The State Journal (Mulhall, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1911 Page: 1 of 6
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The State Journal
NINTH YEAR
Mulhall, Logan County, Oklahoma, Friday, July 7, 1911.
NUMBER 31
THE STATE JOURNAL.
established dkckmbhk 19, 1902.
Entered December 19, 19'tt, at Mul-
hall, Oklahoma, as second-class matter
under Act of Congress of 1879.
Permanent office of publication: Post-
oftiee building, Ea-;t Haty Avenue.
terms of subscription.
One year, by mail, foreign, $1.(10
One year, by mail, domestic, .50
Six Months, by mail, .25
Payable in advance.
Advertising Rates: Estimates made
upon application for display space. Lib-
eral discounts on long time contracts.
Local Rates: Five cents per line per
insertion, straight. Subscription rates,
fifty cents per year.
to pass as news. When The
State Journal discarded the use
of patent sheets some time
ago, we of course thought we
would probably lose a few sub-
scribers on occount of reducing
the bulk of reading matter,as we
were furnishing from twelve to
twenty-four pages of matter each
week. Since reducing to eight
pages of home n ews we have
not lost a subscriber, but have
gained several, which proves to
us that our readers care very
little for the patent Canada
boosting insides of a paper.
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TOM B. WOOSLE Editor
B R. WOOSLEY. Assistant
WHERE DO THEY STAND?
We notice a number of our ex-
changes that are carrying patent
sheets, either inside or outside,
who seem to occupy a rather pe
cuiiar position regarding the class
of stuff pubii?4>edin their papers.
The State Journal has discarded
its ready-print service long ago
largely because we could not en-
dorse the stuff that was publish-
ed in them under the pretense
of news. For years the patent
sheets have been carrying what
is palmed off as news about Can-
ada, when in reaiity it is the
purest kind of advertising, and
the ready print houses put the
money in their pockets. No
paper lo>al to this country, the
best and richest on earth, can
afford to carry ready prints with
this particular news in it. We
note this week in a paper carry-
ing ready print inside an article
in the patents headed: "Western
Canada's Good Crop Prospects."
The article goes on through an
entire column boosting Canada's
resources and holds out great in-
ducements to the prospective
settler to come up there. Turn-
ing to the outside of this paper,
we noted a colume headed:
"Stop The Migration Inty Bar-
ren Canada." This article also
wades through a whole column
of the paper to tell the reader
what not to do, and winds up
up with an adv. for a certain
agricultural paper. The question
is: where do the editors publish-
ing these articles stand on the
question of emigration to Can-
ada? It is our humble opinion
that the editors carrying these
widely different articles are at
heart loyal to our country, but
are so completely under the
domination of the ready print
trust that they dare not say any-
thing against their publication of
these advs. which are supposed
WHAT WILL WE FIND ?
Now that actual drilling has
been commenced at the prospect
hole near Mulhall, there is much
conjecture as to what is going to
be found deep down in the earth.
Many think that if oil, gas or
coal is not found, and the ven-
ture leaves us with a dry hole on
hands, Mulhall will be a dead
one. But don't you believe this.
It simply means that we are to
depend upon the agricultural re-
sources to support and develop
the country roundabout, and not
upon some rich strike of valuable
substance beneath the earth's
surface. And agricultural re-
sources, by the way, make a
mighty good port in time of
storm. When a man tells you
"Mulhall is a goner if she don't
strike gas or oil," promptly
deny such a statement. The
kind of hustle and go that raised
close to $10,000 with which to
prospect for valuable minerals;
that creates and conducts suc-
cessfully a three-day fair and
horse show, bringing out the
wonderful resources of the coun-
try hereabouts; that puts the
town on the commercial map
and gives it a reputation for en-
terprise for miles around, will
not die out and be allowed' to
perish if "oil aint struck." Don't
you believe it for a minute. We
are building for the future and
Mulhall and the enterprising
husbandmen of this section will
be here doing business long af-
ter oil wells are forgotten.
Don't Forget
to write that advertisement about the
Oklahoma State Bank depositor on
the last I rade-Day Sale bill. Send it
in not later than July 1 5th. We have
received several good advs. already.
Oklahoma
State Bank
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A PARK FOR MULHALL
"Some may laugh at the sug-
gestion of The State Journal
about the park proposition,"
said a Mulhall business man to
the editor the other day, "but
it is a mighty good and timely
suggestion, and as I see it there
is nothing that this town needs
more than a place where all can
go and enjoy a little recreation.
1 wish The Journal would keep
boosting it until something
comes of it" The gentlemen
may rest assured that this paper
will do its part. It is not only
going to boost, but it is ready to
support, along with others, in a
financial way, the idea to have a
park. No matter how little or
how big a town or city is, if it
iias a park it is all wrapped up
in that park, or parks, and you
_-an hear it talked of the minute
> ou land in the place. We do
not believe there is a city in the
United States that has as many
and as extensive parks as Kan-
sas City. When you go there
everybody talks parks. You are
told that you must not leave the
cit> until you have seen Swope
and Electric parks. If you go
out to these parks in the sum-
mer season you will find hun-
dreds ol people on week days
enjoying the cool shade and
quietness of these parks. In the
evening you will see thousands
enjoying an evening's outing in
these places, and upon Sundays
ihey go there by street car, au-
tomobile, wagons and afoot by
Lhe tens of thousands. The
ouiluers of a city buiid wisely
and well when they provide
parks for the recreation of the
people.
Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
and Oklahoma are suffering
greatly from the drouth and the
people are discouraged a3 never
before. There seems little left
for them to depend upon in the
wav of crops,
The prices of canned goods are
said to be soaring. The pro-
ducts for cauning are short
everywhere, and the scarcity is
going to boost the price still
higher.
A dry July is predicted.
DRILLERS FIND EVIDENCE
OF PRESENCE OF OIL
DEPTH OF 400 FEET REACHED—WATER
GIVING SOME TROUBLE.
The required size casing came
in the latter part of the week
and drilling was immediately re-
sumed. During the night Mon-
day the drill reached a depth of
400, It was decided to put the
casing down then, as a very
strong vein of water was struck
at the above depth. The force
on duty Tuesday morning were
at work preparing the machinery
for forcing down the casing, and
the first was started down about
5:30 Tuesday evening. This went
on through the night, but later
it was impossible to force the
larger sized casing through the
stratas of rock which the drill
had encountered on its way
down. This necessitated removal
of all the casing and reaming
the well out so that the casing
could be forced easily to the
bottom. This work was com-
pleted and the casing being put
down yesterday afternoon.
After the drilling stopped, the
well rapidly filled up with
water,and at noon Tuesday there
was said to be 325 feet in the
well. The water is salty and
very much resembles in taste the
famous Guthrie mineral water.
The Oklahoma state bank has
put up a bulletin board and will
give the people the latest news
from the field. Two stratas of
oil-bearing sand have been found
as well as limestone, both being
considered good evidences of oil.
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Woosley, Tom B. The State Journal (Mulhall, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1911, newspaper, July 7, 1911; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc128418/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.