The Logan County News. (Crescent, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1916 Page: 1 of 10
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THE
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COUNTY NEWS.
VOL. 13
CRESCENT. LOGAN >l'NTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1916
No. lt>
Miller Wires That lie Will Begin Drilling on The Mutual Oil Well Inside of Two Weeks.
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I what the beatiStart Oil Wei! sn Two Weeks!
and moat enjoyable entertain-J
r.. A. B. Powell was an Oul«.."e°g St'iTthTt ° IA TeleKram deceived b> the Editor From Miller sa>s they
a City \ isitoi Monday. . School Minstrel which will take ' Finding In I u ,\ eel s.
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See me about that P^arm Loan'place at the Opera House nest
Ed Stobaugh. {Friday and Saturduy evenings
Chaa Koch and wife transact-r For several weeks the girls and
ed business at Guthrie, .Monday. ')0J'8 t0 the number of thirty have
_ been putting in a lot of wotkprac-
Mrs. Kd Stobaugh was visiting
at the Earl Cook home in Guth
rie, Monday.
ticing and getting ready for the
jentertainment until they have it
;down to perfection, also they will
Athertons meat market pays', be especially costumed for the
the highest prices for Hides and
Furs,
McKinty the horseman will be
occasion and will have excellent
music, in fact there will be sixty
laughs a minute at this entertain
here on March 2nd. See his ad. ment and everyone that possibly
in this week's paper. lean should attend one or botb
a n rn . , ! nights as it is a worthy proposi-
R. B. Travis of Morewood, Ok L . ...
, . , ' 'tion and will
lahoma visited his brother, Art
this week.
If you want the highest price
for Hides and Furs lane tbem to
C. E Athertons meat market.
Cbas Olson was over from
Guthrie, Tuesday looking after
abstract business.
J. VV. Stringer, Kiopractic phy-
sician has ODened un a suit office
over A. A. Harts store this week.
encourage tbeBe
young folks for the great amount
of effort tbey have put into the
show. It will be given ai the
Opera House Friday and Satur-
day evenimrs, Feb. 25 and 26th.
If you want the highest price
for Hides and Furs then take
them to C. E. Athertons meal
Advertise That Poultry.
Now t^at spring and chicken
t.ime is coming on, now is a good
Dick Johnson sports a tine new lime to advertise those tine eggs
late model Overland five passeu- jor poultry you have for sale We
ger auto which certainly is a
beauty.
Mrs Med Hall was over to
Guthrie, Monday called there by
the illness of Med, who is suffer-
ing from rheumatism.
Mrs. Fox is down from Sheri-
dan this week visiting with her
parents, Mr and Mrs. J 0.
Brewster.
Sse me for ssed Oits, just re-
ceived a car load, Ed S to baugh.
Mrs Nellie Norris and Miss
Maggie Gordon rode horse bacn
to Navina last Sunday and spent
the day with friends
Earl Cook was over the oaat
week Earl is still at Bromide
but has been busy getting in on
the oii lease busines hera lately.
Walcher guarantees his shoe
work try him witn your next job
Word comes from Billings that
they struck an oil well there
Tuesday, also a gasser at Red
Eock, Monday.
The best of repair work done
at the Walcher shoe shop.
Rev. Coberlv of Hageman. New
Mexico is here for a few days on
business. He says he likes his
new location and that they enjoy
the best of health. His daughter
is teaching in the schools there
Phone us for an appointment,
will be glad to make portraits in
your home, of the children, fam-
ily group, or bouse, cattle and
barn Phone N o 2205, Estill
Studio.
Frank Martin, brother of Guy
and George Martin, is here from
Davenport, la. for a few days
visit He is an expert Pressman
and a very tine gentleman. We
are sorry to state that he has
just had the misfortune of lose
ing his wife some three weeks
ago.
If you want tirst class shoe
work go to Al Walcher's sf"oe
shop
The editor and family were
highly entertained to dinner on
Tuesday last at the congenial
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Lane where we enjoyed a most
delicious and excellently pre-
pared dinner as one with the
deft hands like Mrs. Lane can
prepare.
Harness
Dipped in oil for 75 cents, or
dipped in oil and hand rubbed for
$1 00 at Oscar Brewster's Har-
ness Shop.
are starting a chicken column
this week again. Our charges
are one cent a word per issue
and no ad received for less than
25 cents. If you want to use a
picture of your oreed of chick
ens it is fifteen cents an inch,
single colsmn per issue. Stait
now, while people are getting
readv to set their bens
If your nerves, are unsteady and you art- Easily cxcited be
careful for the big doings U going to start in two weeks, in
fact the I hug, Lhiig will bt lwnrd throughout the land and
it will be< iii the Oil history of this community.
Last ruesday morning we wired Miller at Newkirk that
we heard that he had sold out to the Gypsy and would not
drill the well. Mere is his reply:
Western Union Telegram.
Received at 10:20 p m, Crescent, Feb. 22nd,
Dated Newkirk, Okla.
To J. Frishman, Editor,
Reply Yours of Today not a word of truth in
report expect to begin drilling inside of two
weeks. A. R, MILLER
Big Revival Meeting Closes.
1 he Scottie-Reanis Meeting Closed Wednesday Evening
6o Conversion—Scottie to Lecture to-night Thursday.
On Wednesday evening last the
Scottie Reams meetings came to
a close and the nood they have
done is simply excellent, with
sixty conversions all of whom
are entering into fellowship with
the various churches the town
has received benefit. While we
all have our opinions and differ-
ences on the teachings of Christ
ings of the community and the
latch string always hanging out
for hia retuin.
He will give a lecture here this
Thursday evening on "Thought
and Thinking''' at the Stobaugh
halt, in it will be some fun, lots
of facts. He good for your busi
ness, literaly and spiritual'think
ing and while the lecture is real-
I <*an make you a mighty "ood
.3* al on your farm loan, get my
proposition. Arno Beve .
BaptiziriQ
Sunday evening at 4:30 at
Adams B'-os. implement yards
Both the Baptist and Christian
church will participate.
Installation
The following new officers were
installed by the Rebekah lodge
with very impressive ceremonies
and also some nic? refreshments
were served at the time, making
the evenings occasion a most de
lightful affair.
Silver Star Iiebekah Lod;*e No.
? installed the following officers
for the ensuing term:
Eva Meek, Noble Grand
A'ice Brown, Vice Grand
Minerva Smith, Secretary
M^irgie Cress, Treasurer
Carrie McCammon, Warden
Georgia Scott, Chaplain
Vena Twombly, Outside Guar-
dian
Bertha Wells, Inside Guardian
Pearl Blevins, Conductor
Maggie Brown, Rikrht Support
to V. G.
, B'anch Jones, Left Support to
V G.
Experience Jones, Right Sop
port to N. G
Cassie Wells, Left Support to
N. G.
Genuine white blocsjn sweet
flover seed, home grown, at per
pound, come and see. Haven
Produce Co.
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Si '< ITTIE
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KVANUEI.IS'I
we all roust confess that these
meetings have been a wonderful
blessing to the town and com-
munity in various ways Scottie
has labored long and hard and
ly worth $5 to any one it will cost
only ten cents and we hope thst
he will have an immense crowd
at the same.
Musical Normal.
We understand that Prof
Reams who has had charge of the
singing with Brother Scottie will
teach a Singing Normal begin-
ning Monday night and there are
some fifty pupils who will partic-
ipate in the same We expect to
have more to say abou t this next
week.
Crescent Markets Reoort
The following market Quota
lions are furnished by the Cres-
cent Storekeepers and are cor
rected to Thursday morning of
each week
Cotton 8eed, per ton $32.00
Seed Cotton #4.00
Corn per bushel QZr
Wheat I 0"
Oits at
Frys i;£
Broilers under 2 pounds 5^
Hens 11J
Young Tom Turkey 15c
Old Tom Turkeys 14c
PROF REAMS
has lead many souls to the
straight and narrow path and
has put hundreds to thinking of
the better living, in fact he is a
Wonderful Preacher, do'ng good
in a most sincere way and Cres
cent has been benefitted by his
work and that of his associate
frof. Reams.
His success in the meetings
has been won by honest, hard
conscientious efforts and has
Eggs, 16l made him many friends and fol
Butter, 22: j lowers in the community, and
Salter Fat 30c j with his departu re goes the bless
Seed Cotton
We have a lino lot of the best
seed cotton of the Rouden and
Mebane variety, which we secur-
ed for planting purposes espe
cially and parties figuring on
planting much cotton should
speak for their seed, as good seed
will be scarce. Guthrie Cotton
Oil Co., Stanley Stobaugh, Mgr.
Farms For Sale or Rent.
We have the following farms
for sale or rent and they are all
good ones:
The old Dr McPeek farm, on
the Skeleton
The Bromwe!! farm and the
Sanderson farm.
Come in and see us about them
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Crescent, Okla
Athertons meat market pays
the highest prices for Hides and
Furs.
White bloom sweet clover seed
good time to sow now. Get our
prices. Haven Produce Co,
The Oil Statu.*
Now that about all tin! land 1
that can be leased free for oil
purposes has been done, there
will be a lull for a few days < at
side of the speculators and big
il companies who want to set in.
and who will pay for Itasts |
Souie are predicting that the
rig of the Miller well will start
at once. Miller himself, has said
to the writer that as soon as the
weather permits, he will begin
well, this is mighty niee weather
and as it only takes about twenty-
four hours to get out the timber
for the rig, it looks as though
something ought to be started
soon if they really mean business.
We believe we have been pretty
lucky on our predictions on this
oil game here, not simply did we
base these predictions on any
great wisdom of our own, but on
experience of all wild cat leasing
of which this field is simply one
Not all the fellows who are
leasing here arc going to drill; in
fact one of the lease men of the
Carter Oil company, who was
here last week, paying Si.00 per
acre for leases, which company
we understand, and were told by
the man himself, is a subsidary
of the Standard, that their com-
pany did not intend drilling until
after the field was developed; but
any way they paid the cash for
their leases and we are not inak
ing any kick on them. Also the
Southwestern company were
paying $1.00 an acre for leases
here last week.
This oil game is going to work
out all right and the abuse that
has been heaped upon us in the
past in this oil move will turn to
praise, simply because we were
right and our predictions arc
working out just as we claimed.
We have no doubt whatever
but what Crescent will get a test
well. In fact if necessary, every
el ow thaOias taken alarge bunch
>f leases and put their money
out to the boosters and the ex-
pense of getting the leases, also
for the leases, along with those
that got big bunches of leases
free will chip in to get a well and
there is no reason to get uneasy
about not getting a well. Pos-
sioly it will not start until three
four months hut Miller did
not agree to start his well before
six months and he has three
months yet at least to start in.
We have never got all tore up
over this, or excited, but we have
always felt that the we'l would
come after the deal was made
with Miller. We could have
howled lease! lease! !*aae! and
took everybody bv storm and not
allowed anyone to get the money,
but this was unfair to the people
and we would simply have been
selling them out and nothing
more. We could have made some
money out of this deal and turned
it it down, and several have said
to us that you are fool, why did
yju not set in, no body will thank
you for what you have done
Well, we don't care nothing about
that, we did not go into this for
praise or flattery or gain, but
simply as our conscience bid us
and we did not want to sell out
our neighbors and good friends
when we had had the experience
we have had in the game and
knew better, that $100 for the
men who own the land will be in
many cases a great blessing
them and we will have the satis
faction down in our own heart of
knowing we have done some of
them some good. There is some
thing more in this world than to
merely gouge your friends and
betray their trust, and we ihank
Heaven we never have sold ou
Crescent or her people and we
are not ready to start now.
School Notes J
Editors: Miss Vera Strange J
Romaine Be.ver Robert *
Brownig J
Don't forget the Minstrel. Frl-
av and Saturday night.
Horgman in eiass Flow do you
account for tho fact, that a man
will remember j ikes, very eas'ilv
et not he able to remember hi*
■aonsf
I- Eberlc: Well, now if you
oukl i ut history into a joke
in t you think people would likn
t better.
Borguian: Yes, but from mv
experience with you. it seems
mpossible to put history a ioke.
iu don't seem to be able to ru-
tin it after I put it in you.
The entire school thanks Bert
'owell for the magnificent cun.
that lie donated to the Literarv
ocieties. This cup will be de-
lated for annually, the tirst de-
ate being March MOth, IIHti.
ake a look in the window at the
Powell Drug store and see the
cup.
The debating teams are'gettinir
own to genuine hard work sinc«
they have taken a look at the cuo
to be contested for.
About thirty boys are hard at
work on the track, watch us win
th.J Logan county track meet
You will have to come early to
get a seat at the Minstrel
Orvel Coffin discovered that bv
traveling 'one hundred miles ner
lour continuously it would take
iver a thousand years to get to
Mars. (He isn't goiner.)
How about the ''preparedness
|U 's,tion", arc .you for oratff'Dst
f ■ sure an 1 c. ime ti ti> •
lebate March 30th.
Biggest thing ever seen In
Crescent; singing, dancing, mu-
sic and a jolly good play; at the
Minstrel Friday and Saturctav
night.
Low rates and quick service in
Farm Loans —F A Bonner
To Beam Work on Oil I I'vll
John Hopkins of Crescent, is
the city on business todav.
He says that the oil excitement is
Intense in that part of the conn
ty, and that a dozi-n or more oil
men have their headquarters at
Crescent and are leasing every-
thing obtainable iu that section.
Worn will begin within twenty
days on trie well to be put down
by the Gypsie Oil company two
or three miles east of the town
and the Carter Oil company, who
represent the Standard in Okla-
homa, are leasing many tracts at
a dollar an acre cash bonus—
Guthrie Leader.
OIL NOTES.
Now that the most of the leass
fellows can't get leases for noth-
ing any more and don't want to
put out the cash, are trying to
get them free by promising a
well. It will only cost about
twenty thousand dollars to drill
a 2500 foot well here, and be sure
the fellow can do it that prom-
ises the well. Think about this
seriously.
There are more jokers in an oil
lease than there are wags in a
dogs tail, so be careful of tho
kind of lease you sign. Anyway
get the dollar an acre and you
have got one wag out of them.
Some say. now Frishman, that
you have got some $1 00 per aero
you say that leases will sell for
$5.00. Not all leases will brinir
Ave but the fellow that sets close
in will get five before the well
starts. However, $1.00 per acre
ain't so worse and carries outoor
claim that leases would bring $1
per acre. Tommy Ryland got
$1 an acre cash, right now, last
Friday, for his lease.
For a fine short order lunch go
to the Crescent Cafe
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Frishman, Joseph. The Logan County News. (Crescent, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1916, newspaper, February 25, 1916; Crescent, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc280420/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.