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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29
Prosperity Returns To
Richest Hill On Earth,
Leonard Mine Resumes

Within a matter of weeks, Butte the Richest Hill on
Earth will be again teeming with activity with all principal
mines working, giving employment to 5000 men.
The Leonard mine is to production November
L. of $50 has been conditioning the property for
two weeks past and announced by A. c. NJ officials
that work will resume with a of 100 men.
The Leonard is the the fifth mine put in operation since
Sept l. Other mines opened the Mountain Con- Steward
Belmont and St Lawrence. The A. c. NJ. Stag plant employ
ing SO men, likewise resumng using Stag from the AS&R
smeter at East Helena, which is also resuming.
Copper prices mounting III cents have reflected the
world market situation and restriction copper production
throughout the world has been lifted
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29
MINERS HOPE
WAGE Law is
NOT APPLIED

The new wage and hour law
passed by the last congress became
effective on Monday of this week.
The oil industry, excepting the
small refineries, was little affect
ed. The oil industry has been pay
ing far more than the 25-cents-
per-hour minimum and on a 40-hour
week basis for several years.
The mining industry is in a diff
ferent position, however, and there
is much complaint among miners
already. The new law resulted in
cutting the income of all miners and
smeltermen, from 30 to 35 per cent.
Those being paid by the week are
receiving one-third less than before.
Naturally, this has brought discOn-
tent. One group in the Butte mines
took a strike vote, but the strike
proposal was turned down by the
membership which agreed to accept
the terms OF the federal wage-hour
law.
The law provides a problem for
the smaller mining camps, in iso-
lated spots in the mountains where
one day of idleness per week has in
the past been a problem to the av-
erage miner, because there is moth
ing to do. Now each miner must lay
off two days a week, and he has
the problem of spending two days
doing nothing.
Further more, the small mine
has the problem of providing facil-
tiles for one-fifth more men, with
a resultant capital outlay. Added to
the discomfort caused by the wage
cut are the growing deductions for
social security, unemployment in
surance and old age fund deduc-
tons which make further inroads i
INTO the workman's income.
Meantime. the price of gold and
silver is not advancing, since it is
liked by the government The mine
operator can do nothing to absorb
Increasing costs, nor can he increase
he amount Of gold or silver in the
average ton OF ore either bv dill
sence or bonuses, or other human
Effort.
Gold miners of the nation have
sked the administration to exemnt (
heir mines from the provisions of
he wage-hour law on the grounds
hat their product does not 20 in {
o interstate commerce. The same
applies to silver miners :
mo nave only one market for their :
roduct and that is with the United !
tates government. No ruling has
ct been made by the Washington
commission which is administering
he new wage-hour law.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29
SWIMMERS
CUT INTO BIG
PLANT plan

Topping plant construction is Ov-
ershadowing major refinery pros
poets in north Montana fields, while
the latter plans are held up 1y
reported lack of adequate reserves
of crude oil. Two major refineries
re today financed and have contract
ed outlets for all their production
but the proponents of neither have
been able to sign up enough pro-
.duction and reserves to consum-
mate their plans,
Producers are turning their at
tention to small topping plants
r. S. Nyhagen, Cut Bank opera
tor, has built a small plant in Cut
Bank field and is selling his crude
in the form OF gasoline and distil-
late to farmers and others. He had
been without a market for a year
Hannah-Porter company has en-
larged it's plant at the Border field,
west of Sweet Grass, hoping to be
able to handle all the production of
this field on the Montana side Of
the international boundary 1t has
found ready market for all of the
production of Hannah-Porter wells, ,
thus far. The increased capacity will
make it possible to handle up to
800 barrels per day. Harry Osborn
who operated and was employed in
several Midcontinent refineries. is
in charge. A continuous treating
plant has been installed, to remove
sulphur, and a low pressure still
with re-cycle process is said to be
making a good product
Everett Rice is proceeding with
the construction of a 2OO-barrel
topping plant at Twin Falls Idaho I
1t was enormously reported that
this plant was being built by Hen
ry Van der Pas of Oilmont.
Kenneth Davis of Cut Bank is
building a 500+barrel topping plant
at High River, Alta, taking advan-
tage of the over-production situa-
ton in Turner Valley to buy crude
in that field.
The Hawley topping plant in Pom
dera oil field, recently DESTROYED by
fire, is to be rebuilt with increased
capacity, it is understood.
Reports of contemplated expan-
sion of one of the established small
er refineries in Montana were with
out Confirmation this week but a
deal of some kind is pending.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29
TWO OUTSIDE
CONTINUED from Page Onel

Oil Co. (Ottman) Government No. /
well, in center NEA SEA $3.50
3W, two miles northeast of the
Rocky Ridge pool, in an area where
acid has never been tried. A short
distance east are old wells, drilled
before acidization was known, that
had showings of from four to eight
barrels per day.
The Ottman well missed the Sun
burst sand and is drilling at 1880
in the black lime 1t should pick
up the Madison contact during the
coming week. The well was shut
down for several days and it was
suggested that it might remain down
until lease matters were adjusted
1t appears that the lease matters
have been arranged and the well will
be drilled in Immediately.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29
I. Q. T0LLEFSON
PASSES AWAY At
HOME IN SEATTLE

! Word has been received in Great
Falls of the passing of Laurence
o. Tollefson, aged 81 years, at his
home at 900 North Eighty-fifth
street in Seattle.
Tollefson was we'll known in the
Montana oil and mining industries,
having been instrumental in the Or
ganization of several compaies chief
of which was the Imperial Natural
Gas Co. He was president of this
company until 1884 when he re-
signed owing to illness. He was suf-
fering from hardening of the AFTER
les.
His mining experience took him
to Alaska and through the Couer
d'Alenes as well as in Montana. He
is survived by a widow and four
daughters. He was born at Mabel
Mimi, and was for many years in
terested in banking in North Dako-
ia and Minnesota. In 1920 he went
to Spokane where he became in
terested in mining. He subsequently
drilled several wells in Kevin-Sun-
burst field. He passed away on
Thursday, Oct. 6 and the funeral
was held on October 8 with inter
ment in Seattle.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29
KELLEY Is SPEAKER

BUTTE-Cornelius F. Kelley.
president of the Anaconda Copper
Mining Co. was principal speak
or for the concluding banquet of the
fifth annual metal mining conven-
ton of the western division of the
American Mining congress in Los
Angeles, Thursday.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29
IS MY CHILD aFusroAL2
N | MN G

Old PrOspector will sell interest very
rich gold mine. Need financial aid start
shipments. Assays near surface 500 90
per ton. 100000 from As ton car Write
Michael Durback, Apt IS. Parral, Ohih.
mexico. 10-29-b
FOR SALE-Have good placer property
IN Lincoln district. 210 acres on guIch
% root digging, some boulders bed
rock Of decompOsed GRANTEE nlenfv
water. Testing shows so cent gravef
only well financed operator with drag
line and dry land washer need anpIv
Write Box 70 Montana on & M}ning
Journal.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29

managing director treasurer, c.
Dawson of Billings, in cooperation
with the company's consulting en-
gineer, A. Franchie of Lewistown,
who has established his headquar-
ties and testing laboratory in that
city, to carry on metallurgical work
on ore of various mines in the Lew
istown district.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29
MISCELLANEOUS

TWO ACTIVE, energetic men; both speak
Spanish and have some technical edu-
cation combined with experience in
samplig, test mill, surveying, diamond
drillig, foreman and mine superinten-
dent are in the market for small but
good mine lease. Or will undertake ex-
plorauOn, development or operation
for parties seriously interested In Lat
in America W. q. Trowbridge, Oral.
Cano No. 20. Tacubaya, Mexico, d. f.
10-1-e
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29
WILDCAT IN OREGON

BURNS, RE-Foundation Oil
Co., drilling 10 miles east of Burns,
lost tools and bailer at $50 feet
and a bad fishing job was sue
cessfully completed by Jack Jamie
son, veteran Wyoming driller. Lo-
cation is in NE ANEA SPADE.
SEND A CONTRIBUTION To
THE SUNBCRST BADGER
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29

CAPITAL sEEKERs-Put your project
before 200 Key-men. Cost trifliRg
Details free. AMSTER LEONARD,
Fox Theatre Building, Detroit. Michi-
gan 9-24-tf
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29

Geological reports copied or MIN
eographed-maps reproduced. Box 500
Montana Oil Mining Journal, Great
Falls. Montana
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29
BOILER TUBE DISTRIBUTOR
WANTED

A nationally known Manufacturer OF
Seamless Sseel Boiler Tubes desires to
establish a distributor in Montana. Ad-
dress replies to Box 201, % Montana Oil
Journal Great Falls. 1O-&-z
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NEW MEXICO
LEASES

so acres well located on light oil struc-
ture in Montana, now drilling. Ex-
information address P. o. Box 1913
Billings Montana. 10-S-d
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29

Closing Quotations
on the
STANDARD STOCK EXCHANGE
SPOKANE
nv
GIBSON ASSOCIATES, mo.
Great Fails, Montana
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SEND A CONTRIBUTION TO
THE SUNBURST BADGER
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FORMS. Letters. Maps by mimeograph-
Ing or photo offset methods. The
Mailing shop. - Third St., Great
Falls. Montana 2-4-6
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-10-29

This is one of our regular jobs.
During the past % years, our Washoe
Sampler has sampled and purchased
for cash millions of tons of gold, silver
and copper ores and concentrates, at
the rate of 1900 tons a day.
Evening star., 1938-09-19
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
Interesting, If True.

HE person who submitted today's
hand claims to have made his
doubled six-club contract in a very
spectacular manner. With all due re-
spect to our friend, we are somewhat
OF the opinion that he was actually set,
and subsequently figured out the In
geniods method that he describes of
making the hand Several very dne
players were asked what line of play
they would have adopted Each would
have proceeded along the following
lines and been set;
South, dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
North-South, 40 on score.
vKJ62
= A 10 8 50
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a o1os7 AAJs4
$50 N ~Q75
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4 "A K J542
The bidding:
South. West. North. East.
- 3A - Double.
= Pass Pass 5A
Pass Pass 6% Double
Pass Pass Pass
Evening star., 1938-09-19

WILD pigeons. in the 1870's, were
W beginning to disappear through
out North America. The scarcity re-
suited in agitation against pigeon
shooting as sport.
Consequently, artificial birds were
manufactured to satisfy the needs Of
such sharpshooters as DR.. w. F. Carver
Of New Haven, Conn.
DOC" Carver rose to the heights Of
sportsmanship and challenged Bo-
gardus to one of history's strangest
shooting matches. He wanted to break
10000 balls day for six days straight.
Bogardus evidently thought this was
too much; he declined Doc" Carver's
offer. Carver, however. went ahead
and turned the trick.
Giants Named.
Strange as 1t seems, a President
named baseball club-the New York
Giants. When the New York club Wis
tied Washington in the 1905, Presi-
dent Benjamin Harrison was on hand
to greet the men.
Awed by their size, Harrison ex-
claimed. MY! They're all giants!"
Since that date the team has been
known as the Giants.
Evening star., 1938-09-19

The ace Of hearts was opened, fol-
lowed by low heart, each would-b
declarer winning with dummy's king.
Declarer would lead one round of
trumps, then overtake his queen Of
diamonds with dummy's ace and play
the jack through East. Declarer would
be planning to make his contract by
obtaining q heart discard on dummy's
diamond 10 and then run his two
spades. The diamond king appeared
marked in the East hand, and this
procedure would succeed provided (a)
West held two small diamonds, or CO.
il West did not hold the one remain
ing trump. East would naturally have
refused to cover the diamond jack.
Declarer would have discarded his
heart, but West would have trumped.
Our triumphant friend now de-
scribed his method: After drawing
one trump ruf1ed a spade in dummy
and then, deciding that East held all
the high cards, simply ran of my en-
tire trump suit. I now held three
cards-the spade king, the heart 10
and the diamond queen. Dummy
contained the ace-jack-1O of diamonds.
East was numerically squeezed.
Grimly holding on to the king and
one diamond, he first threw the ace
Of spades, whereupon I cashed the
king. This time he threw the queen
OF hearts. I gleefully played my heart
10, then won the last trick With
dummy's ace of diamonds"
Anyway, it's nice hand.
(Copyright. 1881
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
IVY DIVISION
 PLANS REUNION
Hotel Lennox, Boston, Is Chosen for Scene of An-
 nual Get=TOgether

Veterans of the famous fourth Ivy" division of the regular army will gather from all over New Eng land at the Hotel Lenox in Boston on Saturday, April g for what promises to be their greatest annual reunion since they left the Rhine in 1919. The Ivy division earned it's fame by engaging in battle without the customary training period in quiet sectors given to all other di- visions, and by it's heroic stand in the Bois de Pays, Meuse- -Argonne, where it received the historic order number 29 from Major General Bull lard, commanding the Third Army corps, which commended the di- visions capture and retention of the salient, terminating with the words which have become an epic in the history of the United States army: You are there; stay there"
 The Ivy men, their ranks now beginning to thin, will be entertain ed by the Hotel Lenox French blue train and by guest speaker, Col onel Edward s. Hayes, a veteran West Point officer who was decorat- ed for bravery with the distinguished service cross and distinguished serv- ice meda,, the latter a citation awarded to very few men. Colonel Hayes, who lost an arm in the Ar gonne, is famous speaker whose talks are always appreciated by war veterans the country over.
 Also present, among other mo- tables, will be Major General Ben jamin A. Poore, U. s. A., retired, who commanded the seventh in- fantry brigade of the fourth di- vision during the World war. Fourth division veterans are advised to get in touch with Ben Pollack, secre- tary of the fourth division associa- tion of New England at 100 Summer street, Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
POPE PRAYED IN
 PRIVATE TODAY

Vatican City, April 15-(UP)- Pope Plus prayed in his private apartments today while Catholics throughout the world observed Good Friday, the saddest day of Holy Week commemorating Christ's death on the cross. The holy father was conserving his strength for the long Easter Sunday services and to im- part his apostolic blessing from the balcony of St. Peters Basilica. Romes 800 churches held solemn services. At St. Peters, Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli was the celebrant at the mass of the pre-sanctified" with cardinals, archbishops, bishops and members of the papal court in attendance.
 The singing of the "Tenebrae,' symbolizing the darkness which covered the earth at the crucif1xion, was led by the Sistine choir con- ducted by Msgr. Antonio Bella. When the mass was concluded, Msgr. Virgilio Valstagno of the minor Capuchin monks, delivered the final sermon of lent. This was followed by veneration of the cross by the numerous clerics present.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
ssOld Timers" Invited
 To "" Celebration
Big Gymnasium to Be Transformed Into Ballroom for SOtfl Anniversary Banquet Monday Night

minute speakers will include the young presidents of the two branch es, Raymond Ouimet, North Branch and Frank Berardi of the Brooklyn branch.
 Other three minute speakers will be Allan F. VanAlystyne of the Ad- visors Association, and former Gov Charles A. Templeton and Terence F. Carmody of the Red and Blue Army fame, who will speak on "Old Times at the ".
 Interspersed through the evening will be series of one-act plays. which will make the occasion as- sume the role of 8 "Grid-iron din- ner". The Commons club will open with scene depicting the early history of the Waterbury Y.
 Inter- Club Council
 The Inter-Club Council at Gen. tral Branch will stage an act show ing who runs the Y. The dormi- tory boys, one act play will be entitled Don't Sell the Old Dorm"
 That Y. M. c A. is being gradu- ally taken over by. the girls clubs at Central Y
 Interspersed in the program will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
Cooperative Store
 To Be Set Up Here
Fifteen Already Established in Waterbury Ex
 poets to Have 100 Members in Club

A cooperative store will be estab- lished in this city late in the fall, J. L. Jaffe of the Waterbury Co., operative Buying Club declared at Hartford yesterday. He made this statement at a conference on CO., operatives at the Hotel Garde. Yes- terdays meeting was called by s. Mclean Buckingham, state milk administrator.
 MT. Buckingham called the con- ference to learn the views of repre- sentatives of cooperative organiza- tions. He also sought to investigate claims by cooperatives that they can make possible substantial price discounts.
 At the meeting it was stated that consumers in the state have already
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15

Chairman Levi Wilcox in his in- vitation to the old Timers referred to the 8Oth Y. M. c. A. anniversary banquet as a celebration Donald J. Post, chairman of the program committee states that this is what it is, namely, a celebration of eighty years of service in Waterbury
 Professor James E. Moran of Will by high school will preside as toast master. Dr. Franklin A. Warren will play the role of "The Spirit of the Y. M. c. A." which will be in the nature of assistant toastmas- ter, representing the spirit of youth.
 Address of Welcome
 Grace will be offered by Rev James F. Woods. Dr. Charles L. Larkin. president of the Y M. c. 4. will welcome the guests and then the unusual program will get underway. A dinner orchestra un- der the direction of Carl A. Cope land will furnish the music and William A. Carpenter will be song leader.
 The longest speech will be five minutes. These will start off with John H. Goss responding to a toast "The Old Timers" and John A. Coe Our Past Presidents. Three
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15

With warmer weather heralding the arrival of the 1888 construction season, plans for Connecticut's pro- gram of highway construction and reconstruction and maintenance work are being rapidly completed, and new projects are now being ad- vertised for contractors bids at reg ular intervals, Highway Commis- sioner John A. Macdonald stated to- day.
 A number of contracts were awarded late in 1887 covering 1858 operations. These contracts involved the construction of 15 bridges and the surfacing of about 48 miles of highway, most of which will be com- pleted fairly early in the present construction season. In addition substantial amount of highway work was practically completed last fall and required only minor treatment to finish between the fall of 1887 and March 1 of this year. This work included 35 contracts covering completed improvement of about 60 miles of road and the installation of some six miles of wire rope railing. Also included were 18 contracts call ing for the building or repair of bridges, and three bridge jobs un- dertaken in the flood relief program.
 Among tn new projects already announced for the new season are the following: Extension of Merritt parkway paving operations eastward about two miles in Norwalk, and the installation of guide rail and ref1ec- tor curbayes on the parkway in Greenwich and Stamford; the pav- ing with reinforced concrete of two miles on the College highway (Whitney avenue) in Hamden, from the point where the new bridge is being constructed over Lake Whit ney northward to Centerville; and the building of the approaches to the MiddletoWn-Portl bridge on both sides of the Connecticut river.
 Other sizeable projects now in process include about 2 1-3 miles Of reinforced concrete pavement on the Winsted- Hartford road in Avon and SimSbury; the above-mentloned bridge over Lake Whitney where one of the few remaining sharp curves on the state highway system is be- ing eliminated; a sizeable railroad grade separation in NeWington; a railroad overhead crossing in North Canaan; 150-foot twin span bridge at Taftville; a 141-foot twin span structure over the New Haven rail- road and it's 60-foot mate over the Central Vermont railroad in Wind- ham; and a 305-foot steel super structure on a partly existing and partly new superstructure over the Shetucket river in Norwich and Preston.
 Bids on the replacement of sec tions of bituminous pavement are due on Monday, April Is, with the work being grouped in eight sep arate contracts. This is part of the bureau of maintenance's annual spring work. Preparation of this bu~ reaus activities has been made and the work is moving ahead. Drain age structures are being examined and thoroughly cleaned. Sand used for icy conditions during the winter and whipped to the shoulders of the roads by traffic is being removed and the shoulders prepared, where necessary, for treatment when weather conditions permit. Where ever surfaces have been disturbed by frost action, either sand, stone or gravel is being used to harden
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
IS State Bridges
 To Be Constructed
Connecticut's Highway Maintenance Work Program
 Nearly Completed Number of Contracts Awarded

and restore an even surface prep aratory to treatment with bitumin- ous mixed material anG Dituminous treatment of the travel path. Where froct action has caused material to slump into the gutters, cleaning and opening of the gutteis TOT full drain age is in progress.
 The overhauling of equipment has heen in progress during the winter months, and this equipment has been put in condition for seasonal use. Older equipment has been in- spected and classified in accordance with it's condition, so that the needs of the department ill regard to re- placement can be determined.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15

formed about IS cooperatives and that the number is steadily growing The New Haven organization has more than 400 members.
 MT. Jaffe said that the Water bury club now has 40 members, and will soon have more than 100.
 Several of the cooperatives are planning to enter the milk business it was stated at the conference They plan to purchase milk directly from the farmer and arrange for distribution themselves.
 Two hundred varieties of glass are used or shown in the Glass Age EX- hibition Train now making a 2,000- mile tour of Great Britain.