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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08

whats that book you're read
ing, Bob?"
what Twenty Million Women
Want, joe"
Let me see it want to be
sure my names spelled right"
Insurance Adjuster: But. my
dear man, the fact that her father
came home Unexpectedly doesn't
make 1t an accident"
1t isn't the people who are try
ing to get something for nothing
that are running the country=it's
the people who are succeeding.
One of the boys in our office
handed a note to the boss steno-
grapher asking her for a date for
Sunday evening This is the note he
received in reply SORRY BUT
I HAVE NO -
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
MONEY RETURNED

In our 18 years in business we have
had hundreds of people send us money
with the request: Invest this for me
in royalties" We have always promptly
returned the money with the comment:
Not until you can arrive at a METHOD
of purchasing royalties should You i'm
vest. Every one of us in this organiza-
ton invests in royalties. We all have diff
ferent plans and all of us succeed ac-
cording TO our own way of handling
our investments. You must famiIiarize
yourself with royalties to the point that
when you invest 500 you win know
whether you are likely to make a prof
IL and about how much.'
That is why membership in an organ
izatiOn Of this kind is so imperative
TO successful royalty investments. An in
weston must have some positive informa-
ton about how royalties operate: must
know the profit possibilities; must know
the history of production OF the area in
which he is buying; must know some
thing of the future possibilities.
We OF us who have spent half of our
lives in the royalty business here In
Montana could not instantly pass judg-
ment on royalty in California, or I'm
Mississippi or in some other distant
state without gathering the same fund
of information which we have ON Mon
tana. AS an individual, we could not af-
ford to gather this data in order to
make single investment elsewhere. II
a group of us were to go in together
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08

and secure the necessary facts regarding
the nature of the productive horizons,
the probability of yield per acre and the
VALUES, then we might act.
Whereas one of us might be able 10
invest only 500, which would hardly
tempt a landowner wishing to realize
enough money to pay off a mortgage,
ten of us with 500 each could gain his
attention with an offer of $1,000 for
a part of his royalty. That is the basis
of our operations for rs years past.
When we buy royalties we buy with
the idea to BUY CHEAP AND SELL
DEAR.
We do not expect to sell the royalty it,
self at an advanced price, (althOugh
many do take profits in this manner)
but our primary object is to buy OIL
IN UNDERGROUND STORAGE for few
cents per barrel, expecting to sell it
for TEN TIMES as much-Or more
when it is brought TO the surface of the
ground by someone else. Royalty oil is
brought to the surface FREE OF COST
OF PRODUCTION. If that oil cost us 10
cents per barrel in underground stOr-
age and it sells for ST per barrel, we
have "sOld dear" to the extent of 81
for each 10 cents invested. If that oil
cost us one cent per barrel in under
ground storage and it sells for 81 per
barrel, then we have made a profit that
is possible in no other line of invest
ment. Nor are those possibilities ended.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08

and squeezed. her. and she said :
ooh Boy! You can have anything
/ got. So took her bicycle"
Il say, old man, why on earth
are you washing your spoon in
your fingerbowl?"
do you think I am going to get
egg all over my pocket?"
Her: I'm perfect"
Him: I'm practice
MARY turned me down when
asked her for another dance"
well she knows her bunions."
Little Johnnie, with a grin
Drank up all of papa's gin.
Mama laughed to see him plas-
tered
Said Get to bed. you little
darling"
When nudists come to town, they
should wear their clothes in the
streets. Or at least keep covered in
the main business section.
LIPS that touch wine shall new
er touch mine," declared the fair
coed And after she graduated she
taught school for years and years
and years.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08

A writer sent a poem to an edi-
tor who, it seems, had little use
for verse The title of the poem
was, why Am / Alive?" The edi-
tor In returning the poem. BE
cause you sent your poem by mail,
instead OF delivering it in person"
AS the day dawned, two guards.
armed to the teeth, brought a beau
tiful and young white prisoner to
the king of the cannibals.
II think" said the king, that
I'll have my breakfast in bed this
morning"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
WILDCAT

Recently we had opportunity to join
in with operator and buy farm for
50 an acre-the operator to get the lease
and we to get the 1216 % landowners
royalty. We get also the surface of the
land which we hope to give to a sheep
man who will agree to pay the taxes.
The land is located on a we'll defined oil
structure. Whether it will produce oil is
TO be determined. The lease on this land
is essential to the operators block so
it is considered probable oil land. Were
we to buy this, we would have an in
MISUNDERSTANDING legal expenses and
all-Of around 10 cents per cent per
acre. That is, the land would have to
produce 10 barrels of 81 oil per acre
to pay out.
We know that If this is commercial
oil land it will have to pay ONE HUN
DRIED TIMES THAT MUCH per acre, to
Justify drilling. 1t would have to yield
FIVE HUNDRED TIMES THAT MUCH
to make 1t as attractive as the aver
age productive acre in Kevin-Sunburst
field.
We have as "A yardstick of value or
possible value the production history of
keVin-Sunburst and Pondera, if it is to be
lime production; we have as a yardstick
the production history of Gut Bank and
OF the Border filed, If it is to be sand
production. We can know something
about the formations underlying this
structure and something of the POSSIBLE
tiles OF Oil accumulation INTERPRETED
for us by petroleum OeOIOo,iSfs
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08
WE BELIEVE

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS haze been definitely pro-
zen indispensable in Montana E0ery 7oiIdcat should
haze both Madison and De0onan highs" determine
cd BY reflection SeiSMograbh before drilling begins
DEEPER DRILLING is essential to 7wte the real his
tory of the Montana oil industry The major
source of Montana petroleum is in formations Be
LOW THE BIG LIME. abandonment of 70eHs at
the Madison contact 7Vaste of money Aban-
donnent of zceHs at the Cat Greek horizon is stu
bidity No 7ceH should be considered a completion
until it is drilled into the De0Onan
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08

receive 81. In producing royalties we
never figure on less than a possible re-
turn Of five to one.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08

1855.
One new location was announced
this week, in the Rocky Ridge
pool. 1t is
Superior PetrOIeum-ArOnOw No.
IL, Sc corner NWA SWA 1885
3W. 1t is spudding.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-06-08

A boy was walking down the
street wheeling two bicycles when
he met a pal.
Where did you get two bikes?"
asked the pal.
my girl and I were out for
a ride" said the boy, "and we
stopped under a tree to rest. At
ter a while l kissed her That's
nice" she said. Then I put my arm
around her waist and asked her
how that was. She said it was great.
So then kissed her on the cheek
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1940-07-19

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Girls 5Wu ctcr4 vCluoy to ll.95 nov .75G
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
Happy in Knowing

It is a kind of happiness to
know to what extent we may be
unhappy.-La Rochefoucauld.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

When frying don't put In the
article to be fried until the fat is
still and a faint smoke is seen ris-
ing from the pan.
A reader suggests putting a lit
tie blue or green vegetable color
ing in the goldfish bowl to give
the water a more realistic touch
of the deep.
Add a few sailed peanuts to the
chocolate sauce you serve over ice
cream or sherbets.
Want some juice-appetiZers? Try
the following juice combination:
Tomato and clam, tomato and
pineapple, grapefruit and orange,
grapefruit and grapejuice, lemon
and cherry, apple and pineapple,
prune and orange, raspberry and
lemon, and grapefruit and cherry
with bit of chopped mint.
Drowned pears make delicious
garnishes for veal or pork chops.
Allow half pear to a portion.
Dip each pear into -four and brown
it in a little fat in a frying pan.
Sprinkle with salt, pepper and
cinnamon.
Japanned articles should never
be washed in hot water as the ia
pan is likely to wash off. Use
lukewarm water and soap.
Cold air drops and hot rises.
The compartment of the refrigera-
tor under the ice chamber is,
therefore, always the coolest part
of the refrigerator.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
Centenarian Must Haze
Crieued OUer Wasted Life

1t was a great day for the vii
lage when the oldest inhabitant
celebrated his hundredth birthday.
And the excitement grew intense
when it was learned that a news
paper reporter had come in search
of an interview.
After various questions, the an
swers to which were prompted by
fond and anxious relatives, the
press representative asked:
"And now, tell me what you
would do if you could have your
time over again."
There was a long silence while
the old man thought. Then he
said slowly:
81 think I would part my hair
in the middle!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
TNT-DON'T TOUCH

Nebraska Republicans are very
enthusiastic about Wendell Willkie,
but they want no speech by him in
McCook, home town of Sen. George
Norris, the states veteran public
power crusader.
Such a plan was reported shortly
after Willkie arrived at his Colorado
vacation spot, which is near Nc
Cook. News dispatches declared
that the G. o. P. standard bearer
intended to beard the father of IVA
right in his own home town. But
the idea did not thrill Nebraska Re-
publican leaders.
They have a wholesome respect
for Norris vote-swinging powers, re-
call wildly how four years ago in a
three-cornered race which he en-
tered at the last moment he polled
SO per cent of the vote.
So last week delegation made a
pilgrimage to Willkie. In the group
were Kenneth Wherry, state chair
man; George Carpenter, national
committeeman; Hugh Butler, candi-
date for senator, and Dwight Girls
void, candidate for governor. They
received cordial welcome and dis
cussed number of subjects, promi-
nent among which was a strong ar
gument as to why Willkie should
NOT make a speech in McCook.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
MOTHER COUNTRY SPAIN

If Spain, mother country of Latin
America, joins the axis group, she
will carry little sympathy of the
Americas with her. On the con-
trary, the countries south of the
Rio Grande have strained relations
with Spain at present, and her en-
bracing the axis cause would not
win them in that direction.
The strain arose over what ap-
pears to be trifing issue-the fate
of Is men. When Franco marched
into Madrid during the Spanish civil
war, Is Loyalists sought asylum in
the Chilean embassy there.
Chile has protected them ever
since, and has tried to get them safe
conduct out of the country, offering
permanent residence in Chile. But
the relentless Franco wants the lives
of those Is Loyalists, and he has re-
fused all requests in their behalf.
This issue is of great Importance
for the Latins, who never know when
revolution may make life uncomfort-
able in their own capitals, or when
they might want to take refuge In
a foreign embassy.
Chile felt it so keenly that she
permitted the breaking off of diplo-
matte relations between Chile and
Spain rather than surrender the 10y
alists. In that action Chile has the
support of most of her neighbors.
Cuba, for example, was consider
ing the possibility of resuming nor
NAL diplomatic relations with Spain.
Now, though Cuba is sending Ores
ties Ferrara, former ambassador to
the United States, on a commercial
mission to Madrid, the full rela-
tons will not be resumed at least
for some time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
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JAPANESE STRENGTH
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GTON.-Several careful
secret surveys made recently of
Japanese military and naval
strength indicate that japan can do
just about anything she wants in the
Far East.
The reports show that the Japa-
nese navy is in AL shape, and has
suffered not a bit as a result of the
Chinese war. The Japanese army
also is in good shape, though not in
the same condition as the navy. The
Chinese war, though still dragging
on at heavy cost, has been an excel
lent training school for the Japa-
nese military.
Chief handicap under which ia
pan suffers is her desperate econom-
ic situation. Easiest remedy for
this is to take the Dutch East Indies
and the wealthy possessions of the
Dutch, French and British in south
ern Asia.
This is what seems sure to hap
pen. There is no question but that
the Japanese can take French Indo-
CHINA, the Dutch possessions or Java
and Sumatra, and all the other South
Pacific islands that are worth both
ering about, in few weeks.
Only spot which might hold out is
the British naval base at Singapore,
and naval experts disagree as to
whether the Japanese could take it
or not. In time, they probably could.
Everything now seems set for the
Japanese to steam south simultane-
ously with the Hitler blitZkrieg
against Britain. Probably the Japa-
nese will wait until they see how
the blitzkrieg is going before they
stage theirs in the south Pacific.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
England's Mystery Benefactor

Because he "haunts" the Black
burn Royal institute, in Blackburn,
England, leaves a donation and dis
appears, mysterious man has been
named the mice ghost of Black
burn" He refuses to give his name
or the reason for his generosity,
except that it is ''for services rem
dered." Institute officials are at sea
as to what help the institution has
given to tia mysterious subscriber.
His donations have ranged, in Unit
ed States currency terms, from
$3.50 to $3.50.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
BULLITT SPANKED

Dressy Bill Bullitt, U. S. ambas-
sador to France, did not do all the
talking during his weekend stay at
Hyde Park. The President told Bull
lit few things, too.
One was to pipe down on his talk
about the Petain government of
France being free" and non-Fas-
cist.
Roosevelt took Bullitt sharply to
task for these statements. He said
they were untrue, and that if Bullitt
didn't know that, he ought to.
NOte-Roosevelt also made it very
clear that he had no intention of
falling into the Nazis' trap of feed
ing their victims this winter, after
Hitler had robbed them of their food
and left them to starve. Bullitt
wants the U. S. to send food supplies
to France.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15

pERFECT to put on and wear
! right now in fiat crepe, silk
print or spun rayon, this beauti-
fully cut shirtwaist fashion will
be a cool delight on the hottest
days of summer. No. 1927 will look
so crisp and fresh, in striped lin
en-, polka dot silk or brilliant white
sharkskin. And it will feel COM
Portable and unhampering, be-
cause the lines are so simple and
free. The bodice can be fastened
with three buttons and turned
back in narrow, deep revers, or
buttoned almost to the throat, with
shallow revers.
Why not have it both ways, since
it's so very easy to make? There's
practically no detailing to it-just
a few gathers beneath the yoke
and darts at the waistline. The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
Jobs Go Begging

Officials of the frankfort Arsenal
have not been able to obtain enough
candidates for call sent out last
fall to fill jobs. With no takers, the
Jobs, amounting to $3.50 and SIP a
day, have gone begging since the
civil service office requested jour-
neyman machinists. The need has
become acute as the jobs for so ma
chinists and journeyman instrument
makers remains open. Qualifica-
tons include trade experience,
sound health and United States citi-
zenship.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
MERRY-GO-ROUND

Smart Republican National Chair.
man Joe Martin expects to do a lot
of master minding in the forthcom-
ing campaign, but very little public
speaking.
Pension car DR.. Francis Town
send is turning from veteran mem
bers of congress for help and lean
ing on younger men. Two of his
chief lieutenants now are Represent
atives Lee Geyer, liberal California
first termer, and Robert Secrest, So
year-old Ohioan.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
Valuable Book

That is a good book which is
opened with expectation and
closed with profit.-Alcott.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
Bats for U. S. Battle Wagons

As the great American defense program goes high gear
Washington yard (which makes the
and Others throughout the nation poised for the production
their history For the defense program calls force
striking equipment for that second ,oord
and other equipment Of defense , be turned speed and
such that invader
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15
Ask Me Hnother
Q A General Quiz
The Questions


1. Who wrote the poem in which
appear the words: "Stone walls
do not prison make?
2. Do the Eskimos have word
for any number beyond twenty?
3. When a military man speaks
of logistics, he refers to what?
4. Which President of the United
States lived to be 80 years of age?
S. Which of the following have
the highest diplomatic rank-con-
suls, ambassadors, or ministers?
6. A long ton is equal to how
many pounds?
z. What are bats classed as,
birds, flying mammals, or ro-
dents?
8. Where in the United States
are the Badlands?
g. Which of the following is a
poor conductor of electricity-Sil-
yer, mercury, or copper?
10. Which of the Great Lakes is
the smallest, Lake Ontario, Lake
Huron, or Lake Erie?
The Answers
1. Richard Lovelace ("To Al
thea from Prison"o.
2. No. Their word twenty actu-
ally means "a-man-counted-to-the-
end"
8. Logistics refers to transport
and supply.
4. John Adams.
S. Ambassadors.
6. A long ton is 2,240 pounds.
z. Flying mammals.
8. To the southeast of the Black
Hills, in the western part of South
Dakota.
9. Mercury.
10. Lake Ontario, 7,430 square
miles; Huron, 23,010 square miles,
and Erie, 9,940 square miles.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-15

Aboue: Cooking the
stuff of Which our ma
tionaI securityis made,
for here you see mol
ten steel being poured
for making the great
naval guns at Wash.
ington navy yard.
Left: Scene in a
machine shop at the
Washington navy
yard. 4 I6-inch naval
rifle is being turned
on a giant lathe. This
nlachinist is turning
the outside of the bar
rel. Another cre,U does
the boring and rifing.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-30
TO-DAY IN HISTORY

lT99-CONSreSS enactS SO-Ca!LSCi
Logan Act. fcrbiddiuo unofficial IN
tercourse with a foreign govern
men.. George Logan If Philadelphia.
later senator. had gone to France
and. as a private citizen. had gained
release OF CuptjGe Americans. raised
French embargo against us ana
promised favorable reception OF an
American envoy. eli 1t which,
France being then in oiistavOr with
L. S. Government caused great re-
sentiment III Cfiic:altiom.
18t7-SpaniSh Yev5a Buena
changed to San Francisco.
I865-(75 years ago. Three Con-
federate envcys. including the Vice
President. CONS a. peace COM
misSionerS within Grants lines.
1877. S. cruiser Detroit COM
pelS Brazilian war>hips at Rio de
Janeiro stop firing at L. S. mer-
chant Ship-Brazilian ships, III
hands OF revolutionistS. forbade
docking but "Detroit', cleared for
action, escorted American ship &c
dock and Braz.Iians backed down.
l90O-Gvv. William Gocbcl o!
Kentucky aSsaSSnatcd and state fol
a while on the "ergc Of civil war.
1851. S. and Britain agree tC
application Of respective draft laws
l9l9-With the support of Brit
iSh and French delegates, President
Wilson's system ui niGnddtorics wa!
put on the official record by bu-
reau Of the Peace Conference.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-30

thing in hand that they like and
which they will fight TO retain. lie
will, quite likely, PICK up some votes
in such counties as Wayne. D"Fl!l
and others where there is a domi-
nant dry sentiment, but nearly
enough to balance the loss in Wilson,.
On the other hand the call for Il
referendum will win few Grady
votes in the so-called dry counties
of the west. There's no question that
Rutherford, for example, would vote
for referendum if that were the
only question involved in an cleo
ton, but there is slim chance thai
any Of the Democrats in that county
will put themselves out 10 WCrk, Or
even just to vote, for gubernatorial
candidate who favorS referendum.
Another fact that vote-seeking
drys overlook, this state officially
said, is that while North Carolina
probably would go dry il No:2
as a whole were taken on the liquor
question. that result would be
brought about not uy a majority oF
the Democrats but minority Of the
Democrats plus an almost solid pha-
lanX of political advantage seeking
Republicans.
The state official in question comes
from a county which does not have
ABC stores. incidentally. and who
has no record of ever advocating
county option in public.
And so there is doubt in man"
minds that Grady has done himself
any good.
On the other hand, it is an axiom
of politics in North Carolina that
the good people, (the quotes being
used to indicate that they apply the
title TO themselves and are not al
ways so regarded by otherS) when
allied with the oootleggnrS las they
always are in Wet-dry electionS) can
always win. The religious ferVor OF
the preachers, combined with the
practical methods of the 'leggers does
usually prevail
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-30
To-day ..*..
TODAy"S ANNIVERSARIES

1754-Joslu Lansing. the New
York chief justice ana chancellor
who LETT his hotel one day and was
never heard Of again. born Albany
n. Y. Last seen Dec. -, 1929.
l9l6-Natnanjei ?. Banks. MaSSa-
chusetts congressman, governor and
Union general. born al Waltham'
Mass. Died there. Sept. I. 1894.
1856. Warren Kelter, Spring
field. Ohio. lawyer. banker. CnIon
general. congressman and speaker
Born at Be;nel, 0. Died April =,
1882. 80
ion colonel before ., educator,
founder OF the Hampton Normal and
Industrial Institute. BORN Hawaii COT
American missionary parentagel
Died at Han ptGn. Va. May II. 1898
l84O-G0G yeavS ago. Charles
William Smita. Methodist Episcopal
clergyman ard bishop. born in Fay
cite cou,nty. Fa. Died Oct. 81. 1914
l86l-CharleS u. G-oef.'er. notice
Boston musician and composer. born
in France. Died May 10, 1888.
l863-AlDert RoSenthal. noted ar
tist. born in Philadelphia. Died Dec
q, 1889.