The Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 248, Ed. 1 Monday, October 8, 1900 Page: 1 of 4
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The Chickasha
xpress.
Vol. 1.
Chickasha Indian Territory Monday October 8 1900.
No. 248
WEEKLY EXPRESS
Established 1892.
For Chickasha First; The Indian Territory Second; The World After.
-.. J?AJLY EXPRESS
January I 1900.
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UNEQUALED
SHOES
on sale at
EMERSON'S.
Fosloilke building.
PROFESSIONAL C.U.DS.
DR. R.P.TYE
Physician and Surgeon.
lies. den dimm a.em.rai practice will give
special attention toall kinds of nursery. Also
6urieon C. K I. & P. Hy. Co.
)... r"itiT l'lili iiai-ha nve and Fourth t.
.v. ii. mTnTe r
Physician & Surgeon.
Office In CliyliruK Store.
Resilience
Phone No. 6. CHICKASHA. I T.
J. Ii. SIJNSOX M. I).
Phys ..jn & Surgeon.
Calls Promptly Attended day or u if tit.
Offloe Pbone7. Iteslu. i.ee Phone iu
Dr. C. P. BROWS
Physician and Sugeon
Oftti C In-residence.
Chli-oiha. I
UK. E. L. DAWSON
Physician and Surgeon
Om.c at
Pual Ortlcc UruK S.oru.
PI I ON I. SI
John L. Morris
A!x' r Mellon.
MELTON & MOIiUlS
Attorneys-at-Lavv.
Chickasha Ind. Teb.
HAMILTON
Attorney-at-Law
REFEKEE IN UANKItl'Ti'Y.
NOTARY PCI1LIC
OftU-e over Citizens Hunk.
J. D. BiUDUKS
LAWYER
Real Estate IViimoii General
Agent and Notary Public
Office on 4th St. south of ('li.el.a-.ha Avenve
B.l). Davidson. F K. Kiddie
DAVIDSON" fe KIDDLE
ATTORN I ES at LAW
NOTARY rCRLIO IX OFFICE.
Ofllccln llour aud Iml.d.nK.
Chickasha - - Ind Te J
S. M. WILLIAMS
Attorney at Law.
Office In Carey A Flupatriclt buildlnit.t
BEAVERS & SAYER
Attorneys at Law
OOlce In rear of CUiicna Hank.
Alckaubs
Indian Tcrrltor)
P. B. MON'ICAL
Attorney at Law.
Offlceone door west of new bank building.
C1IAS. M. PECIUIEIMER
Attorney at Law.
Office tn rear of Dan'.! of Chickasha.
CLAIM- JAM i:.S
LAWYER.
Texas lands for sale or trade.
On.cB with J I) Uriuircs
Chickaaha ;! ;! Ind. Ter
II. L. GKIGSDY
Atrorney at Law .
Practice in all courts In the Territories.
11. F. HOL.DINU.
KKKORU UONt
HOLDING & BO SI)
Attorneys at Low.
Oftlce In New Post Ofllce Hulldlng.
Chickasha - Iud Ter
U F Gilbert.
W 1 Uilbert
GILBERT & GILBERT.
Attorneys at Law
DUNCAN. Ind. Ter.
Dr. B W. FESLER
DENTIST
Up stairs in Tost Office Building.
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OIL UNDER THE SEA
New and Radical Departure in a
Great Industry.
Development of ftabn-arlnc Well.
W Drought Aboal by Peculiar
Clrc umatanres 0 traage
Occam Field.
Drilling wells in the sea is the latest
and most remarkable as well as the
most picturesque feature of the great
crude oil industry. This new and rad-
ical departure a motst difficult and ex-
pensive undei taking to say the least
has bctii succesnfuly carried out at
Su mint. land Cai. the only place
where it has ever been attempted and
there the precious brown fluid is daw
pumped from beneath the l'aciflc
ocean nt thv rate of about 100 car-
loads per munUi from scores of holes
while many mofe wells are being
bond says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
'Hie development of this remarkable
fie!l was brought about by peculiar
circumstances and commenced but a
few years ago when Jie oil industry
had begun to boom in the east. The
lirst wells were drilled on the bluff
where oil had been discoiered. 2a years
previously in sinking for water and
where there are- still many good pro-
ducers. Hut Kurnmerland was a beau-
tiful place a quiet liltJe coionji of spir-
itualists and they opposed the advent
of greasy nnd unsightly derricks on
the bills Resides it was observed that
wells were betlcr the nearer they
were sunk to the ocean and conse-
quently the operator began to crowd
each other toward the water line.
Finally S. W. Kwipp of Santa Bar-
bara conceived the plan of getting
ahead of all his corretiiors by build-
irg a wharf-like structure along the
beach and drilling out where the Pa-
cific's breakers roll. The expense was
heavy but the well provel to be a
"gusher." Others followed Knapp's
example going farther and farthrer
out until to-day there are dueen of
wharves extending a thoutaud feet
into the sea connected by structures
running parallel with the beach. And
oh thi-se wharves often mi near each
ither ns to be almost crowded are the
derricks large one for drilling and
smaller one for pumping and all in
use.
Operations are greatly facilitated
by the fact that the oil strata of
which there are two lie onjy from 123
to 25J feet below the surface. Drilling
i carries! oi in practically the same
manner us on land the only obstacle
rncourtered after the extensive pre-
liminary work of building wharves
and getting machinery out upon
them i done being the water. Until
the hole is well begun that obstacle is
great but it is overcome by means of
easing and operation are carried on
readily in 20 feet. The cost of drilling
nt the present time is about. $1 per
foot though some is dote as low as P5
trnu. When the shallowness is con-
sidered it will be seen that on the
w hole the total cost of tho-e wclis will
compare very favorably with those
elsew here and on. land. Hut in the im-
probable event of a violert storm
RAND
OPEMG
OF FALL AND
WINTER
GOODS
THE BIG CASH
I such ai sometimes travel along the
Atlantic coast all traces of this novel
oil field wharves derrick and ma-
chinery would be swept away in a
minute and the loss would be enor-
mous. As to the extent and productive-
ness of this strange ocean oil field an
wiea may be gleaned from the follow-
ing figures: There are nearly 300
wells and the aversge output per day
is said to be about 25 barrels or a total
of 7503 barrels. The product is of
high grade and sell or an average
price of 90 cent a barrel which
means a total of over $6000 per day or
about $180000 a month. Much of the
oil goes under long contracts to the
immense Oxnard. beet sugar factory
while thousands of barrels are
. hipped to San Francisco at short in-
tervals. The cost or pumpfng a well is only
nlmut 30 cents per day. To illustrate
how closely the derricks stand it may-
be stated that the Sea Cliff Oil com-
pany producing 3000 barrels a month
ha a wharf 800 feet long and 19 wells.
The Treadwell company has the long-
est wharf extending lfX) fee from
the shore with a pumping well at the
extreme end and IS others 'at inter-
vals. And there are a dozen othrr con-
cerns with numerous wharves. Much
oil is necessarily wasted under the pe-
culiar condition which prevail and
this dripping upon the watep. has the
effect of making a considerable patch
of old ocean as calm andi smooth aa a
land-locked bay ncMing much to the
striking oddity of the scene. Often
hen. new wells are opened the ga
pressure is so strong that streams of
oil spurt out upon the water until the
surface is black in strange contrast
with the distant blue.
CINCINNATI DISAPPOINTED.
Greatly Dl..allfld with h Work of
th Ccnaaa Enumerator Claim
Ther An 4U.OOO Short. v
Great dissatisfaction is felt over the
census returns from Cincinnati and
from the way the citizens of that
city have complnineil to the census of-
fice it has placed' the Cincinnati
enumerators below par. Cincinnati
claims it is at the least calculation
40000 short on the last count. In
speaking of the matter officials at the'
census office were inclined to think
that the count was as correct as that
of other cities that have been enumer-
ated in the present census and that
Cincinnati must realize it long ago
passed its prime which was before
the decline of traffic on the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers.
Cincinnati well deserved the nnme
of "Queen City" in the days when
it commanded the entire trade of
those two tributaries as the metrop-
olis of the state of Ohio. It is but
the old story of river versus railways
and no more than can be expected.
The rivalry between Cleveland nnd
Cincinnati is ao great as to which
shall be regarded as the metropolis
of the state that if Cleveland's re-
turns which will be given out in a
few days by the census office should
be larger than Cincinnati it will com.
pel Cincinnati to abandon the titla
of "Queen City." Much bitterness ex.
ists in Cincinnati and the census of-
fice is getting the benefit of it.
WEAZEL GAVE HIM TERROR-
Oaklaad Man as FHslilenerf aa
Tboagh the Tiny Animal Were
a Grizzly liear.
0. IT. Richardson who weighs 200
pounds and is employed at 1 lie Pied-
mont baths Oakland ( ul. was held a
prisoner in one of the large reservoir
at the baths the other day for two
hours by a weasel weighing less thua
two pound. The men who came tothe
retcue. when they heard KichurclMJii'
cries ffir nsMKtanee say he could not
have luiide more dillVrent kinds of noise
or exhibited grea;tr signs of terror if
the animal juirding the exit of the
reservoir had betn a grizzly.
Itichardson had been sent to the
reservoir ear!- in the morning to mnSe
some repairs before the weekly water
supply was turned in. He had com-
pleted his work and was on the iirst
round of the ladder lending from the
bottom of the reFervoir to the manhole
above when he happened to glance up-
ward. There was the tiny weasel just
at the top of the ladder. In terror
Richardson fled to the farthest corner
of the reservoir but retreat as far as
he could the weasel kept eyeing him
curiously and Richardson's fears kept
rising. At last made desperate Rich-
ardson resolved to call for assistance.
"Help! Help! Murder! Murder!"
he cried again and again but the only
answer was the echo of his ow n voice.
After two hours of waiting fellow
workmen attracted by Richardson's
cries climbed upon the tank. Their
presence frightened the weasel nnd
they managed to get Richardson out of
the tank. He was ill all night and the
next day from his great fright.
Richardson says weasel or no weasel
the animal looked like it weighed a ton.
SAYS HE MAY BEAT HIS WIFE.
To what extent and for what of-
fensts of omission and commisr-ion.
may a man beat his wife? This is a
question that the higher courts of
Missouri must pass upon. Kuward
Spenser a prominent farmer near
Trenton Mo. has just been conivcted
of whipping his wife although he
quoted Scripture in the courtroom to
justify his actions.
Mrs. Spenser admitted the right of
her lord and master to castigate her
but mildly protested that he had ex-
ceeded the limit. For instance lie hail
once walloped her souruly becau-c
she could not see a squirrel he was
trying to point out in a trie. Cpou
another recan'on she was smartly
thrashed because she would not wa.-h
a buggy that they might drive to
church where Spenser was to sing in
the choir.
The neighbors made the complaint
that led to the trial insisting that
unless the law repressed Sper.scr thev
would and broadly- hinted that they
would use very effectual measures.
Spenser pleaded his own case but was
sentenced to pay a fine and to repose
several weeks in jail. He will appeal
the case.
J Mrs. Sarah Rotelistein an expei i-
lenced nurse wants employment.
Inquire 3 doors wect of the Park
1 hotel.
THE BIG CASH
THE BIG CASH STOl.E as
usual riirht in the lead
with the Largest. Best
and Cheapest Line of
Dry Goods Clothing
Shoes and Boots ever
brought to Chickasha.
We have the Cheapest
and best assorted stock
of CLOTHING IN THE TOWN.
STORE.! Q JAYS
DON'T
BLAME
THE
COOK
If the biscuits are not good;
It's all in the Flour.
SUPREME FLOUR.
IB GUARANTEED
To be the Best Flour sold in Chickasha
Or your money refunded
HIGHEST PRICE!
HIGHEST QUALITY!
WHITEMAN BROS.
Sole Wholesale Distributing Agents for above Flours.
AliDSlOHE -HOUSES- CHICKASHA.
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oH. B.
R. K. Woottkn Jb. Vloe Pres. Cashier
No.
First National Bank
CHICKASHA IND. TER.
Capital . . $25000.00.
t nHarrrniia
J li. .V. Ijoitrtand C. If. liess-nt R.
R. A. Uuoten.jr. If ebb Jlendnx
Oflers to Depositors every Facility which their Balances
Business and Responsibility Warrant.
H.H.HHH.m..H.jHi
B. P. Smith. President
Wm. Inman Vlce-Pres.
N05547.
Citizens National Bank
CHICKASHA IND. TER.
Capital - - ' $50000.oo.
uiErrois.
B. P. Smith. J. C. Driggers. Win. Inman
W. L. Sairyers J If. Tattle
OCRS-ESPOTDSTTS.
Hanover National. New York; National Bank of Commerce. Kansas City Mo.;
Mnrcaanls anl Planters Sherman. Tex. Continental National Uank St. Louis
A REAL CALIFORNIA SUIT FOR
S12.50.
Re:il (.iilifnrni.'i Punts &!. ( nr.. I I m n
w oni vi.vKr v.au give you a
A Gootl Suit M.00 $4.50 and 5.00. ' I
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E SELL THE OLD RELIA-
BLE HAMILTON BROWN
Shoes and Boots. The ltest in the World.
O
N DRY GOODS WE ARE
STRICTLY IN THE SWIM.
A good yard wide Sea Island Domestic 20 yards for
$1.00. A good Outing 20 yards for if 1.00.
Flannel De-Laine A splendid goods for Ladies house
Dresses 8 cts. Can give a good Standard Calico
fast colors for i$ cts. Cotton Checks 30 yards for
$1.00. We can save you money
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Johnson J. T. AtisT Asa't. Cashier
U. F. Johnsoii Ass t. Cashier.
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C. T. Erwin Cashier
I. N. Dkscombes Ass't Cashier.
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Dawson, A. M. The Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 1, No. 248, Ed. 1 Monday, October 8, 1900, newspaper, October 8, 1900; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc729742/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.