davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05
New Producer
Is Assured

JeffrieS-H. CLARK No. =, NV "A
SWA 34-35-6W, looks like an oil
well, on the west flank of the field
1t had showing of oil in the Cut
Bank sand at 1869, where casing
was cemented. Sunburst sand from
2910 to 2915 was dry. It is drill
ing into the Cut Bank sand today.
Montana Headlight-Britton No. z,
c NWANEH 11-94-6W. is drilling
at 1905.
Par Oil-TribaI 40 No. 8, NE
NV ASWH 7-32-5W, is drilling at
1850.
Pardue Tribal 1871 No. SW
Sc a NEA 1S-32-5W, is drilling in
today, after having a good showing
of oil that came up over the tools
before casing was run at 1921. 1t
is in new territory south of the
Big Bend pool. 1t had a showing
of oil in the Sunburst sand at $3.50
to $3.50.
Santa Rita-TribaI No. 10, C SWA
SWA 1O-35-6W, on the north end
of the Lander pool trend" is drill
ing at 2491 after running casing at
that depth to shut off a small flow
of water.
Tarrant-WOld-Fee No. 3, C NEA
NE Il 13-34-6W, north of the Tar
rant camp, is being plugged and
abandoned, having been dry at 1852
feet. 1t had dry Sunburst sand
from 1855 to 27O5; dry upper Cut
Bank sand from 2715 to 1850;
lower Cut Bank from 275O to 1850
carrying about one bailer of oil per
hour, fluid coming up only 60 feet.
Ellis shale was penetrated from
2760 to 1852 The sand was shot
with two squibs of nitro glycerin
without improving the showing.
nt-Barnes-ButIer No. 1, cen
ter NV 4 SEA 15-34-6W, and has
cleaned up bad fishing job and
has set y Inch casing at 2940 feet,
ready to complete as an oil well in
the Cut Bank sand.
TexacO-Schlag No. 4, CNL SEA
SEA 26-35-6W, is drilling in today,
with casing cemented at 2769.
TexacO-SectiOn Nine Unit No. o,
C NWASWH 9-32-5W. is drilling
at 1850 feet.
TexacO-SectiOn Nine Unit No. 10,
c CwAsEA 9-S2-5w. is drilling
at 1920, after finding Colorado
shale at 67S and setting surface
pipe at 700 feet.
Texaco-Unit Eleven No. A, CIVIL
NWA SWA 11-S5-6W, is drilling
at 1885.
Texaco-state NJ 455 No. z, C
Sc ANWA 16-32-5W, is drilling
past lost bit at 1881 feet.
TexacO-Tribal 122 No. 10, GEL
NWA SEX 6-32-5W, is drilling into
the Cut Bank sand today after ce-
menting casing at 1887, about five
feet in the sand.
Four wells were spudded during
the past week on locations announc-
ed the previous week.
Cobb-Tribal 1877 No. 4, c SEA
NWA 19-32-5W, is spudding with
rotary tools.
Glacier PrOductiOn-Neil No. 4, c
SWANEA 2O-33-5W, has rig up.
TexacO-MOrrispn No. o, GEL NE Il
NWA 22-35-6W, is drilling at 26O.
Wagner ct al-TribaI 173 No. 3,
SW SEA SEA 12-32-6W, is drilling
at 125 feet.
KuIberg-Tribal No. 4, c NEA
SWA 19-S2-5W, is spudding at so
feet.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05
CONSOLIDATED
DIVIDEND

Consolidated Royalty Oil Co. on
October 1 declared a quarterly divi-
dend of cents per share, payable
October Is, to stockholders of re-
cord of October Is. This is the
ninety-second consecutive quarterly
dividend paid by the company.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05
HOMEsTAKE PROFIT

Homestake Mining Company, Lead
South, Dakota, reports six months
consolidated net profit of $685.
245, or $1.S1 per share, compared
with $4,231,O35, or $2.11 a share
for the corresponding period in
1889.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05
SO PERMITS ISSUED

HELENA Montana's land de-
partment has issued Sc mineral
prospecting permits since May Is,
Mrs. Nanita B. Sherlock, commits
sioner, reported. The number COM
pares with an average of 100 leases
a year for the last three years.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05
suNsHINE DIVIDEND

Sunshine Mining Company, Kel-
logg, Idaho, will pay a dividend of
forty cents a share, totaling $685.
52S on September 80 to stock of
August 81 record. The disburse-
ment will bring total dividends to
9,771,547.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05
NAMES CLAIMS wILLKIE

Carl S. Aune of Sheridan, has
returned to Sheridan from Virginia
City, where he finished his assess
ment work on five claims known as
the Wendell L. Willkie group,
which Aune located July /, 1910.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05
MONTANA POWER DIVIDEND

BUTTE - Announcement was
made by the Montana Power Co.
that the regular quarterly dividend
of $3.50 a share on its outstand-
ing preferred stock, Sc series, was
declared, payable Nov. 1, to stock
holders of record Oct. IL.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05
ATTORNEY NAMED ON BOARD

LEWISTOWN - Howard Gee,
Lewistown attorney, has been ell
ected to the board of directors and
as vice president of Western Mines
corporation, operating at Gilt Edge.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05
HUNDRED BARREL

Continued from Page onel
hours-at the rate of five barrels
an hour. 1t is rated as a 100
barrel well.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05

Our GOLD ORE TONNAGE propo-
sition has evidently been misunder-
stood. Our client rather than sell
additional stock in the mine, during
a period of low prices, is willing to
divide the profits from the Ore on
$3.50 basis, after deduction of roy
atty. The money received from the
sale Of this Ore is needed to prepare
the Ore body for more economical
mining. Three ore bodies in this
mine produced 1894 tons of ore,
averaging 1921 per ton AFTER
TREATMENT of $500 per ton with
payment for gold at $31.81 per ounce;
the gross value Of the Ore being over
$4,000 per ton. This speculation offers
an opportunity for very satisfactory
profits in few months time. Write
for further details.
MINES BROKERAGE COMPANY
Box IT'S Helena, Montana
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05

n the dlstrlct, @
Evening star., 1940-08-26
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON W. BURGESS.

Unc' Billy Possum sat at the foot
of the great hollow tree in which
his home lis. Unc' Billy felt very
fine that morning. He had had a
good breakfast, and you know a
good breakfast is one of the best
things in the world to make one
feel fine. Then Unc' Billys worries
were at an end. for Farmer Browns
Boy no longer hunted with his
| dreadful gun through the Green
Forest or on the Green Meadows.
And then, too, old Granny Fox and
Reddy Fox had moved to the far
away Old Pasture on the edge of
the mountain, and so Unc' Billy felt
that his eight little Possums could
play about without danger.
So he sat with his back to the
great hollow tree, wondering if it
wouldn't be perfectly safe for him
to slip up to Farmer Browns hen
house in the dark of the next night
for some fresh eggs. He could hear
old Mrs. Possum cleaning house and
Scolding the little Possums, who kept
climbing up on her back. AS he
listened Unc' Billy grinned and
began to sing, in a queer, cracked
voice:
Nah Of woman am plain OIL dame.
Deed she am Deed she ami
quick with her broom. with her tongue
Deed she am! Deed she am!
But she keeps nah house all spick and
She has good vittles fo' her OIL man.
She spanks the chillun. but she loves 'em.
Deed she ami Deed she ann
"Yo' all better stop yo' lazing and
hustle about fo' something fo' din
ner," said old Mrs. Possum, sticking
her sharp little face out of the door,
way.
"Yas'm, yas'm. All was just aim
ing to do that very thing" replied
Unc' Billy meekly as he scrambled
to his feet.
Just then out tumbled his eight
children, making such a racket that
Unc' Billy clapped both hands over
his ears. Nah goodness gracious
sakes alive!" he exclaimed. One
pulled Unc' Billy's tail. TWO scram-
bled up on his back In two min
utes Unc' Billy was down on the
ground. rolling and rumbling in the
maddest kind of q frolic with his
eight children.
Right in the midst of it Unc' Billy
sprang to his feet. His eyes were
| shining and his funny little ears
were pricked up. Hush, yo' all's;; u
were pricked up. Hush, yo' alls,
think All can hear anything with
yo' alls making such a racket" He
boxed the ears of one and shook
another and then when all were
\ still he stood with his right hand
behind his ear listening and listen
ing.
'Ah cert'nly thought All heard the
voice of an Of friend from way
down Souf! All cert'nly did!" he
muttered, and without another word
he started off into the Green Forest
more excited than he had been since
his family came up from or Vir-
ginny.
Evening star., 1940-08-26
Points for Parents

By EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.
A happy Dlealtime can do much to
create a hearty appetite and good
digestion.
Evening star., 1940-08-26
Not This

Father: We'll soon be in the
poor house if you can't keep these
bills down.
Mother: I'm just as worried
about them as you are Why
don't you eat your supper Mary?"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21
Roosevelt Spends
Holiday at Home

HYDE PARK, N. Y. Nov. 81
(UP) - President Roosevelt came
home today to Hyde Park house to
participate in a national prayer OF
Thanksgiving that America has
been spared the war that has
brought calamity and sorrow to
most of the world
He was leading in observance of
tradition in which only 80 of the
48 states joined today. But he ig-
nored the refusal of 16 states to
observe the holiday on the date
he changed last year from the last
Thursday of November to the next
to last Thursday.
1t was the second time in the sew
en- years and almost nine months
of his presidency that Mr.. Roose-
velt had failed to spend Thanks
giving day at the Warm Springs,
Ga, foundation for infantile paral-
ysis. In 1886. en- route to open the
Pan-American conference at Bue-
nos Aires, he spent the holiday
aboard the U.S.S. Indianapolis off
the hump" of Brazil.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21
England MidIands
Area Again Target
For Fierce Raids
Slight Damage Claimed
By British Following
Night-LOng Attcaks
BY NED RUSSELL

LONDON, Nov. 21. (UP)
German bombers pounded
again at England's industrial
midlands last night and ear
ly today and showers of incendiar-
les followed by determined bomb
ing with high explosives blasted
number of towns throughout the
section.
During the early morning hours
the attacks centered on a west mid
lands town which was hammered
by waves of raiders. After the first
waves. however, the tempo of the
attack slackened and only occa-
sional single planes carried on.
Slight damage and comparatively
few casualties We're reported, indi-
eating that the raids nowhere ap-
preached the ferocity of Tues
days hammering attacks. The air
and home securities ministries
characterized the nights raids as
widespread but desultory In
termlttent and on a minor scale"
The all-clear sounded in London
only few minutes later than usual,
ending a night of ghost like"
raiding as long, quiet lulls inter-
rupted by bursts of antiaircraft fire
as lone bombers droned over and
dumped a few bombs on outlying
districts
For the first time since midday
Monday London had a daylight
alarm during the morning. The
alarm was brief and no planes came
over. Shortly after the all-clear.
however, the second alarm of the
day was sounded.
Meanwhile the Royal Air Force
struck at airdromes, freight yards
and submarine bases on the conti-
nent. The air ministrys commu-
nique said that "our bombers car
ried cut attacks on airdromes in
enemy-occupied territory and made
a very heavy attack on freight
marshalling yard in Germany
Lorient, German submarine base
Continued on Page 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21

For the average citizen on this
day enjoyed better personal fl
nancial standing than in any year
since the boom days of 1929
1.-The nations vast industrial
machine, speeded by defense pro-
duction designed to make the United
States secure against any threat
from abroad, was operating at lev
els above the peaks of 1929.
unemployment was declining
slowly and steadily with the pros
pect that by the end of 194l
fewer people would be without jobs
that at any time in 10 years.
3-Wages, salaries and payrolls
showed steady increases.
1.-The cost of living thus far
has shown little upward trend.
5-The total nation income this
year appeared certain to reach
about $4,000, 100000, the highest
figure since the record of $82, 1885,
100000 set in 1929.
6-Savings deposits were the high
est in the nations history.
Such considerations pushed into
the background any fears of in
volvement in the wars of the world
and concern over the mounting ma
tional debt and other problems oil
the future
The coming week was expected
to see the start of a record Christ
mas shopping season. IT was in
order to aid business by lengthenine
the Yuletide buying period that
the President last year for the first
time moved the Thanksgiving holi-
day up a week
Last year 26 states refused tc
fall in line. This year, in addi-
ton to the six New England states
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, North Car
olina, Florida, Arkansas, Oklahoma
Kansas, Iowa, South Dakota and
Nevada clug to the traditional date
Kentucky was to celebrate both
Thanksgivings.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21
Hon1eowners FiQht
Plan 70 Move CitY
Shop TO Southside
Private Individual
Couldn't Do 1t, Council
Told by Professors

Arguments that ran the
gamut from cold forensic
logic to sentimental pleas
for "our neighborhood" rain
ed down upon the Ell Centre
city council Wednesday night, drop
ped by a delegation of home own
ers protesting the moving of the
city shops from Third and Orange
to the water plant at Eighth and
Ross avenue.
Supervisor Hugh Osborne opened
the attack, claiming that the move
would depreciate the value OF ad-
jacent property. He was followed
by Steve Harris, Harry Horton and
Herbert Lowdermilk.
Horton charged that the proposed
change would disturb the neigh
borhood through the noise of ma
chinery and starting engines.
"It is absolutely unfair )" he
said.
Harris took the position that
homeoWnerS in the water plant dis
trict had tried to beautify and
improve their section and that the
addition of the city machine shops
would be an opposing factor
II don't believe that the zoning
ordinances would permit private
individual to set up such a shop in
this residential district so why
should not the city be governed by
the same restrictions as the private
Icitizen?" he argued.
LoWdermilk maintained that the
location of the shops in that local
ity would make it difficult to OBJ
tain FHA loans.
Councilmen injected occasional
rebuttal to the effect that the shop
transfer would greatly increase eff
cheney, decrease the traffic menace
by obviating the necessity of moving
machinery back and forth across
the city, and will be set back far
enough from the streets that there
could be no objections.
Professors were asked to study an
engineers sketch of the new site
which takes over property near the
water basins to provide parking
room for city trucks and automo-
biles as we'll as the machine shop.
A row of trees and about $50 feet
separates the machinery from Eighth
street.
Meanwhile, the case was tabled.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21
Americans Give Thanks
For Peace, Prosperity

With feasting and prayer most
Americans Thursday gave thanks
for nation at peace, nation in
which the average citizen could
rejoice in more secure economic
position and more promising i'm
mediate future than at any time
in the past decade.
Led by the nations first family,
the people of Q states joined in
this Thanksgiving observance, a
week earlier than the traditional
last Thursday in November to which
the six New England states and
10 others sill clung despite the
proclamation of President Roosevelt.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21

"On November l, it was ascertain
ed that if Imperial Valley was to
have a chance in the initial govern
ment selection of $40000,00O worth
of air bases, complicated engineer
ing and legal project plans must
be filed by November Is. The time
factor compelled immediate action
with respect to the site proposed
northeast of Seeley.
"At last nights meeting a pro-
gram was agreed upon to submit
alternative locations at such other
points in the valley as the entire
committee may select"
A meeting has been called for
next Tuesday night in the Ell Cen
tro chamber council room. All val
ley chambers of commerce may
submit their proposals for sites at
that time,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21
Community Chest
At Halfway Mark

Ell Centro'S community chest
drive to rise $4,000 for character
building and relief agencies passed
the half way mark Thursday, ac-
cording to Judge Vaughn Thomp-
son, as committees reported $500
pledged or collected.
Committee chairman indicated
the drive quota would be reached
in far less time than required last
year.
The residential and rural COM
mittees we're not scheduled to get
underway until Monday and several
other committees were not yet fully
underway, Thompson said.
The International Harvester COM
pany. Ell Centro police department
and county court house offices join
ed the 100 per cent contributor list
late Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21
Clio Resolutions Committee Agrees
On Anti.Ism Pronouncement But
WithhoIds Ban on Reds in Office

Fascist PHILOSOPHERS.
The agreement was expected to
remove one obstacle barring eleva-
Ton of CIC Viee-President Philip
Murray to the presidency, replac-
ing President John l.. Lewis. who
Is retiring because he backed Re-
pupilcan Wendell L. Willkie in a
losing fight against a third term
Tor President Roosevelt.
The anti-Ccmmunist resolution
was scheduled to go before the
convention for approval today
Murray, who has said he does not
want the presidency, was reported
to have demanded such a resolu-
ton as condition for changing his
Continued on Page 6, Col, q
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21

led the delegation asking that the
city give its approval to a lease or
25 acres of tax delinquent land in
the northeast citv limits. The dis
trict already had reversed a pre-
vlous position and gone on record
as not opposing the camp. he said.
Despite a long nlea from the
manager of the Calipatria mobile
camp who fervently defended the
camps as filling a great need for
transient workers, the council fail
cd to warm up. Councilman Herbert
FaWcett announced:
Due to the fact that these camps
make it possible for citizens of
other states to remain in California
and become eligible eventually for
California relief, I will vote against
this"
This view was shared by at least
one other councilman and the
others appeared opposed because
OF the suddenneSs with which the
project was sprung upon them and
the lack of time in which to sound
out public opinion. Government
men present demanded a decision
at that meeting.
H. w. Deity, contracting engin-
eer for the Farm Security Admins
tration, said afterwards that in
similar cases in other cities the
federal government had gone ahead
despite local protests. In virtually
all cases the opposition had died
down after the camp installation
and turned to favor after the first
year.
Other business that went over the
council table included appointment
of G.. K. Patton as general work
foreman for the city with an added
income of $25 a month car allow
ance. His present salary is $14O.
Patton was formerly water meter
reader
Highlight of the session came at
the end, after midnight, when P. L..
Moore suddenly moved that the
purchasing department be. trans
ferred from the city clerks control
to the Director of Public Works.
a.. in the interests of eff
clency,' Moore said
rs this because of some fault of
my administrations" City Clerk
Neal Gavin asked. 81 haven't been
informed of any objections
Mayor Robert Hatton explained
that the move would facilitate oper-
ations of the engineers office from
whence most of the purchasing
now comes. He said there had been
complaints because of the delay in
working through the clerks office.
Upshot of the lengthy discussion
was that Director of Public Works
Walter Heinecke became purchasing
agent at no increase in salary. The
$50 month salary that came with
the job when under the clerks
regime was discontinued. To partly
make up for the loss the council
authorized $25 increase in Cavin's
salary as water department chief.
The split salary system, where
by the clerk received $125 as clerk
and additional salary for additional
duties, was instituted last year to
give the council control over the
clerk. In past years the clerks fix
ed salary has been $3.50 month.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21

NdJ' oIuIlty oIIHpSUIl Ul Ute WdI
department. who has been presiding
at union-company conferences, ad-
vanced the proposal, the terms OF
which were not disclosed. Spokes-
men for the United Automobile
Workers (CIO) union said his pro-
position was acceptable. excepting
one term, which was not specified.
Vultee officials we're expected to
reply today through Simpson.
Simpson said he had no COM
ment" on the sudden return to
Washington of a co-conciliator. N.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21

hurried by train Wednesday night
to Hyde Park, N. Y, home for the
holiday, just as thousands of others
rushed by train. plane and auto
mobile to family dinners.
Dinner, a United Press survey
show, cost the average family slight
ly less than last year. The stan
dard meal of turkey and trimmings
for family of four was estimated
at $432, as against $4.46 in 1889.
And turkey, survey of economic
conditions in the nation revealed,
was expected to grace more tables
than at any Thanksgiving within the
last 10 years.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21
Ndzi Plans for
America Exposed

WASHINGTON, Nov. 81. UP)-
The Dies committee reported to-
day that it had uncovered a Ger
man plan for gearing American
trade and business to the German
economy after the war, and pre-
sented evidence purporting to link
Hans Thomson, charge d'affaires OF
the German embassy here, with
Nazi propaganda efforts in this
country.
The charges were contained in a
500-page report compiled by the
committee. The report was based
largely on documents seized in
raids on German business firms
in New York and records of the
Trans-Ocean News service, which
committee described as a propagan-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21
Greeks Threaten
Biq Albanian Port

ATHENS, Nov. 81. (UP)-With
Greek shock troops smashing new
holes in the Italian lines north OF
the Kalamas river and the italian
retreat repeatedly turning into
disorganized rout, military observ-
ers here believed that even the key
southern Albanian port at Santa
Quaranti (Porta Edda) might be
threatened.
Italians we're reported retreating
so rapidly that Greek troops were
forced to use cavalry to pursue them,
In the north, Greek troops took
the last heights before Koritza ano
by last night had advanced on the
Koritza plain to within rifle shot
of the city itself.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21

da medium.
THE German embassy and var
ious German consulates throughout
the country took a lively interest in
spreading the work of the Trans
Ocean News service" the committee
said.
The committees charges against
Thomson were based on correspond
ence between him and Dr. Manfred
zapp, director of Trans-Ocean. Most
of the correspondence, seized in
committee raids, went back to 1888
and 1889. In 1888 Thomson was
counsellor of embassy.
In support OF its charges that
Germany would seek to gear Ameri-
can business to Nazi economy fol-
Continued on Page 6. Col. Il
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-21

THE committee is IN complete
harmony" Paul jenkins, chairman,
reported after the meeting. due
to the need for hasty action in fill
ing an official airport project with
the government before the Novem-
Der Is deadline, members could not
be fully informed of what was going
on. AS a result, apparently incor-
rect conclusions were drawn in GER
tain quarters. These beliefs were
dispelled at the meeting
Jenkins referred to the appear
eance Tuesday before the Imperial
Irrigation district board of repre-
> sentatives of Calipatria, Holtville,
Brawley, and Calexico as the out
growth of fear that the district
would not cooperate in the future
proposals of additional possible air
field sites in the valley.