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The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08
OIL WE'LL
IS INCENTIVE TOWARD
LOCATING NEW CUSHER

BY Uaifed Press.
PoNcA CRY, Okla. (By Mail)-An
oil-spaiiered derrick stands like lonely
sentinel on Murray Farm, in the Tonka.
wa oil field, near here.
Perhaps it confemplates on the fate Of
the goose that laid the golden egg. The
tabled goose and the Murray well have
something in common.
Drilled to a depth Of 2,lO0 feet, this
well came in with flow Of 500 barrels
day.
But the promoters were not satisfied
If Murray produced 500 at 2,l00 feet,
what would it produce at $500 feet?
They shut of the flow and drilled deeper.
In the deepening process the drillers
lost their tools, which crashed half mile
down to the bottom Of the hole.
A breaking fishing job devel.
oped. The tools were never recovered
That is why Murray stands aloof and
abandoned today, in the heart Of the busy
Tonkawa field.
But the men behind Murray were stub.
born.
They drilled a twin well ell-Southwestern
No. 8. Instead Of stopping at the 2lOO
foot level, they doggedly went on through
to the 'unlucky 2,6O0.-
Southwestern No. g is now producine
800 barrels every twenty-four hours.
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CHAUTAUQUA MANNERS

The chautauqua has come and gone.
Now is the time TO consider how We may
help to make the chautauqua Of next
year as good, or an even greater success,
than was the chauiauqua of this year.
Could we do so by improving our chau-
tauqua manners in any way.
Judging BY the chautauqua manners
displayed by many of those who attended
the chau.auqua programs, Columbia is
10 be congratulated upon its large num-
Der Of wellbred citizens The audience,
for the most part, showed the performers
courteous attention. The speakers and
the readers received a respectful hearing.
Parents did not permit babies to cry in
the tent. Women who appeared with hats
removed them during the programs with
out being requested to do so. Few per-
sons came so late as to disturb the pro-
grams.
There is one way, however, in which
We might show improvement in our man.
ners when We attend the chautauqua neat
year. We can give the same courteous
attention to the musical numbers that we
accord to the other numbers. If our mu-
sical taste is not sufficiently developed TO
make the crunching Of sailed peanuts, the
rushing Of fans, whispering, and talking,
annoying during musical recital, per-
haps our neighbor is more sensitive than
We. We might add to his enjoyment by
h.lping to suppress these sounds. Let us
have the best music that we can obtain,
and show by our manners that we are ca
pable Of appreciating it.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08
REED sMOOT

With the defeat Of Porter ]. McCum-
Der for Republican nomination for sena-
Tor from North Dakota, Reed Smoot, Sc
uior senator from Utah, will succeed TO
the chairmanship Of the Senate Committee
on Finance. Senator Smoot, who has
served twenty years in the Senate, under
the rules Of seniority will take up his du-
ties March 4 as chairman Of one OF the
most powerful Of Senate committees.
An apostle Of the Mormon Church,
Smoot is the first man Of his faith TO gain
seat in the Senate, and not only
the first Mormon but the first
senator from the Rocky Mountain
regions 10 succeed to the chairmanship
of the Committee on Finance. His duties
in this position will involve the raising of
revenue, fixing Of taxation, and the de-
iermining Of financial policies. His deci-
sions will affect every man, woman and
child in the United States.
Senator Smoot has for several years
been regarded as the most able statisti-
clan in the Senate. He is known by his
colleagues as ''the watch dog Of the treas
ury'' because OF his itemized scrutiny Of
all financial bills coming before thai body.
He is a worker to whom the eight hour
day is unknown, and TO whom the study
Of involved financial history is pleasure
and pastime.
Senator Smoot is succeeding to one Of
the biggest jobs in the Senate. The man.
ner in which he handles his response
hility will intimately affect the lives Of
millions. His ability in financial proceed
ings is well known and his wisdom in
shaping the nations financial policy is
awaited with interest.
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nod old idea in mind Of touching
spot." She does.
Proof Of this may be gotten only from
this little scene where Dick tthe man
who has gone by the breaking poinD re-
turns to his aunt whom he has loved as
hi. mother: Then she puts her hand to
her throat and stood rigid, staring down.
For the man had whipped of his cap and
stood with his arms wide. looking up
Holding the stair-rail, her knees
trembling under her. Lucy went down,
and not until Dicks arms were around
her was she sure that it was Dick and
not his weary shabby ghost. She clung
to him, tears streaming down her face,
still, in that cautious silence which gov
erned them both; she held him of and
looked at him, and then strained herself
to him again, as though the sense Of
unreality was too strong. and only the
contact Of his rough clothing made him
real to her"
Mrs. Rinehart has done a strange
thing. Strange for this day Of the OBJ
session in psycho.analysis. She has taken
man who has through a psychopathic
change, lost ten years out Of his remem-
brance and has not gone into long IL
rade on the wonders or the effects or the
workings Of the psychic structure in
man. She has simply treated her hero
as though he were an ordinary healthy
man, fallen sick, and gave him a good
dose Of backbone to get over it instead
Of playing up the psychopaihic interest
In the story. Her ink does not flow in
that line Of interest. She writes stories.
Her story is a rather usual one lin
novcldom) as far as plot is concerned.
Her hero thinks he has murdered a man
and fees but is overcome by blizzard.
When he wakes again Re has lost his
memory. He grows into his new life and
under a new name we find him a doctor
in a small town. He thinks he is the
nephew Of David Livingstone. He is in
love with girl to whom he engages him
self. The unforeseen" happens and al
though he does not know the entire story
Dick tthe mani returns TO the scene Of
his supposed crime and tries to find the
entire truth. The strain Of the search
brings his memory back and then train
Of circumstances and events follow which
need all of the authors ingenuity TO
make the story what it is: intensely in
tercsting although not a novel in the
new school,"
This book is by no means better than
her former books, nor as good as some.
but she has taken situation which al
most betrayed her into the improbable
and has evolved good novel ihercfrom.
tCeorge H. Doran & Company. New
York; cloth. illustrated, $50 pages)
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What Others Say

raising wheat is not very profitable
business, but what are you going to do !?
We are equipped for wheat farming, we
know no other angle Of the agricultural
game, and so |, for one, am going to
stick to wheat growing iii the cows come
home"
Here was a man who had raised wheat
in what is admittedly the richest agricul-
iural section in the west, admitting that
the game was failure; and in the same
breath declaring that he was going to
stick to ii till the COWS come hpme.'
And in using that phrase, he option.
lied the trouble with all wheat farmers,
there are no cows TO come home"
1t has taken 80 years to demonstrate
that only poverty and hard labor come
from raising wheat, and some Of the mos,
poverty-stricken are still unconvinced
and still hoping.
How long are we going to kid our
selves? How much longer are we going
to feed the world-st a loss?
You can stick to wheat raising 'til
the cows, come home" but unless you
change your ways Of farming, unless you
arrange it so that you and each Of you
will have some cows to come home, there
will be no money made on Red River
valley fsrms-excepi by the grain gamb-
lers.
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Improbable Wheat Raising.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
Away back in the days when land was
worth from S. to $40 per acre, and when
about the only enemy to be feared was
frost, wheat was. sometimes, a profitable
crop. At that time a few people made
money, raising wheat, and a still smaller
number saved it.
But with the general breaking up Of
the prairie, the seasons became longer
and hotter. And just as soon as it be-
came a known fact that the prairie land
was fertile, it began to increase in price.
Right there wheat ceased to be a prof
table crop except in infrequent years.
Commenting on this and on some Of
the articles which have recently appeared
in these columns, advocating the aban-
donment Of whea,-raising as major crop
in the Red River valley, an old timer, a
man who has been here ever since there
has been country, said: yes | know
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08
Idle Ships and Subsidies.

From the Des Moines Register.
A persistent effort has been made to
have it appear that the only reason why
American boats are not now engaged IN
profitable foreign shipping is because
congress has not voted the subsidy.
The real situation with ocean shipping
the world over is disclosed in this state
ment from the Manchester, England,
Guardian:
IF here and there the conferences st
Genoa and Paris had engendered some
hopes Of gradual revival Of internation'
al trade and shipping these hopes were
very quickly dispelled by the failure OF
both. Speaking generally, freight rates
are as low as they have been Tor years
Naturally tramp-steamer traffic has the
greatest difficulty in securing profitable
cargoes. The lines running regular ser
vices have also had to lay up some OF
their boats or sail without profit. but
they have, at any rate, been able to keep
the greater part of their vessels running.
1t is unfortunate. of course. that the
government owns some 1000 boats that
were built for war and have no place
now, and are lying idle at gren cost TO
the people.
How is sending good money after bad
going to relieve the situation? How is
paying somebody approximately slOO,.
000.OOO a year-it is said the proposed
subsidies will cost that much all told
going to make these boats a source Of in
come. when nobody else is making any
money with shipping, and every other
people has idle boats?
Such of our steel boats as are usable-
there are about 800 Of ihem-will not
rot for few years, and in the mean
tire something may happen. AT least.
they will cost us less floating securely
in harbor than trying TO carry a losing
trade, the deficit being made up out Of
the public purse.
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. THE NEW BOOKS
THE Breaking Point"

Neither the ego urge, nor the sex urge,
nor the power urge, nor any other urge
are found galloping through or anywhere
on the pages Of Mrs. Rinehar's newes,
novel. And it is a good novel.
Of late, acting under the impression
We gained by reading our new novels,
We came in stinctively to feel about for
at least or lecture on psyche-analysis
acting somt where in the story as a pivot
about which much Of the conversation
and the action Of the novel is to hinge.
But in Mary Roberts Rinehart's lates,
book. although she deals with a psyche.
pathic change in her hero, we find that
here is an author who believes and says
that dreams might come from the sub.
conscious mind but a good many Of them
come from the stomach. They might be
safety valve for the mind, but also they
might be rarebit.r
Mrs. RinehaIt herself will not take on
herself distinction or the name for being
writer Of intellectual" or even prob
lem novels. She writes novels with the
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08
BEAUTY

All the saints, sages, poets, and philos-
ophers, who ever lived could not frame
an adequate definition to beauty. Every
individual, race, and age, has had a DIFF
ferent standard for the judgment Of beau
iy to that of any other individual. race.
or age. Yet there are certain manifesto.
tons Of beauty in nature, certain cres-
lions Of beauty in art. and certain ele-
ments Of beauty in man, that have been
acknowledged as such by all lovers Of the
beautiful that have beheld them.
In nature, the beauty Of the sea with
its Long moon-silvered rolf has been
subject for art and literature since their
crude beginnings. The early Anglo-Sax
on poetry is full Of illusions to the
beauty Of ~The Whale Path" and The
Sea Road as they called the sea. There
is the beauty Of 'Vast dawns,T Colder
noons," and Evening full Of the linnet'
wings" There is the beauty Of moon
light, sunrise, blue sky, and rolling clouds
We can scarcely hint at the manifold
beauties Of nature that have been recog
nized as beautiful in every age.
The same is true in art. The grea
masterpieces have been accepted by crit
les Of every age since they were created
Is containing elements Of beauty. Their
are the statues Of Praxiieles, the paint
ings Of Leonardo Di yinci, the drama
Of Goethe and Of Shakespere, the opera
Of Wagner and Of Verdi, the poetic pros
Of Cautier, all Of these artistic creation
have endured, and will endure, as lonl
as faithful worshiper Of beauty remain
upon the earth.
The most perfect embodiment of beau
iy was held by the Greeks to be the hu
man body. Perhaps this is true sine
man was made in the image Of the Cres
tor. Poe declared that the most beauti
ful object in the world was beauiifu
woman. Di yinci painted a picture o
The "Mena Lisa" Dante wrote a grea
epic to tell the world Of the divine beaut
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Now It's Cigars.
m

From the NGfiOn's Business.
The conceit Of American smokers re.
ceived a shock recently when the Fabri-
Gated Production Department Of the
National Chamber Of Commerce found
that the supposed ability TO select cigars
by such names as Brevas, Conchas, Epi.
cures, Perfectos, Pantellas, Londres. Cab.
incis. Bouquets, ETC., was today largely
a fallacy.
In the study Of waste in industry
through duplication of sizes and kinds,
Fabricated Production Department has
found that competition in the cigar in.
dustry has caused the manufacturers
largely to disregard the sizes and shapes
by which the smoker formerly identified
the cigar of his choice. The question Of
price has had much to do with this
change. The jobber, distributor and re-
taller have all been responsible for it. A
slight, change in the length or shape Of a
cigar may materially affect its cost.
One manufacturer Of over two hun.
dred sizes says that 80 per cent Of this
variety is confined to ten sizes. Some
concerns, generally the largest producers,
have recognized this duplication and
waste and have reduced their varieties
to minimum in one instance Of three.
and Of this number one size constitutes
90 per cent of their output.
Cigarettes were formerly made in a
number of sizes but today the forms are
largely confined to oval and round
shapes, Of standard length and thickness.
Cigarette packages are also largely con-
fined to two types.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

Miss Charlotte Sharman, at the age Of
ninety. still actively manages the home
for girl orphans she established in South
work, London, some sixty years ago.
Miss Sharman is far from old-fashioned.
She personally types all her own letters
and participates in the instruction Of her
two hundred wards.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

In view Of the fact that a fierce snow.
storm is reported raging on the planet
Mars, interest will probably be stimulated
in why's and means to make the trip.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

To celebrate his 6ftieth birthday, Gree
ly Talbot of Moberly has issued a chal-
lenge for a nine-hole golf match to any
50year-old player within radius Of fifty
miles Of Moberly.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

Sound Alike-The objection to open
air concerts is that the performers can't
tell whether the audience is applauding
or slapping Observation-Disclosures City
| Okiahoman.
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who said, Beauty lies in the eyes Of the
beholder.'
Of Beatrice. The beauty Of Helen fired
thousand ships" Tennyson's prince
exclaimed at sight of the princess There
sat all beauty, compassed in a single
form"
After all, perhaps the poet was right
Hollywood is to have college. Is it to
be a barber college?
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

1868. Senator Cole, who was born in
New York State in 1922 and moved to
California in l849, will be one hundred
years old in September.
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Fifp-FIfy.-Brides wonder what they
will have for supper. Crooms wonder
what they had.-Ei Paso Times.
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A feature Of the annual fall festival to
be held in ST. Joseph will be daylight
parade Of floats, resembling those used in
Mardi Cras celebrations in the South.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

of to Sea.-So that's where John Bar
leycorn went; he .jined' the merchant
marine.-Coiumbia Record.
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The Oldest newspaper man in Randolph
County, William H. Sidenstricker, organ
izer Of the Moberly Monitor, died this
week.
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Satisfed.-The more Doyle tells about
the other world the better we like this
one.-Aiimta Constitution.
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Close ResembiGnce.-A political ma.
chine is something like a talking ma
chine.-St. Joseph Gazette.
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THE HUMOR OF IT

Wrong Address.-If you didn't already
know it, golfers address the ball; and
when-they get the wrong address it goes
as,ray.-Joplin Ners.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

II may sound strange but well-round.
ed man is square.
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More than $40 were graduated from
the Southeast Missouri State Teachers
College at Cape Cirardeau Saturday.
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More than 1000 persons attended the
farm bureau picnic held at Pertle Springs
last Thursday.
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NEWS OF THE STATE

A l2-year-old boy of Nevada has been
cited for bravery for rescuing three little
girls from drowning.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

Movie Impropemenf-Hays could help
the movie by stopping all the fat people
from sitting in the end seats.-Sprme
field, Mo-, Daily Leader.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

Cutou,s Open.-Some people read
movie subtitles without their cuiouts wide
opcn.-Jopiin Neus Herald.
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Found Ouf.-We know now why Uncle
Sam's pants are strapped down-he's a
bootlegger-Ashland Bugie.
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Rosie Reeve Of Chicago. the eleven.
year-old prodigy. is to enter Columbia
Law School in the fall. Miss Reeve has
been exempt from most Of the grammar
grades and from the entire high school
course, and has already been in residence
one college semester
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

More than 400 received certificates and
diplomas from the Northeast Missouri
State Teachers College at Kirksville
when the summer term closed Saturday.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

If one swallow does not make a sum-
mer it sometimes makes fall.
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Cornelius Cole. former United States
Senator from California. is the last sur
siving member Of the Senate thsf tried
Andrew Johnson for impeachment in
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

The City Council of Cape Cirardeau
announced last week that a campaign
against weeds and trash would be started
Immediately.
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The new sS00.00O speedway in Kansas
City will be dedicated September l6 with
the first 300-mile International speed
classic to be held in the United States.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

Among the forty.two commoners hon.
ored by the King Of England's birthday
list was Henry Fielding Dickens, sixth
son Of Charles Dickens, the novelist. Mr..
Dickens is a lawyer. He has been kings
counsel since 1892; bencher of the Inner
Temple since 1899; and common sergeant
Of the City Of London since 1913. His
recent promotion was to the knighthood
and he is therefore now Sir Henry Dick
ems. Sir Henry is noted as an amateur
fencer and as a mathematician.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-08

The merchants Of ST. Joseph are con.
ducting their fourth annual cooperative
clearance sale this week.
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Importance Pesf.-When man has
mission in life generally it is to drive
other people crazy by making them see
the importance Of it.-Cincinnati Times
Sfnr
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Reiouchcd--A skin you love to
iouch," on closer examination frequently
proves to have been retouched.-Sf. Jo.
scph News-Press.
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Howard Chandler Chrisiy recently COM
pleted a portrait Of President Harding
after five consecutive Sunday afternoon
sittings al the White House. Mr.. Chris,y
is also an 0hioan.
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Alfred E. Zimmern. author of Europe
in Convalescence" and recognized author
ity on the European muddle, is Wilson
professor of international politics at the
University College in Aberystwyth,
Wales. Professor Zimmern was edu-
Gated at New College, Oxford, where he
became a lecturer in ancient history and
later fellow and tutor. 1t is Interesting
to note that he is the translator Of Ferre.
ro's Greatness and Decline Of Rome
He is author Of many wartime essays.
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Clenna Colleit is the infant phenome-
non Of the golf world. Though only
nineteen, she has already won scores Of
important golf titles. Miss Colleff. who
is from Providence. Rhode Island. re-
Gently won the Eastern golf champion
ship for women.
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WOMEN AND MEN

DIR. Stephen Smith, centenarian, and
Columbia's Oldest alumnus, was made
a Doctor Of Science at the university s
168th commencement.
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