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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-05-13
Analnst the Amendment,


Jefferson City.-Straddled by a tax
rider which provides for the doubling
of the rate of taxation, the resolution
on submitting to the people the state
wide prohibition amendment was
passed by the senate Wednesday aft
ernoon by a vote of 20 to s, two sem
ators not voting.
The senate also eliminated the
change effective in 1918.
The amendment will be operative
Immediately If adopted by the people.
The resolution now goes to the
house. 1t is generally believed that
the lower body will d~isapprove of the
plan to increase the rate of taxation,
and, owing to the short time the legis-
lature will be in session, action is
not considered likely.
Dry advocates are much chagrined
by the vote of the senate.
Members of the house said they
would not agree to either of the
amendments. The house is expected
, to refuse to concur in these amend
ments and the senate will refuse to
recede, leaving the submission meas
ure up in the air,
Wednesdays battle in the senate
was a surprise to both sides, for
neither had a correct poll of the SEN
ate. The prohibitionists expected a
substantial victory. They figured that
both committee amendments would
be lost. The opposition estimated that
the Conran proviso would be adopted,
but that the tax rider would be de-
feated.
The surprise Of the day was the
speech and subsequent vote of Senator
Peck of Atchison county, who, two
years ago, Numbered for submission,
and then, as at this session, was the
author of the only submission measure
pending in that body that bore the
official stamp of the prohibitionists.
But it developed that he had been
converted to the belief that statewide
prohibition should not be submitted
to the people without a tax rider that
would insure the return by direct tax
alton of the revenue that would Ger
tainly be lost in the event Of the pro
hibition being adopted. 1t was only
at the end of a long speech that the
senator expressed this view, and that
gave the anti-prohibtioniSts their first
genuine hope of a victory, which later
fell easily to their lot.
Most of the speeches were made or
the tax-rider amendment. There was
no debate on the measure after the
two amendments submitted by the com
mittee were adopted. The debate
took in a wide scope, as usually hap
pens when such questions are under
consideration and ethe speakers are
not held down strictly to the question
Immediately before them.
A fierce onslaught was made on the
tax-rider amendment by Senators VIII
son Of Platte, Bowel Of Lewis, Hum
phreys Of Shelby, Lane Of Ripley, OH
yer of Pemiscot, Anthony of Cedar ant
Booth of Dallas. Their arguments
were along the line that the people
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-05-13
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= TAX RIDER ADOPTED BY THE
4 SENATE.

: And for the purpose Of provid-
Ing the state, counties, cities and
towns Of the state with revenue
in place Of that heretofore de-
rived from the various licenses,
excises and other forms Of tax
upon the manufacture and safe OF
in~toxIcants, the General Assembly
may, for state purposes, levy an
annual tai upon all taxable prop
Z erty In the state double the rate
limited by section 8, article 10. OF
the constitution; and the rate OF
taxation In the counties, cities
and towns Of the state may be In
creased not to exceed double the
various rates limited In section
II, article 10, Of the constitu-
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-05-13
Acquitted Of Murder charae.

Atchison, Kas.-Roy Hale, on trial
for the murder Of Mrs. Jerome Hoover,
was acquitted.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21

Sulphur mountain. West of the Bard
and Ojai the La Brache Oil company
is producing from three wells.
The wells of this section are six
miles up the Santa Paula valley from
the little town Of that name and are
reached after a ride through orange
and walnut orchards and other pro-
ducts of a rich soil. Santa Paula,
which has a population of 2500, is the
principal business town of that por-
tion Of the Santa Clara valley.
Up back of Fillmore, which is nine
miles or so east of Santa Paula, a
number of new companies are drilling
or erecting rigs in the Big Sespe and
Little Sespe creek fields. The oil here
is of an unusual high gravity. The
White Star Oil company, of which
Richard Ahrens, a Los Angeles paint
manufacturer. is the chief brought in
a we'll in July at a depth of 1S40 feet
which is producing $50 barrels a day
of oil Of 1910 gravity This company
has three shallow wells ard is now
engaged in deepening No. 2. The
Brownstone Oil company is another
producer in this section, and the Crown
Oil company of Los Angeles is erect
ing a rig on some promising ground
near the BroWnstOne. The country
from Newhall to sulphur mountain is
alive with oil men and heavy teams
are constantly engaged in hauling rig
material boilers and tools from Fill
more, Santa Paula and other stations
on the Southern Pacific to the oil
lands.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21

of this company is the oldest in the
state, having been producing for forty
years. although but 450 feet deep. The
field work is in charge of r. X. HoWk,
one of the pioneers in the oil business
in the Kern river and other fields, who
knows all that is to be learned about
oil. The ground of the Pyramid shows
three distinct oil wells shown in the
Illustration produced at the rate of 250
barrels when first brought in, but its
output was curtailed by the accidental
dropping of $50 feet of casing by former
operators, which collapsed in the bot
tom. The we'll was originally 1850 feet
deep, but the bottom is now but 700
feet from the surface. The production
is about ten barrels daily.
1t has been demonstrated that the
oil sands dip to the north and the new
well of the company, shown at the
top of the hill, will have to go about
1900 feet to strike the second stratum
of sands. 1t is the belief of the men
in charge that 1t will be a big well
when 1t comes in, and every man on
the job Is taking part of his pay In
stock. The company has fine equip
ment and its boiler will be fired by
natural gus from its old wells, of
which there is a considerable guam
tity yet finding its way through the
choked sands Of the bottom to the
surface. IT is the presence of gas
which tends to the belief that a gusher
will be brought I'm when the new well
reaches the oil sand. and the COM
pany will be prepared to take care Of
whatever the forces of nature shoot
to the surface.
West of the Pyramid and toward
the Bard ground the Hill Top company
Of Santa Paula is drilling a well close
to the dividing line of the two COM
panies. The Hin Top, which is now
down 700 feet, with a special twelve
inch casing, is making splendid prog
ress under the direction of Superin-
tendent Magee will prove this portion
of the Pyramid ground, and that COM
pany will drill its third well close by
where nature has provided an ideal
fiat, clear of underbrush.
on the east of the Pyramid is the
Clark Sherman, or Capital Crude com
pany, which is pumping nine wells
on twenty-eight to twenty gray
ity oil. The old wells of the Capital
Crude and Pyramid were drilled into
the top sand along the outcrop and
are so close together that it is impos-
sible for one unfamiliar with the
boundaries of the two tracts to tell
which from 'tother. This company also
is putting down a well farther back
and is rigging up for two more wells
1t has one we'll 1850 feet deep which is
producing 300 barrels daily with a
four-inch casing at the bottom.
East of the Capital Crude and Paula,
which is owned by the Palmer Oil
/ company, is drilling one well and
building two rigs, and on the north of
the Capital and the Pyramid the Hill
side, which is owned by Burroughs &,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21

Son, is pumping one old we'll which
has been cleaned out and has the ma
terial for a rig on the ground. This
was formerly known as the Northern
tract and is rated as splendid ground.
Burroughs & Son are also pumping a
thirty gravity oil from six wells on
sulphur mountain, south of the Bard
in Wheeler canyon, and are producing
oil through two tunnels driven into the
out cropping sands. Burroughs senior
is relative of William L. Stewart of
the Union, with which company he
was connected for a number of years.
The Liberty Oil company is also pre-
pairing TO drill on the south slope of
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
FREE
CALIFORNIA OIL BULLETIN

For the information of all who interested in
California oil we issue semi i-monthy the California
Oil Bulletin" which gives all the all the time
about all the OIL! fields of the state great deal
of interesting oil information. 1t will be you
regularly issued ABSOLUTELY FREE upon
request.
We will also send you free copy of the big illus
trated prospectus of the Pyramid Oil Company which
contains map showing all the oil fields of California.
Write for any information you may desire
relative to oil stocks which you which
you may contemplate purchasing. We will give you
the facts about them.
THE G. s. JOHNSON COMPANY,
Oil Brokers.
93O-933 Phelan Bldg, San Francisco California.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
MIDWAY OIL FIELD
ENJOYS A GREAT BOOM

liable boom, says Walter Jeske, man
ager of the Blue Grass Oil company,
who is in Los Angeles. Mr.. JeslIe
says that for several miles to the
north the oil derrclcs are so thick
that it would be impossible to throw
a rock in any direction without hit
tinge one. Competent drillers are
scarce and there is also shortage of
teams The field is being rapidly ad-
vanced by the bringing in of new
wells and the district promises to rival
Kern river in point of production.
Mr.. Jeske represents a syndicate of
Iowa capitalists in the Blue Grass
company and is about ready to put
Gown the first we'll on section 14-31-2l.
The Traction Oil company Of Los An
geles is also preparing to drill close
by on section 24-$1-21.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
DAILY MINES COMPANY

A COPPER property of Is claims. eight
miles south OF BOUSE, Arizona. This sec
COPPER and GOLD. TREASURY STOCK
25c PER SHARE. Send for prospectus
tanning our engineers reports the prop
erty. It will! pay yon. DAILY MINES CO..
534 Byrne bldg, Los Angeles, Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21

I. de Sallier, president of the Lin
-Goldfield Mining company, oper-
ating a lease on the Combination No,
2 mine Of the Consolidated, has re-
turned from Goldfield.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21

Julian Hedrick of the Midway Six
Oil company is in Bakersfield on
business mission
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
A Bankers Opinion

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SantaPa
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noon
is aprer and of
right HAVE REASON TO EpEcI
GREAT THINGS ,,ov A. L. sHvE1.Y
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
Subscription
Blank

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS '''''''
(Date)
The G. s. JOHNSON CO.,
9sO-9SS Phelan building, san Fran
cisco, Cal
Gentlemen-I hereby subscribe for .,..'
shares of treasury stock of the PHhA-
MID OH. COMPANY at 25c per share,
and enclose S........., first full pay
ment, account same.
Yours truly,
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
Oil
Will Make Money for You

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Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
Now Producing Oil

oil and oai
(which 1t
the Pyramid
demand from t
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
Mining Notes s

r. G. Lockhardt, president of the
Florence Goldfield Mining company, is
expected to arrive in Los Angeles to-
morrow from San Francisco.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21

DIR. c. Is. WALsWORTH, Pres.
IL. FRIEDMAN, Vice Pres.
WAY c. WEST, Secretary.
Is. ". DAWSON, Treasurer.
A. A. WARD, Manager.
California Savings Bank
Depository
Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21

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Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
Head Driller Buys Pyramid Stock

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Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
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IS Cents Per Share

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Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
Visit Pyramid Property
AS Our Guests

possibilities
personally Los Angeles lie the
miles Los Angeles
made will with
oil properties California personally xin
Pyramid 25c share will
profits than other oil investment that could make to-
Immediately for details Of the
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-09
TO EDEN RATHER THAN ZION
by Jewish Rabbi to His Co.
Religionists.

Louder than the cry Back to
Zion!" must come the cry Back to
Eden!" There is freedom in
Eden There nature is master, and
kindly and considerate and liberal one
to all who live and toll in accordance
with its reasonable rule, writes Rabbi
Joseph Krauskopf, in the American
Israelite. In it's employ 4 man finds
himself; he becomes a human being;
the only true aristOcrat, as Emerson
terms it, whereas in the sweatshop he
is but a machine. Instead of deafen-
ing noises of machines in sitting
sweatshops, he hears the song of
birds, the rustling of fruit-laden or
chards, the lowing of milk-yielding
cattle, the patter of fructifying rain;
instead of sickening stenches, he in
hales the fragrance of field and forest
and flowers For him there is no
constant strain and race for the bread
Of life. Depression may come; fac
tories may close; stocks and bonds
may shrink to nothing; princes may
become paupers and millionaires,
bankrupts and suicides. and yet the
farmer never lacks for food or work.
Fires may burn down storehOuses:
hurricanes may wreck precious car.
goes on the seas; the enemy may
come and leave devastation behind
yet neither fire nor storm nor enemy
can rob the farmer of his land
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-09
PREVENTED MANY STRIKES
Excellent Work Done Under Canadian
Industrial Disputes lnvestI-
cation Act.

The chief feature of the beneficient
Canadian act called the industrial dis.
putes investigation act was the re.
quirement that, in the event of dis
pute arising in any industry known as
public utility, it should be Illegal to
resort to strike or lockout until the
matters in dispute had been made the
SUBJECT OF an investigation before
board OF Cancellation and investigation
to be established under specified rules
by the Canadian minister of labor.
during the two years from March
"a, 1907. to the end of March 1909 SIS
applications were received for the an.
polntment Of boards, under which 40
boards were set up.
On The 55 applications received
strikes were avoided or ended in -25
coal mines and four metalliferous
mines. in Is railroads and three street
railways, in two bodies of longshore-
men, In one body of teamsters and in
one body of sailors. and in two indus.
tries not public utilities There were
Two cases in which strikes were not
aVerted or ended. Only two cases.
therefore, out of So ultimately resulted
IN strikes, these two strikes being in
perfect accordance with the wise
terms OF the act which permit own.
ers 70 lock out their men and work.
men to strike after the public inves.
tlgatlon mas been completed and it's
results Notwithstanding w. Eliot.
in McClure's.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-09
The Note That Jared.

"She would have been such pretty
girl" unused the artist man, with a
touch of regret "Yes-much more
than pretty When she came in and
took her seat across from us at the
theater my companion and were fas-
cinated by the classic mold of her
features, combined with the fresh
beauty of a perfect complexion. But
that protuberance of hair at the back
of her head! 1t was wadded and pad
ded and stuffed out until it looked as
if it nights conceal life preserver.
And at the geometrical center of this
mass wisky little curl lay on its side
and kicked up its heels"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-09


Mr. " M Esten OF the Storrs Agri-
cultural Experiment station calls at
tention to an il1proy in the con-
struction OF electrically heated incu-
bators, says Youths onipanion. Cop
per, which. with the exception of sill
yer, is the best heat conductor known.
is universally employed in construct.
ing incubators for laboratory use. but
the insulation provided is imperfect
With such materials as asbestos hair
felt. wood and cork BOARD, used in
combination, fireFguof incubator
can be constructed. with almost per-
feet insulation and practically indie
structible, at about one-quarter of the
cost of an ordinary copper incubator
An incubator constructed by Mr.. Es-
ten on this principle costs less than a
dollar year heated at constant
temperature OF 81 deg. Centigrade.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-09
HORROR OF A RUBBER CAMP
Scenes That Are a Disgrace
to Civilization.

4
Miss Ida Vera Simonton ellis in the
African Mail Of rubber camp in the
| French Congo Accompanied by
guides and servants, she succeeded
with great difficulty in reaching the
| rubber camp amid the suffocating and
humid heat OF the jungle, being some
times up to her waist In shiny thick
vegetable mold, and again thrown
among creeping, crawling, hateful.
feeling denizens OF the underground"
This is her description OF the rubber
camp:
In that eternal gloom of pestiferous
depths, shulned by all healthy things,
little children. men and women in the
flower OF their youth, mothers with
babes strapped to their backs. decrep-
| 1t old men and old women. gathered
the viscid matter called rubber. Their
movements were Iistless and mechani-
cal--lost souls serving an endless pen
! ance. Fever was in their eyes, rheu-
matism in their joints the chill of ma
laria in their veins and the life forces
oozed drop by drop in the sweat of
exhaustion that bathed their all but
nude bodies.
From its perch on its mothers
back tiny baby cried as the mother
inadvertently thrust a jagged leaf in
its tender eyes little girl, not more
than four years of age, innocent of
drapery, tottered under the weight of
caIahaSh filed with matar w0.
man, hollow-eyed and delicate, pa
tiently lighted her masters pipe, then
sank listlesly among the dank I'M
derbrush, to arise again when the pipe
was handed her for replenishing and
lighting. In iron kettles on the fires
manioc was boiling, and in the en-
ters green plantains were roasting
Near the fires. stretched on mats,
damp as the very earth itself, lay the
exhausted, the sick, the dying. Three
were already dead and two men were
making rude filters to convey the de-
ceased back to their native towns
perhaps weeks journey away
In that reeking, deadly atmosphere
a little girl was torn but a few hours
since. She lay on mat. uncovered.
unattended. while flies, ants, spiders
and other crawling pests fed on the
tender new flesh The mother again
held her place among the laborers."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-09
Horse That Really Launhs.

One of the vaudeville attractions on
the German circuit is a horse which
sings and laughs" Recently an Eng.
lishLan made a bet with the owner
of the animal that it could not be-
l--lde to laugh" anywhere except be-
hind the footlights. The matter was
probably an advertising trick, which
succeeded. AT an announced hour the
horse was brought before a house in
Inter den Linden. The door was
opened. and under the guidance of the
trainer the animal went up three
flights of stairs and into a room. from
window of which the horse presently
looked down on the crowd. He was
ordered to smile" and did so by
drawing up mis- upper lip, and then
| command he laughed" by opening
his mouth wide and making a sound
which his trainer exultantly pro-
claimed the only horse laugh"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-09

The dominant race in India is the
Aryar and to the western family Of
this lace the designation Caucasian
has been loosely applied. When the
Aryans descended upon Hindustan
from the SHOWS of the Pamir they
were confronted by the Drayidha race,
which eventually yielded southwark
and is now represented by such ex.
tremes as the civilized Tamil and the
Kurumbar of the jungle This move.
ment brought the Dravidha people in
force upon stock possibly yet earlier,
the Kolarians, who were gradually
forced inland as the invaders occu-
pied the best lands. Both the Dravid-
ha and the Kolarian stock seem to
have negroid admixture, not however
Ethiopian, and slight Monaghan in
fusion is suspected While these three
are the principal races of the indian
peninsula there is a large number of
small tribes whose affiliations are by
no means clear.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-09
In the Hotel Kitchen.

"One hears lot about the fine view
from the roof of the Hotel Astor. "
said the head chef of the hotel the
o'her day We'll, customers are not
satisfied with, scenery. / can tell you,
and the rlen in the kitchen do not
know anything about The sight of the
Hudson river or the lights of Broad.
way. There are 10 COOKS aEder me.
We prepare every day 100 ducklings.
200 chickens, 800 squads and 600 lob
sters. The lobster never loses. its pop
ularity in New York. winter or sum-
mer We have 500 different varieties
OF cold dishes to serve on different
days from the cold buffet, This makes
the kitchens very busy places"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-09
In luxurious Quarters.

Mrs. Clarence Mackay has fitted up
beautiful quarters for the Equal Fran
chise club in the Metropolitan build
ing in New York. Her own private
room is done in blue. green and gold
The walls are in a noral design of
pink and green, with a black back
gr nd, which shades into a sky-blue
&c. ng. The carpet is dark green and
the furniture is upholstered in pale
blue and decorated with gold. Her
desk is an inlaid Sheraton and the fit
tings are silver The stationery is
adorned with copies Of a picture of a
young mother with a baby, larger OPP
portunities for motherhood being the
sentiment of the organization
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-09
Esklmos and the TeIephons.

zone of the most amusing Incl.
dents in all my experience with Eski.
mos was when first showed them a
telephone" Gen. A. w. Greedy, the
Arctic eplorer. says:
"They absolutely could not under.
stand it. They tried in every way to
understand the trickery. First talked
to one and he was sure l was fooling
him in some way. Then put one at
each end of the phone and let them
talk to each other. 1t was here that
justification knew no bounda"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-09
Parental Glory,

"That elderly man across there In
the second row is one of our best
known citizens"
whats his name?
"Stiggins."
"Well, we'll! Say. he ought to be the
proud one"
Il don't know about that They
claim he's one Of the most modest of
Notwithstanding the fact that
he has done more for education and
charity than any citizen in the state"
What are you giving me! That
amt the right Stiggins. It's the faith
er OF the great half-back that | want
to see!"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-12-09
Controls Electric Switches.

The largest electrically controlled
switch tower in the world has just
been put into service at Providence,
r. l., on the New York, New Haven
& Hartford railroad. The tower is
equipped with II switch levers, pro-
viding 266 combinations. Elaborate
precautions are furnished to prevent
the giving of wrong signal. The
power used is taken from the feed
wires of the railway, but, as precau.
ton, two other sources Of power are
provided, which may be drawn upon
in case OF emergency.