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armies occupied his neighbours ter
ritory.
The Lithuanian white paper
compiled by the Lithuanian lega-
ton at Washington, d. c.. today
called attention TO the Soviet ma
tionalization by decree Of all prop
erty and lands in Lithuania.
This was striking at the agricul-
tural spirit of the country, for
Lithuanians have been tillers Of
their own soil for centuries. Thou
sands of folk songs evidence their
love for homes and farms.
COMMUNISM UNPOPULAR
Prepared by Col. Povilas Ia
deikis, minister 10 the United
States, the report says:
Communism In Lithuania, a
predOminantly Roman Catholic
and agricultural country, was
never popular.
III, as Is commonly observed,
all forms OF radicallsm thrive
best among the working classes,
one must remember that the
number of hired workers In Lith-
uania was very small.
1.-THE 1910 statistics reveal
only 27.77I workers, 1925 indus
trial establishments and 10000
hired farm workers. This total
of approximately 10000 work.
ers constitute only per cent of
the total population OF $500, 900.
FOREIGN TO SPIRIT
-ftUistrvisur mas always been
foreign TO the spirit of Llthu-
ania. This export item OF Russia
was planted In Lithuania by
Soviet bayOnets in 1919 and I'm
1910. Both times IL failed TO
thrive. When the Bolsheviks
invaded Lithuania In 1910, they
could not find among the Lithu-
anians a sufficient number of
men and women To fill even the
hbpOi thhh pDSAS VI tOhhhiooNt -
THE revolt on June %, l941,
against the Soviet rule also
does not indicate any love for
the Soviet system"
Immediately. despite the Lithu.
anian antagonism toward commu.
nism. the Red comniSsarS took the
following measures:
1-tHuCT { a n conditions,
Il farms not larger than 80
hectares tabQut Is acres) were
left 10 the former owners TO adj
minister for the time being.
O-All land above that size was
- taken over By the Soviets
and part OF II distributed 10 the
landiess or small farm owners.
o-Ffitts 5S6, ee9 hectares al
- most 10000 acres have
been conhscated from 1900
proprietors.
1-Of this land $4,000 hectares
were used to establish col
lective farms, the so-called
'kolchoz
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in 1889 and regardless Of the fact
that Lithuania as an agricultural
o
country. has always been a grain
exporter. $4,000 tons Of grain. ac-
Icording 20 Soviet statistics. were
into Lithuania in 1910
Salaries of agricultural workers
Increased. under the Soviets, by
about 80 per cent, but food prices
Increased from 300 10 400 per cent,
the report continued.
In Lithuania. the land Of but
ter and eggs" the SoViet-dOmi-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-15
BY STANLEY PLEA
Chicago Herald and American staff Writer
- Special 80 THE DETROIT TIMES

CHICAGO, Oct. Is. - Masque-
rading as the protector of the
oppressed" the Red Russian army
marched into Lithuania on June
"a 1910. and in one year wrought
pm the tiny Baltic republic the
most awful oppression and swindle
of modern times.
Under Josef Stains direction
the agricultural country became a
waste land, business and industry
were crippled and religious free
dom was abolished the moment his
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who witnessed the invasion and
whose parents and relatives were
bansihed 10 Siberia, said:
$4,000 TONS IMPORTED
"The peasants who before went
TO the fields i'm the Spring even
II they were sick, seemed under
the Communist collectlvist sys-
tenn TO have had no initiative at
ALL"
The Lithuanian white paper de-
clared that despite a good harvest
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-15

Russia. Others sent all they pro-
duced 10 Russia, leaving nothing 70
the people of the country
inc weekly Fiiftf5st-s- tstt-tti ell1lia
nary worker in Lithuania under
Sovietism were, able TO purchase
only a pair Of solcs or a. dozen Of
eggs, the report charged
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mated citizens paid nearly s. for a
pound Of butter as against a pre-
occupation price of one litas or is
cents.
In Matchmaking and conliscating
business establishments, the So
viets took the following measures;
THE chambers of industry,
Il commerce and trades were
abolished.
O-All labor unions were abol-
= ished, no strikes were al
lowed.
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Q-All banks industrial enter
- priSeS, commercial establish
ments, cooperative uni on =.
stores, buses. cars boats, foreign
currency, gold and silver money,
securities and funds were ma
tionalized.
I-Industrial and commercial
II property was taken over by
the Soviets.
the Soyiets. In many cases La
bilities were left TO former own
ers.
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CLEAR DEAD ZONE

Apart from this wholesale ma
tionalizatien Of land just men
toned, the report continues,
peasants and workers all along
the Lithuanian-Gerfnan frontier
were ordered 10 leave their farms
and homes before April IS. 1871.
All land owners within this So
called dead zone were deprived
OF their land and homes
The land owners were forced 10
pay higher taxes. They also were
forced 10 give over 10 the occupa-
ton authorities a contribution in
kind: grain, cattle, milk. butter,
wool. etc.
Those who were unable 20 meet
the requlSition were sent 10 con-
centratiOn camps.
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oGPU POLICE ARRIVE

On June &c. 1871, Russia
dreaded OGPU police arrived in
tanks at a concentration camp at
Pravenishkiai. near Kaunas, CAPT
tai city. With machine guns they
shot and killed 500 defenseless
peasants who didn't have enough
crops 20 turn over 20 Commissar
Dekonozov of LIthuania, the re-
port charged.
Other hundreds Of peasants
were arrested in the Autumn Of
1910 when they refused 10 reap in
the potato and beet crops because
they knew they would have 10 give
up the harvest TO the Communists.
Commenting on the Lithuanian
legations report, the Rev Joseph
PrunSkis. Catholic refugee editor
in Chicago. told a graphic story Of
how the peasants refused 10 plant
their fields in the Spring Of 1871.
With the arrival OF Spring most
Of the peasants made use of adj
vantageous accidents" such as
broken bridges, washed-out roads,
lightning-struck homes TO repair
in order to keep from going out
into the fields, Father PrunSkis,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-09
Drilling Costs
Equal Half of
Crude Oil Value

Drilling the 10000 wells that oil men
completed in 1910 probably cost the
petroleum industry between S500.000,-
600 and $3.50 100000, or from three
Fights to three-fifths of the total value
of the crude oil produced in that year.
Deep wells may cost $150000 and
more each, but the average well in
1910 was only 3,O73 feet deep, and the
average cost per foot is believed to
have been somewhere between $3.50
and $500. In different fields, however,
costs per foot are from $500 and less
up to $1,000 and more. These are di-
rect drilling costs, and make no pro-
vision for costs Of exploration.
An authority has estimated that
about 1900 drilling rigs were operated
during 1910 to drill these 10000 wells,
each completing on the average 10
wells. Allowing 81 men to rig, plus
clerical workers, management, engl-
neers, mechanics, and allowances for
sickness and vacations, probably $4,000
men we're employed in drilling last
year. This does not estimate the num-
Der of workers doing special jobs con-
nected with drilling, whether employed
by the drilling company or by con-
tractor. Such jobs include transporta-
ton, drilling-mud control, oil-well ce-
menting, electrical logging, coring, etc.
Contract drilling employees are includ-
ed, however.
Direct labor costs, not including the
labor employed in these special serv-
ices, nor in the manufacture and sup
ply of materials and equipment, are
estimated to have been about Is per-
cent of the total well cost. For the
SO 900 employees. and the minimum well
cost Of $500. 900, 900, this would aver
age 81 300 per employe.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-09
Offset to Big
Well On Sand

Crumley g. -Fryberger No. %,
NV NW3 SCI 24-35-3W, is drilling at
300. Crumleys NO 81 is still making
100 barrels per day after having
started at 600 barrels. It is one Of
the fields best wells.
Superior Petroleum C Overnm e n t
O51S6s No. 3, Sc SCI NW1 24-35-3W,
a diagonal offset. is near completion.
It had contact at 16O7-12 and drilled
to 1916. 1t had showing of oil and
will acidize.
Dakota Montana Government No.
rs, NE SW3 SW4 31-35-1W. is making
y barrels on the pump following
acidization.
Oien- Government No. 3, NV SCI
NE3 14-35-2W, is drilling at $40,
Hannah Porter-DOnOvan No. 2, c
SCI Me- 35-33-2W, is rigging up.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-09

way home a robber stuck her up and
took the money. She ran up to a po-
liceman and said:
"Oh. officer, a robber just stole my
aunt's payi"
We'll. miss, If you'd stop talking pig
latin. maybe 1 could help you." irrita-
bly, replied the officer
This is the skull of a man who
was shipwrecked for two years on a
desert island with two chorus girls. -
How did he dep"
"He wore himself out tearing down
the signals they put up"
Policeman: How did the accident
happen?"
Motorist: MY wife fell asleep in the
back seat"
Il think you're a wretch. Ny first
husband said I was far and away the
best wife in the world"
so you are"
Customer: I'D like to see some good
cars"
Salesman: $50 would L"
She was a good little girl
AS far as good little girls go,
And as far as good little girls go,
She went.
did that sailor get fresh with you
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-09

A British tar, home on leave and
celebrating, was in trouble. He had
taken taxi, only to discover on APP
preaching his destination that he was
penniless. He had dined and wined
too we'll But Britain's navy is a
training school of resourcefulness. He
caught up the speaking tube, shouted
stop" and jumped out. Il just want
to pop into this tobacconists and get
some matches" he explained. I've
dropped a pound note somewhere in
the cab and can't find it in the dark"
He entered the tobacconist's, and as
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-09
Second Well
On Casing Pump

Toles' experiment with casing
pump in the old Queen City district
is being watched with much interest.
His Norem No. II, SCI SWl 33-35-2W,
was bridged back from 1922 to 1910
and the casing pump was set close to
bottom. It is handling 925 barrels OF
fluid. 25 barrels Of oil and 900 barrels
of water
Big West-EIIngsOn No. 8, C SCI
SW4 l4-35-3W, is being produced with
a casing pump, also. 1t has 7-inch
pipe set at 1885 Contact. at 1910 to
1916 carried water Treated with 1000
gallons of Dowell-X acid it is making
40 barrels of fluid per hour with about
5 percent OIL
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-09

The royalties are paid to our trustee
during the interim and in some. cases
several hundred dollars have accumu-
lated to the account of the royalty
owner before we have been able to To-
cate him and get him to put his deed
on record. There are few investments
which afford such a surprise.
There is the occasional big surprise"
when we'll of the type of the Texaco-
Aronson comes in--or the type of the
recent Jeffries- Tribal No /, which had
an initial of 1000 barrels per day
When the owner of 10 royalty on such
a we'll gets his first monthly royalty
check it is more a shock than sur
prise However, there are to date few
wells of this type in Cut Bank. The
fact that such we'll has been COM
pleted in new territory in the southeast
corner of the field leads to the con
clusion that other such wells are pos
sible and our members may be for
tunate enough to participate in the
production of 1,0O0-barrel we'll
The most sanguine of us refused to
believe that there ever would be an
other 1,OO0-barrel we'll in the field after
the Santa Rita-Lander No / surprised
us with an initial in excess of 1000
barrels per day. We were surprised
again when the Texas company brought
in its large wells in Section l6-32-5W,
in the south end of the field. Again
we were quite sure that it was "freak"
condition But now with the develop
3 he fTr,ko1 N4A1 cell for
ther south, we are beginning TO realize
that the leffries we'll carries some def
mite significance.
We are confident that some of the
surprises" of the future will be the
completion of wells of the type of the
Jeffries and the Texaco-State. Our first
taste" of South Cut Bank crude in the
new southwark extension has come with
the completion of the initial we'll on
the Klein farm-known to our mem
bers as the Jacobson-located in NWH
Sec. -32N-5W: a we'll that has started
off making 90 barrels per day on the
pump.
Doubtless many of the owners of this
royalty had virtually forgotten about
it, Many had possibly decided that it
would never produce, since it was
south of the active area of South Cut
Bank. No longer is it south, because
the biggest Cut Bank sand we'll in the
field is still mile and quarter far
ther south. The people owning this
royalty will find themselves with an
income Of about 31z96 PER MONTH
on their investment, from this one well,
with a full 100 acres to be developed
In itself this one royalty is not inn
portant but the the person who can
get enough royalty properties so that
the trend of development will continue
to bring in new producing farm from
time to time, it means an aggregate
income that is possible from no other
investment of like size of which we
know today.
KINDS OF ROYALTIES
Royalty investments offer a variety
of opportunities. To the investor who
wishes to gamble at large odds is af-.
forded wildcat royalties-on geological
structures where there is possibility of
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-09

last night?g
Mother, you don't think he came
all the way over from that battleship
just to listen to the radio, do you?"
They laughed when I came in with
shorts on. but when sat down they
split.
She was only a coaIman's daughter.
but oh, where she had bin.
To the old-fashioned girl: Be good.
sweet maid and let who win be clever.
To the coed: Be good, sweet maid,
and let who WILDE clever
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-09
Father of bill"
HdnLOn Is VERY I'LL

william Hanlon, Cut Bank producer,
was called to Great Falls this week
by the serious illness of his father,
j. H. Hanlon, aged II, who for 80
years has been a resident and an
official of Basin, Wyo. The senior Han
lon was water commissioner and chief
of police of Basin. He is at Deaconess
hospital and physicians declare that
his condition is very serious.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-09
4'4% PER MONTHS THAT GOOD?

finding oil. Here royalties may be
bought very cheaply and should oil be
found, these royalties may pay S1OO
for every 81 invested-or some other
large sum.
WILDCATS
The man who BUYS wildcat ROYALTIES
knows that unless there has been a
geoPhysical survey the chances of sue
cess are | in TO- If there has been a
geophysical survey, the chances are /
IN ;. So while he has opportunity for
large profit, the odds are against him
winning
PROVEN GROUND
If the investor would be more con
servatlve he can buy royalties on
proven structure, within the probable
producing area, paying a higher price
than Tor wildcat royalties While there
IS no certainty that any undeveloped
farm will produce, the probabilities in
such fields as Kelvin, Cut Bank and
Pondera are SO favorable that the in
weston takes little risk If development
comes quickly, he is fortunate, but he
has no control, of course, over the
time when development will come. He
will always so regulate his investment
that If the tract produces an average
amount of oil, he will receive not less
than $40 for each ST invested.
The most conservative investor wants
producing royalties but unless he buys
partially on proven ground he is not
likely to make much money. If he gets
his money back plus 20096 profit, that
IS about as much as can be expected.
ordinarily. The better type of producing
royalty is on a tract that is less than
half developed The royalty of this type
should pay him not less than SIS for
each 81 invested.
The person who has a knowledge of
the oil business and a working knowl-
edge OF the history of development Of
the field or district in which he seeks
investment can make money in royal
tles-more money, we believe, than can
be made in any other form of invest
ment. 1t has been demonstrated to our
satisfaction during the 10 years in
which we have been actively engaged
in handling Montana oil royalties Dur
ing that time we have seen the distribu-
ton OF some SI4,OO0,OO0OO among
royalty owners of this state
The man who is careful, consistent
buyer of royalties will make money.
He may not get rich over night" al
though the occasional Jeffries type of
well may provide the exception to the
rule, but by properties of the type Of
the Klein and others that are constantly
coming into production, he can develop
a good comfortable income that NAV
mean everything during the trying
times that we know will follow the
war. The record of royalty incomes
during the years of the last great de
preston is ample proof.
We invite investors to join with us
in the purchase of Montana oil royal
ties. We buy royalties to suit the de-
mands of participating members wild
cat or proven ground or producing
royalties We have our choice of the
market and buy only the best at prices
which we know from our many years
of experience are most likely to pro-
duce profit.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-09
Biz West to Drill Test
On Ri7lrOck "NOSe"

Continued from Page One)
ing Co. on the Unz farm. Location IS
in the center of the NW3 SWi 9-36-
2W. It is between the town and the
Shubat & Observation-Disclosures No. l,
c NW3 SCI 11-36-2W, which is now
shut down at the top of the Madison
lime at 1919 feet, preparing to run
casing to shut off water and test the
lime breaks" washington Oil Find
ing Co. has awarded drilling contract
to M. E. Toles who has rig on location.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-09
Cut Bank Land
Man Passes From
Appendicitis

The Cut Bank oil field was shocked
Sunday by the sudden passing of j.
S. Henry, land man for the r. c.
Tarrant organization. Henry was
stricken with acute appendicitis on
Tuesday and on Sunday took a sudden
turn for the worse. He was one of
Cut Banks leading citizens and was
widely liked and respected. Evan Es-
sex, another member of the Tarrant
organization, went to the hospital this
week for an appendectomy.
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no did so the cab and its driver van
ished into the night. as he had an
ticipated.
A Young lieutenant, a middle-aged
ma ior and an elderly general were
holding forth in the generals office.
discussing the topic of kissing, spe-
Critically as to whether kissing your
wife was effort or pleasure. The lieu
tenant said that with him it was 90
Dercent pleasure and 10 percent effort.
The major allowed that with him it
was $3.50. The general admitted to
On nercent effort and 10 percent pleas
ire The sergeant on duty began
shutting the papers on his desk,
whereupon the general said, Sergeant,
what's your idea of this important
matter?"
well. general" replied the sergeant,
cit can't be the way you say 1t IS,
or you'd have me do the work for
you"
I'm all done with DANES
They cheat and they lie;
They prey on us males
To the day that we die.
They tease and torment us
And drive us to sin
Say-Look at the blonde
That just came in.
Mary was sent down to the office
to get her aunt's weekly pay. On the
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A income of 4A96 isn't much, unless
"A an investor has a considerable
amount of money invested, yet there
are millions of investors who would
like to have opportunity to invest their
money at W. interest There is no
such thing in American industry today.
Many banks pay no interest at all.
Bonds pay l1aIc and 2fo, sometimes
SO. Money at interest today scarcely
pays taxes.
In our busness-royalties like
to maintain at all times fair rate of
return on our total investment with
out respect to resale of properties, but
we are not satisfied with ordinary in
terest on the investment. If the aver
age investor is going to get any
where" he must get more than interest.
This organization has been deslg-
mated as agent to receive numerous
ROYALTIES and distribute them among
royalty owners 1t is a growing but
profitless service which we extend to
our members and to the industry. This
week we distributed royalty checks on
a property which has one well. cover
ing two months Of runs The owner Of
IA royalty received something like
$28. 1t did not seem very large but we
took time TO figure it out and found
that this was a yield of 81 on the in
vestment Of our members who own this
royalty.
THAT Is AT THE RATE OF
W. PER MONTH.
The tract covers 100 acres and there
are at least "a proven locations on the
tract.
With development, it is going to
earn a substantial return on a consider
able sum Of money, many times the
cost of this particular property.
The owners of this royalty did not
buy it after the ground was proven for
OIL Some of the royalty investors
waited six years, others even longer
for their first returns.
To the man who Owls only ONE
royalty, this does not mean great
deal-even a return of 50% per annum
or 1000 per annum. But for the man
who owns SEVERAL royalties, it does
not require many such properties to
give him an income sufficient to rely
upon either in hard times or social
security in future years.
Royalties furnish a greater element
OF surprise than perhaps any other
form of investment. A we'll located
royalty in a field such as Kelvin or
Cut Bank can safely be put away with
the other savings behind the clock"
One day, after it has been practically
forgotten, a notice arrives that a we'll
has been brought into production and
royalty checks start coming in. Some
times the royalties that look the worst
become the best We frequently find
that royalty investors have failed to
file their deeds for record in the county,
following completion OF an initial dry
hole. Thereafter-perhaps years later
another we'll is drilled and it is per-
haps a big one. We have to account
for all of the royalty, to secure a di-
vision order, and thus we surprise the
rightful owner of the royalty by notify
ing him that if he will file his deed
for record, he will receive a nice check.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-08-09
WE BELIEVE

WE BELJAVE
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS been definitely proven IN
Madison and Devonan thighs determined by reflection
sesmograph before drilling begins
DEEPER DRILLING is essential write the real history OF
the Montana oil industry. The major source OF Mon
t,na petroleum is in formations BELOW The Biz
LIME Abandonment of wells at the Cat Creek horizon
is stupidity No we'll should be considered completion
until it is drilled into the Devonian.
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