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DRILLING FOR OIL WELLS

10 a drill stem, A wooden structure, or
derrick" must first be built II
reaches a height Of about 100 feet, and
from its top Is suspended over a large
pulley the heavy steel ropes which sup
port the drill stem. This drill stem
passes through a gripping device situ-
ated Just above the surface OF the earth,
which lis so arranged that steam en-
CINE can turn H. As the apparatus
turns about the driiI bores a hole
straight down toward where oil is sup
posed 10 be Heavy mud Is pumped
through the center Of the drill stem as
IL r0tates, Is forced out through the bit
AZ the bottom, and ascends again on the
outer side Of the stem, bringing with II
all the material bored out by the d.ilI
Then the required depth Is reached
pipes are attached 10 the upper part OF
the hole and the oil is transported
through these either 10 large storage
tanks or to the waiting tank cars Often
too. il Is pumped hundreds Of miles IN
underground pipe lines" ~ the IRE.
iineriee," where gasoline. kerosene, ben
zine and many other products are ex-
tracted from IL,
How much oil Is taken from thest
wells each day? That depends On many
things. Some wells have produced III
much as $50 900 barrels per day, Others
particularly the wells that have beer
/ flowing for many years, produce onll
/ 10 or even barrels a day
/ The largest oil fields IN North AmeFicl
are IN eastern Mexico. at Tampico; II
+ TEXAS, Oklahoma Louisiana, California
/ Kansas, Pennsylvania, Montana. Wyom
/ Ing and In Canada near the city Of Cal
gary, III the Province Of Alberta.
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A PLOT FOR A PAY ROLL.
BY W. Royce MORGAN.
Summer Adventures of the Conquerors Club

/ the guard. GraSping the money satch-
| els. the bandits leaped from the car
| and dashed back along the road to-
/ ward town. with the third bandit at
1 their heels
Then came a second interruption that
was as unexpected TO the boys as 1t
was to the bandits. Directly in front of
, the fleeing bandits. blocking their path
of escape. appeared the one auto that
the Ferriston police force boosted. From
it leaped half dozen policemen with
drawn guns.
Akers saw his predicament at once.
and turning he dashed into the woods,
followed by the officers, The other two
bandits did not have time to defend
themselves or to flee They were over
powered Immediately.
All this had been but a matter of
seconds Meantime Forker had run
into the road, but the four Conquerors
were still in the bushes watching the
drama in wild excitement. Suddenly
they heard crashing in the under
brush, coming toward them. 1t was
AkerS, desperately trying to get away!
He came running along one of the
money satcllels clutched in one hand,
a club in the other. directly toward the
hiding place of the boys. Bob flashed
one look at the others, and they under
stood. As Akers dashed into the cilmp
of bushes in which they were con-
cealed, four powerful young bodies were
upon him like a tornado. One boys
hand wrenched the satchel from him,
another's got the club and it was prob
ably Reds hand that brought a stake
down with stunning force upon his
head. Akers dropped without a muir
muir
A moment later the boys and their
boss were beside the car. The guard
had clambored out, rubbing a sore head.
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wonderful to him were the things ne
heard and saw.
Come this way" said man lead
ing them to big tank. we are ready
to begin making glass right here and
you will find it worth while to see the
whole process"
Charlie certainly did watch. He was
surprised to see a man throwing a mass
of broken glass into the tank. This, he
was told. was called cullet, and was
used to speed up the fusion of the sand,
soda, lime and other ingredients which
they soon began to put into the tank.
Very soon the mixture began to foam
and bubble, and a man with big
SKINNER began to take the foam off
the top and throw it to one side This
foam, ne learned, was called Stag. When
the mixture was as liquid as water
it was allowed to cool until It was sticky
and then it was ready fer the blowers.
Most Of the blowing at this partic-
ular glass factory was done by ma
Chinery but to Mr. Waters great de-
light he saw a man come along with a
five-foot blow pipe. This man. he
knew, was called the gatherer. The
gatherer dipped the end Of his blow
pipe in the molten mass again and
again until he had bubble as big as
Il thanksgiving pumpkin.
Then the pipe, with its big bubble
at the end, was passed to another man
called the blower II was explained
that they had an order for a special
window glass and they had decided to
make it in the old-fashioned way
Charlie did not doubt that this special
/ blower was an expert and Uncle George
knew he was from the way he handled
his Job.
He first put the bubble on a molding
block and blew it and turned it alter
nately for many times until it was long
and pear shaped. Every once in while
they put the bubble back into a blow
furnace to reheat it Then at last the
blower climbed up on what looked like
bridge built across a deep swing hole.
With fascinated eyes the boy watched
him blow and swing the big pipe with
Its hanging mass of glass back and
forth, back and forth, until presently
| It was no longer pear shaped but evil
lnder shaped instead. Then the ends
| were cut off bv wrapping a thread of
| not glass around the cylinder and tap
! ping 1t gently was 6. piece of chilled
I iron.
The cylinder with the ends cut off
was next laid in what they called a
! cradle and hot iron was crawn s1arp-
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edge Of the road. and now from behind
thick ciurnp OF bushes at which they
had stepped they peered ahead. Only a
few yards In front Of them and directly
opposite the rat IN the road were Akers,
Malone and Stuart. The three men
were IN such position that they were
invisible from the road. but ready TO
spring out upon il at moments notice.
As the boys watched the conspirators.
the sound Of a motor was heard, and
I'D the rough road came a car that they
recognized at cHce as that Of the pay
master
We're Just In time" whispered
Forker Whatever you do, keep under
cover, for they may have guns. I'll try
70 bluff them with mine"
With these words he drew his re-
yolVer and took a position behind a
tree on the very edge Of the road. The
boys sought places Of concealment IN
the bushes. but kept their stakes ready
1or action.
Now the little car vas almost to the
nut. There we're two men IN It, as
there had been before-Mr. Lewis and
the guard The paymaster. who was
driving, slowed the car until IL was
almost notionIess TO go through the
deep rlIt And at that moment the
three bandits leaped into the road. and
with cries Of Stick EN- up" surrounded
the car and leaped on the running
board
Then things happened so quickly
that the boys could hardly follow them
Wltha loud shout Forker jumped TO hi
feet. sent bullet into the dirt near this
bandits and called on them to sur
re~5eT. For a moment they were dis
n &C at 81 attack from this uneE.
pected quarter, bat almost al once oIle
ot them--Bob thought it was Malone
turned and fired gun. The bullet hi
the tree behind which Forker was con,
ceaied with a thud
BFeathless with excitement, the boy
saw the other Two bandits pull the doors
~ the car open. One Of them clubbes
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paratus, most any one can perform the
feat
MIR, THAYER philosophers that per-
AFA sens so TO an exhibition of magic
in frame Of mind to be surprised.
They expect It, Their minds absorb the
ideas advanced by the magician in utter
accord with him. The psychology Of the
situation has much to do with the sue
cess of the exhibition. The mind says;
This is a trick of some sorti" But the
eyes see the thing happening right be-
fore them. One sense says: 1t can't be
done!" While another sense, reioins:
But there 1t Isl Look for yottrselfl"
Ana so the perplexity gathers.
"A spectacle which Is attracting great
attention right now is known as The
Princess of Bakhten.' an Egyptian illu-
sion originated by Luciene in England
in 1926 In this a young woman Is
placed upon a revolving stool and Sc
curely bound in tape from head to foot.
She stands there, a tapped bundle Of
animation
THE operator steps back, MAKES few
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05

The four members of the Coneuerors Club
ere WORKING durinE vacation on a new road
heinE built outside FeTgtSton. One day
men in the iahcrinE gang all see that IL is
f1iU Of money. BEING the car Of Mr.. Lewis
payrnasteT of the Frederick Furnace nearby,
who is taking the pay rob TO the plant. ON
Saturday afternoon two weeks later the
flSeir suspicious are aroused by the actions
Of len Akers. rouSh lsborer ia the road
sans and two of his companions, whom
They meet on the road. That night the
bows 90 60 Mr. Lewis and tell him that they
think be is to be robbed on Monday morn
ms while taking The money 70 the furnace.
Ee SAYS for them not TO worry and Seem-
iugly makes light of their fears. But on
Monday morning they find that Len Akers
ana MS companions are misSing from the
gang. and Bob tells Pat Forker. boss Of
the cams, Of their suspicious Forker acreeS
WITH ;l>c boys and toward the middle OF the
morning they leave the rest of the gane and
start <or she spot on She road where the
boys expect the hold-C3p to occur.
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/ ~ down one side and then il was touch
Co along tEltS line with cold iron and
/ tIle cylinder split neatly along its whole
length IN a perfectly straight line.
I9ld you ever see the like OF that9"
/ Charlie called out excitedlv as he
I watched the breaking Of the long glass
tUoe luSt as evenly as If it had been
/ SUI Wlth scissors. Next the sheet was
ne0tea again rattened and cut into
( tine right size window pane
As soon as this process was oyer a
, man took them into another mart NJ
/ the factory where conipresSed-air blow.
egS were busy on larger quantities OF
giaSS and making them into b;Sser
eyIinderS, They saw a machine max
ing bottles. and were told that Il turned
OUT 10000 In q single day. Charlie WAS
aStonished at ths number.
IN Another department they wera
tnaEhg plate glass. The molten class
fQf this was dipped up in big pots
Sttaened TO crane and poured out on
oig IRON tables that had adjustable rims
as tilieG as the plate glass was intended
Again 10 Charles surnris. Ia sau.
SeVeral men take Up what looked IKE
oig rolling pins and begin ia roll tSe
glass mass for all the world as rons
ron OUT PIE crust, The last process
~ completing plate glass was te grind
II under iron blocks and 10 nolish if
with telt dipper In powdered OXIDE az
IRON, Which the glass workers can
rouge WA
They stood for a long time watchins
the makhg OF cut glass. The blanks
Itom which this is made are nyst
pressed INTO shape In moldS and then
the patterns are marked ON with chalk
ground 0ut with sand and emerv
wheels, and then the ground surfaces
are polished with putty powder. IL Was
interesting. too, 70 see how wire
ground and frosted glass are made For
these articles, TOO, the glass is FIRST
shaped IN moldS, as is also the etched
glass, which is only plain glass With
the patterns etched away BY acid
through q wax coating The wax Is
then seraped away, leaving the design
Want 90 see how coloFed glass is
made2" his uncle asked
Yes, indeed. / do" the bow answered
II have often wondered how IL Is done "
Please tell us how colored glass is
made, Nh, WatherS requested az a man
standing IN room with shelves conn
pletely Tiled with green gold, blue and
ruby colored glass articles
Certainly" said the man. takine
down lovely blue glass vase. TO make
this, cobalt was added Ia the either ma
terialS Tor making the glass We aad
chromium Tor the green shades. man
saneae for the pink and some of tne
reds, uranium for the yellowS and
greens, Copper gives us black amt
some OF the reds The best ruby glass.
he said. SIS made by adding gold In thc
form 81 very fine powder"
GLASS making Is certainly an ara
and a very wonderful one. too" Charlie
said Is they left the factory. I'm glad
That I've had thts opportunity"
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operator says, we will proceed to burn
this young lady alive. Please remain in
your seats until the thing Is finished
THE magician applies a match, and
the sheets burst into blaze. The little
blue tongues of heat fit back and forth
over the body the smell Of burning al
cohol permeates the air, and 80 bundle
gradually becomes smallc1 '~e alcohol
is applied to the dying flames, and be-
fore long the heap is reduced To ashes.
There remains on the table nothing Of
the girl who had offered herself on the
Altar OF Fate
It's done ladies and gentlemen the
operator says with wave of his hand at
the table and the bit of ashes
Terribly realistic!' you eXclaim.
Awful says your neighbor
"All the while the sacrifice IS back
stage probably peering through hole
in the curtain to see how her funeral
pyre sits, If her sheets are on straight,
If her couture Is n1uSsed
How did she escape from the table?
All. that's another ouestion--another of
those secrets. And yet. with special APP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05

TT WOULD seem unbelievable that
a great tower Of solid stone could
l actually wear out with old age
and crumple suddenly Yet this
remarkable architectural happen
inc recently occurred IN the famous
Middle Age town of Tours, In France.
where the wonderful Tower OF Charlie
maRne unexpectedly collapsed in
few minutes after standing for LIB
years.
IL was one of the finest relics OF
the Dark Ages, and only for neglected
repairs, due to the governments lack
of funds for such work, might nave
been saved for future generations 70
look upon.
This is the first instance of It's klnd
in Europe, If not in the entire Wofla,
where the effect Of time and weather
alone brought about such an abrupt
disintegration of an apparently SOHO
stone structure.
Twenty. four hours before the IAN OF
the tower several cracks showed upon
the face OF 1t When these were no
ticed the mayor ordered all people
dwelling near the tower to vachte the1r
premises pending an Investigator.
However. no great fear was at nfst
slowly appearing all over the face OF
the tower ON the following day, realizA~
ton came that nothing could be done
10 save the historic relic,
Word passed through the town ana
by evening practically the entire popil~
lation Of 10000 gathered, breathlebaiy,
watching for this strange example OF
the triumph Of the years The hfe
department played aearchlighta upon
the building. Az o'clock IN the eve
ming, some 10 hours after this massive
pile OF masonry had given undeniable
evidence of weakness, the tower tfein =
hled and sWayed A long moment IL
hung, as though striving 10 remain
erect. Then the south facade gave
and IN another moment what had
been thing Of beauty fell with a
| Numbering sound and became Utter
/ Ut broken stone that spread a great
/ mas Of debris for 300 feet down The
| street
/ with the fall ~ the tnWer under
such unusual circumstances there passed
ths AA4I standing part Vi the Abbey
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but Mr.. Lewis was uninjured. He gave
a cry of surprise when he saw the Con-
Querors.
well, III be jiggered!' he exclaimed.
4 thought I'd steered you boys OF this
affair when / pretended not to believe
your story on Saturday. Don't you
know you might have got hurt?"
Bob chuckled $50 that was your
game. was It? And We thought you
were just careless
Not mel' answered the paymaster
why, was in the police station be-
fore you were block away from my
house. and these officers followed my
car all the way out from town this
morning"
Il guess We were sort of superfiuous
| then" said Red with wry smile. And
we thought we were going to stop a bic
hold-up all by ourselYesl"
We'll, don't worry, boys" Mr.. Lewis
said emphaticalIy. TT was entirely be-
cause OF you that my company isn't
about $4,000 poorer right now, and
they won't be ungrateful." He motionec
TO the three bandits whom the police
were hustling. handcuffed, into theil
car We'll put those three bandits
away for a nice long prison sentence
and you'll get mighty worth while re-
ward. And youIl get your share. too
/ Forker."
/ With an embarrassed grin, the labor
/ boss thanked the paymaster Then. a.
( Mr. Lewis climbed into his coupe Forkel
/ turned to the Conquerors.
/ IAN right, you loafersl" he said
/ grufay. but with twinkle In his eye
/ How about gettin' back to work? What
/ do va think you're gettin' paid for?"
The police car turned and started
! back to town, the paynaster continued
on his way TO the furnace, and Bob
Bill, Perky and Red. with many groani
and mock protests, went back to work.
But they knew that they had earned
much more money that day than theJ
would get for their hard labor on tht
road
THE END.
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factory. Charlie urged: Tell me more
about glass making. Uncle George I
always understand the things that I
see all the better because We talk them
over first
THAT is because you are a good
listener" his uncle smiled. 1.-THE basis
of all glass is sand and soda. In mod
ern glass factories the mixture is either
melted in special fireclay crucibles. or
in big tanks made of flre-clay slabs.
These tanks are reasonably shallow.
hardly more than three feet deep, but
often reaching over a great deal of
space and holding some times as much
as 200 tons Of the mixture. In order to
Withstand the terrific heat that it
takes to melt this mixture the walls
OF the furnace that supplies the heat
are built OF nearly pure silica. because
this is about the only thing that can
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Time Triumphs as Tower Topples

survived until the time of the Revo-
luton.
To this abbey in the year 770 came
the mighty King Charlemagne. he of
the flowing beard, great warrior and
statesman, one Of Frances best rulers.
He came sadly, for hts retainers car
rled the remains Of his wife, Luitgard.
Near the foot of the tower she was
buried.
The so unusual collapse of this stone
edifice Is doubly notable because of the
almost miraculous fact that no ono
was injured when IL fell. The tower
has been visited by millions of tourists.
Because of its history it is a very great
architectural loss to France
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TNSTAILNfENT V.

This may be a wild goose chase. "
said Forker in a low voice as they
moved along. but it's better to be safe.
II that paymaSter is too dumb to look
after his own pay roll. wen have to do
it for him Then he patted a pocket
which bulee6 ovo- the revolver that the
labor boss always carried And we
can do it. can't We, kids" he finished
with q grin.
The Conquerors did not mind when
this big. brawny man called them
kids For answer they gripped their
stakes more tightly and grinned under
Stan6ingJy at Forker.
AS they came nearer and nearer to
the place where they expected the hold
I'd 70 be staged they advanced with
still more caution. Suddenly Bob, who
was leading the way. stopped tensely in
his tracks and pointed straight ahead
They had been advancing close TO the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05

IN the following sentence Is concealed
the name oil Western city.
Looking into the den, Vera found
her father sleeping"
s.
Here are some exercises in beheadins
ana euftailing. Behead part of a stable
ano ger a word for high Behead again
and set q word for everything,
Cnrtail railroad car and get to eat
Curtail again and get a noise.
a
Only time will make the change that
we ask you To make in the first OF these
word chains. and NOT even magician
can always make the change in the
second.
Change PUP to DOG in three moves
Change BALD TO HAIR in H. moves
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Chinook.
nY EA CONiANCnn,

LAIiASH The tirst A Is as in Father
and the second as ia Hat. The word
Is derived from the French, and Is used
to mean either AN OF Ratchet. but
mainly the latter. The English word
AK Is usually carried over into Chi
nook for the large tool LOI.O NIKA
LAHASH means Bring my hatchet"
LOpE This is the English word
Rope. with the English r changed 10
the Indian l., 1t Is used 60 mean any
kind Of rope. string. cord thong or
similar article TENAS f,oPF Is "little
rope" or string in many cases, while
HYAa LoPE or SkO0kuM LoPE
means big or a strong rope, and thus
a hawser or eahle, CHfCKAMtfN 1lClPE
is wire or metal rope or chain.
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dletlon. The monks were not required
10 give any account to the archbishop
of the revenue they derived In time
this prosperity led TO corruption. King
Charles the Bald, had housekeeping
and reduced the number to so men
Of really pious nature These guarded
the ancient and fabulous treasure.
which was constantly augmented by
gifts from devuut people,
Isut finally, during tile religious
wars. the Golfers of the abbey we're
emptled by the army Of Condo In 1861
and about million dollars we're dis
pefsed After that the prosperity Of
the abbey waned. But the building
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IT, Make a fold Ia middle at piece Of
stout cord 10 inches long and pass this
fold through the central hole, as shown
in the picture Then put q button on
the cord on each eide and lie the ends
10 the other two holes The trick lies
III putting the huttona together without
uniFing either OF The hnotA Can you
do lk2
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OF ST. Martin, which was completed ia
the year 400 The abbey buildings
were very extensive at tho end of the
eighth century. Two hundred monks
lived In It's dormitoriea Twenty at 81
time they ohanted in the chapel and.
with changes every hour, the chanting
was kept up from one years end TO
another for several centuries The
prosperity of these monks increased SO
rapidly and prodigiousiy that their
wealth became countryside fable. In
a time when gold ana silver were scarce
their Golfers we're full to bursting
During the early period of the abbey
there were "a churches under It's inria-
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The kerosene. gasoline and benZine
the Worlo uses IN sucn enormous guam
titles comes from heavy oil that lies
underneath the surface 81 the earth
~ order 20 bring it 10 the surface a
hole must b. drilled downward, and
SUCH holes are often al deep az half q
mile. The job Is sometimes a very
difficult ard expensive one. One method
IS By means Of rotary drill. which
horeH n0le hH means Of & nlt attached
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THIS puzzle Ii simplY made but hiBh-
" myaiifyng We Won't tell you how
10 solve 1t, for you win enjoy working IL
out yourself all the more
10 make II gel piece wood 0ne~
fourth Of an inch thick one inch Wide
and eight inches long and make three
holes. spaced two inches apart. through
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A Los Angeles Craftsman Turns Out
Spooky Cabinets, Trick Paraphernalia
and Sleight-of-Hand Tools for the
Worlds Greatest Illusionists, and He
Never Gives Away a Professional
Secret.
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French Trim Boards.

PARIS Eeard9 traditional Ia
France. are gradually disappearing and
Frencnlpeu are becoming SIS SMOOTH
shaVen as Americans only at the
Chamber Of Deputies is tbs beard stu
seen al H. beeL.
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BLOWING CYLINDERS by MACHINE.

Withstand the intense heat that IL takes
TO make glass"
once ut the glass factory Charles
found himself listening and looking
with mouth and eyes wide OMEN sS
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THE PUZZLE CORNER

This weeks cross word puzzle is built
around two long words which stand for
popular Summer sports. Our only hint
is that they are both connected with
water