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Montana oil journal. (Great Falls, Mont.) 192?-1931, 1931-01-24
DOOdIebuQQer
HdSLduQh On.
Pebble Puppy

IL a news wann man
bites a dog. II ~ also ncws
when a doOdlebugger guesses
right, hence tho following
Associated Press dispatch
from Kansas city:
ID. w. Hamilton. ater
witch. now has the leeeh
on science and e expezing
q cash reward besides.
Excavations for q city wen.
directed By geologists. ended
In rock AZ so feet. with no
water showing. Han5Iton
used q forked stick from a
peach tree, located a sate
and dug. He got water At
80 feet
Montana oil journal. (Great Falls, Mont.) 192?-1931, 1931-01-24
New Gas Field May Be
Opened In Washington
Well AT Aberdeen Heaves Mud high Over
Rig AS Drillers Work To Set Flpe-
Other Validating Under Way

Opening Of washlngtOns second gas field Il believed
imminent following reports Aberdeen where Gray Inc
ouauys wildcat declared to be heaving rotary mua hsn
over ne tor Of the derrick sand tapped AZ A4oo
Montana oil journal. (Great Falls, Mont.) 192?-1931, 1931-01-24
90 PAID
70 AORT ESS"
REFINING STOCKS

A few years ago Mrs. L. s.
Armour. loaned her husband
Armour, loaned her husband
81, goo, 900, taking for security
stock In the Universal OH Pro
ducts Company, owner Of the
Dubbs process. When her hus-
band died. appraisers said the
stock was worthless. She got
ss.21e.oss for It the other day.
when the process was purchased
BY Standard and Dutch Shell
interests.
Montana oil journal. (Great Falls, Mont.) 192?-1931, 1931-01-24
By
Deal AS
Oil Is Found

Three years ago fellow
workers got a big laugh
out Of it when w H. bailey,
UnIon-Pacific engineer liv-
ing at Ogden, Utah, bought
a 'sworthIess'' oil lease In
the Oklahoma City field.
Now Bailey is doing the
laughing. with completion Of
q so, OOO-barrel wen on his
lease by aae 4. b. Slick es-
tate. His income Is I'm ex-
cess OF $500 daily and like
" 70 increase.
Montana oil journal. (Great Falls, Mont.) 192?-1931, 1931-01-24
CRUDE OUTPUT OF
U. S. MANAGES TO
RALLY SO At

After dropping to the lowest
figure since the summer OF 1925,
crude oil production in the United
states wabled up again during
the week before. Total output
was 2.Os4.sO0 barrels daily.
Montana oil journal. (Great Falls, Mont.) 192?-1931, 1931-01-24

the Gypsy OH Compnny, setting
The Gypsy has a rig up on
the Hoyt Hunter lease IL miles
north OF Wall and expects 70
commence drilling about February
rs. Il is reported the company
intends to test All formations to
5000 feet. unless production Is
found at a sha1ower depth.
To Develop Barker
Near Hot Springs. Black Kills
Petroleum. Company plans further
drilling in the Barker field. where
the company has one small well
completed. with oil coming from
the top Of the Madison lime at
1928 feet.
On the Rumford structure, 15
miles southeast OF Edgemont.
Lakota Development Company has
shut down for the winter at 1920
feet. with SIS casing set on
bottom. Drilling will resume in
the spring.
OIL Across Border
In addition to the oil activities
in South Dakota proper. a large
number Of investors in towns OF
the Black Hnls district are inter
ested in companies which recently
struck good production in the
Usage field, just across the state
lire.
Feeling Is growing that similar
fields viii be opened on adjacent
structures in South Dakota and
a realization that this is prob
able has aided those who are
striving to bring about the Da-
kota development.
Undeveloped Resources
South Dakotans are also awak-
ening to the fact that mineral
other than oil are stiIl
perhaps as great as those Of
early gold rush days when some
Of the worlds greatest mines were
discovered.
Attention was called to this
fact in a recent address BY Joseph
P. Connolly. vice-prssident and
professor OF mineralogy at the
school OF Mines at Rapid city
Many Minerals
Although South Dakota is pri-
mariIy a gOld-producing state,
other minerals present wide pos
sibilities for utilization Profess
,or Connolly said. He explain
"a that while the states mine
sraI production is annually about
$500. 600. gold represents more
than so per cent Of the total.
Among the other minerals mem
sioned as possessing potential
value we're lithia. beryl. feldspar,
mica, tantalum. spark plug"
manganese. clays, gra-
Dhite and asbestos.
Urges Investigation
To avoid possibility Of being
.ermed IAN irresponsible promo
ter.9 the school Of Mines pro-
lessor warned that thorough i'm
vestigatlon should precede es-
adjustment Of any new industry
II expansion OF present plans.
Financial and economic sur
geys and geological, chemical
md metaHurgical research were
Montana oil journal. (Great Falls, Mont.) 192?-1931, 1931-01-24
on IMPORTS FOR
MONTH 1000. GO
BARRERLS, REP RT

American producers who have
been forced to shut in their wells
to the rnination point will be in
terested in noting that 7.1oO,sss
barrels Of foreign oil we're inn
ported into the q. s.. duty free.
during the four weeks ending
January 10.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
1880 Rail Wage Dollar
At Peak, Surrey Finds

During the last quarter Of the
year 1880, both average hourly
and average weekly real earnings
of the railroad employees of the
United States were higher than in
any other recorded period during
the last II years, says the Ma
tional Industrial Confere e
Board in it's recently published
report on wages in the United
States, 1914-1930."
The computations of the board
are based on data gathered by
the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion and relate to the employees
of Glass l railroads, which COM
prise 92.2 per cent of the total
railroad mileage of the United
States and employ 1885, 100 per
sons, or 96.2 per cent of the total
average number of railroad en-
ployes in the country.
Average actual or monthly
hourly earnings of all wage-earn-
ers employed on Class l railroads
were slightly higher in 1880 than
in 1929. The increase in average
hourly earnings since 1928
amounts to 1912 per cent. This
The Washington times., 1931-06-18

increase does not necessarily de-
note a higher wage rate but may
reflect merely an increase in the
employment of more efficient
workers or a decline in the en-
ployment Of less efficient workers.
The situation was not quite so
favorable in 1880 as to average
weekly earnings, although the re-
duction on the whole, was rela-
lively Slight as compared with the
decline in the earnings Of wage
earners in other lines Of economic
activity. Average weekly earnings
in 1880 were about 81 less than in
1929, but only three cents less
than in 1928. Compared with the
year 1923, average weekly earn
ings in 1880 showed an increase
of $1.10 or 81 per cent.
The decrease in average weekly
earnings between 1929 and 1880
was due to the decline of 81 hours
in the average number of hours
worked per week. The average
actual work-week in 1880 was the
lowest recorded in the 17-year pc
riod ending in 1880 and was even
lower than that of 1921, the pre-
vious depression period.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
HOME
LOANS DROP

Average size of loans on city
residential property funded by
Investors Syndicate during May
showed a decrease Of over 8 per
cent from the April average, &C
cording to a report issued by E.
E. Crabb, vice president of the
company. Total May FINDINGS by
the company gained over the
April total, the report showed.
Loans in May averaged $4,-
415.81, compared with $4,822.03
in April and $4,389.79 in the first
five months of the year. Average
for the IL months ended May 81
was $4,413.6O. Loans funded by
Investors Syndicate during May
numbered 1875, compared with 106
in April, and totaled 56,392.1O
compared with $5l1, 1851 90 the
previous month.
In the first five months Of the
year a total of $50 loans was
funded by the company in an
amount Of $2,936, $50. Loans
placed in the IL months ended
May 81 totaled 1861 and
amounted to $7,33O,9s7.34.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
PARADE PUSHES
MEAT SALES

CHICAGO. June 18 QNSJ.-
A parade of livestock and floats
was staged over the principal
streets of Chicago today, to focus
attention on the present low price
of meat.
The parade and an accompany
ing pageant was sponsored by
the National Livestock and Meat
Board in the hope of improving
conditions for the producers of
livestock.
One thousand livestock grow
ers of Illinois we're to be in the
line of March, wearing old-fash-
ioned, wide-brimmed straw hats
and bandana handkerchiets.
They participated under auspices
of the Illinois Agricultural Asso-
citation.
The packers were to be repre-
sented by floats and marchers.
Many of the railroads entering
Chicago were to have floats in
the parade.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
CUT IN WESTERN
RENTS URGED

Sharp deflation Of real estate
values and securities brought
about by the common knowledge
of the inability of many under
takings to operate profitably, and
of the generalization Of under
lying properties, is almost un-
questionably the chief cause of
the troubles of most of the recent
bank failures in the Middle West,
Edward B. Smith & Co., say in
the current issue of Outlook for
Equities.
They cite the recent report of
the real estate securities COM
mittee of the Investment Bankers
Association which estimates that
in Chicago alone $40O,0O0,000 par
value in real estate bonds are in
actual foreclosure, and that
similar conditions exist in most
other large cities, and add:
1--WE have frequently called
attention to the fact that real
estate deflatiOn, and its accom-
panying reduction in rents is
an essential and unavoidable
economic readjuStment which
in the present instance seemed
to be progressing all too slowly.
We still feel that this is the
case, and that therefore the
building industry gives little
promise of being the one to
lead this country out of the
depression period as it did in
1921"
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
EXPERTS DIFFER.
IN SIZING Up
FUTURE
Bull Interests Say DuIIness
Is Favorable Sign, Citing
1921 Trade Course in Proof
BY THE SPECTATOR

NEW YORK, June 18 G.N.S0.
Considerable difference of opin.
ion exists in speculative quarters
regarding the significance of the
extreme dullness that has been
evidenced in market dealings
since the June 2 climax.
Those definitely committed to
a. constructive attitude point out
that similar phenomena oc-
Cured after the climax Of June
20, 1921, which marked the ap-
preaching elimination of the bear
market a decade ago.
Back Theory With Figures
The total volume of transaC-
tions in the month Of May, 1921,
was 1903 million shares, and in
June of that year, 1917 million
shares. In July, volume dropped
to $50 million shares, increasing
to only 1899 million shares in
August.
In the latter month, the indus
trial average dropped down to
$3.50 on the oath, compared with
a low of 6490 on June 20, and
proved the base for a sustained
price upturn.
In further defense of this
theory that the current dullness
is a favorable price indication,
bullish quarters stress the fact
that bear markets traditionally
end in trading stagnation, just
as bull markets end in great
rush of activity.
Compilations based on pub
lished reports of corporation earn.
ings show the following aggre-
gates for the first quarter Of
1881. as compared with the first
quarter of 1890:
Utilities Suffer Little
Three hundred and thirteen
industrials reported profits 58.84
per cent under those in the like
period of last year.
One hundred and Seventy-one
railroads disclosed earnings down
1894 per cent.
One hundred utilities showed
net off only AL per cent, while
the operating income of 1O5 tele-
phone companies was actually
2.O8 per cent higher than in the
same three months of the
previous year.
For all groups. consisting of
$50 companies. profits we're down
37.03 per cent under the like
period of 1890.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
SMALL LOSSES
MADE IN FEW
SPEC|ALT|ES
]. |. Case, Johns ManViIIe and
Industrial Alcohol Dip as
General List Holds Steady
BY w. S. COUSINS

NEW YORK, June 18 GN.S0.
The stock exchange today gave
another perfect exhibition of slow
motion, with transactions on the
big board running parallel to
those of yesterday, which in turn
was the dullest session in nearly
five years.
While the losses of a point or
two were recorded in a few of
the well-known specialties, in.
cluding j. I. Case, JohnS-Manville
and Industrial Alcohol, the main
body of industrial and railroad
stocks stood up under selling
pressure much better than in the
last two days.
Commodity Prices Dip
Commodity prices eased off, but
wheat gradually improved. Call
money was in good supply at 112
per cent.
Prospect Of consummating the
Southern Pacific-St. Louis South
western merger appeared some
what brighter, with the an
nouncement of the terms under
which the former system is ready
to take the cotton belt over.
Southern Pacific will give three
Of its common shares for five
shares of preferred and one COM
mon share for three shares of
common stocks of st. Louis South.
western.
It will take care of a $20,000,-
900 bond obligation of the cot
ton belt maturing next June.
On the basis of $50 a share for
Southern Pacific this would sug-
gest a price of 48 for the pre-
ferred and 27 for the common
Of Southwestern against actual
sales at 35 and %, respectively.
Many Adjustments
1t is recognized, of course, that
many adjustments will have to
be made before the merger is
made, among other matters being
the granting of permission by the
]. c. C.
The bears sprinkled in fairly
liberal selling orders for the lead
ing speculative stocks, but on the
whole the professionals were in.
clined to heed the warning:
Never sell dull market" The
result was an extremely narrow
swing in prices all along the line,
particularly in the industrials, in
which there is already a large
short interest.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18

Don't look for For Rent" signs
consult the vacancies advertised
daily in the Rental Columns Of the
Classified Section,
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
NeU Jersey Files
Rail Fare Protest

The board Of public utilities of
New Jersey yesterday filed for
NAL protest with the Interstate
Commerce Commission against a
proposal of the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western railroad to
increase it's Communication fares
between New Jersey points and
New York city by Is per cent.
The brief charged the railroad
lacked sagacity in proposing an
increase especially while the
present economic depression con-
tinueS.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
COTTON GOODS

NEW YORK, June 18 G.N.SD.
Print cloths we're in light to
moderate call for quick deliveries
today. Bidding at low levels for
late deliveries was current, and
there we're also orders for fall
goods at the quoted market price
which were turned down in a
number of quarters. Sheetings
were generally quiet. although on
one or two numbers better vol
ume was recorded. Drills were
of light account in the days
market. Slow conditions were
indicated in other classes Of
goods. 1t was emphasized in
some quarters of the trade that
July curtailment would be more
general and some additional mills
were known to be contemplating
a weeks shutdown during that
month.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
SALES

SA1Eo
Capital Traction 5s, $500083.
Potomac Electric Cons. IS,
$1,O0O@1044.
Washington Gas IS A, 5000
103A.
Potomac Electric IS pfd, SO
1872.
Potomac Electric 512s pfd,
10@110h, 5@110l2.
Federal American National
Bank g. Trust Co., 10@50.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 10
761a.
AFTER CALL
Washington Railway and Elec-
trio pfd, 1O@9834, 10@98A.
Potomac Electric Cons. SIS,
$1,000@104A.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
WHEAT. OPENS EASY

CHICAGO, June 18 GN.SD.
Wheat was easy and about 34o
lower in early trading today.
Buying power was limited and
the market displayed little dis
position to rally. Liverpool was
"a lower to Pad higher, and
Winnipeg % to 1ac down.
Corn was unchanged to 3ac
higher in a comparatively light
trade. Crop news was favorable.
oats and rye were 1s to 14c
lower.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
ZINC OUTPUT DROPS

World slab zinc production in
May was 86,227 short tons,
against 89,637 in April and 97439
in March, American Bureau of
Metal Statistics reports. United
States production in May totaled
1858 tons, against 29.137 in
April and 32,323 in March.
The Washington times., 1931-06-18
NATURAL GAS USE

Since 1920 the output Of
natural gas in the three largest
producing States-Texas, Okla.
homa and California - has in
creased approximately four times,
while the number of users has
multiplied more than six times,
according to a bulletin issued by
Appalachian Gas Corporation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

These hot-water bottles are made of
a good quality live rubber, and will
give you good service. The Kumfy
Cover fits snugly over the bottle. It
holes in 1t to allow the heat to pass
through.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29
A Cough
is Natures Warning

which means
it Is time for
action. Perhaps
IL is MT alarm
ing at first, but
II allowed to
C on Tin u e, it
lowers your vi
tahty and makes
you easy prey
to many dan
gerous illnesses.
Buy a bottle of
AauS EXpeCbO-
rant. The first
pleasant spoon
full will ease the
pain of your ir-
ritated bron-
chial tract. Soon
your cough will
be Quoted and
you will feel.
Xix yourself
@1&..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-17
Marriage Licenses.

Clarence A. Williams. SO. and Ruby V
Pool. %; Rev. Clarence r. Ferguson.
RAYMOND S. West, 49, and Jessie B. Clai'
borne. IS. both of Alexandra, Va; Rev
Charles K. lBrandmahl, 81. and virginia L
Tucker. 10. both of Richmond, Va; Rev
Enoch NJ. Thompson.
Curtis NJ Bailey. 81 and Vivian Hender-
son. 20, both Of Potomac, Va; Rev. c. p
Henry Harrington. %. and Lin Conway
Claude A Cook. 20 Oklahoma City. and
Roberta B. Galloway. IS. Takoma Park, Md.
Ray: Peter Ainslie. ,.,.
William Johnson. 81. and Annie NJ Deskin
%. both of Falls Church, Va; Rev George
w. Powell
Wilbert Newton. IS, and Eva Cross, %
Rev. John Richard.
Hugh d. Malion. "a. and Mary A. Casey
"a: Rev. F.. X. CavanaRh.
Raymond f. Mothershead. &c. and 10
sephine X. Westray. 10; Rev. John F. Briggs
Bernard r. Barnes. 81. and Minnie VI
Kempe. 49, both of Silver Spring. Md; Rev
John c. Dent, %. and Ethel L. Saunders
81: Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson.
John H. Zevely. 20. and Cora NJ. Curtis
Is: Rev. John E. Briggs.
william Bieby. IS Greensboro. N. c., and
Mabel Simon. ~. Philadelphia; Rev. VIII
Charles q Tyrrell 81, and Bertha Arnold
Ennis.
Herman Montague. 81. sparrows Point
Md. and Grace Lewis. %. this city; Rev
G. w. Taylor.
neT. II; Rev. Raphael raphael NJ. Burke
Brust, %; Rev. A. H. Mckinley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-17
HIT Mrmnrtant.

% Ss shd sf.H 1Shinf qafssssS
ago today. october II. 1911
HIS oEss q HIS asmfPss5Fa H II AND
dRAAbcHILD RI sORP RPWTN AH HORN
AND LOUISE H STEELE.
BEAN, BLAIRE LEE. Sacred TO the msmory
Who departed this lie thirteen years ago
today October II. 1913.
Beyond the flight Of time
Beyond the reign OF death,
There surely is some blessed cline
Where life is not breath.
There is world above.
Where parting is unknown;
HIS sf PHRE faE sne M fRoo A flf9' MRS
HALLIDAY. JAMES W. In sad bu, loving
father. JAMES W HALLIDAY, who en-
tered INTO eternal rest year ago today.
October IL, 1880
God gave me r wonderful husband;
He was one who never grew old
Coo made his smile as the sunshine;
lie made his heart Of pure gold.
Dear Wexford you have left me.
And IN" loss is hard TO bear;
1t Nils my heart with sadness
When l see your vacant chair.
You wore a crown OF patience;
Through years you struggled on.
Those hands that rest forever
are the his HIS L toSh s1 WIFE Pft LIZZIE
Dear papa 1t doesn't matter II
The road IS steep and high:
The loving things and kindly thoughts
Still remain inside.
HIS DAUGHTERS. HELEN, ESTHER,
MARION AND DORIS.
LoVELEsS. NORMAN A. tribut. Of love
TO the memory OF my dear son. NORMAN
A. LOEELESS. who died IN France thirteen
years $50 today. October u, 1918.
Gone. but never forgotten.
HIS LONELY MOTHER.
RYAN. ROSA In sad bur loving remem-
brarcs Of our dear sister ROSA RYAN
sRn today October II. 1918
Before our eyes you faded.
Growing weaker every day.
Patiently bearlns your suffering
HER sIsTER@ .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-17
LEGION WET STAND
LAID TO CAMP |CN
Labor Federation's Vote
Against Repeal Hailed
by Dry Forces.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
The American Legion's stand for a
prohibition referendum and the Fed
Grafton Of Labors vote against repeal
brought comment today from two
quarters among the organized drys.
Edwin c. Dinwiddie, executive secre-
tary of the National Prohibition Board
OF Strategy, said, in letter to Harry
L. Stevens, national commander of the
Legion. that q campaign by wet Or
ganization with q 100000 budget had
been highly influential i'll the Detroit
vote.
The Anti-Saloon League hailed the
labor federation'S action as definitely
stopping the repeal stampede the liq-
uor forces attempted to stage" The
leagu" added it was unfortunate" that
the federation went on record for beer.
Dinwiddie said the action of the Lee
gion was not AN accurate reflection of
sentiment among veterans as a whole, y
but resulted from the lavish use of
money"
He forwarded to Stevens a copy of a
letter sent out by the American Vet
Grams Association for repeal Of the
eighteenth amendment in March. 1881,
setting its budget at Sl28,265 for or
ganizlng veterans in every precinct"
1T is manifest from this fact" Din
widdie wrote, that the Legion action
at Detroit cannot be considered as a
spontaneous expression OF sentiment.
without this lavish use Of money to
excite end exploit wet sentiment among
veterans there Is no likelihood that the
Legion ever would pass resolution ad-
verse TO prohibition"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-17
LAST MISSING EARTH ELEMENT
IS HUNTED BY u. S. SCIENTISTS
No, IS, Whose Existence Has Been Suspect
ed, May Open New Avenues of Research,
as Did Radium and Neon.

atmospheric nitrogen was heavier than
it should be He found it contained
several undiscovered elements, all rare
gases. One was neon. The others
were krypton, which was number SO,
and argon, which was Is.
Argon's name means lazy" Little
use has been found for it yet.
Limit Is Not Certain.
Another question aroused by DR.
Papish's discovery is whether scientists
think 90 is the limit. They do not
know.
In 1867 Sir William Lockyear dis
covered a new element in the sun. 1t
was then unknown on earth. 1t was
No. 2-helium. Ramsay years later
found 1t on earth.
Last year, during the eclipse Of the
sun, at Tin Can Island in the South
Pacific. DR. Stanley Mitchell of the
University OF Virginia obtained spec
torscopic evidence of a possible new
element, something different from the
entire list of 90. but he said this can
not be confirmed without much further
observation.
Science has marked time so long al
No. 90 that there are suspicious that
man has in the 80 elements OF the
earth everything in the entire creation