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The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-01-02
Forest City and Vicinity
CORDED BY DELPHEUS

st. Joseph and spent the night with
his wifc's folks, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j.
Scott, returning TO his home Sunday
morning. Herman and some other
men, who are working for the Bur-
lington as firemen, were down to st.
Joseph, to take the examination as
engineers. Herman passed his exami-
nation and expects to be called any
time for his new work, having been
a fireman for the past fifteen years.
MIR. and Mrs. Joe Mitchell were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. II. L. Everson
in Kansas City, several days the past
week.
Dale Moody came up from Kan
sas City, last Wednesday and made n
weeks visit with his uncle and aunt,
Oscar Isaacson and family.
Earnest Smith and wife, Mrs. Bcr-
lin Ford, and Bert Smith and family,
Of Oregon, took Christmas dinner with
their folks, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Smith.
The latter part Of last week, sew
eral car accidents happened near the
Mrs. S. 4. Huiatt and J. T. Scott
homes. The first one was Leve No
land and Willard Bachley, who were
on their way to Oregon In the holland
car, and in going around the corner
the car skidded into the north bank
of the road. breaking one Of the front
wheels off, the car turned clear around
and turned over, breaking two bows
Of the top of the car and smashing
| the windshield Fortunately no one
was hurt. They sent for J. n. Reeves
to come out and pull them into his
| Oregon garage, where the car was
repaired. The same evening, Emmett
| Brohbcck, Of this city, and Dale Price.
of near Oregon, ran into one another,
smashing n fender off OF the front Of
each car, and the front axle on En-
mctt's car was sprung. The wreck
! was caused by nut being In the road
and neither car was able to get out
of the rut until Il was too late. On
/ Wednesday night, John Schacffcr was
hauling passengers TO Oregon from
one Of the night trains in his Studc-
baker car, and the car skidded into
the bank on the south side of the
road, breaking one of the front wheels
off. Friday evening, Frank Jumps,
who hauls passengers for the Forest
City Garage, and G. l.. Richardson
ran into each other around the corner.
/ The ear which Jumps was driving was
not hurt much, but the radius rod on
| the Richardson car was bent. This
wreck was also caused by the ruts in
| the road, so that neither car was
I able to turn out 10 let the other pass.
IT. L. Fitzmaurico shipped car
OF cattle to the st. Joseph market,
Friday.
Fired Beavers and family and Mrs.
j. I. Scott spent the day, Sunday, at
| tho N,dkyuy Hnnyar hnna
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-17
Band Uniforms Ordered.
Public Concerts To Commence Soon

New Iberia il now making ready
to listen TO the Chamber of Com
merce band in public entertain
ments for the band, which has
been rehearslDg with such dill
gence for the past few weeks under
the direction of Professor Yves
Arnandez, has ordered it's new
uniforms and will soon be In a
position to entertain the public
with some real popular tunes.
John Buquor, the tailor, has
measured the members for their
suits as "his bit" towards the
band, the new uniforms will soon
be forthcoming and the boys will
be all diked out ready for the big
melee.
Arrangements have been com.
pleted whereby the Chamber of
Commerce band will give public
entertainments on Sunday evenings
in front of the Elks Home and a
Community Sing is one Of the
many projects proposed by Mana
ger Noel Of the Chamber of Com
merce.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-17
City Survey Next Friday.
Religious Census to be Taken by the
Churches of the Community.

The Citizens of New Iberia are
earnestly requested to receive the
visitors Of the Interchurch World
Survey who will visit the homes
OF the community on next Friday,
April 23fd and ask tor informa.
tiOn bearing on the church rela.
tIonship of every member of every
family in the city. This infOrma-
tiOn is for the use of all of the
churches, aud will be placed in the
hands of the pas ;ors of the several
Congregations OF the Community.
X. Il DIGGS,
M. Il. PARADIS,
Fl. n. BROWN,
Pastors.
Frank @. Liable, w. G. Gosling,
Il. N. Pharr, Fl. s. Sealy, Jno. A
Trotter, J. T. ColgiD, Frank Noel,
l.. B. Scott. JDO r Taylor, v. J.
Smith, 8 F. Hale, JnO. X. Love,
w. } Bernard, A. B. Murray, H.
II. Winters, Il. j. Bernard.
Officers in charge of the Survey
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-17

Ia; Day. One or two successful
Tag Days would assure the
organization sufficient funds to
adequately pay for the upkeep of
the Rest Room for period of one
year. ID addition to this the ladies
of the organization have agreed to
furnish and equip the Rest Room
80 that there Will be no expense
attached to that portion Of the
needed moneys.
The body finds it necessary to
furnish the president with
platform and gavel, 80 that order
might be kept at all times, az per
parliamentary rules. In the pre-
vious meetings several of the
ladies have inadvertently, Of
course, infringed upon the rulings
of parliamentary laws but at
future meetings it was agreed that
strict order and decOrum should
be kept in order that the proper
uighity OF tue organization might
be maintained.
1t was voted to hold the next
meeting of the body on Tuesday,
April 20, but this was afterwards
changed to the regular meeting
date, April 27, at $3.50 o'clock as
the opening baseball game of the
season will be played on that date,
and the heavy attendance at the
ball park might interfere mate
rally with the attendance at the
next gathering. :.
In the meantime the members
are requested TO get into the spirit
)f the thing and add new memb bers
20 the roll. Mrs. Emile Vuillemot
&c ded her name to the Orgaaiza.
ion last Tupsdav.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-17
Sid GOnsOuIin, LOreauvilIe
Hurler, Is GOingStrong
With OakdaIe Ball
Club.

In the Beaumont Enterprise we
read that Sid GoDsoulin, the big
right handler obtained by the local
club Of the Louisiana State league
from Beaumont, Texas league
team. is going at great clip for
Oakdale in the preliminary games
and workouts. In recent exhi.
bitiOn contest GoDsoulin shut out
Lake Charles by a score of IL to 0
But that is not the whole story.
He did not allow an opponent to
get past second base, struck out
eighteen men and allowed only
two bits. Extensively, the former
BeaumOnter also showed great
form in this game, bagglng two
hits, one OF which scored q run, 10
three times up. Local fans and
players alike are expecting the big
SALESMAN to win many games in
the Louisiana circuit. 1t is un.
derstOOd that the Beaumont club
still has strings on the player.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-17
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE ON:
SEEK 100 NEW BOOSTERS
WOman'S Council To Work For City
Rest Room and More Members.

The WOmen's Council of New
Iberia Is out to make a name fol
itself within the next few weeks
If the plans of that body, which
met last Tuesday afternoon,
mature as per the expectations of
the mem bership present at the
gathering, for the body passed a
resolution to add at least one
hundred new members to their
roll of honor prior to the next
regular meeting on Tuesday after
noon, April II, at $3.50 o'clock.
Every member present was
appointed a committee of one to
bring new members into the
organization and make it one
really worth while. Because of
the absence of Mrs. j. w. X
Shaw, president; Mrs. John E.
wing, vice president, and Mrs.
Walter Burke, second vice presi
dent, 1t was necessary to elect a
temporary chairman, Mrs. II. L..
Grant beng given the honor by
In a general informal discussion
Of the needs OF New Iberia the
fact became apparenC at once that
= Women's Rest Room was most
leeded in New Iberia; this, despite
The fact that there il no play
ground for the children. Ways
md means of securing funds
adequate for the upkeep of
Women's Rest Room were dis
,ussed by the assemblage and
lpOD motion of Mrs. Ralph Frame,
econd-d by Mrs. P0rteus Burke,
t was moved and carried that
he Honorable Mayor Sealy be
to permit the members
# the WOmeu's Council to hold n
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-17

crossed bats with the "Eberharts'
from the Crescent City, and pu
up ragged exhibition OF "near
oase.balP' which wound up witt
Latay cite on the short end Of tn.
score.
On the Friday and Saturda,
preceding, the Eberharts dropped
TWO games to the Abbevlll.
"Frogs"' who, by the way, seem
to have a likely bunch. Patter
sons fast independent team was
handed beating by Rayne's flock
of Rice Birds.
We are content to let Rayne,
Oakdale, Lafayette. Alexandria
and "Abbe town" fight it out for
second place-but have entered
our uD-refusabIe reqaisition for
nrst hOnOrs. Just leave it TO
Danny aud his bat breakers!
New Iberia will start the season
OH with whizz on Tuesday. Ii
you're not there the whole town
Will miss you and want to know
why.
In addition to the opening of
the league season and the chance
TO see snappy base ball game,
the citizens Of New Iberia will
also get their first opportunity to
see and hear our new Chamber of
Commerce Band ia action.
Though their new uniforms
have not arrived yet the band will
be out in full force and llven up
things with some of their crack
selections.
It's a GOOD band, with a GOOD
leader. and will give the fans at
Myrtis Park some GOOD music.
The game starts promptly at
$40 O'Clock, but it ia our guess
hat long before the "Umps'' calls
PLAY Ball" the grand stand and
,leachers will be overfowing with
Interested crowds, for the lnitla-
ion Of q fine new Park, the first
Of q fast bunch OF
eague base ball jugglers, and the
lrst concert by new Chamber of
Commerce Band il a program that
rarely offered the loyal citizens
4 New Iberia, or any other town,
II in ONE DOSE, and for the price
t one admission.
Better come early and get q
oOd seat.
After the Series here Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, Gan
Off takes his pennant Chasers
ut the branch for q returned On
agement with Abbeville, return.
,g after Sundays game. ~
Mondays are rest days 10 this
'ague, being left open for jumps
'Om town to town and for playing ,
G. tied games.
After their return from Abbevllle
ne locals will remain at home for
welve games, playing Oakdale,
ayne, Alexandria and Lafayette
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-17
LEAGUE SEASON OPENS TUESDAY,.
BALL GAME AND BAND CONCERT
1920 rennant hace In Louisiana State Base Ball League
To Start Here With Game Series with Ahhav1e

No use trying to buy anythin!
n New Iberia Tuesday afternoon
The Mercantile establishment,
gill all close promptly at 2:3(
o,closk, so that Big Boss, Littl.
Ross. Clerks. errand boys anG
no,ter can all be ou hand at the
new park when the Umpire calls
"Plsy BALI.
There's no use talking, President
Scbsrff and Mayor Sealy have
hn,lt us real base Ball Park down
Rast Main Street. The grand
.tand ia large, cool and comfortable
The bleachers Will accomOdat to
over three hundred Of the rabbid
fans who like to get close up along
the sideliDes and "rag" the Op
ponents.
aBig Phil" Broughton has had
hIs teams and gang of men hauling
sspd and spreading and rolling it
on the playing grounds for several
davs. The outfield is in excellent
condition, and the diamond itself
will be almost perfect when the
Imposing teams line up for the
opener on Tuesday of next week.
Those fans who have not been
ont to zee New lberia's recruits in
their daily workouts have a big
surprise coming to them in the
opening game.
In the first place, you'll see the
nvellsst, jollIest, most agreeable
bunch of bat swiDgers that ever
prsced New iberia diamond.
When Lefty Yaeger, Pons, Nc
Bride anu Tabony get to IN winding
their curves even the Umpire will
haveto keep both eyes open to see
where the ball goes. And when
they "breese i'm with their speed
bell 1t will be the old, old question,
"How can you hit 'em when you
can't see 'em"i
Mgr.Gandolfi has his infieid going
like Swiss Watch. Himself on
third, Shorty Yost and Slater on
Short and Second, Buddy Razza
on first, and Smith behind the
bat--the "headiest" quartette of
joy killers the opposing teams will
find In the leagne.
By the way-the guy who steals
second on Smith should be credited
with score-he'll deserve it.
The three garden positions will
b held down by Ragona, Brennan
and Brown, trio mighty hard to
beat from a fielding standpoint,
and oil swat the hOrsehide like
" Cobs. Rsgona and Brennan
have been here for some time and
have earned the approval of the
fans. Brown just arrived Wed /
nssday, bat il not an unknown t
quantity by long shot. He has O
been With the New Orleans Peli-
eAhs until being released to Mana {
gsr Gandolf.
On Sunday past Lafayette I
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-17

The ST. Peters College boyl
opened their base ball season Sun
day afternoon when they upse
the hopes of the Lafayette Colleg.
team by a score Of 10 to 8. in d
ten inning game.
Quite a large crowd had gath.
cred to root for the local boys, and
they saw good game from start
to finish.
The first inning closed with the
score standing 2 to2.
After this Lafayette made a
squirt. and piled up five runs.
But one by one the College boys
crept up, till the ninth inning
broke even y to 8. Dletlein bIanked
the visitors in the first half of the
tenth frame, and in their half the
locals squeezed one over and broke
up the game. Pourciau started
ID the box for the locals and
Iicely until he tired in
about the fourth inning, when
Lawrence Dietlein took mis- place.
Conrad, the Colleges regular
hurler was unable to get into this
game because Of illness
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-04-17

each three game series before
again taking the road; going from
here to RayDe, then OakdaIe,
Alexandria aud Lafayette in the
order named. The schedule pro
vides eight Sunday games at
home and two holiday games,
Fourth of July and Labor Day.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-06
BurnsddH oil Corporation
Declares DiUidend.

The Barnsdall OH corporation has
declared a quarterly dividend ot g
per cont and II is intImatcd strongly
that ncXt month there ~ 10 be an
extra dividend or at least that the
next dividend declared VIII be 10
per cent. The subsidiary concern
which operates aB the Ashland on
company has been very fortunate W
late and It's well 1t the center Of
the northeast Of l7-22-l2 10 making
l,200 barrels at two feet In the lime.
Another subsidiary the victor
Oh company, has completed it's
No. 2 Kelly In tho wcst half of
the northwest Of 7-l4-i2 Bcggs dis
trlCt. which rs making a. barrels an
hour at 20 feet in tho WilCoK sand.
a statement OF the net earnings
OF the subsidiary companies of the
Barnsdall corporation for Nuvcm-
her, 1873, show &2964iI.25 ON the
right side of the ledger ana OF this
amount t2S1,07935 accrued Ia the
iiarnsdall oil corporation. These
figures are after aCcruing interests
and taxes but before depreciations
and dcpletlona.
The Barnsdall OIL corporation un-
dor tho management Of Vice Presi-
dent X, a. Brumfield, who Is a
practical man Ia the production end
II ever thoro was one. Ia making as
great "a record as any OF the other
big producing concerns In tho mid
continent field. 1t IL going good III
spite OF all tho delays that hold
back drilling these days.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-06
The National Petroleum
Congress at Chicago.

The American Independent Pctro-
leum association announces ita eighth
national petroleum congress at the
Congress hotel, Chicago, March Q,
10, IL and IL. Plans are under way
to make this years congress ono OF
the most elaborate In the history OF
the organization,
Business discussions will play q
prominent part In the proceedings
and much OF the time given over To
luncheOns and oratOry Will he sup
planted by an open forum where
everyone will have an opportunity to
be heard and enlightened.
Speakers OF national prominence
VIII discuss the problems confronting
the nation and following out the
custom of former years, the pro-
ducer, refiner. markoter ana jobbcr
will outline plans and problems af-
feeling their needs. Instructive talks
will be made by technical experts
and entertainment Of unusual ak
ccllcncc will follow,
Exhibitors win display their prod
ucts In the Eli2ahcthan room whore
appropriate music and entertain
ment will be furnished
The association reports that moro
than hair OF the exhibit space has
been sOld'
Announcement OF additional fea-
lures will follow shortly.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-06

on December / there were 1859
drilling wells. rigs and locations in
the Countrs Of central west Texas.
! 500 Of this number being In
Eastland, stephens. Comanche,
Erath and Brown counties.
Tho drilling wells are as follows:
Ranger field, 2S6. Stephens, pi5;
Edstldnd ODesdemonaD, 15l; Co
mnnche. %. Ernth, 7O;, Brown, H..
Hlgs and locations number as fol
lows: Eastlaud county Ckanger
field. 100. stephens county 200;
Eastiand ,Dosdemona), i46; Co
mHnchc. Il, Erdth. 80; Brown, .
Drilling wells, rigs and locations
are located I'm other counties In this
section as follows: Coleman, -;
Callahan, 16, coke, 10; Concho, 4;
Fisher. .; Hamilton, ); Irion. /;
Jones, Q. IAmpasas. 9; Mitchell. 1;
Mccullough. .. Mills, 6. Nolan, s;
Runnelis. 10; san saba, .; sterling.
2, Scurry. 3. Shnckelford, i6; Tay-
lor 10, Tom Green. 3, Mcnard. 6,
Mason. /. kimblc. 3. burnett 3
Howard, .; Martin, !, Rosquo, 9;
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-06
Memorandum for The
Tulsa Daily World.

A meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Skclly Oh company
was held In the company's ottioos
In tho First National bank build
ing Monday morning, Directors who
were present AZ the meeting were
w. q. Skelly, John $. Griffin, James
w. sloan, G. g. IIerudon and John
IL. ", Nilsson. The business of the
company for tho last quarter of
1919 was reviewed and the dircc-
tors were well pleased with the re-
suits obtained and look forward Into
1920 with great confidence that the
company Will nave "a prosperous and
satisfactory year, Owning as 1t
does, a very large production, the re-
mt advances In the price of crudo
oil have placed the company In an
exceptionally strong position. The
management under tho capable di-
rcction of W. q. Skolly. will con-
tinuo to be cntorprising and ag-
gressivo.
AZ an interesting feature OF their
meeting the directors concluded the
purchase OF all the oil and gas
properties OF w /. Russell of Lima,
Ohio. consisting OF producing leases
In Kansas ana oklahoma and un-
developed acreage comprising somo
5000 acres In Butler county. kan
Rls ana I'm Tulsa, Creek, Carter and
Stephens counties I'm Oklahoma, all
well located, 4 number of pro-
duClng properties are embraced in
the transaction, including the good
Draper leases In the ElDorado
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-06
IN THE OIL FIELDS
Office: s241 w. II. PECK Residence 2f42

ficld, the tda G'onn lease IN the
Glenn pool. the Dan company lease
in Tulsa county. the Ei'tlo and
Spencer leases in tho l5-IO district
iu Creek county and Ia" Harley
lcaHe In 2i-2-i, Stephens county
There are many good wells on those
properties and much OF tho pro-
duCuon ia wcil settled. The trade
is regarded as u very advantageous
ono for the company and In the
opinion OF the directors very much
gtreng it4 already strong posi-.
don. Tho purchase price was not
announced.
Three now directors wore elected
to membership on tho board,
namely. 4. r. Fcrrcu of Saginaw,
Mich. a. e. GWynnc ana Glenn Ford
Mckinney Of Now York MI Fer.
ron * successful MANUFACTURED of
machinery, Mr. Gwynnc is a. mem
Der OF tho stock exchange firm ~
Jenks. Bwyunc n CO.. while Mr..
Mckinney Is - lawyer ana capitalist.
son Of the former president Of tho
South Penn on company.
The directors adopted reHoIu-
ton expressing II to- be the policy at
the company To pay regular quar-
tcrly dividends ~ per cent upon
earnings beginning January J. ana
10 pay extra dividends from time ia
time as may he justified by the
earnings. Under THIS policy tho first
regular dividend viii doubtless be
declared In April upon earnings foi
tho first quarter OF this year.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-06
Tank Wagon Price Up.

Tho price uf gasoline and kcrO-
scne ,s mounting again. An advance
~ ono cent per gallon effective
Monday. January &, was announced
sunday II is doubtful n changes
~ this character are ever announced
hy the standard Of Indiana o day
In advance and " is much appre-
Ciatcd by the trade I'm general The
Standard Of New Jersey made the
advance and n applies 20 both do
mostic and export business The
reason assigned by the company for
the higher price is the advance In
crude.
The cha nccs are that thc other
concerns win not only meet the
Standard price but boost same and
there Is no telling how high gaso
line viii go as II Is said to bo very
scarce i'm the cast Seven or eight
years ago the TcXt5 COMPANY raised
the price two cents per gallon which
was done mostly as "a Joke by the
latc Charles Gates, whose father was
the dominating figure I'm the ToNas
company at that time. and 1t turned
out that all tho other complnics
/ followed suit with the result that
| gasolln. took quito boom which
/ lasted for many months.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-06
oll wlpgJT oUorsrlors
Sinclair Boosts The
Price for Crude.

The Sinclair oil corporation an
nouuccd q 25 cent advance With tho
opening Of tho market yesterday
the same to apply TO all the fclds
I'm the mid-contincnt whore they
are purchasing Oft except licaldton.
cosden n Co. very promptly met
the raise and others are expected
to follow today or tomorrow or II
may be that tho Prairie viii walt
a few days az II dld two years ago
before meeting the Sinclair boost.
Tho new price applies OF course
10 Hurkburnctt. Ranger and BESIDE
mona and stephens county. TeKas,
and to oklahoma, which is pretty
well covered with Sinclnir gather
Ing lines The Sinclair people are
also connected up at Eldorado and
Augusta, kan, aud I'm the now ED
ing pool In the north end or Butler
and the south end OF Marion county.
In tho latter field there Is flush
production amounting to 10000 bar
fcla per day and lot more In sight.
II viii be easy picking for those
boys as tho drilling is not ana
cult and tho wells are large.
Tho boost In price VIII AFFECT
Ranger moro especially than any
where else and viii give tho oper-
playing even with tho short-liycd
wells that are being brought In. IT
is the only chance they have Of
ever seeing daylight Ia fact some
OF the larger companies operating
down there are said to he near
the edge OF bankruptcy having paid
out millions of dollars with but
slight chance OF recovery,
The ncws of the new price comes
"a "a complete surprise TO pipe lines
hrc and set the local managers on
edge waiting to hear from head
quarters. II is said tho wires were
kept mighty busy all day yesterday
but this at best Is only Hurmlse ana
the chances are that nowadays there
IS no particular quarrel among tho
pipeline people.
IL should be remembered that lhe
department oxacts tho highest post
ed prico made by any pipeline for
royalty oil due the Indians. u wiz
thus he necessary for pipelines 10
settle with tho Indians at 50 per
barrel no matter who gets the oil
This worry unjust ruling was mado
years ago when the Prairie was pay
Ing 80 cents per barrel and tho
Texas company 2S cents which made
II necessary tor the Slpeiines TO
settle WIN lne lnhlhhN Nh''' W
was run by tho Texas company AT
O loss OF 3 cents per barrel.
when Sinclair raised the price 10
cents por barrel two years ago q
committee headed by Dave Connolly
went to Washington and asked thai
the Sinclair raise be ignored on the
ground that the oilmon were no.
even asking for better price which
was considered then as being a blt
joke.
The GILMAN always wants all III
can get but In this particular In
stance with oil bringing a premium
from refinors so that much OF th'
oil has been run at 50 per barre
for "a long time, there Is not qnt'
the same enthusiasm as usual ant
there is IA disposition To look nftel
the rofiner as long as he cares l'
stay In the game