Sapulpa Evening Light (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 60, Ed. 1 Monday, January 16, 1911 Page: 1 of 4
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Creek County Oil Wells Make Prosperity and Add to the Wellbeing of Every Citizen Who Seeks to Make Sapulpa a financial Cent
SAPULPA EVENING LIGHT
VOLUME IV Afternoon Edition. SAPULPA OKLAHOMA. MONDAY. JANUARY 16. 'ML___
THIRTEEN WELL GROWS STRONGER HOURLY P ■ «■»
ARRESTtD FORE
NEW BIG PRODUCER RUNS G010EN OILJ HARVEST BIG SNIPPERS
MAKE PRB1ES1
MOST REMARKABLE NATURAL
WELL IN OKLAHOMA HAS NO
STOCKHOLDER WHO WISHES TO
LEAVE HOLDINGS FOR OTHERS
AT ANY REASONABLE PRICE.
Oil MAKES BIG COMPANY RICH
Tl
could state that all of Sapulpa la glad
of our big strike."—1>. A McDougal,
prominent attorney and former mayor
of Sapulpa.
"I feel like a man who c>uld be
satisfied with all things. My royal-
ties will be an eighth of the oil from'
the Johffltny Jack lease, and yesterday,
around this country trying to find an*
other big pool w uld have dreamed
there was a natural oil river beneath
the surface here,'Within a few minutes
drive of Sapulpa, and in that district
where all supplies and accesortes for
profitable work were to be had In an
hour's time."
All drilling rigs that can be secured
are to be rushed into the new district.
Al.l. RATE INCREASES NOW CP TO
INTERSTATE COMMISSION
SENAIUR OWEN
Will GAB
IB LEGISLATORS in ra[s M m mm
WOMAN CHARGED WITH AIDING HAD TOO MUCH MONEY IN
IN HUSBAND’S MI RDER , PILES
the hour test found our well was mak. Tbp jan<i was already largely leased.
SNIPPERS DENY iRE COSE
ing 1,440 barrels per day, showing a! tj,e biggest lease being that of the|
steady gain. We are conected with Dutcher, adjoining, and that held byCapitalisation Increase Is Charged
the Texas Pipeline company and that Ub* Burnett brothers and A. P. Craw- Wllh Being Cause el Large
J ford, all of which has been made ot ......„„t Trouble
concern is taking our pr ducUon at. |nerea8ed value al)d which ha8 «t-
44 cents per barrel. There is ro fake j tracled 0jj men who wish to commence| -
United Pn ss.
Oklahoma City, .Ian. 16.—U. 8.
Senator 0*e>i\ will address the state
legislature this week and will take his
subject ftoin a pamphlet predated by
him containing what he considers a
| proper code of "rule by the people."
Justice Redd Caused Incarceration and
Refused Bond In Each Case
Before Him
Pacific Coast Hanks Are Su
Hate Lost by After Swlndl
Men Famed in Oklahoma Oil Circles
Have Pronounced New Well a Wond. or exaggerated reports: why should operations at
or and Leases Soar Although Large anyone attempt to deceive othe s date.
Majority of Adjoining Property lias ab()llt lhig well? As I understand it.
Been Leased for Many Years at ^ i(ergon lntere8ted will sell that in-
terest for several thousand per cent,
increase—if you know anyone wish-
ing to let loose at anything near cost,
please whistle, ’He;e Ben' and 1 11 be
Nominal Figure.
"You can state with authority that
our company will drill Immediately
for further wells on the Johnny Jack
lease; we do n t need aid or assistance
from anyone; our well reports were
the earliest possible
United Press.
Field Is Peculiar. Washington. Jan. 16,- The pr posed
The new field is close by the west,'ate increase ordered by the railroads
line fr m Kiefer, and is four miles! operating between Chicago and Mis-
south of this city, it is in a very rich «ourt River points and south, was at-
coun,try, although outcropping, .re n t ««*ed >»' «>e Wester.. sUlpi*ra
, n« »U.- fln..l hon i*f tig la fltlD till* ill 14*1*.
infrequent. The eighty acre lease
HEFEI SLAIN
STORE 10SI
United P1"-'
, Jail. 16—(ha
wanted In New York f
at lilt final bearing btfore the inter,
state commerce commission. Mi re
than 60 commodities are listed as sub
en ana i n oe, held by the Thirteen Oil company was
there, and be sure to whistle before j $^7* business'' mam ' three' J«ct to the proposed rate Incrfases In
I "There is no tnnhie to the Thirteen | , a,so a ^of Th=con, *1
company, understand, I’m speaking as i panj. ^'t^ht the drm nr*t struck decision of the commission. The
from the records, no exaggeration was landlord— but anyone who notes the the tana uie n g 8hippers deny that the cost of material
activities nearby can understand that £ JSl b«s adianced and decla.e the profits
a new section has been added to the that i. below the weU known Red ^ ^ fre)ght tlafflc Ufl8 increased
already great Sapulpa oil field, and ('‘||" the ^cw ' Wonder rapidly during the past 5 yeais. II
there is to be an awakening the like
made and none will lie tolerated by our
company. I am a stockholder and w
interested in the actual management
of the Thirteen Oil company. Our
company requires no special boosting;
no one ever was asked to pay attention
to our well save th se whom we are
selling oil to now.
"The Thirteen company simply will
try and bring its acreage under pro-
duction as rapidly as posible. To the
best of my knowledge, theie are In
that locality twelve rips being erected
—150 men' will be put to work there
this week. We are most pleasantly
surprised at the well; perhaps
Mrs Martha Wadsworth, wife of
ilen Wadsworth, deceased, of \Yi*'°k
murder she is alleged to t rgery. is under arrest here to
piles. 'Was the center s.f i:vW In the « ■!»<*“* ch*^ of 'iasf * *
I , draft for 11,800 on the People
district court this morning when she ^ of gMUle The e
was arraigned for pleading. wa8 gathered by the iiollce a
The attorneys for Mrs. Wadsworth bankkoc association detectives
filed a motion to quash the Indictment! >«■ « to the local hotel
' against her, but the judge overruled A ^ b y wh<) wag w
the motion, and tlie defendant entered; Everett's rooms with liquor, r
a plea of not guilty. i that be saw piles of mouey up
j„, 1.—I. «. o„i,-o.-j
............... MW Uuu Mr* WWorth. »w H.,w V.U.,
James Menefee. former state treasurer who Is charged with being the prin- reveaied gUpg 0f pa
lind dropp'd from the race for secre- ,.|pal in the murder of Ben Wadsworth. tthl<.h were noted amounts
tary of the school land commission. yat<,.g att0rneyB filed a motion to flvni ^n.OOO to $56,000 with ea
John It Williams, campaign munagei ^ )ndk.tment ttglilngt him. but divided by four. Apparently ‘
toi Gov er ill r (nice is a .new candidate, .... hui, hwe.. divided
of which has n t been known around
here in years.''—Ben Thompson, a
leading attorney and capitalist.
Others Are Busy
The new well has distanced all other
natural wells of which Oklahoma has
record. Although the drill punctured
the sand but a short distance, the pro-
duction gains steadily.
Kach hour there passes from this
well $26.40 W 'fih of oil, and that is
hastened on to the Gulf of Mexico,
where U is refined The company-
wastes no time in foolish conjecture of
what it is to be worth afterwhile—it
gets the money now, and
there, Sunday, an expert who has
given the best of his life to the pro-
one I duction, said: "And who. driving
rrrrrjr^
2.101 1.4 feet deep, twenty-three ranted increaess In capitalization.
Inches into the sand with the drill
The formations through which the
drill passed are indicative of the same
strata as found elsewhere in the great
Cieek c unty fields, only one of blue
clay being of different geologic quality
and not hitherto discerned in Okla-
homa.
It is estimated this well will add
several sections to the big < reek coun.
ty pay territory, and the activity of the,
wu.leading oil men from this city, Baitles-
stauding vllle and Nowata conclusively prove ll(l4ted press.
those who Invest heavily are trying to
get into the new game aind bring it into
UPDIKE KILLED
HDD Mil CLAIMS
SHE DEFENSE
for the place of San. Stone, present this was also overruled and a plea of
seen tary and candidate for re-appoint- not guilty entered,
ment.
Electric Engine Disabled
Many of the residi nt districts of the
had beeu divided. The author!
Ileve the money was taken fr
clflc coast hanks. Forgery 1c
Mrs Wadsw rlh and Yates were ,rom bailks of Sau Kr
Los Angeles, Seattle, Walla
MT8. W JM18W' rui HIIU Ittiio
Isith held without hall by Justice Hedd.j
at their preliminary healing several Reno arnd Hot Springs.
city Will be without electric lights for weeks ago. Wadsworth was sk, t as he
aiiout two weeks, owing to the bleak- stepped out of the door of his home at
Ing of a cylinder In the large gas o«,pHW ia8t November.
engine at the electric light plant —_
It will be necessary to use the j
small engine until the repairs can be Paul Land is a Prophet
made, and the company has served th<# weU known grocer
GUTHRIE POPULAR
SOMEWHAT PEC
notice that the business district will
lie served with power’'first.
and "pioneer citizen, is now a weather
prophet. I .and avows that when he
dieama of crossing a stream, that rain
Judge McDougal Surprised foil iws; the bigger the stream, the
On Satuiday evening the home of bigger the rainfall which follows hard
DAK [DOMED
llll PARTNERSHIP
WITH BIG EU
WATER ASSURANCES
ARE NOW GOOD
Ex.Uountj .Judge Josiah G. Davis
has been taken into the law firm of
Rutherford and Fairchild and the firm
name will be Rutherford, Fairchild and
Davis. The new firm will have its
office at their present location in the
Fiaher-RIchy building.
This new firm, composed of three of
the leading attorneys of this part of i
the state will undoubtedly play an im-
portant part in the legal business ol
this county.
J. B.
Oklahoma City. Jan. 16.—Woman
pet into tue new *<*it*» w-u ~------
immediate money-producing conditions Pruitt, attorney for B. K. Updike, now
lodged in the city jail, charged with
murdering P. 1>. Anderson and A. O.
Christainsom last night, when asked
today if Updike had admitted the
chaige, said he admitted that he shot
and killed both men. Updike will be
taken to the c-ousty jail today.
Officers say they know of no motive
for the double murder. It is believed
Updike was drunk. County Attorney
Sam Hooker donieB the piinUd state,
ment that he obtained a dying state-
ment from Anders'-in. Hooker said he
of a murder being committed
B! REUBEN
IN A REPORT
Special to The Light
Guthrie, Ok . Jan. 16.—The
returns show the awful story
tics—this city passing In
, from second place so far d
line It was only by a narrow
it remained In the second di
ten largest cities of this state,
cities. With a population
Guthrie is hut two souls l
The work >f the citizens water com-
mittee has already begun to bear fruit
and there was a decided improvement
in the water supply both yesterday and I nited Pi ess.
today. The work of securing a plenti. oklahi ilia City, Jan. 16—The special knew
ful water supply for the city will be, legislative committee appointed to iu. Ia8t “lgh‘ hut ’ at g "”h d h r€ad
pushed fight ahead in the same ener- f s against Warden <><*>»"* of tU* d^n ofTe de^
*«. —- *» 11 £* « ..................... X7ZZ .T” XoM>
thought by the members of the commit j (o bouses this afternoon. The
tee that the city will have enough
^___to arrive in a few days, and
with three wells, and a powerful pump
the city will he supplied with a fair
supply nf water.
water for ordinary use by the last of
the week.
The two new deep water wells now
! being drilled will be completed this
week. The high pressure pump or.
unty. ! dered last week from Joplin, is ex-
J. B. Rutherford, the senior member t ^ tQ alrive jn a few days,
of the firm, will look after the criminal I ^ t
cases. Judge Davis will handle the
probate cases, fi r which he is parti-
cularly fitted, owing to his 1 mg ex-
p< n< nos on the probatt bench. Mr. _________
F’airchild will look after thrcivll suits.
There is no better known attorneys j
In Central Oklahoma than the three;
men mentioned. They are splendid,,
public spirited citizens who have play, j
ed stellar roll's En, the development
amd building of Creek county and it is
only fair to state they are as well I Unlud pre98
equipped for business and clients as; ch,cago Jftn 16._Two
can be expected in any city of the new
state.
report is a complete exonerati n of
Warden Dick, and opposing officials de.
clare it a rank partisan whitewash.
dike when he is arraigned for the act
charged.
I0G0 WILL FIGHT
HERE MONDAY EYE
ANOTHER EXPLOSION
II
sEcmum
RIGHT DOW
SHUSHES PROVE
IDE ARE BOOZERS
, Young Togo, the little Demon, and|
; Kid Andersoe the bone crusher from
j Clareniore will go for fifteen rounds UnR^ Pr^ ^ n ^n&t0T Pur.
I ^ New Ah‘ a7‘QeXt f°“' wll Republican of North Dakota, this
day night. These are fcalherwe.g ts ^ culuced a resolution de-
! 01 K,KKl re"u,e and ,nak,• bteh n who c arlng Secretary of Interior R. A. Bal-
lunger ns an
men were elate. Eddie Robinson promises this a member 0f the
l,ake Michigan today. The tunnel is lighters as>d clean in their work,
under construction and is intended |
to supply water to suburban cities
A/ll DttVUi ub; .......... ... ~ --
Judge and Mrs. D. A. McDougal was Upou the heels of the night messenger
the scene of one of the most enjoyable 0f prophesy.
events of the season. Last night, Land dreamed that he
The 42 club having received an ink- was crossing a creek or river and the
ling that the occasion was the birth, water rose rapidly; so fast in fact,
day of the judge, stole quietly In about that he had to climb into a tree from U(itune ulu LWU DUUID .
7:30 p. m and secreted themselves In a umh which pr truded over the last ^ 19()7 when ^ cen8U8 was
a darkened room until such time as ,i8i„g creek or river. When the ...
the “Mastir of the .house" Bhould ar- 8triam gets big, fully an hours rain-
rlve. When he did arrive his wife fan j8 supposed to follow. The Land
directed him to "light up,” which he dream recals one printed by Alexander
proceeded to d Such an avalanch of Posey, the famed Creek |>oet and ^ 14,000 mark, enough to ha
congratulations overwhelmed him as Hteratcur. who di earned of the waters of EnW
made It neiessary for him to lan k out alld the rising flood. Later, he waa
of the room and hunt more matches. drowned in the Canadian river, the
Six games of 42 weie played. Dr. m 8t famous Creek in the world of
Soliss and Mrs. Linzee receiving the literature giving his life as toll in
gentlemens' and ladies favors Ur iy08, to the treacherous and danger-
winnlrg the highest number of games. 0U8 Canadian river.
A two course luncheon was served b>
Miss Mary and Violet McDouiml as- commissioners In Session
slated by Miss Mary Smith. Professor but i„ less today than when
Cohagan in behalf of the club then The (:reek County board of comniis- |ug of three >oars ag0 was ta
presented the host w ith a sterling 8|oner8i met this afternoon at 2 o'clock since i*»07 several old cou
stiver clothes brush, remarking as he yhe most important matter to c me up cltle8 have lost In a marked
did so, that It had hewn' noised alvut ^ tb|8 meeting is that of changing the chandler, Lincoln county;
that this was his birthday hut that no ,ocallon of the court house. The mat- Noble Ardmore, Car
one knew whether he was 42, 84 or ler win be discussed from every angle, I an<, pos8ihly cne other
168 and that while the club wished ud lhe chances are that the commls. j capltai pa86ed downward, la
him to take the brush, He wanted to alonerg will decide to nu ve to some of changing conditl&r
assume that he was not exacted to downtown location. newer countries for busine*
"take to the brush.” The Judge re- A mimher of appointments of town, j In tbalr 01der of gain in
spotided in his usual happy style, but gb(p oPicerg will be made at this meet- lhe CRies are Sapulpa, Tulsa,
still refused to reveal his age. At a ,ng gee_ Nowaw, Okmulgee, Elk
late hour all departed wishing him-,--- Dewey, Oklahoma City makl
.„d h* 1.0.P1UU. ........ -» San, retu„„J|.,«h.h l» porenug*
hai)i>y returns of the aay. i
fir. additlm to the club members laat night from his old li me lu Omaha j
those present were Judge and Mrs. Nebraska, where he has been spend-;
Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison and lllg a couple of weeks with his folks.
Mrs. Welch. .
Mrs. Lou Beaman, who la ere Mjgg Mable Gallegher. assistant dls-|
account of the statehood bll
ever, as the city had gone
from 11)00 to 1907, It was exp
at the present census it w >u
Cnder the census as given
ottier largest cities of this s
their order, ae:
Oklahoma City, Muskogee,
Enid, Shawnee, McAlester, Ch
Sapulpa. Lawton and Ard
these, ten years ago, Ardmore
metropolis of the Indian T
The explosion is near the scene wheie
two years ago 63 persons were killed
in the Chicago water works crib fire.
. mil Vl sL
OMARI ID DIE
BEFORE EEGISLA1URE
inittee. He bases his resolution, on
evidence produced before the com-
mittee.
ectlug a home talent play iu, 1'"' 11 ,ct clgrk 8,^nt Sunday at her home
benefit of the Presbyterian church will
put on "Why Smith Left Home.’ Krl-,*« ohmu,g
day night at the Lyric theater.
BARRY OUT OE II
BECAOSE JOE CRA
1 tfnttVd Press.
Now York. Jan. Ifi.-BonafortV + Cloudy and settled with +
".sine and spirit’s" circular issued to. * qrobalile rain or snow tonigh 4-
day *>ows -ha, r,9 485 in | + ^,d + Oklahoma city, Jan. 16,-When the
^yeTof lSIO This is an Increase + northwest portion. Light. raio + House convened at 2 Celt ck today.
Charged With Murder
Deputy Sheriff Harry Townsend re-
turned last night from Chandler with
Mrs. Martha Wadsworth, who was ar.
raigned this mr'rning in the (Jistrlct
court for the murder of her husband.
if you have % room for rent, a house
... 'wv ......«~\t jfsi zzztz
Of 3481.620 btyrejs over ^ R cky mountainB jho ,Ml9, + b,gl;„, The bill is one abolishing,the can talk K. all the peopla.ot.the city
.. ■■ ^
l>esler Childress returned yesterday
Sentenced to Penitentiary fronl a 8hort visit with friends in
Harry Thompson, charged with for- yju8kogee.
gery, enterel a plea of guilty, when he
nu
i.1 .■<> ^u:.. ..
was arraigned to plead in the district
court this morning and was sentenc-
ed to a year and a dtiy at hard labor
in the gtate penitentiary.
Thompson was arrested at Bristow
si me time aeo. charged with forging
the names of Bi tstow parties to checks
fpr various amounts.
The usual number of Monday morn-
ing drunks and disturbers of the peace
appeared to police court this morning,.
! wtttiihe usual residt, the most of them
r receiving a fine of $R 40.
The Women’s Foreign Missionary
Society of the First M. E. church will
meet t morrow afternoon at the par-
sonage.
Attorney George Itittenhouse
Chandler, Lincoln county, arrived in
the city last night to look after legal
business before the district court.
United Press.
Sail Francisco, Jan. 16.—
miral Edward Barry, coiumaa;
second squadrou of the Pac
this afternoon turned ver t
maud to Rear Admiral • hatinc
as. Charges against Ba'ry
to have been tiled with the
partment by officers of the
Virginia. Squadron officers
. dsavoring to hush the whol
° ' it Is iH't believed they will at
punish Barry.
*»•
A new shipment of muslin uuder-
vr£af Jtwf retyekved at Rucker's.
The management .would a
it if the ladles of the city
teelphone all social news
McDougal, phone 32$, _
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