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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21
Boy Scouts Enact
 Scenes for Movies

Men in the Making is the practi- cal title of a three-reel moving pie ture film just completed by the Good year Tire and Rubber company, fca- turing the activities of the Boy Scouts of America.
 The pictures were taken on a re- cent 2,0O0 mile motor hike of 30 Akron, Ohio, Boy Scouts through New York and New England in four big pneumatic tired trucks fitted out specially for the occasion. The scouts and their officers visited the bcauti- ful scenic and historic points along a route leading through Niagara Falls, Syracuse, Utica, Albany, Lake George, Lake Champlain, St. Johns bury, White Mountains, Portland, Me, Boston, Worchcster, Hartford, Binghampton, Ithaca, Lake Chatau- qua and Erie, back to Akron. Each of the scouts in the party was selec- ted by competitive examination con- corning his general knowledge of scoutcraft.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21
76 PER CENT OF WELLS IN NORTH
 TEXAS PRODUCE
Good Record is Made on Com. pletiOns for the Past
 Month.

The North Central Texas fields completed 345 wells during August, of which 263 were producers, six were gas wells and 75 were dry or abandoned holes. The total new production for the month was l99,- 500 barrels, or an average of 762 bar rels per we'll for the 263 producers More than 76 per cent of all the com pletions were producing wells.
 Wichita county led in the number of completions as we'll as in the amount of new production and also in the average per we'll. The county had 132 completions, of which number 90 were producing wells with total new production of approximately 124,- 900 barrels, or an average of 1877 barrels to the we'll. The county had 42 dry or abandoned holes.
 Eastland county came second with 87 completions, 80 of which were pro- ducers with a total new production of 57,000 barrels, or an average of TIP barrels to the we'll. The county had only seven dry holes for the month.
 Stephens county accounted for go completions with only one dry hole The total new production for the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21

rel well, but cased off to drill for the deep sand. They are now cleaning out after shooting at 3,120 feet and look for a good well after they over come casting trouble.
 The Sinclair has also a big gas flow. None of the other tests have so far reached depth where a show ing might be expected.
 These operations extend over con- siderable territory and virtually prove up the southwest corner of Coleman county, the southeast corner of Tunnels county, the northeast cor ner of Concho county and the north west corner of McCulloch county as in the recognized oil territory.
 That the title of "Oil Queen of West Texas" may some day be bestowed upon Mrs. Cora M. Hargroves of Mill seems almost certain. since the greater part of the acreage be- tween the Shultz and the Russel wells is owned by her. Her holdings com prise 30,000 acres. It is upon the Hargroves land that the Texas Meers Oil company is drilling.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21

But the film is not limited to de- picting scenic views and vacation jaunts. 1t includes numerous scenes illustrating many of the practical ac tivities of scout work, such as render ing first aid, sitting up with a sick scout, lighting a campfire, Indian fashion, by rubbing two sticks to- gether, following trail, and other elements of scoutcraft with which all good scouts are acquainted.
 As far as is known this is the first complete film to be made concern ing scoutcraft. The various activ- ties of the organization are enter talnlngly and interestingly shown and in such amanner as to hold the attention of the most discriminating observer
 The film, "Men in the Making" has been made with the object of aiding in popularizinr general Boy Scout work and in securing a larger enroll mcnt of scouts. It can be profitably used by Boy Scout organizations throughout the country to create a greater interest in their localities in the work of the scouts. The Good year company is announcing that this film is now available for use by any scout organization in the country and will be loaned free to any such orga- nlzation applying to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company. Akron, o.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21
Strike of Coal
 Miners in England
 May Be Boomerang

Leeds, Eng, Sept 20 Some of the ! Yorkshire miners who went on strike m the great coal field there when 220,oo0 men quit work in July to pro test against the government award for piece work seem hardly satisfied with the result in view of the fact that two months will he required to restore some of the mines to opera tlon
 :. The Yorkshire Post quotes one of the mlncrS as saying:
 Fancy grown up men like us quar- reling about the price of d packet Of more or less d week. It9 enough to make cat laugh or man cry, if he has children to feed. Prln= ciplc IS all right when it doesn't mean loss of pay. l wish our leaders felt 1t the same way, but their wages go on all the same with extras for at tending all meetings. Fine words butter no parsnips, and we cant fill our youngsters stomachs with prin- ciple.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21
[-;can Oil Fields
 H,d dor Development
 ''''O Only Since 1900

Civ Aug. 25.-(Corres' kicO # o1Tss TSe- Associated Press (.- a..pPt pftrGiisee'rs pivers of gold to their h.L! er'taole save with within the past few few ma nase eted the attention of the attra''fbe t1se because theirin exhaust inl;es ilI;s, filled a demand Tn the Ercial ian "H1e' the war, and secondly, ; Faf,t'Ii of late a they have formed ne ,,e;a one 1 most fruitful sources rec ol oovarn- ,a,.o 'ot'N of Mexico and the on''e'
 ,.o1onment of this industry Ee;en aer1'cit capital has reached 9;h,loa the ne shere etsr dividends are declared m wnefe ef dollars and production sto millions of barrels; ,,: n1O r;o t;on ,'t' designed by the Mexi, sasrnment sls,,ua at'te to divert what It; it fsi its just share of profit into into lt;ousl t;o 'G treasury has been cen met net 1aos .,o,'a, of eonfiscation on the part
 for fForeien interests whose oppo- hss lossIsa Become so vigorous that ,a4 ,,a' carranza recently stated Tn srv;ew ~, that the petroleum com
 wore deliberately engenderlng |;ne between the United States exico.
 bo;tation of petroleum in Mex commercial purposes is con- to the past eighteen years, ac- to a statement recently fur
 to The Associated Press by ,srtment of commerce and ln- |oration of the oil fields began 19OO and has been conducted v the Mexican Petroleum com 4 California, the British firm |rson & Son, the Huasteca Pe- company, the East Oil com- the Oil Company of Tepetate hers.
 pls now available to convey |n oil have approximately 7O0,- Is capacity and are worth $90,-
 In addition it is stated that ue of pipe lines is estimated OO0,OOO and storage depots at ,OOO; bringing the total of vestment to $2O0,00O,0O0. The he system is 780 miles long steel tanks for the storage have capacity of 26,0O0,0OO nenting upon these figures the ent says that "the Mexican oil N has not yet equalled the an because of the lack of of transportation and of stor- ich are not equal to the pro-
 of the oil lands" It is as- that the potential production fields is nine-fold greater than gistered at the present time.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21

2S wells was 13,5o0 barrels or an average of 4S2 barrels to the well. oommanche county completed II wells three of which were gas wells and five were abandonments. Cole man county had three completions Wlth total new production of about 50 barrels.
 Outside of these principal produc Ing districts there were 20 complc. tons, all of which were dry or aban- doned. These dry holes are scattered over wide territory, covering all of north, northwest and West Texas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21
RILL IN DE SOTO PARISH.

l Worth, Texas, Sept. 20.-Ed- Crtel, vice president of the Err 1 company, has returned from Ina, where he inspected the B of his company in De Soto
 He says a contract for drill E been let to the American
 company. The company has lcres in the northeast corner Soto parish.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21
|ER COMES IS FLAMING.

Worth, Texas, Sept. 2o.-An
 that came in unexpectedly hy morning at 8 o'clock at the
 t Grove graveyard, in East pnty, is ablaze and the flames |seen for 30 miles. The well d by the Gulf Production com
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21

cd in an order from southern de partment headquarters here that aVlators on M, xican border patrol hereafter must travel in pairs.
 Because of the change, the number of planes in a flight, the smallest unit of the air service, is increased from six to 10.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21
AJAX MAKING 5000 BARRELS.

Fort Worth, Texas, Sept 2O.-Of- ficers of the Ajax Oil company report their No. 1 Waggoner, on block 86, Burk- burnett, is making 5000 bar rels. This is the company's first well.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21
Aviators Will Fly
 In Pairs Hereafter

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 20.-Cap- ture by Mexican bandits of two American army aviators recently and the disappearance of two others below the California line has result
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21

Frank Granger of St. Louis crawl ed beneath his automobile to make repairs by the light of a lantern. He is not seriously injured by the ex- plosion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21
1000 BARREL WELL

|ta Falls, Texas, Sept. 2O- por, Brundage No. 1 well, on
 Of the Tidwell subdivision,
 With a production of 4,0o0
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21

Own your homemade it the foun- dation of your estate.
 The owner who adds beauty to his property adds dollars to it's value.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21

Luck is the assumed name of chance when personifying the cause of good or evil fortune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21
P Tracts That Money Can Buy

oil in twelve months Geologists say these wells will produce for twenty years Deep tests going down on all sides.
 Lease No. 3-A
 Five in the Bernene Pool of Iowa Park This acreage one mile east of the famous Zinc wells. Noted geolo gsts say that all indications point toward the fact that this will be the next great oil field opened up. Lease No. A.
 Ten acres in Mccullough county Texas: Twenty-four deep test and shallow test wells now drilling ar finder contract to drill This is of the biggest attractions in the Texas oil fields This accounts for the fact that all the largest companies either have drilling contracts or are checkerboardng the county heavily offered in the oil business in this any other stat an conveniently handle We reserve the right to sing in value every day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21

Lease NO. D.
 Twenty acres Tillman county Oklahoma. Due north west and in line of trend of development with the famous Burk -Waggoner pool Experienced oil men confident that this field will extend the river This acre. age near the Fred Till we'll which recently in near Frederick.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-21

d is challenged to show a lineup of ,se men. are prominent citizens of Ar two years of service at Camp Pike, he Recently an officer in the United States His ml tarv experience dates the opening of the first officers training camp closely following the
 entrance of America into the world war
 He was general defense counsel at Camp
 Pike when discharged.
 The above named men also constitute the Board Of Directors and Trustees.
 These gentlemen cannot afford to let the GREAT AMERICAN OIL COMPANY fail because their reputa- tOn is at stake.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-30
The Death of Mrs. Ruen.

Mrs. Kari Ruen, former resident
of Glenwood township, Winneshiek
county, and we'll known to citizens of
the west part of Allamakee, died at
DEBORAH on Friday last, aged SO
years. She was born in Norway and
came to this country in 1851. Dur
ing all these years she has resided
in Glenwood township, moving to
DEBORAH year ago, where she
made her home with her daughter,
Miss Amelia Ruen. Her husband,
Ole Reun died in 1898. Mrs. Ruen
leaves the following children to
mourn the loss of kind and Iowa
BILE mother: Peter Ruen, Standpoint
Idaho; Amelia of DEBORAH; Henry OF
Frankville township; CLAUS on the
home farm, and Mrs. Andrew Hau.
gen of Frankville township. The
funeral services took place al
Pontippidan church Monday after,
noon, conducted by Rev. Rasmussen
of Waukon. 1t may also be mentioned
that twelve girls proceeded the
coffin, each with flowers, and six
young men acted as pallbearers, al
eighteen being grandchildren o.
Mrs. REHABILITATION Republican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-30
KEEP THE STREETS CLEAN,
Habit of Littering Up the Streets
With Waste Paper, Etc. A
Bad One.

1t does not take long to clean UP
a town, and it does not take long to
get it in disorder again. One of the
worst features of the modern COM
munity center, is the habit Of litter
ing up the streets with waste paper.
The people are buying large
quantities of candy, fruit and chew
ing gum, and various little eatables.
Most of these things are sold in bags
and little paper containers. A large
part of this stuff is eaten ON the
street. And three quarters of the peo-
pie Immediately throw the wrapper
away. People throw away torn news
paper fragments, handbills are
scattered, and waste comes from
many other sources A town cleaned
up one day may be all disorder again
by. the next night.
The larger cities and towns keep
street cleaners who spend their
time picking up the needless litter
which people leave. 1t seems folly
that the epople should spend their
hard earned money hiring workers
to pick up the needless waste that
! they leave about the street.
This condition can only be i'm
proved by campaign of popular
education. The Public Opinion would
like to begin right here and now. II
asks every citizen of DEBORAH and
every visitor to consider these streets
as your home, and to be as ashamed
to litter them up as you would be
to leave dirty waste kicking around
your parlor.
No matter how attractively
maintained the roadways and the
private grounds may be, if there are
lot of waste papers blowing around
the town, there is going to be an all
of neglect and dirt. 1t will injure the
good name of the community, ant
tend to discourage people from i'm
proving their own property as the!
naturally would ct this time of the
year.
Don't throw waste paper on thu
streets. Take it home and sell it tt
the rag man or burn it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-30
Hens Earn Him 500 a Week.

The goose that laid the golden
eggs had nothing on John Fellows
flock of Leghorns Last Friday this
egg king came to town with eight
cases of fresh eggs for which he re-
ceived $1,000. This was the gather
ing of a little over week, or to be
more explicit, his flock of from 4Oo
to SOC hens average to present him
with a 80 dozen case of eggs every
day. tbs said that a drove of hogs
will root a mortgage off a farm;
biddy is right there in the same class,
only she'll scratch it off.
Apparently he has solved the 81
acre farm proposition. Mr.. Fellows
also cashes pretty sizeable cream
checks and then on the side markets
a thousand or two pounds of honey
each year; trinity hard to beat
COWS, hens and bees.-Riceville Re-
corder.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-30
CALMAR MAN WINS SUIT.
John HOlverson Awarded Verdict Of
$615O From Milwaukee Rail-
road.

The last chapter in the case of
John Holverson versus the Chicago
Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad v as
written in federal court at Dubuque
Friday afternoon when the Jury re-
turned a verdict awarding the plain
tiff $3.50. The jury was out little
over an hour
The Holverson case required four
days to reach decision owing to
the number of witnesses introduced.
Holverson asked for $4,000 as a re-
suit of an injury he sustained in the
Milwaukee yards at Calmar four
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-30
Waukon Superintendent Schools Re.

Public school affairs in Waukon
are not in a promising or salts
factory state at present. Supt. Nc
Cook is believed to have given very
faithful service as head OF the
schools the past year under most
trying circumstances and in all fair
ness was deemed entitled to a una
nimous reelection. He naturally de-
sired this commentator from the
Board as an assurance of unity and
cooperation during the ensuing
year, but two of the five members
saw fit to withhold their attest OF
approval at the meeting Monday
evening when the election of super
intendent was held.
: Mr.. McCook was reelected by the
three votes of Messrs. Orr, Nierling
and Stillman, to which Messrs, Hart
ley and Arnold did not assent. Mr..
McCook felt he was entitled to the
votes of at least four members as an
assurance of the welfare of the
schools, as we'll as due appreciat-
ion of his worth, but when this was
lacking he declined the reelection
given him which was accepted. Upon
a motion to elect Prof. S. F. Brokaw
superintendent for the ensuing year,
it received the votes Of Messrs.
Arnold, Hartley and Stillman. Noes,
Nierling and Orr.
Waukon's public schools now rep
resent a valuation of $4,000 or
more; corps of twenty teachers is
tuition to the amount
of $4,000 or more is paid in by nom
residents of the district for tuition
in high school which has grown to be
an exceptionally large one. Other
important matters are as
closely allied to the welfare of the
schools, and they need an able, COM
petent school superintendent,
broadened by experience, to super
wise and direct them. The public is
providing munificent sum in taxes
to build and maintain the schools
and a superintendent of the highest
ability, as has been the aim in the
past, should be secured and placed
at the head of an institution or the
that the Waukon public
schools have Decentralization
Democrat.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-30
W|NNESH|EK WOOL
GROWERS ELECT
.. Il. Wennes, of Highland Township
Elected President of First Win
neslI,ek County Wool Crow
ers' Association
MEETING HELD
HERE LAST SATURDAY
Winneshiek County Has About 800
Sheep Men and Nine Thousand
Sheep i'm the Aggregate

At a meeting of sheep men at the
court house last Saturday, Win
neshiek County Sheep Growers AS
ISOLATION was formed. The purpose
of this association are briefly, to
carry out plans and suggestions in
'troduced by the Federal government
during the war, in increasing and
improving sheep husbandry, by pro-
ducing more and better sheep, pre-
pairing and marketing the wool clip
according to the grade Of the in
dividual fleece, and to assist in Sc
curing good dog laws.
This movement has spread rapidly
during the past four months thru
out the entire fleece wool area of
the United States, and is destined to
fill much needed want of long
standing in the rapidly declining
sheep business.
The following officers were elect
, ed: o. l.. Wennes, Spring Grove,
Mimi, President; Henry Theunte,
i FIT Atkinson, Iowa, Vice President;
Will Beard, DEBORAH, Secretary and
treasurer A marketing committee was
appointed, consisting of: Fred Gross,
+ DEBORAH, for DEBORAH; E. P. Meyer,
FIT. Atkinson, for Calmar; and E..
Rosa, DEBORAH for Ossian. 1t will be
their duties to represent the inter-
ests of the association for their re-
spective towns in the way of secur-
ing local cooperation for handling
the wool clip according to the better
known methods of assembling and
consigning the clip.
Winneshiek county has about
three hundred sheep men and nine
thousand sheep in the aggregate.
It's wool amounts to three carloads
or more annually and last year total
led approximately 100000 net to
the growers. In order to encourage
the production of good, clean fleece
wool payment should be made &C
cording to the grade Of fleece pro-
duced. Consequently, this plan has
been universally adopted so that the
producer of high-grade wool will be
paid accordingly. In other words, it
will do much to encourage the pro-
duction of good, clean wool staple
and to raise the reputation of our
Iowa wool. There is nothing Utopian
about this plan. 1t is merely putting
into operation in a more general
way, a more correct and equitable
method of handling wool clip and
which has been repeatedly recon-
mended by many local wool buyers
for years past.
| Winneshiek county has much
rough land, we'll suited to sheep
grazing. Improving our sheep con-
ditions by better dog legislation
which the State Association will en-
deavor to secure, will do much for
sheep husbandry in the county 1t
lis needless to say that this organiza-
i ton in tune with present-day prog
ress thru organized efforts will not
be decidedly advantageous and bene-
fetal to this cause.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-30
Victory Liberty Loan 9s ;, s ; ;:: SATURDAY. au

years ago. He claimed to have been
permanently disabled. He was work
ing for the railway at the time and
charged that the accident was due to
negligence on the part of the COM
pany.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-30
Death of Edward LOBBY,

We take the following obituary
notice of the death of Edward
LOBBY, father of w. e. LOBBY, re-
Gently harness maker with P. H.
Schlatter, who now lives at Cakes,
N. d. from the Monona Leader:
ION Good Friday at about o'clock
in the evening Edward LOBBY passed
away at the home Of his daughter
Mrs. Henry Oelke, Jr The subject
of this sketch was born in Roscom-
mon county, Ireland Nov. list, 1888.
He came to the U. S. May 26, 1896.
and enlisted at New York in the re-
gular army, Bat. B. U. S. artillery,
July 9th, 1860. He was at Fort Sum-
ter when the first shot was fred in
the struggle between he North and
South, serving in the army of the
Potomac for years and months
Being disabled ami as all hospitals
were crowded he was granted fu.'-
Tough after he re-iniisteu for a term
of three years, and came To his bro
Their Thomas in Wagner TWP where
he lay sick for over two years. Ills
service record was lost Nll.s in the
Hospital at Governor y Island which
barred him from securing an honor
able discharge as any pensioEer.
Rep. G. N. Hauser got a bill through
the House of Representatives grant
ing him an honorable discharge
April IL, 1916 but the same COR
tesy was denied this old soldier
when it came before the Senate We
can not but feel hat the services
and sufferings Of tn soldier is soon
forgotten. Here was a man less than
one year in his adopted country.
taking up arms in its defense and
battles and SkitnisheS receiving a
crushed skull AMI broken arm,
then denied privileges. lie lived over
fifty years in Farmersb,trg and was
a peaceful anil law abiding citizen
highly respected.
His last days passed pleasantly az
the final sickness was of short dura-
ton, all being done for his comfort
that loving hands could dD
Burial was at Monoua April -3Id.
The remains were placed beside his
wife who died in 1914. Services
were conducted by Rev. Father Nc
Narmara. Many friends were pres
ent to pay their last respects to the
old soldier, neighbor AMI friend.
He is survived by seven children,
Mrs. Henry Oelke, Jr., Farmersburg;
w. e. LOBBY, Cakes, N. D.; Mrs.
Bert Mathews, Farmersburg: Chas.
LOBBY who is on the home farm,
Richard LOBBY, Farmersburg; Mrs.
Hugo Englehardt, Duluth, Mimi;
and Mrs. N. b. Arverson, Fergus
Falls, Mimi, and by 16 grandchild-
rem, one grandson Leslie Oelke is a
soldier in France"
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-30

This is your opportunity TO
help meet the demand for qualified
teachers for the coming year. Cedar
Valley Junior College Summer Ses-
sion opens June 9th. Fully approved
for ~ Twelve Weeks of Normal
Training required for admission to
the examination for Uniform Coun-
ty certificates, and for CD Three
Points on Salary for holders OF
second grade Uniform County GER
tificates. For further information
address, President A. M. Vance,
Usage, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-30

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