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Weekly journal-miner., 1921-09-07
pr. SouthWorth

The Countenance ot Dr. Ii. l. Southworth bore the marks of an ardent southern California sun as he ascended to tn ewitness chair. But he was still more ruddy when obliged by the defense, to relate in bald terms, the bad words George had used during the time he was being dressed after the shooting.
 A woman, the doctor said, had come to George, throwing her arms around his neck and asking "Why did you shoot him?" This, he in ferred, was Mrs. George.
 Although the point was not clear ly brought out, Dr. Southworth ap- peared to have been the first person to enter the house after the shooting. He was in entire ignorance of the death of Bowers. His understanding of the trouble was that "a man had been shot accidentally" But it was not long before Sheriff Davis, Bart lett, Munds, Joe Young, Dick Twam- ley, Grove, Tommy Thompson, Grant Carter and others came in; They appeared to regard George with no confidence. Their first act was to begin punching around in the bed on which the sufferer lay. The medical man demonstrated. They said they were taking no changes. He asked what chances they had al ready run. None But this man had just shot Ed Bowers.
 With reluctance but frankly, the witness related the conversations he had heard, the vituperative language of the accused and the other talk which, in effect, amounted to an ad- mission of the shooting.
 Grove and Munds both had said in their opinion, George was not drunk. This had been brought out on cross-examination Dr. South worth said George was belligerent, but calm. He did not know the hab its of mind of the accused well enough to say whether or not such state would be normal in him, i'm
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-09-07
ADMISSIONS MADE BY DEFENSE, CHAS.
 BEAVER TESTIFIES
(From Saturdays pailyl

(From Saturdays Daily)
 The Frank George defense does not deny George shot and killed Ed Bow CTS. The accused did not know Bowers, nor that he was an officer. He did not know Grove was stalk ing" the house. No offense had been committed on the premises prior to the arrival of the officers. Bowers entered the, house without a warning to its inmates. He assaulted" Mrs. George. He had gun in his hand. Someone, possibly Grove, shot first. The defendant considered himself as protecting his wife, himself and his home when he fired the bullet that pierced the undersheriff' breast.
 That was the substance of the opening statement of the defense when, after a recess and a visit by the jury to the premises at 40 Weaver street, C. C. Norton out lined the case for the accused.
 The defendant followed that out line in his testimony. E. S. Clark began a shrewd cross-examination. As an instance of the points he sought to make, one is described: The state wondered at the act of George in falling after being pushed by Miss Hazard and getting his finger on the trigger of the cooked and loaded rifle, standing against trunk in the clothes closet, causing the rifle to be discharged Similarly, the state wondered why, when George had later taken the rifle from the closet to clean it, he sent his wife back to the same closet to bring rags.
 At any time did Mrs. George call upon her husband for help? The defendant regarded her cries as such a call. Any married man would.
 John L. Sullivan inquired of the as the latter lay wounded, if he had still. The defendant was lbout to answer further question when ]. E. Russell arose and ob- ected, assigning rhe states inter about a still and mash as ,rror. The defendant insisted, how .ver. that he had intoxicants in the louse.
 Did you not tell Miss Hazard, he state insisted, that you were go- ng down town to sell a bottle? George said he had not.
 Little was asked on redirect. MT. Norton inquired about the witness physical condition and he said he vas too i'll to work
Weekly journal-miner., 1921-09-07
CHILD WELT ARE COMPLETE

SuptrlOr Judge J. J. SWetney yes- terday completed the child welfare board for this county by the appoint ment of Mrs. J. T. Richards of this city. The appointments will be re- corded Monday
 The first meeting of the board for the appointment of a secretary and the outlining of a policy in consulta nrl head of the state board, will be held on September 5. The state board meets September F at the capitol. ton with Mrs. H. A. Guild of Phoe-
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returned from downtown, was in a closet in the screen room. The wit ness had gone in to speak to him and as she did so, he moved and knocked his head against something which made him angry. He caught up the rifle and discharged it thru the roof. The defense sought to show that the witness had pushed George, causing him to fire off the gun. This was denied.
 Miss Hazard left the house and met neighbor woman, who inform ed her she had sent for the officers because of the disturbance. The wit ness returned and told MT. and Mrs. George the officers were coming. George, she said, placed three cart ridges in the rifle and announced his intention of using one on the officer, one on the neighbor who had called help and the third on himself. Mrs. George and Miss Hazard tried to take the gun away from the man. They were unsuccessful. The wit ness saw Bowers and Grove come and went to Mrs. Mars house, from the window of which she said she saw Bowers standing with one foot i'll the front door as the first shot was fired. He turned away, Sort of crumpling up,' ran down the steps and the next the witness knew, was lying where he was later found, in the street
 As the witness was surveying the scene, Mrs. George came running in to the house crying that her hus- band was shot and bleeding to death. The women then began telephoning for doctor.
 According to the witness, Mrs George had cried out warning to the officers.
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JURY |S READY
 TO TRY GEORGE
 CASE THIS 4. M.
HERE ARE JURORS WHO
 WILL TRY FRANK GEORGE

WILL 1N1 RANA GEORGE 1. Emmett G. Coleman, Con-
 gress Junction Stockraiser 2. F. M. Andrews, Verde val 3. Howard H. Williams, Clark
 dale -.--,.-.--.--- --..-. Salesman 4. Thomas F. Bitner, Pres
 colt ..-..-..-.--.--.--. Retired cattleman 5. Robert Gaddis, Camp Verde
 .-.----.---....... .-..... Farmer 6. H. B. Anderson, Clemen-
 ceau .-- Smelterman 7. Elijah Lay, Cornville e-..-..-.-...
 -..----.--.-.--.... ..-.....--- Farmer 8. Arthur Nichols, Cornville
 ---.-.-....-... ...- Farmer g. J. D. Knadler, Seligman-..-..-.
 .--.------.----.- Railroad clerk 10. Robert McAllister, Jerome
 .-..-----.-...-.-.... - Mechanic Il. Joe Kmetich, Humboldt
 ...-..-.---. Smelterman 12. S. M. Ellis, Humboldt t....-..-..
 Dr1ller
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1 George to the judges chambers. Mrs. Lula Mcintosh, the court clerk, was requested to take her official notes and accompany them to chambers, where, apparently it was thought an order might require entering.
 Upon resumption of the hearing, the defense asked leave to await the arrival of Charles Beaver. Soon Beaver was brought in by the rear door, the aisle and entrance being absolutely blockaded by spectators. CHARLES BEAVER WAS IN HURRY TO GO
 It was attempted by the defense to show that the state held the murder charge as sufficiently broad to in- clude Beaver. In objecting, Mir. Clark explained that under the Ari- zona law, it is required that the state accuse each accessory" as a princi- pal; the law contemplates no such status as that of accessory or accom- plice. It was in this respect, he said, the state had held Beaver for first degree murder, and not because it felt in any degree that he and not George might have fired the deadly shot
 Beaver said George went to the closet to get change of pants. Mae Belle showed him. The gun went off. Beaver left the house.
 How soon after the shot did you leave, he was asked.
 "A couple of seconds" the witness replied and the audience rippled its amusement at this display of discre- tion. Beaver went from the George house. He made his first stop at the St. Michael.
 The state declined to cross-question Beaver.
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PainStaking Accou11t

II -tHSIC Was any lillliS T.. O. OIOWC
 knew of the story, not related on the stand, it was insignificant, it seemed, after he had been recalled twice and had undergone a short croSs-examina- ton. He it was who had accompan- jed Ed Bowers on his last tour of duty. He approached the east win dow of the house in time to see George raise his rifle and fire toward the front where Bowers was stand ing, and he drew instantly and shot George. His second shot took ef- feet, but George whirled and fired at the officer, the bullet going high. A third shot from Crowe's gun was futile, he said, because eorge had dropped out of sight toward the front of the house.
 Grove spoke with great delibera- ton. He surveyed the meaning of his words before uttering them and seemed to reflect over his testimony.
 On cross-examination, C. C. Nor ton for the defense, brought out that the witness had addressed a question to someone he addressed as "Your Honor" according to the transcript of the coroner's inquest. Crowe rin- terrupted to indicate he was at that time addressing MT. Sullivan, whom I didn't know until later" There was an abortive guffaw. MT. Norton ntimated to the witness that MT. Sul- ivan was not perhaps, properly ad- dressed by that tile and the witness construed it as a slight upon the county attorney. With slight and ais only show of ruffled temper, he asserted that he had never had oc- ;asion to change his first high im- ,ression of MT. Sullivan.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Empire Test In 6, 5s-lw
Makes 80-Rarrel Flow;
Running Casing to Sand

Empire Gas and Fuel company
No. on the Gooding farm in sec
tion G. 5s-lw. located one mile
southeast of production in the Hew-
lit southeast extension. made
flow Of so barrels Friday. The
hole is now full of oil which tests
20 gravity.
The operators are running the
. 3-l6-inch casing TO the top Of the
sand preparatory to drilling the
well deeper. The top of the sand
was encountered at a depth of q
532 feet and penetrated about five
feet. Running Of the 3.16.inch
casing was necessitated by the fact
that there was 800 feet Of open
hole between the bottom of the
6 5.S-inch casing and the top Of
the sand.
All indications are that the we'll
will be a good producer. The hole
is in fine shape, and all is in readi-
ness 20 drill ahead after the 3-l6.
inch is run.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Continued Curtailment of
Production Is Imperative
States Prairie Official

That n much larger decline Will
have to be registered before the equi'
rbrium OF production and consumptlno
IN again reached in the petroluem IN
dusiry IL the statement made by Dana
II. Kelsey. head of the Tulsa office OF
the Prairie oil and Gas company as
quoted in recent statement author
lied by him FOR publication In the Ma
tional Petroleum Ncws issue of Sep
temher 2i. Mr.. Kelsey inferred that
the fate OF crude apparently was at
the mercy q, conditions prevailing sew
cral inorthn since, The statement
reads as fo,iows:
Conditions in he east are showing
some Improvement. although the move
ment IL very gradual \ number OF
factories that have been completely
shut down are rcsumlng operations On
reduced scale. and the general feel
INK of the pcorlc seems better, Condi.
tons In Oklahoma compare most favor
ably with those OF the manufacturing
and Industrial district, as the unom.
poyment and general situation IL uu.
doubtcdly much better here than in
tho east.
"Thc crude oil producer OF Oklahoma
has ihus far. during this period OF de.
prcssioa, had y continued market for a
maximum production. while the indus.
tries IN the east have been almost Mt u
s;andstill Production has shown small
decreases in thc last few weeks In tho
Mid.Contincnt. but much larger de.
ati,N ,riii hnxa tn Il, r,tytutsn,. hafnva
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
HOmaOkla Garvin County
Test Sprays Gas and Oil

Homaokla Oil company No. on
the Hervey iO.acre trace In section
II, in.Sw. in Garvin county. diago-
nal 10 acres southeast of the Mag.
nolia. Hart producer, was blowing
gas and spraying oil Saturday.
with the efforts OF the operators
To place Il under control meeting
with some success. II In believed
that the well will drllt itself into
the oil sand The operators are
making efforts to run the casing
to the top of the sand, which was
Unexpectedly drilled into with the
rotary tools at "a depth of 1857
feet, about so feet higher than the
sand encountered In the Magnolia.
Hart we'll
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
WITH THE OIL MEN

Optimistic news regarding. condl.
tions In the eas, IL brought hack by
Hugh sturm, promincn, local oil man.
who returned Friday from two
weeks trip through Tcnnessccc and
Missouri. Mr. Sturm visited hi- moth.
or at Rogersvillc. Tenn, Tor the first
time In four years. llc also spent
some time at St. Louis.
Alr Sturm states that Industrial
conditions In Tennessee are better at
the present time than they have been
In the past ten years The territory
there IL farming region. and crops
have turned cut very well. At 81
Louis, states Mr. Sturm. conditions
bear great indication OF hccominr
very active within a very short time
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Magnolia Gets Big Gasser
Woodruff Farm, Is, 4s.2w

Magnolia Petroleum company No.
% on the Woodruff farm in the
southwest quarter OF section is.
4s.2w. ! $50 feet from the west sec
ton line and 200 feet from the\
south section line. reached the top
Of gas sand at a depth OF 2.160
feet and Is producing 100000 GU
bic feet. The sand was penetrated
90 feet. This is the second gasser
Of this size brought in In the heart
of the Hewitt producing area. and
is producing from the same sand
found in the Baker.Strawn gasser
on the Dillard farm In section %.
Is.2W
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Drilling Operations are
Resumed Love County

Wolverine OH Company has
commenced operations on the
Noble well on tho Bruce Hilton
farm. In the northwest corner Of
the northwest quarter OF section
%, Gs.iw, IN Love county and IL
running the 8 ale inch casing The
hole Is reported as In good shape.
The well had been shut down FOR
quite some time after being drill.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Cornhuskers Company May

According TO report published In
the Davis News. In recent issue.
arrangements are now being made
by w. j. Moriarty for the drilling OF
another test near Davis. to be located
east OF the old Cornhuskers well
which is to be plugged and abandon
ed. The casing In the old well is To
be used In the new test Mr.. Moriarty
has recently returned from Auburn,
Neb.. where he conferred with the
directors OF the Cornhuskcrs oil com.
pany as to fu-urc Developments 81
the vicinity Of Davis.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Empire-Davis No. 8 In
Fox Is 300 Barrel Well

Empire Gas and Fuel company
No. s on the Davis farm in sec.
ton 81. 2s-3w. In the Fox district,
reached the top Of the sand at n
depth Of 2.24j.2 300 feet and flowed
80 barrels the first l2 hours. The
we'll Is regarded as 3O0.barrel
producer and Is one Of the best in
the Fox area.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
WICHITA FALLS, Texas, Oct. |.
Magnolia and Sinclair
Advance Price of the
OkIahOma-Kansas Crudes

o TULSA, Okla, Oct. 1.-The Sinclair
Crude Oil Purchasing company. effec-
tive today, advanced the price of all
oil produced in Kansas and Okla
homa. which formerly commanded
price of 800 a barrel 20 $l.25. The
Aprairie Oil and Gas company, the
Texas company and all other pur-
chasers Of crude oil in the fields OF
these two states are expected To meet
the advance.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Graham District

Magnolia Petroleum Company No. /.
on the Bennett farm IN the northwest
VI the southwest quarter of the north.
east quarter OF section N. - sw OFF
set TO the kirk-Hivick. is running N"
toinch easing al a depth of i2Tc feet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
North Oi Newport

Magnolia Petroleum Company
No. !. on the j. f.. McCarty farm
in the southeast corner of the
northeast quarter of the. north
east quarter Of the northwest
quarter of section %, 3s.lw. three
fourths mile north OF Newport, is
running the 1914 inch casing at
a depth Of 800 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

Magnolia Petroleum company No.
on the Hervey A farm in section H.,
ln-3w. is drilling at l120 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

Pure Oil Company No. /, ON the
Sullivan farm, in the center Of the
northeast quarter of the northeast
quarter Of the southwest quarter OF
section &c, 4s-2w. in the Hewitt south.
east extension. west offset to the
Carter-Sullivan gasser, which cement.
ed the casing at a depth OF 2l3s feet,
is standardizing the rig preparatory
to drilling out the plug
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Roxana Duncan Operations

Roxana Petroleum Company No. ..
on the Clarkson farm, in section 80.
ls.sw. IS running the +inch drill pipe
10 fish out five joints OF . 3-l.6 inch
casing lost In the hole Ut q depth
OF 22ss feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

Magnolia Petroleum company No. 2
on the Orr farm in section 16, 1n.3w,
Is drilling at 1900 feetA
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

Magnolia Petroleum company No.
on the Gibson farm in section a. In.
3w, is drilling at ,24O feet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

Magnolia Petroleum Company No.
6, on the Cruce farm. in section l6,
4s.2w, is rigging up 20 drill deeper.
No. 10, on the same farm, is drill
ing at 400 feet.
No. II, on the same farm, is drill
ing at 1926 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

Magnolia Petroleum company No. 1
on the Ringer farm in section 3, In
3w, is rigging up.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Magnolia Hewitt Operations

Magnolia Petroleum Company No.
Il, on the Woodruff farm, in section
Is. 4s.2w, is drilling at 1905 feet.
No. IS, on the same farm, is drill
ing at 1870 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Garvln County Operations

Magnolia Petroleum company No. /
is drilling at ,0l0 feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

Magnolia Petroleum company No |
on the Jones farm in section IA, In.
3w, is drilling ut / ,0l5 feet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Sinclair

ed to depth Of 30l0 feet. by
the Noble Oil Company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

p. B. Jeffries, manager of the N.
l.. Amster interests; G.. y. Goddard,
chairman of the Hewitt Conservation
Committee; John Heenan; Ross w
Coe: Oscar Van Noy. conservation of
ficer in the local fields Writ Frank
lin and Judge K A. Hefner, members
of the conservation committee; ana
w. T.. Hubbard, geologist with the
Humble Oil and Refining Company;
are among the local oil men Who at
tended the hearing of the Carter Oil
Company appeal before the corpora
tion commission at Oklahoma City
Saturday. The hearing was resultant
of an appeal by the Carter company
from Il ruling Of the conservation
committee relative to the drilling of
wells in the Hewitt area.
W. T.. Hubbard, geolosist with the
Humble Oil and Refining Company,
with headquarters in this city, was in
Ardmore Friday. Mr., Hubbard has
been engaged in his work at Wichita
Texas, for the past six weeks, and
stopped here on route to Oklahoma
City and Tulsa. He expects to be at
Houston, Texas Wednesday, Octo-
ber ;.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

Announcement was made by the
Magnolia Petroleum company Friday
OF new prices for crudes in Texas
Oklahoma and Kansas fields. The
new quotations Were effective Sep
tember 80. and are as follows:
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Scattered ODeratiOns


Magnolia Petroleum Company No. |
on the James farm, in section 23, 2s-
CIV, is mudding off the gas sand en-.
countered at a depth Of 1888 feet
preparatory to drilling deeper
Magnolia Petroleum Company lao. /
on the Hefner-Mlls farm, in section
81. 2s3w, in the Fox district, IL shut
down at q depth of l4lO feet waiting
on water.
No , on the same farm, Is drilling
at 1850 feet.
Magnolia Petroleum Company No.
!, on the Pruitt farm in section %.
2s-Gw, Is spudding in.
Magnolia Petroleum COMPANY No.
/, on the Corbin farm, in section IL,
2s-5w is drilling at 1850 feet
Magnolia Petroleum Company No.
), on the Martin farm, in section II,
2s.5w, is being abandoned.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

Roxana Petroleum Company No. |,
on the Brooks Arm. in section 10. Is.
Sw. Is sidetraoking the five inch tools
to drill deeper The hole Is now at a
total depth of 22sO feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

and even now appear very progress
slve.
A comparison of the status Of
things in general in Ardmore with
these in the eastern regions, states
Mr.. Sturm, brings out the fact
that Ardmore is an active community,
and that any talk of depression is
purely imaginary as it is elsewhere
where bearers of gloom parade. "rhe
fact that four million men may be
out of work" stated Mr.. Sturm. 'is
not a sign that the country is in Il
period of depression. These unemploy
ed may be accounted for in several
manners. and manners which tend
to prove that their idleness Is due TO
reasons other than lack of work at
tributed to cessation of Industrial ac
tivity. One of these is the fact that
during the war thousands of women
displaced men i'm various commercial
establishments, and when the Armis-
tice was signed, they still held on to
their iobsI forcing the boys whom
they had displaced into idleness. AS it
is now, 1t appears very evident that
! many of the women fear that If they
give up their positions to make way
for the men, others than their hus-
bands will get the positions, and as a
result they are willing to be the
providers until such time as the men
obtain employment. Also. the work
or fight order effective during the
war, brought out many men who
prior to the issuance of the order had
never known the meaning of work.
| And now that the order is not in ef.
| feet. many of them have revered 10
their former status of dleness.'
Dorset Carter e Oklahoma City
| president Of the Coline Oil Company
is AN Ardmore business visitor.
4 party OF Roxana Petroleum Com
pany officials arrived in Ardmore
Friday on "A business visit. Members
OF the party are. Thomas +. Lydon
vict.president. and Kent koerner, botf
Of st. Louis; j. W. Bates, of Tulsa
production superintendent; Truman
Post Young, of st. Louis, attorney anf
X. c. Allen, of Tulsa.
S. G. Lockwood, Of Tulsa, in charg,
of operations on the Twin State Oi
Company test In section 6. js-3w
southeast of Ringing. arrived in thii
city Friday. Reports have it tina
operations in the test will be resum
ed. The test had been shut down 70
about a month on account Of lack o
water with which TO carry on opera
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02
Prairie and Sinclair
Meet Oklahoma Advance;
Raise Texas to Sl.5O

INDEPENDENCE, Kan, Oct. /.
The Prairie Oil and Gas COM
pany announced an Increase in
the price of crude oil TO Sl.s5 on
Kansas and Oklahoma and Sl.30
q barrel on Texas.
WICHITA FALLS, Texas, Oct. l.
The Sinclair Pipe Line Com
pany today posted . price Of Sl.5o
for north and north central Texas
oil. n 25.cent advance, the srcond
increase In the last few days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-02

Roxana Petroleum Company No. ..
on the Cook farm, in section 10. Is.
sw. is running the 6.lnch drill pipe
to fish for parted 5S inch casing.