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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18
Oil Trade Notes
OF Interest to Refiners and Marketers
on DEALERs 10 ATEET


Of the 4 to be
"A new gasoline the 6uei Of the future Dr. custave
fuel
Is
which is by isO-butane
Whenever gasoline
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18
FOR SALE
OIL AND GAS ROYALTY INTEREs'

OIL AND GAS ROYALTY INTEREST
tKevin-sunburst CsEontana) Field
| NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that the
Board OF Directors of the Louis Oil Com
Ipauy Montana Corporation, r; =; Lanl
tpen. Secretary, No. Ol Central Avenue,
J Great Falls, Montana, WILL SELL 10
1.-THE HIGHEST BIDDER OR BIDDERS
THEREFORE,, subject to the conditlons
hereinafter stated. at the above staten staten
place. on the 2Sth day Of September, 100.
at Three o'clock z. NJ. said c0rporatlon.s
oil and gas royalty interest OF TEN PER
CENTUM (10et) in and to all OF the OH
and eas produced and saved from the
following described land;
The southeast Quarter (SE4l OF sec
ton Fourteen (14), Township Thirty
five 1851 North, Range Three - west,
NJ NJ, containing 100 acres situated
i. To0le County. Montana. within the
boundaries of the Kelvin Sunburst oil
and gas producing field as designated
by the Secretary Of the Interior OF
The United States.
Said royalty interest viii be sold In its
entirely or, at the option Of the direc-
tors Of said corporation, in percentages
or fractions of not less than One-twen-
tieth OF said entire interest, all free from
encumbrance and subject only 20 the
terms of the conveyances whereby said
Interest was acquired by said corporation.
There are now THREE oil producing
wells upon said land, all operated by
Huso Brothers, Of Ferdig, Montana, and
the cash income derived from SAAu roy
atty interest since date Of oil discovery
on said land is stated, approximately, as
$500 all years 1928 to 1884. inclu-
sive. from ONE well (acidized in
"a 5000 90 year ar i5s5 from ONE wen ire
~ ssss.Oo year 1896 from ONE to
~ THREE wells 1.-TWO aeidized);
$4,000 first SIX months 1887 from
g THREE wells tone re-acldized).
Bids in writing under seal viii be re-
not opened until time Of sale, or oral
bids will be received at the place, date, |
Ind time above stated. Payment for all |
- any of said interest purchased will be /
'equired in cash, or by draft or check 4
acceptable TO the Secretary OF said cor
inne Of purchase.
Said property Will be sold to enable the /
directors to distribute the corporate assets /
nd dissolve said corporation according /
o law. II is a holding company having i
70 other real property interests no debts
nd no liabilities, but Increased taxes
imposed by the new tax laws make the
ost OF continuing corporate existence too
expensive.
Stockholders and officers Of the corpo- !.
alton are privileged to purchase all or
ny of said interest, hereby are invited
o submit bids, and are assured that IL
hey bid as much as others, their bids
all be given preference in the order OF
ate received.
A bid Of s2,5O0OO for said entire inter
st or, proportionately, for any part
hereof not sold under higher bid or bids
as been received.
No bids OF less amount for all or, pro-
ortionately, parts of said interest will
therefore, be considered.
Date Of first publication Sept. II, 1887
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18
NOTICE no CREDITORS
- = rrrDNrux IN YrynmYr

Estate of HENRY W. LUDWIG.
Deceased
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN By the
undersigned administrator of the estate
Of Henry w. Ludwig, Deceased, 20 the
creditors Of and all persons having claims
against the said Deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers, within
four months after the first publication OF
this notice. to the said administrator at
316 Ford Building, Great Falls, Montana.
the same being the place for the trans
action Of the business OF said estate at
the offices of II. NorskoR, 316 Ford
Building, Great Falls, Montana. the at
tOrney for the administrator in the
County OF Cascade.
Dated August S1st, 1887.
JOHN HINKLE,
Administrator OF the estate Of
Henry W. Ludwig, Deceased.
II. NORSKOG,
Attorney for Administrator,
Great Falls, Montana
Date Of first publication September 4,
1887. AZ
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18
DRILL NEAR BAKER

BAKER-A contract was signed
between John Burke Of Chicago and
C. G. Johnson with Geo. Askin,
driller, to start drilling operations
on NEA SEA of Section 6, Town
ship S, Range SO, mile north
of Baker. The we'll viii be called
Burke-Johnson well, and is the
first one that viii be drilled by
that combine.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18

F. HOLT, Plalnaff.

c. F. HOLT, Plaintifk.
JOSEPH JELLIcA and MARY JELLIcA.
hss VIE, and ell other persons, unknown
title, estate or interest In. or lien or
remembrance upon, the real property des-
crlbed in the complaint. or any thereof
adFerse to plaintiffs ownership, or any
cloud upon plaintiffs title thereto,
whether such claim or possible claim be
present or contingent. including any
claim or possible claim Of dover, inchoate
or accrued. Defendants.
THE STATE OF MONTANA Sends
Greetings 70 the Above Named Defend
ants, and to Each of Them:
Aou are hereby summoned 70 answer
the complaint in this action which is I'LL
ed Ia the office Of the Clerk Of this Court.
copy Of which Is herewith served upon
one Of you Ia each County wherein any
or You reside. and TO file your answer
and serve a copy thereof upon the plain
tnfs attorney within twenty days after
the service Of this Summons, exclusive
OF The day Of service. and in case Of your
Iailure TO appear or Answer, Judgment
VIII be taken against you by default
Tor the relief demanded in the complaint
This action is brought for the purpose
OF quietIng title TO that certain piece
or Parcel Of real estate, lying, situate
and being in the City OF Great Falls,
Monaua. County Of Cascade and State of
Montana, and more particularly described
as follows: to-Wit:
Lot Numbered Nine (9) in Block
Numbered Two Hundred Forty
seven (247l In the Town or Town
site OF Great Falls, Cascade County,
state OF Montana;
Witness my hand and Seal Of said
Court this 18th day OF August, 1887.
GEORGE HARPER, Clerk
BY J. + HILGARD. Deputy Clerk
sWANBEIsG x SWANBERG,
Attorneys for Plaintiff
521 80 Ford Building,
Great Falls, Montana
Date Of first publication August %. 1887
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18
START NEW ADIT

Jard1ne Mining Co., Jardine.
Mont, has completed surface exca-
Vstfons preparatory to the driving
on new lower working adit.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18

Mining Claim Polar Bear Lode Mining
Claim
same Elmer Christianson TO same as
same Kelvin Hotel to same as above
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18
MINNESOTA GAs LINE

Northern Natural Gas Co has A.
warded Truman-Smdth Construction
20. OF Eldorado, Kans., a contract
Tor the construction of a 33-mile
S-inch gas line from Owatonna to
Mankato, Mimi. Construction will
start around later par of September
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18

IN THE DISTRICT COURT or THE
EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF
THE STATE or MONTANA IN AND
FOR THE COUNTY OF CASCADE.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18
CHOTEAU COUNTY
BY Choufenu County Abstract Co.
FORT BENTON. MONTANA
RoYALTY AssIGNMENr

hUNALEh NH6EWN MINT
Edwin f. Peterson 10 Frances NJ
tombstone IA of tx OF 1906 NNEa
~ 2i-3 oil 4 Gas $40
Same to Lee Preuninger 10 OF 10 OF
1000 oil 4 Gas NaNEa % 8-3 $40
Same TO NJ G Thorpe 10 OF 1909 OIL
& Gas NINE3 23-26-3 $40
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-18

IN THE DISTRICT COURT or THE
EIGHTH JUDICIAL DGBTH1CT ga
THE STATE OF MONTANA XN and
FOR THE COUNTY OF CASCADE
Evening star., 1937-08-27

Spot quiet: middling, $50.
Cottonseed Dill
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed
including rs switches. September. 7.59b;
October. $50; December. 7.5Sb; January,
7.6l: March. 7.65b. Bid.
New Orleans Prices.
NV q1ea.EANs. Ausust ~ @-estssu
Evening star., 1937-08-27
Stock Averages
Compiled by the Associated PressD
BY VICTOR EUBANK


NEW YORK. August 27.-Ladins
stocks were chopped down to 3 Of
more points in today's market a.
traders found little change for tn,
better in either foreign or domestic
news.
There was an abortive rally at thu
start lasting only few minutes, Ta
list gave ground slowly thereafta
until around the final hour. when ,
break in steels sapped the smal
amount of courage remaining in buy.
ing forces.
Chilling speculative sentiment
brokers said, was the threatener
diplomatic break between Gres,
Britain and Japan over the shootin; Z;
OF the British Ambassador At Shangha
and chances the japanese blockade Nj
the China Coast would hit the United
States as we'll as other nations and
further endanger world peace.
few utilities, rails and specialize,
did comparatively we'll, although mos
were unable to finish ahead Extreme.
setbacks were reduced before the close
Dealings were light during tho
morning. Momentum picked up or
the late sell-off. Transfers ver,
around 850, 1000 shares.
Conspicuous on the dounside ver,
shares Of United States Steel, Beth.
lehem, Inland Steel, Wheeling Steel
Republic, Crucible. American Stee
Foundries, General Motors, Chrysler
Boeing, American Telephone, Ana.
conda, Kennecott American Smelt.
ing, international Nickel America
Metal, Goodrich. United States Rub.
Der, Firestone, Montgomery Ward, j
I. Case, Deere, Oliver Farm. Du Pont
Westinghouse, Standard Oil of New
Jersey, General Electric, Socon,
Vacuum, Southern Pacific, Americal
Locomotive, Loew's, Paramount anc
Allis Chalmers.
Sears Roebuck dropped more thar
3 at the worst despite a favorable
24-weeks' earnings and sales state.
ment. Louisville e. Nashville va;
some 3 in arrears on q decline il
July net income.
Resistant were North American
Consolidated Edison, National Dis.
tillers. Pathe. Philip Morris an,
Phillips Petroleum.
Evening star., 1937-08-27

Chicago Cash Market.
Cash wheat No 3 dark hard
l.l2a4; No. hard, ll5l2: corn. No. q
yellow, 1881 .05; No white, LOS;
oats, No 2 feed, 2Sl2; No 2 white,
30A 81 p; rye. No. 2, s2i4-a4: no
buckwheat; no soybeans; barley. 1920
sales; feed, 1850; mailing. $500;
timothy seed, 250-60 no clover.
Winnipeg Prices.
WINNIPEG August 81 P.-Grain
range today
WHEAT Prev.
High. Low Close close
October 1.26is l.24i4 1.24A .23's- a
December .25 1.207s l.2l l.2Oss
May 1.24s4 1.22A 1.22i2 1.22h
OATS
October ASA .47ls .47A .467.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
SUNDSTRAND MACHINE
SHARES PUT ON MARKET

Special Dispatch to The Star q.
NEW YORK, August 27.-Follow-
ing the exercise by stockholders OF
rights covering more than half Of the
22,787 shares of IS par value common
stock recently issued by the Sund-
strand Machine Tool Co. OF Rockford,
ILL.,, the remainder Of the issue was
offered for sale today at the market
price by an underwriting syndicate
headed by Doyle O'Connor g. Co., Inc.
and McGowen, Cassidy & White. Inc.
Based on yesterdays closing price
on the Chicago Stock Exchange, to-
days offering price was slightly higher
than the $40 q share paid by stock.
holders in exercising their rights.
With the proceeds Of the issue the
Sundstrand company will retire It's
funded debt, increase its working
capital and build and equip an addi-
ton to its Rockford plant, the in
creased manufacturing facilities being
needed to fill orders, which now stand
at an all-time high.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES
RISE ABOVE 1896 MARK

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 27.-With al.
most two months of the l937-38 fiscal
year already gone, the United States
Treasury has laid out for general, re-
lief and revolving fund expenses, 30
per cent more this year than last.
The biggest increase occurred in re-
volving funds. The heavy return flow
Of cash last year to the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. and Commodity Credit
Corp. was more than Offset.
Government income, however,
showed . faster rate Of gain than ex-
penditures-although insufficient to
meet expenses-rising - per cent.
Total Federal expenditures in the
fiscal year ended August II, Is re-
corded by the Treasury, compared as
follows:
This year -------------sl,o ,os2.573, 900
Last year --------- 81, ,66l 900
Evening star., 1937-08-27
STOCK SPLIT FAVORED
BY STEEL DOOR FIRM
~ the Associated Press.

~ - ASoOS1NUSV 11e1S.
CLEVELAND, August 27.-The
youngstown Steel Door Co. announced
Ne Board Of Directors, In . letter to
bhareholders, recommended . two-to-
pne split of common stock.
Shareholders are to hold q special
meeting September 10 to act on the
Recommendation.
The company has 400,00 authorized
1hAres Of common, 3a2. $50 OF which
~ oxtstandins.
Evening star., 1937-08-27

opened steady today. UNCHANGED to
points lower
except for a few hedge sales In the
early trading prices rallied = few points
on SHORT covering. October opened at
March. Q.6S: May, Q.79 and July at Q.S3
Cottonseed oil opened steady; September
1nS I.n:rv oet9es, M,ieS ss Deeemsfs a1ao
Evening star., 1937-08-27
SLACKENING APPEARS
IN STRUCTURAL STEEL
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 27.-The
American Institute Of Steel Construc-
ton reported today shipments Of fab
ricated structural steel during July
totaled 144,560 tons, compared with
147,618 tons in the preceding month
and 155,124 tons in July, 1896. July
bookings totaled 160,o70 tons, COM
pared with 1876, ,057 tons in the same
month last year.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
HEADS INVESTING FUND.

NEW YORK, August n R.-Ed-
ward E. spanord, formerly national
commander Of the American Legion.
heads . new investment fund, Listed
Securities, Inc, formed BY It's national
dktrieptor. the First Mutual Corp.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
new YORK COTTON
IS the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, August 27.-Cotton's
slow decline into new low ground on
the current move was unchecked to-
day as Southern selling increased mod
erately and other scattered selling
orders continued to reach the market
at a time when buying was still con-
fined to trade fixing and covering on a
scale down.
Up to midafternoon the market had
shown no rallying power and at that
time December had reacted from 9.54
to 9.42, and was selling at the low,
with prices 8 to II points net lower.
Evening star., 1937-08-27

Baltimore Quotations
BALTIMORE. August - P-Wheat
No. 9 red Winter. Rarlicky, spot domestic
l.0924: August .Oa54.
Evening star., 1937-08-27
CHICAGO GRAIN
BY the Associated Press.

py tlc hSsOClaLeC PreN.
CHICAGO, August PA 4-cen'
drop in September corn, the limit II
one session, unsettled prices of al
grains today. Wheat lost all OF Al
early gain of almost cents a bushel
Higher wheat prices abroad, drought
in Argentina, rumors Germany Is buy.
ing wheat and international compli.
cations in the Far East were factor.
behind the upturn of prices Of tn,
leading bread grain early in the ses.
sion. Corn's break accompanied a fal
OF 4 cents bushel in prices of the
cereal for immediate delivery. Corr
receipts here were larger
Wheat closed a lower to /. higher
compared with yesterdays finish. Sep.
tember l.069s-s.. December lo8l2-6a
and corn was 2ls to 4 cents down
September 95l2, December 64-64ls
Oats were unchanged to a higher.
Evening star., 1937-08-27

= Graham-Paige Motors Corp.-1t is
said company = will increase retail
price Of its cars from 335 10 $50,
effective September Is. a.
Evening star., 1937-08-27

WHY'S Overland Motors, 1nc.-Com.
mon share earnings for nine months
ended June 80 were 20 cents
Evening star., 1937-08-27

Spot quiet: middlins, $50.
Evening star., 1937-08-27


bankruptcy rceverShp being
ss Or securities assumed By such somp.nies
last PAYABLE IA stock Declared paid far this
slared this
bursements based the quarterly decara
Included ~ ~ - ~ ~ -
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
RUSSIA MOVES
TO BOOST navy

MOSCOW, Dec. 81 u.N.S0.
Marking the first step in organiza-
ton Of a powerful sea force, a
separate commissariat for naval
affairs was created today.
G. I. Smirnov, vice president of
the state planning commission
and a member of the commissariat
for defense, was appointed com,
misSar for naval affairs.
Leon Mekhlis, former editor Of
Pravda, succeeds Smirnov.
The Red army, navy, and air
force previously were controlled
directly from the commissariat
for defense, headed by Klement
Voroshilov.
A year ago, however, v. r. Orlov
announced the Soviets were set.
ting about construction Of a navy
which would protect her shores
on the Baltic and Black Seas and
the Pacific.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Business Going Ahead in '38,
Prediction of Henry Ford

DETROIT, Dec 81 0NS).-The country is on the
verge of of greater quantity production, Henry
Ford said today.
Looking into 1888 in year-end statement business
the worlds No. l independent motor manufacturer
said:
"There is nothing to prevent going ahead. Almost
every alleged for the temporary soppage be
discounted. The people naturally cautions at this
time of the year because they want to know how the
rest of the winter will be. They have heard many
threats that they waiting to WE'LL that is all
rghwhat they will will not be bad it sounded
Zone thing must learn is that were the right
track few years ago and left it. When made plenty
of things that people to like able to make
them at low prices and people able to buy them and
this made more work for
There is way of changing that cycle, and no way
of improving it-workng and using and making
things better and easier to get all there is to i-and
the get back to that the better it will be-
There is waiting for else to start
this thing will get started always has by individual
initiative.
1--WE are going ahead If stopped way,
will turn to something else There is always plenty of
things to do, and the worst attitude toward recession
to stop long there is thing you can do We
have no one to depend on but ourselves-the country
has had long session in that fact"
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
WPA PAY ROLLS
=. AT PEAK DEC. 1S

GN.S) WPA rolls registered a
larger increase during the week
ending December 1S than during
all other periods of this fiscal year,
it was disclosed today.
Approaching the high July
levels, the rolls hit 1,588,315 during
the week ending December 18, an
increase of 30,626 over the pre-
vious week.
WPA rolls have not reached the
saturation point, expected to be
1,925,000 within a few weeks.
The lowest figure reached dur
ing the fiscal year was 1,450, 101
in October.
Administrator Hopkins has
ordered a $4,000 increase in the
rolls to cushion the winter relief
burden, which,, he said, was all
the $1,5OO,OOO,OOO 1937-'3S appro-
priation will stand.
- A movement was gaining head
way on Capitol Hill to "liberalize"
the appropriation by removing the
provision that Federal funds be
appropriated to last the entire
year.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Laurel Boy Hurt
When Hit by Cab

LAUREL. Md, Dec. 31.-Diago-
nal parking of automobiles on the
south side of Main Street in
Laurel was blamed for the second
serious accident in the past week
last night when 7-year-old Norman
Wooster, of this town, was struck
by a taxi as he stepped from be-
hind parked car.
Harry Hardin, driver Of the
taxi, took the boy to University
Hospital, in Baltimore, where ply
Sicians said he had suffered a
broken leg and severe cuts on the
face and head.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
COURT TO MARK
new YEAR DAY
international News Service

ANC"S
The Supreme Court decided to
observe New Years Day as a holi-
day by holding its secret confer
ence, in preparations for Mondays
decisions, today. The conference
usually is held on Saturday.
The high court has before it
two outstanding cases affecting
the New Deal, both of which may
be decided Monday.
One is an appeal Of the Alabama
and Duke Power companies assail-
ing constitutionality of PWA loans
and grants to build municipal
power plants.
The other is an appeal of the
California Railroad Commission in
a utility dispute in which the Gov
ernment intervened in an effort
to persuade the court to uphold
the prudent" investment theory,
recently advocated by President
Roosevelt.
The high court on Monday also
is expected to pave the way for
another important test of New
Deal legislation. The court was
to consider in it's conference the
petition of the Electric Bond and
Share Company for review of con-
stitutionality of the utility holding
company act of 1885.
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
3 i. S. Missionaries
Vanish at Peiping

PEIPING, Dec. 81 G.N.SO.
Seeking three missing American
missionaries, Capt. Samuel S. Grif-
fiths of the U. S. Marine Corps and
Major Truman Martin of the
U. S. Army were sent to Shouyang
today by the American embassy.
Missing since December 2, Mr..
and Mrs. Harsh and Miss Neher
went to the home of a French
Japanese girl in Shouyang, now
held by the japanese army. The
Eurasian girl denied any knowl-
edge of the Americans, but Off
cials believed she harbored some
grudge,
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Urges Barrier
Between Gridders

; NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 81 G.N.SD
Major John L. Griffith, president
of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association, tells the annual con,
Vention 1--WE must maintain the
amateur status in football" add.
ing:
True, the professionals de-
pend on the amateurs for the
future of their sports, but there
must be a barrier between the
two. Unless that is so, college
football may be destroyed"
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Phone Calls
Here Gain
In NOU.

Washington residents certainly
do talk.
And if you don't believe that,
look a. the statistics of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele.
phone Company.
Figures don't lie, and the figures
show that last month Washing,
tonians made 26,126,o00 calls.
That was an increase of 2,543,000
calls over November 1886.
These calls we're made over 1885,
PIG telephones in the District. The
number of telephone installations
in increasing, gain of 1877 being
reported last month.
Operating revenues for Novem-
ber we're $933,024, a decrease of
$17,241 from the october revenue
but an increase of $40,922 over
operating revenue for November,
1896.
Operating expenses last month
were $688, ,199, an increase of $46,-
-619 over November 1886. Much Of
this increase is due to wage in,
-creases granted employees, it was
explained by Charles A. Robinson.
general manager of the company
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Cigar Clerk Gets
Life in Homicide

LOS ANGELES, December 81
Q.N.S)-Worth Clements, former
Atlanta, Ga, cigar clerk, who
came here last fall to marry his
sweetheart but killed her instead,
must spend the rest of his life in
prison.
He was under that sentence to-
day, following his plea Of guilty
to a charge Of numbering 25.year.
old Lucille Campbell last October
9. Clements did not know when
he shot Mrs. Campbell that she
had been married for two days,
The Washington times., 1937-12-31
Nazis Plan Huge
N. Y. Fair Display

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 G.N.S0.
undaunted by the international
Hitler uproar touched off by
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia less than
a year ago, Nazi Germany today
revealed plans for an imposing
splurge at the New York worlds
fair.
Signing up for 100000 square
feet of space on one of the fairs
main thoroughfares, the Nazi gov
ernment will erect a vast pavilion,
housing one Of the major exhibits
in the foreign government section