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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-12-14
THE LEASE SELLING RACKET.

The Securities Exchange Commission has pretty well rdded
the promoters but of that gentry have
deved the only field which not covered by the federal
body the lease thousand Of of lands
where near field being marketed the coast
particularly in Washington by hghpOwered sales forces which
take the well known widows orphans and counter jumpers ike
Morgan took MARYLAND They 90 through the motions of drilling
well on the ease their intention not to get oil but to
sell leases The part that the who buys one
Of these eas gets nothing the promoters get the money and
the oil industry gets the blame.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-12-14


ALLOW me to express my ad-
miratiOn of you and your Organi-
cation"
The Speaker was Cut Bank
producer, the owner Of now famous
wells on the Harlan and Clarkson
farms. His name is Ed Lawler. With
his partner, William Hoer, LAWYER
visited our office to brighten up the
whole week for US. he continued:
II have been reading your ar
ticles and publications fer years and
have been greatly moved by not
only their sincerity but by the, fact
that the things you have said have
stood the test of time. / have care
fully watched the royalty properties
you have handled and from my own
experience / know s0mething Of the
value Of royalties. / know that you
are performing a great service.
Ordinarily, the investing public
are called suckers. Fl there is q
sucker" in the oil industry in Mon
tana it is you, in that you are do
mating your years Of experience to
every Tom, Dick and Harry who
wants to invest a little money and /
know that you have handed out for
tunes to people who could not have
made q nickel in oil had they been
dependent upon their own knowledge
and ability.
when I look around and see
what has been done with investors
money in all lines Cd. business, I
think IL something WORTH the pride
Of the people Of Montana TO boast
an organisation such as your Land
owners Royalties Company As
viewed by other money raisers, you
are the sucker" for giving the in-
vesting public 80 much for its money.
When I recall the early history Of
Kevin-Sunburst I know how you
steadfastly fought high prices which /,
would lose money for investors. Z
remember when / was offered one
per cent royalty on the Anderson
farm for $52, 900. It was considered
a bargain by the wise onsa not
mambers Of your organixation 3
lot of whom paid such prices and
VIII never get their money 0uI. Iney
were the ones who couldn't move
along slowly and sanely with you
they wanted quick action and got
It. You could certainly have made
lot more money IL you had indulged
in those slEyrOclxet operations
Here we interrupted to hlnafing.
boastingiy add: 60 we would be
out Of business years ago"
yeah, said our vtaiE0k stop
ping for the first time.
And here we break in on Mr..
LAWYERS kind comments to comment
on Mr.. Lawlers wham we have known
for many years. He is a resident Of
Hardin, Montana, small town near
IN Crow Indian reservatidn 81 sonEh-
MohAanas He is proprietor Of
81 Hardin. It is pretty hard
for small town motion picture
Chester proprietor to get rich. Yet
it is a safe guess that Mr. Law16r IL
the richest theater proprietor in Mon
tana today. Is not the box office re-
ceipts that constitute his wealth but
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-12-14
SEATTLE MAY GO INTO
OIL DRILLING BUSINESS

King county, in city OF Seattle located may 30
prospecting business according TO the sease S
An attorney dug passed In 1883, which, allows
expenditure upon petition Of the people The petition Pen
Ar4hur C signed 400 taxpayers
drilled the geology OF Su1ries
J. Store well mining engineer and geoAoe ne
the town OF
Taylor estimated at @12oOOO II IS pro-
vsosed to o PWA funds.
has been leased and ~ acrs 9
requires that the county 0ss
have the Land 70 be used Tor ang
used o. -
Of imam
$500 commissioners Of their county for an aPo
Of drilling OIL coal
M Or other valuable production that supposed 20
boring for The plan VIII be voted up
election and the funds viii be collected ~ ~ the
AssOsiatod enterprise Frs HAr4 and others known In
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-12-14

'In Chicago. we think IT'S . lot
of fun. but I'VE do manage to foster
a great many outside interests.%
se 80
The collector approached a par
ishoner and held ont the box.
II never give TO missions,
he said. Then take some" whis-
pered the collector, 'the money. Is
for the heather"
$3.50 $50
Golf is like q love affair: II
you don't take 1t seriously, IT'S
no fun; II you do take It seriously,
1t breaks your heart
$500 80
A Scot was engaged in an argu-
ment with a conductor as to wheth-
er the fare was Is or 80 cents.
Finally the disguised conductor
picked up the Scotsman's suitcase
and tossed It off the train. Just as
they passed ever a bridge. It land
ed with a splash.
Mon, screamed Sandy, isn't
it enough to try and overcharge
me. but now you try to drown my
little boy"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-12-14
UNIDENTIFIED

Two acquaintance, who had not
seen Macpherson for some years,
called at his house On Saturday
evening. Mrs. Macpherson answered
the door.
.'Does Macpherson live hereg"
they asked.
AYE" was the woman's reply.
"iist carry i'm In"
sssss
And there's the girl who is 50
dumb she thinks a pantry Is a
place where you keep underwear.
sssss
8 HTDEOUS
There once was a sculptor named
PAidias.
Whose tastes were extremely in
vidious.
He carved Aphrodite
without any nightie.
Which shocked the ultra fasti-
dious
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-12-14
BUTTE PRO- 0TION
T ATTACKED BY SEC

The first Montana company to be
prosecuted by the federal securi-
ties commission Is GoldfieIds Con-
solidated Mines, Inc, OF Butte.
which Is charged with having offer
ed 1000, 900 shares OF stock for
sale without registering under the
securities act.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-12-14
DELAY PRODUCTION TEsT UNTn. sPRNa

The of opinion KevnSunburst operators
be that the production planned by the Oil Conser
walton Board should delayed until the first of April for the
that winter would likely slap down the field during
winter period chosen making such test incomplete mac
and therefore useless.
Meantime gathering of statistics from the records
by the board ready make its production
test history production viii have been completed
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-12-14

A Chicago matron was recently
seated next to a Mrs. cascs at a
Boston tea party. During the crisp
exchange Of conversation, Mrs. Ca
bot advanced the information that
Sin Boston we place all Of our
emphasis on breeding" To which
the Chicago woman responded:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-06

doubt that he loved her more than his pride.
Sure | can fix you up" the bartender
chuckled, when he had heard the story. Il
got friend who drives over every day with
truck load of goat skins. and I'll lay you
that one hide more will never be seen at the
bottom of the pile"
So it came to pass that Jose was smuggled
into the United States for a marked down
price of five pesos or, at the current rate of
exchange, one dollar and thirty-nine cents
And all might have gone perfectly if the truck
driver had not by ill-starred chance driven
into Bernardo's filling station to replenish his
gas Jose did not know where he was. he knew
only that they had crossed safely, and it
seemed a good chance for him to escape from
the compromising barricade of skins
Big Bernardo saw him instantly, before
Jose had reached the first alley he was waving,
shouting, calling something about a police
man. Jose redoubled his speed - it was
simply fendish misfortune. Any border
Mexican could put two and two together and
get the answer to Jose's arrival hidden in a
Juarez truck. And undoubtedly Bernardo
would dash to the immigration station and
use the long arm of the law to settle his rival
- an illegal entry would just about finish
Jose's chances forever
Nevertheless, Jose tore breathlessly on
toward the dime store and Angela He must
prove to her he had done his best, and if he
had failed hopelessly it had not been because
he had not risked everything for her sake
Angela was experimenting with new lip
stick, but at the first sight of the desperate
eyed Jose, she flew around the counter and
embraced him.
Mother of God, have so much happiness
could weep! And could kill that Bernardo
- he said he heard you were so in love with
Mexican beauties you were never coming
home" She burrowed against him in mingled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-06
He almost substituted far the faHed calf?
by ANNA BRAND

immigration restrictions had raised for aliens
seeking to enter the United States But, he
had reasoned cheerfuly. it would be very diff
ferent in his case upon his return. He would
be rich enough to pay for the head-tax, visas
and expensive red tape. While the American
engineers could not pay much for his services,
they had agreed to give him a one-tenth
interest in the undiscovered gold mine And
they had kept their word. After weeks of
prospecting over hair-raising trails that was
exactly what Jose had "a one-tenth interest
in an undiscovered gold mine
Crushed with disappointment, Jose had in
tended to remain in Chihuahua until he could
earn enough to save his modification. No
matter if Angela had written him that she
didn't care, all she wanted was to have him
back again and if he loved her truly, he would
come. he could not bear to return to Ber-
nardo's jibes with empty pockets.
However, when the deported Salazar family
arrived in Chihuahua bringing news that big
Bernardo was making energetic attempts to
court Angela - well. that night Jose drew his
few pesos of pay. and started out on foot And
dl last TIC lldu dIIlVeu, SO nedI Out SO lar IrOm
the land he had left behind
why so sad, my friend?" the bartender
inquired. There are no tears bottled in our
cognac"
Jose sighed, and he eyed the bartender
thoughtfully. The man had suave. capable
manner. A manner which suggested he was
seasoned in border emergencies, possibly even
experienced in outwitting the laws on both
sides Of the lines. And as much as he hated to
do it, Jose realized he had to purchase real
bargain in lawevasion if he was to get himself
back on American soil He dared not cross the
international bridge. Even wading the river
was almost as risky because of the patrol
once so that she would know beyond any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-06

Joy, relief and indignation. Fat pig! told
him it was lie you would come back to
me"
In mingled JOY and anguish, Jose held her
closer. 1t was all he could do to bring himself
to tell her the disastrous truth. She was still
listening, her face growing paler, when Ber-
nardo arrived with the stern-eyed officer
In vain Angela impored cajoled and
stormed at the officer. He would not listen.
1t was a noisy party. that arrived at the
immigration station twenty minutes later.
Angela rage was transferred from the officer
to Bernardo; Bernardo was shouting his
evidence; Jose was alternately soothing
Angela and shouting denials; the officer was
futilely trying to silence them all
For heavens sake, what's the matter,
Wilson," the Inspector in charge flung open
his door with a frown. Your peace and quiet
can be heard a mile away. Oh - hello there.
jose he added grinning. Have you come
back to groom the little wooden horses? My
kids have sure missed you at the park
However his grin faded when he heard the
facts Bring them all into my Office )" he COM
manded briefly. "I'll look into this myself"
Seldom was case handed with such
despatch. Jose told the inspector in charge
where he was born. how old he was, where he
had worked - not that it was actually neces-
sary except to satisfy the fearsomely imper-
sonal law; the Inspector in charge had known
even his mother and father before him.
Yes, Jose admitted wretchedly, he had gone
into Mexico in search of the gold mine which
was to outshine the filling station and heap
luxuries on little Angela.
Bad business the inspector in charge
shook his head. "A gold mine may be every
thing or nothing but a job is pay check"
Il know" Jose stared at the floor in
torment.
And worse business hiring smugglers."
suggested Bernardo helpfully. 1t was high
time they got to the business in hand.
Wilson caught Jose's fist lust in time to
Continued on nest page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-06
The Pr0digal Patriot

I'm A saloon on the outskirts of Juarez.
that Mexican city which is separated
from the Emitted States by only the
shallow waters of the Rio Grande, Jose
paused for drink and some vgilant ref1ec-
ton. Thus far he had travelled in reckless
haste - on foot, burro-back. hitch-hiking, by
any method which would fetch him and his
seething emotions in the general direction of
the great republic to the north. and its most
important citizen so far as he was concerned
- little Angela Morales.
Most devastatingly American was little
Angela. She had all the charm of her ancestry,
plus job in dime store in Ell Paso which
enabled her to add patriotic polish of finger
wave, manicure and lipstick. Whoever it was
that made the remark about the futility of
painting a lily had never seen Angela. Indeed,
it was her combination of Mexican eyelashes
improved with an American lash-curler which
had been Joses undoing. 1t had made him
quit an excellent job operating a merry-go-
round in an amusement park in the American
city to travel aspiring miles in search of gold
mine.
A gold mine so that he might pour banged
bracelets and diamond rings in Angelas lap
Also, so that he might prove big Bernardo
Garcia was green-eyed liar when he had said
Angela Morales was fool to promise herself
to man who would never be anything but
hostler to wooden horses. Bernardo had
filling station, a good income, brand new,
secondhand car - in brief, about everything
but Angela. But even if Jose had won her, it
was not quite enough to soothe his ire over
the remark about wooden horses there was
an all-consuming yearning some day to drive
magnifcently into Bernardos filling station
with Angela beside him in the latest stream
lined model and say - Fill her up"
Of course, Jose had realized he was doing
something rash when he had agreed to go as
Spanish interpreter with the party of mining
engineers into the mountains of Mexico. He
had lived all his life in Ell Paso, and was fully
aware of the terrific barriers that recent
Evening star., 1935-07-25

run-off by Senator Bankhead.
But all that is over now" Heflin
said. I'VE are all friends again and
supporting the President 100 per
cent
He had the Endorsement, he said,
of the entire Alabama delegation in
the House and Senate.
The sixth district of the Housing
Administration, centered at Atlanta,
extends over Georgia, Alabama, Flor
ida, Mississippi and Louisiana.
AS to his duties, Heflin said he un-
derstood he was to be sort of pro-
moter of the housing program, with
part of his time to be speaking to
civic bodies He will be Immediately
under Charles MCGEE, field director
at Atlanta He said the job paid
$4,000 a year.
Evening star., 1935-07-25
SERVICE ORDERS
ARMY ORDERS.

Watts, Maj. John W., Medical Corps,
detailed as member of Army Retiring
Board, here.
Des Islets, Maj John C. NJ, Special
lists Reserve, ordered to active duty at
Fort Belvoir, Va, July %.
Munchmeyer, Capt. Louis w, Chem
tcal Warfare Service Reserve. from
Richmond, Va, to active duty at Edge
wood Arsenal. Md, August 4.
Weltman, Capt. William c., Chem
ical Warfare Service Reserve, from
Williamsburg, Pa, to active duty at
Edegood Arsenal, Md, August II.
Loser. First Lieut.. Earl G., Chemical
Warfare Service Reserve, from Wash
ington, Pa, to active duty at Edgewood
Arsenal, Md, August 4.
Svihra, First Lieut.. Albert, Field
Artillery, from Yale University, New
Haven, Conn., to University Of Vir-
ginia. Charlottesville, Va, Septem-
Der IS.
NAVY ORDERS.
Bureau of Navigation.
Cummings, Capt. Damon e., de-
tached Naval Operations. Navy De-
partment, about October /; to duty as
commander, South China Patrol.
Ayrault, Lieut.. Arthur D., detached
q. S. S. Portland about July 13; to
duty as aide to Admiral William r.
Standley, U. S. N, Chief of Naval
Operations, Navy Department.
Macklin, Lieut. Charles F., jr., de-
tached Naval Academy in June; to
U. S. S. Milwaukee.
Reynolds, Lieut.. Philip S., orders
January 16 modified; to duty as officer
in charge Recruiting Training School,
Norfolk, Va, instead Norfolk Navy
Yard, Portsmouth, Va.
Medical Corps.
ONeill, Lieut.. Comdr. John B., de-
tached u. S. S. Northampton; to
Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va.
Dental Corps.
McCole, Lieut.. Comdr. Patrick A.,
detached Naval Air Station, San
Academy.
Supply Corps.
Bailey, Lieut.. Comdr. Charles B.,
detached Receiving Station, Norfolk,
Va, in September; to C. +. o. U. 8. S.
Erie and on board when commissioned.
Chaplain Corps.
Evans, Capt. Sydney K, detached
Bureau Navigation, Navy Department;
to treatment Naval Hospital, Washing
ton, D. c.; on discharge treatment, to
home, relieved all active duty.
Warrant Officers.
Du Bois, Chief Machinist Dennis O.,
detached Naval Training Station, Nor
folk, Va, about September 25; to C. f. o.
U. s. S. Quincy and on board when
commissioned.
Avery, Chief Radio Electrician Neil,
detached Norfolk Navy Yard, Ports
mouth, Va, about September II; to
c. I. o. U. S. S. Quincy and on board
when commissioned.
Evening star., 1935-07-25
STEEL FIRM TO EXPAND

$3.50, 900 to Be Spent on Alloy
Plant at Canton.
CLEVELAND, July Is P-The
Republic Steel Corp. announced to-
day that the Stark division Of the
central alloy plant at Canton. Ohio.
Will be modernized with an estimated
expenditure of $850.000. More than
! $4,000 feet Of floor space will be
added.
The expansion will not increase the
plant capacity, the announcement
said, but is made to improve the quail
ity of the product. The work now
under way will be completed by No
vember /.
Evening star., 1935-07-25


House, obviously
was pleased with
his appointment,
which came after
he had been out
of the Senate
four years. AS he
worded it, he was
ridden out" as
the Democratic
party candidate
in 1881 and then
ran independ-
emily as a JEFF
ferSonian Demo-
crat, but was
beaten in the
Evening star., 1935-07-25
HEFL|N IS NAMED
F. H. A. ASSISTANT
Alabaman Who BoIted Party
in 1928 Pleased That
Ak Is Buried.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Former Senator J. Thomas Heflin,
who was read out of the Democratic
party in Alabama for "bolting'' in
1928 when Alfred E, Smith was the
presidential nominee, yesterday was
appointed administrative assistant for
the Atlanta district of the Federal
Housing administration.
The Alabaman, who was 10 years
In the Senate and 16 years in the
Evening star., 1935-07-25
Airedale Is 81 Years Old.

Don, an airedale, has passed his
2lst birthday anniversary at CosteSsey
and is believed to be one of Eng
lands oldest dogs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-12
ROOSEVELT SILENT
ON BONUS ATTITUDE
will Take No Part in Argument
Until Bill Reaches Him for
Consideration

Warrington, March l2.-(R}-Word
that President Roosevelt intends to
take no part In the $4,000 600, 600
bonus dispute until a bill Is enacted
and laid on his desk was carried
Tuesday to Capitol Hill.
The news-bearer was Rep. SABBATH
OF Illinois. chairman Of the house
Democratic steering committee, who
had gone to the White House to talk
to the president.
MY understanding SABBATH re-
ported, lis that the president will say
or do nothing about the bonus pay
ment until congress acts. That is in
line with his general attitude OF hav-
ing nothing to do with things upon
which congress is legislating.
when, and y. congress passes bill
for cash payment of the bonus, then
I understand the president will ex-
press his views"
Asked what those views might be,
SABBATH said he could mot speak for
the president, but my guess Is that
he might suggest either that We limit
payment to the needy or that some
method other than outright, lmmedi-
ate cash payment be enacted
Twice the treasury has directly de-
clined opportunities to present the
administration attitude toward bonus
payment.
Unless there IS a change, therefore.
the house next week will vote upon
and pass, leaders say-a bill for i'm
mediate redemption Of the adjusted
compensation certificates without any
recent expression from the president
or high administration officials.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-12

voices for . period Of two years. sub
ject to examination by the tax com-
missioner or any Of his agents, at any
time.
The tax is to be paid by retailers
In quarterly installments on or be-
fore the Goth day Of each month sue
ceeding each quarterly period. The
first quarterly period under the law
will commence May I and end June
80 Of this year. Every retailer In the
state Is required to obtain q permit
to operate from the state tax CON-
missioner for which q fee Of SO cents
will be charged. A permit for each
place of business operated by the ap-
plicant must be obtained. The per.
mits are revokable by the tax com.
missioner.
Violation Of any Of the provisions
Of the sales tax law by the retailer
or attempts to evade payment Of the
tax may result In revocation OF the
permit.
A conference between state author
tiles and the tar commissioner, menu
bers Of the attorney generals office
and retailers for Interpretation Of the
operation Of the sales tax law Is
scheduled early next week ut which
time complete organization Of an OPP
Grating plan may be devised.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1935-03-12
Peanut Shocking
Champ Acclaimed

Halliday, N. D., March l2.-Add
TO the list Of champions the name
Of Albert echarf Of Halliday.
scharf today claims the title
Of worlds champion Russian
peanut" shucker. In competition
with seven leading western North
Dakota contenders, he set . rec.
ord Of 20 minutes and 20 seconds
for disposing Of his bag Of $50
nuts, nosing out by one second
Joe 0erhart. Finishing In third
place was Ed. Scharf, the cham.
pion's brother, whose time was II
minutes and five seconds.
Tor the information Of the
uninitiated, Russian peanuts"
are sunflower seeds. The pro-
cedure Of the experts in eating
them Is to feed them In . con-
slant stream through one corner
Of the mouth With the tongue and
teeth performing the shucking
operation before the hulls are
disposed Of through the opposite
corner Of the mouth. The prin.
ciple ID much tho same 8 that
used By . threshing separator.
Other entrants In the Halliday
contest were: Joe Fisher, Gus
Weisenherger, 0ottlieb Ksller.
Frank Baer and Anton 0erhart.
judges included James Bailey.
Allie Oiafson and Pete Bosch.
The timekeeper was Dan Boil.
niger.
The Russian peanuts" get the
name from their popularity With
Russian and German settlers In
North Dakota.