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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-29
Farewell for Mr.. McCollister.

Tho Tri-City Courts Of Honor en-
tertained at reception given at the
Hibernian hall In Davenport, Sat-
urday evening, in honor Of Charles
Il. McCollister, former district man
Ager Of the Courts OF Honor. A very
interesting program was given in
the course OF the evening. Mrs.
Hattie 6aspel Of Davenport gave a
piano solo. and Chancellor Frank
Bailey Of Davenport made q fare
we'll address. DR.. c. T. Lindley OF
Davenport presented Mr.. McCollis-
ter with . travelling bag on behalf
Of the tri-city courts. Short ad-
dresses were given by Chancellor
Bertha Bruhn Of Court Of Honor
No. 81, by Chancellor G. Z. Landee
Of the Moline Court Of Honor, and
by ID. f. Homer of Moline. After
the program, delicious refreshments
were served by the entertainment
committee Of the Davenport Court
Of Honor. Mr.. McCollister left to-
day for Kansas, where he is to b.
connected with an insurance com.
pany.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-29
Prokr1n for Musical.Toa

A trio Of Davenport artists WI
appear On the program for the mu-
sical-tea. which is to be given We'd
nesday afternoon at the home Of
Mrs. Karl Vollmsf, - Hillcrest
avenue, Davenport, as q beneft for
the Lend-a- Hand club.
The program for the tea has been
announced 40 follows:
Piano
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-29

Miss Kathryn e. Geinsr and John
n. Sullivan Of Muscatine were nar-
ried at 10 o'clock Saturday morn
ing at the parsonage Of the First
Methodist church Rev. ]. A. Chap
man performed the service. The
couple was unattended.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-29

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17

Wealthy French women use cham
payne as a shampoo for the purpose
or producing reddish brown hair with
rich golden lights in 1t.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
Jalward
By FREDERIC J. HAsKIN

/ TITASHINGTON, D. C.. July IL
! w From the police department Of
New York emanates the glad
news that By using pretty, blond girls
as bait. the blue coated guardians Of
/ our moral welfare succeeded in ar
: resting four fiirtatious men on re-
cent holiday.
It is true that this is a relatively
small percentage Of the young men IN
New York who are inclined to smile
at pretty. girls on q holiday, and it
seems unfair IN a way thai these four
should languish in Jail while a couple
Of million criminals OF the same stripe
run at large But obviously an ex-
ample must be made Of someone II
the wave OF springtime fli=tatiousness
which Is sweeping over the country Is
to be checked Like holsheTism
profiteering and the Illicit consump-
ton o. hard liquor it calls for siren
uCus punitive measures
Beyond q doubt" says Dr.. A Spoo-
flnduffer, the eminent psychologist
In formal statement, there Is a
strong and growing tendency. on the
part OF the American male to flirt
with the American female This IN
decorous, not TO say immoral, ten
dency has been observed from the
earliest times Even in Puritan New
England in colonial days when wink
ing at a girl was q crime punishable
By confinement in the public stocks,
IL was found impossible wholly TO
suppress It The tendency is seen at
It's worst among the very young. but
In some virile specimens It persists to
an astonishingly advanced age. The
enormous recent growth OF the crime
OF flirting or MASKING must be
ascriosd to q growing laxity Of con-
duct IN general and also to the rise
OF the short skirt the peek-a-boo or
pneumonia shirtWaist, face powder.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17

livery manufacturer-every dealer
every salesman, is conscious today Of
- an unprecedented situation that Is
rapidly developing in the motor car in
dustry.
A striking change IN the public demand
for motor cars has taken place.
Nothing equal to it has ever been en-
countered before.
Last winter, those individuals who
quickly sense the public pulse anticipated
the terrific demand for motor cars of all
types which later developed.
This demand has not yet been satisfied.
1t will not be satisfied until fundamental
conditions of production and tTansporta-
ton radically change.
Now, in the midst of the mass Of pro-
duction obstacles, there has developed a
demand for enclosed cars and roadsters far
beyond the capacity Of the industry to
supply.
More than this, a spirit of economy has
taken hold of the public mind. People to
whom wealth is not new are setting the
example to all by choosing motor cars in
which economy is combined with relia
bility and distinction.
Therefore, it seems proper to give an
other friendly word of warning to those
thousands Of people who have logically
reached the conclusion TO buy a lighter,
more economical closed car; or to replace
bulky car with a roadster for personal use
before the fall demand makes delivery
extremely uncertain.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
PLAN To DRILL
IN CRANE CO.

Pecos, Tee. July ian extension
OF the Pecos drilling field, which now
covers q territory 100 miles east and
west, Is planned by Hatfield, kelsey
and Luellen. St LoIis and Texas
operators. who are now prospecting
their holdings Of 10000 acres in cen
tral Crane county with a view 10
early development, according to the
Pecos chamber Of commerce Their
plans call for the erection OF at least
one standard derrick in the near
future. B. NJ Hatfield is In the Iieio
making the locations
The Abner Davis well found the
thickest Toyah shallow sand yet dis
covered when Il drilled into II teet
late Thursday. The well, on section
30, block So, school lands, is the Ilrst
OF 10 wells planned by Davis Inc
sand was found at ass feet pump
hss been ordered, and VIII Saddler,
representing Mr.. Davis, is moving
storage tanks to the lease and states
that a systematic plan Of develop
ment will be undertaken. The oil IS
OF the grade known as Toyah -lune-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17

tiquity that has been found for q cen
fury It Is the product Of a civiliza.-
ton OF a high order. In codifyinG his
laws, Hammurabi arranged them in a
definite and logical order. based upon
accepted judicial decisions
In no better way Is It possible TO
become acquainted with the everyday
life OF the ancient Babyl0uian man
By a careful study Of the Hammurahi
code
Three Grades Of Society.
The code recognizes three grades
OF society-the aristocraL or gentle
man the poor man, or pleb, al O the
slave. Among the ranks OF The nrst
mentioned were the professional men.
the officers, and the tradesmen- The
second class included the freedmen
who had been slaves.
1T has been the custom with most
peoples In a large part OF The ancient
as well as the modern, orient TO base
a betrothal upon an agreement Of the
man or his parents to pay sum OF
money to the girls father. In Baby
lonia this bride money together with
the gift OF the father and other gifts,
formed the marriage portion which
was given to the bride.
In case the girls father rejected
the sutton after the contract had been
made. he was required 70 return
double the amount OF the bride price.
The batrothals took place usually
when the parties were young, and as
. rule the engagements were made
by the parents. II the father died
before all the sons we're married,
when the estate was divided the
sums needed for those not having
wives were deducted before the dis
tribution was made.
"A marriage contract vas necessary
to make the marriage legal IN some
OF them peculiar conditions were
made. such as the bride being re-
quired to wait upon the motherinlaw,
or even upon another vile. II Il was
stipulated that the man should not
take a second wife. the woman could
secure a divorce IN sase her husband
broke the agreement
'sThe code OF Hammurabi fixed the
charges OF physicians and surgeons
II a physician cured q broken limb
or healed a diseased bowel. his fee
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
The Day of Economy
is DaLuning

The hour of the lightweight, high
Grade, eOOd-loOking, well-balanced, eco
nOmical, handy, convenient, comfortable,
sensible, automobile is here.
Manufactures who have the gift Of
foresight, have been struggling for months
to increase the closed car production to the
point where 1t may at least equal the open
car output.
But, they cannot possibly attain this
result for many months to come.
This, therefore, is a friendly warning to
the public-tO those who expect to get
before winter comes.
Four years ago the Jordan Company
anticipated this inevitable change.
We knew that the man who once
thought il necessary to choose a heavy car
TO obtain reliability would eventually pre-
fer car In which reliability is combined
with economy and distinction.
We produced the Jordan Silhouette and
from that day the factory has been thou
sands of orders behind.
We knew that the man who once
thought it wise to choose a cheaper car
thinking TO realize economy would eVentu-
ally prefer a car In which the original price
is practically the last payment for service
rendered.
We put quality into every detail of the
Jordan, knowing that reliability is the
last word in service regardless Of price.
Ten thousand owners today testify to
the reliability and economy Of the Jordan.
Color, comfort, good-taste and atmOs-
phere have made it beautiful.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
STRIKE IN ABHER DAVIS WELL
REEVES MOTHER POOL THEORY

TOTAH. Tex, July 1.-THE striking
of a thick vein Of rich oil bearing
sands in the Abner Davis well on
section 30, school block s., Reeves
county, at ass feet has caused a re-
sumption OF activity IN the, shallow
field Of the Toyah basin and also has
caused q revival OF Interest on the
part OF those who are pinning their
faith on the mother pool" idea and
the great reservoir from which the
shallow oil mfgrates.
The oil found IN the new Davis
wei looks and feels like the natural
lubricant which has been taken from
the older wells Of the shallow field
and is believed 20 be Of the same
character and value. The stratum Of
sand in which Il Is found has been
pierced by the drill to the depth OF
10 feet and the bottom has not been
reached. Tt Is By far the thickest
stratum Of oil bearing sand ever
found in the Toyah basin and while
there has been no opportunity for
test OF the oil yield II Is believed by
those who have seen the vel and
have measured the depth Of the oil
against the time which elapsed since
the sands were penetrated. that the
wei viii yield from five TO ten bar
rels per day.
II the well could be shot and the
sands loosened up, II Is believed the
yield would reach 20 to IS barrels per
day. The drii1er. wants to shoot"
the wen, maintaining that the sands
are deep enough ard hard enough for
shooting purposes and that the sur
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
Deciphening OfCIay Tablet May Add
thousand Years To Recorded History
Earliest People CiUiLized, Cultured

VITASHINGTON. D. c.. July 17--"Re-
w cent decfphering OF a clay tablet
which may add 1000 years to the
span Of recorded history-for It con-
tains-a code OF laws said to antedate
that OF Hammurabi by a millennium
lis another reminder that archeolo-
gists are finding stranger true stories
Than fiction can reveal" says bull
letin Of the National Geographic So
'aThe pick and the spade Of the eI-
plorer have resulted in astounding
who has deciphered some OF the most
famous Of the documents.
Above all else, one OF the greatest
Surprises Is that the earliest peoples,
instead Of being barbarous or uncul-
tured, were civilized and possessed a
culture OF a high order
Several ancient Libraries and I'M
meuse archives have been found.
Years ago the literary library Of
Ashurbanipal (66S-625 B. c. was dis
covered at Nineveh-
IN more recent years temple and
school libraries have been found at
Nippur, Sippar, Larsa. Babylon and
Erech. The Libraries OF the first
three sites belong chiefly to the third
millennium 3. c.: those Of the last
two belong TO later periods.
Large Archives Found.
But especially large archives Of
these documents, numbering several
hundred thousand and belonging TO
the third and fourth millenniums B.
C., have been found at Tello. Nippur,
Drehem. Jokha, and recently at Or.
"A young man sends his endeartng
inquiry concerning the health OF his
beloved. saying: To Bibea, thus says
Gimil Marduk- Nay the gods Shamash
and Marduk permit thee TO live for
ever for my sake. I write 20 inquire
concerning thy health. Tell ne how
thou art I went to Babylon, but did
not see thee. I was greatly qisap-
pointed Send the reason for thy
leaving, that may be happy. Do
come in the month Marchesvan- Keep
well always for my sake
The code OF Hammurdbi written
about 1000 B. C., upon q large and
somewhat irregular STEELE, Is perhaps
the most important monument OF an
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
Prices Not Going DOwn

People, who have never known the real
basis Of motor car demand (which is utility
and convenience in individual transpOrta-
tom have no idea how ridiculous it is,
under present conditions, to talk about
saturation point; falling of in demand
for good cars; or lower prices for fairly
priced standard makes.
There are about eight million auto
mobiles in America, and possibly eight
hundred thousand in all the world beside.
A few hundred thousand of these.a
enclosed cars, mostly of the heavier type.
The production of enclosed bodies last
year was about one hundred and sixty
thousand.
The daily production right now is
greatly handicapped by a shortage of
expert labor, glass, hardware, sheet metal
and by difficulties of transportation.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
~Another. friendly 0vo1d
Of earning

The world wide demand indicates the
ready sale of at least one million closed
cars if the manufacturers can ever set
them out.
Time was when people who possess old
money were alone In the enjoyment of
hieh-6rade, enclosed car. They bought
heavy cars believing that only In that way
could they obtain distinction and relia-
bility.
Time was when the annual production
of five hundred closed cars by any one
factory was big output.
Time was when the annual production
of five hundred roadsters was considered
lar9e.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
Keep Your Car

Today, we recommend that You buy
Jordan and keep your car.
You know, Of course, In the last analysis
that the secondhand value Of a motor car
Is the final test of survival for the manu-
facturer- success for the dealer-and salts
faction to the owner.
The Jordan Is superbly balanced -
weighing twenty-eieht hundred pounds
fourteen hundred forward and fourteen
hundred astern.
It springs forward lightly to the throttle
dispatches the days work with alacrity-
finds Il place at the curb quickly-responds
instantly to the touch Of WOman's hand,
and brings you home at night eratifed
with day of comfort and convenience.
One year ago Jordan announced the
famous Playboy.
Snappy, -unfailine 20 inspire
the Jordan Playboy is the forerunner Of
the roadster of the future-the car which
many busy men and women VIII make
their preference.
Scarcely did we realize the country wide
demand for a roadster Of this distinctive
character, convenience and style.
Never, have we been able to approach
the point where we could supply this de-
mand.
Four years ago, we built our first five
PASSENGER BrOueham, with all aluminium
body, exquisitely misunderstanding in
style.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17

rounding formation Is Of such g char
ucter that the danger OF breaking
through and permitting the oil to dis
sipate Is wholly absent Nothing viii
the nitro glycerine treatment. how
ever, till Abner Davis or his field
manager can be consulted
The log OF the new well Is Identical
with that Of the Jourdon well except
that the oil sands reported In the
latter are said TO be but five feet
thick as against II feet in the Davis
well. The wells are about two and
one-half miles apart
Jourdon Well to eB Pumped
The Jourdon well has had much
trouble with water, but those troubles
are believed to be at an end now.
Jack Carr, the man who finally sue
ceeded in casing off the water Is now
in FL Paso for the purpose OF select
ing pumping suitable for the work
which wiz be expected OF It
Mr.. Carr says oil will come back"
and contends that the water now In
the oil sands Is that which came from
above during the ten weeks which
elapsed between the penetration Of
the oil sands and the casing off Of the
water. He also contends that by con-
slant pumping the oil an water
emulsion, which the well now yields,
every drop OF oil in the sands may be
saved. His pumps viii be going as
soon as they can be received from
e Paso and Installed
Ben Andrews Down 400 Feet.
The discovery Of the Abner Davis
well and the storted confidence n the
IOurdon well has caused a revival Of
interest in the deep well district OF
the -Culberson field and this
interest has been heightened by the
rapid progress being made by the
Ben Andrews well drilleres on sec
tion 80. block 60, township 5, Culber
son county. which was reported at
100 feet Thursday afternoon. This
is the deepest well in the Reeves
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
81 WELLS BEING DRILLED
IN TOYAH BASIN REGION

logan, Texas, July l7.-There are
IS deep wells and p wells Of the
shallow variety in actual process Of
being drilled in the Toyah basin in
GLIDING those in the Bell country. in
ward county close TO the Pecos river
Balmorhea-
The water encountered in the
Troxel deep test on section s, school
block So, a few days ago. has been
cut off and drilling operations were
resumed Wednesday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17

from the gentry was fixed at five
shekels; from the commoner. three,
and from the Jlave. two. The sur
geon for an operation upon the upper
class received ten shekels; The lower,
five. and a slave. two.
In order to discourage the surgeon
from making rash operations. severe
penalties were fixed in case OF unsuc-
cessful ones"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
COTTON DRIVES PASTURES
FROM SALT RIVER VALLEY

Phoenix Ariz.. July I7.-Dairy cat
tie In the salt River valley no1v e.
said to number less than 5000. 4 de-
crease Of fully half IN little more
nan year. The alfalfa acreage is
oecIlning steadily and the feeding OF
caltle and sheep viii soon be at an
eng There is a prediction that al
-. "a nay this season viii 90 to $50
pc 800 The Pacific Creamery com
panys two evaporating plants at
Lempe and Glendale have closed and
the valley creameries are running On
a short supply Of milk. So much Of
Lne pasturage has been eliminated
LOT cotton that the public roads are
being. used for grazing horses and
cows on grass heretofore wasted
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17

Tucson, Ariz-. July IA $3.50. 600
bond issue for new school buildings
and improvements was passed here
yesterday By the overwhelming vote
OF 337 TO %. The money viii be used
to build three new school buildings.
additions to five other schools and
equipment and furnishing the new
buildings.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
The Demand for
Closed Cars

The demand for this car indicates be-
yond question that it is the ultimate
enclosed type
The production conditions in the lead
ing factories viii not quickly change. The
prices Of good cars that have been fairly
priced cannot soon go down.
An acute delivery situation in enclosed
cars and roadsters viii develop before Sep
TENDER first.
Those who expect delivery should buy
today.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1920-04-24
NOTES

Miss Rose Rosenthal left this morn
ing for Slater on business.
! c. Ruby returned to his home in
Kansas City this morning.
J. C. Vase returned to his home in
Huntsville this morning.
L. B. Coggins went to Slater on
business this morning.
Miss Mary Stagg and Miss Mildred
Barr left this morning for Sturgeon
for short visit.
Mrs. o. o. Churchill, who has been
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Amanda
Johnson, left this morning for her
home in st. Louis.
Miss Alberta Austin went to her
home in Huntsville this morning for
the weekend.
Mrs. R. A. Brown and Miss Gather
inc Guitar left this morning for Los
Angeles, Cal, where they will spend
the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. szymanski and Mrs.
Clark Brown left this morning for
their home in Union after being the
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1920-04-24
ABOUT DIVORCES

That $4,000 families a year should
be dissolved through divorce is a ma
tional problem approaching a calami-
ty. A remedy for plan which per-
mits a man and woman to form love
ties only to abandon them when they
grow tired, dragging at their heels
children of the marriage is desired by
every wise thinker in the United
States. In some of our states the
grounds of divorce are such that mar
riage may be ended almost at will.
DR.. William T. Manning, rector of
Trinity Church in New York, says
MANY marriages today are not real
unions, but legalized free-love.''
Easy divorce allows any number of
successive wives or husbands to be
cast loose upon society, with cessa-
tion of all mutual responsibility as
soon as the divorce is secured. Doc
tor Manning believes that if the di-
vorce courts were abolished, nearly
all of those who now seek separation
would find it possible to live togeth-
er with reasonable contentment and
that many of them would find the full
happiness and reward of faithful mar
ried life.
1t is urged that divorce laws be
made national, supplanting the va
ried ones of the states. In foreign
countries where divorce is practiced
much less, if not almost entirely abol-
ished, we see by contrast the ridicu-
lousness of domestic agitation, search
ing soul mates, and marrying to
throw them overheard. Failure of
marriage seems to be created in the
psychological attitude of the partici
pants. They are unwilling to stick
to it and make it happy success If
they find, after marrying. that they
have driven a close bargain.
1t is proposed also and this might
be remedy for the evil, that no one
be married while former husband or
wife is living. If any change is made
in laws, it is at least apparent that |
divorce should be made less easy.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1920-04-24
mssoURN CoLUmI MISSOURI

guests Of Misses Rosalie and Eliza
beth Szymanski.
Mrs. Mary w. Richards left this
morning for Moberly where she will
visit Mrs. L. A. Smith.
Mrs. Mildred McCluney returned to
her home in st. Louis this morning
after being the guest of Miss Sibyl
Pommer.
Miss Lucille Gross left this morn
ing for her home in Cameron where
she will spend the weekend.
F. L. Sergeant left for his home in
Renick this morning after being in
Columbia on business.
Miss Cecil Stone and he's mother,
Mrs. w. H. Stone, left this morning
for Minneapolis, Mimi, where they
will spend the summer.