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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
foOLs AND MACHINERY LOADED O}
CAAs THIS WEEK AT PEA BODY
KAN. FOR SHIPMENT TO N. e.
'z-FO0T STANDARD DERRICl< m
he ERECTED NEAR COAI.WOOn
UPPER AT1ONk srAUsr SOON

Drilling tools for an oil we'll to
ware ur.rled h.,n.. near r., Coalwood. this. county
mere DslnE loaded onto~cars this wee1
to Miles City. ''' 'e''' VIII De sh'pps
While the machinery is thus :
e, teudent iioy 10Y ,.s =, aCorbin, field superin
VIII go to coalwood and start pro
ceedlnss fer the erection of 72-foo
standard s,,.r tar,,. derrick. When this is butt
City, to the first locationnear Coai
wood by auto truck.
Such is the substance of a letter rel
celved by the Examiner this week, and
as; as ;t g result added impetus Is given TIL
project tho s,dd, df "jollitication" to celebrat
70 re 1e drilled In this county.
t,in.a M f;;Namlners ;N Information is conf
Georgia f.. Corbin. wife Of the fiel1
manager CT the Anna May Oil conf
ranf, raaGy Mrs csn Horbin, Incidentally; is al
Riyer county. for she enclosed a doiia}
niii ~! as contribution for the PC,wde}
River band. The text Of Mrs. Corbin'}
letter IN full is as follows:
batavia. N. Y. May 4, 1921.
ner; Broadus. Mont.
nanss.r meaf s,ras IF ,hs n ths wife M of the fel
pany. ! haye read with interest you}
trst }gl',saf'1n W.. m. when the drilling Of ~
o. or interest to the spectators. / ad !
mire your western spirit which nevel
yields to discouragement. as exempIi]
nea ,,,a, by the Broadus Band. and | and
Wonuering II the band would receivd
4 gift as small as 81 from 80 listnn1
a well-wisher?
. :" In o' regard to your big field day. 1
nuence to have that celebration post
poned until late in June or early IN
July. SO that my three children and
ali aaY IN ".chess sches IT, As our children ara
IN Montana until school let's out here
which will probably be June 18th. Then
fast as }bs ra,roSH .oMards Niles City q
~ safe to carry their passengers. I
piedge myself to help cut the program
committee with a recitation or two Il
to accommodate me. My two Httis
daughters Of and 3 years respective-
~, are willing to give The ShoemaH-
srs Dance II the Pre- gram COMMITTEES
1T may be of interest to you "a
learn that Mr.. Corbin will he in Kansas
the the isse!t,erspArt .of next week, Loading
shpmsnt e Mies s SiS ch!o Mcn Me- ears whi9s fGs
the tools are en- route from Peabod y.
Kan, to Miles City. Mr.. Corbin will 60
Der ready tc build 72-foot standard
derrick When this is built. the tools
Viii be moved from Miles City to the
truck. ~ s>'
The directors of the Anna May OH
company are growing even more en-
thusiastic over the prospects for oil
On their more than 10000 acres of
leases. as the time draws near when
they are to make the test.
Enclosed find one dollar for the
Eroadus Band: l think your local com
poser poser. of music might, create a theme
which sounds very oily" and smooth.
at the same time being suggestive 81
prosperity and boisterous happiness.
and name it Anna May"
livery cordially yours.
tMRs.) GEORGIA T. COltBIN."
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
anna NAY OIL Co. SOON !
TO START ACTIVE 0PERAI|0n|
REPORT
DOxtlDER DOME

Two promising oil domes which
from geological standpoint should be-
! trict as any in Montana or Wyoming
| We're reported tc' be in the southern
part Of Garter county. Montana, by
gist from sundance. % e'1SnHm Wso%ing. ee1i"D Who
was in Miles City the ether day on
business after personally inspecting
The Chalk Butte and the Wolf Greek
dOmes are particularly promising, ac-
| cordins to Mr.. Book, as they have II
very large feeding ground before them
10 the southwest and west, extentli nS
tC' the Big Horn mountains with thou :
| sands of square miles to draw the oil
from. from, The Wolf mountains and Pow
west form the Broadus artesian basin
and lead right UP to the very base If
these structures 50 that the )under-
ground waters nowin2 down through
the syncline would carry the Oil to fill
the dOmes.
Now. to make deme productive .
said Mr.. Book, lit must have an ample
derground water course to bring the
oil to it or else it would net have any
o. OF, r,n1, in IT. no matter how perfect the
In the locality Of the southern part
Of Carter county, according to Mr..
i5ock, whose preliminary reports fol-
tending about forty miles in length in
northerly and southerly course upon
which are two promising oil domes:
The south dome is known as the Wolf
cha!k Creek dome. The south dome
is the most promising, being higher In
elevation. therefore the erosion has
exposed the deeper strata. the Green
horn limestone of the lower Colorado
formation. which forms an escarpment
encircling this dome. which is about -
miles In length and four miles in
width with it's seepist dip to the west,
ranging from to IA degrees and
and south and the apex running north
west and southeasterly. The Benton
Shale forming the surface of this
dome, the first Oil sand to be encoun-
tered tered by the I'd drill weuld be the Muddy
surface.
About 20 miles farther north is the
Chalk Butte dome with it's axis run
course about IA miles long ana Ave
miles wide, pitching from 4 tc, 5 de-
grees to the northwest. and / to 2
degrees to the north and south and
east. The surface of this dome is Pierre
fox hills tiankinE on the, west. ncrth
and east sides. In this district there
is sand lying from 400 to 600 feet
above the base Of the Pierre shale.
then 10 feet Of brown coarse sand
with some iron concessions. then so to
100 feet of very soft gray coarse
sand blending into shaie at it's base.
ed frcm 200 to 400 feet off the top If
the Chalk Butte dome. that would
leave from 400 to 500 feet of drilling
to reach this sand anywhere al ons the
AXIS axis Of th5s dome, , which will make
first Gil sand and there is no reason
why it should not prove productive
here the same as in Wyoming"
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13

right up at the meeting Of New Mex
leo cattle men and told them they
were travelling at 90 fas pace when
the money was rollins in.
gons and you spcculated in oil.'' he
said. land now you must go back to
the old trail. The bankesr will stano
by you. but you must not borrow any
In the end you are bound to ccme out
all right, because cow man never
stays down."
Governor Merritt {. Mechem or New
Mexico, also addressed the convention
and he blamed the railroads fer some
men. but he said all in the industry
were opposed to government owner.
ship. as had been suggested. He said
the stock men had sample Of govern
war.
He mentioned the packers, but didn't
whether there ever was a Philip
.. Arnour or Gustayus swift. We
have had big. packers" he declared.
"They simply had to come, along with
the development Of this country.
BILE. as ! think every man In the busi-
ness will admit" continued the COVER
nor. which reminds me that am be-
Ing blamed for the recent passage st
state. To those people who don't like
the law. I simply tell them that the
stock -raising game is always Open"
ted ststes senator whf rom Mean Ss~eS &
to succeed Albert B. Fall. appointed
secretary Of the interior In President
Harding's cabinet. also 10 q stock maj,
He told the cow men the business Il
To-day you may be riding In lin
CUISINE. tomorrow in q jitney and the
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
Published In the Powder River Count,
Examiner By Special Arrangement.

Just at this time great many en-.
trymen have completed the residence
and cultivation required in ccnnec-
ara si0n dnadn; With their homestead entries and
tssif: asa': land. Ia order to obtain a patent 10
The first thing to do is to make sure
tnat tat an the requirements have been
before the law has been fully com.
piled with. 1t must be rejected by the
land office, and the entrymap is put
70 70 1ot OF useless expense and trou-
proof or not. The land officials may
think from his statements that he has
t01y tun : complied with the lazy. and may
put when the testimony is all before
mem tney may find that he has not
act actual tu done all that the law re-
the proof, tven though they thought
the entryinan was ready 0 prove up.
As stated in a previous talk, proof
cannct be submitted until three years
established an actual residence on the
land: unless entryman il entitled to
credit for military service performed
prior to establishing such residence.
Having decided that all the. neces-
to submit % Final preof 'ee on ~ the 'fHssnn regan
lar government form No. 4-34s. Most
Most entrymen prefer to have this
form prepared for them by some per-
son WHO is familiar with the work.
1t ia necessary tC' take the 'Eotice Of
Allowance to the person who pre-
pares the Notice of Intention to Sub.
init Proof so that he may have the
date and number Of the entry and de-
scriptfon CT the land. AS the Notice
Of Intention to Submit Proof does not
have to be tworn to, the notice Of al
lcwance may be sent by mail. or taken
prepares the Notice Of Intention to
Submit Proof.
The following information must be
gwen: The names of four persons liv-
ing near the land. any two of whom
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
NEW MEAT MARKET
TO OPEN HERE SOON

furt ". Petersen, formerly manager
a meat market at his building IN.
Hroadus within few days. probably
py next Monday. He has a number Of
sooa peel cattle near Moorhead which
trade.
, such announcement was made by Mr..
Jefferson during his trip to Eroadus
mad accompanied him to town from
tneir ranch near Moorhead. Mi. Peter
son VIII net confne his business to
er meats and by-products and viii
carry limited line of canned goods
Since the Lewis meat market went
OUT 91 business through mortgage
the hotel to import beef via iitn.v
service from Miles City and when
there was an over-supply ready sales
were made to toWnspeODle
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
SNORT TALKS Oh the PUBLIC LAND MATTERS
BY COLA w. SHEPARD, United States Commissioner
Starting To Make Proof
TALK NO..


may be used as. witnesses; the name
OF the officer before whom proof is &c
be submitted. and the date when it Is
desired to make proof.
J., After the Notice of Intention has
been prepared. 1t must be signed and
mailed to the register and receiver
whc' will designate the newspaper in
which the notice is. to be published
ana VIII mail a card to the entryman
stating where it Is to be advertised
The notice for publication Is sent di-
rect from the land office to the pub.
n,she;I,, nsher, nut I the entryman must pay the
tryman cannot choose the newspaper
In which he wishes his notice publish
ed. This is left with the register OF
the land office.
1t is best to start the proof by Civ
ing notice Of intention about two
mcnths before the date on which it is
desired to make proof, SO as to give
ample am .r; notice for the papers to reach
then for the notice to reach the news
paper, be set up and printed five weeks
before date CT proof.
Aside from the notice which is pub
lished. us e. another another notice must be. posted
a period Of thirty days prior to prosf
Most newspapers that publish final
proof notices send bills to the entry
men so that remittance can be made
IN time. but some publishers are care
1903 dUOuS liiS, anu IL Is sometimes
necessary for the entry,nan to write to
the Newspaper and get II bill for the
advertising before he can pay it, The
advertising must be paid and the pub
notice was duly published for five con-
sccutive weeks Cor thirty days, if in
a daily paper) before date of proof
II this publishers affidavit is not
hled the proof win be rejected and
will not be considered until the pub
lisher's affidavit is filed. Prompt al
tention to this matter may save much
annoyance and delay.
In selecting witnesses, care Should
be taken to select four that can be
used on date Of proof if necessary.
Only two are required to appear and
testify. but it may shapt.r hat the
two whom entryman planned on using
are unable to appear. and he mus
then use the other two.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
STATIONS INSTALLED:
READY FOR CREAM

Keeping their scheduled appoint
ments. +. Il. Merrill and Il. " oodwiss.
general manager and field superintend-
ent respectively of the Western Cream-
cry company of Miles City last week
installed three cream stations in this
county Thursday and Friday of last
week. The station at Stacey Is in
charge of r. \. Johnson, sidney Smith
mas charge Of the staten at his ranch
and s. a. Holt at the Reliable Drug
store has charge of the station in
Broadus. Messrs. Merrill and Wood
wiss We're in Broadus Friday for the
purpose of getting the station start ed.
While nc definite announcement has
yet been made, it is probable some ar
rangements will be made in the future
for delivering cream from the Epsie
country at the Y T. and should the
patronage he deemed sufficient. it is
also probable THAT cream station
will be installed at Coalwood.
The cream stations in this count v
start business when the market prices
Tor cream are very unfaVorable, but
1t 10 not believed this condition will
obtain for long. Dairymen are invited
to deliver cream to anyone Of the
three stations in the county at their
own convenience. The cream thus re.
ceived in turn will be transported to
Miles City. Cash awaits everyone de-
HvertnE cream to anyone Of the thre>
stations.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
LAND AROUND Vt
LEASED FOR OH,

Ten thousand acres CT land in the
vicinity Of the y r ranch, Epsie and
Russell Of New York for oil purposes
and 1t is reported another 10000 acres
are desired. Winter, a geoiogist who
ing oil wells in Texas. was in the
local tield and is reported to have made
a very Favorable report ON u struc-
ture radiating frC m the I.
According to the terms OF the oil
leases executed for term of five
years. Sloan 4 Russell agree to start
operations within Il year but should
this plan fail to nateralize. /; cash
bonus OF 25 cents an acre will be paid
the property owners.
The Sloan & Russell company first
expect to drill for oil in the vicinity Of
Glendiye.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13

next day You'll be looking for Il job
Of many Of the men in the industry.
spese before pre-, the New
just come from Washington, where Il.
had an audience with President Hard
Ing. He told the. cow men that the
stock industry is in at the present
time and is keenly alive to the prob
lens the producers are facing. He de-
clared this explains why the cabinet
plans for rehabilitating the industry.
Mr.. Tomlinson also told the cow men
that there was NO reasonable hope
commodity. The COW men % had II hopsa ped
some such action would be taken. Mr..
romltnson told the cattle producers
that the federal. reserve board was
The sheep raisers OF New Mexico
held their convention just prlor to the
cattle men. ~ had about the same
stories to tell Of how hard the wool
One man told OF shipping lot
which was valued at $a.S0e at pres
ent market prices. After he had paid
the freight on them to Chicago and
Cther incidental expenses he had 81
cents left.
Another story was told of a sheep
man trying to give whole train load
to whom the sheep had been offered
looked up the freight rate 1C Kansas
City and his chances of disposing of
the animals. he declined the gift. The
sheep were an expense to the would.
be giver. and he wanted to get rid Of
them.
The sheep men asserted that they
didn't make big money during the war.
They declared that the as-pickers and
5unkmen of the east were the ones
who prctited. because they gathered
rags from which shoddy clothing was
made. while wool was allowed to re-
main in warehouses. The sheep men
asserted. too. that even today it is al
most impossible to buy an all-WOol
suit: even though the dealer says 1t
is all wool
For this reason the sheep men are
greatly in favor Of the French Capper
truth in fabric bill now pending In
congress. This bill provides that every
garment carr, mt made ard offered for for sal sale
the garment is made. If this bill be-
comes a law the buying public. will
know yhethe: they arc buying shoddy
This win help the sheep men. be-
market will have to go into clcthing.
The sheep men say the public wants
wool. hut cannot be sure of getting it
under present conditions.
At both conventions the members
and faght through organizations for
their product. The speakers said that
while Things were haxy now. the time
ts coming when there will be riffs in
the clouds and the COW and sheep men
But the cow men didn't get the an.
swer to the problem Of beef at less
than ~ cents pound on the hO0f and
50 cents pound raw. or II broiled.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
BASS HORN ADDED
TO LOCAL BAND

"A bass horn, Cne of the best to De
procured, was delivered to the Powder
River band in Broadus this week. rep
resentins 4 total investment of ap-
proxlmately $l40. Receipts from two
dances We're applied toward the pay
ment of this instrument and there is
q balance left in the treasury. insuffi-
cfent, however. tC purchase the bass
anu snare drums which are needed TO
complete the organization. The drums
now being used are owned by \. NJ.
Harlan.
The new bass horn has been farm
ed out to Milton shorty" Turley and
very bass" notes are heard eman;,t- :
ing from his residence most amy even
ing while he is getting his stride
Within the past week two one dol
lar contributions We're received by IL.
r. Cook. treasurer, as contributions to
the Powder River band, one from Mrs.
RCy c. Corbin OF Rochester. n. V, and
the other from j. X Marsh
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
CHILDREN'S DAY
EXERCISES SUNDAY

given Sunday evening in the church
hall under. auspices of the Sunday
school. The numbers will consi st
iarEeiy or Songs by the schoc. and
Some recitatiOns and exercises will
be interspersed. some Of them relat-
ing &C. Mother since last Sunday was
Mothers day. All are invited to join
the singing and are asked To practice
at o'clock Friday. Saturday and sun
day afternoons.
People from points outside of Broad
US Will be especially welcome to the
exercises which will start about 8
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
BOY SCOUTS DEFEAT
ALL-STARS, 13 TO 12

The first baseball game Of the sea-
son was witnessed ON the local .la-
mona sunday afternoon when an aS-
SrcSation of players representing the
BOY Scouts took an all-star team int
camp by the narrow score of IL to ~
as umpires and Edward Prchal az
ScOfeKeeper.
Several aut, mobile loads of specta- :
tors and many other fans turned out
for the first game. For time it APP
peared that thr Eame would be called
NJ. I. Wiley, playing second base
Tor the Ali-Htars. provided the feature
Of the game. when he sustained a Sc
verely sprained left wrist by a Scout
colliding with him while running from
first to second. Wiley retired from the
Or. James. and since has been wearing
his arm in n sling. No bones We're
broken and within a week or so he
Will be fully recovered. The incident
was purely accidental.
The two teams lined up as follows
The battery to start for the ll-Stars
consisted of Ray Mci.ain pitcher and
Harley McI-ain catcher. other players
We're Boyle. Wiley and Welt Lewis.
Mccormack, Thompson. Sherlock and
Straiton.
The battery for the BOY Scouts
started with Clarence Russell pitcher
and High" Holt catcher other play
ers We're Kuhle. Waite. Westphal. Carl
Russell. Phillippi. Steve Holt Haley
and Turey.
Score by innings:
ha;ssss, 81; ssss,: =; i ! : ! +; al: 81:
Another baseball game will he play
ed on the local diamond next sunday
afternoon.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
Sc TREES SET OUT IN
COURTHOUSE SQUARE

Another attempt is being made this
year to beautify the court house square
by planting out Sc young cottonw God
last year met with failure as everyone
nf the trees died before fall A diff
ferent procedure of planting the trees
and irrigating them was adopted this
Year and 1T is hoped they will respond
Harry Lunn was in charge of the work
or planting the trees, the expense OF
which is borne by the tOwnsite fund
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
STATE OFFICIAL
TO VISIT HERE

Miss May Trumper. state su?erin-
tendent ct public instruction, will eN-
tend an official visit to the Hroadus
high school either May "a or Is unless,
present plans fail to materalixc. She
VIII be III Baker May 20 and in ESa
laka May 23. From Ekalaka she will
accompany Glenn l. Westphal to Broad
us. and If weather and roads are ia
vorable will arrive here the 24th. 1t
Is believe the inspection trip to he
made by Miss Trumpcr is to decide
what credits ar. to be allowed the
high school in Eroadus for doing
standard work as prescribed by the
state board of educatiOn
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
ONLY ONE CROP
FAILURE IN 10 YEARS

Since have been in Montana. over
Ten years now. l have only experienced
one crop failure" are the words cf q.
y. sramer while in Broadus the fore.
part or the week. He came to this
county in 1910 and has "A place ON Balr
ing Powder creek. His crop failure
was recorded in 1919. the year Of the
drcuth when failure were common all
over the west. 80
Air. Cramer this year has planted II
acres to wheat. IS acres to oats and
seven acres to- barley and in addition
"as ~ acres plowed ready for corn.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
MOISTURE oPPoRTUNE
FOR GROWING CROPS

Mondays precipitation in this local.
y! ,otaled ." of an inch, but heavier
county saturday. Sunday and Monday.
lnls ram came at an opportune time.
giving the planted crops the naoisture
well as TO freshen up alfalfa and range
grass. The remainder of the week han
peen cloudy and winds have pr.<yailed
more or less x
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
TRANSFER CATTLE
TO OTTER CREEK

On Monday, approximately $50 head
OF cattle We're trailed through Broadua
their summers range on otter creaE
L; y. badsett and four men were in
The cattle have been wintered uv
J. II. Morris and Fred w Rma ana ~
Is said approximately 1000 head r..
main to be transferred ~ Otter creek.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
FIRST MAIL CARRIER
TO DELIVER CREAM

Tn" first mail carrier to deliver a
can of cream to the local station was
j. w. Reacham, contractor for the
route to Biddie. The cOnsignee was
George Nandercar of Ranch creek. who
resides about 40 miles southeast ri
BrOadus. The cream weighed Sc
pounds and was thick. making stirring
difficult. The can Of cream was de-
livered to s. A. Holt, In charg. of the
local station. yesterday forenoon
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13
ACREAGE TO CROPS
UP TO LAST YEAR

Observers are of the belief that acre.
age planted to crops in Powder River
county this year will compare to the
record OF last year.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13

There are many mortal goddesses
they are all mothers.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-05-13

DTHE-
ed on the local diamond next sunday
afternoon '
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-03-17

PRODA Sc move zarizeny
dun obchodem grocernim a
reznickym "a hotove aneb Sc
vymeni "a mensi jednorodinny
dunn. Pricina prodeje je Cd
Jed do stare vlasti. Vyhodna
prilezitost pro dobreho OBJ
chodnika. Adressa Sc sd6li v
adm. Sveta. 3-19