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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-08-20

suspicious character who has been
sitting on the curb al morning A
radio car rushed to the scene. Upon
their return to the station they
made this report: Man is ok,
working for wPA'"
A little girl had been playing in
the water nth some other little
children. Tie mother asked her
II she were playing with httle boys
or girls. Il don't remember, Moth
err" she replied, they didn't have
any clothes on"
Round Heel Rosie: 1T understand
you were up to Parm-ee's penthouse
last night?
Little Fiji: yes, he asked me to
come up and look at his etchings
and when got there they were
nothing but lot Of darn pictures.
Did Brudder Avery glib de bride
away?"
NO. sab; he gwine let de groom
lin her out for hisself."
Burglar: Don't be scairt, lady,
III I wants is your money"
Old Maid: tOh, go away! You're
ust like all other men,"
Ma! have this dance with
ou2"
Sorry. I don't dance with
HID
Excuse me, I never noticed your
Ny friends" said the preacher.
you will remember that I prom
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-08-20

ised TO speak to you tonight on
The Worlds Greatest Liars, and
that ] asked you to prepare your
minds By reading the seventeenth
chapter OF st. Mark Kindly raise
Every hand went up.
Thank you" the preacher con-
tinued.
AS there are only sixteen chap
ters in st. Mark, my subject will
not be entirely Inappropriate.
Business Man latter interviewing
daughters suitor). II regret can
not see my way to allow you to
marry my daughter at present but
give me your name and address;
then II nothing better turns up in
the near future, you may hear from
US again. Brown jug.
"Rollo seems to be very happy
in his new work. What does he
do?"
He is doing literary work. He
takes young lady authors around
to give them material for their
stories"
Some 'wag" in Butte has gone
to the trouble of muligraphing the
letter which he sends out
10 his friends, including prominent
people in the Montana oil industry;
Dear Mr.. So-and-so' (name filled
NJ.
No doubt you have heard Of me
md my great work in the cause of |
Temperance. For several years |
rave been travelling about the |
country appearing on the lecture |
platform. Perhaps you are famil-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-08-20

lar with some Of my better known
lectures, such as, Down with the
Drink Eyll Rum and Rebellion
Alcohol and Degeneracy," and
There is No Corkscrew In Chris
tianity."
For the past three years / have
had as my constant companion and
true friend, one George FortesQue,
who used to sit with me on the
platform so that / might point him
out to the audience as a horrible
example Of the ravages of drink.
Unfortunately. during this past
winter, poor George passed away
A mutual friend has given me
your name and / wonder if you
would consent to accompany me on
my Fall Tour to take dear Georges
place.
Expectantly yours.
REV. /. HAVEASNIFTER,
81 Celestial Drive,
Butte, Montana.
Shay. ia see Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs?
Cop-Yes, sure.
Drunk-Which way'd they go?
SEND A CONTRIBUTION
TO THE SUNBURST BADGER
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-08-20

Scientist Ito Pharmacist) GIVE
me some prepared monaceaacaci-
dester Of salicylic acid"
Pharmacist: do you mean
aspirin"
Scientist: That's right I can
never think of that name"
Would you give ten cents to
help the Old Ladies Homer"
What Are they out AGAIN."
Baby Ear of Corn Mamma.
where did l come from?''
Mamma Ear of Corn: Hush,
dear; the stalk brought you"
The following is an Associated
Press dispatch from Phoenix. ART
IONA.
police were asked today by
a worried citizen to investigate
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ROTARY DRILL
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Interesting not only because it
may open up another Turner Val
ley" this test will be watched be-
cause of the use for the first time
of rotary equipment for drilling the
hard lines This well is being drill
ed with rotary tools by Manning &
Martin, contractors of Cut Bank.
Location is such that three miles
of road had to be built to get the
materials to the site, the last mile
being up hill so steep that it was
necessary to use caterpiller trac-
tors to pull the trucks, with Hugo
Aronson, the "galloping Swede" rig
builder in personal charge.
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expected heavy, black oil at depths be-
low the big lime" Now we know
that this is not true.
MOTHER EARTH WARNS PETROLEUM
IN GROUND FACILITATING ITS
FLOW TO SURFACE.
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cilities at the Imperial's Calgary re-
finery have not been made although
the fact that a busy season was
ahead became clear a considerable
time ago
The Examiner also relates that
the 500 Refinery at Weyburn, Sask..
has a 300-barrel plant idle because
it cannot get Turner valley oil,
and will probably use Montana
crude because of "inexplicable
variations of transportation costs.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-08-20
PENDROY

Gulf States Zodiac Wallenstein
test on Pendroy structure. SW cor
ner Sec. 5-27N-5W, is drilling at
$500 after having set sin. casing at
2445, in the Madison lime. This
well is drilling with the Devonian
as its objective 1t had the custom
airy flow of water in the first break
in the lime
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DEEP CREEK

The third wildcat is California
company's Government No. 1 wild
cat on Deep Greek antieline, II
miles southwest OF the town of Du-
puyer, in NE SEA SWA 26-27N-
9W, is setting surface casing at
20 feet, starting a test to the low
er Ordoyician, with rotary tools.
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SHORTAGE OF
(Contlnued from Page Onel

Faced with the heaviest demand
in IL years for gasoline produced
from Turner Valley crude, opera
tors were confronted with the fact
Friday that present refining IA
cilities in Alberta are Inadequate
to meet the wide call being made
in a heavy crop year.
Imperial At Capacity
Chief sufferer from the shortage
of plants is British American Oil
who have been informed that ow-
ing to the large demands made on
the production facilities of Imperial
Oil Ltd refinery their full re-
0uirements cannot be handled. I'm
perial will employ the whole of
its available plant in handling
sharply increased demands for its
own products, and several other
companies and the B. A. are, to
use the expression of an official,
lin a hell of a spot"
One result of the impasse which,
with Turner Valley wells on 20
PROBATION. has its bitter side for
the operators is that the Bell re-
finery will be placed in action by
British American. Another is the
possibility that the B. a. will have
to go back TO Montana for produc-
ton and reopen its refinery at
Coutts.
Association Acts.
1t is this latter possibility that
has aroused the widest comment.
II is obvious that a refinery in
Montana could DE served most
economically with Montana crude
oil. British American has mad to
face that problem. Operators in
Alberta fields have protested win
some vigor against the importation
of u. S. oil at a time when Alberta
is being held to about a third of its
possible production owing TO lack
or markets, and the new Petroleum
Producers association was able 10
demonstrate its usefulness by speak
ing for the industry as a whole.
May Bear Freight
A proposal is now being consld-
cred by which British American
will use Alberta crude oil al its
Coutts refinery. Operators in Tlr-
ner Valley are being asked to make |
special terms to cover part of the |
cost Of shipping Valley crude to the |
plant and shipping the finished |
gasoline back to the market. 1t !
is understood that this aspect of the
question had not been settled late |
Friday. And B. A. is not the only |
company on the rampage for AL
berta oil and unable to obtain sup
plies. Gas & Oil Products of Cal
gary have an immediate demand for
10000 bbls. of crude oil and do
not know where to find it. Off
cials have 10000 6bls. of Montana
crude in storage at the border but
prefer to use the Turner Valley pro-
duct. The argue that If there is
too much crude in Alberta the I'M
perial should make special arrange
ments with the wells linked to them
by contract so that the independent
can obtain needed supplies.
Operators in the Valley complain
bitterly that promised enlarged ia
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THREE cats


well on Genou structure, 40 miles
north of Great Falls, in C NE14
NEA 23-26N-3E, is drilling at
1880 feet, making slow progress be-
cause of the necessity of underream-
ing and carrying casing. It is re-
ported to have had II feet of Sun
burst sand, which was dry, and it
is checking higher than the old
well which had a show
ing of oil at the top of the Madison
lime
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low the big lime" Now we know
that this is not true.
MOTHER EARTH WARNS PETROLEUM
IN GROUND FACILITATING ITS
FLOW TO SURFACE
Every school child knows that the
deeper a hole in the ground is dug, the
warmer is the surrounding earth. But
few persons have realized that increas-
ing terrestrial temperatures have an i'm
portant bearing upon the production of
petroleum and tend to lower the price
of Gasoline used in motor vehicles.
In one section petroleum has been
found as hot as boiling water at depth
of about a mile. An increase of one
degree in warmth for every As feet has
been encountered in some drilling opera
tions, although the increase usually
ranges about one degree for every 6O-70
feet
The term mot or used to describe
petroleum produced and shipped clandes-
timely in violation of state or federal
regulations is said by some to be derived
from the fact that oil coming from the
ground is warmer than petroleum which
has been resting on the surface Often
shipped without delay and while still
warm, the secretly produced petroleum
is known as hot oil" This derivation
of the term is, however, disputed by
others who point out that hot" is
applied to counterfeit money and to
stolen articles
In studying temperatures of oil wells,
a scientist recently ascertained the tenn
perature increases in the last 1000 feet
of the deepest oil wells in the United
states Applying the average rate of
temperature increase to the 4 1000 miles
to the center of the EARTH he estimated
that the earth's center has the incredible
-,
the surface of the sun reaches only
1900 degrees of heat, the statement
fixing the temperature of the earths
center 40 times higher brought only
smiles from the savants.
But regardless of the soundness of
the theory, the fact that earth tenn
perature does increase with the depth is
important to oil producers. Crude oil
becomes more fluid at the higher tenn
peratures and flows more easily More
oil is therefore obtained from a deep
we'll.
Increased warmth causes both the pet
roleum and the gas underground to ex-
pand and to exert greater pressure
There are other factors causing pressure
in oil wells, notably water, and probably
the effect of temperature in creating
pressure is second in importance only to
water. Although high pressure in
wells add to drilling difficulties, they also
eliminate the cost of pumping the oil to
the surface.
Some oil wells have initial pressure as
high as 1000 pounds to the square inch.
Drilling tools weighing half a ton have
been pushed out of the we'll casing by
gas pressure. If terrestrial tempera-
lures were lower, the well pressures
would also be lower. Mother Earth, by
warming the petroleum, makes its pro-
duction easier and cheaper.
We saw in the drilling of the Con-
tinental we'll ~at Wasco, Calf, an ex-
ample of the point in question Where
as the so-called shallow sands in Cali
fornia have yielded heavy. black oil, the
Wasco we'll one of the two deepest in
the world, produces high gravity oil that
IS at boiling temperature in the ground
Of 27O degrees, F., were
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-08-20
INDUSTRY IS STRONG

The half-year reports again en-
phasize the strong position of the
oil industry in bad times as well
as good.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-08-20
VENEZUELA AND CANADA

Venezuela so far has the largest
quantity increase in crude oil pro-
duction this year, with Canada
showing the largest percentage gain.
The southern news., 1938-07-09

I'd to the lunch. These coconut
ate bars win get rousing hand.
u fact, your own grown-up guests
viii find them just as acceptable.
Coconut Date Bars
Ia cups sifted cake -four; IA
teaspoons doubIe-acting baking pow
der; IL teaspoon salt; / cup sugar;
? eggs, well beaten; l tablespoon
melted butter; / cup finely cut
,ates; I cGp shredded coconut; l
tablespoon hot water.
Silt flour once. measure, add bak-
ing powder and salt, and sift again.
Add sugar gradually to eggs, beat
ing thoroughly. Add butter; then
l2tcs and coconut, mixing thor
oughly. Add flour, alternately with
water, beating well. Turn mixture
into Two creased pans, 8x8x2 inches,
spreading batter thin. Bake in slow
oven (3250 F. 80 to 35 minutes.
Cool. Cut in bars, 29sx1 inches.
Remove from pans. Makes 4 dozen
bars.
The southern news., 1938-07-09

to have his revenge, and he did
so in a unique manner, which re-
suited in the parents finally CIV
ing their consent to the marriage.
After Saturday night services were
over a wagon drove to the camp
grounds. A young man eXtolled the
virtues of a hair tonic which he
represented, and to everyone pres
ent handed a four-ounce sample,
suggesting that after their swim
they rub their hair, face and
hands with it, and thus experience
its truly remarkable properties.
This the campers did In the
morning, everyone was startled to
find his or her hair, forehead and
hands a bright green. Time final
lily cleared up their skin and the
icolor of their hair. Sure did
it," said OMally because the only
Iway l could get the girl was to
make them all Irish subjects"
The southern news., 1938-07-09

Women of every station take an
active part in the affairs of Swe-
den, according to Mrs. ]. Borden
Hartman, who has returned from
her duties in oslo as our Minis
ter, for a visit in the United States
She is the second woman to hold
office as minister in our country.
In Sweden the working women
help with the money, earning by
knitting and doing several of the
other home arts and industries.
Weather women take an interest
in the schools, the commission on
home work, the cooperatives and
the political life of the country.
Although there is only one wom-
an in the Storthing, or Parlia-
mert, number are alternates who
pinch hit for the regular members
when absent. Mrs Hartman her.
self, who is formally addressed as
Madame Minister" learned to
knit and do ever so many other
kinds of handwork. She has re-
Gently prepared a report on the
handwork industry of Norway for
the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture.
The southern news., 1938-07-09
LETTER BOX

Mr.. Eugene Smith, Publisher.
The Southern News,
Il S. Market street,
Asnevllle, N. c.
Dear Mr.. Smith:
In the event that you find it
convenient, will you kindly print
this article? 1t is not intended to
| be a commercial advertisement,
| but rather a little survey on some
pertinent facts.
For years we as a racial group
iseem to glory il the shortcomings
! of members of our race. l have
often wondered if we ever give
due credit and cooperation to
those who are trying to create
jobs for our high school and col
Ilege graduates.
When we want a taxi why
shouldn't we call one of our own
race drivers? 1t has been my
pheasant observation to note that
| the cabs are clean, most of the
drivers are courteous, and one
would not feel ashamed to be
found riding in one of them.
Some may and will contend that
our taXis will not render efficient
service. This may be true, but did
we ever stop to consider that our
patronage will enable them to Sc
cure more cars and thereby give
us more efficient service?. Moth
ing was more disgusting than to
see one of our clerygmen ride up
in front OF his church in a cab
owned by "the other group" AT
ter all, we can't say they charge
more than anyone else.
And now, what about our dry
cleaning work? 1t has been my
pleasure to have clothes cleaned
at some of our own establishments
and their work is certainly up to
par. Our patronage to these es-
tablishments would not be in vain.
In the near future some might
install their own cleaning plants,
and therefore mere youths would
be employed.
Our restaurants are certainly on
the incline We can surely secure
good meals in our cafes, and one
good feature about this is that we
are served by our own young la
dies who are high school and col
lege graduates.
1t is consoling to know that our
undertakCrs compete between
themselves
Why should 1 have to go to
doctors, insurance agents, lawyers
and other business and profess
sional people of the other race
when one can be very we'll serv-
iced in our group.
OF course, this article will meet
with criticism, but the fact still
remains that there are some who
are worthy of our support. But
will we be like an "ole Tom" who
refused to buy ice from a race
dealer because he thought his ice
was not as cold as the other
dealers?
ANONYMOUS.
The southern news., 1938-07-09
EPISCOPAL ADDRESS

The Episcopal address of the M. E. Church, South,
the general conference of the c. NJ. E. Church in Hot
Springs recently is worthy Of careful consideration by the
group. The address reads in part:
The fact that the white pays most of the tax is
sufficient justification for difference in the
distribution of its benefits The whole theory of tax
ing SYSTEM whether federal state is that the
Of government should be administered for the service of
the whole people and according to their need
There certain elementary things that civilization
the Negro in midst We owe him an assured JUS
tie in he broad world of life and at the court
house door We him protection against any extra-ega
attack upon his person property. We his children
fairly equal opportunity for education and self realization
We him better housing and fair distribution of the
welfare services that maintained for the public good
We him the privileges and responsibilities Of a citizen
under any proper standards Of citizenship We owe him
the sautation and enrichment of life that through
the gospel of Jesus Christ and the opportunity express
that life in unhampered field
he South needs to face these issues afesh The funda
mental question of human rights and relationships in
Christian civilization profoundly concern us ALL and its
solution will not only bring the largest good 100000
Negroes that among by choice of their but
will nure to the largest moral and economic benefit of
the whole South No respective will furnish the
solution The of Southland living side by side
with the Negro, to themselves we'll as to him an
outstretched hand of hepfuness 1t certain as the Sc
quence of day and night that the application the prn-
The southern news., 1938-07-09
An Irish Prank

Years ago, as a young man, I
practiced medicine in small
country town, which was on the
shores of the Chesapeake Bay.
For years camp meeting asso-
citation maintained grounds there.
After a nightly service, the wor-
shippers usually went for a bath
before retiring. Patrick O'Mally, a
young man, fell desperately in love
with the presiding elders daught-
er, proposed to her, but her par
ents declined to let them marry,
owing to a difference in their re-
ligious views. This irritated o.
Mally, who was forced to meet the
young lady clandestinely. Finally
her parents watched her so care
fully that these little rendezvous
were impossible. O'Mally decided
The southern news., 1938-07-09
]
ByWsE. Aaa''hirlba,.ghl;; M1)
Hair DYc

Recently, medical journals thru
out the country have had numer-
Gus ar .icles relating to hair dyes
and the dangers attending their
use. Perhaps the ancients were
wise, for before Christ many ma
tions of prominence then had
laws prohibiting the dyeing of the
hair. Grey hair was supposed to
Indicate wisdom. A woman's hair
Wos supposed to be her crowning
glcry and man with q heavy
head ol nalr was believed to pos
sess an exceptionally fine soul.
In st. Louis a woman has just
recovered $4,000 damages because
of having her hair dyed, with the
result that it fell out and she be-
came dangerously i'll.
The southern news., 1938-07-09


will bring immeaSurable beSsedness to both
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
The shock of the loss of James Weldon johnson is so
great that it is with difficulty that collects himself
sufficiently to attempt evaaton of his long and val
liable career.
Perhaps the most comprehensive thing that might be
said of Mr. Johnson is that he raised the dignity his
people, Essentially scholar and gentleman his life adds
mmeasuIaby to the cultural heritage of the group The
words of the National Negro Anthem the words of Goods
Irombones and the story that is The autobiography of
an EX-Coored Man reveal the wide and deep cultivation
of Mr. Johnson In tune with the heart of his people, and
deneator of character that the proudest product of
the nuances of the American complex racial scheme he
found the not to which all humans could readily respond
1t IS certainly tribute to the native genius the Ne
gro and the American growth toward higher and bet
ter life that Booker Washington and James Weldon
johnson could arise in the fitful era.
The southern news., 1938-07-09
POETS COLUMN
DEMONSTRATIONS OF A
DRUNKARD'S WIFE
BY Lance Allen Lynch


50 you've come home with youl
drunken self?
With the chickens a growing fol
day
Keep on. You'll soon be laid or
the shelf,
That's what all the neighbor's say
Quit staggering John, why don't
you lie down?
You're all in, there is no doubt
John, have you been rambling all
through town
With that shirt tail hanging out ?
Just look at your eyes, all bleary
and red.
And look at your mussed up hair!
There's a great big bruise on the
side of your head,
And | bet you didn't know it was
there.
I'm ashamed of you John, the way
that you act.
This everlasting craving for drink;
You could do better and that's a
And that's' whANS the neighbors
think.
John, I'd rather buy bread with
burgular's pelf,
Than to skimp on q drunkard' S
pay.
I then could have food on the
pantry shelf,
And money on the rent-man's day.
John, you have forgotten those
plans we made,
Year ago on our honeymoon?
A little white house with a low
palisade,
With trellises for roses in June.
Do you think of the time when
little Ellen came?
oh, the future we had planned
for her.
But since she died you've not been
the same,
You've been so strange and de-
mure.
John, could it be this that drove
you to drink?
That grief for the child we lost
1t seems to be what the neighbors
think,
And I'm hoping with my fingers
crossed.
John! Look at your trousers; look
at your shirt.
Tell me, where did you leave youl
coat and hat?
Has somebody wallowed you ir
the dirt?
Well, John, I guess you're luck!
at that.
For nine long years I've LIVED
with you.
Nine hard years John, and you've
drank too much;
I'm willing to see nine more o1
them through
If you'd swear no more whiskeS
to touch.
If you knew all the nights I've
lain awake,
Wondering where you might be
roaming.
If you knew all the shame I've
borne for your sake
You'd always come home in the
cleaning.
I know you miss Ellen, and I dc
too,
We both loved her dearly, John
I think of our plans when older
she grew,
And the joy that we counted on
John, tell me dear. is it only this
That has caused you to weaker
so?
Do you not think too, her pres
ence I miss? ..... ..- -.
My grief as hard to forego?
John, I've gone with you eacf
step of the way,
Through these years of failure
and stint. - -- -.
My burden has grown heavier
The southern news., 1938-07-09
Jackson.


Funeral services were held for
Mr.. James Jackson, II Morgan
street, who was stricken with a
heart attack June 2S, afternoon,
while playing checkers on the cor
ner of Silver and Grove street,
and died instantly. Services were
held in Sumter, S. c., on July 3.
Mr.. Jackson is survived by a
wife.