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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22

According to California drill
ing reports. only 252 wells were
started in that state during the
first six months OF this year,
as compared with sol for the
same period In 1889. Figures
for the United States show less
drilling for the first half OF this
year than for any similar period
since 1898. giving weight to the
predictions OF those who look
forward to an actual shortage Of
OH within the next few months.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22

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ruled the plan to bring IN add
tiOnal parties.
Issues Sisnpllfiod
The result is that the case viii
80 to trial in the federal term
or court with the Interpretation
of the contract as the only issue,
The contract IN question was
arranged by the organizers Of the
Northern Natural Gas company
who sold ont. shortly after the
execution Of the contract, to
Hope Engineering company and
Montana cities Gas company.
Later the interests now known
as the Northwest States Utilities
company came into owenrship of
the Northern Natural Gas Devel-
through purchase Of CON
troll Of Montana ciElsa and so
States Utilities in
nerited the lawsuit.
Hurd, Han a Mccabe raprahkhts
he sunburst and I. Parker veagey
$ attorney for the gas company.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22
FLAMING WELLS
CLAIM LIVES

Flaming gussless o. the
East Texas Oh Fields have
snufged out q total o. %
human lives, aecoraing to a
recent su1nmary q activity
in this district. ssnce jan
uary 1, 1875 have been SER
iously burned 10 oll field
blazes, the report declares.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22
Badger Basin Wildcat
Flowing ESQ Barrels

According to q special dispatch in the Inland on
index 81 Casper Rssoiute Oh Company 8800foct wild
cat il Badger Basin on the Wyoming Montana line :
flowing At the rate Of $50 barrels daily Of b0gTavg OIL
under thousandpound back pressure az the casnghead
without tubing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-12
Humidity Necessary

The air in the house on an av-
erage winter day is twice as dry
as the air in the Sahara desert,
says a heating expert. Such air
is a menace to the health, as it
dries the tissues of the nose and
throat, making them more suscep-
tible to cold germs. The dry air is
also damaging to the furniture.
IL you have stove, keep ket-
tie of water on the back of l.. that
he steam may make the air moist
If you use radiators place a pan
of water on them and you will find
the room more comfortable.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-12

spoons baking powder and a half
teaspoon of salt. Cut five table
spoons of fat into this and add
slowly half cup of water. This
will make a stiff dough which may
be patted into shape and placed
on top of seasoned cherries, APP
pies, peaches or almost any fruit.
Cut holes in the crust to permit
the steam to escape and bake a
half hour.
"A can of shredded pineapple
may form the fruit foundation.
Add to it, for flavor, two table,
spoons of butter, half teaspoon
of nutmeg and two tablespoons of
lemon juice.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-12
Signing Your Name

When writing a business letter,
it helps the recipient of that letter
if you print your name with the
typewriter, below where you will
sign it. It also helps if you will
annex, in parenthesis, Mrs. or Miss
Miss, as the case may be. So many
people get the habit of scrawling
their name in some fantastic way
which is not legible to one not
knowing it. This makes it very
difficult for the recipient to reply
intelligently, for he does not know
whom he is addressing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-12

10 sner or later children go i 1.a
'u ls uorld to manage their
INTO . rs affairs. The mother
own w. A. her full duty unless
'n :. n,actice handling ones own ',
TO p i the best way to learn the s
money ; dollar. The untaugnt
y 's,'a limits his expenditures only
% ss'' he sum available. -,
A. ideal plan is to give q ehlia
An .,,avance, from the time he ). IS
:. ~. 'l = count pennies. One cOndi-
s0ls - - this allowance should De
ton tss . q in, Of an account book.
=, :. ~. 18th the child about his ex-
ia.s a;. r = calmly and sympa-
p .sst;eslly. Help him make a bud
IT and allow him enough 20 cove
!; :, and permit some savings above 0s
4 Show him that if ne does eos
mend all his money, ne mas II TOT TO-,
something he greatly desires, 1or
aim or for occasional presents.
10 watch a bank account grow y.
!. . great impetus to saving. II
vou and the child can save Tor ms
College fund, and see it grow from
month to month and year TO year,
ne memory Of those sacrifices ana
he value of those childhood dol
lars will keep him from extrava-
esnce, in college or in later lie.
In planning the budget, help the
child to know what he needs and
what he can omit and how much
things should cost. When articles
are to be bought for him, go to-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-12
Mantle Motto

y a5s
T. C. Steele, the artist, had this
motto carved over his fireplace:
Every morning I take off my hat
to the beauties of the world"
How we could sweeten our souls
and our days, by seeking out, every
morning, something beautiful to
put us in the right frame of mind
for the day. Beauty is all about US
if we look for it-beauty Of nature
of sound, of thought or of char
acter. The person who habitually
thinks upon whatsoever things
are beautiful will unconsciously
absorb much of that beauty.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-12
Baby Hose

Baby hose are more expensive
than those for grownups, consid-
ering the material which goes into
them. 1t is worth while to try to
protect them from runs. One way
to do this is to sew small tapes
to the top of the hose and pin the
diaper to the tapes rather than
into the top Of the ose.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-12
Pudding Pie

A delicious fruit pudding may
be made with any tart fruit, by
baking it, covered with a crust
which is a cross between pie
crust and biscuit dough. This re-
sembles Grandmother's 'cobbler"
and is improved by the addition of
cream, whipped or plain, or tart
pudding sauce.
Make a crust as follows: Sift
two cups of flour with two tea
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-12
z for the
WDnD0p! Reader
" by
!. florence Rddick BoDS
Children and Money
coR1RiGHrE9

pether and discuss values and help
him learn when it is wise to cut
corners and when, to spend and
how to live balanced financial
life. He will soon discover that
one cannot fool himself, that dol
lars cannot really be stretched
and that the only way to make
them cover the whole program is
to manipulate them wisely.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-12
Pudding Sauce

To three cups of water add a
small cup of sugar, three table
spoons of butter, half teaspoon
each of nutmeg and of salt, and
two tablespoons of vinegar. Boil
these for five minutes and then
thicken with two tablespoons of
cornstarch, first stirred smooth
with cold water. Simmer slowly
for a few minutes longer until the
cornstarch loses it's raw ia tie.
Serve warm on buildings.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-12
Salads

When green vegetables are less
in order, delicious salads may be
made with fruits; as-c h p p d
dates and oranges combined, or
cabbage, apples and bananas, pine
apple and shredded cocoanut.
Chopped raisins or figs are pleas
ing additions to almost any salad.
Cover with mayonnaise.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-12
Cheesed Carrots

To two cups of boiled macaroni,
add cup of diced, cooked carrots,
cup of chopped or grated cheese
to which are added two tablespoons
of flour, cup and half of milk,
and salt and pepper to taste. Bake
half hour in moderate oven.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-12

The startling career of
the baby-faced killer who
was The Gar of the I'm
deworld, the land of cross
and double cross! 1t will
get you!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1931-02-12
SUNDAY
and
MONDAY

Roaring revelry from
first to last! The country
pumpkin invades pineap-
pie land for a new crop of
laughs; Machine guns
make the music! All the
excitement of a "Fu Man
chu" hair-raiser! All the
JOY Oakie is famous for!
Evening star., 1931-06-25
Secretary Studies French Reply
With Hoover, but Insists on
Maintaining Silence.
$lOO,OOO,OOO SHORT-TERM LOAN
TO REICHSBANK CONSIDERED
BRAND Informs German Leaders Confer
ence on Political Situation Will
Be Welcomed.


PARIS June 25-Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary Of
ons for the Of arriving at
The Secretary Of the Treasury
Ambassador Edge at the United
got there from the railroad station.
Mr.. Mellon declared that he had
ceved instructions Washington
Tomorrow the Secretary members of the French
cabinet at luncheon given by Premier Laval.
BY the Associate Pres
second cabinet arranged today sail for Europe to
participate in the final negotiations
ternational
Secretary Stmson who recently
Mellon that he would Summer de-
cded to sail Saturday the Grande for Naples
Meantime, Secretary Mellon
quarters from London silence fell upon
Washington oadom regarding carrying
out the moratorium.
The reply of France to the Presidents being
by Mr. Hoover and Secretary smson but the supposed
counter-proposa of that country disclosed.
Consider Reichsbank Loan
Another proposal designed Germany by grant of
to the end of the month
the Bank of France and the Settlements
Gov Eugene Meyer meeting the Federal Reserve
The credit movement supplementary plan
and regarded a
promote stability further evil
dence OF good faith sincere
situation.
Evening star., 1931-06-25
new YORK WOMAN
JUDGE IS REMOVED
Appellate Court Ruling Sus-
tains Untitness Charge
Against lean Norris.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 25.-MagiStrate
Jean Norris, first woman to be appoint
ed to the magistracy in New York, was
removed today by the appellate divi-
sion of the Supreme Court.
The five justices of the appellate di-
vision retired to consider the charges
of malfeasance at noon today. Within
an hour they came back with the de-
cision that they had unanimously agreed
that four of the five counts of mall
feasance brought by Referee Samuel
Seabury. investigator of the lower courts,
were sustained, and Mrs. Norris was
removed from the bench.
Mrs Norris was charged with being
unfit to hold office. her accusers de-
claring she had altered court records,
permitted her name to be used IN a
yeast advertisement, been unnecessarily
harsh with prisoners in WOmen'S Court
and committed other uniting acts.
She took the stand for four hours in
her defense yesterday. While she was
under croSs-eXaminatton Referee Sea-
bury charged she had convicted one girl
defendant of being wayward minor
dlGI1OuRn ILleIC was 41O1 OAAG S11 oP "a
common law evidence against her.
Widely Known Leader.
AS the first woman magistrate here
and as leader in women's activities
Mrs. Norris was internationally known
Early widowed, Jean Hortense Noonan
Norris turned to the law as her pro-
fession, and after her admission to the
bar in 1909 specialized in Federal, State
and city tax matters. One of her &C
complishmentS was the organization OF
the Delinquent Tax Bureau of the New
York State controllers office. She is a
former president of the National Wom-
en- Lawyers Association and an ex-
president of the New York State FEEDER
alton of Business and Professional
Women's Clubs.
During the World War period she
was co-leader with George Olvany
later head of Tammany Hall, of the
tenth assembly district of the Demo-
cratic party organization here. Her
appointment to the bench by Mayor
Hylan in 1919 created widespread inter-
est among professional women.
Boston Gives Recognition.
In recognition of her position Boston
gave her the freedom of the city in
1922. In 1928 she made tour of
Europe, Africa end the Orient and was
accorded the honor of sitting on the
bench with the presiding justices in
many foreign countries where no woman
ever sat before.
Evening star., 1931-06-25
THREE-CENT FARE
+. TO Be CONTESTED
IN DISTRICT COURT
Three Transit Companies
Notify Commission, Attack
ing Act of Congress.

Washington street car and bus lines
notified the Public Utilities Commission
today that they would go to the District
Supreme Court TO contest the order for
Scent fares for school children on the
ground it is unconstitutional.
The notices were filed personally by
S. Russell Bowen. G. Thomas Dunlap
and George p. Hoover, attorneys for the
Washington Railway g. Electric Co.. the
Capital Traction Co, and the Washing
ton Rapid Transit Co.. respectively.
The notices were couched in forrnida-
BILE legal language and contained state
ments that the act of Congress passed
February 26, 1881. on which the order
for the lower fares was based. sis un-
constitutional and void" and that even
If, not. the order of the commission
was without warrant Of law and
without finding Of fact suficient to
substantiate it.
Continuation of the fare would work
"irreparable injury" and amount to
confiscation Of the properties Of the
companies in violation of the fifth
amendment of the Constitution pro-
hibiting the taking of property without
due process of law, the notices as
serted.
The order of the commission was
issued March 5, 1891. It set the fare
for school children at 8 cents, the
maximum allowed by the act OF Con-
gress. The fare is available to an
school children under the age. OF lS,
who purchase strips Of tickets con-
tanning 10 or 40 tickets.
The time for an appeal from the order
OF the commission to the District Su-
preme Court under the statute govern
ing such appeals expires next Tuesday
Sc the companies papers must be fleo
by that day. It is understood, how
ever, the papers will be filed tomorrow.
The notices filed today did not con-
tain any statement Of the losses caused
by the operation of the new fare or any
other evidence on which the attorneys
will rely on their effort to have the order
set aside.
Evening star., 1931-06-25
Jury DEL|BERATES
ON SHAP|RO'S FATE
Realty Mans Trial Ends as
Judge Outlines Points
in Case.

The District Supreme Court jury
early this afternoon was celebrating
or verdict as to whether or not Jacob
B. Shapiros meteoric rise and fall in
the Washington realty market was not
accomplished by fraudulent mail
scheme.
The case went to the jury at 1890
o'clock this morning, after trial OF
two weeks in which the Government
produced many witnesses to testify Sha-
piro had used the mails to defraud by
inducing purchasers of real estate to
buy property incumbered by an alleged
hidden trust.
Fraud Intent Charged.
John w. Fihelly charged in his argu-
ment to the jury that fraudulent in
tent had been proven beyond a rea-
sonable doubt because the evidence
adduced both from Government wit
nesses and from the defendant him.
self showed that Shapiro had run
Illegally amuck" during his 10 years
of operating here; that he had robbed
Peter to pay Paul" by borrowing money
to purchase land, obtained loans to
pay off his first transaction and then
borrowed funds again to build homes
which he sold incumbered by ground
trust.
The prosecution further contended
that Shapiro in carrying out his scheme
not only "defrauded property owners,
banks and mortgage houses, but de-
frauded every one with whom he came
in contact"
The defense, through It's chief coun-
sci, Alvin L. Newmyer, requested ver-
dict of acQuittal on the ground that the
Government had failed to make out a
case proving fraudulent intent, that
Shapiro did not Intentionally shield the
ground trusts from the property pur-
caasers, because he alone was obligated
to pay, and that the defendant was
being made the goat as the result of
a Senatorial Committee investigation
last July into real estate practices here.
Stresses Three Points.
Justice Jesse C.. Adkins, in his 80
minute charge to the jury, explained
that there were three elements in the
offense charged The accused first, he
said, must have devised scheme to
defraud; he must have placed or caused
to have been placed in some place in
the establishment of the United States
mails a letter for delivery, and he must
have done this for the purpose of exc
cutting or attempting to execute the
scheme to defraud.
I'm order to violate the statute in
volved," Adkins said, "it is. not neces-
Sary that the alleged fraudulent scheme
or artifice met with success or that gain
accrued to, the perpetrator or loss to
the purchasers"
Evening star., 1931-06-25
HOLDS DEBT PLAN.
APPROVAL HOPES
Stimson Still Thinks French
May Agree With World
on Suspension.
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

According to well informed circles,
the French reply to President Hoover's
suggestion is not wholly satisfactory. It
insists on Germany's paying the uncon-
ditional slice of the Young plan INSTALL
ments.
It is explained that the payments on
which France insists are really nominal
since the French government is willing
that they should be reloaned imme-
diately to Germany by the Bank for In
ternational Settlements at Basel. To
the man in the street it may appear
preposterous that the French govern
ernment should insist on such an ar
rangement, which might jeopardize the
entire Hoover plan, without bringing it
any material advantage.
France, it is revealed, was compelled
to couch its answer to the American
Government in these terms for the fol-
lowing reason: The Young plan has be-
come a law in France. It is one Of
many laws the French Chamber of Dep
utieS and the Senate vote every year.
The German payments cannot conSe-
quently be suspended unless the French
Parliament amends the law. Therefore
the French government Is compelled to
CONTINUED on Page 4, Column So
Evening star., 1931-06-25
GAS Co. IS NOTIFIED
OF CAPITAL PROBE
Date TO Be Set by Commits.
sion in Ten Days-May
Start in Fall.

The Public Utilities Commission to-
day served notice on the Washington
g. Georgetown Gas Light Companies
that formal public hearing will be
ordered on the questions of overcharges
made by the two companies, variations
in allowable pressures in gas mains,
what pressure shall be allowed in the
future and how charges are affected by
pressure.
The notice warns the company 10
days from today the commission will
proceed to set the date for the hearing,
which is expected to be held in the
Fall.
The notice reads as follows:
Notice is hereby given, in accordance
with the law creating the Public
Utilities Commission of the District of
Columbia, that the commission, as a
result of complaints and on its own
motion, has investigated gas service in
general, including the operations of
both the Washington and the George
town Gas Light Companies; the bills
rendered under the existing schedule of
rates during the last eight months; the
pressureS existing in transmission and
distribution systems during the same
period; the minimum and maximum
pressures to be allowed in the future, as
well as the variation to be allowed be-
tween the daily maximum and minimum
preSsures; the adequacy of the trans
mission and distribution systems of the
companies, both as to existing loads, as
well as any anticipated increase thereof,
and charges, particularly, in so far as
they are affected by pressure.
THE commission has become salts
fed that SUFFICIENT grounds exist tc
warrant formal public hearing being
ordered as to the matters SO investi-
gated.
Ten days after this notice the com
mission win proceed to set the time and
place for the public hearing"
Tt is thought that the hearing will be
held in September, before the heating
season begins.
Evening star., 1931-06-25

ime to a considered
climbing
accurate within much better
10000
half
down just little west Of the
a
popped time just rihe ahead Of shoulder
suppose It won't ALL
suppose they think
Seat a Regular ROcki Chair.
that comfortable The
stick elongated
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and that
with
dashboard Reactions automatic guess
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CONTINUED on
Evening star., 1931-06-25
STOCK PRICES REACT
AFTER RAPID GAINS
Recent Advances Bring Out Heavy
Profit Taking-Trading in
Large Volume.
BY the Associated press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 25..-Stocks hustled
higher in excited trading during the
morning and early afternoon today, but
then ran out of breath and reacted.
Heavy profit taking induced by the
rapid advance which again centered in
the metal issues, Clipped away the gains
rapidly and sent numerous prominent
issues moderately under the previous
close.
United States Steel common. after
rising 81 to $l02, more than lost its
improvement, and similar upturns In
several rails, including New York Gen.
trail and Union Pacific, were converted
into net declines. Extreme advances
of 81 to So in the coppers dwindled OF
disappeared.
The earlier rally saw an enormous
volume of trading and the ticker fell
seven minutes behind the market In
recording the transactions. Some realiz.
ing occurred around noon, but it was
easily absorbed and prices resumed
their climb. The subsequent reversal
however, was more insistent and trad
ing became virtually as active on the
downside as 1t had been on the rally.
Evening star., 1931-06-25
u. S. WOMEN TAKE
ENGLISH MATCHES
Mrs. L. A. Harper Advances to
Third Round-Mrs. Van Ryn in
Fourth at Wimbledon.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WIMBLEDON STADIUM, England,
June 25.-Mrs. L. A. Harper OF Oak
land, Calf, first ranking player on
the United States list Of 1880, today
advanced to the third round OF the
Wimbledon tennis championships with
a 6-3, 60 victory over Mrs. Marshall,
an unranked English player.
Mrs. John Van Ryn of Philadelphia,
who played her second round match
yesterday while Mrs. Harper was idle,
advanced to the fourth round by de-
feating Miss Trenham of England,
Us, 6-2.
Helen Jacobs of Berkeley, Calf, ad-
vanced to the last 16 of the women's
singles by defeating Mrs. j. B. Pittman
of England, 6-3, 6-4, in third round
match.
Evening star., 1931-06-25
POST AND GATTY TRAVEL LIGHT,
EVEN CHANGE OF SHIRT
Two Handkerchiefs, Extra Underwear and Socks Con-
stitute Only Baggage on Tour of World.

to at refueling stops-or else the flyers
may arrive back in New York with a
weeks growth of beard.
Col. Roscoe Turner announced from
the Iockheed Aircraft factory in Los
Angeles last night the flyers had re-
fused to carry an extra propeller or
spare motor parts
wiley said the prop would have to
do because he did not want to carry
the few added pounds Of an emergency
blade" Col. Turner said.
Evening star., 1931-06-25
Palace of Ancients
Shows Resemblance
To Christian Church
BY the Associated Presc.

oy the ASSOClalcu EIGSOs
CHICAGO, June 25.-Court
rooms with choir lofts-resem-
bling the naveS of Christian
churches, but built several thou
sand years before Christ-have
been excavated from two Sassa-
nian palaces on the site of Kish,
ancient Persian capital.
Stephen Simms, director OF the
Field Museum of Natural History,
disclosed the discovery in announc-
ing shipment of treasures from
the MeSopotamian ruins.
The building suggests the in
fiuence of the famous sects of the
Manichaens." Simms said. so
striking Is its resemblance to a
Christian cathedral that one is
led to question its description as
a palace"