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THE MATTER OF RENTS.

Landlords and agents Of renting property viii have
to revise the rental prices Of their property or else be
subject to public criticism for failure to fall into line
with the general trend of revision. Dehation has
reached the landlord and he must take his like all the
rest have either done or are doing. The merchant has
long since punctured war prices and let the wind out
and 10 now on a lower price level with each succeed
ing shipment of goods from his wholesaler. The
Wholesaler came down just as soon as the producer
Of raw material, through cuts in wages, placed lower
material on the market.
Labor is accepting dehation all along the line in
Whatever activity engaged. Some labor Is not only
Dictated but has collapsed. War wages and war prices
are rapidly receding into the realm of things to be for
gotten.
The owner of property built at n time of costly ma
terial and high priced labor can no longer figure his
down to something like the actual value Of property
based on the present value of the dollar in the hands
of its Garner. The old ffty-cent dollar is no more.
The hundred cents dollar is coming home.
Profteering is an ugly and unpopular word. A
word everybody wants to get away from There is
but one method of evading its application and that is
TO take the loss dehation exacts, get on the ruling level
and go ahead with the rest Of the folks.
Home owners and those who live in their own prop
erty may do as they please. Those who rent must do
the best they can. That best does not imply pay
ing landlords rents out of gear with the earning pow
er Of the renter. A renter cannot and will not pay
rent of the house in which he lives. He has other OBJ
legations to meet and he is entitled to lay by some
thing for the rainy day, which is always sure to come.
The landlord is no better than anyone else and his
present business is to begin the process of ~readjust-
ing his figures to conform to the times. Otherwise it
will be a repetition of the ancient story Of the goose
and the golden egg.
, 1922-02-03

Although It is estimated that at the
present rate of production the oil fields
of the United States would be exhaust
ed In about 20 years, these figures do
not indicate that the country's petrol.
cum will come to an end
within that pariod. The country's wells
are likely to show long periods of de-
clining productivity before their final
depletion, and the nations huge do
posits Of oil shale offer enormo..,; sup
plies ms soon as 1t becomes economical
to use them.
II an annual rate OF production of
$50. ooo, 900 barrels. n figure
reached in 1920 and probably exceeded
in 1921. were to be maintained in the
United States until the wells were ex-
hausted the known supply would run
out In about 20 years. These oil fields.
however. r likely 10 show long pc
RODS of declining productivity before
they arc completely exhausted. 1t is
impossible to estimate when the Unit
ed States will have used up Its petrol
cum resources. but a period of con
stnntly decreasing production with oc-
casional increases as new wells are
opened up and new methods of recov-
cry + instituted may be expected to
begin within the next few years.
To meet the emergency Of a declin-
ing output Of petroleum the United
States has in reserve huge deposits of
oil shale from which great quantities
ot petroleum products may be obtained
when It becomes economical to pro-
duce them. Enormous amounts OF oil
shale rich in oil are found in north
western Colorado. northeastern Utah.
southwestern Wyoming and in north
ern Nevada Deposits Of more limited
extent and generally less rich r To-
Gated In Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ken
lucky, Texas. wisconsin. Michigan,
West Virginia and elsewhere. Though
the oil shnle industry Is Of long stand
ing in other parts of the world. not
ably Scotland. France and Australia,
It has not yet passed the experimental
stage in the United States.
The United States has long been pre-
eminent in the petroleum industry. but
1t occupies the unenviable position of
exhausting Its resources much more
, 1922-02-03
REMOVING MYSTERY FRoa. sANK,Nc

"a high school student" says Nations Business"
presented a check not long since for payment TO a
bank teller, and was told "Piease endorse it." After
h~esitating and showing considerable embarrassment
he inquired, Just what IS it that you wish me to dor
at seems ncomprehensiblc that a young man Of 1s
should be so unfamiliar with simple business proceed
ure and ordinary banking routine.
Few people have an elementary knowledge OF
banks and their functions; not one in a hundred has
the slightest conception of the meaning of the state.
ments which the law requires the banks to publish for
their benefit; few understand the difference between
national, state, the savings banks and trust compa.
MES, and the functions of each; what a deposit Is and
how It should be safeguarded; what reserves are ad
how and why maintained; what are the essentials OF
a good investment.
, 1922-02-03
NO REASON FOR ARM

Having discovered that the youthful female of the
species" observes the New York Tribune, calmly con-
tinues to work out her own destiny unmoved by criti-
cism, reformers now are appealing to her parents to
save her.
sit is, they say, the home, and not the girl, that Is
responsible for what they regard as the shocking
trend Of the times. Young women wear short skirts
and go to movies and powder their noses, and some
times even smoke cigarettes, because their fathers and
mothers lack the moral courage to scold them about
these things. Consequently the noble woman nobly
Garth The only difficulty with this reasoning is that
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NOT SURPASSED.

Henry NJ, Cady of the Cady Advertising company
of Billings, Mont, a man Of large experience and re-
garded, wherever newspapers are published as an au-
thority on all details that go to make up a meritorious
publication. has written the Tribune to say:
Permit me to congratulate you and your associates
on the splendid industrial edition of the Casper Trib-
une, a copy Of which has just reached my desk. We
hive nothing but praise for the lay out and set up of
the industrial advertisements and for the clean dispo.
sition Of the display space throughout the pages of the
edition, which is not surpassed in any that has come
to our desk in the last year.
, 1922-02-03
MAKING BULLS in BOSTON.

Samuel Unterneyer, the famous New York lawyer
and prosecutor of building trades pirates, is to be cred
tied with all that his unusual talents have gained; but
asa user of figures of speech he is what critics Of ele-
giant English would call punk"
Delivering a speech at Boston recently, of al places
on earth for ouch 2 slip, the distinguished barrister
pulled this metaphor-"the fostering barnacles on our
industrial life that are fairly choking it to death"
This, applied to open price associations and other or
CARNATIONS for regulating prices of building materials.
The ~highbrows of Boston were quick to catch the
figure of speech and by the next afternoon the chill
dren even were quietly smiling about it.
, 1922-02-03

exhaustion of old fields a decline in
drilling is after a time followed by a
falling off in production Converse
ly a period OF prosperity brings In
creased production after a delay OF
months.
Thus. while the Increasing produc-
ton in h first part of 1921 was prob
ably q result of tho prosperity in 1919
and the first part of 1920. there is
likely tosbe a period of declining out
, 1922-02-03
BEST YET.

Our friends over the state continue to praise our re-
cent Industrial Edition. This is what the Thermopolis
Independent says of it:
''The Industrial Review gotten out by the Casper
Daily Tribune is indeed a credit to that paper and the
town of Casper. Fifty-two pages devoted to the ex-
plotting of the state of Wyoming and the town Of Cas-
per. The space devoted to the Big Horn hot springs
is greatly appreciated by the people of Thermopolis
and will no doubt be read by a hundred thousand peo-
pie throughout the United States. What Wyoming
needs is publicity and Wyoming newspapers can give
it."
, 1922-02-03
oREYBULI-s NEW NEWSPAPER.

The Greybull Tribune is the newest thing in Wyo-
ming Journalism. Independent in politics and devoted
to the upbuiding of the city of Greybull and state of
wyoming. The Tribune will not attempt to regulate
the morals Of its constituency but viii point the way
IN kindly fashion. ". J. Stull and ". C. Haynes are
the editors and publishers. The latter is known to
wyoming newspaperdom as former publisher o. the
Shoshoni Enterprise The new publication starts out
with a good appearance and good advertising pa
tronage.
, 1922-02-03
ARAB IS SUICIDE.

ROCK SPRINGS. wyo-. Feb a.
Mike Morradian. an Arab. Is dead from
the effects OF poison swallowed with
suicidal intent He was about 30 years
of age and came to the United states
about a year ago. He was employed
at the Megeath mine
, 1922-02-03

MI, ahead which VIII reflect the depres-
sion OF the first part Of 1871 The
number Of new on wells completed feli
off from about 1880 in January. 1871
10 about 7s2 IN October. the latter ng
ure being the smallest IN the last ave
ears. November returns. however
show an increase to so3 wella
, 1922-02-03

Congress has set aside 1926, 900 for prohibition
enforcement. This sum is not staggering to the plu-
cry of the goods in high priced high powered auto
mobiles.
, 1922-02-03

Get
, 1922-02-03

Ireland is also confronted with the problem of what
20 do with ex-presidents.
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
By ARTHUR LYNCH
The Speed of Thought-Mind.C Cam at Given
Instant Entertain Only One Thought, and
Its Relation to Second Which Rises Into
Consciousness as the First Disappears.

TToW many thoughts 20 to
III tho second7 A well-known
phycican and philosoph-
er, DR.. Richet. Of Paris, recently
answered this question quite def.
nitely.
In q communication to the
Academic des Sciences he states
that his observations have shown
him that twelve thoughts a Sec
ondI may be taken as q fair rate.
The precision Of DIR. Richet's
statement Is remarkable - he
makes It 1913 per second-but
the solution of the question Is
illusory; even the problem itself
is not properly posed.
I do not say this lightly. for at
one period Of my own studies In
psychology I carried out a series
OF experiments. some of them
very laborious and extending
over a period Of years. in order
to find the secrets of problems Of
this sort.
For example, I committed to
memory a great number OF pas
sages from the poets - Milton,
Shakespeare, Keats. Shelley, By
ron--and at the same time data
from various sciences, physiology
and astronomy particularly. some
Of them expressed by aid Of
mnemonics, and long list Of COM
plicated formulae In the higher
mathematics.
These learnt off by heart by
continual repetition. At first this
work occupied almost all day. but
by constant practice reduced the
time steadily. and at length dur
ing half an hour before breakfast
used to run over the entire
series In my mind.
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

observed the manner Of this
operation, and It was very GU.
rious. After time the repeti.
tion Of the series required only
slight exercise Of will-power; it
was as II an immaterial tape in
my brain unwound itself from a
cylinder. revealing as It did 20
tho series I had memorized.
This became SO familiar, and in
a sense so automatic, that / was
able to perform, not merely
mechanical, but mental work.
while carrying out my memory
task; yet l could at once have
detected had there been any
flaw or weakening In the recol.
lection Of any part.
The, speed. therefore. at which
the process Of thought took
place depended on practice, and
It was capable Of a great increase
or rate.
Some time after I had become
letter perfect in this series,
memorized 10000 words, and
these / used to repeat every
morning during about an hour,
although the original learning
had taken many days.
We see here one vital circun.
stance that DIR. Richet has
omitted; but that does not con-
stitute even the chief criticism
of this theory.
What he calls thoughts are
composites of thoughts. often
highly complex; but at the base
Of . true psychology the aues-
tion should be proposed and
answered; How many thoughts
of an elementary kind can the
mind entertain at once7
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
Good Samaritan
On the Job

THE diners at a local. restaurant
looked up from their plates,
or paused in the midst of an
assault upon sundry steaks or
chops to gaze curiously at
young lieutenant OF the U. S. A.,
entering the cafe followed closely
by two shabby looking youths.
After seating the two boys, who
appeared more hungry than
clean, at a table. whore they re-
manned stiffly clearly conscious
of the curious eyes fixed upon
them. the lieutenant called the
waiter and ordered two table
de'hote dinners for each of his
charges. thus relieving them of
the necessity of ordering from
the astute waiter, who hurried to
place the first course on the
table.
The lieutenant then proceeded
to the cashier where he paid
the check and taking few
crumbled bills again wended his
way to the boys table. Slipping
the banknotes into tho hand OF
the larger Of the two. he gravely
shook hands. wishing them luck.
Then. accepting their stumbling
words OF gratitude and thanks
with a smile he took his de.
parture. -
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

older ones are inclined to become
plump. But with the fashion foe
exercise growing every day the
younger generation will keen
their youthful lines as long as
their Western sisters. And they
have the advantage Of being the
possessors OF lovely little feet and
beautiful ankles.
But 1t is when It comes to tho
question of marriage laws that
the Turkish woman scores. No
husband can force his wife to cook
or sew or keep house II his in
come is sufficient to allow Of him
keeping a servant. He is not the
Judge of what is sufficient; the
law decides the question for him.
He may be as stingy as he likes;
he has to pay up and look pleas
ant.
FACILE DIVORCE.
Also, he must settle on his wife,
at marriage, a dowry, likewise
according to his means, and even
IL he divorces her, that sum Of
money is still hers. The wife is
very fully provided for in Turkish
law.
And above all things, II they
"agree to disagree" there is no
absurd law to prevent a divorce
being obtained In a perfectly open
manner. They arrange with each
other that a divorce is necessary
and the law proceeds to facilitats
matters.
Yes, on the whole, the Turkish
woman has an enviable existence.
Long motor drives through some
OF the loveliest scenery In the
world: warm. moonlight nights on
the ever.alluring Bosphorus, and
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
Yx THAT Is tho future Of
M aviation? VIII the air
plane eventually replace

plane eventually replace
tho train, tho steamship and the
automobile? Is tho astounding
air Development Of tho past few
years nearing its end? The auto
mobile, say experts, is noto per-
fection-it cannot be Improved.
HoW near Is the airptane to simi-
lar triumph9
These questions Were tho basis
Of an inquiry made by the Paris
Bureau of Universal Service
among aviation experts IN France,
admittedly the country where air
travel has reached its highest
stage of development.
Replies Of these men constitute
a remarkable contribution to tho
scientific research Of modern
times. They ,oil be published
exclusively BY Universal Service.
Among contributors following
this first article OiH be:
Rene Fonck, ace of all aces.
Andre Michelin, most famous
aeronautic engineer.
Pierre Etienne Flandrin, dep
uty of France, pilot and m9tor
erpert.
Henri Farman, inventor of tho
World famous Goliath"
Comte de la Vaur, one Of the
worlds pioneers of flight.
Charles Richet, famous scien-
tist, member of the French Acad-
emu.
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

profession in the failures that have
come my way.
i have now reached a stage In
my career when / have decided
that / will not be the sport Of a
\ malignant fate any longer: that I
will break the spell Of evil at all
costs and enter into the kingdom Of
happiness which is the inalienabls
right of every healthy. normal
woman. That is why am saying
good-by to the movie world and
why 1 am returning to the speak
ing stage.
am convinced that in the new
career I shall live down the un-
fortunate experiences of the past
and start on the high road to hap
piness at last. the happiness in
married life that every woman who
Is really q woman. and not a COM
bination Of the vampire and the
butterfly. desires.
MUCH UNHAPPINESs.
have tried to find out what
IT. is in the film world that makes
for so much unhappiness. SO many
shattered romances, among people
who are in no way different from
their fellows, and who are as
well-meaning and as eager in their
pursuits Of happiness as any
others. but without avail. All
know Is that facts are against the
theory that film arustes should
be as happy as their fellow-beinss.
There are too many blighted
lives snuffed out at their brightest,
too many broken hearts and bitter
disbursements. There is an inde-
finable something In the air of the
film studio that seems to kill
ordinary hope and trust and
mutual confidence, and which
incites men and women to give Of
their worst rather than their best.
The atmosphere Of the studio is
the atmosphere In which the vam.
pire type OF person seems to
thrive best. and confess that I
have been struck more than once
by the amazing change that has
come over men and women Of my
acquaintance when they have been
transformed from their normal sur
roundings to the abnormal condi.
tons OF the film world.
can recall at the moment one
case that impressed me more than
others. 1t was the case OF a young
girl blessed with the sweetest dis
position I have seen in any one.
She was an angel In human form
and gave one the impression Of
being too good for the world in
which she moved. lost sight Of
her for a few weeks and then when
we met again she had left her
luxurious home and was acting for
the films.
was horror. struck at the change
in her. Gone was all the sweet
ness. all the disinterestedness. all
that had made her so angelic and
80 charming. Instead there was a
woman as near to the vampire
type as could be, a woman who
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

CONSIAN11NOfL Aprll ~.
WY ALKING through the cosmo-
" politan streets OF Con.
stantinople, the only out
ward difference that strikes one
between the Turkish women and
those Of other nationalities is that
tho former never wear hats. In
stead they appear in dark.
closely fitting turban, which is
in reality a piece of black satin or
velvet swathed round the head and
covered with a piece OF lace, which
Is either flung back or dropped
over the face.
The result is extraordinarily
fascinating. Most Turkish women
have pale. clear skins, with large,
luminous eyes of a peculiar shade
Of grey, and the soft black tur-
ban emphasizes their coloring and
accentuates the modelling Of their
fine noses. Her small, neat head
makes a Turkish girl look ex-
tremely well bred.
AGREEABLE HUSBANDS.
Turkish husbands love to sec
their wives well dressed, and are
most indulgent in the matter OF
paying dressmakers' bills.
"A woman should be able to
express the beauty Of her soul in
the beauty Of her Clothes" Turk
said to me, and when I looked at
his wife's soft, dark sable coat
felt that her soul must be beauti-
full indeed.
The Turkish women get most OF
their clothes from Paris. and they
have the knsck Of selecting the
graceful fashions and leaving the
bizarre and outre severely alone.
The younger women have delight
full slender figures. although tho
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

the prospect Of an even more
emancipated future.
She is a fascinating little lady
this product of Western educa-
ton and Eastern ancestry-high-
ly intelligent, but more eternal
feminine than Eve herself.
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

rs there something in the movie
world that tells against mar
ried happiness for film stars?
Often have I asked the question,
not only in considering my own do
mestic affairs but in relation to the
unhappy marriages of other film
stars. At first I was disposed to
dismiss the Suggestion as an abb
surd fancy begotten of a morbid
mind. but now / am forced to the
conclusion that there Is something
in It. a good deal more than many
people imagine.
have been forced to that con-
clusion by careful study Of the
facts leading uu to my own shat
tered romances and to those OF
other stars. such as Mary Pick
ford, Charlie Chaplin. and hosts of
others that I might mention by
name.
The certainty that there Is this
sinister association between film
work and unhappy marriage has
so impressed itself on me that I
have decided to cut my associa-
ton with movie work and try to
break the spell by a return to the
speaking stage so that my latest
adventure In matrimony may not
share the fate the previous ones
had.
am going to tho speaking stage
as soon az my existing contracts
run out. and / can only hope that
nothing happens In the meantime
to shatter my new romance. I
am hopeful. but I am terribly
afraid also, for there Is something
akin to a superstition laying hold
Of me in regard to this phase Of
film fame.
do not know Just what It IL in
film work that II 80 different from
other work. but convinced / am
that there is something and that II
behooves us who are conscious Of
its existence to break the spell
as quickly as we can. People who
only know us through the screen
work have jumped too readily to
the conclusion that the life of the
film star is made up of unlimited
and unceasing happiness.
BEHIND THE MASK.
They little know that the laugh
ing face they see or the screen is,
as often as not. the mask that con-
ceals from all but the truly dis
cerning. the pain that is gnawing
at the heart. They little realize
that behind the smiles there are
tears, bitter tears that will make
a deeper impression on the soul OF
the artistic.
Personally. ! am as anxious for
married happiness as any woman
could be, and / have tried my
hardest TO command II. In my
marriage ventures there has been
nothing to suggest failtrre, nothing
in any way different from the mar
riages of other men and women
into their walks OF life, but in
spite Of that fact my happiness has
been missed from the outset, and /
have been forced to recognize the
sinister influence Of the cinema