The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-15
ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE.
(From PhiIadelphis Public Ledger.)

We Rave some interesting corre-
EponGence from o. c. Graves. who
styles himself the Fortune Maker of
Arkansas. '.If,". writes Mr.. Graves,
Fowler paid $4,000 at Burkburnett;
il Bob Waggoner paid $500; if Hog
Creek paid S1O,00o-one every one
hundred dollars invested should
pay you in the Drew County lease
pcoI the same amounts on every $40
invested with me, for I consider my
cilaDces in Drew County and the
play that I am getting with these
wonderful holdings. every bit of ten
times as good as Fowler, Bob Was-
goner and Hog Creek
There is no escaping Mr.. Graves
logic. If the play keeps up his
holdings probably will yield to him
ten times the amount he took from
the other properties mentioned What
we can't understand is why MI
Graves wishes to sell, for a merely
nominal sum, an interest in his hold
ings to persons who are total stran-
gers to him. why doesn't he keep the
entire acreage?
At any rate, as a sound business
man, we strongly advise against his
present procedure. The probabilities
are, if he continues to push his sales
campaign, that a majority interest in
his holdings presently will be in the
hands of persons who are entire
in sympathy with his methods; they
may not approve his management of
the properties. Minority stockholders
are always critical and pereEn.aily
dissatisfied. They might easily get
together and vote Mr.. Graves out of
any connection with the properties.
He would then be exactly where he
started and under the necessity of or
ganizing another oil company
We make no bones about It. We re-
gard Mr.. Graves management of his
properties as unsound. We should
hesitate to intrust funds to one so
careless Of his own affairs.
The Postcarders.
ocean City: Having fine time at
Ocean City: wish you We're here. There
are SO many other jays.
Somewhere in France: Having
good time. Wish you were here.
GUESS WHO.
FrancoI ia, N. H: Arrived here
safely. I was delighted with my re-
ception. 1t is pleasure to live here.
Cape May: Am having wonderful
time. Wish you We're here; ,,,
New York city: Am having a ter
How bad must the tariff bill be,
says the New York World, "to drive
a Repu blican senator like Mr.. Len
root, of Wisconsin, to vote against it,
Well, we don't know how bad the
tariff bill is, but the Worlds inquiry
brings up another matter that piques
our curiosity. Just how much of a
Republican Senator is Mr.. Lenroot?
That seems to us to be rather inter-
esting phase of the matter.
While a prepondering majority of
the citizens of Wisconsin still vote for
those whose names appear on the Re-
publican ballot, everybody knows
there hasn't been a Republican party
in wisconsin for more than ten years.
Senator Meyers is also demanding a
rigorous censorship of the motion pic
ture. Demanding strict censorship of
the picture is the most satisfactory of
gestures. 1t attracts some attention
and is as safe as abusing man. eating
shark.
The public will get better and more
pictures when it wants
them. We. do not look for any imme-
diate change in the quality of the en-
tertainment offered at motion-picture
houses.