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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

There has been no more consistent
ana persistent booster and promoter
OF the Okmulgee district than
Charles I. O'Neiu, secretary of the
Okmulgee District OIL and Gas asso-
citation, who has been writing oil
news and compiling statistics and in
formation Of the Okmulgee district
ever since he landed in Okmulgee in
January, 1917. Mr.. O'Neill was
trained in the newspaper game and
had a wide experience in every sort
OF newspaper work before he came
TO Okmuigee He compiled tho first
authentic production figures of the
district in 1920 and has kept these
figures up-to-date and he has as
sembled and filed a large amount of
information OF all sorts about the
district, which has proven OF great
benefit 70 operators and producers.
AS a writer on oil subjects relat-
Ing TO the Okmulgee district Mr..
O'Neill is recognized by all OF the
magazines and newspapers publish
ing oil news and his stories of the
development of the five counties
make up the Okmulgee district have
been read wherever oil nows is read.
Several of the big deals in oil prop
critics which have been made in the
Okmulgee district in the past five
years were Initiated by reports and
stories prepared by Mr.. O'NciN He
is still engaged in securing infor-
nation about Lhe field and spreading
It broadcast and part or his pres
ent duties is to send a story of the
field to outside publications every
day. Known for his accuracy and
for his avoidance of the ordinary
booster" type of story, articles
written by Mr.. O'Neill are generally
accepted and printed without ques-
tton and the material supplied by
him is sought after by Oil publica-
tons.
Mr.. O'Neili was born near. Roch-
ester. n. Y, and was educated at
Canandaigua academy at Canan-
In Canandaigua Rochester and Glow
lege, Hanover, ". II. In various ca
pacities he worked on newspapers
in Canandaigue. Rochester and GLOW
ersville, n. Y. and in Boston and
Worcester, Mass. During the years
1911 and 1912 he made n 1900
mile tour throughout the northwest
and far west as an advertising rep
resentative OF the National Press as
ISOLATION. He came to Okmulgee in
January, 1917. as city editor OF the
Okmulgee Democrat and was made
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

With the old year drawing to a close The Oil
and Gas Journal desires to express its hearty
thanks to its readers and advertisers for their
continued confidence in the coil Mans Bible"
This publication has expanded greatly in the
past IL months, in size, in the scope of its news
service, and in advertising business and circula-
ton, and while we are very proud of all this, the
point that impresses us most deeply is that we
have not only retained the friends we have long
had, but have made many new ones whom we
hope to keep
The old policy laid down by the founder of
The Oil and Gas Journal, the late p. c. Boyle
is the present day policy, and that is to best
serve the industry wherever and whenever pos
sible to print all the news that is worth printing
concerning oil and gas and to publish those eX-
elusive statistics that will make it possible for
its readers to keep abreast Of conditions.
In the past year, several features were added
to The Oil and Gas Journal, including a COM
plete refining and marketing department, a
Washington bureau, and New York bureau
all of which are in charge Of competent men.
Our regular field staff is made up of the same
reliable men we had a year ago, with the eX-
ception that in California the death of Charles
II. Gilman made change necessary.
The Oil and Gas Journal greets the year 1923
with optimism 1t will be our aim to improve the
publication wherever possible, in the coming
year, and we will strive, as in the past, to give
our readers a news and statistical service they
cannot get elsewhere, and one on which they
can always place dependence.
The industry may feel assured at all times
that in The Oil and Gas Journal it has a cham
pion that will fight for the welfare Of the oil
influences that are constantly seeking TO mis-
represent it, and to exploit themselves.
The industry is growing bigger and stronger.
Producer, refiner and marketer are getting
closer to each other, and there is a better under
standing between them than ever before. New
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
An Editorial From
66e On and Gas JoURNAk
The Dawn Of a New Year

blood and new brains are being added to the
business. Scientific men and technical experts
are becoming more and more interested IN 1t
and its problems. The engine builder and the
fuel manufacturer are working out their prob
lens in the same laboratory, which is good
thing for the ultimate consumer There has
never been so much progress along these lines
as in the past year, but there will be more OF 1t
in the year to come. Next year should bring out
some remarkable results from this cooperative
research, just as it should show great progress
in the standardization of oil field equipment and
drilling tools.
The general feeling is that the coming year
will be "a prosperous one for each branch of the
industry. The impression is that there will be
a lessening of production and an increase in
consumption and that before 1923 has ended,
America will be crying for OIL" This may turn
out to be true
We sincerely hope that conditions will shape
themselves so that the producer will get more
for his crude and that the refiner and the mar
keter will coTespondingly profit high mar
ket price for crude will mean an increase in
wdcatting, which in turn will mean more bus-
ness for the supply trade. All engaged in the
oil business would benefit. But the history OF
the business is that no man or set Of men can
truthfully forecast the oil business, because no
one has yet come forward who has been able to
say what Mother Earth has in stored petroleum,
and every wildcat we'll drilling in the United
States has a chance to open a new pool. Since
the days Of Cushing, there have been many big
fields opened and developed in California, Wyo-
ming Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana,
Arkansas and Mexico, and smaller ones in Mon
tana, Pennsylvania and other states which have
combined to produce a quantity of crude few
people thought existed. The possibilities Of the
United States as producer of oil are not yet
known, so it is rash to make any predictions for
1923, but on the present day face of things the
future is viewed with optimism.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
Worlds Daily Bread: It's
appearance in Many Lands

reindeer moss, dried, pulverized and
kncadcd. on the bleak shores OF
Labrador there grows beach grass
which hears an edible seed. The
seed Is dried, pounded and made into
bread.
Importance of Bread.
Bread is well named "the staff OF
he" We could do without y
other article OF food better than we
could without bread though the
pcople Of China, Japan, Korea, India
and other eastern lands have shown
very clearly how satisfactory rice Is
rs the chief source OF their daily
food
We Of the countries, where bread
is baked light" whore yeast cakes
are common and crisp bakers loaves
sro 20 be had daily. are favoritcs OF
fortune. In olden times, the present
yeast cake was unknown. Tho GUS
tom then was for the housewife to
save "a hit of the dough to sour from
one baking 10 another. The women
OF those days used often to 90 miles
| TO other households TO borrow n bit
! 81 sour dough for the next days
| baking.
what a blessing II Is 70 have now
! nice, white flour. finely ground from
/ wheat, for our loaves ard rolls. Be
! fore the days Of flour mills the best
| the people who lived then could do
was crush wheat between two flat
! stones. During recent excavations at
/ Pompeii, some bread was found tnat
! had been made OF wheat with the
/ grains but little more than broken
in half In the Olden times bread
was quickly kneaded and pressed be-
/ tween the hands into the rough
/ cakes. such as King Alfred and the
SaXons ate. The dough was kneaded
| in n stone or wooden trough and as
/ often as not the cakes we're baked
| in the ashes. In those days people
/ were very superstitlous and there
| was scarce a housewife who did not
make her cakes with a cross ere
! placing them in ashes or on stone to
/ bake This precaution was taken to
/ guard against ANY evil in the fire.
Belgians Great Bread Eaters.
| Belgium was in the days OF pros
perity ranked first as the greatest
! breat-cating country in tho world IN
proportion to population. Tho Bel
/ Pian farmers, owing to the scanty
extent of their acres. had 10 import
/ a large amount OF the wheat that
was used II required fully 10000
! 600 bushels Of wheat annually, in ad-
/ dition TO the amount raised by native
/ farmers. 10 supply the people of Bel
eium with bread. This heavy Hm-
portation of wheat and OF other
grains caused Antwerp, Belgium, TO
rank as the third port in the world.
/ England is still partial to the
| "scone," n form OF bread centuries
old. 1t is n round loaf OF wheat
! flour resembling big biscuit. The
/ French are renowned bread eaters
and the French bakers are said to
| turn out tho finest of palatable
! loaves.
Before the World war, Germany
raised quantities OF wheat, as well
as rye; more than enough for home
( consumption, so that annually thou
sands OF bushels were shipped to
other markets. Despite the quantity
of wheat raised In Germany, rye
bread seems to be the favorite. Much
/ OF Germany's daily bread supply is
/ baked In public ovens, as was the
custom before the World war. The
thrifty German housewives mix and
J knead their loayes at home, but carry
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
COURSE OF GULF
STREAM FTING
Scientists in France Are
Alarmed Over Effects
on Their Climate
FROM the Brooklyn EAElN

rrom the Brooklyn Eagle
The filing in OF the water spaces
be.ween the Florida keys through
Florida bay by the Florida East
Coast railroad has SO alarmed
french scientists that Professor Ber-
f,t. director OF tho institute Of
ocenography, has predicted that as
a result the gulf stream may be
diverted, leaving Europe to face win
ters OF 40 degrees below zero and
N,mmcrs too bleak and cold to raise
crops
capt. Frederick r. Beassett, jr.,
chief OF the navy hydrograDhie Of
flee. has sent for Professor Berget' s
data. explaining at the same time
that the office has no information
on the possible effect Of tho railroad
fU on the gulf stream. 1t was
ur1uy shallow, and that the gulf
stream is formed by a junction Of
the south equatorial current, sweep-
ing past Central America and across
the Gulf of Mexico through the
Florida straits. and the north euua-
torial current, passing outside the
West Indies archipelago, up past the
bahamas. Six knots is given as the
current at the straits. Local author
ites say that apparently the fiji
would have little effect, although
Investigation might reveal some star.
tl!r9 90 ul s.
Theory Not Seriously Accpeted-
one Of the theories advanced con-
cerniag the damp weather records
hung up during the past summer
was that the gulf stream had shifted
This theory is not treated seriously
as yet by photographic experts,
The fill between the Keys is re-
garded as one of the engineering
trumphs OF the present generation.
There Is one large Rrched yiaduct
through which the current pours
with great swlftness. The hydro
graphic office has warned mariners
10 give this point, just west OF the
treacherous Tennessee reef n wide
berth. The rest Of the fill is closed.
The navy officials make no at
tempt 20 scout Professor Bergets >
theories.
The currents are so complex 8"
said Captain Beassett, "that any in
reference might have an effect.
The gulf stream originates beyond
the Florida straits, but there are
factors there which help It along"
He pointed out that reports from
ships do not indicate any shift Of
current.
Many Changes Proposed.
Many schemes have been proposed
&c ..-.s..e ne SG!f stream 10 more
work than u now does to give its
shores a mild. almost tropical eli
mate. one of the most ambitious
and from an engineering standpoint.
probably least workable. was TO
build an enormous breakwater
across the Grand Banks OF New
foundland, in holding back the Lab
rador current. which comes down
from the frozen north to raise cain
with the weather as it hits its mild
brother current. the guIf stream.
More selfish projects have also been
ses"nccd such as building O break
~''lf stream back
On the New England shore.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

spoon by the MeNicans 10 dip up his
soup OF stew OF goats meat. Even
iu the large cities az Mexico. where
there are public bnkorics, a baker =
wagon is a rare sight The people
flock to the bakeries for theit d2uv
supply or 10 is sent out 10 them In
immense baskets, borne on tho heads
OF porters.
Rich and poor in Mexico eat tor
tlllas, though in the homes OF the
former the cooking rs done In n
brick or clay oven. built tn the wall
OF tho kitchen,
cuba has bread Of many shapes,
from the artlsticolly- twisted French
loaf 90 the long. cylindrical loaf
is 90 is Inches lu length. When
this loaf ls out tho slices are no
larger around thA1 our silver dollar
Other Cuban loavca resemble toads
ready TO hop and distorted terra
pins with their heads twisted over
their backs As general thing,
however, tho cuban bread Is well
baked and wholesome
what Chinese Fat.
While rice is the chief food OF the
Chinese, os wcll as OF tho Japanese,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

n good bit OF bread IL consumed in
both countries and rice flour IS one
o. the chief Ingredients II the breod-
making In China. the most popu-
lar kind Is boiled bread, and has been
for centuries, yet in most " The
cities OF China and in many Of the
towns tho public bakery is found
where loaves neatly shaped and
baked are turned out daily
We OF the United states eat bread
made OF n variety OF grains, wheat,
corn, rye and even oats and barley,
for our country Is rich IN the pro-
ductlon OF each Of these grains. our
flvorito bread depends upon the
section In which we live. Taken oil
I'm all, we ccrtallly are big bread
eaters, Someone who likes 60 jug
gle with figures has given out. as n
result ot his figuring" the state
mont that nt the bread eaten by tho
people OF the United states annually
could build a wall around the entire
American continent. This wizard Of
figures saved his reputation by fall
lag TO stste tho height and tnict
noaF Of the wall
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

wheat crop for tho present year in
RuHsia give the yield Ns far below
that ucylcd for home consumption
The bread OF Finland IS tough and
hard devoid OF shortening" and
looks like a ships biscuit The
dough from which the Norwegian
pcasauts bread IS made Is usually OF
barley meal ard water. as often as
not without even "a pinch OF salt.
In Norway much OF the bread
making As done out OF doors, under
rude shelters. The barley dough IS
rolled thin and baked ON hot stones.
4 large portion of the bread In
Sweden is made OF rye flour. Bread
making is not daily event in the
household there. n is done pcriodl-
cgllv. generally twice "a month. Largo
quantities have thus to be baked at
one time
Denmark like sweden. makes its
bread chiefly of rye flour Tho bread
OF the Scandinavian countries is
usually baked dice-shaped, with "a
hole through tho center. 80 that the
loavcs can he strung on pole placed
horizontally in ono corner OF the
storeroom.
Few Bakeries I'm Mexico.
Most OF the bread ot Mexico IS
baked at home. There are few pub
I DC bakeries. only one hero aud there
I IN tho larger cities. The baking OF
/ bread IN Mexico liz truly a primitive
affair Much OF e is done ont OF
doors. Corn is the grain used foI
I MeXlcc's daily bread supply IN,
kernels are first soaked in linn,
: water when soft. they are rollct
4 between two stones tnUl crushed in
/ To- pulp Tch mass ia then kncad
/ ed into dough and pressed hctwcor
/ the palms of the hands into fla
/ cakes known as tortillas" Tn,
/ baking Is done either on a griddl,
/ or on hot stones, In a short Will,
/ the tortlHa becomes hard and curl'
M. In this shape it Is used as Z
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31

them to the town oven 20 be baked
Certain days arc set apart for the
baking OF the private loavcs while
other days are given over TO the
baking of bread TO be sold TO the
public.
Scotland is renowned for her "oat
cakcs' ana scotch sCopes." The
'oat cakes are made OF roughly
crushed uat meal. moistcrod with
saltcd water. After the dough is
kncadcd, 1t IS laid on q board and
rolled out thin Then II Is cut into
the sizes desired and baked on a
sheet OF iron or I'm an oven. The
scotch scone" is made IN much the
same way though OF wheat flour in
stead OF oatmeal.
Bread in Russia.
The Russian peasant D. partial 20
sour black bread, while the better
class uses what is known as handle
bread " The loaVcs are so called he
cause they have a crescent sha ped
opening near tho center through
which the hand can be placed. and
because that portion of the loaf
about which the hand Is claspcd
looks Ike the handle Of basket.
These loaves have a heavy crust. and
are made OF what in the United
States IS known as macaroui flour
Russia has never taken front rank
"a a wheat-raising country chiefly
because of the lack OF scientific
methods among the peasant farming
class. because, too, rye had alway'
been the fayorito grain with them
Even before the World war and tn,
coming Of the present dlsorgauizct
conditions OF the agricultural indus.
try, the Russian farmer was known
for his careless haphazard ways oN
tilling the soil. The average wheat
yield before the war ran only Z,
about eight bushels 10 the acre Ye
Russia has n great area Of black
fertile soil estimated at upward o
225. 100000 acres Estimates for tht
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oil editor in March 1919. On De-
cember l, 1919. he was made pub
icity director OF the Ohruuise-
chamber OF commerce and served
in that capacity until October /, 1921
when he was elected secretary of the
Okmulgee Oil and Gas association.
He has had a substantial part in
building up tho association to the
place which It holds today as the
most active and representative inde-
pendent oil mems association IN the
country Mr., O'Neill Is married and
resides at 140o East Tenth street
Okmulgee. His office Is at 211 South
Morton avenue where any member
of the oil fraternity from any part
of the world always receives a warm
welcome,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-31
BY A. NJ BARNES.
(writtsn Specially for tho scmi-wesky
Farm News)

fArm newell
The department OF agriculture has
gwen out figures which show a
marked decrease in the worlds
wheat output for the present year, as
compared with that OF 1921. In the
departments compilation for the
last year the worlds production OF
wheat was given as 3,049,O74,0OO
bushels; for the present year 10 is
estimated at 3.O12.297,0OO This.
however, does not include the yields
from Russia and Mexico, the figures
of which have been difficult to get
with any accuracy, owing chiefly to
political conditions.
A report issued by Alfred p. Den
mis-, head of the department OF COM
merce, Paris, France, gives some in
teresting figures with reference to
the worlds decrease in the output of
wheat for the present year. This re-
port places the total yield OF Europe
at 9S5,650,O00 bushels. as against
,215, 5,084,000 bushels for the year
1921, Mr.. Dennis estimates for the
present year, places Frances pro-
duction at 235,3S0,0Oo bushels, COM
pared with that OF 325,467.O00 bush
els for 1921, and Germany's output
at 69,67O,000 as against 107,467, 1000
bushels produced in 1921,
American Yield larger.
Despite this decrease In the pro-
duction OF wheat in other parts Of
the world, It is gratifying to us of the
United States to learn through the
estimates issued by our department
of agriculture that the output of
wheat for the present year shows a
marked increase, from 7Q4.S93,O0O
bushels for 1921, to S10,12S,000 for
the present year. Thus, surely, there
will be no scantness in our bread
supply for the present; either are
there any indications that the prices
of breadstuffs will soar, as many
have feared. Canada is tho one
other country TO show an increase
in the wheat supply In 1921 Cam
ada produced 300S57,000 bushels.
The estimates for the present year
give the output as 3sS,773,000 bush
els.
1t is interesting TO note the sources
whence the different countries OF the
world draw their bread supplies.
Each has a bread peculiarly its own.
Some countries use corn almost en-
tirely, while wheat is the main de-
pondcnce OF others, Others again
use oats or rye, while still others,
notiCeahly Korea, compound u
coarse bread of ground millet seed ;
though Korea raises both wheat and
oats TO some extent and considerable
rice. The Icelander's bread is of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-11-09

suddenly knew where he could fluid
his breakfast. He set his suitcase
down, and with the confidence of a
man who hears the dinner call In his
own home, he struck off into the
thickets beside the creek bed. In
stinct-and really, after all, instinct
Is nothing but memory-led his steps
true.
He glanced here and there, not even
wondering at the singular fact that
he did not know exactly what manner
Of food he was seeking. In mo-
ment he came to growth Of thorn
covered bushes, thlcket that only
the she-bear knew how to penetrate
But It was enough for Pruce Just
TO stand at its edges The bushes
were bent down with load Of de-
licious berries.
He wasn't in the least surprised. He
had known that he would find them.
Always, at this season Of the year, the
woods were rich with them; one only
had to slip quickly through the back
door-while the mothers eye was else
where-to find enough of them not
only to pack the stomach full but to
stain and discolor most Of the face.
But it seemed to him that he reached
them easier than he expected. Either
the bushes were not so tall as he re-
membered them, or-since his first
knowledge Of them-his own stature
had increased.
When he had eaten the last berry
he could possibly hold, he went to
the creek to drink. He lay down be-
side still pool, and the water was
cold to his lips. Then he rose at the
sound Of an approaching motor car
behind him.
The driver-evidently a cattleman-
stopped his car and looked at Bruce
with some curiosity. He marked the
perfectly fitting suit Of dark flannel,
the trim, expensive shoes that were
already dust-stained, the silken shirt
ON which a juicy berry had been
crushed. "Howdy," the man said after
the western fashion.
slow do you do" Bruce replied.
"How far to Martins store?"
The man filled his pipe with great
care before he answered. Jump In
the car" he replied at last, land I'll
show you. I'm going up that way my
self"