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oil, in BAnman WHJWTI
Harrlsbun: Newt:
Banner county in COSllSI Into
.rr,.nn. nr. IwtplV 1)V l OHStin lf I tit'
fact that sevt ml large oil companies ,
have li'HBett bodies of Inn. I nl leSSt
one of them ihe. the Prairie ina ami
Oil Company, Is about to drill for
that ti.ii' b so. mln article. This com
pany, us many of you know, is u huI
nidiary of the Standard oil It is
sometimes called the scout company
for that linim n.c corporation MSB
tlon has been made in these columns
of the bulldini of a very BOUpletfl
oil rig some four and a half miles
northeast of llarrlshurg and from
observations taken on Wednesday,
drilling will soon commence. Some
80,000 acres Ol land has been leased
by the Prairie company and numer
ous tracts by smaller companies.
News of the progress cf the work will
be given from time to time.
Oil, however. Is not the only val
uable asset of Banner county, and.
though you may not know It, It Is a
fact that many covetous eyes are be
ing cast over the rich soli of this por
tion of the state. Distance from the
railroad la not cutting so much figure
It used to and the motor truck and
automobile have lessened the dis
tance greatly. The cheap land is
about all gone In other parts and peo
ple are looking father Inland. We
all know they will fare better when
they look over Banner county land.
There are many ways to attract these
homeaeekers and each good farmer
or stockman added to our population
means many thousands of dollars of
wealth to the county.
UUVWBD IN HlTOAIl MllJi
Bayard News:
M. D. Jennings came near losing
his life Wednesday at the factory
while working on one of the hoisting
cranes as fireman. He had descend
ed to the ground, and Just as the
crane was swung around started to
climb back Into the cab. In some
manner his limbs were caught be
tween the stationary deck and the
swinuinK ton in such a way as to
break both legs, one below the knee
and the other In two places, above
and below the knee. The injured
man was hastened to the Leach hos
pital and the limbs put in splints
The breaks are very painful, but the
attending physician Is of the opinion
that nothing serious will result from
the accident.
Mr. Jennings had only been at
work at the factory a few days. Mrs.
Jennings Is a sister of Miss Tillie
Flannigan of Bayard and Mrs. Frank
Steams of Morrill.
are Wall covered nnd are safe for a
Ihoft time at least. The Nebraska
Potato Company's warehouse at this
olut la about full anil report! come
n that this is the case all along the
I'ne The track buyers btSTt are w ill
ok lor curs. i lie lanioa i compunien
lie putting out th" itatMMM thut
he potatoes cannot he moved as rap
idly as they should be, because of the
mortage of help, but there is nothing
'o that; unless it should he that the
ompanies themselves are short qf
lelp to move the cars.
IN.II ItKIl liV HOT MKTAI,
Hay Spiings News:
Art Confer was the victim of a
serious accident lust Monday fore
noon. He was running some hot bab
hitt metal Into a cavity to make more
secure the handle to some wood tool
he was tlxlng when an explosion oc
curred driving the hot metal Into his
face. There was a little water In the
cavity which caused the explosion
when the metal came In contact with
it. Both eyes were somewhat injured
but not of as serious a nature as
might be. He came to town at once
and a physician dressed the wounds.
H. Mldner, of Omaha: F. M. Woods,
of Spencer, Nebr. ; Geo. W. Prather,
of Ardmore, S. D. ; and Charles Car
son of Newcastle.
The officers are J I Balrd, presl
l nt ; George H. Widner, vice-president
and general manager; E. Roy
Townsend. treasurei; It. A. Smith,
secretary.
' embers of the Company
I i md fnvorahly known
ii, B d no introduction to
people this community. Mr.
kVldnei secretary and general
manager of the Kennite lomimny.
an Omaha company with a plant at
rdmore. Mr. Woods Is extensively
engaged In the hanking business at
various points In Nebraska, and is
president of the Melinite Company.
Mr. Prather is superintendent of the
Ueflnite plant at Ardmore.
It is a man, moment that insures an
Bclsnt and proper handling of the
company s affairs, and the holdings
of the company are such as to make
its success practically assured..
UKADY TO DRILL FOIl (ML
Kimball Observer:
The buildings which include sev
eral houses of a temporary nature,
yet well built and comfortable, have
been compli ted by the Prairie Oil and
Gas Company east of Harrisburg.
They are now ready for the drillers
end work will be commenced at once.
It is understood that the drillers have
been Instructed to drill to the depth
of one mile Hauling of materials
continues as usual.
While very little information can
be gained, It is reported that should
oil be found It will be piped to the
companys' pipe line running from
the Casper country to St. Louis. The
officials of the company have great
confidence In the Banner county prop
erty and state that there is no ques
tion in their minds but what oil will
be found, the only matter is whether
or not it will be in paying quantities.
HAYSTACKS HI i; ON PLATTE
Ogalalla Tribune:
Last Friday a westbound freight
on the north river branch of the
U. P. railway started a number of
tires between Keystone and Lewellen,
and a great many stacks of hay were
burned.
One resident of the valley stood in
his dooryard and counted thirty
stacks burning at one time within
sight.
Land owners along the tracks say
that It has been more than two years
linee the railroad company has
made any fireguards along the right
of-way.
Just about a year ago a great
many stacks of hay were burned in a
similar manner, una ttie company Is
lighting payment for damages and
loss.
One rancher, who lost fifteen
itacks at the time has been very rea
mnable and only asked that the same
iniotint of good hay be replaced, but
i lu re is yet no sign that he and oth
ers who suffered losses are to be re
imbursed As we have said before, we are in
formed that there Is a way to pre
vent engines throwing so many
iparks, and this rule should be en
forced at all times, but more particu
larly at this time when feed is so
'adly needed.
COMMUNITY CLUB IMX MM IAI,
Hemlngford Ledger:
The Box Social given Wednesday
BT en ins by the Community Club was
a decided success in every feature.
The entertainment of the evening
consisted of "stunts" by the boys and
girls, music by the orchestra, and
vocal and instrumental music. To
mention the numerous stunts and
those taking part would take some
one better acquainted than we are,
but we can say that some of the
stunts were unique in the extreme
and produced excessive mirth. The
most popular of these seems to have
been the silent band and the broncho
riding. These showed much orlgi
nality and were mirth provoking in
the extreme.
The music rendered by the orches
tra and by the Individuals who sang
and rendered piano music was very
well rendered and proved that the
people of this little western town are
not lacking in talent and skill of exe
cution. Mr. Fisher gave the talk of
the evening, which was full of in
spiration and good thoughts lor com
munity education.
There were many boxes and they
sold well under the persuasive power
of Col. Grimes. The receipts were
close to 100.
This is a sample of the get-together
spirit of the town and certainly
speaks well for the team work of the
Community Club and Its power for
good In the town, not only from the
business interest but In buyhig out
and developing all of the latent talent
and resources the town holds.
The entire program spoke well for
Ihe committee in charge and we know
our boys In camp will be overjoyed to
known that their home town has not
forgotten them and is standing back
of them in every effort for their wel
fare and comfort In the camps.
NEW AKDMOKE Oil. COMPANY
POTATOES SAKE AT
HAY SPItlNOS
Hay Springs News:
Farmers are phoning in from every
direction wantini to know if the deal
ers could handle their crops should
they bring them in. The fact is they
cannot only to a very limited extent
Cars cannot be had. not even box
cars. Refrigerator cars seem to be
out of the question and there is great
risk to ship in box cars, although it
Is being done if only they could get
the box cars. The potato digging is
over and the crop lays in great piles
In the field. However, most of them
Ardmore Republican:
The Wykota Oil and Refining Com
pany was organized at Ardmore a
few days ago, under the laws of tike
State of Wyoming. The headquarters
f the company will bo at Newcastle.
The capital stock of the company is
.me million shares of a par value of
,ine dollar each.
The company has holdings in the
ie.ir; f the celebrated Ardmore
lome; also a large lease on the
Muddy field; and are negotiating for
properties in Oklahoma and other
proven fields.
The company owns a standard
drilling rig and equipment which is
on the ground in the Ardmore field.
A standard rig will also be erected
CAMPERS HEAR SWEET SONGS
Nature's Own Wsrblers Make Cheer for
Those Who Appreciate the Charm
of the Woods.
As we chose our momentary camping
place under a buttOQWOOd tree, from
aut iiu exuberant swamp of yellow wa
ter lilies and the rearing sword blades
rf the coining cat tall, a swamp black
bird 00 his glossy black, orange-tipped
ivlngs. tiling us defiance with his long,
Keen. full, saucy note: and as we sat
down under our buttonwood ami
-pi, ad upon the swurd our pastoral
meal, the veery thrush sadder and
stranger than any nightingale played
for us. unseen, on an instrument like
a the Big Muddy property and work I ,hso )mI Wllt,.r ofgnap played on by
started In the near futur
The directors of the company are
J. L. Balrd, of Newcastle; George
for SoreMuscles
.Stiff Joints
the How and ebb of the tide. . . .
But when the veery had flown . .
. two song sparrows cume to per
suade us with their blithe nielody that
life was worth living, after ull ; and
cheerful little domestic birds, like the
Jenny wren and the chipping sparrow,
pecked ubout und put in between
whiles their little chit-chat across the
boughs, while the bobolink called to
as like a comrade, nnd the phoebe bird
gave us a series of Imitations. Rich
ard Le Galllenne.
Why does milk
keep going up
in price?
That is the consumer's cr and many of
tHe answers from city "investigators"
blame tHe producer. It's about time we
Heard fHe farmer's side.
Is tHe Dairyman
a Profiteer?
By C. E. Gapen
Tells How tHe millions in milH are split
up. True enough, tHe consumer's price
Has more than doubled, and everyone
who uses milH wants to Know who's at
fault. You'll begin to see a great light
when you read this article in tHe issue
that is out to-day.
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Thm Curtis Publishing Company
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Reducing Breed Prices.
Englishmen of the Georgian period
had a drastic method of dealing wltb
the problem of dear food. In 1813 sev
eral hundred summonses were Issued
by the lord mayor against bakers for
selling flour at exorbitant prices and
many heavy fines were inflicted. More
over, the lord mayor Intimated his re
Kolve to keep watch on the matter un
til the price of flour was reduced to
an equitable level. There was not only
an attempt to keep down the bread
prices by punishing bakers who tried
to make too much profit in war time,
but serious efforts were made to re
duce the quantity of bread consumed
Thus the proclamation of 1800, con
demning the eatiug of pastry, exports
and charges all heads of families to
reduce the consumption of bread by at
least one-third of the quautlty con
sumed In ordinary times, and In no
case to suffer the same to exoeed one
quarter louf to each person In each
week.
Modern Poetry.
Poetry, like every great force, hat
followed an evolution of Its own. and
as It comes to us today we may trace
In it this general tendency. It has
tended sway from the epic snd the
expression of broad communal or na
tional feeling, snd expresses now
far more than It did, in far more sub
tle snd Intricate directions, the feel
lugs of the Individual.
If It gives voice on public, national
or international events It does so from
a far more specialized snd personal
point of view than of old, .and with
something of the acerbity and narrow
Intellectual outlook of the party poll
ticlan. The strength of modern po
etry seems to lie for the future In
this direction.
Royal Baking Powder
saves eggs in baking
In many recipes only half as many eggs are required, in some
none at all, if an additional quantity of Royal Baking Powder
is used, about a teaspoon, in place of each egg omitted.
Try the following: recipes which also conserve white
t flour as urged by the government.
Corn Meal Griddle Cakes
1: , cups corn meal
14 cups boiling water
cup milk
I tableipoon shortening
1 tablespoon molasses
j cup Soar
I teaspoon salt
teaspoons Rnj- Baking Powder
NO EGGS
Braid corn maal In bowl with Boiling water ; idd milk,
moltad shortening snd molalMi; add floor, aalt and
baking powder which havs been lifted together; mix
well. Bake oa hot greased griddle until brown.
(The Old Method called for 2 eggs)
Eggless, Milkless, Butteries
Cake
1 cup brown sugar
1V cups water
1
V. tetiBoon salt
I teaspoon nntmeg
cup seeded raisins 1 teaspoon cinnamon
8 ounces citron, cut tine l cup nonr
Vi cup shortening 1 cup rye floor
6 teaspoons Hoyal Baking Powder
Soli snrar, water, fruit, abortenlng, salt sad spices
together tn saucepan S minutes. When cool, add
flour and baking powder which have been sifted to
gether. Mix well; bake tn loaf pan tn moderate
even about 45 minutes.
(The Old Method (Fruit Cake called for 2 eggs)
Send for our new booklet "55 Wayt to Save Eggs." Mailed free on request.
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Records For November
POPULAR SONGS AND SPECIALTIES
M-i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-p-i Frances White.
Six Times Six is Thirty-Six (From "Hitchy Koo") Frances White.
A Broken Doll Nora Baycs.
Please Keep Out of My Dreims Nora Bayes.
We're Going Over Peerless Quartet.
I Don't Know Where I'm O Lug, but I'm on My Way Peerless Quartet.
"Forever" is a Long, Long Time diaries H. Hart.
Your Eyes, Your Lips, Your Heart Henry Burr.
It's a Long Way Back to M ither's Knee Sterling Trio.
Never Forget to Write Home -Irvink Kaufman.
Sweet Cookie Mine Peerless Quartet.
Musical Sam from Alabam' (Banjo by Fred van Bps) Peerless Quartet.
Break the News to Mother S' union Four.
You're a Grand Old Flag American Quartet.
I Don't Think I Need a Job Tha- jiad (ins Van.
If I Was as Strong as Samson Qui Van.
I'm a Twelve O'Clock Fellow (In a Nine O'clock Town) B. G. Harlan.
There's Nothing Too Good For the Irish M. .1. O'Connell.
Avalon ("Down the Sunset Trail to Avalon") Sterling Trio.
Underneath the China Moon -Campbell ami Burr.
You Can't Get Away From the Blarney American Quartet.
Sweet Emalina, My Gal Peerless Quartet.
I've Got the Nicest Little Home in D I X I E American Quartet.
Whose Little Heart Are You Breaking Now? Campbell and Burr.
The Old Country Fiddler and the Bandit Charles Boss Taggart.
The Old Country Fiddler at the Dance Charles Boss Taggart.
A Study in Black and White -Charles Harrison.
Sorter Miss You-Charles Harrison.
DANCE RECORDS
It's a Bird Fox Trot Conway's Band.
More Candy One-Step--Conway 's Band.
Don't Leave Me, Daddy Fox Trot Harold Veo's Orchestra.
The Zoo-Step One-Step (from "Sho wot Wonders") H. Voe's Orchestra.
The Darktown Strutters' Ball Fox Trot Six Brown Brothers.
Razzberries One-Step (Banjo, Saxophone and Piano) Van Bps Trio.
Wonderful Girl, Good-Night Medley One-Step Conway's Band.
Sailing Away on the Henry Clay Medley One-Step Victor Band.
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La Cinquantaine McKce's Orchestra.
Piroutte McKee's Orchestra
Naval Reserve March (Sousa Conway's Band.
White Rose March (Sousa) Conway's Band.
American National Airs (Piano-Accordion Solo) Pietro.
' ' America' ' ' ' Marching Through Georgia" ' ' Dixie "-
Banner x ankee uooa te.
Patriotic Airs of the Allies Pietro.
"Italian National Air" an i "Garibaldi Hymn"; "Rule Britannia";
Marseillaise."
Irish Reels Medley No. 6 (Irish Bagpipe) Tom Ennis.
"The Maid That Left the County" "Drowsy Maggie" "Around the
World for Sport."
Irish Hornpipes Medley No 3 Tom Ennis.
"Murphy '8 Hornpipe" "Londonderry Clog" "McNamara Hornpipe."
Coppelia Ballet Mazurka Victor Concert Orchestra.
Coppelia Ballet Czardas -Victor-Concert Orchestra.
Aloha Land (Hawaiian Waltz) (Hawaiian Guitars and Mandolins) Louise
Feiera with Athenian Ma ulolin Quartet.
Hawaii, I'm Lonesome for You (Hawaiian Guitars and Mandolins) Louise
Ferera with Athenian Mandolin Quartet.
(Introducing "Along the Way to Waikiki.")
Amoureuse Waltz (Bodolphe Berger) Victor Concert Orchestra.
Village Swallows Waltz (Josef Strauss) Victor Concert Orchestra.
Air from Suite in D-Major (Bach) Victor Concert Orchestra.
Suite in D-Major Gavottes No. 1 and 2 (Bach) Vie tor Concert Orchestra.
Patriotic Medley March No. 2 For School Marching) Victor Military Band
The Standard Bearer March (. on way's Band.
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Star Spangled Banner Reinald Werrenrath.
America ("My County 'Tis of Thee") Reinald Werrenrath.
Memories Paul Beimers.
I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home Paul Beimers.
Make Somebody Happy Today (Gospel Hymn) Homer Rodeheaver.
Tell It Today (Gospel Hymn) Homer Rodeheaver.
Mighty Lak' a Rose (Male Voices) Boston Quintet.
Barcarolle from "Tales of Hoffmann" (Male Voices) Boston Quintet.
Little Orphant Annie (James Wlritcomb Riley) Sally Hamlin.
Seein' Things at Night (James Whitcomb Riley) Sally Hamlin.
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