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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-05-20

Courier reprOduces below parts of
the complete report of government en-
gineers, published last week in the
Poplar Standard, which while relating
particularly to the Poplar dome, COW
erS the formation of northeastern
Montana:
The northeast corner of Montana
from the North Dakota line westward
to r 40 f. and the Canadian border
southwark to +. % ~. an area COM
prising about 900 square miles. has
not all been examined in detail for
anticlines or other structural features
that are likely to contain oil or gas.
In 1919, however, the possibility Of
finding oil in strip that extends
along the Missouri river from Brock
ton on the east to Big Dry creek on
the west, was studied by w. I. Thorn,
Jr., and W. y. WoOdrin of the United
States geological survey, department
of the interior, and in 1920 additional
examinations were made south of the
Missouri by Mr.. Thorn. Examinations
of the Ignite resources of northeast
ern Montana made prior to 1916 by C..
ID. Smith, Eugene Stebinger, A. L..
Becky, c. NJ. Bauer and A. j. Collier
of the United States geological survey,
yielded some data as to the geologic
structure within the several fields,
and the evidence so obtained, combined
with the results of the more recent ex-
aminatiOns made along the Missouri,
gives fairly acurate outline of the
larger features of the geologic struct-
ure of this region.
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Structure.
The part Of the northeastern Mon
tana here described lies on the east
flank of the Bowdoin dome, very
broad, low structural feature whose
center is located near Lake Bowdoin
northeast of Malta. AS a result of the
uplift that formed this dome the rock
formation of northeastern Montana
slope to the northeast, east and south
east and reach their lowest attitudes
where the Yellowstone flows across
the state line into North Dakota. The
more or less regional inclinations of
| the sedimentaty rocks produced by the
Bowdoin uplift have been modified
considerably by three structural feat
ures, which should be considered in
planning the location of the test wells.
| These features include 1} a series Of
broad, low folds, irregularly spaced
from the east to west, whose axes
trend approximately N. 35 degrees
W; (2) a system Of minor folds par
allel to the major folds, whose anti
clinal crests are y to pig miles apart
the more prominent folds having the
greater amplitude; and (3) system
of small folds that trend nearly east
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and west. The dips are highly vari-
able, though in few places do they ex-
ceed degrees, and there only for a
short distance. 1t should be noted that
practically all the beds in the known
oil fields of Montana and Wyoming
dip much more steeply than those OBJ
served in the area here described.
The combination of the series of
folds mentioned above has probably
produced in northeastern Montana sew
eral broad, low-plunging anticlines,
and the whole region is more or less
thickly sprinklee with small low
domes. anticlinal noses and structural
depressons The minor domes favor
the concentration of petroleum and
natural gas if they are present in the
region, yet it is desirable that wells
should be located with great care.
Most Favorable For Test.
The Poplar anticline, which is prob
ably the best known and most prom
nent of the folds within the area, is
the most favorable feature on which
to make the first tests for oil in the
region. The axis of this fold passes
near the northeast corner of section
SO, township 25 north, range 50 east
and through the northwest corner of
section 2, township 26 north, range 81
east. If extended this line would pass
just cast of Poplar and east of ano
parallel to Box Elder creek. The crest
of this anticline where it crosses the
Lance scarf in section 20, township 2t
north, range So east, is 500 feet OF
more above the corresponding major
syncline near the center of township
25 north, range so east, so that the av-
erage slope is about so feet to the
mile, although the variable local dips
show maximum of several degrees
The eastern limb of this anticline is
somewhat sleeper than the western
and slopes downward for much long
er distance.
The axis of the Poplar anticline is
probably depressed somewhat neal
the Missouri, and if so its depression
may have produced a closed dome il
the northeast corner Of township 2t
Nnorth, range 81 east, but in genera
the axis of the anticline seems to rise
to the northwest until, according tC
the rather unsatisfactory information
available, it died out in township 81
north.
Artesian Water Present.
The possible oil sands nearest the
surface about Poplar are those of the
Judith river formation, which yielg
artesan water at depths Of 600 to 800
feet near Lismas and Nashua. These
sands may be the source of little nat
ural gas, according to unconfirmec
press reports, was obtained at depth
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EFFORTS Will
AID TOURISTS
State Associations Join In Spreading
Information of State-Guide Book
Now In Preparation.

All of the good roads interests in
Montana are concentrating in the eff
fort to give the state all of the pub
llcity necessary to fully inform tour
lists of the beauties and advantages
of the state.
At meeting of the delegates from
different parts of the state for the
organization of a state automobile
club, at Butte Saturday, the subject
came up for a large share of discus
sion.
The Montana division of the Roose-
welt Highway association. has in pre-
naration for publication during the
next thirty days a tourists guide
book covering the T. r. trail across
Montana. Much of the material for
this work was collected by L. E. Jones.
former secretary and Mr.. Tyson the
recently appointed secretary is now
arranging it. This material comprises
maps, many valuable special articles.
the logging of the road, data respect
ing each town on the route, many
photographs and other interesting
things, too numerous to mention. O.
E. Mason has been employed to look
after the advertising, and has secured
contracts for large amount of paid
matter, the revenue from which will
finance the publication.
On completion of the work bv Sec
retary Tyson and Mr.. Mason the en-
tire manuscript will be turned over
to Geo. c. Reeder, who has been re-
tanned to edit the book and prepare
the copy for the printer. The Courier
has contracted to do the printing.
When completed the book will contain
about 100 pages of about by 9
inches of information and ADVERTISING
valuable to tourists, embelished with
numerous half tone illustrations O:
Montana people and scenery; ter
thousand copies will be printed for
free distribution at points where tour
lists will readily obtain them. It is
hoped to have the book out by July 1st.
W. H. Frazier the Saco banker, was
| in Glasgow on business Wednesday
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Artesian Water Present.
Ends Old Case.

Denver, May 12.-Judge Ben B.
Lindsay Of the Denver juvenile court
paid a fine to the clerk of the west
side criminal court today, ending a
controversy lasting over five years.
Linsey said he used his own funds,
although a number of Denver lawyers
and newsboys' organizations over
the country had offered to contribute
the amount.
Deny Charges of Drunkenness
Chicago, May 14.-Sweeping deni-
ais of charges of graft, inefficiency
and drunkenness sworn to by former
Lieutenant c. c. Eversole before the
postoffice inspection board of inquiry
into the air mail service was made
today by c. Nichols, local purchasing
agent, in testimony before the board
today.
No Building This Year.
Washington, May 15.-Montana will
get no new public buildings for year
or two. This became known Saturday
when it was stated that President
Harding had asked congress to post
pone action on new buildings until the
conditions of the treasury improves.
Efforts will be made to have an ap-
preparation made next winter.
To Work His Farm.
Washington, May 15.-liouse lead
ers have decided to turn a deaf ear
to pleas for passage at this session
of the rivers and harbors bill. Rep
resentative Mondell, republican lead
er, announced that in the interests of
- hnr
river improvements would be voted.
Sentiment in Philippine.
Baguio, ?. l., May 15.-After two
full days of motoring in Luzon, where
dozens of interviews were held with
private citizens, Major General Leon
ard Wood and w. Cameron Forbes,
comprising President Harding's spe-
cial mission to investigate Philippine
conditions, returned to Baguio late
last night. 1t was stated upon the
return of the party that while most
of the speakers expressed strong de-
sires for independence, it was not in
dicated there would be any feeling of
resentment in case the United States
should not grant the Philippines their
independence Immediately.
Montana wins.
Missoula. May 1.-THE University
of Montana won Saturdays dual track
meet from the University of Idaho,
212 points to 3i12.
In losing the relay by a small mar
gin. Idaho was nosed out of the vic
torv. The visitors with Perrine and
Irving, Olympic stars, put up hard
battle. This is the first year that
Montana has won track meet with
Idaho.
Harmless Sunday Ball
Pierre, s. D., May l4-Sunday base
ball cannot he played in South Dako-
ia if an admission fee is charged, the
state supreme court ruled today, in
handing down it opinion in the case
of the blue laws of the state brought
against Allen Goethal of Huron, a
moving pictura theatre proprietor who
was chargcd with violation of blue
laws opening his show Sundays
Board Of Trade Bluffing.
Chicago, May 13.-The Chicago
hoard of trade, the worlds greatest
parin markey, may withdraw from
business if the Tincher bill to regu-
late dealing in grain futures which
was passed today by the lower house
of congress becomes law, Joseph P.
Griffin. president Of the board, de-
clared in statement tonight.
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FORMER SECRETARY
DIES AT ROCHESTER

Rochester, Mimi, May 1S.-Frank-
lin X. Lane, former secretary of the
interior, died at hospital here We'd
nesday morning. Death was due to
an attack of angina pectoris. Mr..
Lane was operated on here May 6 for
gall stones and appendicitis and was
said to be recovering, when heart dis
ease, from which he had suffered
from time to time during the last
eight months, developed. Hospital
physicians expressed the belief that
the operation would relieve the heart
affection, but an attack early We'd
nesday developed fatally.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-05-20
DANIELS BOARDS
TO FACE CUSTER

In Sheridan county custer proceed
ings against County Commissioners
Tyler and Ibsen has commenced; the
action having been filed in District
Court last Monday by Jos. F. Dolin
through his attorney, Paul Babcock,
and Saturday, May 7th, was the time
set for hearing. Through their attor-
-,ey, A. T. Vollum, the Comissioners
asked for more time which was eX-
tended to Thursday, May 18th, when
the defendants are ordered to appear
and file their answer.
The custer proceedings brought
against the Commissioners by Jos. F.
Dolin is based upon accusations of
failure to perform official duties, mis-
conduct in public office of directing
payments of monies out of the Coun-
ty Treasury illegally, etc.
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DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
FINDS PRICES LOWER

Billigs, May 13.-Many interesting
facts concerning the recession in liv-
ing costs during the past year are
contained in bulletin isued by the
Montana Development association as
a result of a survey of retail prices
and costs throughout the state. In
creased costs of doing business, in
creased freight rates, and reluctance
on the part of many manufacturers to
lower prices are given as the principle
reasons that prices on many commod-
tiles are still disproportionately high
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FAIR PRICE LIST
TO Be PRINTED
Hoover Has Devised Plan for Pro-
mitigation of Retail Prices
Only Fair Profit.

Washington, May II. Arrange
ments for the commerce department
to publish at regular intervals Is the
retail price levels of standard COM
modities were made at a conference
today between Secretary Hoover and
representatives of retailers in various
parts of the country.
Figures showing production costs
and expenses are to be supplied the
department by the retailers, it was
said, to enable the government to
keep the public Informed.
The retailers complained of recent
criticisms by governmental agencies
which charged that retail prices were
not being reduced with wholesale
cuts. Spokesman for the merchants
declared that taking expenses into
consideration, retail prices had drop
ped as quickly as possible.
Mr.. Hoover, however, told the con-
ference that he had found prices IN
a single city varying from wartime
levels all the way down to the proper
scale under present conditions.
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GENERAL NEWS xsRlEFS OF WEEK



Youngstown, Ohio, May 14.-The
for the remainder of the daily time
worked has been abolished by the
Republic Iron and Steel company, one
Of the largest independent steel plants
in this district, it was announced to-
day.
Rustlers Captured.
Billings, May 1S.-W What members
of the sheriff's force believe to be a
gang of horse and cattle "rustlers"
was declared by the officers to have
been broken up yesterday with the
arrest of three men after pursuit
of nearly two days. The men gave
their names as Bud Phelps of Pryor:
Clarence Goddard of Billings, and
William Shirran of Pineview.
Another War Cloud.
Paris, May lathe entry of German
troops into Upper Silesia would pro-
woke intervention by regular Polish
troops, which would mean war, and
in such a war France could not remain
neutral, according to expressions in
official circles here today.
Governors Daughter Wins.
Helena, May lit is announced
here that Miss Florence Dixon, daugh-
ter of the governor of Montana, has
won the Belgian relief scholarship at
John Hopkins university, where she
is doing postgraduate work. The
honor is awarded for meteorological
research and carries an allowance for
10000 francs for travel and expenses.
Guilty First Degree Murder.
Thompson Falls, Mont, May 10
Mrs. Mona May McCully, charged
with the murder of Leon Richardson,
her son-n-law, was found guilty Of
murder in the first degree by a jury,
at 4o'clock Sunday morning. Sentence
will be passed Monday.
Futures Bill Passes.
Washington, May l3.-The Tincher
bill to regulate dealings in grain fu-
lures was passed by the house Fri
day and sent to the senate.
The vote was 269 to SO.
The measure is designed to abolish
the practice in grain markets of
puts and calls ups and downs and
indemnities' by levying a tax 20 cents
bushel on such transactions. A sim
liar tax is provided on contracts or
future delivery, made outside of con
tract markets to be designated by
the secretary of agriculture except
when the seller is the actual pOssesor
of the grain.
Harding Asks Probe.
Washington, May 10.-President
Harding today asked Attorney Gen
eral Daughtery to investigate the
charges of profiteering in wartime
contracts and purchases Of the war
department.
Officials said the evidence by the
house committee on the expenditures
in the war department had been re-
ferred to the department for inquiry.
A special investigation, as a result of
the presidents request, will be begun
shortly.
Surprised at Montana.
Columbia Falls, May 13.--EXpres
sion of surprise at finding such fine
farming districts was made by Fred
erick C. Metz, Jr,, cashier of the Bank
of New York, New York City, after
he had been on a tour through Bad
Rock canyon and other districts. He
is the guest of George Watt, cashier
of the Talbot bank, which bank has
been a correspondent for the New
York institution for several years.
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Chicago, May 1S.-Six robbers arm
ed with shotguns early Tuesday night
held up an American railway express
wagon, shot one of the guards and
kidnapped two others and escaped
with small safe supposed to contain
a valuable shipment of iewelry con-
signed to Minneapolis or St. Paul. The
safe was being taken to the Union
passenger station to be put aboard
Train No. 40 on the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy railroad.
Disarmament Orders.
Berlin, May 1.-THE time limit for
disarmament by Germany fixed as
June 80 in the allied note received to-
day.
Government Gets Taxes.
Washington, May 16.-The govern
ment won Monday in the supreme
court its contention that increased
value Of any capital assets must be
considered in a corporations profits
when taxes are computed.
The courts decision was given in
the appeal of LaBelle Iron Works
from ruling of the treasury that
ore lands purchased for 100000 in
1904 must be returned in the 1917 re-
port at $10,000,000 and profits tax
paid on the difference. The opinion
Monday sustained this ruling.
Air Mail Big Thing.
Washington, May 16.-The air mail
service was three years old Sunday
In statement the postoffice depart
ment said that during the last year
it covered 1,313,379 miles with mail
and carried 1,015,053 pounds at a cost
with April estimated, of 81 1,342,3 1882
The average cost per mile, it was ad-
ded, was $1.02.
Disarmament Conference.
Washington, May 1.-THE Borah
bill requesting the president to call a
naval disarmament conference will be
adopted under an agreement reached
today in the senate between the two
opposing factions.
Senator Poindexter, Republican
Washington, in charge of the bill
announced that he would support the
Borah amendment and expected gen.
eral support from the senate.
Will Parley With Irish.
Dublin, May 16.-Premier Lloyd
George, says the Freeman's Journal
today, has offered to meet EamonG
de Valera, or other Irish leaders, with
out conditions Mr.. de Valera, adds the
newspaper, replied that if the premier
made such statement, he (de Valera
would give a public reply.
She Hid the Gold.
Washington, May 13.-Mrs. Emma
c. Bergdoll, mother of Grover C. Berg.
doll, draft dodger, told house inves-
tigating committee today that she
buried the $l05,000 in gold obtained
from the treasury in the fall of 1917
She refused to give any information
regarding the burial place but indi,
Gated it was not as far away from
Philadelphia as Hagerstown.
Butte and Great Falls Win.
Missoula, May 13.-Butte, scoring
heavily in the dashes this afternoon
won the annual interscholastic meet
here, under the auspices of the Uni.
versity of Montana. with a total OF
Al points. Great Falls, with "a points
second and Missoula was third, with
.2112.
Conner, Great Falls, was high indi.
vidual winner, with total of is. The
relay race was won by Forsyth's
speedy quartet.
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SC0BEY LAD IS
DEBATE WINNER
Ray Clark First, Paul jackson Will
baux, Second; Evan Day, Kalis-
pell, Third.

Missoula, May 1.-THE high school
debate, opening event of the inter
scholastic meet here, was won by Ray
Clark of Scobey, Paul Jackson of
Wibaux was second, Evan Day of
Kalispell third and Himy Kirshen of
Butte fourth. The debate was held in
the high school auditorium and was
attended by a record crowd of stu
dents, visitors and townspeople.
The question was: "Resolved, That
the several states should establish
courts similar to the Kansas indus
trial court for the settlement of cap
ital and labor disputes"
Six debators took part. The work
of the students was of high character
and all were highly complimented
upon their efforts.
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Rail Labor Board Says
Wage Cut Is Justifable

Chicago, Hay 1.-THE United States
railroad board announced late Tuesday
that it had decided that "prevailing
conditions justify to some extent, yet
to be determined, a readjustment
downward of the wages of the en-
ployes of the carriers which are par
ties to the disputes already heard by
the board"
The announcement, which affects
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Berlin, May IA semi-official
note issued Tuesday announces that in
compliance with the terms of the al
lied ultimatum calling upon Germany
to pay 1,OOO,OOO,OOO gold marks to
the allies in reparations within a per-
iod of 25 days the German govern
ment offered the reparations commit
tee the first payment on this amount,
to be made at once, amounting to
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common labor on practically every
railway in the country, was entirely
unexpected as the board only began
formal consideration of the case Mon
day following the filing by B. NJ.
Jewell, president of the railways em-
ployes' department of the American
Federation of Labor, of the final ar
guments of the employees against any
reductions. The railroads had closed
their case on May Z.
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SENATE CONFIRMS SLATTERY

A wire received last night from
Congressman Riddick at Washington,
advises Senator Slattery that his nom
ination by the President as U. S. Dis
trict Attorney for Montana, was con-
firmed by the senate in executive ses-
sion yesterday.
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Germany Tenders One
Hundred Fifty Million

150,000,000 gold marks in the form of
currency.
Payment, is is stated, would be made
at a place to be designated by the
reparations commission and the bal
ance will be paid within the period
prescribed.
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Justice White Dying.

Washington, May 18.-Physicians
attending Edward Doughlass White,
chief justice of the United States
supreme court, announced at 10 a. M.
Wednesday that their patient had not
rallied from the sinking spell of late
Tuesday and that his recovery was
not expected.
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cAVE-IN BREAKS LEG

w. c. Beatty had both bones of one
of his legs broken by a cove-in, while
digging a well on his farm near town,
last wednesday. He is getting along
nicely at a local hospital.
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The bankers have everything in
shape for good time at the meeting
today and banquet this evening.