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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-02-08

s'TeEl me. do Jon ever expect to
Gind the perfect girlg"
NO, but it's a lot Of fun max
ing sure they're moi"
$50 sNs
When the festivities were at
their height, Charlie, who was best
man at the knotting, decided to tell
about q trick he'd played on the
groom the day OF the wedding
Turning to the happy couple,
he said: ''I1I bet you were mad
when you discovered that had
taken all of Harry'a pa1amas out
OF his suitcase"
The bride and groom looked at
each other blankly and then looked
up at Charlie.
my gosh. did your" gasped the
bride.
s@sss
He-'fWilI you sail with me on
the sea Of matrimony?"
She-''Yes. after you have made
q raft of money"
She: my husband is always a.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-02-08
WIRE YOUR CoNGREssMEN TO SUPPORT DISNEY BILL

Millions dollars will stay home and furnish jobs
the oil import BILL introduced by Congress
Wesley E. Disney of Oklahoma adopted When import
foreign really exporting American We also
exporting jobs and importing unemployment This bill to
imports increase of the excise taxes
foreign petroleum and its products will return to Am
industry its proper share Of the American market
oil products been the object of special favor IN
the past imposed
product They subject to any prraon
restriction They permitted to establish price levels and to
take the market states This
situation Foreign oil should its share Of the
equally with the domestic product whose market 1t
absOrbs.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-02-08
CONTINENTAL

of care for wells, some operators
are said to have had difficulty in
making their allowable during the
month of aJnuary. All these factors
indicate that the coming of spring
will all leases running 100 per
cent.
Rumors of increased refining ca
pacity for northern Montana are
thus far without substantiation.
Something definite is expected
however, during the present month.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-02-08
Homesteader John Smith Hedges"

leave John Smith with either little
to show for his reward" or law
suit which he could not afford. What
applies to John Smith applies to his
heirs and assigns who might take his
place in the contract, and therefore
the lease he gives has an important
bearing on the value of his royalty.
IF he finds himself tied up so that he
cannot dispose of his royalty, he is
deprived of his rightful heritage.
The drilling of well on his land
is the emancipation for John Smith
1t makes it possible for him to pay
off the mortgage and for his machin-
cry and to make Improvements on
his house. He can sell half his roy
atty for money that is like mamma
from heaven: an absolute gift. If
there is NO oil under his land, then
blessed was the coming of the pros
pector. If there is oil under his
land, then HALF of his royalty is
enough to care for him, without seri-
GUS worry as to dry land crops
IF a production of 100 barrels of
81 oil is developed on his land, his in
come from HALF his royalty is 1925
per day, which is enough to keep the
wolf from the door. If he happens to
get well such as the Lander well in
Cut Bank field, he win have an in
come of $75 per day from half his
royalty while his assigns owning the
other half Of his royalty viii be re-
ceiying the other SIS a day. An in
come of SIS per day is as much as
the average person can spend COM
fortably and while this is out of the
ordinary, it is safe to assume that
a daily production Of several hundred
barrels should be developed by the
drilling Of a tract so large as 800
acres.
Here is the landowners income from
various production, from so to 1000
barrels daily:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-02-08
$71,71O,281.OO

$1,71O281O0
The R. F. C-H O. L. C-Farm Loan and the costs Of oper-
atng regular activities the state not in
Guided.
The association secretary continues:
quite successful in the state competition for
federal funds probably taxpayers other states will have to
nay part the expenditures made here but nevertheless
sumer through indirect and socaed hidden taxes Will just
as per Montana other state Montana
share of debt increase since Dec 81 1881 IS over
$OO00O00 people must begin realize they going
to pay eventually for large of federal expenditures
in this state
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-02-08

A 1,0OO-barrel gusher in Cut Bank
field interrupted our narrative last
week Of the experiences of John
Smith, Montana homesteader, who
had just "proven up on 800 acres
of land. For three years he had lived
through privatiOns which few city
bred people could or would endure,
just to get land he could call his
own.
His first intimation that there was a
possibility of oil on his land came
when a man wearing leather boots
and field clothes appeared on his
place. He learned from the stranger
that his land was located on struc-
ture He learned that the bad
lands on and around his place re-
suited from heavy erosion due to the
fact that the earth s crust was
"bulged" in this district, this bulge
or buckle forming an coil dome" He
was then called upon by another gem
lehman who asked him to lease" his
land.
The lease men represented an oil
prospector who agreed that if the
landowner would give permission, the
prospector would drill a hole on the
Smith farm, at no expense to Mr..
Smith If the hole found no oil, it
would cost Smith nothing IF it found
oil or gas, Smith was to receive as
his reward for allowing the prospect
ing, one-eighth of all the oil. and gas
produced and saved from his land.
In other words, if 100000 worth
of oil were recovered from the land,
John Smith landowner, would receive
one-eighth of that total, or 1925, 600,
free of cost of production Out Of
every 100 barrels he gets u IL bar
rels, which part of the oil is called
ROYALTY.
The lease is merely contract 1t
ordinarily runs for five years. Many
leases in Cut Bank run for 10 years
and early leases taken in Kelvin
Sunburst field run for 20 years.
Standard leases, commonly used in
Montana, are fair to both parties
Many trick" leases are intended
merely to "chisel" the landowner.
There is a growing tendency of OPP
orators to write new things into their
leases-things which leases do not
purport to contain. 1t is doubtful
whether these ''isms" will stand up
in court, if brought to issue. Hidden
clause having nothing to do with the
operation of property, such as an OPP
ton on his royalty and other restric-
tions in the private life of landown-
er, are not so likely to stand up as
if they were written in seperate, plain
agreements Therefore it is likely that
the courts viii interpret foreign mat
tiers within oil and gas leases as
trickery," against which the aver
age farmer is unable to protect him
self in casual reading 6-point type
which purports to describe the terms
of a lease under which the operator
is to drill for oil
The "trick" clause in lease might
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way on business trips. What would
you do in my placer"
He: well, take me over 20 your
place and I'LL show you."
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SUNBURST
lconIInued From Pags %

(continued From Page oneJ
wells cost S17y50O. Since It is de-
pendable sand production, nor more
highly profitable pool has been.
found in Kevin-Sunburst, yet its
exploitation remains for the new
gneration OF operators.
1t is understood that the next
well in the pool viii be drilled by
Coolidge & Coolidge a half mile
north Of the Haskell producer.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-02-08

every 100 produced. It requires no
wear and tear on pencils to figure
out the immediate earning of / per-
cent royalty, nor of ultimate probable
return of / per cent. In other words,
if the oil content of farm is figured
at 100000, then l per cent royal
ty means 1 per cent of the million or
100000. So the Montana land
owner thinks in terms Of one per cent
royalty when he hedges" on his in
vestment.
Just as a good man hedges" on
the market, and the average wheat
grower hedges" on the wheat mar
ket, so is it good business for the
Montana landowner to "hedge" on
his oil royalties If he can sell his
royalty before a well is drilled for
the sum of $4,000, and fails to do
so, he is GAMBLING $1,000 on an
oil well. 1t is a BET that the OIL
well will get oil. If it fails, he loses
$1,000 If it gets oil, he win likely
get many times $4,000, but neverthe-
less the landowner CANDLES on
the well when he fails or refuses to
sell his royalty. IF he sells half of
his royalty for 81 900, then he is
reducing his gamble to $1,000.
The man who invests in the other
half of the farmers royalty is help
ing to repay the homesteader for the
hardships endured In securing these
oil rights The city men will gladly
pay cash in lieu of the necessity of
living on a bleak Montana prairie for
three lonely years. And so the city
man becomes a partner of the home
steader, gambling with the farmer
that the land contains oil If it con-
tains oil, then he viii have an in
come of from 1925 to $50 per day
from production of so to 1000 bar
rels per day. He will stand absolutely
in the shoes of the landowner, with
all rights to receive his oil free of
cost of production; to sell it to whom
he pleases at whatever price the mar
ket affords.
1t is a great event in the life of
John Smith when the well spuds In
on his farm. His neighbors gather a.
round him and congratulate him. The
town editor comes out and takes pic
lures of him and his children, to rec
ord how they looked "before they
were worth millions. John Smith
is more likely to listen to reason"
than ever before, or afterward
However, it is necessary to follow
the preliminary steps in this opera
ton on John Smiths farm, Smith
must become sort of oil man. He
must know the meaning of such
terms as fishing and headache
post and a" sampson post and he
must not be so ignorant that he does
not recognize ''pot I" when he sees
it. His education in drilling terms viii
be the topic of the next episode in the
hfe of John Smith, Montana home
steader.
asst as we can get them out.
'ers are buying as much as
h an investment of only a
= ro1o4cs ord xxy7n0 Inc,r1sncs RI
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-02-08
TRYING TO SPOIL OUR GREAT HAPPINESS

Every while unpleasant person breaks into the
happiness provided by the deal and asks Chow going
pay for all thisf"
Montana Taxpayers Association unpleasant enough to
g that Montana people going have the piper for
of federal money that coming into this state Federal
penditures in Montana listed follows:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-02-08

AID in local newspaper-Wanted:
Bachelor desires housekeeper,
young, capable. pleasant disposition.
Can live on promises or go home
nights.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-02-08

Realizing these facts, it is apparent
why John Smith was willing and glad
to give his lease to a competent oper-
ator with no other consideration than
the right to receive one-eighth of the
oil FREE OF COST OF PRODUC-
TION.
In Montana the oil industry treats
royalty in terms of percentage, rath-
er than in fractions, however. The
landowners royalty is called u IL
per cent, which is one-eighth of 100
per cent. The landowner thinks of
his royalty in terms Of number Of
barrels out of every 10 produced.
One per cent is one barrel out Of
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TWIN CITY as

CONTINUED From Page One)
as title adjustments are consum
mated.
This is the first cash sale IN
this field in several years and
brings new zeal to west side pro
ducers who now have opportunity tC
develop producing properties and
convert them into cash.
SEND A CONTRIBUTION TO
THE SUNBURST BADGER
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should while
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The maidenly school teacher lad
been tempted into taking her first
moonlight auto ride, likewise she
had Just experienced her first kiss.
''Oh, what have done," she
walled.
"How win ever face those dear
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THE sUNBURST BADGER
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little children with these two black
marks against mel"
What do you mean, two black
marks7" asked the young man.
We'll, aren't you going to kiss
me again?"
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She-''T've had my appendix out,
my tonsils out, my adenoids out.
and my"
He-"That'n be about enough out
-.
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Mother: 81 think that young man
OF yours is becoming 20 be quite
a problem"
Daughter: Yes, mother, but we
all spend a great deal Of time
wrestling with problems"
The Washington times., 1936-05-08
i've Story - - From District Police Files
Payr11aster Kiuedin Dud'
Holdup, -Four Bandits
Get Life Terms

Frday was pay day for the painters working on The new
House office Building early in 1888 Headquarters Of the
painting contractors New York firm had been set up at SUB
New Jersey Ave. s. E.
Each Friday noon paymasters left the New Jersey
Avenue address carrying their pockets between three ana
thousand dollars for the office building workers
The Washington times., 1936-05-08

y
four thousand dollars for the
These were the facts outlined by
Albert E. Cash, a 20-year-old taxi
driver, as he sat with two COM
panions in an apartment at 115
d st. S. E., January 10, 1898. Al
bert knew the layout because he
had been employed on the office
building project until discharged a
few weeks earlier. He had been
driving a cab as o stop-gap since
that time.
Cash was dissatisfied with hack
ing. He said he could use q slice
Of that pay roll. Everett 'Dick"
Blackwell, an unemployed youth
Of %, nodded in agreement.
with your cab for a get
away" he said, "it looks like
easy money"
The third man, Fewel Work
man, colored, in whose apartment
the conference was taking place,
was enthusiastic as he helped him.
self to another shot of "shine."
GAN we got to do is throw a
gun on them and the moneys
ours" he predicted.
SCARED AWAY
The next day was Friday. It
was agreed to meet at Workman's
apartment in the forenoon, then
60 to the vicinity of 800 New Jer-
Sey Avenue and hold up the pay
masters as they left the copstruc-
ton company'S headquarters.
AS planned, Blackwell and Cash
called on Workman the next morn
ing and cruised to New Jersey
Avenue about noon.
Workman was nervous. Scores
Of pedestrians were on the side
walks.
"Say, did you guys know what
day It is. TOday's Friday the
thirteenth" he told the others.
''Yeh, I guess it is friday the
thirteenth" answered Blackwell
pointing to the street corner.
There's two cops standing right
near the place"
Continuing along New Jersey
Avenue, the three would-be hold
up men decided to postpone the
robbery and they returned to
Workman's rooms.
The colored man spoke up.
with all those people walking
around there, we ought to have
another man along. I know just
the guy to help us out. His name
is Claude Myers, but everybody
calls him irving He's got plenty
Of CUTS and he's tough"
Blackwell and Cash didn't
think so much of Workman's
suggestion. They thought that
they could handle the job with
their regular set-up and made up
their minds that the following
Friday, January 20, should be the
day.
But as the days passed, Cash
and Blackwell came to the con-
clusion that another good man
might be of use. Accordingly,
with Workman, they called on
Irving" Myers on January 10
at his room on Fourteenth Street
near U.
Myers, a colored man, satisfied
Cash and Blackwell that Work
mans description, if anything,
had been conservative. Sure, he
wanted to get in on the Stick-up.
His share of the $4,000 was as
good as in his pocket.
The plotters, augmented by
Irving" Myers, their new recruit,
met at Workman's apartment
early Friday to sketch their cam
paign.
Irving" had a revolver; Cash
lent an automatic to Workman.
The colored men were to stage
the actual hold-up. Blackwell was
to be the lookout. He would
stand at New Jersey Avenue and
D Street Southeast. When Work
man and Myers approached the
paymasters, he was to signal
Cash, lettering in his taxi nearby,
to pick up the bandits for the
getaway.
The Stick-up
Workman and Myers left the
apartment at 11:15 for New Jer-
sey Avenue and c street. Fifteen
minutes later, Blackwell and
Evening star., 1936-01-31
Ginger Rogers Meets
And Conquers- Press
Rlonde Film Star Proves Affable Interviewee
at Party Preceding Appearances
for Charity
for Charity.
nv ROBERT B. PHILLIPS, Jr.

BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS Jr -
4 inches and blond hair
~ in Texas z.-- -, - - ..
bulbs that the crowds thought
suddenly from somepace
ino1sne the OF the Maynower Hotel
Evening star., 1936-01-31
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing.

National-Cornelia Otis Skinner in
"Loves of Charles H." at $3.50 pm.
Earle-"Ceiling Zero" at ii a.m.,
1875, 1920, 7:o5 and $50 pm. Stage
shows at l2:45, 3:35, Sis and 9 pm.
Palace-"Strike Me Pink" at 1855
an, 2:20, 4:40, 7:10 and 9:35 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Fang and Claw.
at 1855 am. 1:57, 3:5S, $50, and
1901 pm.
Loew's Fox-'Exclusive Story" at
II am. 1:40, 4:20, 7:20 and 10 pm.
Stage shows at 1885, 3:15, Sis and
op.m.
Belasco-"A Nous La Liberte," at
ll:51 am, 1:t1, 3:31, 5:21, 8:0l and
e:52 pm.
Metropolitan-"Murder Of DR.. Har-
rigan," at 1880 am, 1885, 3:35, $40,
7:45 and s:45 pm.
Columbia-"Tale Of Two Cities" ut
il:lS am, 1850, 4:30. 7 and 9:35 pm.
Tivoli-"The Littlest Rebel" at 2,
S:25, sos, $40, $40 and 9:45 pm.
Ambassador-"In Old Kentucky" at
e:l5, 8 and 9:45 pm.
Little-"The Informer," at 1925
an, 1880, 1888. 5.37, 7:40 and 9:44
pm.
Howard-"Hands Across the Table. i"
at 1915, 2:45. Sis, 7:45 and 10:l5
pm. Stage shows at 1880. 1, $50 and
3 pm.
Evening star., 1936-01-31

make more-four was the figure pro-
posed-but / declined with thanks.
Two reasons impelled me to request
this wo-picture deal. In the first
place I did not believe it would be
possible for the studio to find more
than a pair Of powerful and varied
stories within a year. Secondly and
more important in my calculations,
was the wish to have the time and
opportunity to go back to New York
for stage work every year.
Stage in His Blood.
1t was my hope at that time to
appear in one stage production In
New York each year. After all, l
had been a stage actor ever since l
donned the whiskers of man OF
10 when l had attained the ripe old
age of II years. 1t was in my blood.
My parents had been actors before
me, and, although my father had
wished me to become a violinist, the
ambition to troupe had been so power
full that he knew my case was hope
less, and / followed in his footsteps.
Almost five years have gone by
and. despite my well-laid plans, I
have never gone back to New York
to do a play. Not that l haven't
wanted TO. During these five years
Evening star., 1936-01-31

weeks fol preparations and rehearsalS
1t really wouldn't be fair to a pro,
ducer tc quit his show after it had
run only four months, especially If
it were hit But that's what I
would have to do. and so would a.
number of other Hollywood actors I
know If they went back to Broadway.
Income Tax Reason.
And there's still another good
reason why Broadwsy-and theater
centerS in other cities-are not
likely to see many old favoTites in
stage plays-the income tax problem.
Taxes for players in the higher salary
brackets are so high that an actor
back doing play would be likely to
find himself working for little or
nothing.
There is some discussion now Of
having me do a play based on the
life Of Louis Pasteur, the French
scientist, whose dramatic career I
recently portrayed in a picture. 1t
would be an interesting play, but !
doubt if l can afford to appear in it,
However. the theater holds a magic
spell over all OF us, and chances are,
that despite all 1 have said, III
be back along Broadway doing a
stage play sometime in the future.
wouldn't want TO be marooned in
Hollywood for the rest if my life.
(Copyrlght. 1896 by the North American n
Newspaper Alliance. 1neg
Evening star., 1936-01-31

have read carefully at least so
manuscripts submitted by various
managers. But in the end, after
much consideration, l turned down
all the offers.
Some of these plays might have
been good, but I wasn't absolutely
sold on them. Any stage play is a
gamble And here is the gist of the
reason why motion picture stars hesi-
tate about going back to broadway
they can't afford New York failure.
Miss Hepburn Criticized.
We all recall what happened re-
Gently when Katharine Hepburn sp-
peared in The Lake" She had
scored signal success in "A Bill
Of Divorcement" and Morning Glory.
She made the journey back to the
New York boards. The Lake" was
disappointment, and Miss Hepburn
bore the brunt of the criticism. 1t
was somewhat unfair to blame her
for the failure of the play, and it
would not have happened that way
if she had not been brilliant movie
star
The public, for some reason, expects
greater things from a stage actor
turned movie star than if he never
had emoted in front of the cameras.
1t is unreasonable, but fact. never
theless.
So, if Paul Mum goes back to
Broadway to do play, and it proves
only moderate success, the public
is very likely to say, Hes much over
rated as an actor" People forget
that one actor cannot make play
hit An actor is helpless without
material to work with.
There's another important reason
why l. for one, have hesitated about
doing a play. If the play is hit,
it would take four months of good
business to net the producer a profit.
l would have, at the most, only six
months between picture engagements,
and it would take minimum of SIX
Evening star., 1936-01-31

a dish of raspberry ice. She began
to apply herself to it.
"You don't have to diet, do you,
working as hard as you do?" said
young lady Of the press.
NO" said Miss Rogers.
X * X y
proaches the group of inquisitors.
He has been the busiest man in the
room for half an hour. And the most
affable. He is bearing sheets of paper.
"a few thousand salient facts about
Miss Rogers career and her visit here
for the Presidents birthday ball.
Trust this will help you in organizing
your two column stories about her to-
morrow"
He distributes the handouts and
disappears again In moment he re-
turns with a naval officer The Off
Ger removed his coat and placed it
around the stars shoulders.
Pull the coat forward Bit" says
a publicity man from New York. 80
the epaulets will show"
The coat is pulled down. The
epaulets show. A cameraman starts
swapping pictures. The officer is sa-
luting. Miss Rogers is smiling. 1t is
a pleasant smile. Remarkable. con-
sidering it was ordered up like so
much caviar. That stunt is over
The boys have got their stuff for
Follow the Fleet" promotion.
"Is it true that you constitute the
entire personnel Of the Texas Navy?"
says a scribe, leaning forward con-
fdentially.
II don't know" she says. Il was
made an admiral or something"
Il hear. the scribe insists, that you
are the only person in it. That makes
you all the sailors and officers in the
fleet
Il don't know" she repeats.
What is the Texas Navy anyhow"
some one asks.
Like the Swiss Navy" it is sug-
gested.
NO" Miss Rogers explains, there
really was a Texas Navy once. Before
the State joined the Union. I don't
know what happened to it after that"
Maybe it was sunk in the Calves
ton food"
well, I'm still an admiral" she
says laughing.
A tall young man in dark shirt
steps up and says. This is getting a
bit thick. I want to drink a toast" :"
He drinks toast to the star of Fol
low the Fleet"
Hardie Meakin appears and asks
if his charge does not want to take
leave now and 60 upstairs for a rest.
She wants to finish her ice first. She
does. There are more pictures. Gen.
eral handshaking all around. She is
gone. A squad of young men appears
suddenly and begins to carry away
the tables, roll up the rugs. The press
departs.