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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-26
Oklahoma Facts

Only Nv state !. ~ uaid ststs' paid Income
Farm h okAhsaa ~ M fe. noo 10 10000 pr AGRA
AZ ' . g. S I, Y: G s0 and u: !esa :. . sFs..
Mere difa tiaAs # minerals fond otiaAenaA MAa av
oti.Aona - hrsse psresatAss Of uAss Az
t.. H,s aAs otAAoa. giving ,,pao~ .er,. o
ohA ~ ~ naast state asroultarai colleges America
with Ix dis>hct Agricultural seAooL
Okhhsma ocad that sdvaaAags cos,
nArkss, SosI TO - sorl aaS 70 70 soutl W
OKLAHOMA City hAs tve ~ III most medsA packing pAas tAs
counties will find state Agricultural assat TAs
to b ~ most noroagl pestsa agricultural IN Aat sscs THIS
makes okiahonA saad se 70 ~ top IN The avsase a
ws taken .ad counties sc.ad aad la avsras ,, As nus
Of counties to ~ das OklalsnA VIII staId IN The first
In 1915 Okhemas total wsxh Including live seek
In 1919 q: fss:. :Io.1 sppss.%.s:, ssccoeoo n. figures
grn 1917 Okaiouaa v1aMk for
os.Aon: s.a 1ss SsI.. ii. n.s. ,., ending Jun. m
1917 to II: .Ats t.ea:sy TAh win gs idsa to hA tss
and other incomes to The state
In oats ana INST IN cattle N the sessh
E.sludns T'si. and Georgia otaAoua nrt AesA nrss
The 1910 figures give oklahoa popuAHoa ooo
In 1900 10000 Thu shows an nerssss In ten Of 40 percent
while durias NJ last decade the total population
The sstmA that the past fsw ysArs Oklahoma
has S::a sxcssd increased psslahs BY oaH other
Okhhomst land AREA 10 ee,%i4 square miiss
During u last slx mouA 1915 ID
eo.Aaoas okAAonA fraetos fro. osooo 10000 sai
ohaAona 1. psrcsaass iaer..s.a eoto. r.asi,s n,
producuea nnt in hersassd Sssk dsposts
the d Of asvaak Art 4,
the tstai sand q ninsrai pro
r7ciona
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invested in the business OF providing
the raw material for the industry.
Dissolution Of the Standard.
The Standard Oil dissolution in 1911
really introduced the oil industry to the
outside investing public. Following the
segregation Of the thirty-four units
making up the Standard Oil combina-
ton in 1911, the trading in these securi-
ties was inaugurated, and the phenome-
nal record Of this group Of stocks Gre
ated a favorable medium OF investment.
As a result OF the Standard Oil disso-
luton the public discovered a group OF
companies distinguished for ultra con
servative capitalization, high earning
power, and such far sighted conserva-
tion Of cash profits, IN the face OF lib-
eral dividend disbursements, that Wig
orous expansion could be carried on
without the necessity Of new financing
In the few instances where new money
was sought through the sale of stock IT
par, the subscription rights represented
valuable marketable asset
The Standard Oil securities, not un-
like other stocks, have fluctuated with
the changing conditions within, and
sometimes outside OF, the industry, bur
generally speaking they have made
remarkable record Of appreciation, re-
tleeting the growth OF the oil trade
and the confidence OF investors in the
'permanency OF the industry. There is
no longer room for doubt regarding the
stability OF this form OF Investment.
There is no longer any basis for dis
pute as to the solid foundation on
which the industry is built, or any
question as to its wonderful prospects
for future development
Before continuing fuNher with re-
gard to the future possibilities of the
oil shares. let us consider the various
phases into which the industry is d.
vided. The oil business consists OF
four major operations producing,
transporting, refining and marketing
A. great many oil companies confine
themselves to the production OF the in
dustry's raw material; some engage in
two or more functions while the larger
uh's 'o"'p'V All ioui phases
Inclination Toward Producing
The course of investment at this
time is inclined toward production.
There is still q great amount of spec
ulation in this branch Of the oil bust
ness. but investment In oil production
has lost most of It's hazardous nature,
drilling for oil now being practically
limited to areas selected by experts
The demand for oil today Is greater
than the supply, and in consequence the
price OF the crude product has been ad-
vanced to unprecedented levels to en-
courage new drilling Although the
results in most Of the developed fields
have been diseoursging, the prevailing
prices for crude have in most cases
recompensed the producer sufficiently
for his efforts toward increasing the
supply, and on the other hand, . mum
Der Of new fields have been opened
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Standard Oil Dissolution in
1911 introduced Public
to New Trading.
MANY INDEPENDENTS
HAVE GOOD PAPER
Refining End Of Business
k Regarded as the
y Most Stable.
Dy CARL II. PFoRzHEIMER.
FAR greater number Of investor

y FhN kTcaer HuiHUct VI huvestots
y "a Ne today concerned with the fu-
t,ire Of oil securities than at any
previous time in the history bf the in
1uttry. The remarkable record of the
Standard Oil securities has been big
factor in attracting vast sums OF cap
ital for investment in oil issues. The in
vesting public has also had an oppor-
tunity Of participating in a number Of
new oil enterprises during the past few
ysAfs. not included in the so-calie1
Standard Oil group.
y II ID not strange that oil stocks should
!! !Sake their place as mediums of inves-
'ment alongside of other stable indus
tsial securities. In fact, the wonder is
that the oil stocks were so long held ia
the background in view of the magni-
tude Of the American oil industry
As for the Importance of oil itself, it
u hardly necessary to point out that
This commodity in recent years has de-
veloped into as important an economic
factor as copper, steel, coal. or cleo
fricity. or more CONCERN to the Ameri-
en- investor is the position OF the
United States In the oil industry Of the
world. Owing to delays caused by the
war, Il has been impossible up to the
present time TO obtain authentic reports
Of the worlds petroleum production
my later than 1915 In that year the
worid's total production was placed at
N@s,347 barrels. OF this amount the
United States furnished 28l ,l04, ,lN bar
reis, or 6S72 percent of the worlds total
output. The second largest oil produc-
ing country - Russia - supplied only
1905 percent Of the total, Nhile Mexico
the third largest produceA furnished
only 7.6o percent. The oil industry Of
the United States has shown a steady
record Of progress throughout Its sixty
years Of existence, until today tre-
mendcus amount of money is represent
ed In this trade. Compilations recently
made by prominent oil statisticians IN
dlcate that the total investment in the
refining, Transporting and marketing
end Of this country's oil business at the
present time is In excess OF $l.00000,-
DO This figure appears to be very
So1pefvative, and to this sum must be
34ded hundreds Of millions OF dollars
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the varioas well-managsd indepeudent
refining organizations.
Divisssa q tAs lslustry. !,
The transportation end Of the busi.
ness 10 divided Into three sections ;
namely, the transportation Of crude oil
through pipe lines or h tank esrs, tl,e
transportation Of refined products IN
tank cars and containers, and the
transportation Of crude and refined oil,
in tank ships. The investor IL con-
cerned principally with the pipe llas
and tank car companies, the tSak sAlpi
being generally controlled by refining
or marketing companies. The pipe Nns
companies now operate under the
jurisdiction Of the interstate commeree
commission a. common carriers, ed
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up which have resulted In large returns
on the capital invested.
The refining end Of the business Il
generally regarded as the most stable,
being placed in the mapufaeturiSg
class, and the refining compsny secur-
tiles have been the center Of most OF the
actual investment buying. In order to
ascertain ttM causes for the substan-
tial investments represented in the re-
filming business II is only necessary to
review the unusual earning power dem
on,trated by the refining companies
and their generally small eapitalira-
tions, The Standard Oil companies, Of
course, must be placed In the fore
ground in this respect, but credhable
records have also been furnished BY
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timing methods which will sxtsaet 4
greater percentage Of nDeooe fvsl Iron
The crude oil. end throuGh negfeetlea d
carbureters which will permit iilsrnal.
eombustiou engines to utilize lower
Uesity gsso1ine. can ths rsiinsss end
ultlinete oonsussars hope lot ceANnuSd
reji (,ftQm 'ths present level d Ssiev1.
1he development Of iusl oil for ms-
slae transportation ID oaiy bSlne beN
lack BY ths VA and ~ Increased iusl
oil rsquifesssaks which Will follow the
war are sxpscted TO take ear Of d
large perceatags Of the worlds oil out.
put. A earsful snaiysis ol tke sntlrs
OIL situation, indicates that nelthes con-
tinued warfare. nor suddsm psaes ohould,
affect the indu,try upiavosaAIv dr
cause any abnormal read djsstnaa 1As
present lsvel Of prices, ~:
\ Thsre Will be itodlfyias csrcun-
stAncss'ia the oll busiasss vhich viii q
varicus times tend 10 direct ths tide
a ihvsstment towards the Different
classes o. oil securities. Al esrtsin
periods The refining stoeks Will have
Ne preifrsaee based UPON chsapness
and the availability c( raw material
With rdsrsace b ths Mashsn for r.
tined ocoduals. A. etlaf uuus ths
stocn OF prv4ucinG. cpmpaalse wili
moootollpe public Interest. Generally
speaking, hcwevss. boeh srospe Il con-
panies VII saiV Drssesslty siussksns-
ouelI
Qusstsa 4 osvssan1aai osaEvl
There 10 anothr phass sf tAs subject
which Il y no< eassiully I'D sauit-
ably approached, may have distinct
bearing "a the Immediate iutvsS of IL
iadustsy. I refer y ~ ssssae isoisA-
tion eentrsllEing the power . Cd.
mendeer, and which mey ultlnataly ~
suit N leQlsbtiea authoslsiag govsp-
'meat officials b III prioss ~ ell. On
tms score howsvsr, NJ hAvs . rlsht b
reH upca the good isitA ~ seHmea.
sense Of our public oilleislA w n0w
that prSces to be fixed nuDt lsoy0 I lhjs
Profit, and this must .iaelvde 4 nasGin
q saisty for ths future q ~ en1ueisy
NameH' An amount sueA y o1eoes
Of q ordinary eosanssciai pss7l = 9
utilized IN carrying q ~ oo0leVhe1
hazardous opershoa n devoloD3ag ".
" oil fields. The 0ovaaanenN 1hoevU0h.
y appeselatn thsl no(hin9 jAool6 =
dsns te dlseesngs legiliasls Golsin.
tioos tos new ssasees q OuDo(x. -
pecially q . I'm wAeo H. \ )1ItlaloAo
demand ies ~ aad fseloed SeVdUe11
exceeds the pee6sus supply ~ UrVok.
ems shortly 10 cut nQo6elal)y lsoe ~
reserve eruds suppk nv - h1s6
Netwith standing ny Dub1o Goaoe r.
9 matSria! 81 h psieP q NJ 0al =.
fSned Dro4ucts. the seSooaie hnaotIeoe
involved are 20 ssrioue aa1 lSS.sVnek.
Ing that con hsrdiy ooooo1Vo q ~
price being fined whIeh veUld soeeool.
tats . eoatssetioa ol ~ bsoloeIs q
discourage uss opening d nm I'll ~
There 10 only oas diseoaesrtins pot,
IN the oil securities sltuqtioA an1 thst
10 the large eaount n sloch which are
now bsing Offered thsougkest ~ cen.
t.y With spsse:.dy iitslp vsiss tshlnd
them. Ths psblle psssa Aas mad men
ticn Of the fsct that ssw oii Commune
with total espltaillstioM exceedls9 ~
and half blllIoa dollars hnve - b.
eorporatsd Slaes the outbeeSk q m
war; Tn eoaabiasd eapitnl Of all Of ti,l
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s1EclyIcArIoMs
=, MC!ok-Lyconlns -Four Cylinder cast en.blos II
Head Y horsepower.
LuBaicATloN- -crcuissis splash system; ssssS
COOLING-Themo syphon, cellular type r.di.tcs
=, GASOLINE SYSTEM Tank In rear. SAevsrN
Vacuum system - ~ q
LLECIklC SYSTEM-Two-unit DyneV system
IoNlTlON--Deleo Distributor and COLL BsF
ELECTRIC LIGHTS-Dim from eowi board sseal (
oa'esss light and tail light ~
WlRlNG-All wires carried on chassis, In f,exib,e
metal conduit. One wire system d. n NJ
DRY PLATE MULTIPLE DISC CLJrTCHlrhe ~.
vey action Of which permits gradual enrareen. and m
slant release, ubrieated from motor; adjustable.
TRANSM1SSlON-ln unit with motor Three need.
forward and one reverse. :
FRONT AxLE--Drop forge I beam. a
REAR AZ AxLE7FuIl * floating with bslibeasiass
WHEEL BASE-ii% inches y sissy
rIRESns2xJn Goodyear Non-skid, on rear. t'
SPRlNGS-Semi-eiptie, front " inches our bv ix
inches rear u inches long by inches. -, " ~,
aOr-Speeial rainproof material 80 NJ
vision 'SS"''S'"s -"
CONTROl-Left drive center control. Il.
oIEEMNG GEAR-ltreversble steering gear Fun
worm and wheel type Ball bearings sdiustsbIe so ~ss
Corrugated H-inch steering wheel q, -
EQUIPMENT-Instrumen, conveniently rroroed =.
cowl board Instruments include Stewart Manner snerd
ometer driven from universa Joint battery ndcstor css
bureter control ignition and electric light switches t
set 'oo gasoline gauge on tank in rear; electric hor
Geronimo Motor csnpaay
EnID. OKLAHOMA
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oil seevsltlee shoah ~ - esnlS
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nvsuees q eempanles ostSj6G r r
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ma!nsls fsspeda snd tAsvs -
% b. msay more opportsnlhee ~
isvsst!nG publIe 70 share IN ~ ~
tis. p eem3sn'ee havte ievssstle
slbSeuo q pasticipsHnf n ~
g ths 'ndsssfy.-Nsw York ~
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MODEL SIX-A-4S

SPECIFICATIONS
MOTOR-5Rutenber Six Cylinder cast en-bloco IL"
Head, 5XxS; As horsepower.
Observation-Disclosures splash system; gear
force pump
NG-Centrfusa force pump circulating sys-
@ GASOLINE i.is R's SYSTEM % = Tank in rear. Stewart
Vacuum system
CARBURErER.- -strombers type LIB.
~. ELECTRIC SYSTEM--Deleo distributor and coil
Two unit starter and generator.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS-Large head lights with Coma
phore no glare tense Dim from cow board speedometer
light tonnesu light tail light and trouble light
WIRING-All wires carried on chassis in special
metal conduit
CLUTCH-Ten-inch Borg & Beck dry plate multiple
disc.
= TRANSMlSSlON--T speeds forward and one re-
verse. in unit with motor.
REAR AXLE-Full floating type Gear ratio ~ to |.
FRONT AXLR-l beam drop forging, adjustable bali
bearings.
WHEEL BASE--l2 inches,
TIRES-Goodyear 5lx4 straight sides non-skids on
FENDERS-Heavy crowned
SPRINGS--Semi.elip Front 20 in 4 in Rear
andfI;,SrS tpsSSY s4ts,S & !q l c.,r., in ,.,,,.,
TOP-Specia ran-proof material Jify curtains
WlNDSHlELD-Speciaa adjustable built for body
CONTROl-Left drive center controL
STEERING GEAR-Irreversible, full worm and
Wheel 'yns G. bearings adjustable als...,,, to wear
lesher covered cow board instruments include Stewart
Warner ,speedoneter driven from universal joint, am
meter oil pressure gauge, carburcter control ignition and
electric light switch gasoline gauge on tank in rear High
Motor driven tire pump
WIRE WHEELS -NsW extra
the GERONIMO PAoDucIs:
Are produced from the best materials
Are designed for 100 percent service
Are thoroughly standard-not an experiment, q
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Are produced from the best materials.
Are designed for 100 percent service.
Are thoroughly standard-not an experiment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-12
IRON AND STEEL MEN
PLEDGE THEIR SUPPORT

WASHINGTON, July 12.-Adminis-
tration officials, having estimated the
governments immediate needs for
steel for war purposes in conferences
with special committee representing
the American iron and steel industry,
today discussed future needs based on
estimates of possible production capac-
ity of the country's plants submitted
by the manufacturers.
The producers will give the govern
ment their hearty cooperation in its
war program, it is officially stated
The question of prices has not yet
been discussed 1t is said. and prob
ably will be deferred until the federal
trade commission completes its inquiry
into the subject.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-12
END Of IRISH
PARTY seen IN
RADICAL VICTORY
British Newspapers Com
ment on Election of Sim
Feiner.

LONDON, July 1.-THE election OF
Edward DE Valera as member OF par
lament for East Clare, the third Sim
Feiner to be returned by parliament
OF late, is treated as an event OF great
political consequence by the morning
papers which devote considerable
space to the victory.
The tendency of the Unionist press,
rejecting their advices from Belfast
and Dublin. is to emphasize what II
always contended-the folly OF the
government in liberating Sim Fem
prisoners and refraining to deal with
revolutionary talk and acts as such
would be- dealt with In England.
These papers regard the situation as
gravely threatening for they see moth
ing in the Sim Fem movement but
rebellion.
The liberal press also is alarmed
but rather for the position OF the ON
cial nationalist party and for the pros
pect for the establishment of consti-
tutional home rule.
Convention Prospects Hurt
Lone opinion seems common among
all parties, namely, that the prospects
OF the convention in Ireland to consid
er home rule is seriously impaired II
not entirely doomed. Another view is
that the election is an irreparable dis
aster for the Irish nationalist party
which, many Irish people complain
held the country for years In the dead
hand of rigid machine policy.
The Sim Fem movement is regard
ed in the same quarter as an express
sion of discomfort and vehement re.
sentiment of long course of admins
trative folly, indicating rather lack
OF confidence with present parliament
airy methods than a revolutionary ten
dency, and in this respect, resembling
state of mind which often leads
Prussian electors who themselves are
not at all socialists to support social
list candidates at the polls.
"Out Of Sheer Disgust"
Commenting on the East Glare cleo
ton. the Irish Independent says:
Five out of every six electors who
supported the victor did so out OF
sheer disgust for the cringing, crawl
ing policy of the Irish party and the
laundering tactics of their leaders,
The Irish Times considers that East
Clare voted for a program of revolu-
ton. THE Sim Fein policy so far
has developed on destruction and bit
terness pregnant with menace to the
peace Of Ireland yet this policy tri-
umphed over the memory Of devoted
soldier Major William Redmond)
and swept the nationalists out of a
seat held without opposition for TWEEN
ty years. says the Irish Times.
sThe Dublin Express says the vic
tory is the most portentous thing in
modern Irish history.
1T is clear" the paper says, that
the nationalists can do little at a. con-
vention but.e record their pious
opinions"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-07-12

Hooded with light representing the
American flag.
Mohave County miner., 1917-03-24

5F5y5EgYEiggE5iyiEiYgTEY g5I
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-31
SALT PREVENTS PERSPIRA-
TON.

Santiago, Santo Domingo. Mar
ELECTROMAGNETIC results from the
administration of common salt as
a remedy against excessive pers-
piration in the case Of marching
troops are reported by Marine
Corps officials here.
Sweat contains about six parts
of salt in the thousand. A trop-
zeal days march results in the
emulation Of three to four quarts
of sweat. with a salt content of
200 to $50 grains.
For experimental purposes
.about 100 Marines were given a
teaspoonful of salt (about IS
grains) in the morning before be-
ginning their days march. After
a tropical march of nearly twenty
miles the Marines thus dosed eX-
hibited much less fatigue than
their comrades, and their perspi-
ration was bu ia fraction Of that
of the others.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-31
Succession Sale,
SUCCESSION OF JOSEPH DELCAMBRE
DECEASED
10th Judicial District Court of Louisiana, Parish
Of Iberia

By virtue OF a commission issued unto me- thu
undersigned Administrator, out Of the above sale
Court, under an order granted on the 9th day OF
March, 1917 there will be sold by the undersign
ed Administrator a duly authorized Public
Auetioneer, FOR CASH, (for the purpose of real
izing funds t pay debts OF the above said Success
sOn) at Public, to the last and highest bidder on
SATURDAY THE 2lsT DAY OF APRIL, 1917
between legal sale hours, at The residence of the
decease, situated in the 9TH Ward of Iberia Par.
ish La, the property belonging to the above said
Succession, and described as follows, to-wit:
LIST. certain tract of land in iberia Parish,
La, at Petit Anse containing Five Arpents
bounded on the North and South by Armintor
East by Road and West by Bayou Petit Anse,
Ind A certain tract of land at Petit Anse,
Iberia Parish. con taining Forty arpents together
with the building and improvements and bound
ed on the North by Delcambre South by Brous.
sard, East by Broussard and others and West by
Bayou Petit Anse.
3rd. certain tract of land, situated near
the p q A. R., containing Twenty Six arpents
with the buildings and improvements and bound
ed North by Road South by DeBlanc, East by
Leleu, West by Delcambre.
4th A certain tract of land, consisting of
Twenty 4-5 arpents in area being lot allotted
TO Mrs. Odlle Deahoussaye wife of Francis
Thompson in act of Partition between the heirs
of Eugene Delahoussaye and wife. Recorded in
Conveyance book 81, folio SO, and all
movable affects as described upon in
ventory filed and of Record in the office
of the Clerk of Cou-z
NICHOLAS DELCAMBRE,.
Admins TRAITOR
E. 8. Broussard Atty.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-31
SUGAR IS SOARING.

War in Europe and revolution
and rapine in Cuba are sending
the price Of sugar skyward. 1t
will soon be as valuable as onions
or diamonds. A prominent fire
insurance official writing from
New Haven, Conn, to D. l.. Me
Pherson of this town states:
1--WE might say that the people
IN our city are much interested in
the subject Of sugar at the present
time. inasmuch as it has become
an article of scarcity. selling last
week at 15c pound. and at that
figure, only a few pounds were al
lowed to each customer. In some
of our suburban towns it was i'm
possible to buy any sugar in view
of the shortage"
If this keeps up cane will be
worth $12 to $15 a ton this fall:
Go to it boys while the going is
good !-Abbeville Meridional.