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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
LOOKS LIKE NEW FIELD

The drilling operations now being
carried on by the Lone Star Gas
Company in section II, Ss-iw, between
llealdton and Loco, is likely to de-
yelop new oil pool for this section
Of the state. The well is being drill.
ed on acreage that belongs jointly
TO the Lone Star Gas Company and
the Healdton Petroleum Company OF
which Roy NJ. Johnson is the guild
ing spirit. This we'll has found gas
sand from 40 to 7S0 feet that made
100000 feet of gas. The gas will
either be braden.headed or mudded
off and deeper drilling viii be done
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

Carter Oil Company on the Shell
lenberger farm in the southeast, Of
The northwest of the southeast Of IL,
4s-2w, which is the farthest north.
west drilling well is bailing at 2,025
feet and the well is showing oil. The
company ought TO be able to drill
into sand now within a very short
time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
SIX Hundred Feet in on

Gypsy Oil Company No. on the
VI. Sims farm in section 13, 2s-4w has
been completed at a total depth Of
1880 feet It had 10 feet Of sand
and the hole stood GOO feet in oil.
The we'll has been put on the pump
but the production has not been
gauged.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
Southeast of Hewitt

Magnolia Petroleum Company, No
l on the Griffin farm on the north
line of section 26. 4s-2w. in the Hew.
lit field is at a depth of 375 feet
and the rig is being repaired.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

&c Healdton has reached a depth Of
1892 feet and the well is cleaning out
Deeper drilling will be done as soon
as the well is in readiness. 1t has
not reached the level Of the Hewitt
sands vet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

The Santa Fe Railway Company
is inclined to give Ardmore the Pull.
man ca service which the city is
seeking without waiting for an order
from the STATE Corporation Commits
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
On Top of a Sand

Gypsy Oil Company No. c on the
w. B. Johnson farm in section 2S,
2s3w in the Fox district is on TOP
of sand at 1900 feet. The hole is
full Of water and the we'll was bail.
ing yesterday. II will quite likely
be drilled into the sand today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
COMPLETED Gas Well

Magnolia Petroleum Company has
completed gas well at a total depth
Of l,o05 feet on the William Elmore
farm in section 25, 2s-4w.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
MilnnY District

Gypsy Oil Company No. II Bowers
farm in the northwest of the south
west Of section 13, 2s-4w has a ma
chine on the ground and will start
drilling operations within short
time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

Carter Oil Company on the Wood
ruff farm in section Is, 4s-2w has the
best wells that have been reported
from this section. No. is making
$50 barrels and No. is making $50
barrels These wells are in the shall
low sands. No. 4 is taking rotary
rig down, No. 5 is drilling at 275 feet
and No. 6 is a rig.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
Woman Kills Herself

Tulsa, Okla, May 2s.-Mrs. Mamie
Primm Moseley, As, locked herself in
room last night and sent bullet
through her heart. She was the
mother of five children. III health
is said to have been the cause.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
Near RohhCrsnn

Magnolia Petroleum Company on
the Mauldin farm in IS. 1n.3w. near
Robertson in Garvin county, is clean
ing out at / $3.50 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
On Horton Farm

Roxana Petroleum Company No. 10
on the Horton farm in section 6, As
3w in the Healdton field is straight
ening a crooked hole at 1,222 feet,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
A Thick Sand

Gypsy Oil Company No. I on the
Lindersmith farm in section 49, 2s-
3w has been completed at total
depth OF 2,370 feet in =, brow shale
formation. This well had sand
from 2,24o TO 1852 that will make
production OF about so barrels.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
A COmanche Test

Roxana Petroleum Company in its
Comanche test in Stephens county,
located in section l6. 9s.Sw is drilling
in red rock at 420 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
Between Lone Grove and Hewitt

Magnolia Petroleum Company No.
J. Emet Hutchinson farm In section
30, 4slw is drilling az 1895 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
Near teIul

Magnolia Petroleum Company is rig
ging up to drill well on the W. ID.
Floyd farm in the % country near
Nelma in stephens county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

Magnolia Petroleum Company No.
Eta Martin in section II. 2s.5w is
underreaming the 10 ID inch at $50
feet. No. , on the same farm is
spudding.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

Roxana Petroleum Company on the
25, 4s-3w in the southeast extension
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
Magnolia Making Complelion

What promises 10 be the best well
drilled in section 15. 4s-2w in the
Hewitt field is No. / on the L. j.
Woodruff farm of the Magnolia Pc
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

troleum Company. This well reached
the top Of u sand at 1866 feet which
promises tc make from 200 to 300
barrels
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

Carter Oil Company No, l Am
brister farm in section 49, 4s.2w is
drilling at $50 feet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

Carter Oil Company on the Eva
Hefner farm in section %, 4s.2w, is
drilling at 500 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

Carter OIL Company No. Hamil.
ton farm in section 90, 4s-2w is
drilling at 2,10o feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

Carter Oil Company on the w. p.
Poland farm in section %, 4s.2w, is
drilling at no feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

The Gypsy Oil Company, well No.
| on the Anna Beal farm, in the CEN
ter Of the southeast of the north.
cast of the southeast quarter Of sec.
tion S6, 2s-Sw, got a 900 600 cubic
foot gas production, from sand
901y06 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

Carter Oil Company on the ]. s.
Mullen farm in section l6, 4s-2w is
building a rig.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

Magnolia Petroleum Company has
abandoned the deep test in the shall
low district of eastern Stephens
county. This we'll was known as
No. /, Miller, in the southeast corner
Of the southwest quarter of section
l6, 2s-4w, and was abandoned at q.
S65 feet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30
OIL NOTES
lRY Special Reporter'

NBy Special RepOrtpr'
Magma Oil and Refining Company.
well No 2, on the DeBerry farm,
in section 27, 4s-2w, is drilling at a
depth of 1890 feet, and has small
showing Of oil at that depth; No. 4
is fishing tools out at 790 feet; No.
. is underreaming the 10 inch cas-.
ing at 974 feet; No. is drilling with
rotary at 1,lS9 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

Read Ardmoreite WANT ADS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-30

The Comanche Petroleum Company,
the northeast quarter of section l9,
adjoining the town Of Comanche, is
reported to have struck oil at 1900
feet and is said to be the best pro.
Queer in the field. The well was
only drilled in a few feet and at
present is incomplete. This well means
"A lot to the town Of Comanche and
may lead to much development.
the Coine well at Pooleville, was in
Ardmore yesterday.
r. p. Gum, has been spending
several days in Drumright on bust
ness.
A. 7. Cole, who has moved several
strings Of tools to the Hewitt field
from Ranger. Texas, has gone to his
home in Fort Worth for several days.
F.. L. Ketch left yesterday for Ok
lahoma City, to be gone several days.
John Garland was in Ardmore yes
terday from his home in Madill Mr..
Garland is working in the Hewitt
field.
Innes Miller who has been work.
ing for the American Industrial Oil
Company, was in Ardmore yesterday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02
TO FIGHT WILL THAT GIVES
WEALTH TO SUFFRAGE CAUSE

New York, Sept. 2.-William Nelson
Cromwell. administrator. today filed
notice in the surrogate's court that
he would contest an attempt by Mrs.
Henrietta J. Hurlbut 20 set aside a
viii OF the late Mrs Frank Leslie.
which left the bulk OF her valuable
estate 70 Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait
for the cause OF woman suffrage.
Mrs. Hurlbut's suit sought 20 re-
open an action started by her sister.
baroness Althea Salvador. who died
before the case was heard The
baroness claimed a prior VIII made
her a iegatse-
As Administrators OF the estate Of
baroness Salvador, Mrs. Hurlbut seeks
20 have the probate Of the Leslie viii
set aside so she may contest the be-
quest OF Mrs. Gait. which Is alleged
to have been made while Mrs Leslie
was OF unsound mind and unduly in
fluenced by the. suffrage leader. The
petition TO reopen the case was
granted
Mr.. Cromwell. who f. executor OF
the will which was probated yester-
day. filed notice Of his intention 20
appeal from the surrogate's order.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02

CHICAGO Ill., Sept Farley p
Christensen presidential nominee
OF the Farmsr-Labor party. ap-
peared at the senatorial Investigation
OF campaign funds today and asked to
PC heard senator Kenyon, chairman
q the COMMITTEES. at once accepted the
offer
just before the committee met for
che afternoon session, senator Ken
yon asked newspaper men when Gov.
COX would reach Chicago on the trip
advised that the governor was ex-
pecied Sunday and asked il he would
be subpoenaed 10 appear Monday, the
senator said
4'Ihe committee has done nothing
on TINT. IT I'VE do I viii announce 1t. :.
Ar. Christensen read a prepared
statement in WhiEh he charged that
both the Republican and Democgatie
parties are being financed by Wall
street" and that whichever won, the
government during the next four
years VIII remain in the hands OF the
combined capitalists and manufactur-
ers who ha e been masters OF the
government during the past so years"
The candidate also charged that
minor political groups and the press
Of the country had established an
embargo against publication Of most
Of the utterances emanating from his
lIa-ll ana All the ANAADAAAN El0AN-
HeN suggested that the government
buy newspaper space and allOt II
quickly to an political parties
asBack OF Both Parties
1T appears TO us Of the Farmer
Labor party 10 be Of very little mo-
ment that Republicans should appear
before you and charge the Demo-
cratic party with being financed by
wan street. and that Democrats
should come charging that the Repub-
Iicau party is financed by Wall
street said the statement we
wish TO lodge with you the charge
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02
PLAN
CELEBRATION
OF SUFFRAGE

FL Pasoans Interested IN the SUI
frage movement are invited TO meet
with the local branch Of the League
Of Women Voters at s o'clock satur-
day night at the Y. W. C. A. to cels-
brate the ratification Of the nine
teenth amendment -Four minute
speeches viii, be made by S. j..
Isaacks, Rev. +. NJ Johnson. IT.. H.
r Gamble. DIT. Floyd Poe, L. L. Rob
inson, Mrs Charles de Croft and Miss
Myra Winkler. Miss Jessie j.. s. Nc
Donald is chairman Of the speakers
committee. Original verses by Mrs
S. J. Fennell. will be read and Miss
Helen Temple, pupil OF Mrs Z n
CQErington, viii give a reading a
musical program in charge OF Mrs
Robert Barton viii be given by Mrs
Robert Lander. Mrs W. G. Abbott
Miss Zula Sibley. Miss Lois Mccall
and Walter Davis.
The rooms viii be decorated in yell
low and white, suffrage colors. Mrs
L. L. Mumdy Is chairman OF the deco
ration committee composed Of Mrs. II.
A. Taylor and Mrs. T. p Elliott. Mrs
R. H Darlington is chairman OF the
refreshment committee Of which Mrs
Frank Bait and Mrs a. W DePeW
are members. They will be assisted
by the Misses Fay Bait, Dorothy and
Goldie Helierstein, Helen Tompkins,
Laurita Ferguson and Florence Ia
zier.
The reception committee, composed
OF officers. and friends OF the league,
win include Mesdames Charles De-
Croft honorary president; o. A
Critchett, president; S. J. Fenneu,
Robert Townsend, l. L Mundy. r. Fl.
Darlington, Alex Ferguson. Jefferson
D. Smith. Julia A Sharp, Alma Bart
lett. A. W. DePew. Horace Lay. r. =.
Thomson, I. ]. Bush and Miss Jes-
sic T. S. Mcdonald,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02
Skeletons May Be
Of Amy E0aders
Bound for Mexico

Corpus Christi. Tex. Sept 3.-The
skeletons found recently on an is
land "a miles southeast Of Corpus
Christi. may have been those OF a
party Of men who, during the late
days OF the civil war. left their
homes in the western part OF HUNT
county and started For Mexico TO
evade army service. according 20 a
new theory advanced by J. 3. Bris-
coe. OF Pecos. Tex, IN a letter 20
Gordon Boone. mayor Of Corpus
Christi
Mr. BrIscoe's letter said. IN part;
About the first Of April. 1855. a
bunch Of men. 3s. 7 think. left the
west part OF Hunt county 20 90 to
Mexico 70 keep out Of the war and
not one Of them ever has been heard
from since an quite sure they all
were murdered before they reached
Mexico. They started from my wife's
fathers house and she is the last liv-
ing person who saw them start
was IN the army at the time and did
not get home until the last Of May.
II is possible that those skeletons
may be the remains OF those men.
Several or them were married and
some Of their wives lived as widows
for fifteen years before they remar-
ried~
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02
CORPUS STORM COST CLOSE
TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND

Corpus Christi. Tex. Sept g.
More than $4,000 was expended for
household goods for people here and
in adjacent districts rendered prac-
tlcaIly homeless by the disastrous
storm OF September Il, 1913, accord
ing to report made by A W Jones,
director OF south Texas disaster re-
lief OF that amount S49.402 was ex-
pended for Corpus Christi people
alone.
In addition to household goods, 8Ir
Jones reports nearly $4,000 was
spent for clothing Merical aid re-
quired S1,179.50; tools and working
equipment sf.408.0s; allowances for
living expenses until families could
get on their own feet" S8032. Seven
hundred and seventeen dollars were
used in transporting Corpus Christi
citizens 10 other parts Of the United
States 10 live with relatives. because
they were unable 10 support them
selves.
Burial expenses, buying cows and
chickens, giving business college
training and other miscellaneous
items amounted 10 S2.178-20.
Most of this money was donated by
other communities.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02
cox Is READY
FOR SPEECHES
IN y STATES

Columbus, o.. Sept. with L. H.
Moore. Gov. Cox's preconvention
manager in Chicago ready to furnish
the senate subcommittee investigat-
ing campaign expenditures with al
legged documentary data Intended to
back up the Democratic presidential
candidates charge Of a S15,0OO,000
campaign fund being raised by the
Republicans, the governor himself
was working at top speed today to
clear I'D accumulated state business
before starting this evening on his
swing through he west.
His swing around ithe circle viii
take him into % states before he re-
turns. October 4. His itinerary calls
for 81 extended addresses. an aver
age OF two daily. not including in
Vulnerable rear platform and other
minor speeches
Between 5000 and 5000 miles win
be traversed, mostly by railroad on
regular trains. but with several spe-
cial trains and automobile side trips
planned The gov rnor win have a
private car and at least two cars for
others OF his party
The tour opens on Friday, in Mich
igan- He viii speak at Jackson and
make two afternoon addresses at
-alleiA6- DA odtlt 4aE tAe governor
viii speak at Milwaukee, spend sun
day at Chicago, and Monday labor
day., in the twin cities" making his
principal address there at-the Mime
sofa state fair.
On the western Swing" the gov
ernor viii visit in order the principal
cities and many of the minor ones in
North Dakota. Montana Washington,
oregon. Idaho Utah. Nevada. CALI
fornia, Arizona, New Mexico. Colora-
do Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dako-
ia, Iowa. Kansas, Oklahoma and Mis-
souri,, closing his trip October at
st. Louis.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02
cox PROMISES
DIRT FARMERS
BIG u. S. JOBS

Columbus. o. Sept Gov. James
n. Cox today declared that IL elected
president he would appoint "dirt
farmers" 10 responsible government
positions, including the secretaryship
OF agriculture and members Of the
federal reserve and regional reserve
boards tariff commissions and the
interstate commerce commission
The Democratic presidential nomi-
nee discussed agricultural questions
and outlined his proposed policies in
an address at the executive office to
about 100 representative Of the ma
tional board Of farm organizations
holding convention here
Federal regulation Of cold storage
facilities, fair test Of private rail-
road ownership and operation and
cooperative buying and selling by
farmers was advocated by Gov. Cox.
He also declared that business. labor
and agricultural interests must have
defined by law limitations which
they can understand and stay within
In their future conduct
Declaring himself 20 be "a farmer
and not an agricultural list" Gov Cox
said he congratulate q American farm
ers upon ending Ftheir Rip Van
Wrinkle sleep" and moving toward or
gained betterment OF their condition.
Farmers Would he Efficient
Farmers are not only entitled to
AeAA 81 ia EaHAA IA A0A AA E0ME
he said, but the public service viii
have its efficiency advanced by
larger representation OF agricultural
thought
A great many interests do not look
with favor on my election because
they want to change the federal re-
serve act by making bankers only
eligible for membership. Nothing
could be more menacinE to the farmer.
The time has come for the farmer to
have his feet under the table when
policies are being made"
Farmers are needed on the tariff
and interstate commerce commissions,
Gov Cox said, TO aid in supervising.
respectively, agricultural exports and
transportation.
i don't believe there is a man on
the interstate commerce commission"
he said, who knows much, II any
thing about farming. Pm not critf-
eising the policies OF the sdministra-
ton that have led TO this thing. but
/ m contrasting what is, with what
ought 10 be.
More than this. I favor appoint
ment Of a dirt farmer as secretary
OF agriculture You may recall I gave
that policy in my speech Of accept
ance."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02
SUFFRAGE WOMAN DECLARES
RATIFICATION IS SETTLED

Chicago. Ill. Sept Mrs Harriet
Taylor Upton. woe chairman Of the
Republican national committee. yes
terday told a conference Of Republi-
can leaders from Mississippi valley
states that she had been assured By
secretary OF state Colby and assistant
attorney general Frierson that there
was no way in which the Tennessee
legislature could nuliify its ratifica-
ton OF the suffrage amendment
This information was given her.
however. she said. before the action
in which the legislature voted 20 sN-
pungs from its records its ratification
action.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02
GALVESTON PROTESTS AT
MARTIAL LAW FILM VIEWS

Galveston. Texas. Sept. An ef-
fort TO prevent the showing on 1.-THE
screen OF what Galveston citizens
term the movie debut" Of Texas ma
tional guardsmen. here in the enforce
ment OF martial law in connection
with the 1ongshoremen's strike here.
is being made by civic organizations
here. Il Is declared that sham riot
scenes and arrests OF bootleEEers
we're staged for the benefit Of camera
men and appeals TO the film com
pany and Brig. Gen. Jacob =. Vol
tiers. commanding at Camp HutchinEs,
have been made.
General Wolters informed a com
mittee which had protested TO him.
that he had Eiver motion picture
representatives permission TO film
military activities at Camn HutchinEs
and in the downtown district, but
declared he was unaware that sham
street fights had been staged
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02
WOMEN REQUIRED TO HAVE
RECEIPTS ONLY AT PRIMARIES

Austin. Texas. Sept Women are
required 20 have poll tax receipts
only at primary elections it was held
by the attorney generals department.
in an opinion written by assistant at
torney general Clifford L. Stone 70
Henry ID. Nelson, county judge Of
Cass county, today, This telegram
was sent to judge Nelson on the sub
ject. In view Of amendment 10 the
United States constitution, all women
who are otherwise qualified voters at
your bond election are entitled 70
vote and are not required to have poll
tax receipts nor to have paid a poll
tax Women are required to have
poll tax receipts only at primary cleo
tons"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02

Ms Dellia Martin. a resident Of
Wurstboro, n. Y. writes that she
stopped her fits with a free bottle Of
medicine which she read about in the
paper She says she has not had a
fit since she took the first dose and
that she wants every sufferer 70
know about this wonderful medicine
and what It did for her. If you.
friend or relative suffer from these
dreadful attacks You are advised TO
send name~and address at once to
r. p. N. Lepso. 123 Island Ave. Mil
waukee. Wis. who is generously Of
fefing to send a bottle OF the same
kind Of medicine he gave Mrs. Mar
tin, free. to any sufferer who writes
him-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02
FITEL. LEAK CAUSES CRASH
KILLING TWO. PLANE BURNS

washington n. c, Sept "A bad
fuel leak probably caused the acct
dent Yesterday near Morristown. Y. j.
IN which Max Miller. air mail pilot
and Gustave Rierson. mechanic, lost
their lives. A report to the postof-
flee department today said the ma
chine burst into flames so or 400 feet
from where Il struck
The all metal plane vas a total
loss. superintendent Whitbeck re-
ported
The intense heat OF the benzol
fire" he said. actually fused the
metal framework OF the fuselage SO
that the metal lay IN pools on the
ground. a great portion Of the sheet
mteal being astually consumed IN the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02
BRITISH MINERS SEND
NOTICES OF BIG STRIKE

London, Eng, Sept. 2.-Strike no
lces calling for walkour OF mem
bers Of the British miners federation
September rs will be sent out today,
according to a decision reached at a
meeting Of the district delegates Of
the federation here this morning.
Belief has been expressed that, even
II the strike notices should be sent
out, stoppage OF work may be AVERT
ed, as the actual walkout may be sus-
pended from day to day under the
rules Of the federation.