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The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1928-05-03
OIL FIELD MAY BE TAPPED
BY BRANCH OF MILWAUKEE
General Manager Buford Of That
System Visits POndera Field to
Look Into Feasibility of
an EextenSiOn

Development of the Pondera oil
field to point that would create a
large demand for transportation
would probably result in an extension
Of the Milwaukee railroad from its
present terminus at Agawam into the
field, from where it would be contin
ued in a northwesterly direction to
serve a. big farming country
That such an extension is being
considered by the management OF the
Milwaukee became known here Sun
day when G. H. Buford, general man
ager of the road, returned to Greas
Falls from an inspection of the Pom
dera field and the Agawam country.
His purpose in making the inspection
he told Great Falls business men, was
to look over the oil field and its adja-
cent farming territory with an idea
Of making recommendations concern
ing the feasibility of extending the
Agawam branch il developments
justify that course
The Feasibility Of extending the
Agawam branch to the Pondera field
was suggested to Harry A. Scandrett,
new president Of the Milwaukee.
when he recently was here on his
first visit to Great Falls after his
election. Mr.. Scandrett then told
Walter f. Britten, secretary Of the
Montana Oil & Gas association, thai
the matter had possibilities which
greatly interested him and that an
Investigation wound be made Within
short time.
Genral Manager Buford's visit here
sunday was an outgrowth Of Presi-
dent Scandretts interest in the mat
ter and those who came in contact
with Mr. Buford gained the impress
sion that he was favorably impressed
with the situation, and that progress
ar development in the oil field will be
closely observed Any final conclu-
sion reached would be announced az
Chicago, it is understood
The Pondera field is located seven
or eight miles northeast Of Agawam
on an almost direct line from Aga
wan to Conrad. In discussing the
possible extension here, Officials q
the Milwaukee have said that build
ing Of a line to the field and on inta
Conrad might be feasible, giving the
Pondera county capital its second
railroad. Northwest from the oil
field is a big wheat country that
would be tapped if an extension were
built in that direction. Great Falls
Tribune.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1928-05-03

The BakerIBarnhill-Corey No 4
was the fifth producer to be brought
in on the South Slope this week, ac
cording to a wire received firm JSe
Baker last night at the local office oi
the company, No was brought il
Tuesday evening with production n
100 barrels or better No further de
tails were given. The well is located
on the east center line of the sw NV
Of 9-34-1. The well will be put on the
pump at once and the rig skiddled to
northwest edge of the same forty to
offset the HanEah-Porter well which
came in Sunday night with producer
estimated at 100 barrels. There are
six more locations on the Baker forty
that have been proven by the wells
coming in this week
Biggest Wei in II
The premier gusher OF tie week is
the Dakota4Afortana in the se NV Of
174S4-1, which flowed at the rate of
$50 barrels per hour, or at the rate OF
$500 barrels per day into tank,
when it was shut in until adequate
tankage could be gotten to the lease.
This well came in last Sunday.
The next in size is the Ethridge-
Steel well, further west, in 12-3442 ".
This we'll came in last. Thursday and
is estimated between 1000 and 5000
barrels.
The Hannah Porter also came in
Sunday, in the southeast corner q
the Sc NV Of 8-34-1w. This well is said
to be good for 100 barrels or better.
The -Barnhill Corey is prepar-
ing to offset it on the east
The other well to come in tais week
is the SunburstiBarge in the Sc sw
of 9-34-1 W. This well was reported
abandonded or lest shortly after it
was shot, but it was Strengthened out
and rods and tubing were being run
Tuesday and it will be pumped, just
what it will make cannot be egtimat-
ed until it is tested on the pump, but
it is said to be small well
These are the five wells for the
week in the South Slope district, two
gushers and three bumpers
There is nothing new to report on
the Baker Nos. / and 8. The NO ]
well is said to be producing a little
oil with some water and considerable
gas, while the No. 3 is still shooting
out gas. Just how these wells are to
be treated to get them back to pro-
ducing oil is not known, but Joe Bsk
er has been on the ground for some
days working on plan to get them
back to oil -KaIlispeIl Monitor
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1928-05-03
BARGER NO. A WE'LL {.
IS ESTIMATED AS
75-BARREL PRODUCER

The Baker-Isarnhill-Corey No.
WELL in 9-34-1 W, was established
Saturday as 754barreI producer ami
the rig is being moved for the start
of the company's No. 5. The No.
well, which ran wild several times
during the winter and produced an
immense amount Of oil, is now pro
ducing cut oil, but is shut dow
until it can be cleaned
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1928-05-03
PUMPING FORTY BARRELS

The MadisonlStrange well, neH
neA seA s1-S5-S west, has been
cleaned out during the past week,
and the we'll is now on the pump
This we'll has been drilled about six
feet deeper, making its present
depth 1850 feet. This well is making
about forty barrels day at the
present time.
q. w Meyers and J. G. Gregory y
Calgary who are interested in this
wen have beer in the field the past
week 1t is expected that there viii
be considerable work done on the
west side this season
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1928-05-03
DRY FORCES OBTAIN
1925 SIGNATURES
ASKING LIQUOR Law

Helena, May Montana prohibi
tion forces won't over the top in the
first weeks work of securing sigma
lures to petitions asking that pro
libition law be submitted to the
voters at the November elections. the
Rev VI 4. Wade, superintendent Of
the Montana Anti-Saioon league
stated here Tuesday night
Reports from 81 counties have been
received BY the Rev Mr. Wade ami
the number Of signatures has passed
the 1925 mark required to place
the measure On the ballot.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1928-05-03
EASLEY RECEIVES
VERDICT IN CASE
AGAINST G. N.


The wheels Of the justice have been
grinding effectedly during the past
seeK, and many cases have been
tried in district court here Some
however, which were expected to De
lhotly contested, have been settled
out Of court, and others have been
thown out by the court on account
Of lack Of evidence against the de-
tending parties.
One OF the most important cases
was decided today, when che jury
awarded judgment in favor Of the
plaintiff in the amount Of $975, ID
the case Of Ed Easley vs.. the Great
Northern Railway company
The defendant company brought IN
witnesses from lar and vide, in de-
tense OF the suit, and were repre-
sented in court by Gift & Glover Of
Great Falls
Proceedings brought out the fac
that Ed EasIey had shipped % head
of horses during Oceober, 1926, to
Pawhuala, Okla. and that in tran
sit, two horses were killed and 10 zo
injured that their value was lessen
ed from the original price Of S75 per
head to $2S, and that this was entira-
" due to carelessness Of the rail
road, and rough handling Also that
the condition OF the cars which held
the horses was decidedly unit. ~
such shipment The witnesses s0t
the railway testified as to their good
treatment Of the shipment and tie
state stock inspector Of Oklahoma
Callahan, told of his examination OIL
the horses upon arrival and stated
that they were considerably overyalu-
ed by Easley. The jury made short
work of their decision, which gave
the plaintiff the difference between
the amount that he received for the
damaged horses at their destination,
and the amount he originate paid fos
them at Cut Bank, this amount being
approximately 1915 Donovan &
Kelly of Shelby representa- Easley
in this, case.
In the case Of Mcdonald ys. the
Kalispell4Coleman Oil company, a suit
for money due and damages, McDon
aid claimed that he had a drilling
contract with The company, and that
they failed to recompense him the
agreed amount for his services, and
that they further insisted on holding
him to the contract, despite the 1aci
that his services were in demand
e. Elsewhere at increased revenue. He
had not been paid the amount due
up to the time Of the trial, and the
court rendered judgment in his favor
in the amount Of $594.38
TooIe County Refinery company -.
Perry L. Withars for money due
Meagre opposition enabled the nourt
to quirkly decide this case, and tn
Plaintiff was awarded the sum Of
$212.O6 and interest accrued since
September /, 1927 and costs.
Another case Of interest was thai
OF Candice Stewart vs. M G, Green,
for $500 due on note. Proceedings
showed that the note was good and
that the amount due was acknowl
edged, but that payment was delayed
because Of fraudulent intimation on
the part Of her agent as to the good
standing Of certain property leased |
There was not sufficient evidence
however, of this charge by the defen
dant. and the amount due was award
ed the plaintiff.
Another case against the Kalispell
Coleman OH company, brought by
& McGregor, was dismiss
ed, after attracting considerable at
tention for time. Shelby Promoter
COAST INVESTORS HERE
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1928-05-03

The food sale held last Saturday p
M, at the White Cash store by the
ladies Of the st. Many's Guild netted
them the nice sum Of $S4.4O. o. H
Badger was the winner Of the hand
painted picture, which was raffled
off at this time Mrs Thos. Costelr
10 Of Shelby was the winner Of the
beautiful set Of hand made pillow
slips and two sheets, which were
also raffled by the Guild.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1928-05-03

The F. N B. Club met Friday
night at the home Of Mrs. Vernon
Kelly. Mrs. Leo Byrne won hign
score. Mrs. r. N Anderson the Sec
ond high and Mrs. John Gordon the
low score A delicious lunch was
served BY the hostess.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1928-05-03

The Boy Scouts Of Kelvin went out
to the rim Sunday on hike. the
boys ate their lunch by a spring, and
then went hiking. They were accom-
panied by Scoutmaster Robert Young
and Walter DsGroat.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1928-05-03

James Ramsey returned from Can
ada yesterday. Mrs Ramse. AMI
son will accompany him on his re-
turn Friday. Mr.. Ramsey is employ
ed on we'll in the Turner Valley
field
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1928-05-03
BAKER NO. 4 IN
TUESDAY WITH
100 BARRELS

FIVE PRODUCERS RECORDED FOR
THE WEEK IN SOUTH SLOPE
TERRITORY - DAkOTA-MONTA-
ma AND ETHRIDGE ESTIMATED
BETWEEN 1000 AND 5000 BAR
RELs
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1928-05-03

Mrs. r c. White and Mrs. Harry
c. shanklin spent the week en5 in
Great Falls
Evening star., 1928-10-25
conduits has more of them than an,

conduits has more of them than any
city of comparable size.
| Capt. Whitehurst's talk was both in
esting and Instructive, but he neglected
to make clear the reasons for the vast
collection Of assorted detours that made
their appearance in Washington during
the past Summer. The public is natu-
rally interested In the fact that
weather interfered with the progress
of the work and that cuts for under
ground installations destroyed freshly
laid pavements, but the main point of
the entire matter is that coordination
of effort in the various departments of
the District is necessary to assure the
maximum of speed in completion of
construction and 1t is this lack of CO.
ordination that Capt. Whitehurst did
not sufficiently explain.
Washingtonians, OF course, want their
streets kept in good condition. They
want, however, the repairs to be made
as quickly and efficiently as possible
They do not want street torn up to be
repaved and then to have 1t torn up
again for electrical work or sewer work
They likewise do not want a series of
main arteries under construction stimuli.
taneously SO that driving to and from
the downtown section is like the solving
OF Chinese puzzle. All of these things
happened during the past Summer ana
1t would have been a golden opportunity
for Capt Whitehurst to explain the
highway departments side of the
case at the luncheon yesterday. That
he did not is matter of regret to all
those who have followed the tortuous
routes of the detour signs for the past
several months.
In any event the program next Sum-
mer must take into account all of the
factors named by the Assistant Ensineer
Commissioner, plus the factor of mo-
torist convenience which apparently
was entirely neglected this Summer
The various District departments must
coordinate themselves into A single
working unit so that when a detour
sign is erected and a pavement Is torn
up, all work can be promptly done and
the street reopened for traffic at an
carly date. Likewise, highway pro-
gram must be systematized so that only
one main artery in particular locality
shall be closed at one time. This will
provide necessary side streets and Other
highways for the normal flow of traffic
There is certainly happy medium In
street needs and motorists needs. It is
distinctly up to the highway department
to find it.
Evening star., 1928-10-25

lowing" remains to be seen, or perhaps
may never be known, inasmuch as the
intentions of the voters are by now fairly
we'll "set."
II Senator Norris declaration for
Gov. Smith In fact sways a considerable
number Of farmer voters from a reluc-
tant support Of Mr.. Hoover to the sup
port Of Gov. Smith, it may have an i'm
portant effect upon the result Of the
voting November 6. But of late all
dependable reports from the corn belt
have been that the minds Of folks were
pretty we'll fixed, and that while there
would be some detection in the Re-
publican ranks on the score of the farm
relief question, it would not suffice to
swing any of the normally Republican
States from the alignment. That judg-
ment may have been in error. The un-
disclosed tendencies of the people may
be the other way. If so, Senator Norris
declaration for Gov. Smith, though
tardy and somewhat fumbled In per-
formance, will doubtless be credited in
the after-election summation of causes
and effects as one of the determining
factors of the campaign.
Evening star., 1928-10-25
Denies African Pygmy
Origin of Human Race

To the Editor of The Star:
In The Evening Star of october 16,
1928. page /, appeared this news item by
cable from Cape Town, South Africa
The Can1eron-Cadle expedition has
been in the Kalabari Desert, Central
South Africa, to get the complete story
of the Kalabaris strange pygmies, the
only extant people living in the stone
age of civilization"
This is an error since people, still in
the stone age, were found in recent
years in other parts of the world.
Some of these are probably more
primitive than those in Africa.
DR.. M. w. Stirling of the Smithsonian
Institution in exploring the heart of
Dutch New Guinea, 1926-27, discovered
pygmies in the new stone age culture
which was reached by the ancestors Of
the white race 10000 years ago. In
the remoter parts of Australia and
Tasmania aborigines have been found
who are still living in the old stone age
culture.
DR.. AleS Hrdlicka of the Smithsonian
Institution, we believe, saw some of these
few years ago. In Borneo pygmies
we're also discovered who live in nests
In trees and who are in stone age cul-
ture.
Dr. Cadle also seems to be certain
that Africa was the cradle of the race.
This is. most probably. also an error,
for the majority of the leading scien-
lists, after studying all the facts, be-
lieve Central Asia was the original
home of mankind.
Two main reasons justify this view.
The oldest human remains, not less
than 100000 years old, have been found
in Java, once part of Asia's mainland.
Roy Chapman Andrews, now exploring
Mongolia, has unearthed relics of man
100000 years old.
DR.. GEORGE S. DUNCAN,
Professor of Egyptology and
Anthropology. American University.
Evening star., 1928-10-25
British immigration
Figures Questioned

To the Editor of The Star:
In The Sunday Star of October IA
there was a news item under the head
line British Fail to Reach Immigration
Quota" in which it was stated that the
figures for the last year show a net de-
crease of some 10000 in the emigrants
from Great Britain. as compared with
1926 and 1927, and that in neither year
has the American quota for British i'm
migrants been reached. and that these
figures constituted refutation of reports
to the effect that large numbers in the
British Isles were waiting for permis-
sion to come over
The article does not state Just what
figures are referred to, but 1t is difficult
to see how they could be authoritative
or accurate, since a document issued by
the State Department about year ago.
giving the consul's estimated demands
for visas for Great Britain as 202,3 1854,
for quota of only $4,000, showing
large excess of demand over available
visas.
am informed at the State Depart
ment that the demand for July /, 1928,
figures for which are not yet published
will be approximately the same, or
slightly larger. There can, therefore,
be no larger number of vacancies in
the British quota, except such as might
occur by people missing the boat. dying
or changing their plans.
1t is thus evident that the British
quota of $4,000 under the present tenn
porary 1890 foreign born" basis Is
wholly inadequate to accommodate in
tending emigrants from the British
Isles, and that the same will be true
even with the enlarged quota, which
will be granted the British under the
national origins provision of the I'M
migration Act of 1924 scheduled to go
into effect July /, 1929.
DEMAREST LLOYD,
Hon. Vice President immigration
Restriction League, Inc.
Evening star., 1928-10-25
The Flying Fire Squadron,

AS q result of the tragic accident on
Tuesday when Fire Department auto
mobile struck two women after they
had alighted from q street car, and
other collisions between motorists and
Fire Department apparatus, Maj. Hesse
has determined to carry out with visor
the plan advocated by The Star more
than two years ago by detailing motor
cycle policemen to firehouses in order
that they may follow the engines on
emergency runs and arrest pedestrians
who fail to stay on the sidewalks and
motorists who violate the regulation
which provides that they must instantly
at the sound of the siren pull over to
the right-hand side of the street and
stop. These policemen have already
been detailed to the fire engine houses
where the majority Of calls are re-
ceived and will bring to court the re-
calcitrants who ignore the safety regu-
lations promulgated for their protec-
ton.
1t has been obvious for many years
that both motorists and pedestrians paid
little attention to ambulances and fire
engines when these municipal vehicles
were on missions for the saving of life
and the preservation of property. Mo-
florists have continued on their way in
the middle of the street disregarding
entirely the screaming warning of the
siren, while pedestrians, in many cases.
stand idly on the pavement apparently
believing that the laundering engines
are sent out merely as a spectacle for
their amusement. There is no excuse
for either motorist or pedestrian to fail
to hear the raucous warning. It can
be heard when the apparatus is five or
six blocks away and plenty of time is
granted in all cases for all classes OF
street users to seek places of safety.
Fire apparatus is heavy and unwieldy
1t cannot be maneuvered with the ease
Of small passenger car and it would
be depriving the department of most OF
its usefulness If 1t were compelled to
obey trafic regulations in responding
to calls. Speed is the essential and in
order to make speed fire drivers must
have undisputed right of way over all
other trafic. A few arrests by Maj
Hesse's flying squadron viii probably
serve to bring stupid and defiant street
users to their senses regarding this most
essential municipal service.
Evening star., 1928-10-25
RichmOnd's Shrine
Praised by Visitor
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
During Saturdav afternoon ramble
in Richmond in the company of one
who was revisiting scenes that the
associations of birth, beauty and educa-
ton had endeared we came at length
to Church Hill and the cemetery of st.
Johns. There the eye is arrested by
cleaning monument of Tennessee gran
lite, which on closer view bears the name
of Elizabeth Arnold Poe. The bronze
plaque shows the beautiful and all-too-
fragile face of q young woman. On
the GRANTEES other face a second plaque
reveals Poe's tribute as the son of an
actress to his mother. who died at "a,
and the facts of the erection of the
memorial in 1927 by the Raven Society
of the University of Virginia and the
Actors Equity ofs New York.
Inquiry then led to the discovery that
few blocks away, on Main street near
Nineteenth, there had been established
the Poe Shrine, and our visit was such
great discovery and revelation to us
that this short note is prompted. In
section Of the city which is now dis
tinctly drab was acquired the little old
stone building which began, 1t appears,
as the Richmond office of William Byrd
CT Westover, and later was one of the
Washington. This is the portal of the
shrine.
Other property on the sides has been
taken over. The result of the remodel
ing, rebuilding and landscaping is that
an interior garden, after the English
fashion and extremely attractive with
it's walks of tagging and brick, its ivy
flowers and shrubbery, is surrounded
by four small buildings of colonial time
which house the Poeana. Many Of the
bricks and some other material came
from the razed home of tie Southern
Literary Messenger. The visitor is, of
course. delighted with the remarkable
collection that brings back the memory
of Poe. who, most of us now admit, was
a good deal of man. after all: he must
also admire and take home in his mind
the charming setting OF garden, houses
and their content
LESLIE T. GAGER.
Evening star., 1928-10-25
The Norris Flop.

As matter of political dramatics,
the declaration Of Senator Norris of
Nebraska for Gov. Smith has not been
effectively staged. 1t has had too much
preliminary planting" as the play
wrights say. In sound stagecraft there
must be just enough Of hint of COM
ing developments to whet the interest of
the audience, but no more. In the case
Of the Nebraskan's shift of allegiance
the audience has been tipped of so fire.
quently by hints and suggestions ever
since the closing Of the conventions that
the actual occurrence-which, indeed,
has not yet taken place, but is merely
scheduled to happen Saturday night
finds the folks In front rather bored and
somewhat Indifferent.
If this long delay has been due to a
struggle on the part Of the Senator from
Nebraska, with his long established, but
Of late years rather strained, partisan
allegiance, 1t is not to lie considered
now in the aspect Of ineffective drama
turgy. It is, forsooth, quite possible
that it has taken the Senator all these
many weeks to make up his mind
whether to indorse the nominee Of his
party, regardless of his failings from
the farm-relief viewpoint, or to desert
hin for the standard of the opposition.
It may be that it has taken all this
time for him to discern in the parallel
columns Of Hoover and Smith declara-
tons on farm needs preponderance of
promise on the side Of the latter. Or 1t
may be that it has needed this delay to
permit a decision as between the farm
relief and the prohibition questions. II
50, the struggle that has been raging
must have been a savage one
Be such considerations and possibil-
tiles as they may, however, the fact re-
mains that as dramatic effect the an
nouncement, coming as 1t does several
days ahead of the fact, despite precau-
tions to prevent premature statement, is
somewhat Of q 'lop," to continue the
parlance of the stage. The campaign
has reached the point at which interest
centers almost exclusively upon the can.
didates themselves. Converts have be-
come rather out of the mode by now
To be sure, this latest convert is an i'm.
portant one. At least, he is so reputed
Whether he will swing to the side Of hi
new allegiance any considerable "fol