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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12

mine as the necessarily great expense
/ for shipment and working Of the ore
The mine remained idle until 1875
/ when il was relocated bv James
/ OLeary who also located several paral-
| lei veins. During the succeeding is
years it changed hands several times
until in 1903 1t was owned by H. l..
Salmon City
Frank was the man who built the
original portion OF the Montana State
Capitol building IN Helena. He OBJ
tanned the construction contract from
Joseph SoSS and organized a corpor-
alton known as the Montana Building
Co. Frank was president and principal
stakeholder Of the company. 1t Is said
that he lost In the neighborhood Of
500, 600 on the deal. He was commend
ed at that time for not Skimping or
leSSening the quality of the work on
the capitol building although he knew
such action would occasion q large loss
because of the rise In prices for build
ing materials from the time when he
obtained the contract
In 1892 the mine was leased to
group of men from New York city.
These men proceeded to prospect the
different lodges. They ran q croSScut
tunnel $50 feet in length. Then they
proceeded TO drift along the lodges
from the tunnel Before they COM
pleted their work the panic of 1893"
financial curtailment the mine was
shut down.
In 1908 the mine was stilI closed
although 1t was claimed that there yet
remained a considerable body of ore.
Some enthusiasts state that there Is
so much ore that 1t would pay to
work the mine even when silver Is at
q low price.
Famed AS Silver Camp
Although Montana has produced
much silver, the gray metal, with but
a few exceptions, such as took place
In Granite, has never carried the inn
portance that gold did In the early
days or copper in the Butte district.
In the Granite area silver was really
Granite was so prosperous that 1t was
famed as one of the greatest silver
mining camps in the history Of the
west
However, despite its having to take
q back seat to copper and gold In
Montana's development, silver was
greatly responsible for .Butte's discov-
cry of the richest hill on earth
Butte was actually booming as a silver !
mining camp when Marcus DAILY heard |
Of the excitement and came to Butte |
from Nevada.
DAILY became involved in a deal with /
the Alice mine that Melted profit and I
he purchased the Anaconda mine. Aft |
er interesting his hackers in the new /
venture, DAILY began sinking a shaft /
In search Of silver. No silver came in I
any appreciable quantity and DAILY was !
becoming disappointed when a huge
vein of copper was uncovered. This
vein of copper started Butte and Mon
lama on its way to its present pros
oerity. 1t made the mines OF Butte into
treasure troves that have produced
more than "a billion dollars since 1874.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12

GAIL risk" crop insurance pro-
lection now being offered by the
Federal Crop Insurance corpora
ton is available TO every Montana
farmer who intends TO plant wheat
for harvest in 1910, according to
c L. Waring, state AAA commit
teeman in charge of crop insur-
ance. Waring points out that un-
der the crop insurance program,
either or both the operator and the
landlord may insure his interest in
the crop The policy covers loss from
any unavoidable cause and assures the
grower so or 70 percent Of his normal
production from the acreage insured
depending on the type Of policy. The
same premium rate and inSGrable yield
are available 10 both the operator or
share tenant and landlord Of a farm.
The interest that an owner, operator
or tenant may insure depends, Of
crop, Warning said,
AS an illustration, Waring cites 4
farm Of 100 acres with an average
yield of IL bushels. Here an owner
operator could insure up to rs percent
Of the 200 bushels average production,
Ut oVD D4onclo. II tic Ad4tl ID ppCAatSd
by a tenant on a thirds
division Of the crop, the owner could
insure 800 bushels as his interest Of
the crop and the tenant could insure
600 bushels as his portion. In case Of
loss. the indemnity would be divided
on the same basis.
Waring stressed that all applications
for insurance must be made before the
farmer seeds his crop-this fall for
winter wheat and next spring for spring
wheat. Premiums must be paid at the
same time application is made
Compared with last year, the insur-
ance procedure has been simplified
this year and now II Is necessary only
to apply at the county office and pay
the premium 10 obtain the insurance.
County offices have full information
on every wheat farm In the county, |
and 1t Is only a matter of form TO in
sure the crop after application is made. /
Farmers who are unable TO make /
premium payments may OBJ |
tain advances on AAA payments to
apply TO premiums. This provision last /
year was limited TO spring wheat, but 1
this year 1t applies 10 winter wheat as
we'll
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12

The demand for water from res
ervoirs constructed by the state
water conservation board els in
creasing rapidly" and thousands
upon thousands of acres of crops
are being saved" by the use of that
water, E B. Donohue, chief engi-
neer for the board, said. "All res
ervoirs on completed projects are
nearly full at this time" and due
to the lack of rainfall In several areas
Of the state, we are getting an increas-
ingly strong demand for stored water
"The full value of many projects
Is being realized for the first time this
summer and thousands upon thousands
of acres of Montana crops are being
saved through use of the impounded
water"
Donohue reported, work on two, OF
the new water board projects was be-
gun during July. Construction activi-
ties on the 100000 Broadwater Mis-
souri, project near ToSton now have
been in operation more than q month
The second project upon which work
was started was the. Middle creek dam
in Gallatin county
The water board engineer reported
work on the upper Musselshell storage
project in Meagher and Wheatland
counties was 81 percent complete, while
work on the smith river project, also
in Meagher county, was 81 percent COM
plete
the West Fork of the Bitter Root prof.
ect in Ravalli county has been COM
pleted
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12

proved to be far more charming anc
clever than her sister Ann, and an un-
happy rivalry sprang up between thi
two. Barbara was popular botn
promoted above Ann, and 1t came
about that this first child, who wa
the foster mothers favortte, was more
or less ignored by outsiders. To remedy
| this, Miss Doane sent Barbara back
10 the Home. Imagine the poor child't
unhappiness. And, Of course, the injury
to AIMS character was no less serious
Really adopting q child embraces
more than giving him food, shelter, In
tellectual advantages and pleasures. II
includes providing the security afford
ed by selfless love and the development
Of mutual understanding between the
child and every other member Of the
household. The little stranger needs TO
know the happy meaning Of having
folks" Then he may forget he Is an
adopted child. He no longer Is II all
members Of the family have made him
their own.
A woman Of my acquaintance once
declared, II wouldn't bring up another
persons child. 1t might turn out 70
be a failure"
SO might our ownl
Another remarked, my neighbor
thankless girl grew up, she went away
and left her mother"
Isn't that what our own do2 Why
should the foster child be expected TO
feel more grateful than other children2
Home" boys and girls in their teens
are sometimes sent TO farms where
they work for their board and small
wages. They are not considered hired
hands" but foster children"
Often one Of these finds happy
home, where the parents take him into
their large kindly hearts and their
children look upon the newcomer as
a member OF the family, not as a fam
lily slave. Allowances are made for
the strangers youth. He is invited to
share and contribute to the happiness
and wel-being Of the household. He
gets a taste Of real American home
life.
Does he respond-show himself APP
preciative? No matter whether he does
or not. The family has done its part,
and who can say how deep the In
fluence has gone?
one Of these boys had complained
TO his foster-mother that he wasn't
having as good a time as a friend Of
his who'd been adopted into a house
hold where there was a radio and q
fine car. Did the woman IN turn COM
plain Of the lads ingratitude-tell her
about it7 Did she threaten
10 send him back to the Homer No;
she explained to him that all life was
like that-Some were rich, some poor
She pointed out that she was teaching
him how TO earn his own living, which
was better than giving him luxuries,
for If he were attentive, industrious
and faithful, some day he'd be able TO
bury luxurfes for himself. She even
found ways In which he could earn
extra money In his spare time, 50 that
be could go TO town occasionally TO
, good picture show.
The first time the boy started out
FOR an evenings enjoyment Of this
Kind he turned and ran back hastily.
Mrs. Baldwin" he said breathlessIy,
won't you come too7 I have enough
money for both Of us, and-you-don'
sver 60 to a show"
With real pleasure the woman hur-
iedly put on her coat and hat and
vent with him. The boy now felt
himself one Of the family--as respon-
Iible for his foster mother's enjoyment /
rs for his own.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12

The death Aug. of Joseph ID.
Seaman, editor and publisher OF
the Miles City Star, removed from
Montana newspaper circles one OF
the most widely known and pop
uIar members of the profession.
His death followed q long Illness,
and while not unexpected none the
less cast q gloom over the print
shops of the state and was mat
ter Of sincere personal regret among
his many friends, both those with
whom he had worked and with
whom he had fought through the
editorial columns of his newspaper
for they were an his friends. He
never allowed matters Of editorial
policy to influence his personal re-
latkOns with those who were on the
other side Of whatever sub1ect
might have been under discussion.
After an apprenticeship In the east,
Scaplan started at the bottom in Mon
tana in 1905 and by his own PERSONAL
rose to the top.
He was born in Scranton, Pa, March
8, 1876, and obtained his education
there and at Superior, Wis. In the
latter place he entered the newspaper
business as a carrier boy while high
Friend of Herbert Hoover
AS a republican national committee
man for many years, Scanlan became
a close friend of former President
Herbert Hoover and other nationally
known republican leaders.
After leaving high school, Seaman
was employed on newspapers IN Su-
perior, Wis. Duluth, MINI; st. Paul
and Grand Forks, N. d.
He came to Montana In 1908 ana
was employed by the Anaconda STAN
dard In 1906 he went to the Missoula
Muscular and later became editor or
the Red Lodge Picket.
Since 1909 he had been factor IN
Miles City journalism He purchased
the Weekly Independent there that
year and founded the Daily Star In
March, 1911, as a morning paper. In
1913, the Star became an evening ana
Sunday morning daily.
Scanlan was best known IN Montana
for his leadership In the republican
party. He was named q member OF the
state central committee IN 1909 ana
served for 80 years as a member OF
He was state O. o. P. chairman
from 1920 until 1924, registrar Of the
Miles City land office, 1924-1926, ana
q member Of the republican national
committee from 1899 until compelled
BY i'll health to resign May /, 1888.
Active fn Civic Affairs
He was active in professional and
civic organizations, serving as presi-
dent Of the Montana Press association
IN 1911 and again In 1918, and as
president Of the Miles City Commercial
club IN 1929 and 1880. He was a mem
Der Of the Rural Rehabilitation Corp
, state agency, and q member OF the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12
State Farm Products
Prices RQEale LOErer

Montana farmers received lower
prices for most agricultural products
during the month ended July is.
The federal agricultural marketing
service said wheat, feed grain, flax
seed, cattle, sheep, horses, chicken,
butter and bean prices were lower
than during the previous month.
Prices Of potatoes, hogs, eggs and hay
advanced
prices were lower on all items except
potatoes, apples, beef cattle veal calves,
sheep. lambs milk COVE and wool.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12
Butter, Ice Cream
Production Gains

Montana creamer1es produced 6yD59, =
Of this year, a gain Of 512,835 pounds
over the total for the same period In
1888, according to report by the state
department Of agriculture's dairy di-
vision. Ice cream made during the
first six months this year would have
filled 626, 796 one-gallon cans, as COM
pared with a 579, 763-gaIlon produc-
production slipped from 700, 031 pounds
In the first half Of 1888 to 587 ,463
pounds In the same period this year.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12
Death of Joseph d. Seaman
Removes Well Known Editor

Wyoming Montana committee on adj
Indication Of the waters Of the Yellow
stone river basin.
He was member of the Catholic
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12

Miss Doane, a maiden lady Of means.
adopted a baby from an orphanage
and named her Ann. A couple Of years
later she took another child, Barbara,
who was then years old. She cared
for these little girls as any mother
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12
Ear7y EduCQtOn in the Home
"The Chid's First School Is the Famly"-FrOebel
by Kindergarten
THE STRANGER CHILD
LAURA GRAY

would for her own; she dressed them
daintily, had them taught music and
took them camping in the summer.
People respected her highly for the
way she spent her time and money.
But as the children grew, Barbara
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12

The circuit Of the famous Mont
Blanc In Switzerland takes a minimum
of some four days to be accomplished
on foot.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12
STATE RESERVOIRS
ARE SAVING CROPS
COMPLETED WATER BOARD PROF
ECTs ARE NEARLY FULL, CHIEF
ENGINEER REPORTS

Demand for Service From Them In
creasing Rapidly. Says E. B. DonO-
hue and Fun Value Is Being Realized
for First Time
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12
FOLK REMEDIES
ARE DEBUNKED
EXHIBIT AT NEW YORK WORLDS
FAIR CURES YOU OF
MAGIC CURES

Demonstrates That Wearing an Irish
Potato As Remedy for Rheumatism
Is Just Legend and ExpIOdes Many
Other Similar Ideas
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12
NEW GALL RISK"
CROP INSURANCE
NOW BEING OFFERED BY AAA
AGENCY To ALL MONTANA
FARMERS

Policy Covers Loss From Amy Avoid
able Cause and Is Available 70 Both
Operator and Landlord and Assures
50 to rs Percent Returns.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-08-12
"a FfnaIIY Ahandoned

Despite the falth OF The original us
coverers In the mine which caused
them to press its development to UNI
mendous handicaps, the mine was
finally abandoned The greater attrac-
ton Of placer mining for gold, which
was yielding huge fortunes and Great
ing numerous wealthy men at that
time, was probably as great cause for
the abandonment of the Blue Wing
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-28
Editorials and Comment
TUESDAY, MARCH 2S 1889
RELIEF UNION FIGHTING
ECONOMY IN STATE
isalia Iimes-DeItal }

Humane considerations will require
that as long as we have unemployment
the government must provide relief. AT
the same time common business sense
tells us that money to support this re-
lief burden must come from the taXpay-
ers pockets and not out of the circumam-
bient ether. and therefore the amount of
relief and cost of its administration
should be made as low as possible.
1t is common knowledge that the pres
ent methods of relief administration are
the most expensive and inefficient that
could be devised. This is not a criticism
of the men and women who head the
various relief setups, but the system
under which they are forced to operate.
Relief cannot be administered econOmi-
cally by vote or by remote control. 1t
should be done on the spot, by local So
cial workers when qualified, and as such
in the interest of the taxpayer, whose
money is being spent, as concern for the
individuals who are the recipients OF the
bounty The idea that relieferS have
moral right to any particular amount TOR
any particular time is a mlSlnterpreta-
tion of the equities of the situation.
There is a bill before the Legislature,
A. B. 1649, which provides for decentral-
izatiOn of relief and return of admins
tration to the counties The bill has the
support of the State Association of Coun-
ty Supervisors whose members have had
practical experience in the application
of relief. and who declare that a saving
up to so per cent could be effected if
the counties had control of personnel
and disbursement of relief.
The supervisors, farm bureaus and
taxpayers organizations are for this bill
but SCMWA, CIO union of SRA employ
eS, and the state administration are op-
posed to it. Governor Olson told the su-
pervisors that he was against any decen-
tralization of relief. Then he is against
economy and businesSlike administration
because anyone who will make the most
superficial examination will find dupli-
cations in relief administration and dOz-
ems of cases where relief is given by rule
where it cannot be justified on basis Of
need.
Unless busnesslike methods are intro
duced into the administration of relief,
as AB 1649 proposes, the burden of re-
lief will continue to grow because there
will be no incentive on anyone's part to
curtail it. The greater the case load the
more SRA employees can be hired and
the more money will have. to be extracted
from the almost distracted taxpayer
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-28
Famous Sayings

WASHINGTON. - One of the
sharpest blows yet leveled at the
New Deals relief system is being
swung by a man who, ironically
enough, is in a position to swing
it because of the one success which
the presidential purge of last au-
tumn had.
CONGRESSMAN Edward Eugene Cox
of Georgia is the gentleman in
question. He has put forward a
resolution to investigate WPA from
top to bottom, and his ultimate ann
is nothing less than complete aboh-
tion of WPA and retirement of the
federal government from the work
relief field.
A Democrat, Congressman Cox
is a vehement anti-New Dealer.
The purge" was not openly aimed
at him last year although he says
that unoercover attempts were
made by the administration to de-
feat him. But the one man who
was licked by the purge was Con-
gresham John O'Connor of New
York who as chairman of the pow
erful House Rules Committee was
in a position to obstruct the New
Deal legislative program.
O'Connors defeat was the bright
spot of the campaign, as far as the
New Deal was concerned. His de-
parture meant that chairmanship
of the rules committee passed to
Congressman Adolph SABBATH of Il
linois. a New Dealer himself. 1t
looked as if things would be better
But SABBATH has been unable to
control the rules committee. He
lacks the force to take the COM
mittee over the hurdles; and be-
fore long virtual control of the
committee had pretty much passed
to Edward Eugene Cox, who is its
ranking Democratic member next
to SABBATH.
Congressman Clifton Woodrum OF
Virginia is known as leader OF the
economy bloc" in the House. He
has resisted efforts to restore to
the WPA deficiency bill the $780,
100000 which was cut from it by
Congress month ago. Just the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-28
IT'S THE OVERHEAD
THAT HURTS
Fresno Bee)

An appropriation bill hearing in Wash
ington developed the fact that it costs
S196 per senator and representative
year to keep the air conditioning system
in the capitol and congressional office
buildings functioning.
The coal bill adds up to S610 for each
senator and representative. 1t costs $685.
900 year for telephone and telegraph
bills, yet every constituent wants to hear
from his congressman.
Stationery varies from $4,000 to
100000 annually while the printing eX-
pense for the last fiscal period was 3d.
108,000. The latter does not include the
Congressional Record, the printing of
which adds almost another million.
The American people believe firmly in
the type of government of which con-
gress is one arm, so there is not much
to be done about it except pay the bill.
But, as the oldster remarked to the
young man about to be married.
at isn't the first cost so much as it's
the overhead
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-28
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

other day he charged that hun
dreds of millions OF dollars appro-
priated by Congress for RELIEF had
not been spent for relief at all, ana
demanded that WPA render an ac-
counting. n
And Cox's resolution for a WPA
investigation specifies that the in
vestipation be performed by the
House Appropriations subcommlt-
tee which is run by Woodrum.
Woodrum, says Cox, is Well-bal-
anced, able industrious and cour-
ageous perhaps it is only GOMEZ
dence that he is almost the last
man the White House would en-
Joy seeing in charge Of a probe
of WPA.
Cox's resolution provides that a
report on this investigation be made
at this session of Congress-pre-
sumably. for the guidance of Con-
gress in its determination whether
or not to restore that pruned $780,
100000. In reality, however, Cox
foresees a continuing investigation
which will have to go on after this
session ends. He points out that
the subcommittee which his resol-
ution names already has the mach
inery of investigation at its dis
posal. so that it could swing into
action as soon as the resolution was
adopted.
He expects that the subcommit-
tee will subpoena everybody who
knows ANYTHING about WPA," from
Colonel Harrington on down.
AS matter of fact, the ultimate
goal in Coxs mind is abolition OF
WPA. He thinks the government
ought to get out of the work relief
business; thinks that a year, prob
ably, will be ample time to taper
off and liquidate the whole thing,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-28
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
N o t l G L

NO. l4OO
In The Superior Court of The State
of California, i'm and for The
County of Imperial
In the Matter of the Estate of
SYLVANUS G. HASKELL,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
Georgeanna Haskell, Executrix OF
the last will and testament of Syl-
vanus G.. Haskell, deceased, has fill
ed in this court a petition for au-
thority to execute an unsecured
note. and reference is hereby made
to said ptition for further particu
lars, the hearing of which has been
fixed by said court for Friday, the
7th day of April, 1899, at 2 o'clock
PM. at the court room thereof at
the court house in said County of
Imperial, and all persons interested
in said petition are notified then
and there to appear and show
cause, if any there be, why the
said petition should not be granted.
Dated: March 9th, 1899.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY G.. o. KENYON,
(SEAL) Deputy.
Hickcox 81 Provence, Attorneys
for Executrix'
M, 20 A, 8