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The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
JACK CREEK WILDCAT MAKING
PREMATURE SHOWING OF OIL
HORIZON REACH
ED 400 FEET SOONER,
THAN EXPECTED

AS the wildcat we'll of the Car
bon Oil and Gas company in the
Dry Greek field is breaking into
the second Frontier sand past
4750 feet, with a good show of gas
and oil, news comes from the Jack
creek region that the wildcat of
the Jack creek company is making
an exceptional showing of oil at
$50 feet, and that a scramble for
locations there has been started.
The new Jack creek bore is
making a show about 400 feet
above the depth expected to reveal
oil. The first horizon of this we'll
is figured for 1880 feet, with the
next frontier to be broken into
al 1000. Biologists in supervision
Of the bore expect still another
producing level at 2800 feet, at
which depth there are five possible
light-oil horizons to be reached.
A 1212 inch bore is being sunk
there.
The Jack creek we'll is located
about Is miles from Red Lodge
(air-line) in Carbon county, mid
way between the Dry Creek and
Elk Basin fields. The structure
there is the prominent sharp dip
type common on the east face of
the Beartooth mountains, and lies
on the same line of rock folding as
the two famous producing fields
on either side of it-Dry Greek an
Elk Basin. All indications in that
section have stirred the interest of
oil men in this country, and loca-
tions there are being quickly tax
en- up wherever possible.
The showing Of the Carbon
wildcat at Dry Creek, being drill
ed on block obtained last year
from the Beartooth Oil company,
bears out the possibility that the
producing area of the Dry Creek
field may be extended for at least
mile. Harry Orchard is one off
the principals in the company,
and his rotary outfit is being used
to drill the we'll The Carbon conf
pany is now the only lease-holding
concern in the field, with the ex-
ception of the Ohio company.
The Ohio Chapman well, accord
ing to latest reports, is drilling at
about 4400, as the Cooke and Web
Der Beartooth we'll is passing 400
feet. The Ohio-Montana Indus
trial No. l has been under test on
the pipe line, and making gas
and oil showing of commercial vol
ume.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
FIRE OUTBREAK IN THE
BEARTOOTHS is CAUSE
OF BUT SLIGHT DAMAGE

Another furry of fire IN the
Beartooth mountains occurred last
week in spite of continued pre-
cautions taken by the rangers of
the local division, although no tim
Der of value was destroyed, and
the fire was dampered before it
had gained serious headway.
Lightning caused the blaze last
Saturday afternoon. A forested
area on Silver Run creek, about
five miles south and west of Red
Lodge on the south side of the
West fork canyon, was fired. The
mountain slopes in that region are
covered for the most part with a
medium growth of lodge pole pine
and spruce, with a good deal of
underground, which took fire and
spread rapidly.
Several crews totalling more
than 25 men were mustered in at
Red Lodge by Ranger Mclean and
Howard Halpin of the Rock creek
station, and before midnight the
blazes had been controlled. AL
though about so acres were burned
over, the damage was confined
mostly to underbrush and dead
timber on the forest floor.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
MODERN SANITARIUM
Being PLANNED FOR
CONSTRUCTION HERE
Would Exemplify the Latest
Developments in Field
Of Medical Practice

A new clinical hospital and sani-
tariun, Incorporating the most
modern of methods and fixtures
with a medical practice that will
make treatment available at al
minimum cost to all, may be built
near Red Ledge upon materiali-
zation of plans being laid by DR..
s. NJ. Souders and group of east
eln capitalists-claim holders in
the Beartooths-who are to back
the venture.
According to DR.. Souders, archi-
tects are projecting floor plans
to be used in the construction of a
building on a location in the West
fork of Rock creek, below the city
water intake, two miles southwest
of the city. This would be a sim
gle story building, built of con-
crete, steel and glass, following the
latest styles for hospital construc-
ton as exemplified in medical in
stituticns now beng built in the
larger eastern cities.
Mechanical sanitation, and the
use of modern medical machinery
wherever possible, would be the
features of sanitarium.
Present day trends in building
provide for the use of all steel,
glass, and concrete, both in exter-
ior and interior construction. Hos
pital rooms, in whose finishing no
wood is entailed, can be made
available to quick and efficient
sterilization by the use of steam,
instead of by the old fashioned mop
and-formaldehyde process. The
daily cleaning and sanitation pro-
cess consists simply of the OPEN
ing Of live steam jets in the va
cant rooms, and the subsequent
drying out of the room by electric
heaters and fans.
A system embodying such meth
ods, whereby casual human labor
is supplanted by mechanization
that is more effective, would be
the main principle in the new san
itarium, says DR.. Souders, and
would enable the hospital to offer
Continued on page 81 q
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
RED LODGE ENERGIES
VICTOR FROM COUNTY
BASEBALL CONTESTS
Defeat Bridger, Fromberg
To Win Championship of
Carbon County

Defeating two of the strongest
teams in the county, the Red Lodge
baseball club emerged from the
tournament held at Bridger last
Friday and Saturday as champions
of Carbon county, victories over
Bridger and Fromberg in the
course of the two-day series CIV
ing the locals the title.
Red Lodge and Bridger met in
the second game of the tournament
Friday afternoon, after Joliet and
Fromberg had played the opening
game, which was taken by From
berg, S-5. Although starting slow
ly in this game, Red Lodge open
ed in the fourth inning with hits
by Yanchisin, Hartwig, Vavich,
and Orler that drove in four runs.
A two-base hit by Hartwig in the
fifth was followed by Michelcic's
single and a triple clout by Greg
ory for two more scores. After a
run in the sixth, the Red Lodge
outfit signed off with three tallies
in the eighth frame, the hitting
combination of Hartwig, Michelcic,
and Gregory again being respon-
sible for scores.
The Bridger batters got only
five hits off Michelcic during the
game, while Huck whitfield 10 of
them. A single by McFarlin, and
another by Buzzetti, coupled with
several errors and stolen bases,
brought in the Bridger runs in the
fourth inning.
Saturday morning Bridger re-
lieved themselves by defeating the
Joliet team, 20, knocking Joliet
out of the race entirely.
Fromberg, winners of the open
ing game, played Red Lodge Sat
urday afternoon, and took a trim
ming by a 90 score. The From
berg crew started to play ball as if
they meant business, as Walker,
first up in the first inning, slam
med out a home run, but Wads-
worth tightened up after allowing
the circuit hit, and the Red Lodge
fielders effectively prevented any
one from passing third base be-
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The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
MARY MASSA BECOMES THE
BRIDE OF HUGH McLUSKIE

Mary Massa of Red Lodge, and
Hugh McLuskie of Washoe were
married at o'clock Saturday ev-
ening in the Congregational
church by Rev. H. Miller Scott.
The couple was attended by the
brides sister, Edi, and Jacob Cam
eron Jr. of Washoe. The bride
wore a pale pink chiffon gown and
a white silk hat. She carried
bouquet of white roses and sweet
peas. The bridesmaid wore a pink
satin gown trimmed in ecrue lace.
Following the ceremony, a
wedding dinner was prepared at
the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dominick Massa of
this city. Only immediate rela-
tives of the couple were present.
The couple departed on their
honeymoon Immediately after the
dinner, and will be gone for week
or so. They viii! make their home
in Red Lodge.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
LAW SE|zES PAIR
WHO BURCLAR|zED
STORES IN COUNTY
Youths Confess to Eight
Robberies on Tour of Mon
tana. Bound Over to Fed
eral Court for Postoffice
Theft.

After Carbon county and Wyo-
ming officials had traced the two
men who robbed stores in Carbon
county, as we'll as establishments
throughout the state, the pair was
brought to Red Lodge and lodged
in the Carbon county jail last Mon
day.
Jim Bell and Ace Watson,
youths of about 20 years, admitted
under questioning of Sheriff AL
bert and Attorney Conwell, not
only the robbery of the Talmage-
Sayer store in Joliet, and the
county repair shop in Silesia, but
burglaries in Boyd, Avon, Two
Dot, Carterville, Custer and inter
mediate points.
Bell, formerly resident of the
Silesia district, and Watson,
Minnesota boy, began their series
of robberies in Montana at Hell
ena this summer, where they stole
a Chevrolet coupe, the property
of Tony Connell of that city. From
Helena the two proceeded west to
Avon, where they broke into a
ranch house. With guns stolen
from the ranch they continued to
the town of Two Dot, where they
held up filling station attendant.
Then, feeling more confident and
ambitious after each stop, they
paused long enough in Reed Point
to rifle store before journeying
down-state.
Joliet and Silesia received their
attention next, and the two were
lucky enough to escape capture
there two weeks ago. Passing
down the Yellowstone valley, they
next robbed sheep herder's camp
between Miles City and Jordan,
taking another gun and two pairs
Of shoes. At Cartersville, next on
their itinerary, they broke into a
mercantile store, as well as the
town postoffice, before proceeding
to the town of Custer, where they
opened still another store.
Believing, perhaps, that they
had not worked Carbon county in
a thorough enough way, Bell and
Watson then came back to Boyd
last week and entered the Wilson
store there, subsequently moving
south for an excursion into Wyo-
ming. After visiting the town of
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The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10


of the Morrison Knudsen company,
which for several weeks had been
pushing and digging its way up
the trail from Red Lodge to Quad
creek, was in place at the point
where the first contract for the
Federal road begins. Last week,
while the big shovel was receiving
temporary repairs, clearing crews
had removed tne timber up to the
first switchback that has been
routed up the east mountainside,
and the way was clear for the
shovel. AS the big scoop bucked
into the rock and tore away the
first mouthful of Beartooth gran
ite-pay dirt-several Red Lodge
people who have been looking for
ward to the road construction for
half a dozen years at last saw
the job under way.
Among those was O. H. P. Shell
ley, the man chiefly responsible
for the legislative measures that
advised the building of the new
highway. For seven years Shell
ley devoted his efforts to the Sc
curing Of a road that would link
Red Lodge with the Yellowstone
park and the main state highways,
and that would form the most in
teresting and scenic approach yet
built into the nations play
ground" Coming to Red Lodge in
1924, he began the movement for
a Federal appropriation for the
road, attending Congressional ses-
sions each year and gaining sup
port for the plan from senator's
and representatives from various
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
Wind Blows Lake Away

Lakeview, Ore, (UP)-Summer
Lake was literally blown away re-
Gently when strong wind swept
over Lake County. Reduced to
shallow sheet of water by
drought, the lake vanished when
the water was blown on the ex-
posed bed and Immediately sank
from sight.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
HIGH QUALITY MARKS
EXHIBITS OF CARBON
COUNTY EXPOSITION
Determining of Blue Ribbon
Produce is no Easy Task
For Fair Judges

Awarding of premiums for agri-
cultural and domestic art exhibits
at the Carbon county fair at Brid-
ger last Friday and Saturday was
somewhat of a difficult task for
the judges, such was the uniform
ly high quality of the products
from the county homes and fields.
In spite of poor crop conditions
in several sections caused by the
dryness of the summer, some fine
exhibits of grains were shown at
the fair, and the garden products
were of high grade.
Blue ribbon winners in the var
ious departments are listed:
Lot 1892, Great Northern beans;
Mrs. John Higham. Lot 1449, Ear
ly Dent Field corn; Chas. Simpson
Lot 1852, Sweet corn and yellow
dent, Mrs. John Harkin, and Geor-
ge LYDIA; any other, R. B. Over
hulls.
Department H. Glass 2; John
Poultie. Lot 1872, Mrs. John High
am. Any other variety of spring
wheat, M. c. Crawford. Lot 1881,
Speltz; Mrs. John Highan. Lot
1880, buck wheat; Mrs. John Hogh-
am. Lot 1886, peas; John High
am. Best ten ears any flint, E.
E. Stober. Popcorn, Mrs. Leo
Smith, and Mrs. Leslie Landon.
Potatoes, J. J. Rohrer, Wedmey-
er, and DR.. J. z. Midget. Alfalfa,
Alfred Slemmer Best collection
sheaf grass, S. F. Sparr. Sugar
beets, ]. ]. Rohrer. Sugar spec
ial, Alfred Slemmer, Stock carrots,
Floyd Hoskins. Stock turnips,
Mrs. Mary Albright.
Glass 9; vegetables. Beans, string
Fred Culbertson. Beets; Mrs.
Henry Bieber. Cucumbers, Pau
Scheneuman, Carrots, Prof. Olson
Cauliflower, Mrs. J. NJ. Smith. Egg
plant, Maude Arlington. Horse
radish, j. w. Young. Muskmelons,
Mrs. Leo Smith. Onions, F. l.. Pur-
cell, Mrs. Mary Albright, J. F.
Pithoud, and Mrs. John Harkin,
Peas, Mrs. F. H. Judkins. Peppers,
Mrs. Maude Arlington, and j. f.
Pithoud. Parsley, Mrs. f. H. Jud-
kins. Turnips, Leo Smith. Par
snips, Mrs. Leo Smith. Pumpkins,
j. E. Midget. Rhubarb, Paul
Schuneuman. Squash, Art Allegro,
Mrs. Art Hunter, and Mrs. Mary
Albright. Tomatoes, R. G. Quill
Ian, and Mrs. J. c. Crossen. Wa
termelons, J. E. Midget. Cab
bage, R. Simpson, and Schanck.
Best display of fruit, S. G,
Crawford. Best display of comb
honey, J. F. Pithoud; best extract
honey, w. j. Hummer. Best bou-
quet of flowers, Violet and Betty
Nelson. Best penfull of chickens,
Phyllis Midget. Citrons, Mrs. Art
Hunter.
Canning: Best jelly by Mrs.
John Harkins. Best jam by Mrs.
R. L. Simpson. Beets and Carrots
canned, Mrs. L. Landon. Corn
canned, R. F. Simpson. Peas, Mrs.
John Harkin. Beans, Mrs. Leo
Smith, and R. F. Simpson. To-
matoes, Mrs. John Harkin. Cher
ries, Hazel Moody. Currants, Mrs.
J. w. Young. Peaches, Mrs. John
Harkin. Plums, Mrs. Harkin.
Raspberries, Hazel Moody.
Bakery goods: Best bread loaf
by Mrs. M. S. Nelson. Angel-food
cake, H. M. Aver. Devil's-food
cake, G. S. Nelson. Any other cake
H. M. Aver. Most points in the
baking division were won by Mrs.
G. F. Schuster.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
Cheap Gasoline in Billings

Billings, (UP)-Billings motor
lists beamed contentedly last week
when it was announced that gaso-
line would drop from % to 20
cents a gallon. Despite the drop,
believed by local men to have been
ordered in an effort to halt the
proposal to build a community
gasoline station, plans for the er-
ection of such a station are going
forward.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10

Globe, Ariz., (UP) - The re-
mains of three calves on the ranch
of Roland Jones, central Arizona
catleman, disclosed a new racket
here. The animals had been
butchered on the range, the choic-
est cuts of meat removed and the
remainder left to vast. Jones sus-
poets he has new type of cattle
rustling to cope with.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
Rough Road Saves Life

La Grande, Ore, (UP)-A wild
ride over country roads saved Hal
Bohenkamp, local merchant, from
probable death. A piece of fill
ing lodged in his throat during a
tooth extraction. Enroute to Spo-
kane for medical attention, the OBJ
struction was dislodged when the
automobile in which he was riding
srtuck a rough piece of road.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10

iect was approved by Congress.
DR.. J C. F. Siegfriedt, one of
the first men to conceive the idea
of a highway over the Beartooths
to the Park, was present as the
work started Friday. Although
his original plan provided for a
road to reach the Twin Lakes pla-
teau over Mount Maurice, "Doc'
expressed his satisfaction at see
ing the highway start over the
nighttime route.
Others among the audience at
the first pay-dirt breaking were
Mayor Edgar Allen and Aldermen
w. w. Flashman and John Corey,
with Dominick Marino, James
Plunkett, t. F. Pollard, J. H. Nc
Allister, Edward Bloom, E. B.
Shelley, Mrs. H. Richel, and others.
Accompanying survey party of
the Bureau of Public Roads, o. H.
P. Shelley left Red Lodge Sunday
for a trip through Cooke to the
scene of construction on Unit B
of the highway. At the vicinity
of the Nordquist ranch on the
Clark's Fork, where McNutt and
Pyle, contractors, have started
their section, the party drove in
automobiles for nearly three miles
or the new road. The highway
there has been carved out from the
fifty-first mile post (from Red
Lodge) past Lake creek, and is
within eight miles of Beartooth
lake.
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The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
More Gold from Maiden

Lewiston, (UP) - The second
shipment of gold bullion weighing
about % pounds was made last
week from the Maiden properties
being worked by Mclean & Wieg
lenda. The value of the shipment
was about $4,000.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
Oversight Cost $40

Albany, Ore, (UP)-Ed Ok
ford's idea probably would have
been successful had he not been
quite so careless. Oxford painted
over his 1930-31 automobile license
plates, changing the yearly num-
erals to read 1912. But he neg
1ected to remove the word "Ex-
pires' which does not appear on
this years plates. The oversight
cost him $40 in justice court.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
THE SHORTER
THE BETTER
To Try for Big Title

London, (UP) = Figuring on
troubling the best heavyweights in
the world one year from now, Don
McCorkindale, heavyweight cham
pion of South Africa, has ar
rived here eager for a tilt with
any European heavyweight-none
barred.
When and if he puts over the
"horizontal' trick on the Euro
pens, he intends to try his skill
against the best in the United
States.
McCorkindale looks a model
heavyweight. Standing six feet,
one and one-half inches in stock
inged feet, he weights over 100
pounds, and is beautifully proper
toned. He is only "a and already
posses an enviable ring record.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
Cow Faints at Milking

Arnold, Neb., (UP)-A milk
COW at the Harry Bryan farm near
here tainted while she was wait
ing to be MIXED. The cow fell
over sideways onto Mrs. Bryan,
who was milking another cow. The
woman was severly injured.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
Fires Costly in State

Missoula, (UP) During the
month of August the U. S. forest
service spent $635,0O0 for fighting
forest fires, according to the re-
port of o. M. Wood, fiscal agent.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10

A check for S1,501, 1899 was Civ
en- the highway commission last
week by the banks which recently
purchased the first block of high
way debentures.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
Thode is Foremost Rider

Salinas, Calf, Establishing
himself as the greatest bronc rider
in the country this year, Earl
Thode, Belvidere South Dakota,
today leads the 1881 race for the
worlds championship cowboy.
Thode has piled up a total of 2675
points, all in bronc riding, to forge
ahead of Johnnie Schneider, Liver
more, California, who has 1925
markers to his credit. The Liver
more puncher's counters were
scored in a variety of events in
contrast to Thode's specialization.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
Widow of C. R. Tours in State

Widow of C. R. Tours in State
Belton, (UP) - Old Montana
friends and old scenes were visited
by Mrs. Charles M. Russell, widow
of the great cowboy artist recent
ly. With party of guests she
toured Western Montana.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
Finds Large Nugget

Glasgow, (UP)-A nugget worth
$11 was taken from the bed of a
stream in the Little Rockies by
H. ]. Schiesser, director of the
Glasgow high school band.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
Waited for Hubby Eight Years

Seattle, Wash, (UP)-After
eight years, Mrs. Meta Mulkey de-
cided she had waited long enough
for her husband to send for her.
She got a divorce.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
Horse Meat is Foxes Food

Roy, Mont, (UP)-The Chap
pei Bros, fox farm at Rockford,
ILL.,, will receive several carloads,
totaling 1900 horses, to be sent
to Faith, S. D., for fattening.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
Opera Singer Visits

Livingston, (UP)-Irene Elliot,
dramatic soprano of the Metropol-
itan Opera, is visiting her parents
IN Montana.
The Carbon County news., 1931-09-10
Red Lodge People See Beginning
OF Construction on Park Road

At the mouth of Quad creek II miles south of Red Lodge
in the Rock Creek canyon group of Red Lodge people
gathered September to witness the initial stroke of work
on Unit Of the Red Lodge Cooke highway approach
to the Yellowstone park.
At fen O'Clock Friday morning the large power shovel
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House housekeeper on for that day. per.
haps to purchase supplies-maybe for O
turn around the Mall for q bit Of
recreation.
The other is an open affair OF the
barouche type. Just how many PreSi-
dents and their wives have ridden In it
no one seems to know. It was the car
rage President Wilson rode IN when he
was inaugurated, and on many other
state occasions.
President Taft ives the first to bring
the automobile to the White House.
But 1t was quite a while after that be-
fore the carriage was definitely dis
carded.
There are now on the Government
pay rolls colored persons who once
knew the pride of White House livery as
coachmen and footmen. They are now
serving as departmental messengers
One Of the most familiar Of these IL
Charlie Ross, who drove Alice Roose-
velt'S carriage when she lived at the
Executive Mansion.
White House carriages have always
been Government property, except in
the days of Washington and jefferson,
when Presidents owned and maintained
their stables.
Now. with the Hoover transportation
fleet completely motorized. with Mrs.
Hoover owning her car and with sew
eral of the Presidents own automobiles
In the service Of the White House. the
day of privately owned transportation
for the mansion seems to be returning
Mrs. Hoover drives her own car about
washington, without even a chauffeur
to meet hat-ttre emergency.
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LITTLE BENNY
BIZ LEE PAPE.

Pop was smoking an thinking with
his fest up, and ma was wawking
around the room pushing crooked things
strate and strate things crooked, saying
Willyum an intuition just came to me
like q flash of inspiration.
That's almost as good as having an
inspiration come to you like o flash Of
intuition, pop sed, and ma sed, 1t just
occurred to me that this bookcase awt to
be where the desk is. and vice virtue. 1t
would improve the room so per cent,
she sed
/ don't bleeve the room needs that
much improving, pop sed, and ma SEQ,
Now Willyum, you know when get an
ideer like that in my mind dent have
any peace until something is done
about it.
My werst feers are being rapidly real
lied, pop sed.
You can move the bookcase one side
at a time without taking out q single
book, and the desk is quite easy, ma
sed.
So were the pyramids OF Egypt, pop
sed.
And he started to move the bookcase
over where the desk waS, and the desk
over where the bookcase was, taking
his coat OF WnSI1 ne WIS HELL way .
through and his vest when he was 3
quarters through and his collier and tie
when he was pritty neer finished, say
ing, Yee gods its done. Speaking OF the
labors of Hercules, why mention them,
he sed. Are you reddy to pin my NEEDLE
on me- or shall I go and get washed
ferst? he sed.
It duzzent look neeriy as well as 1
imagined 1t would ma sed.
Give it 3 months to sink in, and then
report again. pop sed, and ma sed, No,
I'm sure, it was much better the way 1t
was. I cant leave them that way. point
ing at me like an accusing finger. You'll
haff to move them back again, Willyum
she sed You don't need to make such
face, just simply can't leave them that
way and Ill just simply haf to keep at
you till you move them back to normal,
she sed
They say next year is going to be a
good year for moving, pop sed.
Proving it will proberbly take ma or
days.