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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-11-26

not approved Of the Smith sp-
Grating agreement
In order 10 make these
points Of controversy clear, !
win say that on Apr. IS Of this
year Croft came to my office
in Billings and proposed that
if we would prepare the neees-
sary papers and pay the filing
fees to the u. s. Land Office,
for him, he would sign the APP
plication for a permit covering
the land and would enter an
operating agreement, giving
me the right TO develop the
property. When he stated the
terms he wanted embodied m
this operating agreement /
told him / would give him .
better contract than he lad
asked for, which ] did.
1.-THE papers were prepared,
/ paid the filing fee, and we
signed an operating agreement.
The permit was issued on July
26 and filed certified copies Of
our agreement with the u. &.
Geological survey office here
in Billings; also in the office
at Casper and in the Depart
ment Of the Interior in Wash
ington.
ION Aug. II It appears that
Croft entered another agree
ment with the said Smith, con
veying the same land. Smith
Immediately placed armed men
on the property, using methods
similar to those Of the old
placer claim days.
In the latter part Of Sep
TENDER ] made application to
the y. s. Geological Survey
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-11-26

movement Is growing daily
Montana Rasoline, refined rom
Montana crude. win b fsak0red
BIZ the association. 1t is stated.
with the volume Of sale Of gaao-
line which II expects to develop
through a large membership, not
only win Q laree saving Of money
to the eonsumsrs be affected but
production and refining Of Mon5
tana oil Win be stimulated and
employment provided for many
additional peoDls in the state.
A booklet printed for distri-
bution for the purpose Of letting
the people az the state know
the plan and aimk Of the organd-
saeAon, contains tbs following
Interesting fnfermation:
The annual gasoline consumD-
ton ia Monsana b approximately
nlghay agiiHaom gallons.
"Thia ssllonaas as sold through
approximately g.aeo retail pumps.
''TAers ID enc retail pump 10
every az oars registered in the
state.
The average pump sells APP
proximately IS gallons per day.
"Orer IS per cent OF our gasO-
line sold IN 1850 came from
outside the state.
Montana can produce enough
GA to refine all the gasoline con-
sumed IN this state.
"A very large proportion Of
gasoline retail outlets In the state
are owned outright or operated
under lease By the fOreign-owned
major oil companies, which In
1871 sold over three-tourths of
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-11-26
70 REGIMENT
LIQUID GOLD

Liquid Gold OIL Company :
NO. / Roberts. on the Berthelote
structure east OF the Kelvin
sunburst field. is re-cementing
preparatory to testing the Ellis
Madison contact.
A cement JOB at 2644 was test
ed this week and it was found
# had failed to shut out water
from an upper sand.
Location is c NwA NEM Sec
ton 25-se-iE, west OF the dis
covery we'll in this field.
SEND A CONTRIBUTION TO
THE sUNBU RsT BADGER
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-11-26

all gasoline sold in the seate.
Because OF these facts. the
consumers OF gasoline in Mon
tana pay approximately four mil
lion dollars each year as a tri-
butte to the Dernicious system Of
distribution inaugurated and
maintained by the major oil
companies. and Montana produc-
ers and refiners Of crude OIL
suffer in direct proportion. "
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-11-26
Association Formed
TO Push Merits OF
State Made Products
Movement Revived To Check Steady Flow
OF Money To FOreign-Owned
Oil Companies

Kaspell Nov 26-Direetors Of the Gasoline Consumers
0pefatve Association Of Montana report splendid progress
during The past week. despite the dverng interests q the
election Local organizations - several places are already
nnder way and announcement Of the opening Of ITS hrs
service station win be made in few days Interest IN the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-11-26
War Still On!
Bales Declares He Is Entitled To Permit In
Dry Creek And Denies Smith Group
VIII Drill Acreage

No truce has been signed in the WAR"
over a lease in the Dry Creek field and there
is no intention OF Signing such truce, de-
spite published reports to the contrary.
Evening star., 1932-04-27
WALSH TO ADDRESS
BOARD OF TRADE
Massachusetts Senator to Speak at
Annual Meeting Tomor.
row Night.

Senator David I. Walsh of Massa-
chusetts will be the principal speaker
at the annual meeting of the Wash
ington Board of Trade at the Willard
Hotel tomorrow night, it was an
nounced today.
The meeting also viii result in the
choice Of 10 members of the Board of
Directors Of the trade body to fill
vacancies made by the annual retire
ment Of that number from among the
80 constituting the board Sixteen
candidates have been placed in NOM
ination. They are: George c. Shinn,
George Pitt, John T. Bardrof, Ben
7. Webster, Milton F. Schwab, George
v. Graham, Edward F. Colladay, Dill
Ter B. Croft, Maurice Otterback,
Claude W. owen, Frank P. Leetch,
Frank S. Hight. John w. Hardell,
Charles w. Pimper, James E. Edmunds
and Harry Blake.
Joseph A. Burkart is Judge Of elec-
tions, and will be assisted by 16 men,
bers of the organization in tabulating
the returns. Raymond Florance will
be auditor Of elections, and results
will be announced at the meeting.
The new board will choose a pres
ident and other elective officers at
its next meeting. George w. Offutt
is president Of the Board Of Trade,
and will occupy the chair at the meet
ing tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1932-04-27
|G|RL HELPS BANDIT
I'm TAX|CAb H0LD-UP
Robber Blocks Drivers Path
When Woman Passenger
HaltS Car.

With pretty girl as his confederate
well dressed bandit early today held
up .Melecio G. Acautilado, a Filipino
hacker, at 1412 Hopkins street and
took So.
The taxi driver was sitting in his cab
at Twentieth and Calvert streets about
1890 am. when the woman walked up
and asked to be driven to a house near
Twentieth street and Park road.
Shortly before reaching her destina-
ton, the woman told Acautilado he had
driven far enough" and walked hur-
riedly away after paying her fare.
Before Acautilado could start his taxi
again a car pulled up and blocked his
car. The driver leaped out, covered the
hacker with a revolver and took Acau-
tilados receipts for the night and drove
of.
Detectives were told by a number of
taxi drivers at the Twentieth and CAL
vert streets stand that they had seen
Acautilado's passenger riding In the
roadster with the man short time be-
fore the hold-up occurred.
Another taxi driver, j. G. Pollard of
the 1400 block Of T street, was held up
by two men at Livingston road and the
District line and robbed Of s8.75 and
his taxi. The abandoned cab was re-
covered soon after the hold-up.
Evening star., 1932-04-27
.THREE-PO|NT PLAN
FOR FARMS ASKED
Chairman Stone Favors Open
Market Operations and
More Co-operatives.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
To deal effectively with the present
emergency in agriculture, Chairman
Stone of the Farm Board today recon-
mended before the Senate Agriculture
Committee a three-point program.
Continuation Of the recently initiated
Federal Reserve Boards open market
operations to expand credit and in
crease consumer buying power was his
first recommendation, coupled with pro-
vision by Congress for sufficient funds
to finance sale Of surplus wheat and
cotton in foreign markets, and tntensi-
fed development Of cooperative mar
keting.
The new credit expansion policy OF
the Reserve Board, the chairman said
should tend to check credit contrac-
ton, restore business confidence, i'm
prove business activity, increase en-
ploynent and so lead to a gradual
increase In commodity prices. The
results of this credit policy would be
accelerated if accompanied by such
action as would induce those member
banks which have been reluctant to
extend credit to hberalize their credit
policies"
Recommending appropriations tc
finance export sales Of surpluses, Stone
said, wheat and cotton prices have
led the way out Of previous depressions
1t is particularly important that Our
domestic carry-over of wheat and cotton
into the next crop season be reduced. "
Farmers are not yet sufficiently
organized into producer-ow and
producer controlled cooperative organ
izations," the chairman said, "to have
strongly collective bargaining power in
the sale Of their products. Continued
progress in the organization of farmers
is necessary to meet these emergency
conditions as well as their longtime
problems"
Evening star., 1932-04-27
Japanese. Emperor
HonOrs Soldiers
Who Died i'm Battle
Ceremony Held in Shinto
Temple Is First of Its
Kind Since 1906.
Rv the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, April 27.-Emperor Hirohito
and the Empress, accompanied by the
highest dignitaries of the Japanese
court, off1ciated at special worship
today, the first of its kind since 1905,
in honor OF Japanese soldiers who died
In battle for their country.
The ceremony took place at the Yasu-
kuni Shrine Of the National Shinto
Temple which crowns the highest hill
in Toxic and where the japanese be-
lieve the souls OF soldiers and sailors
killed in action are enshrined.
The last previous ceremony was per-
formed by Emperor Hirohito's grand
father, who in 1906 honored and en-
shrined the souls of those who died in
the Russo-JapaneSe War.
The solemn Shtnto ceremony was the
climax of a four-day national patriotic
religious observance in which the spirits
Of 531 soldiers who died at Shanghai,
as we'll as of those who died in the
Tsinan campaign In 1928 and in the
suppression of the rebellion of abo-
rigines in Formosa In 1890, were added
to the empires pantheon.
Those spirits added to the shrine to-
day included only the soldiers who fell
up to February TO- Several hundred
more must be added at a later cere-
mony.
Evening star., 1932-04-27
ORDERS SHORTAGE
OF $7O,7O8 BE PAID
Court Rules Bondsmen Of Late
Warren County Treasurer Must
Make Good Losses.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

WINCHESTER Va, April 27.-Three
sureties on the bond of the late Arthur
L. Warthen, treasurer of Warren
County at the time of his tragic death,
November %, 1928, Wnen he is said
to have committed suicide by shooting
himself at his home in Front Royal, are
required to make good a shortage In
accounts to the extent OF $40, 708 40, ac-
cording to an opinion given In the case
today by Judge Philip Williams of the
Circuit Court. The opinion was on the
answer Of the sureties of Warthen to
the report Of John M. Steck, master
commissioner OF chancery
In his opinion in the case, Judge Will
hams noted that 'it would seem high
time that some adequate system of &C
counting and control should be devised,
II not to prevent dishonesty in men, at
least to protect public funds from such
dishonesty" He also declared that the
opinion Of the court was based upon a
case which involves a situation that
seems almost fantastic"
Evening star., 1932-04-27
Assails Selfish Interest.

contribute to their resolution to bring
about constructive economy and CO.
operation.
Assails Selfish Interest.
We, as executives, all agree upon the
absolute necessity in the interest OF the
Nation as a whole Of reduced 'expendl-
lures, of better distributed taxation, OF
balanced budgets. Our town councils,
our county commissions, our State Leg
islatures and the Congress agree upon
these fundamentals. That is the sure
highway toward national recovery. But
to accomplish these things we must
have the intelligent support OF the
people themselves, that selfish vested
interest and vested habit do not, by
their organized sectional and group
oppositions or individual action to de-
feat these high purposes.
Especially do take this occasion to
pay tribute to the courage shown by
our public officials, both executive and
legislative, in these problems. Their
task is no light responsibility. This
duty offers no rosy path to popularity.
Rather, it is one to invite the anger OF
established interests. With the utmost
care that can be exercised by the execu-
tive officers and the legislators through
out the Nation, and with the utmost
good will, 1t is bound to cause individ-
ual hardship and to grieve the friends
ef many worthy causes. Nevertheless,
the duty is inexorable, and its dis
charge rests inescapably upon all public
officers. Its final results will rebound
to the general public benefit. There
fore say to the public: Be patient, be
helpful, recognize the complexity and
the dificulty of the problem before
these servants of your combined pub
lie interest. Support them in their
task, for upon its successful conclu-
sion depends most momentous con-
tribution to our united security, our
hope of an early return to stability, and
the common welfare of every man,
woman and child in our Nation.
Evening star., 1932-04-27
GROUP
HITS U.S.PAY CUT
Democratic Club Also In.
dorses Gov. Roosevelt at
Meeting at Clarendon.
By a STAFF correspondent Of The star.


CLARENDON, Va, April 27-Reso-
lutions opposing the proposed Federal
salary cuts and reductions In personnel
in one instance and indorsing the presi-
Dental candidacy of Gov. Franklin D
Roosevelt, in the other, were unani-
mously adopted last night by the Demo-
cratic Club of Arlington County.
The resolution with respect to the
proposed salary cuts points TO the fact
that Arlington County, owing to its To-
cation adjacent to the District of Co.
lumbia. "is the choice OF many hundreds
of Government employees, who are tax
payers in the county and any reduction
IN the pay or personnel of the Federal
workers will cause much confusion and
retard the progress OF Arlington
County"
Copies of the resolution are to be
sent to the Senators ana Representa-
tives from Virginia, asking them to op-
pose any legislation effecting salaries
and personnel. The resolution follows q
similar one passed last week by the
Arlington County Democratic Commit
tee.
The Endorsement Of Gov. Roosevelt
was in the form of a telegram signed
by Robert N. Anderson, president, and
Wesley Mcdonald, secretary Of the club
and addressed to Gov. Roosevelt at
Richmond, where he Is attending the
Governors Convention. It is as fol-
lows:
THE Executive Committee Of the
Democratic Club Of Arlington County
tonight went on record unanimously in
dorsing your candidacy as Democratic
nominee for President OF the United
States"
Evening star., 1932-04-27
BUS CRASH VICTIMS
WILL is PROBATED
BENJAMIN B. Pettus Leaves Entire
Estate to Widow, Who Is
Named Executrix.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, April 27-In the
Orphans Court here yesterday the will
of Benjamin B. Pettus of Chevy Chase,
who was fatally injured in a recent bus
collision in Washington, was admitted
to probate. 1t bequeaths to Mrs. Mary
l. Pettus, widow of the testator, the en-
tir2 estate absolutely, and names her
executrix. The instrument was executed
February IA, 1929.
The will Of Luther G. Burdette. well
known farmer of near Hyattstown, was
also admitted to probate here yesterday
1t was executed January IA. 1923, and
names Luther G. Burdette, jr., executor.
The will bequeathS the entire estate
to the testator's widow, Mrs. Ella r
Burdette. for life, and directs that upon
her death Melvin r. and Luther G. Bur-
dette, jr., sons of the testator, get all
the household effects in equal shares,
and that the remainder of the estate
including both real and personal prop
erty, be converted into cash, and that
Melvin r. and Luther G. Burdette. jr.
receive $500 each of the proceeds and
the residue be equally divided among
them and the following other children
of the testator: Edgar L., Harry E. and
Carrie M. Burdette, Lille E. Lawson
Maude E. Price, Bessie B. DuVau anc
Pearl B. Anderson.
Evening star., 1932-04-27
CHILDREN SAIL TO FIND
NEW HOME IN NORWAY
Three Under Nine Years of Age to
Join Grandmother, Whose
Language They Can't Speak.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SIOUX FALLS, S. Oak, April IT.
Because their mother was unable to
support them unaided, three children,
all under nine years of age. yesterday
were on the first leg of a 4,000-mile
Journey to land Of strange faces and
unknown language.
Their passages paid by the county.
the children left en- route to Stavanger,
Norway, to live with grandparents they
have never seen. The grandparents had
asked the youngsters be sent them. The
children will embark at New York to-
day.
The mother, whose name officials de-
clined to reveal will remain here with
a fourth child until she accumulates
funds for the passage
The parents of the children we're di-
vorced after the father had failed to
support the family, and the county
provided homes for the youngsters the
past five years.
Evening star., 1932-04-27
FOLLOWING is the text Of Il

~ O1lOWING IS the texL Oh Ins
l. address given by President
Hoover at the twenty-fourtf
l. Conference of Governors al
Richmond, this afternoon:
am glad to accept your invitation
to meet with the chief executives OF
the States. We are alike facing greai
emergency problems of government. We
are confronted with maintaining the
financial integrity of the Government
State, Federal, county and municipal
We, all of us, are struggling to reduce
the cost of government. We are strug-
Cling to avoid national, State and mu-
nicipal borrowings. Our tax revenue:
have all greatly diminished. We mus
find new tax revenues to supplement
those sources which have been drieo
UP by the depression, so far as ouI
deficits can not be made up by drastic
reductions in expenditures. We must
resolutely balance our budgets.
The economic safety of the Republic
depends upon the joint financial sta
bility of all our governments. That
stability of the Nation Is to be attained
not alone by the financial stability OF
the Federal Government. It lies equally
in the financial integrity Of every State
county. and municipal government. AS
GAcCuIlfCo, VIC dAC S24dl 6SA dAA0SA OAA
constitutions with the duty to recon-
mend methods and measures to our
Legislatures to these ends. know of
no more difficult task. Yet the foun-
dations Of recovery of business, of en-
ployment, and of agriculture depend
upon the success of our efforts and the
efforts of our legislators.
You are meeting here to consider
many phases of these questions. 1t Is
to urge the national aspect of our con-
tinued State and local financial prob
lens as well as our Federal issues and
to discuss some measures Of co-opera-
ton that have accepted your invita-
ton to address you today.
Gives Figures on Cost.
A few figures will assist us In con-
sidering the cost of government and
the extent to which 1t has increased In
the last 20 years, although all such fig
ures are but approximations and have
many different bases of calculation
For purposes Of illustration I have
taken the year 1918 as the last year
TO reflect pre-war conditions, the year
1924 as far enough removed from the
actual war years to fairly indicate the
trend, and 1880 as the last year for
which figures are available.
Expenditures, including debt retire
ment from surplus, were approximately
as follows:
Evening star., 1932-04-27
Heads Paper Company.

MONTREAL, Quebec. April 27 H1.-
Gen. j. B. White Of the Canadian In
ternational Paper Co., yesterday was
elected president Of the Bathurst Pow
er & Paper Co. A. ]. Nesbit, former
president, resigned from the board Of
directors and was replaced by L. P.
Wilson, managing director of Abitibi
Power & Paper Co. He also was elected
vice president.
Evening star., 1932-04-27
GEN. PERSHING SAILS
ABOARD LEVIATHAN
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. April 27-Carrying
Gen. John J. Pershing as passenger,
the Leviathan steamed out of New
York Harbor last night to return to
Germany for the first time since the
outbreak Of the World War.
Originally christened the Vaterland,
pride of the Hamburg American Line,
she made her last trip to Germany
when that country ordered shipping
stopped in 1914. Renamed by the
United States Government in 1917,
she transported thousands Of dough-
boys overseas to fight the Germans.
Since the war her route has been to
Southampton and Cherbourg.
The little seaport Of Bremerhaven
Is her destination this trip.
Gen. Pershing is on his way TO
Paris
Evening star., 1932-04-27
PLAN "S0LONA" OPENING

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MCLEAN. Va, April 27-Plans for
holding open house May 81 in Solona,
Colonial home now owned by the
Smoot family, where Dolly Madison
was given refuge when she fed from
Washington before the approach Of the
day at the meeting Of the Guild of
st. Johns Episcopal Church at the
home Of Mrs g. r. Strawser This Is
the .flrst time Solona has been opened
An thNs ~ III @f
Evening star., 1932-04-27
PHYSICAL AND DENTAL
EXAMINATION PLANNED
Snacial nisnatch to The Star.


TAKOMA PARK, Md, April 81
All children entering the Takoma Park
Public School next Monday will be
given a physical and dental examina-
ton between 10. o'clock and noon, be-
ing part of a May day program for
those entering the kindergarten or
first grade.
The campaign, which is being held
throughout the United States, is receiv-
ing the support of the Parent-Teacher
Association, the following members as
siSting in the campaign: Mrs. Walter
P. Harman, chairman; Mrs. 1. Krumke,
Mrs. George E. Davis, Mrs. B. H. Hen
shall. Mrs. G. w. Garland, Mrs. Frank
Bourk, Mrs. Ralph Raymond. Mrs
David LorenZ and Mrs. Stewart Patter-
son.
DR.. A. B. Little and DR.. Lynwood
Heiges will give the physical examina-
tions and DR.. E. Clyde Shade the dental
examinations.
Evening star., 1932-04-27
HEAR CLEANUP PLANS
Ballston Citizens Addressed by Ar.
lington County Chairman.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALLSTON, Va, April 27.-Stanley
H. Williamson, general chairman of the
Count Cleanup Committee, spoke at
the meeting of the Ballston Citizens AS
sociation last night ON the plans of the
campaign to start May 2. Other speak
ers were C. l.. Kinnier, county engineer,
and Morten q. Macdonald, president Of
the Lee Heights Citizens Association.
Herbert w. Smith, Thomas J. Crack
and Harry Cuppett were appointed as
tl,~ local C'eon l'r CornTiftee.