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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13

Independence and poverty. Cruise never
went to Marysville that he did not look
up his old friend and even after he had
become very wealthy, would frequently
slip away to Browns cabin. ON Silver
creek, and help Brown TO cock q
square" meal
When Brown would come 10 Helena
after Cruise had established his bank.
he would always go 10 see his old
friend. And no matter what business
was IA hand, everything had 10 give
way TO the bearded prospector from
Silver. He always had right Of way to
Cruse's consideration
Cruise bought Browns gold dust. the
cleanup of his placer. It 10 related that
Cruise always overpaid the prospectOr.
Finally he was receiving such q high
price for his dust that he became SUE
sptcfous. On the occasion Of hts next
visit TO Cruse's bank, he took the pre-
caution to have his dust weighed be-
fore he rendered 1t TO Cruise.
When Cruise paid him for the dust
he looked up his figures and found
that he had overpatd him $500.
Tommy ne said seriously 'FYmu
have made Q nice stake, and have got
this bank doing a nice business. and
you ought to do we'll I had an idea
that you were crazy when you were
driving that tunnel Row know H. II
you keep on buying gold dlaak you are
going hr0ke. ! brought In $500 worth oE
dust and ycu paid nae $500 E0K 81. Xcu
cannot keep up tha4 gmfne and make
any ss4az4au ~ wsMH xaa4sa Hze4 EF8 a&&
friend Of mine I would t&ke tlae mooney
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being sent to the Drum La1mmon mill
for concentration and are reported as
rich In continued high grade as any
thing which has been mined in the dis
trict during the present revival The
mine is operated BY 6migaj Bros, ex-
perienced mining men who have been
active IN the district for many years
They plan TO continue year round OPP
erations and considerable expansion in
the mine
Trinity BIN is Virgin Ground
Bordering the town on the opposite
OF the glllch from the Drum Lummon
is Trinity hill, the scene Of consider
able prospecting and surface work in
the early days, a district somewhat
neglected as to systematic development,
it has considerable possibilities from a
mining standpoint. Tentative efforts
were made to open some Of the claims
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and say nothing. But / hate TO taas
advantage OF cripple, either mental OF
physical"
OF course, Cruise could not ten him
that he had overpaid him palrposely.
After that Brown would seN no more
gold dust 10 Cruise. de told some %
his placer miner friends about the I'M
cident. These men had been selling
their gold dust to Cruise and found him
8 good close bargainer They told him
90.
Tommy Cruise is the shrewdest dust
buyer Ia Helena. He can tell just where
the gold originates, from Alder 10
MaEysville, BY the color, and knows It's
value 10 q pennyweight. You simply
cannot fool him. have tried He hiss
been trying 10 slip you money because
you were partners when both OF you
were living On sow-belly and flap
Jacks" sal one OF the miners.
Brown reflected. lie c0unseIled VITA
other placer mining friends. They were
Of the same opinion He went back Be-
the bank.
Tommy Cruise. I want TO speak nay
mind TO you" he said II believe yOw
have been giving me ali the best a Il
IN buying my gold. You have no right
10 do this. No man can give me noxex.
I hats 20 mess up your face, but I have
q big mind 20 DO IL"
But the trouble was finally avertsd
and BrUwn kept away from the hamk
&eN momkha
zhe naen remained close friends uztil
Cr1tse'e death.
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William Brown Kept Tom Cruise IN
Money to Seek Old Drum Lummon
fBr JoHN z. sTANpIsH


William Brown, gone TO his rest
many years, prOspector Of many min
| ing districts, was the man who be-
friended Tommy Cruise and made IL
possible for him TO keep In supplies
while he was prospecting for the
Drum Lummon mine, the property
that made Cruise one Of the richest
men In the state. After the mine was
discovered, Nate VestaI, another pros
pectOr who had been successful, fur
nished Cruse with money with which
TO develop the property.
It is related that more than a third
of century ago Tommy Cruise went to
Silver Greek on a prospecting trip. The
station Of Silver, 10 miles north Of Hell
ena on the Great Northern railroad
takes its name from this little water
course, which was rich in placer gold
in the old days. Cruise stopped at
Browns cabin. Brown was lonesome
and wanted company, so he offered
Cruise one Of his claims If he would re-
main.
Cruise accepted, and with his charac-
ter1stic energy, went TO work. he man
aged to make just fair pay out Of his
diggings. He noticed that the gold
that he took from the bedrock Of his
claim was frequently attached to q pc
cllliar quartz. He spoke to Brown about
the circumstances, and expressed the
opinion that somewhere IN the neigh
borhood was a mother lode Of gold
quartz, the source OF these specimens.
Cruise determined to prospect for the
Tv.4sffoG T1y.rrxygn f7r 11fr
partner.
But Brown was a placer miner, and
did not believe In quartz, or In mining
theory. He believed that gold was where
one found It. He considered that quartz
mining was a game for the man with
money, and that placer mining afford
ed the only opportunity for the poor
man.
What viii you do with quartz when
you find it?" ne asked Cruise you win
have to have money with which to
build q mill, and to pay the miners for
eettsng out the ore. III stick TO my
placer claim. You can have the quartz"
SO he threw away his chance 10
make q great fortune. Cruise went
quartz hunting. After seasons hard
work he found the mother lode, but as
"a wen known, the water drove hin
out. Then he started the long tunnel
In the Marysville mountain, a tunnel
that would take care Of the water prob (
lem and which he hoped would tap the
vein he had uncovered in bis discovery
shaft.
Brown did not know anything Of
Crusess discovery. SO In common with
All miners OF the neighborhood he
Thought Cruise was crazy. He liked Cruise
and tried to diSsuade him, without suc-
cess. Cruise continued to work on his
tunnel.
When Cruise ran out Of money he
would 40 hack to the placer claim
Brown had given him, and which was
ais start ia life, and with few weeks
work pan out enough gold to enable
him 60 buy provisions and powder. The
CAY claim actually financed bis work f
II dravang the tunnel which resulted
IA tine discovery Of the famous Drum
rasrnmon, 9 mine that produced mil
li0ms
Tommy Cruise always had warm
ss8ane 81 his heart for Brown, the proc
nect0 Repeatedly he offered 10 stake"
hism. ns1k the Old proBpect0r preferred
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From United States Geological Survey
Drum LtInmon, st. Louis
oy1N Ryyvea E4.sss afR mo 000
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expanding operations. Water held
them back for some time, but new
pumps have been installed and they re-
port being in very good ore.
Other Famous Cruise Properties
Roy Tarrant, Cut Bank oil operator,
has leased the Cruise Bald Mountain
property with the intention of extensive
operations. This was the last big oper-
alton Of Colonel Cruise. A two-stamp
mill is on the property, which Is join
ed by the Belmont and West Belmont
mines, other Cruise operations which
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13

Mother and SON, a0orking side
by side IN the halls above
MGrysvilIe, opened mp the rich
est strike IN the district on the
EJge claim. The a0OmGn is
Mrs. Belle E. Channel aOho is
here shoa0m holding a clunk of
the rich hSgh-grGde ore, aOhich
GSsGged $27 900 per ton.
Channel mines have pushed their work
ahead rapidly under the direction OF
Mrs. Belle E. Channel, secretary
treasurer Of the company. They have
Installed an Ingersall- Rand Imperial
type compressor at the mouth Of their
e00-foot Gilt Edge tunnel, sunk to a
depth Of 90 feet near the discovery
shaft, where they are using a portable
compressor. Recently they picked up
a small vein Of ore on the e0-foot level
which assayed $e.79S,05 gold per ton.
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Plans are being laid for active opera
lions throughout the winter in a man
ner reminiscent Of the bonanza days
In Marysville history. L. s. Ropes, well
known mining man Of Helena is con-
sulting engineer.
Stratt0n a. StrsttOn Operate Bald Butte
Fresh from their success In Idaho,
Stratton 81 Stratton have taken over
the old Bald Butte property, under the
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to greater depth in 1882, but very little
was accomplished
Ore running from s11 10 SIS per ton
has been shipped from several claims
on the hill and it is believed that with
depth many Of the prospects win prove
to have valuable ore Much Of the hin
is virgin ground which may yield con-
siderable wealth with the increasing
demand for gold ores.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13
sUBafARTNE MAKEs DIVE

Three eggs in bag tied to the bridge
OF the u s. submarine $40 we're found
intact after a dive to 21T-foot depth
where pressure is about SO pounds to
the square inch. Egg shells being por-
GUS, the salt water seeps through max
ing the pressure equal inside and ont
thus eliminating any breaking pressure
on the egg.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-13

The work Of both groups Of Great
Divide company has been under the d.
rection OF Morris Lawlor, mining man
ager of the company.
Rich Ore I'm GlOster Mine
Shipments Of ore from the Gloster
mine In the Gloster district which are
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
Unemployed
in Capitol
Demand the
House Act
JObless Councils Call for
Enactment of the
Workers Bill

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. IL
A delegation of the National Unem-
ployment Councils, headed by Her
bert Benjamin, has arrived in Wash
ington, to demand a hearing before
the House of Representatives Labor
Committee, on the Workers Unem-
ployment and Social Insurance Bill
The Labor Committee is holding
public hearings on the various labor
bills now in Congress, but has SC
far refused to take up the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill, which
was introduced by Congressman Lun-
deem and which is before the com
mittee.
Lundeen himself was present al
the hearings Friday, but Iailed tc
demand action on his bill, and did
not even mention it when he spoke
The Unemployed Council delega-
ton will also demand a hearing al
secretary of Labor PERKINS CONFER
5nce With representative Of Gov
errors and with the Legislative Con-
ference of the American Association
Of Social Workers,
The National Unemployment Coun-
CHS calls ON all workers and work
erS organizations, mass meetings, etc.
TO Immediately rush kilograms, reso-
lutions and letters to their Congress-
men and to Chairman Connery Of
the House Labor Committee, de-
handing the enactment of the Work
ers Bill. The Workers Unemploy
ment Insurance Bill will be killed
in the committee and no. reported
to the House unless q campaign Of
mass pressure is eXerted on Congress
at once, the National Unemployment
Councils stated.
Those organizations which have al
ready Endorsed the bill should in
form Congress at once Of this in
dorsemcnt, the Unemployment Coun-
ellis said.
The Workers Unemployment In
surance Bill is the only bill now be-
fore Congress calling for unemploy-
ment and social insurance for all Of
the sixteen million jobless workers
The Workers Bill provides a mini
mum of $40 a week, with no dis
elimination, and calls for the funds
to come from the government and
the employers and for the workers
20 ednninisee- the funds.
The Wagner Bill, now being boosted
by the Roosevelt government, does
not apply to any Of those sixteen
million now totally unemployed, does
not provide for any funds for I'M
employment insurance from the fed
eral government, but merely calls fol
exemption of employers from taxa
ton from the federal government il
they are contributing to state jot
reserve" funds. These reserves
are administered by the employers
and do not go to active union men
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
C.&N.W. Strike
Raised
On Other Lines
$4,000 Workers and All
R.R. BrotherhoOds Are
Becoming Involved

WASHINGTON, Feb. IL. - Start
ing with the strike ballot sent to
$4,000 Chicago 81 Northwestern, SEN
timent for a strike is rapidly spread
ing to other railways, reports to gov
eminent officials here show.
Other roads involved, totalling 81
600 railway workers, are Delaware &
Hudson, Kansas City Southern, Mo-
bile & Ohio, Louisville 81 Arkansas
Louisiana, Arkansas & Texas and the
Chicago & Northwestern.
The strike ballot on the Chicago
and Northwestern was forced through
on hundreds of grievances by the
rank and file. The ofi1eialdom, how
ever, so worded the ballot as to give
them absolute power of settlement,
without consultation of the rank and
file.
On the Mobile & Ohio railway the
81 standard railway unions are in
viewed, bringing the whole strilse
question before every railway worlze,
in the country
The railway officials are rapidly
maneuvering with the government
and railway authorities to avoid a
real strike by March LIST. They are
calling on President Roosevelt to in
tervene. IN fact, they are doing
everything but prepare the rank and
file for q real struggle, which in the
present conditions is the only wsy to
force action and win the demands OF
the railway workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12


the moulding of the 1000 school chill
dren in their hands, is much like that
of government which depends for
It's control upon the army. The army
S needed to support the regime. A
discontented army is dangerous to a
regime. Here, satisfaction with the
present system depends great deal
upon those who mould the thought of
he next generation.
Hence It is interesting to note the
warning issued by Scully last year to
the business, industrial and profess
5ional leaders Of Brockton. The warn
ing was plain, frank and gives clear
picture of what is actually going on
in the thousands OF homes sending
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
France To Organize
War Front To Keep
Nazis from Austria
Austria Moves Toward
Fascism with Support
of Socialists

PARIS, Feb. 11.-Energetic steps
to organize war front against M
aggression in Austria is announ-AA
as the main international task ~
itself by the CASTOR Doumergue Cabt-
met of war and reaction.
A directorate" Of four, consisting
of Doumergue himself, Louis Bar
thou, foreign minister, Andre Tar
dieu. leading lingo, and Edouard
Herriot was formed by the Cabinet
to act swiftly against Germany.
They are reported to intend TO
seek at once a new agreement with
Mussolini, and the Little Entente OF
French vassal states, Jugoslavia, Ru-
mania, and Czechoslovakia, for strong
support of Austria against the Nazi
campaign to capture it from within.
More Steps Toward Fascism
VIENNA, Feb. 11-Fascization OF
Austria under the leadership Of
Chancellor DollfusS, who still has
the support of the Socialist Party as
a lesser evil" than the Nazis, ad-
vanced by several steps over the
weekend.
With the fascist Heimwehr as its
storm troops, the government has
completed the fascisation of the
Tyrol and of other provincial parts
OF Austria, carrying out the Dollfuss
plan announced Sept. IL to estab-
liSh a cooperative state without
parliament of elected state and
municipal councils.
The police powers of the Socialist
mayor of Vienna, Karl Sietz, were
taken from him yesterday by order OF
Major Emil Fey, vice-chancellor. AL
though the Socialist leaders have
valiantly sought to hold the workers
under their influence from resistance
to the government, the fascists do
not believe they can succeed unless
the workers organizations are broken
up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
First Furniture
Convention Faces
The Big Factories
Calls for Unity of All
Furniture Workers in
Large Centers
BY HARRY RAYMOND

NEW YORK.-The First National
Convention Of the Furniture Work
ers, which opened here at Irving
Plaza Hall, Friday night, got down
to brass tacks over the week end,
and launched into the big job of unit
ing all furniture workers into a big
national fighting union, rooted in the
large factories of the main furniture
centers Of the country.
Delegates from 1877 union shops,
representing 1854 workers, have
turned III their credentials. Eight
locals, including Los Angeles, Rock
ford, ILL.,, Baltimore and Grand
Rapids, were not represented, but sent
greetings to the convention, pledging
to build up the union to become
mighty power in the furniture in
dustry.
Jack Statchel, acting General Sec
Continued on Page p
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
U.S.S.R. Party Meet
EIectSLeading Body
At Close Of Session
Especial to the Daily worker)

MOSCOW, Feb. II CBy Radio. =
Today, at the concluding session OF
the 18th Party Congress, the Central
Committee met and elected the fol-
lowing polburo - Stain, Molo-
tov, Kaganovitch, Voroshilov, Kalinin
Oriinikdize, Kuibishcv, Kirov, Andre
yev and Kosior.
The following were elected as can
didates to the Polburo - Mikoyon
Chubar, Petrovsky, Postishev, Rutzu-
tax.
The following were elected as the
Secretariat of the Central Committee:
Stain, Kaganovitch, Kirov remain-
ing Secretary of the Leningrad Re-
gional Conllnittee), and Udanov re-
heved of duty as Secretary Of the
Cork District Committee).
The Organizational Bureau of the
Central Committee were elected as
follows: Stain, Kaganovich, Kiroy
Udanov, Yejov, shvernik, Kosarev
Stetsky, Garmarnik, Kuibishev, with
candidates, Elrinitsky and M. Kaga-
novich.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
SIS Massachusetts Towns
Have Cut Budgets for
Education

children to school and in the minds
# the teachers in whose care is the
next generation.
Fear Teachers Discomfort
whole families are dependent on
their more fortunate fellows for sup
port, and the spectre of want has
stalked boldly up and down the land
said the school superintendent.
Taxes are delinquent and the
sources of taxes are reduced. There
is q spirit Of discomfort abroad, and
there are loud protests against heavy
taxation.
In some places Tin Massachusetts,
the school term has been shortened,
salaries have been reduced unreason-
ably, and money for school books,
equipment, and supplies cut off to
''ch an extent that the effectiveness
Of school work has been seriously
hampered.
THE spectre OF disaster must be re-
moved from the minds Of teachers.
There Is grave danger that too deep
q cut in salaries may sow seeds of
discomfort in their minds SO that,
Continued on PAGE a.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
Workers Throughout France to
Walk Out in 24-HOur Protest
Dern, Secretary Of Var, Calls
For Arms in Name of Peace
Workers! Organize Against lingo Poison Flood
of ''NatiOnaL Defense Week.!

destroyer Hull, planned to be the
fastest ship built in America, was
launched Jan. 81 already carry the
keel OF a sister ship, the destroyer
Dale. The keel was laid Saturday, at
the Brooklyn navy yard. The new
ship will cost between 100000 and
S5,000,00O.
ROME, Feb. 11.-Italy has begun
building up its navy by starting work
to recondition four battleships, two
OF 2l,5oO tons, two of 22,7oo.
10000 More to Work on japanese
Naval Munitions
TOKYO, Feb. 1.-Maneuvers of
the Japanese navy will be held
yearly, instead of once in three years,
Admiral Mineo Osumi, minister Of
the Navy, announced yesterday, 'in
view of the extraordinary situation. y
Osumi announced that work in
naval arsenals would involve adding
10000 workers this year.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE prop
uganda campaign to popularize the
strengthening of the British naval
base at Singapore, the strategic point
for naval control of the East, is being
carried on with great intensity here,
Our job is to look after our pos
sessions in those seas, and we can
not do it with a weak navy" declared
Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, comman-
der in chief of the fleet, in a speech
demanding that the government
greatly fortify the Singapore base.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
DilnitrOff Plans
Hunger Strike To
Force Liberation
Continued on Page q

BERLIN, Feb. 11-George Dimi-
troff, Bulgarian Communist leader
held in Berlin dungeon of the Nazi
secret police, after his acquittal in
the Reichstag fire trial, will begin
hunger strike to force his release,
according to a British newspaperman
here who has just interviewed him
in prison.
simultaneously, the Nazi govern
nent has threatened to eXpel Dimi-
troff's mother and sister, and the
wife of Vassil Taneff, from Germany,
unless they stop speaking to the for
eign correspondents in Berlin.
1.-THE public must forget Dimitroff.
Tanetf, and Popoff," they were told
by the Nazi authorities. 1t has been
only the fear of publicity in the world
press that has forced the Nazis to
reveal the whereabouts of the three
Bulgarians.
Dimitroff is kept in cell without
light, and Taneff is now in seri-
Gus condition from the nervous strain
Of the conditions under which he
is kept imprisoned.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
Roosevelt Promises
TOSteel Men TurntO
Ashes of Go. Union
Big Steel Trusts Behind
Weirton Attack on De-
mand for Union

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. 11-Echos
of the great steel strike of last Oc-
tober are being heard in the action
Of President Roosevelt, the National
Labor Board, and the Weirton Steel
Co. officials to defeat efforts of steel
workers to organize into unions of
their own choosing.
Roosevelt's promises to the 10000
Wejrton Steel Co. workers that they
would have new elections are turning
to ashes.
Having broken the strike through
the intervention of the National La
Dor Board, headed by Senator Wag-
ner, William Green, John L. Lewis.
Sidney Hillman and Major Berry,
Mr.. Weir, president of the Company
now fatty refuses to permit even a
pretense at a new poll. He declares
the company union is firmly estab-
lished thanks to the MIRA. and the
(Continued on Page 81
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12
Support the Daily Worker,
Urges Jobless Contention

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 8-The
National Convention Against Unem-
ployment, recently adjourned here,
passed the following resolution of
support for the Daily Worker:
1.-THE National Convention Against
Unemployment recognizes the splen-
did work carried on by the Daily
Worker, not only in preparation of
this convention, but also in carrying
on propaganda for the aims of the
unemployed movement and partic-
ularly the Unemployed Councils. The
Daily Worker is the only newspaper
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-02-12

NEW YORK.-From thousands of
movie screens throughout the county
yesterday, George H. Dern, Roose-
velt's war secretary, plays his role in
the National Defense Week" lingo
drive by declaring that 1.-THE price of
peace is preparedness"
Like woodrow Wilson, he is drum
ming up support for the govern
ment's war preparations by appeal
ing to the deep will for peace Of the
masses.
Today National Defense Week"
opens officially, on the birthday of
abraham Lincoln. From thousands
of platforms, from millions of radio
speakers, the lingo poison of pre-
paredness" will be poured forth, while
school children throughout the land
will be urged to write essays Gu why
the United States must be armed to
the teeth.
The rising wave of American ma
tional jingoisin, which National De-
Tense Week is meant to whip to q
high pitch, must be met with the
most determined exposure and re-
sistance by workers everywhere.
Hold anti-war meetings, build anti
war committees, expose the war
preparations in the shops, in the
mines, wherever workers, intellec-
tuals, farmers, students gather. Raise
higher the struggle against the prep
arations for imperiaist war
Keel laid for Destroyer
new YORK.-The ways from the