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NOTIONS
Specially priced for the week end

OAS SvSAy A0y PO0oAOACs Sanitary napkins, No. 644, made of birdseye cotton, finished edges, 01. extra length kxC Hair curlers, kid curriers', soft and pliable, black or brown, Qr assorted ON Corset faces, fine mercer ized, full five yards o. long. Each JS Machine oil, Nyoil, finest ! oil for lubricating and pre- venting rust on sewing machines. 15c 10> bottles xVN Solid brass pins, sizes 4 and 5, A-pound 1Qc boxes kOC Featherbone, w arr e n's grosgrain covered black, white or gray 10c feather boning. Yd. xVC Betting, Women's No. 212O black percaline cov- cred belting, 3la 0n~ inches wide. Yard AUC
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Everything for babies

The daintest little shop in this store of individ- ual shops in Babyland. In quiet little nook on the second floor in a restful, comfortable atmosphere, mothers find complete satisfac- tion in this complete little shop
 Our line of dainty, handmade apparel has con-
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week from today OUT February Furniture Sale ends
OdVV HOW! Oudy.
 On sterling quality Furniture at prices Reduced from 10 per cent to 40 per cent

Are you going to let the biggest Furniture Sale Birmingham's biggest furniture store has ever held pass into history without having shared in it's sav- ings?
 Whether you need furniture or not, it will prove wise to pay visit to the Loveman, Joseph 6 Loeb Third Floor Furniture Store Perhaps you will find the very piece or the very suite you want at price that will prove that it pays to buy now instead of putting off for few months longer as you had planned.
 We can't tell you what a big sale this is and what splendid savings are here. But we can show you, if you will pay visit to our Third Floor.
 We take it for granted that you need furniture. Otherwise you would not have read this much of our advertise
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verted many mothers from the old idea of making baby clothes Our complete stocks of novelties for infants have helped the perexed times in the selection of suitable gifts for the little stranger.
 Every mother should acquainted with this splendid little n fants shop It will simplify many of her problems and materially aid her in her efforts to economize.
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ment. And needing furniture you natur- ally want to buy it at the lowest possible price That's why we repeat again, pay our Third Floor visit.
 Regardless of what your needs are no matter how little or how much you have planned to spend, you will find that it can be spent to the best advantage-se curing the most attractive, the most de- pendable furniture, if it is bought here, now in our February Furniture Sale.
 This important event ends one week from today Next Friday will be the last day. The last week always brings rush of business The earlier in the week you come to this sale the better The bet ter service we can give you-the larger selections will be on hand Those who wait until the last few days will have to make their choice from more limited stocks thus you can see that it will pay in many ways to act promptly. -'F' Floor
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-23
CHARLES \. STIIItI
INPIIiIINCI.D DRIII.IaIt

"l'Nc got the best drilling man In
the United states"
These are the exact words Of Mr
Stobbins In speaking of & A Slecro
general superintendent bf the Gladys
Belle on Company. who has been.
Mr. stehbins' right -hand man fur the
last six years. -
Mr.. Stcore comes by his marvellous
success ns II superintendent Of drlll.
ing naturally lie was born Ia llol.
lnirc, ohio, about the Same time na
Mr.. Stohbius appeared upon tho
world stage In Illinois
Mr. Stccre.s father WIS - drillrr
before him, bringing ~ the first
well ever drilled with cable tools
This was just about 'no close ~
the Ciyil war MIR Stecre himself
has been In the oil game Tor some 80
years, having tackled every phase
from that Of laborcr ON up to HE
present position as general auporin-
tcuheut OF ono Of Okla hamu'S
greatest pioneering oil companies
His experience covers work in the
West virginia, HcnnsNNnuib and
oklahoma fields
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-23
Ne,U OHPooLs and Gas Fields Opened
BY G.. {. SfebbinS.

10O5--First gas well just west Of Caremore
l912-Gas fields Eufaula, Mcintosh county
Gas fields Quinon north of McAlester.
East Glenn oil pool, rs to $50 barrel wells at 300
feet.
l0l3Lost City pool 900 barrel wells at 500 feet
InoIa pool, 1000 to 200 barrel wells at 500 feet
Yahola pool in Muskogee county, high preraium
oil at 1900 feet. ~
l9l6--Sarah Cherry pool, in Boynton field 200 to 1900
barrel wells at ZOO feet.
Cherryvae, Kansas field, 25 to 100 barrel wells
at GOO feet
l9l7Frst gasscr in Youngstown pool 90 900 900 cubic
feet.
Sebbns oil pool, Youngstown district, 800 to 1900
barrel wells at 1900 feet.
Offset to Trapshooter well in Butler county, Kansas
l9J8 Rosie Monroe poovat Stone Bluff 200 to 800 bar
rel wells at 200 feet
l9l0--Gas field at Yeagcr, Hughes county.
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In capital until IL has been capitalized
nt a uu1rter Of "A million doiIars for
the last tnrrc Years and now M tho
result OF unprecedented deyelopment
"A correspondinr tnrrrase has been
made in the c1pitnl stock OF tho
company.
IN hudltIoh 10 helhG peerless a.
~ ouu''u i,.o'e gas ''''h n'lSone ''Se
III 'ne '"''I' h'lu '""''"'h' I''u'
Two years after the incorporation
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barrels daliy A7mrgc part Of this
lease ls .til 10 he Developed
Though this yonr ie Young. n ap-
pears to have added another 10 MIR
Stchhins long list " drilling
trlumphs, FOR he has opened a new
gas fiold near YcaEor in Hughes
county that offers great promise
while Mr. Sichhins has rrospcctcd
IN knnsla ana took u fnug at tho
Texas oil Eamo, hc declares that
oklahoma holds greater prospects
vim surcr returns than any other
state IN the union lie believes
there are many ,liE fields yet to he
opened and hc hits secured hundreds
" acres OF leaAoH with the intention
II going down and seeing whn he
sHn fiud lie believes he viii strike
,omc rich production IN what ia still
virgin territory
A. the present time he has pro
luction OF more than l,b0O barrels
tally
To-day he Is drilling 10 wells In
oklahoma and cuntemplatct dou-
pl.ng this number within the mex
80 days
lie has 200 apparently proven
locations for wells which he pro
poses "a put down At the earliest
possible moment
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-23
Special Pipe Line Will
Tap Okmulgee Acreage

d Anticipating an enormous pro-
duCtion from the Gladys Belle
I I.2S0-nCrr block In northeast cor
ncr OF Okmulgcc county, the
Texas Pipe Line Company IL lay
ing u 3-inch pipe line from their
Youngstown pumping station Ia
this location. The pipe line will
BE- eight miles long.
The Gladys Bcll already has
brought In three good producers
on the acreage To he tapped by
the new pipe line and mn cxtcn-
siyc drilling campaign now Is In
prospect.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-23
SIICF.SSFtIIN
OTHER ENTERPRISES.

While oil has been Grant Stebhina'
jor business. ne has proved him
self 90 he n remarkably versatile
business man More than "a dozen
enterprises. every oneNof them IL big
one. have been bullt up with him ~
the directorate, many Of them with
him at the head
Second only to the extensive
oklahoma city interurbnn system 10
that Of the Oklahoma Union RAILWAY
Company. OF which he In the presl
dent Also tho StebbinH Investment
Company lie IS. and always hat
been since the orga niLniion Of such
a body director Of the Tulsa
Chamber Of Commerce lie also is
a director in the Tulsa Automobile
Corporation
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-23

has determined upon n proposition
md remarkable memory are traits
winch have characterized his whole
He. They caused him 10 forsakc the
farm I'm La Sale county. Illinois. on
which he wasehorn some so odd years
ago. "a enter the real estate and in
Surancc business In Marseilles. They
caused him to forsake his small
private business FOR q larger field
~ land representative Of one OF the
great western railroads They caused
him later To strike out again for
himself in the greatest field OF bust
moss adventure ever entered the
oklahoma oil fields
That Is how he happened to come
to Tulsa some II years ago lie
had made himself little stake and
the oil fever struck him when
eastern Oklahoma was "A young land
and when the oil business here was
In It's infancy. He knew absolutely
nothing about It. but satisfied that
he could master II. and determined
to do 10. he moved in and started
operations.
His first attempt to tap the pctro-
lcum reservoirs underlying eastern
Oklahoma was made well inside the
present Incorporated limits OF the
city It. was n failure. Many an
ambition. an we'll as bunkrol, has
vanished when the maiden effort
has proved vain. Not so with that
OF Grant Stebbins. lie shrugged his
shoulders and spudded I'm on new
location. Again disappointment was
his lot The third, too, was a
dustcr. There was no reward OK
ccpt experience the fourth and
fIfh. and sixth. He saw his financial
accumulation Of years shrink after
each failure. but he learned some
thing now every time a hti vas stuck
into the ground and confident that
hia efforts finally would he crowned
with success, he persisted 8, Failures
crossed lhc dozen mark without ever
A producer. then mounted to 4 score,
and II was not until he had started
his twenty seventh hole that he
struck pay. It came in Is barrels
per day.
Since then his operations have
hccn phcnomcnally successful.
I'm 1905 he drilled the first gas
VOL fust west Of Claremore, ana TINS
gns was pipcd to Claremore Tor.
commercial use
GLADYS BELLE
ORGANIZED IN 1910.
Toward the close OF 1910. when II
became apparent that he was on the
high road to fortune, he organiseh
the Gladys Belle oil Conn ~, capt
talizcd at $4,000 The q stock
holders were his Wifi two
daughters. and it was foS4 eldest
daughter that the company was
..,,,,.,I 'Tbi. rnnlnnuy has grown
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-23
Many Rich Strikes Made Throughout
Oklahoma; His Daily Production
NOW Averages 1900 Barrels
(By JACK SCHUYLER)
DIONEER Oklahoma oil producer

INIONEER Oklahoma oil producer.
Without fear Of contradiction dsrus that he would
- be accused Of boasng Grant {. Stebbns presid ent
Of the Gladys Belle Oil company, president of the Oklahoma
Union Railway company president of the Sebbins Invest
ment company, and officer and director other
pronSnent Oklahoma business enterprises could
claim this title for everyone recognizes him such Not
only do they generously accord him this honor his
ord would force this recognition inclined
to dispute the claim.
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Were II left up to Grant Stchhins,
himself. however. TO call attention
To the TACT that he has hlazed the
trail into more unproven oil terri
tory I'm Oklahoma than any other.
the world would never know. for he
Is one Of those refreshing chhrh Cicrs
whose modesty Is one Of the things
which attract attention to his great
ness
To Mr.. S,cbbins the oil develop
mcnt business is a study. and oil
prospecting a game. one which he
has played with wonderful success.
The law Of average applies to tho oil
game lust tho same aJ II does to any
other game In which there are
chances TO lose as well aS To win,
hut unlike games OF pure chance,
close application, careful study and
wise decisions swing the balance
from chance to certainty-and that
is the way II has been played by
Grant Stebbins
FOURTEEN YEARS IN
OIL GAME HERE.
In playing this gamo he has
system that is all his own. II IL
system he has developed through II
years OF close, analytical Rpplica-
tlon to the study OF it's ins and outs
in which original theories have been
tested out in practice, personally
directed so that ne has been able
20 bring 1t to Its highest state OF
perfection.
IF | had known rs much about
the oil game when | started into 1t
as do now" he said the other day,
why I'd he many times II millionaire
off the same territory where | got
nothing but busters when / drilled
before"
An adventurous disposition. an
Irresistible desire TO reach out Just
beyond the other fellow. Patience,
courage. determination. keen ,Ndg-
mcnt. an aEgressivcness o which
causes him to move quickly once he
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-23

covered by INN In 1919. the Sarah
Cherry, In the west part OF the Boyn-
ton district, and that east Of Cherry
vale. Kan. The former was good
for wells between 200 and 200 bar
rels at 100 feet Tho Kansas wells
were smaller but wcro only about
third as deep
The evening world., 1919-04-24

"Say. WIS wondering II YOU could
answer "A question OF miuu. You know
an about these scientific guys. Dii
YOU ever hear OF "A professor named
Warrcny
warren? ruminativcly. why.
yes. Prof warren wrote capital
book on graNitlcs."
"ls he alivoY'
NO: | believe he has been dead
sonc years. II I'm not mistaken you. u
ind his book In tho ships library. 1t
contains good deal OF nautical In
formation"
Thanks. Ill acc II can gct H."
IIc found the book. 1t was "A com
hInltion Of chemistry. geology and
arithmetic. 4 casual glance Wia
enough lie sat down In his chair
and patiently waited for tho girl to
appear. II was a mean Kind of trap;
and under ordinary circumHtnnces he
would not havc' stopped to n. But
how IN the world could hc protect her
II hc did not know what mcnnCcd her
She arrived at tho moment tho
steward was serving the broth. she
smiled brightly, dropped the Baede-
kors 10 the deck, pumped into her
chair. and drank her broth Rrccdily.
she aid not look Ike "A person who
had spent most Of the night on deck.
Tho daughter ~ "A scholar, herself
vru pducntcd, we'll bred, beautiful;
what chance had William Grogan OF
Burns. DO,dn a Co., est Wdblc plumb
,rs though they were? 40 chance
whatever So he brIvely 'id away
his love In lavender. But there was
mo- barrier tu friendship II" might
salvage that Prize out ot tho wreck
of his dreams.
what arc You reading this morn
ing7" she inquired,
"SomcthIng 1000 miles over my
head" Ho held out the book.
Instantly lcr expression Chanrod,
where did you get thia'' she crled'
sctzug tho book
IN the library" William found h,s
embarrassment ~ aiztblu dimensions.
spiritually he writhcd
she huggcd tho book 20 hcr heart
suddenly and her eyes sparklcd viii
tears MY poor, unhappy rather MI
Grogan, this IL no accident How dil
you md ~"
I'm a mean dog 7 suppose. We'll
| saw you that day at Cooks ! llin
think much " II at the time But
when YOU turned out 10 H. the school
teacher around the corner, Wuy, tudl
was different / Just couldn't help be-
Ing Interested. You 500, for three
wears YOU were "a friend ~ min.
though you didn't know II, and vas
kind ot watching over you. SO lonp
as YOU never slowed up going by that
window. / thought everything was al
night With you. When | found tha
YOU were my school teacher. ! mad.
up my mind that you had run away
from something or somcbody Fh
way yol sail your namo Wds Iour
RuI ~ warned M that b; w1,uI
Jones. But OF course, couldn't asi
any questions
Hc paused. rather hoping that sh,
would help him out, But she onll
hugged the book closer, and the taiL,
OF her gaze troubled him 10 strongly
hat he lei his wander toward th'
80
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IL don't moddlc with other people
business" inc struggled on. I'm not
that kind of "A guy. It's only because
1 want to bo "A real friend. somebody
YOU can rely on ana come TO wh'h
you're I'm trouble. II isn't as " ia Just
met you. OF course, you don Nnpm
anything about mo but what lNo '"id
YOU, but | did seem 10 know you
Your little brown shoes going by my
window, one-two-thrcc, hko thai
caurht mo. | butt up al sorts ot
stories about sou. Heading too much,
probably. Any there you "erc,
every day. rain or shine, except ahlur'
days and Sundays, I'm a Lonesome
dub myself I've had 10 hght all alona
the way; and | guess my middle name
II Trouble. When I don't hunt ,ur II.
tany bring ~ 10 mo un platter
what is II you think have doncT'
she asked. quietly
"Ilonrst, / don't know what I
thought. Anyhow, | wasn't thinking
of asking any questions. rms mora
ing I picked up ono OF those Bae-
dvkcrs. and | accidentally saw the
name on the nylolt wasn't sure.
So / asked one OF my ancients II he
had ever heard Of a Professor War
Tun. Ito had, Now, Miss Warren,
you don't have to tell william Grogan
anything. II isn't because | was Just
curious. That wasn't IL at all Bat
! thought n was really your friend
! might help you-that lH, II you were
iu any kind Of trouble where a friend
could help" He spoke dcprcCiatng
but there was tinc light IN hts eyes,
II take n that you're all alone, like
I am, II you'd had q brother or a
family, Why, I'd 'vC SHE'D on"
90 Ntn mo FriNUa NJ
Grosun. | can't say very much. Tm
little chokcd up Just now, My
athcr' And this book was his lie, a
part ~ tho thing le atroyo SO val
lantly 10 attain Half tho time he
never realized that was living In the
same house with him So there are
.i.l some mon ot intellect who re-
m.uhrr what Doc did7 Thank you for
!uttIns mo know that"
Then you're going 10 let me be a
real friend, a sort Of Brother Bill
KIND ?' Williams voice shook.
Yes. Brother Blll!" She
smiled through her tears.
The Kind you can come TO II ever
you happen 10 bo In troubley" He
was rather insistont about this article
in the compact.
Yes" She gave him her hand
warmly and firmly. and after that the
world did not seem so dark 10
William.
II wonder" no said, when the tingle
of the handClasp died AWAY Won
der n I'm supCrhtitous2 I don't
know. But somehow | feel | didn't
pick out thus old gondola for nothing
Somebody has appointed mo your
guardian. But you've got 10 promise
that when you need mo yOu'll cal
m,"
II promise. u over ! need "A man
struug and honest, between me Anc
this something you hint or I'll call I,
you"
She rocollectod this promise on,
dreadful night In the purlious o
Malay street in far.away Singapore
(Eo Be Continued.)
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No could H..
II guess wo ovcrIiI lIttio IN Gi-
brdltur" ho suggested
- never thought of that" she re-
Piled listlossly
Together they went down TO tho
main deck Thcir cabins were on op.
po.iic SIDES Of the snip,
Good night, Nj. Grogln,' ShG sad
us shg turned into her corridor
We ~" utcruHlly diNing into the
crowds tor our lidyards, our Jeanne
dArcS aud al tho while our ,lb0H .
arc rubbing thclr5.
Good night
Ns hc repeated tins empty phrase
hc pondcrod over .le lack ut desire on
his part TO sweep her up INTO his igms.
Who're was that ire be- had So often
read about? ono thiug was certain.
as he hftod himself into his berth be
vowed never again tO read a novel
with woman IN It,.
Tho following morning hc went 20
his chair, hoping 10 find her aud yet
relieved when ho found her not, he
vas curious 10 learn how the siSht OF
her would affect him in the daylight
now that he was assured that he loved
her, but there was a generous pOrton
Of dread mixed with this curiosity. She
was up and about somewhere, tor
some new books lay on her steamer
rug BaCdckcgs, he knew that Cllm-
M. ryd cover tolcribly W,ll by now.
10 take book frOu the chair u
a friend during that tr.,uu. tempo
lIry absence could DO no wise DO
looked upon as an lullscrytIon. VIII
lam went over 10 the girls chair and
picked up the three volumes
southern Italy Central Italy" and
Northern Italy" llly he turned tho
cover of one hook ON tho ny- lear
warren, her book Tho Two other
volumes contained this name also.
The s,gulturte u1d been written quite
recently, probably tudt very morning.
40 doubt th'. Vas her real uam,.
The purscr had these books Tor sale.
II would he d simple matter TO make
an inquiry.
Yes Miss Jones had bough, three
guide books that morning
Ruth Warren" When she had
written that In those books she had
forgotten: either that or suG no
longer cared. And N she didn't care.
the past could not be- very dark. lie
caught himself up sharply Always
ready 10 20 soaring. always ready o.
make excuses, Sine had written her
true name In an uuguirdcd moment.
As detective william mlght have
made q paSsa Die success, IL his lugi-
cal deductions weren't up 10 tho dp-
proved mark, he sometimes made
shrowi gucsscs II she mad told the
truth about her father being a pro-
teasOr and man oil science, II would
not be- difficult 10 provo Il. So he pro-
CC0dcd no hunt mp one Gt his HuC.euts,
whom hc found IN tn suoLc-room
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Cousin Eleanors Klub Kolumn

to the KtddIc Kiub before | may send
things to be printed in tho Kiddio
klub Korncr?
\, You may send things Just tho
very minute you become a Cousin OF
ours. We viii bee happy 20 receive
your contributions immediately you
become a member. As soon as you
receive your pin and certificate you
receive tho right to contribute to tho
Interest OF our column.
Q. II / send a story 10 the Kiddio
klub korner, will you sand me a
dollar or four Thrift Stamps?
\. No. The kidd.e Klub does not
pay for contributions, The honor oe
kiddio Klub Norncr more than re-
pays the efforts OF our members.
O. May I send contribution TO
to column and poeal for the con-
test at the same timo?
4. Yes.
Q. II member wins a contest
prize ono month may he enter the
contest tho next month?
\. Yes.
q. n | have a poem published IN
tho korncr does that prevent mo
from getting "A prize ia the contest?
\. No.
IT, after you have read these -<kIts-
tons and the answers, you are still
puzzled and there is still something
YOU do not understand. write mo
again. I will bo only too happy to
answer your thousand new ques-
tIOUa
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CHAPTER VI.
lContinncd.l

tCOntinucd)
~ nee he had tiptoed around to
"a her chair--lt was at the hour
" when she generally dozod-
10 find her staring wide
eyed AT a little chamois bag such
as women carried their jewels in. At
the sight OF him she gave a little gasp
and thrust the bag into the bosom OF
her dress, She smiled almost at once,
but William would have preferred a
froWn, Was there anything IN that
chamols bag she was afraid he might
seer The haste with which she had
strIyen TO hide 1t Vas not normal.
She Wds only twenty-five. Youth
ought TO have no mysteries.
From the Jetty tender TO the old
gun galleries and back again, from
this crooked street TO that. past old
landmarks bristlIng with deeds Of
valor, William and his school
teacher wandered. After coming
down from the echoing galleries the
two had drifted away from the 9TH
ere and had gone investigating on
their own account
She had some difficulty i'm pre-
venting him from squandcrng his
money upon useless glmcracks; but
In spite Of her vigilance he sue
ccoded in buying several strings OF
coral beads (made Of some kind OF
gum and spanglei shawl he in
tended to take back 10 the Widow
| HanlOn, his landlady
When they returned 20 the shin
/ sho was tired and happy and ho
was only ppy, lie srumhied a
| lttle because ho could not wander
through the town az night,
&. udon, whom they had both
| forgotten, was leaning over the rall
las the tender drew alongside. lie
soon picked out william, quite as
! easily as no would have picked out
! n poppy IN the wheat t.rli. lIo
RaiFhDI tLe two thuugh'uliN liu
|saw Wi'ifm catch ucr by tho ngu,
and aw ug her Go the platform a. IN.
ladder. II was ono ur th,-" fDli. u
I,trCngth that Iro not impressive bc,
cause accomplished without uppdr,
lent effort.
Cad the man is o Hercules, ~
| Ike 10 SEE him in real tight, a
rough and tumble whore his .ifo de-
pended upon il. Ia give year u