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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

and $4,000, 0O0, 900 in the later year,
had q return of less than 4 per cent;
not equal to savings bank interest on
the money involved.
While the need for profits probably
effort to curtail production by agree
hurdle q few legal obstacles-leaders Of
the industry believe the profits can be
secured by stoppage of waste without
bringing about higher prices to con-
sumerS. In January and February this
year half as much crude oil went into
unneeded storage as during the entire
year 1928-added storage being $780,
900 barrels In January and $500, 900 In
the short month of February. The
storage supply Of oils in the country is
equal to about 240 days consumptive
demand, whereas 100 days supply Is
considered adequate. By storing more
than double the amount necessary the
industry is paying more than double
the necessary cost OF interest charges
on inventories, more than double the
insurance premiums, etc., and Is using
too many tanks, which cost SO cents pei
barrel Of capacity to construct. Profits
many leaders believe rest in the savings
which can be effected by curtailed pro-
duction.
Beyond this is the question of an oil
supply for the future. SO far as the
automobile is concerned, automotive
engineers know they can change motors
to use fuel other than gasoline, but
aside from other considerations. to do
this would cause the junking Of present
motors in which the public has more
than $1,000, 000, 900 invested.
The question of international agree
ments on conservation was raised last
week at the meeting Of the Petroleum
Institute through the presense and par
ticipation Of Sir Henri Defending, man
aging director Of the Royal Dutch-Shell
Cos. Of Europe. These interests have
important holdings in Venezuela, as
well as elsewhere. This curtailed pro-
duction program Is proposed by the
United States. but for Venezuela, Mex
leo and Northern South America, for
which area the institute has set up one
Of its five regional committees. The oil
there may come from foreign sand, but
it is chiefly American dollars which
bring 1t UP and transport 1t.
The United States produced 100000, :
900 barrels Of crude petroleum In 1928
which was 68.2 per cent Of the estirnat-
ed worlds production Of 1922, 896, 000
barrels. Venezuela leaped to second
piece with 100000, 600 barrels, per
cent Of the worlds total. In order, tbs
other countries producing more than
per cent of the total were Russia, Mex
leo, Persia, Rumania, the Netherland
East Indies and Colombia.
Whatever program for curtailment
may be executed In this country nat
urally viii influence the entire world
situation.
tcopyrisht. 1899 -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
State Department Files.

A letter has been written by men,
Der of the House of Representatives to
the State Department calling attention
to the manner in which records of that
department bearing upon the foreign
relations of the Government are kept
in wooden cabinets and asking for sug-
Restions for their better preservation
from destruction by fire. AS a result
Of this inquiry may come an appropria-
ton for freproof containers for the
flies Of the foreign office"
The condition of the files in the State
Department is not exceptional. It Is
indeed, typical Of the conditions in all
the Government Offices, with few ex-
ceptions. For many years one of the
most urgent needs of the Government
has been a f1reproof archives building
Ia which the documents not of current
Use might be stored. 1t has also re.
ouired an almost complete new equip
ment Of structures for departmental ant
bureau work in which ci,rsent files coult
be kept ii sdrety.
An archives building is on the pro-
gram of the public construction plar
for early development. 1t will probably
be in the second group to be started ir
the Mall-Avenue triangle. Whether the
files now 90 inadequately stored in thu
state Department are to 90 into thai
new building or are to remain within
the departments precincts, it is assured
that q great volume of the Govern
uaent's permanent records now exposed
TO destruction by fire and by datnpres'
viii In a comparatively short time o'
safely stored.
In this connection arises the ques'
ton Of what provision Is to be MADE 10
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This and That

A yellow cat came along Pennsylvania
avenue to see what he could find.
It was about O'Clock In the morn
ing, when the r1idtide Of workers STROBE
firmly along the pavements on their way
to their daily tasks -
The bright yellow cat came out OF q
store and made bis way gingerly across
the sidewalk to the doors OF pave
ment cellar.
Just as he got there a man stopped
down to pet him.
Why is it that more men are to be
seen petting cats on streets than women,
although the latter are popularity sup
posed to be the great friends OF the
feline race?
An observer will see men everywhere
STOPPING over to stroke the heads Of
dirty, stray alley cats. This is partic-
ularly noticeable in the downtown sec
lions, where cats are not seen as often
as in residence districts.
Those who like cats are always on
| the watch for them. Perhaps that is
why so many men will be seen petting
them. Almost always they are dirty.
These downtown cats live mostly in
stores and when they stray out they
meet only dust and coal dirt.
how delicious q roll in honest clean
dirt may be. They have nc incentive
for keeping themselves clean, for they
find it to be a hopeless task. The more
they lick themselves, the dirtier they
| get.
The yellow cat showed his apprecia-
ton Of a friendly hand by winding
around the legs of the pedestrian and
sticking up his head.
Then he walked on.
A yellow cat makes an especial ap-
peal to many cat friends. Usually they
are tiger-striped. maybe In two tones Of
yellow or with white.
Some yellow cats resemble miniature
lions. Usually they have bright yellow
eyes. which add to their general APP
pearance.
The Pennsylvania avenue cat had
white chest-at least 1t was by nature
white. but city living had turned it
into a sort of gray-white, showing the
effects Of cellar living.
| *& *
This cats objective was the sidewalk
cellar. Perhaps the garbage can was
down there and 1t knew it from expert
ence.
Just as 1t was poking It's head over
| the opening, looking down into the Gel
lar. an automobile back.fired.
| Bang!
The cat stiffened, and instead Of run
ming. as one might have supposed who
had not observed cats, Immediately sank
to the ground in a crouch.
This Is the invariable reaction Of the
house cat to sudden danger as mani
tested by some startling noise.
Until the cat discovers who or what
the noise is he remains where he Ia.
Perhaps it is not q bad plan, after all.
What Is the use Of moving until one
/ knows what to move from?
| There he sat, or crouched, ready for
anything. One has to be alert In the
downtown streets. Man or beast, II you
want to get back home alive you must
look sharp, listen for threatening noises
and be ready to jump out of harms way.
AS soon as he realized that the sharp
noise had no direct relation to himself
the yellow cat stood up again and con-
tinued his investigation Of the subter-
raneen recess.
| The last we saw Of him was his yellow
tail as he disappeared into the side.
walk cavern in search Of food.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
President Hoover's Innovations Are
Making for New Political Conditions

nevertheless, as the appointment Of Mr..
proves, is going to consult with his party
In Congress more continuously and more
intimately than any previous President
in Washingtons contemporary recollec-
ton.
In other words, Mr.. Hoover's concep-
ton Of a party seems to be that 1t
should be managed by those members
OF 1t who have been elected hy the peo-
pie to public Office and who are respon-
sible to the people for immediate public
legislative and administrative action.
That same point would seem to under
lie and explain the Presidents pro-
nouncement on Republican political af-
fairs in the States of the South. For
years the Republican party has been
recognizing Republican Southern Or
CARNATIONS which had no hope Of elect
ing any Republican to Office, but which,
fiuence in the counsels and conventions
of the Republican party nationally. The
President now virtually says:
~ 4
IT will give no consideration to any
Southern Republican organization which
exists merely for purposes of party and
Va u HIA CAtCklO my
Dental favor only to organizations
which bestir themselves to be Of good
repute within their States and to be
able thus to persuade their States to
elect Republicans to local office and to
national Office"
All these activities, then, by the Presi-
dent are Of one piece. They all tend
toward making the Republican party
less a party of background patronage
politicians and more a party of politi-
clans out in the forefront of the public
gaze through having been actually re-
sponsibly elected to the public service.
1t may be a good idea, or 1t may be
poor idea, politically; but an idea it
certainly Is, and the President can be
seen at the end of his first month as
President consistently and vigorously
promoting It.
tCopyrisht, 1897
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
Petroleum Production
Curtailment Possibilities
BY HARDEN COLFAX.

If, without running afoul Of the law,
Oil producers can curtan the production
Of petroleum, as proposed at their New
York meeting last week, it will not fol-
low necessarily that the millions OF au-
tomobile owners in the United States
must pay more for their gas" although
a price increase of fuel oil, that rapidly
growing sister of gasoline, would not be
surprising at all.
Gasoline production in 1928 was 377,-
183. 900 barrels of AZ United States gal
Ions each, an increase of IL per cent
over 1927, while the domestic demand
was 328, 900 barrels, an increase Of
II per cent, according to Bureau of
Mines figures. Reflneries handled 912,-
e31 900 barrels Of crude petroleum, of
which 77,674,000 barrels were Of for
eign origin, last year, an increase OF 10
per cent in a year. The average yield
Of gasoline was AIS per cent contrasted
with 1915 per cent in 1927.
What the American Petroleum In
stitute proposed at its meeting last week
was restriction of production to the
basis of last year.-902, 000, 900 barrels in
the United States--which was less than
q million barrels above the 1927 out
put. It's committee calculates that,
through higher recovery OF gasoline by
present proved processes, a percentage
of go. instead of the AIS Of last year,
can be attained, thus giving sufficient
"gas" from 62S, 500 900 barrels of crude
to supply 1929 market demands, instead
Of the 912,a00 900 barrels required last
year for a slightly smaller market de-
mand for gasoline.
But Of course larger recovery of
gasoline from crude oil would mean less
fuel oil from a given quantity Of crude
petroleum. The result well might be
that there would be no increase in
the price Of gasoline but raise In fuel
oil. This would not anger the coal men,
at least, for fuel oil has been displacing
considerable coal for household, as
well as industrial, purposes.
This question of price to the consun1-
ers, wherever 1t strikes, is the real dam
ger point in the program Of the Oil
producers.
There has been overproduction of pc
troleum in the United States for some
years. The question Of conservation OF
q natural resource enters heavily into
the present situation. The supply Of
petroleum is not inexhaustible. Govern
mental agencies have sounded repeated
warnings. The report Of the Federal
Oil Conservation Board, created by
President Coolidge four years ago and
composed of the Secretaries Of the IN
terror, War, Navy and Commerce De-
partments, with experts Of these de-
partments as advisers, urged conserva-
ton. President Hoover was member
of this board while Secretary Of Com
merce, and his recent order stopping
leases on government lands where le-
gally permissible was the result OF his
personal study Of the situation.
X X X X
While conservation per sc may be an
element in the move of the oil men,
their selfish concern, naturally, is about
profits Reports Of the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau show that from 1919 to
1927 the oil industry Of the United
States, with an invested capital OF
around $4,000, o00, 900 In the earlier year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Overwhelming the Orchestra.
Frogs are hollerin', low and high.
Birds are singin' as the day drifts by.
They sound like fiddle or flute in
tune,
Till the North Wind bellows with his
big bassoon.
When the musics goin' sweet and strong
Discord is certain to come along.
The clouds hang over the sun and
moon
When the North Wind bellows with his
big bassoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

moisture, and the result is q honey
comb Of interstices between the stones
that Is traced readily by the air sue
ton upon the flames Of the lamps Of
the men excavating. A part of the
work in Strengthening the foundation
will be the cementing Of the old founda-
ton. Altogether 1t is evident that the
money appropriated for strengthening
the base of the Monument viii not be
thrown away and that the work was
needed If any additional weight wat
to be thrown upon the shaft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

A submarine journey to the North
Pole is planned by Sir Hubert wilkins
Exploration has not disclosed much on
the surface. AS a matter of thorough
ness it may as well be of interest to
ascertain whether there is anything re-
markable down below.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

Old John Barleycorn is evidently
ambitious to be represented in society
drama, as well as in "Ten Nights in a
Barroom."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

Owing to differences Of custom among
nations Uncle Sam hardly feels war
ranted in explicitly demanding "tee-
total" diplomatic corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

There can be no enthusiasm about
the possibility of the latest styles in UNI
brellas being featured in the Easter
parade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
Fond Remembrance.

Fond Remembrance.
I remember-I remember
Those happy days gone by,
When people spoke in merry Jest
OF prunes and pumpkin pie.
I remember--r remember
With sentiment so deep,
When hash aroused but little jest
And pork and beans were cheap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

A bone-dry law is no excuse for a
bone-head demonstration by reckless
representative of subordinate authority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
Hard Labor.

I played the market and won.
But pretty soon the play was done
In each transaction losses lirked.
Thenceforth did not play. I worked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

From the New Castle News.
It is worth noting that very few OF
the big Jobs are held by men who. like
to carry three fountain pens in q vest
pocket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

The little fellow who got squeezed in
stock market movements may be dis
couraged, but he is not reformed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

ITO git a plitical job" said Uncle
Eben, "takes so much industry and to
hold onto It needs so much vigilance
cat It gifts to be bout de hard-work-
m-est form Of employment dar IS"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

Jud Tunkins says he has no hope. of
any brand of farm relief that will let
him depend on watching the stock
ticker instead of listening to the alarm
clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
Member Of The Associateii Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the Use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
Proceeding With Caution.

Pr0ceedlng WIN Cautlon.
"Your oratory is not improving"
I'm going slow in cultivating elo-
quence," said Senator Sorghum. Some
Of the finest of our old orators expert
enced the worst defeats"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

'"There are two kinds Of dance" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown; zone
enables youth to show that it is happy,
the other to seek forgetfulness because
It is not"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
Home. Sweet Home.

would you marry an aviator?"
"I'd hesitate" answered Miss Cay
enne. "He is so perfectly at home in an
airplane that he might frequently for
get about the dinner hour In his regular
domicile,"
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

While conservation per Sc may be an
element in the move Of the oil men,
their selfish concern, naturally, is about
profits. Reports Of the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau show that from 1919 to
1927 the oil industry Of the United
States, with an invested capital Of
around $4,000, 0o0, 900 In the earlier year
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-02-21
Modest Business Grows to Billions
AsFarmers Endorse Grain EXCHANGE

CHICAGO.-Far back In November,
1913, few weeks after the Chicago
Board of Trade was organized, the first
rail shipment of wheat was hauled in
to what is now the worlds greatest
central market
THE Pioneer" first locomotive in
Chicago. made an inspection run over
the original ten miles of the present
North Western system.
On the return "spin," farmer with
a broken down wagonload of wheat
was encountered. After negotiations.
his grain was brought in to the Chi
cago market by the wood burner.
Since that day, billions Of bushels
of farm products have been bought
and sold at the Chicago Board of
Trade. In 1928, 37,152 900 bushels of
wheat were received from lake vessels
and railroads. Railroads alone trans
ported to Chicago last year more than
224 million bushels of the FIVE prin-
cipal grains.
Increasing appreciation by farmers
of the marketing facilities OF grain
exchanges has made such an impress
sive growth possible.
Today, farmers recognize that
cheapness and reliability of the grain
exchange market can be matched no.
where and in the sales of no other
commodity.
From many sources comes this evil
dence Of farmer endorsement.
F. S. Betz. member of the recent
Farmers Elevator convention at
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-02-21
Tuskless Elephants

The males among elephants of India
are frequently provided with tusks,
but this Is by no means universal and
the finest physical development is
reached In those males that have no
tusks at all. These are known in
Burma as hines and In India as
mukna.
The tuskless males frequently dom.
inate the tuskers, in which connection
the Burma and Indian riders have it
that hine can defeat tusker in a
fight by passing the trunk under one
of his adlersary's tusks and over the
other and by applying pressure either
throwing him or smashing tusk.
There is, so far as | know, no re-
liable evidence in favor of this. but
it is fact that tuskless males often
rule the herd.-A. w. Smith in the
Atlantic Monthly.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-02-21

Edward Reardon, jr., motored to Bill
lings, Saturday.
L. nj. Hammond motored TO Bill
lings, Thursday, and returned with a
new Chevrolet six.
The Christian Workers held bake
sale at the Talmadge-Sayer store and
a neat sum was realized.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Pierce and
daughter Nancy, of Billings, were
guests at the Mathwig home, Satur-
day.
]. Dunsworth, of Laurel, has pur-
chased the barber shop. Mr.. Rob-
ertson expects to stay here until
spring,
Mr.. and Mrs. Zollie Haskill motor
ed to Billings, Saturday evening.
They were accompanied by Mrs. G. A.
Lowering.
Mrs. John Normile went to Hun
ter Hot springs to join Mr.. Normile
who has spent the past three weeks
there for rheumatism.
A number of friends gathered at
the Reardon home Saturday evening,
it being the birthday Of Mrs. Rear
don. Cards were enjoyed until a
late hour when a dainty lunch was
served by the hostess.
Mrs. G. A. Lowering entertained
four tables of bridge, Thursday after
noon. At the close of the game a
dainty lunch was served by the hos
tess assisted by Miss Gladys. First
and second prizes went to Mesdames
E. L. Grewell and l.. c. Gibson.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-02-21
eDOIie
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE


Miss Lillian Meyer motored to Bill
lings, Saturday.
E. w. Talmage was a visitor to
Billings, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Rauch motor
to Billings, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. D. Bell are driv-
ing a new "Chevie" six.
Miss Sadie Erickson spent the
weekend in Red Lodge.
Richard Lanter was Red Lodge
visitor one day this week.
Frank, the small son of E. c. Tai
mage, is quite i'll with the "mumps."
]. and T. Reardon, of Laurel, Wis
tied at the e. j. Reardon home, Fri
day,
Miss Edna Dillon of Billings, spent
the weekend at the M. A. Dillon
home.
Miss Marie Ronninigan and Miss
Eva Gustad spent the weekend in
Billings.
Services at the Episcopal church
Sunday afternoon at 4:30. Frank Du-
rant, pastor.
H. Haddox, Chas. Headington and
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-02-21
Chung to Parchment

Public documents were not allowed
to be engrossed on so fragile a mate
rial as the earlier paper was found to
be, and it was not until the art adj
vanced that the new material super
seeded parchment. A careful inspec-
ton Of several hundred old codices In
the royal library at Berlin fails to dis.
close any lasting properties of the pa
per upon which they were written.
On the contrary, the leaves are in
many instances crumbling into brittle
fragments, While the writing has be.
come illegible.
Nevertheless, 1t should be added, the
German paper has had a test of sew.
eral centuries, while it is certain that
some of the paper made today almost
drops to pieces If one looks at ii sc
verely.