The Chelsea Commercial. (Chelsea, Indian Terr.), Vol. 11, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 14, 1906 Page: 1 of 4
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THE CHELSEA COMMERCIAL.
VOLUME II.
CHELSEA, INDIAN TERRITORY. SATURDAY APRIL II. IMS.
NUMBER 31
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I have added t< my line
of "Men's Fixings" the
fatuous line of
Hart,
Schaeffner
& Marx
Ready-Made
Clothing
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torus. N'<> old shelf
\v< >111 stuff. These goods
nre strictly first-class in
every respect. haml tail-
ored, niid warranted to
trivt* satisfaction. Come
mid let me allow you the
line before buying your
spring suit.
Prices, $10 to $20
ERNEST
JOHNSTON
** Men's Fixings."
ANOTHER GUSHER
SKELTON OIL AND GAS COMPANY
STRUCK IT RICH
FLOODED WITH OIL
On Abandoned Ground a Fine Flow-
ing Well of Oil Was Struck at
a Depth of 1,700 Feet
Bank of Chelsea
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Does a General Banking Business and Solicits your Account.
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ARCHIBALD BONDS. 1st Vic-Pr.,1.
W. J. STRANGE. 2nd Vic«-Pr.«t.
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Union Bank & Trust Co. f
Capital Stock., $So,ooo
R«id Up, . - 3o,ooo
do a General Hanking Business, and have Money
Loan on Improved Real Estate. We will accom
modate and favor those entrusting their
business with us as much as possi-
ble consistent with con-
servative hanking
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REAL ESTATE
Residence lots in higl est part of Chelsea. +
Good well water. Any size lot you desire on ♦
:your own terms • j?
I., i u> locate you in the healthiest section of J
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THOS. ti. URAY, Ajiunt. ▲
Tlie climax in oil discoveries
was made last night when on
abandoned territory, at 1,700 feet,
a well was trilled in that is pro-
ducing more than 200 Ibarrels
natural, and is estimated by
some as high as fifteen hundred
barrels.
The Skolton Oil & Gas com-
puny drilled the well in hurt even
ing late, and the whole country
around is Hooded with oil. The
well develops a new sand and has
caused oil territory that was not
being looked u|H>n with favor to
suddenly take a jump in value.
The well was drilled on 8-18-12
Creek Nation, about three miles
south, of Red Fork, on a tract
formerly being hold bytheGuffey
& Gaily company abandoned be-
cause it was not showing up any
profitable production in the third,
or Tulsa sand, at 1,200 feet.
Several small gas wells were
brought in by Guffey & Gaily,
and the lease was finally turned
over to The Skelton Company
owning a gas franchise at Sapul-
pa, for a song.
The gas was about played out,
and the Skelton company con-
cluded to drill and see what could
be found. With the discovery
of a paying fourth sand that
early reports indicate is a great
find, and tnat there is to be a
groat jxiol developed in that part
of the country.
Many oil men have oil leases
on stuff in the immediate vicinity
! of this well, and there is much
! rejoicing among thein, and it
' means there will be a search for
more of the same sort of pro
duction.
Chesley & Galbraith drilled in
No. - Brooks last evening, three-
1 quarters of a milo south of the
Glenn No. 2 eighteen miles south
of Tulsa, and got gas that caught
fire and burned the drilling out-
j tit. The well isn't a caney affair,
I but is producing enough gas to
interest the owners.
It there has been any doubt in
the minds o' the people about
Tulsa as an oil producing section,
this second big well in thirty
days discredits it. and indicates
the future of the city assured.
Without a doubt, Tulsa will be
the greatest oil producing center
in the United States inside of six
I months.
lie ready and willing to sally forth
into Democratic seas aud fight for
the cause we believe is right." In-
asinuch as the Democrats have
won a great victory the Commer-
cial naturally infers that the time
HAS COME.
Installation of Officers.
The I.O.O.F. lodgs of Chelsea
instituted a camp in the higher
degrees in Odd Fellowship last
Saturday night. The team from
Oswego was here aud put in the
work, doing credit to themselves
and exemplified the work in such
a manner that it was pronounced
the best ever seen in Indian Ter-
ritory. The camp starts out with
a membership of twenty-five and
from all indication*, it will not be
a great while until jt will he among
the largest in Indian Territory.
Deputy Grand Patriarch, J. P.
Scott, of Vinita, assisted by
Patriarch G. W. Mabry and
others from Tulsa apd Sapulpa,
instituted the camp degrees. Af-
ter the degrees were lymferred the
Patriarchs adjourned to the outer
rooms nnd partook of a lunch en-
joying the spread very much.
The following officers were elected
and installed:
Patriarch Jeffries. C. P.
Knee, W. C.
•' Beach, S. W.
« Robinson, J. W.
Walkar, 8.
Paris, Treas
NOT ENOUGH FUNDS
puny has made to the state board
of railroad assessors shows that
this company has invested little
more than $800,000 in Kansas
THE APPROPRIATION OF $100,000 property and development dur-
T00 SMALL BY HALF
ASKED TO INCREASE
A Statement Prepared By William
Grimes Shows That Oklahoma
Alone Has 820 Precincts
* Do You Burn Gas?
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Wo arc ready to put in your lights
ami stoves NOW ! The gas is hero
to stay; wo have enough to last a
life time near Chelsea. It is cheap,
dean, quick, easy to understand.
Buy a "< i A HI.A N D." < hie of t he
host Gas Stoves ever made. We
have tried them for years. The
housewife will see at a glance I hat
it will save her time and trouble,
worry and work, and it will save
YOl* money. Wo have all kinds
of <}as Fixtures with prices to make
you laugh. Don't delay installing
gas. Put in your stove and lights
In-fore hot weather. Call us up
over the phone and we will he glad
to send n man to est imntc vour work
The Chelsea Gas Co. |
Behind Breastworkt.
Although gone down in defeat
the Democratic party iu Okmulgee
can congratulate itself upon its
conduct in the campaign, the ex-
cellent work dene before and on
the day of election, the hnrmony
that prevails iu .heir ranks, the
unselfish nnd devoted energies of
its leaders, who gave heart aud
soul to the support of the candi-
dates, and who should lie reniein-
ed in the time to come. Okmul-
gee Democrat. How different
this, from the wail that goes up
from the republican organ here,
who hutts in and leads his | arty
to defeat, who sticks to them pub-
licly anil apologizes privately,
hoping no doubt that the victors
will throw him a Bop. Chelsea
Reporter. Just what the organ
whose mission on earth is tohoom
Chelsea, la driving at we are at
a loss to know. It certainly has
not the nerve to take the glory of
the Democrat victory after refus
ing to support that ticket. It is
just about as near n Democratic
organ as is Carrie Nation's Hatchet
the exponent of saloons and gamb-
ling hells. In the issue of March
2, liMM't, that |>aper Baid: "When
Commercial Pub.
A special meeting of the Com-
mercial Club w*8 held Tuesday
evening to dispose of Several mat
ters of which the Club is interest-
ed. C. W. Poole and Dr. J. Wade
Bone were elected delegates to the
convention of Commercial Clubs
to be held in St, Louij next week.
The ladies of the W. T. U, were
tendered the useof theClub rooms
to hold a reception to the visiting
officers of that society. Aside
from this there was not much busi
ness transacted. The regular
meeting will be one <«f Interest to
all members as there is much to
be done at that time.
Leaves Supply Qu iq«ss,
This v ill be the last week for
J. P. Morrison as manager of the
Fick-Reid supply store in Chel-
sea. He is associated with A. E.
Paulger iu drilling oil wells, and
aside from that he has interests
in several oil properties which re-
quire all of his attention. Mr.
Morrison has lieen in charge of
the Fick-Reid business for the
past year and has given entire
satisfaction to his company aud is
a great favorite with the trade.
Honor Roll.
Following are the names of pu
pils on the Roll of Honor in the
fifth grade: Clarence Williams.
Earl Duffield. Merle Duffield, Josje
Most, John Cnlp. Irene Culp,
Erven Cl*nser, Laura Chatman.
Clem Childers, Myrtle Childers,
Jim Foreman. Frankie Sanders.
Minnie Ryser. Charlie Payne
and Fred Payne.
Zenna Goddarh, Teacher.
ing the last year. The returns
made by the company a year ago
showed that it owned property
in the state valued at $2,158,895,
and the returns made this year
show that this amount has been
increased only to $2,506, 186.92.
The increase has been in the
erection of tanks on the new tank
farms established during the
year. There have been no new
I pipe lines.
" The valuation by counties is as
The congressional appropriation follows: Allen. $802,5h5.19; An-
of 100,000 proposed for the orga i- derson,$121,670.48; Chautauqua,
ization of theotate government of $8*,H71.68; Franklin. $18,776.86;
Oklahoma and Indian Ter.it ry is Johnson, $10H,899.49; Labette,
lielieved to be not more than half $3*0.6H; Miami, #115,068.60;
enough by persons having knowl- Montgomery $087,811.85; Neo-
edge of the details of election j sho, $68.9*1.87; Wilson, $1,054,-
oosts in Oklahoma. Oklahoma 155.*2, making a total of $2,506,-
has its election machinery estah- 186.92.
lished, but there is no machinery Hell Too Good for Perpetrators
of any kind for the holding of 0f This Dastardly Deed.
a general election in Indian Ter .
C1. . , , ., \ liuta ( Ineftniu: Tlie Soiith-
ritory. Statehood would require ,
. , , Itoiind Frisco Meteor from Kan.
two general elections, one for mem- .
. ... ... ,. . sns City Wednesday night had
tiers of the coustitutn.iiitl eonven- , , ,,
.. , . . in , one of tlie most remarkable escapes
tion, ami one for state officers anil 1
memliers of the legislature. i , . ..
The statehood bill, when it went! ™lw"y l"""'8' t
from the house to the senate, pro- < NN ^
•i it 4 four miles north of Columbus,
vuletl for $100,001), An attempt 9
... . . . Kas.. while running l>etweeii forty
was made to increase this amount ,
i . 4, and nftv miles an hour, a terrific
in the senate to $lo0,000, but this .
, i i i r explosion shook the train from
amendment was alwiKltjiied for 1 . . . . . .
.. .. . .. . - . , . end to end, breaking windows in
the reason that it might send the .
statehood bill to the house ap- «'« * every oar. As soon
I icli 8 train was stop|)ed.
The trainmen on investigation,
found that a stick of dynamite had
lieen p'aced on each rail. There
bad not been a heavy enough charge
if explosive, however, to overturn
from a terrible wreck ever reeord-
At inid-
pmpritttiona committee,
was not desired. The joint con-
ference committee lias tieen asked
to increase the appropriation.
Before his retirement from the
office of territorial secretary, Win, , , .. , .
. i . * . r the locomotive, and the dynamite
Grimes prepared a statement "f ... . . . . ■
.. .. . i . , merely blew out about three feet
the estimated cost of organizing a
state government in Oklahoma
and forwarded it to Representative
Hamilton, chairman of the house
committee on territories. It show-
ed that there are K20 election
preoints in Oklahoma, with all
$350 DAILY INCOME
CHESLEY & GALBRAITH THE LUCKY
OWNERS OF RICH WELL
$250,000 IS REFUSED
This Handsome Paying Property Is
Located Seventeen Miles
South of Tulsa
I of each rail, and tore a hole in the
j road I icd.
The engine and every car on the
| tr.iin safely jumped the gap in the
i rails. The trainmen consider it
1 n.. less than a miracle that the
, ,. i hroken rails remained in place,
necessarv equipments, including ... . . . . . . , ,.
...... H they had been blown out of line
even an inch the train would have
liooths and liftlkit boxes.
The average cost of an election
in each of the 26 counties of Okla-
homa is $1,000, acconling to esti-
mates made by the county clerks
been wrecked
There was no damage done, save
to the track aud the windows
the coaches. The traiu came
This includes the per diem and .. ,
1 . , , | through to \ tinta, arriving here
mileage of inspectors, judges and .... , . . i
" * . , , , about three hours late. No clue
to the paepetrators of the crime
; has been discovered.
clerks, but does not include the
printing of ballots and stationery
supplies. The area of Indian
Territory approximately is equal Convention Commercial Clubs,
to that of Oklahoma aud would re-
quire the same numl>er of election
preciuts.
The cost of an election iu < Ikla-
3tifi ifi 'V I* j' '}• -I-f1 I' 'T' 'T' 'T' ■T1'* the time comes the Reporter will
Grand Musk Festival.
Oklahoma City. April 22.28, 24.
The Frisco System for the above
iccasiou will sell round-trip tick-
ets at greatly reduced rates. This
is your chance to hear something
tine. Seethe agent for particulars,
or address J. F. Tiblw agent.
D. C. Farrington, B. F. Clark.
Trav. Pass. Ag't. Div. Pass. Ag't.
Oklahoma City, Okla. Wichita Kas.
R. A. Fuller and D. O. White
are attending the week looking
over the various territory oil
fields.
C. W. Poole has on sale a brand
of surperior hams and bacon,
the best on sale in Chelsea. Try
them.
H. C. Weible is spending the
week with his family in Coffey-
ville, Kas.
Mrs. N. M. Smith left last
night for a visit with her sister
in Coffeyville. Kas.
C. A. Davis is home from a
two weeks visit with his family
in Fayetteville, Ark. Mr. Davis
has some business interests in
that place which requires con-
siderable attention.
homa would lie $2)>.0IN) while the
cost in Iudian Territory would lie
aliout $H,200 greater, due to an
average of $10 a precinct for ballot
boxes, booths, etc..
The expense in the governor's
office in Oklahoma for the election
of 190t was $8,000. Grimes esti-
mated that the c«st for Indian
Territory would be the same.
The total cost of the election of
106 memliers of the constitutional
convention would l>e $*><>,200.
The second election would coat
the same, less $8,200 paid for Iml-
lot boxes, booths, etc., in the first
election iu Indian Territory mak-
ing the cost $58,000.
Grimes' estimate for the coil
stitutional convention were on a
basis of a session of forty dnys.
The convention undoubtedly will
sit for sixty days.
Each member will be paid a salary
of $4 a day and receive mileage at
the rate of $4 for every twenty
miles traveled. The per diem for
sixty days would $26,lti0 mileage,
aliout $6,000, rent, fixtures, heat,
light, etc., $2,000; clerical help,
about $8,500: printing $15,001).
The total of these different items
of expense amounts to the sum of
$176,600. Mr. Grimes believed
that his estimates were conserva
tive, as does ("has. H. Filson, the
present territorial secretary, who
will be the disbursing agent of
the fuud and will superintend all
the details of providing election
machinery.
Of the Southwest at St. Louis,
Mo., April 10th to 17th. For the
alxive occasion the Frisco System
will sell you ticket to St. Louis at
the low rate of one fore plus fifty
cents for the round trip. Tickets
■ti sale April 14i h and 15th and
carry final return limit of April
19th. Rate open to everybody.
The "Frisco" is the most direct
line ami offers the best service to
and from St. Louis. For full par-
ticulars Bee the Frisco Agent, oi
address
D. C. Farrington, F. B. Clark,
Trav. Pass. Ag't. Div. Pass Ag't
(tklahoma City < )kla. Wichita, Ks.
Standard Oil In Kansas.
The returns which the tax
agent of the Standard Oil Com-
2,000 Barrel Well.
Coffeyville Journal: The oil
well shot recently on the An
derson Munger lease, two miles
west of Copan, is rated at from
1,500 to a 2,000 barrel well.
Shortly after being shot the well
flowed 40 barrels in thirteen
minutes. This well and the one
Friday one-quarter mile south-
east, shows the Copan field to be
one among the best.
Irish Maid Co.
The Irish Maid Mining com-
pany was organized iu Chelsea
last Friday evening. This com-
pany has a ten acre tract near Mi-
ami and stockholders confidently
expect to make fabulous money
out of the project. The first
shaft is now over fifty feet down
and "pay dirt" is awaited with
aliaited breath. The compauy is a
Chelsea organization, lieitig incor-
porated as the "Irish Maid Mining
company." The officers sre: W.
K. Jacols. Piesident; Wm. Copp,
Vice-President: F. A. Best, Secre-
tary. and M. C French. Treasurer.
An oil lease with two wells on
it that naturally produce 780 bar-
rels of oil a day is worth consider-
able money.
It produces oil that sells for
more than $850 a day, and means
a nice little income to the owners.
Such a property is located just
seventeen miles south of Tulsa,
and is owned by Chesley & Gal-
braith, two old time oil men, and
was drilled in during the past
month. It has made these two
men independently rich, and
they have an income that will
keep the wolf from the door the
rest of their lives.
The owners of the property
have been offered for the lease,
known as the Glenn farm. $250,
000. They didn't sell.
With oil selling at 50 cents a
barrel, they have an income of
$188,225 a year, the total pro-
duction of oil from the two wells,
counting that the wells will not
produce less than 780 barrels a
day amounts to 266,450 barrels a
year.
Figure it up. This is a natural
production, the nitro commonly
used was not applied.
If a hundred qu irts bad fceen
put into the holes, they would
probably have rescinded to two
or three thousand barrels a day.
More wells can be drilled on this
lease. Probably, however, the
owners will wait awhile, until
the facilities for taking the pro-
duction are improved. They don't
want to waste any of the valuable
fluid They will wait until the
Prairie Oil & Gas company gets
in shape for a few more hundred
barrels a day. Tlie oil will keep
under ground.
It means to the city of Tulsa
that it has two men in town who
have an income each year greater
than the president of the United
States.
What will these men do with
so much money? a citizen asked.
One thing is certain, they wont
sell their lease that is producing
every year $188,225 a year rev-
enue for any $250,000.
These two men, Messrs. Gal-
braith and Chesley would prob-
ably have gone out of the oil busi-
ness had they not struck this
big well. They were about to
the limit, and would have had to
rest a while until their funds had
grown, before they could have
started another rig drilling.
But fortune smiled on theiu,
and they are now in the John D.
Rockefeller class, with an income
of thousands of dollars a year
apiece. Tlie oil business is a
good thing, if you strike oil.
Tulsa Democrat.
Woman's Auxiliary.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
Church of the Redeemer have
made final arrangements to hold a
bazaar in aid of the building fund
of the church The bazaar will
be held in the court house, start-
ing Friday, April 20, at 5 p. m.,
and continuing until 10 p. in.
Lunch will lie served from 5:30
to 7 o'clock. On Saturday April
21, the bazaar will be open from
11:30 a. m. until 10 p. in. Lunch
will be served at noon and at six
o'clock in the evening. The ladies
are sparing no amount of trouble
to make the bazaar a success.
They have engaged an orchestra
to lie present on both dsys, and
intend to provide all sorts of
amusements for one and all. Gen-
eral admission 10 cents. Children
under 12 5 cents.
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