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Ji* 2W-Uml w«ij 4ovi ia •«-
I 10-14-7, it waft giunpeet«d ft&4
pe-neel^r.* M f<f tk 
'A m trade i ham* '.m
  Mm grilling by the
Pra.r-e O. 4 Gftft in «t-
uoa 14-15-7 of the BUM«t .rnport-
aji<*. iftji W. H P«k, id The Daily
Ocithomar. It may be the Barties-
rjlle «arA will break Wot* toward th*
w<3tkeaat and aionff the creek toward
Depew. Tike Gypsy well point* to
*hk ~*t~j ihir.sr In the meantime, the
■>il prodaeer "'-no playi the gam* on
peology, U willing J.o ramble that
there will never be an oil well in ae<r-
tion 14.
Th# Atlantic Petroleum com par./,
*#«ently organized, ha* secured the
itrriea of J. A. McKeever, former
jr oil editor of The Taf*a Daily World
u ita chief of the acoating depart-
ment. Mr. McKeever demonstrated
hb ability and knowledge of the oil
Voaineaa in hia editorial capacity and
will doubtless prove an aaaet to the
ompany with which he allies him-
*If.
with the eaatrai empires WwA we
have perm;tted de&ai of .or lefit*-
aaate r^rhu to tiad>  •> " 'a.
empifea?
ProbaUy aoC We acte/t a* **■ did
bacaae> we dJahked w ie aad real-
4Md we were not lowr.g aaythang.
The tie-op of «h>p« 4* 1 frt grf.z
aU>nr the Atlaattc Coaac aeav.a -.
since tAr mthieaa U4K/at
into e€eet haa beer, deaar.rabz -/ -
man/ ways. The po;a*. a '.t.at Ger-
mv/'* lawleaa oiocaa/l" rtaa no com-
pcaaatMg advantage*, aa a rr.pa'.
ie<l the qneauonalle blockade of En-
gland'i ahipa, Aa a res ^ t we are m v
aame poaition aa if there had beer. r.o
compenaating advar '-af?-« .n coftnec-
tion with the Engliah blorkade
Our nghta upon the higt «eaa were
in/ringed from the fctgiar. r.g, but we
d>d not object bocafc • we wer"
"maiung money" anyhow.
The Scandinar^n cooMnea are
trading with Cermar.y to *.he,r he rt'i
content, proving the fallacy of tr.«
Bntiah blockade; and we have the
aame right—juat aa we have the nght
to trade with the Britiah.
We are practically bribed in the
enormous purchase of war tuppbea—
from inaiating on our rights ;n tn 
fi rM place. We wrote notea, but went
no^ifcrther, and tpeedily dropped the
typewriter for the cash reg.'. er.
The U-boat* not only theraten th*
Uvea of our citizena, but are div r
ganizlng our entire export cor
roerce. That'a a shoe which pinch"*
with the pain of a rotten tooth.
THE PLIGHT OF HOLLAND
To have aeven large ateamers .r >
in one dfty ia indeed ft tcrrib!* '' '• a
for a neutral nation. This happ- ',ed
to Holland recently, and the httie
nation, diapatchea from Amsterdam
aaaert, is arouaed aa never before.
Of all the neutrals, Holland
moat precariously aituated. On the
owe-hand stands an exfK. *d fro" •
the German army—indeed, five div;v-
iona of German troopa were aprawled
along ita border when the unrestri'*
ed aubmarine order went into effect
and the little nation wai cowed im-
mediately. On the other aide is the
sea, it* threat* by atorm nothing
compared with ita threat* by subma-
rine and mine.
And between theae two mena^ea to
ita life, the little nation must con-
tinue to live. Should it be provoker!
by nch wholesale linking! of tte
rMifm as the one of a few daya ago to
decide to fight Germany, there is the
fat* of Belgium only a few mile-
away to remind the Dutch that
aimilar fate ia not at all unlikely.
Holland haa protested loudly
affainat infractions of international
law, and it hfti written notes with the
facility of the beat of peace-loving
governments; but it has steadfastly
remained neutral. It doubtless is of
the opinion that thia ia no time for
little nations to resent offense* by big
onea. And ao the little na'ion suf-
fers, aa it* dignity and honor is all
but wiped out, and ita life threaten-
ed.
The Dutch people are wild over the
sinkings of Dutch ships; but th<- g' *-
erwment and the newspapers urge
caption. There ia little possibility
that Holland will be embroiled in the
war—aad Germany seems to be ful
ly aware of the aituation.
Our aympathy goea out to Holland;
she is more punished for being a neu-
tral than we are.
It aeema that the smaller nation* )'tl <,{ g«*tables i.s away out of
are not compelled to pursue a policy nght, but the farmer keeps on look-
of "watchful waiting" for the overt i ing discouraged 'until he gets down
out of aight behind the oarn.
a ic aesa-
®es :e-A iie 3*7 !a^e: :
Ozark TraAa X-
mnilt waa repreaeoscK
aiemec. aad w. stewapa-
ersas- We 4*a't kaov how a am-
a^ermaa s '.'awe: 21 tnr ceg
r.*n. let at Csairrag they are c'aiia r 1
* gasuemec.—•".aaasac ladepesde - *_
ZdvLvr S^ff ik^s.': fiuexe a casque
 f asd clarify iJ grey sarzer.
ro stfi* with we sever  a.i it' The
crtjcie wa* pr.ste< ai The Drsmn^s."
sews, for which we refiae to raa<:
^<saor Penaja The News people
;-.a': eiaaa tsemaelvea a* jtntieoes.
a thaa they wmwld be qttite right a-,
some of them are Udres. We hare al-
ay . ervjcaily, tne l to cornia ~
araeff so that, if we ftre aot ft gen-
eman. aobody will get wise. So
far at that goes* riliffciHwi of news-
papermen is a favorite indoor sport
people who are the quintessence of
ignorance and who, as Jack Hyde ex-
presses it, vf brains were as valuable
a rad.im, couldn't buy a postage
tamp. Editor Roff must nave been
do:r.g business in the backwoods all
these years to let a little thing like
that naturfe him. We suggest to him.
also, that be read the names of his ex-
changes before he attempts to quote
or attack any one ot them.
Speaking of dangerous basin esses
we saw a "shooter" driving out to the
field thia morning, whistling cheerily
and unconcernedly. That's a busrnesa
for which we never had any yearn
We were walking in from the field in
the direction of Oilton one day a coo-
pie of years ago when ft nitro-glycer-
in> wagon hove into sight. The driver
inquired politely if we sranted a lift
"Just driving in for some supplies,"
he said.
We hopped on.
"You know," we said, confidential-
ly, after we had ridden a mile or ao,
"when you invited me to have a lift
into town, 1 wouldn't have taken you
up if you hadn't mentioned that your
SPEND FIFTY TWO MILLIONS
FO« ftOAD CONSTRUCTION
Wa^r r.g-ca. March 5.—The total
aaaaai per- : re^eaaea sferrt for road
aod hcvife • instrictxn .n the six-
teen Si3±em states ;n.rreased from
si^s-jy sore than twenty-one and
•:ee->a. f aiSaoB Mbn in 1904 to ap-
^oxsucdy fifty-two and one-half
alica i'iilan in 1>H. according to
^tatat««rs j ast poltsaed by the Office
; f It^is ar«t Raral Engineer- j
•Xf . f the U 5. Department of Agr>
rartare. Xo. J*7. This was an
increase of 141 percent.
nan bet $12 he could put
i ia a« mouth. He won
iuI, a doctor, paid the het.
t get the bail oat.
reasoved it and charged
do
c gamtr-inc-
almost name : .
the sand wai
ly well in that
in a test
Wynne-
well at this
worth from
shoaring was
ly after the
-atched. It is
cation which
showing, al-
Popular i
ment is for
m improve-
SPECIAL
CANDY SALE
1 -p«a d bos Choco-
Late-corered Oerri«,  peei*l,
39 cest*
1-2-pouad bo*, special, 25c.
1-pojnd Chocolate Caramel*,
spocial. 49 ceata.
1 - pound Milk Chocolate*,
Fruit* and Nats, special 49c.
Y ou will have to harry—
price* good Saturday, Sunday
tnd Monday only-
Don't Fcrget!
Nunnally's Candy
tpeak* for itself
Just received large express
shipment 1-2-pound to 5-pound
—50c to $6.00—boxe*.
Palace Drug Stores
Harry T. ChrUney, Prop.
No. 1: E. Brdwy, Knight Btdg-
No. 2: Corner Penn. Sc Broad-
way, Can field Bldg
Robert Watchorn, one of the big-
Test operators in the Healdton field
and who drilled the first test in that
territory, declares that the disparity
n prices between Cushing and Heald-
ton crude, ia unjust. He says that the
oil in the aouthern portion of the
*tate deserves to bring a better price
* compared with other crudes, and
He thinks when the pipe lines now an-
ler construction have been built the
orire of Healdton crude will auto-
natirally advance. He is of the opin-
on that the operators and producers
ould get together and refuse to sell
mtil their products command a let-
er prW.
About the liveliest boom in the
history of the oil industry in this
ta'e is due within th« next thirty
lays. Conditions are such as to war-
rant an unprecedented amount of ac-
ivity and it is believed that further
incentive toward an active drilling
ampaign will be given within the
next two weeks by an advance in the
once of crude oil* The eastern oil is
likely to be advanced thia week and a
raise in the Mid-Continent to follow
hortly after may reaaonably be ex-j
pected.
A change in weather conditional
may be expected within the month !
and this will facilitate drilling. There'
is nothing in aight in the way of bigj
production in the entire Mid-Contin-]
ent field to upset the market and it ia [
not believed that a pool of market-!
breaking aize will be uncovered.
The operatora in the Healdton field j
are credited with stating that they
stand ready to co-operate with the i
federal government in any em erg-j,
ency that might arise and in cftse of ,<
war would be able to give ftid of no L
mean value. A survey has already]
been m&de of the Washita river for - j
the purpoae of building a water pow-1]
er plant. This plan can he uaed for II
the manufacture of toluel, which is a
by-product of crude oil and uaed aa
an explosive; it can be used for the(
manufacture of cotton fibre, which istj
used in the manufacture of gun cot-,
ton and other axpioaives, and aiao .|
may be used to manufacture nitrate1
from the inert nitrogen of the air. 1
This country has depended upon
South America for fls nitrates and
there ia not a plant in the country, s^
far aa ia learned. £uch plant* would '
be a necesaity the moment the coun-i
try is engaged in a big war.
MEDIUM-PRICED CAR COM-
PETITOR OF ALL GRADES
Utility With Comfort
In the Grant Convertible Sedan
You don't v
montliA-in-thoyt
one that you can
New Year': to N
The Grant Si St
convertible into
enclosed t- :r .
open vehicle, v
your every requirement.
rear, hut
u.5e from
w Year's,
easily
«urm,
car or an
ill satisfy
da
The Grant Si. Sedan
utility with luxury. 1b i
ing lines delight the eye
iful, cozy interior wrcun
utmost comfort in all sc
gives you
r ftly fW-
iu bcaut-
, you the
Tourutg Smda - 
$1000
Thrn*-PaB9mnim*
LtuUt—J Poadili*
590o
F O. B. Factor/
And in this Sedan you have the
Grant .-•< overheaxj !-.e motor,
which by three years r.f wonder-
fully consistent perforrr ince haa
cttabli,hed its fame a> one of the
mcst flexible, p'lwerful end econ-
■ ,t.; _! 1 ■ r, r. 1 are
dozen other bij po""' which will
cran-. ince yju of the Gram'* un-
cjualled value. Come and com-
pare it with other motor car*.
grant motor car corporation, CLEVELAND, 6h10
By George S. Waite
One of th^ most striking facts that
motor car manafaeturers are having
brought home to them is that while
tr.e highest priced cars may be sold
oniy to a very definite and clear cut
cla.'- jf buyers, the lower-priced cars
sell to everybody. The assumption
or, e wa= that if a car sold for $1,000
or !< ss, its selling field would be eon-
fined to those who could not pay
more than a thousand dollars. It is
still true that a buyer who has only
a thou-ar.d dollars to spend cannot
buy a car that costs two, three or
five thousand, but the converse as-
sumption, namely, that a buyer who
can easily spare {2,000 or more is
not interested in cars at les3 than
a thousand, is so far from being true
that a dealer who believed it would
be a failure.
Since we began the building of
the Grant Six one of the most signifi-
cant discoveries we have made is the
fact that a large part of our output
is being sold to people who not only
can afford, but actually have bought
cars costing three or five times as
much. Put into other words, this
means simply that the future of the
medium priced car is the most secure
of any in the industry.
The common assumption that cars
from $800 to $1,000, for instance,
form a complete group, and that cars
from $1,100 to $1,500 form another
and so on is correct only in a general
way .The fact is that the Grant six,
for example, is to some degree, a
competitor of all the cars that are
above it in price, while the higher-
priced rars cannot possibly be cora
petitors of the Grant or cars near it
in price.
It all comes down to a question of
intrinsic worth. If a car Is good value
it will be bought not only by those
who can just afford it, but by many
who can really afford to pay a great
deal more. While manufacturing for
the millions, don't forget the million-
aires.
F. H. LANG, Dealer
Care Central Garage Co.
corner penn. and federal sts.
THE GUARANTY STATE BANK
Drumright, Oklahoma
THE HOME BANK
Capital - - $25,000.00
Surplus - - 5,000.00
UlkECTOKS
c. C. MARSHALL, President
ARTHUR D±VIS, Cashier
L. B. GRANT, Vice-President
E. C. MORRIS, Ant. Cashier •
DR. M C. LOVELL
Every officer, director and stockholder of this
bank is a resident of Drumright and interested in its up-
building;. Our business will be conducted in the inter-
est of and for the people of Drumright and vicinity.
We solicit your patronage.
All deposits in this bank are guaranteed under the
State Laws of Oklahoma. Better safe than sorry.
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REMEMBER—
Our stock U k«pt compl^t* for your benefit. When in need of
tnytkiflf in our line, you are almost sure to find it here.
? OCR SYRUP OF WHITE PINE AND TAR WILL RELIEVE
THAT TICKLING COUGH FOR YOU
E. J. SKIDMORE
DRUMRIGHT'S OLDEST DRUGGIST
14 11 i H M-H-W-H-i-i-M-H-W-
! The Cushing Hospital
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* invites every reputable physician to bring . his . cases
<- here. Good nurses, excellent care PHONE 307
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Miss Esther Young, R. N,
Superintendent
A G1FF0RD MODEL SHOW
AND AMUSEMENT COMPANY
All This Week
Beginning
1 TUESDAY, MARCH 6th.
Big $10,000 Carry-Us-All, Largest Ferris Wheel ever in
This city
Five Big Shows—Guaranteed Clean and Moral
We Carry the Largest String of Concessions
2 BIG FREE ACTS DAILY 2
Grpunds located two blocks east of Depot
Suppose Hard Times Should
Come
and the cash in the community began to run short.
Do you know what we could do under the Federal
Reserve System? Well, we could take our notes to
3 Central Reserve Bank, and the Government would
issue currency for them. This means an absolute
check to any panic. Isn't it the best banking value
that could possibly be offered to you?
Then why not bank with us?
First National Bank
Drumright, Oklahoma
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DR. I. I. RAMEY
Phone 256
Office girl in office from 8 n.
m. to 6 p. m. Office over
Drumright State Bank, Room
105. Diseases of Women.
Electrical Treatments and X-
Ray. Calls answered.
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NOTICE
Warrants Nos. 23 to 68, inclusive,
1916 and 1917 series, on general
funds. ar0 now payable.
37-tf-. ARTHUR DAVIS.
MEN'S SUITS MADE TO ORDER
Cleaned and Pressed
Alterations and Fashionable Dress
making.
MRS. C. A. HAYHOW,
Across from Tri-State Livery.