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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-12

parts OF the country where coopera-
operation and where farm bureau
units are organized with marketing
agents or buying committees Il Is
reported.
How Cost Is Cut.
This IS a step which IS reducing
the cost OF buying and selling and Is
working toward lower prices 70 the
ultimate consumer-the farmer.
County agents who are aiding their
organizations to further this kind OF
service TO the farmer are gaining
the good viii and support or their
farm bureau members.
State Business Agent. o. A. Thorn
as. Of the State Farm Bureau OF
Virginia and chairman Of the con-
sumers Fertilizer committee. sums
up the cooperative buying Of ferti-
lizer in this way:
The first step towards eliminating
unnecessary buying and selling costs.
which IS simply another way OF say
ing eliminating unnecessary middle
men. is in the pooling OF orders A
dozen IN a union local get together
and make up an order for a car OF
fertilizer. That becomes one order
instead of twelve competing orders.
Ten locals in a county combine their
ten or more carloads into a single
order. again. through the medium OF
their exchange, II they have one. or
through their county business agent.
thereby largely reducing competi-
ton in the county.
Pool Buying Works.
The salesman Of the fertilizer COM
pany then is able TO make a single
sale rather than 10 separate sales
and the cost of selling is thereby ma
terially reduced. This grouping OF
many orders into one order is what
We call the pool OF buying orders
by the farmers.
There is a chance for farmers "a
save good money in home mixing OF
their fertilizers. The farmer gets
the markings" and as they say rolls
his own"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09

\ CORN Err CIGAR
STORE IN INDIA. Two
native merchants Of
Lady Nicotine's wares
in lndia's sunny cline
are shown dispensing
smokes at a penny
apiece. A pleasant
thought in connection
with this mode is that
the mouthpieces of the
hookahs (the saxophone-
looking contraptions that
serve as pipes) are never
sterilized. Albeit, to
the neutrality-suspicious.
coolie, ''they Satisfy
n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09

Lett - NEW YORK'S
B USIEST TRAFFIC
MERRY GO ROUND.
Looking down on CO.
lumbus Circle. with its
eight entering arteries,
from the top of the new
Gotham Bank building,
a twenty-three story
skyscraper. and the tall
est in the "~Automobile
Row section. .usrsao1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-09

Right-''GLUG, WHIF-
FENGOOF, ZOW f,
YAkA, WOW!' Which,
freely translated, means
Pm one of the march
ers in the pageant of
rlotous color, bizarre eff
fects, fancy floats and
novelties, known as the
Parade, which
breaks loose in Philadel-
pima every New Years
Day. This year was
the forty seventh parade
of The famous combined
New Years associations
over in Quaker Town
and the greatest tnrongs
ever witnessed the dis
tlnctlve event. kcvston,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08
Soliciting of Acreage
BY Big Companies May
Mean Massive Activity

Indications ~ improvement In pc.
troleum circles. and promise of a big
future ahead for the industry TO start
Immediately after the first OF next
ear. are brought by Fred Ptak. prom.
iuent Oklahoma City attorney and oil
operator, who Is here on a business
visit. Mr.. Ptak states that the larg.
or companies at Tulsa are soliciting
acreage, which Is surprising in that
such action has not been taken by the
big producers for quite some time.
II means. SAYS Mr.. Ptak. that these
concerns are paving the way for &c.
uvity. and preparing FOR extensive
operations To be started after the first
OF next year. after the income tax
valuations and reports have been com.
pleted. In his opinion, oil is on an
upward trend and win continue TO rise.
demand which has become heavy
during the past Few months for the
higher grade oils. he says. will be an
Important factor In carrying the crude
quotation Ia a high figure. The great.
er bulk ~ the Oh now being produced
is ~ "a heavy grade and although It
supplies the fuel oil need. nevertheless
the demand Tor tho higher grade crude
Will surnass the supply, Mexican
production is not TO be feared be-.
cause Of It's low grade. regardless OF
its output. Speaking Of c~asinghead
plants. Nh ptak states that with the
rise which has occurred In the price
Of the crude since the slump. they
have again been put on their feet and
can now operate with = profit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN
PASSES AWAY; BURIAL
HELD HERE WEDNESDAY

Funeral services were held Wednes.
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock for Thomas
]. Craddock who died at 3 o'clock Sun
day afternoon at his home three miles
west OF Ardmore.
Mr.. Craddock was one OF the pio-
neer citizens of this section OF the
country, having lived here about 80
years. He was born in Kentucky rs
years ago and spent the greater part
Of his early life there. Mr.. Craddock
was a Civil War veteran. having
fought in the union army five years,
receiving an honorable discharge be.
fore he was 81 years old. He was
wounded during the war.
Deceased has been in feeble health
for several months. His death is at.
tributed 10 old age. He Is survived by
his widow. three sons and four daugh.
ters, all OF whom. with the exception
OF n daughter, were with him at the
time OF his death. His sons are Wiley
Craddock of Healdton, Frank Grad.
dock who lives at home, jeff Craddock
Of Ardmore. The daughters are Mrs.
John Zellner. who resides G miles west
of Ardmore; Mrs. Charles Holcomb o.
Mill Creek; Mrs. John Moose, Okla.
homa City, and Mrs. Pink Workman Of
Healdton.
DR.. r. l.. Davidson. pastor Of Broad.
way Baptist church conducted the
funeral service. 1nterment was made
at Rose Hill cemetery.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08
Differential Production
Granted BY Railroads
Effective January s. 1922

Reduction " dificrental in freight
rates VI petroleum products shipped
cut VI Ardmore TO points north has
teen granted and Will become effective
January ). 1899. according TO infor
nation contained In a bulletin issued
November % by D. " Boyd Of Chi.
caso. agent with the Western TRUNK
Lines The reduction brings the dlf.
fsrenual to a fiat rate Of -four aud une
halt cents ON all products The for.
msr differential and which will still
ee IN effect until January s. 1919.
was nine cents on road Oh and seven
cefts on all oher petroleum pro.
duets The bulletin also Years the In.
formation that Oklahoma city will b.
included as a member ~ group 3 Ter.
iitOry effective January ). 1899. which
meatr that the differenual viii 10
sliunrh.si entirely On shipments ali
u that city. While the reduction IN
differential will greatly aid the local
refinsrs relative to competition In out.
side markets, nevertheless they will
stll b. handicapped by the differential
which stul exists and which IL not
imposed on rstinets whose plants are
located In group ,. The local refinefs
will keep vp their fight 10 have Ard.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08
Government Support to
Petroleum Industry is
Pledged By E. c. Finney

CHICAGO. Dec. s.-Predicting that
America will maintain her present
position in the production of oil,
Judge Edward c. Fnney, first assis-
tant secretary of the interior. told
the American Petroleum Institute to-
day that the federal government
stood ready to cooperate with and
assist development in every way.
He sketched the laws relating 10
government oil lands and said he
hoped an era of contests. withdraw
ais. charges OF technical frauds and
encouragement has been ended by the
enactment Of the general leasing law
Of February %. 1920"
our British friends have accused
us of extravaganza" Judge Finney
concluded. but we can point out
that American drillers are in the four
corners Of the globe drilling the
wells and handling the oil according
to American practices for those VINO
charge us with waste.
1T would be folly 10 claim that
our methods are all that could be
desired. yet We should be proud that
our nationals with American ma
chinery have drilled for our com
mercial rivals in one month, while
previously it had taken three years
to complete such wells without Amer
lean machinery. Louis X. Sands, gen
eral manager OF the Oil Well Sup
ply Company, said that the rebound
from the past years depression would
be more than compensated in the
constantly growing market for pc
troleum and its products.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08
Embargo on Mexican
Eagle Properties is
Reported As Lifted

VERA CRUZ, Dec. THE govern
ment of the state of Vera Cruz has
notified the judicial authorities here
that the embargo placed upon all
property of the Mexican Eagle (Agu-
ila) Oil Company on October 9, has
been raised.
The company, it was stated, has
agreed to pay the state government
1,070, 900 pesos NORMALLY $685., 00O)
in settlement of all claims made the
government on account OF a patent
tax and other levies imposed on the
sale of oil ana the right of the com.
pany TO exploit property in the state
of Vera Cruz; these taxes are ex-
elusive Of those paid to the federal
government.
The sum which the oil company
has agreed to pay is about the same
it has given previous governments
for patent rights in the state. Plac-
ing of the embargo followed refus-
al by the company OF the govern
ment's demand for a tax of 3,000,-
600 pesos. In accordance. with the
established tariff the company will
pay annually about 200, 900 pesos, 1t
has already deposited no, 900 pesos
on this years account
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08
Rich Asphalt Deposit
Encountered in the Test
Drilling East ArdmOre

The finding Of rich asphalt deposits
during operations in the well east of
Ardmore on the Pollock farm, in the
northwest quarter OF section Il, 5s.2e
has led TO consideration by the oper'
ators OF carrying the drilling 10 a
depth Of $500 feet in an effort to
bring in q producer If oil in paying
quantities is not found before that
depth is reached. The asphalt was
found in layers for a thickness of $50
feet, the top OF which was reached
at a depth Of 2750 feet. Between the
layers the formation was Of lime shell
Examination OF the asphalt revealed
that il was pure, contained no sand
and therefore required no refining TO
tut it into condition for use. The up
orators are greatly encouraged over
the find. deducting that the asphalt
represents light oils which had been
forced either upward or from the
sides by gas pressure 10 he place
where il was found, and believe there
are possibilities Of the oil existing
in its lighter liquid state deeper or
Else in location nearby.
The asphalt has been cased off and
the well drilled deeper. IL is now
at a total depth Of 1852 feet in blue
shale formation. The 5 3-l6 inch cas-.
ing Is being carried and has been
run 10 a depth Of 2e37 feet. The
water which had been kept into the
hole to prevent freezing IN account
of NUMEROUS dry caves has also been
oosed off and the hole is now dry.
The operators are confident that with
The well In it's present condition opera.
tens could be carried on below 1000
t-et ii necessary.
Al u depth OF PASS feet a strata of
high grade clal was drilled through in
his test. When hammered up the
ccal presented the appearance OF rich
pure black powder.
Two slight showings OF oil and gas
have 20 date been reported IN the test
The first was % i.barrel oil showing
at a depth Of 40 feet and the sec.
oud a slight gas showing az 1899 feet.
The test is located four and one
half miles southeast Of Ardno,e. and
the great bearing which production
30 close to the city would indicate.
has caused this well to be of more
man ordinary wildcat interest,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08
Explosion of Gas Line
Results Fatal Injuries
Hewitt Field Driller

J. {. Jones, driller on the jackson
lease of the Gates Oil Company in the
Hewitt field, was fatally burned at
$50 p. m. Wednesday, when a core
blew off a gas line, and fire from a
boiler ten feet distant caused flames
to envelope him. Jones was rushed to
the hospital at Wilson, but all at
tempts TO ave his life proved futile.
A tool-dresser who was nearby when
the explosion occurred was also burn
ed about the head and face but his in
juries were not serious.
Deceased resided at billiard and is
survived by u widow and four year
old son.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08
Love-ThurmOnd to Drill
Offset to Gypsy-Pierce
Producer in Fox Field

Love and Thurmoud have completed
Inc rg FOR their SO. I on the Love
Thurmond farm ln the southwest u
tine northwest quarter OF the north
west quarter Of section -. 2s.3w Boo
the Fox district. offsettine the GYPSY
Pierce No. ! producer lu section $50.
ou the east. The well Will oe drilled
with the rotary tools and .s now wait.
Inc On water supply preparatory TO
commencement of operations.
G. r smith is buildins tar rig for
hls no. ! ON the Smith farm .n the
northwest OF the southwest quarter Of
the southwest quarter 81 section &C.
as.3w ouseturg the LoveThurmond
Ne Z ON the Love.Thurmond farm boz
section 81. on the east The Love Thur.
mond IN section 90 is waiting on com
pletou u d water Well now drilling.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08
Operators to Shoot Well
North of Ada Production

The operators Of the Maude Oil and
Gas company well on the Davis farm
in section IS, 7n-je are due TO shoot
the Sane today with 100 quarts ac.
cording TO reports from the field
The well is now producing rs barrels
natural from sand encountered at a
depth Of S7S2-S2 feet and the hole is
at total depth Of $500 feet. The . 3.l6
inch casing vas carried 10 within 300
feet. of the bottom. The sand which
is of hard formation, is being shot
in an effort to increase production.
oil is OF 3S gravity. The well is 10.
Gated in P~ottawatomie county. about
20 miles north of the Ada field.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08
Carter Hearing Before
Corporation Commission
Postponed to Dec. IA

The hearing Of the Carter OIL Com.
pany before the state corporation com.
mission has again been postponed ne.
cordlng To information received here
Today from Art Walker. member OF
the commission who advises that tho
new date will be December IA. instead
OF December 10. as formerly scheduled.
The reason ascribed is that counsel
FOR the carter OIL Company is un.
able to be- present on December 10.
Tho case Is the one In which the Car.
ter Company has been ordered TO ap.
pear before the commission and show
cause why Il should not be cited FOR
contempt for alleged violation Of the
shut down order affecting the Hewitt
area which was IN effect some time
ago.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08
section ssssew

The Magnolia Petroleum Company
test on the pruitt farm. In section 90.
ss.ew, IL being closely watched by
members ~ the local oil fraternity who
are interested In the area. The well
was drilling at iGOo feet yesterday,
nearing the depth at which the other
producers In the 2s.ew country had
found the pay sand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08
WITH THE OIL MEN

ID. +. Connolly, Of Tulsa, is here
On an inspection tour OF the local
fields.
A. K. McLennsn, OF Breckenridge
and Ranger, Texas. with the Hamon
interests. is an Ardmore business
visitor. The presence OF Mr.. Mcclellan
In this city brings back to mind the
story of u hunting trip which took
place in 1906, and in which he par
ticlpated accompanied by Bob Gil.
lam, Frank Hetch and several 9th.
ers all OF whom were residents OF
Lawton at the time. According to
the tale as told by Gillian, the night
OF the hunt was very cold. In fact, so
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08
Extension Granted to
Wolverine Company on
Leases i'm Love County

Wolverine oil company test on the
Bruce Hilton farm in the northwest
Of the northwest quarter Of the north.
west quarter q section 20. 6s.1w Love
county, is reported as drilling in pink
shale at a depth Of 32lO feet, carry
ing the 8 S.16 inch casing. The opera.
tors are drilling with water in the hole
&c prevent freezing OF the casing.
Extension of the leases owned by
the operators in the vicinity OF the
test has been granted. They originally
expired on December 4.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08
Hewitt Eield

Anderson. Simpson No. 2, on the
Walker-Voorhees farm, in the south
west corner Of the southeast quarter
OF the southeast quarter of section .,
4s.2w. deepening. is drilling at 1850
feet. This well has been producing
from the 1859 foot sand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08

cold thai several members VI the party
actually suffered with frozen noses,
ears, and other parts Of the body IN
dicative Of the five senses. With a
snow storm raging, the party pro
ceeded 10 erect several pup tents
which they had carried with them, and
wrapping themselves in blankets
crawled in 10 escape the wrath 81
the weather man. That is, they all
crawled In, until it was discovered
that Mcclellan had been left out in
the cold without tent or blanket. He
appeared at the opening of Gillam's
tent and begged abundance. I'm let
you In II you will promise TO vote
the Democratic ticket from now ON.
Gillian replied. Although prior TO
that ime a staunch Republican. Nc
Lellan vowed allegiance to the Demo
cratic party. During the next sew
eral years, Mcclellan voted as u Dem
ocrat, but Gillian alleges that as
soon as he was thawed out, he re.
entered the G. OY p. ranks and re
fuses TO go on Any more huting
trips.
Fred Ptak, attorney and oil man
OF Oklahoma City, is here or q bus
mess visit.
n. b. Weaver, drilling contractor
Of Wichita, Kansas. q former resi-
lent of Ardmore, is here for several
days. Mr.. Weaver states that opera
tors in the Kansas fields are carry
ing on only operations which are
absolutely necessary and do not in
tend TO resume activity in full swing
until the crude quotation reached a
higher level than 1t is at the present
time. Purchasers of the crude are
paying a ID cent premium now, he
states, and several operators are re.
ceiving q 30.cent premium. The S0-cent
premium was general throughout the
Kansas fields, he says. until oil start
ed on the %toboggan, when it was cut
in two.
W. l.. Escavaille( with the Pierce
Oil Corporation at Fort Worth, is
an Ardmore business visitor.
J.. d. Sanford, of TT. Worth, as
sistant general superintendent OF the
production and pipe line department
| Of the Pierce Oil Corporation is here
on a business visit.
Col Graves Leeper, of sulphur, was
in Ardmore last night, Colonel Leep'
err, who is known throughout the
Southwest as u humorist and man
Of letters, states that the detriment-
al publicity which Ardmore has re-
ceived during recent months is to
be deplored because of its eXaggera-
ton and untrue facts relative TO it,
While Ardmore may have its faults,
states the colonel, it is no worse
thar any other city its size any
where, and in fact its good points
surpass those of other municipalities.
The colonel states hat a
ton of the bod effects Of the mis-
leading publicity was recently wit
messed by him while riding on a
railroad coach through Ardmore..
When the conductor shouted Ard
more! Ardmore!' he says. everyone
in the coach Immediately ducked and
crawled under their seats where they
remained until the train had passed.
Miss Mollybel Davis of Oklahoma
City, purchasing agent with the Co
line Oil Company. is here
ing n ess for her company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08

more elected TO membership in group
3 territory.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08

J.. d. Sanford. Of TT. Worth, as
sistant general superintendent of the
production and pipe line department
Of the Pierce Oil Corporation is here
on a business visit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08

Fred Ptak. attorney and oil man
OF Oklahoma City, is here on q bus
mess visit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-08

W. l.. Escavaille( with the Pierce
Oil Corporation at Fort Worth, is
an Ardmore business visitor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-01-15
MASTER BUILDERS
ASSOCIATION
JAMES ROBERTSON OF MADISON.
ELECTED PRESIDENT.

Contractor James Robertson, of
this city was elected president of the
Master Builders association at a re-
cent meeting held in Watertown and
G. A Atkinson, of the Atkinson Paw
ing company. was honored with the
office of vice-president. Mr.. Robert
son was chosen as executive officer
Of the Builders Mutual Protective
association. which also convened in
WateTtown. Prices and present con-
ditions formed the main topics for
discussion at the Watertown meet
ing where gathered contractors and
builders and men of allied trades
from all parts of the state. Indica-
tions as brought out by special
speakers tended TO show that there
was only a slight drop in prices of
construction material. Mill work
materials are on the decline but an
advance in some of the better grades
of lumber lis forecasfed. Steel re-
mains steady and labor. among skill
ed forces particularly, is procurable
at lower, figures. 1t is understood
that in Sioux Falls drop of 20 cents
per hour rules in the ranks of the
skilled. The next annual meeting of
Master Builders was voted 10 be
held at Aberdeen on the second
Wednesday OF January, 1922. The
board of directors have decided 70
hold their business meeting At Nit
cheel some time in March
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-01-15
Asks Tariff On
Canadian Wheat

Washington, Jan. 15.-"To stop
enormous importations of Canadian
wheat" Senator McCumber. repubii-
can. North Dakota, announced today
that he would ask for A tariff of
probably soc bushel on wheat to be
included in the Fordney emergency
tariff bill instead of the duty of 30
carried by the measure as IL passed
the house.
Senator McCumber before the SEN
ate finance COMMITTEES hearing on
the Fordney tariff measure. said he
feared ruin of the American wheat
farmer as the market already was
giutted with Canadian wheat and
$50, ,000.00 bushels for export re-
manned. He declared he did not be-
ileve the price Of bread would be In
creased by a SO cent duty on wheat.