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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
John Doe" Clan
Largest in Country

The patrol wagon rumbleS up to the
police station at Butte and out roll a
few John Does, Jenny Does, Catherine
Does and others of the notorious fam
ily-the largest in the United States
if police records are to be taken SER
iously.
Every so often it seems the Does are
getting drunk-if it was any other
charge the police wouldn't let them get
away with the fictitious name-and
then the law gathers them in. The
jailer looks sorrowful as he prepares
to register his guests" on the blotter
But the well-known and still nom
existent Does don't seem to mind. The
place is almost home to them by now.
Take John. for instance. In the past
year his name has turned up on the
Butte police guest" list about so times.
Of course he gets the most rides in the
patrol wagon and spends the most time
in jail, but his sister, Jenny, hasn't
done bad, either.
Her tipping often brings her into
the station in custody of a couple of
burly cops. The blotter shows that she
or someone who impersonateS her
has been there about score of times
in recent months. Then there's the rest
of the family-C Catherine, Bill George,
Jack, Mary, etc. Down the columns Of
Sometimes just to keep the records
straight therell be a John Doe French
man, John Doe Nothing, John Doe
Indian or some other branch of the
Does. It's family Of many national
SWhat's your name2" the jailer wiz
"Ish John Doe" the prisoner viii
humble.
Not today it isn't" the jailer will
reply. We've. got too many Of you in
jail already"
on those days when the blotter looks ]
like family reunion is in progress the
extra ones who claim membership in
the clan have to register by some other
name. Or sometimes people who have
imbibed too heavily and find it diff
ficult to remember their names are (
the ones to awake to find themselves 4
full-fledged members of the family.
On busy days the jail guests" may
be registered by some distinguishing
mark, their clothing or something else
which will make it easier to find them
n a crowded cell the next morning.
For instance, the blotter records the
visits of such illustriouS characters as
Mr.. w. p. A. and Mrs. 0. K. John d. 4
Pale Face has known the hospitality
If the Butte police and so has Joe
Jim Greenshirt and Mr..
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
HELENA CHINESE
RAISE CASH POOL
SIXTY RESIDENTS OF STATE CAP
ITAL COLLECT SS,OO0 FOR
USE IN WAR

Chinese employees of the histOr-
icaIly famous o. X. cafe of Helena
reported a few days ago that Hell
ena's so Chinese residents had
pooled $4,000 to be sent to the
Chinese government to aid in the
war against Japan.
The o. K cafe and Vat Son noodle
parlor contributed 81 500 while private
persons joined the pool to raise the
rest Of the money. Leaders of the move
ment said the complete list had not
been compiled but pointed out they
hoped to raise more than $4,000 from
the Chinese of Helena.
Many of the Helena Chinese are
more than periodically interested in
China'S welfare. One has a young wife
waiting for him in the walled republic,
while many others have relatives there.
Leaders of the movement told q
newspaper reporter they would send
the money directly to the government
at Nanking-and then anxiouSly in
quired, Are there any new dispatches
from China?"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
LIQUOR PROFIT
PASSES MILLION
RECENT DIVIDEND DECLARED BY
LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD
OF S125,000

Meeting recently with Admins
traitor L. M. A. Wass, the state
liquor control board declared q
SI25,000 profit dividend, bringing
to 81, 900, 900 the amount the liquor
system has turned over to State
Treasurer Ray N. Shannon since
Jan. 1, a period Of seven and 3
half months.
The dividend was declared from
profits on liquor operations alone, not
including the 81 800 daily average COL
lected in excise tax since the saloon
law went into effect nor the SIPS, 203
collected in beer licenses and taxes,
Administrator WaSs said.
During the first six months Of the
year, the state profited S806 ,00616 from
operation of the liquor system, a gain
of $222. over the profit for the same
period in 1886.
With substantial savings being made
in operation of the system through
policies inaugurated by Administrator
WaSs, it is expected the 1886 profit Of
81 $4,000 viii be swelled to 100000
for this year, board members said.
Members of the board are j. A. Put
nam of Hardin, B. F. Moulton of Grass
Range and r. Dale Woods Of HobSon.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
.SOFTBALL STAR
VISITS MONTANA
BILLIE WEBER, PITCHER FOR
CHICAGO ACE REFTNERS,
VACATTONING HERE

AS far as Billie Webber, q recent
AeWfStOwn visitor, Is concerned,
s0ftbau, the current sports rage
around the country, has been mis-
named. II you should doubt her
word about IL, she'll produce enough
evidence to the contrary to make
you think the game Is played with
bricIzbats.
She can display an assortment OF
broken fingers and knuckles that she
points to with pride, and says: Soft
ball isn't for SoftieS," with q convinc-
ing twinkle that makes you feel
Womanhood is growing stronger.
Billie ought to know. In her spare
moments, when she isn't mentioning
in Montana, she's burning EN- across
the plate for the Ace RefinerS, a girls
professional softball club in Chicago.
Like all women athletes, she's ready
and willing to take up the crusade for
the feminine niche in the sun. Not ex-
actly modest but not boastful either,
she points to softban to show the adj
vance in womanly development that
she thinks Is healthy, entertaining and
educational
why there are girls softball teams
in Chicago" she told us, that play
five and six games a week. They play
a fast, hard game with no punches
spared and lots Of girls throw in five
days of work on a regular job just to
pile up the burden Of proof for a
cause.
But" she was quick to add. "they
often wind up q day of the fuller life,
seven innings of softban and seven
hours of office routine in a formal
ready for an evening of dancing"
Jealous or not, for the cause, Billie
topped off her treatise on the athletic
woman by listing piano compositions
and good literature as her other hob
bieS
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
Reptiles Depart;
Snake Butte Is
Robbed of Fame

The snakes have been driven out OF
Snake Butte. -
A rocky outcropping on northeastern
Montana'S plains, south OF Harlem
Snake Butte was once the haven FOR
countless deadly diamondback rattle
snakes. Now that Snake Butte Is a
quarry supplying stone for the Fort
Peck dam project, it is rapidly losing
its reputation for rattlers.
Heavy blasting IN the rock formation
has driven the reptiles away in droves.
At this time Of the year the snakes shed
their skins and are blind and sensitive
to noises, striking quickly without a
warning buzz.
Quarry workers said finding a RATHER
now is a novelty. -Four months ago
everybody in the quarry reported kill
ing a dozen OF more daily.
Not one case OF snakebite was re-
ported this summer First aid kits con-
tanning serum were available at all
times, however.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28

Leather Jacket. The Wild Man and the
Man Eater have bunked in the same
cell as MIR. Tan. Montana Kid, Ana
conda Curley, Watermelon Red, John
the Boy and Old Hank
The guest" book is probably the
most interesting reading Of any in the
country but the system seems to work
out all right. The prisoners prefer being
adopted into the family for their stay
in Jail. And if the charge is nothing
more serious than drunkenness, the
iailers usually don't mind. They have
lust one rule: mo more than two John
Does at one time; it's too confusing"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
TOO MANY ELK
ON SOUTH FORK
HERDS TOO LARGE FOR THE
AMOUNT OF WINTER FOOD
AVAILABLE, REPORT

FIathead sportsmen and the
chamber Of commerce are in re-
ceipt of a report by Dean I. g.
SpauIding Of the Montana State
university school Of forestry on the
game situation in the South fork
with specific recommendations for
saving this and other similar i'm
pOrtant natural resources.
There are too many elk" Dean
Spaulding noted in his field observa-
tions, for the winter food available
and unless the congestion is relieved
starvation and disease will remove, not
only the surplus, but also reduce the
herd to a number that can be sup
ported by the denuded winter range as
it now exists"
Dean Spaulding recommended:
/. That the actual carrying capacity
of the winter ranges be determined
and the herd maintained at that level.
2. That the present surplus be re-
moved by extending the open season
on elk in the entire South fork drain
age-as has been done for part Of the
area-and if this does not equalize the
ratio between elk and food some other
solution must be sought.
3. That means be adopted to bring
in sufficient hunters to kill, not only
the surplus but also to maintain the
herd on food available basis
4. That means of ingreSS and egreSS
be provided whereby the elk kill can
be gotten out of the area.
other recommendations urged re-
search on forage food values, further
game counts, determination OF annual
increase to establish percentage that
may be killed annually without de-
pleting the herd. research on phySlo-
logical conditions with view TO elm
nation Of disease and other tlrst steps
in scientific game management.
None are so blind as those who viii
not see," Dean Spaulding said. We
have become so accustomed to Glacier
and Yellowstone parks we refuse to
respond to the enthusiasm of the thouS-
ands of dudes. nor can we see why
the word of mouth advertising of these
visitors is taxing the capacity Of the
park accommodations to care for
rapidly increasing hordeS.
ASK q resident in the north end OF
Garfield county what he thinks Of
Hell creek badlands. You will be told. 1
Bring in a stranger and he will tarry
for hours raving about shapes and
forms and coloration in the miles
Of jumbled mass spread before him. (
Hardly q county in the state but has
beauty to sell. It's there and it can be /
sold. If the state will inventory its rec |
reational resources and solidly plan ,
for their wise and permanent use, 1t (
will not only become an important part /
Of the worlds playground. but It viii /
secure to itself an asset that eventually
nay approach the revenue production
If the already established major in
iuStrieS."
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
Montana Cattle Sell
At Highest Prices in
Years at Windy City

Montana range COWS sold at one Of
the highest prices In recent years on
the Chicago market last week, Union
stockyardS reported.
The sale was made by Tom Staunton,
owner Of the Post and Rail ranch, Cas-
cade. The price, S10.75 cwt., was paid
for 20 head Of 1,134-pound COWS. Ten
other head, averaging ,234 pounds per
head, brought SETS and there were six
head OF slightly lighter weights at $3.50.
Fat cattle sold In Chicago last week
at the highest seasonal price levels
since the war, the stockyards said.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28

Miss Ruth Reardon, state superintendent Of
pubic instruction, has announced the ap-
pointment Of the state music examining board
to certify music instructors who wish to give
school credit to students They are: Julius e.
Clavadetscher, cello, Billings; Mrs. Margaret
Lathrod, voice, Dutton; DR.. Robert Stevens,
theory and organ Great Fails: H. E. Hamper
band instruments, Anaconda; BENJAMIN M
rsnodsell. violin. Montana State college; Miss
Elizabeth Johansen, voice, Bozeman; Mrs. Ruth
@ Whalen, piano, Helena, and Javan Preiffer,
piano Helena.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
STOCK INSPECTION DEPOT

Two members Of the staff Of DR.. w. J
Butler, state veterinarian, have been stationed
cinate against anthrax all livestock shipped
into this state from South Dakota. Dr. Butler
said that he had been informed there hac
been an outbreak Of the disease in herds in
South Dakota. some Of them within six miles
of the Montana line. The disease is also re-
ported in Colorado herds
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
WILL RTTuD DAM

The state water board will cooperate with
Daniels and Valley counties and the works
progress administration in the construction
Of the 900 Richland IRRIGATION project
WPA will provide the labor the counties
the necessary equipment and the water board
will furnish supplies engineering assistance
and supervision.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
WILLIAMSON PROMOTED

A. E Williamson. second assistant state
examiner for the past eight years, has been
promoted to the post Of first assistant by
state Examiner A. W. Brown Williamson
succeeds to the vacancy caused by the recent
RESIGNATION of r. N. Hawkins. Williamson
formerly resided in Terry, where he was at
one time clerk and recorder
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
FAX APPEAL HEARINGS

Chairman E. A. Dye Of the state board OF
equalization has announced a series Of hear
ings on tax appeals at various points over
the state. The first hearing was at Harlowton,
Aug. 81 Others will be at Helena Sept. 2
and 3; Great Falls, Sept 2; Lewistown, Sept
8; Forsyth, Sept 0; Billings and Livingston,
Sept. To- Butte, Sept IL Anaconda and Deer
Lodge. Sept. is; Missoula, Sept. Is.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
AT THE
STATEHOUSE
WATER BOARD PROJECTS

Approximately 800 men are now employed
on the various projects Of the state water
conservation board Many Of them were en-
ployed recently as work swung into fun speed
on various Jobs.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28

Food products distributed by the division
Of commodity distribution of the state board
Of public welfare during the latter part of
July and the forepart Of August we're valued
at more than $4,000. Among the commodities
were four cars Of powdered skinned milk, 10
cars OF pears and ~ cars OF apples.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
NEW TYPE SNOWPLOW

Montana highway commission engineers have
designed new type, "one-way' snowplow for
use in clearing Montana mountain passes and
constructed especially for that work. Thirteen
Of these plows win be in use during the COM
ing winter and are expected to expedite the
work OF opening blocked roads to traffic.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
BTRTHS M HJLY

There we're e7I births IN Montana during
July the largest number for any one month
during several years, according to Lucen
Benepe state registrar of vital statistics.
Deaths during the month, he stated. numbered
462 Of which 20 were traffic fatalities.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
BOARDS TTCHTFN mp

The Montana state railway and public serY-
ice commission and the state livestock board
will cooperate in a campaign to license all
livestock truckers. Some truckers the officials
said fail to obtain licenses from the railway
commission or permits from the livestock
board and do not submit their cargoes at state
border points for inspection
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28
AnVIsEs REST CIIRE

Dr. W. ]. Butler state veterinarian, advises
the rest cure for horses suffering from Sleep
ing sickness as simple and more effective than
the serum or vaccine method OF treatment.
DR.. Butler said that Montana probably has
fewer cases OF the disease than any other
state. Last year there were small outbreaks
Of the affliction in western and north central
Montana. This year scattered cases have been
found in the eastern part OF the state
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-28

A century ago, the expectation of
life was only 40 years.
Evening star., 1937-12-01
SOME DON'T LIKE
SUGAR BOWLP|
Choice of Santa Clara and
LIS. U. Is Greeted With
Varied Comment.
By the Associated Press,

n yEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1-selec-
M ton Of Santa Clara and
" Louisiana State University
4 for a return game in New
Orleans 1888 Sugar Bowl generated
today conflicting reactions in sports
circles here
Many openly expressed disappoint-
ment that teams new to the Sugar
Bowl were not picked for the New
Year Day battle, while others, recall
ing the close game last year, which
Santa Clara had won, 81 to IA. locke d
forward eagerly to another clash be-
tween the teams.
Committee Stands Pat.
THE Executive Committee OF the
Midwinter Sports Association
stood pat on its announced belief that
1.-The finest intersectional post-season
football attraction obtainable" had
been arranged
Sports Editor William Keefe, writ
ing in the New Orleans Times-Pica-
ylne, said the Midwinter Sports As
sociation had acted in self-defense"
and declared that Alabama, Pitts
burgh and Fordham gave the Sugar
Bowl the run around"
Coach Bernie Moore said the L. S. U.
Tigers would resume practice De-
cember Is and asserted his players
were eager for a chance to even up
last years defeat.
Tigers Lose One Game.
I OUISIANA STATE wound up its
regular schedule with nine VIC
tories and one defeat. a 81 setback at
the hands Of Vanderbilts Commo-
dores. It ranked next to unbeat ten
and united Alabama in the confer
ence standings, with victories over
Tulane, Auburn, Mississippi u, Rice,
Texas, Florida. Mississippi State and
Louisiana Normal.
Santa Clara finished its schedule
united and undefeated, with triumphs
over Stanford, San Francisco, St.
Mary's, Marquette, Loyola CLOS An
geles), Gonzaga, Portland and San
Jose State.
Evening star., 1937-12-01
Appalachian State Teachers
Hit Seasons High for Grid
Success s-Euansville Is L0u

schedule-more in their own class
next year, dropping Butler, Union,
Valparaiso and Southeast Missouri,
which scored 139 Of the 1913 points.
Furthermore, while the Oakland Cities
can't recall when they did have a good
season, the Evansvilles compiled one
OF their best records in years during
1885 by winning three, losing three
and tying two.
Brewer a Magician.
X 1DD BREWER, captain Of Duke
University's 1888 team, is the
proud coach Of the Appalachians, and
he should be. The Kidd, a cinch to
land bigtime coaching job before
long. is only %. but one Of the slickest
pigskin maestros in the land. In 1896
the Kidd took over at the mountain
college at Boone and produced won
der team" out of nothing-a team tina.
scored 299 points as against 30 for the
opposition. This year his Appal-
achians were held to a scoreless tie
by Carson-Newman, but he went on
to sweep the rest of the eight sme
schedule, piling up 1913 points to none
for the opposition.
His biggest triumph was $40 vic
tory over Elon College. which had
mopped up on Virginia Military,
Davis -Elkins and other good clubs.
Il have no complaints" said the
Kidd as he watched one OF his backs
win the final game of the season over
Catawba in the last three seconds o:
play, but I'd like to get our hands
on the Carson-Newmans again"
Evening star., 1937-12-01
Yankees Have Covetous Eyes on Vosmik of Browns


but he's on his way-right out of
the picture.
Walter McNichol, for many years
with the Cleveland Indians, is said
to be one OF the candidates for the
post of business manager Of the
Dodgers, from which Johnny Cor
man has just been fired.
Is one Of the favorites in the
current six-day bike race grind rid
ing with q bunch Of ulcers in his
stomach? DR.. Jock Sutherland
has an "indefinlte contract" to
coach the Pitt football team 4.
Louis Deroche, who was an ex-
change student at the University of
Georgia last year, and who now is
teaching English in the schools at
Chamonix, France. writes he has
taught his students all the Georgia
yells.
Don't count the Pirates out of
Evening star., 1937-12-01
FIGHT FOR GRID LEAD
Crucial Games in National Cit.
League on Tap Sunday.

Regal Clothiers and Taranto &
Wiseman will continue their struggle
for undisputed first place in the
National City Football Leagues 160-
pound division Sunday, in games
against separate foes. Now tied for
the lead, the Clothiers will meet Trim
ity A. C. while Taranto g. Wiseman
will face Plaza Wine g. Liquor.
The Clothier- Trinity game is sched-
uled for Ballston with the Taranto-
Plaza game at Gonzaga. Both will
start at 2:30 o'clock.
In the 135pound league. Southwest
A. c. will make its final bid to stop
Corrs Sport Supply in the latter's
race to the title. To date, Corr's has
won four and lost one while Southwest
has won three and lost two. That
game will start at 1 O'clock on the
GOnZa1a pridirOn.
Evening star., 1937-12-01
BY PAUL NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TT NOW appears certain that when
the hsrdy North Carolina pioneers
tucked away their favorite corn
L likker recipes and moved over
to Indiana they failed to do much
for the Hoosier football situation
around Evansville and Oakland City.
A research Of the football glories
and headaches Of the rapidly fading
season proves the startling point. The
seasons high for pigskin exploits was
shown by the Appalachian State
Teachers of Boone, NJ c.; the au-
tumn's low was registered by the
brave but outclassed warriors of Ev-
ansville and Oakland City Colleges.
Appalachian finished its campaign
undefeated and unscored upon.
Evansville College played-and lost
nine games, failing to score point.
Lose 30 Games in Row.
RUT the real football bottoms were
at Oakland City. The Oakland
Cities not only failed to score a point
as they lost seven straight but they
ran their chain of consecutive de-
feats to 80 games in four seasons.
Not since the fnal game of the cele-
brated 1888 campaign have the Oak
land Cities walked triumphant off
the field.
In accordance with the commands
OF Emily Post. the dessert of this
spread on football glory and woes
will be saved for the finish by clos
ing with the Appalachians. Gaze at
the Oakland Cities first.
The decline and fall of the Oak
land Cities began in "a, when they
lost all seven games. scoring 10
points. The tough luck held over in
'35, as they dropped eight straight
and again tailed 10 points. In 1896
they brought their seasons point total
to Is but lost the customary eight
just the same. But the 1887 season
saw them hit the real bottom, as they
failed to score a digit in seven con-
tests. To make it worse, they suf-
fered their worst defeat in the final
game, as Rose Poly drubbed them,
61-0. Coach Orlo Miller, who had
only II boys out Of the schools total
enrolment Of so possibilities on his
team, also got very unkind cut from
his alma mater when Ball State
Teachers mobbed his team, $50
Bill Slyker. who played with Ohio
State in the 1921 Rose Bowl game, has
been coaching the Evansvilles. and
in justice to him it must be written
that he had only IA boys to pick a
team from when the season opened
Bill wound up with %, an all-fresh-
man backfield and a fervent wish
that the season would start all over
again even If his nine opponents out
scored his team, 1913 to 0, on the
season.
THE team is not as bad as the rec
ord would indicate" said Bill. I'D
like to be starting our season now.
Things would be much different"
The Evansvilles will play an easier