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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-26
In Men1O7-i1na
nv MEMoa.rAM

In sad and loving memory OF our
dear daughter Rose Matthews who
died one years ago Christmas day.
Dec 25th. 1921.
A precious one from rs has gone,
Her voice we loved IS sullsd;
A place Is vacant IN our home.
Which never can be nlled.
God in his wisdom has recalled
The boon that love has given
And though the body smoiders here
Her soul Is safe in Heaven.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan Matthews
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs Percy Cadma.n- 1923
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-26

Mansion. wis. has @ woman
cemetery superin tende1t who sails
lots. superintends the grave digging
and does most OF the moving
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-26

mon. VIII Hays spent two hours
with me in the privacy Of my study.
Before God he pledged himself TO
protect the childhood OF America.
Within p hours we learned how
true his pledge was"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-26

WILL THE PARTY wto picked mp
parcel in East Chicago restaurant
Sunday evening return TO East Chi
cago restaurant. 43S2 Barring ava and
avoid further troubles 1926: 1t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-26

woOD.-Authorities are In
vcstisating the death of a three
months old child of Mr.. and Mrs
lester Kern. OF this place. found
dead in bed. Two years ago another
child born to the couple died under
similar conditions. It Is said.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-26

FORT WAYNE. Mrs. Hazel
shorb. weight 40, on charges Of
pounds. asks divorce from Cecil
Shorb, weight 40, on charges OF
cruelty. Shorb, she alleges. beat and
ehoked her. The court took the cas-
under advisement.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-10

"What lecturer
"Sho seemed to me to be-"
"That wasn't lecturIng; she was Just
-"
"Just wh0tT
"Well, she thinks war for the United
States Is coming closer and closer"
"But It Isn't"
"Well, she thinks so, anyhow" said
Ramsey, "nnd she's all broken up about
It, OF course she thinks we Oughtn't
to fight ana she's trying TO get every.
body else She can TO keep working
against It. She Isn't goin home again
next summer, she's goin' back to that
settlement work IN Chicago and work
there among those people against our
goin' to war; and here In college she
wants to get everybody she can to talk
against It, and"
"Whnt did you say2" Fred asked,
and himself supplied the reply:
"Nothin'. started to, but"
Ramsey got up. "Now look here
You know the frnt passed n rule TINT
If we broke any more furniture in this
house with our scrappIn' we'd both be
fined the cost of repairs and five dol
lars apiece. Well, | can afford Ave
dollars this month better than You can,
and"
81 take 1t back" Fred interp0sed,
hastily, "But you Just listen to me;
you look out-letting her think you're
on her side like that"
81 don't"
"You don't2"
Ramsey looked logged. "Tm not
goin' around always arguin' about
everything when arguln' would Just
hurt peoples feelings about something
they're all excited about. and wouldn't
do n bit O. good in the word--and you
know yourself just talk hardly ever
settles anythlng--so | don't"
"Aha" Fred cried. 81 thought so
Now you listen to me-"
81 wont. L"
But at this moment they We're inter-
rupted. Someone slyly opened Il door,
and a SNOWFALL dcftly thrown from
without caught Ramsey upon the back
of the neck and head, where It Hat
tened and displayed itself as an orna-
mental star. Shouting iierccly, both
boys sprang up, ran TO the door, were
caught there in Il barragc of snowballs,
ducked through 1t In spite of all dam
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-10
The Earth Is His Plpe-BowI.

"Daggs' smoking is the African
equivalent to the opium habit Of Chi
ma. It Is under the ban, but some Of
the native addicts manage to indulge
themselves. Daggs is an herb, and in
order to smoke It the victim makes
two holes in the earth, connected by
passage between them at the lower
part One Is filed with leaves and
lighted and then covered with layer
Of clay. A reed Is introduced through
the underground passage, and this Is
then sealed with wad of clay, and
the native consumes the smoke with
water Under the influence he is
buoyed to the skies, and trivial Incl
dents Of his youth are recalled in an
exaggerated manner. Every encounter
is great victory and the victim is the
hero. AS the influence departs the
smoker sinks into a heavy sleep, to
awaken mental and physical wreck
until he takes another smoke.-Chica-
go Journal.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-10
CHAPTER XII.

Throughout the term Ramsey's cal
culation of probabilities against the
happening of another interview with
Dora seemed to be well founded, but
at the beginning of the second "sem-
ester" he found her to be q fellow
member of class in biology. More
than that this class had every week
two-hour session In the botanical
laboratory, where the structure of
plants was studied under microscopic
dissection. The students worked In
pairs, special family of plants being
assigned to each couple; and the in
structor selected the couples with an
eye to combinations of the quick with
the slow. D. Yocum and r. Milhol-
land (the latter In strange state of
mind and complexion) were given two
chairs, but only one desk and one mi
croscope. Their conversation was
strictly botanical.
Thencefortn 1t became the most
pressing care of Ramsey's life to pre-
vent his roommate from learning that
there was any conversation at all,
even botanical. Fortunately Fred
was not taking the biological courses,
though he appeared to be taking the
sentimental ones with an astonishing
thoroughness. and sometimes, to Fred's
hilarious delight, Ramsey attempted to
turn the tables and rally him upon
whatever last affair seemed to be en-
gaglng his fancy. The old Victorian
and pre-Victorinn plague word pet
ticoat" had been revived in Fred's
vocabulary, and In others, as skirt"
The lightsome sprig was hourly to be
seen, even when university rulings for
babe, dillydallylng giddlly along the
campus paths or the town sidewalks
with some new and pretty Skirt. And
when Ramsey tried to fluster him
about such a matter Fred would pro-
fess his ardent love for the new lady
in shouts and impromptu song, Moth
ing could be done to him, and Ramsey,
utterly unable to defend his own sensl-
bilities in like manner, had always
to retire in bafllement. Sometimes he
would ponder upon the question thus
suggested: Why couldn't he do this
sort of thing, since Fred could? But
he never discovered satisfying an
swer.
Ramsey's watchfulness was 30 care
full Qest he make some lmpulsive adj
mission in regard to the botanical lab
orutory, for instance) TINT Mr.. Nit
chells curiosity gradually became nj.
most qulescent but there arrived II
day In February when 1t was pIqued
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-10

Into the llyeiicst activity. II was Sun.
day, and Fred. dressing with fas.
tidIousncss ever his daily habit, no.
tlced that Ramsey was exhibiting nm
unusual perpleXtty about neclytles
keep the black one on" Fred said,
volunteering suggestion, as Ramsey
muttered ferccly at mirror ITS In
better taste for church, anyhow.
You're going to church, aren't your
"Yes. Are your
mo I've got luncheon engage
ment."
"Well, you could 90 to church first,
couldn't your You better; you've got
lot Of church absences against you"
"Thcn one more won't hurt No
church In mine this morning, thanks |
Gby, ole sox; see you at the frat
house for dinner"
He went forth, whlstlIng syncOpn.
tons, and began n brisk trudge into
the open country. There was pro.
fessor's daughter who also was not
going TO church that morning and she
lived little more than three miles
beyond the outskirts of the town. I'M
fortunately, MS the weather was threat
ening, all others of her family nbnn-
doned the Idea of church that day and
Fred found her before n coy fire, but
surrounded by parents, little brothers
and big sisters. The professor was
laxative; Frcd's mind might have
been greatly improved, but with win
dow In range he preferred n melun-
choly contemplation of the snow,
which had begun to fall in quantity.
The professor talked until luncheon,
throughout luncheon, and was well I'M
der way to hll the whole afternoon
with talk, when Fred, repcnting all
the errors of his life, got up to go.
Heartily urged to remnla, FOR there
was now something just under biz
1ard developing, he said no, he had
great deal of curriculum work" to
get done before tomorrow, and passed
from the sound of the professors hos
pitable voice and into the storm. Hr
had tedious struggle against the
wind and thlckcning snow, but finally
came in sight of the town, not long
before dark. Here the road led down
into depression, and, lifting his head
MS he began the slight ascent on the
other side, Fred was aware Of two
figures outlined upon the low ridge
before him. They were dimmed by the
driving snow and their backs were
toward him, but he recognized them
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-10
They Were Dora Yocum and Ramsey
Milholand.

with perfect assurance. They were
Dora Iocum and Ramsey Milholland.
They were walking so slowly that
their advance was almost impercept-
ible, but 1t could be seen that Dora
was talking with great animation; and
she was graceful thing, thus gesticu-
lating, In her long, slim fur coat with
the white snow frOsting her brown fur
cap. Ramsey had his hands deep in
his overcoat pockets and his manner
was wholly that of an audience
Fred murmured TO himself, "What
did you say to he:T 'Nothin'. l start
ed to, but Then he put on a
burst of speed and passed them sweep.
ing off his hat with operate Difference,
yet hurrying by rs If fearful of being
thought killloy If he fingered. He
went to the frat house." found no one
downstairs, and established himself In
red leather chair to smoke and
ruminate merrily by great fire in
the hall.
Half an hour later Ramsey entered,
stamped off the snow, hung up his
hat and coat, and sat himself down
defiantly in the red leather chair on
the other side of the fireplace.
"Well, so on" he said. Commence y
"NOt at all" Fred returned, ami
ably. Fine spring weather today.
Lovely TO see all the flowers and the
birds as we go a-strollng by. The lit
tie bobolnks-"
"You look here! That's the only
walk | ever took with her in my life.
l mean by-by asking her and her
saying she would and so forth. That
other time just sort of happened, and
you know it. Well, the weather wasn't
just the best In the world maybe, but
she's an awful conscientious girl and
once she makes an engagement"
"Why, of course" Fred finished for
him, shed be too pious to break 1t
just on account of a mere little biz.
zard or anything. Wonder how the
weather viii be next Sunday?"
81 don't know and | don't care
said Ramsey. "You don't suppose |
asked her to go again, do your"
"Why notY'
"Well, for one thing, you don't sup
pose / want her to think I'm u perfect
fool, do your
Fred unused a moment or two, look.
ing ut the fire. "What was the lee
ture2" he asked. mildly.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-10

h, pnIgTun,r, t ia, Iou, irgf1,,,,i,,n ne
rho onyious pnyIIsb Uvcrvbolv Lnow
/. ,ynsn,t true. hut she mnde nm Inn.
nrc.sIon and established horsolr no a
dehn,er csnec,nuv ne hor onnonont
WINS oui,o cnnfnundca nv hor inirodnc.
IN, of nrIn.na mottor
wh,r n,o ,o,n,os ma, ,o ,or,,,,.
wnro concludnd ,ho orator onnonrod
o,d prnd,, con,noosior ovtordoI ,,.o,f
sn ,,r INT hn even rorrnInod From,
,n,hin, ,norts,,iro,, a, IN, nnr ia u,n
San, nav, ~ he. hn, Ia nod ana o,no
~ wnyor mor,nIiy",l,nt ~ pomsoy
Ind consented ia he thorouvhIv can.
ndent,ol inst then he would hive con.
fessed to feeling kind a. funny
Dora was chnrm,nr,y dressed md
she WINS pnle: but those notable eve.
lnshes Of hers were nil tho more M.
toh,, oro,nst har no,,or Ana nc oho
spoke with fire, II was natural that
her color should come back quite fam.
ingly md that her eyes should nnsh In
shelter of the iNshes. 1.-THE Christian
Spirit and lntyF'intionnlism" was her
subject, yet she showed no meek sam
pie of n Christian Spirit herself when
she came to attacking war-makerS
geheraiiy, us wen Ms all those 'hnlr-
ue'eaopeu trioesineh ana 'Nlct'ms Oh
nero instinct VINO Del'e'eu that war
might ever De Justiiied uhuef any CIR
cuii'st"hces Oh atrocity. she WIS e'o-
q"eht 'ruiy' ana Il picture OF grace
hru g'r''sh a'shitS' even Wheh she
was most vigorous. Noth'hg could
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-10
CHAPTER XII.

Ramsey was not quite athlete
enough for any Of the varsity teams !;
neither was he an antagonist safely
encountered, whether in play or in
earnest, and during the next few days
he taught Fred Mitchell to be eau
tious. The chatter learned that his
own agility could not save him from
Ramsey, and so found 1t wiser to con-
tain an efrervescence which sometimes
threatened to burst him. Ramsey MS n
victim was continuous temptation,
he was so good-natured and yet so
furious.
After commencement, when the
roommates had gone home, Mr., Mitch
ellis caution extended over the long
sunshiny months Of summer vacation !;
he broke It but once and then In we'll
advised safety, for the occasion was
semi-publlc. The two were out for n
stroll on July Sunday afternoon ;
and up and down the street young
couples lolled along, young families
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-10
"WelI, What Say Is: Dora Yocum,
as an Orator, Is Just an Actual Per-
feet Wonder. Got Any obJectlons"

Yocum as an orator is just an actual
perfect wonder. Got any objections?'
"N-no."
"All right then" Fred settled him
self upon the window seat with pipe,
and proceeded, There's something
about her, when she stands there she
stands so straight and knows just what
she's up to, and everything, why,
there's something about her makes the
cold chils so down your spine-I
mean my spine, not yours particular
ly! You sit DOWN. mean anybody's
spine, doggone it," And as Ramsey
increased the manifestations of his
suspicious, lifting tennis racket over
the PROSTATE figure, "Oh, murder"
Fred said, resignedly. "All right, Wen
change the subject. That fat little
Werder cutie made out a pretty good
case for Germany, didn't she?'
Ramsey disposed himself in an easy
chair with his feet upon the table,
and presently chuckled. you remem.
Der the time had the fuss with IVES
ley Bender, back in the ole school
days?"
"Yep."
"All the llubdub this Werder girl got
off tonight puts me in mind of the
way | talked that day. can remcm.
Der 1t rs well as anything! Wesley
kept yelpin' that whoever mentioned
n lady's name in a public place was a
pup, and of course | didn't want to
hit him for that; a boys got regular
Instinct for tryin' to make out he's
on the right side In n scrap, and he'll
always try to do something, or say
something, or he'll get the other boy
to say something, to make 1t look as
If the other boy was in the wrong and
began the trouble. SO ! told poor ole
Yves that my father spoke my moth
er's name in public place whenever
he wanted to, and l dared him to say
my father was pup. And all so on.
A boy startin' up a scrap, why, half
the time he'll drag in his father and
mother If there's any chance TO do It.
He'll fix up some way so he can say,
We'll, that's just the same rs II you
called my father and mother a fool,
or something like that. Then infer.
ward. he can claim he was scrnlmin'
because he had to defend his father
and mother and of course hc'll more
than half believe II himself,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-10
Inconslderate Parson,

During sermon recently delivered
by Philadelphia clergyman there
were frequent references to "sancti-
monious, psalm-slnging, protested
Christians who have no real religion
In their makeup"
A lad Of ten who had heard this ser
mon remarked to his father when they
had returned home:
dad, I shouldn't have thought Doc
tor Smith would have spoken that way
about Christians this morning. There
might have been some OF them In
church !"-Phlladelphia Ledger.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-10

"Wcll, you take government
only lust some men, the way ! see IT.,
and If they're goln' TO start some hlg
trouble Ike this war, why, Of course
thcyll play just about that same old
boy trick, because It's instinct to do w.
lust the same for man ms II Is for II
boy--or else Tho principles Just the
same, or something. Well, anyhow, II
you want to know who started n scrap
md worked II up, you got to forget all
the tnllS there Is about II, and MI Whit
cnch side says, and just look nj two
things. Who was fixed for II first, Or
thought they were, and who hit first
When you get the answer to those two
questions eycrything'S settled about
this being attacked business, As nonr
MS | can make out, this war began
with Germany and Anstrin's startn'
TO wipe out two little countries, Aus.
trim began shootn' up Serbia, and
Germany began shootin' UP Belgium,
| don't need to notice any more than
that, myself-all the girls In the coun.
try can debate their heads or, they
can't change what happened and they
can't excuse It, either"
He was silent, appearing to feel TINT
he had concluded conclusyely, and the
young gentleman on the window seat,
after staring ut him for several mo.
mcnts of genuine thoughtfulness, was
gracious enough to observe, well, old
Ram, you mny be little slow in class.
but when you think things out with
yourself you do show signs Of some.
thing pretty near like real horse.sensc
sometimes. Why don't you ever say
anything like that toto some OF
your paciflst friends?"
"What do you menn1 Who you
tnlkln' about7 Whose 'paciiist
frlendsT'
"See, here" Fred exclaimed, rs
Ramsey seemed about to rise. "You
keep sitting just where YOU are, and
don't look Mt me out of the side Of
your eye like that-pretendin' you're n
bad horse, I'm really serious now, and
you listen to me. don't think argufy-
Ing and debating like that little Frau
len Werder's does much harm. She's
right nifty young rolypoly, by the
way, though you didn't notice, of
course"
"Why didn't II" Ramsey demanded,
sharply. "Why didn't l noticeW
"oh, nothing. But, as was saying,
l don't think that sort Of talk does
much harm: everybody knows 1t goes
on among the pro-Germans, and It's
NIL hot air, anyhow. But think Lin
skis sort of talk does do harm, prob'ly
among people that don't know much !;
and, what's more, think Dora Yo-
Gums does some, too. Well, you hit
1inski In the snoot, so what are you--
Sit still My lord You don't think
I'm askin' you to go and hit Dora, do
you? mean: Aren't you ever goin'
to talk to her about 1t and tell her
what's what?"
ooh, you go to bed"
mo, Pm In earnest" Fred urged.
Honestly, aren't you ever goin' tor
"How could do anything like that?"
Ramsey demanded explosively. 81
never see her-to speak to, that Is,
prob'ly won't happen to have an
other talk with her, or anything, all
the time we're in college"
NO" Fred admitted, 81 suppose not.
OF course, If you did, then you would
give her quite a talking to, just the
way you did the other time, wouldn't
your But upon that, another re-
sumption of physical violence put an
end to the conversation.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-20
Wildcat Test AUdits Price

Henry V. Browne, Of Ponca City,
who with william Morris. a drilling
contractor Il putting down an i'm
portant wildcat test on the Noble
Garfield county line, In the northeast
12-22-3w, announced that work will
be stopped until the price and other
oil conditions are more favorable.
These two men have spudded in and
are ready TO go ahead at any time,
The test Is on land owned by j. u.
Butts OF Cherokee and on n block
Of acreage assembled recently by
Browne, amounting to 1900 acres.
In the Canadian test. one and a
quarter miles north of this test, gas
was found at 900 feet. amounting
TO 10000. 900 cubic feet, and oil
showing at 1910 feet.
Dick Quinn OF the Guymon Her
aid Is authority for the announce
ment that a large block of acreage
has been assembled I'm southeast
Texas county. southwest Beaver
county, and tapping over into the
state OF Texas Cn the Panhandle
country for a wildcat test by Wich-
tia and Kansas City parties. The
depth Is to be not less than 5000
feet and the contract calls for drill
Ing to start not later than the first
OF July, 1928. quinn says %geoloRists
located the structure where the
leases were assembled.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-20
MuskOQee District

The Jennings test on the Morris
farm in the center OF the north line
Of the northwest OF the northwest
Of 2i-14-l4 is a hole full OF water
In the 1,170 to 1,SO0-foot sand.
w. II. Sommeryille has abandoned
at 1.S05 feet No. ! McGilbray In the
southeast OF the northeast OF the
southeast OF 34-15-15.
j, u. Hine has abandoned at i.08s
feet No 2 Young in the southwest
Of the northwest Of ~2t-16-1g.
j. NJ. M~ullendick has an 1000 ,00o-
foot gas well in the 1,Ss5 TO 1898
foot sand in No. 2 Bruner in the
southwest OF the northeast OF s.
1913.
The Wcddell test on the Bruner
farm In the center OF the east half
OF the northwest OF s-13-15 IL maxi
Ing 100000 feet OF gas In the 7S5
10 S10-foot sand.
The Patton test on the Compton
farm is the northwest OF the north
east OF 7-14-l9 Is good for 4 barrels
In the 736 10 7G3-foot pay.
The Riverland oil corporation has
q two-barrel showing in the III to
2S7-koot statas.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-20
DOings of the Oil
Workers

The Prairie without company No,
4. on the Crawford farm in 1910,
is still fishing.
The Malconia we'll in 1885, has
been closed down with over twenty
million feet of gas. The well will
probably go on down as o % as the
gas can be bradenheaded off.
The Prairie without No. 8 on the
Gregory farm in 1910, r. going
down steadily at a little over three
thousand feet.
Daniels and others are building a
rig on the Bruner farm in the north
west of the northeast Of 29-9-10, six
miles west of Wetumka, and three
miles west OF the q 5000, 000-foot gas
well on the Meadors farm. This
makes four drilling wells In 90.
SkClly and others are drilling at
1850 with n little gas In 1881.
Transcontinental on the Scott
farm in 20-i0-10 has lost the second
hole and will move the rig and start
the third-Wetumka Gazette.