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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-12-29

who buy win have to pay the higher
prices.
That all prices are going up Is not to
be questioned. dollar will do LESS
today than 1t would have done six months
ago and dollar will do MORE today than
It will do six months hence. The new
gain in business is based on immutable
laws of economics and not on the length
OF soup lies. Those engaged in the
production Of new wealth are due to reap
tremendous fortunes. That is the history
of every depression. 1t follows that pros
perity OF each and every individual who
reads these lines will be based upon
ACTION rather than upon wishes
During the past week we delivered q
royalty to q few OF our clients that two
or three years hence Will be worth a
FORTUNE. It was bad time for these
people to divert funds out Of over-
stretched holiday p0cketbooks. But the
fact that the "other fellow" needed money
badly at this time and was willing TO
make sacrifice to get 1t is the essential
element to achiye thds particular fortune.
Unfortunately, there was only little
Of this royalty to be had. We can say
without the slightest doubt that this
royalty will NEVER again be available
at such price for by the end OF this
new year there will be from one to five
wells on this tract; the beginning Of q
great Development program, which will
provide royalty checks for our members
for many years to come.
None of as can be satisfied with the
results OF our efforts In 1894. It was a
year OF transition and not of realization.
The man who sat on his ears last year
will pay dearly tor his inactivity. Those
who pulled ahead win during the coming
year begin 70 realize the fruits Of their
well directed efforts.
There is no question that we stand at
the threshold OF q new cycle with the
start of 1885. The operation OF eecno-
mic Law is more forceEul than the laws
OF individuals localities. organizations,
associations or nations themselves. The
steady and relentless application and exc
cution Of this law promises better times
ahead. despite any acts which Govern
ments may make In their endeavor at
control
Nothing can block Il; nothing can stop
II. The country will progress regardless
of the mistakes which man may make,
and In harmony with natural-law evolu-
tion- The few Of us who are fortunate
enough to have oil properties in Montana
are particularly blessed.
To those to whom We wish a Pros
porous New Year We offer our services
based on thirteen years OF experience In
the royalty business. We know that
mihions upon millions OF dollars have
been paid woners of Montana royalties in
the past and that many more millions
viii be paid to royalty owners IN the
future. There Is only one method Of
participation, and that Is the purchase OF
these royalties ahead OF the renewed
development this New Year win bring.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-12-29
PAYS FARMERS $780, 10000 A YEAR

United States both in oil producing and
oil producing states paid approximately $OOOOOOOO every
the petroleum industry for rentals bonuses leases and
This business the only the country giving
steady substantial cash support to agricultural interests
benefit materially from his cash outlay the part
of the petroleum industry Thousands of mortgages paid
this money supplied by oil and natural companies and
unpaid settled full with the states and counties
benefiting a result
While royalty interests calling usually for Oneeghh Of the
oil produced often to individuals not engaged in farm
ing farmer Of the land has been paid substantial
this interest he retained the oneeghth interest in all
production developed the property he owns and eases
Tulsa Oil Gas Journal
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Jerry Hawley has located well
on Lot 2, block 80 Of the original
townsfte, at the rear Of Pete Ruet-
ems place, and expects to go ahead
as soon as weather permits. Hawley
has been operating a spudder in the
field during the past season and is
reported TO be associated with q
Canadian group IN this venture.
On Thursday there was NO active
we'll In town but one rig was get
ting ready to resume, despite the
cold on Friday. This is the Wick
strand -Simero No. 1, in lot s, Blk,
IT, original townsite, which spud-
ded Dec. II and drilled to 22O feet
before shutting down.
Watson-K istmer-AEiller No. 2,
NWK NEH 1-s3-sws north of the
edge of town Is recumsng at 1000
feet.
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Fisk Daneus No. in Block X,
Second addition, is completely rig
ged up b has not Doudded.
gad up but has not spudded-
Daems Is mayor of Cut Bank.
ON the Blackfeet Indian reserva-
ton. Consolidated Gas company is
going ahead with two wells. It's
No. 8 in Lot z (NWA SEA) See.
34-35-6W. spudded in Dec. 20 and
shut down during the storm. No. 4
Tribal, IN SWM SEX 34-sS-eW,
Is shut down at SIS feet waiting
for cement to dry on its 10-inch
surface string.
LAwsor- Hoer< Iarlan No. 2, c.
NV Y NWA s-ss-6W. cemented g.
inch pipe at 2S45 feet Christmas
ere and is reported drilling in today.
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Pray. tell me what you'd Cot
3.
I'd like to be q 'seriber
Just the same as other guys
And get thai miners mine OF mines,
A booster TO the skies.
Thru the RCcky-Morgan-Heinx route
Oily though II be
II yon were ] and I were you
What would you do for met
Now should you happen to meet a
man
With money TO invest
Just point him this direction
And we will do the rest.
It's q little dandy OF q mine
To put his money in
And IL we make a deal with him
A bonus you will win.
5,
IT'S a good Progressive mine for
sure
You'd know that from its name
Altho for want OF capital
Has made no bid for fame.
But II the proper guy takes hold
And the values be cut loose
The world will soon find out aboat
The famous big 'Bull-moose.
6.
/ cannot do no more than this
For you. Dear Mary Lou
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A Prosperous NeW Year

And when realized all this /
declared TO myself that would claim
my share Of tho good things Of Life
/ would mot be one Of tbose who
stand afar off, enyt0usky watching
others enjoy. ] would mD& be CON
tent TO clo4he myself tn the cheapest
raiment that looked respectable 1
would not be satisfied with the lot
OF q poor man. On the, contrary,
would make myself a ghest At this
banquet Of good things.
The foregoing from ''Thb Richest Man
in Babylon" describes the feeling Of every
young man who is starti1gs out In the
world with the realization that he cannot
achieve the luxuries OF hip from the
work of his hands alone.
It is e patent fact that NOBODY CAN
MAKE A FORTUNE BY SAYING FROM
A SALARY OR FROM WAGES ALONE.
The only man who makes fortune Is
the one who puts his savings TO work
for him. -
At the start OF each new year we are
all inspired as is the youth who Is just
setting out on the great Adventure of
life. Like "The Richest Man in Babylon"
we are not satisfied With our DOT and that
dissatisfaction is the element which forms
the basis Of our success.
A great many Of us are dissatisfied
with the results OF the past year, no
matter how much we accomplished. Not
one OF us can look back without the feel
ing: 81 wish / had done this thing. or
that thing or taken advantage Of that
opportunity az we bought one Unit OF
royalty on a particularly fine property,
xryfn oh hat
Units for as we now look back We see
that we could have done 80, except for
the atmosphere OF doubt that still cloud
ed the judgment of American business
during the past year
AS we emerge from 1884 We realize
that we were travelling on the incoming
tide. And as We see the ttes mownttm9
higher and higher we realize the many
things we might have done TO have
betered ourselves. In other, words, the
GREATEST opportunities are behind us,
because of the fact that the greatest
opportunities are born in times OF de-
preston Many Of US might have taken
advantage OF them but there we're more
who lacked courage than those who lacked
means. We are reminded OF the article
in the Saturday Evening Post in which
financial writer said: Be-
Every great fortune In this country
had its beginnings In some period
OF stress and strain. SOzne small
fortunes are due to accident, but
usually they 50 As they casme. The
very large fortunes have In them
the element OF accident only 20 the
extent that the builders have been
ON hand and ready TO take advant-
are Of circumstances. They nxe ON
hand and ready because they never
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ma Boss. Inn.

re man who hraes. Il ran
things in my house. usually 10
fsrs to the lawn mower, Washing
machine. vacuum sweeper, BABY
carriage and the pyramids.
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Drilling Due On State Owned Lots
Yer Active LEGATIONS In Cut Bank


own OF Cut Bank-weather permitting.
Marshall L. addition
nAnn aAE nd hnt dnMn
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-19

keelboat- His drinking bouts In. the dives Of
Natchez- Under-the- Hill and New Orleans and St
Louis and the playful habit he and his cronies
had of taking town apart" form the basis
for other wild yarns of his varied activities.
A rough, roistering, rowdy, goddess
Mike Fink and one of the things he liked best
to do was to break up camp meetings. But that
was before he ran afoul of the famous circuit
rider, Peter Cartwright. According to the leg
end, which, incidentally, came into being after
Mixes death and Is probably wholly imaginary,
Mike and his friends invaded one of Cartwright's
meetings at Alton Ill, but that husky servant
of the Lord threw Mike down and choked him
until he confessed his defeat.
So the tales of Mike Fink could be multiplied
endlessly. Some of them may have had some
basis of TRUTH but the majority Of them
obviously fictitious AS to the end of his career,
Blair and Meme write:
death, melodramatic, violent, caught up at
last with Mike Fink in the winter of 1928 in
a remote trading post by the mouth of the Vel
lowstone river in the western wilderness
Just how he died, it is no longer possible to
discover. For something about the life, and more
especially the death, of the king of the keel
boatmen attracted the fancy of western pioneers,
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with rifles and soldiers were stationed
on housetops to check sniping.
The Miami revolutionaries' plans
.'are too far advanced" Guiteras said,
because they accepted money from
American corporations in exchange
for certain concessions If they attain
power. They can't return the money.
Therefore, they must carry out their
plans"
President Grau signed decree set
ting April % as the date for the cleo
ton of constitutional assembly
which will meet on May 20 to choose
new provisional president and draft
a new constitution. Grau said he
would not continue in the presidency
after May 20, regardless of whether
the assembly confirms him as proyi-
sional president.
g by Western Newspaper Union
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had consented to help him temporarily
and intended to quit soon. So the fis-
cal assistant wrote nice letter say
ing that he would have to get back to
New York to resume his work with the
Seligman firm of investment bankers,
and Morgenthau wrote the usual re-
Spouse accepting the resignation with
regret.
1t was Bailie's connection with the
banking house that aroused the oppo-
sition to him. Senator Couzens had
said openly that it was scandalous
that there should be chosen for high
treasury post partner of the Selig-
man firm, whose f1otation of loans to
South American countries, now In de-
fault, was aired before a senate in
vestigating committee One revelation
was that the firm paid commission"
of S450,000 to Juan Leguia, son of the
president of Peru, in connection with
negotiation of loan to that country.
HHICAGO'S milk supply was practi-
~ cally cut off by a strike of dairy
farmers of that region who demand a
higher price for their product. The
controversy was complicated by the
evident desire of the larger milk dis
rributing companies of the city to
drive out of business the smaller con-
Germs that depend on leash and carry"
trade, and by the determination of the
organized milk drivers not to accept
reductions in pay. The farmers. thor
oughly organized and ably directed,
and the temporary idle drivers commit
ted innumerable acts of violence and
vandalism. almost with impunity. Milk
trucks were burned or dumped in the
river with their contents, and in at
least one instance train was stopped
and robbed of consignment of con-
densed milk The farm administration
officials were trying to effect a COM
promise.
CPEAKER RAINEY, after confer
- ence at the White House, an
nounced that President Roosevelt was
making no out of town engagements
for the period during which congress
would be in session but would remain
at his desk until adjournment. He
added that the President hopes this
will be early in the spring, as he be-
lieyes the legislative program will be
disposed Of speedily.
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Guiteras S ai d b a d
gone too far TO be
halted by any plan Of
political Cancellation,
or even recognition of
the Grau regime by
the United States.
The revolutionists, he
said. were operating
from Miami, Fla. In
Havana the army's
home made tanks
were placed in stra-
tegfc positions. the
notice were armed
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department.
Mr.. Troyanovsky was accompanied
on his journey from Europe by Will
liam c. Bullitt, American ambassador
to Moscow. At the Washington station
he was welcomed by Jefferson Patter-
son and Robert F. Kelley of the State
department, and by Toshihiko Take
toni, the Japanese charge d'affaires, a
personal friend during the years when
Troyanoysky was ambassador to To-
kio. To reporters in New York the am
bassador said he would work diligently
for world peace, which may mean he
will seek to negotiate with the United
States non-aggression pact such as
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retirement was the
price paid for the I'M
opposed confirmation
of the appointment of
Mr.. Morgenthau by
the senate. Certain
members of the upper
house. notably Sena-
tor Couzens, let the
secretary know that
they did not approve
Of tn e retention of
Bailie, and Morgen-
THAI told them Bailie
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the Soviet has with various European
nations.
Mr.. Bullitt, of course, reported d.
rectly to the President and also pro-
ceeded to organize his embassy staff
and to discuss Russian affairs with
Acting Secretary of State William
Phillips. He said he hoped to start
back to Moscow by February 1. OF
Troyanovsky he said: HE Is swell
fellow. You'll all like him."
JAMES L. DONNELLY, executive
- vice president of the Illinois Manu-
facturers' association, voices an opin-
ion that is held by many who have
hesitated to express it publicly. He
asserts that the detectives of the Pres
ident's recovery program are in dan
ger of being defeated by the activities
of leaders of organized labor.
"An examination of the record of
organized labor since the adoption of
the recovery program" he says, "indi-
Gates that it's contribution has been
definitely negative; that the policy of
organized labor has reflected the self
ish ambitions of its leaders rather than
the welfare of the American work
man.
sit also indicates that the activities
of organized labor agents in promoting
strife and injecting dissatisfaction
into heretofore satisfactory employ
LOT hox fnrroido
BILE obstacles in the accomplishment
of the principal objects of the recov-
cry program"
He asserted that a recent survey
made by his association and other in
dustrial organizations in all parts of
the country indicate that since the
NRA was enacted approximately 1900
strikes involving about 100000 work
ers have occurred. These workers lost
approximately 100000 working days
and wages amounting to more than
$35,OO0,0O0, he said.
The American Federation of Labor,
for its part, thinks the business pros
poets for 1884 are bright though over
Swallowed by the danger of imitation
by fat money. The organization es-
Inmates 6,400,0O0 persons have been
put to work largely as a result of gov
eminent measures, but adds that in
November 100000 workers re-
NAMED unemployed and that civil
works administration funds, giving
temporary work to 100000 persons,
will be exhausted by February 10.
TN wages" it says, there have
been definite gains under codes for
the lowest wage groups, but workers
of average or higher wages have been
forced to lower living standard.
Hourly wage rates average higher by
51a cents per hour, but in many cases
this is not enough to compensate for
shorter hours, and in no case is it
enough to compensate for higher
prices.
millions who got jobs during the
year are better off, but those who had
jobs at more than a minimum have
lost ground"
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him full control or the
city's finances. But he
ran into a snag at
once, for Governor
Lehman in a singing
letter told the mayor
he would never ap-
prove such a measure
W h | C h, he declared,
would establish a f1s-
cal and political die
tatorship that he con-
sidered entirely I'M
necessary and essen
l. - -t1.
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scented his credentials
to President Roosevelt
at the White House.
He brought with him
several members of
the embassy staff and
as soon as the diplo-
matte procedure had
b e e n completed he
eagerly got down to
work on the matters
of trade relations,
credits and 9th er
questions with the Of
fcials of the State
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others heads as proof Of their friendship and
confidence in each others craftsmanship? Long
before the Covered Wagon days. Mike Fink was
doing that stunt and, as shall see later, 1t is
an essential part of the Mike Fink saga.
Bxt not all of the legends about Mike Fink
had to do with his shootin ability. One story
tells how he fought and killed bear with his
naked hands. Another tells of his capture of
moose with the same weapons. Then there is
the story of how he wiped out the nest of out
laws at Caye-in-R Rock after they had attacked his
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mo man in this country has ever
asked for or received the dictatorial
powers which would be yours through
the enactment Of this BILL" the gov
ernor wrote.
Mayor La Guardia, who always has
been a fighter, came back with let
ter that bristled with references to
the evils of the situation confronting
the city, the hopelessness of trying to
get assistance from the board of alder
men or putting piecemeal legislation
through at Albany and accusations Of
political maneuvering by the governor.
your charge (of dictatorship
comes as a hollow mockery to the
overburdened home owners, taxpayers,
rent payers, and wage earners of the
city of New York, who, for more than
a decade, have suffered under as cruel
and vicious a secret political dictator
ship as has ever existed in an Ameri-
can community" Mayor La Guardia
wrote.
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pY A to vote the United States
- Supreme court sustained the con-
stitutionality of the Minnesota emer-
gency mortgage moratorium law which
provides that, during the emergency
declared to exist, courts might step in
to halt or delay real estate mortgage
sales and extend periods of redemp-
ton. This was held to foreshadow the
probable stand of the court when 9TH
er New Deal measures come up be-
fore 1t.
In another opinion the Supreme
court held that Bishop James Cannon.
Jr., and Miss Ada Burroughs, his Sec
rotary. must stand trial for conspiracy
to violate the federal corrupt practices
act during the campaign of 1928.
TN HIS efforts to save New York city
from bankruptcy Mayor Fiorello FL.
La Guardia asked the state legisla-
ture to pass q bill that would give
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read before a joint
session of senate and
house at the opening
Of the regular ses-
sion. However, it was
an excellent speech,
addressed to the ma
ton rather than to
the congress and
heard over the ra-
dio by millions of his
fellow countrym en-
who should be en-
couraged by his gen.
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MYTH only five votes in opposition,
w the governments liquor tax bill,
which is expected to add S470,000,000
to the national revenue, was passed by
the house of representatives. Not one
of more than score of amendments
altering the tax rates was accepted by
the house and the measure, as finally
passed, carried the same rates orig
inally recommended by the ways and
means committee.
A rigid requirement that all bottled
liquor sold at retail must carry fed
eral stamp showing the government
tax to have been paid and indicating
the quantity and quality Of the con-
tents was written into the bill by the
ways and means committee at the in
stance of the Treasury department
just prior to the final vote.
AS passed by the house, the bill i'm
poses tax of 50 gallon on distilled
spirits, So barrel on beer and from
10 to 40 cents a gallon on wine. In
addition to the aggregate 40 millions
in revenue looked for from these do
nestle excise taxes, the committee ex-
poets rs millions year from the pres
ent import duties on foreign liquors
and wines, bringing the total estimated
revenue from liquor to 545 million
dollars year.
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woods let in whole acre of sunlight. He could
out-run. out-jump, out-shoot, outbrag out-drnk
and Outright, "rough-an tumble, no hollis barred,
airy man on both sides of the river from Pitts
burgh to New Orleans an back agin to ST.
Louiee" Whoopl Also Cock-a-doodle-doo And,
likewise, what man!
He was Mike Fink, one of Americas SUPER
men, who differs from such myth-heroes as Paul
Bunyan, the lumberjack; Pecos Bill, the cow
boy; and John Henry, the negro stake driver In
that there actually was such person as Mike
Fink even though in the favorite frontier pastime
of telling tall stories he has become half-leg-
endary, half-reaL He the apotheosis of a
type of frontiersmen who flourished In the days
when the keelboats piled the Ohio and the Mis-
sissippi rivers and as such he is the subject Of
recent biography by Walter Blair and Frank
lin ]. Meme, published recently by Henry Holt
and company.
Long before the first railroads were built west
Of the Alleghenies and before there were any
national roads, these two rivers were the only
routes to market for the pioneer farmer The
principal market New Orleans and the
quickest way to get there was by keelboat, a
typically American craft designed for a particu-
lar American need. 1t was a slender, pointed
boat, drawing only 20 to 80 inches of water. and
so 1t was able to navigate the shallow waters Of
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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
President Roosevelt Tells Congress and Nation the New
Deal Must Be Permanent Russian Ambassador
Presents His Credentials.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD

lust what President Roosevelt in
- tends to do and what he wants
congress to do was not revealed in
any detail in the message which he