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The Washington herald., 1911-11-26
OLE GREAT ROTARY
NAIL BOX
And the Strange Adventure Which Befen Its Inventor ~
BY ARTHUR MORGAN LANGWoRTHY

20 10 the OlQ swimming mole on
Duck Greek. There were the re-
mains of an ancient foot bridge
which spanned the creek just
above the swimming hole. 1t was here
where they pursued that exciting sport
Of 'whoop the hoop"
And that makes YOU think of loop the
loop. doesn't it? Whoop the hoop was
designated to be just such thriller" as
far as excitement went, and this is how
thev did it,
The ratings and most of the flooring
of the foot bridge were gone. There was
just enough footing left for a nimble boy
10 pick his way across by careful balanc-
ing. as the remains of the flooring mar
rowed down in some spaces to little more
than a foot's width. Still what flooring
there was was smooth enough to roll a
hoop across. if you could only keep it
from rolling off the flooring into the
water-and going with it yourself!
That was the great stunt" The
"whoop" part of whoop the loop consisted
of the bowls and whoops of the assembled
bunch of swimmers under the bridge, who
did everything in their power to rattle the
daring "whoop the hooper" above them. A
single false movement and he splashed
down into their clutches to be thoroughly
ducked!
This novel sport was invented by Pliny
Quick. who after several trials and duck
ings first performed the feat successfully.
He afterward grew 50 expert that he be-
came the champion and could get across
safely nearly every time.
Summer passed away. Fall came on with
all its different sports and occupations.
PIiny Quick's inventive mind was taken up
with the usual number of great inventions
and improvements for the benefit of man
land boy kind. Most of these projects
We're just practical enough for the outraged
victims to class them as practical jokes,
even if the inventor innocently never in
tended them as such. The only royalties
they brought him were some royal old
scraDes.
But there was one improvement which
stands out as a real advance in world i'm
provement-his great rotary mail box-"a
sterling achievement along creative lines"
as the editor Of the OakdaIe Clarion said
in describing it, Pliny invented it under
the following conditions -
lie lived on the outskirts of Oakdale.
thus being upon one of the rural free de-
livery mail routes. If you live in the city
You are unfamiliar with country mail
boxes. a. Your mail is delivered at YOUR
door. But in the country the house may
be set far back from the road. This makes
the mail carrier lose TOO much time to
bring letters way to the door 50 mail
boxes are set up on posts alongside the
road.
The Onick mail how ,.,- a1oo,J =.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-26

Hear about the R. F. D. accident?
Carrier went into ditch. wagon wrecked:
won't be any more mail collected to-day"
Austen frantically questioned the speaker
and learned the accident took place above
The Washington herald., 1911-11-26

After the bag has been weighted with
small shot stick half of the egg into it so
that the opening of the shell is inside the
bag, then fasten with red sealing wax the
ends of your bag to the eggshell and your
fish is ready.
You must place 1t in glass vessel filed
with water and cover it with q piece Of
The Washington herald., 1911-11-26

MAKE hole in each end of a raw
egg and blow out the contents
Close up one opening with a, little
wax. On the eggshell draw with a pencil
two great eyes, as shown in the diagram.
Then make a little bag out of red flannel,
sewn together in the place shown by the
dotted line in the drawing.
The Washington herald., 1911-11-26

team to score first He felt very well
satisfied with himself During the rest
period between the quarters this is what
he overheard one spectator say to an
other
The Washington herald., 1911-11-26

fastened to each hanger in the middle
and then they are suspended from the
TOP Of the trunk. Small hooks with
The Washington herald., 1911-11-26

sharp ends can, be fastened into the
under side of the lid, from which the
loonz can b hTna
The Washington herald., 1911-11-26

Riddle Answer.
The answer to last weeks riddle was
"A Mountain"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

The Italian troops firing from
trenches at Bumelina, the most ad-
vanced post outside OF Tripoli The
Turks were repulsed in an attack on
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

The Northwestern Oil company's
No. 3. section 12-21-S, South Usage,
was completed at a total depth Of
2,452 feet and made 800 barrels the
first twenty-four hours.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

used to promise to lavish wealth upon
me?" Uh, huh" Gould you lavish a
nickel for pair OF shoestrlngs? p
Lou sville Courier-Journal.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

New rigs up in the Cleveland field
are as follows: Producers No. IL on
the Jones; Gypsy No. IL on the WI
dener; Nelson and Grieves No. 10
on the Layton.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

restrictions filed in tho recording di-
vision of the Dawes commission,
Room 205 Bliss building. Hours 8 to
IL am; 1880 to 6 p. m. Adv.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

The Congratulations Gas company
drilled their No. 2 to a depth of L.
675 feet, section 16-19-12, near Sand
Springs and it was dry. AT 1900
feet they found a small body of gas
which they will utilize.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

Van Smith is drilling a test on the
Meansprh land in section 20-l5-19,
three miles east of Muskogee.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

The S. Il. X. Oil company's No. IL
on the Arnold, section 3-20-S, Cleve-
land field. was completed at a depth
3,45S ffet and is good for ESQ bar
rels.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

Thomas p. Slick of Slick and Jones
who are drilling the test well seven-
teen miles west of Sapulpa is Penn
sylvania man and Is a close geologi-
cal student. He has made very
careful study of the formations In
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

The Prairie OIL and Gas company is
rigging up for test on the southeast
corner of the northeast quarter OF
section 2-1S-10. southwest Of Okmul-
gee.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

J. Truman Nixon has complete alb
stracts Of all leases filed in the lease
division of the Indian agents office.
and full text copies Of all removal of
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

these works, with the loss Of 112
men.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

They are simply tearing things up
nv the roots In the Perryman pool.
The GYPSY Oil company has SIX ma
chimes at work besides several wells
being drilled by Standard rigs. White
g. Ufer have three machines goins
and other parties have machines ana
are also using Standard rigs. This
pool lust now Is about the liVeliest
spot in the Oklahoma oil fields. IN"
GYPSY No. 1 on the Legus Perrymah'
being the second location from the
southwest corner Of that land on the
west line, came in Friday for lSO
barrels natural and was shot on Sat
urday. 1t ought to be good for 25O
or 800 barrels. The GYPSY No. on
the Legus Perryman, second location
south Of the northwest corner. Is in
the sand and making four million
feet of gas. 1t cannot be shot untli
the gas goes down somewhat. 1t Is
spraying oil, but how good We'll II
will make 1t Is impossible to say. The
Gypsy No. on the west line of the
Legus Perryman, being the first
location north of the Gypsy No. /, Is
making 1875 barrels. On the Mackey
land, the Gypsy No. 2. ono location
on the north line east of No. 1 which
was drilled by the Gladys Bell on
company, is In and good for 200 bar
rels. The GYPSY No. one location
south OF No. 3 which Is an offset to
the Yoakum No. 1, was one screw In
the sand Friday night, and was drill
ed in Saturday. This well is on the
east line of the Mackey land ard is
an offset to tho Yo7hum No. 2.
The White and Ufer No. 4. Per-
ryman pool being the thirt laca-
ton from the north line on the east
side OF the Homer Perryman land.
was shot Saturday. No. on the
south line will drill In today and No.
on the same line will drill In Mon
day. It will be seen that White &
Ufer are now drilling on three sides
of the north half of the Homer Perry
man.
Thomas r. Slick of Slick and Jones
III
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

c. X. McFadden of Muskogee was
in Tulsa Saturday. Mr.. McFadden
has been representing the Pierce
Fordyce OIL company of Texas which
has been purchasing a lot OF Musko-
gee crude for use in its refinery at
Texas City. near Galveston. Mr..
McFadden will leave In a short time
for a trip to the oil fields of Mexico.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

The Robert 8. King. No. on the
C. England land. section 524-5.
south and west OF Nowata was COM
pleted at Lis feet. They got the
Bartlesville sand at s32 feet in which
they found one and half million
feet Of gas but continued drilling
expecting to 90 to the Mississippi
lime but had to stop on account Of
water and will have for a gas we'll
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

Henry, do you remember how you
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

The Beggs Gas company Ia drilling
its No. 1 on the C. johnson land, Sec
tion 22-15-l1 In the Bsggs district
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

The Eastern OIL company has COM
pleted its No. In the Glenn sand
on the Blueford Berryhill land. sec
ton 2s-17-12. Glenn field. and 1t is
showing for $50 barrels.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

Strawn and Harris have shot their
well on the Henry Froe land, section
21S-12, the second time with liO
quarts, but tho hole it still dry.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

c. w. Nelson of Muskogee who sold
his oil property at Topila, Mex, to
the East Coast OIL company, will
leave in a few days for Mexico. The
price said to be received by Mr..
Nelson and his associates is $4,000
gold. Mr.. Nelson has other oil pro-
perty adjoining that which he sold
to the East Coast oil company and
the purpose Of his present visit to
Mexico is to arrange for Its devel-
opment. The East Coast OIL COM
pany has made a contract with the
Toxas company for the sale of 90.-
900 barrels Of oil per month and this
oil is 10 come from the well which
Mr.. Nelson and his associates drilled
before they sold the property. This
we'll has produced almost million
barrels of oil. 1t is now producing
5000 barrels day with three hun
dred pounds Of back pressure to hold
1t I'm. If 1t were opened wide 1t Is
believed that It would be good for
seven or eight thousand barrels q
day.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

The Taft Oil company has a rig
up on the Ispocogee land. section
19-1S-12 North Glenn field.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

Barry and Craver have rig up
for their No. 1 on the Bessie Shobe
land, section 2S-1S-13.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

Noble and Hayden are rigging up
for their No. on tho southwest
quarter of section 2O-2O-I3. Flat Rock
field.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

The Hecla OIL company is spuddng
In its No. 2 on the T. jefferson land.
section 21-13-1S. northwest of Tiger
Flats.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

F. NJ. Selby returned Saturday
morning from Electra. He made ex-
tensive trips in an automobile
throughout the surrounding country
and secured some leases. He thinks
there are good possibilities for tho
ELECTRA field, Two or three wells
were finished in the shallow sand.
while he was there and all are good
producers. The total production of
the field at the present time Is
something more than ten thousand
barrels q day.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19
OIL NEWS AND COMMENT
By John X, ReGpiS

the part of the country where he
and his partner are operating. 1t
will not be at all surprising if i'm
portant developments follow the
work which they are now doing. 1t
is believed that the showing in the
we'll which they are now drilling was
better than is generally supposed
and that IL the well had been finish
cd in that sand 1t would have been a
good producer. However, there will
be time enough to test this matter
in the future.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

Malarkey and company on the
Mcclure land, section 1928, Cleve-
land field. finished a we'll Thursday
in the Cleveland sand which is good
for so barrels.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-19

on the Layton.
The Northwestern Oil companys
No. 3. section 12-21-S. South Usage,
was completed at total depth of
2,452 feet and made 800 barrels the
first twenty hours.
The S. K. X. Oil companys No. IL
on the Arnold, section 3-2O-S, Cleve-
land field. was completed at a depth
3.45S ffet and is good for ESQ bar
rels.
The Prairie Oil and Gas company is
rigging up for test on the southeast
corner of the northeast quarter OF
section 2-1S-10. southwest Of Okmul-
gee.
The Usage oklahoma Gas company
drilled their No. to u depth of l.
675 feet, section 16-19-12, near Sand
Springs and ii was dry. At 1900
feet they found a small body of gas
The Eastern OIL company has COM
pleted Its No. In the Glenn sand
on the Blueford Berryhill land. sec
ton 2s-l7-12. Glenn field. and 1t is
showing for $50 barrels.
Strawn and Harris have shot their
well on the Henry Froe land, section
2-1S-l2, the second time with li0
quarts, but the hole it still dry.
The Taft Oil company has a rig
up on the Ispocogee land. section
19-1S-12 North Glenn field.
Noble and Hayden are rigging up
for their No. on tho southwest
field.
Barry and Craver have rig up
for their No. 1 on the Bessie Shobe
land, section 2s-1s-13.
The Hecla OIL company is spudding
In its No. 2 on the r. jefferson land.
section 21-13-13. northwest of Tiger
Flats
The Robert 8. King, No. on the
c. England land. section 5-24-5.
south and west OF Nowata was COM
pleted at Lis feet. They got the
Bartlesville sand at s32 feet in which
they found one and half million
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-18

only blockaded in carrying the deci-
sion into effect by persons who are OPP
posing it ON account of its interfer-
ence with purely selfish interests.
Site Shutters in their anxiety to de-
feat the purpose of the Government
are offering nothing that gives even
a promise of an early settlement of
the Federal building site.
All they could possibly accomplish
by reputation Of the Governments
contract with the people of this city
as represented by the purchase of the
Mahuka site, would be to reopen the
whole site question and renew the
fight over the Spreckels site, the AL
len site and the Irwin site, with other
possible aspirants to be heard from.
The men who stand for civic hon
esty do not forget that in the original
settlement Of the Mahuka site private
funds we're contributed to construct
the necessary street and make pos
sible the purchase of the much-de-
sired and much-endorsed Federal
building site
These people do not believe that the
Government is acting with an average
degree of honesty If IL proposes to ac-
cept the money contributed for a
definite purpose and then forget the
moral obligation involved. And as
they believe that such action ON the
part of the Government would be ut
terly wrong, they will of course throw
their influence against the Site Shift
ers' scheme of civic dishonesty.
In its final analysis the game of
the Site Shutters is crooked one.
II 1t is u fair, square deal that Is
wanted, and an honest endeavor to
reach the honest facts of the situa.
ton and then act accordingly as q
united community, property holders
who are blocking the Federal build
ing will allow the condemnation
to go to a fair trial on its
merits. They will waive technical
tiles and move by the shortest pos
sible route to legal valuation of the
property involved. Then, If their con-
tention prove true-that the appropri-
! alton is not Sufficient to secure the
! extended site-the citizens of Homo
lulu can act and act as unit at a
time when Congress is in session and
in a position to provide the funds that
may be necessary to not only settle
the site purchase but build the build.
ing
If 1t is not a square deal that is
wanted the Site Shutters will continue
wasting time and delaying the prog
ress of the city in the future as in
the past
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-18
The SHIPPERS WHARF TAX.

1t isn't the shippers wharf tax, but
the method of handling it that Gre
ates opposition, and widespread dis
approval of the whole proposition.
Here is voluntary tax paid by the
people of this city, and the persons
by whom the money is handled abso-
lutely refuse to make public state
ment of how much money is derived
from this source. how 1t is expended
or how much there is on hand
This is a relic of feudalism and rule
of thumb that is abhorrent to liberal
minded men and it is in violation of
the first principle of public and pri-
yate business-that the people who
supply money for certain purpose
have right to full and detailed ac-
counting of the expenditure.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-18
NAVY YARD TO BE
GUARDED BY FORT

VALLEJO, May 4.-That II fort will
be established in the Vallejo Heights
district this summer by the army de-
partment was the announcement made
today by n naval. official from Mare Is
land. A number of army engineers
visited this section of the state last
year and surveyed the outlying districts
both in the vicinity Of Glen Cove and
Vallejo Heights, and at that time 1t
was stated that two forts would be
erected, one facing ON CarquineZ Straits
and the other overlooking Mare Island
Channel
The Notifications which will be
erected In the northwestern section of
the city are for the defense of Mare
Island In time of war, and II was stated
by the navy officer today that one rea-
son for its construction this summer Is
due to the many war rumors that have
been In circulation during the past few
months.
Mare Island Is n very valuable naval
station to the government mt the pres
ent time. and large sums will no doubt
he spent during the next few years to
protect the naval station.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-18
SITE SHlFTERS And Their CIVIC
HONESTY.

Those who oppose the change
must bear In mind the fact that
Ave thousand citizens of the is
land have signed a petition ad-
dressed to the Secretary of the
Treasury asking that the change
be made and that today the
"stahdpatters" represent the mi
nority.-Advertiser.
This is presumably offered by the
morning paper as one of the funny
graphs of the Site Shifting campaign.
The petition manufactured by the
Site Shutters Is in the first place one
of the more perfect fakes of the sea-
son. The great majority of the sig
natures to this petition have been OBJ
tanned at so much per" The docu-
ment is a laughing stock among the
men who have lived long enough in
Honolulu to know how petitions are
signed and especially the manner of
bringing this one into existence.
It will be remembered that on the
subject Of Prohibition in Hawaii, the
Prohibition advocates offered petit
tions with thousands of names. But
when II came to the final showdown
of actual public sentiment, the petit
lions were proved to be farce, Il
silly method of misleading Congress
and nothing more.
II those who support the action of
Congress, and the law in the Federal
site business as 1t stands today, are
"standpatters," 50 be it..
But II is either idle or a rejection
upon the civic honesty of the majority
of the citizens Of Honolulu to claim
that only n minority Of the popula-
tion Of the city stands for carrying
out the law and also fulfilling the
moral obligation Of the Government,
that has once decided on down town
site for the Federal building, aud III
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-18

Perhaps we could come to some kind
of an arrangement such as this: that
the shippers committee be reorgan-
lied with three members from the
chamber of commerce, three from the
merchants association, those three to
choose third"
Mr. Waldron said this had been
discussed, but that the shippers com
mittee would not agree to it. Emil
Berndt suggested, "Shut down on the
tax and double 1t for promotion pur-
poses"
And the matter Is still In the air
The merchants association as a body
Is now making a request that amounts
to demand for representation. and
the shippers are TO answer Eat an
early date" otherwise there promise
to be things doing.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-18
DEATH TO MOSQUITO, ITS GREAT
est VICTORY.

Extinction of the mosquito Is re-
corded by the editor of the New Or
leans Picayune as the greatest thing
that has been done by the city of New
Orleans in recent years.
Editor Thomas G. Rapier attended
the gathering of Associated Press
members held In New York city re-
Gently and In his public interviews
confined himself exclusively to the
mosquito,
This Is what he said in one Of the
statements sent out IN the dis
patches "The greatest thing that
has been done for New Orleans" said
Mr. Rapior, "is the extinction Of the
mosquito II has saved us from tho
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-18
OIL USED At
KOOLAUPOKO

Members Dwight, Murray and Low
are strong advocates for the use of
crude oil on County roads.
In Koolaupoko road district over
which presides J. X. Paele as road
supervisor, much oil has been employ
ed as n top dressing for highways ON
the windward side of the island.
Reporting to City aud County En-
gneer Gere, road supervisor Paele
says:
Oiling In the Kaneohe section has
been continued throughout the month
of April, 1911, and favorable results
have been accomplished Have cover
cred during the month, commencing
from the mail box at the cotton field
to Kaulekola Hill, being the unfinish-
ed half of road left over from the pre-
vious month, AGO running feet:
thence to crOss-drain at foot of Pun
uhi Hill. Covered whole road GlSO
running feet; thence to Panioi COW
cred one-halr of road 5000 running
feet.
At the foot of the Pail we had to
re-oil the road, also patching places
along the road where II was breaking
up, and spreading macadam over all
those places that were recovered
with crude oil completed about 500
running feet of road.
The number of barrels of crude oil
used on the roads during the month
Is about 1903 barrels.
According to Paele but little work
other than oiling of roads was done
in his district during the month of
April.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-18

yellow fever plague and we are no
longer afraid of 1t. We made Il great
war against the wiggletails by getting
rid of our cisterns and establishing
what we believe is the finest water
works plant in America"
One city after another, along the
danger line of Panama Canal yellow
fever, is pluming itself with the rec
ord of having eliminated all reason
able danger by wiping out the mo-
squito.
Is Honolulu to be the last on the
list?
And must the people be hit square
in the fact with yellow fever before
they begin to wake up to the business
sense and public duty of making the
mosquito in Honolulu impossible.