South Bend News-Times, Volume 33, Number 327, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 22 November 1916 — Page 9

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES ivnrNiiAY irvr.xiNc, xovrjir.nn s;. ism.

NEWS IN AND

BIRD CLUB MM5

TO INTEREST CITY Start Move to Protect Feathered Friends Here During Winter. Th SY.uth Ber.l Bird club at its monthly meetiaic Ki ?-1 evening in the Xnihlic sp'aking t:ua of the high f-'f liool took .-icti'-n to hae the, ' Hi rI s C;rj;". pl.wfd before the "Whole -1 1 J ! rit !'"ly, the Üoy mut. the civic renters ar.il the cluhs of the city. A foiiirmtt ! was ajioint1 to rnrry o it the plans. The cluh iI r.s to interest persons in 1 1 parts of the city in their effort to j roter the Pirds who winter lure ?r they will he provPk'l foo.l during the odd weather. In their list of siiirtrestions f.r those who love the little feathered animals they uivo j-onie of the following: Thj.t all the citizens and members of the Hub be urircd to place suet In trees for the attraction of the downy wood peckrv. white . breasted nut hatch""?, chickadt es and brown c reepers. To do this for the p-otection of the trees well as for the benefit of th birds themselves ail their 1'iiend. They alro advise the placing of hits of meat, ground squash and other seeds, crumbs, and water in available places safely protected from cats and other enemies of the birds. At the net meetinu f the club, T) c. 12. at the hih sc hool, a talk ill be piw n on "od and Feeding ;i Ilirds". MONI .KY'S hAXATIVK COFGH BALSAM Pleasant taste; Relieves roups and colds promptly; lnr, 2."c, ."Oe Lotties at Coor.leyV. Advt. FXpnniHXCK Most wonderful play in America. Returns early in December. Ad t. SOUTH BEND'S TP JL Li ust Coats m duroys,

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Navy, Brown, Black, Green and Burgundy. Sizes 16 to 44. Values to $20. Thursday Special,

ABOUT TOWN

Plans Under Way For City Christmas Tree Celebration Twf -r.ty-.'ive members of the com mittce that h"is charge of arranin ; for the Municipal Christmas tree ; festival wore pre sent at the lunch- ' eon and first meeting held in the domestic science department of the . hi-'h v hool Tuesday. Plans for the f s ti n 1 were considered and a sub committee appointed to complete the plans and report at the next meftim; of the general committee next Tuesday. In all probability the Christmas lctial will be- similar to that given last year but an effort will be made to present it on a larger and more ma k'nilicent scale. Aiming the features that will be especially emphasized in this year's festival will be the music in the tableau. The committee in charge of the work of presenting the festival has already 1 ecn offered a Christmas tree and local Purines men and otheis interested in the event will be asked to cooperate in helping the supply the other things needed for the 1 estiva I. Mrs. Homer J. Miller, chairman of the Municipal Christmas Festival j committee presided at the Meeting Tuesday. PICKING. China. Nov. 22. Sung Mung-Yi. the minister of the Interior, has been dismissed because of a controversy with Tuan Chi-Jui, the premier. Tili: ANN! AI, CIIICKMN I'll: Sl'l'm:k ami i .ak. Tpworth Memorial M. I-:, church, Nov. 1'::. Supper 2'.c. F.XPFUlFNCi: Most wonderful play in America. Returns early in I lecemher. Advt. C.niJ) FISH Fish moss, fish food 10c. P.ig ti.-di, l."c, 2 0c, .".Or; at Coonley's. Advt.

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GOOD WILL WEEK SQUAD ASSEMBLES TOMORROW There will he a luncheon for those who have volunteered their services as helpers during Good Will week at the V. M. C. A. Thursday. Those of the workers who are unable to come to the luncheon are asked to attend a meeting of the Good Will week workers on the time evening at the Chamber of Commerce. The meetings Thursday will he for the purpese of organizing the 23 .ams that will carry out the campaign for funds during Good Will week Nov. 2 7 to Iec. ?,. Captain3 vill be elected for the various teams, the work of each individual assigned and outlined and linal arrangements for the campaign completed.

FIND HEADLESS BODY OF MAN NEAR OTIS Wows Head Off After Imming Ili-other's Home Wife Killed Self Year Ago. News-Times Sr-eH.-il Service: LAroKTi:, Nov. 22. A year ago Mrs. Krank storms, living near (Mis, this county, despondent because hev husband drank, committed suicide by harming herself. Iast Saturday tiie house of Henry Storms, a brother, was destroyed by a tire of incendiary rrigin. with every evidence pointing lo Frank Storms as the ineendiary. When the (ire was at its height, Frank Storms was seen to disappear in a neighborhood woodstarrying a shot gut:. Wednesday afternoon the headless body of the missing man was found by searchers. Storms l ad literally blown off his head. SAYS GIRLS MUST HELP MEN TO BE PURE ST. LOUIS, Mo ..Nov. 22. "We must teach our girls that if they want to marry innocent, pure men, they must help them to be innocent and pure." declared Dr. Hachael It. Yarros of Hull House, Chicago, hefore the American Social Hygiene association conveÄJon here Tuesday. Mary Pickford, I.asalle, Friday. All seats 10c. Advt.

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VISIT TODAY THE 0KLH0MÄ INDIAN LAND CAR MICHIGAN AND DIVISION STREETS, AT

WI liii THE Oklahoma's Progress In a lonK editorial incident upon the twenty-fifth anniversary of Oklahoma, the Kansas City Journal draws attention to the following remarkable statistics: At tho recent Southern Commercial congress some significant figures were read bearing on the industrial and commercial status of Oklahoma. The government census shows that among the sixteen states represented in that congress. Oklahoma ranks as follows in these several classifications in respect to the progress made during the past ten years: First in percentage of increase of population of the state, 110 per cent. First in percentage of increase in population of the two chief cities. Oklahoma City having 5 4 9 per cent and Muskogee 19 4 per cent. First in percentage of increase of value of farm erois, 2 42 per cent. First in percentage of increase of wheat raised, 0 4 per cent. First in percentage of increase of cotton raised, 17." per cent. First in percentage of increase of railroad mileage, 10 4 per cent. First in percentage of Increase of lumber cut, 901 per cent. First in percentage of increase of corn raised. 921 per cent I First in percentage of increase of, bank deposits, 1033 per cent. ! First among the southern states in the amount of petroleum produced during the past four years, i First in the amount of natural1 gas in sight. First in the total amount of available fuel. First in the total amount of asphalt. First in the total amount of glass sand. First in the total amount of gypsura. First in the amount of salt. First In the total amount of mineral products. , First in the total amount of wheat raised. And first in the number of acres of fertile soil lying idle. Excluding Texas, Missouri and Georgia, the empire state of the south, Oklahoma is: First in hogs. . First in miles of railroad. And excluding Texas, Missouri and West Virginia, she is first in assessed valuation. Then the Journal continues: "Statistics like these cannot be dry reading for any interested student of American state building. They are the reward of the tremendous labors of the ' 'S9er,' a reward which all America shares." ii i D i: u s aim: adylutisinc; SALK OF INDIAN LAND 11Y (JOVFKNMFNT. V. D. Hennesy and C. C. Tobias of Oklahoma passed through Sidney today on horseback, riding in western costume. They are going from New York to Oklahoma advertising Indian land sale, which is to he conducted by the government soon. They will be located at the Plaza hotel for a few days before continuing their journey. Wells to Southwest. Although Heald has given his name to the vast virgin oil field of southern Oklahoma, the active operation and largest towns that sprung up like magic since the well was drilled last August, are located several miles to the west and southwest of Healdton. "Kagtown," the very heart and core of the oil field, is two and onehalf miles due west from Healdtonj !r Zits 'r 000 souls, lodged mostly in mascu line bodies, is as cosmopolitan as wa.s that of "I'oker Flat" in the halycon gold mining days ot California depicted by Bret Harte. "Kagtown,- like Jonah's gourd, sprang up over night last fall and to this day is without a legal name, pcstoff.ee or local government, and; be it said to the credit of the citicofrnersff,o0r,nderanu an"ctically strangers to one another, the necessity of a local government has not been felt so far as security of person or property is concerned. During the six months of Itagtown's tilMrai c nice." naa itvu uaa m lh k i total absence of crime.

BY HORSEBACK FROM NEW YORK

U. S. Government Indian Land Sale in Southeastern Oklahoma. Outright Sale You do not have to liv e on this land. No improvement required by the government Chance of a lifetime to buy land at a few dol Iars per acre. Direct from Uncle Sam on easy payments. Information free. Valuable grazing, tirrbe r and agncul4 i i i- i i c rM,u,-, :i iw.H rr. t-. Kv. nmo-rtivo fnwnt. No ?rriratlnn npcesiarv. Fo rtv-five Incli rain fall. Excellent railroad facilities. See

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the Oklahoma land Car, now in this city, and learn more about the opportunities in the Growing Golden Wes t. tor the Speculator, the Homeseeker or the Investor the opportunity of a lifetime. Call at the car without delay, bring yow friends and your family. See the exte nsive display of Oklahoma products, both mineral and a-nVttlHrr! a wll a numerous handsome nhotop ranhic views of Western Development Mans, charts, nla U, blue prints and geological surveys open to public in

spection. Demonstrators on duty

OKL

AHOMA

AS SOLD

BEST INVESTMENT ON

READ By John M. White,

There is lots of stock range in the Indian land section, and it can Ik? leased by thousands of acres at twenty-five to fifty cent3 per acre per year. Cattle run on this range all winter, and while the grass is not luxuriant it furnishes sustenance for many thousands of head of stock. For pasture purposes the government Is pushing Bermuda grass, which makes rapid growth wherever started when the sunlight gets at it. This is the chief dependence for permanent farm pasture and is a nutritious grass. The new- comer who bought unimproved Indian land has to figure first on clearing the timber from a portion of his property. There Is a demand for props for coal mines, for railroad ties and fence 'posts.' which are furnished by the smaller trees, while there are local sawmills that buy mercantile timber and convert.it int: lumber. There Is also a source of revenue in a variety of hedge known locally as ''bodoc'" (properly, bois d'arc or Osage orange), which is used for making ä dye. The crooked and gnarled sticks not suitable for posts are sold at $3 a ton and shipped east to be ground into iulp for a yellow dye, that, since the war in Europe has cut off imports of German dyestuffs, is proving an increasingly valuable asset on the timber lands.

OPPORTUNITY.

Thousands of acres of the very best agricultural land are known to have stored beneath their surface valuable beds of oil and gas. The geological map shows that every foot of the entire eastern part of what

Was formerly the Indian territory is underlaid with oil at varying depths, Qf course it is not to bc. suprOSed that paying wells could be sunk at random. What the survey means is that the same general oil and gas formation occurs throughout this entire region, making it more than nkely that oil exists at some depth beneath the surface, h fa r . d g government has set aside vast tracts of coal aml asPhalt lands for the protection of the Indian, it is known that the

coal measures are not confined to the area restricted by the government. On the contrary, coal beds are found throughout the eastern part of Oklahoma, and the day will come when a scam of coal two feet in

thickness will be as attractive to ..or, to n.

Below is a List of Transfers Furnished by The Register of Deeds of Oklahoma County

These figures are exact and are taken from transfers from the various parts of the city so as to give a general average of the increase of real estate in Oklahoma City. OKLAHOMA CITY Block 23, lot 10 May 18, 1899, consideration $ 4,000 May 4, 1910, consideration 65,000

i Block 34, lot 23

November 21, 1900, consideration 3,000 February 17, 1912, consideration 30,000 MILITARY ADDITION Block 28, lots 29 and 30 February 16, 1907, consideration 3,500 April 13, 1910, consideration 12,500 SOUTH OKLAHOMA Block 2, lots 31 and 32 October 28, 1901 1,300 October 21, 1912, consideration 60,000 Block 3, lots 1 and 2 August 23, 1901, consideration 3,650 May 3, 1912, consideration 60,000 MAYWOOD Block 12, lots 1 and 2 February 12, 1903, consideration 550 October 6, 1912, consideration 4,000 Block 36, lots 26, 27 and 28 November 29, 1893, consideration 500

April 16, 1913, consideration 6,000

GAULT & JOHNSON Block 10, lots 1 and 2 , October 28, 1910, consideration 1,250 June 24, 1913, consideration 23,500

Lots tbat sold in Hobart 10 spring for $5,000. i i ii 1 1 rt!J L L-ana mal SOia in nitU5iia for $975.00, this past year sold Mrs. Jane Appleby refused

that she bought in 1903 for $400. Jn 1903 property sold in Muskogee for $10,000 that the cmr nnn f owner now reiUSes J1UU,UUU tor. .

The corner where the Flynn-Ames. building stands in

Muskogee sold a few years

refuses $110,000 for this corner now. Property in Hugo sold in 1902 for $10 and in 1907 sold for $10,000, and some of them cannot be bought today for

At M fl Ci f 9lO,UUU. daily and Sunday from 9 to 12

BY THE U. S. GOVERNMENT OFFER

WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS Government Dem. Agt. mining interests as a five or six foot, years ago for $500 sold this ( i nn ft o iiuu u a-nt j ycai agu for $50,000. $75,000 fcr property in Tulsa ago for $9,000, and the owner - - - - " - -- - - - - a. m.. 1 to 5-30 d. m. and 7 to 9 at

ON GRAND TRUNK R. R. TRACKS STATION.

INDIAN L

SAY: Territory All Leased, All territory tributarv to the Aril more and Healdton fields is under lease and romantic are the tales of fortunes that have Ken acquired by some, and permitted toothers in the field to slip by. Eight weeks ago one leaseholder offered to dispose of 12,o0u acres of leases for llO.OdO and the ail company, which refused the offer, afterward offered $l',0 0' an acre for forty acres lying within i hesame body of land. The holder replied: "Your price would be considered big, even in the northeastern fields,, but I am not offering t sell anything anywhere in the Healdton district tonight." INVESTORS GOME TO M'ALESTER TO INSPECT INDIAN LANDS IMItTY OF TEN FROM ILLINOIS LOOKING OVEIl LANDS IN VICINITY OF KIOWA ANI A DAMSON. TFLSA, Okla., Sept. 0. Special Dispatch) A party of ten business men from Chicago have been in the city for several days as guests of the International Exhibition & Sales Co., touring the surrounding country' in automobiles to make their final selections of the Indian lan(l tracts soon to be told by the government. The party, headed by Mr. Dippo, the stove man, came to McAlester through the work done by the Oklahoma Booster Car while in Chicago, and without an exception they express themselves as delighted with the land in general and particularly with the oil prospects which are exceedingly bright at this time. Rumor has it that cme of the more venturesome of the party,' while passing a ranch corral on. the Russell place, became interested in the efforts of cowboys to break a refractory mustang, and forthwith undertook to demonstrate his prowess as a horseman. Needless to say, though he is still out of the hopital, he is a wiser if sadder man. So much for the daring of easterners who think they can beat the cowman at his own game. According to Mr. Dippo, who is spokesman for the party, they will leave tonight for Chicago on the Katy Flyer. People Welcome Opportunity A great many people in the city and in many parts of the central west are showing marked intere-t in the opportunities in government, and Indian lands. The "Oklahoma Booster Car" which came to Chicago recently was crowded l.iulit and day by people anxious to c-e the products of Oklahoma. Since its departure the locating company has been swamiK-d with inquiries frnm Chiciim Tiennle The Tiurcn I of the car was to adverti.-e the opening of half a million acres of government Indian lands in the old Indian territory, now a part of Oklahoma. One of the great inducements to purchasers is that residence on the land is not required. Because of the interest shown L p. the company has opened an o'.ü'-e in Chicago at o09 1 Joyce Bldg. Struck Oil; Plugged Well. Word from Kiowa is to tln effect that the Okla-toka Oil and Cas company, drilling on the T. I). Bell allotment, four miles west of Ki-owa-1 7 -J -1 ?j, have made a real oil strike. At jut what depth or in what quantity, however, nobody in authority to give actual information is willing to tell. Umb r instructions from the company managers drillers have pluLrt-d the well and refuse to give out information. First rumors were to the effect that it was a gusher, with oil üowing out the top of the hob-. That was later denied from authoritative source but a number of visitors at the well Sunday declare that oil, hauled from the well in waste buckets is lowing out from the? plugged hole a distance of a hundred yards or fo. It is supiosed that the company wants to close up contracts for additional leases before letting it be known just what the conditions are at well Xo. 1. The original stock'holders are Oklanoma ( itj men.,

but to get additional capital with j lion barrels ,f the hichc-t grade oi which to fdnk the well to a ureater'in the s-outhwest, and has made its depth, a new bunch of stock was i owners ne arly $l.vü0,0ü0 in sixty sold about three weeks ago. jdays.

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iL ini The Marvelous Record. Oil production of Oklahoma by y-ars. according to the records of the V. S. Geological Survey, i as follows: Year. 1 S 9 1 1 S 9 1 v 9 3 1 S9 4 1 9 .". 1 v 9 , 197 1 S 9 S 1 S 9 9 1900 1 9 1 1 1 92 1903 i ;t o a 1 9 o r, 1 9 o r, 19 0 7 1 9 o s 19 09 1 9 1 0 1911 1912 Farnls 3o S ' 10 m 170 1.020 ,... ,472 10.000 P.7.10O ms.rui i,nc;,74s S,r,C2,71f. ls,cis,rS3 43.524.12S 4 5,7 9 S, 7 47.Sri9.21 S ."2,02 S, 71 S r,G.0f.9.r,.i7 f 1,4 27.07 1 191; 62,500,000 1914 1 9 1 191'. (estimate) ( estimate) 77,000.000 123,000,000 157.000,000 7H 4,000,000 Total Farmer Holds Oil Land; Now Insane. rtlNT.LIN'G. Okla.. June .7. (Special) Failure to sell his lar.d holdings, lying adjai-ent to th Healdton Held, for an aenige of $200 an acre for a 900-acre tract. i said to have resulted in mental derangement, if not complete loss of mind, for a land owner. The land was purchased several years ago, it is tinderstoon, at about $7 an acre. The owner held to his property and when the Healdton pool was discovered, his holdings were not far distant. In the course of a few weeks the Held started his way and numerous i t.il men were after him to buy his land. It started at $10 an acre for a commercial lease, leaving him an eighth royalty; and was soon boost ed by the oil men to ?."j00 an acre for several hundred acres of it, and at the rate of f 200 an aero for all of it. The location looked good, however, and the owner refused to sell. Then he contemplated drilling himself, although the oil game was one entirely unknown to him. The owner refused $100,000 in cash for a 500-aere tract. It was not long after that, following the bringing in of two or thrcj dry holes in the direction of his land, that oil men were glad that the owner had refused to sell them, his holdings, and today it worth only a few dollars an acre for the leathereon. Brooding over his misfortunes is said to have resulted in him losing his mind, according to reports that have reached the held this week. The companies that offered the hi?: prices for the lane v ere among tJie biggest and strongest in the southwest and co lid havt stood the lots v.i-hout being criinpje". .Later developments and : eper i tests, of course, may make the land valuable aj;ain. Beef to Dollars. Wit h btock cows rolling at sixty dollars a head, the cattle busijiett in Pitt.-burg county is encouragingly thrhinu'. One stock raLser tin other day told 1 5' head of cows at S;o each. Another sold 4 00 head at ?!' each. Cattlemen j-ay that within the lat wee; men than nr., Olio worth of live.-.tock haf chanir d har.iL;; home owners being wiliin:; to f-' ll any time at a profit while others are sr-ram! din; for .-tu:f to feed on new j astures Statement of Geologists: (Jeolojri.-t s are prat lb .al ly a unit in the ..-l; f that the real oil pool of the Oklnhoiua field will be found within thirty mib - of Mc.Me.--.tcr, and pro-j.eet or.-; are showing their faith by acjuirin? b-ases and b .-inking well., in every part of the county. Oklahoma Well Makes Millions in Sixty Days. TT'LSA. Okla., May 1. "Oklahoma'.greatest oil well" is the title that has been given to the (;yp Oil company's and Trank A. Gillespie's well in the Ja( k.-on Barnett allotment in the heart of tile worldfamous Curbing oil kx). This weil .as produced more than haJf a mi!- ... . . . Information Free