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Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-07

tive vehicle almost an object of
aversion.
>. Tires are also damaged by
contact with the oil.
TO these objections il may be said
l. The car can be driven over
the fresh oil and will pick up very
little. except on the tire, if one
drives slowly-say eight or 10 miles
per hour,
>. The damage to the tire is ac-
tual, and cannot be helped. 1t is
not very great. however, and is more
than made up in the saving from
friction, due to rough road and Il
harsh dry stone, when oil is not used.
Oil Reduces Maintenance Cost
Further oftsctting these two OBJ
jcctions are the following important
benefits:
|. Every mile Of road oiled, as
il is now being done. represents a
yearly saving to the state of about
~lu0 from what would have been
spent on that mile during the year
had no oil been applied.
Saving in money value to the in
dividual motorist using 4 dustless
road, cannot be directly measured,
hut if it could be applied to cloth
ing. laundry. health. accidents, wear
on car parts and upholstery. the ag-
gregatc saving by reason of dust
less road would reach Il startling
sum.
>. Life is made more tolerable to
those living alongside the
oiled highways where the dust nuls-
ance becomes almost unbcarabie,
spelling crops, and making house
keeping a great burden.
). The motorist is saved the pia-
cue of the dust which promotes the
dangers of travel. Injuries the health
and INJURIES the car.
I. Wavsidc trees and flowers are
left attractive aud unsoiled.
). The road surfaces are smooth
tr and afford bodily comfort in rid
ny even at high speed; and for the
same reason there is less wear and
tear on the machine. Properly oil
ed roads are free from corrugation,
and car will not lose traction as
it does on the unoilcd gravel surface
thus affecting great gain in gas
mileage.
:. one oiling crew viii build
about one mile Of oiled surface per
Gay. Troubles resulting from fresh
Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-07
Wild Game in
i. S. Increasing
By JOSEPH S. WASNEY
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent)

WASHINGTON. Aug. Wild
game in the United States il in
crca>ing aud bv 1860 there will be
the abundance of game that was
available Ia the sportsmcn Of 1860,
in The opinion of II. l.. Sheldon,
chief game warden Of the United
States.
The American sportsman is win
ming his fight to conserve and per
pctuate wild game Sheldon said.
4" We are well forward in new ad-
vance, which will bc marked bv "a
constant increase IN the numbers
Of our valuable species Of fish,
birds and animals.
'.Ncvcr before have the SPORTS
fnen and conscrvationists been so
strongly and effectively organized
and never before have the official
agencies Of conservation found such
large sum Of money at their dis
posai for advancing their work.D
Sheldon said that game and fish
regulations are being rcligioualv OBJ
served IN every section Of the coum-
try. Destruction Of game that went
on a century past has now been
solidly checked.
"Thcre still remains, however,.
pressing need for anti-poIlution laws,
the training and employment Of am
adequate force Of game protectors,
provisions for expanding areas for
the care and feeding Of our increas-
ing game stock, the reduction Of
vermin, study and control Of di-
sease and the troublesome problem
Of harmonizing the rights Of land
owners with the recrcations OF
sportsmen who own no shooting or
fishing preserve.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-07
DRINKING IS BAD
BUT PROHIBITION
WORSE IS CLAIM

LONDON, Aug. Acts of parli-
2ment cannot make people good.
This opinion was expressed
through QUESTIONABLE on the drink
problem in England, sent out by
the Liberal Summer school, Il semi
political organization, and answered
by more than 500 associations and
groups of various sorts.
Discussing prohibition of liquor
sales, the response to the questions
naircs showed Il considerable scnti-
ment supporting the criticism that
prohibition creates new crimes of Il
sort easy to commit and tempting.
This social harm done the state by
creating new crimes, together with
the hopelcssncss of making people
good by acts of parliament, were
emphasized as Objectionable to pro-
hibitiOn.
The qucstionnaires, howevet, cx.
pressed the opinion that the abso.
lute effects OF drinking are comsid-
cradle and that workers who do not
drink are more efficient than those
who do.
Hard to Judge
But as to the relative effects
upon productive efficiency of drink
ing. and of the creation of unrest
by torcibly regulating the consump-
tlon of drink, 1t is harder to Judge. >
continued the report in which the
answers to the questionnaire were
compiled.
1T will be remembered that
some of the committee which in-
CURED into industrial unrest during
the war attached Importance to the
evil effects of the restriction of
beer.
The drain on the national income
resulting from the drink habit, the
answers showed is out of proportion
to its value and perhaps constitut-
cs the most serious argument
against it,
The report concludes that 1.-The
total prohibition of alcoholic drinks
of more than a prescribed strength
Is to be recommended. No effort
was made to discover the alcoholic
Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-07
OLD WIDOW WORKS MINE
WITH PICK AND SHOVEL

DEADWOOD, Cal, Aug. "A 76
year old widow, who wiclds pick
or shovel as ably as an old prospee-
tor, and her invalid son are making
a comfortable living from one or
California S famous abandoned gold
mines.
The woman, Mrs. Epima Mabic,
took IA lease about 10 years ago on
a piece of ground outside the main
workings OF the mine, the Brown
Bear. The property, located in
Trinity county, had yielded in its
day $l2,000,000 worth of metal.
IA one year Mrs. Mabic and her
son, Curtiz W. Mabic, obtained
$1,000 worth of ore from their lease.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-07
Knight Seventy"
Shows Maximum
Power and Speed

\ climb WHICH distinctly reveals
the unusual power and speed Of the
Willys Knight Seventy sedan
was recently made in Johnstown.
Pennsylvania. The stern test in
Guided a climb Of Westmouut. noted
elevation in the eastern city. in
which a severe hairWu turn IS en-
cpuntered.
Starting at the foot 0f the sum.
nit with TWO passengers in his ear
v. II. Jones, manager of the
- Erivc-it Yourself COMPANY Of
Johnstown headed his seventy"
upward at a speed Of j. miles per
hour.
Vt approximately 400 feet elc-
Natlon the hairpin turn was en-
countercd, lcsscnin. the speed to
five miles per hour at the turn. Aft
or slackcuing the speed from j. To-
) miles an hour at the turn it again
started 10 pickup through the last
900 feet of steady climb.
Ncstmount j. considered one Of
the most gruclling testing fields in
the east. II rivals the Cove Noun
tain range for its grades and haz-
ardous turns.
According 10 Jones who operates
two other makes Of ears the sue.
ce,s Of the Seventy powered
Nltl the famous Knight slccrc valve
motor is th" first to make y start
Ing exhibit Of power and speed. lie
declared poPpet valve motor ear
II equal weight failed to make tn"
climb.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-08-07

strength favored by the groups ans.
wcring the questionable.
Earl Grey of Fallodcn, Ramsey
Muir and Phillip Gucdalla were
among the speakers at the session
of the Liberal Summer schools at
which the answers to qucstiounaires
ON six national problems were dis
cUsSed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24
STATE TO MARK
ROAD DETOURS
Maintainence Provision to
Be Asked.

Marking of State highway detours
will no longer be left to contractors,
according to Director John d. Will
liams of the highway commission.
He announced today that this duty
has been placed in the hands of the
maintenance division and he pre-
diets that the result will be benefi-
cial to the driving public.
Heretofore, according to law, the
construction contractor handled this
work." Williams explained.
"Uusally he did this very well,
but as the season advanced and he
became more engrossed with his paw
ing work, detour signs became mis-
placed and frequently it happened
very few markings remained toward
the end of the year"
He reiterated that the commission
will ask the Legislature to pass a
bill calling for the department to
inaugurate detour maintenance,
which he feels will add much to the
pleasure Of driving in Indiana by
elimination of hazardous and almost
impossible detours.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24
EXPECTS WOODS
TO co OVER WITH
, HELP OF WATSON
Reed, Sponsor of Appointee,
Counts on Help From
Indiana Senator.
BY Roscoe b. Fleming


WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Support
by Senator Watson of Indiana of Cy-
rus E. Woods for place on the in
terstate commerce commission was
cited today by Senator Reed Rep),
Pennsylvania, Woods sponsor, as a
reason for believing Woods will be
confirmed
Nomination of Woods by Presi-
dent Coolidge 81 expected to precipi-
tate one of the bitterest Senate fights
since the nomination of c. E. War
rem for Attorney General 1t is re-
garded as a political appointment
made by the President to placate
Reed.
Woods was Senator Peppers cam
paign manager in the recent cam
paign in which Pepper forces spent
$1,S00,000 and failed to nominate
him.
Watson predicts the Senate will
confirm Woods, according to Reed.
Senator Robinson of Indiana is also
expected to vote for confirmation.
Reed also said he expected Watson
10 be a leader for Woods upon the
floor.
The seventeen members of the
Senate Interstate Commerce Com
mittee are said to be divided to 10
against approving Woods nomina-
ton, which has been sent to it for
action. Watson is chairman of this
committee, and one of the four
Woods supporters.
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PAGE 3

bring" And Santa said, 1.-THE girls
and boys all DER the land will get
these toys. Be sure and pack all
that you see. 1 mustn't miss q
thing"
They worked several hours at
least, and all the time the load in
creased, till all the things In Santa
Land were loaded in the sleigh.
Then Santa said, wen eat a bite,
before we start our ride tonight.
know where there's some tasty food.
So, soon they sat down to a meal
Of things he knew would quite APP
peal. The Tinymites all ate a lot.
1t tasted mighty good. Then Santa
cracked his trusty whip and said,
I'm ready for my trip as soon as !
put on my coat, my mittens and my
hood"
The Tinymites all yelled ""Hur-
ray" then climbed aboard the toy
filled sleigh Old Santa waited
patiently and then they heard him
cry, "Giddap, you RENDERS. Come,
let's leave. There's heaps to do this
Christmas eve" And then old
Santa's sleigh went sailing quickly
through the sky.
(The Tinymites go coasting in
their next stOry.)
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24
HOOSLER VILLAGE
SEES BIG OIL BOOM
Middetown Sold on Idea Prosperity Ahead - No Skep-
tics Are Found There
No Skep-

Middletown folk visualize a vista
Of oil derricks clustered within a
few feet OF each other. extending
from Terre Haute to south OF Md
dletown, and from the Wabash river
to a line five or six mites east.
Meanwhile, farmers go about their
usual routine, buoyed up by Wis
ions Of fortunes.
While a reporter was in Middle
town, a farmer dismounted from a
horse before one Of the general
stores with a basket OF eggs. His
conversation indicated he wouldn I
peddle eggs much longer and he
would give the horse and saddle to
some poor relation and buy himself
a Rolls-Royce."
A farmers wife said to her hus-
band:
' Henry, I never saw so many big.
fine-lcoking men, nor so many fine
cars"
1t is not hard to spot the men
interested in oil.
Usually they are plump and we'll
groomed.
Moving picture representatives of
the species are fairly accurate.
Gets Many Leases
The Ohio Oil Company has Sc
cured many leases in the vicinity
and it is rumored that 1t is striving
to secure leases on the six-mile strip
of land extending east from the
river, from Middletown to Prairie
ton. a distance Of nearly ten miles.
Charles Scott, farmer, and pur-
ported to be an old oil man him
self, has 100 acres OF land directly
west of the oil well. Forty acres of
this land borders the land on which
the well is located.
Scott says he will not consider
leasing his property, but that he
intends to conduct his own drilling
operations.
Farmers to the north are sitting
tight while the different oil COM
pany representatives worry and fret
over what their competitors may be
offering in lease bonuses.
An air of mystery prevails at the
workings and in the village. Some
oil company representatives are in
clined to belittle the well.
Laborers at the we'll know moth
ing about it," advisedly, 1t Is ap-
parent
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Crepe Takes Place
of Holly Wredths
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind,
Dec. 24.-Holly wreaths disappeared
from the windows of two North Man
chester homes today and bits Of crepe
appeared on the front doors as
preparations for a festive Christmas
stopped abruptly.
They were the homes Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Thomson and Mr.. Mrs.
'Galen Wright, whose sons were
drowned Wednesday night in Eel
River when they broke through the
thin ice while skating.
Christmas was to have been a
double celebration in the Wright
home. Tomorrow would have been
the birthday of Eugene, 7. the son
who was drowned. He will be buried
Monday. Funeral services for Fred
Thompson, 10, the other victim, will
be held tomorrow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24
HEADS FURNITURE MEN
Samuel Mueller Reelected President
Of Association.

Samuel Mueller of the Great West
ern Company was reelected presi-
dent of the Furniture Association of
Indianapolis Thursday. Mueller has
served two terms.
Other officers elected were: Jacob
Wolf, White Furniture Company,
and c. f. Whitehill, Banner Furni-
ture Company, vice presidents; Ma
than Kahn, National Furniture Com
pany, secretary, and Leslie Meyer,
Home Furniture Company, treas
urer.
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Today is sure a busy day, with
not much time for fun or play.
You see, old Santa's got to pack
things for his trip tonight. The
Tinymites are all on hand. They
think the great excitement's grand
and so they're helping with the Job
with all their main and might.
It's lots of fun to hear them shout
as things are, one by one, brought
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24
WOULD WIDEN STREET
Proposal on Approach to Cemetery
Made at Board Meeting.

Widening Of Thirty-Fourth st. APP
proach to Crown Hill Cemetery was
a project begun at a park board
meeting Thursday. The street
would be widened ten feet between
Illinois St. and Boulevard Pl.
The board adopted a resolution
asking the Indianapolis Real Estate
Board to appraise the Casino Gard
ems property. which the city hopes
to buy for an addition to the Coffin
golf course at price Of $4,000.
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out and stacked in monstrous piles
along the pretty snow road. The
RENDERS are all set to go. They're
nervous and they seem to know that
they'll be on their way as soon as
Santa packs his load.
MY goodness" shouted Scouty
loud. you sure must call on quite a
crowd. I've never seen so many
toys. Just think what fun they'll
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24
WHY COPS ARE IOAFTNG

BU United Pres9
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.-Chief Of Po-
lice Morgan A. Collins has suspend
ed two Chicago policemen because
they couldn't recognize a saloon by
it's appearance or whisky by the
taste" According to the charges
against them, the two officers failed
to confiscate liquor in saloon in
which they spent part Of their time
while working their beats.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24
PROPOSES PEACE MOVE
BIZ limited PreaA

DIV 'UNIECU PT685
PARIS, Dec. Establishment OF
the Landau court-martial incident
which threatened to mar Franco
German relations was promised by
Minister of War Paul Painleve to-
day. AS he left cabinet meeting
Painleve said two Germans SEN
fenced to prison for an alleged at
tack on a French lieutenant, Rou-
zier, during which Rouzier shot
them, would be pardoned or their
sentences committed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24
Longest Sausage Contest

The oldest book contest, con-
Quoted I'm this column, has been
such O success that n new one
Is propOsed-the longest sau-
sage contest. T. @. Stellar,
farmer, near North Manchester
claims the record. He stuffed ono
seventy-fOur feet long without
a break Or n splice. please send
all entries to the editor of the
HOOsier Briefs)
Boys work in Connersville has
been given n boost. A city-wide
council composed Of civic leaders has
been organized,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r.. Kennedy and
family are the proudest hosts in
Martinsville. Otis Harlan, a movie
star, is their guest over the holi-
days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24
HOOSieY
Briefs

L. A. Klstler, farmer near
LOgansport, Is an honest man,
but he's having difficulty prov.
ing it. Last summer n hunter
lost a 500 watch on his farm.
He left his name and address
with Kistler I'm case the watch
was found. Now Kistler has
found the watch, but has lost
the name and address.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24
SHERMAN IS ALL WRONG
War Is Nothing Compared to Mar.
rled Life, Says Evansville Man.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Dec. "a
Dangers encountered In war, aviation
and auto racing are nothing COM
pared to those OF married life, Ed
Aleon. former auto racer and
aeronautical instructor during the
war, alleges in a divorce suit here.
He charges his wife beat him with
rolling pins. pokers and a rocking
chair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24
BIG MYSTERY EXPLAINED
Here's Why Those Who Lick Enve.
lOpes Don't Get Hungry.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
WARSAW, Ind, Dec. 24.-The
mystery of why office girls who lick
hundreds of stamps during the
Christmas rush aren't hungry for
supper has been explained here by
Postmaster d. e. PurViance.
The gum on the back of envelopes
is food, he said, containing SO per
cent cassava deerin, starch OBJ
tanned from South America and used
in tapioca, and glucose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24

A sound-proof crying room, pan
eled with glass, is part Of new
movie theater Mothers with rest
less babies can view the picture from
that room, and the infants crying
does not disturb the other patrons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24

Mrs. Martha Glenn, Of Green's
burg is now receiving two pensions
from the Government. She has
been awarded an additional $40 a
month because her husband fought
In the Mexican War as well as the
Civil War.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24
BABY BUGGY BANDITS
TT. Wayne Police Looking for New
Type of Criminal.

Type Of Criminal.
Bu Times Special
FIT. WAYNE, Ind, Dec. 24.-Po-
lice here are worried. Mrs. Mildred
Burbeck stepped outside to place her
infant in its baby buggy. In the
buggy was a .38 caliber revolver.
Police fear bandits have been
using the baby buggy in some
crime.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24

Isadore Sussman, Hartford City
junk dealer, is reading all the old
papers he buys. He's looking for
news OF the war in Lithuania. His
relatives live there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24
Oldest Book Contest

Mrs. Il. Rummell, ElwOOd,
owns a German prayer and
psalm book published In 1853.
High school pupils and members
of the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs will
stage n spelling match in Blooming
ton soon after tho holidays.
Lamar Dean, Winfield boy. won't
run up school steps any moro when
he's tardy, He slipped and fell and
nearly bit his tongue off.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-24
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
MIDDLETOWN. Ind, Dec. "a
Middletown, a little village of Ill
residents, located fifteen miles south
west of Terre Haute, doesn't know
whether it is coming or going since
the recent drilling of a record oil
gusher The village sees visions OF
an oil boom rivaling that of Okla
homa.
The we'll near Middletown, now
"shut-in," is a good one, says the
driller. And A. r. Morris. pro
moter of the well. says the same
There are skeptics, too. but Middle
town citizens are not in this class
Two restaurants have been es-
tablshed in the village.
Automobiles of every description
from many States and Canada are
to be seen moving about in the street
and out to the well, three miles to
the southwest.
Prosperous Strangers
Prosperous-looking strangers of
prosperous proportions. smoking ex
pensive cigars. tight-lipped and mys.
terious, are becoming fixtures in
the village.
Farmers talk little, discovering
before answering questions. your
Identity and business. Wild tales
of what Farmer Jones" just re.
ceived for oil lease of his property
fit hither and yon and become larg
err and larged with each relation.
The Siosi Company, Of which
A. R Morris, Terre Haute real es
state man, Is member. announced
that a pipe line will be laid from
the we'll to the Linco Refining
Company plant in Robinson, Ill,
about twenty miles distant; that an
other well will be started soon.
The we'll was shut-in, the com
pany says, because storage tanks
were unavailable.
A scout" of the Ohio Oil Com
pany says that the we'll has "all the
earmarks of a real WE'LL" but that
1t is humanity impossible at this time
to tell it's real worth.
Oil Men There
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OIL Men There

Representatives from many OF the
are watching developments in the
"oil field and are bargaining for
leases from the well advised" farm
err residents.
Some of the most enthusiastic of
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(The Tinymites go coasting in
their next stOry.)
Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-09-03
PASSING THE BUCK

They had reached the last subject
on the program of the executive con-
ference.
'"This mistake has cost the company
eleven hundred dollars" said the
president, "and | want to know who
is responsible!'
He glared around the table at the
eight men next to him in rank in the
organization. He was prepared for
a session of that exasperating game
called Passing the Buck"
81 am responsible" said the young
est vice president. "And the only ex-
planation have to offer is that /
acted like a dumbbell."
There followed silence pregnant
with trouble.
The president fixed his eyes on the
youngest president and said in
an even tone: ''Ill see you here right
after the meeting-and the meeting
is over"
The other men, melting out of the
room, left the two, seated, facing