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The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-14

Walter NJ. Durham, statistician.
driller, scout, oil operator for Sc
years in the United States, South
America and other foreign countries,
is the newest arrival in Great Falls
In connection with the oil boom
which is daily attracting more aud
more of the big operators.
The visitor came intent on secur-
ing information regarding the var
ious fields of Montana for his articles
which are appearing regularly in the
OIL and Gas Journal Of Tulsa. After
looking around, however, he has de-
cided to remain in Montana. He is
now head of the operating depart
company of Great Falls.
In speaking of his career in the
oil business, Mr.. Durham said:
"Over IS years. continuous resi-
dence in first one then another Of
the various oil producing sections of
this country and many foreign fields,
and for more than so years an act
i've participant in the development
Of these fields, provided an excep-
tional opportunity for me to witness
the evolution In its various phases
Of what has become today one Of the
worlds greatest industries.
From q few hundred men engag.
ed In the business in the early days,
the industry has expanded until to-
day It furnishes livelihood for q
population greater than some nations
Of the earth; from a field develop
ment of few hundred new wells q
year, to . present drilling campaign
Of $4,000; from an annual yield Of
q negligible quantity to an output of
over 400, 100000 barrels in 1921;
from an annual crude oil valuation
of q few million dollars to $780,
100000 in 1920: from oil hauled in
barrels on wagons from the wells to
barges on Oil Greek, Pa, to pipe
line system embracing over $4,000
miles; from two wooden oil tanks on
. flat car. to $1,000 steel tank cars;
from few crude, one-still refineries
having q limited daily capacity, to
479 at the beginning of the present
year with q daily charging capacity
Of more than 2,164,000 barrels; from
an original shipment Of 40 casks to
France as an experiment in 1860, to
an export trade in 1920 of nearly
n. 100000 barrels, having a valua-
ton of $55O,000,000, and from re-
fined oil shipments in broken ship
load lots, to an oil tanker tonnage
J. under the American flag last year Of
over 100000 tons.
"Such Is the history In brief of
the greatest expansion and the grand
est development that any age, or
cline or land has ever known, and
the story of the vast fortunes that
have been founded upon this indus
try constitute the most amazing
chapter In the financial history Of
the world; It IL . chapter to which
new pages are being added from day
to day and from month to month. It
Is conservatively regarded today a.
Americas six billion dollar industry
and increasing in annual value at Z
rate for which We search history IN
vain for . parallel. It is the most
profitable In which money can b
invested % its products are the most
essential Of any obtained from our
natural resources.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-14
FLATHEAD SITE
MAY BE CHOSEN
YEOMAN BROTHERHOOD's Ma
TIONAL CHu;DREN's HOME
MAY BE BUILT THERE
Committee Sent Out to Look Up Feas.
ibility Of Proposition Very Enthus-
iastic Over Lake Conditions; Over
%, 900 Available for the Pur.
pose.

Representatives Of the Montana
Brotherhood OF American Yeomen
had conference at Kalispell recent
~ with members of the chamber of
commerce regarding the location of
a proposed Yeomen's national chill
dren's home on Flathead lake. The
brotherhood's committee included
John D. Tewksbury, OF Billings, the
state manager; ]. NJ. l.. Payne OF
Bozeman, and H. S. Robinson, deputy
state organizer, of Whitefish.
All of these gentlemen were very
enthusiastic over the Flathead lake
proposition and Tewksbury said the
Yeomen of the state stood solidly be-
hind it, and further, that he thought
Montana stood the best chance of
any state in the union. After going
over all the natural conditions-cli-
mate. altitude, healthfulness. scenic
conditions, water, fuel, cheap land,
horticultural and agricultural pro-
ductions-he said the Flathead prop
osition was unequaled.
1t appears now, he stated, that
$500 acres of land will be needed.
More than 100000 in cash will
soon be available.
A. N. Farmer of Grand Rapids,
Mich, will be in Kalispell in Septem-
Der to look the Flathead lake PROPOSE
ton over and at present Secretary
Bernard is preparing report upon
Flathead lake and valley which will
cover the proposition fully. An al
bum of beautiful views of Flathead
lake and surrounding country is be-
ing made up to illustrate scenic con-
ditions. horticultural and agricultur-
al npndnctS
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-14

minutes considerably excited. and
whispered to Quinn, 'W'at's before
the 'ouse. Jack; watts before the
'ouse?"
IN, you lobster; H il. before
house, - exclaimed Quinn, who was
likewise deeply intsrested in the Pro
cedure and resented the interruption.
Bray disposed Of his wholesale
business to the Davidson Grocery
company. but after = time again en-
geged In business, giving Butte 1t
that time two exclusively Wholesale
grocery estahliohments.s The firm Of
Coonsy Brothers e Walsh was the
next addition and about the same
time the Butte Wholesale Grocery
came into existence. 40 fiY
The ]. Il. Oppenheimer company
controlled the major part Of the vege-
table and green goods business. They
were at one time located on West
Park street, where their great bunch
cf bananas, made Of tin. was q ia
miliar sight.
The company located later on Arr
soma street, where the business pass
ed into the hands OF Ryan B Newton,
0sAO w ~ s0S Qs0o0AS VwA0ACs 0"S0s
Brothers.
Wanted No Favors
In the early 'SOs a Butte lawyer
was taking late meal in the court
house restaurant, located near the
corner OF Granite and Alaska streets.
A man came to the hack door and
asked to be permitted to earn his
supper. The request was granted and
after the chores were done he was
brought into the dining room to par
take Of his meal.
The lawyer engaged him in con-
versation, learned that he was a
stranger in the city and seeking en-
ployment. "You can get q job on the
HILL" suggested the lawyer, who had
taken a fancy to the stranger, land
you can use my meal card until you
get boarding house.
Thank you" said the "bum,'
smilingly, "but I have $500 in the
bank and don't want to impose On
any one. Yes, I worked here for my
supper. To me that IL Just the same
as II ! worked somewhere else. earn.
ed the money and came here and
bought my supper" The "bum'
shortly afterwards engaged In bust.
ness and scored decided success.
Small Beginnings
In the '90s q young Nebraskan. q
farmers son, opened q small butter
and egg business in the basement OF
Renshaw hall-now the chamber Of
commerce building. Eastern rela.
tives bought up the butter and egg
stocks OF Nebraska farmers and ship.
ped them to Butte for sale. This tiny
business was the foundation Of the
Henningsen company, which hal
branches all over the Northwest, and
which won and lost as much as $780,.
900 in Chinese eggs in the early part
of the world war.
Butte, in addition to the houses
mentioned, had its share of another
type. then quite common in the pro.
duce world-the INSCRIPTIONS com
mission dealer, beside whom Shylocl
was a humanitarian.
Time has proved that sharp prac
tees are not the highway to success
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-14

At last years state convention OF
the b. p. O. Il. Of Montana. the mat
ter Of acquiring = suitable site on
the shores Of Flathead lake for the
use of the order and its members
was considered. Several sites had
been examined by the special COM
mittee appointed for that purpose but
the convention decided to accept the
offer of the First National bank OF
Kalispell. The banks offer was to
deed to the Elks ~ . gift Z tract OF
20 acres ON the west shore VI the
lake about four miles south Of SOM
ers. This II IN attractive body OF
land and the convention was wise -
we'll as fortunate in securing It at no
cost. But It has been found to be
entirely inadequate for the purposes
intended as It has only about 500 feet
of lake shore and only three or four
acres that are suitable for summer
cottages or camping purposes. the
balance of the land being quite billy
and mostly devoid of timber and
of but little value for camping pur-
poses.
Adjoining the Elks' land on the
east and south lies Point Caroline,
Is odd acres with 3,1O3 feet of beau
tiful lake short (nearly two-thtrds
of a mile), and not square foot of
land in the entire tract but what is
available and could be used for just
such purposes as the Elks would de-
sire. The following is brief des-
cription of this land and some of its
many advantages and attractions:
Point Caroline
Point Caroline lies on the west
shore of Flathead lake, four miles
south of Somers, and one-Quarter OF
a mile from the main state highway,
the scenic lake shore drive which
skirts the west shore Of the lake from
Poison at the foot Of the lake to Som
ers at the head Of the lake and ex-
tending thence onward to Kalispell
and Glacier National park. Point
Caroline is . beautifully wooded
promontory, containing about IS
acres, a natural park with thousands
Of evergreen trees, large and small,
and many deciduous trees and shrubs
Astounding everywhere. It is almost
circular in form and slopes from the
highest point in all directions toward
the lake with numerous shady hooks
here and there.
It has long been conceded by peo-
pie familiar with all portions of the
Flathead lake shore lands that Point
aroline is one of the best beauty spots
and has many natural advantages
and attractions not possessed by
other locations. With the exception
of narrow neck of land, the point is
entirely surrounded by water and has
fine sheltered bay with gravelly.
sandy beach lying to the north. This
bay is protected from the prevailing
south winds and it's waters are near
ly always calm and usually several
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-14

Cincinnati-Adopti Of program
calling for non-partisan political
campaign this fall to elect the friends
of organized labor, and overwhelm-
ing defeat Of radicals who favored
recognizing Russian soviets. marked
the closing session Of the American
Federation Of Labor convention.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-07-14
DURHAM COMES TO
UNITED REFINERY
WE'LL KNOWN OIL OPERATOR TO
HAVE CHARGE OF GREAT
FALLS CONCERN

Is Head Of Operating Department of
United Oil and Refining Company;
Says Montana Boom is Attracting
Attention Of Big Operators Every.
where.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-30

(This is one of a series of stories
about the mysteries of the skies by
Or. II. w. Hurt. National Field
Commissioner Of the Boy Scouts,
handbooks. DR.. Hurt has studied
the stars for many years, and at one
time was in charge of the Yerkes
Observatory in Williams Bay Wis
consin, where the largest telescope
in the world Is located.)
Twinkle, twinkle, little star;
how | wonder what you are" is a
verse every one knows, for every
one has wondered at some time
about the stars. Thousands of
years ago people used to worship
these mysteries in the sky. They
tried to study them, and the Egypt
ians and Arabs even kept records
of what they saw, but it was Cali
leo's invention of the telescope in
1909 that made it possible for us to
find out that these stars" are in
reality great suns giving out light
and heat just like our own sun
does.
Our sun is one of the smallest
of the stars. Many of these big
suns are so far away that it takes
their light (Which travels $4,000
miles per second) thousands Of
years to reach us. When you look
up at big star tonight remember
that it is SO far away that the light
that comes to your eyes has been
on the way thousands of years.
Perhaps the star you "see" isn't
there any longer at all, but its light
waves, started toward us years ago
and requiring thousands of years
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-30

The holiday season was nearly
over. Say, we've got to do some
thing exciting before we go back
to school," announced Joe Collins,
the leader of the gang. I'VE have
had no fun at all. OF course if the
girls hadn't discovered that weak
spot in the ice, that would have
been circus Gee, wouldn't you
have liked to have seen Clementine
Saunders break through and get
her Christmas furs all wet"
IF Uncle Tom hadn't told her"
complained the other fellows.
"Say, let's do something to Uncle
Tom. He's such funny old duck
and thinks we're all so crazy about
him, it would be no end of fun"
Say, that is an idea. Let's fix
up a box with a lot of trash in it
and make him think it's something
swell we are giving him. Joe can
make the presentation speech and
Wen go and see the fun when the
old man gets fooled"
"All right" agreed Joe. I'll tell
him we're even crazier about him
than he thinks we are. He's kind
of cracked, isn't he? Tells at the
Post Office how all the boys Just
worship him. Say, We'll have some
fun with him"
The boys soon filled a small box
with stones and started up the hill
to Uncle Toms. Gee, what are
you going to say?" asked Boyd as
he trudged along beside Joe.
ooh, I've got good line to hand
him" Joe replied. confident of him
self. And indeed he had. He told
poor old Uncle Tom how much the
fellows all thought of him and
how proud they all were to have
him for their friend All the time
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-30
OTHER WORLDS THAN OURS
What Are the Stars?

to reach us, are still coming, just
as when you still hear the sound OF
the whistle of a train after your
eyes watching the steam tell you
the whistle has stopped.
Move in order
These stars are so far away that
looking at them through the larg'
est telescope shows them only as
specks of light Some are younger
and hotter than our sun and some
are older and colder. Most OF
them are the centers of big sys-
TENS like our own sun, with dark
earths and planets moving all
about them.
The wonderful thing found in
studying the stars is the way law
and order are everywhere. They
move and are related in a very
exact way, though they are spread
out so far that you can't even
imagine the size of the universe
they move in.
Ether Lies Beyond Air
The air beyond thefomwmwmm
The air air about the earth eX-
tends out only some fifty miles, and
beyond that, through the billions
and trillions of miles Of airless
space lie these millions Of suns.
Between them in space is what we
call the ether, across which light
waves, heat waves, electrical or
radio waves travel.
So, you see, stars aren't just
pretty decorations in the sky, but
belong to a great system in which
our own sun is just a tiny part
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-30
Johnnie Mouse Misses Christmas

Little Johnnie Mouse had never
seen Christmas, He had been
born in January. SO he was now
looking forward to his first Christ
mas. He hardly knew what II
would be like. But Johnnie had his
ideas on the subject. When the
old cat sat outside the hole-in-the
wall and Johnnie had to stay in,
Old Mother Mouse often enter.
tanned him with stories Of Christ
mas.
At Christmas-time all the cats
were so busy eating turkey bones
that they had no time to scare lit,
tie mice. Then there Were always
the best things imaginable to eat,
and they were left right out in
plain sight for the little mice But
best Of all there were the good
smells. Johnnie loved nice smells.
There were nice sweet smells, and
greasy smells, and cheesy smells,
and chocolate smells. That was
how you first knew it was Christ,
mas, Mother Mouse said, by the
lovely Christmas smells.
One morning Johnnie Mouse
woke up and shifted the air as he
always did. Somehow everything
was different this morning, and 1t
was all due to a wonderful cheesy
smell in the air. Johnnie loved
%heese above everything else.
Its Christmas!" he cried in ex-
element. Il smell it. It's Christ
mas! It's Christmas"
Mother Mouse stuck a cautious
eve outside the hole. The cat was
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-30

pered along the wallsAsniffing the
air. The nice cheesy smell got
better and better. Suddenly RICH;
in front of him Johnnie discovered
a little round box and inside en-,
ticingly dangled number of pieces
of cheese. Even Johnnie had never
imagined anything half so Christ
masy.
With little squeal OF delight,
Johnnie thrust his head in one OF
the holes after the largest piece of
cheese. "Bang!" Johnnie never
knew what hit him when the trap
sprang shut
But when Little Johnnie never
returned home, Mother Mouse's
Christmas was entirely spoiled. So
was Johnnie's, for that matter,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-30
Joe Collins Changes His Mind

sympathetic old eyes. Why, there
were actually tears in them! He
had done his work too well. He
talked on, repeating what he had
already said. He could not bring
himself to hand the box of stones
to the childish old man.
Suddenly Joe stopped talking. He
transferred the box of stones to
his left hand and his right hand
went deep in his pocket. 1--WE
couldn't think Of anything good
enough to get you, so we are just
going to give the money and let
you buy what you want" He
extended a crisp new five dollar
bill, one of his Christmas presents.
AS the boys walked slowly down
the hill, Joe still carried the box
of stones. II couldn't do it," he
said. Hes just like baby. l
was glad to spend my Christmas
money that way"
"Well, you needn't think we're
going to let, you give it ALL" said
Boyd Il guess not" chorused the
others, their hands all in their
pockets.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-30

still there. NO." she said, "when
Christmas comes. the cat will CO."
Johnnie was disappointed, but he
did not give UP hope. All day long
he shifted the air. 1t was coming,
anyway. He could smell it.
Towards evening when he looked
out the cat was gone. Then John
ME was just sure that Christmas
had come at last. Without even
waiting to ask his mother he tore
out the hole-in-the-wall, and was off
after the good smells. Ne scam
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-30
Boyhood Stories
General Gordon

One day the cadets OF Woolwich
Academy, England, had been for
hidden to leave the dining room,
and a senior cadet was guarding
the front OF it with outstretched
arms.
George Gordon, goat.like, put his
head down and butted the officer in
the stomach. Headlong down a
pair Of stairs and through a glass
door went the officer.
Charles Gordon became a gen
eral in the English army. He met a
tragic death in the defense OF Khar-
tum two days before a relief party
under Lord Wolseley could reach
him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-30

he held the little box of stones be-
hind his back. Then he told how
they wanted to give their old friend
a little token of their love and re-
spect. Joe's father was an after
dinner speaker and he had often
heard him make such speeches.
At this he heard the fellows
giggle, but the old mans eyes were
fixed on Joe's face. Joe thought
he had never seen such kind and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-30
JOURNEY ENJOYED

Continued From Page one)
they had drawn designs on red and
yellow and all kinds Of paper. They
had cut the designs out and pasted
them on the black boxes. They
looked very pretty.
One morning | saw the second
gradeteacher come out with a ket-
tie of candy She set it in the snow.
She stirred it all lifetime. This was
, the candy for the boxes.
We Saw Christmas Trees
When we marched into the third
grade room and the special room,
we saw they had had Christmas
trees. They were trimmed with
silver looking strings. There were
strings of little balls Of every diff
ferent color Every ball had a way
to be fastened to the next ball. The
special room had a silver star on
top. One tree was in a bucket. one
was on cross pieces of wood to make
it stand up. The trees made the
rooms they were in seem brighter
The children liked to look at them.
Calendars and Lamp Shades
The fourth grade room which has
4AB and 5B people had big dis
play of calendars and lamp shades.
SO did the special room have calen-
dars. Some were of green heavy
paper with red poinsettas for dec
grafton. The lamp shades were OF
different colors. Each child might
~, nn1nr itd nathan 1ixnh
best or it liked best or what was on
hand. When we marched around
the calendars were on the black
board ledge and the lamp shades
were on the window stills. We didn't
stop. We walked slowly by. The
lamp shades had designs painted on
them.
Little Poetry Books
The sixth grade boys and girls
are the biggest in school. They
made some tiny decorated covers
with designs OF Christmas on them.
The designs were candles, or trees,
or balls. or star, or what ever one
decided. There were other designs
that were not at all about Christ
mas but very pretty. Then poetry
was copied in them. 1t was all
Christmas poetry. This was for the
fathers and mothers or friends or
anybody. Looking at these in our
own room was the end of the trip
the schoolhouse.
The Noiseless Building
| think the school building Is
now. The presents have
been taken away. The children have
gone. The teachers have also gone.
The janitor has cleaned up and quit
noises with the windows
and in the furnace room. The or
gan is shut up. The yictrola is shut
up too. 1t does not play. The piano
has not been played. The big bell
for the boys has not been rung. The
little bell for the girls is also still.
They were rung to call the children
in before school in the morning and
at recess time Now they are on
the newell posts.
When next Tuesday comes it will
be 1923. The bell boys will ring
the bells. The organ will be car
ried by some more boys to some
room where they need to sing. The
piano will be busy some of the
lime. We can march in by the vic
.rola. The orchestra will play after
school on next Wednesday Then
III the quiet win be done till next
summer. 1t Is never dreary in
school, Francis Doan Hole, report
:, - Co. T0ca,,b MOnra cpbnn1
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-30

Girl, IA, Licensed Preacher
The Rev. Orietta Stoddard, IA
year-old girl, of Miami, Okla, is
regularly licensed preacher of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-21
STATE FARM WOMEN
WILL GATHER TODAY
HALF of West Virginia Counties to DO
represented at First Camp
wheeling woman to Speak

Morgantwon. W. Va. Aug. 20.-On
Monday farm women from at least ha!t
the counties OF West Virginia Will
gather at Camp StoEewall Jackson III"
SMte All camp, at Jackson's Mil Lew
80 ouuty. Tor what - believed 10 lie
the first state camp for farm women
ever held anywhere. The advance rex
istratiou reported here tonight by me
office OF the Farm Bureau Federation
showed more than IS women already
enrolled The capacity oc the camp viii
be 100 which number will probably be
reached by the time the registration -
completed Monday evening.
Speakers who will be on the program
during the week are Mrs Willis n.
Yost. woman member OF the state poaru
Of cducation: Mrs Rose Morgan, OF
New York yong leader: Mrs. Ruby
Green Smith. OF Cornell university.
home economics expert; Mrs. John Il.
Garden. Of Wheeling. president Of INC
State Federated Womcn's clubs; Mrs.
J. Walter Barnes. OF Charleston, preSl-
dent ur the state W. c. 7. L, Nat I.
Frame. director OF agricultural extern
sion. and others. Nature study VIII lac
taught by \. Il Brooks and Fred Brook :
West NiTGinia's noted naturalIsiS.