The Manchester Journal. (Manchester, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 28, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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Oil Company Formed.
A large number of oil and gas
enthusiasts met according to call
last Monday afternoon, and took
the preliminary steps toward tak-
ing out a charter and organizing a
company. The meeting was held
nt the office of the Badger Lumber
C mpany, and was well attended.
A temporary organization was
e! fected by the election of J. M.
S'irimons as chairman and T. W.
1 :er secretary. This being done,
1 Cleveland, of Anthony, made «
si mdid talk on the od and gas
p oaibilities in this locality. The
L) ictor has had considerable
e perience in such matters, having
fi anced such a deal at one time.
I- j told all about this experience,
b w they went through red rock,
shale, salt, more salt, then some
more salt, and finally at a depth of
u't out twelve hundied feet, they
v nt through twenty feet of oil
b od. Instead of shooting at that
p nt, they decided to go on down
a d get something better. They
w at a little ways and again went
it .o oil sand, this strata being fif
tc m feet thick. They went on
d wn through salt, and different
kind - of rock, until at the depth of
l,(k'S feet they struck black oil
sa id and the driller lost his bit.
Mr. Cleveland says that we have
oil here; he knows it, and not-
v. Jistandmg his great financial
1< s in the well mentioned above,
h is willing to buy stock in this
ci npany and try it again. He
h 1 made a rough chart, showing
t! . character of the oil sand forma-
t ns; and warned the prospective
d llers against the danger of drilling
\v thin a few feet of oil and missing
it One inceresting thing was the
rr *ding of the log of the wed in
w ich Dr. Cleveland was interested.
It showed just what there is in the
o! ! ' artn do\ n t > ,v dep*h of
nt ipb' seventeen hundred feet, and
t* re are several kinds of things
d .vn thee
->L«rt ti I %s were nr ado l>y Ucal
n ,;r.sent, and the final outc me
w • 'he determination u> find oil
h e or'squsnder $15,000 trying to
d so. It was agreed by all that
t indications at this p'act* are
a pie to justify the risk, and a
n tion to orgaP'ze, with a capita
s ck of $15,000 carried without a
d renting vote.
A committee of five incorpora-
tors was chosen to secure a charter
a i other necessary papers, and to
c another meeting just as soor
a these steps hate been taken.
rI is committee is headed oy J. M.
fr unions, and the other incorpnra-
t' rs arc H. W. Reneau. T. W.
P ter, Atgust Ludeman and Frank
y lithhisler.
In order that all may have an
0 portunity to get in on the enter-
p ise, it was decided to make the
s ties of stock $25 each instead of
$ 00, as was at first planned. It
w s also arranged to have a state
g* ologist come here and locate the
v 11. There has been some talk
t at when a company was organ-
ized every man in it would want
tl a well sunk on his farm, but at
ti e Meeting Monday every man
p • it was in favor of bavmg a
geologist, or some other who knows
w oat he is doing, come here and
locate the well, regardless of where
1 may be best, in his opinion, to
d ill. What these men want is oil-
n t merely a deep hole on their
f m, Because if oil is found in
t °t first hole sunk, thea all the
o her farmers will have an oppor-
t nity to try out their own land,
i* id it will not be a hard matter to
g t the money for that purpose.
By this time next week the
i- jck of this company will be on
t i mark"*, and the larger portion
o it sold: a fact, at least half of it
will have been subscribed before
the stock ctrt’fLates arrive. If
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MANCHESTER, GRANT COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1913.
Volume 20, Number 39
you are wanting to maka an invest-
ment on a small scale, buy a share
of this stock. Twenty-five dollars
is not much to lose, even if you do
lose, and if a good vein of sand is
found your Btock will be worth one
hundred to one- Don’t you think
it worth while to risk in that sort
of enterprise? And if you feel like
you are able to put in more,‘you
will be permitted to buy as many
shares as you like. There is no
question as to the oil being here.
Everything in the geological survey
points to that tact. You may
argue that the survey is more or
less guess work. It is not, hut
even if it were, we have more
positive proof in the fact that all
of the oil wells in ’ Oklahoma are in
an irregular line running fnm
northwest to southeast. We are
directly in that line, and if there
was oil sand at twelve hundred
feet northwest of us, and if tl. ire
is oil and gas at sixteen hundred
feet southeast of us, there must be
oil within two thousand feet
directly beneath us.
Let us all get down to business
now and see that this well is
drilled this spring. Then, while
th® field is being further developed,
those of us who go in on the first
weil will be resting easy, and i lie
only serious problem with us will
be whether to sell our stock at a
fabulous price, or keep it.
The State S. S. Convention.
The eighteenth annual State 'un-
day School Convention will con-
vene at Oklahoma City, March IS,
19 and 20. This promises to be
the biggest and greatest sta*e con-
vention yet held in Oklahoma—in
numbers, in program, in enthusi-
asm and in real inspiration.
A splendid program has bfen
arranged for this convention by
our stfi.e secretary Nichols. T: is
program includes seven or rii.it
out-of-state specialists, amon*
them Pearce, the great Chic; go
sto’y-teller; Williamson, of St.
Louis, one of Ameri-a’s b’ggest
church men; Excell, the best loied
and most successful song leader of
today; and Roper, the Oklahoma
reared but nation wide welcomed
pianist, with bis-church chimes and
melodies. Altogether it prora ses
three days of real value to all who
will attend.
It is suggested that each school,
when possible, send two delegates
to this convention—ons for school
organization and operation, the
other for musical enthusiasm and
its school possibilities. Every Sun-
day school needs a good song
leader and this will ooubtless be
y-ur last chance to be under 1 he
song leadership of the great Exedl.
Oklahoma City will furnish free
lu iging to every enrolled delegate
(enrollment free is $1.00; and
meals can be obtained at near
points.
The fact that there is no accurate
record of the Sunday schools in
Grant county prevents me sending
out personal letters in regard to
this matter, but I hope that every
Sunday school worker in Grant
county will consider this a personal
letter to them and gee busy oil the
i proposition of sending delegates to
J this convention at once. A letter
in regard to the propects of repres-
entation from your school will be
appreciated by
Yours truly, A. L Linbeck,
County Secretary,
Medford, Okla.,
—N. H. Fulwldor bundled up Pag
and baggage last week, and moved
out to the farm. Mr. Ful wider is an-
other of those to hear the call of the
soil, and he is going to give up his life
ease and go back to the plow. Here’s
hoping that his lands will y^eld
bountifully.
—Dave Shults was an Anthony vis-
itor last Friday.
A Reply
Manchester Journal: —
For fear you may think the attack
made on you last week is a sample of
the sentiment of the farmers around
here, in behalf of my farmer friends,
I am glad to tell you different.
What J. W. gave you was from the
screenings. I helped a man once to
screen some wheat; he told his man to
take a sample to the grain buyer and
learn what it was worth. The man
uofortunatelv took a sample of the
screenings, which the grain buyer
pronounced very poor stuff and not
worth much.
I do not believe in religious argu-
ments, and especially over a question
of this kind, which has been dead and
buried so long. Let the past dead
bury their dead.
You will remember, Mr. Journal
Man, I told you once that you could
safely speak on any other subject you
wish, but that if you attempt to speak
| he truth on any religious question
somebody will jump onto you.
Why is this, and how do I know?
It is because error is opposed to truth;
thecharnal mind is always In opposi-
tion to the spiritual mind; Gal. 4:29:
Eph. 5:9; 1 John 4:4-7. 1 oould give
many other references but will not
take the space.
Now in the tirst place, notice that
ne said: “I disagree with you on the
notion of these churches in UDton,"
not that he would object to union if
■t could be brought about from the
teachings of Christ and his apostles
The references he gave and his com-
ments plainly indicate that he has
not the proper idea of what Christ
and h*s apostles taught, and has never
grasped the spiritual truth aud can
>nly see the types. He takes it for
granted that every time baptism is
mentioned ir means water. Now any
one with any knowledge of what Paul
preached knows at a glance that he
made no reference to a literal burial
in water If he did it would contra-
dict everything else he had said on
t ds subject. As for his saying thst
ve are to be biptlsed In water, in no
place do we had during Christ’s preach
.ug that he commanded anyoue to be
baptised in any way, neither do we
find where any commission was given
to go and baptize In water.
Paul tells us very plainly how we
a*e baptized in Christ; I Cor. 12:13;
Eph. 4 5; I Cor. 1:17; Heb. 6:1-7, and
in many other places.
1 have been baptized by sprinkling
and also by immersion, but it was
through ignorance; 1 have since learn-
ed that it i.3 not by any formality. If
man could be saved through some for-
mality with man, then the blood of
the covenant is of no effect. Since
there is not enough water in this part
of the count y to swim a goose, then
none of us could be saved. Is it pos-
sible that we are still so ignorant and
superstitious?
M. F. Rife.
Gavel Halts Prayer.
Indianapolis, Ind„ Fed. 22.—
Lieutenant Governor O’Neill’s
gavel stopped a prayer which the
Rev. J R. Henry, pastor of Eman-
uel Baptist church of Indianapolis,
was making in the senate.
Mr. Henry, in his prayer, asked
Almighty God to speed the day
when the state would break its
partnership with the liquor traffic
and cease filling its penitentiaries,
jails and poor houses with the vic-
tims of rum.
• This was not much different from
many other prayers that have been
offered in the legislature b y
ministers, but Mr. Henry con-
tinued:
“And we pray to God that the
partnership bet .veen the state and
criminals may be dissolved."
As Lieutenant Governor O’Neill
rapped with his gavel and stopped
the prayer, he said to the clergy-
man:
“You are here to make a prayer
and not to make a political speech.
The clerk will proceed with the
reading of the journal."
Mr. Henry brought his prayer to
a sudden end and left the senate
chamber. The incident caused a
sensation about the state house, for
it is the first time that a minister
has ever been called down in the
legislature under such circum-
stanses.
“The prayer was an insult to the
senate,” said Mr. O’Neill after-
ward. "I did not regard it as
proper conduct on the part of a
minister. His reference to rum
and the liquor business was all
right. 1 agree with every-thing he
said on that subject. But when he
prayed for a dissolution of the
partnership between the state and
criminals I regarded that as going
too far and casting an insult in the
faces of the senators. So I stopped
him.
“He was supposed to'be offering
a prayer to God for His blessing on
the senate. God does not need
any advice on politics, and that is
what this minister was offering.”
Burchfiel Items.
Sunday was a very gloomy day
but Rev. Webster did not fail to
come over and fill his appoint-
ment.
Charles Frazier visited his Uncle
Sam Frazier Saturday and Sunday.
Lula Lones visited home folks
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver McMiehe&l
visited with Frank Doty Sunday.
Miss Louise Broyles spent Sun-
day afternoon with Mrs. C. P.
Bettis.
The High School will give the
program Friday night at the Liter-
ary.
Miss Mary Rife spent Saturday-
night with Misseg Delia Kitchen
and Cecil Davis.
Mr. Ed Corbett visited last week
with C. P. Bettis
Mrs Gertie Evans and children
visited with their grandma Mrs.
Sarah Burchfiel last week.
Jake Freed made a business trip
to Matkie Younces Monday.
Misses Anna and Bess Moore
were absent from school Monday.
(To late for last week)
The birds are singing to let us
know that spring is coming.
Mr. and Mrs Geo Gass and Mr.
and Mrs. C. P. Bettis spent Sun-
day with W. T. Bettis.
Mr. Bill Denton from Richmond
Missouri visited relativts last week.
He started for home Saturday.
Mrs. R. H. Reneau and son
Charles visited Ed Brown’s Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Frazier, Jim
Frazier and Mrs. Earl Feely spent
one day last week with John Den-
ton.
Mr. Bun Rankin and family, Will
Moore and family, Frank Moore
and fimily, Merl, Wayne and
Blanche Bettis spent Sunday with
.Mrs. Mollie Moore.
Miss Verna Rigdon is on the
list as is also Ada Frazier.
sick
Everyone will be glad to hear
that Recie Lee was able to go to
Anthony one day last, week.
—It is reported that one of the fat
pious ladies of this town kneads
bread with her gloves on. This Inci-
dent may be somewhat peculiar, but
there are others, The proprietors of
this store need bread with their shoes
on, with their shirts on, with their
pants on, and unless some of the de-
linquent customers of this store pony
up before long, they wiil need bread
without a d— thing on: and Kansas is will please settle.
I no garden of Eden in the winter, busineaa entirely
time.—Ex. 110th.
Whitewash Lampblack.
Thousands of citizens, hund-
reds of newspaper writere can pon-
der with profit a recent saying of
Senator Gore, “there are two
offences I think most heinous,
lampblack and whitewash,” for in
these few words the senator said
much.
Commenting on this expression
of Senator Gore, the Muskogee
Times Democrat says “this county
is suffering possibly more from
lampblack than whitewash."
Must we admit the Times Demo-
crat opinion correct? Before us lie
three hundred newspapers. Papers
from every county in the state,
from almost every community in
the state, half of them, apparently
printed with mud instead of ink,
lampblack and mud mixed. One
that we looked through just now
blackens the character of the heads
of four different departments in as
many short items, and not an item
in the paper commendatory of an
officer, when the editor could just
as well have filled his paper with
literary roses. Don’t like to, but
we must admit the Muskogee editor
is uncomfortably near the truth.
And the newspaper fellows are
not the only ones. Listen to the
casual talks of any group of citi-
zens. mud, mud, lampblack. Once
in a great while someone will
muster enough courage to say
Brown or Jones is making a good
offioer, but its mostly mud and
lampblack.
The above mentioned Times
Democrat furnishes the most chari-
table explanation of this by con-
cluding it to be a disease, some-
thing like kleptomania, that is
sweeping over the country, One
cannot but feel sorry for those
suffering from the disease, and
something should be done to
eradicate it. The victims should
be cured and the healthy people
vaccinated.
Report.
From Rosedale school, District
No. 1, for the month beginning
January 27th and ending February
21st.
Number enrolled, 42.
Average attendance, 36.
Those who have been neither
absent nor tardy during the month
are Fay Jones, Florence Jones,
Mable Grandstaff, Flossie Grand-
staff, Avery Watkins. Lee Roy
Watkins, Glen Watkins, R&vone
Watkins, Mary Penrod, May Yoder
and Lee Roy Patterson.
Those whose names have re-
mained on the roll of honor
throughout the month are Mary
Penrod, Minnie Butz, Maggie Butz,
Glen Watkins, Ray Watkins. Betty
Bennett, Frank Bennett, Lee Ben-
nett, Paul Elmore, Elizabeth El-
more Clarence 8cott, Laurel Scott,
Laurel Scott, Lee Roy Patterson,
May Yoder, Harvey Hodson, Grace
Fielder, Albert Fielder, Gertie
Fieldsr, Arthur Jones, Florence
Jones, Ruby Rigs. Lilly Riggs,
Julius Hess, Mandy Hess, Mable
Grandstaff. Flossie Grandstaff,
John Morris, Henry Morris, Mary
Morris, Christina Morris, Agnes
Harmon and Bertha Fielder.
Cora Alexander, Tsaeher.
—V. E. Merrlman Is not much of
smoker but he has been buying more
oigars than any other man in town.
And he has just been passing them
out promlscously, with the informa-
tion that it is a fine big boy, born
early Monday morning. And in the
comfortable home In the south part of
town the happy young mother cud-
dles her first-born close in her arms
and forgets that there is anything in
this old world but her little darling.
—All persons owing aocounts or
past due notes to K. L. Smith & Co.,
Conditions In Mexico.
It is not blasphemous to say that
the present condition in Mexico is
nearly hell. Neither human life
nor property are protected.
Anarchy nearly describes the state
of affairs in Mexico.
A great many people jump to the
conclusion that orderly gov* \-
ment in Mexico is an impossible
I have heard dozens of people v
that the Mexicans are entirely i
capable of self-government and tl
an unlimited depotism is the oni
kind of government that can
possibly succeed in that unhapp>
country on account of the ign >-
ance and worthlessness of the
masses of the people.
It is true enough that unde
present conditions a republic as wo
understand it is impossible in
Mexico, but it has been the fault >t
the ruling classes in that country
a great deal more than the fault of
the masses. Tens of thousands of
Mexican peons have come to th 1
United States during the past fe v
years to work. It has been said
that the Mexican peon will not
work.
I have often heard men say that
it was no use to give Mexican
peons living wages because they
would work just long enough t«
earn money sufficient to buy the
miserable fare they have been ac-
customed to and loaf the rest of
the time. However, when these
same peons have been given a
chance to work just as common
laborers in this country at wag*M
that seem small to us, but whica
are five or six times as much --s
they could get at home, they ha' e
proved to be steady and reliaoie
welters.
They are disposed, as a rule, to
take advantage of the privileges
they enjoy in this country. They
send their children to school and
these children are reported to be as
studious and bright as the Ameri-
can children. Sometimes there are
quarrels among these Mexican
laborers and after the manner of
their race they are more prone tn
use a knife than American work-
men are when they get into a
quarrel, but as a general rule the a
laborers are orderly, industr:. is
end saving. They do not wa®'e
their money, they save it— eho -
ing that the story told so oft* -
that they have no ambition an >’
thrift is not true.
The trouble with Mexico is tha
the masses have never had a
chance to become fitted for aeW-
government. Diaz established a
despotism. He tried to build up
the industries of the oountry and
did build them up, but he did not
build up the character or open the
door of real opportunity to his
people.—Mail A- Breeze.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Kent are re-
joicing over the arrival of a fine girl
at their home last Sunday afternc- i.
In the years to come, when the old^-r
children have grown up and ti e
weight of many years Inclines the
heads of the devoted parents In the
direction of the grave, then it will be
the mission of this little girl to till
the home with sunshine, and make
their deelinlDg years the happiest her
loving parents have ever known.
J. W. MALLORY
at Clttsens State Bank, will re-
ceive all watch and jawalry re-
pairing left with him, and give $
prompt and careful attention t
All work returned to him fo<
collection charges. All wor>
guaranteed.
F. E. PIRTLE & CO.,
I wish to get this | Jewelers and Music Dealer*.
ANTHONY, KANSAS
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settled by March
X. B. Buyers.
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