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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-17

Dispatching of Potatoes and
Beans Bring Ripple of Joy
to Suffering Region.
BY MERRILL E. COMPTON
United Press stan Correspondent

ENGLAND, Ark, Jan. 17.-News
that citizens Of Morrill,, Neb., were
sending them a carload of potatoes
and twenty sacks of beans caused a
ripple of joy today among England
farmers, who only two weeks ago
threatened to raid the town to get
food for their starving wives and
children
1t was only ripple, however, and
there were no shouts like those that
rang through the business district
when the farmers threatened the
merchants.
Mayor w. o. Williams explained
the heart had gone out of the men
and that potatoes and beans, not
just the news they are enroute, are
needed.
Williams, a quiet, middle-aged
man, has almost broken" during
the last month, his neighbors say,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-17
LAKE COUNTY GROUP
BIDS FOR MARION AID
Representatives Engage In Log Roll
ing tn Obtain Sunnorf

Representatives Engage In Log Roll
ing to Obtain Support.
Lake county representatives who
have introduced several pet meas
ures are engaging in little log
rolling to obtain the support of the
Marion county delegation.
They propose to introduce a bill
to increase the salary of the Marion
county prosecutor from $500 to
$4,000, and that of his chief deputy
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Lake county legislators have
introduced such bill for their own
county and point out that where
their prosecutor handled 1900 cases
last year, the Marion county prose-
cutor handled $1,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-17

ably 3,500,O00 of the inhabitants of
Cuba who are in open opposition TO
the present regime.
THE other camp Is headed by
the chief executive and his army
and a few thousand persons who
live from the public treasury.
The national university is closed
along with most of the other high
er educational institutions of the
country.
Martial law prevails. Thousands
Of men, women and children are be-
ing placed in jail for no other rea-
son than their open, but peaceful,
opposition to the present regime"
theoretically, the newspaper
charged. 'the American government
credits an ambassador to Cuba to
keep it advised as to the actual
conditions"
Cites Plat Amendment
And, because of the Platt amend
ment, which makes the United
States morally responsible for the
security of life, property and civil
liberty there, this post becomes the
most important held by any Amer
lean ambassador"
Judging by Washington's attitude,
however, Wilford's paper asserted
THE ambassador has not reported
fully conditions existing in Cuba,
or the state department has not
advised the senate Of actual condi-
tons there" Otherwise there would
be no need for a senatorial investi-
cation as demanded bX certain
members.
The Plat amendment, in the view
of the suspended newspaper. Gov
ers Cuba like blanket" and makes
the United States responsible If
there is tyranny, despotisnn or die
tatorship.
Many Persons ExiIed
So long as it is in force, therefore,
it declares, "it is the duty of the
American government TO extend its
protection to every resident of Cuba
against the tyranny of INSCRIPTIONS
politicians temporarily in control"
The colony Of Cuban exiles now
in this country is growing fast.
New members are added almost
daily.
They assert nobody can oppose
General Machado and continue to
live in the island
Furthermore, they declare that
had the state department quietly
warned Machado when he first be-
gan his strong-arn bid for power,
the present impasse would never
have been reached.
Now, they fear, it may be too late
to avoid Intervention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-17
PUBLISHER is
GIVEN 4S HOURS
To QUIT ISLAND
Washington's Eyes Closed
to True Affairs, Asserts
American.
NATION IS IN CHAOS
Recent Events Leading to
u. S. Intervention,
Observers Think.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SnIMS
scriDps-HOvard Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Like
the slow tick-tock of the death
dealing pendulum in the pit of Poe.
events in Cuba are bringing inter
vention nearer and nearer Washing
ton.
Intimating the island republic
now is in the grip of despot, and
that Washington either has not been
Informed Of the true state of affairs
down there or is deliberately
closing its eyes to it, John T. VIII
ford Of Alabama, owner and pub
Usher of the Havana American, has
been given forty-eight hours to get
out of Cuba.
Along with the American, Pres
ident Machado has closed down
practically every important news
paper in the country, some of them
owned or edited by men formerly
among the Presidents most ardent
supporters. The purpose is to keep
grave news from spreading to the
interior
Island in State of Siege
Mysterious burning OF cane fields.
reports Of gun-running operations
along the coast, clashes between the
people and the soldiery, and other
disquieting events, have caused
President Machado to put the repub-
lie virtually in state Of siege.
The worst economic and political
chaos that ever has existed in the
island now prevails" declared an
editorial in the American, Wilford's
banned newspaper.
This has been brought about
gradually and by various reasons,
the article explained.
THE abnormal, low price of
Cubas principal product; abnormal
expenditures by the Cuban govern
ment; abnormal taxation; excessive
foreign loans; faulty fiscal sys-
tenn; non reinforcement of laws;
despotic and coercive measures and
DEGREES; national lottery furnish
ing funds for corrupting the body
polite; egotism, self-aggrandize-
ment, and enrichment of public
Office holders at the expense of the
people-all these have contributed
to Great the abnormal situation"
Divided in Two Camps
"The country is divided into two
camps the editorial continued.
One camp is composed of prob
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-17
CAPITALISM is
ON TRIAL, SAYS
ENEMY OF REDS
Representative Fish Says
u. S. System Must Be
Purged of Evils.
BY RUTH FINNEY
Times Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Now
that the congressional investigation
Of Communism is over, the tall,
athletic young New York congress-
man who conducted it, Hamilton
Fish Jr., is going to turn his at
tention to capitalism.
During the year he has been
probing and dissecting red activ-
tiles he has had little sympathy or
support from the liberal groups to
which he belonged all his political
life.
Now he is going to start fighting
some of their battles as vigorously
as he has been fighting Communism.
Grave Abuses Cited
For he has ended his years study
Of Communism, convinced that cap
italism, if it is to survive, must
adopt some Of the practices of its
great rival, and must purge itself
of many grave abuses"
He is for the survival of capital
ism, and he is going to try to make
it capable Of surviving.
Il believe in capitalism as opposed
to Communism" Fish says, but
capitalism Shorn of its abuss and
ugly greed to exploit labor and man
kind for the almighty dollar.
IF Communism is on trial, so
also Is capitalism.
Communism, although believe it
is a failure, has exposed glaring
weaknesses in the arnlor of cap
italism, and if capitalism is to win
out in the end, it must clean its
own house"
Both Can Not Survive
Fish is convinced that both Com
nlunisnl and capitalism can not
survive. He believes the world
eventually must become all social
lied or all capitalized, and as for
him, he does not propose ito take
orders from the politbureau at
Moscow"
and this is something we can not
afford to laugh off," says Fish.
Communism is in operation
throughout the Soviet Union, cover
ing far more territory, and a larger
population than the United States.
For this reason I say it is up to
the capitalist system to clean its
Augean stables and divest itself of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-17
UTILITY RULINGS GIVEN
Commission Authorizes Bus Line to
Garry Small Packages.

American Stages, Inc, was au-
thorized to carry small packages on
its Indianapolis Crawfordsville line
in an order handed down at the
public service commission confer
ence Friday.
A S750,000 Southern Indiana Gas
and Electric Securities issue was
approved.
Switching rates increase on the
Erie railroad at Fit. Wayne were
denied.
Abandonment of four Improbable
bus routes of the Shore Line Motor
Coach Company in Lake county was
authorized.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-17

epidemic might follow the disaster.
The spread Of disease has been
more rapid, they said, since the re-
cent discharge Of the nurse who di-
rected health work in the public
schools. She was discharged be-
cause there was no money to pay
her
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-17

Plan there is no assignment of wages no deposit of
pawns and pledge of chattels Instead The Morris
Plan provides facilities whereby industrial workers
and others may borrow money on fair and reason
able terms upon the security of CHARACTER Be
low are few examples;
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-17
MORRIS PLAN SAVINGS

One dollar starts Morris Plan Investment Account after
the account opened any amount may be deposited
receive passbook in which each deposit is recorded When
you have enough saved you may either the passbook
account to Full Paid Investment Certificate indefinitely
continue the passboo account Your investment earns
per cent, compounded semi-annualy SAVE SAFELY AT
SIX PER CENT!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-17
COLLATERAL LOANS

br lateral
Morris B
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-17
TH0MPS0MFIGHT FOR
NOMINATION NARR0WS
De Priest withdraws, Says Name
Entered by Practical Joker.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE number
Of men opposing william Hale Big
Bill'' Thompson for the Republican
nomination for mayor was reduced
to seven today with withdrawal Of
Charles v. Barrett and Oscar De
Priest, Negro congressman.
Barrett, who was the first to file
announced he was withdrawing In
an effort to unite all of Thompson's
opponents behind one candidate in
the hope Of Kidding the city OF
Thompsonisn.
De Priest. who is in Washington.
withdrew because he said his petit
ton had ben filed by a practical
Joker
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-17
New Officer Chosen

ANDERSON. Ind. Jan. 1.-THE
board of safety appointed Roy
Shuman, son of the late City Judge
Jesse G. Shuman. as police motor
cycle officer. He succeeds Clarence
Keel, resigned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-17
DIPLOMA WORTH CITED
Moose Head Tells of Prison Reform
Work Done by Lodge.
Investigations into prison r

Investigations into prison reform
work were cited by Rodney H. Bran
don. Springfield, H., supreme
dictator of the Loyal Order of
Moose, at a meeting of indianapolis
Lodge No. Is, Friday night.
"a high school diploma Is in
surance against a prison sentence.
Brandon said. He was the principal
speaker at ceremonies initiating a
class of more than 100 candidates.
some Of its manifestations Of greed,
inhumanity, and reaction.
There are some lessons We can
afford to learn from the Com
munist experiment IN Russia.
Russia had adopted a seven-hour
day and f1ve-day week and claims
it has done away with child labor.
Lessons for Capitalism
Capitalism would do well to do
away with some of mans inhuman-
tiles to man and put into effect
maximum of eight hours a day in
all industries and half day on Satur-
days, or a total of forty-four hours
week. We may have to come to
f1ve-day week, and a seven-hour
day, particularly if our power Of
production is beyond our capacity
for consumption.
1--WE should have a uniform old
age pension law to which the states
should contribute two-thirds and the
federal government one-third of the
funds.
1T might be we'll for industrial
capitalism to consider providing adj
ditional insurance to protect its en-
ployes, such as sickness and partial
unemployment benefits.
Summer vacations might well be.
extended to two or three weeks for
the benefit of American labor.
There is no reason why certain
industries in sections of the south
should be permitted to work their
labor more than flfty-four hours a
week, for an average wage of $12 a
week, and to employ child labor
Fish is very careful, in talking
about Communism, to distinguish it
from the liberalism of this country,
and to point out that they are far
apart in their aims.
He himself, though he comes from
a family that was on Alexander
Hamilton's side of early American
thought, a rich family, a family
that stood by President Grant
through his conservative admins
tration, has been independent in his
political conduct.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-17
Doctor Bills
Coal Bills
Education


Morris Plan loans are made on character and earn
ing ability You make application for loan, secur-
ing the Endorsement of two co-makers The loan is
paid in weekly, semi-monthly or monthly repay
ments as best suits your convenience You repay the
loan period of year or less Under the Morris
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

Following the long-established
principle Of the accumulation
Of oil and gas, the gas is in the
'shigh because it is the hghtest.
Below the gas is the oil which
is held up in the structure by wa
ter on which it floats. Thus the
B. s n well, lower on structure,
is on the edge Of the pool. Below
the oil pool-probably to the
VESTS the water column, fed
into the sands from the broken
lodges Of the Rocky Mountains.
Between the edge Of the gas &C.
emulation and the edge Of the
water there is likely an import
ant oil pool. How important, only
the drill can tell. But the drill
has already proven that 1T is
THERE.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

It has a showing Of oil
perhaps five barrels a
day. Anyone who thinks
that this is all the oil ac-
curnulated in this region
viii not make an invest
nlent. But anyone who
thinks that oil is likely to
be found in POOLS may
make a fortune That
might be FORESIGHT
at work, bat is not. for
HINDSIGHT tells us
that the well referred to
was on the edge Of the
Red Coulee or Border
field, with its sensational
g1ashers which boosted
royalty values a hundred
fold.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

Absence AGakes the Heart
His fingers strAyed oysr the key
board.
Nigh 20 the Gloss * day,
The sounds Of his making brought
regerle
And iongings Tor one FAR sway
His fingers strnyed idly and
slowly
Came dreams OF her young fAee
20 fair.
Her sweet lips and peach-like
complexion,
Her blue eyes and fair
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

Although in 3 new territory
this well has an actual PRO
DUCTToN Of 30 barrsIs per day.
II was rated at SO barrels ct com
pletdon but it il certainly & bet
ter well than the Campbell wen
st Kelvin. II that Is all the oil
there il IN the country, it does
not amount to much but mas
much as It Is q new territory htat
has not been explored to any
extent, we believe that It points
the way 20 soma excellent possi.
bidties. Royalties can be picked
mp for wildcat prices. II the
operator drills one wei 10 40
acres, the royalty investor win
get return of $1,000 on each
percent On each quarter section
while the operator Is getting back
TIE cost Of his wells from oil
production. 30 the royalty IN
vestor's Judgment win be backed
up BY q reputable operator whose
gTeaaest asset IL good iudamsnf.
else said operator would nos BE-
Ia business today. The royalty
Investor thus starts off with d
basis o. s probability Of 300 70
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

coffee for breakfast While !
like tea"
Long Wed-''You'il soon set
used 10 coffee"
q 81 q 81
"Ycu look tired.
Eyes, set 40 sleep; my wife
wakes me az every time she
hears q noise IN the might. IN
case It Is burglars.
"But berglaFs make no noise.
Il told her 30, and now she
wakes me up eyery time she does
not hear . noise. ("
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

Lake POndera, which was kick
ed around 8 year before anything
more was done, this well referred
to above has made no notable
impression on investors or even
operators. But there has been no
scramble, such as would occur
could HI1DsIGHT instead Of
FORESIGHT be applied.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

Structural conditions are pref
y apparent il Montana, unlike
the Aidcontinent where the stra-
"a il covered BY soil, 50 when .
well In q new territory finds
SOME oil il il well to ncrutinizs
that immediately vicinity. Those
who study what happened in aim
liar circumstances in similar
fields u times past win Be the
ones who make the ONE invest
ment that il worth 9 lifetime 81
trying.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

Most Of orr members have for
titled themselves with royalties
in Cut Bank field. Those mem
bers and noR-members who have
not done 50 win never find a
more propitious time % move in
ahead Of something that seems
to US as certain as our experience
tells as Pondera and other fields
were at the beginning.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

That is not a wild guess but
FACTS furnished by HIND
SIGHT, for that was the situation
at Ponders. Those whose fore
sight like Fulton, Chessher and
others told them that an oppor-
tunity was afforded BY the infor-
nation Of the discovery wen,
made fortunes.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

That q an example Of FORE
SIGHT and not hindaight. That
is q situation that exists today
in 8 potential oil field in the
State Of Montana.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

mended that the propar lubriea-
ton for an Austin Is % hang
i on the wall and spray With
fit gun.
. q q q
Have you ever had any stage
experienced"
Yeah. ! had my les IN a
cast once.
q d q q
Those two girls are rivals ia
dress, aren't theyf"
Yes. each tries 10 onistrip the
other"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

It is an odd thing that these
things always have to lie around
for a year before the public
wakes up to them. When the
awakening comes, there is-and
viii be-a scurry and scramble
and prices win go s<y-rOcketing
later to drift back down. But
only those who have used FORE
SIGHT viii have anything to sell
at the peak to those whose
'HINDsTGHT is their prOpelIing
force.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

The well referred to is the B.
q 4. producer in the Cut Bank
field. It is an oil well; OF that
there is no doubt. It has shown
more oil than the discovery wells
in either Cat Greek, Kevin-sun-
burst, Pondera or Border fields.
Nearby are the tremendous
ONeiI gasaers which are che
supply for the new Butte pipe
line.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

A well in a new terri
tory has a flow of about
100000 cubic feet Of
gas and is splitting from
one to three barrels of
black oil in "A hours. 1t
looks like an edge well
and points the way to the
royalty investor to buy
for a few dollars royalties
that viii pay an AVER
AGE Of $50 per cent per
acre over the productive
area in the next three
years.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

Here is a well located
on the MusselsheII river,
IN a new district, making
about 10 barrels Of oil
and a lot Of water, from
a shallow sand. It is not
a commercial well and win
make none rich but the
average one per cent Of
royalty on each acre IN
this field will in 10 years
pay $3.50, for this field
viii in that time yield
TWENTY THREE
MILLION DOLLARS
from the shallow sands
alone.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

In other words, if we had but
known back in 1920 what we now
know about Cat Greek we would
have bought royalties for a few
dollars that would have made
us tremendously rich. On the
basis Of wildcat values, we would
have made approximately $780,
5000 for every 500 invested.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

What shall I dog I'm engaged
70 q man who Says he aimply
can't bear children"
We'll. you can't expect too
much from a husband.
''Tei me. my dear. how do you
manage to gst the maid up 80
early IN the monrlngf"
1T was rsther clever Of me.
! introduced her 70 the milk
man"
q q q q
Just Married MY wife likes
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12
Making ''Hindsight" an Asset

If our FORESIGHT were as
good as our HINDSIGHT we
would all be rich within a few
years, and the secret Of success
in any enterprise is the deyel-
opment Of foresight based on
hindsight
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

If we had known in 1921 what
we know about Kevin-Sunburst
today we could have made q
FORTUNE from the Investment
Of 800.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

If we had known in 1926 what
we know about Pondera today,
we would have from royalty earn
ings on wildcat royalty invest
ments a return Of $4,000 for
each 800 invested
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

Let as continue this game and
point out q well in Section Pa
6W.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

That looks like a tremendous
investment opportunity, but it
is not. That is HINDSIGHT at
work. for the situation described
Is Cat Creek oil field.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

Again let Us look over the OPP
pOrtunity afforded by q wen il ;
new territory on the Alberta
aide Of the border
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

Those who join as at this time
viii have the advantage Of our
INFORMATION SERVICE which
has proven its value during the
past few weeks.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12

If we had known in 1929 what
we know today about the Border
field we would have bought for
d few dollars royalties under the
biggest wells in that field.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12
HINDsIGHT

We wish to point out
something very signifi-
can't
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-09-12


While correspondent are dis
cussing methods OF locating IN
dsreround streams, would Ike
10 add q little TO the symposium.
Many years ago when Texas
oil men we're first beginning 70
produce on a large scale. nay
grandfather's Scotch terrier,
sandy. saved drillera many
thousands Of dollars and weeks
Of valuable time. which they
might have spent In searching
for petroleum where there WIS no
petroleum.
Grandfather used 70 walk with
sandy over territory which was
supposed to be rich in oil. and
the TERROR would dart ahead,
run around In circles and leap
into the air until his unerring
sixth sense told him that he was
standing over an OIL deposit
Then he would remain perfect
" still, holding his left fore
foot in the air and would bark
three times to attract grandfath
er's attention. Drilling would be-
gin on that spot as soon as the
machinery could be brought up.
and the driller never failed tol
find oil.
Sandy lived to be 1s years old,
but al the age Of IA his legs
became paralyzed and It was
necessary for grandfather to
transport him about the OIL fields
in special wheel chair.
&C. d. Macmillan in Chicago
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