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Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1915-12-09
OIL WELL SHOOTS STREAM
HUNDRED FEET HIGH

Drilling into the second stratum oi
OIL sand in the Elk basin Friday the
On1o Oil company struck real gush
er and opened well that is believed
BY oil men to be the largest struck in
any of the Wyoming Montana oil
fields.
Soon after the sand was penetrated
the oil shot out through the casing
over the top of the rig and into the
air distance of more than 100 feet
The flow was intermittent, gushing
forth at frequent intervals and with
such force that the drillers had diff.
Guilty in Gaping the well, failing to do
50 until yesterday. Great quantities
OF Oil are said to have been scattered
around the derrick.
The first information that gusher
had been struck was received In Bill.
lngs yesterday in telephone message
from one of the original locators to
The Gazette. Later telephone mes.
sages from Bridger and Belfry con.
firmed the statement.
The we'll in which the great flow of
oil was struck is the only producing
oil well in the state of Montana and
is situated just few miles north of
the Mountaineering state line in
Carbon county. Oil was first discov-
cred in the well about one week ago
and it was decided to go deeper and
explore the field The first oil sand
was 80 feet thick and it was pene-
trated last Tuesday. The distance to
the next Oil sand has not been made
public but it is believed to have been
slightly more than 300 feet below the
first oil sand.-Billing Gazette, Dec.
9Th.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1915-12-09
Dawson County Club
Holds Annual Meeting
All The Officers Elected By Acclamation---
Entertainment Committee in Charge
Monthly Dues Reduced

their candidacy, they were elected by
an unanimous vote.
Monthly Dues Reduced
A resolution was proposed and pass
ed calling for the reduction in the
monthly dues of the members from
$3.50 per month to $500, this action
being taken because of the prosperous
financial condition of the organization.
Social Features
At the social gathering which fol-
lowed the business meeting, DR.. Dan
J. Donohue was POSTMASTER and pre-
sented the story tellers and the music
al numbers in his usual witty vein.
Page & Van Arden, who were on the
vaudeville bill at the Orpheum thea
tre earlier in the evening, rendered a
number of vocal and instrumental se-
lections which were generously ap-
plauded. Joseph Wolf of Burns Creek
was next introduced and he rendered
a vocal solo with guitar accompani-
ment in his inimitable style.
Mayor Baker Responds
Mayor A. A. Baker was then called
upon by the POSTMASTER for a speech,
but election time being "afar off, as
the poet would say, he responded with
one of his favorite stories, for which
he is becoming famous So we'll was
the parable received that the delight
full doctor of dentistry was prevailed
upon to sing his favorite Elks' solo,
which he did in great shape.
After DR.. Bakers song, James Os-
borne and Roy Eustrom rendered sew
eral instrumental selections. DR..
Donohue then called on Wibaux Coun-
ty .t.torney Stephen ]. Leahy and Bob
Cans, both of whom responded with
stories which at that time seemed to
be appropriate to the occasion.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1915-12-09
CONGRESSMEN
PLACED ON COMMITTEES

Washington, Dec. An the demo-
cratic house caucus today Mr.. Stout
of Montana was elected chairman of
the committee on expenditures of the
interior department and placed on the
committee on public lands, irrigation,
and the election of president and
vice-president.
Mr.. Evans got place on the ap-
propriations committee. Senate COM
mittees were not announced, but no
changes affecting Montana senators
are expected.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1915-12-09

n,., rpar establishes a new hlgh
-. mark in the receipt of grain by
w. ~ local elevators, the enormous total
III u.' 10000 bushels being received one
day last week by the three local grain
concerns
Averaue Daily Receipts Large
,.u;no all oj last week the local re-
.;nts averaged from $4,000 to 10000
s,.raIs daily, while this week will
.+ow an average Of better than $4,000
.r dav This means that $50 wagon
'..as Of grain averaging so bushels to
49, load is being hauled into the city
.norv twenty-four hours from the
.oorbv countryside. OF the grain
t.nlod in 50 far this year, so per cent
!. wheat and 20 per cent is flax, very
little if any oats or other grain being
,binnpd to the eastern markets.
Farmers Well FtCdoC0s
The prices at this time are consid-
cred to be pretty fair, and the farmers
,re feeling satisfied with their lot in
rfo Many mortgages are being paid off
in full and notes taken up in large
numbers. 1t is reported on good au-
tbority that certain local bank
casbed grain checks aggregating $10,-
400 on one day, and this is said to es-
tablish a record in that direction.
MANY farmers are heard to comment
on the service they are receiving at
the hands of the local elevator people.
One farmer voiced the general senti-
ment when he stated to the Monitor
man last week ut is a real pleasure
to deal with any of the local elevator
men. They give the farmer quick
service and they are accommodating
and polite in their treatment of u9s ts
far as | can see they are absolutely
fair as we'll as efficient in their grad
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1915-12-09
ANNUAL MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the shareholders of
the First National Bank of Glendive,
for the purpose of electing board of
Directors to serve the ensuing year,
and for the transaction of such other
business as may properly be brought
before the meeting, will be held in the
First National Bank, Glendive, Mon
tana, on Tuesday, January 18th, 1916,
at 2:30 p. m.
M. J. HUGHES, Cashier.
Glendive, Mont, Dec. 8, 1915. 1t
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1915-12-09
MONTANAN OFFICER OF
LIVESTOCK SOCIETY

Chicago, Dec. 2.-Dr. 0. E. Dyson
of Springfield, ILL.,, was elected presi
dent of the United States Livestock
Sanitary association at the closing
meeting of the organization tonight
Other officers elected were John j.
Ferguson, Chicago, secretary-treasur
er: DR.. C. A. Carey, Auburn, Ala, first
vice-president; DR.. w. J. Butler, Hell
ena, Mont, second vice-president; Dr.
C. H. Stanage, Ames, Iowa, fourth
vice-president.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1915-12-09
ANTON EVINRUDE

TO HOLD AUG TTON
Anton Evinrude of Deer Creek, an
nounces that he will hold a public
auction sale of cattle, horses and farm
machinery at his farm next Saturday,
December 18th, the sale to start at 10
o'clock sharp. There will be a free
lunch served at noon.
Bert Hockens will cry the sale and
Harry Sample will act as clerk.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1915-12-09

At the annual meeting of the Daw-
son County Club, which was held at
the club rooms in the Leonard block
Monday evening, three present mem
bers of the board of governors were
re-electd by acclamation, the financial
committees report for the year &C.
cepted, and other important business
transacted.
Large Attendance
Exactly 81 members Of the popular
organization were present, the social
part of the occasion having been plan
ned, prepared and conducted exclus-
lively by the members of the entertain.
men committee, composed, for the
most part, of the younger members of
the organization. It was reported that
the present membership is over I'll
while but 110 names were on the ros-
ter last year, an increase of over 100
per cent in membership.
Steward StochI Commended
Among other things, Steward John
j. Stochl was heartily commended for
his efficient handling of the clubs af-
fairs during the past year, the annual
statement showing that never before
had the organizations business been
conducted on so economical and at the
same time scientific basis. Resolu-
tions were made and passed to that
effect.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1915-12-09
Election Of Officers

Shortly after the roll was called at
10 o'clock, Messrs. T. F. Hagan, A. L.
Hammered and G. D. Hollecker were
reelected members Of the board of
governors to fill the vacancies in that
body caused by the expiration of
terms. AS there was no opposition to
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1915-12-09
GRAIN MARKET.

AS furnished each Thursday by the
Eastern Montana Elevator Co..
Whoof-
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f. + :. + !. I. i. 1. !. i. !. 1. i. + I. 4.
!. MARKET REPORT +
+ i. 4. i. i. + + + /. + + 4. 4. + i. 4.
Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1915-12-09

LIVESTOCK AND PRODUCE
FURNISHED each Thursday by Eustrom
& Sinclair)
Hogs-So. st. Paul
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GERMANS HAVE DECIDED
CLIFFORD PlNcHoT WON'T DO
Former United States Forester's Sis
ter Is Wife of English Diplomat.

The Hague.-Gifford Pinchot, former
chief forester of the United States,
who, it is understood, has been acting
as special agent for the state depart
ment at Washington in the European
war zone, has been expelled from Bel.
GUM by German authorities. The
German authorities objected because
Mr.. Pinchot's sister is Lady Allen
tombstone, wife of a former British
minister to Denmark, who is still in
the British diplomatic service.
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CALIFORNIA HAS GOOD LAWS.
Retaliate on British for Canadians
Thoughtfuiness.

Observation-Disclosures alien en-
ployment legislation and its effect up
on the English women school teach
ers in the state was the subject of a
conference at the state department
recently between Secretary Bryan
and Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the British
ambassador.
Only four women teachers so far
have been affected by the new law
and the ambassador was informed
that the California state authorities
will, by either legislation or construc-
ton of the present law, exempt from
its operation these women and others
who were already employed before the
enactment of the law.
The California authorities, it was
explained, hold that they have only
followed the example of the Canadian
government in this sort of legislation
and the British embassy is trying to
ascertain the effect Of the Canadian
regulations before pursuing the sub
ject further.
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DEDICATE DALLEs-cELILo CANAL
Continuous Free Water Way, Pacific
Ocean to Lewiston and Columbia,

Continuous Free Water Way, Pacific
ocean to Lewiston and Columbia.
Washington-The dedication of The
Dalles-C Cello Canal of the Columbia
river, Oregon, the date for which
is set for Wednesday, May 5, 1915,
will mark the opening of a continuous
free waterway from the Pacific Ocean
inland a distance of 479 miles to Lew
iston, Idaho ON the Snake river, a
tributary of the Columbia, and to
Priest Rapids, on the Columbia, a
distance of $50 miles. The compile
ton of the canal is deemed of such
Importance that citizens of the Pa
cific Northwest states have prepared
a series of celebrations running
through the entire week of May 3-S,
including special programs at Lewis
ton, Idaho; Pasco, Kennewick, Walla
Walla and Wallula, Washington; PEN
dleton and Umatilla, Oregon, Maryhill
and Goldendale, Washington. The
Dalles and Big Eddy, Oregon; Kalama
and Vancouver, Washington, and
Portland and Astoria, Oregon. At
each of these celebrations distinctive
programs will be given setting forth
the development of the country tri-
butary to the Columbia.
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smash to Johnson's body early in the
last round. ! felt Johnson grow limp
in the next clinch and knew | had the
championship within reach. A left to
the body and a right smash to the jaw
put johnson down for the count.
His Wife Confident.
Los Angeles, Cal.-Mrs. Jess Willard
received the news that her husband
had won the worlds ring champion
ship without evidence of surprise. The
champion is father of four children,
all living, the youngest being Is
months old.
About Jess Willard.
Born December 80, 1887, Pottawat-
omie county, Kan. Height, 6 it.. reach
S3H in; weight, 230 pounds; color,
white. He never used tobacco in any
form o any kind of liquor.
May Be No Pictures.
There is a question about the pic
ture rights that will have to be set
tied. The law in the United States
says that pictures of a prize fight can
not be shown outside of the state in
which they were taken. Many calm
this will bar the pictures being shown
in this country. 1t is possible the
promoters can get around this on the
technicality that they were not taken
in any tsate and are thereby entitled
to be exhibited.
Former Champions.
18S2-92-John l.. Sullivan.
1S92-97-James j. Corbett.
1897-99-Bob Fitzsimmons.
1S99-1905-James J.. Jeffries.
1905-06-Marvin Hart.
1906-08-Tommy Burns.
1908-Jack Johnson.
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NEWS Of THE WORLD.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
FRESH FROM OUR DAILY
NEWSPAPER SERVICE.
GATHERED OVER THE GLOBE
happenings National, Historical and
Political and Personal Events
Herewith Selected for Our
Many Readers.
Rear Admiral Fiske has asked Sec
rotary Daniels to be relieved.

Rear Admiral Fiske has asked Sec
rotary Daniels to be relieved.
Ambrose Bierce. supposed to have
been killed in Mexico. is aiding the
allies in France.
President Wilson will attend Decor
alton Day celebration at Arlington ma
tionaI cemetery, May 80.
A royal decree issued in Italy pro
hibits the sale or even the hire of
any kind of boat to foreigners.
Steven Allan was blown to pieces
by an explosion in the Central star
mine in British Columbia recently.
Conference of international labor
leaders will be held in New York
April Is, to discuss means to end the
war.
All motor manufacturing plants in
Scotland have been placed under
government control for day and night
operation.
David Starkey confessed recently
that he started the fire which de-
stroyed his house and burned his
wife and baby to death near Ottawa
Ill.
An indictment charging malfeas-
anee in office was returned by the
Delaware county grand jury against
Mayor Rollin H. Bunch at Munice,
Ind.
No new developments in the vari-
Gus international questions in which
the United States are concerned was
reported at last weeks cabinet meet
ing.
Highland park, an exclusive suburb
of Chicago, must entertain Angelo
Lunardi, a leper, until war conditions
in Europe permit his safe return to
italy.
Dispatches to the Carranza agency
state that General Obregon is threat
ening the line of communications of
the Villa-Zapata forces by occupying
Queretaro.
King Georges order in council for
bidding trading with the Germans
dlQ 6uoblId1O SduSCu lC 4 VI
Bawo & Dotter, limited, an English
corporation.
Efforts of the United States gov
eminent to obtain concessions from
Germany which would permit the i'm
~portation of German potash fertili-
ger have failed.
Paris.-The family of Claud
Casimir-Perrier son of the former
president of France, has been inform.
ed that he was killed in battle and
buried near Rheims. He was a
lieutenant.
Meeting head-on near the railroad
station at Monrovia, les Los Angeles
two California limited trains of the
Santa Fe railroad, east and west
bound, collided Sunday but without Sc
rious results.
Charles Oldfield, a railway mai
clerk, was indicted by a federal granG
jury in Kansas City, Kan, charged
with the theftof of $25 900 from the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe mai
train between Kansas City and LII
Junta, Col, in April, 1912.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-09
Oil Deal Costs s.. 400. 600.

Tulsa, Okla.-What is said here to
be the largest sale of oil in tankage
ever made was consummated Monday
when White & Sinclair sold 32 $4,000
barrel tanks of oil in the Cushing
field to the Prairie Oil and Gas com.
pany. The tanks contained approx
imately 100000 barrels. The price
paid is said to be $2,400,O 900, which
included the tankage.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-09
Ensian Commented by Daniels.

Secretary Daniels Tuesday COM
mended Ensign Robert w. Cary, Jr.,
of the cruiser Maryland for courage,
ability and resource" in helping to
save three lives at the time of the
recent boiler explosion on the cruiser
San Diego.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-09
Victory and Peace Soon, saws Jotfre.

Victory and Peace Soon, Says Joffre.
General Joffre, the French comman-
der in chief, in the course of a visit
to Belgian headquarters to decorate
certain Belgian officers with the Leg
ion of Honor, told King Albert and
Premier de Broqueville that the war
soon would come to an end to the ad-
vantage Of the allies
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-09
MAKE APPEALS FOR AID

American Colony in Mexico City De-
clares Conditions Worse.
E Paso, Texas.-A statement from
the American colony at Mexico City
in which it vas declared that the
situation was more chaotic and help
less than ever" was brought to the
border this week by Arthur Billiard
Johnson a delegate representing joint
iy the 1000 Americans and the inter-
hational committee of the capital dis
trict, the latter composed of II ma
tionalities aggregating more than TO-
900 persons.
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Hung Himself on Cross.

Brennan. Texas-John Divoky, aged
A, last Good Friday, made a cross
of railroad ties and with his face
to the east hanged himself upon it.
He had been much depressed since
his wife secured a divorce recently.
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JOHNSON LOST
To WILLARD IN
18TH ROUND

Havana, April Jack Johnson, ex-
lied from his own country, today lost
his claim to fistic fame as the heavy
weight champion of the world, the IT,
tie being wrested from him by Jess
Willard, the Kansas cowboy, the big
gest man who ever entered the prize
ring.
Today's fight probably has no paral-
lei in the history of ring battles. For
20 rounds Johnson punched and pound
ed Willard at will, but his blows grew
p~erceptibly less powerful as the fight
progressed, until at last he seemed
unable or unwilling to go on.
Johnson stopped leading and for
three or four rounds the battle be-
tween the i've huge men was little
more than a series of plastic poses of
white or black gladiator.
So it was until the 25th round, when
Willard got one of his widely swing
ing, windmill right-hand smashes to
Johnson's heart. This was the begin
ming of the end.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1915-04-09
SAM OBJECTS
TELLS GREAT BRITAIN WE CAN
NOT admit THEIR RIGHT TO
CUT OFF COMMERCE.
WITH GERMANY AND ALLIES
To Admit Such Act Would Be an I'm
neutral Act, Says Note-WiI Look
for Observation-Disclosures Not to
Be Drawn Into Controversy.

Washington.-The United States
government Monday made public its
note to Great Britain, announcing that
it could not admit either the right
of the allies, or their claims for JUS
tification, in placing an embargo on
all commercial intercourse between
Germany and neutral countries.
ITO admit it." say the communi-
tude of Immortality toward the pres
ent enemies of Great Britain, which
would be obviously inconsistent with
the solemn obligations of this govern
ment in the present circumstances,
and for Great Britain to make such a
claim would be for her to abandon and
set at naught the principles for which
she has consistently and earnestly
contendcd in other times and circum-
stances"
Will Expect Due PREPARATION.
The note reviews at length the legal
phases of a blockade of belligerent
territory and virtual blockade of neu-
trail coasts. In conclusion the United
States states it's expectation that Eng
land, after having considered" the
possibilities of serious interruption
of American trade" under the order
in council, twill take steps to avoid
them, and in the event that they
should unhappily occur, will be pre-
pared to make full r%eparation for
every act, which, under the rules of
international law, constitutes a viola
ton of neutral rights.
The American communication in
terprets the circumstances under
which Great Britain claims to be jus
titled in adopting retaliatory meas
ures toward her enemies as merely a
reason for certain extraordinary ac-
t~ivities" by her naval forces, and not
an xcuse for, or a prelude to amy
unlawful action"
Would Not Wish Taint.
IF the course of the present enemies
of Great Britain the note adds.
SHOULD prove to be in fact tainted by
illegality and disregard of the prin.
ciples of war sanctioned by enlight
ened nations, it car not be supposed
and this government does not for a
moment suppose, that his majesty's
government would wish the same faint
to attach to their own actions"
Ambassador Sharp at Paris was in.
structed to present a copy of the
American note to Great Britain to the
French foreign office, with the state
ment that, although the French ad
miralty decree had not been officially
received in Washington, it was under
stood here to be identical with the
British order in council, and the Amer
lean government therefore made sim
liar reply.
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The Right Kind.
Bright people look upon the bright
side Of nfe-
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Warns Wife to Start Home.

When the round closed Johnson sem
word to his wife that he was all in
and told her to start for home. She
was on the way out and was passing
the ring in the 26th round when a
singing left to the body and a cy-
clonie right to the jaw caused John
son to crumple on the floor of the ring,
where he lay partly outside the ropes
until the referee counted 10 and held
up Wizards hand in token of his
newly won laurels.
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End Came Suddenly.

The end of the fighting anne with
a s~uddenness that dazed the specta-
tors. 1t followed two or three rounds
of almost complete idleness on the
part of the contestants and the crowd
settled down to a long drawn out
struggle, believing that it would go
the full limit of the 40 rounds without
either being able to register a knock
ont
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johnson Brilliant at Outset.

The early rounds We're filled with
flashes of Johnson's former wonder
full speed, when he would rain rights
and left to Wizards body and face,
delivering 10 blows to one of the big
white ~challenger's.
Through oil this time Willard was
strictly on the defensive. On occasions
Johnson played with him, nee stand
ing with guard down and letting VIII
lard swing at him, only to dodge and
laufgh at the awkwardness of his OPP
ponent.