Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-12
Northwestern News

merson, president; II. o. AAbere.
vice-president; O.. e. Hanson, secre-
tary, and tG. g. Wood, treasurer.
Since that time DR.. C. G. Hanson has
resigned - secretary and H., E.
Shearn was appointed to take his
place. and$A. ]. Rosendahl OF Adanfs,
North Dakota. was made director in
place of Harry Conklin.
"At the time that this company
first went before the North Dakota
Blue Sky board, in the month of
June. 1921, to secure permission to
sell $4,000 worth Of stock, its assets
consisted of a drilling contract to
forty acres on the Cat Creek Dome
in Fergus county, Montana. and Al
certain amount of cash. The said
drilling contract, together with an
abstract Of title to the land, was sub
mitted to the Blue Sky board. After
that time. one Harrison B. Martin
put On record in Montana an assign
ment of one-fourth royalty to the
M. Rowland. John M. Rowland be.
ing the party who had@given this
company the drilling contract In the
first place. This matter was imme-
diately taken up with the attorney
for Mr.. Is Rowland. who wrote the
company under date Of July 18th,
1921, that he had advised his client
to Clear the title and that he did not
approve Of any such procedure, and
the company has retained able
sci inGt Montana who have assured
them that he will be able to clear
this title for them, and that they are
rig hit now in a position to go ahead
under the terms Of the contract. The
onrN no wv y - ~ ~ rlANSA E%o~S-
ard "a foot derrick and a camp COM
plete, valued at about $8.000:00, and
the company expects to commence
drilling operations on this property
in the very near future. The matter
of the cloud on this title has been
fully and fairy presented to the Elue
Sky 'boardsof.Nort Dakota by the
atterneygfor the company. o. B. Hess
igstad. Moreover. since presenting
this mattef to- the Blue Sky board,
the directors of this company have
secured approximately $4,000 acres
OF oil leases In the oil territories Of
on the Cat Creek Dome. These
leases have all been put in the name
Eof this company and have become a
part Of the assets o. this company.
Not Nestos' Company.
''That Governor r.. "A. Nestos
was not one OF the original in
corpOr9tOra OF this company; was
never one OF the directors Of this
ccmpany;.~ never. at any time,
had anything to do with the man
agement Of the same AMI
acted for the company as attorney
That his partner, O. b. Her1g-
stad, acted as attorney for the
company at the time that they
INCORPORATED and at the time
they made application to tho
Blue Sky board OF North Dakota
i for. permission to sell stock, and.
outside Of that, tho law firm Of
Nestos g. Hcrigstad have had
nothing further to do with the
ma ia cement OF the said conn
rany or with conducting it's at
fairs. and that Governor r., A..
Nestns at, no time had any per-
sonai knowledge whatsoever Of
the affairs OF this company.
"IThe circular printed in the Oc-
tobEr,, 9Th issue OF the Courier-News
wefe never mailed by the company to
any of the residents in North Dakota.
and X mailed at all, they were sent
out by W. G, Cunningham, an. adver-
ttising company. Of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia.. and Were never approved by
the, directors .of, the company, and
without the knowledge, consent or
authorization LOT Governor Nests.
Business Well Cnducscd.
THAT the directors OF thiss COM
pany have conducted the business Of
the company In an honest and open
manner and they believe that the
story carried by the Courier-News
on October Ath was given to tidy
the above named Harrison B. Mar
tin, WHO has been endeavcring for
several months to mulct this COM
pany into paying him a large sum
OF money Toy q release Of his interest
lin this property, The Montana at
torney for this company, however,
have advised the company that. his
claim has no merits to 1t and is
merely a cloudSton the title. The
lCourier-News has become q party to
Mr.. MARTINS scheme Of blackmailing
the company by using this false story
as political propaganda.
we. the undersigned, directors OF
this company vouch for the truthful
ness OF the foregoing statement.
I'll. O.. AAberg,
g, s. III. p. Emmerson,
&c. b. Utter,
~ @"E1arry Conklin,
--4M. 20. PETERSON"