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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

made good headway. Several weeks
ago he received a message from home
that new baby boy had arrived at
his home. Mrs. Wachob asked that
he come home if possible. The well
was at a critical stage. The drillers
We're having bad digging" and were
unable TO make any progress. 1t was
what drillers term a flat hole. Wa
chod could not desert the job at this
time, even though he longed to he
at home. He stuck faithfully to the
job until they reached the sand, and
the well came in making 500 barrels.
Last night Wachob was told by his
employe to 90 home and see the new
baby. He had performed his task well.
He had carried the message TO Gar
cia." Although the baby is two weeks
old. daddy Will not see the young
man until this morning. Okmulgee
Times.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

From oklahoma city correspondence
ii is learned that Frank G. Carter Ok.
lahoma state auditor. who made a sue.
cesslul fight against the levying Of
% mill and % half state tax because uf
the states large revenue from income
tax and the gross production tax on
oil. has announced that he will be
candidate next year for corporation
commissioner 10 succeed Campbell
Russell, chairman, whose term cx.
prcs. Carter relies for considerable
support on the record he has made
in the collection OF delinquent gross
production tax and penalties and his
discovery OF hundreds OF OIL producers
who had never paid any gross pro-
duct.on tax Mr.. Russell has made no
announcement with reference TO his
political plans. bat since he IS reported
TO have Joined an organization sup.
porting y. VI. li1tchett of Durant. for
governor hts friends believe that he
has abandoned the notion of himself
becoming o candidate 90 succeed him
self ou .hc commiasionOu ana Cas
Journal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
II Might BE True

Reliable information that n Cana
dian oil company, whose name could
not be obtained, had struck 60000 600
feet of gas and now has a good show
ing of oil at less than 400 feet in
the northeast Of the southeast OF
the southeast of 2-22-3w. about half
way between the CARRIER and Billings
pools, reached this desk last evening.
This test was drilling TO the 2.iOO
foot sand and is now shut down. The
oil pay will be tested out.
This particular spot il wild cat ter
ritory, companies having kept out
because Of the 4000.foot dry hole
drilled by Braden about four miles
no"th Of heer few years ago.-Tulsa
World.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
Interesting New Location

Magnolia Petroleum comany has
made a very interesting location in
the center uf the west half of the
northwest quarter Of section 20. 9s-3w
on the Stennett farm. This location
is three fourths Of mile north o..
the big gas well drilled in some time
ago by the PhilliS Petroleum comany
The location is very promising and
should IT result in well il would
mean much TO the Fox field
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

Reports from MeXia. Texas. yes
terday stated that the Humble Pipeline
runs from the Houston Oil x Gas
cos Lilies No. >. located north Of
Mexia, was exactly 5.269 barrels in
"a hours, and the well is not yet
wide open. The wire further stated
that the oil is LOG degrees tempera-
ture.
The Nussbaum well in the Mexia
field. is still estimated at 1000 bar
rels, while the Desenberg well is max
ing 10000 barrels daily The Texas
company well on the Stroud farm to
the west near Groesbeck is still drill
ing at 3,043 feet with no showing as
yet. Slay, Simon & Smith have a
showing for a good well on the Koenig
farm and are building storage before
drilling in.-Tulsa World.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
Well Near Newport

Magnolia on the McCarty farm in
section 26 3s-lw near Newport is
reported to be drilling below zoo feet.
The drill is in a very hard sand. Much
Interest is being manifested in this
well. II is in territory that has never
been tested No formations have been
found TO condemn it but there have
been many sands found and it is
said that the presence Of so many
sands makes the well look very prom
ising.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
Production Report

Estimated production in the fields
Of the Mid-Continent at the close Of
the past week was as follows: North
Louisiana 63,S2O barrels; Arkansas.
$4,000 barrels; North Texas l4l $50
barrels Kansas $4,000 barrels; Okla.
homa, outside II Cushing. Shamrock,
Burbank and Healdton, 100000 bar.
rels; Gushing and Shamrock 25.0OO
barrels; Healdton $4,000 barrels; Hew.
lit $1,000 barrels. Burbank 260S7
barrels; total 675,S97 barre>, gain of
G,247 barrels in comparison with the
preceding week.
The estimated daily production Of
heavy gravity oil in the Gulf Coast
field was 1896 barrels.-Oil and
Gas journal.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
MOTHER!
Move Child'S Bowels with
California Fig Syrup

Hurry mother. Even SICK child
loves the "fruity" taste Of California
Fig Syrup" and it never fails to open
the bowels. A teaspoonful today may
prevent sick child tomorrow. If con-
stipated, bilious, feverish, fretful. has
cold, collie, or if stomach is sour,
tongue coated breath bad. remember
Il good cleansing of the little bowels
is often all that is necessary.
ASK your druggist for genuine cal
ifornia Fig syrup which has direc'
tions for babies and children of all
ages printed on bottle. Mother. You
must say california" or you may get
an imitation fig syrup. adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
Cotionbelt Gasser

Cououbolt Petroleum company has
given the Consumers Lig'ht and Power
company the right to connect It's lines
with tho company big gas Well ON
the Scott Sparks farm IN section 3O.
ls'2w Ia the Graham field. This well
la making from twenty TO twenty-five
million feet of gas and the sands iu
that area produce FOR many months
The well should at least hold up
strong during This winter.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
DRILLER CARRIES
MESSAGE TO GARCIA

The faithfulncss of Charles Wachob,
a drilling contractor, to his employer.
rivals Elbert Hubbard's Message to
Garcia"
Wachob, whose home Is in Musko.
gee, was given the contract TO drill
the Barbara Oil company's well in
36ll-ll. lie was told by the company
manager that he wanted the well
drilled as rapidly as possible. ana II
was mp TO Wachob to get down TO the
sand as fast as he could.
The contractor tackled the Job and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

Roy Blcdsoe. son OF s. r. Bledsoe.
"a graduate uf the law department of
the Oklahoma University. has arrived
IN Ardmore and leased an office ON
the third floor OF the Simpson build.
ing. lie will engage In the nraotice
Of law. His father began the practice
here in the early days and outgrew
the town. lie is now at the head N
The legal department OF the santa Fp
Railway company Ia Chicago and ls
a director IN the company. Roy Bled.
soc and Miss Gail Cruce were married
and this removal brings back 10 Ard
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
What Others Neglected

ti0n 20, ls.Sw in the Duncan area
has reached a sand at 1875 feet. The
sand has been penetrated 10 feet and
the well is making from ten TO fifteen
million feet Of gas and is spraying oil.
This is a sand that has been passed up
by other companies in that field, but
IL gives promise If much wealth Of
both oil and gas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
Judge Phelps Thanks
Oklahoma County Jury
For Usual Verdict

OKLAHOMA CITY. Nov. L.
THAT'S right. gentlemen. That's
the usual verdict we get in Okla.
h0ma county. You're excused. II
were the county attorney.
wouldn't file amy more charges
against hi-isckers in the courts
here"
With these words, Judge James
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
ReNroat Farm Busy

Cot1onhelt Petroleum company is ac.
lively at work IN the development OF
the .Rexroat farms in sections 10 ana
10 IN 4s'sw IN the Hewitt field. We'll
Ne. 9 In section 10 Is swedgng the
pipe at 1850 fect. well No. : i'm 10
is drilling at $40 feet and well No s
in the same section is drilling at 800
feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
Deepening Wells

Gates Oil company on the Jackson
farm in section 10, 4s2w in the Hewitt
field is deepening well No. and
tools are being moved to well No.
10 drill it to the lower sands. II is
stated that Skelly Oil company also
Will deepen its wells and that when
water is more plentiful there will be
"A general campaign of drilling to
deeper sands in the Hewitt area.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
pleased With Road Work

The oil boys who must travel over
the roads about Milo and Fox FREE
quonty are delighted with some inn.
provements that are being made in
that country. Those roads are in Mar
ion Pearce's district. Plenty Of gravel
is nearby and u is stated that ail the
owners OF the gravel with one eX.
ception have given the gravel 90 tho
county for use on the roads. Much
interest is now being taken in the
county bond issue and the majority or
the folks seem TO be favorable To- the
issue.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

!. Phelps in district court here
today dismissed the jury which
had just acquitted Ernest vii.
liams. charged with robbery The
verdict was reached after four
hours Of deliberation last night
and announced today. Robert w.
Maupin. assistant county attorney,
who prosecuted the case. asked the
jury TO impose the maximum pen
atty Of 30 years in the peniten-
tiary. Williams was charged with
having held up n. farmer near the
capital building in September and
robbing him of $3.50.
4 II.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
Home From III Dorado

Buck Parker who has spent several
months in the FL Dorado field in Ark
ansas has returned to his home here.
He liked the field there he said but
the Arkansas chills and fever got
him and sent him home.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
Showing Oil and Gas

Hugh Sturm and others on the
Swarts farm in section o. 2s-3w set
and cemented the easing at 2i7j feet
The well was showing both oil and
gas. When tools were lowered to drill
cut the plug 10 was learned that
the cement had not set and the wen
will be delayed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

Humble Oil and Refining company
i'm the south half Of the northwest
quarter Of the northwest quarter Of
50, 2s.3w in the Fox field is setting
the casing at 2O35. The owners are
Of the opinion that the drill has reach.
I'd a gas sand.
w y. Johnson spent the night at
the Ardmore Rod and Gun club and
before breakfast he bagge4 eight
ducks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
Leases at Newport

Some leases are changing hands in
the Newport country where the Mag
nolia is drilling a very interesting
test. It is said that some of the larg-
er companies are making invest
mentS there.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

r. +. McCrory will spend part o'
this week In the Robertson field in
Garvin county where he made invest
ments In the early history OF the
field
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
Gasoline Consumption

A new high record in gasoline con.
sumption was established in the month
of August, when 503 .O0e000 gallons
We're used. according to an announce.
ment made by the Bureau of mines
/ Although the average daily produc
| ticn in August of 1927 600 was 1885,,
| 10000 gallons less than in July the
total stock on gasoline on August 81.
amounted to 57,64j 900 gallons. show
| ing a decrease of 10000, 600 gallons
during the month. according to the
| figures.
Estimated average value of crude
oil produced in the United States in
August was $l.C7 a barrel, compared
with an average for the first eight
months of 1921 of $l67 a barrel. and
with the high price of 1920 of S3.01 a
barrel. This August average is the
lowest AT which crude oil has sold
since 1915. when the average was 6l
cents a barrel. In 1916 the average
was s1.10 a barrel and the price had
been on the ascendant until it reached
its high point of 1907 in l92O.--Oil ard
Gas journal
Cuts Of from IS TO SO a ton in vari-
Gus grades of pipe. and ranging a.
fIsh as S1i ton on special gradei,
fGNc been announced by the Nati0rai
Tube Co, a subsidiary of the United
states Steel corporation The ret;.c-
tons affect oil country steam, gas,
and water pipe. This il the first Of?i.
cial price reduction On pipe since J4ly
=, 1921.
= here have been ho important de-
vc'cI ments in the stIke of oi, f,.i
workers in the San Joaquin Valley in
California. The field is practically Idle
a2i outside Of it there was htC- Ga
Interest in the past week,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

B. \. Simpson and Hoxie Anderson
spent yesterday in the Hewitt field
looking after their properties.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

J 49, Black, manager Of the Carter
on compJnys plant ut Wann. OKLA
for thv past three years. has been
promoted to a better position as field
600. rrutrudrnt in charge OF the con.
strucuon of new plant at Arlmore.
r.. A. Ratcliff has been appointed as
Blacks .uccpssor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

learn whore and how they may be
best employed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

Writ Franklin was on business
trip TO Oklahoma city yesterday
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
OIL NEWS
(From Local and South Oklahoma Fields)
BILL

more two young people who were
raised here.
Harold Wallace is with the legion
boys in Kansas. city
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01

Read Ardn:orcitc Want Ads.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-12-23
BULGARIA Has Queer Taxes.

The peasants nre now firmly eStab-
liSbed In power In Bulgaria and leg
~islhtive bodies, both state and pro
ylncinl, IN which their representatives
are In the majority, are engaged In
transferring the burden of taxation
Ia the shoulders Of the desplsed city
folk.
The district council OF Roustchouk
has evolved the following taxes which
IL styles american:
For carrying Il parasol 30 levas,
(nomlnally worth 10 cents each), year
ly; for wearing skirts more than
eleven Inches above the ground or silk
stockings, 500 leyas; for wearing
gloves between April 10 and Septem-
Der 10 without a doctors certificate,
200 levas; for wearing jewelry, 3D
leyas; for keeping pet dogs, 800 lerns;
for use OF walking canes by persons
less than fifty years old in good health,
100 leyas; for wearing shoes with tops
exceeding eleven inches In height, IN
le,as: for wearing fur tlppets or muffs.
800 levas. and for using II baby ear
riage in cities, 200 leyas.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-12-23
chIId's Call Reached Mother.

Although she has no knowledge Of the
occult or thought transfrrence a
mother heard the cry of her child.
nine miles away. The woman together
with her husband was ent To Jail In
Chicago, because they were unable Ia
produce a note for 500, necessary to
the settlement OF an estate A month
dragged by and there was no n 10
care for the three children. six, four and
two years old. Social service workers
finally took them to an orphan asylum
Henry. four. became III and was taken
10 the isolation hospital. At about the
same hour his mother. of
what had been done, became hysterlcai
In the jail and declared her child was
dying and calling for her. Jail au
thorltles thought her demented and
transferred her 10 the jail hospital
Social service workers e befors
the Judge the next day and told hlin
~ three children would die miles
their mother was restored 10 them,
and he ordered her immediate release.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-12-23
SEA GULL RACES.

II must tell you all about It," said
the first Sea Gull to the Seaside Fairy.
In the first place the reason you
saw us acting as we did was because
we We're running races. We We're run
ming what is known as relay races
Each one of us ran SO far at a time,
and then the next one ran.
You See, all along the harbor, right
out TO the gate of the sea there are
posts where there are buoys. Now On
each of these posts was perched a
sea gull. That was when you saw us.
well, We We're all racing toward
the river which is beyond the harbor,
and so each time one Of us raced to
the sea gull OFF, which was Oh the post,
and sent him on 10 another one.
Then he did the same to the next
sea gull. You saw us doing that?"
yes" said the Seaside Fairy, "nnd
1t did look SO funny. Every n Of
YOU did the same thing, And you
each moved the other away,
Just MS though two OF you couldn't
get along together"
"oh, but that wasn't what we
meant" said the Sea Gull.
1T var simply hat we We're run
ming our own kind of a race.
WHAT have you been doing today,
Sea Side Fairy
al ,,s,.. ,,.t.Ii,.. ,,I,, ,..g .-t.,
on" said the Sea Side Fairy.
Il say IL little girl gathering many
pretty shells to take to some children
In a hospital. The children in the
shells themselves and they will be
glad tn have the mes gathered for
them today
81 once leard of Il small boy In II
hospital who played with II little toy
swan and who used to have the swan
SIT upon IA piece OF blue paper Ia make
believe the swan was In Il real pond.
And then someone gave him II sea
shell which had really come from the
sea, and he smelt the sea shell Ia See
If ii smelt salty!
well, the Wishing Fairy sent this
message TO the little girl who gath
cred the shells today, for the little
girl wanted these hospital children
and this little hospital boy, to have
solne shells which had come right
from the sea itself And right along
lay the seashore.
"She found 50 many beautiful
shells. Some we're pink and Others
We're blue, and some looked like little
houses, she said.
"Of course. they We're the shells
where the Sand Children live after
the shells are tossed up on the shore
by old Mother Ocean.
"rhen | saw a beautiful white but
tertiy with black spots. His wings
were edged with deep blue and he
was 50 beautiful. And | heard tome
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-12-23
STRANGE MANIA FOR DEATH
Suicide In a Body, and in Pecu-
liarly Horrible Form.

A case OF mass suicide is reported
from the village of Opatovo, Russia.
in the Tamboff province, where the
peasants to the number of more than
300, assembled together, men, women
and children, In Il spacious wooden
~bathh0use. Doors, windows and other
apertures were Theoretically sealed and
nailed up. In the cellar firewood sat
urated with petroleum was In great
quantities. Fire was set to the build
ing. Everybody in the building per
ished In the ~coniagratlon, If not suf-
around the building armed guards had
been left, SO that the dreadful sacri-
flee should be carried out undisturbed.
When the awful thing was constm-
mated the guards shot each other. \
few men lost their nerve at the last
moment and survived to tell the lale.
This scarcely believable incident takes
us back II long way. Mass suicide
is not unknown in the history of Rus
STA. Brought to despair by admins
tratiye persecution or to escape fla
mine and epidemic. entire villages
have committed wholesale suicide.
often this was the result OF religious
fanaticlsm. Peter |, who WAS some
what BOlshevist in the enforcing of his
reforms, was met in northern Russia
10y numerous coniiagrutiOns involving
hundreds of deaths. As late as the
reign of Alexander III II cast occurred
Ia the south when II crowd of fanatics
allowed themselves to he buried alive
10y their religious teachers.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-12-23

one say that the beautiful white but
terfiy looked almost artificial because
he was 50 gorgeous looking.
"And 1t seemed strange to me that
when people think things are very
lovely, they say that they hardly look
real. or that they look like lovely pie
lures,
And when people see lovely pic
lures they say how real and lovely
they look. just like the real things !
Strange, Sea Gull, very strange, | say.
But Sea Gull, you are looking i'm.
patient. You are moving your wings
AS though you wanted TO be Off"
"Yes. Seaside Fairy. | must be on
for We are going to have more races
again this evening. You see. not only
did we have our races going up to the
harbor and beyond to the river, but
We raced back again.
And We found il was such fun that
we want to run those races again.
'Good-by Seaside Fairy, you'll see
rs again"
And of flew the Sea Gull TO run
more races with his friends and fam
lily and relatives from the gate OF the
sea. up into the harbor. beyond TO the
river, and then back again.
"Good-b by. Sea Gull" said the Sea
side Fairy, and she smiled as She
watched the Sea Gull soar up into the
air and fly on
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-12-23
THE NEW YEAR

A year is an arbitrary division
of time, made for the purpose of
enabling us to keep track of the
passing events of history.
The beginning of a new year, or
New Years Day, is no more i'm
portant than any other day, but
because it marks the beginning of
a new year we are accustomed to
make it a special day.
This is the time for reviewing
the past, and making plans for the
future. We cannot plan intelligent
ly for the future unless we keep
in mind what has gone behind.
So, when we come to make our
new year resolutions, we must, if
We are to act intelligently, spend
some little time in looking back
ward.
What have we done during the
past year? And how have we done
it?
What have been our success?
What have been our failures?
Why did we succeed? Why did
we fail?
These are deep question. but we
must meet them and answer them
honestly, to ourselves at least, if we
are to make the new year better
in any particular than the one just
ended.
All of us want success, but not
all of us will be permitted to
achieve it. 1t was a wise old phil
osopher who said: 1T is not with
in the power of man to command
success, Sempronius; but we can do
more, We can deserve it,"
And during this coming new year
we can, all of us, strive to deserve
success in whatever it is that we
do.
The effort to deserve success will
keep as so busy that we will have
little time for wondering if we are
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-12-23
CHRISTMAS MEANING

When the Christmas season comes,
with all the hustle and furry OF its
preparation, few people stop TO think
about the real meaning of the day.
We know that families are reunited,
Joy reigns and peace Is present.
Why? Christmas is a special thanks
giving day which commentaries the
greatest thing for which we should
be thankful, the greatest gift God
has given to the world-the bless
ing of Christianity. As gifts were
first given to the Christ child, we
now give them to each other, signifi-
cant of love and friendship. There
Is no way which would be too great
to celebrate Christmas-it mean SO
big a thing.
SO midst our Joy and happiness,
let us think seriously and earnestly
OF the real Christmas Day meaning.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-12-23
LiTANY.

From traficking with trea
From virtue for
From hatred without reason
From fiinching from the sword
From sin of unbelieving.
From ~overquick forgiving,
from too great ease of living
food Lord deliver us.
From vision blind to beauty
Intolerance and cant
Injustice masked as duty,
Unsound and arrogant
From ancient wrong unrighted,
From counsel unlimited.
From bigotry ~benighted-
Good Lord deliver US.
From friends well-meant Intentions
From scorn of others faith
From unasked in~terventions-
From fear OF life or death
From worship of the blameless.
Reform misprized and aimless.
From priceless ways and shameless
Good Lord deliver us.
C. T. Davis. in Arkansas Gazette