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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-20

TTANY operators and other investors
VI in northern Montana have been
unable to believe that the tide
would ever come in again for the Mon
tana oil industry but today we see the
tide well on the way in, despite the cry
OF the pessimists.
One OF the most chronic crepe-hangers
we know, a north Montana operator, was
a visitor in our offices yesterday and he
was-for the first time in eight year
OPTIMISTIC. We knew from that fact
that the tide had moTe than turned,
THE TUDE is WE'LL IN
- ~ -stNfss
He said that he has sold all his oil
and is ''pestered' by buyers who want
more OIL He has had the fun, he said,
of telling several buyers to go else
where-buyers who had told him to go
elsewhere when he tried to sell oil a
few years ago. This operator is one who
thought that he need only sit on his
lease and that the refiners should buy
all his oil and tenderly kiss him on the
forehead on the first day of every month.
respecting producers as great benefactors.
He was one who thought that producing
and refining are dog-eat-dog branches of
the industry He expected the refiner to
gouge the producer whenever he could
and he, the producer, should gouge the
refiner whenever there was a shortage
of oil. He hasn't gotten that idea out of
his head even yet. and probably won't.
However, he will never live to see the day
when the industry will go back to the
dog-eat-dog methods of doing business.
Every producer must invest his future
with a refiner: he must make an invest
ment in the refining industry and pre-
pare to ride along with the refiner, let
come what may. The refiner in turn
must have an adequate supply of crude
which he can command. No longer is
it safe for him to depend on the fluctu-
atoms Of the market, buying at a low
price when the supply is large. His al
tentative to going into the producing
end with his own capital is to tie in with
producers who know their business as
well as he knows refinering.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-20
CROPPING PAINS
NATURAL THING

But this does not mean that the world
is coming to an end. The growing pains
of the refining industry are as natural
as the growing pains of the producing
industry. The refiners. backed up by
their own and their associates crude oil
are going to stand their ground. Some
of the less fortunate ones, including the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-20
OIL FIRM SUED

DENVER Colorado filed suit in
Denver district court today against
the Continental Oil Co. In an effort
to collect $464.7OS in chain store
taxes on the company's bulk plants
and leased filing stations.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-20

corner topping plants, may be forced
out. also importers of gasoline. II Mon
tana refiners, with the last word in
refining equipment, cannot compete with
refined products manufactured in other
states and shipped hundreds of miles into
Montana, then there might be some SER
ious concern. But the principle outcome
of the 'low tide" for refiners will be,
as we see it, the elimination of imported
gasoline, for importers cannot compete
when they have to pay for long freight
hauls. They will have the alternative
of buying Montana-made gasoline or of
dropping out of the Montana market,
and in either case the tide is coming in,
higher than ever.
Royalty investors like those who in
vest in drilling and other enterprises,
we're among the hairy men" who fled
when the Montana crude market receded
to the vanishing point There were a
few who stayed on the beach. They
bought royalties-and are still buying
them, for ridiculously low prices. They
will make TEN TIMES as much profit
from their investments as would have
been possible had the Canadian market
continued WE buy PRODUCING royal
ties for less than we have paid for wild
cat royalties in the past. Fortunes have
been made from investments of the past,
So 1t follows that far greater profits will
come from the investments made during
low tide" ase a.a ~ gffarod
Recently we were negotiating for some
royalties ION a wildcat we'll as result ,
of definite demand from our members. "a
We bought one royalty at a price which
was within a few dollars of the price we
were paying for "a Kelvin royalty with five =
producing wells on it: five wells that
have had little or no market for several
years. thus the low price. But as to the
risk involved the producing royalty was
as certain as government bonds, against
a five to one probability that the wildcat
will not find OIL That ie an example of
the property left behind by the
"fugitives'
The weak-chinned ones have long
been out of the royalty market; they
will want to come back in after royalty
prices are double what they are today,
because high tide is investment time for
non-thinkers
We do not deal in leases but we know
that year ago it was possible to pick
up absolutely proven leases for the ask
ing Today good leases are no longer
going at bargain prices. Let drilling re-
sumo, as it certainly must, and leases
are gong 10 De III SIcdtSE
ever before.
The same thing applies to royalties.
There has been no increased demand for
royalties but royalty owners are less
inclined to sell. They, too see the in
coming tide and are inclined to hold out
for higher prices. On the other hand,
they still must sell at bargain prices or
not at all. Let drilling resume and oil
runs increase and royalty buyers will be
back in the market in greater numbers
than ever before.
Those who are actively in the market
today are the ones who will be, in the
words OF the parable, Sitting pretty"
ng up remaining bargains
he more desirable ones and
7. There is only 10 royalty
.fering sheets, which give
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-20
A PARABLE FROM THE PAST

The VOrd had just been made fec the hairy men
lang o" the shore of the ral had become used the
and tlOa0 OF the tide.
But there day een the tide farther usual
Soa foot BY foot dropped for beyond its normal
1T elH back hairy men, "The sea is
going auuy, foreaer "
So all of them aouy terror far inland But
the zco remained gathered up the property of the fng0es
barga" prices and sat d0m for the tide to TN again.
When it did, he setting pretty
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-20


producing royalties We cleaning up the last the desirable
available will be divided those who request offering Sheets which
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-20

NL is the blood of the earth fIogOing through for
{ fumes field only to enrich the courageous It
sometimes yezVayds e1ep the non thinking business
Stacker bm it hits the burden from the back of
business coward It's Plus marks of generally
go to those Jo combine degree of thought zoqth
action
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-20

Under the heading Gas Over
comes Girl While Taking Bath. =
the following appears in local
paper:
Miss Cecilia NJ. Jones owes her
life to the watchfulness of Joel
Cooley, elevator boy, and Rufus
Bacon, janitor."
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-04-20
'HAIRY MEN" FIND
THINGS CHANGED

SO 1t is that we have no idea that
when the hairy men" come back and
Evening star., 1940-04-10

masterpiece of dramatic develop
ment and tone painting. He gave
it an unusual personal reading,
building up to the March Funebre
with communicative power. The
drama of the funeral march and the
following Scherzo grew with inten-
sity under his fingers, the former
somberly punctured by the sonor-
ously accented chords. the latter
extraordinarily light-winged.
The c sharp minor and the e
minor, Op Al, mazurkas of Chopin's
and Ravel's "Scarbo" were bril-.
liantly interpreted but it was In
his final group of Liszt numbers that
his gift of etching as well as scin-
tillating display seemed to reach a
climax. The "Sonetto del Petrarca.
No. 104" led through the eau bord
dune source" and "Feux Follets" to
the arrangement of the Paganini
"Etude in E major" the playing Of
which brought forth an excited re-
sponse from his thrilled auditors.
Mr.. Horowitz's virtuosity COM
mands admiration for its wizardry,
yet his emotional convictions are as
arresting for their depth, beauty and
clarity. In the "Sonetto" the fine
phrasing, the softly expressive tone
and the POLITICALLY directed thought
were as powerful in their musical
speech as the dazzling swiftness and
volume of the brilliant Paganini
Etude. There were graciously added
encores, although not nearly enough
to satisfy the enthusiasm of a ca
pacity audience, which evidently re-
fused to believe the concert ended.
Among these was Mr.. Horowitz's
arrangement of excerpts from Car
men," work of breath-taking bril-
liancy.
Evening star., 1940-04-10
Mechanical Engineers
To Mark Anniversary

Marking the Goth anniversary of
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers. the local chapter of the
society will hold a special meeting in
the Potomac Electric Power Co
auditorium tomorrow at pm.
The story of the growth of the
society will be sketched by Dean
Frederick M. Feiker of the George
Washington University School Of
Engineering.
Three short talks will be given by
engineering students. They include
Guy B. Watson, George Washington
University, Fire Hazards; Nicho-
las P. Sarelas, Catholic University.
Modern Sewage Disposal" and
Robert Mattingly. University Of
Maryland, The Life Of Ericsson"
Awards of junior membership in
the society will be presented to the
student from each university who
has been judged by his fellow men,
bers as contributing most to the
society through his student branch.
This year the awards will 60 to
Francis Morris, Maryland Uni
versity; J. A. Hartman, George
Washington University, and Mr..
Sarelas.
The Washington section of the
society, which was organized in 1918,
consists of executives and mechan-
ical engineers from various branches
of the Government and private COM
panies.
In line with its cooperation with
students interested in mechanical
engineering, the section will have
a joint meeting with the Conference
of Student Delegates to be held at
the University Of Maryland April Is
and 26.
Evening star., 1940-04-10

moved Ills auOlcQCe laSC evening
with such power of emotional and
technical expression as has seldom
been experienced, rousing his listen
ers to a pitch of enthusiasm that
drew them completely beyond the
bounds Of ordinary approval. The
concert made memorable close to
Mrs. Dorsey's series for this season.
All the elements of artistry work
supremely together in Mr.. Horowitz's
playing. His technical mastery is so
complete that one forgets what that
mastery implies while mind and
spirit are fused toward one end with
imperceptible unity. He is builder
Of musical effects and a poet to
whom the piquancy of phrase or
the tint Of note Is of exquisite
meaning. The astonishing part
about his artistry Is its many side
edness. one moment exhilarating
with the flashing of prodigious oc-
taves or fleet runs and the next
hypnotizing with the serene, soulful
poetry Of a smoothly designed
phrase.
To each selection on his program,
Mr.. Horowitz brought his individual
touch. The major works were the
Beethoven Sonata in E fiat major,
Op. 81. No. 3" and the Chopin "Son-
alta in B fiat minor, Op. 49," both
allowing full play of that extraor-
binary power of mental Installation
which Mr.. Horowitz possesses. The
lovely lyricism of that tenderly
beautiful sonata of Beethoven's was
graced by a superb treatment Of
detail and eloquent warmth while
the famed Chopin sonata was a
Evening star., 1940-04-10
Filipino Council
Officers Installed

c. T. Elbo, administrative assist
ant in the office of the Philippine
Resident Commissioner. presided at
recent exercises at which new OH
GERS of the Executive Council of
Filipinos. Of the Washington area
took office.
The officers were Bernardo A.
De Guia, president; P. Rulloda, vice
president: Osmundo Reynante, Sec
retary; Eustaquio De Leon and G.
Nagac, auditor.
Evening star., 1940-04-10
Horowitz Brings Brilliant
And Hypnotic Artistry
Piano Recital Convinces Audience
OF Its Loss During Russians
11.Year Absence
Bx ALICE EYERsMAN.

What the public has missed all the years since Vladimir Horotz
played Immediately evident evening noted
pianist Constitution Hall recital
since Mr. Horovtz played the this time
greatest pianist the development
artist Of this without
Evening star., 1940-04-10

Watch the car behind the car
ahead of you.
Evening star., 1940-04-10

Dresses in rayon crepes
and stripes, etc: IA to 20:
Toppers; reg. S1.q9 fleece:
sizes 1910 and 40; Blouses
in rayon satin and crepes:
"a to A: Skirts part wool,
button sides. etc: "a to
32. Hats: reg. S1.29 and
NJ 81; strAws. felts. etc;
plenty Of large headsizes:
Redinsotes: reg. 80 40.
rayon crepe; sizes 46 and
Evening star., 1940-06-12

It's just bad luck using mixed breeds of gasoline
when Conoco Bronz-z-z is game to let you dial
its true mileage on the smart little Mile Dial.
A smaller car like yours might even beat TN.
IF you're a consumer that wants SO inches
in yard of goods, and really truly facts on
everything you buy, you certainly want the
true count of mileage you'll get from your OPEN
face Conoco Mile-Dial. -
Get your own certified Mile Dial today at
Your Mileage Merchants Conoco station %.
FREE. There's heavy demand-go now.
Continental Oil Company
TRUCK OWNERS who lack fancy cost systems
find Conocos Mile-Dial the best thing vet.
Evening star., 1940-06-12
Derby Entrant Finds
Old Sash Pu|Ieys
Of Good Use
Paint Cons Also Give
Hobart Simons Needed
Equipment for Racer

The advent each year of the Soap
Box Derby is viewed with mixed
feelings in many Washington homes.
Parents never feel quite sure that
the various household conveniences
and gadgets are going to work
properly after the son of the house
has been gathering materials for his
Derby racer.
In one home last year, for in
stance, a Monday morning crisis
arose when the wash boiler was
found firmly fixed to the nose of
Juniors Derby racer. Another in
stance involved the mysterious dis
appearance of the family ironing
board. That, too, was found-not
in it's usual place-but forming the
Dashboard of potential speedster.
This year similar family crisis
might we'll have prevailed at $40
Maple avenue, Bethesda, Md, if
Hobart Simons' parents hadn't
known the source of his Derby
racer supplies. For Hobart used
window sash pulleys in his racers
steering arrangement.
Found Discarded Pulleys.
Hobart, however, picked up his
pulleys at a lumber yard, where
they had been discarded, and saved
himself intensive questioning. He
has used the pulleys in an unusual
arrangement as leads to carry his
flexible steering cable from the
wheels of the racer to the cars
steering drum.
Two empty flve-gallon paint cans
gave him more needed equipment,
and he used the tops of the cans
in the steering arrangement, too.
Probably the greatest accumula-
ton of odds and ends to be seen
anywhere will be on view at the
Derby course on July 13, when a
couple of hundred Washington boys
get ready for the race of the wear.
Some of the Derby racers will be
things of beauty-sleek, carefully fin
lshed jobs that represent hours and
hours of hard work. Others will be
typical soap boxes on wheels, which
also will represent plenty of hard
work to their owners, even if they
are not so fancy.
Fun for All Promised.
Whether the cars are really
stneamlined the boys in them are
going to have fun and win prizes.
and those who show up to watch
and cheer will find lot to watch
and more to cheer about.
A description of the Derby course
this year was to be given on the
regular Derby broadcast today over
Station WMAL by Zeb T. Hamilton.
Derby director. The program was to
go on the air at AIS pm. Mr.. Ham,
ilton planned to tell all about the
course except the location. The site
of the race viii be announced soon.
The championship racer of Carl
Cedarstrand, jr, made its final stop
Evening star., 1940-06-12
Fourth Of July Medals
To Be Given Children

One hundred gold, silver and
bronze medals will be awarded to
children who take part in the va
rious community independence
Day celebrations, it was decided
yesterday as the General Fourth OF
July Committee met to make fur
ther preparations for the observ-
ance.
Letters have been sent to athletic
associations in 20 States inviting
them to send contestants, the COM
mittee said. One Of the outstanding
athletic events of the day will be
the 10-mile marathon sponsored by
the District Recreation Division and
Takoma Park.
The committee decided yesterday
to follow the custom of inviting
members of the foreign diplomatic
Evening star., 1940-06-12

yesterday with visit to Banneker
Junior High School. Monday the
racer was exhibited at Leland Junior
High School in Chevy Chase, Md.
The trips this week marked the
close of the racer exhibition tour,
which included scheduled stops at
nearly every one of the junior high
schools in the District and many
in nearby Maryland and Virginia.
Through the tour, boys of Derby
age were enabled to get a close look
at the racer which carried young
Cederstrand to the Washington
championship and to victory in two
heats in the national finals at
Akron, Ohio, last August.
Many Prizes Offered.
This year some boy will succeed
the 1889 champion and win the
Evening star., 1940-06-12
Soap Box Derby Rules

The 1910 Soap Box Derby
sponsored for the third year by
The Star and the American
Legion, will be held July 13 for
boys living in Washington and
in nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia. The Derby is a race for
boy-built coaster cars, which
must be constructed within
cost limit of $40. The winner
will represent Washington at
the national finals at Akron,
Ohio, in August.
These rules are your guide
for the third WASHINGTON
SOAP BOX DERBY:
l. Eligibility-The Derby is
open to boys of Washington and
vicinity between II and Is years
old. A boy having his 18th
birthday anniversary on the
day of the race, or before. is
not eligible. A boy who does
NOT have his 11th birthday
anniversary until after the day
of the race is not eligible.
Members of the immediate
family Of employees Of The Star,
the Chevrolet Motor Co., deal
ers or employees Of dealers will
not be permitted to race.
2. How to enter-Sign your
entry blanks and safety pledge
and get your rule book at the
salesroom of the Chevrolet deal
er nearest your home. There
are dealers in Washington,
Alexandria and Arlington, Va,
and Silver Spring, Hyattsville
and Bethesda, Md. You must
be accompanied by one of your
parents or your guardian, who
also must sign the entry blanks
and safety pledge.
(Read The Star for Derby NeUs.) }
Evening star., 1940-06-12

corps in Washington to attend the
main celebration on the Washington
Monument Grounds. Special ar
rangements are being made for dis
tinguished guests by Edgar Morris,
chairman of the Reception Com
mittee, according to General Chair
man Lawrence E. Williams.
Harry N. Stull, president of the
Federation of Citizens Associations,
said letters had been sent to all
member organizations urging them
TO stage community celebrations
and to support the observance at
the Monument Grounds.
Evening star., 1940-06-12
Copt. Sheldon Assistunt
To Navy Medical Chief

Capt. Luther Sheldon, jr., U. s.
N, has been ordered by the Navy
Department for duty as assistant to
the chief of the Bureau of Medi-
cine and Surgery. He relieves Capt.
Dallas G. Sutton, who has been Or
dered to command the Naval Hos
pital and Corps Schools, San Diego,
Calf
A native Of Norfolk, Va, Capt.
Sheldon has had several tours Of
duty in this city. He has served
at the Naval Medical School, the
Naval Dispensary and the Bureau
Of Medicine and Surgery.
He holds the Mexican Service and
Victory Medals. Capt. Sheldon
makes his home here at 1880 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Evening star., 1940-06-12

right to represent Washington at
Akron, in addition to winning some
of the many prizes to be offered on
July l3.
Nine more boys, meanwhile, have
entered the Derby. The following
applications cleared through Soap
Box Derby headquarters at The
Star today:
Wesley Anderson, IA, 1444 S street
NV: Booker Brent, IS, 3l14 Thir-
teenth street NV: Charles Curtis,
Is. Capitol View avenue. Kensing-
ton, Md; Robert Eacho, II, 1900
Plymouth street NV; John Ellis,
IA, 1925 Wisconsin avenue NV;
John t. Gallagher, II, 4206 Thir-
teenth street NE; William Robin
son, Is, 1884 Third street NV; Will
liam Smith, II. 1906 Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV, and Ralph E. Spencer,
II, Alb P street NV.
(Watch The Star for Derby Neus.)
Evening star., 1940-06-12
U. S. Cruiser Reaches Brozil

RIO DE JANEIRO, June IL LP.-
The United States cruiser Quincy,
dispatched to South America on a
goodwill cruise" arrived at Rio
de Janeiro today,
Evening star., 1940-06-12

ONE DERBY STEERING ARRANGEMENT Hobart Simons 49,
is holding the front axleee OF his 1910 Soap Derby
The round pie plates actually the metal tops 5gaon
paint The dark metal objects blocks
his right hand wndowsash puleys to
flexible steering cable from the wheels the steering
Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1940-06-12

Rosalind Russell, who Is one of
the best-dressed women in America,
designs her own clothes.
Evening star., 1940-06-12

Thrill to the wonders of this
Soute undesirable scenic beauty!
Direct to California on a sched.
ule giving you an ever.changing
panorama Of the Golden West dur
ing magic daylight hours. Mile-high
Denver snow-capped Rockies; Colo
Jado River cascading down color.
splashed canyons; unique Salt Lake
City; rugged Sierras; magnificent
Feather River Canyon ;orange groves
Of the Sacramento Valley-to San
Francisco Bay and Treasure Island.
A trip you'll remember lifetime!
Complete Through froin
Between Chicago and Son Francisco
Standard and tourist Pullmans;
lounge car for all sleeping car pas
sengers; luxurious reclining chair
cars; all cars Ir.condItoned. No
change Of cars en- route.
Delicious meals (as low as o0c day
for coach anC tourist car passengers)
-. hostess-nu1se service -. tree
pillows.
1.-TWO NIGHTS EN- RoUIE-
lv. chieoeo ....... IBIS pm. Today
Ar. Denver ....... 7::55 ON. Tomorrow
colorado Rockies)
Ar. soIt Loke City .l2:l5 o.m. Tomorrow
tFeother River Conyon)
Ar. San Francisco . 10 80 pm. Next Eve.
The Lexington advertiser., 1940-04-04
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. H. p. st. John and Mr.
Fred Bush attended the annual teachers
convention on the Miss. Coast last Fri.
day.
Mrs. II. r. Varnado, Miss Una Mont
gomery and Mary Elizabeth Varnadc
motored over to State College last Fri
day to bring home Hugh and Bill Var
nado for the Spring holidays.
Miss John Ada Walton and Mrs. M. A.
Hanna shopped in Jackson Friday of
last week.
Miss Carolyn Truley was week end
visitor in her home in Starkville.
Misses Nell Davidson and Laura v
Ingram were at home from NJ. S. c. W.
for the spring holidays with their
parents.
Miss Grace Ingram, faculty member
of the Anguilla high school, spent the
week end with her home folks in Pick
ems
Coming up from Jackson for the day
Sunday were Mrs. Medora Counts and
daughters, Mrs. James Hart and Misses
Counts. They were with Mr.. and Mrs.
7. NJ. Landrum.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Stoddard returned last week
from Chicago where he went for medical
treatment.
Mrs. C. Tumminello with her daugh-
two of her sons, Camillus and Sammy
ters, Concetta, Leona, and Angeline, and
drove to Grenada for a Sunday visit with
relatives.
Visitors at the oil we'll Sunday were
too numerous to be counted but We
noticed quite a few former residents
of Pickens among them, Mr.. and Mrs
H. H. Casteel of Canton, Mr.. and Mrs
w. L. Atkinson and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkes
Henry of jackson, C. v. Maxwell Jr. ant
Miss Sara Rogers.