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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-19
DISAGREES WITH COMMITTEE
Editor Askoy American:

Editor Askov American:
l tried to argue the following points
before the organization committee
when they met at Sandstone last Fri
day, and as l believe this committee
should reconsider their decisions l
will bring these matters before the
citizens of Pine county and if you be-
lieve that a reconsidering should be
made call the committees attention
to this fact or send me a few words
and l will take it up with the COM
mittee.
The "Cloverdale Resolution" was
adopted subject to investigation by a
committee" l believe such an in
vestigation should be somewhat like
this: First find out just how the law
reads in regards to salaries. Second,
get the actual facts and figures on
how much each official receives in
compensation for his work Salaries
and other sources) and with these
facts as a basis simply talk the mat
ter over with the commissioners and
officials and a satisfactory result can
surely be obtained. This salary ques-
ton has caused more disharmony and
friction in this county than the whole
matter is worth. And feel confident
that the county commissioners and Of
ficials are just as anxious as anybody
to get this matter settled. To present a
resolution just asking for salary cut
ting has been tried without result, so
often and is not businesslike way
of solving the problem.
AS far as | understand the law, it
provides only for a maximum mile
age, and if l am right in regard to
this, it surely seems queer for rep
resentative convention who expressed
itself strongly for home rule to send
a resolution to the state legislature
asking for a fixed mileage fee of five
cents. -
The minutes and newspaper reports
of the Pine City meeting agree that
the organization committee should
meet and work out a detailed plan
for a permanent organization, but Mr..
the committee seemed of the opinion
they had no authority to do so.
The committee asked when we
should have the organization meeting
and l suggested 'as soon as possible"
but, as you will know, the date is set
for March 81, and furthermore the
committee decided not to have any
more meetings before then.
Taxpayers of Pine county, are you
satisfied with these decisions? By
that time the legislative session will
soon close and in the meantime we
are loading all the work for tax relief
onto Geo. w. Empey of Hinckley. Is
that not too much responsibility to
place ON any one man? And besides,
Mr.. Empey is centering all his work
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-19
ASK YOURSELF

Have you weakness for argument?
Do you make your authority too
obvious?
Do you offer opinions too readily?
Is your criticism destructive rather
than constructive?
Can you remain calm in the face of
difficulties?
Are you a Pathfinder and a back
bitter?
Do you practice being cheerful and
courageous?
Are you neat and tidy in appear
ance?
Is your facial expression hard and
grouchy looking?
Is your voice modulated so that it
does not annoy others?
Be honest when you answer these
questions.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-19
Washington

LIE STRUCK with firm courage
IL the blow Of the brave,
But sighed DER the carnage that
spread;
He, indignantly trampled the yoke
of the slave,
But wept for the thousands that
bled.
Though he threw back the letters
and headed the strife,
Till mans charter was fairly re.
stored.
Yet he prayed for the moment
when Freedom and Life
Would no longer be pressed by
the sword.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-19

AS soon as China becomes civilized
and progressive enough to buy auto
mobiles she won't need these periodic
slaughtering spells to weed out the
population.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-19
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

(Short. timely letters on topics
of public interest are welcome.
whether or not the writir'S opin-
ions conform with those of the
American. All letters must be
signed with the writer's name for
our information. Signed articles al
ways are more effective. but II the
writer does not wish to have his
name used. 1t will be withheld.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-19
HARRY GEBHARDT,
Sec'y-Pine County Tax League.
Markville, MINI.

Editors Note-The above article
was not published in last weeks
American due to its late arrival and
for want of space. 1t, would appear
that the controversy between Mr.. Geb-.
hardt and Mr.. Stepan has about run
it's course and that too many person.
alities and insinuations are being in
jected and for that reason it might be
better that others take up the SUBJ
jects to be discussed. The purpose of
the Opinions of Others column is
for the discussion of issues. Both
writer's concerned have had their say.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-19

George Washington, popularity called
''the father of his country" was born
in Westmoreland county, Virginia, on
Feb. %, 1892 and died at Mount Yer
non on Dec. IA, 1899.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-19

and your abuse of me. Your every
opposition in tax matters has in
creased the membership. You can
rest assured that the tax league will
continue to grow and remain active
until government, of, by and for the
people is again restored in Pine
county.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

Following nearly two
years Of preliminary work
which incIuded the sinking
o. dozens o. sest shafts
to bedrock. Montana PIncers,
Inc, Is this week moving IN
dredging equipment 70 its
ground in Lincoln GuIch,
where pioneer mines are re-
ported 60 have recovered
more than $4,000, 900 in
gold.
The dredge, shipped from
San Francisco, b being un-
loaded ct silver, approx
mately 40 miles from the
company's ground, and Is
being hauled overland BY q
gleet Of trucks 70 the COM
pany's claims.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

closure has been established
BY the drill.
Near Fault
Sponsors of this well have
moved back a short distance
north Of the principal fault
on Benton Lake structure and
believe that they viii find
commercial production Of high
gravity oil IN the horizon
where the Elkhorn and Greater
Great Falls wells had their
showing
Oddly enough, none Of the
sponsors Of previous opera
tions which worked out the
present situation have any IN
terest IN the field, having ac-
cepted the Elkhorn failure in
1926 as evidence that the
structure did not afford ade-
quate accumulation Of oil to
make II commercial.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12
$25O.OOO GOLD

yards Of workable gravel to
be dredged.
A supplementary report re-
Gently received from Arthur Y.
Cory, Butte mining engineer,
labels the project as one OF ex-
eeptional merit and highly
comparable TO the famous Al
der guleh bonaza placer dig
gings, officials say.
Although actual dredging
operations are not expected
to be started before the next
two months or more, officers
of the company are pushing
Of the company are pushing
the work as rapidly as possible
with a view TO speeding opera
lions, M. Kerr Beadle, former
of Butte, who is general
property manager, said.
Officers Of the company in
clude William M. Schmit.
Saukville, Wis, chairman Of
the board e. J. Harvey, Ra-
cine, Wis, president; Fl. il
ziemann, Milwaukee, Wis.
vice president; N. s. Schwartz,
Milwaukee, secretary-treasur
Br; C. Al. Jilson, Racine, Wis,
director 0ryille Novotny, Mil
waukee, director Patrick Con-
roy, Milwaukee, director, and
NJ. Kerr Beadle, property man
ager.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12


drilled to 1874 feet when Il
was believed to have found the
lime. Subsequent develop
nenGs in the Arch indicate
that it had reached a streak
Of Quadrant lines which APP
pear only in the south end Of
the Sweetqrass Arch, and did
not actually penetrate the
Madison lime.
Two Oil Shows
This well had two showings
Of oil the larger 81 which was
in the top Of the red beds.
Samples Of this oil were kept
by several people including
one sample in the library Of
The Montana Oil Journal.
It was high gravity OH Of
the appearance Of kerosene.
The OH found in the easing was
Of similar quality
Other Test Made
The Elk Horn wen was the
second drilled on the Ben
ton Lake structure, the first
one known as the Greater
Great Falls-Roos No. l hav-
ing had similar showings This
well was drilled to 1908 feet
IN June, 1923.
The Buscher well is located
half way between the Elk
Horn and Greater Great Falls
wells. The Elk Horn is in
SW SWH NWN 10; the
Greater Great Falls is IN Cl
NW1z NE1z 80 and the new
Buscher well is in Center NE.
u SEA IS, Township %. RI
SE, about Is miles north Of
'IIcdl ais
Faulting Is Factor
The structure is easily rec
ognizable, even to the layman,
in its north, east and west
dips, but the south closure has
been in doubf, owing to com.
,lav fonl4Sr,.. -.fo@.1 a. III
Influence Of the Highwood and
Belt mountains on the lower
Arch.
Biologists have always 1
maintained that II south /
closure could be found any.
where in the Arch that an DILL
lield was likely This theory
has been proven in every in
stance where 3 definite souths
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12
NEW OIL

the drilling cable wrapped
around them, that it was nee
essary to split the pipe with a
blow torch before they could
be removed.
It was apparent that the bit
had penetrated the sand
enough to release a tremend-
GUS puff Of gas which blew a
quantity of sand up in the
hole and would have blown it
out except that the tools were
blown up and the drilling line
coiled about them so as to
catch on a casing collar.
Force Cut Off.
The force Of the gas sudden
ly cut off, the sand dropped
back onto the tools, this with
the sand from below complete
~ sealing the hole so that no
more gas escaped.
The releasing Of the water
below the bridge served to
drown out the gas.
May Not Save
Efforts to shut off the wa
ter have been unavailing and.
some doubt is expressed wheth-
er the California company win
be able to save the present
well. nl
A Perkins crew has been
called to make a final at
tempt to cement the pipe.
Meantime the hole has been
drilled on into the sand fog
j distance Of Is feet.
Well Em0thered.
Veteran operators point out
hat the weight Of the column
If water is great enough toll
iold back the oil even if i'll
we're thousand-barrel Welt
md it is definitely known that |
he terrific pressure Of the gas
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

sWENxGKeaSs se H.
a gas itne eonmeetsnB sweet~
grass with the sunhurss-
KERN field has hoem casa-
ple8ed by the Consunnors
Gas Company 81 an expse
az approximately @aos000.
and win aasns1 pa1F0ma Of
the company at this point Of
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12
j. S. CRUDE
OUTPUT In
BIG SLUMP

The American Petroleum
Institute estimates that the
daily average gross crude
Oh production in the United
States for the week ended
August 20. 1881, was H.
7Bt.BBO barrels, rs compared
with 2.00s. $50 barrels for
the preceding week. a de-
crease Of s50,7OO barrels.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

&a"t*a'HH ~ q INST - p vs. " t"
Confined from PAGE ssvenl
placed two iehes lower Than the
rear plank
This arrangement, therefore,
gives e drop OF two inches in
thrae feet The grade is influ-
eneed directly BY the following
conditions
l. Rapidly with which mater
ial can be fed 10 the rocker
2. Amount Of clay present.
3. Fineness o. gold.
Varying Conditions
II the gravel Is finely bound
together with clay. the grade
should not be less than two inch
es If very little clay is present.
and the gold Is not too fine. the
grade can be increased
In any event, the grade must
be such that the clay is complete
~ removed from the gold before
the discharge is reached. and II
the gold is very fine It should
be given a chance to settle. In
cases OF very fine gold and con.
siderable clay, it might be advis-
able to add one more rifle
Much Water Needed
For the operation OF the rocker
much more water is required
than for the gold pan. Where
there is q shortage OF water II Is
usually better to carry the gravel
TO a point near the source Of
water The gravel Is placed in
the screen box and the rocker is
shaken back and forth with q
vigorous motion. At the same
time. water is poured over the
gravel. or q small stream OF wat
er is permitted to run over It.
II water Is scarce. the dis
charge can be caught in a small
pool and rinsed. Good judgment
must be exercised in the use Of
the water. If too rapid a flow is
used, the smaller gold particles
will be washed over the rifles
and lost with the discharge
Must Remove Clay
At the same time. sufficient
water must be used to completely
disintegrate the gravel and re-
move the clay An attempt
should Be made to keep a fairly
steady stream flowing, rather
than an intermittent. surging sup
ply
The amount OF water must be
Just sufficient to carry the tail |
ings over the rifles. The motion
Of rocking is a quick Jerk with
a sudden stopping Of the mo-
tion. The heavy sands must not
be permitted to build up back OF
the rifles. II this Is allowed. the
gold win wash over these sands
and be lost.
the canvas or blanket form
ing the apron Is rinsed Off in
tub Of water two or three times
a shift. The gold and sands
back Of the rifles are removed
as often IS thought necessary. |
The concentrates are dried and
the gold removed in the same
described under panning.
The rocker 10 not very efficient.
z permits the handling Of more
naterial than does the gold pan,
Mercury sometimes is placed
back Of the RIFLES to catch some
% the fine gold.
When the diversified material
Is removed from the sieve box.
L should be inspected for mug
yets before being discarded. II
(To be continued)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12
Or TONS Of
CRUDE AND n Ed
OIL STILL CLIMBING

Imports OF petroleum. (cruds
and refined oils) at the principal
United states Ports for the week
ended August 20, totaled 1.1s0,-
600 barrels. daily average Of
161.42s barrels. compared with
.1,0s4,00O barrels, a daily average
Of 147.714 barrels for the week
ended August %, and q daily
average Of 1gS,429 barrels for
the four weeks ended August 20
has been completely drowned.
Were it possible to set the
casing above the sand, there.
after removing part Of the wa
ter, it is believed that the pre-
sent well might be produc-
er. This plan falling, it is I'M
derstood that the California
company win drill another
well.
Precedent.
Operators point ont that
wells IN the Shelby gas field
are frequently filled with wa
ter before the gas sand is
penetrated. This makes it pos
sible to dril through the sand.
Thereafter the water is bailed
out.
When about a third of the
column has been removed, the.
gas blows the remainder ont
and cleans the hole. This is
taken TO indicate that the Ut
Dpia well may have a large
How Of gas beneath the water
column.
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The Washington times., 1931-01-17
Box Office to
Open at 7 A. NJ.

The unusual interest in the
Forthcoming premiere Of Laurence
Schwab and Frank Mandel's new
musical production, americas
Sweetheart" scheduled at the Ma
tional Theater Monday, January
&c, has decided the management
to open it's box office sale at 7
a. m. on Thursday, January %
This will be done to accommo
date Government employees and
others who have already made
early application for tickets.
Americas Sweetheart" is the
most important musical produc.
ton of the season. 1t marks the
return to production of Scnwab
and Mandel after an absence of
two years and it is remembered
that this duo of theater-wise
young men produced seven con
secutive musical smash hits in
Guiding Captain jerks" Queen
High" Sweet Little Devil" "Thc
Desert Song" Good News" "The
New Moon" and Follow Thru"
Immediately after the local en-.
gagement Americas Sweetheart"
will be taken to the Broadhurst
Theater New York. Owing to the
tremendous size of the production
the Sunday performance will be
omitted.
The Washington times., 1931-01-17
TALE OF
GANGSTERS
FILMED

Little Caesar" said to be one
of the most realistically dramatic
expositions of underworld life, is
the feature attraction found this
week at Warmers Earle Theater,
where this First National and
Vitaphone melodrama will be Of
fered in association with a stage
show headed by Miss Vanessi,
well-known musical comedy and
revue dancing star.
The story of Little Caesar"
adapted from the best-selling
novel of w. r. Burnett. which was
selected by the Literary Guild as
the book of the month, deals with
the rise of a gangSter, Rico, to
power and ruthlessness. He rules
with an iron hand and dominates
all he comes into contact with.
The mans ambition, however,
causes him to threaten his friend
with ruin unless he gives up his
dancer-SWeetheart. This the pal
refuses to do and the sweetheart,
torn between love Of the man and
fear of the gangster. betrays him
to his enemies.
Edward G.. Robinson Is said to
give life to the character of Rico,
Which is based on an actual liv-
ing gangster chieftain. Douglas
Fairbanks, jr., appears as the pal
who wishes to leave the racket.
while Glenda Farrell is the girl
who dooms the underworld cZar.
The Washington times., 1931-01-17
"YOung Sinners" Due
At BeLGScO. Feb. 2

While there are only five ladies
in the noted cast of artists ap-
pearing in the Messrs. Shubert's
production of Young Sinners, z"
at the Shubert-Belasco Theater,
February 2, they are all of I'M
usual beauty and well suited to the
parts assigned to them in the
Elmer Harris comedy hit.
Aside from Edith Shayne, each
one under 20 years of age, an es-
sential requirement in this three
act play of love and youth?
Raymond Guion, who plays the
role of the boy as we'll as the
other young men who appear in
the first act, are clean-cut types
of the younger generation.
The settings Of the production
are particularly attractive, laid as
they are at Palm Beach, Fla, Park
Avenue, New York, and camp
in the Adirondacks.
The Washington times., 1931-01-17
.SHERMANGETS
LAUGHS AS
A KING,

A delightful comedy of another
Graustarkian monarchy, in which
Lowell Sherman is a most human
and frolicsome king, opened
yesterday at Keith'S.
1.-The Royal Bed" an adapta-
ton of Sherwood's play THE
Queens Husband, is the story of
the irksome'ness of being royal.
When you're royal, you have to
wear all your medals in just the
right way; you have to be all be-
decked for dress paradeS, where
your people expect you to say just
the right thing; you have to
marry just the right prince or
princess; you have to breed just
the right number of. male heirs.
AStOr Is Princess
Frothy and unrealiStic in the
glorious Splendor of an imaginary
court where kings and dukes wear
knee pants and silk stockings.
the play hangs on a very slender
thread of theme. The charm of
Lowell Sherman, however, who
directs the presentation in addi-
ton to being the featured player,
carries 1.-THE Royal Bed into the
realm of delight.
Mary Aston, playing the casual
and much-beloved princess, is
beautiful and quite adapted to
her part Of uninterested royalty.
The queen, played by Nance
O'Neil, has just the right amount
of hardness and regal qualities.
Hugh Trevor, the young Eng
lishman who played so admirably
in George ArEss' "Disraeli," is the
young lover. Given only slight
opportunity to display his ability,
the young man shows that he has
capabilities that behoove more
attention in the future from pro-
ducers.
Nat Carr in Trader GinSburg,"
a short subject comedy with
plenty Of lions and cannibals;
Walter Futter's "Curiosities" that
show the profitableneSs Of rails
ing worms On a farm, and Pathe
News, in which the Eighteenth
Amendment is called a comic
OPERA" complete the humorous
program.-JAB.
The Washington times., 1931-01-17
JIM my LAKES
SHOW OPENS
AT GAYETY

Jimmy Lakes Own Show is
the attraction at the Gayety
Theater beginning Sunday, and
the actormanager himself in per-
son is the hub around which
the performance turns.
Among others in the cast are
quite few who have won theat-
rical acclaim in various fields.
Pretty and talented Lillian Dixon,
who sings and dances, has the
feminine lead, while other i'm
portant parts are handled by
Jack Kelly, Donna" Tom Breen
and Henry Dixon.
The vaudeville acts in Jimmy
Lakes Own Show" are worthy of
special mention. Olga Petrom,
who specializes in "blues" songs,
and the Martins, Rose and Harry.
Rose does a character boob" as
well as trick xylophone playing,
and Harry is there with the jug.
Cling act. His adroit handling
of variouSly sized and differently
weighted objects is highly divert
ing. Jimmy Lakes Own Show"
will have plenty of scenes,
wherein the Spiritd chorus will
be shown to advantage.
The fans at the Gayety have
added entertainment on Monday
night, Wednesday, and Friday
night, these being designated,
Gift, Auction and teuf
Night, respectively.
The Washington times., 1931-01-17
FINE CAST FOR
NEW FARCE AT
BELASCO

I'm the Best Of Families" a
smart drawing-room comedy writ
ten around a novel theme by its
authors, Anita Hart and Maurice
Braddell, will be presented for the
first time on any stage Monday
night at the Shubert-Belasco Thea
ter.
The title, suggested by the old
saying that accidents will happen
in the best regulated of families,
aptly describes the play. Its &C
ton takes place in the country
home of the HamiltonS, a cul-
tured, wealthy and exclusive
family, at Roslyn, Long Island.
Here the accident happens just
after midnight on a Sunday morn
ing, with resultant humorous and
unexpected complications until
the accident is Strengthened out
late in the afternoon.
The play depends on it's situa-
tionS and clever and brilliant dia-
logue for it's humor, rather than
reSorting to the slap-stick and
clap-trap methods of farce.
Cast of Importance
Thomas Fitzpatrick, the pro-
Queer, has assembled a cast Of
merit for his play, which has been
staged by 10 Graham. For the
principal roles he has secured the
services Of Charles Richman. one
of the bestrknown leading men,
who has been appearing in New
York for several months in
Strictly Dishonorable," and who
was available only because he did
not wish to go to London with
that production; Grace FilkinS,
who is a Washingtonian, being
the widow Of the late Rear Ad-
miral Adolph Mark; Johnnie
Brewer, who was seen recently in
Washington in "a Kiss of I'm
portance";; Florence Edney, Mary
Arbenz, who played recently in
"StepdaughterS Of War; David
Morris, Derek Fairman, Kendall
Foster, Enid Romany, Perry Nor
man, Marian Warning Manley,
Leonore Sorsby, a Washington girl
whose father was for several years
in the diplomatic service; Leonard
Jerome, Dorothy Gillian and
others