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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13
Rice to Build Cracking Plant
DlIBBS
UNIT, 90
REFINERY

A modern Dubbs cracking
plant is to be installed inlmed-
lately at the Home Oil & Re
filming company plant in Great
Falls, making the third Dubbs
installation and the seventh
cracking plant in Montana.
Contract for the installation
has been let to the Ralph M.
Parsons company of Mount
Vernon, Ohio, and work is
to start Immediately.
The cracker will have a rated
capacity Of 1000 barrels per day
and will operate on Pondera and
KeEia crude. Thus the Home re-
finsry will be enabled to turn out
the finest anti-knock gasoline and
reduce to a minimum the amount
Of fuel oil from Keyfn-SunbuTst
crude, since the cracker will convert
more than so per cent Of this crude
1uLO mOtOI IUcls WMCASaE = ~ RG4
cent recovery was about the max
imum under cracking methods.
The new unit, costing about
$4,000, viii be completed IN
time to care for spring commit
ments OF the Home refinery ac-
cording to H. o. Batter, manager.
The local plant when the install
lation is complete, win be one OF
the finest in the United States, en-
bodyfng the very latest ia refinery
technique said Mr.. Bataer.
Present equipment, which COM
pleteiy displaced the old American
refinery, frat plant In Great Falls,
includes q 120O-barrel pipe still
Braun fractionating towers and two
100-horsepower boilers. Location
is on a 25-acre site on the north
bank OF the Missouri river near the
Tenth street bridge. The refinery
has storage capacity OF 100. geo
barrels, a modern office building.
warehouse, loading racks and other
facilities. The plant employees be-
tween IS and so men and the pay
roll will be increased with the COM
pletion Of the cracker.
w. e. Rice, oil operator in both
Kevin-Sunburst and Pondera oil
fields, Is president OF Home OIL
& Refining company; John Rice is
vice president, Fred e. Erickson is
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and H. o. Batter
is manager.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13
TI'KACO GETS We'll on STATE LAND
State OF Montana
Owns Two Sections
OF Proven Oil Land

GOD for overburdened Montana
Tin the announcement Of the completion h week Of 100
barrel well Texas company Of
land In Cut Bank OH field.
It estimated that the royalties from the section known
Sec 366W viii pay the school funds Of Montana from half
million three quarters Of million dollars through the retained
1914 g royalty belonging the school funds
Location Of the TexacoState No producer SELL NEN
3646W short distance Of the TarrantJones gus6r and
IN the sO-called ttownsite pool''
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13

As soon as r. G. Tarrant can fish
out lost tools IN his we'll 10 the
same section. in SEX SEA So.
the state will have a third producer
pumping royalty money into the
school funds. The states first
producer was Texaeo-Stata No.
in Section 1e-82-5W, discovery we'll
In South Cut Bank, which has been
shut IN since its completion, owing
70 lack o. pipeline facilities. Il
Is rated as an s0-barrel well.
The Section SO well was drilled
into the sand on Oct. 6. 81 9gSS
feet. The bottom Of the sand was
at z91z and most of the saturafion
was found In the last three feet.
II swabbed 204 barrels In the first
"a hours. II viii probably make
100 barrels on the pump, operators
say.
The state Of Montana has been
lucky IN OIL. II has two leases in
Kevfn-SunburBt field which have
paid the state approximately q
million dollars IN royalties halt q
million each from the Rice-StannaFd
and the T q P-State leases. In
Pondera, one OF the best producing
sections--Fulton's Section 16-
Il state school land. The state also
has some production in Cat Greek.
on school land. Royalties, renEais
and bonuses have paid nearly two
million dollars into the school funds
thus Tar. Ael
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13
PEMDROY TEST Is
DOWN 2A45 FEET

Making only q few feet a tour,
the Observation-Disclosures well on Pend
roy dome, west OF Pondera OIL
field, had reached a total depth OF
PATS on Friday and Is now under
roaming down its 3/16-inch casing
at 2445, seeking q hard spot on
which TO land the pipe. A flow o.
salt water must be shut Off in the
black lime.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13
apRTNG HTT.I. WORKING

The Spring Hi mine In Grizzly
gulch south OF Helena is working
again. employing so men IN the
mine and new 250-ton klotaktom
concentrating mill. built by Nom
tana Consolidated Mines Corpora
ton, according to Gust Carlson,
vice president and manages.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13
on FTEHD UNION POP8 UP

Demand Of IA organisation seyl,
lag i&wels International Association
Of OIL Field, Gas WISH and Re-
finery Workers, for revision at the
petroleum code TO include drastic
Changes n the labor sections, viii
he given q public hearing nv Sec
rotary fckes. The dake has not
been est.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13
aTDRND OTI. aNWWn "a

Crude stocks Jumped last week
S77.000 barrels, kotalinw q quarter
Of q billion. and Secretary Eckaa
forbade Withdrawals of crude oil
from skora@s during October, Nov.
snhbsf and DecsmaSer.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13

Furthermore its highly mineraed hills
g contain gold lodges which Tom Cruise dreamed
Between which have produced millions there
vein which at the roots shows values
Few Montanans realize the Maryve
complete story Modern Marysve written
editor Of the Montana Oil Mining appears
the Journal Pages Two and Eight
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13

with an ample Of yield
Marysve district again commanding the attention OF the mining
world.
dumps and angs being converted into
millions by modern milling methods
It's grade highly valuable the price CT
gold is - II the price, Tom received
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13
WHEEL CRUSHES CUT
BANK DRILLER To DEATH

Caught in the bandwhse Rita Cardwen rig,
Charles Craig Cut Bank er crushed 20 death
toOe QgIey lost and suffered other injuries
early Monday morning.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13

LERE it is October lS-and still no proration a
j 1price cuts in Montana.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-13
Grass Is Life

Movie audiences watched in absorption
 the picture "Grass" made couple Of
 years ago. This masterful picture showed
 the migration of Asatic tribes perpct-
 ually driving their herds before them in q
 search for grass. From season to season,
 from year to year, these restless nomads
 migrate, searching always the green pas.
 lures where their herds may feed and they
 may live in plenty. It all seemed exotic and far-away. The quaint costumes, the {. unfamiliar faces of the trlbesmen made
 1t seem like legend, despite the cameras :" eye. Such things seemed mere survival of a pastoral age long gone.
 {, Yet today, in machlne-agc America, are
 felt the first stirrngs of q movement
 that may be modern pilgrimage for . grass On the western prairles Of Wiscon'
 sin, near the Minnesota border, may be !. heard the pitiful believing of hungry, :. thirsty cattle as they plod down the dusty !, roads toward newer and greener pastures. l, Localities which will not have, unless !. merciful rain comes, enough pasture for :. their own cattle, watch streams of er1a- ciated animals pour in, and farmers share or rent cheaply what pasturage they have . Now this is temporary, you think at !, first. When rains come and restore the /. home pastures, they will return. But the 7 government is looking farther ahead than that. It foresees that in some of these drouth-stricken areas the long strugg c is 1. hopeless one. There arc areas where , for three long years you could count all the heavy rains on your fingers; areas
 where grain pulled through frost, heat, and drouth only to be devoured by locusts' The emergency drouth appropriations now pending will provide huge sums to buy up lands of those farmers who are willing to give up the fight, and allow the . government to turn their wasted lands n' . to forests, game preserves, meadows. The /, government will then try to find jobs or . new lands or both for these farmers mB0,000 of whom are expected to be on
 their way this summer in voluntary ml- . grafton such as the country has not seen Yin two generations.
 l. Certain professors of ancient history -belleve that the history of all the world lis the history of men migrating toward --newer and better pasturage for their anil .mals. Faced for the first time with the ~necessity of meeting something which = may approach one of these migrations, Uncle Sam is proposing to meet it on .planned basis, to make his own history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-13

to remain true to this resolve until spring of 1884 came around bringing with it It's promise of election in November. Mir Tilson may still stick to his purpose of re. mainlng out of an active participation in politics which includes running for office.
 But June II news dispatch to the Hartford Times from Bulkley Griffin in Washington states that one of several rumors concerning the Connecticut polit. ical situation in the Capital is that Colonel John c. Tilson may accept the offer to run on the republican ticket if he is asked to do so And the chances are that he might be asked that very question. Two years ago the republicans resurrected former Governor John H. Trumbull after an absence of two years. They well might try the same maneuver this year in the hope of winning back the state from Gov. ernor Wilbur l.. Cross and his cohorts.
 Unless the democrats allow present patronage difficulties to disrupt all their plans even the presence of Colonel Tilson on the g.o.p. ticket shouldn't make much difference to them. The chances are that by late summer all will be as serene in democratic ranks as is possible. That's all that's necessary to insure a victory. Independent votes and a few bombshells from Albert Levitt should do the rest This is uttered naturally in spirit of op- tmism. Why shouldn't it be?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-13
Behind The News

The news behind the news that operates sin the form of q syndicate in practically .every newspaper in the country indicates %that the administration is committed to -the belief that unemployment is going to : be with US for at least another ten years We should be hearing more frequent calls .for insurance to cover just such situations, -:old age pensions, and the like. / . In addition the federal government is forming the nucleus of an organization .called the Progressive League, which is .akin to the ancient guilds. The League will .be formed into districts and each one will .endeayor to become self-sustaining. The .workers will be paid partly in cash and spartly in scrip.
 Ts, MAPI will not like the idea, but .something has to be done to relieve the government from continuous dole sys- tenn. Manufacturing interests can look forward to some real competition from the Progressive League, if it actually ma terializes. And judging by investigations .now going on in certain states around the
 country and even right here in New Eng land it looks as if it would be instituted The old order is passing whether we like it or not A new social order is being born and call it what you will it is inevit-
 able. The intrenched interests have fought programs so bitterly that they have only themselves to blame for the New Deal
 which they seem so ready to ridicule. Were there more people willing to accept smaller return on their invested dollar the future would be more definitely out
 lined in everyone's mind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-13

Commissioner of Domestic Animals Ed win R. Dimock is inclined to believe that there are too many high-salared officers in the milk distribution business for the good of the entire industry. He made this statement at luncheon meeting in Hartford this week at which various milk problems as they affect Connecticut were discussed. Discussing milk prices he said. "If it Ca 14.cent price) could be divided up little more honestly the farmer would get more. don't know whether there is all this surplus milk they say there is - perhaps there are too many high-salaried men connected with the business. think right now there is a milk shortage here, and if so why do we have to take cream from Tennessee and other states?" All these are pertinent questions and remarks. Ultimately we may straighten out the milk situation, but certainly not until all the facts are laid before the proper au. thorities. Right now there are plenty of accusations and charges being made, many of them without foundation. Once we are sure of ourselves we should pro. ceed to bring complaints. That demands complete survey and one that is also impartial such as was recently completed in New York state
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-13
Czardona

At last autocracy is enthroned on Capi- tol Hill in Washington. Recent dispatches tell of powers given to Speaker Rainey about as drastic as those wielded by the famous legislative czar, Uncle Joe" Can non, in pre-war days. The majority is expected from now on to flatten out mi. nority opposition with the good old steam- roller and rush through the most import ant parts of the administration program, then quit with bang.
 It is largely heat and politics, rather than calculated tyranny. The fall cam paign is coming on. Tyranny must always be opposed on principle; yet even those opposing 1t are probably eager to get away from the intolerable summer heat Of Washington. The President moreover wants Congress to pack up and go home And if the truth must be told, 80 does the public. There is likely to be enough fer !. ment in industry this summer, without Congress in operation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-13

banging en the desk, was;
 "The present naval ratios must bc Maintained!"
 AT LAST
 For months New Works mild. hammered but tenacious Senator Bob Wagner has pushed, man euvered, struggled to get action on his bills for . labor board and for old.ago pensions. Probably no senator has worked harder. With less success.
 The other day tho senate pass. cd n number of minor measures. One of those was q bill, sponsor. ed by Wagner, reducing tho standard of measure for mush. rooms from a three to one pound basket.
 Az Vice. President Garner an. nounced passage of the bill, Washington's Senator Homer T, Bono leaned over Wagner's shoulder.
 Congratulations, Rob-" he said. "At last you've got q bill through"
 MILK HOTxD UP 0.. ! Tho investigation Of milk probably one of tho most import. ant congress has eyer eontem. plated--has been delayed for weeks by the idiosyneracy of Senator Smith of south Carolina.
 Roason; Tho senate resolution ordeEing the milk investigation has been before Smiths agricul. tural committee, and Smith would not call ,a meeting of his committee for fear he would Do outvoted on the move to promote Professor Rex Tugwell to be under.seerotary of agriculture. Now that the Tuswoll matter has been taken from the committee by the senate, thero ia q chance tho milk investigation will come up In committee.
 Thanks to the leadership of hard.hlttlng Representative Sis. son, the house had passcd the resolution and appropriated 90O,. 900 for the expense of the inycs. tigati0n.
 Opposed to the resolution were representatives of the dairymen Roy Pike Of tho milk eoopsra. tlvos and Frod II. Sexauer of tho Dalrymen's League. At first though this seems strange, but tho milk eooperatives are hooked up with tho distributor not tho milk producer.
 It Is tho distribution of milk that the investigation intends to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-13

c. Can you name the youngest soldier who served with the allied forces in the World war?
 A. stephen w. Harvey, who at the age of 1S served In the front line trenches, has been officially recognized as the youngest soldier with the allied forces.
 Q. What is the highest prlco ever paid by the United states gov. ernment for gold?
 A. The present price, ss6.oo per tino ounce.
 c. Has the highway between Laredo, Texas and Mexico City been completed?
 A. 1t is open and safe for about 800 miles south from the Texas border, but is dangerous further on. Motorists are advised to exer. else special care In sectors whore blasting is going on. They are also advised to take their own food and water, as increased traffic has made these scarce in the moro re. mote regions. Sleeping aceommo. dations are also inadequate.
 o. How many workers are still unem ployed In the United States 2 A. The American Federation of Labor estimate for March, 1884, was l0,905, ,000, not including men working on government relief pro. jects.
 Q. What does the word repel mean in physics?
 A. To refuse to mix with or ad. here to; as "oil repels water"
 Q. Do all immigrants to tho United States have to land at El. lis Island?
 A. There are several other ports of entry among which are Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Or. leans, San Francisco, seattle and Los Angeles.
 Q. What is the geographical signlficance of the letters ?. D. l.? A. Prince Edward Island, Can- ada.
 e. What post docs Eamon do Valera hold In the Irish Free
 A. President of the executive council and minister for external affairs.
 O. What is the origin of the OK. pression "Davy Jones' Loeker?" A. In sea lore, Davy Jones ia the evil spirit of the sea. Some. timos sailors apply the name to the devil In general. The ocean or grave of mon drowned or buried at sea is called Davy Jones' Locker. The origin of the phrase is un.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-13

Washington, uJno i3 -- The presidents quiet but emphatic refusal to cut short congress was n bitter blow to democratic con. Rressl0nal leaders. He wanted to wind up but some of them want. cd it even more.
 They were all set to ring down tho curtain Juno Q,
 This would have enabled them Co dodge votes on the Wagner labor board bill, oil control, and the housing program--all under heavy Are from business Inter. estB,
 Somo of tho admlnlstratI ton floor leaders are privately op. posed to theso measures; but, # forced to A showdown, won't dare vote against thom,
 That showdown Is now here. BAD AT FIGURES
 Young men intending to bo. come members of future cabinets should be careful about their scholastic records. Thelr pasts will catch up with theM.
 Back In 1908, ono of tho mem- bers of Roosevelts cabinet was q youngstor at Phillips. Exeter academy and in danger of funk. Ing math, Finally his father, q wealthy New Yorker, later to be m ambassador under Woodrow Wilson, Cam0, up to Exeter and argued with Billy" Francis, pro fesors of mathematics.
 Professor Francis found tho father most delightful, but that didn't help his son. The latter, he said, was diiigent, but dumb.
 Finally tho youngster passed, Though not because of any spe. Gial inhuenee," said Professor Francis. And one of tho Merry Go.R0undcrs, having had trig. onomotry pounded into him by the professor, can voueh for hls impartiallty.
 "He just Squeaked through" said Francis, but he got by on his own."
 Tho youngster was Henry Nor. genthau, IT,, secretary of the treasury and the man who last week f0ated $500, ,000, ,000 of gov. Grnment bonds. f.ap NAVAL SECRETARY Y. D. R.
 There Is no truer axiom than that Franklin Roosevelt -- no matter what happens - will be his own secretary of the navy. How true this Is was illustrated last week.
 Usually it is customary for the state department to prepare for all naval negotiations with for. eign countries. The secretary of tho navy, assisted by his experts comes up to the state depart. ment and sits in. .,.
 But when naval experts pre-. pared to leave for London last week to discuss with tho British and Japanese plans for the next naval conference, they went dl- rect to the White House, After n talk with the president, they went back Co the navy depart! ment.
 The Paunt mountaineer from Tennessee, Secretary of State Hull, was not called In. Nor was the mustachioed Secretary of the Navy, Claude Augustus Swanson. In fact, the latter did not appear to know what had taken place.
 Asked about the instructions Roosevelt had given the naval experts, he looked congenially blank.
 "How do we stand on gIobai tonnage, MT Secretary" he was asked.
 "Wc're for it."
 "Thon how can we maintain our naval ratios?"
 The reply. accompanied by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-13

We will be interested in examining the program of legislative reform that the Connecticut State Package Stores Asso. citation is preparing for submission to the body at it's next regular meeting. If ap. proved it will be sent into the Legislature next January for that body's ok. We say we will be interested because we are won- dering if the Package Store Owners are merely seeking corrections or changes in the control act which directly affect them or all classes of permittee. This may be an altrustic move on the part of the above organization or purely selfish one. That remains to be seen. And in addition to that we presume the recently-formed Legislative Reform League will be seek ing some changes in the liquor control act. This includes all classes of permittees and constitutes quite group, capable of some brisk lobbying.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-13
Rome Letter
By THOMAS D. MORGAN

By vHOMAS B. AlOktOAN (Unltcd Press Stan C0rrespondent)
 Rome. (UP)-over 60' million plants and half . million kilo. grams of seod were put Into tho earth during los3 by the officers and mon of the Fascist Forestry Militia, which Is . section of the Biackshirt Militia organized for the protection of Itaiy's forests.
 Forty.two thousand acres of bare land were re.forested during 1888, which Is twelve times the average effected In the pre-. Fascist epoch. For the work undertaken by the Forestry Militia, the state spent 3s,000,00O lire In 1888. Near. ly all of it went in wages to labor. CTS, of whom daily average of 10000 were employed under the direction of the militia In various works.
 In addition to planting trees In denuded territory, the Forestry Militia ia engaged In superlnte ntend- Ing the building of roads through the forests and in the mountain ous districts. The militia last year also handled Q special sum of two and three.q quarters of million lire for building mountain refuges. stalls for vattle in the mountains. drinking troughs for animals, wells and huts for shepherds.
 The activity of the militia. which was founded about two or three years ago. includes. In addition to the foregoing work, the protection and maintenance of the national parks such as the Abruzxi National Park whic contains wild chamois, hears and wolves. The militia also are charged with enforcing the game and fishing laws. and can arr rest poachers and persons who are | fishing or hunting out of season, or with forbidden means. Another part of their work is protecting vil- lages and towns from the dangers of possible landslides which are common in tn chilly districts in Italy, especially when the trees have been cut down in an unscien- tiflc manner.
 Military exercises also are prac- ticed by the militia. who are un- der discipline, and take courses in rife range shooting and bomb throwing In special camps, during the summer.
 | One Of the most interesting works of the Forestry Militia dur ling 1888 was the beginning of the reforestation of vesuvius, on the Torre Annunziata side.