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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-01

Paris. Friday, Jan. 31.-(By the
Associated Press) )No official state
ment of the details of the compro-
mise plan for the government of the
former German colonies by man
datories has been made, but it is un-
derstood that the use of the word
Colonies does not limit the scope
Of the plan to German territory. 1t
may also apply to such territories as
Mesopotamia. Armenia and Palestine.
Chinese and japanese claims to
Using Tao. it is understood. will be
left for adjustment to the league Of
nations, and it is also believed that
the same order will prevail as to Dali
malta and Albania, over which Italy
and Jugo-Slavia are at odds.
The present program contemplates
the Fastening Of the league Of ma
tions plan by the committee having
it in charge so that report may be
made. before President Wilson'S de-
parture. The secretariat has chang
ed the name of this body to "The
Commission on the Society Of Ma
tions" in Difference to the wishes OF
a number Of delegates who regarded
the use of the word League as In
dicating an allianee1xor epsiye and
defensive purpose - S4 : ~ Il.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-01
SIXTY THOUSAND
TONS OF POTASH
TO BE SHIPPED

l.. Berlin, Thursday, Jan. 30.-(By the
Associated Press)-Herr Schnedde-
kopf, director general of the potash
syndicate said today that as condi-
ton OF the, armistice between Ger
many and the Allies, the former ex-
pected to make first shipment of
sixty Ct OF pot
to America, he said. in exchange for
foodstuffs. He added:
1--WE are anxious to resume former
relations with the United States and
hope in time to reach our former
standard of production"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-01
RAILROADS IN
TURKEY TAKEN.
OVER BY ALLIES
French and British Authori.
ties Reported to Have
Assumed Control.

Washington, Feb. Am Official re-
port to the state. department today
announced that the French and Brit
ish authorities have assumed control
Of all railroads in European and ASH
attic Turkey. in accordance with the
terms of the armistice and that the
allies also had taken over control Of
the Constantinople police and the
German and Austrian banks in the
Turkish capital. y
These measures. it was stated, were
having good effect upon the situa-
ton in Turkey. and disorders were
decreasing.
A British delegate had been at
tration in Constantinople.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-01
Further Renelual Of Armistice Is Expected
DANGEROUS GUNS
TAKING NO PART :.
IN BOMB BARDMENTS

Paris, Friday, Jan. s1.-(By
the Associated Press)- cap
tured German guns that line the
Champs Elysees and are ranged
about the Place de La Concorde.
headquarters of the American
mission, are nowadays silent wit
nesses of bOmbart1ments in
which they have no part. 1t is q
SNOWFALL bOmbardment In which
American soldiers are batteries
and passing good natured French
girls are targets. The great
square where victims were gull
lotined during the reign of ter
ror lies deep in snow, the first
of the winter. In Paris, and the
Americans feel much at home
in it.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-01
SOLDIERS SAY.
THEY PAID TO
BEDISCHARCED
Said to Have Signed Aft.
davits to Uphold Their
Claims.

Chicago. Feb. 1.-Charges
made by four enlisted men at
Camp Grant, Rockford, ILL.,, that
they had paid an, officer 800 to
5000 each to obtain their release
from the army were being inves-
tigated today by tho intelligence
department.. The four men who
are said to have paid for serv-
ices promised in securing their
early return to civil life are re-
ported to have made affidavit to
this effect. Three enlisted men
are also said to have made affi-
davits that because they did not
pay )Sney their application pa
pers JJr discharge were not for
warded to the camp commanding
officer, in vt~aation Of military
rule,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-01
BILL PROVIDES FOR
CONFISCATION OF
h RI. TENTH OF ESTATES

Copenhagen, Friday. Jan. 31.-A
bill will be introduced in the Ger
man national assembly providing for
the confiscation of a tenth part of the
largest estates and entire estates
bought by war profiteers, or estates
which have changed hands several
times in the last 20 years, according
to Berlin advices. This action is TAX
en- that returning soldiers may ac-
uuire land holdings
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-01
Number OF Casualties In
American Army Made
Public By War Office
FRENCH PILOTS
TO GUIDE SHIPS
ON THE RHINE

Paris, Friday, Jan. 31.-French
pilots, for the first time in 46
years will soon be guiding French
and German vessels up and down
the Rhine.
The pilots will take charge of
craft loaded with foOdstulfs des-
tined to the armies of occupation
and will also command squndrons
of light gunboats charged with
the "Watch on the Rhine.'
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-01
MUST FOLLOW REGULATIONS.

Honolulu, TIL. Jan. 1o.-(By Mail)
The territorial public utilities com.
mission has ruled that all express
transfer and draying concerns in Ha.
waii are subject to regulation as pub.
lie carriers.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-01
LIBERTY OF s.
FINANCES IS
NOW NEEDED
Independent German States
Must Have This to Garry
on Work.

Basel, Friday. Jan. S1.-F1nanceI
minister OF the various Independent
states Of Germany. conferrinE sat
Weimar. It Ii reported. dsctded that
the urgent needs Of Germany must
be met by the independent stAtes. r.
was held that they must have All the
financial liberty that p necessAry 70
carry out their task. according to .
dispatch from Berlin.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-01


prevailed.
London, Feb. THE American
transport Narragansett, Havre to
Southampton, is ashore at Bembridge
Point on the extreme eastern end OF
the Isle Of Wight.
Radio calls brought local life boats
and tugs, which are now taking on
the troops, reported to number about
two thousand.
The ship is high on the rocks. n
heavy sea is running and it is snow
ing, but it is believed that the men
on board the Narragansett are not in
danger.
Reports received at American army
headquarters here this forenoon say
it is expected the Narragansett will
be hoated without difficulty.
The American transport was loan
ed to bring across the channel troops
who have been given leave. There
were almost 1000 on board, among
whom were sixty Americans who
were coming to England on leave.
Reports from other sources agree
that the vessel first struck OFF the
Isle of Wight. American army head
quarters has not been informed, but
it is possible that the ship came into
the river below Southampton after
striking outside during the night.
The Narragansett is undamaged.
| according to latest reports and It 10
expected that she will be foated at
the next high tide.
The report shows that the sixty
American soldiers on board after
landing at Southampton from q
rescuing craft proceeded toward Lon
don.
The later information corrected
early reports that the Narragansett
had struck twice. It appears that
she met with sonly one accident when
she missed the channel In trying to
make her way into Southampton ana
struck bottom. 81 rs
Southampton, England. Feb, L.
high tide this morning failed and the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-01
THE WEATHER.

Minnesota: Cloudy and unset
tied tonight and Sunday; slight
ly warmer in extreme east pOr-
tion tonight; colder in west por-
ton Sunday.
North Dakota: Generally fair
and somewhat colder tonight and
Sunday. -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-01
U.S.. TRANSPORT
NARRACANSETT
GOES ASHORE
Late Reports Show That All
Troops Have Been Re
moved From Ship.

Southampton, England, Feb. I.
(By the Associated Prcss)-Al
the troops ON board the Ameri.
can transport Narragansett
which ran ashore last night on
the ledge of Bembridge At the
eastern end of the Isle of Wight,
have been removed by tugs and
the local lifeboats. The removal
WAS effected while the steamer
hel.l fast on the ledge, despite
the slr,wsto,m and high sea that
prevailed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

express my sentiments In the matter
TO a dot. -.
.I want TO SEE memorial erected put
| do not favor that memorial 10 pe
mountaineering monument OF cold anu
lnsensate marble, granite or prohze'
around which the winds ana elements
may gambol. but which VIII be oi h'
practical value of mankind.
What | am in favor OF Is an eN'e"
siye hospital, erected 10 the memory
of those brave boys, building CON
structed of everlasting granite ana s'ohe
with the names of every Carter county
soldier who did service overseas or VINO
was only called to training camp en-
graved upon bronze tablet 10 ueco'
rate the corridor of this building. Such
"A memorial in my opinion, VIII be iar
more fitting than any monument couia
possibly be. and would be of benefit 10
mankind as we'll"
When II was suggested that the COS,
of such a structure would be almost
prohlbitive, the mayor retorted' "What
the people want they usually get, re-
gardless of cost. My idea would Dc
to get to work on this building ut once
and that the benediction to all contro'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
MAYOR FREEMAN SAYS
Be PRACTICAL WITH
SOLDIERS MONUMENT 7

Speaking Of the proposed memorial
for soldiers and sailors who offered their
lives TO their country in the late world
war, Mayor Freeman gave expression
to his sentiments concerning the mat
ter In very pronounced terms. terms
that there could De no misunderstanding
about. The mayor IL heartily In favor
of commcmorating the sacrifice and he
rosm of the boys who gave their lives
for their country, but he Is of n prac-
teal turn OF mind, and he wishes TO
erect "A memorial that will not only per
petuate the actions of those of our sol
diers and sailors who made the supreme
sacrifice upon the high seas or on the
battlefields of France, but that Will be II
refuge for the MANNED and ailing while
they are still with us.
In commenting further on the matter
the mayor said: 81 am heartily in
favor OF erecting a fitting memorial TO
the brave boys who made the supreme
sacrifice on the battlefields of France,
their heroism deserves the highest trb-
ute at our hands and no effort should
be spared to this end.
81 have some very pronounced Ideas
on this subject, however, that l will
give for what they are worth, but they
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

v It is probably a pardonable error for
"a local paper TO be inclined to magnify
the happenings in its own community.
At least, that is the natural inclination
and knowing that this is tendency
of the human mind, as represented in
the reporter, we have done our utmost
. to set that tendency aside and to re-
port news in this column as it happens,
. without regard to local pride.
In connection with Texas Company s
billiard No. /, which is the second well
in the Hewitt pool, it will be interesting
to observe the Tulsa attitude toward the
well. Below we reproduce from the Ok
lahoman its report on the well carried
from It's Tulsa bureau which was pub.
lished today The Oklahoman carried
a report on the we'll Monday morning
from this city and these reports are
not very different in their conclusions.
The Tulsa report is just as enthusiastic
as the report from Ardmore. Here is
the report from Tulsa:
The pool north of Wilson, otherwise
known as the Hewitt pool, is truly liv.
ing up to expectation. as the Texas
Company No. ., in the northeast cor
ner of the northwest of the northeast
of the northwest of 27-ls-2w, has just
touched the top of the sand at 1850
feet. and it is flowing 500 barrels, ac-
cording to conservative estimates. 1t
is a better well than No. |, and is To-
Gated just one location east of the dis
covery well, which is in the northeast
corner OF the northwest of the north
west OF the norwest of the section.
There are some prone to believe that
the sand in No is not the same sand
as that which was found in No. l.
because there is about 100 feet differ
ence in the depth of the two wells, No.
/ producing from about 2.075 feet. On
the face of it, it does look like there
might be a difference, but the dis
covery well found quite a bunch of
broken sand on top of the big pay, and
there is a possibility that it is the same
sand This will he determined with
deeper drilling"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
Second Hewitt We'll

Texas Company, Dillard No. |, sec
ton 27. 4s2w. which has been on the
sand since early Sunday morning, has
not yet been drilled in, Since letting
the JSinch casing fall Monday after
noon, the company has had series Of
unavoidable accidents which delay the
final operations. Water from the stray
water sand, encountered at 1876 feet
broke in several days ago. and it was
thought that it had been completely
shut off, but the packer would not hold,
ana water has again broken into the
well. The 6 5-S inch casing is now being
pulled to put on . new packer. \ delay
Of probably three days will be incurred
By these operations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
PRODUCTION FIGURES SHOW
TEXAS COMPANY HOLDING
SECOND PLACE AT RANGER

The Gulf Production Company is well
in the lead of all other companies in
the daily average production of oil in
the Ranger territory, including East.
land, stephens, Erath and Comanche
counties With a daily average output
approaching 5000 barrels the company
is q full 1000 barrels ahead of its near
est competitor, the Texas Company, and
1000 barrels In the lead of any other
company.
The company has big production in
the Ranger and Desdemona pool as well
as in the various districts of Stephens
county. According to a recent state
ment to the stockholders of the com
pany, the Gulf holds lease on about
$4,000 acres of land in Stephens county.
This places the company well in the
front rank for potential production in
this county, as Stephens county has
proven very uniform in the matter of
producing areas. The company has
holds very valuable leases in the Des.
demona field.
Other big producers In the Ranger
territory together with the approximate
daily production of each are the Texas
Company, 1860 barrels; the Texas &
Pacific Coal and Oil Company. 1900
barrels: the Magnolia Petroleum Com
pany, 1900 barrels and the Humble
Oil and Refining Company, 10000 bar
relS The Prairie Oil and Gas Company
has a daily output of more than 5000
barrels.
The total daily production for the
Ranger territory is now more than
las 900 barrels. Late production reports
show very little change in production
figures from last week.-StarT Telegram
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
Local News Items

T. ID. Fclts. county agent left Fri
day for saltwater TO attend the Farm
ers' Congress which Is In session there
all this week.
Miss Ruth Vermillion, county home
demonstration agent. IL IN saltwater
this week attending the Farmers Con
gress.
The members OF the Junior II. Y. T..
L. OF the Baptist church entertained
their friends with watermelon feast
Tuesday night on the lawn of the
pastors home.
Commissioner Ed Parks of Katie,
was in the city yesterday en- route
from Oklahoma City where he had
been on business.
Commissioners Ben Llllard and Y. II.
Rice returned from Oklahoma city yes
terday. where they attended the hear
ing before the state board of equal
zation.
w. j. Thompson Is In Chickasha
on business,
Robert Jr., the young son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Robert Wallace, who has
been quite Ill, Is improving.
County Superintendent Miss koNle
Hughes, has as her guest her sister,
Mrs. Jones, from Marietta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Lewis and MI
and Mrs. Hardee Russell were among
those from here attending the Shriners
picnic and ball at Oklahoma city last
week
IL. G. Truitt returned Friday from
a several days visit to the oil iieIas
in Texas.
The II. Il. l.. class OF the First Zap
tist church. OF which Mrs. Marion
Henderson is the teacher, met on
the lawn OF the church yesterday ar
ternoon in regular monthly business
meeting. ,.
J.P. Gibson, banker of Elmore Clty'
was in the city yesterday on ousihes'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
WillifOrd Well Looking Good

The Ardmore Producing and Refining
Company, in section 29.3s.lw, has very
interesting well. The depth is $3.50
feet, and since the drill left the 1850
foot level but one small water sand has
been encountered. This sand had a
thickness of but three feet. The forma-
tion at this time is Il sandy shale and
the sand is becoming more pronounced
II Is stated that it almost amounts
now to a broken sand formation. This
location is 23O feet higher than Hewitt
and is about so feet lower than Ora
ham, The present depth of this well is
now near the level of the Hewitt sand,
taking the elevation into consideration.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
Damage Wrought BY Storm

A considerable wind storm, preceding
the heavy downpour of rain in fauis
Valley. Monday afternoon, causcu
considerable damage within the city
limits. Chief among which was the
Liowing down of the north and south
walls of the Pauls Valley Warehouse
Company building, causing hproHl'
mately $500 damage. Workmen are
busy today repairing the damage.
The large smokestack Of the Wasli-
Ia Electric Company was also plowh
down, causing considerable damage IN
building, estimated at approximately
$1,000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
Revival at Wayne

Rev. C. II. Bell, pastor of the FIRST
BAPTIST church returned Monday from
a several weeks stay In tennessee,
where he has been conducting revival
meetings. He left yesterday tor
WAYNE. Oklahoma, where he went 10
hold a meeting this week, returning
for Sunday services at his church'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
He Sells GraysOlene

Dan Murphy of the Farmers and Mer-
chants Refining Company at Sherman
is here today mingling with his old
friends. Mr.. Murphy has his plant in
operation and is giving his personal at
tention to the sale of the products,
which means that he is making a sue
cess of his business.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
Pawls Y alley
PINK WADE HODGE
Correspondent; Office at Chamber
Of Commerce.
T. SPOHN, Circulator
Headquarters at Baker Drug Co.
Garyin Valuation Reduced


l.. {. Andrews. W, c, VanHoozer
j. A. Camp, W, NJ. Freeman, T. u
Mays, Cap IIasuer and Lee Mccrem
mons. returned from Oklahoma City
Tuesday, where they had appeared
before the state equalization board
protesting against the additional raise
In valuations in Garvin county
The county commissioners uhoei
the instructions of the state board
OF equalization, had raised valuations
approximately thirty per cent. and II
was shown at the hearing that Garvin
county had stood her part In the raise
on valuations to meet the states op
legation. appropriated by the last leg
islature, and for this reason the STATE
board withdrew the additional raise
In valuations, which will be net saV.
ing to the taxpayers OF the county oil
about $4,000 annually.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

Ing between 700 to 800 barrels OF oil,
and 1t has only been pinched In. This
well proves up over 400 acres In this
territory which Is owned by the Plains
OH and Gas Company.
Oil Personals
!. q. Burney, scout for the Empire
Companies. returned this morning from
a business trip to sulphur.
William Hardison, clerk I'm the En-
plre Company offices in this city, re-
turned this morning from vacation
trip to points In Colorado.
Jake l.. Hamon Is In the city today
from the Ranger district.
j. l.. Grimes, oil purchasing agent
for the Ohio Cities Oil and Gas COM
pany. has been In the city this week
Mr.. Grimes has made several trips 10
the oil fields while In the Carter county
district.
c. p. Logan returned yesterday from
u weeks trip TO Burkburnett.
Roy Alexander, secretary treasurer or
the Mayflower Oil and Gas Company,
expects to leave in few days for the
north Texas oil fields.
j. V. Fenner head of the land de-
partment for the Texas Company in
the Oklahoma district, returned yester'
day from a business trip to Waurika.
Frank Head, lease man for the Plains
oil and Gas Company, returned yester'
day afternoon from business trip TO
Eastland.
Joe Phelan, president of the Ard Hew-
lit Oil Company, is In Tulsa on com
pany business.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
NEW PRICE SCALE FOR
LOW.GRADE WHEAT MADE

Minneapolis. MINI. Aug. ga new
scale of prices for the lower grades OF
wheat for the 1920 crop was announced
today by Julius II. Barnes, head OF the
United states grain corporation, ana
posted on the trading floor of the local
chamber of commerce to become effect
i've September 2
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
Eminent Divines Here

Rev. Or. Tolman, president OF 'ne
Baptist university. at Shawnee preach'
ed at the First Baptist church Sunday
morning. and DR.. Bailey, of the Bap-
tist seminary of Louisville n.y.
preached Sunday night, in the absence
oft he pastor who is conducting reViNi
meetings in Tennessee.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
Russell Ahead in Mississippi

Jackson, Miss, Aug. 2S,-out Of iso,'
124 votes tabulated which include o9
complete counties and ls incomplete,
four missing, Lee NJ. Russell had lead
today of 4,924 over his opponent. oscar
G.. Johnston, in the contest for inc
democratic nomination for governor OF
Mississippi voted on in Tuesdays pr,
mary. 1t was estimated that l4o'ooo
votes were cast.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
Street improvements

The concrete paving contracted py
Mitchell and Gibson, Is progressing
very rapidly on Bert avenue and Nor'h
Ash street, with the curbing now De-
ing set, grading and paving VIII pro
ceed without delay.
1t is expected that work ON Pauls
avenue and Charles avenue will begin
very shortly. The total amount OF
paving now under contract totals ABOUT
fifty blocks
The water and sewer lines are De,
ing extended to Garvin addition ana
the southsde and when completed the
city will be in position to extend TINS
service to every section Of Pauls Val
ley.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

their escape In their car, going north
from Lindsay, They We're heard Of
at Payne, oklahoma, All telephone
connections We're cut prior to the rob
berry and II was several hours before
Sheriff Worley, at Pauls Valley, was
notified OF the robbery,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

A sensational bank robbery occurred
at Lindsay, Oklahoma yesterday at Z
D. m. when three men alighted from
an automobile and entered the First
National Bank, securing between S'oo
and $500 from the cashier, and made
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

Washington, Aug. 2S.-Under the new
scale of wheat prices announced by the
United States grain corporation the
guaranteed prices at Minneapolis for the
lower grades are: No. ., s21S1a; No. 3,
$2.151s; No. 4, S2.11h; No. 8, S2.O71s;
49.pound wheat s2.04h; 4S.pound wheat
2.O1h; 47-pound wheat s19S1a; 46-
pound wheat s1.95h; 45-pound wheat
s1.92k.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

The defined lines in the Hewitt pool
are being found in the different wells
at practically the same depths and this
feature of the field lends encourag-
ment. They indicate regularity of
sands and also indicate that the pool
will cover j considerable area.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29

Merrick Oil Company, on the Cruce
farm in section S5-4-2, has the tools
moved in and is now drilling water
well Drilling operations should be
begun within u few days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-29
Drilling RepOrt

The Humble Company, in section 35-
~, ON the Fulton farm, is making
fairly good progress. The depth is $50
feet