McKinley High School - Nugget Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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THE CARNATION Wlthln the last two years everybody lncludlng Vvall Street has turned hls attentlon to oll stocks Not only ll lve spetul ltors bet ome lnterested but also lnvestors 'X few years ago Wall Street md the publlc had no lnterest what ever ln Oll stocks although they were aware of the fact that the Oll com plnles had been xery successful and the stockholders had recelved large proflts The large oll companles dld not Wlgh or deslre Wall Street or the publlc to partlclp lte ln thls gre It lndustry for varlous reasons The recent publlc partlclpatlon ln the great boom has been chlefly caused by the war and the great IHCYCHSC ln the consumptlon of Oll News paper and magazlne STOTICS whlch related how the Oll proposltlon had changed poor men lnto mllllonalres also had a great deal to do Wlth the great attractlon towards the lndustry After readlng these storles people who had never thought of lnvestlng ln OIT dld so Oll flelds are found ln the extreme eastern southern and southwestern parts of the Unlted States The Chlef OIT flelds and those WhlCh have been arouslng the most lnterest at present are those whlch are found ln the north central plrt of 'l exas Oklahoma and central Kansas The Burk burnett held whlch IS located ln the northern part of Texas IS one of the largest oll helds On IU average It produces about l90 000 barrels a day 'Vlany uses are made of petroleum Perhaps the greatest use IS that for TLITDYICATIOU as up to thls day nothlng else has been dlscovered to take ltS could hardly do wlthout It The newest use of petroleum I9 for shlps The uslng of Oll as a fuel for shlps has lts advantages The oll takes up less room than coal or coke lt reduces the cost of labor and lt lS more qulckly and easlly loaded An other use of Oll ln regard to ShlpS IS that of a calmlng agent When the sea I9 rough oll I9 strewn on the water and thls makes navlgatlng easler From crude petroleum many other substances whlch are useful to nlanltlnd are made such as kerosene gasolme benzlne and naptha Qonslderlng all these flcts Oll ls and always wlll be a great necesslty to manlclnd r MNXP f!.f' ' E' I 4: 5 mm 1.N,,l,,.ll. Lllllfllgq of fo SGI-lWARt1 I 7 ' . Q , f . z '. ' ' . - ' ' 2 ' ' AV 2 ' . ' . Ta I T ' k 1 . . , , , f . - . z A . ., ' 1 . '- ' g . . 2 .K . , . l ' ' . ' ' , ' . 5 . . place. As a lubrlcant, lt IS a necessity to the mechanical world, and we V . ' . I . ' ' 5 . . I , v ' T 1 I N . . A i . .K K . A . D. L. I ,V y - X .S 1 l -qt T r rx . X , 1, . ' T7 1 , -' ' ' -- , . if , Y: l ,.,i ,Iv V-V if - . iffQ Z, ,N ' .I f,. : ,I-1 l . -vu ,jg ,A ,f

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THE CARNATION THE BATTLE OF CHATEAU THIERRY Thls account of the battle IS grven as l saw xt ln fact l took a small part ln lt Whlle ln rest bullets ln th 'Vlarne Dlstrlct we suddenly received orders to entram lmmedlately We had heard rumors that our dlvlsxon was to go to ltaly so we concluded that we were UOIHQ there but after rldlng ln box cars for thxrty hours we unloaded at a small town dlrectly north of Paris We began a twenty mlle hike whxch led us back to the front Refugees were streammg back and we knew that the Hun was makmg another drlve When we reached the French artxllery they had thelr guns removed from the pits ready to retreat A French general told our own famous commander General Le uene lt was txme for us to retreat but General Le uene answered retreat hell we just got here When we reached the French mfantry everythmg was confusron as they had been drlven back that mornmg 'lhls country was one vast wheat Held with many small patches of woods ln It Without orders of any knnd we plunged mto the fight on une l 1918 All that day and nlght we held the Germans back ln these woods were hundreds of machme gun nests whlch ramed a deadly fire on us l saw many of my comrades o buddles fall Fortunately the enemy had their machme guns tralned low expectmg us to be lymg rn the wheat and most of the wounds were nn the legs On the nlght of une 2nd we began a llttle drlve of our own and the next day we captured Bouresches a small town Thls town was not so easy to take as the Germans had established machme gun nests thruout the town Each nest had to be wrped out mdlvxdually The Germans were very stubborn fighters but we soon convlnced them xt was useless to resist On my elghteenth blrthday l was caught out m a large open wheat held and l dldn t dare to get up untll It was dark l had lost all sense of dlrectron and Instead of Jolnlng my own company l wandered lnto a company of marmes from my d1v1s1on Thelr Lleutenant dlrected me ln the wrong dlrectlon and l ran lnto a squad of Moroccans so l declded to go back agam ln the other dlrectlon l knew l would be reported mrssmg so l reported to the first P C l came to l hnally found my outfit whxch had thought that l was knocked off On uly 3rd we captured a tovxn called Vaux ThlS was the worst scrap l was ever ln It was a larger town than we had taken so far On the nlght of uly 7th whxle rn the outsknrts of a small town whlch was to be captured a German soldler threw a hand granade at me It pltched me up nn the axr and l landed on my shoulder Lucklly only a few pieces of shrapnel hlt me After the town was captured l reported to a dressxng statlon and was evacuated to the rear Charles L Brohammer Enllsted at St Louis ln May l9I7 Statloned at efferson Barracks x month Re C8lVCCltl'Eill'llI1gll'1 l-ortR1ley Kansxs Moved to C amp Merrltt N -I Salled on the S S Tenadores Landed xt Brest Went to the front m February i918 Was evacuated to the Unlted States lh September l9l6 comm back on the S S Great Northern Landed at Hoboken went to Fort Des Moines lowx to Fort Snelling Nlxnn to Camp Taylor Ky Discharged February l9l9 OIL THE PRESENT GREAT INDUSTRY Never ln the hrstory of the Umted States has there been such a great movement of speculators and mvestors as that whxch has been occurring IH the last two years ln the petroleum lndustry lqven the dlscovery of gold ln Qalxfornra IH l849 cannot be compared with the great oxl lndustry whxch lS now taklng hold of some of our southern states , . , . Q ' . , , Q 0 X , . , , g ' . , J , . J .. . Q. y 1 - - , v - t J , . l 1 - 1 I v - q - 5 . . v , . V - f . , . . 1 A 1 v O . K . .. ,- J , , . - t . . , . - ' J ' t . - ' , ' 3 , , , , . . . . .. 4 , , . ' K - I ' ' , - ' O . A , - . D - - ' , . z ' . . ' rs V , Q V t 1

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THE CARNATION ONE OF NATURE S NOBLEMEN Big ohn Choate was boss ofC1mp Number Fifteen As he walked thru the woods he seemed to be a part of them and hrs big rugged frame was but rn keeping wrth the mighty prnes hrs merry whistle was answered by the birds and a mischievous little squrrrel seemed intent on playin with the steel muscled grant As Big ohn walked under a huge pine a little cone fell at hrs feet Ho Ho friend squirrel you missed your arm that time and the roarlng laughter went rollicking thru the woods Qhatterrng and scolding the rmpudent little animal scurrred behind a limb and was lost to sight Presently the steady chopping of a woodsman could be heard and as Choate entered the clearing he saw that rt was acques the old hermit of Sanosa woods The old hermit was an eccentric rndrvrdual who had ln ed alone rn Sanosa woods for the past fifty years and was considered half crazy by most of the people thereabouts Ho there friend acques how comes rt3 All right John but this gol derned old log here wont split but l guess l m gettin old and can t split em any more cackled the old man Let me give her a whack or two So saying Big ohn rolled up hrs sleeves spat on hrs hands and grasped the ax As the sun shone thru the trees rt glrnted on the man s sun bronzed arms The play of the wrry muscles as the ax swiftly flew thru the arr seemed to cast a spell over hrm and the shriveled up old man gazed rn envy at the mighty muscled grant With a final blow at its heart ax sat down on a log to rest himself Taking hrs bandana kerchref he wiped the sweat off hrs brow How s everything over to the camp ohn3 asked the old hermit Farr fair lve been havrn trouble wrth a fellow named ackson Hes an onery cuss and he wont listen to a word of advrce thinks he knows rt all He nearly chopped hrs finger off the other clay Well l guess lll be going back I gotta keep my eye on those new fellows Good bye Big ohn gazing at the ground hrs boot drawing armless lines drd not notrce that at the mention of ackson the old man had been startled and hrs beady black eyes shifted warrly Lamp Number Fifteen was one of a charn of lumber camps established rn the big north woods of Wisconsin Of some thirty camps Number Fifteen had the best reputation Thru the honesty and efficiency of Big ohn Choate Number Fifteen turned out the most lumber of any camp there 'rbouts The bunkhouses were kept clean the mess was of the best and the men were for the most part contented As Choate entered the camp one of the cooks came running towards him evrdently wrth important news Meestarr ohn' Nleestalr ohn' Zat fellow ackson he gone Four bottles wheesky gone too cried the excited fellow Wheres Lole3 asked Bug John hrs bushy brow taking on a troubled look Over at 1ee north trac I8 Y .. .KJ .. I C , , . . ' T . . T v v , Q - . g . ' ' . ' .J. . .- i the tough pine knot fell in splinters, and Big John, throwing down the I T ' r J 1 '