Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-11-02

Make 1t Into A Big Placer Nine Run By and For Benefit
OF State and Haze Tax-Free State, Says Helena Wag

"Hey", said voice over our phone. 1t '1ong
distance" from Helena.
"EIey-I thought you assured us that wouldn't
have any more big earthquakes
We Immediately recognized the voice as he con-
tinued
eff all your geological representations are as
good as that one, you had better get new ge0iO-
gist"
He added that quake had nearly shaken his
teeth out"
His ocular humor is typical of the attitude Of
Helena people, all of whom admit the filters during
a quake but thereafter grin about It, The quake
Thursday noon was said have been about OF equal
intensity to that of week ago Friday night It killed
two men who working on a scattod, repairing a
partly wrecked stack upset several other worknen OF
scaffoding on buildings which were undergoing re-
pairs and shook down damaged structures
The quake was a continuation OF the action start
ed by the first fault slipping. There have been more
than $50 recorded quivvers. 1t not new phe-
nomena biologists say Aftershocks always to be
expected when mountains swallow their insldes
Our friend, calling regarding royalty purchase de-
cided to add some Raspberry" in relating the news
of the tremblor which had delayed his call for two
hours.
I'VE zoos't zUoyyy about any more qwGkes any
zCuy," he added me haze decided to do the people
of Montana and .owrSelyeS great fagor and GbohSh
the CITY of Helena. Win CooneyS and our Pe't-
zes at zOork here in Helena there is hope of e1r
getting tranquility the democratic party and they
7iH continue to shake this community and the state
to the heartstoMes rs zoe see it. CoOney and PesCeH
are so zUeH e1ttyeMced that about the only nay can
get rid of them IS to abolish Helena and the state
capitol.
"We are going to the capitOEzOe don't
care zVtere. Yom haze 1t over at Great Falls, IT
Won zUdnt it, Or 7Oe may Ntove 1T back to the SIXTH
floor of the HenneSsy building in Butte, zUere Coz
enoy COoney says he found it, 1T any rate, zVoNt
haze much need of capitol for going to haze
a TAX-FREE STATE. You don't believe that, do
you?
"Eveyyone kmozOs of the millions of dollars TAX
en- from Last Chance gulch BY the GeOygianS-tbe
early day placer miners The GeorgiGnS hauled gold
GqCuy by the zCagoN load bit they did not get it ALL
4 dyedge started zOorkmg on Green Meadow IN Hell
this zOeek zUdSting gold out of the gra0elS NO7O
kno1O that the old timers not only didn't get I'LL
the gold but they did not eUeN get goodly part of
the gold They could not dig to the depth that dyedge
mil dig. They didn't get true bedrock Main street
1t 1UaS false BEDROCK false campaign pledges. 1t
takes deep digging to get true bedrock-Gnd the big
pay.
This to0Um of Helena is bsaIt on millions upon
millions of dollars zVoyth of gold-beaying gyGUels
Hey" we interposed who is paying for this
wait until I tell you my business" he said. II
called up about royalty Now will you listen?
We agreed to listen
II said this tozCm is bsalt gOld-beGriMg grG0eLs
We going to take zUbatevey money there IS in the
state treasury and buy dYedgeS zCItb ittiOe, TEN