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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17
FEASIBILITY OF TWIN CITIES LINE

The growing movement to secure federal funds
strucOn of natural line into Minnesota from Montana
calls the fact that there might today line the Twin
Cities built with couple OF
chislers in proposal formulated in 1928.
at that time when gas utilities were popular invest
ment Wight Adams Montana contacted New
York bankers willing ready finance the Mimi
pipeline provided sufficient could be established with
months spent getting
early surveys Then followed Ford Bakn Davis Ralph Davis
Inc Broaw Dixon Mckee and other famous engineer
firms which firms ascertaned the existence of adequate
justify the line The bankers invested upward of $4,000
preliminary work Then all the parties concerned called
down to New York, to sign the papers
Included in the group who directors OF
larger holding companies negotiations pend
ming strayed away from the others and bagd into the
office of the large utilities companies propose that
ing Heva the fact that deal pending Obtaining agree
which placed far advantageous position than
they had occupied the Wight DEAL they signed commimnt IN
vong their properties and pedgng their efforts to get the
other properties The property thus split and both the
banking utility lacked sufficient
proceed the bankers took their loss and
proceeded give black eye for for which Mon
responsible Thus the financing of the line by private
capital blocked
We've the engineering available those
sponsoring present proposal there would be difficulty in
establishing the satisfaction of proper federal authorities that
the Twin Cities line is only feasible but that will swiftly amor
The project hands and
feather be provided for the ches
it has excellent chances of success
Ethiopia buying materials evidenced by the appear
the world markets of of silver which
thrust the American market during the past week When the
dropped 15Sths the American government
stepped in and bought 2550O0O0 ounces.
The American governments purchase has absorbed
much of the available supply An addition foreign governments
of China showing dis
might be disrupted a result.
inevitable consequence of this will gradual APP
the silver-and the
supply t higher the price will become That much the
future of the mining industry
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17

The ferry was only a few feet
out from the wharf when there was
a great commotion on the dock. A
man rushed madly through the
crowd. Without pausing in his
stride he flung his grips aboard,
and took a flying leap for the boat
He slipped and started to fall into
the water, but grasped a rail and,
with the help of the deck hands
scrambled to the deck in safety.
Good" he gasped, Another
second and would have missed
her"
missed herr" returned an aston
ished passenger. why the ferry's
just coming in"
, . o o
OUT FOR THE LONG SHOT
Boss: where's the CASHIER"
Clerk: Gone to the races.
Boss: "Gone to the races in bust
ness hours?"
Clerk: "Yes sid; that's his last
chance making the books balance"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17

us not only mountain ranges but folds
or structures adjacent to m Oun ia In
ranges. These folds were not too badly
broken by the Notwithstanding action,
form traps for oil and gas. But that is
ahead Of THE story.
Where these hydrocarbons left undis-
turbed in the land mass replacing the
Gulf of Mexico there would be no oil.
But were the hardened shales subject TO
the heat of volcanic masses, breaking
through The surface OF the ground, the
unreasonable heat and the uncomfortable
pressure resulting GherdfrOm would heat
these shales TO a point where the hydro
carbons would be distilled from them.
The regulaant product insight not be
crude oil. 1t might be IN the form OF a
gas which, upon it's escape into some
soft material such as sands, condenses
upon cooling. tlaHs forming something
that corresponds to petroleum. The sub
sequent action Of ground waters and
chemicals may change the nature of the
product.
Science took this theory seriously
and set mp furnaces in witch raw
shales were subjected to intense Heat
and pressure. They actually yielded
Oil--raw oil. 1t lacks something that
only Mother Nature can provide.
However, shale on fs known to be
factor THAT win keep automobile
motors running for q thousand years
after all known reserves Of free pet
roleuan are drained.
This looks like q plausible theory,
partly proven. However, science is not
convinced. Recently layman scientist
visited our office, bringing with him the
theory which he said is final that oil
comes from coal; thar great coal beds are
the source Of petroleum found In adj
jacent anticlinaI folds. The coal beds
with burning fires I'm the bowls of the
earth, are the generating plant, ne says,
which extracts petroleum from Ignite
rocks and forces them into porous mat
erial. He cited many facts TO support
hfs theory.
The scientists have established pretty
thoroughly the fact that oil accumu-
lates in certain structural conditions.
Since oil floats on ton Of water it can be
expected In the ''high' of a bend or
buckle in tl.e eartb's surface. However,
IL the source materials are not present
in the region, the bend or buckle win be
barren OF oil. Deficient source material
is believed to explain the failure Of
Tomlan field on the Gulf Coast, bf
Wheeler Ridge field in California. and
Of other fields, to produce satisfactorily
despite favorable structural conditions.
Science is always learning something
new about oh accumulation. The dis
covery o. three important oil fields ON
the hanIKs Of vast upIifts--where OH
should NOT be found-has led TO the
realization that all oil Is NOT accumu-
lated at the tops of anticlinal folds.
Montana's Gut Bank oil field, one Of the
three n regarded by science IS an area
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17

Of Importance comparable with the other
two; East Texas and NEaracaibO, Vene-
zuela These fields are I'm areas rfcE I'm
the Observation-Disclosures they may be-
which form petroleum. In Montana it
may be the action Of the Rocky Mountain
upIift through a 25-mile thickness OF
hYirocarbOn containing sedimentar1es.
The person who would get ahead in THE
oil industry must keep abreast Of the
work Of science. Under the direction of
Parker ID. TrasEx Of the q. s. GeologicaA
Survey, Washington, ID. c.. the Amerd-
can Petroleum Institute is conducting q
research project, starting with q study
of the ofI-forming ability Of the muds and
sands Of ocean bottoms. Virtually all
known oil fields are in, or are associ-
ated with rocks that once were such muds
and sands. In this study Mr.. Trask and
those cooperating with him analysed
samples Of mud and sand taken from the
bottom Of the Seven Seas.
The second stage Of the work, now in
progress, involves collecting and study
ing the formations associated with known
oil fields, the knowledge gained I'M the
first stage being applied in THE second.
While those engaged In the task say that
possibly five years remain before thor
ough understanding Is reached and the
origin and source of oil exactly are
N@%~~~
steadily has narrowed the broad field
OF theories ate 20 the origin of oil. Each
newly discovered fact has been q dtrec-
tion-naarkerpointoin SHRD r GGGF
tiOn-marIxer pointing the course OF now
research
Science is making tremendous
strides I'm making safe an INTH1II-
GENT investment in oil. THE pur-
chase OF royalties has been reduced
to a place where q thinking man cam
not fail TO make money, IL he viii
adopt a definite plan Of invest
ment and see ft through.
ROYALTIES remain for the STUDENT
the thinking investor, of whom there are
few. Although they afford opportunity
for tremendous returns, should Mother
Nature grant a gusher, they are not for
the gambler. The man who sets about
definite program on which he can always
see his ultimate profit in the light OF
History OF similar investments. is the
one who gets in the path Of Dame For
tune and has showered upon him from
some unexpected source the one big
winning that every man needs In life
time OF investment. The royalty field is
not likely TO be overcrOwded, although IL
offers the greatest opportunity In mod
ern industry, for the reason that there
are few people who invest mental ef-
fort with their money.
To those persons who want to go seri-
ouslv about the business OF making =
fortune from q few modest investments,
we are very glad to give the advantage
OF our fifteen years Of experience I'm
royalties. Membership I'm this organAza-
ton costs the nominal fee Of 81.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17
THF PASSING on ANOTHER PIONEER.

The oil industry of the entire nation the passing Of
A. Haze who died last Tuesday at his Casper home Mr. Haz
lett of the pioneers of the oil industry in the West
Newspaper usually succeed in making fast friends and
firm enemies but Mr. Hazett seemed the opportunity
make enemies He universally liked and respected by all
the ranks the industry from the heads down
in the field His paper has been noted
any ism could be said that he favored particular
faction of the industry He not slow to raise the
editorial defense of the industry and he welded import
influence Wyoming affairs However, he always attached
ovia that left him without the bterest of
fights firm friend of Montana and the Index has
faithful booster for Cut Bank oil field from its inception
evidence this he tried interest his friend Sid Keoughan
others in Cut Bank field through personal effort
His who has been handling most of the editorial work
months past will continue carry his fathers work
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17

~ HE greatest factors I'm modern civil
Hzation are the things regarding
which man, I'm all his knowledge
and science, knows the Hea@es
Electricity rs a most important factor.
Yet none knows WHAT electricity is. It
can be generated and harnessed, but TO
actually describe elec6rictty-its cOnstit-
uent parts-and TO trace its origin is inn
possible, despite all the pretences OF
learned scientists. There were no more
profound nor learned persons in early
civilization than THE geographers who
mapped the outer edge Cd q flat earth
that extended only q short distance be
yond their own limited travels. In like
manner, science describes electricity.
Then again the most common of nee
essities created by civilization, is gasO-
line and kerosene. IN the list ~ years
science has done much TO make rules fOr
the finding and development OF petroleum
deserves, but science today does not know
the ORIGIN OF oil.
Once regarded as q medicinal ell
ixir, tile true value Of petroleum
was not known for mary years and
during that time many sayaute gave
learned opinions about &c, yet today
we find that science does not know
the origin of oh.
One of the most popular theories was
that oil Is THE depayed remains of billions
upon billions of forms of sea life which
form I'm an ocean. IL is known fact that
the oceans are teeming with forms OF
life most Of whAch are known only TO
science. The death and decay OF perhaps
millions Of tons OF fish over periods of
millions Of years might form q source
for oil which is now going ON and wSal
continue for all time to come so gckepce
accepted this theory and cer4aam az GAe
more practical ones proceeded 70 manu-
facture petroleum from fish. The theory
did not stand up.
Then came a newer school OF thought
which held that oil is formed from the
hydrocarbons are made up OF bits OF
HYDROCARBONS are made up OF bits OF
living things: leaves wood, vegetables
matter, also animal fats and figk--eveFy-
thing that washes down a stream into
an ocean. Today the Missouri river is
conveying tons upon tons of material i'm
to the Mississippi and thence into the
Gulf of Mexico which win some day be
converted into crude oil. Every stream is
feeding source material into tile seven
seas.
When the Gulf Of Mexico is COM
pletely filled by the erOded fields Of
central United States, the water VIII
be displaced and the map of the
world will be changed by the shifting
weight. Hold an orange between the
thumb and a finger. Squeeze it and
tie thing win happen to the orange
that happens TO the earth when the
weight IS shifted: it win be de-
pressed at the points OF pressure and
Wal bulge outward at some other
point I'm direct ratio.
This, science tells us, is what gives
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17
RESUME ExPERI IT'S

A petroleum experiment station is
being reopensd BY US. Bureau OF
Mines at Laramie, Wyo., 70 contin-
ne a general survey OF Rky. Mt,
oil fields and refineries to obtain
data concerning the problems In
VOWED in their development and OPP
GRAFTON. A principal objective VIII
be to obtain data helpful in the
refining and use Of Rocky Mountain
,Olack oils.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17
TRYING "ATR FIOTATION''

An "air flotation" placer process
IFS being tried out on the Gold Basin
placer properties OF william Dunlap
and Max Outwater near Kingman,
Ariz. The machinery includes a
crushing and sizing plant and an
air flotatiOn cell.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17
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ABANDONMENT FUN

The appropriation to abandon test
holes and oil wells on government
lands in Montana and other western
states has been revoked by the pub
lie works administration. The sum
of $125,O0O had been allotted to
the interior department for this
purpose.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17
NEW WEI.L "ArENACF,,

Another menace" in the oil In
dustry is a new field in northwest
Caddo Parish, La, said to be 20
miles long. Discovery well is esti-
mated at $1,000 to $4,000 barrels.
It is called Rodessa field, in the
eolitic lime.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17
FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ROADS

A S5,0OO,OOO mining road pro
gram has been approved by the
National Emergency council and is
to be carried out through the de-
partment of agriculture and the for
est service. The plan awaits the
approval of Harry L. Hopkins, fed
eral works progress administrator
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17

A survey OF motor travel ia Miss
ouri revealed that "a per cent OF
motor tourists spend their nights
at tourist camps. rs per cent in
private homes. and 80 per cent stop
ct hotels.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17
AMT TT DE TRUTH?

A book agent was trying to sell
a book to the Negro elevator man,
who listened to him very patiently
for a while, and then said That
book amt no use to me, Boss;
knows heap more now than / gifts
paid for"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17

WORKs BoTH WAYs

A Frenchman and an Englishman
fought a duel in a dark room. The
Frenchman, unwilling to take
another mans life, fired up the
chimney and brought down the
Englishman.
If you tell the story to an Eng
lishman have the Frenchman up the
chimney.
o q . .
In conclusion, how about an lex
terminate the guy who says is it hot
enough for you" week?
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-08-17

The mistress Of the house heard
the bell ring and saw . Chinese
hawker standing at the open front
door. Quickly retreating, she called
out to the maid:
There's Chinaman at the door.
You 90 ella"
This was too much for the Chin
csc, who stuck his head into the
hall and shouted Indignantly:
q . q q
Mrs. Peck: They say a bachelor
is a man who has been crossed in
love.
Peck (under his BREATH: Yes,
and a married man is one who has
been double crossed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-02-22
|WHAT OTHERS SAY
OLD AGE PENSIONS.

Ishpeming Iron Ore-Without at
tempting to pass upon the merits or
otherwise of the bill which has been
introduced by Senator Wagner of New
York and Representative Lewis of
Maryland, providing for a national
system of old-age pensions, we believe
that the great majority of Americans
are in hearty agreement with the fund
amental principles involved.
We know of nobody who is not in
favor of some effective system of pro-
viding for those whom in old age, are
unable to support themselves in decent
comfort.
We believe that the plan of building
up, during an individuals working life,
fund to which the worker, the en-
ployer and perhaps the state are con-
tributors, which will provide an annuity
for old age, is the soundest possible way
of accomplishing this end. It removes
completely any possible stigma Of
pauperism, which is inevitably attached
to gratutous grants of unearned bene-
fits.
As to what the amount of such
pensions should be, and whether the
compulsory retirement age should be 60,
IS or 70 years, there is great diversity
of opinion.
There is much to be said for the
voluntary annuity system proposed for
the self Unemployed" whereby the far
mer, the doctor, the lawyer or anyone
else who is not attached to a payroll,
can place small part of his or her
income in trust with the government,
from year to year, to accumulate until
the retiring age is reached, when an
income for life may then be derived
from the accumulated sum. We under
stand such system has been employed
in England for more than two hundred
years.
To the hopeful elderly persons who
have been looking forward to immediate
old-age pension checks from the gov
eminent, the bill as introduced offers
little solace. Provision is made for joint
state and federal relief for those who
are practically destitute, but the age at
which this relief shall begin may be
placed as high as 70 years. This does
not bring much comfort to those in
their sixties who have been led to be-
lieve there was chance of getting 5000
a month right now.
At any rate, the Wagner-Lewis bill is
a start toward a goal at which the
nation, sooner or later, must arrive.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-02-22
Tax Saving on
Cut License Fee

IF the reduced automobile license fees
Of the past two years are continued by
the legislature, the average motorist
will save nine and six tenths cents a
week, according to a statement by N.
w. Elsberg, highway Commissioners.
IF this saving is more important
to the people as whole than providing
a $14,000,0OO highway employment pro-
gram at cost to the state of only
81, 000,0 900, then the reduced fees should
be continued" Mr.. Elsberg said.
IF an employment program offering
jobs for between $4,000 and 5000 men
in all the counties, financed half by
federal funds, is more important than
the SIS year saving to the motorist,
then the normal license fees of 1892
should be restored.
This is the whole problem before the
legislature. Which way the decision
goes is not vitality important to the
highway department. The department
will have plenty to do in maintaining
the enlarged system If we do not match
the federal aid of S7000.00O offered us.
The only difference win be that men
who would have jobs If we match the
money viii be on the relief If we DON'T"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-02-22
ELY cAGERS IN
DISTRICT MEET
Opera House Cagers Represent
City League at Eveleth on
Saturday, Monday.

Ely's champion SIERRA basketball
team, the Opera House quint, will make
a strong bid for the district champi-
onship in the tournament to be held
at Eveleth next Saturday and Monday
February % and IS.
NoSing out the Arrowhead and Kay
Jay aggregations for one-game Lead in
the city league, the Opera House five
earned the right to enter the district
tournament.
Aurora, Chisholm and Biwabik
champions will compete with the Ely
team for the district title The tourn-
ament winner will enter the regional
meet to be staged at Aitkin, March 2
Regional winners will play in the state
tournament at the University fieldhouse
in March.
First, second and Semi-final rounC
games will be played Saturday on the
Eveleth high school floor and the
championship game will be staged or
Monday evening.
Standings in the Ely city league
| follow:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-02-22

are over 100000 in city war
rants outstanding and marked
unpaid for lack of funds"
We want to assure Reader"
that the statement as presented
by Treasurer Watilo is correct
in every detail. His books
show money received and
money paid out. Warrants are
not listed until paid. The re-
port of City Clerk Knutson
made to the council at the last
meeting showed orders issued
and outstanding to the amount
of $2O4, 466.27.
The death of Senator George
Sullivan of Saltwater, has de-
prived the state Of one of it's
most experienced legislators.
He was elected to the senate in
1906 and he has been reelected
without interruption since. He
was one of the outstanding
members of the senate whose
counsel has been of inestimable
value to the state. He will be
missed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-02-22

VXIHEN HAROLD TITUS writes
w an outdoor story with lumber
camp setting he puts into it not alone
the ability Of master literary crafts.
man but an intimate knowledge of
the subject gained through personal
experience. When he writes of the
North Woods, of lumber jacks and
their ways, he knows what he is talk.
ing about, for he was born and spent
his boyhood days among the lumber
camps that then dotted northern
Michigan.
After graduating from the Univer.
sity Of Michigan, Titus secured posi-
ton as reporter on the Detroit News.
When the World war came he en-
listed in the American army and
served throughout the conflict as
sergeant in the ordnance service. With
the close of the war he went back
to his home county to write and to
raise fruit on his farm.
Supreme in the field that he has
chosen to make his own-the Ameri-
can woods-Harold Titus has written
many stirring tales that have won
wide popularity-among them, BE
low Zero" "Code of the North"
Conquered" "The Last Straw" and
Timber" Now you may read his
latest story, "The Man From Yonder,"
as il appears serially in this paper.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-02-22

garten at the Washington building,
Wednesday afternoon, with Mrs. M. j.
Fleming, president, presiding. Nearly
hundred persons were present. The
following program was given:
Three songs by the 5-A room in three
part music, Miss Bernice Nicholas con-
Quoting.
Reading, when Was at the Party,
by Marilyn Handberg.
Two numbers by the Kindergarten
Band with Miss Vera Nelson conducting
Reading, "Little Maid Upon My Fam y
by Florence Marie Handberg.
Three Little Songs" by Amelia Fink,
Miss Justine Vessel accompanying.
Readings, America for Me-" and '"The
Peddler Man." by Jeanne Drolet.
Address on posture by Miss Myrtle
Maxi.
A delicious lunch was served by a
committee of six with Mrs. E. A. Le-
Beau as chairman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-02-22
DeIphians Study
"OrientaL Tale"

The study of the Oriental Tale" was
continued at this weeks meeting of the
Delphian Society last evening in room
LOG of the Memorial high school. Mrs.
Charles Smith was leader and the fol-
lowing topic reports were discussed:
THE Thousand and One Days." Mrs.
G. T. Ayres.
''The Story of the Sad Vizier"-
(a) "Hassons Loss of Fortune" Mrs
Byrd Brownell; CD I'm the Shah's
Court" Mrs. A. j. McMahan; Co 1.-THE
Disconsolate Lovers" Mrs. p Schaefer;
I'D PICKLE Fortune" Mrs M. Valentine.
Mrs. p. D. McCarty presented the
current event.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-02-22
The Forum Discussed
Consequences of War.

The Adult Education Forum met for
the ninth time on Wednesday evening
when Frank Bourgin discussed the
changes effected by the war;
He described the terms of the Treaty
of Versailles and showed how they were
inevitable under the circumstances.
Wars, he asserted, have never saved
Democracy, nor has it ever secured it.
Each war ends only to find the profit
GERS and generals in control, he said.
The next meeting of the Forum on
February 9th, will be on the subject
''The Fight for Peace, or Why Has the
Peace Movement Failed?"