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Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
By FRANCIS oUIMET.

There are probably Thousand
reasons why. the game of golf hal
but small percentage of gooe
players. One generally advanced fol
this is lack of form. But / wonder
if form has as much to do with good
golf as is generally supposed? Isn't
the trouble lack of confidence? .
No gainsaying that good COLL
swing has one big advantage. II
certainly enables the player pos
sessing it to hit the ball with little
effort. And few hours of practice
nov and then rapidly enable him to
improve. Bobby Jones is such a
PLAYER. He is the most graceful of
all American golfers and his perfect
form in swinging makes his game
most interesting to behold.
On the other hand there is Ted
Ray, of England-huge, strong and
powerful. Ray is anything but
graceful. However, there are few
golfers more consistent than this
big Briton. He is always knocking
at the door when not actually win
ming.
Nov if some of us tried to swing
like Ray we would wind up petition
ing the golf committee to widen our
local fairways at least twice their
present size. But Ted Ray is diff
ferent. Ray is confident that he is
going to hit the ball squarely every
time. Knowing this he can apply all
OF his tremendous power and be
certain the ball will be- somewhere
near a certain desired pot.
Ordinary Player Uncertain.
The ordinary player is, uncertain
of hitting the ball fair. HeStends to
look up or does any one of dozen
other things and away goes the bali
into trouble. He simply lacks con-
fidcnce. If all golfers felt as Ray
does, if they all had his confidence,
there would be thousands of players
of like ability.
Let me illustrate by current ex-
ample. Yesterday / played with
man who carried four different
kinds of golf balls. Against the
wind he would use a small, heavy
one--a splendid idea. On hole
where the fairway was inclined to
be soft he brought forth large
ball. His idea was based on the
fact that it is easier to pick up
large ball than small one when the
lie is heavy. His third ball was
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

ship is the only assurance of occu-
pancy. Hence vast number Of
dwellings have passed from tenancy
to ownership. 1t is possible to
glimpse the magnitude Of the change
by few figures. During the past
four months and the first IL days
of November the water Office is
sued Gal permits for water connec-
tons, with that number of new
homes.
Savings and loan associations
made loans on 504 new dwellings
in nine monhs past and for the pur-
chase Of l,434 dwellings already
built. Other financial agencies swell
the total of new homes and cash
purchasers of dwellings are not un-
common. Making due allowance for
changes from one owner to another
it is reasonably safe to say that the
year will add $500 actual home
owners to the city's total.
During the past 20 years, savings
and loan associations have been the
chief, almost the sole source OF
financial help in making Omaha dis
tinctly a city Of Homes. The panic
of 1898 and the stress of succeeding
years wiped out every savings bank
in the city and left the field clear
for cooperation to prove its worth:
That the associations were equal
to their opportunities and met the
needs of the times the record DEM
OnStrateS
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

OUR REFERENCES are given to you to use In
Investigating US. Wire write them; or, better,
come down and personally probe Any Fort
We bank with the Farmers 4 Merchants Bank Of
Fort Worth. Ask any one Of 400 stockhold-
ers In the Texas Eagle Oil Company about us. They
oil trade paper in Texas. Ask your own banker to
investigate US.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
Our Officer and Directors
DR.. FREDERICK A. COOK, President.
VIM. GOULD BROKAW, First Vice Preside

DR.. FREDERICK A. COOK, President.
VIM. GOULD BROKAW, First Vice President.
J. c. MIMMS. Second Vice President.
J. w. TAYLOR, Field Mgr.
F. p. SIZER, Treas.
E. E. PEACOCK, Managing Director of Refs.
NEWTON E. GILBERT, New York, former
governor general Of the Philippines; J. A.
FALCONER, ex-congressman, WILLIAM AL
LEN DUNLAP, New York, capitalist, presi-
dent Dunlap Hat Company; e. H. STECER,
New York, capitalist and president of the
Deltox erase Rug Company; CAPTAIN JOHN
c. LANDREAU. Washington, D. e.; J. E.
PEARCE, Galveston, Texas; F. A. SHEU.
Der, Livingston, Mont; M. B. CART, Fort
Worth, Texas; DIR. JOB G. HOLLAND, Hol.
land, Va, bank president; CAPTAIN JOHN
MENANDER, U. S. N, retired, Fort Worth;
H. M. LONG, Fort Worth; COLONEL J. O.
VILLAS. Fort Worth; CY DE VRY, Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
Eats Six Pies for Dessert

Pana, ILL.,, Nov. 22.-The story of
the Swede who won Z bet with an
Irishman that he could drink so
glasses of beer without 4 stop by
FIRST going out and trying it had .
parallel here in the feat performed
by Walter A. Amling. returned SOL
der. AIMING ate six large pies after
hearty meal at the expense of his
doubter. They cost S.. Amling said
he did the trick once before when
in Berlin, Germany, IS an American
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
Rooted in Economy.

"And this great Developments not
due wholly to the appeal OF home
and saving. 1t is also rooted in the
simplicity and economy of the bust
ness methods of associations. They
are working example of the prin-
ciple of doing the greatest good
ior the greatest number. Members
come and go at will, the going re.
ceiving their principal and added
earnings, ranging from 5 to 6 per
cent. They covet no ones home
nledged for a loan and are lenient to
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23
A CHRONICLE Of Achievements
&S4

I Tho Texas Eagle Producing 4 Refining
Company, within eight weeks after launching
its financial campaign, il able to report to its
stockholders and interested investors the fol-
lowing progress;
Our Successful Financing
One of the notable financial achievements
of the oil industry has been recorded by the
Texas Eagle Producing Refining Company
in the sale of its initial stock offering of 1Oo,-
shares remaining still sell for par. Possible
later offerings of stock, should our activitie:
require additional finances, are sure to sell
considerably above par. Dividends will be
based entirely upon the stock sold and not
upon the capitalization. Texas Eagle Oil
Company stockholders, who with reason have
confidence in the ability and integrity of the
mana gement, have absorbed a large part of
the Refinery company's stock offer. The gen
eral public have shown their confidence in Us
most eratifyingly, subscriptions coming from
practically every State in the Union. Leading
New York business men, experienced, cautious,
wary, have taken important blocks of stock
and sent their money to Texas to work for
them. The returns in Texas are enormous.
We shall sell only enough stock to build our
refinery and place it on a firm operating
foundation, lay pipe line and carry out our
drilling and production schedule.
Refinery Construction Starts
We began building our refinery Nov. I, a.
we had promised. It is practically financed
and its completion and operation in February
1920, is assured by our refinery experts. 1t
is located our own 190-acre site within the
switching limits of Fort Worth. The site is
thanked by three railway trunk lines, eight oil
pipe lines, and crossed by the Lone Star Gas
Company. natural gas main. 1t has its own
abundant water supply, with Fort Worths city
water system and the Trinity River nearby
in reserve.
Our Present Crude Oil Supply
The Texas Eagle Producing & Refining
Company now has one producing well in Des-
demona, awaiting pipe line connection.
We have contracted with the Texas Eagle
Oil Company to purchase at current market
prices its production from the 5,00o-b
(driller's estimate) Burk. Wagsonsr sushsr In
Block II, brought in Oct. 10, 1919. This well
has just touched the sand and its flow 10 not
fully developed, yet the oil 10 flowing con.
stantly.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-23

Are. you going to the theater or
movies tonight? If so, see Amuse-
ment page.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-24

red the petition of Mr.. Beaver have
had the same under consideration and
recommend that the same be granted.
The Board of Supervisors do ordain:
That there be and hereby is levied
upon all taxable property of Vernon
county, except such as is otherwise
exempt, the sum of 81 ,154.00, it being
the county's share.
JOHN E. LEPKE, Chairman.
Your committee to whom was refer
red the petition of Mr.. Brye have
had the same under consideration and
recommend that the same be granted.
The Board of Supervisors do ordain:
That there be and hereby is levied
upon all taxable property of Vernon
county, except such as is otherwise
exempt, the sum of $4,000, it being
the county's share
JOHN E. LEPKE, Chairman.
Your committee to whom was refer
red the petition of Mr. Brye have
had the same under consideration and
recommend that the same be granted.
The Board Of Supervisors do ordain:
That there be and hereby is levied
upon all taxable property of Vernon
county, except such as is otherwise
exempt, the sum of S731.70, it being
the county's share.
JOHN E. LEPKE, Chairman.
Your committee to whom was refer
red the petition of Mr.. Brye have
had the same under consideration and
recommend that the same be granted.
The Board of Supervisors do ordain
That there be and hereby is levied
upon all taxable property of Vernon
county, except such as is otherwise
exempt, the sum of S242. 40, it being
the county's share.
JOHN E. LEPKE, Chairman.
Your committee to whom was refer
red the petition of Mr.. Hayden have
had the same under consideration and
recommend that the same be granted.
The Board of Supervisors do ordain:
That there be and hereby is levied
upon all taxable property of Vernon
county, except such as is otherwise
exempt, the sum of $52S6, it being
the county's share.
JOHN E. LEPKE, Chairman.
Your committee to whom was refer
red the petition of Mr.. Brye have
had the same under consideration and
recommend that the same be granted.
The Board of Supervisors do ordain:
That there be and hereby is levied
upon all taxable property of Vernon
county, except such as is otherwise
exempt, the sum of $1,000, it being
the county's share.
JOHN E. LEPKE, Chairman.
Report of George E. Sanford, Su-
perintendent of Schools, read and on
motion of Mr.. Urness adopted.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-24
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10.

Called to order by Chairman Dolen
and opened with prayer by Rev. Bull
lock. All members present. Minutes
of last session read and approved.
Petitions of Messrs. Granke and
Dolen read and referred to committee
on roads and bridges
Report of committee on equaliza-
ton read and adopted, all voting in
the affirmative.
Your committee on Equalization beg leave
10 report that We have examined the report of
the Income Tax Assessor and have adopted
his figures 60 valuations. We therefore
recommend that the real estate and personal
property IN the several towns, villages and
the city ot NiroQuR be assessed as follows:
Towns. En- Rnal Eat Rnrsnnal TninI.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-24
Salaries


OF the 212 teachers EMPLOYED 1873
received less than $50. the present
minimum wage, while only 81, includ-
ing high school teachers, received
more than rs dollars.
Teacher Shortage
The shortage of teachers together
with the minimum wage law raised
the wages of at least 1873 of these po-
sitions for the coming year. As a
matter of fact, these two factors have
affected nearly every school in the
county. Taking in consideration the
rural schools only, the highest salary
this year is 500, and there is an av-
erage increase of SIS over the salaries
of last year. The average salary for
rural school teachers this year is
$67.40.
State Aid to Teachers
Fifty-four rural teachers, who re-
manned in the same school more than
one year received state aid ranging
from Sc to $64. Total state aid re-
ceived by these teachers amounted to
81 POI sc.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF VERNON
COUNTS 15s SCHOOLS
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-24
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1919

Board called to order at $3.50 by Chair
man Dolen. Roll call, all members
present. Minutes of last session read
and approved.
Petitions of Messrs. Aberg, Hayden,
Curti, Beaver, Brye and Lepke read
and referred to committee on roads
and bridges.
Resolution of Mr. Hayden read. On
motion of Mr. Carter the rules were
suspended and the resolution was
adopted.
Resolved, That the number of coun-
ty trunk lines be increased and that
they be patrOlled the same as other
county trunk lines. Be it further re-
solved, that the county trunk lines
that have recently been designated as
state trunk lines be stricken from the
county system and that the state aid
road and bridge committee present a
detailed description of the additional
lines that will be necessary to proper
~ connect the county with the federal
lines and that the same be presented
to this board for ratification.
OLIVER HAYDEN.
Mr. Eastman moved that the board
adjourn till p. m. Motion lost. On
motion of Mr.. Goodell the board ad-
iourned till p. m.
Afternoon Session
Board called to order by Vice. Chair
man Bailey, all members present or
accounted for. Minutes of morning
session read and approved.
Petitions of Messrs. Glass and Zeit-
low read and referred to committee
on roads and bridges.
Report of committee on finance on
office of Clerk of Court read and adopt
ed
We, your committee on finance have
audited the books of the clerk of the
Circuit Court compared same with
County Treasurer's receipts and find
same to be correct.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-24
l.. NJ. THOMPSON
b. /. BAILEY
+. J. THORSON

I
Mr.. Healey moved that the chair
appoint a committee of three members
to investigate the legality of using
the Red Cross money to hire a county
nurse. Carried and the chair appoint
ed Messrs. Spellum, Eastman and
Healey.
On motion of Mr. Brye the board
adjourned till 10 a. m. Thursday.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-24

We further recommend the counting Of each
major fraction of leo in the totals as an ad-
dlt'onai loo, and the dropping of each minor
froction OF 100.
J. J. MARSHALL
JUSTICE LINER
A. J. C'lANKE
J. r. HARRIS
J. N. DEAVER
Committee on Equalization.
Report of committe on finance on
register of deeds Office read ana
adopted
Your committee on finance have au-
dited the books of the register of
deeds, have compared same with coun-
~ treasurer's receipts and other doc
uments pertaining thereto, and find
same correct. We find that Asst sol
diers' discharges have been register
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-24

0n motion of Mr.. Carter the district
attorney was directed to proceed TO
ct the taxes on the land purchas-
Ir the county farm from Wig &
mus.
On motion of Mr.. Lepke the board
adjourned sine die
WILLIAM DoLEN, Chairman.
BERLIE MOORE, County Clerk.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-24
REGULAR SESSION

Proceedings of the county board of
supervisors of Vernon county, No
aeruber II, 1919, held at the court
anuse in the city of Viroqua.
Board called to order at II a. m. by
chairman Dolen, and opened by pray
CT by Rev E. Harris.
Roll call shows all members pres
snt except Mr.. Hamilton, who was
5xcGsed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-24
Membership Roll

BergeB-ALBERT J. GRANKE
ChristianA-ANDREw URNESS
ClinfOn-WILLIAM DOLEN
1spn--ADoLPH c. BRYE
Hsrssi-CHARLES J. EASTMAN
RsazTklin--SAMUEL LAKE
GenaA-J. p. CURT
Greeawaod-JOHN SLANEY
Hamburg-JOHN r. ZIETLOw
Harmony-J0HN +. LEPKE
dAlsborO-WILLIaM HEAIEY
Jefferson--L. III. THOMPSON
hielap00-AARON CLASS
liberty AMES HARRIS
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-24


Creditor-Genera Fund S36 .309.1S; Asylum
for Insane S12.i25.43; County Poor Fund ST.
0e274 Soldiers Relief Fund S11475: Train
ing School 81. 0sl 81 Training Scehoo Build
ing Fund $2.547 Sd School Libraries sl49.S9 :
Inheritance Tax for State 1924 Suit Tax
for State SIG: Penal Fines for State 81 ,466. 06 :
County and State Aid Highways S35, 1925 ;
County Highway Fund S7.223.49 Department
Of Education S95.O7 Redemption Fund $7Os 90
Respectfully submitted,
AMUND BELLAND. Co. Treas.
The chairman appointed Mr.. Goodell
to arrange for transportation to the
asylum and county farm.
On motion of Mr. Zeitlow the board
adjourned until 9:30, Wednesday,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-24
Qualifications

OF this number 80 held state GER
tifcates, eight first grade county Ger
tificates. Al second grade, IS third
Grade. 70 county training school GER
fificates. and 8 special limited.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-24
Experience

OF the 212 teachers, 50 were begin
ners, as had taught one year, 81 two
years, "a three years, is four years,
and Il five years or more.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-24
Textbooks

Textbooks
While we do not have county uni
fornitv in textbooks, if the present
trend of such affairs continues, we
shall practically have county uniform
tv in three or four years more. There
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-12-24
s,rak-UrsTIcE FuLMER

Strak-JUSTICE FULMER
SterIing-JAcOB ABERG
Union-MARTIN HEIDENRICH
Virodua-C. w. MOORE
Webster-JAMES y. DEAYER
WheatIand-OLIVER HAYDEN
Whitestown-BERT EARL
Coon Valley Vil-ALBERT SPELLUM
De Soto VIII. W. JOSEPH
HflIsbOro Vil-B. 1. BAILEY
LaFarRe VIII. ]. MARSHALL
Ontario Vil-J0HN n. DORNER
ReadstOwn ViI-CLARENCE II. CARTER
Stoddard Vii-JAMES UMBERGER
Viola VIII. II. SMITH
Westby Wit. j. THORSON
City VirOgua, LIST wArd-I. s. HAMILTON
City Viroqua, End ward-F. NJ. BAKER
City VirOqua. 3rd ward-E- S. GOODELL
Mr.. Lake was present in place of
New-York tribune., 1919-09-01
HIGHER Fare Paid
Willingly, Says
North Shore Chief
Manager of Queens Trolley
Line Defies Hylan; to
Continue Increased Fare
He Declares Riders Want

Passengers on the lines Of the New
York e. North Shore Traction Com
pany are paying the increased fare
without murmur, an officer of the
company said yesterday He intimated
that the uproar about Public Service
Commissioner Nixon's act in author
ing the higher charge came from poll
ticians seeking n pretext to fight.
With Corporation Counsel Burr out
of the city until tomorrow noon it is
regarded as improbable that any &C
tion will be taken for twenty four
hours on Mayor Hylan's demand for
the prosecution Of Commissioner
Nixon.
The statement concerning the silence
of the riding public came from John G.
Moran, secretary and general manager
OF the trolley company.
Company Needed Money
The people who ride on our line,
which would have been closed down if
we did not get the additional revenue
in the form of increased fares. are
willing to pay the additional cost" said
Mr. Moran. If it were not for what |
read III the newspapers I would not
know that there was any agitation over
the matter at all. As a matter of fact,
our passengers were unanimous in
joining with US in asking for the in
crease, so that the road might not be
closed down, and we have no intention
OF, doing otherwise than CHARGING the
rates fixed by the Public Service Com
mission.
Democratic politicians are watching
the outcome of the latest move of the
Mayor in the increased fare situation
with greater concern than they have
given to any act of his since he took
Office. They regard his formation Of
mittee to Fight the Eight Cent Fare"
as an out-and-out political move. This
committee the Mayor is seeking to en-
large into statewide organization
The Political Aspect
The politicians declare that the chief
purposes of the Mayor in forming the
organization is to have personal ma
chine behind him in his expected fight
for election as Mayor in 1921 and
to strike at Governor Smith.
Mayor Hylan in striking at the Gov
ernor by attacking Public Service
Commissioner Nixon has had the sup
port of William Randolph Hearst, who
was defeated by Smith for the Demo-
cratic designation for Governor at
the Saratoga convention. And ever
since the convention the editor has
been looking around for material for
a new political machine
Hears. has just launched small
one in Brooklyn, and politicians be-
lcve that if the state wide organiza-
tion which Mayor Hylan is trying to
form materializes and all goes as
those behind the move expect, Hearst
may again seize an opportunity to re-
habllitate himself poll ically.
Politicians who commented yester-
day on the Mayors letter to Mayor W.
K. Stone Of Syracuse, president Of the
state conference of mayors, asking him
to invite the members o. that organiza-
zion to aid him in forming the pro-
posed statewide organization, declared
that contained subtle attack on Gov
ernor Smith.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-01
Lansing and Palmer TO
Address American Bar
Niscount Finlay and Judge Gary
70 BE Heard at Boston
Meeting

BOSTON, Aug. 81 - international
law, reconstruction and public utilities
are among the subjects to be consid-
cred at the first meeting since the war
OF the American Bar Association and
subsidiary and allied bodies, which will
open here Tuesday,
Niscount FiM!ay. Of Nairn former
Lord Chancellor Of Great Britain. Will
be introduced At the opening session
He viii extend the greetings of the
bench and bar Of England
Judge Ebert II. Gary. chairman Of
the board Of the United States Steel
Corporation, Will speak or "Recon-
structon and Rcadjustmcnts" Other
subjects and speakers are: "The Ma
tlons and the Law" DR.. David JAYNE
HUI; Some Legal Questions of the
Peace Conference" Secretary Of State
Lansing, and The Public Interest in
Public Utilities," Thomas 3. Love. of
Texas. Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer will address the judicial sec
ton.
The national conference OF commits
sloners on uniform state laws will con-
slider bill to carry into effect the ma
tlonal prohibition amendment act. a
tentative draft Of uniform separate
malntenance act, and proposed anti
loan shark legislation.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-01
Licensed Dealers in
Wheat Get Warning
Director Barnes Tells Then,
They May Be Closed Up if
They Break Rules L0id Do,rn

Julius II. Barnes, United States
Wheat Director, yesterday announced
the rigid enforcement of license re-
Quirements. A warning has been sent
to all wheat dealers, informing them
that it is criminal offence to operate
without a license; that it is not per-
missible to deal with anyone not hav-
ing a license, and that every contract,
order, acceptance of order, invoice
price list and quotation relating to
wheat or wheat products should bear
United States Wheat Director license
number. The warning says:
"ln this way licensees can readily
ascertain whether those with whom
they are dealing have obtained the
requisite license. If they engage in
business in licensed commodities with
anyone who is required to obtain a
license and has not done so, they en-
danger their own license and may for
felt their right to engage in licensed
business. In this way members of the
various trades affected become aids Of
the Wheat Director in seeing that deal
ers who are required to obtain licenses
make their application. Violations of
the license requirements coming to the
attention of the Wheat Director will be
reported to the Department Of Justice"
Bakers using less than fifty barrels a
month, retailers, farmers and common
carriers do not have to have licenses.