The Cushing Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 4, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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which Murder. saicidr. quarrel
tmg sad other like trouble* mskr
the ilof) of tW day Kttiy
man einrte* a chip oo kit ebould
ff um) every wonu knows her
o-tghbor u talking about Wr
Those «bo are not kUl&oc tWm
Brlvr* or ■otnrbodjr else, or who
irr not tasking trouble for
thmirh c* or •omebody ti*,
■rem overwhelmed with dtopon-
dewy. st les»t, many appear to
be. To these there ia no hope
in the future, there ia no proe
pect, there ia no good thing up-
on the face of the earth and
Hill be.
I 111 thr*e are ascribed to
the heat.
But while wc have had the
heat here, there is really no rea-
why the people of Cushing
foal the general dtopon
Yhe s^m oi the tuoea
prohibit suoh a sentiment-
A careful consideration of
what is just before us will easily
convincc anyone who is inclined
to feci blue* that there is no
ncccssity for him "to get that
way." Let us see.
First the heat and drought
will soon be at an end.
The above should make one
feel good. But all the country
has that hope. Cushing has
much more-
The growth and progress made
in the past eight months has
been so wonderful as to almost
stupify. But there comes a time
in all such growths when the
people must go back and pick
up the missing links which were
passed in the great haste, there
comes a time when steps must be pUrposes
taken to provide a way for car- Thf( wator
ing for what the growth has
brought and until this work is
done further progress is minimiz-
ed, that is, the growth that
makes a big showing immediate-
ly. But in doing this work there
is still growth, real, substantial
growth. This is what Cushing
has been doing and has about
completed. School facilities had
to be furnished. Sanitary pro-
visions made and so forth- All
this we have been doing during
what some people are pleased to
call "the dulltime." Have they
really been dull times? One of
the best signs of the times is
that Cushing has about brought
all' these public improvements
to a successful completion. These
Tlone, we can again turn our at-
tention to the things which show
up more plainly to the passer-by.
As evidence and illustration of
what we mean, we may state
that more residences are being
built today than at any one time
for the past three months, and
the demand for rental property
is greater now than it has been
at any time for the same period.
But there are still better signs.
Two things which are esential
to the development of the city
have been lacking- Before we
could do much along certain
lines they had to be obtained
Without them we were seriously
handicapped. They are an abund
ant supply of water for all pur
poses and cheap gas for manu-
facturing purpoeea. We
Of both.
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fate*. U* as|«*d - - -
TUmm f%* lUfefl aJaft* *l» •*<
tkifM la unhn lk> graato*
far i «*•*«> _
• IuI thto ivot to IWfcHf and
•U «• my thai the?* to **»ey
10 hr||nr» thai ih*
Mtral will h« mmotmIwI H «h«mld
•rill# all doaM a* to lW falare
of l iMhtmr and drn» Ottl evacy
park of dispoed^ey
Tb*«- arv a few of lh» alga* af
(he iwr* There sr* otWre
<qually good.
I'uahtng D^if aa» in heifer
thap* lo «o ahead and thr real
growth haa just eonuaenerd We
•rr ooly just now ready for it
rnd never «»r» before.
TV Wat i* depressing. but you
lo n»i nerd lo worry about Cook-
og and it« future Heat e*n-
nt «l«p it-
Council Meeting
The council met in regular
aoothly neaaion on Monday
night. Meaara •afer. Self and
/eahl'-y. of fk* Board being pre-
lent and Clerk Shoup and At-
-oruey Uiggina being preaent
Mo«t of the time w«» spent in
he consideration of bills, of
vhich there wa* a great number.
Moat* tWae were -allowed.
Mr- J. H. BelHa stated that
The Commercial Gaa company,
the new company lately organ-
zed, would soon preaent a fran-
chise, which is now being pre-
wired, and asked that the coun-
•il express themselves as to
vh^ther they would call an
•lection. The council expressed
hemselveg unanimously in favor
calling the election. The
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Tha MeMaaa Oil «ii»«y
7 oa the MaaaaUaaa farm in a^
liaa MS-7 u load far MWW-
oatural tram ike
. No S is alao goad lor i.-
500 barrels aataral (Na the Uy-
too sand, and Na. h to rood for
000 barrels
lesired project- There-.will be
10 opposition to the franchise, as
hanks of the public. It means
live cent, and possibly less, a
ower price, gas for manufactur-
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TW a art mm lW laff» lab* * g»
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B B. Joaea tart oa lb* 8. Bat-
ton farm seirtoa l+H-1 to
for !«& barrels aataral fraai tka
Wheeler sand. . a
Ounaberg aad Gilbert No. 9
Betty Cain farm ia
17-7 ia good for 90 barr* tnm
tW Wheeler sand- No. 6 ia gaod
for 900 barrels.
The Quaker Oil and Gaa eoa*
pany No. 9 oa tW M. Baarhaad
farm ia scetiaa 7-17-7 is Madias
50 barrels from tha Whaalor
•and. It haa beea shot and did
not inereaae the ail «ay —
TW Xatkleea OIL oonpaar
11 oa the Dewey Bruner farm
section 19-17-7 to good for 00
barrels after a shot in the Wheel-
er sand.
The Gem Oil company —B. JL
Josey— test on the Dewey Haw-
kins farm in section 5-18-7 drill-
ed through the Lavton ssnd snd
the well is making 1,000 barrel*.
B B. Jones No. 3 on the A.
Wachoche farm in section 19-18-
7 is good for 60 barrels from the
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CL MeHrid# drtllad * darp tort
jmm east af tW Hhaff«r a ell aad
gat gaa aad * aarld of sal*
water. It haa Wea aughty hard
ta haadla aad flaaU^ la eap lW
•limaa tW wall caught fire and
la spite of a alar burned the rig
>r
>pe rat ions of this company _ ^ o _ _
neans much to Cushing. Its or- Wheeler sand. No. 2 is good for
'animation and going to work is 75 barrels from the Wheeler
the accomplishment of a long
The Prairie Oil and Gas com-
pany No. 11 P. Derriaaw farm
10 opposition 10 uic irauciiK, y. Dernaaw xarm
t will be a public benefaction, in 29-17-7 is good for 450
md its promoters deserve the bwTelg &atural from the Wheeler
sand.
the
C- B. Shaffer No. 6 on
Jones farm in section 31-18-7 is
o a » , «•
The water situation was dis
ussed. We speak of
where.
Messrs Furrow and Owens be-
ing absent from the city and thus
aot being able to perform their
luties as trustees and there be-
ng very important business to
be done at once which requires
1 full board, the/ offices of
rustees in the third and fourth
wards were declared vacant and
^rieling Bell and Chas. E-
Droege were appointed to fill the
respective vacancies.
The council adjourned until
Tuesday night when the new
trustees will take their seats and
*he important business finished
"P-
If dear old Susan B. Anthony
could only have lived to see
some of the carryongs on of
the up-to-date suffragettes, how
she would wept over the mi*
spent years of her life battling
by peaceful methods for the
ballot. Beside her these modern
day reformers of the feminine
gender certainly look like the
devil was'to pay and not a cent
in the treasury.
The one way to make your
wife happy is to make her be-
lieve you tell her everything you
know." That ought to be easy
for moat of us.
good for 85 barrels natural and
t; has been shot and is now making
*300 barrels from the Wheeler
sand .
C. T. Wrightsman test on the
B- L. Harrison farm in section
22-18-7 is good for 15 barrels
from the Layton sand.
C. B, Shaffer No. 4 on the
Sarah Derrisaw farm in section
6-17-7 is good for 40 barrels
from the Wheeler sand-
The Gypsy Oil apmpany No. 10
on the Sarah Deere farm ip sec-
tion 7-17-7 is drilling at 2,250
feet.
Mrs- T. L. Butler and daught
arc er, Mtos Mildred are visiting
friends in Stillwater this week.
The Kathleen Oil company No.
9 on the Dewey Bruner farm m
section 7-17-7 is drilling at 1,742
feet. No. 12 at 2,447 feet- No.
13 at 1,220 feet. No. 14 at 1,698
feet.
The Kathleen Oil company No.
10 on the Newman farm is drill-
ing at 1,230 feet-
The Cheyenne Oil and Gas
-company on the Lewis McIntosh
farm in section 20-18-7 is a fail-
ure in the Wheeler sand, but it
will shoot the Layton sand
where it had a small showing of
oil.
C. B. Shaffer No. 16 on the J-
W. Pulkerson farm in section
5-17-7 ia good for 200 barrels.
The McMann Oil company No.
11 on the N. Deere farm in sec-
tion 7-17-7 ia good for 90 barrels
The Kathleen Oil company No.
12 on the N. Deere farm alao is
TW big surprta* of the Cuah-
lag field yesterday was the com-
platioa of the McMann Oil eofc
pany's No. • Mumwlcm ia auc-
tion a-lH-7 which eame in aa s
15.000,000 foot gaascr and will
he retained aa a gaa well for the
pfwaant. Thia wall ia two loca-
tiona south of No. 7, along the
hank of the river aad was expect
ed to be equaly aa good a pro-
ducer as No. 7, which waa one
af tW big wan* oa tW farm.
pJ-thTtop of- tW liaytoa stT-
KI0 feet and was drilling in Mon-
day.
The Quaker Oil and Gas com-
pany's No. 1, S- Crow, in sec-
tion 5-1*7, got tke top of the
(jayton at 1,418 feet and is set-
ting 6-inch casing.
The last gauge on B. B.. Jonca'
big well on the Rector farm in
tection 5-18-7 shows it atill mak-
ing better than 2,500 barrels, the
largest well of the Cushing field.
The McMann wells are doing
better than 3,000 barrels making
the north end of the field es-
pecially in this particular section
f.he most prolific to date in the
Cushing district-
It is a little peculiar to note
the trend of the sand as develop-
ed to date in this field. When
Shaffer drilled the discovery
well .in the northwest quarter of
section 32-18-7, the play was to
the north and it tfas not until
the big Layton wells to the south
began to come in, that that di-
rection was favored. Then the
play was generally in that direc-
tion although, work to the north
continued uniujterupted, although
the, results vjere not nearly so
(rage as the south direction. It
was not lentil the southern edge
was apparently reached that the
attention of the talent again
turned to the north and with the
exception of some big wells on
what were proved locations to
the south, the interest the past
few months "has been directed
northward- The four, wells of
the McMann Oil company oc
tke- Musselnf farm in section 18-
18-7 which for several days made
5/000 barrels together yrith the
well of the Gem Oil company on
the Hawkins farm offsetting No.
5 McMann on the north and B.
B. Jones big well in section 5,
this part of the field is in the
limelight snd threatens to totally
eclipse the balance of the diatrict.
Across the river and a little
southwest of the McMann wells,
although in the same section*on
the Eliza Yarhola farm, John
Markham ia drilling in his well
6 having decided to go through
the gas. Thia ia an important
good for 75 barrels. — _ ... * . ..
The MeMaan Oil company No. history ^dw*Mjprrtmbly
7 on the N. Deere farm which eloae to 29,500 barrels at
•+ tana***
It* #fjr*Wf* thr asiieilMt M»*
h~a cardial!} rraal«ad aad !*■
«*» U«< readily sigaad tW patt
liana la fast »*ry li*U* opposi
i u>* haa W«a MMt ta aay part of
lW tcrmovy of which Hhaffrr
Cwtiafy to aowpoard A feature •
i4 tW prrllauauvy caakp*lga ia
Uf eaatMua aad the good
work doaa by aooM of ih# ciii-
feaa of I«lnaola aad Ctwk cwua-
lira In fact Ihnc displaced
man- leal and cnlhuaiam* iWn
many of the Cashing |-eople.
Thr rraaon for this is tWl all
art- vitally interested and tW
oat aide sections wanted lo make
an cqnslly good akowtog with
thi Payne County portion. They
huve done H.
While mom than enough peti-
tioners have been secured the
work is Wing coniianed today
in order thg| the nam be r might
be an emphatic expression of
the will of the people. This
work will W finished today and
after Wing tabulated the peti-
tiona «U1 be immediately filed in
the affloe of Um Governor- TW
Governor will thereupon set a
day for a hearing upon the peti-
tions and, if the legal require-
menta have been met, which it is
believed has been done, he will
call an election.
The proposed new county r
made up of the following town-
ships and parts of the townships
Prom Payne county, all of Eagle,
Indian, Mound and Union Town-
ships; parts of Cimarron, Paw
nee and four sections of Pcrkinr
Townships. From Lincoln ooun-
ty, all of Ponca and parts of
Pawnee, Osage, Cimarron and
Iowa Townships. Prom Creek
county, parts of Mannford, Olive
and Depew Townships.
This territory takes in the fol-
lowing cities, Cushing, and Yale
;n Payne; Avery, Agra and Try-
on in Lincoln, and Drumright
and Olive in Creek-
at as *a***s*Mf aad »*<■» Me
dfiflto ftt aaw h**« sad Wa a*4
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•a m- linn nihil i a aaiu aad m*
gaieties nil Wad ataa
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pfMi^ei H*yaoa ami was aa
raetsr «aw*> »* t'aiWag *ad aaa
^ thr Wa ►asaht Ml lW «*»«
•e «aa W rarawd af »W m*
Irftsl W«s.
A geaad Wad I* *» essat la
he ray sad iW «ri
■aid k
Wf a*dees«*ad thai lW
sill |ll« fa
a ul W «aea* >s|»asa aad lh*
a ill W*a ia aah far «asaa
Vlp fruat lW liastawii art Wa
llAlly rrcateed bjr all
TW aalrr wiaaiiaa wi
tad ai thr r«aaail
Jdoaday aighl aad lW
(set* a err learaed
The l-wporary plaal is to plaea
•ad lW water had reached tW
^emetrry bill This atomiag tW
a»ier hsd reached tW Katy
track at last report.
There to some doubt that lb®
pump njcured by Engineer Moore
will be sble to put the water into
town. If sueh should W tW
jase. contractor Mtokea, wW had
nothing to do with getting
pump, says W will get a
try pump whioh will, lie says
we must have the water and W
.a going to bring it in- TW big
permanent pump will not W
ready before September 15th,
ind we need tW water .
The well to a snoieas. It
nai 18 feet of g** water in
ill coming from the bottom, and
when the side valves or points
ire opened there will be one-
.ourth more.
The well on one side will have
to be sunk about 10 inches more.
A fine bottom has been struck
on the other side-
Mr. Stokes says that, when the
proper pumping machinery is
>laced, Cushing will have, with
.he exception of Lawton, the
test water supply of any city in
he atate. This is splendid news
md the fact that we will not
tave to wait long to have it
brought to town is as good. Mr.
Jtokes will certainly do all he
an to. push that day.
Otoe Explosion Kills.
About 7:30 o'clock this morn-
ing an explosion of gas at The
Consumers Refinery resulted in
the death of one man- No others
were injured and no property
damage resulted, at least not to
any extent.
The unfortunate man's name
was J. W. McLaughlin and ht
waa employed as day fireman at
the refinery- He had begun this
work but a few days ago anc
had just begun his days work
when the explosion took place.
He evidently was blown violently
against the stone wall as one
side of his head is badly crush-
ed. He was not otherwise man-
gled or brused. Death was prac-
tically instantaneous.
This is the first accident e
0 any consequence at any of the
tjJ refineries, and no blame for this
can be attached to anyone. It
was simply one of those things
which will happen.
Mr. McLaughlin was a young
man, not yet 30 years old, and
married.
The remains were brought to
Walters Undertaking Room
gas. This ia an important await burial -
U -* Special 8erri«M *t the Chfiat-
iTp^hrction of the field - ju> fhnreh o«t Sun^yevening
hjfer then .t .ny time in lulfor the Mo»e- Everybody m-
run : vited and all are welcome.
thii j J. R. Bitrd.
A Good Aot.
The city authorities have done
a good thing by putting in a
fine crossing across the alley be-
tween Broadway and Moses on
Harrison. The crossing is ten
feet wide which is an innovation
but which is a proper thing to
do. Harrison is a much travel-
ed street these days.
Speaking of crossings, there is
a little knock suggests itself.
Why put in crossings which are
not really needed or which only
three or four people use, and not
put them in where hundreds pass
daily ?
The present council has not
done much of this- But they
might.
There is one street and one
alley on Steele avenue where
there are no crossings. This
street is used by many pedes-
trains daily and there is a con-
tinuous sidewalk along this
street from the Katy depot to
Broadway, except these two
crossings. We offer this fact for
the consideration of the council.
We have been patiently wait-
ing for some years for some fel-
low to come along and start an
investigation as to the relations
existing between the laundries
and the furniahing goods stores.
The way the laundries wreck all
our beautiful hand-embroidered
shirts and the destruction to
handkerchiefs :.nd underwear
would suggest the idea that they
get a percentage somewhere
down the line.—Tulsa World.
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