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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LiEE PAPE.

Satidday AFTERNOON put some vaze-
line on my hair and brushed it strate
back flat insted of parting it. on ac-
count of Mary Watkins saying she
liked to See boys hair that way, and I
skated GROUND to see if Mary Wat
kins was skating, wich she was. and
after a vile I axidently on perpose
took off my cap to scratch my he'd so
Mary Watkins could see my hair, and
she sed, o Benny, duzzent your hair
look PERFECTLY bewtifill.
Maybe Ill brush it that way all the
time. 1 sed, and she sed, o, that will
be PERFECTLY wonderful, did you do ii
jest because l sed liked it that way
o, don't know. 1 sed modest. And
on my way home I met Loretter Min
Ger coming back frum the store with
things in a baskit, and 1 stopped to
tawk to her and took my cap off so
she could see my hair, and she sed,
My goodniss, Benny, for goodniss sake,
watts you bin doing to your hair?
wy, wat do you mean, wy? I sed,
and she sed, wy. it looks simply redic-
kilss, you look too silly for enything,
you look krazy.
And she started to laff like enything.
me thinking, Gosh. heck. G. And I
on skating home feeling verse fnsted
of better. and wen I got home they
was eating suppir and 1 started to set
down and pop looked at me and then
stopped looking and started to stare.
saying. For the love of mud, who sat
on your hair?
Sir? / sed.
Haw, haw. haw, watts the use of
paying to get in a side show wen you
can see sites like this in your own
home. haw haw haw, wee gods, wat a
objeck, haw haw haw, sed pop. And ma
and my sister Gladdis started to laff
too, and L went up in the bath room
and washed the vazeline off and part
ed my hair in the reguler way and
went. down agen. and pop and ma and
Gladdis started to laff as soon as they
saw me without having enything to
laff at proving it was Jest habit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25

Scarcity of houses is not confined
to Topeka or to any class OF cities. 1t
extends all over the country. In the
larger cities the inability of workmen
to obtain living quarters at reasonable
rents. the inability of the fairly we'll
TODD to purchase homes is creating a
serious problem. Conditions are APP
parently no better in the smaller
towns. especially when the character
Of the community is Industrial The
drift toward the cities was never more
marked. and farmers are facing the
impossibility of getting required help.
with the present shortage of homes
likely to continue. builders are said
TO be willing to risk investments at
prevailing prices for material, but find
it difficult to get orders filled. For
this situation the general car-shortage
is held largely responsible, altho many
producers of building materials blame
the indifference of their workmen. A
remedy is promised when the railroad
owners get their properties in working
order again, and the tide of migration
10 this country once more sets in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25

is all front and no back. were in
vented. It is the American stenog-
rapher who wears French heels and a
fur coat while living on pickles. crack
American clerk drawing twenty-five
a week who buys large touring car
on the installment plan and goes out
to conquer an impressed and aston
ished world.
And yet we allow our politicians
themselves the greatest buffers in a
land of bluff, to make cheap capital
by declaiming against dignified pay
and housing for our diplomats on the
ground that it is un-American to ap-
preciate the value of a good front.
To get back to the matter of en-
bassies, it is not mainly a question of
whether We should or should not keep
up certain appearances. The fact is
that we must do so-custom and cir
cumstance make it obligatory. Our
am bassador in Great Britain, for ex-
ample, gets $17,500 a year, all told.
The British ambassador in Washing
ton, in addition to more than 100000
in salary and expenses, gets the use of
a residence worth more than 100000.
Now our ambassador in Great Brit
ain cannot possibly pay the rent on
suitable house with his salary, much
less the expenses of living and enter
tanning. Hence the wel1-known fact
that our ambassador to Great Britain
must always be a rich man. He must
be chosen for his money rather than
for his brains. He may have brains,
too; but money is necessarily the first
consideration. And the worst of it is
that a man without means who has
spent his life in the diplomatic serv-
ice. cannot possibly work up to these
important posts. They are bound to
fall to millionaires, usually with no
diplomatic experience. Thus the net
effect of our homely democratic pol
icy of paying small diplomatic salaries
has been to make the most important
posts a monopoly for wealthy anna
tours. And instead of controlling
magnificence and display, it has made
the ambassadors style of living entire
ly a matter of personal taste and for
tune, withI,some famous and appalling
results.
The United States government owns
but seven embassies and consular and
legation buildings. and they are all in
Asia and Latin-America except one.
Besides leaving its diplomats to find
their own homes it pays them from a
half TO a fifth as much as the repre-
sentatives of the same countries in
Washington receive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25
JUST FOLKS
THE FISHERMAN.
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.


Observe the quiet fisherman, go watch him
by the brook,
And note the code of honor with rod and
line and hook;
There are no eyes upon him, no tongues to
praise or blame,
Yet IL he be fisherman he truly plays the
game.
He does not fish for fishes, he serves a
nobler creed.
He does not fish for numbers or more than
he may need;
He glories in the struggle. where sun aud
waters dance,
But in the fight he's waging be gives The
fish a chance!
And now he feels a nibble, and now bis
line grows tauti
And soon another victim unto his creel is
brought,
But oh, the catch is tinyi He takes him
from the hook
And gives him back his freedom, and gives
him to the brook.
Oh, fisherman in numbers along the
streams of life,
Why should we not In honor observe the
rules of strife?
Should we not scorn to injure the under
sized and weak,
And hold our love of justice above the goals
We seek?
Copyright 1920 by Edgar A. Guest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25

a voice strangely familiar. Alcina
swung around to see a tall young man
quite unknown to her.
Don't you really remember your
devoted toreador?" he questioned,
Alcina gasped. How on earth did
you get here and how do you know
me. if you please? ?"
II think would recognize the dark
eyes of my Turkish vamp anywhere,
but seriously I owe you an apology.
I took the yataghan last night-you
see, it happened to be my yataghan.
1 recognized it Immediately. But If I
had had an idea that it would make
you leave I never would have done it
in the wide world. When I could not
find you anywhere, then I left, too"
Alcina, mortified. her breath coming
fast, answered. very disturbed. Then
you must be Mrs. Mawson's youngest
son 2"
He nodded. "I am very much
ashamed of myself for causing you an
anxious moment over that old knife.
And I'm going to confess still further.
When I came home night before last
happened to glance in the library, and
10 and behold a very charming young
womanNwas taking down my old Turk
ish yataghan and putting it in her
huff. I wondered what on earth she
could possibly want with that sword.
On questioning mother I found out
who you were and that you intended
to go to a fancy dress ball. Then and
there I decided that I was going to
the ball, too. but it was not the silver
yataghan that made me goi Please
forgive me. and let's be friends" He
held out both hands beseechingly, and
before Alcina knew.what she was do
ing she had laid her hands in his! 1t
was a silent but true promise of future
partnership in the silver yataghan!
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
SvndiPafol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25
Ouestions-Answers

Q. In what year was the Grand Duke
Alexis, of Russia in the United States, on
a buffalo hunt? M. L. D.
A 1t was during the winter of 1s71-T2
that the Grand Duke came to this country
and participated in a buffalo hunt which
was arranged for him at Red Willow, in
the state of Nebraska. about forty miles
south of Fort Mcpherson. He and his royal
suite were accompanied on the hunt by
famous General Custer, and were escorted
by two companies of cavalry and several
Indian chiefs. Buffalo Bill Cody acted as
guide for the party.
O. How many physicians are there In
Montenegro?-I. c.
A. The American Red Cross. which has
been doing a great deal of relief work in
that little Kingdom, and other countries in
the Balkan states where disease and pes
thence is reducing. the population. SAYS
in Montenegro, some of them aged and un-
acquainted with modern methods. Health
conditions in Montenegro have been i'm
proved greatly as a result of the work of
the American Red Cross.
Q. Who was "Lilith" ?--L. W. K.
A. She is female demon of Jewish fox
lore. The name means might monster. >
In Rabbinical literature. Lilith becomes the
wife Of Adam, but flies away from him
Q. why were there thirteen stars in the
Confederate flag. when there were only
eleven states in the Confederacy "A. F: n.
crate flag was placed at thirteen merely
for the sake of arrangement. In designing
the flag 1t was found AWKWARD to use eleven
stars, and the designer added two stars TO
make the flag look more attractive.
B. Z H. What y d0'the letter e. g. stand f0F'
~ These letters, which are frequently
seen in articles and letters, are the abbrevi-
alton for exempt gratia," which is a
Latin version of the phrase .for example >
Q. Does the United States import eggs
from China w. W. T.
A. Frozen eggs are imported into this
country from China. They are taken out
of the shells and placed in large barrels,
and are then frozen. These are used by
bakers.
Q. Has much railroad extension work been
carried in this country during the last
half decade?-M. r.
A. During the past five years only All
miles Of railroad have been built In the
United States. which is far below the
number OF miles constructed during the
previous five years. This curtailment OF
railroad construction was due chiefly TO
the war.
(Auy reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director. Washington, d. c. This
offer applies strictly to Information The
bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical.
and financial matters 1t does not under
take to settle domestic troubles. nor to
undertake exhaustive research on any
subject Write your question plainly and
briefly. Give full name and address and
enclose 2-cent stamp for return postage
All replies are sent direct to the inouirer.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25

With reconstruction in France in
full swing and with business and finan-
cial conditions growing more encour-
aging daily, the entire country is ex-
periencing an economic and physical
recovery from the drain of war more
rapid than is generally realized, &C
cording to recent statistics and infor-
nation presented in a booklet, Great
er France" just issued by the Guar
anty Trust company of New York. In
part. the publication says: France,
instead of idling, has accomplished in
the last year SO stupendous task that
one marvels how the work has been
done. Seventy-six thousand structures
had been erected or repaired by the
end of August, 1919, and $4,000 addi-
tional buildings were then under con-
struction. About $4,000 buildings
were destroyed or damaged during the
war. In the same period, SO per cent
of the destroyed railroad trackage had
been rebuilt, an area of 1900 square
miles OF shell-riddled, ti1labie land
cleared up. $4,000. 900 cubic yards OF
trenches filled, $4,000 refugees re-
turned to their homes. 5000 schools
reopened. and s,s72 civic communities
reorganized."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25

that they might come to want in their
old age, and so dismal and dishearten-
ing is the vision that she paints that
the man finds his own enthusiasm Pc
tering out, and his belief in himself
dying. and he gives the project up.
Copyright. 1919. by the Wheeler Syndicate
Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25

The British are being told that they
can wipe out their war debt in three
years by adopting prohibition But
we have prohibition in this country
and no signs of a diminishing war
debt are apparent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25

There appears to be developing in
this country another type of hyphen-
ate citizen. He probably will become
known as the railroad-American or
the miner-American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25

1t is only fair to say that Mrs. To-
bias was a frail, little woman. Those
of the more robust type probably are
able to stand any strain a proper cele-
bration of the birthday anniversary OF
husband places upon them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25

With the main object of the Anti
Saloon League we have no wish to
quarrel. But we can't help express
ing a doubt as to whether the league
In its attack on the Catholic church
has distinguished itself in the matter
of its judgment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25

A New York woman has extended
aid to the starving Armenians to the
extent Of a collection of diamonds
valued at $4,000. But most OF us viii
e9ptinue to give the Armenians three
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25

While we should not go so far as to
say the beans are spilled. the vessel
containing them Is being carelessly
handled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-25

The moral, If you care to read one.
is that nearly every cause, good or
bad, suffers at the hands of the ex-
tremists who embrace it.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-07
Gypsy Deepening Producer

Tho Gypsy OH company has de-
cided to drili to the doopcr pay, It's
as barrel natural producer In the
butcher sand topped at ?437 feet
There was only feet Of this sand.
and II the lower sands are not en-
ccuntered. the well will uc plugged
back. II Is located In the northwest
corner location OF the northeast Of
the northwest Of 2t-i2-ll.
In the same district. tho Georgia
Petroleum company is deepening It's
No . wCll In the center OF the east
line OF the northeast ~ the south T.
east Of 22-l3-ll. II now has n good
showing IN the butcher sand, found
at 1888 feet
The GLADYS Belle oil company and
Lyons Petroleum company are eN-
pccting TO get tho pay today In its
No. Z Isuui1a Williams farm. In the
northeast Of the northeast ~ the
northeast Of 22-13-1l. II Is now
drilling around 1000 feet,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-07
IN THE OIL FIELDS
office. 6241 w. PECK Residence 2442
Residence 2442

counsel for the Western Petroleum
Refiners association.
Both the jobbcrs and refincrs
are deeply interested in the carload
rates on oil.
"No group OF business men in
America are moe pofoundly con
Cerned In a case OF this character.
testing the rcasonableness OF freight
rates, than are those engaged In the
Independent oil industry. This Is
true for several reasons.
Il. Because this is the only in
dustry on the American continent
which has TO compete with a rival
possessing another means OF trans
portation which covers the eastern
two-thirds OF the nation like ver-
table network. The Standard has
pipe lines which are not simply main
trunk lines reaching Chicago and
st Louis, but pipe lines which con-
meet the oil fields OF the mid-Conti %
nent field with strategic distributing
points in many states, extending
from oklahoma to the Atlantic sea =
board and the gulf OF Mexico.
%. Because the oil industry rur-
nishcs practically all OF it's own car
| equipment. without receiving any re-
turn from the railroads on this in
vestment, aggregating more than
800, 100000.
"3. Because the railroads have
been induced TO raise tho freight
| rates on oil TO such n high level
that they yield earnings from 80 to
| 100 per cent greater than other car
| "a Ngh fn afF los
| distances, Notwithstanding the keen
| rivalry OF the Standard interests
with their vast pipe line facilities,
and Notwithstanding the fact that
the oil industry furnishes it's own
| cars without receiving any return
from the railroads on the invest
ment.
when these facts sink into the
| consciousness OF a man who can be-
| gin to realize how the very life ot
| the independent oil industry rests
| upon the maintenance OF adequate
transportation facilities at a reason
able cost
These facts do not justify un-
reasonably low rates. but they do
| warrant the establishments OF rates
| that are fairly on an equality with
| those applicable to other traffic gen
| orally under similar circumstances
and conditions"
Tho importance OF the oil industry
| to the state OF Oklahoma is illus
| trated by charts and tables, which
| portray the oil production of the
| United States. and that portion
which comes from Oklahoma, which
Tor the year 1917, was 32 per cent
OF the entire output of the United
States.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-07
OIL. MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Then, and NOW

There was mighty little objection
on the part OF refiners when the
,ailroad administration raised the
rotes in Oklahoma during the war,
Through the rates had been raised
only a short time previous, and this
bccause Of the patriotic feeling that
ANYTHING that helped the railroads,
helped win the war.
The rate prior to March rs, 1918,
for 100 pounds OF refined products
Nns 12.5 cents and effective March
AZ OF that year. It had been raised
10 is cents. Then came on top Of
This raise, with no chance for ad-
iustment, raise TO 1915 cents and
as stated above. no particular kick
was made.
Now comes the 35 per cent in
crease. which brings the rate for 100
mounds for 100 miles to 26.5 cents,
which is more than double the rate
prior to March % OF 1918. Certainly
a rapid increase in rates in this
state!
There was, however, at that time
a brief filed, which perhaps makes
n better statement of the situation
than anything yet printed, and 1t is
the work OF Clifford Thornc, traffic
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-07
No Oil, But

At Holdenville the Lyons Petro-
lcum company Is getting some inter
tSting results in the company'S first
test OF the Jennie Jacobs farm IN
the southeast corner OF the northeast
Of the northeast OF 14-7-s. They
started OF with a 20-inch hole for y
deep test and between go and 1900
feet they got five different sands
with showings Of gas, and at 1880
feet they got a showing Of good green
oil similar tothat at Penn West well
Tho total depth OF the we'll Is now
1900 feet, with a u " inch hole and
the crow II UNDERTAKING.. They ex-
pcct 10 hit another sand at 500 feet
A rig for an east Offset 10 the tcst
Is going up on the ], Bowlegs allot-
ment in 19.-Okmulgee Democrat
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-07
Black Well Opens
Mem Wilcox Pool

The Black Petroleum corporation
has what looks like a hig producer in
the loug-sought for wilcox sand In
It's No. MacNac, located in tho
southeast corner OF the southwest of
the southeast OF 34-l5-1O. The hole
Is standing 500 feet with oil, and tho
well Is shut down for tankaEe. This
well was started as n wild cat, and
proved but "A small producer In the
2 800 foot sand. The drill has just
touched tho top Of tho pay, and no
estimate can be made on the pro
ductiou. which is expected to omen
up n now Wilcox sand pool in this
vicinity.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-07
BUnsdaH Oil Corporation
Has 25 Million Gdsser.

The Bsrnsdale OIL corporation has
25 million gas well In its No. 1. IN
the northeast OF lg-24-t1, at l,943
feet in the Usage This IN doubt
less the first break in the lime, and
is Of great interest at this particular
time when there is so much talk
about the gas supply for the coming
winter.
other operations in Usage by the
Bnrnsdalc company are as follows:
Its No. Is, in the northwest OF
20-29-9 is drilling at 800 feet. it's NO
p, in the northeast OF 34-26-g Is
down l,040 feet. 40 Z In the north
west OF 36-2G-iO Is rig, No. ! in
the northwest Of 2S-2G-l1 is moving
In tools, No. I In the northwest or
S0-26-li is drilling az 725 feet; No.
In the southwest OF lg-2J-1O IL
down 22O feet; 80. ] 1T the north
east Of 34-25-ll is drilling at l,50o
feet. No. 2 IN the northeast Of
35-25-fl is a rig building, No. 7. in
the northwest OF 36-26-1l is rigging
up. It's No. % In the northwest OF
5-24-10 had 20 feet Of pay and at n
total depth Of 2,04O feet made $50
barrels; No 24 IN the northwest OF
5-24-10 is rig. Nos. s and .. I'm the
northeast OF 6-24-1O are locations
No. In the southeast OF 23-2f-l0 Is
a rig; 40. !, lu the northwest Of
l1-24-l1 is drilling at 1860 feet. No.
/ IN the southeast OF 1O-23-l1 is
drilling AT 1,6NO feet. No. i'm the
southwest OF iS-23-12 Is a location;
No. 3, In the northwest OF 10-2i-9 IS
a rig standing, No. I'm the south
west Of 10-2l-o ls drilling at $50
feet: No. In the northwest OF IL
21-9 is down 2,3AO feet, and has
been temporarily abandoned waiting
| for new casing.
The Ashland OH company is also
active In the Usage country. as Is
shown by the following report It's
! No. In the southwest Of l4-23-ll
is drilling at 100 fect: No. In tho
lsoutheast Of the same section Is
supdding; No I'm the southwest OF
15-23-1l is drilling al 100 feet; No.
| 8 in the southeast Of o Is down I $40
feet. No. in the northwest OF 81
23-11 is a ris standing, SO. 3 Ia the
northeast OF 2l-23-ll is also a rig,
while No. In the northeast of IL
22-ll is drilling at l,s4i feet.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-07
NeW Development

The ISanola pTocaIx Refining
company well at T,rlton. which
came in two weeks ago with an
initial flow of 400 barrels. and which
speedily increased TO between 500
and 600 barrels, is holding up at
600 barrels daily. according TO last
reports. This is a Layton sand well,
pay being topped AZ l5SS feet, and
is not completely drilled in yet be-
cause Of insufficient tdnkage. II Is
expected that decler drilling within
the next few days wiz materially IN
crease the production,
The same company has two rigs
building for offsets one on the
Amos school land in the southwest
OF the southwest OF l3-20-7, and also
in the southwest corner of the south
east of section l3, On the johnson
school land.
w. A. DuniEan hag a rig up for a
test on the Chisman farm in the
southwest corner Of the northeast
OF 25-2O-7.
Rice & Lyons and Tom Melvin are
putting up a rig for test in the
southwest of the southeast OF
| 13-2O-7.
The Prairie OIL & Gas Co. has a
| rig up for test in the northwes'
| Of the northeast of 24-20-7, and is
putting up a rig for no Rockholt
| In the northeast OF 34-20-7, off
| setting the A. ID. Morton well. The
| Prairie is drilling ct lG0 feet on it'
Cain farm test I'm the southwest ol
27-2O-7, and is still trying to land
its casing in its Ham farm gas
we'll in the southwest OF the north.
west OF 15-20-7
Ridge Miller ard associates are
drilling at around 600 rect on their
test on the Alleuan farm in the
southeast OF the northeast of the
southeast OF 2S-20-7
A. n. Miller is down 2,126 feet
| mn IT'S No II Armstrong. in the