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The Washington herald., 1921-01-16

AS We advance into the new year
it becomes constantly more appar-
ent that no problem is in more ur-
gent need of an early and wise solu-
ton than that which is involved In
the nations housing situation" said
S. w. Straus, of S. w. Straus & Co,
OF New York.
From the most reliable statistics
obtainable at this time the actual
amount of building accommodations
throughout the country are consid
erably less than they were a year
ago. While the figures indicate an
increased cost OF new building con-
tracts awarded during the year 1920
of about 5 per cent as compared with
1919, this was more than discounted
by the added cost of building con-
struCtion and the loss of available
space through fires and deteriora-
ton. In brief, the country is going
backwards in its housing equipment
"OverCrowding in the large cities
has reached such a serious state
that health authorities are sound
ing an alarm. These unwholesome
conditions also develop social un-
rest and lawlessness, and it is ap-
parent that every possible agency
should lend itself to the work of
helping in the practical solution of
this grave problem.
Price Fluctuations Hurt.
1T is to be hoped that a large
building movement will start this
spring and summer, but no one can
tell what developments may arise
meanwhile. Lack of price stabili-
zation has been one of the chief
causes of the slowing up of con-
struction work since the armistice
Vast amounts of building projects
have been held back because of the
feeling that building costs would
recede later. However, experience
has shown that those who waited
have gained nothing, while those
who went ahead with their plans
have no cause for regret. During
the past year the amount of work
projected was about twice as much
as the amount of actual operations.
This uncertainty as to future
price tendencies constitutes one or
the most unfavorable factors in the
situation today.
This feeling is being fostered by
the slump in prices in many COM
modities. It should be borne in
mind. however, that conditions in
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16

a sufficiently wide range of related
activities to enable them to adjust
themselves to changes in industrial
conditions and seasonable demands
of the construction industry would
be beneficial, not only to the trades
men themselves, but to the body
polite.
Summarizing the above, I solicit
your good offices in promoting the
replacement of the fast dwindling
supply of building tradesmen
through an adequate system Of trade
schools which shall be conducted
along lines mentioned above, and
request that you, at your early con-
venience, give me the benefit of
your counsel as to what has been
done in your State along this line
or what'you believe can be done"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16
'TATES URGED TO HELP TRAIN MEN FOR BUILDING TRADE
Achievements
Of Realty Bodies
To be Rewarded

President Fred z Taylor. Of the
National Association Of Real Estate
Boards. has not only followed the
precedent Of offering a trophy 70
the local board presenting the best
report on achievement" during the
year, but he offers two trophies,
one TO a board having a sslaried
secretary and one to a board WIN
a volunteer secretary. President
Taylor thinks the boards win
salaried secretaries have the grezi-
er opportunities for achievements
James NJ. Frsnciscus, SO4 Chesf-
nut street, St Louis, has been az
pointed chairman OF the Achievs-
ment Trophies contest and has is
sued a circular letter TO boards
containing directions for boards ~r~
tering the contests.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16
Broker Can't
Double Cross
With Success

The sincerely honest and reIi-
able broker Will be worthy of
the confidence Of both seller and
buyer. The broker who can uni
formly act honorabIy toward the
one, while he is cheating the 9th
CT, does mot e1istI therefore, the
broker who will claim the ability
TO thus discrimtnate, must soon,
by his own acts, disprove his
claim and lose the confidence of
both.
This in paragraph s, section III,
of the Golden Rule Code of
Ethics formulated for the guild
ance of members of the National
Association of Real Estate
Boards
Another paragraph from this code WIN
be printed in this section neIt week.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16
MT. PLEASANT SECTION

Corner brick stories, rooms, ? tile baths: hal
and hot-water heat This house is specially d
been planned by woman who knows, $ interiC
and spscious closets, etc. This property occupied
will give immediate possession.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-16

present period of readjustment and
liquidation.
General tendency toward Teadjust-
ment to higher levels of income
from property.
Export demand for American
building materials as conditions I'M
prove abroad.
"Insistence of public on constantly
improved standards OF living, with
corresponding demand for more
costly equipment.
Skilled Labor short.
with a general understanding
and appreciation of these facts the
building industry should proceed
during the year 1921 with added mo-
mentum. The amount of available
skilled labor and our physical equip
ment for manufacturing building
materials are not adequate to the
development of activities OF. such
magnitude as will make possible
the early elimination of the hous-
ing deficit. This gives additional
Importance to the necessities OF a
speedy resumption of building ac-
tivities.
While there has been a general
discussion for some time or prospec-
tive legislation designed to stimu-
late building operations, ii is to be
remembered that such developments
generally move slowly, and 1t Is
hardly to be expected that any help
of this nature will be forthcoming
soon enough to affect 1921 building
conditions. Moreover, only such
legislation as shall be absolutely
fair to all sides will be of construc-
tive value, and any psternalistic ef-
forts which do not take into con-
sideration the fundamentals Of sup
ply and demand will not prove them
selves to be helpful"
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$4,000,
ROOMING HOUSE.

Near Conn Substantially
about 20
heated 80 feet front
built for '35ooo Clear OF
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$4,000.
NO. 507 A ST. S. E.

owner will allow inspection by appointment pos
be had Immediately Property in good condition.
rooms and modern bath hot water heating plant
100 feet containing 225S square
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New and vacant. A particularly attractive hou
ND attic containing IL rooms and baths: large 20
rn improvements, such gas, electricity and hot
5 4OxIl5; built-in garage Can be seen by appoir
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$4,000.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
SIS, 600.
DOWNTOWN SECTION.

Near 9Th and streets; convenient location! n
story brick dwellings; good for rOominG houses c
rooms each; property is in fairly good condition
OF is 44x76 feet leep to alley. owner will sell s
Mediate possession TO purchaser. and terms
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-03-14
LOWDEN PROGRAM IN
ILLINOIS IS STUDIED
BY OHIO LEGISLATORS

COLUMBUS, O., March IA part
of the plan of opposition to the gov
ernor's reorganization code. the OBJ
jectors to it are engaged in long dis
tance study of the operation of sim
liar plan in Illinois.
Former Governor Frank o. Lowden,
who won its adoption. lost power in
his state partly because of it, and
this fact is being advanced with en-
phaSis by those who are not in accord
with the proposal.
The fact that factional enemies Of
the former Illinois governor are in
possession. and are finding alleged
irregularities, is being used here.
Members of the general assembly
have received copies of Chicago news
papers showing that Governor Len
Small. Mr.. Lowden's successor, has
directed that all bids for highway
construction under a $4,000, 600 bond
issue be rejected
Governor Small ordered an investi-
CATION as to the reason for the failure
of the department to obtain reduction
when farm products were tumbling in
value.
To Complete Budget.
Not until Monday, according to
Chairman Harry M. Carpenter, of the
House Finance committee. could the
budget be rounded out accurately. He
said Saturday that he had received
numerous protests on elimination of
the Kent normal school appropriation,
but that the committee expected to
stand pat.
1t is pointed out that the big insti-
tuition, which cost scores of thousands
of dollars, has but 200 students and
is in a demoralized condition.
Because of alleged failure on the
part of the trustees to handle it prop
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-03-14
Left Wins-waIker Land, General:

erly the committee has been at loss
to know what to do, and took the only
step it could take This was done in
hope of precipitating a crisis and fore
ing action.
The budget in reality will not show
the true appropriation figures, as the
school and highway funds are appro-
priated on the basis of receipts OF spe-
cial tax levies, and the committee does
not know accurately the amount that
will be yielded.
Resources In Doubt.
1t also may appropriate receipts and
balances in certain cases, leaving an
other point of doubt
The cost of maintenance of state
institutions has been reduced almost
a million dollars below the figures OF
the Ohio board of administration, this
being upon the idea that living costs
are tum bling. Coal prices were cut
greatly as the era of high prices is
said to be at an end for the present.
Food prices also were reduced mate
rally, now that the def1ation is a
reality.
On most items it is expected to be
found that the finance committee has
followed closely the figures of the gov
ernor's budget, boosting few salaries
and eliminating a few. In the depart
ment of the auditor of state there is
to be a reduction of $1,000 on the
former annual figures, and Auditor
Joseph T. Tracy expects to make still
further reductions. Whether or not he
expects to scan the bills as carefully
as did the force of his predecessor is
not known. He has refused, however,
to open old cases in which application
was made for larger vouchers.
The week is to be a crucial one for
the reorganization code and also for
the taxation program. The uniform
rule forces are to meet to evolve a
program and the hearings on the reor-
ganiZation are to be concluded. Amend
ments are being drafted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-03-14
COUNTY SALARY.BILL
DISCUSSED AT EATON
BY PREBLE OFFICIALS

EATON, O., March 14.-Discussion
of the legislative bill dealing with fix
ing salaries OF deputies and clerks of
county officials was had in a meeting
Saturday of officials of Preble county.
the conference having been arranged
by the officials, including the commits
sioners.
State Senator C. M. Kumler and
Representative Harry D. Silver, both
of Preble county, were invited to the
Working of the bill, which was intro
duced in the lower house by Repre-
sentative Silver was explained by him,
he stating that the measure was not a
radical departure from the present
statute relating to deputies and
clerks salary allowances, officials
said after the conference.
The proposed bill would eliminate
the fixing of deputies and clerks sal
aries upon percentage basis Of year
ly fees earned by each office, 1t is said,
and would place it in the hands of the
county commissioners to act in the
matter according to their best judg-
ment, subject, however, to appeal to
common pleas court. ,
Ortt Funeral Tuesday.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah M.
Ortt, 70, wife of Major William H.
Ortt and a native Of Preble county,
will be held Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock at her late home, East Main
street, where she died Saturday morn
ing, after an illness dating back to
last October. The Rev. Charles Irwin,
Presbyterian church, will officiate.
Burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery.
n,ff 4 chY,rry
Dec. 4. 1847, and came to Eaton in
1851, where she lived until about 1901,
when she and her husband took up a
residence at the National Military
home at Dayton, where for 19 years
Major Ortt was a member of the Of
ficial family, filling the office of treas
urer several years and from which he
resigned and returned to Eaton in last
April to live a retired life. Mrs. Ortt'S
maiden name was Kumler.
Besides her husband. Mrs. Ortt is
survived by one son, Spencer X. Ortt,
Pitcher, Okla; one sister, Mrs. Will
liam w. Alexander, of Richmond, Ind,
and one brother, w. A. Kumler, of
White Fish. Ontario.
Bank Sues for Land.
Alleging connivance and fraud, the
Eaton National bank has Instituted
suit in common pleas court against J.
NJ. Lackey. E. E. and Jennie Webb and
Emma Hart to set aside a deed and
bill of sale, involving land in chat
tells in Casper township.
Partition Of one lot and part Of an
other lot in Camden is sought by c. E.
Morlatt in common pleas court. He
claims a one-fourth part Of the realty
as heir-at-law of Jennie Morlatt, his
late wife. Her sisters Helena Klopp,
Ida Meek and Lille NJ. Jones are
named defendants to the suit.
Comstock Suit Ends.
After three days trial in common
pleas court, jury, Saturday night.
awarded W. J. Comstock, Regina. Can
ada. $475 against Ollie Hodgin, of New
Paris, whom Comstock sued for $500
for damages allegedly sustained in an
automobile collision last August on a
pike near New Hope. The jury was
out little more than two hours.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-03-14
Elks Minstrels Open at
Murray Theatre Monda,

With oress rehearsal held at 2
O'Clock Monday afternoon, following
the parade at noon. the Elks' minstrel
performance for Monday night at the
Murray theatre was declared IN readi-
ness.
Sale of tickets for Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday nights were said to
have gone well. This is the fourteenth
annual show and the local talent are
now out of the amateur class, accord
ing to all announcements.
Chinese tenant farmers pay their
rent with the major portion of their
rice crops.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-03-14

freight, going west, struck the closed
car in which he was driving home fol-
lowing an evening spent in town.
Funeral services will be held in the
u. B. church at New Madison, at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Burial in
the new cemetery.
Cromwell was unmarried and leaves
no family.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-03-14
BASIL CROMWELL, 80,
KILLED IN SMASHUP

NEW MADISON, O.. March II
Basil Cromwell. aged 80, was instantly
killed Saturday evening when a fast
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-03-14

"The worlds fastest typist" is re-
ported to have copied ISL words a
minute, or more than two and one-half
words a second.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-03-14

The United States lost far more sol
diers in the civil war than in the
world war.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1921-03-14

MEMS DIVISIONS:

Right Wing, 6rokbank, General
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-27
CHICAGO DOCTOR MAKES
STARTLING OFFER
VIII Send Handsome S~pectacles on
Trial TO Anyone

Everyone who wears glasses or SUI.
iers from eve strain will be interest
ed in the remarkable offer of DR..
itltholI, the famous Eyestrain Special.
isl, Room P.655. Madison and Latin
streets. Chicago, Illinois, TO send a pair
OF his handsome. Extra Large size
true Vision" Tortoise Shell Spectac.
les 10 any reader OF this. PAGER who
writes him. These splendid Glasses
will enable anyone to read the small.
est print. thread the finest needle. sor
lar or near, and prevent eyestrain or
headaches. These Spectacles are said ia
oe equal Ia any sold AT retail at from
$500 +? $500 a pair. are very hand.
some IN appearance and will last "A
lifetime. They are very becoming ana
your friends are sure to compliment
you on your improved appearance.
Don't send any money. Simply your
name. address and age, and state the
length Of time YOU have worn glasses
II amy. He will send the glasses al
orce by prepaid parcel post. FIR YOU
To wear. examine and inspect for ten
days IN your own home. II YOU are
satisfied in every way a,d want 10
keep them YOU are then 10 pay the
small charge Of Sac. otherwise return
the glasses and q are out nothing,
II you accept his offer at once. ne
will enclose the glasses in a beautiful
v~elveleen-lined. spring-hack, pocket
which is IA be yours. free of all cost
Adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-27
MidcOntinent Association
Expresses Opposition To
Additional Regulations
Committee Appointed to Voice
Sentiment of Body at the
Hearing December 20

Writ Franklin. of this city. has
been appointed as a member II a com.
mittcc which also includes Ciarcncc
~liurlingamr, nf l;artlcsville, and Frank
Broone. OF Tulsa, to appear before the
corporation commission i'm behalf ol
the oil producers on December 20,
when certain new prop Scd regulations
will be considered relative To the plug
ging of wells, giving bond therefor
and the publication of names of roy
atty owners, etc. The committee will
present to the commission a consensus
such as was resultant of "a recent
meeting Of the Mid-continent Oil and
Gas Association at Tulsa. and at which
II was voiced that no additional regula-
tons are necessary and that unneces-
sary new regulations should be oppos-
ed.
Other matters discussed at the meet
ine Of the association resulted in the
passing Of u resolution requesting
Burt II. Collins, as chairman Of the
meeting, 10 appoint 4 committee to
Investigate the merits Of the case
now pending before the Interstate
Commerce Commission wherein an or
der is sought reducing the minimum
tender for shipment of oil through
Interstate pipe lines emanatlng ir
the Mid-Continent field. Chairman
Collins appointed the following com
mittee for the purpose: G.. f, Farren
Waite Phillips. j. V. Mcmahon, j. II
Markham, Jr., John S. Griffin, r., II
Perry and Howard y. Cole.
The meeting expressed no opinion
concerning whether the minimum ten
der should be reduced or To wha
extent. The present minimum tender /!
100, 600 barrels and a referee of th'
Interstate Commerce Commission ha.
recommended that it be reduced I,
10000 barrels while the plaintiffs il
the above. mentioned ease seek a re
duction to 1000 barrels. She com
mittee is authorized merely to investl
gate, ascertain the facts and the attl
tude of the local industry ana repor
their recommendations to the Gener
al Executive Committee OF the Mid
Ointment Oil and Gas Association.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-27
Deepened Hewitt Wells
Reach Producing Sands

Magnolia Petroleum Company No.
i on the Cruce farm, In the center
of the northeast quarter If the south
west quarter Of the northeast quar-
ter OF section l6, 4s.2w, drilled deep.
er, has been completed and Is pro-
ducing $50 barrels from broken sand
found AT a depth of lSlO.93O0 feet,
No. 10 ON the same farm. is drilling
with rotary tools at $50 feet.
No. ~, on the same farm, reached
the top of the sand at a depth of
2l3l feet and with the drill ten feet
in is producing 80 barrels, The . 3.lG
inch liner is being run. Tho well is
being drilled deeper,
No. 10 on the same farm. Is a rig,
No. II ON the same farm. has ce-
mented the easing at a depth Of
1872 feet.
No. 10 is a rig.
No. 40 is a loCatlon. west Of ~.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-27
Recent Compilations in
Stephens Shallow Field

Recent compilations noted In the
shallow field in the southeast eortion
u stephens county are As follows.
westbcmer and Daube No J on the
IAndrum farm in the southeast Of the
northwest quarter OF section %. In.
~. producing Is barrels from a sand
at 1000 feet.
Pure oil company No. J on the
Frensley farm in the northeast quarter
Of section "a. is.sw. producing 10
barrels from two sands at depths OF
sts and esq feet.
Magnolia Petroleum company has
a ten barrel producer in its No. /
on the Texas.Peck farm In the north.
wNt corner Of the southeast quarter
Of section u. is;w from sand at
s,e.ss feet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-27
Federal Prisoner Will
Testify in Kansas City

MuSKOGEE. Okla. Nov. PEE. d.
Fuller, deputy United States Marshal
Of this city will leave tonight for
Kansas City with Harold Is. HALEY,
a prisoner in the federal Jail here to
testify tomorrow before. u. s.. Com
missioner Bearsley at Kansas City
against Edward M, Nanmeter, charged
with robblng the federal p%cnitentiary
at ~Leaverworth OF 15i blank checks
and government check forms, HALEY,
who is being held on similar charges
will be released temporarily from .iall
tify,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-27
GILLESPIE OIL CASE
SET FOR DECEMBER 5

OKLAHOMA, City, Noy. &C. w.
King, assistant attorney general plans
to leave tomorrow for Washingto ton
where he will assist :. y, Freezing
state attorney general in the hearing
before the United states supreme
court of The appeal of +, 4. Giles
Pie from the state supreme court IN
the famous tax litigation in regard to
oil and gas produced on restricted
lands under departmental lease.
Tho Gillespie casc Is set ,or hear
ing December !. Although only sS6.oo0
is involved in tho ease the principle
on which the litigation rcyolvcs af
fccts sovora! million dollars in taxable
property in the state, it Is said.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-27
COttOnbelt- ReXrOat 6
Section 10, 4s-2w Reaches
Top of Pay at 2O7O Feet

Cottonbelt Petroleum company No. 6
on the Phoebe Rexroat farm in the
southwest of the southwest quarter
of the southwest quarter Of section 10,
4s-2w reached the top of the sand at
a depth of 2050 feet and with the
drill 10 feet in the sand is flowing 800
barrels. The well is drilling deeper.
b. A. Simpson No. 3 on the Simp-
SON VOORHEES, farm in the center of
the northeast quarter Of the south
west quarter OF the southeast quarter
OF section 8, 4s-2w reached the top of
the second sand at a depth of 1705
feet and with the drill A. feet in the
sand is drilling deeper. The first sand
in this well was reached at "a depth
OF 1402-53 feet. with an initial pro-
duction of $50 barrels.
No. . on the same farm IN the GEM
Ter OF the southwest quarter Of the
southwest quarter Of the southeast
quarter, is. being deepened to the 1850
foot sand. Present depth OF the hole
is 1925 feet,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-27
Gypsy Extension Well
South Fox Production
Flowing $50 Barrels

Gypsy Oil company No. > on the
w. l.. Pierce farm in the southeast
Of the northeast quarter of the north.
east quarter of section 80. 3s-Sw in
the Fox district, which extended the
Fox production one half mile tn the
south, is flowing $50 barrels from
sand encountered at a depth of 9a67.
sil4 feet with the bottom OF the hole
still in the sand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-27
Carter Morgan No. |
Completed as Gasser

In the Duncan field. Carter OH Com
lany has completed It's No / ON the
Morgan farm. In the Southeast cor
ner of the southwest quarter OF the
Northeast quarter OF section %. in.sw,
with production ~ ie,ooc zoe cubic
feet of gas from sand at 2lst feet,
This well wss producing from the
shallower sand at 1917 feet.
Wallace and Coogan No. /. ON the
GARRISON farm. In the southwest cor-
ner OF the northeast quarter II the
northwest quarter Of section 30. is.Sw
drilled deeper. is making 3,Oo0. GOO
cubic feet OF xas. Total depth OF the
hole H. 23sS feet.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-27

Warning, Unless YOU see the
payer" on Package or on tablets you
are no, getting genuine Aspirin pre-.
scribed by physicians Tor twenty-une
wears and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only az told in tn
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-27

Company has purchased "A tract of
$50 acres in the field and has let a
contract for the immediate drilling of
80 wells.
The wells in the area have been
drilled with star machines, but rotary
tools are now being introduced. The
Erie Development Company has
brought Il Canadian rig to the field
and with it a Canadian crew. Mr..
Owens states that it presents a very
peculiar sight and appears to he a
complicated arrangement.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-27

Hugh West, local drilling contractor
and also representative OF the Lafay.
cite Motor company. reports that he
is getting along fine In the auto game.
His latest sale was u Lafayette road.
stcr to q. u. orr. fellow member OF
the oil fraternity.