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The herald., 1922-12-28

Many college youths may now look
forward to abandoning the sledge
hammer for an easy berth on the foot
ball team.
Notwithstanding the popularity Of
sports in Philadelphia, the Quaker
CITY is by far the largest city in this
country without a modern athletic
club.
Young Corbett, the former champion
featherweight, who recently returned
TO his home at Denver, has opened a
gymnasium and training quarters FOL
boxers in that city.
Joe Murphy, ex-Columbus high
school all-round athlete and more re
Gently a member of the famous Centre
college football team, is to become
director of athletics at the Danville
(Ky.) school.
The herald., 1922-12-28

In JunoIetown.
Said Miss Giraffe, II wear, you see
My wrist-watch round my neck;
] do II by request. because
The town clock Is a wreck"
The herald., 1922-12-28

TOO MUCH FOR HIM
list Germ-What's wrong with
your
End Germ-oh heavens; one OF
those Internal Coolies has gotten on
me.
The herald., 1922-12-28

States Harold Hilton
Ths American championship has proved be verae
about the the boy
peculiar the who led with
Black
of them together have
the States youth develops much
eighteen
well developed both mentally and physically as boy OF
twenty
playing the American amateur cham
reached the final at Baltu
Bobby
championship Of this and
made big it,
The herald., 1922-12-28
INTERESTING
SPORT NOTES

Enrique Tiraboochi, Italian SWIM
ner, failed by two miles to swim the
English channel.
Baseball may be the national pas
time, but the national bird is more
popular in golf.
Stanley Cofall, former Notre Dame
ridiron star, will coach the Catholic
High (Philadelphia) players this year.
What the country really would like
to see is somebody that could stop
Jack Dempsey after he gets in the
ing.
The herald., 1922-12-28

"Since he can't get drink, his
minds full Of whisky all the time"
sought to distill his thoughts then
and tank up"
The herald., 1922-12-28
A Telling Stroke.

The hare easily caught up with the
tortoise. "Well, old man, you're not
much of a runner. are your he
sneered.
NO" admitted the tortoise. I'm
not, 1 think I'll try for the crew. You
see, I'm quite at home in the shell"
The herald., 1922-12-28
Selfish M an.

Bluebeard-YOu have the freedom
Of the entire house excepting the
closet. This, you must never enter.
His Eighth Wife-Do you mean to
keep an entire closet for yourself when
haven't room to hang half my things?
The herald., 1922-12-28
nF!gs:a!
.ErN22

HERE'S the housing problem.
II Nothin' but high rents, high
.,x.s AM cares, but why kick? Let's
, Get back to the ways of gu. our sturdy asEs.
c,;lI we've got to face all this
s',r;tal discomfort. Everybody get
,;n' married, gettin' divorced. get,
.;n, married again, gettn' divorced
sr,;n an the whole trouble could
- stopped by nobody gettin' mar
G.d at all. Then we've got the
trouble with children-nothin' but
care an sacrihce-well, let the PEG
oie decide not to have any chill
Sren. Really. there isn't a con-
founded thing right with the whole
world, so why not stop it! Can't
Ne done? Boy, we're in a fix.
M,ybe we'd better not waste time
rouching. Then we'd have time
10 FIX things up.
The herald., 1922-12-28
Chance TO Observe.

There's one thing about the new
styles"
"What, for instanceT
81 never realized before there were
so many good-looking girls in this
town"
The herald., 1922-12-28

Bug Lovers-Myl There's no use
spooning here. Those potatoes have
too many eyes.
The herald., 1922-12-28
A BACK NUMBER

A BACK NUMBER
Her Father-You'd better be good
to young SIowboy. He's q fine fell
Iow-plenty Of horse sense.
Sally speedup-Horse sense won't
help these days. He doesn't know
a radiator from a spark plug.
The herald., 1922-12-28
Wise Woman.

Wise Woman.
There's one thing don't like about
Mr.. Grabcoin."
"WhatT'
"He doesn't give his wife any credit
for his success"
"He couldn't very well do that She
didn't marry him until he was In
position to give her the luxuries to
which she had been accustomed"
Piazza Persifage.
Last Tuesday evening" writes Miss
X. NJ, Eve were sitting on the piazza
when mother remarked: 4 wonder
why the mosquitoes are so bad to
night
az guess you've forgotten, ma said
my brother who is full of fun. It's
the first Of the month, and every one
presents their bills, you know"
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12
]. ". PAYNE,
Sheriff Of Nutchitoches Parish,
NOTICE

i
In accordance with the terms of an
ordinance of the Police Jury of the
Parish Of Natchitoches of date Dec.
7th, 1921, notice is hereby given that
this Police Jury of the Parish Of Nat
chitocheS acting as the. governing au-
thority of Road District No. q Ward
10, will receive sealed bids for the
purchase of the whole or q part of the
$85, 10000 Bonds of District No. "a
Ward 10, being the unsold Bonds Of
the Two Hundred Thousand Dollar is
sue Bonds dated February lst 1920.
Bids must be accompanied with q
certified check on some National Bank
doing business in this State Of some
solvent bank chartered under the
laws of this State for not less than
two and one-half per cent of the face
value of the Bonds, payable to the
President of the Police Jury of the
Parish Of Natchitoches. The check of
the successful bidder will be credited
on the purchase price of his bid. or
forfeited to the said Road District il
he fails to comply with the conditions
Of his bid, and the checks Of the un-
SUN SSCAO VI OIOUCI0 Will D0 EStUf6SO 70
them upon the rejection Of their bids.
The successful bidder win be fur
nlshed with certified copy Of the ap-
proving opinion Of John G. Thomson Of
New York on the validity Of this is
sue.I
ALI bids must be unconditional and
addressed to the Police Jury of the
Parish Of Natchitoches at Natchito-
ches La, with the statement on the
envelope that it contains q bid for the
purchase Of the whole or q part of. the
So, coz. 90 unsold Bonds Of Road Dis
trict No. q Ward 10, Natchitoches
Parish La. said bids will be opened at |
Eleven o'clock A. NJ, on Monday Feb.
ruary 9th 1922, in open session Of the
Police Jury at the Court House at Nat
,hitoches La. The Police Jury reserv- |
|!g the right to reject any and all
Thus done and signed at Natchito |
hes. this 7th day Of Dec 1921.
(Signed) w. H. AIREY,
President Police Jury Parish |
of Natchitoches, Louisiana
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12
Police Jury Proceedings.

BY Mr.. Lacaze, seconded by Mr.. Phil
lips:
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
the Parish of Natchitoches. La.
That the President of the Police Jury
do cause to be advertised for Thirty
days in the Official Journal OF the Par
ish of Natchitoches notice calling for
bids for the purchase of the whole or a
part of the $85, 600. 90 of Bonds of Road
Dist. No. q Ward 10, being the unsold
Bonds of the Two Hundred Thousand
Dollar issue, Bonds dated February
1st, 1920.
1t is urther ordained, that the Po-
lice Jury will in accordance with the
laws of the State of Louisiana receive
bids and open same on the 9Th day of
February 1922, at the Court House at
Natchitoches, La. and that each bidder
shall enclose with his bid certified
check on some National Bank doing
business in this State or some Solvent
Bank chartered under the laws of this
State, for not less two and one half
percent of the face value of said Bonds,
in favor of the Presideht of the Police
Jury of the Parish of Natchit0ches,
which amount will be held by the
Governing Authority until the success
full bidder is determined, and has COM
piled with his bid, and the checks of
the unsuccessful bidders will be re-
turned to them upon the rejection of
their bids.
The ordinance being submitted to q
vote resulted as follows:
Yeas: Sandlin, Joyner, Copellar,
Airey. Knott, Phillips, Dowden, Fried
man and Lacaze.
Absent: Mr.. Page.
Nays: None.
Carried unanimously
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12

Demise, means death and 50
does the homemade corn juice, if
you drink it, judging from the
fatalities resulting from the use of
homemade whiskey. The prohibi-
ton act should have been entitled
An act to Prevent Suicide and
Murder, . says the Mansfield En-
terprise, for If it don't kill the
drinkar it usually causes him to
bill some one else. Help the of
fcefs suppress II.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12
Sheriff's Sale
Eleventh District Court, Parish Of
Natchitoches, Louisiana.
No. 1879
H. Cohen VS. P. R.. Birdwell, Sr.

By virtue of a writ of Fl. FA. issued
in the above entitled and numbered
cause, l have seized and taken INTO my
possession and will offer for sale to the
last and highest bidder on
SATU KDAY,: JANUARY 14th, 1922,
at the front door of the Court Hous-
in the city of Natchitoches, the folio W
ing described property, to-wit:
Marinovitch plantation on the left
decendfng bank of Cane River, bound
ed above by Richard Sapp, Sarah
Thompson and others, below by the
Heirs of Mrs. Geo. Kirkland, front by
Cane RIVER and rear by Little River.
Said tract contains about 400 acres.
The plantation known as Lohen's
HON. place, bounded on front by Cane
River, in the rear by Little River,
Smith, Hampton, Benoist and others,
below by Est. Amb Hertzog and above
by heirs of Achille Rachal and others.
Said tract contains about 100 acres.
Also all live stock, cattle, farm tools,
carpenters and blacksmlth's tools, We
hicles. furniture and furnishings in
dwelling and fixtures in dwelling and
store, as well as all the rights, priv
ileges and appurtenances pertaining to
said plantations. All property attach
ed to SAID plantations mmovable by
destination shall be sold with the said
and mAy be- viewed on said
Terms Ief sale: Cash subject 70 p,
]. ". PAYNE,
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12

defy the cOnven
lions, and get relief the best way he
can"
II can understand just how 1t has
worried you" said the hotelkeeper
"The fact that you couldn't reach
around and claw the itching place
with your fingers kept the matter
fresh In your memory and got on your
nerves. The pursuit Of the unattain-
able always is more interesting to us
than the easier work close to hand.
You had your whole person to scratch,
and might have bought currycomb
for quarter, and had good time, but
you couldn't be happy until you had
reached the one inaccessible spot. =
"A while ago imagined had
heart disease, and went and saw the
doctor. He knows I have money in
the bank. and am considered good pay,
so he confirmed my worst fears, and
made up his mind to have me for his
star patient, until one Of Us petered
out. He threw an awful scare into me.
so that I went home sweating ice cold
circus lemonade.
"He gave me some medicines and a
lot Of instructions. Among them was
one to the effect that when l went to
he'd should always sleep on my right
side. He cautioned me over and over
again against laying on my left side,
and left the impression that if I dis
obeyed him, I'd wake up some morn
ing to find myself a candidate for a
floral horseshoe.
That matter looked easy at the
time. and assured the doctor I'd fol-
low his bylaws to the letter. When
I went to bed that night, l stretched
out on my right side, and in ten min
utes was Just suffering to roll over.
don't believe I ever had such a
for anything. It seemed to
me the height of human happiness
would lie in sleeping on ones left side.
| followed instructions for two nights,
md then / decided that life wasn't
worth such sacrifices, and rolled over
ma slept on my left side, and nothing
I was feeling better than
usual next morning when got up.
"Of course this experience lessened
ny confidence IN the doctors instruc-
lions, and / concluded that If I was
going to sidestep the instructions
night as well sidestep the medici..
TOO, for they tasted like low lifs 3
Chinese alley, and I threw the v:Vr
OF out Of the window. Thus the sew
zones lost his most promising patient |
,ecause he handed out a rule that |
wasn't strictly necessary.
Speaking Of the unattainable, do
'ou know what's the matter with Silas
Furbelow? He has everything a man
ould ask, a stranger In the town
you'd say. He has q beautiful home
nd wife who would be considered Il
uccess anywhere. and he has festoons
t money where 1t will do the most
God. II
"Yet he has a secret sorrow. I'll
hink he's the most melancholy man
yer saw, and his trouble is that he
ant raise a good stand Of whiskers.
Fowadays, when whiskers are cons:d-
red an infirmity, It seems strange
hat any man should grieve over such
matter.
HE sends all over the United h
tates for hair growers. and half the
me his face is blistered or swollen,
nd still the whiskers won't grow on
Inn. II some miracle happened, and
woke up some morning to find his
,untenance all covered with whiskers,
ed probably have them shaved off
thin week: but because they won't
row, he won't be happy till he gets
lem."
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12
Weary Of Whirlwlnds

''You don't seem to like the idea Of
4 whirlwind campaign"
II hate the mere mention Of It."
replied Farmer Oorntossel. Maybe
you'd fnd 1t hard to understand, new
or havin' lived, as l did, in a part Of
the country where every once In
awhile you have to get out and run
tor cyclone cellar"
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12

BY virtue of writ of seizure and
sale issued out Of the 11th District
Court of date the 18th day of Decem-
Der 1921, Of the Parish of Natchito-
ches, in the above and numbered en-
titled suit and to me directed l, j. W.
Payne, Sheriff of the Parish of Match
itoches did seize and take into my
possession and will sell at Sheriff sale
at the front door Of the Court House
in the City of Natchitoches at IL
O'Clock A. M, on
SATURDAY JANUARY 2l, 1922
the following described property towit:
A certain tract of land containing
40 acres more or less located near
Grapes Bluff La, and bounded on the
north by property belonging to James
Brown. east by property belonging to
Simon Heirs. south by property be-
longing to Dan Leahy, and west by
property belonging to E. A. Woodfo,k
and being the same property acquired
from p. Perot on December 11th 1917.
Terms of Sale: Cash, subject to ap-
j. w. PAYNE,
Sheriff of Natchitoches Parish
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12

" ANTE D Salesman and District
Msnager willing to work hard and show
he is worth $l50.UO per week. We
want to establish lowest priced guaran-
teed cord tire in this locality.
CRESCENT CORD TIRE COMPANY,
Plymouth, Indiana.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12
THE UNATTAINABLE

S6TliERE'S spot on my back,
L about the size Of a postage
stamp, that has been itching all day."
said the retired merchant, "and it has
caused me more grief than the last
attack Of rheumatism. can't reach
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12
Plenty Of Time

Teacher-What, Bobby, you say you
don't want to be president Of the
United States7
Bright Lad-Not Just now, thanks.
Il It's all the same to you I'd rather
wait until after a couple Of more elec-
ttons.~.Americnn Legion Weekly.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12
Notice Of Dissolution

BY resolution Of the Board Of Direc-
tors Of the Black Lake Lumber and
Shingle Mill Inc, it was ordered that
said corporation be dissolved and the
undersigned directed and authorized to
proceed t0sits formal dissolution.
Notice is hereby given tc all persons
60 present their claims against ths
Company and TO show cause if IN,
they have within 30 days from this
date Why It should not be dissolved.
RREAxEALE 4 BREAxEALe. 81
D29-zl-s0d Attornev,
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12

it with either
hand, and l have
been backing up
against every tele
phone pole and
gatepost, rubbing
like q horse with
the mango. A
man of my social
and commercial
standing doesn't
look dignihed
while thus en-
gagged, but when
a mans back
itches, he has to
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12
Aia Waak End

Reggie Il going to the country on
Saturday,
"For q week-end7n
Yes: his heads been bothering
A0."-BOston Transcript.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12

King George Of Great Britain
issued ! royal proclamation oD
/ December Z libera.ina moro than
5000 prisoners interned ia Ireland
IS result Of the agreement 10
i've ireland ) status = : Ire.
State.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12

n euinulk fton of Christmas
fands this year anoouted % $Ib0.-
~. .0oo:
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-01-12
Sheriff Sale
l1th Judicial District Court, Parish of
Natchitoches, Louisiana.
No. 1860
l. Baer & Co.,

+. K. Barberouse and T. E. Jacobs
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-06
Okmuigee Man to Explore
Central America
Special 10 The World.

Special to The World.
oKMULGEE. March 5.--An Ok
mulgee oil man IS TO direct tho Cx-
ploration work and development OF
tho oil and natural gas resources OF
Nicaragua In Central America. w,
II. Alexander OF Okmulgee today an.
nounced that he has been awarded
an oil lease or concession covering
practically the entire Nicaraguan
nation and that exploration and
other preliminary work would bo
begun in Nicaragua within the next
few months. In securing the lease.
which Is said TO cover tho largest
area on which an oil lease has been
granted In tho history OF tho world,
Mr.. Alexander and associates were
in competition with the representa-
tives Of many foreign countries and
the result Is looked upon here as n
big victory for American oil
interests.
The national area OF Nicaragua
covers approximately 49,2O0 square
miles and the lease given TO Mr..
Alexander covers nearly all OF this
area and provides that the holders
Of the oil lease may purchase the
surface OF a large part OF the land
under certain conditions for Sl.5O
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-06
TULSA DAILY WORLD, MONDAY MARCH G, 1922

per hectar--equal to two and one
half acres. The concession Is TO re-
main In force for 20 years IL its con-
ditions are carried out by the
granite and the lease may be re-
ncwed at the expiration OF the 90
year period.
The government OF Nicaragua
owns and controls all minerals and
oils In the nation and the Alexander
concession Is granted on n royalty
basis with provisions that a certain
amount OF development work is TO
be done each year. Geological sur
veys have already been begun in
Nicaragua and Mr.. Alexander and
his associates, including several
capitalists OF Kansas city, Mo, will
leave for New York within a fcw
days TO complete arrangements fos
beginning work In the Central
American country.
Nicaragua IL not now an oil pro-
| ducing nation and much preliminary
work must be done before tests for
| oil can be made I'm that country. RE-
cent press dispatches reported that
| oil springs had been discovered I'm
| the department OF Chontales on the
| northwestern shores Of Lake Mica
ragua and exploration work In that
| department win be begun within a
short time The United states gov
/ ernWcnt at one time considered a
plan fur constructing the Panama
canal through Nicaragua, using lake
/ Nicaragua as Il part OF tho canal
route and this government stili holds
the option on tho canal route
/ through the republic.
tH NU.F
/ gagged in oil exploration work i'm
! Costa Rica, south OF Nicaragua, and
| It IS generally believed that geologic
| formations in these Central Ameri-
can nations conform with those
| found In the Mexican fields. What
oil and gas exploration work has
already been done I'm Nicaragua has
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-06
one of Tulsa's
Greatest Industries


Tho Maloney Tank Manufacturing
,smpany Of Tulsa started as az
,o.'panies usually do, In q small
uay, by having shops IN lew OF
Ns' yarious petroleum points IN the
4 VA Continent field for the making
,,ooden tanks and resetting Of
-. nv q. w. Maloney, and dur
n the fall Of 1909 the business
N Incorporated by he and Harry
"A vTsg with the principal shop and
I,strlbuting point at Sapulpa.
scoipg the trend OF the times. the
,'ssiye evaporation and leakage
70 wooden tanks, they endeavorcd
w. cvarv way possible TO put out a
H1 tank that would successfully
IA oil products and yet that could
totcn down and moved to other
-,tinng and easily erected without
- of capacity. During the fall
,1ots their experiments developed
g,, lpocked down bolted steel tank
,,.,t patented. crimped offset IN
,bo seams and points, application
for pateut being made TO Washing
,,p which was issued during 1913.
THE first bolted steel tank ap-
reared during the winter of 19l2,
; ird bclng something new, had to
D. LH
|. s.ro8uccrs and pipeline companies
Aat 10 would successfully hold oil
,i,b,iit leakage. After demonstra-
,,ps d, the various districts through
,st fhe Mid-Coutinent field the de-
,.ard for Maloney bolted steel tanks
grow until the company realized
Tst they could discontinue the wood
t,rE end of the business, which they
d.d in the fall OF 1913.
II was not long until the news
sprgad TO the Wyoming field and
the company began making ship
raui. into that wonderful oil dis
tr.t iu the fall OF 1914. The busl-
ness grew by leaps and bounds, un-
tl tine Sapulpa factory, which had
L,on added to many times, both in
bB.idings and machinery, could not
take care Of the demand.
In the spring of 1915 now brick
and concrete plant was built at
Tulsa. The machinery from the Sa-
pulpa plant was moved to Tulsa and
was added to at that time and since,
tEul the Tulsa plant as IL stands
tSay has a capacity Of d carload of
tanks day.
The business has grown until
they have their distributors through
out all the petroleum districts. ThcY
have recently established n western
office at Long Beach, Cal, which
is the home of the president of the
company. Henry Ross who will be in
direct charge OF the coast country.
It's the purpose of the company TO
take care Of its export trade of the
northern and western South Ameri-
can through the California office
and warehouse.
The tank that Is manufactured at
present Is equipped with all modern
appliances and meets the require
ments, not only OF the producers.
but also the refiners throughout the
country
This country devotes ITS erRire
time and output exclusively to the
manufacture of bolted steel tanks
and are at present putting out n
tank manufactured from keyst one
copper steel, as they realize that
the copper steel has far more re-
sistent properties against rust and
Corrosion than the regular blue an
nealed steel. For this reason two
years ago they abandoned the use
Of the regular blue anneaied steel
and since have been putting no
other steel into their tanks except
this quality steel.
All Of their export business, which
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gor. authority o. that subject. viii
address, Police Commissioner Inches
announces. While officers Of that
department will bo present thoy will
offer no Interference so long as no
law In violated. It was stated,
The mass meeting viii be step
toward tho establishment OF clinics.
under the control Of medical nu.
thoritios Tor the dissemination Of
contracCptivc Information. Mrs. vii.
Ham a. McGraw, chairman oi the
Detroit committee on birth control,
announces.
There is not stat ~ Michi.
gan prohibiting such n clinic" said
Mrs. McGraw. 'Wo shall make NO
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-06

has been considerable in tho past
few years. has carried the trade
mark OF the company on all the
tanks and the wording "Manufac-
tured In Tulsa, u. s. a." which has
assisted In letting the outside world
know that Tulsa also Is n manu-.
featuring point.
Their general office Is In Tulsa
and the present officials are: Harry
Ross, president; X. A. Maloney.
vice president, and J. s. Warren,
secretary treasurer and general
manager,
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been largely in charge Of General
Chamorro. who has spent consider
able time and money in making geo.
logical studies OF tho country and
who was instrumental in securing
the oil concession for the American
operators,
w. r.. Alexander is one OF tho
pioneer operators OF the Okmulgee
district and developed extensive
producing properties here IN 1871
and 1918 which he sold in 1919 for
more than one million dollars. lle
maintains offices both In Okmulgoo
and Kansas City but has not boon
active IN the oil business for the
past two years during which time ho
has travelled extensively