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, 1925-02-22
CHARACTER LESSON

This is the one hundred and ninetythird anniversary of
George Washingtons birth. Washington has become a heroic
figure-a sort of god.
So much have we idealized him we forget, at times, his
human trials and temptations.
We lose sight of the fact that he was six feet three" that
his hands and feet were large, his hair reddish brown, and his
eyes blue.
Because he was not a god is the true reason for his great
ness. 1t is easy for gods to be models of perfection. For humans
it is a task.
That Washington set aside temptations to be weak or ieal-
Gus saved the colonies for freedom, and Washington for history
as the father of a new country.
America has much to say of him. Now comes an English
man with lavish praise.
"No nobler figure ever stood in the forefront of a nations
life says John Richard Green, an Englishman, writing in
his History of the English People,
He tells how Washington first won the confidence of his
intimate friends, and that "as the fight went on, the colonists
discovered what we now realize to be true:
Ills clear, unbiased judgment;
His heroic endurance;
His silence under difficulties;
Ellis calmness in the face of danger or defeat;
Ills patience and the quickness with which he struck;
"The Lofty and serene sense of duty which never swereyed
from the task at hand through jealousy;
"That never through war or peace felt the touch of a
meaner ambition:
"That knew no aim save guarding the freedom of his fell
low countrymen. and no personal longing save returning TO
his own fireside when that freedom was secured
In your acquaintance, who is silent under difficulty, pat
lent in defeat, calm in danger, true to his purpose, disregarding
temptation and jealousy, who knows no personal longing save
peace, honor, and contentment for himself and his fellows?
Go to him. Win his friendship. Copy his ways. Trust him.
Believe in him. Honor him.
He is the stuff of which heroes are made.
Whatever his station in life, he is a modern Washington!
Make no mistake about it.
, 1925-02-22
Another Moral Debt"

Costa Rico has left the league of nations, apparently in a
huff, after she had been dunned for back dues. She accom-
panied her resignation" with a check covering her assess
ments up to date, but another question arises a 5 to her pos
slble obligations for the next two years. Withdrawal from the
league, 1t is explained, requires two years. notice, and the
league no doubt feels that Costa Rica has a moral obligation
to keep on paying, even though she derives no further benefits
from Geneva. VIII.
The moral argument is being worked overtime in Europe
these days. With regard to the United States, the French take
the attitude that we owe them reparations for the time they
held the trenches for America Some European moralists
want us to pay for the entire three years during which Presi-
dent Wilson kept us out of war when, in the opinion OF Europe
we should have been in it. This delay is now classed as a
moral debt to be liquidated in dollars and cents.
In the view of American champions of the league of ma
tions, this country is rapidly rolling up another moral debt
toward the league. As the league supporters see it. American
entrance is merely delayed, and they are still looking forward
to "the day" when this country will sign on the dotted line.
lnasnuch as "the day" of America joining seems to be
indefinitely postponed, one shudders to think Of the size of
the moral debt of back dues which the United States is nc.
cumulating. Costa Rica was able to buy her way out of the
league at the paltry price of $4,000, though she will probably
DC . held up Tor another fee in two years. If dues are assessed
IN proportion 10 size and wealth, how much would il cos. the
United States? Our moral debit with accrued Interest viii
,oon reach a staggering figure.
, 1925-02-22

ent moment no new big field is In
sight that will do it. However. the
oil industry may find II tomorrow.
No>one will know until 1t is found.
Several new fields were found the
past year. 1924. but with one excep-
ton they We're relatively small.
That exception, WORKMAN, in zen.
trail Texas, jumped from nothing
Thanksgiving time TO ITO. 900 barrels
a day the fore part OF January. but
1t has gone off almost as quickly as
is now doing about 5000 barrels a
day.
4. rnere is plenty or oil in stor-
age-more than $50 million barrels
of crude oil and more than $50 mil
lion barrels OF products in storage
at refineries-enough TO run this
country for n long time. plenty long
enough for the industry to discover
o fields and to increase the pro-
duction from present fields.
However. nearly all or this oil
was bought when the market was
higher than 1t has been the past
few months. The regular market
price was paid for it by the pipe
line and refining companies OF
which there are some 400 in
operation. to the producers OF
the oil and to the land owners
or royalty holders. generally the
farmers. The buyers OF this oil
have had to pay in addition the
cost of building steel tanks, the
cost Of piping the oil to those tanks,
the interest on the oil while in stor-
age. and the interest on the equip
ment used for its storage and
handling. Most of this has been
done with money borrowed from the
public through bond issues, certi.
ficates and notes. etc.
THE result Is that the 400 and
more companies who now hold the
oil must get more money for Il
, 1925-02-22
Patriotism and Education

This is the month of Lincoln and Washington, the two
great emancipators; the transformers of the early ideals of
this nation into tangible accomplishments. In concentrating
the respective birth anniversaries of these commanding figures
with renewed appreciation our nations struggle for liberty
and democracy and the resultant equality of opportunity to all
the opportunity to emerge regardless of environment or cir
cumstances. Abraham Lincoln, the child of poverty and demo
crazy, yet both arose in this freedomloving land to the high.
est office within the gift of the nation. The month of Febru-
airy may, therefore, be well termed the patriotism rejuvenating
period.
1t has been said that "Civilization is in a race between
education and catastrophe" The nation that cherishes the
memory of Lincoln and Washington shall not fail in its duty in
civilizations race and will rear its childhood in the environ
ment of the ideals as established by these men. We did not fail
on Flanders Iields-nether shall catastrophe triumph. The
heritage of our heroes we will eternally treasure. We are ac-
complishing this by setting up an education which gives in
SEPARATION to our patriotism, that stimulates ambitions and
ideals for service. This system we shall jealousy guard and
foster as a memorial to these men; it thus becomes a patriotic
factor; it eliminates class and engenders a universal love Of
country; it becomes a foremost proponent of national ideals;
it evaluates truth for truths sake, concerning itself with equal
iy of opportunity and measuring results in terms of ability
to serve.
In the World War, through those who stood for it, this
same force proved at citadel to national morale. 1t is now
knocking at the doors of Legislation seeking laws where laws
are not to carry the American flag into every school; it is the
motive power which has led thirty metropolitan newspapers to
initiate a nationwide oratorical contest on the Interpretation
of our constitution, a national movement which President
Coolidge has outspokenly endorsed. 1t is making Americanism
the foundation stone; it is untiring in its advocacy Of uniyer-
sal culture. irrespective of origin, status or environment.
The work of our yesterdays has been done. The task OF
the tomorrows is still in our hands, in which education must
be recognized as the foundation of future progress, the enemy
of crime, the backbone of morals, the conservator of the home
and the essential of citizenship. This is our task-the trans.
lation through education of these ideals into realities.
Lincoln and Washington-"May more such men be ours"
, 1925-02-22

for the furthering of polychrome art,
parchment shades, textile paintings.
and batiks will have charge of the
new shop and studio which bears her
name. Mrs. Hopkins will give lessons
in addition to her regular work.
She intends to conduct regular
classes each day with two In the
afternoon and two in the evening.
The Lessons in art will be given for
the remarkably low figure Of 81
each.
, 1925-02-22

now that 1t is being used up than
they paid for the oil or else they
will be bankrupt and the thousands
of people who invested in these
bonds, notes, etc. will lose their
money. II all that storage oil were
to be sold today. these 400 and more
companies would have to get rough
ly from 81 a barrel to s1.50 a barrel
and in some cases even more, for
that ioil-in order to break even,
than they paid for 1t and they
bought pm a higher market than that
OF the past few months.
but that oil won't be taken out
of storage and sold to the public in
a single day. 1t will be drawn on
gradually, as the public requires it.
and this draft will run W. many
months. in fact years. Hence the
companies will have to get still more
for that oil as time goes on in
order to take care OF the interest.
depreciation, ETC., which keep on
each month. That will mean still
higher prices, but interpreted in
what the public pays for its gaso-
line, l%ubricating oil, furnace oil, etc,
it will only mean a few cents more
per gallon.
s.. Prices on crude oil and It's
products have, therefore, advanced
primarily because of the free opera
ton of the law of supply and de-
mand-to-wit, the demand now ex-
ceeds the supply. When the supply
Of anything. corn, wheat, labor,
automobiles, or anything in this
world is less than the demand, the
people who want those things bid
against each other in order to get
it. That is the way the world has
always operated and it's probably
the way 1T will always operate.
Sometimes the operation of the
law is so drastic, because of the
great scarcity OF a commodity, that
the price goes to great heights until
in some way. somewhere, some one
discovers or produces a new source
of supply, or a substitute is found,
then the price drops again.
But the present prices of crude
oil, and of its products, have not
reached any excessive height, nor
are they likely to because oil men
are confident there are vast fields
Of oil in this country not yet dis
covered. However. how long 1t will
take to find them and how much 1t
win cost is a question. Undoubtedly
there will be some found within the
wear.
, 1925-02-22

possible to make a profit. 1t has
been a most disastrous period for
the oil industry. Is a whole.
The greatest surplus on the mar.
ket was crude oil. hence the price
Of crude oil fell the farthest and the
producers of that oil-thousands OF
individuals and companies. large and
small the country over. literally
have not been making a profit ex.
cept on the few large wells that
came In in the new pools. But the
bulk OF the producers Of oil were
not interested in these new pools.
They own more than 2sv.e91 wells
scattered over the II oil producing
states of the country. wells that
now average only five and SIX
barrels a day each and which have
to be pumped to get that. They
are not gusher wells. Tens of thou
sands of these same wells produce
less than a barrel a day.
It's largely to the owners of these
ESQ. 900 wells that the country must
look for an increase in its supply OF
crude oil. Obviously. IL these pro-
ducers have been operating at cost
or at a loss the past three or four
years. they have not the funds at
hand to go out and drill more wells
at once. They can only be got to,
drill wells by being offered enough
of n price to pay a profit on such
wells as they may drill-and bear
in mind that % per cent to 80 per
cent of all holes drilled are dry and
a total loss-and be paid a price for
the oil which they are nov produc-
ing which will pay for the cost OF
producing 1t and help them TO re-
cover some of their losses OF the
last few years.
There has also been a surplus OF
gasoline on the market the past sew
eral years. This is because. first,
there was such a big surplus of
crude oil to make It out of and,
second. because the refiners got
over-optimistic as TO the amount OF
gasoline the country would
and hence made too much of 1t.
Therefore. even irrespective Of the
market for crude oil. the price of
gasoline at the refineries fell even
to way below its cost at times.
The public, therefore. the past
few years, has been profiting by the
low price for gasoline and other
petroleum products. at the loss OF
many oil men. The advancing price
for crude oil and for gasoline and
other refinery products the~past few
weeks promises TO permit the oil
companies to that loss and
TO get in shape TO go out and seek
new supplies. And the chances are,
IL the 10 years of oil industry his.
tory Is any criterion, that. when
those new sources OF crude oil are
found. there will again be a drop in
the price perhaps to equally unproft-
able figures. But that will be the
oil industry's trouble, not ths
public's.
These are the basic reasons for
the recent advances in price. The
information here given is n matter
of public record. as statistics are
gathered by several competent de-
partments of the government as
well Is by reliable oil trade journals.
, 1925-02-22
By WARREN c. PLATT
Editor, National Petroleum News.

/. More crude oil is now being
consumed than is being produced
and imported into this country.
2. For the first time since the
| spring of 1920 there is a substantial
drawing on the stock of oil which
has been collecting as n surplus In
tanks above sround. In December
of 1924 this draft was almost
| 5000, 900. barrels and In January
| almost 1000 900 barrels. this accord
ing to figures OF the United States
| Geological Survey. Every indication
is this draft will continue for some
months, at least.
3. This drawing on stocks OF
crude oil is due
(a) To the largest demand for oil
In the country's history. All during
last year d92D this country was
using petroleum and its products at
a rate we'll in exces of 1000, 00C
barrels of crude oil n day. In 1925
this daily consumption was less
than that In 1922. 1t was down tc
nearly 1900, 600 barrels Il day and
in 1921 it was still smaller. Every
year. for years past. the demand
has increased tremendously.
b) This drawing on stock today
is also due TO the production of oil
dropping off from the wells of this
country and Mexico. For the last
four and a half years, because Of
the steady discovery of many bis
fields each year. the production has
been way In excess of demand. This
industry had to store this surplus oil
in costly steel tanks against the
day when these fields would decline
The day is now here.
The draft on stocks may bs
stopped any time by the discovery
OF still other fields. but at the pres
, 1925-02-22
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
gratitude to our many friends and
neighbors who served us during our
recent bereavement. also members
of the New York Oil and Masonic
fraternity.
Mrs. Gertrude f. Patterson.
Thelma Lois and Robert Patterson.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Il. Ulery.
, 1925-02-22
Kills catarrh Germ
In Three Minutes

Chronic catarrh. no matter how bad
and cases of bronchial asthma now
yield instantly to the amazing discovery
of a French scientist This druglsse
method called Lavex kills the germ In
three minutes, yet IL positively hArm<
less to the most delicate tissues Youn
head and lungs are cleared like magic
Sufferers are relieved In \ single night
To prove It and to introduce Lavs4
to = million sufferers in n month. j
offer to send q treatment free and
Il. No obligation. No cost II 1t cured
you. you can repay the favor by falling
your frisnds-if not. the losu II nina
No matter what you have tried. tuse
send me your name and address fo1
this generous free treatment and provS
that o can be rid of zarrh- 7
W. II. SMITH :O52 LAvex, BLDG.
Kansas City, Mo,
, 1925-02-22

The plains of Mongolia have 500
times as many camels as the Sa-
hara, although in the popular mind
the camel is always associated with
the great African desert.
, 1925-02-22
GASOLINE PRICES FIXED BY
Law OF SUPPLY and Demand:
PRESENT STATUS IS reviewed

The public have a right to become informed about the factors sur
rounding the rise and fall of crude oil and gasoline. The same influ-
nee which causes the rise and fall in other essentials in public life,
such grains, livestock, table staples y any number of commodities
of which the public buys. applies to crude oil and gasoline. Supply and
demand governs in all cases but no more s than in petroleum and
Its products. Warren c. Plat, Editor. National Petroleum News. has
written an illuminating article Of oil markets and why the advance.
1t is worthwhile to reproduce here because the people of Wyoming
especially are vitality Neutrality-suspicious..
, 1925-02-22
RUTH JOY HOPKINS IN
CHARGE OF ART STUDIO;
LESSONS ARE OFFERED

Announcement was made today of
the opening of the Ruth Joy Studio
in the building now occupied by the
Klein Marks Music and Art COM
pany. Mrs. Ruth Joy Hopkins. who
has just returned from the east with
the. very latest ideas and equipment
, 1925-02-22

Gerald Chapman. notorious robber.
bandit and fugitive from Atlanta fed.
erai prison. WAS captured at Muncie,
Ind, after a pistol duel with officers.
lie is wanted primarily for a $1,000
600 mail robbery in New York. for
which he was serving a 25-year SEN
tence when he escaped from prison.
He had $4,000 in cash and $4,000 in
government bonds on his person
when captured.
, 1925-02-22
CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Words from two to sever letter $ each are scattered through this
puzzle. That makes 1t the kind of puzzle the fans like to solve.
, 1925-02-22

HORIZONTAL
/. Classical language.
z. Jewel of changing color (pi.).
II. Rests.
IS. Leaving out a vowel for eu
phony.
Is. Newspare paragraph.
le. To sway.
is. Sound.
10. To place.
81. Battering engine.
20. Male adults.
20. Half an en-.
25 Bashful.
81. Distant.
2s. Proposition OF place.
20. To decay.
81. saleless fish.
80. Cleaning instrument.
"a. Nothing.
90. To remain.
81. Drain.
80. Sound in body.
40. Preceded.
Al. Small lump of butter.
~. Aeriform fluid.
40. That quantity which multi
piled by ITSELF produces a given
quantity.
40. Surrendered.
AZ. Prose epic tale.
so. Eagle.
81. Conjunction (neg.)
So. Line.
81. Quantity.
So. Exist.
sc. Boy.
5s. Resinous substance.
so. Accomplish.
81. To loiter.
e2. 1ndentation left by smallpox.
81. Frame OF a wheel.
Go. To snare.
6s. A liquid.
10. Door Of a fence.
~. Various.
"a. Observes.
rs. Glens.
| II. Portended.
, 1925-02-22

VERTICAL
/. Allow.
q. Initiates.
g.. Large books.
4. Part of the verb be.
8. Lately made.
6. Aged.
T.. 3.1416.
s. Flower. rosette shaped.
.. King OF the beasts.
10. Male child.
II. Streams.
IL. Term OF respect.
10. Genus Ulmus tree.
Il. To cuddle.
II Dine.
20. Definite article.
90. Geographical drawing.
"a. Advert of negation.
26. Affirmative.
%. Because. v q
IS. Sick.
30. Claw.
81. One who has contagious dis
ease. for whom there is a
special colony.
80. Instrument for registering
measure.
"a. Pronounced through nose.
SO. Still.
3S. Small lump.
SO. Possesses.
As. Answers an argument.
A. Rock containing metal.
40. Large fish caught off New Eng
land coast.
46. Period.
IS. Deity.
40. Makes amends.
81. To scold.
50. To fight among nations.
Sc. Part OF coat collar.
81. Tool for boring.
SO. Inflexible.
81. Molten volcanic matter.
62. Partner.
63. A number.
65. An emblem Of authority.
CT. Scarlet.
ss. Third person past tense of be.
SO. To steal.
II. To scatter hay.
10. Second tone of major scale.
10. Proposition.
Copyright, 1925. NEA Service Inc.
The Washington times., 1925-09-01
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Nv DOCTOR FRANK CRANE
Cherries and Men

IN nv way down this morning two signs on
fruit stand set me thinking.
" One read: "Sour cherries-two pounds for e
cents"
The other: Extra sweet cherries 50 cents pound
looked at the two boxes.
The cherries in one looked much like those in the other
Both had stems both Of the color and both were
about the size.
There was nothing external to make worth about
three times as much the other.
The value of the high priced cherries lay in something
Won could see feel smell 1t became evident only at
the time of test only when you bit into 1t was flavor
This set thinking about and how some are great
and powerful and others insignificant and mpotent; how
animals would be classed cherries selling at cheap
price and others extra sweet cherries at fancy
From the outside in these men, you oftentmes see
little difference 1t only when the test comes thI the
distinction is made apparent
Later in the morning thought returned when met
young yet thirty who held high place as foreign
correspondent for newspaper syndicate
To look him he appeared much like any other bright
young man. There way to tell his capacity to
handle big responsibilities until you him put to the
test
do you know he said get more fun than IN any
thing else in the world in letting people think that am
Just an .unmportant kid and then working my head off
to put something big.
You never tell what is going inside a head by
looking it, You fully know until test comes
But what goes inside mans head is to the man what
the flavor is to the cherry.
tits evident when the test and it places him either
in the sour or the fancy priced extra sweet group
The Washington times., 1925-09-01
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

Your Heart Isn't Broken
GO you think your heart is
- broken.
And you wonder how you're
ever going to carry on again.
can tell you-provided you
WANT to be told.
There are people who make lit
tie pets of their broken hearts.
And if you are amongst those
who aspire to be Village Martyrs
far be it from me to bust up
your program.
Each man to his own vaude-
vile:
But if you really want to win
out of the darkness, there is a
way.
know for have found it my
self.
IN THE FIRST PLACE, FACE
TUE FACT THAT YOUR HEART
ISN'T BROKEN.
You'll be eating hot dogs TINS
time next year. You'll De puyIns
bum oil stock or trying new
hair rinse or going around .nS
green with Harry or Quarreilhs
over the back Tense with Mary
You'll be a little older. a little
sadder, little drier behind tne
e1 BUT YOUR HEART WON'T
BE BROKEN. Get that.
But whether it's broken or
not. the fuse is blown out now,
isn't it. Pal?
The sky's shutting down on you
like the dirty gray ROOF Oh "
Your Joints are heavy and your
throat is dry
You want to scream. curse.
grovel, SWIVEL, whine, run away
and yon can't do any OF them.
You shuttle along like a winded
old cart-horse with your head
down
Your soul is withered and stuck
to your ribs
Yes. l know. Pal.
/ know.
Rut take it from me. it won't
last.
The fuse hasn't burned out.
II you'll keep on going youN
find the way out. Go on!
One step at a time! Never
mind if the steps don't mean any
thing, Take them any way.
Keep your nose up and your chin
dry!
Don't act as if you were the
&rst human that ever had the