55
fiORMER ALLIANCE BARBER MAKES
BIG FORTUNE IN OIL FIELDS;
GETS $100,000 ON $170 START
Itsnnr1"'1 Story of Warren J. Jones, Former Partner With A. P.
Brown in Barber Shop Under Alliance National Bank
He Helped Locate Famous Elk Basin Was
Brakeman on the Burlington
fORMKR ALU ACE BARBER
Do you remember Warren J. Jonea
he lives In Alliance? Perhaps
have heard the barbera talking
it him Some 15 years ago Jonea
A. P. Brown were partnera In a
r ahop whlrh they conducted In
basement of the Alliance National
the room where the Alliance
lerclal Club now holda forth. A.
-..wn la nnur nin ir :i I i n i n li.it I) I
0f0P on Box Butte avenue, acroaa the
vfci't front the Herald office, between
4le4gcrs grocery atore and Siefferta
jgSfgur atore, or to be exact at 120 Box
Japtte avenue. Every once In awhile
JaM com ob to Alliance to vlalt hla
M pal, Brown. He ought to be
dawjMi ng in here almoat any time now
'Hi bia frienda wonder If he'll look
a bloated plutc, for Jonea haa
kale now. Charlea F. Carter
.pgftttns In the Rocky Mountain Newa
M Sunday tells the atory of Jones'
fortune In the following lang-
SBeepy Jonea yeaterday, Warren P.
mn today; a droway barber in a
aajj hr town day-before-yesterday
A rakemtn on the Burlington rail
HftSd yeaterday and the owner of
tfM -600 cash ( and oil, greasy
slippery not-to-be-confused-wlth-soap
the stuff that gushes mightily
SSsMD the ground sometimes and quite
jtdtsu doesn't gush for a durn, accom
atfashori the metamorphoais.
Hear, then, the story of the riae of
Jonoa, one of the original loca-
of the now famoua Elk Baain oil
in Wyoming.
Csepy was a barber and not auch a
e of a barber, either, In Oreybull
Wjro , when that town waa young.
SReepy waa there on the buah league
JMtrcuta beyond tho shadow of a
jWbt, but he couldn't get by when it
ege to a 1917 feather-edge pompa
iixnr Trade languished at tlmea,
td when It did Jonea alao languish
ed - half asleep in hla one lone chair
fence the handle "Sleepy" that be
igr attached to his name.
Uleepy a health didn't improve in
the barber shop. Maybe he slept too
orh; maybe the odor of hla own
ottet waters gave him nasal catarrh.
K bates . r it waa, the doc told aleepy
in gti outdoora and ahake a leg. So
Sleepy grabbed a Job brak'ng on the
JSnrHngton road under Conductor Jim
PMaa
Jonrn IWomt Alert
Keeping awake to avoid being
"beaned" by cement viaducts devel
oped h mental alertness In Sleepy
Jlottea that had to have aome outlet
nS that brings ua to the naming of
,a"vn of Bteepy'a Wyoming friends,
tpsrtt: lames T. Huritt and Mury E.
HutM. both of Oreyball ; M. A. Kent,
"L. K. !jlrd. J. D. Cook and C. C.
JWailanil all of Worland and C. D.
JUackh:im of Bnsin.
These seven pioneers as they
weved to be-- ii nd Sleepy all had the
same idea about the aame time that
oil, large quantities of nice, gooey
oil, lay under the Elk Baain ground.
Each agreed to rnlae $170, go to Elk
baain together and drill a well.
Sleepy didn't have $170 but Sleepy 'a
wife did. So Sleepy (you know the
way a huaband haa of persuading
fr'end wife to part with a little kale
"for a buslneas venture?") managed
to grab that $170 and the party
started.
There were others in that Elk bas
in field, but they got disgusted an
winter was coming on. Sleopy Jones
and his band stuck, and struck
struck tnoreoil than they had be
lieved Wyoming held.
The eight locators leased the 2,000
acre on which they had filed and
later sold their holdings to the Orey
bull Refining company. With the de
velopment of the field Sleepy and his
fellow locators began to receive re
turns upon their royalty interests,
these retunrs frequently running aa
high as $2,000 per month.
But Sleepy was beginning to be
come an ambitious rascal. He waa
dissatisfied with the price he was get
ting. He talked refinery and talked
it so durn hard that three of his com
rades also got enthusiastic to such
an extent that tho ofur of 'em even
started a plant to refine their one
eighth of the production.
The Midwest Refining Co., sent for
Sleepy Jones and his revoluntionary
associates. Tho company offered
$1,009,000 for the royalty Interests.
"Talk five millions and we'll lis
ten," quoth the ex-barber.
The Midwest people didn't talk 5
millions, but they madn a noise like
large sums of money with this known
result: That two woeks ago W. J.
Jones.' alias Sleepy Jours, went back
to Oreybull from Denver on the same
train on which he used to brake,
brake, brage and W. J. Jones show
ed the conductor tho Midwest com
pany's check for $100,000. The con
ductor is still talking about that
check.
Others Sell Interests
Mr. and Mrs. Hurst and C. D.
Marghamm also sold out to the Mid
west company, while Kent, Worland,
Laird and Cook retained their royal
ty Interests and still continue to draw
down their monthly "rake-off."
But here's one safe bet to play:
That Sleepy Jones and his comrades
got considerably more for their in
terests than their Individual checks
for $100,000 each represented That
statement is based on the word of a
Denver man who sold the four locat
ers the machinery for their proposed
refinery and who has kept "in on the
know" on the entire deal ever since
Sleepy quit hia Job aa a brakeman.
Anyway. If Sleepy received only
$100,000 that's more thnn most
brakemen earn in a year- and today
Warren J. Jones tips barbers very
liberally and always slips something
to the handsome Pullman porter. He
doesn't run Into brakemen often
enough to do them many favors, but
force of habit makes him occasional
ly say "Sl'r"' to a conductor.
Spring; Colds Are Dangerous
Sudden changes of temperature
and underwear bring epiing colds
with stuffed up head, sore throat
and general cold symptoms. A dose
of Dr. King's New Discovery is sure
relief, thia happy combination of an
tiseptic balsams clears the head,
soothes the Irritated membranes and
what might have been a lingering
cold is broken up. Don't stop treat
ment when relief Is first felt as a
half cured cold la dangerous. Take
Dr. King's New Discovery till your
cold Is gone.
Adv 1
nriiMNUToN to BUILD A
BKRVICK STATION AT CODY
The Burlington haa started the
eonatruction of a $30,000 restaurant
and aervice building In Cody, Wyo.,
its purpose being for the accommoda
tion of Yellowstone park touilata.
The building is being erected close
to the depot and about one-half mile
from the town. It will contain a
large rest room for tourists who
start from Cody to make th.; auto
mobile trip through the park.
Ynu Need a Spring laxative
Dr. King's New Life Pills will re
move the accumulated wastes of win
ter from your Intestines, the burden
of the blood. Get that sluggish
aprlng fever feeling out of your sys
tem, brighten your eye, clear your
complexion. Oet that vim and snap
of good purified healthy blood. Dr.
King's New Life Pills are a non
griping laxative that aids nature's
process, try them tonight. At all
druggists, 25c.
Adv 1
FISHERY ENTER
NEWSPAPER FIELD
Former Alliance Com mere Utl Club
Sec. Secured Interest in Sterl
ing (Colo.,) Enterprise
W. D. Fisher, former secretary of
the Alliance Commercial Club, and
alwaya one of the llveat of live wires
haa determined to enter the news
paper field and has Just accepted a
fine proposition from his uncle at
Sterling, Colo., taking a half inter
est in the Enterprise. Mr. Fisher
will become business manager of the
paper. The two, uncle uncle and
nephe.w, worked together for some
two years at East Radford, Va., and
are familiar with each other in a
business way as well as by relation
ship. Mr. Fisher on leaving Alliance
went to North Platte where he was
offered a better proposition as sec
retary of 'he Commercial Club there.
He was getting $1,800 a year a- sec
retary of the Alliance Commercial
Club and was worth It. North Platte
offered him $300 a year more or
$2,100 a year and he accepted it.
Then he received a call from the
Boise (Idaho) Club and he left North
Platte for that place.
The Idaho Statesman, published at
Boise, In telling of Mr. Fisher'q new
venture say:
W. D. Fisher who for some months
haa ucted aa secretary of the Boise
; Commercial club will enter the news
paper field shortly, at Sterling, Colo.,
Mr. Fisher will become part owner
and managing editor of the Sterling until July 4, if necessary.
Enterprise, a member of the Assoc!-1 The house adopted tho report of
ated Press. its conference committee on the pro-
C. E. Fisher, editor and present hlbition bill without a dissenting
owner of the Enterprise, an uncle of vote. Bolt call was not asked. This
the club secretary, haa for some time , an ion lines the house uo solidly be
been after his nephew to take the: hind the committee report, and
management of his paper, that will against any proposition that mav af-
shortly be made a dally, and In a com- ford a loop-hole for manufacture of
munication to Mr. Fisher, Just re- near beer. The senate committee
ceived, the secretary Is urged to come
at once. He expects to leave for his
new post about April 26.
Mr. Fisher has made many friends
while in Boise and has done consid
erable constructive work for the
Boise Commercial Club while con
nected with It. It was said Wednes
day by several prominent members
of the organisation that he will leave
Boise with the regrets of many and
the good wishes of all. He came to
Boise as the successor of Richard W.
Chllds, who resigned to become man
ager of the Portland hotel at Port
land, Ore.
Mr Flaher will be aucceeded as club
secretary by Byron E. Hyatt, who for
8 years has been chief clerk In the of
fice of the secretary of state.
MJlKASKA KIM lulls INVITE
IOWA AND SO. DAKOTA BOYS
,ou w.ll r..t "Pro- I 'jHJ j III M I
I B M !H ISI I
Fringe Albert I
Such
tobacco
enjoyment
as you never thought
could be is yours to
command quick as
you buy some Prince
Albert and fire-up a
pipe or a home-made
cigarette !
Fnnce Albert gives
you every tobacco sat
isfaction your smoke
appetite ever hankered
for. That's because
it's made by a patented
process that curs our
bite and parch! Prince Albert has always RjjffijS
been sold without coupons or premiums.
We prefer to give quality !
the national joy mokm
has a flavor aa different as it is delightful. You never tasted tho like of itl
And that isn't strange, either.
Men who think they can't smoke a pipe or roll ciga
rette can smoke and will smoke if they use Prince
Albert And smokers who have not yet given P. A. a try
out certainly have a big surprise and a lot of enjoyment
coming their way aa soon aa they invest in a supply.
Prince Albert tobacco will tell its own atory I
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO, Winston-Salem, N. C
Ninc A& rt eaeijN
i a ss w mm m
i rd Sags, Set tidy vd
Mm, 10 e; hmiuUomm pound
mmd half-pound tin hmnxi-
t cor king hno
Omaha, Neb. Iowa and So. Dako
ta editors will mingle with their Ne
braaka brethern at the annual meet
ing of the Nebraska Preaa Aaaociatlon
which will be held in Omaha, June
18, 19 and 20.
Of courae the big night for the pen
cil boys will be Ak-Sar-Ben, when a
touch of high, life will be distributed
judirioualy where it will do the mo8t
good. That goea for the male mem
bera of the profesaion. The ladica
will be provided for in a manner be
fitting their stations and "ilia" In
life.
Then on Tuesday cornea the regu
lar Bpeaking and with two nationally
known newspaper men. Walter Wil
liams of Missouri University, and
Herman Black, publisher of the Chi
cago American, on the program the
local newspaper boys are sure to her
something worth while.
The Nebraska newspaper men are
anxious to have their Iowa and So.
Dakota co-workers with them, and
Omaha joins in the cordial request.
If any Iowa or South Dakota man
thinks he isn't welcome, he will have
to come to Omaha and find out.
charged that house conferees In
changing the title and first section of
the original house bill went further
than constitutional amendment
adopted laat fall.
"We changed the wording of the
title ami the flrat section because we
underatood the original form might
open the bars to near-beer manufac
turers," aad Repreaentative Norton,
chairman of the houae committee.
"We are determined not to permit
the making of near-beer."
The houae will send its committee
report to the 8enate and aak concur
rence. Thia will bring up the fight
in that body.
A number of minor aenate amend
ments were accepted by the house
conference. Moat were merely tech-
lcal or corrective words or phrases
nd. in the opinion of the house con
ferees, improved the bill.
In addition to rejecting all the
mportant senate amendments, for
the section relating to possession of
liquor is not the senate amendment
by any means, tho house conferees
ook the opportunity to strengthen
he law In several particulars.
In the matter of enforcement the
law aa drafted by the senate confer
ence committee is more drastic even
than the measure which left the
house. The bootlegger will find that
instead of the bars being taken down
they have been nailed up higher and
loser together.
The clause relating to possession
of liquor has been indorsed by prac-
ieally all the dry leaders in the
state, including E. E. Thomas of
Omaha, W. T. Thompson, A. O. Wol-
fenbarger and H. F. Carson of Oma-
u and Mrs. M. If. Clafiin, president
f the Nebraska W. C. T. U.
The aenate amendnienta regarding
the poBsession of liquor, which per
mitted unlimited quantities to be
kept anywhere, was not even seri
ously considered by the house con
ferees.
The new section, while it does not
prohibit the possession of liquor.
HOUSE REFUSES TO
ALLOW NEAR BEER
Nebraska Solons Say They Will Stay
in Session All Summer Rather
Than Betray Voter
jmmd trymtai
.Lincoln, April 16 The two hous
es of the Nebraska legislature are
deadlocked over the prohibition bill,
the fate of the bill hinging on wheth
er or not the manufacture and sale
of "near beer" is to bo allowed In
the state. The House has decided
that they will continue to represent
the people of the state and have put
the final decision up to the Senate.
On Saturday n?orning Representa
tives Norton, Thomas and Flanaburg,
the members of the House confer
ence committee, after a week of al
moat continuous conferences, turned
in an extended report to the House,
signed by these three, with the state
ment that the Senate conferees. Sen
ators Mariarty, Mattes and Robert
son, had refused to sign the same.
Just before the report was tendered
to the House, Governor Neville sent
a message to the legislature advising
that he would not submit a new bill
and that if this legislature adjourns
without passing an effective measun
ho will call a special session.
Only in ttie matter or possession
of intoxicating liquors after May
did the House conference committee
yield to the senate committee in the
report. All other principal aettatt
amendment! were rejected.
Among them were:
The "'near-beer" provision.
Amendment eliminating provision
for private citizena bringing suit in
abatement proceedings.
Amendment eliminating the right
to employ private counsel to assist in
prosecuting law violations.
Elimination of the clause holding
.cities, towns and counties liable for
' damages due to illt'gal sale of li-
quors.
Sections giving saloonmeu and
! manufacturers time to dispose of li
quor after May 1.
The governor's message follows
' I am informed that the conferees
on House Roll No. 793 are about to
report a disagreement, although they
have reached a satisfactory agree
inent upon all points save one.
have carefully considered the advis
ability of submitting a new otll as
suggested by members of the legisla
Hire, and I am of the opinion that to
do so would be inexpedient, unnec
S PS til", and would only cause addi
tional delay.
"It is therefore proper that I a
this I une inform you mat l will no
submit a new bill, and that should
the legislature adjourn without hav
ing passed an act calculated to ren
der effective the prohibitory amend
nient adopted by the people at the
last election. I shall immediately call
the legislature into a special session
for the purpose of enacting such leg
islat ion.
"I would suggest that the confer
ees be instructed to continue the!
labors, or that their report concern
ing the sections upon which they
have reached an agreement be ac
icpttd and new committees appoint
ed."
The House does not favor the up
pointment of a new conference com
mittee, the members believing tha
l tha three men now composing the!
committee are the best posted on th
'bill, having been interested In
ii,.,., Ih tttsirf If n npw iimimiMc
If ; sked for they will undoubtedly
avi tie : n ,iKer to reappoint in
At n bera. Inasmuch as Mi
com.nittee was not dUaltarued t wi
I 'm ic .n exlaten e until the wot
! i the bill 18 flulT el.
House members after the gover
BM'l message waa read declared they
would never accept the "near beer
clause. They aaid they would stay
spirituous liquors, wine, porter, ale,
beer, or any (other) intoxicating
drink, mixture or preparation."
This waa done because of the re
port that the word "other" in the
foregoing section was the basis for
the hope that manufacture of "near
beer" might be permitted under the
law as originally drawn.
Section 2 of the original house
bill, regarding the prohibition of li
quor in general has been strength
ened and now reads aa follows:
"It shall be unlawful for any per
eon to manufacture, sell, keep for
sale or barter, give away, barter, ex
change, transport, purchase, or to
aell or barter, under any pretext, any
malt, spirituous, vinous and intoxi
cating liquors, except only certain li
quors used in medicinal, mechanical,
scientific or sacramental purposes, by
persons specially authorised in the
manner and the extent only as here
inafter provided. It shall be law
ful, however, for any person to make
keep or sell sweet cider, unfermented
wine, wood alcohol, denatured alco
hol and vinegar.'
The section covering the search
for and seizure of liquors, referring
particularly to bootleggers, has been
materially strengthened by the addi
tion of the following clause:
"Possession by any person of any
intoxicating liquors, except under
permit as in this act authorised,
shall be presumptive evidence of the
keeping for sale, selling, use or dis
posal of such liquors In violation of
this act, unless after examination he
shall satisfactorily account for and
explain the possession thereof and
that it was not kept for unlawful
purpose."
The law as changed by the confer
ence committee also requires month
ly reports from retail druggists to
the county clerks of each county.
The senate amendments allowing
saloons and brewers and distillers
time to dispose of their stock after
May'l were not accepted. All stocks
of liquor held after May 1 will be in
violation of law, unless in private
dwelling houses.
The report also has replaced the
emergency clause, which was elimin
ated tn the senate.
Representative Flansburg, of the
house committee, prepared and gave
out the following statement, repre
senting the views of the house con-
oes provide that, in any action ference committee on the point at
a . . . I i null u (ho "nii'i r hnnr" nrnnnaillnn
brought under this law, the possess
ion of liquor shall be prima facie ev
idence of intent to violate the law.
Representative Thomas, of the
house committee, after the report
was given in. gave a statement to
he newspapers explaining the same,
overing the following points:
The senate amendment providing
hat "a room in a lodging house or
hotel" shall be included in the defl-
tion of a private dwelling also was
rejected, but the proviso added to the
house that a single room, as well as
suite of rooms, in an apartment
house would be considered a private
dwelling if used solely for residence
urposes.
Section 11 of the bill, which the
senate sought to amend, which cov
ers the possession of liquor, was
imended to allow the possession by
Itl tens in their private dwelling
houses, but making possession prima
facie evidence of intent to evade the
law if charges are filed against the
person having the same. The orig
inal section read as follows:
Sec. 11. Possession of liquor. Any
person may purchase and keep in his
posseEsion for medical purposes ethyl
ilcohol treated as required by this
act so as to be unfit for use as bev
erage. It shall be unlawful for any
person to purchase, receive, accepl ,
leaver or possess any intoxicating
liquor, whether the same was obtain
ed by such person before or after the
aking effect of this act, except al
cohol which has been rendered unlit
for use as beverage. This section
docs not apply to wholesale drug
gists, retail pharmacists, common
arriers, manufacturers of alcohol,
hurch goods houses, as in this act
defined, or persons purchasing and
keeping alcohol for use in sci. iitic
laboratories or hospitals, or wine for
sacramental purposes, who havt
complied with the provisions of this
act for the purchase, sale, keeping
or use of such intoxicating liquors
The above section was stricken
out and the following inserted in its
place
any person may purchase and
keep in his possession ethyl alcohol
treated as required by this act so as
to be unlit for use as a beverage. It
shall be unlawful for any person to
have, possess or permit any intoxi
eating liquor to be in. upon or about
any room, office, building or in any
other place except In such person's
private dwelling house, and except
when and where and in the manner
especially authorized as herein oth
erwise provided; and no person shall
keep or possess intoxicating liquor in
his private dwelling house in an
i mini nt more than ia reasonably suf
ficient for his personal use and
needs; provided, however, that In
any action brought under the pro
visions of this art, or baaed upon
complaint of any violation thereof
or in any civil action growing out of
HUT such actions, the possession, in
and of itself, of any intoxicating Ii
quoi in a private dwelling house by
the person against whom the viola
tion of the act Is charged, shall con
stltute prima facie evidence that
such liquor was kept by auch per
son with the purpoae of unlawful
sale, use or disposition in violation
of law
The title to the bill waa broaden
ed and changed so as to read:
"For an act to regulate, restrict
and prohibit the sale, giving away
barter, carriage, possession and use
of malt, spirituous, vinous, alcoholic
and intoxicating liquors.
In order to prevent any possible
question as to the prohibition of the
manufacture and sale of malt li
quors, "near beer," fermented or
other liquors of that aort, the word
other" is stricken out of the flrat
section of the original house bill,
which defined intoxicating liquora as
follows:
"The words 'intoxicating liquor'
or 'intoxicating liquors' aa used In
this act shall be construed to em
brace all malt, fermented, vinous or
issue, the "near beer" proposition:
Tho constitutional amendment
prohibits the sale of "any malt, spir
ituous, vinous or any other intoxi
cating liquor."
The word "other" as used in this
connection in such statutes is tech
nically capable of two constructions:
one, to indicate a differing from or
an addition to the thing or things
immediately in contemplation; or,
second, as indicating other t hinge
'of a like nature and not differing In
quality or in character from those
specifically enumerated.
The senate has attempted to place
the latter construction upon the
amendment and claims that since the
word "other" refers to "Intoxicating
liquors" only, that this fixes the
character of all those liquors previ
ously enumerated and that only in
toxicating "malt, spirituous and vin
ous liquors" are therefore prohibit
ed.
If that were the meaning of the
amendment, then all liquors contain
ing less than about 2 per cent alco
hol and nonlntoxicatlng. In other
words, "near beer," would not be
covered by the amendment.
When, however, the amendment is
construed by a court It Is the court's
duty to take Into consideration the
existing laws and all the facts and
circumstances leading up to the pas
sage of the amendment. And In the
light of all these surrounding cir
cumstances It would be almost Im
possible for a court to follow the
senate's interpretation.
For thirty years under the laws or
Nebraska the sale of "malt, spiritu
ous and vinous liquors" which con
tain any amount of alcohol whatso
ever have been prohibited except un
der Baloon license. And at the elec
tion the people undoubtedly voted
against the sale of all those liquor
which the saloons were then alone
allowed to handle.
A "malt" liquor as defined by the
rourts is a brewed liquor which con
tains alcohol.
The senate in its bill provided lot
the sale of all liquor not intoxicat
ing, at the same time in section i.
unintentionally, they claim, they left
out the word "other," so that iik
section 2 prohibits the sale of malt,
spirituous, vinous or any Intoxicat
ing liquor." The senate now wish -to
put back in this section the word
"other" before the word "intoxicat
ing" and refuses to stand by this
section unless that Is done.
The house bill as originally drawn
follows the wording of the constitu
tional amendment and has used the
word "other" in connection with In
toxicating liquor, but because of the
questions aa to the meaning of the
amendment raised by the Benate, the
bouse has amended, striking out th"
word "other" and clearing the mat
ter of any possible ambiguity.
The aenate, knowing that It can
not now get a "near beer" provialon
in the law, is attempting to do what
is in their minds the next thing to it
leave the law capable of a possible
double meaning in the hope that the
courts will help them out.
The whole issue is the sale of
"near beer."
At one stage of the negotiations
Senator Robertson virtually agreed
to the report which was submitted
today by the house committee, but
later refused to do so. unless the
wording of the title and first section
was changed.
It is expected that the senate will
take final action on the report ren
dered by the house committee on
Tuesday. It Is rumored that Senat
or Robertson will render a report to
the senate with the "near beer" pro
vision untouched. However, the
house will refuse to accept a report
of thia kind.
Calling cards lor the ladles ara
printed promptly and neatly at Tbe
Herald office. The prices are reas
onable. Phone S40 for samples and
prices, or call at tbe office.
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