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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-21
YIELDS APPLE OF soDoM"
cwrieue Plant Which Grows on the
Borders u the Dead Sea Pro-
duooo This Fruit.

The Dead sea IL situated In the
southeast part Of Palestine. and 10
called By the Arpbs Bahr Loot, or Sea
sf Lot. It 10 about ~ miles long, with
IN average breadth Of nine miles. Ito
depth varies considerably. It II fed
81 the Jordan from the north. and BY
many other streams, but has no ap-
parent outlet. its superfuous water be-
Ing supposed to be entirely carried on
~ the evaporation. Tho north
shores Of the sea are marked by the
blackened trunks and branches OF
trees which are incrusted with salt, ~
10 everything that 10 exposed to the
spray Of this sea.
On the southern shore Is the remark
able mass Of rock called Udsum (Sod-
om). It IL 4 narrow, rugged ridge Of
hill extending ave miles northwest,
and consisting Of rock salt. To the
north Of Udsum, and At no great dis
lance. II the supposed site of the an
cient Sodom.
On the borders Of the Dead sea =
curious plant grows which yields fruit
called the Apple of Sodom," beautiful
on the outside but bitter to tho taste,
and, when mature, filled with f1ber and
dust.
The mean level Of the Dead sea 10
1,2o7 feet below the level of tho Medi-
terranean. The water contains from
"A to 70 per cent Of salts, Of which I
per cent IL common salt. A saltwater
6sh put into the Dead sea perishes 1t
once. Owing to it, density due to
salt the water of the sea IL very buoy
ant
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-21
Woman Wins Rank of Chief Yoeman

mended for heroic deeds also have a
special place-and there are hundreds
Of them already, though we have been
at war less than year. The depart
ment seeks to secure and keep on file
photographs Of all the men OF the
navy killed In service against the en-
envy, and those specially commended.
Miss Brooks has had hand In build
Ing up these measures to perpetuate
the memory of the navy's heroes and
preserve interesting and authentic ma
terial for history.
Won Rapid Promotion.
Enllsting In the naval reserve in
April, 1917. as yeoman, third class,
Miss Brooks has already risen to the
highest rank open to women in the
navy, that of chief yeoman AS secre-
lcry to Lieutenant Commander Hall
she superintends the work Of two yeo-
man stenographers and a mail clerk.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-21

country hotel, good deal fire.
quented by motorists. took In a show
man and his performing bear, and one
morning the bear escaped from the
stable. Everybody fled before the ami
NAL The hotel man, however. pur-
sued 1t courageously. II entered the
hotel. mounted the stairway, pushed
open bedroom door and vanished
The hotel man, close behind. heard
from the bedroom an angry exelama-
ton In feminine voice and the
words: George. dear. how often have
I forbidden you to come into my room
wifhou' - and Ia your auto
mobile coat. tool"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-21
Human Brain 10 Heaviest.

Except for the whale, the elephant
and the porpoise, no living thing has
q brain which weighs A. much as the
minimum of the humans. In the entire
human nervous system. according to
the estimates OF Professor Donaldson.
there II the astounding total Of 11.200,-
100000 nerve cells. In the study Of
these cells and their grouped relation
to the ave divisions Of the brain as
well as to the functions which they
perform, several classes of scientific
investigators are engaged.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-21

all three of them mens Like all the
other women yeomen, she Is regularly
enlisted in the navy--enlisted tor the
term Of the war. At first they were
commonly termed "yeowomen" and
"yeomanettes, but these nicknames
are frowned upon by naval officials,
whose attitude has been well ex-
pressed by Rear Admiral MCGOWAN.
paymaster general of the navy: "They
must not be called 'yeowomen' or
'yeomanettes.' These women are as
much a part Of the navy as the men
who have enlisted. They do the same
work and receive the same pay as men
OF the same rating. They are yeomen
and have done yeoman service In the
Immensely increased work imposed
upon the navy by the war"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-21
Agriculture stands First.

At the head of all sciences and arts.
at tho head of all civilization and
progress, stands not militarism, the
science that kills, nor commerce, the
science that accumulates wealth, but
agriculture. the mother of all indus
try and the mnintainer Of human life.
james A. Garfield.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-21
Her Chance to Get Even.

Mr.. Wise-Why did you stand right
next to Mrs. De M~\e all through the
reception know you can't abide her.
Mrs. Wise-I know, my dear. but
didn't you notice how my black net
gown killed her brown dress7
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-21
Something Better Than Words.

Election Agent-That vas good
long speech our candidate made on the
farming Question, wasn't it2
Farmsr-Oh, aye, II wasn't bad; but
4 couple O. nights good rain 'ud a
Done Z sight more good.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-21

A Wisconsin inventor has patented
skis with pivoted footpieces that send
IA wearer along over snow or ice a,
he presses his toes rown against th.
runners
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-06-21

The chief executive of Arizona,
Gov. George w. z. Hunt, knlts for the
soldiers of his state during his leis-
ure time. The governor is very prof.
Client with the needles and already has
turned over several sweaters and other
. comforts for the use of the states
drafted men. Recently, while en- route
to Washington for a conference with
President Wilson, he knitted a six-foot
scarf for a boy In khaki.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-16

Mr.. T. A. Ross, one of the moving
spirits in this most c~ommendable un-
dertaking, is one of Kansas city's best
known business hustlers and in his
vocabulary knows no such word as
fail. Mr.. Ross has given much study
to Oil and Oil Lands in the great
Southwest and is possibly more ia
miliar than any other CoIored man in
the West as to the merits of these
different oil propositions that are be.
ing submitted to our people. Mr..
Ross is a native of the grand old state
of Georgia and in the language of
Horace Greedy came West ten years
ago where he became interested in in
surance and has won for himself an
enviable reputation as one of the keen
est and best informed insurance
writer's and adjusters of the race. His
talent has been recognized by some
of the best n most substantial com.
panies, white and colored, in the coun-
try, and the same keen insight and
perspi Guilty that he has evidenced in
the insurance business, he has carried
into the oil business and has buiIded
up a syndicate that has the confidence
and esteem Of the people of this
country.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-16
Do Not PrOcraStnate-- Nature Holds Wealth for You
MAKE YOUR START FOR SUCCESS NOW! In

MAKE YOUR START FOR SUCCESS NOW! In WHAT other line OF
business can you invest a like AMOUNT of money that affords such possibilities
of enormous profits. Our plan provides the greatest security against loss.
Join with us now. Become a member o, this organization and be a producer
of oil.
The Legitimate Oil Enterprise affords greatest opportunity in the world
today for those with only a small amount of money to invest. The oil industry
has raised hundreds of toihng people from squalor and poverty to wealth and
luxury.
We assume that you, as a thinking man, have made up your mind to take
some of the extraordinary profits that you know are being made by your
friends and neighbors out of the development of the oil land in the MidConti-
nent Field. Every day tales of the fortunes now being made are reaching your
ears. 1t is human nature to desire to share in the good fortune of others. The
opportunity to do 30 is here. The profit to be obtained will not be at the x
pense of your neighbor, for it will be due to the creation of new wealth.
Nature is yielding her stoedup wealth to the siren song of the drill.
Nothing will work so hard for you as your dollars, if you will give them the
opportunity Money placed in a bank or trust company at three Or four per
interest is not working for it's owner. 1t is working for those who have
cent for the company for whom it is really working. Let your money work
for you.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-16
Your Opportunity

If you know an opportunity, when you see II, and
vantage of it, then join us now in this great OIL EMIT
interested in a business which offers
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-16
Ten Men Who Never Won Nor Never Will

|. The hndsighted man-nev sees opportunity until it is passed.
2. The back-boneless man-afways has to ask someone advice.
3. The "ony" honest man-must have the control. No n else honest
enough.
f. The spendthrft-never has anything to invest.
s. The suspicious man-always afraid someone will rob him.
6. The conceted man-knows where all the best things are without be-
ing told.
:. The modern Shylock-beieves in nothing but the pound of flesh
. mortgage.
g. The marrow gauge man-refuses to listen to anything "out of his line "
g. The unfortunate man-has a friend who invested and lost.
10. The fool-thinks a thing worthless o it wouldn't be offered to him.
These chaps neve get ahead. They simply cant-they re afraid. But
he world is peopled with the other kind al wel-we want them.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-16

900 Units to Each 40 Acres

We only sci! six hundred shares to each Forty Acres. The special advan-
tae IN this is: That We can sell as many 40 acres o. this basis al is necessary
to bring in the biggest possible production. To illustrate: When we have
sold w fOrteso on this basis of only 600 shares to each forty acres,t this would
be so acresw with 1900 shares and then it becomes a blanket proposition and
the 12OO shares will participate equally i'll all that is produced in the III
ire q
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-16
Be Alive to Your Opportunity--Se Secure an Income
For Life-DOnt be Deceived

Do not be mised by the glowing advertisements and statements of those
who promise to make you a millionaire wei night, but place your money in a
for the purpose of making a business out of oil operations and the production
of oil and Oh whose reputation you can depend absolutely for a square deal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-16

MIR. J. A. Wilson, whose likeness ap-
pears above, is one of Kansas city's
foremost business men, being the
pioneer Negro ieweIer of this section,
a profound thinker, a forceful writer
and intellectual leader who is a credit
not only to this community but to the
entire race. Mr.. Wilson is a native
of the Barbados, was educated in the
best English schools, mastered his pro-
fession in that country and for twenty
years has beef a commanding figure
in social and business life of Greater
Kansas City. He has always been in
the forefront in advancing Negro bust
ness enterprises and had an intimate
mountaineering and the business
confidence of the late Booker T.
Washington and the Negro National
Business League. The Sun is salts
fled that any enterprise backed by
such men as Mr.. Wilson. Mr.. Ross,
Mr.. Smith, Mr.. Branch, Mr.. Comma
eor, Judge Booker and Mesdames Viii
Iiams and Bailey is worth while and
should have the confidence and sup.
port of the race everywhere.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-16
Little Fellow Protected

You know that in a ordinary corporation as DON as it gets tO be a real
good thing or making big money, right then the ordinary fellow is in more
danger of getting nothing than ever, simply because the corporation laws are
can do just al he or they see fit. In most cases they see fit to freeze out the
other shareholders who an do nothing but get out ALL THESE things are
impossible under our plan. Another great advantage. a.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-16
Largest Producing Field in the State

WILSON COUNTY, KANs. Largest productive field in the state for the
depth drilled. Production in this field ranges from 80 to 500 barrels per well.
We have three chances to win, because three oil sands undeIy this lease.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-16
co U N
THE OKAY OIL & GAS SYNDICATE,
514 Minnesota Ave-, Kansas City, Kan

THE OKAY OIL & GAS SYNDICATE,
54 Minnesota Ave, Kansas City, Kans.
Gentlemen: l hereby subscribe for. ......w.. Profit SHARING
Certificates in your oil proposition and enclose $1,000 as first nav
ment on same, with the understanding that you will PROMPTLY mail
me receipt and contract which provides that the balance NAV he noid
in Three (3) monthly installments as follows: $1,000 in 30 GO and
80 days.
We want energetic and intelligent men and women to nrason
us-from $50 to $3.50 per week, on absolute certainty. Write nc for
our terms.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-16
THE INEXHAUSTIBLE WEALTH

that is in the bowels of the earth cannot be utilized by a few
persons no more than the needs of a large city can be supplied
by one or two stores. So we are offering you a unit or inter
est (not stock) in the BLUE JAY OH. g. GAS co, an organiza.
ton in which we have a splendid chance to get BIG MONEY.
The BLUE JAY OIL & GAS co. is promoted by the oKAY
OIL & GAS SYNDICATE, an organization composed of well
known Kansas Citians whose word is as good as a gilt edge
bond.
All unit holders will share equally in the entire production
of the Company and in all its leases.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-16
Money Making POSSibilitie'

This is Your Opportunity to get n on ground floor with responsible people.
We are going to make Big Money for everyone who becomes associated
with us and our plan should appeal to those who cannot afford to lose; TO
THE MAN WHO THNKS-TO THE MAN WHO WANTS TO GET AHEAD
TO THE MAN WHO WANTS TO INVEST FOR AN INCOME, we offer
you a genuine opportunity, you will never find a plan nor safe, fair and
sound and with such unlimited possibilities as this one. Help us to develop
this wonderful lease. We do not ask you to Gamble-We do not ask you to
speculate-We ask you to invest.
The foundation of wealth is the first hundred dollars well invested.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-02-16
We are the Okay Oil and Gas Syndicate
Profit Earning Possibilities and Plan for Development

Or mutual plan of operation affords greater profrearnlng possibilities
than that of any heavy capitalized corporation, doing business on a dividend
paying basis, as each SHAREHOLDER is guaranteed his OIL her pro rata share
of all the earnings from all the Oil and Gas produced.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14

The Reserve Board, in discussing
the Importance Of systematic saving,
calls attention to the fallacy of the
assumption that tax payments and
loan subscriptions which are paid
through the creation of additional
bank credit result in any real in
crease in purchasing power, since
there is no commensurate increase
in production. "The consequence of
making such additions to bank cred
it's" the board states" is necessarily
an increased tendency toward the
bidding up of prices and results in
the menace called 'infiation.'"
"The Bulletin" perversely fails to
mention the recent strange discov-
cry Of "The Times" that only ''infla-
ton above the market price for
money" is to be discouraged, nor
does it deal with any benefcent type
OF imitation, the board apparently
being unaware, as are all others pos
sessed of the rudiments of economic
knowledge, of any but the old-fash
Toned kind. But it does restate the
problem in terms that are worth re-
printing, because they are within
the understanding Of everybody.
whenever the volume Of current
purchasing power, in terms of
money, whether in the form of act
ual currency or in the form of
credit, grows or is increased faster
than the volume Of current and
available goods" "The Bulletin"
states, 1.-The resulting situation may
be ascribed to the excess of cur
rency or credit, or both, above nor
NAL requirements, or, more briefly,
to the distention of currency aid
credit. This alteration of the pro-
portion between existing goods and
purchasing power eventually results
In increase Of prices, not necessar-
lily in the exact degree in which the
volume Of purchasing power has
been increased, but in the degree in
which it is actively used to effect
the purchase and transfer of goods.
when loans are made by banks
upon the security Of bonds or other
claims to the product Of future in
dustry or its share in fixed capital,
the tendency is to advance prices.
Funds obtained by the government,
in the form Of such credits, result
therefore in the bidding up of the
prices Of commodities, especially of
those for which the government has
most need. Such advance in prices,
in so far as relates to the neces-
saries of life, almost unavoidably
leads to an advance in wages, and
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
Fight for Assets
Of Met. Petroleum
Company Launched
Equitable Trust Co. Brings
Attachment Proceedings
Against Corporation

What is believed to be the initial
step in q bitter legal fight between the
bondholders and the stockholders for
possession Of the treasury assets and
properties of the ill-fated Metropolitan
Petroleum Company was begun yester
day.
The Equitable Trust Company, Of
New York, as trustee, started attach
ment proceedings in the Suprems
Court against the Metropolitan Petro-
leum Company, Delaware corporation,
to recover S1,378,O00, alleged to be due
on a trust agreement executed on
January Is, 1916, by the defendant and
delivered to the trust company, as
trustee, to secure an issue of 20-year
6 per cent debentures amounting to
$3,000,000. Payment of the interest on
the debentures was defaulted on July
2, 1917.
Directors of the Metropolitan Petro j..
leum Company of Virginia, which con-
trolls the Delaware corporation against
which the suit has been filed, an
nounced after the filing of the action
that they had retained John B. Stanch-
field to defend their interests. The
outcome of the suit will determine
among other things what is to be done
with the 100000 shares of stock of
the Island Oil e. Transport Company,
now held in the treasury of the
Metropolitan. The success of the suit
brought by the Equitable Trust Com
ers, would mean that this stock would
pass into the hands of the bondholders
who would also come into possession
Of the remaining oil lands owned by
the Metropolitan in Mexico.
The Matchett and Wilson protective
committees, recently organized to sal
wage the Metropolitan, have joined
hands with the directors in fighting
the suit, and will send out a call within
a day or two for deposits of Metro
politan Petroleum Company of Vir-
ginia stock and asking an assessment
of ten cents a share to cover the legal
expenses incident to defending the
suit for attachment.
Richmond Levering, organizer and
promoter of the Metropolitan Petro-
leum Company, and associates own a
large portion of the debentures, and
if the foreclosure proceedings are sue
cessful will come into possession of
the metropolitan properties.
Affairs of the Metropolitan Petro-
leum Company have had thorough
airing in recent months, and charges
have been made by the stockholders
that the best producing property of
the concern, containing rich gusher,
was sold to the Island Oil & Trans
port Company, which was organized
for the purpose of buying the property.
Richmond lowering, who promoted the
transfer, declared at a recent meeting
of the stockholders that the big trans
fer to the Island Oil & Transport was
made by the Metropolitan before the
gushing we'll had been brought in.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14

There is rather widely held con-
viction in Wall Street that after col
lection Of the income and excess
profits taxes is completed, and
strains attending the incidental
shifting of funds are relieved, the
money market will be left in such
easy condition that it will be pos
sible to secure all the time money
desired for Stock Exchange pur-
poses, and at relatively low rates.
This, so the argument runs, will give
stimulus to stock speculation, SO
that a rising and broader market
may be expected Though those
who take this view ignore many re-
straining factors, other things being
equal, the tendency doubtless would
be as indicated if the assumption
that unlimited funds will be avail
able for speculation were we'll
founded.
No matter how easy the position
of the banks may be, however, it is
improbable that they will encourage
speculation by lending freely on
time, when there is need for all
available credit for essential pur-
poses. And it should not be forgot
ten that the Federal Reserve Board
recently intimated that loans for
purchasing or carrying stocks or
bonds were to be regarded as nom
essential and therefore to be re-
duced or eliminated so far as that
could be done without causing un-
necessary embarrassment. Since
the board gave that intimation it's
position has been strengthened by
the Federal Advisory Council, for it
develops that at the last quarterly
meeting of that body resolutions
we're passed indorsing the boards S
recommendation and urging upon
the bankers of the country "the
great Importance Of their hearty CO.
operation in the adoption of the pol
icy as outlined by the Federal Re
serve Board"
And to this the board, in it's June
Bulletin" adds the significant in
formation that it has "by every
means in its power endeavored to
impress upon the Federal Reserve
banks and, through them, upon
member banks Of the system the de-
STABILITY Of endeavoring by every
conservative and legitimate means
to bring about the reduction Of bor-
rowing and Of capital investment
for businesses which, while entirely
desirable and perhaps even benef-
cial in themselves, are not necessar-
lily connected with or conducive to
the success Of the war" With the
board taking such an attitude, it is
hard to believe that the banks would
undertake to feed the speculative
appetite with all the money it de-
sired
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
Chile Copper
Earnings Expand

The Chile Copper Company and the
Chile Exploration Company, in a COM
bined statement of their revenues filed
wit, with the Stock Exchange yesterday
showed gross earnings for 1915
amounting to $18,9O8,s55, an increase
of $3.50, 1870 over the preceding year
Operating costs absorbed $11,751 IT'S
while miscellaneous income contributed
s649,294, leaving an income available
for fixed charges of $7,806,371, com
pared with $4,173,049 in 1916.
A deduction of $505,233 vas made for
Federal taxes and miscellaneous
charges while interest payments re.
quired $1,860,525. Other deductions in.
cluded $1,026,58e for plant super.
seded," $1,710,615 for ore depletion and
S105,000 for amortization and bond dis
counts.
The final net surplus of $2,5ss,412
was equal to 6S cents share on $780,.
600 shares (25 par value). compared
with 61 cents a share earned in 1915
The company's balance sheet showed an
increase in materials, supplies and mer.
chandise on hand from s3,026,143 in
1915 to $10,724,O98 last year. Cash on
hand increased from $4S6,88O to $2,-
SAL ,844.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
Dividends
Extras

Phelps Dodge Corporation.-An extra
dividend of $3.50 per share has been
declared in addition to the regular
quarterly dividend of $3.50 per share,
both payable June % to stockholders Of
record June 18.
Harris Trust Company.-Extra divi-
dend Of 5 per cent in addition to the
regularly quarterly dividend of 3 per
cent, both payable July to stockhold-
ers of record June II.
Torrington Company.-An extra divi-
dend of l per cent on the common
stock in addition to the regular quar-
terly dividend of per cent has been
declared, both payable July 1 to stock
holders of record June 81.
Central Aguirre Sugar Company
Extra dividend of $40 per share has
been declared in addition to the regular
dividend of $3.50 per share, both pay
able July / to stockholders of record
June 90