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The Washington times., 1932-10-14

much to their merrlment,
A man entered the First pre-
cinct station and, approaching a
desk sergeant, said:
Can a bOotIegger hold my
suit of clOthes?"
The sergeant asked few ques
tions, which revealed that the
man had purchased a pint of
whisky and, not having a dollar
had left an extra suit of clothes
as collateral.
Then the sergeant told him:
"WeII, you might pay the
man, or you might turn him in
and the raiders might find your
suit, which you might recover
possibly by establishing owner
ship"
The man dejectedly replied:
"But that's the trouble. The
man wants me to pay him 50
for the pint before l can get my
suit, and as for turning him in
I'm afraid"
He did not turn the bootlegger
in, and left while the station
house force, used to many strange
things, chuckled.
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
REPORT To BAR
SEES BOOST
IN TAXES
Unemployment Relief to Add
to Present Burden, Says
Association Group

Effects of the economic crisis
figured in the reports of COM
mittees of the American Bar
Association, presented today at
the general session in the
United States Chamber of Com
merce Building.
The committee on changes in
statute law called attention to
the preoccupation of legislatures
with economic problems, and its
report expressed the view that
legislation Ito put the govern
mental house in order" will be
vital next year. The report
added:
"If the protests over unwiSe
spending and Government ex-
travagance can be centered on
intelligent reorganization and
consideration of the services to
be gotten from the money paid
in taxes, there will be a sub
Stantial gain from the depreS-
siOn."
Tax Increase FOreseen
Unemployment relief, it was
forecast, would add a heavy bur
den to already weakened tax
paying communities this winter.
The committee on legal aid
work reported greatly increased
demands for legal assistance from
the poor, and added:
There is a marked increase
(Continued on Page 80, Col. y
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
P. j. c. REJECTS
CAB STANDP

The proposal of Harry Davis.
president of the Diamond Cab
Company, for establishment of
taxi stands at the reserved space
in front of fire hydrants has
been disapproved by the Public
Utilities Commission, it was
learned today.
The commissions action was
based upon the vigorous objec-
ton of Fire Chief George S.
Watson, who contended that
carrying out such a plan would
seriously impede the efficient
operation of the fire department.
An order on cab stands
throughout the city, which was
the subject of a recent public
hearing, is being prepared by
the commission. The order, it is
expected, will be issued next
week,
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
HORSES NEIGH,
CHEER N CARL

Found: Federal employees in the
classified service not subject to
the economy act.
Comptroller General j. R. Nc
Carl today either took pity on
the horses which labor Loyalty for
Uncle Sam. or else simply
couldn't find a way to save the
Government nickel on them.
At any rate, he ruled that
teamsters and ditchriderS in the
field service of the Bureau of
Reclamation, must have wage re-
duesions and furloughs, but not
their horses. The teams are as
sured of three square meals a day
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
Traffic Head Warns
Motorists to Make
Address Changes

Motorists today were warned
by Traffic Director William A.
Van Duzer that if they want
their 1888 license tags on time
they must Immediately notify
his office of any change in
address.
Mr.. Van Duzer estimated that
since the issuance of 1882 tags
began approximately 10000 au-
tomobile owners have moved.
So far this year tags have been
issued to 10000 motorists.
Application blanks for 1888
tags will be mailed during No
vember, Mr.. Van Duzer said.
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
RUBBER CHECK
CHARGE HOLDS
L|NDY HOAXER
Bonds Are Set at $29,500 for
A. L. Hitner, Declared
Justice Fugitive

Arthur l., Hitner. alias W. W.
Wightman, Lindbergh kidnap-
ing case hoaxer, today was held
on bonds totalling $4,000
when he appeared before Police
Court Judge John p. McMahon
on charges of false prctenses
and being a fugitive from JUS
ticc.
The fugitive charge is based
on a warrant from Lycoming
county, Pa, where Hitner is
charged with fraudulent CONVEX
sion and false pretenses. The
case was continued until Novem-
Der IA in order to obtain extradi-
ton papers and the bond was
set at $4,000.
The local charges against Hit.
ner accuse him of giving three
bad checks totaling $65. One
check was cashed at the May
flower Hotel the second at the
Willard Hotel and the third at
a department store. Hitner de.
manded jury trial on these
charges and the cases were set
for October 26, with bond total
ing $4,500.
Hitner was arrested several
days ago at Hot Springs, Va,
on complaint from Buffalo,
N. j.. where he is said to have
jumped a $4,000 bond after he
had been indicted for violation
of the national banking laws.
Assistant United States Attorney
Michael F. Keogh informed Judge
Mcmahon that Hitner is under
bond in Virginia on the charge
from Buffalo.
In the Lindbergh case Hitner
is said to have duped Dean Dob
on-Peacock. volunteer investiga-
tor. into believing that he was
a member of the notorious "Pur-
pie Gang" of Detroit, and was
in touch with the abductors OF
the kidnapped baby. The present
charges against him are said to
have no connection with the
Lindbergh case.
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
Boy, 4, Dies in Fall
From MOUinq Auto

Raymond Thomas Williams,
4-year-old son of Policeman Will
liam H. williams, attached to
Police Headquarters, died at
Casualty Hospital late yesterday
as a result of injuries received
when he plunged through the
door of his fathers automobile
on Anacostia Road near the
District line.
The Williams family was
driving to their home in Ian
ham, Md, when the child. seated
on the rear seat, apparently
pulled the handle of the door
which swung open and permitted
him to be thrown to the street.
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
Refused Aims, Man
Strikes Arn1U Doctor

Richard Jackson, 36, colored,
of the 1900 Block of Eighth st.
N. W., is scheduled to appear in
Police Court today charged with
assault on Major Ralph Duffy,
U. S. A., Medical Corps.
Major Duffy, who is Sd and
lives in the 1000 block of P Street
N. w. reported to police yester-
day that he was approached by
colored man who asked him
for aims, and when refused struck
the doctor on his face and body.
Major Duffy eluded his assailant
and reported the matter to the
police.
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
Nurses in Hospital
To Haze 8-HOUr DUU

In order to give more graduate
nurses employment, officials of
Providence Hospital are now
working on plans for a tempo
rary arrangement to put gradu-
ate nurses on an eight-hour
duty, instead of the regular 12-
hour, at a reduced rate to
patients.
The Washington times., 1932-10-14

munlty, and the young man hadn t
bothered to get 1882 license plates
but tried to get away with those of
1928. AS the car had obviously not
been running in 1928, the police
recognized defect in logic. Never
theless, the young man deserves con-
siderable credit, not for being ad-
venturous, but for proving that we
had been a little too prompt to
throw away our old motor cars.
Given a bit of gas, the car ran;
the motor functioned; the essential
part of the car was still in good
order, and it had been on a junk
heap for several years. Nor had it
been alone. So many cars, cheap
and moderately expensive, and even
quite costly, had been junked that
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
Blazing Clothing
Sears WOn1nn 7O

Hattie Birge, 10. of the 500
block Third st. N. W., today is in
Emergency Hospital in a critical
condition from burns after her
dress caught fire in the home
yesterday. Her relatives say they
have no idea how the dress was
ignited.
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
SKYLINE DRIVE DELAYED

Opening of the new Skyline
drive in the Shenandoah National
Park, from Panorama to Sky
land, scheduled for tomorrow. has
been postponed a week, Horace
M. Albright, director of the Ma
tional Park Service, announced
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
Hooked Suit for Whisky;
Now He Has Neither

Bootleggers of Washington are
going into the pawn-broking busi-
ness and getting away with it.
This situation came into cog
nizance of the police yesterday,
The Washington times., 1932-10-14
True to TYPE
CARS FOR ONE DOLLAR
AND OTHERS FOR
A LIFETIME
RV ASH RERT SEH DES
Rv GILBERT SELaDES

VNHERE is story in the mornings paper about
- young of l8 who bought Ford car as old as
himself but not in good shape, for the sum of 81,
and drove about until the police inervened the car it
seemed, lacked brakes and danger to the COM
The Washington times., 1932-10-14

the roadsides began to look like a
process of Transforming old cars il
discovered.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-20

prise been represented in
stocks or bonds, the tribe
would doubtless have sold out
long before the tremendous
fortunes were realized.
There is not a royalty own
er who would not like at some
time to sell every one of his
royalties for cash enough to
do one thing or another. Yet
if it were possible for us to
look into the ground and see
the amount of oil which our
deeds call for, who would con-
slider for one moment taking
that amount of oil and selling
it for a few dollars such as
we might need? So we consid-
er it very fortunate when we
have our money tied up in OIL
IN THE GROUND, far a
way from manipuIators, where
we gamble only with Mother
Nature. A member Of this or
ganization, also a lawyer, who
was very conservative about
his investments wrote US a
short time ago to say that he
would be unable to take a GER
tain royalty because his bank
had just closed WITH
TWELVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS OF HIS MON
Ely IN 1T. He is mighty sor-
ny that his $4,000 isn't bur
led in a dozen Montana oil
structures in the form of roy
atty investments. He HAS
some royalties which are the
only prospects he has for get
ting his money back.
If second, third and fourth
tries" were possible in a
bank or an industrial venture,
the investment Of money would
not be so hazardous. An oil
royalty might seem to be a
failure, with the completion
of one dry hole. An industrial
institution frequently goes
that route. But the ROYALTY is
NOT a failure with one dry
hole. AS in the case of the IA
nous Steel farm, a DOZEN
dry holes may be followed BY
a tremendous produces. De-
is the factor
that makes fortunes in royal
ties for the individual Just as
Il did for the Osages.
If it were possible for the
investing public to realize this
simple fact that DEVIL
OPMENT makes riches
from oil royalties and fur
.hereinore development is as
,ure to come as the internal
combustion engine is sure to
continue as the motivating
.orce of the traffic of the
world, the present low prices
# royalties would not con-
inue long for the bargains
low available would be quick
y snapped up as people de-
ided to bury" their saw
ngs in the purchase of 500
Worth of ground-stored oil for
4, as is possible today.
We are issuing two publ
atoms to members this week,
ne on Cut Bank and one on
Dry Creek. Any who has not
eceived them may do SO by
ending in the attached cou-
b
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production. ne ROYALTIES
were paid into the tribal funds
and divided among them.
The fortune. or just profit,
that comes from royalties is in
CASH. It is not a matter of
accumulation of value of
stocks and bonds, based upon
a type of gambling such as
the stock exchange, but of
CASH from the sale of oil.
A man may own stock in a
tremendously successful enter
prise and his stock may grow
IN market value until he seems
to be a rich man. Yet unless
he sells his stock-which few
of us have nerve enough to do
he is no richer.
Not so with the royalty
owner. He is notified by the
producer that a certain num-
Der of barrels of oil have run
through the pipeline to his
credit. He sells his oil to a
buyer of oil and gets the
CASH. Except for bank
failures, royalty owners of this
country would have come thru
the depression better than per-
haps any other class of inves-
tors, because they had CASH
to show for the sale of their
oil in times of high prices.
There are parallels to the
stock market in royalties,
where a man would have TAX
en- his profit and failed to do
so. We have in mind the IN
stance of a professional man
who bought a royalty in Dry
Creek for $40O-two units of
landowners royalty on $40 ac-
res. After a long time of wait
ing he saw a we'll drilled on
it. He began receiving 500
per month from the sale of his
share of oil. His July check
was $1O4. He was offered
$4,000 for his royalty by an
enthusiastic Minnesota inves-
tor. He refused to accept
it Immediately we were kind
enough to say that he was
crazy" not to take it. How
ever, this is his line of reas-
oning
If ONE well will bring him
800 a month, the drilling of
wells will increase
MS income. Since there is room
for at least 40 wells on this
section, providing it is all pro-
iuctive, and since this is a
and field due for a life of
rom Is to 20 years, ne feels
hat he will have an income
hat will keep him for the rest
# his days. Unless the oil
S taken from the ground,
here can be no depression in
he amount of oil which he
OWNS through his deed.
Whenever oil is taken from
he ground he knows that he
) going to get his share, no
natter who may be operating
he property five, ten or 20
ears from now, for his royal
y interest is perpetual,
If he were to take the
10000 be might have 81 600
year to spend for the next
0 years, plus interest, pro-
iding he did not put it into
1me other form of investment
nd lose all or part of it pro-
ding he did not put it in a
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1880 @A-- as ~IAAe AAA AA@A-A
words, he was much more
willing to trust his wealth to
Mother Nature than to put il
in human hands.
The royalty investor who
UNDERSTANDS what he
is doing gets a tremendous
satisfaction from the Sc
CURITY of his investment.
He may buy a royalty on a
wildcat structure. For 500 he
gets One Per Cent Of all the
recoverable oil and gas under
100 acres of ground. He
OWNS this outright, having
a deed for It. An operator
may come onto the structure
drill a well and then pass on.
The royalty owner still owns
the royalty and can afford to
wait. If the royalty is of no
value, the investor can keep
on living, for he hasn't made
a tremendous sacrifice. Then
comes another operator who
drills, perhaps to a lower hori-
zon, and gets oil Even if the
second operator fails to find
oil, however, the royalty in
weston always feels that he has
a RUN FOR HIS MONEY.
The honest man who goes In
to a speculative venture, and
loses his money after he has a
run for his money" will not
complain. All he wants is an
honest, square deal. But with
royalties, the investor may
get three or four runs" for
his money, as successive oper-
ators drill on the structure or
the particular farm.
The investor who goes into
a speculative industrial knows
that one failure is final. Ev-
eryone knows that tremendous
fortunes have been made in
the manufacture Of automo-
6iles. Yet let a man invest in
a new automobile company and
no matter how hard the man
agement may have tried, the
investment is GONE If the en-
terprise fails. But the royalty
investor takes a royalty "for
better or nothing" There is
no recapitalization, no consoI-
idation, no exchange of stocks.
no manipulation of his invest
ment. He may sell some oil
and have trouble collecting for
It, but that is true of every
business where a man has
something to sell. He does not
cease to be a business man
just because he takes up one
particular kind of enterprise,
and particularly the oil indus
.ry in which he must be "on
MS toes" at all times.
Likewise, the man who buys
Is royalty and thereafter
icoffs at the returns from the
ale of his share Of the oil
rom a small pumping well is
lardIy equipped to enjoy an
of 100000 a year, any
more than were the ones Of
he Usage tribe who perhaps
coffed at the beginning of the
ribal fortune when each one
eceived u cents. The tribe
as since that time received
early a quarter of a billion
ollars. Yet had this enter
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-20
Praying For OIL

We were invited last Sat
urday to attend a meeting OF
the tribal council of the Black
feet Indians held at the Full
ton well now drilling with ro-
tary equipment on Milk River
anticline. The tribesmen were
to have attended in full re-
gala, the meeting taking on
the form of a celebration.
To the Blackfeet Indians,
this well is aIl-important.
They are looking forward
with confidence that they are
going to enjoy the fortune Of
the Usage Indians who have
been called the richest people
per capita in the world.
No well on the Blackfeet
Indian reservation has yet
been drilled to the depth nee
essary to reach a probable pro-
ducing horizon. There is com
mercial oil production within
a few rods of the reservation
on the East, in the Cut Bank
field and there is commercial
production in Turner Valley
to the North and while three
wells have been drilled on the
reservation, none was com
pleted to a depth at which
known producing sands were
encountered.
The BIackfeet are praying
for oil because they feel the
depression like everyone else.
Their cattle have brought them
little and their crops are none
too good. They have lived
through years of great hard
ships and poverty after hav-
ing been reduced from the
richest of North American
Indians. The Blackfeet were
the richest and the greatest
of the Northern
continent until the white man
deprived them of their buffa-
o and other game and their
itch grazing lands.
Their ambition to succeed
he Osages as the richest tribe
means that the well now drill
ny is a tremendous thrill to
very member Of the Black
eet tribe. Since the discov-
ry Of oil on Usage lands in
9O1 each Of the Usage In
lians has received a total Of
;1O8, 3O8 out of the total Of
,241 1863, 625.21 paid to the
ribe by the oil industry. Many
lillions of dollars will be paid
y oil men to those tribesmen
! the future. So the oil in
ustry is truly the great
riend Of the Indian.
1t is an interesting fact that
le royalty receipts of the tribe
! 1901 were only $403.25-a
out u cents for each member
f the tribe. A year later this
ropped to less than p cents
sr member. We can imagine
ie unrest of the tribesmen
no received only p cents for
years participation. They
-obabIy thought the oil BUSH
IS was fraudulent in that
failed to live up to their
.pectations Immediately. But
DEVELOPMENT came,
ey began to appreciate the
gaming of ROYALTIES,
nich gave them a share Of all
produced, free of cost of
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DEPRESSION NEWS

Two attorneys, one decidedly
glum Of countenance. met on the
street.
Rotten" the pessimist re-
piled. Il just chased an ambu-
lance twelve miles and found a
lawyer in IT,"
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his bunk With his head in
his hands.
"And why are you here,
my poor man2'' she inquired.
The convict raised mourn
fuI eyes. .'They've got AL
the doors locked" he said
simply.
q q d q
"How did the Smith welding go
OFT"
eFine anti the parson asked
the bride # she'd obey her hus-
band"
What happened then7"
''she replied. DO you think
I'm craxyY and the groom who
was IN a sort OF daze. replied;
do"
q q q q
May Prosecute
A Chicago gangster who
killed his wife has surren-
dered TO the police. The dis
trict attorney is gOing over
the mans income tax re-
turns. hoping 70 establish a
case against him.
a q q n
A little boy had taken his
mothers powder puff and was in
the act Of powdering his face
when his small sister, aged s.
snatched it from him. '.YOu
mustn't do that, she exclaimed.
'only ladies use powder. Gentle
men wash themselves"
q q q d
There's always . bright
side. BY the time the horn
stops working, people can
hear your car q block away
anyhow.
q u q II
The weather man dreamed that
he was dead;
That he stood by his monument
tall, and read.
The message thereon--and he :
hung his head.
or Probably Warmer. was all
it said. {
q q q a
mo beer, no work may
or may not have been much
good as q slogan. but it
batted q thousand as
prophecy.
n n n q s
DEPRESSION NEWS
Two attorneys, one decidedly 9
glum o6 countenance. met on the =
street
Rotten" the passimist re- :
piled. Il just chased an ambu- 8
lance twelve miles and found a
lawyer in IT,"
q d q q
Financial: Doubtless the
frozen assets would not have
frozen so hard Il there had
been less water in them. 49,
y q o q
One reason why romance
Lasted longer IN the old days
was because q bride looked
much the same after wash
ing her face.
d q q q
Lawyer. Now, sir, did You.
or did you not. on the date in =
question. or at any other time. s.:
previously or subsequently. say
or even datimate. to the defen- s.
dants or anyone else. whether
Griend or mere acquaintance or,
in fact. a stranger. that the -
statement imDuted to you. wheth- -
or just or unjust. and denied BY =
the plaintiff was a matter Of .
moment or otherwise? Ans
wer me. yes or nor
witness Yes or no what2"
q q y q
KGBEs LITTLE COMEDY
Young wife-Wonld you
be surprised II / gave yon
= $50 check check for your
bsrfhdaw. darEfnw2
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-20

Financial: Doubtless the
frozen assets would mot have
frozen so hard IL there had
been less water in them.
= o q q
One reason why romance
Lasted longer in the old days
was because q bride looked
much the same after wash
ing her face.
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NE31FA N7111171
the kindly old Lady vino
was visiting che peniten-
taary looked IN npon a meaan-
chOIy convict who sat on
bic bunk with his head in
his hands.
"And why are Jon here,
my poor man2" SIC Inquired.
The convict raised mourn
fuI eyes. They've got AL
the doors locked" he said
simply.
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"How did the Smith welding 90
otff"
Zine anti the parson asked
the bride II she'd obey her hus-
band"
What happened thenf"
"she replied, DO you think
Im crazy? and the groom who
was In a sort OF daze. replied:
l do"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-13
BROTHERHOOD
 OF CANADA HAS
 MADE PROTEST

Toronto, Ont. July 13-(U. P.)- The Canadian Brotherhood of Rail- way Employees has requested the Dominion minister of immigration forbid American pullman car con- ductors and porters from crossing the international border and to sub- stitute Canadians for them.
 The Brotherhood's action. it was understood to-day, was in retalia- tion against a reported order by United States immigration officials that Canadian pullman employees must be substituted for Americans when trains crossed the border in- to the United States.
 Brotherhood officials said 16 Can adians had lost jobs because of the United States ruling. They claimed 200 Americans would be affected if the Canadian government enforced a similar ruling.