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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-15

1T TAKES though times" to sort
out the good from the bad. AS
bad as was the recent depression,
it served to give us the greatest
who s who" in the present century.
Those who really amounted to some
thing took their whipping, readjusted
themselves to new circumstances and
surroundings and began taking advan-
tage of unprecedented opportunities
A new crop of rich men is growing out
of the depression Men who were will
ing to give up some Of the things to
which they and their families were ac-
customed took their slender savings
or part of their income and branched
out in fields Of opportunity that
would have never been available, had
it not been for the depression. The
man who did not adjusk himself, of
course, continued to 20 down and
down and to him the depression was
a tragedy.
Recently we have observed the eff
fects of the drOth. DrOuths are moth
ing new. Since 1889 practically every
part of the United States has been hit
by a severe drouth. In 1884 it hit
California and the Pacific coast, cul-
minating dry years starting in 1880.
Those of us old enough to remember
can recall hearing of bleeding Kan
sas. The drouth of 1894 was no less
severe than the one which hit the
middle west this year.
Now we see what were formerly
prosperous farms in absolute desola-
ton: without a living thing on them.
Crops are burned up, the grass is
brown, trees are dead, livestock of all
kinds is gone. Even the grasshoppers
and jackrabbits have been forced to
leave, for lack of food and water.
Yet in travelling over the drouth
area it is not surprising to find fami-
lies still on their farms and apparently
getting along. They have no advan-
tage bestowed upon them by nature, as
compared with their neighbors, but
they have some chickens and COW
and a porker or two. The wheat crop
was a failure but they managed to
get a few barrels of wheat from the
dwarfed stalks, with which to feed
their chickens They had saved a
stack of hay and a straw stack. 1t is
ineonvenient to haul water from the
river, but they manage to keep plenty
of water on hand.
The depression did to the city man
what the drouth does to the people
living in the country. The drouth
serves to bring out the "real farmer"
as the depression brought on the real
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-15
NO MORE OIL IS
REPORTED FROM
BAKER Deep TEST

Continued drilling in lime was
reported this week from the Mon
tana Dakota Utilities company Wild
cat on Baker-Gakndive enticlineS
south Of Baker, on the eastern
border of Montana. The bit has
reached a formation which should
be the Devonian although biologists
are not agreed on the age OF the
lines encountered.
Failing to get production in the
Devonian, the Baker we'll will be
bridged back to the top of the lime
where flow of 30 ibarrels an
hour followed acidization. Bv usN
of a gun perferator it is believed
that the production, now cemented
off, can be re-opened to avoid a
heavy flow of water which developed
soon after the we'll was opened up.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-15

1895 sulphur water was enc0un-
tered, SO It was plugged back
BeardsIee-swears No. 4 CSL
SWM NWH 9-35-2W, cemented
off caving formation at 1850.
Frazfer-smtth-Van Note No. 4,
NV sWA NWA 30-35-2W, is drill
ing at 40 feet.
Gray-ArOnOw No. 4, NE NEH
SEA 11-s5-3W, Is drilling at $50
BEahIIe-O iIs~yan Note No. 4,
INV SWH sW.A 30-35-2W, is I'M
derreaming pipe at 1850.
Munger-PedersOn No. 4, NV
NWA SWH S-35-2W has again
given up a fishing job at 1900.
They are pulling 8-inch casing TO
abandon, skid the rig and start
over.
PfaIbe & EngIelxing- Kramer No. 4,
GEL SWA SWA 7-35-1W, are
drilling at 1885
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-15
COOLIDGE Is

themselves Rimrock or company,
because OF the proximity Of the To-
cation to the western rim" OF the
Sweetgrass Arch. Location Is CEN
ter SEX NWA 29-35-3W, and the
hole is at $40 feet
Nearby, the SorreIl-Afexander
Federal Land Bank No. 4, NWNW "
SWA 32-35-3W. is fishing for lost
tools at 1865, with a 10-inch bit in
the hole.
Agan e. Goeddertz-G oedderfz No.
4, sen NEA 16-35-3W, is being
completed as a gasser. Located near
the Campbell discovery well, It had
a flow Of 100000 cubic feet of
gas in the Sunburst sand from 1906
to 1886. It drilled to the contact
at 1889, finding no saturation. At
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-15

reserves owned by an investor. A
royalty owner is the owner of oil IN
underground storage. He buys oil
in underground storage for one cent,
five cents, ten cents or some other
sum per barrel 1t is taken from the
ground by an operator who must de-
liver it to the royalty owner free of.
cost of production.
Another thing, after watching the
wheat business the cattle business, the
sheep business and these other enter
prises, we are not so inclined to re-
gard the oil business as hazardous.
We know that royalties are less haz-
ardous than the stock market. The
depression taught us that The small
class of people in the United States
who did not take tremendous loss in
their investments In the depression are
the ROYALTY INVESTORS. Because
none could get their oil out of the
ground, they came out of the depres-
sion with as much as they had when
the depressinlon started. Their in
come was cut down while the oil in
dustry was in the depth of the depres-
sion, but their PRINCIPALt--the oil
they had bought in underground stor-
aged-remained intact. That was not
true of any stocks or bonds of which
we heard.
So now in this drouth we realize
that agriculture pursuits are even
more hazardous than the oil business.
Today a man can make an investment
in royalties with virtually certainty
that he is not going to lose and a
probability that he will win a large
profit and a possibility of a tremen-
dous profit.
This week we are sending out a
plat descriptive of a producing roy
atty in Kevin-Sunburst field. It is
so acres, with two producing wells. 1t
earned Is per cent on the investment
in 1885. Twelve more wells viii be
drilled on the tract Furthermore,
the purchase price is based on pro-
duction of less than 290 barrels per
acre. That is, if the tract produces
300 barrels per acre at present oil
prices, it will pa yout, plus a pofit.
That is the sort of odds that the
royalty business offers. We doubt
that there is a bond or share on the
stock market that is any more GER
tain to pay out its principal than
this royalty. We know that there
is no bond or share that is paying
out any such rate of return.
Any who is in interested in this
producing royalty bargain may write
us.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-15

Once upon q time there were
three co-eds who were very tired
and wished to go to bed. SO they
went into their 0oms.
Suddenly:
Someone's been sleeping in my
bed" said the great big coed in
great big voice
Someone's been sleeping in my
bed" said the medium sized coed
in a medium sized voice.
Good night, girls" said the lit
tie coed in a little bit of voice.
THE man who gives in when he
is wrong" said the orator, SIS q
wise man, but a man who gives in
when he is right is
Married" said a weak voice
from the audience.
We were reading the other day
about a girl who. had a hitch-hke
wedding. Just before the ceremony
there was hitch-the groom hik-
ed.
Coed Dust home for vacation)
Mother. an old farmer came out
to the lake where l was swimming
in the nude"
Mother: 81 suppose you had TO
stay in until he left7"
Coed: II did not / got out the
minute he jumped in"
THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH
Just because a man may put his
savings under his pillow doesn't
mean that he has enough to retire
on
Have you seen May?"
May who?''
why, Mayonnaise'
mo, she is dressing and won't
aftuce -
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-15
EXPERIENCED CD MINER

A man rustled a job at one Of
Montana's mines. Said he was a
raise-man. The shift boss took him
to his working place and walked
back down the drift. Soon the new
miner rushed up to him and asked:
Say mister, where is the alley
that leads to the elevatOr?"
e -
A fussy old lady, travelling cross
country via bus and the great open
way, finally became irked to the
extent of firing salvo at, the driv-
er because OF frequent stops. HSuch
she doomed. why
you stop at every telegraph pole"
SORRY lady said the driver, But
this bus is a Greyhound"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-15
ooNGRATuI.ATIoNs. ROW

Publications. are going out from
members OF the oil industry to Tom
Stout, publisher of the Lew1stown
Democrat-News who this week took
to himself a bride, Sibyl Ann
Schaeffer of Helena. They are now
honeymooning in Glacier park.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-15
KEY PITTNIAN HERE

Montana was honored by a visit
from Senator Key Pittman OF Ne
vada who came here to fish and 10
look over some mining properties
he owns in Troy district, in the
corner Of the state.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-15
MORE UsE FOR GAS

The last survivor of the street
car systems that used to transport
people of Montana is about to be
relegated to the dump at Butte.
A. C. M. owns the system and has
asked for permission to replace
street cars with modern buses.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-15
INDIAN ATTACKS TITLE

Recalling, he says, that he didn't
get anything for the land he sold in
1921. Jappy es-Gun-On-Top. a
Blackfeet Indian. has brought suit
against Lottie Tweedy, owner of a
tract on which oil has been found
in the Big Bend pool of Cut Bank
oil field. The tract is operated
by Ralph Gardner and Custer Oil
10
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-15
REsIrME an NoRTH FORK

Columbia Oils, Ltd, OF Vancouver
b. c., has resumed drilling on It's
wildcat on the North Fork Of the
Flathead, liz miles north OF the
Canadian boundary, with new rotary
equipment. The well was started
in 1888 and has reached a depth
of 1890 feet, hoping to drill TO
1000 feet in the inverted beds OF
the Lewis overthrust.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-08-15
WITHDRAW STOCK SALE

Basin Gold Mines, Limited, has
withdrawn it's registration with the
Securities and Exchange commission
at Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
TO
 EXAMINE CASE
 OF zI0NCHECK
Superintendent of Hospital Says Congressman Needs
 Complete Rest

WASHINGTON, June 2.-Dr. Ed gar Bocock, Superintendent of the Gallinger Hospital here said phys icians would probably require sev- eral days to examine Congressman Marion A. Zioncheck. The first thing he needs is a complete rest and to cooperate in every way the superintendent said. zioncheck was yesterday committed for ob- servance.
 Zioncheck early today was with out knowledge of the whereabouts of his wife and in talking to news men said he believed several Con- gressmen advised her to remain away from him until the examina- tion cc<I be completed. Tn speak ing of yesterdays incidents he said, I'll admit I was excited"
 When asked if he thought him self crazy he said, Either I am or a lot of those windbags down at Congress are"
 At Texarkana, Arkansas Zion checks mother-in-l Mrs. T. M Nix said she did not know where her daughter was. She reported Mrs. zioncheck teiephoned Friday night saying she was very ill and tired of publicity.
 zioncheck's bride finally spent a half hour with her husband late to- day and also talked with Dr. Joseph Gilbert, District of Columbia alien ist who said her husband had comfortable night.
 Guy Nadeau, a friend, called after Mrs. Zioncheck left and later quot ed Gilbert saying of the Congress man. He is in pretty bad way He added the bride intends to stick by her husband.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
HARDEN, WIFE
 VISIT JUNEAU
K ellogg g Sales Company Representative Reglst-
 cred at Gastineau

" P Harnden and wife arrived on the Yukon and are registered at the Gastineau. MT Harnden is the Alaska representative of the Kel- logg Sales Company with head quarters at Seattle, and this is his second trip to Alaska in the inter ests of his firm
 Mrs Harnden, the former Grace
 Young, was employed as a Govern ment school teacher at Metlakatla sixteen years ago and was at one time a patient at the St. Ann's Hospital. Mrs. Harnden is greatly enthused over her return trip to Alaska and said that Juneau had taken on many cosmopolitan airs since her last visit.
 MT. and Mrs. Harnden will re- main here until Monday when they will proceed to their Seattle home via Sitka, Petersburg and Wrangell, having stopped a week in Ketchi- kan on their northbound trip
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
Body of Canadian
 Desperate Claimed
 by Vancouver Widow

SEATTLE, June 2.-United States Marshal A. J. Chitty has notified the coroner that the body of Ed ward McMullen, Canadian desper ado who died in hospital here as the result of an accidental bullet wound sustained during trouble with border officials at Blaine last week, has been claimed by his widow, Mrs. Maude McGill McMullen, of Vancouver, B. c. He said the widow has arranged with the police to send the body to her home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
Dean Williams
 Bags Himself 7
 Mighty Brownie

Dean Williams, son of Jay Will Hams of the Forest Service has en- tered the category of mighty hun ters. Dean went out to Admiralty Island over the weekend and bagged himself huge brown bear The hide measured g feet inches by g feet 4 inches, one of the really big ones.
 It was Deans first brownie, al- though he and Georg. Folta, son of the Assistant District Attorney who hunt together a great deal, each have bagged a few black bear. The trophy, however, goes to Dean now at least until George, who is out with his Dad this week after a big one, comes back and reports his success.
 Georges father is considered one of the champion bear hunters of this part of the Panhandle and Deans Dad is one of the best rifle shots in the north. Thus rivalry is keen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
SECOND COUSIN,
 F. ). R. SUICIDES

BUENOS AIRES, June 2.-Robert B. Delano, second cousin of Presi- dent Roosevelt, LISA, is reported to have committed suicide according to dispatches received here from a nearby locality. He shot himself in the mouth. A note, found in his room, said he shot himself be- cause of a broken engagement with a girl of wealthy social prominent family.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
SCOUT LEADER IS TO MEET WITH
 OFFICIALS HERE
Meeting Is Scheduled for 7:30 This Evening in
 Masonic Temple

w. B. Hubbell, Field Boy Scout Executive for the Seattle area who arrived here on the North Wind, will be among those in attendance at the meeting of the District Com mittee of the Boy Scouts which has been called for 7::30 o'clock this evening in the Masonic temple.
 All members of troop sponsoring organizations and all others who are interested are invited to at tend. A large turnout is expected to meet with the Executive from Se- attle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
PAA LOCKHEED
 FOR INTERIOR:
 5 PASSENGERS
Express, Strawberries, Vac cine Also Being Flown
 to Fairbanks

With five passengers, and a quan- tity of air express, including eight cases of fresh strawberries and three cartons of vaccine sent by Dr. w. w Council, Territorial Health Commissioner to Fairbanks physi- clans to complete their supplies of various types of serum, the PAA Lockheed Electra flown by Pilots S. E. Robbins and w J. (Jerry) Jones. left Juneau for Fairbanks at 9 o'clock this afternoon.
 Passengers for Fairbanks were: L.. E. Farr Dr. L. w. Waugh, K. N. Neill. Edwin Jackson and R. E. Murphy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
PRATT RETUR. 2

L. c. Pratt, Regional Fiscal Agent for the U. s. Forest Service, who went to Haines at the weekend to confer with Army officials rela- tive to pay of eco workers, re- turned yesterday on the Ranger TX with w. A. Chipperfield, Dis trict Ranger. Chipperfield went on to Sitkoh Bay where he was to pick up a crew which has been building the trout trap at that point and return the men to Ju- neau. He expected to get in today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
PIONEER MISSING IN KOTSINA AREA

Joe Kreig, pioneer of the Kotsina district, is missing, according to a communication to Gov. John w. Troy from O. A. Nelson, U. s. Com missioner at Chitina. Nelson said that Kreig, who has been troubled with failing eye sight for years, has not been seen for months. A pros pecting party which recently visited the Kotsina section failed to see any trace of him, the Commissioner explained. The Kotsina country is about 30 miles from Chitina.
 It is Cecil B. OeMille, the direc- tor-producer, but his brother is Will liam DeMille.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
PROMINENT NOME
 RESIDENT PASSES

Death of Henry Berg, well known resident of Nome for many years. is reported here in information re- ceived by Lawrence Kerr of the Dis trict Attorny's office, former pioneer resident of the Second Division.
 MT Berg, who was a member of the Legislature in the sessions of 1929 and 1881, died May 26 and was buried in Nome on the 29th. He
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
TRIED TO SELL
 MATTE: DIVORCE

WORCESTER, Mass, June 2-A divorce case of Mitchell A. Der cume, former constable, against his wife Helen L. Bercume, was enliv- ened by Mrs. Bercume's story of how she tried to sell him for $20,- 900 to a woman whom he worked for as chauffeur.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
SIR SAMUEL
 ON NEW JOB
ACROSS DaoracantuftAv

LONDON, June 2.-The London Daily Mail said it confidently ex- poets that Sir Samuel Hoare, for mer Foreign Secretary, will suc- ceed Viscount Monsell as First Lord of the Admiralty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
 PARTY ABOARD YUKON

On their annual summer trip to Alaska to carry on survey work, three members of the Geological Survey are passengers aboard the Yukon for Cordova. They are Ger aid Fitzgerald, topographer; and F. H. Moffit and s. R. Capps, geolo- gists. Their seasons work will be carried on in the Interior
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
FLIES TO INFERIOR

Dr. L. w Waugh of the Public Health Service, arrived on the Yu- kon from the States, and left for Fairbanks, enroute to Flat and Bethel, aboard the TAA Lockheed Electra transport plane
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
~
 STOCK QUOTATIONS q q q . . .

NEW YORK, June 2.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14, American Can 1z8A, Anaconda 33%, Bethlehem Steel 521z, Curtiss Wright 6A, Gen eral Motors 62, International Har- vester 85, Kennecott 33A, United States Steel 61h, Cities Service AL. Bremner 18 at 26, Pound $4 997s
 Even in a costume picture, Joan Crawford likes gowns in pale blue
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02

had extensive mining interests on Dine Creek and was active in other business enterprises in the Second Division. He leaves his wife and two children.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
GOODALE ON YUKON

Grant Goodale, Assistant Pur- chasing Agent for the State of Cali fornia, Los Angeles Branch of the Bureau of Purchases, and Mrs. Goodale are round trip passengers aboard the Yukon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02

PARKWAY MAKING TRIP
 Don Harway, Pacific Coast rep resentative of Oral Hygiene, pub lished in San Francisco, and Mrs. Harway, are roundtrip passengers on the Yukon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
RARY GIRL BORN

Mrs. Clifford Schaefer gave birth to a baby girl at St. Ann's Hos pital last evening at 5 o'clock. The infant weighed 7A pounds at birth,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
MISS PECK HERE

Miss Ruth Peck, director of Home Economies and extension work at the University of Alaska, arrived in Juneau yesterday from Fairbanks and is planning a series of instruct i've classes in the field of Home Economics.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
ENTERS HOSPITAL

Frank Mccoy has been admitted to St. Ann's Hospital for medical treatment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
AT. ST. ANNS

Mrs. Wally Wilson underwent a surgical operation at St. Ann's Hos pital this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
TONSILECTOMY

Catherine Wanamaker underwent a tonsilectomy operation this morn ing at the Government Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02

MURPHY FAIRBANKS BOUND
 R. E. Murphy, of the DuPont Powder Company, left Juneau on the PAA Lockheed plane for Fair banks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-02
WALTER RONALD
 DIES IN SOUTH

SEATTLE, June Estate Sena- tor Walter G. Ronald, aged 78. of Ellensburg, is dead after an illness of one year He was the brother of Superior Judge J. T. Ronald, Dean of the King County Judicial Bench.
 Jackie Cooper, boy actor, is build ing a life-size sail boat
Evening star., 1936-10-13
654 Still Missing in Typhoon
Which Swept Island of LusOn

Relief agencies feared an epidemic
Of disease, particularly in Neuva Eci)a
Province, north of Manila, where the
typhoon took its greatest toll during
. three-day rampage last week end.
A recheck showed II known dead
in Cabanatuan. capital Of Nueva Eci3a
Province, Luzon Island. and 40 miss
ing. .a.
The Manila Bulletin casualty est-
mate placed at ISL the dead and miss
ing in Nueva Ecija, Province, appar-
entity the hardest hit by the typhoon
which crossed and recrossed Luzon
Island last Friday, Saturday and
Sunday.
Twenty bodies were recovered ct
the government Agricultural School
At Munoz. No word has come from
the villages Of San Jose, Papaya,
Ariaga and zaragoza, where 1t was
feared the loss Of life was heavy.
The bulletin numbered the missing
In zambales Province ut 12O. One
hundred were reported to have been
swept away In Hood waters in Mahsoc.
Nine were known dead In Tariac,
the Newspaper said, with ] dead ana
10 missing In Pangasinan. 10 missing
1see T7P6ooN. Page A-so
Evening star., 1936-10-13

Government officials today OBJ
served the 144th anniversary Of the
laying of the corner stone Of the
White House by launching an in
tensive hunt for the historic marker
believed to be obscured by genera
tions Of painting and cementing.
After publication in The Star yes
terday Of an article describing the
corner stone ceremony. painters
working on the mansion today were
instructed to scrape stones in the
northeast part Of the foundation in
quest Of the famous stone.
Mai. Edwin P. Locke, Corps OF En-
gineers, U. S.Army, in charge OF the
physical upkeep Of the White House,
said he has looked through his rec
ords in vain for some clue to the
exact location of the stone. Employees
who have worked around the mansion
for 40 years are unable to throw
light on the matter.
Mai. Locke pointed out that when
the British burned the White House
during the War Of 1872 the stone may
have become obliterated and that no