Exhibit 31.1
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                                 CERTIFICATIONS


I,  Learned J. Hand, certify that:

         1.I have  reviewed  this  annual  report on Form  10-KSB  of  Wellstone
Filters, Inc.;

         2. Based on my  knowledge,  this  report  does not  contain  any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to make
the statements made, in light of the  circumstances  under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

         3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition,  results of operations and cash flows of the small business
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

         4. The small  business  issuer's  other  certifying  officers and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining  disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal  control
over  financial  reporting  (as  defined in  Exchange  Act Rules  13a-15(f)  and
15d-15(f) for the small business issuer and have:

              (a) designed such disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or caused
such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to
ensure  that  material  information  relating  to  the  small  business  issuer,
including its  consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made known to us by others within
those  entities,  particularly  during the period in which this  report is being
prepared;

         (b)  (Paragraph  omitted  pursuant  to SEC  Release  Nos.  33-8328  and
34-47986.)

              (c) evaluated the  effectiveness  of the small  business  issuer's
disclosure  controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

              (d)  Disclosed  in this  report any  change in the small  business
issuer's internal control over financial reporting that occured during the small
business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth
fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or
is reasonably likely to materially  affect, the small business issuer's internal
control over financial reporting; and

         5. The  registrant's  other  certifying  officer and I have  disclosed,
based on our most recent evaluation, to the small business issuer's auditors and
the audit  committee of the small  business  issuers's  board of  directors  (or
persons performing the equivalent functions):

              a) all  significant  deficiencies  in the design or  operation  of
internal  controls  which could  adversely  affect the small  business  issuer's
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

              b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other  employees  who have a  significant  role in the small  business  issuer's
internal control over financial reporting.



Date: April 15, 2005

/s/ Learned J. Hand
Learned J. Hand
Chief Executive Officer