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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
Important Wells.

The on State Petroleum company
is drilling ut below l60O feet, after
few days shut down to extend
water lines In No ! on the barnes
tarm northwest 1b-28-l west. II IL
a little over five miles west OF the
big wells In the Billings district and
ir showing up very similar To them.
II has had two flows OF gas, one for
ten million feet IL In due for the
same oil sand producing at Billings
the Ponca City--at around 2,l5O
or 2 200 feet
The real worth OF the nenFranks
on and Gas company No. / ON the
Allen farm southeast lg-22-1 west ls
unknown at this writing An nttempt
was made to shoot II Wednesday. lNlt
tho shot was lost and the we'll uaved
In on top of IT, Cleaning out To II
Is a delicate job, but It viii likely he
shot before this appears IN print
The shot is placed In the oil sand
reached at 1898 feet This well is
two ana ond- half miles east Of
production and synclinc runs be-
tween along which wells were dry,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
ElgIn sand Lnrations

The carter on company has made
four locations for the Elgln sand on
the G. Diveley farm, northwest
2I-21-t west They are twin wells
20 Hoy sand production and on the
cast and south lines one is In the
corner and they call for two offsets
by Champlln on the poRgs farm. and
four by Sinclair. three on Belvoal
and one on the Walker farm.
The Empire Fuel and Gas com
psny has made location for - on
tho liotson farm. In the northeast
corner 2b, calling for offsets bp
Chluphn nLS Sinclair
The Cosden on company and tho
Marland Refining company will have
To drill three offsets besides the two
now drilling on the Walker school
mnd, southeast 1894 west. on the
south line they viii have 20 offset
Sinclair No, l2 on the Bealyeal
farm. II Ia IS feet east " No. ., and
the Healdton and OH State No. q on
the Bclveal. On the east line they
viii have 10 offset :he Roxana No
2 on the Schroeder farm.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10
Now Conscr,ntion DcyIrc.

OH producers are using the watch
Dog In -thc-llolc tubing catcher
manufactured hy the standard TUh-
ing Catcher 4 supply Co It is a
safety device ana is used TO protect
the tubing from any GHmugc IN case
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-10

In tho niiiinsH" snn o rho. a,s.
,t>r,s Al a,rin,s ~, ,oaIs ',, a.,
rorn,ed r,.an,, -, ,n 'an y. ",
piiiinss and "a NV" arc n'
rounding ,y.lis rnms,n,, ~
are in n,s El,tr ~, Ii'',', Wv .'.ii, ,,
weI,s ''''0" s"'o
If H. Chamn,ir s,aao, l.,
We1nesdev No x n, Ha re-.
farm aouthwas, sA.qsi ast 81,
his own tools Ite IN shi,nIns a.,
other' r,ny pp'"s ~ -"
The Coslen md N,r,and co,r
pNnlea are ,nn,ddi,,,, tn So ~, i9o
feet i'm M A m tho UsiL.r .iooJ
inna M eso S'n'V'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-03
February l, 1913.

February /, -1sIs.
Classified Advertising Manager, The Wash
ington Times.
Dear sir-BeinK constant reader Of The
Washington Times continually noticed the
adv. Of Dr.. Johnston IN the VslatI Bldg. and
thought 1 would give them trial He
treated my teeth and believe me my teeth
not only look better but MY health Is eonsid-
erably better. His treatment is not only
painless but his prices are just az painless.
Respectfully. n
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The MIres Are Crossed.

Are you married." the voice in
quired FolicitiousIy
Never" ! replied. thinking at last
l had found a kindred spirit.
oh" she replied with some dis
appointment. 81 had decided not to
let my apartment to any but a mar
ried couple"
sorry not to be able to obIiEe, p
I retorted. "but don't want an apaft-
ment that badly The darned thing
has puzzled me ever since, though for
why. when getting apartments is al
ready such a difficult maternity
did the woman want to put that
premium on hers!
Anyhow I didn't have time TO
fathom IL just then, and. after hav-
ing tried for fifteen minutes or so
to get the operator to give me infor-
nation so l could get the telephone
number Of the next advertiser who
had completely forgotten to put the
phone number in the ad, a mans
voice came on the line.
Hello said he.
"HeIlow," said and proceeded to in
quire about his apartment.
Apartment" said he. 81 haven't
got an apartment. I've tried twenty.
two hotels and it's taken me two hours
and a half and I haven't got a room
yet"
ooh" said I bIankly, "but how do
you happen to be on this line?'
Happen to be-" said he, mo hap
pen about il. II there's one thing
you can be certain OF in Washington.
it's being on the wrong line"
But where are you?" I inquired,
thinking he might be on the line of
the apartment house l was calling.
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furniture was to be moved out (the
court having decreed that the lease
had been violated and the lessee hav-
Ing been promptly dispossessed OF the
same). / was again on my way to
81 a day hotel room to bridge the
space during which 1 was to again
to hunt habitat. A woman friend
% the original lessee came TO the
door. She knew nothing Of the court
decree. She wanted to stay all night.
Nothing was the matter except that
in the house where She was living
the steam pipes, and the water pipes.
and the gas pipes and whatever other
pipes there arc in a modrn residence
had just naturally taken cold and
frozen to death.
Would I-could I-take her in for
the night!
But all things come to those who
hunt. 1 am now living humbly but
extensively in the National Capital.
What matter that the nelghborhood
isn't all 1t might be, that it's FIVE
blocks from the worst car line in
Washington, what matter that there
are at least six piano players, owned
by absolutely interchangeable persons
and nine Nictrolas in the possession
OF the nine persons with the worst
taste in the selection of records in all
the world or that the children are
more than numerous and range from
seven months to seven years. What
matter, I say, when the only two real
essentials of life are mine-steam
pipes that are almost always hot and
hot water that is hot at least every
other day
Meantime a BolsheviIli attack on
the American embassy in Petrograd
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dows up at night because OF the
draught which came in under the WIN
dows.
The Night Of Nights.
The first night was the longest
coolest night in the history Of the
world, but with characteristics neglect
the weatherman failed so to record II,
and there was nothing TO that effect
on the front pages or the morning
newspapers. The second night found
me rolled in one sealslIin coat, one fox
scarf muffled around my neck and
ears, my feet ensconsed in the muff-
to-match, and the remainder OF my
wardrobe carefully draped over ME
and the aforementioned box couch. In
spite OF the sacrilegious use of a
lady's wearing apparel, in spite Of :he
pressing bills as a result thereof,
dreamed l was an Eskimo, riot
ously imbibing whale blubber and
olive oil cocktails, and woke feeling
considerably Older than Mr.. Methusa-
leh's third wife when morning and the
possibility OF seeking coffee, hot and
steaming, finally did arrive.
But why go into the awful details
how II was then impossible TO find q
room at hotel: how days passed I'M
til finally a bed and a. dressing table
arrived and how after that there was
no further sign Of furniture to disturb
the calm frigdity OF my Large room, ="
how the landIady finally confessed
she couldn't heat the room, and, being
a Christian soul would never again
rent it to any one except some one
who was out most il not all OF the
time. Why go into the details OF
those bothless and unbathed days
when, on turning on the hot water
faucet, ice water flowed forth grat-
uitously and one resorted to plrilo-
sophy and remembered that there Is 4
belief prevalent somewhere lis II New
England. possibly that daily bathing
is Injurious. anyway?
Again why go into the details OF
another orgy Of classified ads that
allure only To disappoint, OF more slip
ping and sliding ana falling to vari-
Gus destinations, OF more hanging
onto sw9yinG street cars, Of more
wrestling with that trial OF saints
and martyrs-the telephone: OF the
saddest part OF oil the sad story
OF finally finding a snug little apart
ment of two rooms and bath and
kitchenette, warm (warm as toast),
with loads of hot-water (every day
honest). only TO find that the original
lessee had no right to sub-let her
apartment according to tho terms OF
her lease, OF being visited, one morn
ing early by a United States deputy
marshal with greetings from the
President himself. greetings that
were not exactly Christmas greetings.
greetings that urged the presence or
the original lessee in the courthouse
to show cause as, to why she should
have violated her lease and sublet her
apartment at some two or three hun
dred per cent profit.
There was just one ray OF comfort
that solace that comes when misery
has company. IL was the daN the
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January 30. 1917.
nagsr. The Wash.
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PROBLEM Of
FINDINGHOME
HERE IS TOLD.
BYNEWCOMER

CBeGag he Tey0ciovs ChroHicle Of 9
Newcomer r. the NGtiOgloI Capital ir
fhs year Of OElr Lord tie Nineteen
EnHdredtk and ESShEssnE7, in the yea,
Of fAe Big -Hot7 thr FotYIh. and IN the
Yeor Of the Realisation thot This q
Wa. the First.O
Recorded BY Gertrude SteCeHson.
had about three yards OF news
paper clippings.
had a grim determination.
had a Eood-nNturedIy skeptI0l
diEbelief in the stories that thGs
wasn't q room nor an apartment to be
had in Washington.
These things had, say, but had
a lot OF other things on the way
which 1 didn't know about. All of
which was tusr as web, in this case,
AZ in some others in Nfe.
For, be It known, I was shout 20
embark on that most strenuous Of
Capital outdoor sports-huntlng for
a place to live-the roof with which
TO cover ones head.
Biitheiy started forth-Enfly even,
for thus do we go forth in the morn
IaE not knowing how we coHneth
home chastened at night.
Hadn't ] succeeded in obtaining q
room and bath at a hotel wherein to
reside "for a day or two" while hunt
ing the permanent domicile, after
everyone had declared that there
wasn't a room and bath to be had for
love nor money?
All exREgeratim-thatw was it. Folks
Just didn't hunt.
Room "ShOS Taken.
r. rang the first door bell, looking
for the elegant room, with Southern
exposure, h. & c. w, h. W. h." and so
forth. After what must have been a
most leisurely ascent from the regions
below stairs. en- antique daTkeS of the
snte-bellum variety appeared and in
formed me that the room was 'sho"
taken day before yesterday or there
abouts.
But the advertisement IN today's
paper" I protested.
"Sho. enough. Miss. but We just
done forgot to discontinue that yeah
ad."
All OF which done forgetting had
taken just half hour. three blocks
walk from the car, and the first edge
lEOl d GGI lain NOuuB "OAudu ;
optimism.
Telephone the places FIRST. That
Was the idea, and save time and walk
ing.
Yes" came a dulcet voice over the
wire into the corner drug store tele-
phone booth where ! had now taken
refuge. the room and bath is still for
rent. It's absolutely the most de-
Birable location in town, all rev (the
ballroom is to be opened in a few
days.. beautiful mahogany furniture.
elegant linen, most desirable shower
bath, everything in fact one could
wish. a part OF my own apartment
the suite I fitted Up for my own
daughter"
Joy in the discovery OF such a gem
nearly burst the tiny telephone booth
ss I inquired hopefully: And the
price,
well, you know. we've never done
such q thing before-lettinE rooms
but the Government has called upon
everybody to DO their part, and want
20 be patriotic and do my bit-think
lis ones duty and all that sort of thing
--Why-to one person IL would be S165
q montl-ths;. OF course. includes
light and heat-and II it's for yourself
alone. there would be all sorts of
social advantages, getting 10 meet the
right people here in Washington and
heaps OF little intangible things that
mean SO much to A girl Really the
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place would have to be seen, to be
appreciated"
Only sI65 Per Month.
"of course" I blubbered into the
telephone receiver, thinking hard OF
a very tangible SI65 a month, and,
As the lady paused for breath, assured
her that IL mist all be very delightful
and everything she said it was and
all that sort OF thing and listened
duly to the minute directions OF how
to reach this heaven on earth. won
dering the while il she thought every
last person newly arrived in Wash
inEton was the recipient Of a fat
munitions contract or the daughter of
Congressman with the Republican
Endorsement. and finally 1 was per-
mitted to hang up the receiver.
Gee" I muttered as I staggered
from the booth, "a little more pat
riotism like that and well all be hob
nobbing with the Kaiser"
Did you ask for anything" in
qulTed the soda clerk.
Nothing but room and BATH 1
murmured sweeuy and disappeared
out Of the door.
I suppose he notified the police sta
ton before 1 was well around the
corner.
The next location wasn't in an eT-
ac0y desirable location. Originally
had turned UP my mental nose at
the address. Now I decided It would
be Just as well to hunt in a section
that a plain. ordinary, hope-some-
time-to-be-citizen could afford
The entrance hal convinced me
that the owner wasn't one OF those
cranks about dust containing germs.
and gingeTly assembled the two
flights that led to a side room. Yes,
II was a bedroom-the bed proved
that-even IL one did shudde- for
fear of what might happen to that
fragile, service-woTn piece OF furnI-
ture II one ever really tried to use il.
II looked just plain discouraged
that bed did-as though despair had
seized it permanently. and it didn't
expect to hold body and soul together
much longer.
4 BRrEaIn-NlT.
Eyes. 7 can let this 90 at $50 a
month" the woman OF the house adj
mitted generously. as her eyes roved
from the bed TO the rocker, the wash
stand and the shabby carpet-U sup
pose ono can get fond Of anything il
one has It long enough. You really
will never be able u ind anything so
good for the money" she went on, as
she padded down thu stairs after me
Bargains like these are just snapped
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YOU'VE GOT WAR.
NOW GETHEALTH
WITHOUT DRUGS OR
OPERATION.

II has been 40 well established that
the GOOD LORD knew what he was
ABOUT when he made man, and that
IL Il impossible to eamoufIaEe Ma
ture' that I never attempt to cut any
thing out. or shoot anything In the
Body. (SOpe Physicians have two
remedies OnIy-eutting out and shoot
Ing iB-AII Wrongly
THE VACUUM NEUROPATHIC
TREATMENT RESTORES the CIR
CULATION TO the DISEASED PARTS,
which will build MP the Weakened
Nerves, Muscles, Tissue, and the
Nervous System generally and CURES
NEURASTHENIA. NERVOUS EX-
HACSTION, LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA,
HEART DISEASE, BRIGHT'S DIS
EASE, DIABETES, INSOMNIA, PA
RALISIs, NEURALGIA, RHEUMA-
TISM, other DESPERATE INCUR
ABLE (sO-eaIIed) DISEASES, after
EVERY OTHER System has FAILED.
IL will cure every case of Pneumonia
II II n properly applied within %
hours from the onset of the attack.
MY 81 YEARS In ACTIVE PRAC-
TICE eOnyInees me that the above IL
the TRUTH. For Details, References.
Free Consultation, please Investigate
for yourself. No charge.
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Last Weeks Winners

January * 1878.
Classified Advertising Manager. The Wash
mGton Times.
Deer Sir-Tt II with pleasure indeed 70
recommend to The Times readers such a
reputable firm as the United Cpholstering
Co. as iOth st. y. ". This company re-
upholstered my parlor suite and Of all the
reupholSterinE ever saw Il was the best II
you want your work done right haye the
United Reupholstering Co. do g. Your truly,
MRS. N. JOHNSON.
2nd and ste. n. W.
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out q quaIm because coffee Is 30 much
better sweetened than not. @Ths
world sure do move, and War - sure
ly the great Leveller.
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reminds a certain Mr.. Wilson in
Washington to get Justice for a GER
tain Mr.. Mooney in San Francisco and
borrow sugar from the janitor with
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January q, 1911.


rY.-,. January e. 1871.
CAssined Advertising Manager, The wash
ington Times.
Deer Sill have continually noticed thu
adv OF the Ladies' Capitol Hat sbon ~ titb
81 -, W. ard having a last years nat that
Wtsned TO have made over I brought A. -
thsn- This hat was made over and II cotlld
not be told from a new one II vm, 49,
work done right let them do It. Sincerely,
18th and P sts. " W. -
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NE? I'm at the Union Station call
ing the Commercial Club"
well, I'm in q pay station calling
wardman Courts"
Then with that sympathetic under
standing born only OF Washington
telephone service, 1 laughed and he
said: Well. that makes us even" and
we both began the hook juggling that
pTesages cussing out the operator.
Great Indoor sport.
After the operator had insisted that
I had put a penny instead OF a nickel
in the slot and I had told her. that
her company already owed me three
dollars for the time OF mine # had
wasted that day, and after sundry
other exchanges OF a more or less
complimentary nature. 1 finally got
my number. Surely, IL apartment
hunting is the great outdoor sport
OF Washington. this business OF try
ing TO get some one on the telephone is
surely the great indoor one.
Eyes. we have an apartmnt," came
a weary voice over the wire, but my
wife has the letting of il and she's
just had to go TO bed. The telephone
and the door bells have been ringing
since I o'clock this morning and she's
collapsed"
The price for one room, kitchenette
and bath was S6S, so that let me out
don't know whether IL was my sys-
pathetic disposition or just pure cuss-
edness, but either way. ! was sort OF
glad that the people who rent these
darned old apartments get tired, too.
There was more telephoning. Many
OF the places were already taken.
More OF them were monsters OF sex
discrimination and would rent to gen.
tlemen only. Others had a penchant
for Government employees only. The
total Y. ". {. 4. list contained five
addresses, all more than half an hour
ride according to the most fortunate
car schedule. that Is. provided the cars
were running az all and provided they
weren't delayed by crowds fifteen
say nothing about getting car
seat. I am not ono Of those persons
who attempt the impossible.
The struggle went on for days.
Visions OF what my hotel bill would
be il 1 didn't ind quarters spurred
me on. Whether II was the knowl-
edge that my hotel room was costing
81 q day. whether II was one OF those
momentary alterations that come
when one is very. very tired and very,
very discouraged, and very sure there
isn't any use. anyway know not.
Whatever It was, as look back upon
it, I'd rather dwell on Il somewhat
lightly. One doesn't care TO go into
too minute details Of ones own mis-
takes in life. At any rate. took
an unfurnished furnished room.
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Had a Box Couch.


You see. 1t wasn't furnished, but It
was supposed 10 he. suppose the
furniture Of my imagination looked
80 much better to me than any OF the
furnishings ] had seen that when the
lady promised she'd furnish Il new,
took her word for It and proceeded
to picture it just as would furnish
IT IL had my own things out OF stOr-
age.
For the time being. it was only to
have a box couch and a Morris chair
but l could move in the next day and
The furniture would be put in as soon
AS the landlady could get downtown
to buy IT and induce the furniture
man to deliver il.
have little TO say in mitigation of
my own action. or course. there
wasn't o private bath. l had long
since relinquished the idea OF ever
again having such luxury, but II
was a large room. and il did look so
nice with the imaginary furniture
placed carelessly bur nobility about.
Then, too, large rooms impress me. |
like room TO breathe and space to
walk about in when 7 have one ~ my
Gagged moods. Yes, | think that
mast have been T.. II seemed TO be n
room OF magnificent distances. How
magnificent during a long. cold night,
with nary piece OF furniture to en-
gage the attention or mar its spa
ciousness / was yet TO know. At the
moment 7 was buoyed up by the fact
that the house and the neighborhood
were both good looking. The price
was $50 "A month.
Maybe. you. gcntl" reader, have
slept upon a box couch. II you have.
need say no more. We are brothers
in arms. We understand life's traC-
edles as one mind. II you haven't,
please take the advice OF n friend. Of
one, who. having suffered much, de
sires that the remainder OF the world
be saved from unnecessary torture.
Make other mistakes i'm life, II you
must, but never try to sleep upon a
box couch.
The room seemed cold in the begin
ming, but / thought Il was because
there were no curtains or chairs or
things. I've been wondering since IL
that landlady had ON unduly develop
ed sense of hnmor ] remember she
said one would hardly need the win
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up-I wonder this Is vacant this min
ute"
Not having the courage Of my opin-
Ions, nor time to reform the houser
| wives OF the world. / ventured some
| thing weakly about thinking Il over,
and passed Imply through the door,
4 realizing that some poor creature
would finally have to live in the place.
The next ad on the list was labeled
a. h. k. and n. m. l." No. 81 k".was
simple, but what, in the name OF all
( the !ntrIguingly mysterious abbrevi-
atoms of classified advertising, could
"a. m. l." be! Well, maybe 1t was
something nice and probably expen-
siYc.
1t all turned out TO be the sitting
room and dining room of a woman
who. already renting several rooms.
and her imagination fred with the
I big prices other people were getting.
had decided TO give UP her own liv-
ing quarters and keep only a sleeping
! room for her husband and herself
The kitchen was to be used Jointly
by herself and her new tenant.
! But where would you eat?" in
quired. not half so much concerned
about whore the lady and her spouse
were to inhale their food as I was to
be sure they wouldn't be in the
kitchen at my own breakfast time.
Would Like Hubby.
why, IL we could come TO some
, arrangement and she hesitated,
why" then more bravely, why
couldn't we all use the same dining
room? Ny husbands an awfupy dear
little msn-you'd like him, I know"
Which might all be but liking him
and having him around at breskfss:
were two different matters, especial
ly as there was only a folding do
between the two rooms. What be-
came perfectly evident at this juno
ture was that, whereas the lady
very perfectly visualized the $50 q
month rental. she hadn't at all come
to the point OF giving up the rooms
She wanted the money but she also
wanted to keep on using the rooms.
And that price in q neighborhood
which in any times but these would
be totally impossible!
Slipping, skiddinE, and stumbling
eight blocks over and five up, l came
to the next address. A large white
sign on the door focused my atten-
ton. Was the place Quarantined?
Did they have small pOx or measles
or some such other slight inconveni-
ence to daily living? DESTROYS OF
saving the knee stiff from the time
before-lsst fall, as much as possible
craned my neck to read the writing
on the wall. II was sad news but al
least there was no misundersts ndlng
The apartment is rented"
Plainly. Enthusiastically, as though
the writer was very worried and very
bored. not TO say quite peeved at hav-
ing been summoned to the door many
a time and oft after she had sue
ceeded in securing her tenant.
didn't sit down "n the snowy curb
and weep. although / very much
wanted to. Instead I said: "Oh,
we'll" nonchalantly and again resort
ed to the telephone No more long
trainps only to be met with anything
~ incontrovertibIe as very opin-
donated little piece OF white card
board.