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VOLUME 2 DARROW, BLAINE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY, 8 190<,. NUMBER 14
DRILL GOING STEADI1Y TOWARDS CHINA
The Darrow Oil, Gas and Min-
ing Co., struck an exceptional
fine flow of good, soft water at a
depth of about 110 feet,and have
now drilled a seperate hole to
this valuable find and have cased
out the salty water struck at
a less depth and are now supply-
ing the boiler and the deep hole
with as good water as flows from
any spring. The entire flow of
water had to be cased out of the
deep hole so as to facilitate the
employment of water in the drill-
ing process as it is needed. The
engine and drill now work to
pefection and the latter is push-
ing its way towards Chini at a
pretty fair speed.
Two wells like the one now in
use by the company would easi-
ly supply a city with 1200 inhab-
itants with water the year 'round.
It is also rumored that the drill
has gone through two vains of
coal the exact thickness of which
we could not secure a statement
on as yet by the company. At
any rate, the manager of the
company seems to wear such a
knowing and sanguine look the
last few days that the find is
surely something good. We no-
tice too that the company as a
whole wears an expression as
much as to say, "I told you so."
At last report the drill was
down close to 500 feet.
Iowa Men In Town
Fred Walker, J. A. Neville,
T. O. Wilson and J. E. Clark, a
son of our W. W. Clark, all of
Gravity, Iowa, arrived at Dar-
row Wednesday. Like other
wise men from the North where
land is higher in price than in
value, they are looking for in-
vestments where they cau ex-
pect an increase in value.
A Kennel Full of Pups
Elder H. F. Campbell is the
owner of the finest Bird-dog
pups you ever looked at. When
they made their advent into this
world they were just 12 in num-
ber, but one went by the way of
all flesh and two were sold, leav-
ing the kennel alive with nine
infant, canines. They are well
crossed for good hunters. Go
and see them tumble over each
other and take a laugh.
A Runaway
N. E. Willard's team became
frightened while standing in
frent of the post office last Mon-
day and ran about a mile before
they were caught. The team
and wagon crossed the wire
fence along the Frisco track
without injury to horses. The
team ran until they lost the rig
and were then captured in a
fence corner.
County Treasnrer Snowed Under
The County Treasurer of this
County is completely snowed
under with work, and in conse-
quence hundreds of tax receipts
are not yet issued. Parties hav-
ing paid their taxes for which
receipts have not yet been is-
sued, will not need become im-
patient; receipts will be forth-
coming as quick as they can be
issued.
An Old-Timer Here
Archie Caron,' of Onaga, Kans
as, was in town over Sunday.
Mr. Caron was one of the first
builders in Darrow and returned
with the intention of remaining
here, but on receiving a tele-
gram of the illness of his son he
returned to Onaga at once. He
has always been a worker for the
town.
Back from Our Trip
The editor of the Press re-
turned from his Northern trip
last Tuesday, well rested and
restored to health through the
vacation.
As to our conduct during our
absence there is no apology
forthcoming; for a detailed dis-
cription of our behavior we res-
pectfully refer you to the pro-
phetic vision of the local editor
of last week's Press. We do not
blame our friend Dr. Templin
for his versitility in our behalf,
nor for his visions, for the doc-
tor has been 'over the road
some', and since it is common to
weigh others according to our
own bent, he is pardonable. All
we have to offer further on this
subject is, that many Press read-
ers cannot be looked in the face
by the doctor just at this time,
which is your good fortune, be-
cause it is told of him that he
looked at a clock the other day
and at the moment he turned
his eyes* on it the time-piece
ceased running. Can it be that
he spoiled his face so badly as
all that in a newspaper career of
only one week?
Well, the boys done well, and
since we know that we have
such a brilliant array of "edi-
tors" so close at hand to take up
the quill,we will go some more.
PRESIDENT McCALLL WORKING EEFECTIVELY
President McCaull of the Col-
orado, Oklahoma & New Orleans
Railway, or the "West India
Short Line", with headquarters
at Darrow, is spending most of
his time along the survey secur-
ing the right of way between
Oklahoma City and Woodward.
Of late he could not be at head-
quarters one third of his time on
account of the company's inter-
ests along the line.
Did what Sensible People Do
Wm. Sumner and wife, of Isa-
bella, drove over to Darrow to-
day to see the the drilling rig
work. Mr. Sumner is an old
timer in the oil fields of the east
and is now watching the rsults
of the expariment at Darrow.
He says that by the looks of
things the Darrow prospecting
enterprise is in the hands of ex-
perts. While in town he done
like all wise people do, viz, sub-
scribed for the Press,
Success to Bob
The Gower (Mo.) Enterprise,
under the pilotship of Robert JHf.
Patton, came to our exchange
table last week chuck full of
good reading. Bob is a Hiawa-
tha, Kansas, boy, ambitious witb
warm, Irish blood. He will
give Gower a good newspaper,
one that will be a credit to the
town. Every Gower business
man should patronize the Enter-
prise liberally every issue; they
will get value received, and do
a great deal towards enlarging
Gower trade. Success to Bob
in his newspaper career at our
The dry and mild winter in
the Central states is brooding
out quite a number of prophets
who predict a dry, cool summer.
Don't worry about the winter,
we may have plenty yet in
March.
Notice to Coal Trade
Since Coal advanced in price
again I must make the following
Delivery prices: 25c for each
ton, or 15c per 1000 pounds or
under. McAllester FancyLump,
$7.50 per ton. I have also just
received a car load of Black
Jack wood.—Lafe Carter.
Renter Wanted
A renter for farm and grazing
land near Darrow. Call on H E.
Wilson, or Fred Siegfried.
J. T. Bagby and family, of
Childres, Texas, arrived last
Monday to make Darrow their
future home, Their household
goods was shipped by freight
but has not yet arrived.
Charles Walterscheidt, Charles
Sloan and Charles Upper, were
in Okeene Monday. They re-
ported "nothing doing in Okeene
except what was done by Char-
leys".
Commetcial Club Doing Things
Readers of the Press residing
outside the city should not get
the idea that the Darrow Com-
mercial Club is dead because you
read so seldom about it. We are
pleased to state that the Club is
doing good work. There is an
old adage, "Everybody's busi-
ness is nobody's business", and
for this reason the Press has lit-
tle to say about the clock-work
of the Club. Later, when the
time is ripe, you will know what
was doing during the apparent
inactive period
Darruw Vim Revealed It
Joseph Kopf concluded that
there must also be plenty of
good water underneath his farm
so he wenr. to drilling and in-
tends to go deep enough to reach
the same strata of formation
found b)- the oil prospectors.
The vague idea held out that
there is only a limited amount
of good water underneath and
that it can only be found near
| the surface has now been com-
F. G. Otto, southeast of town,; pletc|y wiped out by Darrow en
lost a horse the first of the week '
by
May Accomplish Nothing
Longdale is to have a debate
between a Seventh Day Advan-
tist and a Christian. According
to the Ledger it will take place
tomorrow, and will be in charge
of a referee. It may make a
warm time while :t iTSts bt k
may not accomplish much.
Reminiscence of Childlieod
While the editor was visiting
at his old home in Nebraska 0ld stamping ground,
he drove by the old, old home-
place where he was born and
outgrew his knee pants, and in-
voluntarily indulged in a remi-
niscence of early days.
Incidents of importance and
unimportance came to our mind
as if by magic; even trite neigh-
borhood expues&.oc= which we
had thought buried in the eter-
nal past, came to our mind as
fresh as ever, and we could not
refrain from employing them as
of ye olden times. It seemed.as
though we could even hear the
old spotted dog bark at approach-
ing livestock in the eudeavor of
protecting the little 'prince' in
the slouch hat with the dirty
face that basked beneath its nar-
row little rim. And how we
longed to go back for a while to
the days of childhood when not
a shady hue was vi§ible on the
horizon of life; yea, we even
longed for the pies and cakes
that tasted better then than have
ever any of their kind tasted
since,—and those goodies we
used to get when we stole down
to our big brother Jacob's,—but,
alas! we aiso recall the 'padlin'
we got when we returned. How
all this reminiscence reminded
us of James Whitcomb Riley's
popular "Down at Old Aunt
Mary's", and "The Old Oaken
Bucket" and a few more such
familiar favorites. And as we
drove along the road on which
we took the cattle many a day to
and from the pasture while our
hair stood up on ends through
the hols in the hat because of
the yelping coyotes that jumped j
Another School Closed
Harry Richardson closed a
very successful term of sehool in
district No. 83 last Monday,Feb.
5th. A nice program was rend-
ered by the school in the pres-
ence of about 85 visitors. The
visitors were mostly made up of
parents living in the district, in-
cluding several from a neigh-
boring school.
Mr. Richardson has givsn
satisfaction to all and we hope
to be lucky enough to secure m
erood a teacher again for the
next term.—One Present.
The Courthouse Proposition
On the 20th day of this month
the voters of Blaine County will
decide whether the Board of
Commissioners shall issue bond*
for a new court house or not.
Blaine county certainly needs
a new court house, and as fer as
we know there will be a stre«g
vote favoring the issuance of the
bonds. Whether the voice of
the people declares for the bonds
remains to be seen. The prop-
osition ought to be understood
by the people of the county and
we believe it is. As it looks
now the election will be a quiet
Miss Lola Pratt and Earl
Schaffler drove out to Bond this
evening where Miss Florence
Pratt is teaching stfhool; they go
to attend a box supper there to-
night.
: terprise. There are now plenty
a rare accident. Another , fVlof . ,
. iarmers tnat will bore deep; «un tu<ti juujpeu ; -    
ic ed him and broke bis weusan(j have pienty good wat- about in the thickets; Ah, whata'ant* businesslike affair,
leg, making it necessary to ™ j er that would have perhaps lived
him.
time we did have! And how our !
As announced in last week's
|on and died without knowing j pantalets were spanked after j The bridge gang is
i that the strata of rock that Mos-j we had put a match to our neigh-1 on bridge at the
Etc, etc.
es struck was only about 100 bor's meadow.
paper. Barney Volz and family f^, . 4
J feet beneath us, had not Dar row  
left Monday for Seymour, Tex- vinj revealed it | Brook Lang, who was
as. to make their future home'   |faithful devil in this office
there. We are sorry to lose j Get fine Valentines at
them from our midst. I Drug Store.
working
foothills
west of town with a pile driver.
the, President McCaull of the West
last: India Short Line, and M. N.
the ! week, went to see his angel at I Tomblin made a business trip to
i Okeene the other night. Watonga today.