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The Washington times., 1924-08-19
RAISE YOUR
own DIPLOMAS
By John P. Medbury.

~ ZINE times out Of ten wher-
ever you see a college you
- will also see a sheep ranch.
The universities are beginning to
raise their diplomas.
You can now have your sheep
skin engraved without taking it
off Of the Sleeps back.
When you leave college instead
Of hanging your diploma in the
parlor you can take 1t home with
you and let it run around the
yard.
It's easy enough to call it into
the house every time you want
to show some friend what college
you were graduated from.
You can train the sheep to lie
down while the company reads
your school history on his back.
II he won't mind you you can
Brighten him by telling the cook
that you'll have lamb chops for
dinner.
One sheep was SO smart that
he went and hid in the basement
every time he smelled mint
sauce cooking on the stove.
Graduation day is getting to
mean just as much to the sheep
as it does to you.
They know when they're being
killed that somebody is about to
leave college.
They realize that they have the
skin you love to touch.
Education is wonderful thing
but the sheep at Yale aren't any
smarter than those in the smaller
universities.
All lambs are equal in
butcher shop.
A knife is a knife no matter
whether it's in a college kitchen
or a meat market.
A sheep hanging up in your
living room isn't any more COM
Portable than one which is
stretched over a drum.
The owner of the drum may
be wonderful player, but the
sheep can't enjoy the music.
Universities who raise their own
diplomas are having a hard time
getting enough lambs. The
stockyards, claim that most Of
the sheep want to go to Har-
ward.
One lamb didn't mind being at
Yale if he could go back to
Chicago for the summer.
With sheepskins becoming so
scarce, students will have to de-
mand their diplomas first and
go to college afterward.
Copyright, 1924, by King Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
The Washington times., 1924-08-19
JOYKILLERS

The special policeman who
chases all the naughty flappers
off the beach just when you are
enjoying a display of the new
model bathing suits.
The dear old lady who seizes
upon every anecdote related by
somebody else as a chance to in
terrupt with THAT reminds me-"
The landlady who breaks in on
the midnight poker game with a
lew pointed remarks about last
months electric light bill.
The sweet little girl who brings
novel to the beach, and refuses
to go in the water.
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It's easy enough to call it into
the house every time you want
to show some friend what college
you were graduated from.
The Washington times., 1924-08-19

You can train the sheep to lie
down while the company reads
your school history on his back.
The Washington times., 1924-08-19

It's a wise child that knows
enough to cry for its candy when
out in public street.
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When q man carries q cane
you can tell he isn't out for e.
walk-he's out for a parade.
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Studying psychology while rid.
ing on a ferris wheel.
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When you leave college instead
Of hanging your diploma in the
parlor you can take it home with
you and let it run around the
yard.
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You can now have your sheep
akin engraved without taking it
off Of the sleeps back.
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Persuading your wife that she
is too old to take up COLT.
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People who leave broken bot
ties around the beach are the
sort that win contribute their old
razor blades to the starving chill
dren Of Europe.
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II he won't mind you you can
Brighten him by telling the cook
that youIl have lamb chops for
dinner.
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Making an undertaken laugh.
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TOUGH JOBS

Finding your slippers after the
wife finishes cleaning house.
Walking along a beach on Sun.
day without stepping on some-
body's toes.
Studying psychology while rid
ing on ferris wheel.
Making an undertaken laugh.
Persuading your wife that she
is too old to take up golf.
Tough Luck.
Mrs. Pinch Tin the millinery
shop Look, isn't that a dream
of a hat?
Mrs. Hinch-Yes, why don't
you ask your husband to buy It
for you?
Mrs. Pinch (sadlyl-It wouldn't
be any use; he. doesn't believe IN
dreams.
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One sheep was SO smart that
he went and hid in the basement
every time he smelled mint
sauce cooking on the stove.
The Washington times., 1924-08-19

Graduation. day is getting to
mean just as much to the sheep
as it does to you.
The Washington times., 1924-08-19

~ YINE times out Of ten wher-
ever you see college you
- will also see a sheep ranch.
The universities are beginning to
raise their diplomas.
The Washington times., 1924-08-19
THE WORLD WE
LIVE IN
By Dave Sentner.
Reincarnations.

It's not a safe alibi to say you
Fare going out to get a hair cut
these days when the chances are
even that the wife will offer to
join you.
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They know when they're being
killed that somebody is about to
leave college.
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Finding your slippers after the
wife finishes cleaning house.
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Mistaking your husbands auto
cement tube for your beauty clay.
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One lamb didn't mind being at
Yale If he could go back to
Chicago for the summer.
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The owner of the drum may
be a wonderful player, but the
sheep can't enjoy the music.
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They realize that they have the
skin you love to touch.
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Trying to sell a fish a glass Of
water.
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A sheep hanging up in your
living room isn't any more COM
Portable than one which is
stretched over a drum.
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Using bottle Of ink for golf
ball when playing parlor golf.
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Universities who raise their own
diplomas are having a hard time
getting enough lambs. The
stockyards, claim that most of
the sheep want to go to Har-
yard.
The Washington times., 1924-08-19

A knife is a knife no matter
whether it's in a college kitchen
or a meat market.
The Washington times., 1924-08-19

With sheepskins becoming so
scarce, students will have to de.
mand their diplomas first and
go to college afterward.
Copyright, 1924, by King Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
The Washington times., 1924-08-19

Education is wonderful thing
but the sheep at Yale aren't any
smarter than those in the smaller
universities.
The Washington times., 1924-08-19

All lambs are equal in
butcher shop.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16
K. E. BAKER WILL
BUILD PALATIAL
HOME AT LULING
Oil Man Who Helped Make
Luling Field Buys Twelve
acre Homesite.

Luling, Tex, March 15.-A deal
has just been closed whereby n. c.
Baker, vice president and general man.
ager of the United North & South
Oil Company, Inc, has purchased
from John G. Towns of this city
eleven acres of land lying just south
of Luling and adjoining the Towns
addition on the west. Mr.. Baker in
tends building home thereon in the
near future and his plans are said
to include many interesting features,
such as a bathing pool, polo grounds
and numbers of other features.
The tract of land includes one of
the most beautiful liveoak groves in
this part of the state, and, as Mr..
Baker is an experienced forester, it
is expected that be will lay. out a
park in his grounds that will be a
show place for Luling and the sur
rounding country. -ss,tr,
Mr.. Baker was associated with
Edgar b. Davis, president OF the
United North & South Oil company.
during the latter's connection with
the United States Rubber company,
and was personally in charge of the
rubber plantations for Mr.. Davis, who
was the originator Of the plan TO
cultivate rubber instead of depending
upon the growth of the wild plant for
rubber supply.
He entered the oil game when Mr..
Davis took over the old Texas South
ern Oil & Lease Syndicate, the pioneer
Luling oil company, and recognized
.,,t H. IT..@nI Nnrth g. Snnt n
Oil company, and he has been per
sonally in charge of all of the work
here ever since the latter company
has been in existence.
He visits the field at all hours Of
the day. and to his efforts, to a large
extent, is due the success of the COM
pany in making a real oil field here
after some Of the best biologists in
the county had practically given up
all hope of this ever being an oil field
and had advised Mr.. Davis to give
up his attempts TO find oil.
A New Yorker y birth, Mr.. Baker
has travelled widely all over both the
United States and Europe and has
ample opportunity to observe the fin
est achievements of world famous
landscape gardeners and architects,
which his experience as forester
will enable him TO use to good adj
vantage in laying out the grounds for
his new Luling home. as it already
has the advantage of the beautiful
grove of live oak trees.
That Mr.. Baker has decided to cast
in his lot as n permanent resident
of Luling by building home here is
a source Of much qualification to
Luling people, who feel that his ac--
ton alon., this line will be followed
soon by other oil men and that soon
Luling will be famed for its beautiful
homes and country estates surround
ing the great oil field that is taking
rank as one of the foremost producing
fields in the state.
Definite plans for the residence
proper have not yet been announced
by Mr.. Baker. but it is understood
that he intends getting the work on
it started Immediately.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16

in those rooms most observed by WISH
tors.
At the head Of the stairs leading &c
the second floor, there is an interesting
window seat, which comes over the
roof of the auto entrance. There are
three bedrooms, a bath, and linen
closet on the second floor. Each oil
the bedrooms has an attractive little
dormer window. These windows, to-
gether with others on opposite sides
of the house, provide cross ventilation
There is at least one good sized
clothes closet in every room, and the
larger one has two of them. An i'm
portant feature is the location OF the
windows. They have beeen so planned
as to avoid cutting up the wall space,
thus providing ample convenience Tor
the placements of beds, dressers,
or dressing tables and such other fur
niture as is ordinarily used.
In the basement the architect has
planned a small laundry with three
piece laundry tub. large cellar, am
coal room. 1t might be well to re-
arrange the partitions in the basement
so that the drying place could be sepa-
rated from the heating plant. This
could doubtlessly be effected without
serious difficulty, and the Jesuit would
be more convenient. when The laundry
room is to be used.
This house may be given pleasing
setoff from its background by having
the clapboards and trim around the
windows painted a creamy white, using
green window shutters. and weathered
shingles for the roof. In addition there
could be a red brick chimney, topped
with a cap made of white cement. A
house of this kind grows in interest
with time. and makes a delightful and
happy home, because Of its originality
in design
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16

Railroad Farm Bureau will not accept
any land to sell unless it is to, be i'm
proved. No ranch land to be used for
ranching purposes is sold by the road,
Mr.. Madison says. The road will not
take any land that is already i'm.
proved. Through this plan. more de.
velopment can be made in this section
of the state, he said.
The farmer can obtain land without
any payment, except for earnest money
for the first two years, he says. Dur.
ing this time the land can be improved
enabling the farmer to have enough 10
make the payment on the property
The payments on the land are made in
two to twenty years, Mr.. Madison
states.
One-fifth to one-third OF the price
of the raw land is paid at the limited
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16
S. A. & A. P. 1928
FARM DEALS INVOLVE
TOTAL OF $1,727,630
Railroad and Associates
Make I59 Deals Near
Here in Year.

There have been 159 different farm
deals made by the San Antonio &
Aransas Pass Railroad and people as
ISOLATED with it during 1923, accord
ing to II. NJ. Madison, general farm
and immigration agent for the road.
This included 35,6S4 acres of land. of
which 25.10j were improved or con-
tracted for to be improved. The con-
sideration involved S1,727, $50, he re-
ports.
During last year. sSS9,243 was
spent for improvements on land in this
territory. There were 20S houses
built or contracted for. Mr.. Madison
states. Since these improvements were
put on the land, the value is estimated
at S3,51S,125.
The San Antonio & Arkansas Pass
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16
BUY COTTON OIL PLANT
Guadalupe County Residents Form
New Cotton Oil Concern.

Seguin. Tex, March 15.-At a re
cent meeting held in the local court
house. about 100 stockholders organ
zed the Seguin Cotton Oil Company,
which is to take over the cotton mill
u the American Cotton Oil Company,
which was closed some months ago.
The stockholders Of the new CON-
bany are all Guadalupe county resi-.
tents, and a charter with a capital
Stock of 100000 has been applied for
The following officers were elected /:
Charles II. Donegan, president; c. A,
Kruger, first vice president; A. L.
Etautzenberger, second vice president
Hugo Schmitt, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
D. d. Baker. manager; William Fen
bell. superintendent.
The directors are: d. c. Blumberg,
I. A. Kruger, A. p. Stautzenberger,
seorge Hagn, II. Ditmar. o. J. Mueld-
r. Joe Freeman. Julius Seligmann,
D. ID. Baker. Ferd .Bading, c. Ii.
Donegan, Hugo Schmitt. Joe Netter,
Imil Rose and A. r. Maurer.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16
Testing Rotary at Big Lake.

Big Lake, Tex. March 15.-The
first rotary rig to try and cut the
hard formations of the Big Lake ter
ritory is now cutting the surface rock
of the No. 10 location Of the Big
Lake Oil Company. This rig is an ex-
ira heavy model and will soon demon
strate the practicability of rotary tools
in West Texas. That it will be given
a thorough test is the opinion of j.
d. Wade of the Wade Drilling Com
pany who have contracted to put the
hole down to a depth of 2950 feet.
after which it will be drilled in with
cable tools.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16

time as stated in the contract. The;
farmer can finance himself through a
land bank and make the necessary i'm
provements. The rest of the money
owed by the farmer can be paid in
monthly, semi-annual or annual pay
ments, he SAYS.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16
To Pave Sabinal Street.
SabinaI, Tex. March 15.-Property

owners of this city have signed con-
tract to have ten blocks of Center
street paved. Bonds in the sum of
$1,000 will be issued by the city
commission. it was decided at a recent
meeting. The commission also decided
to purchase the Sabinal Utility Com
pany, water mains in the Mexican
section.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16
New Fire Station for Seguin.

Seguin. Tex. March 15.-Work on
the erection of the new fire station
near the Southern Pacific passenger
depot was started OH Tuesday. The
station will house the fire-fighting
equipment of Hose Company No. ..
Upon completion of the new station,
the small fire truck now at the down.
town station will be moved into it to
insure ample fire protection for the
depot section.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-29
BOUCHER
To AIR VIEWS
ON SPORTS
Sporting Editor OF Washing
ton Times Opens Series Of
Newspaper Radio Talks.

Louis A. Dougher, dean Of Wash
ington sport writers, and sporting
editor of The Washington Times.
will open series of talks by well
known Washington newspaper men
to be broadcast through WCAP, be.
ginning Friday, May Q. One ten
minute talk will be given each
week as part Of this series.
Other speakers who have been
engaged for succeeding weeks are
George Rothwell Brown. of the
Washington Post; Evelyn Hunt, Of
the Washington Herald. and Phil
ander C. Johnson. Of the Evening
Star.
The management of WCAP feel
that theretis high popular inter.
est in these writer's, whose articles
are read daily In the papers.
This series of four speakers for
four weeks will be a trial to see
whether the public cares enough
for such programs. IL the response
is great enough, similar engage
ments will be made with other
Washington newspaper men and
women.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-29
To BLAZE
FOR FANS OF
VIZ
Talking Machine and Radio
Mems Association Dinner
to Bring Galaxy.

A galaxy of internationally
famous headliners every one Of
whom has seen his name blazing
in the electric lights on Broadway
or London, will give the radio
listeners what may well be consid-
cred the greatest popular broadcast
in history tomorrow, when station
WIZ broadcasts the program Of the
annual banquet Of the Talking Ma
chine and Radio Mems Association
from the grand ballroom Of the
Hotel Pennsylvania. Seldom have
so many names great in the theatre
cal and orchestral world been
grouped In one program. Any one
star or orchestra alone would con-
stitute an event Of unusual interest
to the radio audience, and the op-
portunity to hear so many Of them
in one evening is a rare one.
Paul Whtteman, CARRIER Davis,
Vincent Lopez, Paul Specht, Ben
Solvin, Emil Coleman-the out
standing figures In the modern
dance orchestral world-will each
have his headline organization at
the dinner, and through the cour-
tesy of the American Association
Of Authors, Composers and Pub
fishers the radio fans will hear a
profusion of jazz. of symphonic
syncopation, of that modern dance
music which is in q class by itself,
such as they have never had q
chance to hear before. Eddie Can
tor, Brooke Johns, the Brox Sisters
comedian singers par excellence
whom the American public has
crowned the royalty of the stage,
will entertain ! the Iisteners-in as
well as the guests at the banquet,
The broadcasting will commence
at 9:05 o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-29
CONCERN
WINS COURT
VICTORY
Supreme Court Refuses to
Review De Forest Suit
Against Corporation.

The Radio Corporation won vic.
tory in the Supreme Court yester.
day when the court refused to re.
view a suit against the corporation
and the De Forest Telephone and
Telegraph Company brought by AL.
fred Emerson and others, as to
whether the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company, as owners
Of the De Forest patents, could by
contract authorize the Radio Cor
poration to sue for infringement of
patents and inventions relating to
radio.
Emerson and others contended in
the lower courts Of New York, that,
as the agreement did not authorize
the. Radio Corporation to manufac.
ture the patented articles, 1t did not
have the right to sue for infringe
ment. The Federal courts Of New
York awarded the Judgment In ia
vor Of the Radio Corporation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-29
WORD Of CHEER
BROADCAST
To ARCTIC
KDKA Sends Message Vt
Wife's Successful Operation
TO Husband in North.

Broadcasting played a leading role
In drama from life last winter,
and civilization is just learning of
the feat. The drama was enacted
through station KDKA, Pittsburgh.
KDKA's feat was the broadcast
ing of a message concerning q
wife's illness to her husband then
located in the Far North, inside the
Arctit circle and who was wholly
isolated from outside civilization,
Radio telephony was absolutely the
only means of reaching this man,
and even then 1t was almost a blind
chance that the man would be Ms
tening at the time the message
was broadcast.
The story Of this Arctic broadcast.
ing as a romance in itself.
j. S. c. Watt. a trapper and
trader Tor the Hudson's Bay Com.
pany, left civilization for the vast
wilderness Of the north early last
fall in party which included his
wife. The party intended to be
gone from civilization for a con-
siderable length Of time, and, as an
experiment, carried with them eight
radio receiving sets to see If
through the radio receivers, thew
could keep in touch with the out.
| side world.
After the party arrived at its
last contact point with the outside
world, Mrs. Watt became i'll sudden.
ly. Mr.. Watt, however. Continued
northward with his party not know.
ing whether his wife would survive
the operation or whether he had
seen her for the last time.
The operation proved successful
and Mrs. Watt recuperated very
well, but now was without means of
informing her husband of her con-
dition. Her greatest worry was to
relieve the suspense which she knew
he was undergoing.
Message Broadcast.
At the request of the Hudson
Bay Company, the Canadian West.
1nghouse Company requested Frank
z. Mullens, radio editor of the Ma.
tional Stockman and Farmer, to
broadcast this information during
the regular market reports given
through station KDKA. Mr.. Null.
lens broadcast the information Janu-
airy IL relative to Mrs. Watts con.
dition. Many Of the radio fans may
remember hearing this message.
However, not until the other day
when the frozen North thawed and
boats. were able to get through
the previously ice-packed water did
word come through that Mr.. Watt
had received KDKA's message tell.
ing him that "All was WELL"
Thus radio has again proved its
usefulness in making things easier
and better in the world. In the
field Of disseminating information to
the trackless waste, radio telephony
has no equal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-29
ST0KoWSKI TO SPEAK
ON AMERICAN MUSIC

Broadcasting the third Of the
series which WIZ has been trans.
hitting from the Exposition of Art.
Commerce and Industry of France
and Her Colonies Under the High
Patronage of the French Minister
Of Commerce, that station will pre.
sent to the public ear the address
of Stokowski, nationally famous
director of the Philadelphia SYM.
phony. Orchestra, on Thursday at
7:45 o'clock.
Mr.. Stokowski will speak on the
subject of French Influence in
American Music" giving an inter.
esting, clear account of how and
why the music lovers of America
are indebted to the French masters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-29
PERFECT OLD HooK-UPS
BEFORE TRYING THE NEW

Before experimenting with every
new hook-up that is published, an
amateur should stick to the old set
and try to make it as near perfect
as possible.
Go over the old set carefully for
wire spacing, eliminate capacity ef-
fects by changing the wires to run
at right angles. check up and fasten
every connection, test out each in.
strument. The chances are that the
set will be all that is desired.
This perfecting process will teach
lessons never to be forgotten. When
the next set is undertaken, q better
set win DO the result.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-29
1.-THE UKELELE BLUES"
TO BE PLAYED FOR WEAF

May Singh Breen, banjoist, and
Wilfred tombstone. pianist, will pre-.
sent a short group of popular mum.
bers for WEAF'S audience on the
evening of April 80.
They have appeared several times
before WEAFs microphone and
each time have been rewarded with
many letters of thanks and tele-
phone calls Of appreciation.
Miss Breen has recently composed
1.-THE Ukelele Blues" which will be
presented on this program with the
stunning it on her ban
10 ukelele and Mr.. tombstone play.
ing the piano accompaniment.