwood, |
l50 miles south, there are approximately
800 drilling rigs, and il is estimated that
there are as many more rigs, that are
for water or material. The /
Roper well. of the Prairie Oil and Gas
Co, four miles west of Ranger, is ex
pected TO be Il fine we'll and extends the |
field in that direction. The Howard /
well, one and one-half miles northwest .
of Ranger, is making / 900 barrels daily. .
The FinCher No. . of the Gulf Produc-
ton Co, is making 5000 barrels. The .
Duke we'll north of Dublin is making
800 barrels.
The Burkhardt Petroleum Co. Of Ard.
more has two tests drilling at Burkbur-
nett. No. | is drilling at 700 feet and
No. > is drilling at 400 feet.
Burkburrett continues to be the cen
ter of oil excitement in the Southwest
and some wonderful acreage deals are
from that source. These re.
ports are not verified. but. nevertheless.
they are interesting. One report is that
1 $4,000 cash offer for two acres of
and near the Wichita Southern well
VAS refused without consideration for
, moment. Another is that the FIoy.
lada Oil co. is ready to declare a 100
per cent dividend on its $4,000 capital
2ation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22
l. W. W. Trials Are Set
For Sept n in Wichita

Oil and Gas Journal: How the I. w.
w. planned to capture and control the
Kansas and Oklahoma oil and coal fields
and when they found the workers there
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22

The Burk hardt Petroleum Co of Ard,
more has two tests drilling at Burk bur
nett No l Is drilling at 700 feet and
No. is drilling at 400 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-22

In the Two-Four field new wells are
being completed in the shallow sands
almost daily, and it is hard to keep up
accurate reports on these wells. As yet
there is no attempt to seek deeper sands
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-01-03
HALF MILLION
GERMANS MUST
REGISTER SOON

Washington, Dec. 30.-The week
of February 4 was set aside by the
department Of justice today for the
registration Of the half million unna-
turali-cd Germans in the continental
United States by police and postmas-
ters in pursuance of President Will
sons alien enemy proclamation di-
recting this action as q means Of min
imiZing the danger from enemy SYM
pathizers in the United States.
Earlier Plans Abandoned
Earlier plans for administering the
registration in the eastern cities first
and gradually extending it to the
country, were abandoned because of
the fear that some Germans might
avoid the registration by moving from
district to district.
Registration will involve the gath
ering of detailed information concern
ing the business, relatives and habits
of, every German, together with his
photograph and finger prints. After
registering he must carry certif-
cate card, and may not change his
place Of residence without approval
Of the police or postmaster. Viola
tion of the regulations will be pun
ishable by ihternment for the war.