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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-07

Fargo. N. D., June 7.-(P)-
Harry Stricken. Moorhead, has
learned much of the workings of
the law during the last few
months. Charged recently with
aggravated assault and battery,
he pleaded guilty in .Cass county
court and was sentenced to a year
in the county Jail and fined $1,000.
Later his attorney began habeas
corpus proceedings to have him
released on grounds the county
court was without jurisdiction
because the crime is a felony.
The state supreme court issued
a writ of habeas corpus for
Stricker's release after the district
court had refused to grant the
writ.
Stricken was released, but inn
mediately was rearrested on the
same charge. In justice court
Monday, his attorney argued for
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-07
Farmers Elevator
Makes Good Record

New England, N. D., June 6-The
Farmers Elevator at New England,
according to a check made Satur-
day, paid five cents more for q
bushel of wheat than was paid on
the Fargo market, according to w.
G. MARI, secretary Of the local eleva-
tor.
In spite of the keen competition
here the directors hope to be able to
pay an eight per cent stock dividend
this year, although it is likely that
the proration dividend will be passed
this year." Mari said.
The board retained M. A. Grannis,
manager, and John M McGovern,
bookkeeper. for the ensuing year and
made plans for the annual meeting
to be held here July 9. Herman Mel
son is president; John G. Hart, vice
president: Mari, secretary, and o. j..
Olson and Halvor Peterson, directors.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-07

was the challenge of DR.. Polling, who
emphasized he would be against any
revision.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-07

Millionaires in England last year
numbered $40.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-07
POLL INSPECTORS
FOR PRIMARY ARE
: SELECTEDBYDA
employment of Men Out of
Work For Clerks is Suggest
ed by Commission

I inspectors for Bismarck's Is polling
places at the June 20 state primary
eiectlon were named by the city COM
mission in its regular business meet
ing Monday evening.
The inspectors follow:
First ward, first precinct-W. j.
Noggle.
First ward, second precinct-H. F.
Keller.
First ward, third precinct-B. F.
Lawyer.
Second ward, first precinct-R. w.
Lumry.
Second ward, second precinct-E. F..
Trepp.
Second ward, third precinct-W. F..
McGraw.
Third ward, first precinctM. E.
Mcintyre.
Third ward, second precinct-Har-
old Griffith.
Third ward, third precinct. E.
Tierney.
Fourth ward-N. F.. Julius.
Fifth ward-F. A. Eernisse.
Sixth ward, first precincts. o. Le-
Barron.
Sixth ward, second precinct-Rich-
ard Penwarden.
The appointments were made by the
commission with the suggestion that
eacn inspector employ men out of
work to serve as election clerks.
Amendment Is Passed
An amendment to the new CITY
plumbing ordinance, reducing the Ii
cense fee for a journeyman from $40
10 So, was given its second reading and
passed.
The commission passed motion to
close Thayer avenue between Six
teenth and Seventeenth SITS. Mrs.
Randa Mills, who wrote to the COM
mission in opposition to the closing
OF the street, will be informed that she
can oppose the action further by TAX
ing the matter to court.
Arrangements to borrow a large
beam for the city scales from an east
ern company for use while the beam
in use at present is being prepared
were completed at the Monday night
session.
An offer from Claude Hansen to
pay the face value of delinquent taxes
on Lots 10 and II. Block 16, Governor
Pierce addition, for their purchase was
accepted. These lots are on Nineteenth
ST.. just north of Rosser avenue.
F. S. Lunde, manager of the Bis
marck Oh company, appeared before
the commission in regard to certain
arrangements in connection with the
installation of filling station by his
S1rm in the eastern part of the city.
Commissioner H. T. Perry agreed to
visit the property Tuesday morning
and to instruct Lunde as to how to
meet the requirements of the COM
mission.
Four Reports Received
Reports of City Weigher F. j. Nc
Cormick and Police Chief G. j. Mar
tineson for May were received. as we'll
as the April and May reports from
Police Magistrate E. S. Allen.
A total of ITO loads were weighed
on the city scales during the month,
resulting in a revenue of ST.. The
loads were described as follows: Coal
397, ice 8, hay %, cattle 10, hogs 10,
corn 70, potatoes ID, sand II, gravel
81, and seed "A.
The magistrate collected in fines
$42.4O for % cases in April and $68 for
63 cases in May, according to his re-
ports. May cases were described as
follows: Traffic violations AZ, dis
orderly conduct 10, vagrancy /, and
peddling without a license /. Includ-
ed in the April cases were eight for
traffic violations, 10 for disorderly
conduct, one for peddling without a
license, and three for vagrancy.
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Splitting with dry organizations
opposed to resubmission Of the Ii
quor question, DR.. Daniel A. Polling
has resigned as chairman of the AL
lied Forces for Prohibition. DR..
Polling spoke in Bismarck last fall
when the Allied Campaigners staged
a prohibition rally here extending
over several days. In resigning his
post, DR.. Polling announced he would
favor national referendum on pro-
hibition. If the vets have the votes
to bring about a change in the 18th
amendment, let them produce them,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-07
County Commissioners
Hold Meeting in City

Members of the board of Burleigh
county commissioners met In the
courthouse here Tuesday forenoon
with County Auditor A. c. Isaminger
for their regular June business meet
Ing.
Only routine matters were discussed
Tuesday. Isaminger said.
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gagement at the Edgewater Bes
club at st. Clair Shores, Mich, VIII,
they were the headliners Of q fk
show and were presented as origiI
tors Of the "Harlemanian." II
were associated during the win
with Paul Whiteman and have {
quired an extensive reputation
dancers in the East and abroad.
From Bismarck, the two plan to
to New York to appear at the
Regis Ball room.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-07
Stage Star Visits
Father in Bismarck

Douglas Galloway, known on the
stage as Norman Selby, arrived ir
Bismarck Monday to spend a shor.
vacation with his father, F. E. Gallo
way of the state highway commission
He is accompanied by his wife. who
as Arlene Selby, is his stage partner
The couple recently closed an en-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-07

perm, Glen Ullin; Quentin Burdick,
WilliSton.
Graduate Schoolmaster of Science
in Psychometrics: Alice M. Christian,
Turtle Lake.
Doctors of Medicine: Chauncey N.
Borman, Abercrombie.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-07

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
THE CALIFORNIA WAVE NOOK
specializes In combination waves,
spiral tops with ringlet ends. Com
plete. $3.75 and $500. l02 3rd st..
Bismarck. N. Oak. Phone 782.
Evening star., 1932-02-14

THE tract Of land which was purchased ~
Mr.. Lewis on Seventh street road and which
at that time was close to the toll gate at Rock
Creek Church road, consisted of five acreA
Here he erected a modern home for his grove
ing family; at first only one wing. later another
and finally the central part. Some years later
two acres Of this land were presented to his
oldest son, Joseph Knowles Lewis. for many
years . clerk In the Navy Department. The
name Of Hopeton was given to the place.
Mr. Lewis died October II. 1877, at hi
Seventh street road residence. and from .
local paper we copy the following:
The funeral of the late Joseph c. Lewis.
for many years leading agent Of life and
fire insurance companies in this District, and
for long time past deacon in the First
Baptist Church. took place yesterday afternoon
from his residence Seventh street road,
above the Scheutzen Park, and was very
largely attended. The services consisted Of
reading the Scriptures by Rev. DR. Cuthbert,
Rev. A. F. Mason, and singing by a choir under
the direction of H. G. Aver. The interment
was made at the Congressional Cemetery"
Before Mr.. Lewis dea tn Hopeton became the
property of Francis H. Stickney. who had
married Mr.. Lewis daughter. Julia Elizabeth,
and here Mr.. Stickney and his family resided
for 10 years.
Frank L. Stickney recently in a talk regard
ing the home Of his early manhood. where he
spent some years as child with his grand
parents, said:
During the Civil War Hopeton was the
center Of q locality filed with passing regiments
and an the stir and panoply Of war. During
many days through 1861l865 many soldiers
passed along the highway Tubs of water on
the lawn satisfied thirsty soldiers. surgeon
falling from his horse near the place was
Evening star., 1932-02-14

Prom the first, Joseph Constant Lewis was
the neighbor to the north of Mr.. Gass. He
was Of the earliest settlers along the
Seventh street pike. having moved there about
the time Of the brief administration Of Presi-
dent William Henry Harrison in 1s41 He
came from Ohio and the of David
and Elmira CauIkins Lewis. who emigrated TO
Delaware County. Ohio, in 1904, where the
son. Joseph C. Lewis. was born September %,
1906. On April 80. 1880, he married in Green
VILE N Y, Mary Knowles, in the ancestral
home Of the Knowles family.
In politics Mr.. Lewis Whig. and an
ardent supporter of William Henry Harrison
in the political campaign of 1S40 making
speeches and aiding as far as possible IN the
generals election. He rewarded with q
cleTkship in Washington, and thither he re-
moved with his family. where he was domciled
in several homes on Capitol Hill, which IN
those early days was the fashionable locality
of the Nations Capital. Probably the best
known Of his residences was the old Tunnecltn
House, reputed to be Wash!ngton's first hotel.
It was also known as the Eastern Branch Hotel,
and was opened in the Fall of 1896 by WI
ham Tunneclin an Englishman.
The death of President Harrison occasioned
the loss Of Mr.. Lewis Official position. Upon
advice Of friends he visited New York City
and returned as tie agent for several fire and
life insurance companies He opened an Office
on the second floor of a building next to the
corner of E street on Seventh street. renting
from the Mattngly family. At that time this
was the center of the commercial district, and
the quarters were occupied until the fine new
iron building known the May Building
was erected on the northeast corner Of E and
Seventh streets. His Office on the second floor
front was easily recognized by lis name which
was painted the metal surface over the
windows of the building. The business was
successful from the start and had many WeA
0<5Cia1S n iciDa1 and U1Ih1ic E4e
for is patrons. Here also the ONCE Of
the Piney Branch Quarry, dealing in building
material, and conducted by Mr.. Lewis son-in.
Law, J. r. H. Hall.
Evening star., 1932-02-14
BY JOHN CL4CETT PROCTOR.

EORGIA AVENUE is one Of the old
est thoroughfares leading out Of
Washington. Early known as the
Seventh Street turnpike, it ex-
tended. as it does today. from
Florida avenue to the District line.
Evening star., 1932-02-14

= EORGIA AVENUE up 10 the period of the
~ Civil War was practically nothing but
farm land Between 1859 and 1850 but few
persons lived and ownef ODerty on what
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-10-15

VIZ PREPOsTEROUs


A member OF congress was
very much impressed with
the dignity Of his position,
and it was always ON his
mind. One night bis wife
awakened him and whisper
ed:
John, there are burglars
in the house"
'sYou must be mistaken
my DEAR he answered.
There may be a few An
the senate, but In the house
oh no; the idea Is prepOs-
terous.u
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-10-15

Two lady school teachers from
Louisville. spending their vaca-
tlons exploring western Canada
stopped at a small and old-fash-
Toned hotel n Alberta One OF
the pair. inclined TO be worri-
some when travelling. couldn't
rest untf she had made a tour
Of ths corridors to hunt ont
exits m case Of fire. The first
door she opened. unfortunately,
turned out 20 be that OF the
public bath, occupied at the mo-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-10-15

bank, he faced paying double the
amount OF his bank stock for the
benefit Of creditors Of the bank.
Had he converted his Baker royal
ty into cash. that money would
have gone either in the market or
the bank.
Meantime the Baker royalty was
supporting his family. This wild
cat speculation has provided q
steady income while ali else OF
this mans lifetime Of work and saw
ing went haywire."
Which incident again points
out tho axiom
A ROYALTY Is THE ONLY
INVESTMENT WHICH CAN
NOT BE IaEPERILED BY THE
BAD JUDGMENT or OTHERS.
The resent insult receivership,
the Straus crash and the many
bank failures emphasize the fact
that no matter how great the AC-
TUAL VALUE Of a project in which
the investor places his money, that
value may be swept away by an err
ror In Judgment or by the accrual
OF Liabilities IN prosperous times
which cannot be met in bad times.
It is difficult to differeutiate be-
tween an investment and specu-
lation. Recently someone gave this
definition:
A speculation is an invest
ment so risky that no invest
ors want a, and an Investment
Is a speculation so safe that
no spectators want it.
The most conservative invest
ments. OF the insult and straus
type, have proven to be the great
est speculations o. this age be-
cause the investogs had to specu-
late on the success Or failure Of the
project itself and speculate fur
thermore on the judgment Of others.
An investment might be better de-
scrfbed as placing money into the
hands Of capitalists Of supposedly
great ability who win SPECULATE
with it and If they wan, the invest
or gets good rate Of Interest, and
If the capitalists lose the investor
loses his money. The greatest mon
eymakera In the world are fire.
quenRly the greatest spectators
who speculate on OTHER peoples
money. So the fortunes are made
by the spectators and the IN
VISITORS take either interest on
the anvestment or the loss.
So a royalty must needs be a
SPECULATION. There Is no way
Of looking into the ground to see
how much oil It contains. It is
possible to determines whether there
is a formation present which may
contain oil and to determine wheth-
err the conditions under the ground
are likely 10 trap and hold the oil
within reach Of a drfiI. But It Is
not possible to KNOW how much
oil exists under given piece OF
ground. That Is something IN the
hands OF Providence alone.
A man may buy portion Of all
the oil and gas under a given
tract Of ground. with the provision
that his share is 10 be delivered TO
him FREE OF COST or PRODUc-
TT0N and rest assured that the
errors Of a European match king
win not deprive him Of this prop
erty. II the oil can not be mar
keted for a price that viii make
it profitable to take It from the
ground, the royalty ewner's oil is
going 10 stay in the ground In
FREE underground storage. II It
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-10-15

Nice looking new suit yon have
there" we commented to a friend
as we walked down Central
avenue.
"'Yes," he said. Il want you to
take a good look at it."
The suit was a substantial mater
ial and made into a very good look
ing garment.
Il doubt that you and I viii live
long enough to again see such a
suit for $11.5O. That is what
paid for this. he said. ct was
on sale. being closed out. Of course.
but the fact remains that / have
never before seen suit OF this
quality at this price and doubt that
there viii be any more such bar
gains In suits during my lifetime"
This is just one incident In the
everyday life which brings home
the fact that tremendous opportuni-
ties have been created BY this un-
usual condition in world business
a condition which is without prece-
dent and which viii not arise again
in the lifetime Of the present gem
Grafton.
The writer used to entertain his
friends BY telling about the bargains
in royalties we had in Kevin-Sun-
burst in the early days, How one
Of the organizers Of this dnstitu-
ton was ''boob enough to buy
some OF Irving Bakers royalty at
a time when the Baker farm was
looked upon as sheep pasture"
rather than OIL land.
That purchase was made during
the DEPRESSION following the
war. We recall that at that time
our friend who plunged" on the
Baker royalty could have gone in
to 'sbig bargain" in the stock
market at that time. with little or
no risk. AS an example. he was urg-
ed to buy A. c. NJ. stock which was
down to so at that time. That was
regarded as a REAL BUY in those
days-as it WAS. for A. G. NJ went
four times higher However, our
friend bought Baker royalty instead
and he tried vainly to get others
to join him.
Those who turned down the OPP
portunity 20 go in on that wild
venture today blush as they recall
that those who DID join in that
purchase made fortunes. The buy
er referred to retained enough for
himself 90 that he need not have
done another days work, for that
royalty would have kept him well
supplied with the necessities Of life
since that time. He might have
later sold it for snug fortune
after the Ohio-Baker No. was
completed-and then have put the
money into stocks OF bonds or
something else which might be
called more certain" but be did
NOT.
Instead, he turned this royalty
over to his wife and she kept It
and it continued to provide
monthly pay check that has been
a Friend in need" II there ever
was one. Lucky it was for him
that he did not sell this Baker
rovarty At the peak, for his 9th
er investments went smash in the
stock market crash. he made
ouite a lot OF money in oil and had
some cash in the bank that the mar
ket crash did not effect. Cash y
the bank Of which he was direc-
Tor made him feel insured. Then
came bank failure that not only
ate No his money on deposit but IN
aumuch as he was a director Of the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-10-15

BY handing over 500 to q man who
Is desperately In need OF 500, he
owes # to himself TO do just that.
Conditions are such that a dollar
can do MORE In the royalty mar
ket than It did IN the much-talked-
OF days OF 1929 in Kevln-sun-
burst A new crop OF millionaires
VIII result from present conditions
as certainly as did the crop Of new
milhonaires whose start" dated
back to the postwar depression.
II we could turn the calendar
back to 1929. knowing what the
Baker farm has yielded in the
past 10 years, Is there any who
would not borrow, beg or steal mon
ey enough to buy some royalty on
the Baker farm at the 1922 prdeeBg
The production OF the Baker farm
is coupled with the production OF
scores OF other farms. good and
bad. in Kevin-suHburst field 20
give US a pretty fair understanding
Of the worth in the NEXT 10 years
years Of undeyeioped areas. Through
the LAW OF AVERAGES we know
pretty well what to expect
Yet in the face Of this we stepped
back to 1922 royalty prices during
the past week and bought a royalty
under what we believe TO be a por-
ton OF the Majestic pool. on the
West slope OF Kevin-Sunburst. The
Majestic was the most sensational
well ever drilled In this district
It was short-laved for II blew f.
self into water, as every gusher does
If 1t is not properly handled. The
Majestic revealed pressure that has
not since been tapped by q drih.
We have long since learned that
where SOME oil is found, MORE
oil may be expected for oil does not
occur in bucketfull or barrelsfuil
but in POOLS. There is no doubt
about the existence OF oil in the
Majestic district, so we do not
need that axiom in this case, but
we have 20 go a step farther and
put two and two together to know
that the Majestic well did not in
its short, spectacular life dissipate
the pressure Of q Baker Howling
pool, or 9 Fulton-Byrne pool or a
Harte pool. or the pressure Of any
other Of the great pools Of Kew
In-sunburst. We saw the compile
ton during the past summer Of q
we'll which rated Ia It's initial flow
the greatest gusher In the petro-
leum history Of Montana. Find any
otter place where the pressure has
not been dissipated, and Kelvin
sunburst still offers all the oppor-
tunfties Of the famous pools men
toned.
That is the reason we chose the
Majestic pool. -Four years ago the
man who went into that area dur
ing the excitement and tried to buy
royalties had to carry TEN TIMES
as much money as We are now
paying for royalty UNDER A Drill
LING WE'LL on what we are adj
vised is likely the heart Of this
pool which the Majestic gusher re-
vealed. II the oil was EVER there,
it Is stil there. and II there is for
tune 70 be made BY owning royalties
on this pool then OUR MEMBERS
are the ones who win have the for
tune Just as the Udoneer buyers pro-
fitted by the development Of the
Baker-Howling pool.
Persons interested in the de-
tails Of the history Of development
Of ahe Majestic pool may have
copies OF our publication. without
obligation. upon application.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-10-15

IS pruQucGd ana AlAAActaus ne eeA
his share. The valne 81 the roy
atty owners oil Is safeguarded BY
the fact that the oil is not likely
to be sold for less than the cost o.
producing It.
We can't get away from cOmpari-
sons with conditions in 1922. We
mentioned A. c. N. stock AZ So
and It afforded q tremendous pro-
lit. In the summer Of 1919 We say
this stock at 3. Does anyone for
tunate enough to be alive in 1854
ever expect to see A. C. N. ct 3
againg Likewise. We who bought
royalties back in 1922 have en-
joyed the old bromide: Then was
the days, in telling about them.
Now we know that our opDor-
tunities In 1922 were proportion
ately small, by comparison:
Today we go out to buy royalties
and how do we proceed? In con-
trast with 1922. when we knew
nothing about structural condi-
tions. we today have the logs Of
thousands OF wells to guide US in
selecting royalties. In contrast with
the time when we had no idea
what formations would produce. We
today know not only which sands
produce oil and gas but we know
the probable average content of
each acre OF ground Whereas We
simply bought oil rights on sheep
pastures" back in 1892 We now
have the guidance Of sub-surface
maps on which are recorded the
folds in the producing horizons
facts revealed BY the logs Of wells.
Back in 1922 we bought royalties
from two classes OF people: %
people who didn't believe in oil
and az people who we're hit BY
the depression and HAD to have
money.
This condition Is no different in
1882. We know people whose lands
are surrounded BY producing wells
but who have had no drilling on
their lands and who are convinced
after 10 years that the oil business
Is ALL HUMBUG and win sell their
oil rights for virtually anything
they can get. The fact that no wells
have been drilled on their lands,
or perhaps a dry hole on a half
section Of land. cOnYinees them that
they can't possibly get anything out
OF their royalty rights. People who
are inclined TO get discouraged are
working overtime at discourage
ments in these days. The discourage
ment OF william Rowling in the
depression Of 1921 made fortunes
for those who bought all Of his
royalty
whereas In 1922 people were
hard hit BY q series Of crop faii-
ures and low prices. conditions were
NOTHING Is compared with the
present. People needed money 20
paw off mortgages and buy seed
wheat. in 1922 but this year peo-
Del need money to buy food aud
clothing. These are smpelIing fac
tors which mean greatest OpDortuni-
ty to the man who wants to make
his money do him maximum service,
We do not consider It unfair to
take advantage Of these conditions.
The greatest debt or obligation in
the world Is the obligation q man
owes himself. He owes It 70 him
self 10 make the most Of his oppor-
tunities. II he can buy q $40 suit
OF clothes for s11.5O he owes It
to himself to save the difference. II
he can get 3 royalty worth $1,000