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Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-18

There are still uncounted Idle acres within
the boundaries of Omaha ready to do their bit
il properly tickled
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-18
LAUGHING GAS.

Mrs. Howard-Shes as devoted as a
mother to him,
Modern Mater-Grsclous! Is she as indif-
ferent as that?-Life.
The Stun Nisitor-l should think you'd
be afraid to live here There's no FIRE
escape.
The Stun Dweller--i don't need one lady
Whenever the cops come up after me.
make my getaway over the roof.-Boston
Globe.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-18

on the corn right away. Pain and inflamma
ton will disappear the corn will begin to
shrivel from that instant-then 1t loosens
and falls right off.
There's no other corn-remover In the
world that acts like "Gets-lt." No new
discol cry has been made in corn-removers
since "Gets-It' was born. Don't forget that
fact. "Gets-It' does away forever with the
use Of salves that irritate, bandages that
make a bundle of your toe, plasters that
half do the work, knives and scissors that
draw blood. Use "Gets-r'-no more digging
or cutting.
Gets Ita is sold everywhere, csc bottle,
or sent on receipt of price by L. Lawrence
& Co., Chicago, Ill.
Sold in Omaha and recommended as the
worlds best corn remedy by Sherman a.
Mcconnell Drug Co.'S Stores.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-18

Home rule is simplicity itself, if the Irish get
together,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-18
[ IODNY-
Proyerb for the Day.
One Year Ago Today In the War.

Better to have two strings for one
bow
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-18
corns Peel Right
Off With "Gets-It''

When you've got to walk on the sides of
your shoe to get away from those awful
corn-pains. there's "'y one common sense
thing to do. Put or drops of "Gets-It
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-18
Joseph E. Kuhn.


Brigadier General Joseph E. Kuhn, who re-
Gently became head of the war college and as
sistant to Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of
staff, has had varied military career since he
graduated from West Point in 1885. In addition
to the routine service that ordinarily falls to the
lot of an army officer he has held important posi-
tons in the army's schools for experts He has
also had the advantage of serving as military OBJ
server and attache Of the American embassy in
Berlin during the first two years of the present
war, and, consequently, is fully informed as to
the latest developments in war tactics, equipment,
etc General Kuhn was born in Kansas in 1864
and was appointed to West Point from that state.
In the war with Spain he served a major OF
engineers. .H
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-18

EXPORT was rudely broken up by fire
discovered in the attic of the building.
Frank Parish Of engine house No. 8,
who was hurt some time ago in slid
ing down one of the engine house
poles, is improving.
Colonel A. H. Forbes was presented
with costly gold-headed cane by H.
NJ. Rothery, the occasion being the
colonePs thirty-eighth birthday. Henry
Parrish made the presentation speech,
after which bountiful repast was
enjoyed and speeches were made by
Prof. Miller, P. Connolly and others.
The second annual May party of the
Ladies Of Progress assembly No. 1897,
Knights of Labor, was given at Cen
trail hall, the entertainment being in
the hands of the following ladies':
Mistress Of ceremonies, Miss Emma
Won Trott; floor managers, Mrs Anna
Black, Mrs. M. ]. Elliott, Mrs. Bertha
Won Trott, Miss Emma Burmester,
Mrs. ]. NJ. Kenney, Miss Ida Engstrom;
reception committee, Misses Julia As
pinwall, Maggie Carroll, Lillian
Franklin, Anna Barry; door commit
tee, Miss Anna Mcclure, Mrs. Mary
Simpson, Miss Alice Henney and Miss
Mary Thompson.
This Day in History.
1675-The explorer Marquette was
buried near the present site of Lud-
ington, Mich.
1785-Prof. John Wilson, known
the world over by his pen name of
christopher North" born at Paisley,
Scotland. Died at Edinburgh April
3, 1854.
1SO3-Nelson was appointed to
command the British Mediterranean
fleet and hoisted his flag on the Vic
tory.
1S22-Augustine de Iturbide was
proclaimed emperor Of Mexico.
1S4S-German national assembly
met at Frankfort-on-the-M Main.
1S62-Vicksburg was invested by
the forces of General Grant.
18S3-A cyclone at Racine, Wis,
killed sixteen persons and injured 100.
1S87-A statue Of Schuyler Colfax.
vice president of the United States,
was unveiled at Indianapolis.
1892-Jacob Gould Schurman was
elected president Of Cornell univer-
sity.
lss7-Turkey agreed to an armistice
in the war with Greece.
The Day We Celebrate.
Edward F. Schurig, electrical engi-
neer and president Of the Standard
Electrical company, was born May IS,
1868, in Germany, where he received
his technical education. Mr.. Schurig
was city electrician in Omaha for
nearly ten years, resigning in 1903 to
practice his profession on his own
account.
John Potter Webster is 2S today
He is an Omaha-born boy and is Sec
rotary Of the City Trust company.
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
commanding the German armies
around Arras, where the great Anglo.
French drive is in progress, born in
Munich forty-eight years ago today.
Nicholas Romanoff, late car of all
the Russias, born in st. Petersburg
(Petrograd) forty-nine years age
today.
Josephus Daniels, secretary of the
navy of the United States, born In
Washington, d. c., fifty-five years age
| today.
Samuel NJ. Vauclain, member of the
United States munitions standardiza'
ton board, born in Philadelphia fifty.
nine years ago today.
Charles M. Hough, recently ap.
| pointed justice of the circuit court OF
the United States, born in Philadel,
phia fifty-nine years ago today.
| J. Hamilton Lewis, United States
senator from Illinois and a staunct
defender Of the presidents war poll.
cies, born at Danville, Va, fifty-ont
Iyears ago today.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-18

Help put the Red Cross campaign across
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
HUGE HULL OF VESSEL GRACEFULLY
GLIDES ON THE MOUNTAIN SUMMIT
Society Breckenridge All Agog Over Launching of First Floating
Ship" Top the Great Divide, as 1t Slips
Down the Ways, Ayers The
Bulletins Truthful Correspondent.

mineral wealth, it is dressed in a man.
ner suitable to its work
According to the original program,
the launching of this boat should have
taken place Sunday afternoon, but the
non-arrival of some indispensable me-
chanical parts necessitated a post
ponement And because there was
some confusion as to the hour when
the event was to take place Monday
afternoon, many interested people ar
rived just little too late to witness
it. Among the latter was the Bulle-
tin Correspondent. However, the
scribe could see the CREASED chute of
timbers down which the massive hull
had glided into the aqueous element
in which il is to do its work. And they
were assured by all who saw the glide
that il was an impressive sight-ac-
complished with as much grace and
producing as much thrill as the launch
ing of an ocean liner. A goodly num-
Der of people had been fortunate
enough TO get aboard in time to shoot
the chutes."
The skilled workmen who, under the
direction Of R G. Sargent, had con-
structed the vessel bore a look of
lust pride Also they were in extra
good humor because the management
had declared a half holiday for them.
The length Of the boat is 13O feet;
the greatest width Of the hull is ~
feet 8 inches. and Of the deck 50 feet
s inches. The height of the boat is
10 feet inches. The bucket line to
be installed on it will contain 81
buckets. Of a capacity Of s cubic feet
each. The dumping rate will be p
buckets per minute. a digging depth
of 60 feet is the calculation. The Wis
itors at the floating of this dredge
were also greatly interested in the
camp in which il was constructed. The
boat was constructed in the open, but
the machinery in which its, parts were
shaped and finished is under a spacious
roof. A large mess hall marks the
center of the camp, and here big
spread was served to the visitors at
noon on Monday, and again on the
occasion of n big dance on the boat
Tuesday evening, when l6O people
were seated around the long tables.
As said before. big dance was held
on the floating pavilion Tuesday
night. in which fully 200 happy per-
sons took part For this occasion a
wall of canvas had been erected all
along the edge of the deck to prevent
common coal tar mingling with the
evening dress of the happy terpsi-
choreans. and hundreds of incandcscent
lamps had been placed overhead. The
music was furnished by player piano
loaned by Mrs. l.. l.. King, and hauled
down from town. This affair is still
being described as one of the most
pleasurable ever offered to local dance
lovers.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
WYOMING PROMISES TO BECOME THE
RICHEST STATE THRU OIL ROYALTIES
Land Which Flowing Wells Have Been
Drilled During Boom of Recent Months with
Large Revenue Therefrom Assured for
Many Yet Come.

Wyoming bids fair to have more
money than any other state in the
union.
The experts admit that the lands
haven't been scratched for oil, and the
bulk of the lands upon which oil is
found and exploited for oil is owned
by the state.
For the biennial period of l9l5-19l6
there were 500 prospectors' leases is
sued running for one year and each
authorizing the exploration of state
lands for oil. and from this came a
revenue of SS0,925. The total reve-
nues from oil rentals and leases for
this biennial period was Sl69, 0.9S,
compared with S74,172.2T for the bien-
NAL period of 1914-l9l5. This is an
increase of S95,24S.71.
For ten months of the present BIZ
ennial period, that is. from September
so, 1916, to August l, 1917. the state
issued $50 prospectors' oil and gas
leases, from which it received rentals
amounting to S65,000. From fifty
nine producing wells the state re-
ceived royalty payments for this peri
cd of Sl06, 1895. There are twenty
two producing wells on lands where
the title is in litigation, from which
the state has received S5S,SS5.51 in
escrow deposit.
Ray f. Lee, commissioner of public
lands of Wyoming, said that these fig
ures for the last ten months were sub
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
Especial Corre.pondenceJ

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo, Sept. 26.
Monday afternoon, to the plaudits
of Summit county's select society,
there was launched the hull of vessel
which is to eventually become a
floating dredge for gold. So unique
a spectacle on top of the Rocky Noun
tains brought crowd of people from
all the surrounding mining camps.
The hull now floats majestically on
the yellow waters of a dredging pit
opposite Braddock, three miles below
Breckenridge. The "ship" will do
placer mining in the Blue river. 1t
is neither a pleasure boat nor a
floating palace" such as carry
travellers across the waters, nor a
merchantman with spacious holds
filled with the wares of trade, nor
yet n warship armor-clad and
equipped with weapons of destruction.
Nor is it Lord Upton yacht to play
for racing honors, such as ride the
ripping waters of Grand Lake in
summer time. The structure was
neither elegant in design nor beauti-
full in finish. Its straight sides sug-
gested an utter absence Of speed quail
tiles, and their color was that pro-
duced by n thick coat Of common tar.
The fiat deck was superimposed by
huge square beams suggestive Of gal
lows-frames rather than the making Of
cabins de luxe and promenade decks.
The mirky pond and its high banks
precluded all visions Of any extended
cruises; besides, where were the pro
pellers7
Notwithstanding all this, the launch
ing Of this ship" aroused great inter
est in the community, and was cele-
brnted in various ways thruout the
week. Whats its end and aim ?"
may therefore be appropriately asked.
"Well. its mission is decidedly one of
peace. II is TO promote prosperity by
augmenting the worlds supply of gold
gold. our measure of values and
chief medium of exchange in the world
Of business. II is to give remunerntive
and honorable employment to n num-
Der of men, and thus provide for more
homes in our community. Its mission
is n useful and practical one. Like
the miner who crawls into tunnels or
descends into shafts in the pursuit Of
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
BIG OIL WELLSFOR
STATE PREDICTED
RAY MILLER HAS HOPES
FOR DEVELOPMENT.
Four Companies Making Bores Near
Pueblo; Geologists Say Colorado
Has Largest Oil Pool in the
Whole United States

High hopes for the development of
paying oil fields in Colorado are held
by Raymond Miller, president of the
state land board, who returned yes
terday from a trip Of inspection to the
fields near Pueblo, where four out
fits are now making bores. One of
these holes is being drilled by s. H.
Hale, who brought in the famous Trap
shooters well in Kansas.
Colorado has oil, and has it in
great quantities. There is no ques-
tion about that. 1t Is simply mat
ter of finding it, said Mr.. Miller.
"The drilling of the four wells in
the Pueblo district should be a fair
test whether there is oil in that vicin-
ity. In Cheyenne, kiowa and Bent
counties, where the largest anti-cline
in the state is found, practically all
land has recently been leased. There
are probably 100000 acres under lease
there. The Empire oil and Gas COM
pany alone has 10000 acres under
lease in Kiowa county and 10000 acres
in Bent county. Development work
will probably start there soon.
AN Oklahoma friend of mine who
is in the oil business told me that sew
eral years ago he and his associates
sent two German and one French
geologist on an exploration trip thru
the West and the gco.ogists declared
upon their return that somewhere in
Colorado, between the base of the
Rocky Mountains and the Kansas line,
the largest oil pool m the United
States would be found
Biologists are agreed upon the en-
cellence of the anti-cline formations
both near Pueblo and in Cheyenne,
Kiowa and Bent counties. Twenty
thousand acres of state school land re
Gently have been leased to seekers of
oil in the Pueblo district. Two of the
wells that are being sunk are about
fifteen miles northwest of Pueblo. Two
other outfits, the machinery being al
ready on the ground. are now being
set up about six miles due west of
Pueblo. The operators doing this
work are s. II. Hale, experienced
driller of Trapshooter''s fame; the
Shaw Oil company, the Columbine
company and the Big Eight company.
Biologists differ as TO the sites for
these drillings and. altho the bores
may be fair tests of the field, they will
not be complete tests: -,
In Routt county, also, there is oil
drilling now.
To encourage prospecting for oil in
Colorado the land board is giving more
liberal lease terms than hitherto.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
sEAMEN's UNION MAY STRIKE
Referendum Vote Taken by Men of
Great Lakes Being Counted.

Victor Olander, head of the Lake
Seamen's Union and a member of the
Illinois State Council of Defense, an
nounces that a strike of members of
his organization October l seems in
evitable.
He explained that while count of the
secret referendum vote recently con-
Quoted by mail has not been taken,
it is an open secret that the men were
practically unanimous in voting to
strike unless the Atlantic agreement,
to which the federal government was
a marty, is extended to the great lakes.
Able seamen on the great lakes, he
said. are paid S72 month during the
summer. They are asking Se5, but the
ship owners. he said, were willing to
pay only SS5, which he said was the
normal advance on October l, owing to
the approach of stormy weather.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
HIGH WAGES PAID IN CASPER.
Wyoming Oil Camp Greasy With
Money Paid to All Kinds of Labor.

Casper is a good town for the work
ingman. All labor is high.
Carpenters are in demand and are
paid $3.50 day.
Drivers of ice wagons are paid sl60
a month.
Walters are paid $3.50 a week, or
$3.50 a week more than is paid in
Cheyenne.
Experienced oil workmen get from
SIS to 50 a day.
Labor is in demand. You hear
everywhere that men are wanted and
you hear of the big wages that are
paid them. There is so much work in
all lines that the supply is not equal to
the demand. Men come into the oil
towns. work while and then they go
out into the fields, where there is al
ways work with wages high and in a
great many instances board and lodg-
ing are included in the payment.
While the demand for men now is
large, it is predicted that next spring
will be the time for worker to get
into the oil country. for then there
will be an immense amount of build
ing of all kinds and in the fields there
will be an immense development.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
WORLD SHORTAGE IS FELT IN OIL AND
GAS, ASSURPLUS STOCK BECOMES LOW
World War Has Caused Drainage of Reserve Oils that Causes
Alarm in Government Circles Thus the Bending of
Every Energy Locate and Develop New
Oil Territory n the United States.

The stocks of crude petroleum in the
United States at the beginning of 1915
aggregated III 100000 barrels, of
which 62,500,O0O barrels was of the
heavy oils of California and the Gulf
coast. At the beginning of 1916 the
stocks had been increased to 1S0,s00,-
600 barrels. Thus, of the 302 100000
barrels produced in 1915, about $780,,
900 barrels went into storage, and rep
resented the amount of production,
over and above the requirements of
the market. At the close of 1916 the
stocks were 160,7OO,0OO. 1t is ap-
parent, therefore, that the market ab-
sorbed all the production of 303, ,495,-
600 barrels produced in 1916 and re-
quired 20,100,000 barrels more from
the amount stored in previous years.
In other words, the consumptive de-
mand for 1916 exceeded the produc-
ton by some 21,o00,OO0 barrels. The
production of the first six months of
1917 was practically 156,000000 bar
rels, and the stocks of crude petroleum
held in storage June 80 were 152, $780,
600 barrels. This would indicate that
the world required all the increased
production of the first six months Of
the year, and also drew upon the
stocks for 100000 barrels In the
same period shipments from Mexico
were 22,O0O,00O barrels, or an increase
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29
DIP SHEEP IN OIL
FORGET TO DRILL.
KICK WHEN DISINFECTIVE
SPRING is TAKEN.
Sheep Herdcrs Did Not Dream Of I'm
told Wealth Where They Drove
Their Flocks From One
Year to Another.

For nigh onto forty years, to use
popular Maine phrase, shccpmcn IN
Las Animas county have run their
hocks over the eastern end of that
county and have used the oil from
springs for dip and have also DIS
couragcd oil spectators in the county.
Now, however, there is n change and
there are some six or eight men or
companies in that section Interested
in oil. with two companies drilling, two
others preparing to drill and the 9th
crs anxious to drill. The Doherty in
terests have some leases and are suf-
ficiently concerned to see to it that
the casing for the wells is promptly
delivered.
Over on Mustang creek there is n
party of Las Animas and Lamar men
who have n well down 1000 feet. Oper-
ntions were started two years ago, on
money collected around Las Animas
town, and after something like $4,000
was spent work was abandoned; then
there was another levy and some more
work done, and then came IN the
Lamar men with, it is said, sufficient
money to insure the steady drilling
of the we'll
On Picketwire creek n group of La
Junta men have land and are .prepar-
ing to drill at Muddy Gaps, while an
Otncr pHTty OF LII JuIltu Hlen 10 P's
pairing to drill south of that city.
Biologists, including State Geologist
George, declare that there is dome
that extends from south of Las Ami
mas county up thru the county and
thru an edge of Baca county and on
thru parts of Otcro, Bent, Kiowa,
corner of Lincoln and on up thru por-
tions of Cheyenne, Kit Carson and
Yuma. All along this dome leases
have been taken up and there are n
number Of companies preparing to
drill for oil.
Around Cheyenne Wells there is con-
siderable activity and it is reported
that one company now is drilling in
that section, while another company
is preparing to drill near Hugo. Mr..
George has expressed the belief that
the eastern part of Las Animas county
contains oil and has predicted that the
well now being sunk will prove it.
Around Cheyenne Wells there is con-
nection with the theory of geologists
of the extension Of the oil sands on
streak up thru n part Of eastern Colo
RADIO and touching the eastern envi-
rons Of Denver from the southern to
the Wyoming and Canadian fields.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29

ject to an increase, as some wells had
been brought in that had not been col
lected upon.
THE commissioner believes that the
plan he is following is the proper one
to pursue at present. Opportunity Is
given to people in the oil business to
explore a tract of land, guaranteed a
lease thereon, at a reasonable rental,
if oil is discovered. The state land
board has kept the faith with those
people who are spending their money
to explore its lands for oil, and its rep
utation for fair dealing has gone be-
yond the borders of the state. The
state is receiving very large revenue
from its lands where oil has been dis
covered and exploration is going on
over the state and will be given a new
impetus by reason of the recent dis
coveries. and. no doubt, new fields will
be opened up the coming year.
81 can conceive of no better plan
than that which is being followed
said Commissioner Lee, "unless 1t be
that the state explore and operate its
own lands. OF course, the latter plan
would necessitate the construction of
pipe lines, probably of retineries; but
the question of market for the oil
even now may necessitate the states
taking some action relative to the con-
struction of refineries."
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-09-29

of 100000 barrels, as compared with
the first six months of 1916.
These figures show that in the
eighteen months ended June 80 the
demand for petroleum products alb
sorbed all the production of 100000
600 barrels, and drew on that which
had been stored in the past years to
the amount of 2s,200,000 barrels. The
larger drain on stocks was in the
twelve months of 1916, because the
monthly production during that year
was somewhat less than for the last
six months.
1t must be plain from the above
figures that the increasing demand,
whether for war, industrial purposes
or the rapidly growing number of au-
tomobiles, will soon upset the balance
between production and consumption,
which has held nearly level for sew
eral years, unless there should be an
increase in the output.
The world cannot go on adding to
the uses for petroleum unless the pro-
ducer can keep up the supply. That
he is doing his utmost is apparent
from the fact that more wells are be-
ing drilled now than ever before. The
returns are not so large as in past
years, except in a few localities. In
Kansas and Wyoming and in a few
sections of Oklahoma the production is
increasing because of the discovery of
gusher wells. But the world must
rely for its supply of petroleum rath-
er on many small wells than the few
gushers. This is shown in the rise
and fall of the famous Cushing field.
For few weeks in 1915 this field
had daily production of 100000 bar
rels, and in that year produced II ,0OO,-
600 barrels By the end of 1916. with
the addition of the Shamrock field 70
its acreage, its daily production had
declined to about $4,000 barrels. The
stocks piled up while this field was at
its height are now furnishing the sur
plus from which the worlds demand is
being met. No gusher field can be
relied upon to maintain a large pro-
duction for years, but it will add ma
terially to the stocks for short pc
riod. Then the smaller wells must be
depended upon for the steadier supply.
This has been the history of all oil ex-
citements since the beginning of the
industry.