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Evening star., 1933-03-18
"Y" SWIMMERS in MEET
Washington and Baltimore Team
Oppose Here Tonight.

w aSn1nSton ana Baltimore Teams
Oppose Here Tonight.
Headlining an aquatic program to-
night at the Central Y. M. c. A. will be
a swimming meet between the host or
ganization and the Baltimore "Y." The
team from the Maryland metropolis de-
feated the Washington ''Y" natators
last month in Baltimore and the latter
will be seeking revenge. The meet
starts at BIS o'clock Any new marks
made will be recorded as pool records.
A meet between junior swimmers of
the ''Y" and the Shoreham Club at
7:30 O'Clock opens the program, and
the closing attraction will be q water
polo game between the "Y" team and
the "Y" instructors.
The public is invited.
Evening star., 1933-03-18

Runs batted in-Bellande, Harris (2),
Sewell, Boken. Manush s2). Rice. Schultz.
Bolton. Kerr. Travis, Fleming. Two-base
hits-Harris. Travis t2). Rice. Kerr. Manush.
Three-base hits-Schulte. Bolton. Double
plays-Lee to Bellande to Windle. Russell to
Harris. Moore to Bellande to Windle. Harris
70 Boxer, to Harris; Left on %m %m %basesmNew ss w
Z: of Bryant, 3. Struck out-By Lee. I:
by Burrows. A. by Bryant. l. Hits-Of
Russell, in innings q rum: oil Lee, 8
in s innings g runs. Wild pitch-Burrows.
Umpires-Van GRAHAM and Altrock. Time
OF Rame-1 hour 50 minutes.
Evening star., 1933-03-18
LIST TITLE HAND BALL
District A. A. q. Championship Il
Be Held at "Y" April BIB.

Be Held at "Y" April S-15.
April 8-15. inclusive. have been
selected as dates for the annual Dis
trict A. A. U. four-wall hand ball cham
pionships at the Central Y. M. c. A..
Singles and doubles titles will be de-
cided.
Entry blanks may be had at the Y.
The entry fee Is so cents. Entries will
close Monday April 3, with Ralph Fos-
ter at the Y.
Gold medals will be awarded the
winners and silver medals will go to
the runners-up. Third-place bronze
medals will go to the victors in rpecial
matches between defeated semi-final-
lists.
Evening star., 1933-03-18
SOPH LEAD SCORERS.

AUSTIN, Tex R.-Jack Gray, star
University Of Texas sophomore. led the
Southwest Conference basket ball race
In scoring this season with 157 points
in IL games.
Evening star., 1933-03-18
FULLAM UNABLE TO FIGHT.

NEW YORK, March 1S-Stricken
with an attack of ptcmaine poisoning,
Frankie Fullan, Washington, D. c.,
was prevented from boxing Solly Krei-
ger OF Brooklyn here last night in
preliminary to the Ben Jeby-Vince Dun
dee bout.
Evening star., 1933-03-18
Pilot Laud His Catching Corps Pirates Fate Appears Up ce
Ruth Now Looms
Loser in Pay War
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CT. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 18.
- The great $1,000 argument
between Babe Ruth and Col.
Jacob Rupert over the Babes 1888
salary appeared to be little closer
to settlement today, with the signs
pointing to Rupert as the probable
winner.
Ruth. who recently admitted he
would consider SIS, 900. just $1,000
more than the Yanks were offering,
telephoned Rupert last night asking
for a conference at Miller Higgins
field today. Observers figured that
since he had made the first move,
the Babe was about ready to capitu-
late.
Evening star., 1933-03-18
YITH Uncle Clark's Nationals
~ hitting the road, bumpy ball
v fields, change Of diet and

along with 1t, Doctor" Mike Martin,
the ace of all American League train
ers goes into real action.
For the past two weeks the good
doctor has had nothing much to worry
about down in Biloxi but colds, pains
In the tummy and to get line on
those who were mixing up their shrimp,
pie, ice cream and salads.
Evening star., 1933-03-18
\HILADELPHIA, March 18 up.
y Bill Carr. the University of
Pennsylvania's modest track

star, who flashed to fame in
the Olympics last Summer. may have
run hts last race.
The black-thatched Arkansas flyer,
world record holding 400 meter,
Olympic champion, was thrown from
the running board of an automobile
in . collision last night. Hospital
officials announced he suffered pos
sible fracture Of the pelvis. an injury
which Lawson Robertson. coach of
the University Of Pennsylvania and
American Olympic track teams said
possibly does" mean the end Of
Cars career.
Evening star., 1933-03-18

Tomorrow-Chicago Cubs)
Copyright, 1888. by North American News
paper Alliance, 1ncl
Evening star., 1933-03-18

Washington's second-string infield Of
Harris, Kerr, Boken and Travis put up
sparkling game with Boken. at short
starring. He 1lawlessly handled six
diftcult chances. Oddly, his lone error
Evening star., 1933-03-18
ONE FOR THE SUBS

Totals ........ 33 II 12 81 IS :
New Orleans .... Q l % /.
WE shinrtnn q . O O @ Il
Evening star., 1933-03-18

4 Y IANf1, Fla, March 18 (F9.-Max
nu Carey, manager Of the Brook
w lyn Dodgers. Is showing quite
Evening star., 1933-03-18

n YEW ORLEANS, March 10
M Washington's Ball Club will
l Y show the rest of the Amer
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04
THREE FORKS
WELL WATTS
FOR CASING

Not until road conditions i'm
prove so that hauling between
Madison valley and Three Forks
is possible. can the Montana Gas
4 Petroleum corporation well at
Three Forks resume operations.
The casing in the wildcat wen
at Ennis has been pulled by Ben
W. Ryan. OF the Three Forks
company and part Of it had been
hauled to Three Forks before
the storm hit.
Total depth is now 1885 feet.
with a 12-inch hole. using ro-
tary equipment. Not until casing
Is run can a production test be
made.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04
TROSHIlOTS
HELPFUL 70
7O WELLS

Nitro glycerin definitely won .
home in cna Bank field this week
BY greatly improving two wells.
Used cautiously in shooting a
sand for the first time in the
North country, It was tried on
producers OF Adams-Adannix COM
pany on Britton No. / well in
So SEX NwA 14-s4-ew and on
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES No. /
In swH SEX NEA s-s4-sw.
Following a 40-quart shot. the
Britton we'll was still being clean
ed out Friday. The crew was
swabbing as they cleaned out and
had been taking out about so
barrels a day, working daylights
only.
Two 2O-quart shots were tried
on the Stewart sand in the Da-
kota-Montana well and a 40
Continued on Page Fivel
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04
-
Due EAT
AT CUT BANK

The next completion in Cut
Bank field will be the Santa
MISREPRESENTATION No. / well
in Sc sEKNwN 25-s4-sw, mid
way between the Montana Power
simero producer and the princi-
pal producing group of the field.
The well was reported drilling
at 2825 feet, ready to set casing
Saturday and drill in next week.
after cement sets. Except for
delays due to the weather. the
crew on this well would have
made a new field record in this
Craig Drilling COM
pany is the contractor.
Santa Rita company's Tribal
No. / In 15-35-6W is drilling at
$40 feet after having cemented
the surface string Of casing.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04

Location OF the new test 81
about five-eaghfhs OF a mile
northeast Of the NO. / location
which had oil and water at q
horizon 40 feet below the top OF
the Madison lime.
The new location was deter
mined by the geophysical process
known as reflection shooting"
which indicates that the top Of
the Madison limestone is about
200 feet higher above sea level
than at the No. / location. This
is the first time that geophysicaI
methods have been utilized in the
North Rocky Mountain region
and II this data proves accurate
it may greatly influence prospect
ing in the plains area along the
east face OF the Rocky Mountains.
The well is being drilled Jointly
BY Nordon corporation and Cad
A. Rooney. formerly Of Los Ange-
les. Location Is $50 feet north
and 110s feet east OF the south
west corner OF L. s. D. ~. Sec.
2. Twp. 2. Rg. 26w4.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04

Drilling Is resuming with ro-
tary tools on the Commonwealth
Petroleum test on MIX River. on
the north extension Of the Sweet
grass Arch, in Southern Alberta.
The hole bottoms at $40 feet
and viii be carried to the Ordo-
vician, in which the famous WILL
cox sand Of the Midcontinent iz
found. The Ordovocian is known
to contain oil in this region but
no commercial quantities have yet
been found in the two or three
wells carried to the ordovician
The test Is accordingly Of great
importance to the oil Industry OF
continued on Page Fourl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04
Test More Than Mile
OF Production
Starts At Cut Bank

Va field Fulton
49, mile production is
today drilling Aoo feet after having started At record speed its test which viii
srlcaly the
Ia the IS
much in
il Gu and
Of gve
o o
CONTROVERSY Of
be
ned q =
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04

DERTHELOTE
TEST FINDS
DEEPER OIL

A new pay horizon has
been discovered in Berthe
Tote field BY the TAquid
Gold COmpany's Roberts No.
4 well. In @ NwA NEA
2S-s0-1E, according 20 in.
formation received b. O.
n. McCutcheOn. who drilled
. wei on che north side Of
Be~theaOte last year.
The new hOrisOn is about so
feet below the water sand which
caused the abandonment Of ths
MccutcheOn well. which tailed
to produce at the horizon Of the
discovery well in Section $685.
2E. Continuing on down, the
MccutcheOn well ran into a flow
Of water which could NOT Be
handled. so the hole was plugged
back with a view to saving the
gas in the upper sands.
The Liquid Gold well had
this same flow OF water and was
unable to shut It off entirely
says. 'They contin-
ned drilling in a wet hole ana
about 80 feet below the water
sand they picked up another sand
which showed oil. This il the
first time a well has tested that
horizon and while 1t was impos-
aible for them to determine how
much oil they had, with the hole
full Of water. the fact that they
took out a couple Of baileru OF
oil shows that they surely have
more than q showing"
Mccutcheon believes THAI had
ne drilled his well deeper he
might have brought in a well as
bis well is still the highest, struc-
turaliy, in the field, he main
sains. The Liquid GOla is lower
Structurally, than the discovery
we'll on the syr farm.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04

certained, there IL no way OF
getting this business to grow to
larger proportions.
thousands Of gallons Of gaso-
tine will be used this year on
Montana highways, going tax
free.
An idea Of the traffic win be
given to any who watches high
ways leading out OF Cut Bank
where there is a constant stream
of trucks loaded with oil barrels.
Many Of these trucks haul as
many as is barrels. They buy
the crude from the wells. It is
sweet" crude and offers no
problem to home distillers.
Radiator as slower"
one farmer near Waller dis
played a typical refinery. He
has an oil barrel as q "still'
with pipes connected onto q trac-
tor radiator, detached from the
tractor for the purpose The
barrel serving as a 'istill" is
filled about half fun OF crude,
a fire is started beneath it and
az the oil Is heated. the vapOrs
pass out OF the barrel, through
the pipe and into the radiator
where the vapors are cooled and
condensed into liquid.
CONTINUED on Page Fiyel
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04
DEVILS HOLE
STANDING
1850 FEET

Owing to snow drifts and
bad roads, no further work has
been done on the Riee-Fulton
Development company wen on
Devils Hole structure, according
to W. d. Rice Of Great Falls.
The hole bottoms at 2sso feet
with 1o-inch casing set at 2sss
feet with the first Frontiers
expected at around $500 feet.
II is necessary to haul both
water and fuel oil for a consid-
srable distance and this is impOs-
'ibls until the roads clear up.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04
Gasoline ''Moonshine"
Plants In Northern
Montana Number zoo
Startling Growth OF Home Brew" Gasoline
Industry Threatens State-Federal
Gasoline Tax Revenues

There are no less than two hundred
''moonshine" gasoline plants in Northern
Montana, and the number is steadily increas-
ing.
This startling information was revealed
by casual survey BY a representative Of
the Journal during the past week.
The situation is-or should be alarm
ing to federal and state tax collecting agen-
ties. for Montana refiners and distributors
Buying crude oil for ST. barrel, farmers
and others are making gasoline for their
own use and for the use of their neighbOrs
and not few are selling an occasional tank
full to q passer-by and SO far as can be as
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04
MONTANA BANKS
HAVE RESOURCES
OF Sl6, 7o4 $40

Announcement that Montana
banks and their related Minnesota
banks win not declare a morator-
ium was made in Great Falls on
Friday. Montana has 81 state
banks and So national banks
with q combined capital Of
sssSso,ooO. surplus and profits
OF s7.77s,so. deposits Of s102e
7s4,1so and combined total re-
sources Of s1Ss.7s4.e20.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04
TExACO CORES
SUNDANCE SAND.
MkALI BUTTE

The Texas company is again
corning on its state-Ridgeway No.
2 on Alkali Butte structure, at
ter having had 100000 feet Of
gas in the Morrison. This is the
deepeht test ever drilled in the
field and win continue still deep
or int Othe suadance sand. which
the present cOring Is expected to
reysaa.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04
PUMPING EAST TEXAS

The inevitable day when East
Texas wells must be pumped in
order 70 get out the allowable"
Of SO or IS barrels per day. Is
at hand. sinclair-Prairie company
has just brought 100 derricks
Of the pumping type to erect ov-
er approximately one-fifth OF its
wells.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04
BURDEN Of cas-
TAX is PLACED
ON PRODUCERS

The Montana legislature on
Friday had not yet adjourned
but was in session following a re-
cess over night It passed the
pipeline franchise BIN In changed
form providing that producers Of
natural gas must pay X cents
per thousand cubic feet. The
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04

original bin calling for q dis
Irritation tax was killed. Pro-
ducers set from two to fire cents
per thousand for their gas.
~
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-03-04
new noRD0N TEST LIKELY TO OPEH
LIGHT OIL FIELD IN SOUTH ALBERTA

Rigging up rotary corporations
No wen strncture Alberta,
north Of Cut drilling Sunday depth
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1933-03-23

hogy husz ev mulva Japan ket
szazmilli6 emberrd fog rendel
kezni, 5 hogy nagy nemzet epei
olyan toke1etesen fel lesz aka
ipari, akar kercskedelmi, aka,
fegyveres haborura keszulve
mint a feherek.
Amt eddig Japan n&lkul0z0tt
a szenet IS q vasat, AIT az III tar
tomanyokban megkapta.
A megh6ditott n9pek husz.
harminc ev mulva open ugy el
mennek a japan vezersz6ra a hi.
boruba, mintahogy roman alatt.
val6k a magyarokkal k3nytele
mex voltak elmenni. vagy ahogy
a csehek Ausztriaval elmentek
Mem teveszthet meg senkit :
cseh arulas, amely hatba szurta
a monarchia hadsereget, inert ar
ra cseh katonaknak igazaban
csak akkor nyilt alkalmuk, mikor
, a haborut kozponti hatalmak
elvesztettek.
Lehetnek emberek, akik ugy
hiszik, hogy a haborura nincs
Okla a sarganak Is a fehernek.
Hogy Japan megfer Azsiaban, a
feherek a tobbi kontinensen Is
felesleges lesz, hogy megitkoz-
zenek egymassal.
Ez felteves santit, $ ait a
mai esemenyek is mutatjak.
A feher embereknek - ugy
erik - szuksegik van a sarga
piacra.
Sem a Keleten befektetett va
gyonaikrol, sem Kelet piacarol
lemondani nem fognak es ait a
Ligan keresztiil most eleg villa
gosan megmondtak.
A L,iga hatarozatanak az er-
telmeben a feher hatalmak ia
pan ujabb hoditasait mem isme-
rik Ell, mar ebbol a tenyb6l a
haboru ezer csirai fakadnak.
Egyetlen szikra eleg lesz hoz-
"a, mostantol kezdve, hogy a
tavol-keleten egy vi vilaghaboru
robbanjon XII es ebben a pilla-
nathan peldaul mem emelkedik
egyetlen $40 sem Swanson navy
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1933-03-23

Ebben az esetben 1 feh9r ha-
talmak egyszeriien rabizz&k !
sargakra, hogy bomlasi process
sust onmagukon lefolytassak: al
ban rem3nyben, hogy sirg&k
k0zt kitorhet6 bolshevizmust.
vagy anarchiat kepesek lesznek
izol&lni.
Gondolhatunk azonban ARA Is,
hogy hasonl6 &ramlatban vegz6-
dix q depressi6 q .feherek k6zt,
ami szinten egeszen Vi kkpet ad-
hatna = vil&gnak Is ami ! meme
zetek k0zti esemenyeket szinten
Vi 3ramlatba terelheti.
Ak&rmi t0rt&nik azonban mos
tant6l kezdve jov6ben, Man
churia IS Jehol megh6dit&sa nt&n
tobbe scnkinek nem lehet ! sir
ga veszedelmet" f&lvallr6l ven-
nj Is ma nagyoh sokkal tobbet
foglalkoznanak azzal mindannyi-
an, ha ~ raern9nk, ha ! bank
mizeriak egeszen meg mem b6-
ditottak volna a vilagot.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1933-03-23
= sal'ga veszede1eI1,
F'tIN Nj

=
Valamikor vilmos csasz&r hiv
ta fel : vilSg figyelmet = "sarg.
-veszede defem" re Is voltak elegen
akik ! csaszart akkof kinevettek
Ma . vi1&g sokkal kevesebt
hajland6sagot mutat a nevetesre
inert a s&rga veszedelem mar er6.
sen nyakunkon van.
Amig AZ Egyesalt Allamok !
bankzarlattal Is a depressi6 tob.
bi aldasaival van elfoglalva, 4
feher emberek aranylag kev9s Fl,
gyelmet forditanak a tavolkelet
esemenyekre, amelyek val6szini.
leg Vi vil&ghaboru magvat hord.
jak magukban.
Meg pedig olyan vilaghiboru.
ct, amely minel hamarabb jon
ANIMAL kisebb veszedelmet jelenl
az emberiseg szamara.
Japan szembeszallt az 0sszes
feher hatalmakkal, egyik tar
tomanyt a mask utan kapcsolja
lie Kinar6l.
Az utols6 masfel ev alatt ICY
a japan imperium alatt el6 alatt-
valok szama megszaporodott
negyvenot-0tven millioval, je-
lenleg az vi tartomanyokkal
es Koreaval egyiitt szazhar-
minc-szaznegyven millio ember
felett rendelkezik a Mikado- kor-
manya.
Ha Japant ma vagy holnap
megrohannak feher hatalmak:
termeszetes, hogy szetmorzsol-
max tavol-kelet vi urat, de ha
elhalasztjak a dolgot husz-har-
mine evvel, akkor esetleg Japan
fogja megrohanni feher, villa
got.
Mert Japan, amely rovid otven
ev alatt a modern nyugati civili-
zacio minden mechanikus felsze-
releset atvette, husz-harminc ev
alatt ugyanezt fogia tenni Man
churiaval. Koreaval es Jehollal
es mem tudja senki, hogy ez alatt
az lido alatt mennyi ujabb tarto-
manyt fog lekapcsolni szeren-
csetlen Kina testerol.
Mem 1ehetetlen elkepzelni,
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1933-03-23

minister programme ellen, aki
uj hajokat alar epittetni i sza-
munkra. Annyit, amennyit 4 nem-
zetkozi szerz6desek megenged-
mex.
Kina n6pe sem fog belenyu-
godni teljesen t2tleniil q japan
h6ditasokba IS 4 feher emberek
segitsegeSrt alland6an csabit6
kereskedelmi el6nyoket fog igkr-
nj vilagnak.
|, De mindezeken 4sivul Is felul
is lehetetlen elkepzelni, hogy az
Vi sarga vilaghatalom inert
Japan a iegjobb \ uton van ARA,
hogy vilaghatalommi fejl6djek
- Is a nAgy feher hatalmak be-
kesen fognak vagy tudnak egy-
mas mellett letezni.
Mines hat kil&tas, nincs lehe-
t6seg ri. hogy a feherek Is a
sargak kozti 6sszedtk6zest elke-
rifle az emberiseg Is nehez ell
kepzelni, hogy a tobbi szines
nepek mem avatkoznak a do
logba.
A barnak, a feketek a szerint
sorakoznak maid fel, ahogyan a
sajat erdekeik ARA kenyszeritik
6ket, de a feherek elleni jogos
gyiiloletuk mem teszi valoszinu-
We, hogy mellettiink vetik magu-I
kat egy ilyen iitkozetbe.
Az ilyenfajta Macy vilageges
adna nekik ra alka1mat, hogy
megbosszuljak fehereken azo-
kat a bantalmakat, amelyeket
ket evezreden at elszenvedtek a
kezikb6l.
Termeszetes, hogy vilagtor-
tenelemnek EFT a varhato nagy
megiitkozeset bizonyos, el6re mem
lathato esemenyek, mas iranyba
terelhetik.
Mem lehetetlen peldaul, hogy
Kina folytonos hoditasok el6l
a bo1shevizmus karjaiban keres
menedeket es bolshevizmus
epen ugy mem szokott hatarok-
nal megallni, hogy ait mas for
radalom is ritkan szokta meg
tenni.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1933-03-23


szenvedesek Is megprobaltat&sok
utan elertek, meg nagyon messze
voltak a celjukt6l.
Mikor Nomenal partra szalltak,
az aranymez6kt5l meg par szaz
mertfo1dnvire voltak Is az a par
sziz mertfold sokkal nagyobb ut
volt. mint a negyvenkilences
aranvasoknak Missouri Rivert6l
Californiaig terjed6 masfelezer
mertfoldje.
Mert a vad nyugat masfelezer
mertfoldjen csak sivataggal, az
ellenseges indiannal, a Rocky
megmaszhatatlan hegyeivel kel-
lett megbirkozni, Is ezt nagyobb
karavanok eleg konnyen - rovid
hat-nyolc het alatt - megtettek.
De aki Alaska partjait elerte,
annak az utjaba athaghatatlan
jeghegyek meredtek, es ezeken a
jeghegyeken sem lovak, sem osz-
verek athagni nem tudtak.
/, Csak kes6bb, sokkal kes6bb
tudtak olyan ttat vagni, amely a
kutyaszanokat fclvitte Is az
aranyboomnak regen vege volt, a
mikor Alaskaban az elso vas si-
neket leraktak.
A jeghegyeken kivul az id6ja-
ras, az elviselhetetlen hide5 ALT
az emberek utjaba, akik egyeb-
kent tomegesen hovaksagot kap-
tax, inert mem ertettek hozza,
hogy mikepen kell a szelneikre
vigyazni.
Miel6tt neki vagnank ieghe-
gyeknek, a veresre festett Chi
nooknak, vessiink egy pillantast
a kikot6-" -"varosra."
Mikor az emberek megtudtak.
hogy mi var rajuk, amig az arany
.--r-sk-r ci;.---al- unit Seattle
ben meg nrs,a sakarts-k elhinni -
aagvon sotSan bel5ttSk. hogy mem
vagnatnak a nagy utnak.
Ha Seattleben otszaz dollar
kellett hozza, hogy a sziiksges
kutyakon es kutyaszanon kivul
felszerelest megvegyek rnaguk-
max, akkor Alaskaban sziikseguk
volt ezerotszaz dollarra.
Mert akik partra ertek, es akik
a helyzetet atlattak, azok bizony
Oft nyomban hozza fogtak ara
nyat diggolni.
Mem jegge fagyott foldbol,
mem sziklakbol es nem folyo
medreb6l, hanem embertarsaik
zsebeib6l banyasztak.
A remenyteljes aranyasok nyom
ban hozzafogtak, hogy egymast
rabo1jak, hogy egynas utolso
rongyat leszedjek a gyongebbek
tester6l es mem lehet leirni AIT
a "boomot," ami mar partok
menten fejl6dott.
Minthogy elelmiszerben volt a
legnagyobb sziikseglet, els6 sor-
ban szet kell neznink, hogy
fiieilnyibe kerult az elet az elsd
h6napokban az alaskai partokon.
Tekintetbe kell vennnnk, hogy
q partra erkezett elelmiszerek
nagyreszet tovabb vittek az arany
mez6kre, es tekintetbe kell ven
niink ait is, hogy kezdtek mar
AZ aranyporral rakodott banya-
szok is le3rkezni a tengerhez.
Az eis6 negy h6napban egysze-
ruen nem voitak Srak. inert a
szerint raboltak . szallodakban
e vcndkgl6kben, hogy mennyi
volt a nep Is mennyi penzik
volt.
Voltak napok, amikor egesz
rendes ebedet 1ehetett kapni ket.
harom doll&rert. de voltak l1apok
mikor egy ebedert hat-nyolc dol.
l&rt raboltak.
Akkori feljegyzesek mutatjak
! seattlci muzeumban. hogy vol.
TAX napok, nikor egy tojasert ket
doll&rt fizettek az izlctben. {.
ainikor egy iont krumplinak Al
IN egy dollar volt.
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