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mmmmm 91 ... (Continued from page 2) European argument, the party left New York last Thursday, a week ago. The return route took them through Wash ington where the party viewed the shrines of government and graft, and then started westward again by way of the famous Lincoln Highway. The re turn took eight days altogether, landing them Saturday night in Mankato. Mr. and Mrs. Metzinger took the night train from Mankato, leaving the car in the care of Arno Weddendorf. Mr. Metzinger declared that this is by far the most enjoyable way of "seeing anywhere. He must therefore agree to America first", and' furthermore he their terms or keep his product, claims that America is certainly worth "The Honolulu Co. has a well there at seeing. the present time that we saw, that runs "We started out as gullible amateurs", a steady stream of oil about three and he declared, "but we came back sea- one half inches in diameter day and soned veterans at the game. Our hard night. They told us that it was worth luck was mostly imaginary, and we. $1000 a day to the company, enjoyed ourselves so much that we had "Another well is called the "Lakeview no time to take stock of our worries".' No. 1". This well, when sunk, gushed oil to a height of from 500 to 600 feet. THE OIL INDUSTRY. game it is a great gamble where only millionaires with reinforced concrete nerve can afford to take chances", said Dr. G. F. Reineke is recounting one of the most interesting experiments of his trip West this summer. which extends in a long strip fifty by SSBJSHH^ t»fi»ffcS3 SJJS &8 ts ex "This may serve in the way of a eccentric. The steam is carried through •warning to local investors who might pipes from some distance farther away expect fabulous reutrns from their in- from the well. The fire danger is very vestments in oil companies stock. Next' great so the boilers are always some to guessing on the outcome of the Euro- distance from the pumps. In this way pean war, the oil business is the most one man can tend quite a few wells at uncertain proposition in the world. When one time. They do not need to fire the :a company starts to dig a well in the oil boilers because they burn crude oil in •district, even if it is in the immediate them. vicinity of a well that gushes a stream "There are times when an oil pump of dollars faster than the San Francisco, will "stick". In order to save time they mint, it is never certain that oil instead "shoot" them. In other words, they •of water will turn up. That is the dynamite them. We met a man that strange part about the whole thing, does this for a living. It seems to be a There are veins of pure water running I very risky sort of business but he does -within a few feet of the oil veins, and not think so. He told us that sometimes 'often investors have spent a fortune when they shoot a well, it gushes the •drilling a well that gave only water, oil some distance into the air. It is These are the kinds of wells that the' then re-piped and the pumping contin gullible eastern investor pays for and, ues. then tries to pay the groeery and rent The Fire Danger. bills on rarified hope. The Honolulu' „_,, Company, one of the two largest com-1 Are danger is very great Many thousands of dollars worth of oil has gone panies operating in the oil district, spent $500,000 before they struck oil. They now have about a dozen gushers which ^re making a fortune for them." The Gasolene Graft. "'Within the territory of the oil wells, that in case there is any trouble with the well, the tubes can be drawn up. The derricks are from 35 to 50 feet high. The Buyers' Monopoly. "There are two companies operating wells there at the present time. The Standard Oil Co. and the Honolulu Co. The latter has its head offices and direc tors at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. These two companies are the only buyers of oil there and if they don't care to buy the oil of a smaller company or an in dividual owner, he can not sell his oil It has produced, up to this time, $5,000, 000 worth of oil and today it is being pumped, and yields as much as any '"The oil business is not a poor man's ordinary well does. There is also a "Lakeview No. 2." This well acted very much like "No. 1" and is also still flowing. "The pumping is done with steam. There is a large beam connected to the pumping rods and this is fastened to an up smoke on account of some careless employee. In ease there is a fire, they try to extinguish it by blasting at the base of it. If this cannot be done, it must be let alone until it has burned it self out sufficiently. The smoke from a seven miles, there are natural gas wells stifling. which supply Los Angeles with gas. "From the wells the oil is run into Gas at Taft, Calif., where it gushes out tanks. These tanks have a uniform of the ground is worth eighty cents. capacity of 55,000 barrels. The Stan Gasolene made in Taft from natural jdard Oil Co. has a group of 20 such gas, which is made by compressing it,' tanks there. From these tanks it is sells for "two cents more than in New through pipes to San Francisco. Ulm." At intervals of 20 miles there are pumping Harold Reineke, who accompanied stations that force the oil on. The Dr. and Mrs. Reineke on the trip gives entire length of the pipe line is something an interesting account of their stay in the over 200 miles. This method of con x»il district. veying che oil is much cheaper and more "Our visit to the oil fields was very convenient than by rail, interesting. Although it was very hot,: "There is only one railroad running we enjoyed our stay in Taft very much, through this district. It runs one Taft is 38 miles west of Bakersfield and passenger and one freight a day. It is in the center of the greatest oil pro-: takes in all the towns in the district and during region of the United States. consequently covers some of the same "The houses are made of rough boards ground twice by backing to the main set upright. They are poorly built and tracks again. We therefore took an unpainted. The streets have not been auto stage to Bakersfield and from there laid out and the houses are built almost we went to southern points, anywhere. There is not a green thing "A trip like this into the oilfields is in sight. Sand that reflects the strong an education. It is more interesting rays of the sun is all that can be seen. to have a guide, who has worked around "One may look in any direction from the wells, as he can furnish accurate in Taft and see oil wells. In many places formation. We were at Taft for about they are very close together. An oil well 30 hours and we-feel that the trip was looks very much like a windmill without' well worth while." a wheel on it. The derricks are left Dr. Reineke made several interesting over the well alter it has been sunk so I observations on the use of oil in Cali- fire of this nature is very black and WAXSIPAHTI LAXATIVE EFFECTIVE & HARMLESS A CARBONATED WATER CONTAINING Magnesium Sulphate, Iron, Lithia, Sodium Chloride, Sugar, Citric Acid & Extract of Orange SOLD IN CASES OF HALF PINT BOTTLES. EFFECTIVE & SOOTHING LAXATIVE. BOTTLED BY NEW ULM BOTTLING WORKS H. H. & A. J. PRENZEL. NEW ULM, MINN. fornia which will be of special interest to whose hands are calloused from holding an automobile wheel while trying to avoid the sierras on our famous Minne sota roads. "All roads and streets in California are oiled", he said. "This keeps down the dust in wonderful shape and also acts as the best protection against the suction of the rubber automobile tires which will tear up ordinary roads in a short while. Most of the main highways are the unfortunate and befuddled Herr paved, and the pavement for this and for the city streets is made of a paste of sand and crude oil which looks and wears like asphalt. "A peculiar thing to be observed in Taft, is the temperature of the city water, which ranges from 110 to 120 degrees at all times, due to the fact that it flows for a hundred and fifty miles mostly in open over ground pipes and aqueducts." THE SIMMET KUCHEN THAT WOULDN'T STAY PUT. It was only the usual ten cent simmet kuchen but it certainly did give one of our well known business men a lot of trouble the other evening if the reports of his friends who were with him in his strange adventure can be taken at par value. He had it and he didn't have it and then he had two. But wait a minute, till we get our bearings and see if we can untangle a most intricately tangled tale. If we have been given the right slant at the story, it happened some thing like this. Said well known business man offered to "buy one" for some of his friends. At the same time he remarked that he had to get a simmet kuchen for his better half. His friends decided to slip one over on their hospitable crony and so one of them stepped in right be hind him and bought a second sample of the baker's art. The second cake was dispatched to the home of the well known business man, who, for the sake of saving the typewriter, we will desig nate hereafter as Herr and arrived some little time ahead of the master of the house. Quite a bit ahead, in fact. With the stage set for the comedy, the jovial party lined up before the bar of one of the local thirst parlors and "had one" on Herr X. Some little time was con sumed in the careful stowing away of the liquid refreshments and in the course of the festivities the simmet kuchen No. 1 disappeared. When Herr got ready to depart he looked in vain for his purchase. His friends joined solicitously in the search. No simmet kuchen. The frantic owner accused his friends of disposing of it and hot words soon followed. The controversy grew so heated that a law suit seemed imminent and only great self control kept all the parties concerned from coming to blows. It was useless, the pastry was gone beyond recall. So after unburdening his inmost heart upon the perfidy of his former friends, Herr sallied forth and bought another simmet kuchen. That made No. 3. His friends finally persuaded him to return to the joy dispensary for a "little one" to re establish the strained relations and lo, the simmet kuchen was found resting under a newspaper at the very table they had vacated but a short time before. His friends gravely shook their heads and intimated that Herr had better go a little easy in his potions if he expected to reach home in respectable condition. AN Finally, with his simmet kuchen tightly gripped under his arm he fled for home. Upon reaching his abode, he reported to his sleepy help-meet that he had brought home the simmet kuchen. Imagine his surprise when she insisted that he had sent it home several hours before. And she could produce the 'goods, too. That was too much for Herr X. It seemed as if all the simmet cakes in New Ulm were dogging his trail. His wife declared that he had been making a night of it with the boys and he was too bewildered to even deny the charge in spite of his record as the steadiest old horse in the crowd. Simmet kuchen ist gut, aber it is hard to keep track of. MIDSUMMER MARRIAGES. Snilaberg-Sommerstad At the home of the bride in New Richland yesterday Miss Jennie Som merstad and Mr. Thor. J. Snilsberg were united in marriage, Rev. L. G. Engelstad performing the ceremony in the presence of the immediate relatives and friends of the contracting parties. The bride was attired in white crepe de chine and was accompanied by Miss Gonie Mitgatden as bridesmaid. The groom was accompanied by Mr. George Sommerstad as best man. At exactly high noon the contracting parties took their places underneath an arch of ferns and sweet peas and spoke the solemn vows. After the ceremony a delightful wedding dinner was served and the young people took the afternoon train for a two weeks wedding trip. They re fused to divulge the exact route they expected to take. his benefit. Besides, he had another Stanis Sperl has entered the employ one and he hardly dared to appear at home with two when only one was ordered. So to avoid further trouble, one of his friends took the cake. And another of the party bought a simmet kuchen—No. 4. On the way home a heated argument occurred as to which of the three cakes really belonged to Herr X. The more heated the discussion grew, the less certain of his ground was The bride is well known in New Ulm having taught in the local schools for several years. The groom is one of New Ulm's most promising young busi ness men and is assistant cashier of the Brown County Bank. After their honeymoon trip the young people will return to New Ulm and commence house keeping in their fine new residence on South Washington street. Both young people are very popular in New Ulm and will be a welcome addition to the younger married set of the city. Westlie-Nelson Miss Ella Nelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Nelson of Lafayette, and H. H. Westlie of Plaza, N. D. were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents Saturday, August 14th. The young people will be at home to their friends in Plaza after the 15th of Sep tember. Attorney Albert Pfaender stopped at Sleepy Eye between trains Thursday on his way to Redwood Falls in the interest of the wet forces of Redwood County. Herr refused to have anything to do of 9 and 11. The prospects are that the with his first purchase as he was not at attendance this year will be larger than all sure that it had not been doctored for even the normal increase would indicate. Supt. H. C. Hess announces to parents who may wish to see him about appli cants who intend to enter the city schools, that he will be in his office at the High School building every day next week in the mornings between the hours A full line of SWEATERS for men, ladies and chil dren at the BEE HIVE. Realty Transfers. John M. Remiger to Edward F. Berkner, S 1-2 of Sublot 5 of Gov't. 2, $200. Wm. C. Kreugel to Charles Hormann, 1 and 2 5 in Schwarzrock's 2nd. Add. to Springfield, $2,600. G. W. Schaffer to P. O. Wollen, 7 and E 1-2 of 6 in 13, Village of Com frey,$350. Max Miklas to Alfred Polta, 9 144 S. City, $300. "TIZ" GLADDENS SORETIRED FEE! "TIZ" makes sore, burning, tired feet fairly dance with delight. Away go the aches and pains, the corns, callouses, blisters and bunions. "TIZ" draws out the acids and poisons that puff up your feet. No matter how hard yon work, how: long you dance, how far you walk, or how long you remain on your feet, "TIZ" in restful _. .. derful for tired. aching, swollen, smarting feet Tour feet juBt tingle for joy shoes never hurt or fieem tight. Get a 26 cent boat of I now from any druggist or department store. End foot torture forever—wear smaller shoes, keep your feet fresh, sweet and happy. of the South Side Auto Company. Prof. k. F. Reim left for Kenosha, Wis. to visit with his son, Edmund. Wm. Russel of Marquette, Mich, is visiting with the Ath. Henle family. Frank Kosek who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis, has re covered. Fred Dittbenner, a nephew of Herman Fixsen is taking medical treatments at the Union hospital. Mrs. D. Ankenbrand, of Hibbing Minn visited with the Wellner family on North Broadway last week. Mrs. Ankenbrand was Miss Sophie Wellner before her marriage.. R. J. Schmid of Canby, Minn, who is employed in the hardware business of Louis Ochs, visited with his family last Sunday. He will remove his house hold goods to Canby in the near future, ft 'M Jfoot comfort. "TIZ" is won- Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Penkert spent several days in the twin cities last week. They returned to New Ulm last Tuesday. Sleepy Eye is commencing to boost for their street fair to be held Sept. 16, 17, 18th. All the auto owners are deco rating their cars with signs telling of the "Three Big Days". Alb. Winkelmann who left for Everett, Wash, last fall with his mother and brother returned to New Ulm Friday and has again accepted a position as plumber with. Chas. Emmerich. Just before going to press yesterday' afternoon we were informed that fire threatened the destruction of the resi dence on the old J. H. Dorn farm in Brighton township, but the flames were subdued before it had gained complete headway. As it was just one room was scorched. Fred Bongaards is the tenant on the Dorn farm.—Nicollet Leader. Detroit Jewel Cabinet Gas Range What woman whose heart does not pine for a convenient Cabinet Gas Range, but alas, kitchen space now-a-days is often so restricted! Now here's the opportunity you crave—a real Cabinet Gas Range that willfitand notovercrowd your kitchen, and at a popular price besides. The acme of convenience in a gas range—no stooping to bake or broil cooking top neither too high nor too low. Detroit Jewel Gas Ranges offer the most for the money because they are made from the best materials and by the most skilled workmen. We connect them FREE of charge. New Ulm Hardware Co. Put Aside Your Baking Day Worries If you use the pure and wholesome pro duct of our Mills you cannot fail to se cure good results with the minimum of trouble. Our flours are made from only the best of selected grain, milled with exceeding care. Call for "A 1 in a" and you'll not be worried by hard baking days. New Ulm Roller Mill Go. 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