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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH Oil Awakens Dreary Old Town Arid Wastes Suddenly Leap in Value When Petroleum Is Located. Boise City, Okla. Wlu-- oil la fils cohered lu un American rommunily. curious transformations take plate In rapid sequence. Change are us emphatic as going suddenly from defeat to victory, want to satisfaction, drown tuess to activity, hope to reali.ation, shacks to homes, overalls to riding Rol.se Clly, the sleep) breeches. hamlet In No Man's Land of Oklahoma, Is the latest example of wlmt the discovery of dotting black gold cau do for a community. Boise City, bound territorially to Oklahoma, Is a sort of poor relation of tlve states Oklahoma, Kausus, Colorado, Texas and New Mexico. It Is within hailing distance of chc:i. but none of them ever sent delegations In quest of Boise City's trade, because Boise City was poorer, than a field mouse. The 300, more or less, hnppy souls of this ouce dreary caplpil of No Man's Land plodded along trying to get u living under dlseouraging conditions from broom corn and wheat and cattle. lirenrldng ruins were hailed as godsends. Merchants led their business away when depression appeared; where there were no crops there was no money. The place never had a reputation as a crop prnduier; usually It was drier than Old Tray's last years Imne. A Bandit Lair. In Wild West days the desolate mesas furnished horse thieves and bandits with Impregnable fortresses When gunfire seemed Imminent the outlaws would ascend the steep, arduous trails to the summits of rock) Mils. There they would stand their ground, and since only one trull led In the summit, the pursuing posse of men found It Impossible to escape the showir of builds from the top. As long as outlaws held their summit they were safe. They could dispatch death to halt the ascent of any one ttho took the trail to them. Where" tho nvesas converge In an effort for fertility, apple and peach orchards relieve the monotonous pano rania. The cattle rancher over the hills; farmers have optimistically sown patches of broom coru and katlir. Last summer, when an oil rig pounded Into the earth there a herd of caltle mooed suspiciously at It. Now that the rig Is the cynosure of nil eyes and hundreds of persons visit the well, these cattle have moved further Into the hills. All about is wild country; but this, of course, was of minor linpoit to the geologists who located the well. Casing and coal would have to come eonsideiahle distance, hauled In by Irmk or team over the trails of ranchers through the (lint hills. Calm Before Storm. To the east of Boise City there were indications of the steadying hand of elv Ili.alloH. Karins were fenced, the old rancher trails vere cut off; milch cows chickens mid hogs added to the revenue Boise City Itself drowsed Us 3(H) residents could not get much n still-rule- - s kick out of drought and rocky hills and linked earth. A little more than a year ago the railroad came and more attention was given to highways. The CO miles to a larger (own Is now a drive of something like an hour. South Is Dnllmrt. Texas; southwest, Clayton. N. SI.; northeast, Klklmrt, Kan.; east, Guy-moOkla. Recently Boise City was awed with sudden tidings that the B.iriisey brothers Imd struck oil In their wildcat test ten miles out of town. The word was broadcast over the oil fields of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. . The little hamlet of No Mans Land was overrun with visitors. Prices soared overnight. An. oil scout asked for the check for his supper. The proprietor railed to the cushler that the hill was about IM) cents. But I had only two fried eggs and coffee,' the customer protested. "Well, Ml let you have that for 75 the retorted. wits, proprietor Whereupon the oil scout instigated a movement to transfer headquarters for the new Held to Klkhart, Kan., 52 miles northeast, or to Dulhurt, Texas, CO miles south. Lodgings Are Scarce. Opportunity seekers are now finding It illlllcult to live comfortably In Boise City. Lodgings are scarce, although Boise Clly has convened every fe cllity Inlo sleeping quarters. Oarages and barns mid attics and sheds are bringing their owners large returns hv caring for the overllow from the hotel mid two Rinal! rooming houses. To those who do not mind pumping what water lliey want mu reposing umlei Inadequate coverage, these acconimo datloiis are to be bad for from $2 to $.') a night. Oil men sleep In theii clothing to keep warm. On every corner hover tense speeu lators. Kverythlug is "sewed up In Hie Immediate vicinity of the well, bill remote leases ofttimes bring good profits. Business men from aearbv towns are taking a fling lu the oil game, and Boise City residents are talking to their furtner friends about signing up. The professional lease seeker might tie mistaken for a millionaire horse man or a lieutenant of some Balkan army. Ills hoots are high and laced, and from the top of these. In neat folds, are varicolored stockings. Ills shirt Is bright, and wheu It Is not open at the throat Byrouesque It Is adorned with a cravat of latest vogue. Csually he wears a corduroy suit of blue, brown or gray. Kolks of the countryside discuss with awe the fact that geologists poked about among the rocks mid. hills and finally assured oil men that If they would upend approximately $115.1X10 on a given spot they had a good gamble of hitting "pay." Farmers bring their families almost dally to Boise City to gather facts about the well. I'erlmps the field extends to their farm? Anyway, their leases ought to he worth a mite. Beal estate prices are being Inflated ; sales are rapid A few weeks ago shacklike homes on a lot could be bought for $21 0 without any hick 20-fo- oooooooooooooooooooooooooo Maine Town Puzzled by Punch Bowl Gift ti x Hatbands and 6 Bobbed Hair Maine. The town A fathers perplexed over wlcil 9 will le done with a big cut glass A punch bowl that was presented V to the citizens r the town meet-- 6 9 Ing. They are trying to figure out 9 the significance of such a gift. A SI nine, the banner proliibltlou 9 state, of course, has uo use tor 6 such a receptacle, hut, at any 9 rule, the huge piece of glass- - o ware has" been accepted amt x will ultimately, lu ull probablli 0 Ity, find- a reusing place some X where In the town hall. 0 Mrs. Fannie Hull Fagan of A Cambridge, Muss., sent the gift 9 here. It was presented by Se- - 0 x lectiiiuu Kluier M. Bobbins. Blddeford, m-- e I Dy I csiietl m lutiMiicui oi die Aioei lean In the group art General Iershlng, National Hk srtny and Legion. i n.-.-m Cotmuuutlt-- i.i '"i CAMERON There are to be two adventures today, said Uncle John one afternoon to the children. Many a time In the country Douglas aud Dorothy had seen - their bake mother bread. They had watched her mixing It with her hands and they ering. Today one would be lucky to secure one at $1,5iX). Merchants have enlarged their stocks. Oue of them bull! a lean-tat the rear of Ids store mid offered rooms to rent." Activity N swinging beyond the dty limits. Oil men come by train, by motor car and by airplane. Oil In the well Is 2.XM) feet deep und has a paraffin base, while the base of oil In the Burger (Texas) field, J.'O miles away. Is asphalt. So the sleepy capital of No Mans Laud finds exceedingly prosperous md somewhat awed. o Radio Saves Life of Man " Lost in Canadian Wilds Montreal. Radio saved the life of a man lost In Hu fierce hllz.nni that Boh struck Saskatchewan recently. erl Thomson, who lives with his par-(ill- s ut IindM-ti- , was visiting friends ill the nelghboi hood when the storm began. A newcomer to this country, he ventured out In the snow und quickA seurch failed ly lost liW hearings. to find him wilhlii 24 hours. Constable Bund of the Saskatchewan provincial police, when notified Had Thomson was missing, asked radio station CTtjU al Saskatoon to broadcast a description of him. At a point miles from Bratton an elevator man picked np the message mid sent word that it man resembling Thomson bad been seen not far from this town. The scene of the search was shifted at once and young Thomson was found not long after He Imd wandered 40 miles In a day and n half, und was in an exhausted condition when foun I. bread-baking.- Women Protest Order by Employers to Bob Hair hundred Germany. Two vvoiklug girls and matrons are up in units tit rminrode. Thuringia, over un attempt to Introduce the bobla-- head forcibly. At the local electric works a bulletin unexpectedly appeared to the effect tlmt the women must have their hair bobbed or ruu the risk of being tired. The women objected not so much to the bleu of bobbed hair as to the expense of achieving mid keeping it up. They pointed out that they were earn Ing but 4 to 5 cents per hour, which means a weekly wuge of about $2. The bathers charge for a womans haircut Is 50 cents, or of a weeks wage, and the cost of keeping up the hob. they figure, amounts to about 37 cents per week. Berlin. n- ouiiilie plans lul me pilgrimage President Savage. Coolldge und officials of t THEIR ORGANIZATION INTACT 4 I Traditions of Imperial Army Are ing Kept Alive by Exiles In Serbia and Bulgaria. Be- Belgrade. How the traditions of the old Buss litn Imperial army are being kept alive In exile and how its officers The cadet schools. In which the hulk of the professors are from the tm perlul school near Leningrad, are mod The students are ils of divided Into two groups, eaeh half working six mouths Thus, while one group studies. It Is supported by the other In employment. At the end of the half year, the students tmconie workers, while the workers enter the classes ns guests of the boys they have are being constantly replenished was evented in an investigation recently ( oinpleted by the Chicago Tribune cor respondent. maintained in school. Not only Is the bulk of the old officers undisbamled The course Is completed In four six corps Wrungel but many troops who took part In t tie month terms, the students showing Crimean disaster are being maintained much greater enthusiasm and dill In military units in various parts ot genre than formerly when their parSerbia and Bulgaria. Two cadet ents supported them during their bdmuts, which were established shortterms of study. The two schools bear ly after the Bolshevik revolution, con Hie mimes of Ion" and Crimea. tlnup their functions nml have juM As for the troops, many regiments graduated a class of 100 young officers have able to maintain complete who have laen accepted into the Jugo- organizations working in companies In slav army, wjiffe retaining their Rus- the coal mines, mills, fields, and so sian t.aBon.tliiy vforth In Yuxo-Slavland Bulgaria. M-e- n a Motorcyclist Attacked by 4 Leopards, 2 Elephants Four leopards and two apetovvn. ''lephants recently attacked a motor cyclist riding at night from Mombasa to Nairobi. r The road was so narrow that could not turn his machine around but by throwing out tils dutch anil racing his engine lie frightened The explosions, the leopards away however, did not alarm the elephant which continued their advance to at tHck Hie rider. machine th By speeding up hi motorcyclist managed to dodge between the two beasts and made hi escape uivnjured. Hit-ride- months before they had a quarrel. Cynthia and Jacob quarreled In, the orthodox manner over trifles. He said that he abhorred bobbed hair on a woman and she said she thought a colored bund on the hat of a grownup man wus too silly for anything. Now, Jacob did not wear a colored hatband; nor did Cynthia have bobbed hair. However, they quarreled. S s Dr. Scholl's stop all pain quicker than any other known method. Takes but a minute to quiet the worst com. Healing starts at once. When the com is gone it never comes back. If new shoes make the d spot touchy" again, a stops it instantly. Thats because s remove the cause .pressing and rubbing of shoes. Zinc-pad- Zino-pa- Zino-pad- are mediDr. Scholls Zino-pad- s cated, antiseptic, protective. At all druggists and shoe dealers 35c. DlScholls 'ZitiO'pads Put one on the (win is gonef For a Light Bill Tenant Is this my light bill? Collector Yes, ma'am. 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HAARLEM OIL It-o- one-fourt- h Several times every year they don their uniforms nml go through a train-ijiperiod In preparation for the day when they will be aide to return and evict the Bolshevik masters In Russia Imperial Seventy two regimental Hags, saved from Hie revolution have been deposited In the Russian church here and are guarded day aud night. and Jacob As Cynthia discoursed she became The evils eloquently denunciatory. and crimes at the root of which lay wondered how the colored hatband seared the Imagintheir mother ever ation. And on the subject of bobbed had the patience hair Jacob was not less eloquent. The to do so much for ultimate walling and gnashing of a few loaves of teeth of those who bobbed could be bread. It took so heard through his burning words. The fiery tempest raged and then long and on bakHow dare you came the explosion. could she day ing are insultme? You to talk that way They Had Watched hardly do any-Hing and foolish." I never want to thing else. "Yes," said Undo speak to you again. Thus Cynthia. If I ever do speak to you again John; "I will have to show you how they bake in a big modern baking fac- I hope you will bo In a-- saner and less abusive temper than you are now. tory." Both the children thought it would I cannot say how shocked I am at be a very Interesting sight and off the sentiments to which you have they went on an expedition to watch given utterance." Thus Jacob who modern bread baking, as Uncle John made exit, slamming the door behind called It. him. They soon arrived at the big factory. - Never .mind what Jacob did that There were men with white caps nml night after he left the house of Cynwhite aprons and their faces looked thia. 'As for Cynthia she got herself a cup of hot tea and cried Into her white, too. "IIow awfully pale they are, said teacup and wondered how her hair would look If It were bobbed. Jacob Dorothy. 'That are you laughing at? asked when, next morning, he took his hat to go out, wondered bow a colored Dorothy. Thats flour on their faces they band would look on it That unforarent pale, answered Douglas. tunate quarrel had sown seeds of evil Dont you remember how' white we which were springing up In two hereused to get when we tried to stir the tofore innocent breasts. That afterlittle bowl of bread materials that noon Jacob bought a giddy band for mother often left for us when we were his hat und Cynthia had her hair tiny, so we could play we were bobbed. Night, shuddering, hid the bakers?" results of the deeds in kindly darkOh, yes, said Dorothy. Well, Im ness. glad the men arent really pale. The following morning when Cynthia looked In the glass she was alThey dont use their handsl exclaimed Douglas. How can they mix most sorry that she had allowed the it up properly?" For tlve children had barber to work his fool will upou her watched their mother make bread so once luxuriant tresses. Bobbed hair often and had heard her talk so much was distinctly not becoming to her about It that they knew quite a good style of beauty. When Jacob looked deal about" home at his hat with its screaming hatband his first thought was What a fool 1 was to make myself so conspicuous. When bread Is made In a factory, said Uncle John, we wouldn't like to I me noted for my quiet and geneat It If we thought all sorts of hands tlemanly attire!" But then Into the touched It Its a little different when souls of both Cynthia and Jacob we know Just who has made the came the glorious feeling of revolt bread." of emancipation. But I dont see how they can manThey had been engaged for three age without using their hands," said months; for a whole year they had been in love and studying. In every Dorothy. So Uncle John showed them the mawny, each to please the other. Now chines and various things that were they had cast off the shackles; new used to bake the bread without having they would do as they pleased. No nce more would they be bound by the touched by hands. I And then they saw the great ovens whims and prejudices of another. which never seemed. to stop going. do hope I shall meet Jacob today, Dont they stop some days? asked thought Cynthia ; I Just want to show him thats all ! Dorothy. I do hope I shall meet Cynthia toI should think they would choosq, Do certnln days for baking. day. thought Jacob; I just want to they? show her thats all. she added. They were a small was meeL to It certain In the city," said Uncle John, pretty "there are so many people who always town they lived In ; one of those in want bread that the ovens are very which all the best people" live on the hill"; but are, as a rule, to be seldom empty." But Just then a man in white was seen on the main street some time in offering the children a loaf of bread the course of the afternoon. "If things had gone on as they were to take liome as a couvenlr of the big going, mused Jacob, after we were factory, and Dorothy said: I believe Ill pack It In a shoe box married Cynthia would have Insisted and send It by parcel post to my upon picking out my ties for me or mother nnd tell her liow It was made m.v cigars." And Cynthia thought to It is just as well, after all. herself: without the use of hands !" From there they went to the next If this had not happened, after our adventure of the day, about which marriage Jacob would have Insisted Uncle John was quie mysterious. hpon chosing the material for my or regulated the length of my gowns We are not going to another land. he said as they all went down, later skirts. I hope this will be a lesson to him. But gracious me! how funny on, along the wharves to a gangway It does look. . which led up Into an enormous ship. Jacob and Cynthia did see each 1 Im glad of that," said Dorothy. couldn't bear to leave this city with other on the street that afternoon. so much to be seen In it, and such They could hardly help It, both being there. You could spot Jacobs hatfun to be had every single day." It will be fine to see a truly big band a mile off and Cynthia, with was a. sight or as ship," said Douglas. He looked up rt bobbed hair, the enormous steamer and with his nearly so as such a naturally pretty herself. When Cyneyes growing every moment girl could make thia saw Jacob he was talking with said: "It looks mighty different from the Madeleine Jencks. Cynthia did not little sightseeing boats weve been on." like Madeleine on general principles The steadier will leave In a few and, besides. It had been rumored that, hours," said Uucle John, "but we can once upon a time, Jacob had paid attention" to Madeleine markedly. see It first." And when Jacob saw Cynthia she I'd like to see the decks nnd look was being driven In a runabout by down the side of the ship," said DorMelville Stuart who, everybody said," othy. had. once been a suitor of Cynthias All right," said Uncle John, we fair hand. These concomittant cirwill take the elecumstances" perturbed the two young vator. Follow folks mightily. They thought over along." them far Into the night and their An elevatori dreams were haunted by ghosts of posscreamed Douglas. sibilities. The next afternoon Jacob An elevator on a nnd Cynthia met face to face right ship ! In front of the post office. Why, how But Uncle John do you do, Jacob, said Cynthia sweetwas leading them Into one, and i ly. "What a lovely hatband you are wearing." gorgeous one It Do you think so? replied Jacob. was, too. Right 1 bate It. llow becoming bobbed up to the topmost hair Is to you and It must be comdeck they went, and after they had fortable, too. looked around up Oh, It's comfortable enough," reI do hope It will grow there they took plied Cyutlila. out long again quickly. the elevator again and went around They are married now, and Cynthia o see the cabins. does not select her husbands ties; nor does he try to regulate the length How beautiful they are I Bald Dor .Sometime othy admiringly. years or material of her skirts. Their prefrom now, for Ive got so much I want war status Is and It to see before I leave Td like to take looks as If they were going to "live a trip on a real steamer like this." happy ever afterwards." 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