The Erie Sentinel from Erie, Kansas • 1

WT7 SENTINEL ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. TMBER 2. hwTAiXLTilED 18S3- VOLUME XXXV ERIE, KANSAS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1917. lis a trust and a monopoly and! to prohibit the sale of intoxi- W.

H. NICHOLAS WAS 1 THE GOSPEL CAMPAIGN INSURANCE BI1E5 HE 1G. G- DUTTON DIED eating liquors and to suppress BURIED HERE SATURDAY places where intoxicating li quors are sold. AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH FROM CANCER that all competition in fire insurance business has been eliminated; that the desirability of the risk from the standpoint of the care exercised by the insurer has been wholly disregarded. Sixth That the so-called base rate and penalization are "arbitrarily and systematically fixed FINDING GAS AT EARLTON.

BIG CROWDS ARE GREET- END CAME MONDAY The Body Had Buried at Leavenworth. The body of W. H. Nicholas, an old soldier and an early settler of Erie and Neosho county, was buried here Saturday morning, January 6, in the Erie cem EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO REDUCE. Good ING THE SCHMITTS.

About a Half a Dozen Wells Brought In. F. H. Schmitt Has Had Won Business Men of Southeastern by the Eldridge Rate Making Drilling for oil and gas will soon be one of the principal occupations in Neosho county etery. derful Success Mrs.

Schmitt Bureau. Funeral Services Were Held at 2:30 Tuesday Afternoon Wras Idertified With Many-Erie Business Interests. Pleases Everyone With Her Kansas Aroused, Hold Meeting at Parsons and Pass Strong Resolutions. He died at the national old soldiers' home at Leavenworth, Seventh That there has been a lack of publicity with Solos. if the present rate of increase is kept Tip long.

In practically every direction from Erie now regard to the methods and or where he had made his home for several months. A telegram ganization of the fire insurance After a long illness, of more companies doing business in the A big crowd is greeting the drilling for oil or gas, or both, evangelist everv night at the is going on. Earlton is no ex- was sent to his son, J. W. Nicholas, of Ladore township, state or Kansas.

To the business men of the state of Kansas: We take this method of advising vou of the organization than a year, death came to C. C. Dutton Monday morning at ception. Christian church. Sunday eve immediately following his death If you are interested in this Last week another good gas Ln Qntrriflv rwemW so The about 4 o'clock.

The funeral movement you are asked to co ning the church was packed to its utmost. Everyone is pleased with the message the evangelist well was brought in in the Earl- following day was Sunday and services were held at 2 :30 of the Business Men's Fire In operate. Very respectfully, urn neigiiuuiauuu. mis weu next was New Years Dav. Tuesday afternoon in charge of C.

E. PILE, W. H. HITE, brings. He hits sin a blow Rev.

W. P. Wharton ot Independence, a former pastor of the Erie M. E. church.

and the message did not reach its destination for several days. Receiving no word at Leaven Chairman and Secretary of the wherever he 'sees it and does not fail to point the erring one the property of Mr. Harry Evans of Tulsa, and is the second well for him in the Earlton field. Moore Bros. Loy have two Business Mens Fire Insurance League of Kansas.

to the Truth. surance League of the State ot Kansas. At a meeting held at the rooms of the Parsons Chamber of Commerce at Parsons, on January 4, 1917, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: "Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that fire worth as to the disposition of the body, it was buried at that place. Then a permit from the A THIRD OIL WELL state had to be secured to take ON THE ISLAND good wells in this vicinity and are drilling a third. The first wells drilled by Evans and by Moore Bros.

Loy each have Charles Carlton Dutton was born in Wabash, October 22, 1864, and died at Erie, January 8, 1917, aged 52 years, 2 months and 16 days. He left Indiana with hi3 parents in the spring of 1869, and coming to Kansas, located A up the body and bring it to Wells Will Be Sunk Erie for burial. More as insurance rates in the state of Kansas upon business property Mr. Nicholas was born in He served in the Civil war Soon as Possible. (St.

Paul Journal.) are too high. Be it lurther "Resolved. That it is our be The third well drilled on the in Co. 8th Indiana. He came a volume ot more than two million cubic feet a day and a rock pressure of more than 300 pounds.

Moore Bros. Loy, in their second well, got a half million cubic feet a day. lief that the Eldridge Rate Island proved to be as good a Neosho county and has resided in Erie almost all the entire time since then. He was united in marriage well as either of the other two J. to Erie in 1869 and made his home here from that time on, until going to the soldiers' home at Leavenworth.

His wife, one Making Bureau of Topeka, systematically and scientifically increase rates in the interests The bringing in of three oil with Miss Nellie Gaston Novem wells in succession demonstrates OIL HIGHER THAN EVER. ber 12, 1890, and to this union daughter and three sons survive conclusively that there is a pool of oil under the Island. How were born two sons ana two him. The children are: J. W.

Nicholas of Ladore township. daughters, all of whom are now-living except the eldest daugh Albert R. Nicholas of Indepen of the insurance companies; that penalties are added for trivial and unwarrantc '-reasons. Be it further "Resolved, That we are further convinced that the uniform rates of insurance now in force extensive it is, is not yet known and can be ascertained only by the drilling of additional test wells which the company is pro ter, Eula. dence, Mrs.

Lee Naff of Walnut Grove township and Don C. Saturday's Raise of Ten Cents Made Crude $1.60. The price of Mid-Continent crude oil, or the kind produced in Neosho county, is now higher than it has ever been. The He is survived by his wifer his three children, James Nicholas of Grass Range, Mont. ceeding to do as rapidly as it can.

The deceased was a member Lane and Stellar and his father, W. T. Dutton, one sister. of the local camp of Modern The second well was a gasser I raise in price began the last of a November. Since that time oil Mrs.

Fred S. Wilson, ot Cha- Woodmen and carried a $1,000 F. H. Schmitt has been as well as an oil producer and the gas from it is being used insurance in that order. A wonderful success as an evan-' has gone up 10 cents at a jump nute, one brother, Dallas D.

Dutton, of Kansas City, and a large number of other relatives. geust wnerever ne nas oeen ana for seven lumns. makiner the large number of Woodmen went to the Katy depot Friday night to meet the train on which the under the boiler used by the drillers. The first well was capped after it was shot and has not known such a thing as DriCe $1.60 a barrel. Saturday's a failure.

At Lamed, Kansas, 10-cent raise put oil at 5 cents body arrived. mi he had Yl'Z additions a two more than it had ever been in the state of Kansas are fixed by agreement between the fire insurance companies doing business in the state of Kansas; that the Eldridge Rate Making Bureau as now used by fire insurance companies all over the state of Kansas is in form and in fact, a trust and monopoly. Be it further "Resolved, That the base rate fixed by the Eldridge Rate Making Bureau and used by the insurance companies of the state of Kansas is arbitrarily established. And be it further 'Resolved, That in our opin ine iunerai services were weeks' meeting; at Kinsley, Neosho county farmers who conducted by Rev. H.

H. Fowler He was a devoted husband and father, a man who thought and made much of his home life. From early manhood Charley" Dutton had been closely associated with the business interests of Erie, and was always found in the ranks of those: who were doing things worth while for tested, but-some pressure either from gas or the oil flow is forcing the oil to "ooze" out around the cap. James Purcell, who owns 260 acres of land northwest of town, has formed a company with his two brothers, and is planning to drill some JOHN DEHART HURT Kansas, 78 additions in one have oil wells on their land find week. While at Larned he had the money from this source to the largest prayer meeting in be very acceptable after the the United States, over 300 in drouth and overflow of last year, regular attendance.

Oil producers are confident that In ain Automobile Accident Wednesday. irir nviVo Via a nnf hoan ivirs. bcnmitt, tne soioisi ana the un Wednesday as test wells in that locality right leader in song, pleases with her reached vet giving as thei Hp has leased sr.m.i nf i.nk; iA lie has lease! soma otrsweet aoios and leadership reason mat tne currerence De- the adjoining farms and will do ion 'there has been a great lack of publicity on the matter of fire insurance rates and method I enougn prospecting to tnoroiy satisfy himself of the presence or absence of gas and oil in that locality. Mr. Purcell, be jtween the price forxeastern oil 'and oil here is more than it should be and that the price I of oil here will raise until it reaches its usual amount below the eastern price.

of inspection." Mrs. John M. Cameron was driving her automobile near the opera house corner, she notice, that John "Depart was in danger of being hit by her machine 0She made a sudden swerve in an attempt to avoid striking him and the auto hit the standpipe at the side of the the He was one of the charter members of the board of directors of the Bank of Er---ie, which he served for a time as cashier, and as a vice-president up to the time of his death. At the annual meeting: of the bank, held on last Saturday evening the first annual meeting he had missed The above resolutions were unanimously adopted, after BAGGED ONE WOLF. threw Mrs.

Cameron's little twenty-three years he was. 1 Big Hunt in Certerville Town ship Held Tuesday. daughter into the windshield ecea iVurecior an? vice-pres- ident. He was secretary of the which was broken. The little which an organization was perfected by representatives of the business men of Parsons, Cher-rvvale, Coffeyville, Oswego, Pittsburg and Iola.

Several insurance men were present at this meeting. They used every means at their command in order to justify the rates which were in force in the state of Kansas. The organization was perfect Erie Building Loan Associa ing a traveling claim adjuster for the Santa Fe railroad, has traveled over much of the United States, and his business often takes him into the oil fields in the different parts of tiie country. Being a close observer, he has a lot of information that may be of much vplue to him now. Other parties are continuing to lease land near St.

Paul, and the prospects for" other drilling r'rs being brought here soon are quite flattering. A big wolf hunt was held in i Centerville township Tuesday .4 girl was cut a little by broken glass but not seriously injured. Mr. Dehart was knocked down but on being taken into Eaton's I under the supervision of Doan i Lodge No. 328, A.

II. T. A. The tion and of the Southwest Gas Fuel Company for more than ten years, and much of their popularity in the community is f- drug store no serious injuries were found. due to his faithful services.

He was a friend and advisor meeting places were Wikle bluff, Lake View cemetery, Trent's shop, Lloyd's corner, Hobson's i corner, Chas. Wiman's corner, jStar school, mouth of Rock creek and the west river bridge. of many old widows those in need, and he will be ERIE 61 FREDONIA 17. There were several feet of oil sand in the well drilled some eatly misssd in the commun ed by electing C. E.

Pile of Parsons, chairman, and W. II. Hite of Cherryvale, secretary. An executive committee consisting of the chairman and secretary and the following named persons was appointed: II. J.

Powell. Coffpyvi'le: W. W. Gray. Was an Interesting Game in thom One wolf was bagged, W.

O. years ago on the farm now own ity. by Joseph Eberwein, but the men who drilled the well want- a stereopticon and have the pic. Beard being the lucky man. One tures of the entire life of Christ' olf thru the east line.

MRS. W. H. EARNHARDT ed gas, not oil, and they aban- and his parables, and a number ne laaies oi ugeese seryea lunch Spite of the Score. Last Friday evening the E.

H. S. boys defeated Len Herod's high school basket ball team from Fredonia by 61 to 17. The game was an interesting one at tne round-up. Teater, Humboldt; O.

Gossard, Oswego doned it without shooting it. Erie's photographer, took aev- We are informed by a man who O. H. Slanger, Pittsburg; H. Died at Home of Daughter at Paola, Kans.

Sarah E. Swqpe, daughter of John and Rebecca Swope, was eral photos of the crowd. talked with the drillers at that well, and also at the new wells in spite of the score, and' more than once the Wilson county 1 IN BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF, born at Jacksonburg, Wayne on the Island, that the strata of oil sand on the Eberwein place was about three feet Doys spurted up in a manner that looked bad for Erie. The Fredonia boys were handicapped thicker than that found in the wells on the Island. It is the ot illustrated songs, such as "The Holy City," "The Ninety and Nine," etc.

Mr. Schmitt has given a cordial invitation to the pastors of our city, to the people of all the churches and the general public to cooperate in this campaign. The districts around Galesburg, Kimball, and other surrounding towns have been in attendance at the meeting, and they are especially invited to come again. The first invitation was given Sunday' and already some have taken their stand for Christ. Last Lord's Day was "Man's on account of the smallness of the court, as Erie would be belief that an oil field of considerable dimensions will Palmer.

Iola. It was determined to perfect the organization by counties thru the business i organizations in every county in the state. All those interested are requested to communicate with representatives of the league. Every city in the state having a. business men's organization is entitled to membership on the executive committee and should appoint a representative and notify the executive committee at once.

We are appealing to the business men of the state of Kansas in this matter and are more handicapped on a larger court However, it looks as tho E. II be developed in the vicinity of Lafe Pittser, an Erie Boy, Buys Oswego Meat Market. Oswego Independent: L. R. Pittser, who for the past seven years has been the popular meat cutter in T.

B. Woodford's City Meat Market, became proprietor of it this week and took charge Wednesday morning. In acquiring the meat market he also bought Mr. Woodford's in St. Paul during 1917.

S. has a little the fastest team and will be able to hold their PIPE LINE AT SAVONBURG. own with Fredonia even larger court. county, Indiana, October 20 1841. She died at Paola, January 4, 1917, at the age of 75 years, 2 months and 15 days-She was married to W.

Barnhardt December 2, 1860, at Somerset, Ind. To this union seven children were born, five of whom are living. They are L. M. Barnhardt, E.

-Earnhardt, Anna R. Lembach, and J. R. Barnhardt, all of Erie, and Olive Z. Venning of Pala.

Mrs. Barnhardt came to Kansas in 1869 with her husband and parents and located on a farm near Erie. Until a few years ago when her Mrs. Venning, moved to Paola she continued to make Erie The Oklakaw Oil Co. Ready to Run Oil.

Day" at the Christian church. Roof-Farrell. O. D. Courtney of Savonburg terest the poultry and produce business of Pittser and Woodford and will continue it.

than ready to accept your help The wedding of Miss Alice Ttoof to Mr. Wesley J. Farrell ook place at the home of the and assistance. Mr. Pittser came here from i ne principles involved can Erie almost seven years ago in I bride's parents, Mr.

and Mrs Sayonburg Record The Oklakaw Oil Co. have completed their loading rack and as soon as some fittings arrive they will begin to run oil thru the new four-inch line layed to town this fall. Pumps have been set at all of their leases be listed as follows Mr. Woodford's employ and has Lyman Roof, Thursday evening First We believe the rates of fire insurance are been with him constantly since, at 6:30 clock. Rev.

Lewis Jacobsen, pastor of the First her home. too high. Second That the fire insur Baptist church of Manhattan. In early life Mrs. Barnhardt was present and gave an excellent address to the men and the Bible school in general on the theme of "The Bible School a Man's Job," and he hit the nail on the head in nearly every statement he made.

There were 132 present and the mark has been set at 150 next Sunday. Every person who is not in regular attendance at some Bible school is cordially invited to be present at 9 :45 sharp and stay for the evangelistic service at eleven o'clock. and are now connected to their line and everything is being put into readiness at fast as united with the Christian church and remained faithful to death. WOMAN DIVORCE PROCTER lorming a wide circle of mends by his kind and courteous methods of dealing with the public, all of whom will be glad to learn that he has located here permanently. His brother, Ath-en Pittser, of Erie, comes here to help him in the capacity of cutter.

He too has had considerable experience He is at present in the high school and will work nights and mornings. Mr. Woodford has not announced his plans for the future, but he has stock and farming interests to engage his attention. Funeral services were held' Sunday, Jan. 7, at 3 o'clock at the old home three miles east of Erie, conducted by D.

G. Johnson, a Christian minister of Des Moines, la. Burial was; made in the Erie cemetery. ance companies doing business in the state systematically maintain rates, notwithstanding preventative measures used by business men. Third We believe that the difference in the cost of mutual and co-operative insurance writ-ton bv the stock companies are too high or the mutual rates are too low.

Fourth Wc believe that the insurance companies are not du-1" regulated by the laws of the state. Has Been Selected to Hear Do mestic Troubles tn Crawford. performed the ceremony. The1 bride and groom are well known here. Mrs.

Farrell is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Roof, and Mr. Far-ell is the son of Mr. and Mrs J.

W. Farrell, who moved from here to Manhattan last summer. A large 'circle of friends unite in extending to -the bride and groom their congratulations and good wishes. For the present the young couple will make their home with her parents and finish their work in high school, after which each of itnem intend to go to college. KANSAS IS DRY.

1 riv I. Uwr sre Crawford countv, our county on the east, is to have a divorce procter. Mrs. W. J.

True of Pittsburg, well known to many Erie people, has been chosen for the But Yates Center Council Don't Get yoiir public at The Sentinel office. Know It. On Friday, January 5. the Job printing, did you sayT At The Sentinel office of cour'R- Advertise your public sale She is the wife of an city council of Yates Center, in Fifth We believe that the position, attorney The Sentinel. Kansas, published an ordinance Eldridge Rate Making Bureau.