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Supreme Court Appointments

In the brief space of three and a half years,
five members of the United States supreme court
have been named, says the Lincoln Star. With
the appointment of Attorney General Harlan F.
Stone by President Coolidge to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of Judge Joseph
McKenna, five changes have taken place in the
highest law tribunal in America since the late
Warren g. Harding took office in 1920.
There are nine members of the supreme court.
Thus the appointments made under one admins
tration constitute a majority of the court. The
creation of a new majority of the court by a sin.
gle administration is a striking demonstration
of the fact that when the people choose a presi-
dent, they also select a man who may be, through
his appointments, the arbiter of great issues
through several generations TO come. There are
men who have served on the supreme bench for
over a quarter of a century, including Justice
McKenna, the last to retire. This fact is sup
posed to add a premanency to their work and to
shield it agains 1.-THE radically changing tides OF
public sentiment. At the same time it adds to
the Importance of exercising unusual elaboration
and care in the selection of members for places
on the bench.
While no period in American history has seen
more changes in the membership of the supreme
court, all of the appointments made by Mr.. Hard
ing and Mr.. Coolidge have been made s~atisfac-
tory. Chief Justice Taft was the first appointee
of the late president. Following in the order of
their appointments are Associate Justices Suth-
erland, Butler and Sanford. All had achieved
marked distinction in the legal profession at the
time of their elevation to the supreme bench.
Politics entered only incidentally i. the matter
of their selection. So long as appointments re
main on the plane of those made in the last three
and a half years, there can be no serious objec-
ton to the prevailing method of selection.
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A Wonderful Industry

The automobile industry is this year celebrat-
ing its silver jubilee. 1t has registered twenty.
five year of the most remarkable possible type of
progress and today it is recognized as one Of the
leading industries of this great country.
a quarter of a century ago the automobile was
only a thing to be laughed at. II could not make
any real speed. There were few roads over which
it could be ridden in comfort. It would scare
horses and astonish those who looked on but
as far as any real use went it did not have much
of a place in tho affairs of the world.
Today we find that the automobile has greatly
changed. 1t is a thing of beauty, built for
strength, luxury and usefulness. 1t is capable of
going at great or little speed. 1t is dependable
and not so liable to break down miles from any
place. 1t has changed our living conditions and
has made all of our surroundings different than
they were.
We often feel inclined to condemn the automo-
biles for the accidents which take place on the
highways and for the effect which they in some
cases have on the young of the country and for
other reasons, but a few moments serious thought
should be sufficient to convince even the most
critical that the motor driven car is today a real
blessing to humanity.
The automobile has linked the different parts
of the country together today in a manner which
was never possible before. Sons in the city to-
day can visit their father in the country even
though the old home is miles away from the
railroad and they can make this visit and be
back TO work the next day in perfect comfort.
The automobile has also brought good roads into
being and the long lines OF concrete or asphalt
now stretch from one end of the country TO the
other. The farmer now has access TO a year
around market for his produce while the city mer-
chant can have the country dweller for his Gus
toner throughout the entire year. The worker
in the city can now live in the country and still
attend to the duties of his work every day. The
automobile has brought about changes which
have made for better conditions of living in all
sections of the nations.
. The coming into popular use of the automobile
H. H. I-A- H. r.
the building up of the oil industry to the vast
point which it has now reached, because gasoline
which was formerly of little use is now one of
petroleum's most IMPORTANT products.
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Production Figures

The recent declines in daily average produc-
ton figures caused largely as Il result of cold
weather, regardless of the Workman fields men
ace, have brought about a better feeling regard
ing the current oil situation. Concerning this
the current issue Of the Oil and Gas Journal has
the following TO say:
Operators have good reason to be optimistic
ut this tine regarding the trend of production.
During the past three weeks the estimated pro
duction for all fields of the United Stats has de
clined 45,i53 barrels Il day despite the fact
Workman has shown an increase during that time
Of GS,70O barrels. In other words, if Workman
had not been discovered, crude production last
- week would have been 37,413 barrels a day less
than the lowest estimated average for all of
1921. of course, the unusually severe weather
Of the past three weeks was the real reason for
the big drop in output and one of the main fac
tors in causing Oklahoma's production to decline
$3.50 barrels a day. Warmer weather Will re
suit in regaining some of this production which
was lost. At the SAME time, the decline in pro
duction, regardless of the cause, has more than
offset the gains due to Wortham- and such re-
lief, even though it be but temporary, will count
in the long run in the amount of oil above ground
and available for markets.
In addition there now seems to be reason for
the belief the main producing area of the
AYortham field will not be as large as some had
expected it TO be. The failure of the Mutual Oil
company's number one Mrs. j. j. Manning mar
rows the field and, consequently, lessons the prob
able ultimate production and peak of output.
This will go a long way towards improving the
general SITUATION.
1t will be but a short time until the extent of
Wortham will be fairly definitely known. Then
it viii be possible to estimate pretty closely just
what may be expected of the field and when its
peak Will be reached and about what that peak
will be. By that time the fields which have suf-
fered most from the recent cold weather will have
had a chance to show how much of the lost pro-
duction they will regain. Then by the time the
warmer weather of the spring permits full de
yelopment in the fields where the curtailment
Us neCessitatcd during the winter, Workman
doubtless will have passed its peak and started
on its decline.
All of which looks good and makes the operator
feel optimistic and yet, at the same time, may
be blasted by some wildcat operation opening a
new production area overnight. There is not any
such area in sight right at this time, but that is
no criterion as TO what might develop in the oil
business. Workman is the most recent example
" that. The discovery well there came in No
vember % last and even with unusually cold
weather which curtailed operations as much as
90 per cent, the field now is producing more than
100000 barrels a day.
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Raiment and the Man

There arc lots of men who figure
that they could hardly get along
IN less thar a dozen suits q year.
hut. on the other hand. there are
numbers OF thrifty souls who can
mako a suit last al dozen years.
According to the best compilations
OF the garment trade, there are
sixty-two suits sold in a year TO
each 100 e In other words, the
average person sets less than two
thirds OF n suit In tho course of a
year Maybe no will get tho coat
and vest this year and have to wait
until next for the pants. The
richest men are not the big buyers.
Now It II sni1 that only tho very
wealthy can afford TO go shabbily
CARRIED. The slogan Of a new group.
ing of men In the east Is Dress
well and succeed II is admitted
that a young nan who arrays him.
self richly but correctly-and IS able
to live tho part-wtil ind tho doors
OF succes opened before him and
few questions asked. Clothes do not
necessarily make the man. but
they make the man worthy OF at.
tention. Being attentive 70 ones
own personality viii materially
swell tho family assets. No one
admires the brainiess fop whc
spends his whole substance on fine
raiment, but no man makes much
OF a mistake in keeping himself well
and credltably groomed- hlovenli
ness may almost be registered ns g
cardinal sin. This idea OF DRESSING
well and succeeding Is not far
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loned. and blood cannot be taken
ut of a turnip.
"a few facts on federal revenue
nay be illuminating to some OF you.
hero was collected In Wyoming
or federal tax for the fiscal year
nding June 20, 1924. SI,5s5. 040.
n 1928 the amount collected was
1880 PIP. or an increase for 1924
I one per cent over 1923. The total
iederaI tax In tho United States
aid in 1924 wal $f.S41. 759, BIS. In
923 the total amount paid into the
ederal treasury was only 1884,
S9.534, or an increase of 49, over
1928 of Q per cent. These iiguie ca
sonclusively prove Secretary Mel.
on's contention that moderate tax
alton will raise more revenue than
excessive and confiiscatory sur.
laxes.
Il hope. IL tho Rotary club ap.
preciates that excessive tax is at
he bottom of all u financial
troubles locally, you will button
hole the legislature and make them
realize that nothing short of a com.
plete so per cent cut in state taxes
will do any good. Let us also get
u few freak laws like the inheei-
lance law repealed. Let US wei,
come men of accumulated wealth
into Wyoming to spend their money
and not worry about his estate
when he dies. as some cowpuncher
viii doubtless marry his daughter
and we will get his estate anyway.
In this connection 1 might remind
you that during the last few years,
thousands of very rich men have
moved into Florida where there is
no inheritance tax on any kind of
an estate, and the result has been.
the most unprecedented prosperity.
of any state in the Union. Let US
give these people a chance TO spend
their money in Wyoming without
envy. malice or desire to take away.
their estate when they die. II we
do this and cut all taxes so per cent.
the outlook for 1925 VIII be very
materially improved"
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The First Presbyterian Church.
REV. CAS-. A.. WILSON. D. d,
MINISTER
Genesis 1875; Hebrews us. Faiths
Great Adventure.
Adventure appeals 70 the inngina.
ton. BY tho nrcaide we follow IN
story the tran OF tho covered
wagon. and travel with the pio-
neers We feel the curious Impulse
of wandering md discovery IN our
nature, and have respect Tor ia
Originality and antiquity. 81 have
been twice a pioneer; Ia Illinois and
IN Kansas remarked 10 me a few
years ago on aged friend who re-
Gently received from the president
concentrations on his h~undrrdth
birthday. Tho spirit OF adventure g.
fnn pioneer OF progress. Chestcrton
Avs the greatest line IA English
literature In the line Of unknown
authorship. learned In the school
or nursery, over the hills. and far
away" The vital force I'm ndven.
ture Is faith; and IN faith there is
often a spiritual element. Columbus
plants tho cross on tho lonely beach
OF san CulNAuoTs Raip"a Nt4NHAA Ai
silence. with upilfted hands. on the
cilfr from which no nrat sees tho
Pacific; Livingstone prays In hls
tent In the heart OF Africa 81. Paul
becomes a w~orid-traveller for The
sake OF the Gospel, and Abraham
iaavos Ur Of the chaldees for an un'
l.nown Inheritance. Life Is faith
greatest adventure. j Is an un'
foresoen pilgrimage. Its course aud
duration arc unknown. Faith recaa'
nizes tie uncertainty 81 iife a. put
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Ok its larger sis%nihcauce, It can
not DO traced through 20 the end.
because It has no end, but runs on
% Gods eternity. Faith assures US
that our toll will not be wasted. we
can run the race knowing the prize
le secure, We can toll mt the edince
Of our lives knowing that whether
II shall be finished according 70 nj
plans. It will find it's place IN the
great temple which God is building
Faith surrender TO hidden
guidance. We cannot foretcll THE
h%nrdships, Hacrihoes, trials, tests
and temptations. that may arise,
bus even tho unknown has It's in
tereat IN that IAN things work TO.
Fothor for good 20 them that love
God" Faith means also n call to
unknown duties. They nre not writ
ten down and handed 70 vs. at the
beginning, but they arise from doy
To- day, and with the days advance.
Tho great glory OF faith is the
finished adventure. Ahraham's
father tarriol at Huran, probably
ruled by tho lesser motives OF pas
ture and abode. Hnran WINS on the
noar-side Of the river. Abraham be.
camo tho Hebrew. "the man from
over There vera pioneers who
turned back ut tho Missouri river.
Ulysses dreamed OF going on be
yond the sunset and the baths of
an the western stars" but he got
no farther than Ithaca. In the
voyage OF Columbus the forty-third
day counted. ana IL Kept as the
anniversary, II is faiths finished
adventure that brings the lmpesisb
.gtc LuheriAaucg.
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ger and better free institutions
with bonded indebtedness Of cities
counties, school districts mountini
higher and higher. with the pecu
liar ideas that some people havt
who will so into an institution llk'
our county hospital. run at an ex
pense OF about 5 5000 per month
and who. after demanding and get
ting the highest grade service viii
| refuse TO pay anything in some
/ cases, declaring they thought It 2
free institution. in other cases max
ing some complaint or excuse tt
avoid paying what they think they
| can make their negihbors pay for
them.
with prisoners in our tails de
handing feather beds. rooms with
bath, and turkey d-nners-and get
ting It too-and all at the expense
OF the thrifty citizen who perhaps
has no sunlit room to work in. and
who gets very little turkey after he
has paid his taxes, what is the
answer7
ITO quote a distinguished county
commissioner from Wheatland Mt a
recent meeting In the capitol, the
answer is quits or in other words
nerve to correct the situation. Elect
men who are for tax reduc-
ton. Men who will not vote n
appropriation after another in the
legislature, without even adding
them up until the a roll ia com
pleted. after which the board Of
equalization and poor county com
m~issioners have to do their duty and
probably be damned for doing It.
SEQ that your commissioners
stay within the law concerning the
creation OF new offices. prohibited
Dy the constitution of the state;
he raising of salaries; the allow
ng Of deputies. clerks, stenograph-
,rs. all of which are against the
aw. unless specifically stated IN the
1tatutes. Repeal all freak laws Of
which there are too many TO men
ton.
III you can get the idea out OF
some peoples minds that by break
ng somebody else they gain, In
itead OF themselves being losers.
hat to kill the goose hat lays the
golden egg means that you get no
more eggs. and is certainly foolish
policy, they may let up on the tax
| payer before It is too late. but I
tear the immediate financial out
ook for a time, at least, is not
pright-for with n bank now out
Of business paying sss.o 0 in one
| year for tax. and another large IN
stitution I know of paying in one
| year e6A per cent of it's total profit
n tax. which is practically confs-
| catory-it looks to me as though we
were rT/<iy approaching n point
where We Will all be getting what
we used 10 call a Mexican DEAL
that is TO say, We will all lose our
money. but may save III lives.
in conclusion 1 will state that
in my judgment. hundreds OF citi'
zens, who in addition TO the loans
already received. placed the final
and fatal burden upon u banks
the last few years when they had
TO borrow to pay their taxes. re-
suiting in the closing of about 30
banks In Wyoming alone, can lay
the blame more TO taxation than TO
s~hrinkage Of values.
"with Europe coming back to
work. industry at 90 per cent
capacity in this country. the outlook
s good nationally. Locally, the
basis necessarily of n permanent
relief muet come from reduced tax
alton as nearly all accumulated
wealth has disappeared. n half OF
oil tba rapchas ara practicalv aban.
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Grow More Cotton

There is no immediate danger that this country
will lose its position of dominance in the world
cotton markets, but the s~ituItion demands more
aggressive efforts to stabilize production, de-
clares the chamber of m of the United
States, suggesting increased yield per acre as a
remedy. The STEADY decline has been reflected
in increasing activity on the part nf tho foreign
governments to develop potential cotton areas
outside Of America.n
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tons Tho total amount of reve.
nues derived from all sources and
paid into the state treasury for
1894 was over s1o.50o,ooo. exclusive
OF s1.5oo,ooo paid into highway
funds by the federal government.
Add to this t7.+5o.ooo. the total
county expenditures for 1879, and
It will not be less and probably
much moro for 1924. snd you have
s12 $50, 900. Now add TO this 81,
sos. 900. paid by Wyoming into the
federal government treasury and
you have wyoming's total tax bill
for 1924. all OF which mug come OIL,
OF her industries before you have
any spending money. of owe s14.
$4,000. OF course. 1t may be con
tended that the oil royalties are
not taxation and that that money
goes into permanent funds, the In
terest upon which goes TO the
upon the stockholders of the com.
panies who have spent millions of
dollars drilling dry holes on school
sections before they got oil in a
good section. and that all tho roy.
atty school sections have been de-
veloped by private enterprise.
Tho absolute constitutional
limit In school tax II levied every
year in nearly every county In the
state in spite OF oil royalties. poll
tax and the large sums derived from
ines assessed in the courts Of the
state.
81 thoroughly appreciate the
necessity of good public schools and
heir Importance to this nation. l
m proud OF our university. but !
do MT nnita sne The ~necessity of 4
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Financial Outlook

Warren Richardson, OF Cheyenne,
well known here. read n paper be.
fore the Cheyenne Rotary club on
the Financial Outlook" which ap-
peared in the Cheyenne Tribune,
and is worth newspaper space
throughout the state. Mr.. Rich
ardson's paper follows:
Every legislative body that has
ever convened in Wyoming since !
a boy has devoted most of Its
time TO devising new forms of taxa.
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GRANDCHILDREN victors and
vanaulshed In Sundays coup by
which Chi Hsieh yuan, deposed mill
tary governor OF Klangsu province
rognined control OF Shanghai. united
In an orgy OF lootlng.
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SERMON EXCERPTS

Contributions from Ministers for Publication Under This Head
Are Welcomed Manuscripts Should Be Typeoritten, Not Err
eeedinq $50 Words and shonld BE IN This office SATURDAY..
Evening star., 1925-11-02
TEXAS TEAMS LEAD
IN THE SOUTHWEST
BY j. W. HEISMAN,
OF Ball Director. Rice Institute.


HOUSTON. Tex. November 2.-Ths
best Texas and Okla Soma teams stand
on about par of excellence in the South
west, where they have been consi='
emily running down all opposition.
1t begins to look as if Texas an.
Texas a. & NJ. will have to fight il
out for the championship of the South
west when they meet Thanksgiving
day. The former has exceptionally
fast backs; but the latter has undoubt-
edly the better and stronger line. with
several fine backs of her own. and it
seems probable to the writer that the
tide is apt to follow the better line
Reports of Arizona and New Mexico
teams still show no sign that these
have the class of Texas and Oklahoma
elevens. The Arkansas colleges are
seemingly a shade off color this wear.
though Ouachita is doing better than
usual.
Styles of play in the Southwest are
quite diverse, each coach having his
tions he deems best fitted to his ma
terial. Texas relies mainly upon A
close format ton, shifts the backs in va
rious ways and believes in line buck
ing and end running and passing A.
& NJ. uses punt formation almost eX-
clusively. s. NJ. L. has a heavy line
and fast backtield and uses two differ
ent ones in close formations and a
deep formation. Rice, because of a
light line, is compelled to stress her
passing game more than any other
team of the conference.
Evening star., 1925-11-02
Stadium BY Beating Maryland East Looking to Game at Hanover
BUSINESS GRIDMEN
TO TACKLE CENTRAL

A title series clash between Tech
and Western on Friday, and the Con
zaga Eastern game scheduled for We'd
neSday. stand out as tho most prom
ising of the tilts offered on the
scholastic foot ball card for the week.
Central and Business will furnish
tomorrow's series game at Wilson
Stadium, while st. Adams and George
town Prep teams will battle on Fri
day in the only other games in which
local school elevens will participate.
st. Adams plays at Baltimore against
the Marston School: Georgetown Prep
Journeys to Manassas for a game with
Swavely Prep.
Gonzaga is expected to give the
Fasteners a stiff fight from the open
ing whistle. The ! Streeters have been
playing high caliber Of foot ball
throughout the first half of their sea.
son and on comparative scores are far
ahead of the Lincoln Park team. Al
though beaten by City College Of Bal
time in their opener. SimindinGer' 5
cridders have amaSsed a total Of 12J
points to 90 for their opponents in
five contests.
Eastern has PLAYED in four games,
one of which was chalked up as A de
feat and another as a tie. md has
totaled only u points To IS for the
enemy teams. Coaches of the two
elevens have not yet decided on a
playing field.
Evening star., 1925-11-02
REAL FOOT BALL DAY
is WISH OF VIRGINIA

UNIVERSITY, Va, November .
Supporters of the University of Nir
Ginia hope that the Orange and Blue
will be able to defeat the Blue and
White of Washington and Lee next
Saturday in Lexington.
But that's not all they are hoping.
With one accord they are united in
wish that the weather for that day
will be somewhere near normal, so
that the contest can be played under
rea asonably good conditions.
Not once this Fall has the Virginia
varsity had firstrate day for foot
ball With Hampden-S Sidney it was
too hot, at Georgia the field was
muddy and steaming under a burn
ing sun. The next Saturday against
Richmond an icy wind from the snow
covered Blue Ridge made good play
impossible. The air was fine for
V. NJ. l.. but the field underfoot was
a bog The Maryland game was play
ed in a downpour and a heavy fall of
snow forced the postponement of the
contest with Randolph Macon.
Though Virginia has had luck on
the sogGy fields in each of the South
ern Conference games. the team is
too light to be at its best on a wet
day In no important contest has il
been possible for the fast backs TO
really set under way without danger
of skidding in the mud.
Changes made by the mana nagement
in connection with the Randolph
Macon game have somewhat upset
Virginia : training schedule. and the
plans of Coach Earle Neale for the
week have II Vet been made known.
He probably ill give much attention
to perfeCtinC the Virginia attack. but
will spend more time in defensive prac-
tice in an effort to form a check for
the General backs.
There may I've some danger of the
team getting stale on account of the
enforced rest when they were get
tinc in shape for play, and the
coaches viii have to offset this in
their program of training. Capt.
Diffey may he in uniform for the
first practice of this week. but ii IS
not at all certain that he will