The Duncan Banner (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, February 6, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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The
Duncan
anner
8 PAGES
A Weekly Newspaper Devoted To the Dissemination of the News and To the Upbuilding of Stephens County
VOLUME XXVIIL
DUNCAN OKLAHOMA FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6 1920
NO 24
OIL AND GAS NEWS
STEPHENS COUNTY
AND LOCAL FIELDS
Developments In East and W'est
Fields and Other News Of
Interest To Oil Men
The sensation of the week in
oil circles was the bringing in of
a good well in the Comanche dis-
trict last Friday The well which
was drilled by the Comanche Pe-
troleum company is located on
the Wilson tract in 19-2s-8 Tests
made this week showed the well
was flowing 880 barrels per day
and those in a postion to know
declare it will make all the way
from 350 to 600 barrels This is
probably the best" well in the
county and opens up a new sand
The drill hit the sand at 1809
feet Some oil and water showed
up and the drill was again let
down going about two feet in the
sand at quitting time The well
was capped and the pipe turned
into the slush pit Next morning
it had filled the pit and run over
the vicinity and has since been
flowing by heads Interest in the
well is intense and leases in its
vicinity are bringing fabulous
prices some selling as high as
$1000 an acre The Bristow
tract of 120 acres just north of
the tract sold for $72000
The Duncan Petroleum compa
ny well at the northwest corner
of town has evidently “blown
up” Salt water broke in around
2600 feet and all efforts to com-
bat the sea of water have been
unavailing Just what the direc-
tors will do is problem? ticalThey
may skid the rig and put down
another hole Some oil and gas
was found just before the salt
water was encountered Whether
the salt water is comng from
above or a water sand was hit is
mot "known
There is little news of interest
from the other fields of the coun-
ty However good weather will
soon be here and we may expect
operations in all fields on a larger
scale this spring than ever be-
fore COUNTY FARM AGENTS
DOING BETTER WORK
County farm agents from 68
counties of the state and the six
district agents held their annual
meeting at Oklahoma A & M col-
lege January 19 to 29 At these
meetings the agents were given
an intensive course of instruction
in agriculture to better prepare
them for their work That the
county agents and the extension
service is doing a wonderful work
in developing the agricultural re-
sources of the state was duly
demonstrated by the increased
production during the war
MARLOW TO PAVE
Marlow let the contract Tues-
day for several blocks of paving
on Main street the Max Cunning-
ham interests of Oklahoma City
securing the contract The pav-
ing will be of Trinidad asphalts
That hustling little city is going
forward at a rapid pace and Dun-
can will be forced to her best gait
to keep up with her
A FEATURE PICTURE
At the Pastime theatre Thurs-
night Feb 12 Norma Tal-
madge will be seen in the great
picture “A Daughter of Two
Worlds" The dual character por-
trayed by this popular actresss is
especially pleasing and the pic-
ture is great It is running in Ok-
lahoma City this week
Thursday night is feature night
at the Pastime Some of the best
pictures of the year are being
booked and will appear only on
Thursday nights Patrons of the
Pastime can expect only the besl
to be had as feature pictures
day
GROUND FOR COURTHOUSE
WAS BROKEN MONDAY
The Manhattan Construction
company contractors for the
Stephens county courthouse and
jail have men on the ground and
are fast getting things in shape
for work on the building Ground
was broken for the foundation
Monday
Offices and storage houses are
being built on the north side of
the street and the ground made
ready for materials on the south
side Within two weeks work
should be well under way
The corner stone will be laid by
the Masonic lodge the date to be
announced later Fitting ceremo-
nies will accompany the laying of
the stone
17000 CASKETS BOUGHT
FOR RETURN OF DEAD
Washington Feb 2— The pur
chase of 17000 caskets to be used
to return army dead from Europe
has been completed by the war
department in accordance with
its policy to return as soon as
practicable bodies of American
soldiers buried in France to the
next of kin for interment in
America The - manufacturers
were instructed to expedite deliv-
eries The department also made pub-
lic a communication from a com-
mittee of the Casket Manufactur-
ers’ Association of America con-
demning “any plan for general re-
turn of the bodies as impfactica-
ble expensive and unsatisfacto-
ry” STEAMER MANCHURIA IS
BACK FROM HAMBURG
New York Feb 2 — The first
passenger ship to sail from a
German port to the United States
since July 1914 and the first
American passenger ship in many
years to undertake a similar voy-
age arrived here today It was
the American Lin? Steamer Man-
churia She sailed from Ham-
burg Jan 9 calling at Southamp-
ton and brought 29 passengers
all from the English port
Captain Adian Zeeder of the
Manchuria said he could have fill-
ed his ship at Hamburg with pas-
sengers for America had passport
restrictions permitted Many Ger-
mans voiced regrets that they
could not come
AMERICAN LEGION TO
HAVE SMOKER TONIGHT
Members of the Duncan post
American Legion have been busy
this week getting new members
and we are informed that many
new members are being enrolled
Of this we are peculiarly glad
We expect to see the Legion become-
a big factor in American
life and its presence is already
being felt in some sections of the
country Duncan should have a
real live post and we' assure the
veterans that the' business men of
Duncan stand ready to assist the
post in any way possible
We want to see the boys have a
good post here with regular and
interesting meetings and we al-
so would like to see it have a club
room where the boys could fore-
gather and fight over agan the
war if they wanted to and where
they could have their library —
read write or talk as they felt
inclined To this end The Banner
stands ready to assist in any way
it can and we feel sure that other
business concerns of the city feel
likewise We want to see a real
live working post in Duncan
All former service men wheth-
er members of the Legion or not
are given a cordial and pressing
invitation to meet at the rooms of
the Chamber of Commerce tonight
to attend a smoker given by the
Legion You are wanted and we
hope all will attend
The Banner (out of Co) $150
i GENERAL PERSHING’S OWN STORY
OF OPERATIONS OF THE AMERICAN
TROOPS DURING THE WORLD WAR
Commander In Chief Of Expedi-
tionary Forces Submits Special
Report To Secretary Baker-
Fate Of Central Powers Decid-
ed By Work Of United States
Army — Foch Admits the Allies
Were Facing Defeat
(Continued from last week)
Took Cantigny Heights
On April the 25th the First di-
vision relieved two French divis-
ions on the front near Montdid-
dier and on May 28th captured
the important observation sta-
tions on the heights of Cantigny
with splendid dash French ar-
tillery aviation tanks and flame
throwers aided in the attack but
most of the French assistance
was withdrawn before the com-
pletion of the operation in order
to meet the enemy’s new offensive
launched May 27 to Chateau Thi-
erry The enemy reaction against
our troops at Cantigny was ex
our troops at cantigny was ex-
tremely violent and apparently
he was determined at all costs to
counteract the most excellent ef-
feet the American success had
produced For three days his
guns of all calibres were concern
trated on our position and coun-'back
ter attack succeeded counter at-
tack The desperate efforts of the
Germans gave the fighting at Can-
tigny a seeming tactical import- flround and gtay8 on the
ance entirely out of proportion to fVlI19 fnre(ftstinB the break-
the numbers involved
scene thus forecasting the break-
ing of winter Here’s hoping his
The third German offensive on hogahip ia a go0d weather proph-
-- rtff iw 4V A b'A flit fllA t
May 27 against the French on the
Aisne soon developed a desperate
situation for the allies The Sec-
ond division was hastily diverted
to the vicinity of Meaux on May
81 and early on the morning of
June 1 was deployed across the
Chateau Thierry-Paris road near
Montreuil-aux-Lions in a gap in
the French line where it stopped
the German advance on Paris At
the same time the partially train-
ed Third division was placed al
French disposal to hold the cross-
ings of the Marne and its motor-
ized machine-gun batallion suc-
ceeded in reaching Chateau Thi-
erry in time to assist in success-
fully defending that river cross-
ing The enemy having been halted
the Second division commenced a
series of vigorous attacks June
4 which resulted in the capture
of Belleau woods after very se-
vere fighting The village of
Bouresches was taken soon after
and "on July 1 Vaux was captured
In these operations the Second di-
vision met with most desperate
resistance by Germany's best
troops
Our Second rcr-r under Major
GeneralGeorge V r?ad had been
organized for the command of 10
divisions with the British which
were held back in training areas
or assigned to second-line defens-
es After consultation with Field
Marshal Haig on June 3 five
American divisions were relieved
from the British area to support
the French
The Marne salient was inher-
ently weak and offered an oppor-
tunity for a counter offensive that
was obvious If successful such
-- -----
an operation would afford imme-
diate relief to the allied defense
would remove the threat against
Paris and free the Paris-Nancy
railroad But more important
than all else it would restore the
morale of the allies and remove
the profound depression and fear
then existing
Up to this time our units had
been put in here and there at
critical points as emergency
troops to stop the terrific German
advance In every trial whether
on the defensive or offensive they
had proved themselves equal to
any troops in Europe As early
as June 23 and again on July 10
at Bombon I had very strongly
urged that our best divisions be
concentrated under American
command if possible for use as
a striking force against the Marne
salient Altho the prevailing view
among the allies was that Ameri-
can units were suitable only for
the defensive and that at all
events they could be used to bet-
ter advantage under allied com-
mand the suggestion was accept-
ed in principle and my estimate
of their offensive fighting quali-
ties was soon put to the test
(To be continued)
GENTLE SPRING IS HERE
SAYS THE GROUNDHOG
The mythical groundhog made
his appearance Monday after his
wJntera anooze and waa greeted
with & drizzling rain and lowering
cloudfJ According to the old the
ory of the groundhog forecasting
conditionSi hia niba came
Qut &t noon If thg sun is ahining
geeg hig ghadow and hurrieg
to hig den for another six
et
Just how the groundhog comes
out in his prognostications is a
matter for debate Some Bay he
always hits the mark others
opine that he is a fake We shall
see what we shall see
STREET PAVING
Former State Engineer Max
Cunningham who is now with a
paving concern was a Duncan
visitor Tuesday and took the pav-
ing matter up with the Chamber
of Commerce The plan is to have
two streets thru the city north
and south Eighth and Ninth
streets have been selected and it
is probable that engineers will
look into the matter so that peti-
tions asking for the paving can
be presented to the city commis-
sioners at an earjy date
Such a movement would be the
greatest step forward Duncan has
made in some time and the pro
ject should be pushed
The government would build an
equal number of miles of paving
connecting with the Duncan pav-
ing so that instead of three miles
as planned a mile and a half of
paving each on the north and
south road could be secured with-
out cost to the taxpayers the gov-
ernment footing the bill
The matter of storm sewers is
the only thing in the way of an
early decision to put down the
paving and it is thoight these
sewers can be eliminated for the
present the water to be disposed
of as now In this event there
would be little objection to pav-
ing it is thought
COLORED WOMAN DIES
Evelyn wife of “Slim” Griffin
“shine” at Wilson’s Barber shop
died from pneumonia Monday and
interment was in the colored cem-
etery east of Duncan Tuesday
afternoon She had been ill only
a week or 10 days and because of
other complications the disease
fastened upon her in violent form
“Slim” is heartbroken and in
his sorrow has the sympathy of
the people of Duncan The moth-
er of the deceased was here from
Gainesville Texas to attend the
funeral
ASKS FOR $2000000 TO
STOP BOOTLEGGING
Washington Feb 2 — Secretary
Glass today asked congress for
112000000 for use in stopping the
smuggling of liquor into the
United States A statement from
the division of customs accompa-
nying the request said that be-
cause of meager facilities for
coping with the situation “the
quantity of liquor seized was in-
finitesimal in comparison with the
quantity actually smuggled into
this country"
I The customs service reported
that if it was charged with the
duty of preventing the smuggling
of liquor present forces at all
ports would have to be augment-
ed durng the next year
Every vessel arriving from for-
eign ports will be thoroly search-
ed the report said while crews
will be under surveilance while
their ships are in port
NEGRO APARTMENT IN
CHICAGO IS BOMBED
Chcago Feb 1 — A bomb was
exploded in an apartment build
ing on the south side today The
building was damaged but no one
was injured Five negro families
and one white family occupied the
building Police ascribed the
explosion to racial troubles
Last night a bomb exploded in
front of a house in an exclusive
North Shore quarter A previous
occupant was said to have made
enemies by renting houses to ne-
groes in a restricted district
e
COTTON WAREHOUSE IS
PLAN OF FARMERS
With the return of County
Agent Ben Harrison from the
county agents’ meeting at Stillwa-
ter the matter of building a cot-
ton and broomcorn warehouse in
Duncan is being taken up with
the farmers A big majority of
the farmers are favorable to the
project and some definite action
may be expected in the near fu-
ture Mr Harrison says the plan does
not contemplate the holding of
cotton but merely provides tem-
porary storage However if it is
desired the project can be bonded
and storage receipts issued which
can be converted into money — a
plan that is followed in many lo-
calities over the south The plan
will be thoroly discussed from
every angle and some definite ac-
tion taken in the matter
PATTERSON BUILDING SOLD
AT HANDSOME PROFIT
Three months ago D C Ooley
bought the Patterson building
heretofore occupied by the gas
company for a consideration of
about $8100 Monday he sold the
building to J J McAdams for
$15000 This is a profit of $6900
in three months or $2300 per
month on an investment of $8100
This is probably the highest
price ever paid for a 25-foot
building in Duncan A few weeks
ago Ben Robinowitz paid $22000
for the Payne building a 50-foot
structure which was the highest
price paid for any building in the
city on the open market
COTTON GINNINGS
The government report issued
January 23rd gave the cotton
ginned in Stephens county as
21700 bales On this date last
year there had been ginned 7670
bales
With three times as much cot-
ton raised this season as last the
farmers of Stephens county are
surely in good financial circum-
stances DR WILLIAMSON HOME
Dr S H Williamson who was
operated upon for appendicits
two weeks ago was able to return
home Wednesday He will be up
and about in a few days
DEMOCRATS MET
IN CONVENTION
LAST SATURDAY
Resolutions Are Passed Com-
mending National and State
Administrations
The democrats of Stephens
county met in mass meeting at the
courthouse in Duncan Saturday
afternoon The meeting was call-
ed to order by County Chairman
R H Brown who stated the ob-
ject of the convention and gave
an outline of the work to be done
On motion Mr Browi was made
permanent chairman and Ed J
Leeman secretary
By motion duly carried the
chair was directed to name a com-
mittee on resolutions consisting
of five members and the follow-
ing were appointed : J H Nance
H W Sitton James Leftwich J
A Carnes and Paul Speer
A similar motion was made for
the appointment of a nominating
committee of five to select dele-
gates to the state convention and
the following were appointed: J
Hines Jones A W Reynolds M
M Hightower Frank Fuqua and
J B Williamson
National Committeeman Tom
Wade was invited to address the
convention while the committee
was at work He spoke along the
line of the national organization
and alsurged the backing ofSen-
ator Owen for president declar-
ing that the distinguished Okla-
homan had just as good show as
any man in the race for the nomi-
nation “The democratic party is
going to win” was his closing
declaration
The committee on resolutions
reported and the following reso-
lutions were adopted by unani-
mous vote:
We endorse the national admin-
istration under the able leader
ship of President Wilson We ap-
prove the policies of the demo-
cratic party as advocated by the
president and urge an immediate
ratification of the Peace Treaty
without reservation or amend-
ment We urge all our represen-
tatives and senators to do all in
their power to cause the ratifica-
tion at once
We endorse the able and effi-
cient leadership of Tom Wade as
national committeeman and re-
solve that it be the instruction of
this convention that our delega-
tion to the state convention to be
held at Muskogee Feb 5 1920
vote as a whole for his re-election
He has served the democrat-
ic party of the state of Oklahoma
in a wise and able manner always
seeking the party’s best interests
in every section and we believe
in the old democratic principle
that an able and efficient officer is
entitled to a second term and
pledge our best efforts to secure
his re-election
We endorse the efforts of the
friends of Senator Owen and
pledge the support of the delega-
ton to the state convention and in-
struct our delegation to work for
his nomination and election
We condemn the action of the
republican bosses in attempting
to force the adoption of the Peace
Treaty with such reservations or
amendments as would require the
United States to humble itself in
asking the German government to
accept our rehashed treaty of pet-
ty politics the forced issue of the
national campaign
We endorse the state adminis-
tration and believe it has acted
wisely and justly in governing the
people of this state in such peril-
ous times as we have just passed
thru
We endorse the candidacy of
Scott Ferris for United States
(Continued on page 4)
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Leeman, Ed J. The Duncan Banner (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, February 6, 1920, newspaper, February 6, 1920; Duncan, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1742490/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.