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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-05-05

gcsmsammsa erom paea 0mal
from Hinkle No. 20 No. 2 loca'-
ton, swk NEM 2-s4-sw. and
spudded Tuesday. Thursday they
SET surface pipe at $50.
AEOmtama P0wew-seeha No. 3
SEA NwN 2-s4-6w. 0ffsetting
the Hinkie No. on the west,
is drilling At 1890 feet with
cable tools. There viii be a
merry race to the sands. Montana
Power having beaten the Texas
company TO the fIush production
on the two locations to the north.
Texaco-Antram No. 2, lot 4,
sec. s4-s5-sw. is drilling at 1900
feet. This well. drilled with
rotary tools. started May is.
TexacO-Long No. 4, NWk
swH 2s-s5-ew. fishing. 2700
feet
Texaco-Fee No. 2, swH swH
14-ss-sw. drilling ont cement.
$50.
TexacO-schlag No. 4 swH
swA 2s-ss-sw. drilling. SIS,
rotary tools.
TexacO-A Eable Morrison No. 4.
SEA SEX 22-s5-5w. offsetting
milestone No. 2 on the west, is
a new location.
Montana Power-Eeil No. I, C
NEH 2O-ss-5w. drilling. 272O.
Montana POwer-Peoples No.
c VIZ EH 14-s4-5w, drilling
$50.
Montana Power-seeba No. 8,
SEX NWH 2-s4-ew. drilling,
1890.
decentralization No. s, NEH
swH 12-s4-sw. drilling. 27o0.
TaErant-Gstty No. 4, Mex
SEX 2-s4-eW. drilling. 1900.
Tarrant-Jones No. 4, swA
SEX 31-s4-5W. rig up.
Tarrant-Anderson No. 1 sWA
NwA 2s-s5-sw, spudding in.
Tarrant is drilling this well on
contract for a Cut Bank group
including Pioneer Lumber COM
pany officials.
Montana HeadIight. Williams,
No. 2. NEH NEK 1t-s4-ew. IL
still fishing for dropped casing,
and may have to sidetrack.
Indian GA C0.-Fee No. 4,
center SEX s-s4-ew. is rigging
up.
Santa RAta-Casdwell No. 8,
NBA NwH 15-s5-sW. drilling.
1856.
p. T. sweeney-Hariy No. 4.
NWA MEX 27-s5-ew. drilling,
1886.
Nylaagen-Anderson No. 2, NEA
swA 2e-s5-eW. drilling, 1900.
Cxnmley- Weaver No, q. G lot
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-05-05

The services Of an experienced oil
wen drilleF. using his own equipment,
70 drill. case and bring n a wen Of
an approximate capacity OF 500 naliena
Of high test crude. per dag. a. a
depth Of less than A hundred feet.
Location Seuthern Montana 1orua-
ton clay, shaie and lima stons, no
~nssger heaas1
e wen II properly brought In wail
naY $500 par foot. II spoiled OK dry
VIII pay Slao per foot Tor e18ea water
meiQ one handred and tea fHet asep.
Wen mnst BE- spudded ia ~ May 15kh
AnN WaFk most progress c0nrsuuatfY&IF
nmtil eonHs@ted. Ne meneY pnia in
@0yAaee. Aag dereiop into al lister
easfng proposition far an Oh axifler
wAxh Npts and ability Give exnaf-
iaNNe with locations end dates IS wofk
6eae fn first letter owner ~ tAa
property Inserting fhla "a. AadfeaA
replies - Foas Office nF@wef re. 0,a
eeA0aN. MnnfanA So
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-05-05
Sec. 27-s5-sw.

3, Sec. 1f-oo~oW'
Nade&u Brothers Vandemark
No. 2, swA NwH s5-s5-sw,
production string cemented, 1878.
Drilling In.
Par Oil-Haines No. s, SWA
sWH s-s4-eW, spudding in.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-05-05
returns FRO EAST

w. b. Daily. general manager
OF mines OF the Anaconda Cop
per Mining Company. has return
ed to his headquarters at Butte
after a lengthy business trip 70
Wbshington, D. C. and New
York.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-05-05

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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-05-05

We OWN 90 acres directly Oft setting
the Producers Development Syndi-
cate wen being drilled IN Ser. 70,
Twp. 81 Norfh. Range West, South
Cut Bank structure. We are inter
ested IN getting IN touch with q
financial group or Company who may
wish 70 participate with us In driff-
ing q wen on this lease. Address
Box S78 Shelby. 4-2l-tG
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-08-08
HAS NEW TRUCK

Harry Cox, local trucking oper-
ator, purchased new Ford va
truck last week.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-08-08
FIRE DANGER
STILL EXISTS FL
DESPITE RAIN
Timbered Areas Extremely DR.,
Throughout District, Forest
Officials Declare
Campers Warned
Should Be Cautious; Smoker
Caused Aeneas Creek Fire
Near Curlew

Despite the heavy rain Friday
evening and night, forest areas In
this district still are extremely dry
and the forest fire hazard has not
appreciably decreased, according to
Indian service and forest depart
ment officials.
The moisture which fell in the
vicinity of the Aeneas creek fire
quickly evaporated, and the same
condition has been true Of other
timbered sections of this region, they
explain.
Prevalence of lightning with ex-
tremely high temperatures, brisk
winds and low humidity have COM
bined forces to make the recent
danger period one of the worst fire
weather periods in the last 10 years
Total fires during the last few weeks
in the region were 205 against "a
for the same period last year.
Smoker Blamed
The biggest fire of the season, the
Aeneas creek fire, which burned
over 10000 acres when it was finally
corralled Monday morning, was
presumably caused by smoker A
Lake Chelan fire, which covered
several hundred acres, was caused
by the explosion of a gasoline camp
stove. The offenders in this case
were arrested and fined.
Relief from the recent extreme
high temperatures and low humidi-
ties is now aiding in the control OF
the fire situation, but the forest
service is urging all smokers, camp
ers and logging operators to "take
no chances" during the hazard GUS
period from now until the fall
rains begin.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-08-08
'sy -Mare Il
ple+e
ED
Applicants D4s Tome
To Secure *
Coulee Dam
No Policy Change
MRS Will Follow Government
: Rules In Signing
! Up Workers
SEATTLE-Workers

SEATTLE-Workers on the
Grand Coulee project will not be
hired at the dam. according to Col.
Henry NJ. Waite, deputy admins
traitor, PWA. Persons secured
through the National Reemploy-
ment service must be registered in
the county of residence, and re-
ferred from that county to the pro-
ject.
Referring to a recent letter,
widely quoted throughout the
state, Col. Waite said nothing in
this statement alters the provisions
of the National Industrial Recovery
Act or rules and regulations Of
PWA." The Recovery Act provides
for preference in employment for
qualified workers who are bona
'fide residents of the political sub
division and or counties in which a
PWA project is located.
There has peen no recent
change In either the rules Or the
practice followed in selecting work.
ers for the Grand Coulee project"
according to S. E; Hutton, state
director of the National Reemploy-
ment Service in this state. ''The
regulations are not generally under
stood. The law requires that con-
tractors take employees first from
the counties in which the work is
being done, to the extent that
qualified workers are available
there, then from other counties in
the state. In each group, qualified
ex-service men with dependents
have first rights. MRS must follow
PWA rules, it makes no employ
ment rules itself.
Many Counties Listed
MRS records show that even in
the small crews 81 far employed
at the DAM twenty-four counties,
located in all parts Of the state,
have been represented. No zones
were ever established or observed
when skilled men of special
qualifications are required, they
must naturally be drawn from
counties in which such men make
their homes; otherwise, the dis
tribution of work opportunities is
general.
''T,kIere is no shortage of labor at
the dam, and there will be no
shortage. The MRS covers the state,
and can supply on short notice ten
times as many qualified workers as
will ever be required on the Grand
Coulee project"
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-08-08
RESERVATIONS HISTORY TOLD
BYCOLVILLE AGENCY OFFICIAL

where irrigated will produce three
crops OF alfalfa annually and has
averaged six tons per acre.
Is Heavily Timbered
Except for q relatively small por-
ton southwest of Omak lake and a
narrow strip from one to ten miles
in width bordering the Columbia
river, the Colville reservation is
generally timbered throughout. The
forest consists Of an acreage of APP
proximately 100000 acres on which
stands about 100000, 900 feet of
yellow pine and 100000 of fir and
larch, with a small volume of other
unimportant species.
BY reason Of it's location in the
forest fire zone, and it's rugged and
partially inaccessible character, the
Colville reservation presents one of
the most serious protective aspects
OF any reservation in the country.
During the more serious and dan
gerous fire seasons, it is sometimes
necessary to close the forests to
occupancy during the hazardous
period.
Too many people fail to realize
the danger of fire, and in order to
cope with such indifference 1t is
necessary to exclude them alto
gether. Thousands of dollars worth
OF property, and many lives have
been lost on this reservation, to-
gether with the cost of forest fire
suppression, all because some camp
er Or traveller has been careless with
camp fire, match or cigarette.
Owhi lake is the headquarters
for one of the state fish hatcheries
and is closed to fishing by whites.
From 12,00c 900 to 10000, 900 Eastern
brook spawn are taken from this
lake annually and distributed
throughout the state, in considera-
ton for which at least twenty per
cent of the fingerlings must be
CONTINUED on Page Four
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-08-08
VERA Sends Nurse
To Work In County
Miss Prusack Will Be Here Six
Months; Has Office
In Courthouse

!. Miss Katherine M. Prusack has
been assigned to the position OF
nurse in this county by the Wash
ington Emergency Relief admins
tration, it has been announced, and
arrived yesterday at Okanogan to
take over her duties.
She will establish office quarters
in the office formerly occupied by
Miss Lillian O'Callaghan, former
Okanogan county nurse. Miss Pru-
sack has been sent for a six months
assignment She will work in CO.
operation with the county commits
sioners and the Okanogan County
Anti Tuberculosis League.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-08-08
MELVIN l.. ROBERTSON
Colville Indian Agency,
Nespelem. Wash.

NeSpelen, Wash.
With the attention of the country
focused on the scene Of activities at
the Grand Coulee dam, we are nat
urally interested in what lies to the
north in the way Of resources and
recreational opportunities. The
center of the Columbia river marks
the south and east boundaries of
the Colville Indian reservation, the
Okanogan river marks the western
boundary, and the north boundary
is located at the 1914 degree OF
north latitude.
The Colville reservation, with a
area Of over 1886 600 acres at the
present, was established by execu-
tive order on July 2, 1879. While
no great wars or great explorations
are chargeaIble to its past, it has a
historical background equal to any
section in this state Here lies the
final resting ground of two great
war chiefs who were exiled to spend
their final days in the locality
Chief Joseph and Chief Moses. The
first American flag raised in the
state of Washington was the scene
of great ceremony at the old Asto1
Townsite in the southeast corner OF
the reservation. 1t is the home OF
an essentially peaseful and home
loving people, Of Mashon, Okanog-
an, San Poll, Colville, Lake, Spok-
ane. Calispell, Occur d'Alene, Nez
Perce, and other Indian decendency
The soils of the Colville reserva-
ton, fertile almost without excep-
ton, are predominately sandy OF
gravelly. They are for the most part
composed of transported material
such as glacial drift and bear little
relation to the rocks on which they
are deposited. Where the climate viii
permit, the soil will support great
variety of fruits and vegetables and
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-08-08
PLANT TROUT
BY THOUSANDS
In LAKES HERE
Republic Hatchery Puts 100000
Eastern Brook In McCinnis
Lake This Week
Many In Buffalo
Total Of $4,000 Planted During
Last Few Days; 10000
Thursday

Hundreds OF thousands of trout
have been planted in lakes of this
vicinity during the last few weeks,
one of the largest paintings of the
season having been supervised last
week by officials of the fish
hatchery at Republic.
McGinnis lake Friday morning
received 10000 Eastern brook fry,
bringing the total of that species
which have been planted in the
lake during the week to 10000.
A total of $4,000 Eastern brook
were planted in Buffalo lake last
week, 10000 on Thursday and
35 600 earlier in the week.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-08-08
Expect Big Crowd
At Onak Stampede
Riders Will Compete For Biggest
Purse Ever Offered In y
This Region

The Omak Stampede, which will
be held at .Omak Saturday ana
Sunday, August IS and 26, is giving
promise Of being one of the largest
shows ever staged in North Central
Washington, according to Its spon-
sors. q.
The bucking contest, which will
be held for the championship OF
the state, carries q $3.50 purse, a
$50 silver belt, and the SIS entrance
fees filed by all riders who enter
the contest, which will be added
to .tG1e purse. The addition of the
fees is expected to bring the total
purse to about $500, the largest
purse ever given in this part OF the
state. Il
Famous Riders Coming
n Several Of the most prominent
riders in the country, drawn to the
state for the Ellensburg rodeo and
the Pendleton roundup, have sent
word they will he in Omak for the
stampede. The show will be held
only week prior to the Ellensburg
coded and two weeks before the
Pendleton roundup. Many OF these
riders are expecting to compete at
the Okanogan County and Inter-
national Fair, to be held September
/. 2 and 3, at Oroville.
Featuring the stampede will be
the bucking horses of the Leo
Moomaw and Tim Bernard string
noted throughout the Northwest
Included in the string will be Bad
ger Mountain, ! a horse that has been
performing four years and which
has never been successfully ridden
and Dynamite, one of the most no
torious buckerS in the West.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-08-08
Plan To Rush Work
On Road Project
Important Four Mile Stretch Of
Nespelem Omak Route
Ready To Go

Plans and Specifications for the
four-mile stretch Of the Omak-Nes-
pelem road have been approved by
the Maryland Casually company,
bondholders, and the bonds have
been returned to his office, G.. B.
Fore, county auditor, said yester-
day.
This makes it possible for the
Columbia Power & Investment COM
pany, winners Of the contract, to
proceed Immediately with their
construction work on the project.
The bonds, which are for $4,000,
may now be approved by the county
prosecutor and placed on file by the
auditor.
According to information given
when the contract was awarded by
the county commissioners last Tues
day, work on the four mile job will
be rushed so that the road may be
opened to traffic not later than
November l of this year.
The highway, which will be of
standard construction and surfaced
with crushed gravel, will be routed
from East Omak north along the
Okancgan river, then east up a
gulch to Nicholson Flat. On the
Flat it will be routed northeast to
point north Of the st. Marys Mis-
sion where it will joint the present
road esF
The new road will eliminate many
dangerous grade crossings and will
be practically a mile shorter to the
point where it will join with the old
road than the present route.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-08-08
PRESIDENT TELLS OF BENEFITS
TO COME FROM COULEE PROJECT
Emissions Future Of Region In
Address To Thousands Near
Site Of Dam
.Notables Are Seen
Secretary Of War And Secretary
Ickes In Parade Of Dignitaries
Saturday; Speakers Heard

Unfolding his vision of the bene-
fits to come from the Grand Coulee
dam, in both the slow" and '.high'
phases, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt Saturday addressed the
largest crowd ever assembled IN this
section of the state, crowd estl-
mated at about $1,000 persons.
N Preceding Presidenr Roosevelt's
address, a host of dignitariss spoke
TO the crowd, their talks also being
sent over radio station KHQ. IN
cluded were George D. Dern, secre-
tary of war; Harold Ickes, secretary
! Of the interior; Senator G. c.. Dill,
who introduced the president; Judge
Charles Leavy, Of Spokane, can
didate for the Democratic nominal
ton for United States senator; Re-
preventative Knute Hill; Representa-
tive Marion zionchek; Representa-
tive Compton I. White, Of Idaho;
State Senator Horace e. Smith, OF
Omak; Frank F'unkhouser, Spokane
attorney; DR.. E. o. Holland, presi-
dent Of Washington State college;
Mrs. G. G.. Dill, Tom Cookery, and
Homer r. Bone, U. S. senator from
Washington.
Text OF Speech
The president spoke from a large
platform erected in a narrow basin a
short distance south of the towns
adjacent to the Grand Coulee dam
site. The text of his address fol-
lows:
Senator Dill, Governor Martin, my
friends, go back a long, long way
in my interest in the Grand Coulee.
Some people in this. country think
that this is a new project. I re-
member very well that in the cam
paign of 1920, when was out
: through the Northwest, it. was. a
very live subject at that time.
My old friend, Senator Dill, being
of an historical turn of mind, went
back to the dark ages fourteen years
ago and dug up a speech that I made
in Spokane, and he brought it to me
on the train, and I am going to read
It to you-not the speech, but about
two or three sentences Of it, fo1
an historical record to show that
people have been thinking Of the Co
1umbia river.
Not a great many years ago in
1920 said this:
Coming througtl Montana and
CONTINUED On Page Three)
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-08-08
CONTROL CURLEW FOREST FIRE
WITH SIXTY MILE FIRE LINE
Area Covered By Years Worst
Blaze Is Danger Zone
Officials Declare
Big Grew On Fire
Over Thousand Men Still At
Work; Had 1900 When
Rain Quoted Fire

Fire fighters Monday morning
hooked up the ends of 6O-mile
long fire trench which extended
around the Aeneas creek blaze, in
the Curlew district, one of the worst
forest fires that has struck Eastern
Washington in recent years.
Only the timeIy rainfall Friday
night, which held the fire in check
until the $500 fighters, working des-
perately to take full advantage of
the shower, was responsible for the
success of the fire fighters in cor
railing the fire, forest officials at
Tonasket said.
zSumors Were False
A spokesman for the department
also officially announced that rum
ors that a number Of men had been
burned to death on this blaze were
unfounded.
The forsst service stated Mon
day afternoon that 1155 men still
were being held at the fire, and
declared that the blaze Still was ex-
tremely dangerous. The danger is
made acute by the fact that there
still remains within the fire line a
large amount of unburned timber.
A sudden wind might start the fire
"crowning," officials stated, so that
it would leap the fire trench.
One Of Worst Fires
The fire was described as the
worst since the Dollar Mountain
fire in 1922 blaze which swept
thousands of acres southeast Of the
present fire. Another major fire Of
recent years was the Seventeen Mile
Mountain fire in 1926.
Forest officials stated that no
serious casualties had occurred on
the fire, a good record in view
of the large number Of men en-
ployed. They also declared that 600
CCC men who fought the fire did
their work unusually well.
Alarm was felt during the peak of
the blaze for many farms in the
area, and plans even were being
made for the evacuation Of Curlew.
Latest reports from the lookouts
IN the lire zone reveal that the
fire is now quiet as seen from a
distance. Scores of small smokes"
are yet to be seen, however, and
the workers patrolling the fire are
not relaxing their vigilance.
Friday II was reported that the
Taylor Ridge lookout house had
burned, but the report proved to be
mistake. The lookout, finding his
telephone line cut off by fire and
seeing a heavy cloud of smoke adj
vancing up the hill toward his
station, left the house after bury
ing his equipment and personal be-
longings in the garbage pit.
Investigation later showed the
rain had fortunately slowed down
the fire, leaving the lookout house
intact. a.!a
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-08-08
Indians Haze
Part In Fete
At Coulee Dan,

Taking an important part in the
Presidents Day celebration al
Grand Coulee dam Saturday were
40 Colville reservation Indians, LED
by Chief George, great grandson Oh
Chief Moses. The group heard
President Roosevelt's address from
the front row Of seats before the
speakers stand.
At the celebration Chief George
wore the elaborate eagle feather
headdress, valued at more than
$500, of the old chief who died 81
years ago. Chief George was one
of the few who personally met the
president during his visit to the
Grand Coulee dam site.
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-08-08
PLANS STARTED
TO ORGANIZE
CATTLE MEN
Shippers Association To Be Taken
Up At Two Meetings
In County
Agent To Assist
Chapman Outlines Plans For Or
ganization; Will Speed
Work Forward

Long laid pians for the organi-
cation OF an association. OF OkanOg-
an county cattle shippers will come
to a focal point next week aC Win
throp and Ionasket, foremost CEN
tiers of cattle raisers in this county,
when meetings will be held to con-
slider the various phases Of organi-
Zation.
Answers to questionnaires sent
out to county livestock shippers by
Vernon Chapman, county agricul-
tural agent, revealed that the cattle
raiSers were almost unanimously in
favor of such an association, Mr..
Chapman said Monday.
First Session At Winthrop
The first of the two meetings
will be held at Winthrop, Monday
afternoon, august 13, at 2 o'clock.
On Wednesday afternoon at the
same hour, another meeting will be
held at Tonasket.
Up for consideration Of the cattle
raisers attending the meetings will
be:
1.-The volume of expected ship
ments in 1894.
2-The types of organizations pos
sible to set up which have proved
successful in other cattle producing
areas.
3-Selection of the type of asso-
citation to be formed in Okanogan
county.
4-Discussion of the methods OF
assembling and shipping cattle.
5-Association costs-how they
are handled and the benefits that
the association will bring.
6-Election of committees to work
out definite plans for an associa-
ton, later to be submitted to the
cattle raisers.
ALI Must Support Plan
"To be successful the program
must be understood by all raisers,
both of beef and dairy CATTLE" Mr..
Chapman declared, urging that all
cattle men plan to attend the
Continued On Page Two
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-08-08
Delay Selection
OF New Sheriff
Commissioners Delay Picking
Successor To McCauley Until
Resignation Received

Okanogan county commissioners,
meeting at their regular monthly
session, took no action Monday on
the vacanacy to be created in the
county sheriff's post by the resigna-
ton of B. T. McCauley, who was
last week appointed head of the
state game departments enforce
ment division.
The commissioners will likely de-
lay the appointment of successor
to Sheriff McCauley until his resign
alton has been received. Mr.. Nc
Cauley was still in Seattle yester-
day, where he went last week upon
receiving information that his ap-
pointment had been made.