The Ada Weekly News (Ada, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 28, 1918 Page: 1 of 12
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VOLUMRXVII 1 OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
OF OIL OPEIIED
OPERATORS LOCATE POOL
LKASG8 SOARING IN PRICE
LOCATIONS BY DOZENS
Prom FrUir'i Dally
Oil excitement la running high in
Ada and throughout the eastern and
northern part ol the county Loca-
tions are being made in rapid succes-
sion Leases are selling from $200 an
acre up The oil Interests represent-
ed by Mascho Smith Lee and Owens
are ready to put in a refinery just as
soon sb they have 1000 barrel produc
tion a day and they are making a
great start in that direction now The
big oil companies have the acreage
in such shape that they are ready to
test the field and get the production
For some time the oil men have
known that the oil was in the ter
ritory south and east of Francis if
their word is taken at its face value
They say they did not feel like de-
veloping an oil field unless the acre-
age was in such shape that they
could get the benefit from the produc-
tion Practically all of the acreage
now is in the hands of producers
and not speculators they say and
they are ready to nlug the ground
full of holes
The Mascho well in Sec 3-4-7 oft-
en Bpoken of as the Mascho No 3 'but
known among the oil men as the Wil-
liam Chism No 1 is the last well to
come In strong The drill reached
the sand In this well some time ago
and it was mudded in Yesterday the
sand was penetrated 31 feet the drill
going in at 1051 feet and drilling
stopping at 1082 and still in the sand
The well is making around 100 bar-
rels a day now and is getting better
as the mud is driven from the sand
The sand in this well Is a beautiful
brown The oil is 365 degrees grav-
ity and makes 32 per cent pure gas-
oline '
Jas Mascho has made a new loca-
tion 600 feet north of the Chism No:
1 on the George Wade farm in sec-
tion 3-4-7 Lumber for the rig is
on the ground
Mascho Smith A Lee have a new
location on the Julia Reed farm in
the same section 600 feet west of
the Chism No 1 The tools are going
on the ground today to begin work
The Briar Hill Oil Company ( Owen
A Mascho) have a location in the
same section on the George Wade
farm This is 600 feet north of the
Chism No 1 This makes three off-
set wells for this last producer all
three being in the same section
Mascho Smith A Lee have a rig
up on the John Gann farm in sec-
tion 16-4-7 one and one-half miles
south of the Chism well
Byron Drew of Ardmore has made
a location on the Katesy Dyar farm
in section 10-4-7 and also one on the
Edmund Collins farm in section
11-4-7
The Carter Oil Company has made
a location in 10-4-7 on the John
Gann farm ’
The Abbott well on the Sallie
Ford farm in section 24-4-6 is show-
ing up well at 1000 feet While it is
believed that the real oil sand is two
or three hundred feet deeper the
present sand is looking very promis-
ing The Shermac Oil Company is
spudding on 23-4-7 south of the
main production
Benedum A Trees have made three
new locations in 32-5-7 the same sec-
tion that they got the 200 barrel well
The Oil State Oil Co has made a
new location in 34-5-7 600 feet north
of the first well
The Mascho well No 2 on the
George Wade farm which came in as
a strong gasser is gradually turning
Into an oil well It sprays oil over
the ground for hundreds of feet It is
believed that could the well be open-
fd and allowed to blow off the gas
ressure the oil would be strong
One of the great needs of the field
at this time is drillers and well con-
tractors The operators cannot get
men to erect derricks drill holes and
complete wells nearly as fast as they
would like
Mascho now has three tanks near
the Chism well two tanks of 250
barrels each and one of 1600 barrels
The Daokla Oil Co which is drill-
ing a well In Sec 16-3-6 on the Rob-
ert Ford farm south of Ada went
into a gas sand at 200 feet and ob-
tained a good flow
Babies Cry Musically
Cleveland March 21 — The cry of
the baby analyzed is music not
nolBe says O J Jones of the Cleve-
land public school music instruction
staff
“Most babies cry in three or four
tones” he said today
Jones carries a tuning fork and a
pitch pipe with him as he goeB from
school to school and analyzes the
tones of the city’s crash and clamor
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Senate Overrules Wilson
Washington March 21 — The
Senate overturned the wheat
prices the president fixed and
adopted Gore’s amendment to A
' A the agriculture bill making
A $260 the minimum at local
A markets
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LONG HAULS TO BE ELIMINATED
BY RULING OF FUEL ADMIN-
I STRATTON -
P A Norris federal fuel adminis-
trator for Oklahoma gave out today
the following information : s
“The U S Fuel administration in
co-operation with the director general
of railroads announces the completion
of a zone system to govern the distri-
bution of bituminous coal during the
coal year beginning April 1 1918
the general effect of the system is to
restrict eastern coal to eastern mar-
kets and to fill the vacancy In the
central and western states with near-
by coal produced in those states the
system will eliminate the movement
of more than two million tons of Po-
cahontas coal to Chicago over a haul
of 660 miles This tonnage of coal
must be secured by Chicago from
Southern Illinois mines with an av-
erage haul of 312 miles There will
thus be saved about eleven million
four hundred thousand car miles per-
mitting an additional production of
700000 tons of Pocahontas coal
The restrictions imposed on the
movement of coal by the zone system
will make necessary some re-adjustment
in fuel practices in various
communities affected by these restric-
tions The fuel administration con-
fidentially expects the patriotic co-
operation of every coal consumer who
may be inconvenlencel by’ the use of
fuel to which he is not accustomed
Coal for special uses such as by-
product gas blacksmith and metal-
lurgical coal will be exempt from the
jbstrictions of the zone system Per-
mits will be Issued to the individual
consumers of this class of fuel Ap-
plications for these permits must be
made to the permit bureau of the
U S Fuel Administration in Wash-
ington i
The zone system affects all bitu-
minous coal except coal for railroad
fuel for which special arrangements
will be riiade Coal for movement
on New England waterways which is
in no way restricted by the system
and coal delivered to Canada which
is subject to export regulations here-
tofore Many of the mines In many of the
producing districts throughout the
country have been unable to keep up
their production in the summer
months because of the decreased de-
mand for their product Under the
zone system these producing dis-
tricts have been allotted consuming
territory which will demand a large
increase in production Consumers in
these zones must fill their coal bins j
during the summer and keep these
mines running every day of the week
If these zones are to avoid a serious I
shortage next winter The early bur'j
ing of next winter’s coal by consum-
ers throughout the country is consid- j
ered imperative by both the fuel ad- I
ministration and the director genet-
al i
The zone system as it uffects the
territory in which Oklahoma is par- I
Ocularly interested has t lie follow- j
ing application:
The total receipts of coal in Okla- j
home for the year 1917 were 1875- i
000 net tons The plan does not
prohibit the movement of coal to the
whole state of Oklahoma from auy
of the producing districts In the
states of Oklahoma Missouri Kan-
wis Arkansas Colorado or New Mex- j
this state in the past There will
therefore be no change in the move-
ment of coal in Oklahoma By reason
of the increased demand from other
states the supply for Oklahoma will
be insufficient unless Oklahoma con-
sumers begin to buy at once and con-
tinue to lay in their supplies during
the summer”
INVEST KINKING FUNDS
LN WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
Muskogee Okla March 22 —
(Special) — Several cities towns and
counties in Oklahoma are investing
their sinking funds in Baby Bonds
This was done in Stephens county at
the suggestion of L A Morton chair-
man of the war savings committee for
that county and also in Bryan coun-
ty where Frank H White Is chair-
man These securities will be held and
redeemed in 1923 thus earning mon-
ey for the counties cities and towns
Investing
FRENCH IS POPULAR
AT CAMP DONIPHAN
Norman Okla March 21 — (Spec-
ial) — U T House member of the
University of Oklahoma faculty has
returned from CampDoniphnn where
he established thirty-two classes in
French among camp soldiers Six
hundred soldiers are enrolled Chap-
lains Y M C A workers commis-
sioned officers and French instruc-
tors in the school of artillery fire act
as Instructors Prof House says the
courseB are popular and that the men
who speak French best are among
those seleoted for early service in
France
Good assortment of bulk garden
seed sweet clover seed all kinds of
sorghum seed L D-JETER First
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ADA OKLAHOMA
The activities of the woman’s divi-
sion In Red Cross work are so varied
that there is something for every wom-
an to do And the same work must be
done over and over again When we
consider the numbers of men In the
armies and hospitals niul the refugee's
and orphans all looking to the Red
Cross to relieve them from suffering
something of the size of Its gigantic
task dawns on us During the month
of December the central division in-
spected and shipped 3130203 articles
all of them the work of women’s fin-
ger In order that no labor may be wett-
ed It Is essential that nil these articles
be made according to Red Cross stand-
ards Every chapter hns manuals of
Instruction to be given out to any wom-
an who needs them as a guide In doing
the work she elects to do Women who
must work at home may make refugee
garments hospital garments and linen
In addition to knitting It almost goes
without saying that our knitting hags
should be always with us vSome wom-
en enjoy making and fitting up com-'
fort kits and they are constantly need-
ed to relit the men at the front Sweat-
ers and helmets (if knitted according
to the directions in the Red Cross Mnn-
tinl No 4tO) nre in constant demand'
iVLIle on the subject of knitlimr 1
ll To tin a few “dou'ts' that must be
onsidered if our work is to puss the
arm dor Don’t put colored bunds in
THE KAISER’S TALK TO HELL
The Kaiser called the devil up on the telephone one day
The girl at central listened in to all they had to say
“Hell” she heard the Kaiser's voice “Is Old Man Satan home?
Just tell him it is Kaiser Bill that wants him on the phone”
The devil said "Hello” to Bill and Bill said “How are you?
“I’m running here a hell on earth so tell me what to do”
"What can I do?” the devil said “My dear old Kaiser Bill
If there’s a thing that I can do to help you I sure will”
The Kaiser said “Now listen and I will try to tell
The way I am running on earth a modern hell
My army went through Belgium shooting women and children down
We tore up all their country and blew up every town
I've saved for this ‘for many years and I’ve started out to kill
That it may be a modern Job you leave that to Bill
My Zepps dropped bombs on cities killing both old and young
And those the Zeppelins didn’t get we’ve taken out and hung
I started out for Paris with the aid of poison gas
The Belgians darn them stopped us and would not let us pass
My submarines are devils why you should see them fight
They go a sneaking through the sea and sink a Bhip on sight
I was running things to suit me tiU a year or so ago
When a man called Woodrow Wilson wrote to me to go more plow
He says to me ‘Dear William we don’t want to make you sore
So be sure and tell your U-boats to sink our ships no more
We have told you for the last time so Dear Bill It’s up to you
And if you do not stop it you will have to fight us too’
I did not listen to him and he’s coming after me
With a million Yankee soldiers from their home across toe sen
Now that’s why I call you Satan for I want advice from you
And I knew you would tell me Just what I ought to do”
“My dear old Kaiser William there's not much for me to tell
For the Yanks will make it hotter than I can for you in hell
I’ve been a mean old devil but not half as mean as you
The minute that you get here I will leave my Job for you
I’ll be ready for your coming and I’ll keep the fires all bright
I’ll have your room all ready when the Yanks begin to fight
For the boys In khaki will get you I have nothing more to tell —
Hang up the phone and get your hat and meet me here in hell”
— Exchange
Walnut Grove
An interesting program was given
at Walnut Grove school house Friday
night and was enjoyed by all present
Sweet muBic was furnished by MIhs
Ola Binlon and Mr Walter Ray
Opening address by Prof John
JCeltner on physical Intellectual
moral aeathetlc and religious or
spiritual education and co-operation
Letween parents and teacher
Flag drill and patriotic song rend-
ered by all the pupils
A number of patriotic humorous
and pathetic recitations were given
by (Tie following pupils: Ruth Smith
Odell Wlifong Ortus Wlifong Syhie
THURSDAY MARCH 28
knitted articles except in socks Thes
may have colored stripes if the col-
ored yarns are hulled before using so
that the colbr will not run when ths
socks are washed
One of the things asked for by ths
lteil Cross is the kid wnlstcont for sol-
diers and sailors Soft leather of every
description may be used for making it
such as cast-off kid gloves discarded
furniture rovers pieces of hook lea til-
er Factories where leather goods nre
made should he ssked to donate nil
their waste clippings for this purpose
To make this garment a waistcoat but-
toning up to the throat is first made of
cotton goods The leather Is appllqued
to this foundation by machine-stitching
the pieces onto It When tills is -done
the foundation Is tiaeked with brown or
khak!-e lored sllesla or galatea or
other inexpensive material The waist-
coats lire made so that they meet or
lap over In front but nre not provided
with buttons or fastenings of any kind
and they may lie made from as large or
small scraps of leather as are avail-
able Tlie leather does not show for
It ts wom Inside When old gloves nre
used they nre to be cleaned and cut
open an I the leather used in singly
thickness onlv
rile Rose Willie Jones Elia Hop-
kins Eva Smith Ted Grier Roy Fost-
er Myrtle Kirby Henry Goodson
Joel Goodson Edna Mae Maxwell
Hattie Jones Delphla Jones and Tres-
sa Wlifong patriotic song by Odus
Wilfong all showed a decided talent
for song and speech making Rev C
B James spoke in behalf of the
Council of Defense and the message
he gave was listened to with much
interest from all present he spoke
of the many ways we can help our
government hie talk was a master-
piece in the interest of U S and will
help all who heard him to better un-
derstand that they must do their beet
and win the war over the merciless
Consolidated with Pontotoc
1918
LARGEST CIRCULATION NUMBER 49 J
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS-
SIONERS ADJOURNED SES-
’ SION
The Board of County Commission-
ers met pursuant to adjournment at
their office Tuesday March 19 1918
All members ieing present the fol-
lowing business was transacted
County Depository Bond of the Al-
len National Bank United States Fi-
delity and Guaranty Company of Bal-
timore Maryland in the Bum of Five
Thousand ($5000) Dollars was ap-
proved The following order was made by
the Board :
The Honorable George M Noble
Commissioner of Highways of the
State of Oklahoma Oklahoma City
Oklahoma:
Whereas Francis and Allen Town-
ships of Pontotoc County Oklahoma
have voted Township Road' Improve-
ment Bonds in the sum of Fifty-two
Thousand Dollars and Fifty-seven
Thousand Dollars respectively which
bonds have been issued and are now
pending approval by the Attorney
General of the State of Oklahoma
Now therefore The Board of
County Commissioners of Pontotoc
County Oklahoma In behalf of said
Townships makes application to the
Department of Highways for aid
from the Department of Highways
out of the moneys available to Ponto-
toc County Oklahoma in such sums
as may in your judgment De expedi-
ent and proper it being understood
that any moneys appropriated by vir-
tue of this application shall be used
in the construction of a causeway
near Francis Oklahoma and in the
improvements of public roads in the
above named Townships and with
particular reference to the road
from Francis Oklahoma to the site
of the proposed causeway across the
South Canadian River Northeast of
Francis Oklahoma as shown by
plans prepared by F H Peckham
Consulting Engineer
It is understood that the Board of
County Commissioners agree to the
terms and provisions of the statutes
governing this application
In witness whereof the Board of
County Commissioners has caused
this application to be signed by the
Chairman of said Board and attest-
ed by the County Clerk of said Coun-
ty and the seal of said Pontotoc Coun-
ty to be hereto affixed this the 19th
day of March A P 1918
(Seal) I R GILMORE
Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Attest: M GARNER Co Clerk
The Board then proceeded to can-
vass the returns of the Bond Election
of Stonewall Township with the fol-
lowing results:
Precinct For Against Total
On motion by Brents seconded by
Gilmore the Board adjourned to
meet the First Monday in April
I R GILMORE Chairman
Attest: M GARNER Co Clerk
Notice to School l’ut foils
I have recently communicated with
the State Health Commission Dr
John W Duke and lie instructs us
to keep all children out of school
who have not been vaccinated as
long as there is smallpox in our city
KATHERINE THUELKELD
County Superintendent oT Public
Health Ada Okla
In regard to the above statement
from Dr Tlirelkeld I wish to urge
parents to have their children vacci-
nated and sent back to school now It
seems very probable that’ the vacci-
nation requirement will hold for the
rest of the school year In case it
does your children are losing half
the year at least which means a ser-
ious loss to them I believe it the
part of wisdom to comply with the
vaccination requirement and put the
children In school as soon as pos-
sible There is a chance yet for them
to make their grades
J E HICKMAN
SMALL CHILD OF G W
GARMON AND WIFE DEAD
Mabus Loraine the ll-inonths-old
child or Mr and Mrs O W Garmon
died Wednesday night after an Illness
of three weeks The funeral services
were held and body Interred at Roe-
dale cemetery ythls afternoon
The family resides on East 10th
near the Katy track and this Is the
culmination of ft number of misfor-
tunes The News extends its sym-
pathy to them in their hour of sor-
row I I von Lost in Collision
Washington March 21 — An offi-
cer and three enlisted men were kill-
ed and at least ten injured when the
United States destroyer Manley col-
lided with a Brltl-’' “inn of war
March 19th the NVy Department
Co Enterprise Jan 8 1912
TRIED TO LAUNCH UPRISING IN
CENTRAL POWERS TO SAVE
RUSSIA
Uy United Press
Washington March 21 — (Copy-
righted) — Dramatic details of bold
efforts of Lenlne and Trotsky form-
er bolshviki commissary of foreign
affairs to launch a revolution in the
teuton nations to save Russia were
revealed to the United States They
failed because Lenlne tipped off the
plot Trotsky 'prolonged the Brest-
Litovsk meeting while be prepared
plane'' He launched a broadcast ap--peal
to the German people January
25 at Bre8t-Lltovek but the German
military suppressed the effort When
Trotsky returned to Petrograd fail-
ing in Lenlne’s counsel and Russia
submitted to Germany’s terms Trot-
sky resigned Trotsky’s effort is
causing some unrest in the central
powers and will go down- in history
as one of the most unique documents
of the war
SPECIAL TRAINING
FOR DRAFTED MEN
Washington March 21 — Provost
Marshal General Crowder will begin
within a few days calling out for
special instruction the men in the
draft needed by the army on techni-
cal positions A general survey of
the educational institutions of the
country is in progress it was an-
nounced today to determine what
college and industrial schools will be
available for their training during
the summer months
Probably sixty thousand men ob-
tained principally from Class 1 will
be ordered out for special training
Local draft boards will publish wide-
ly the opportunity that is offered to
registrants with a view to obtain-
ing as many Voluntary inductions in-
to the service as possible-
tllLIM INS OF
SIMG iODED
Washington March 21 — A mil-
lion tons of Dutch shipping were to-
day added to the American and allied
eets The seisure was accomplished
over night The presidential procla-
mation allowed the navy to take seventy-seven
ships in American har-
bors The Dutch will be paid for the
use of the ships under International
law terms No difficulty was en-
countered in the seizure
Dutch Premier Sore
The Hague March 21 — Premier
Louden in a speech in reply to critic-
isms of the government on account
of the shipping situation characteriz-
ed America’s policy as anything but
benevolent
EFFECTIVE WORK BY
KNIGHTS OF LIBERTY
Alt us Okin March 21 — Ten auto-
mobile loads of “Knights of Liber-
ty” tlie secret organization which
sprang into prominence at Tulsa sev-
eral months ago appeared in Jack-
son county seventeen miles north-
east of Altus late last night took O
F Westbrook a lleged disloyalist to
a secluded spot forced him to kiss
tlie American Hag and take an oath
of eternal allegiance and then ad-
ministered a blue-snake whip and a
coat of tar and feathers and bade
him leave the county in twenty-four
hours
Westbrook left this afternoon
with several hours to spare turning
all of Ills property over to friends
After their visit to the Westbrook
farm the "Knights of Liberty” in-
vaded a different section of the coun-
ty near Friendship schoolhouse took
Henry Huffman son of German par-
ents from his home and administer-
ed the same sort of treatment to him
The “Knights” then posted notices
at different road intersections and in
the city of Altus warning all slack-
ers to “get right or hunt another cli-
mate more healthy" otherwise the
same doctrine would be applied un-
til the county is 100 per cent patrio-
tic It is believed here that the
“Knights of Liberty" have organized
in all counties of southwestern Okla-
homa and across the river in Texas
with not less than from 500 to 1000
members
Raker In Belgium
London March 23 — Secretary Ba-
ker visited the Belgian front Friday
and had a long talk with King Al-
bert it was announced here today
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LKNROOT WINS
Madison WIs March 21 —
Complete Unofficial returns In the
state Indicate that Irvin E Len-
root pro-war Republican cap-
tured the senatorial nomination
by n margin of 1960 votes over
Thompson La Follette’s candidate
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