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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

OF fellows sitting there. SHAY, did you
fellows hear about my brother?"
what happened to him" one re-
piled.
I both legs You know what happened7
/ He bought some medicine and poured
it on his right leg. And shay, you
know what happened?"
mo"
He threw his crutch away"
"Say. that is marvellous"
NOW wait a second He poured some
medicine on his left leg and guess what
happened. He threw his other crutch
away"
"Wonderful-and got up and walked
out new man, huh?"
Nope, nope, that's not the way 1t
happened He fell flat on his fanny.
Father: Now aren't you glad you
prayed for a little sister?"
Small boy (after viewing twin sis
ters): "We-ell, yes. Daddy. but aren't
you glad stopped when I did?"
said the cigarette to the bartender.
YOU'D better put me out before
make an ash Of myself"
Positive" means being mistaken at
the top of ones voice.
sally: Did you ever get your di-
vorce?"
Mary: Yes. But my husband acted
so childishly in court that the judge
gave me the custody Of him.
He I'm half inclined to kiss you"
She: "Oh! was afraid you we're
lust round Shouldered."
God gave man five senses-touch,
taste sight, smell and hearing, but the
successful man has two more-horse
and common.
will" said a newly married friend,
I'm in a quandry as to just what I
should call my wife's mother. I don't
like to call her 'Mother-in-law' on &C
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

When the writer was small boy he
had much experience with doodlebugs.
The living bug is an insect that bores
a hole in soft dusty soil, leaving
circular depression that reveals its hid
ing place. Small boys used to call them
up by calling "Doo-doo-doo-doo' in
monotone, close above the hiding place
and after time the dusty little bugs
crawled out Whether they came out
because of the monotony of the tone
or whether because they simply de
cided to come out, none knows. But
those are the original doodlebugs
AS the writer grew up he heard the
term applied to persons who located
mining claims by psychic means. We
recall the widow of the powder mon
key" She and her husband used to en-
terrain themselves with planchette
That is a device made out of a cigar
box top cut into the shape of a heart,
two castors and a pencil With four
hands on, this device would write mes
sages' from the spirits When the
powder monkey was blown to the
next world, the widow continued to OPP
crate the planchette alone.
She lived just below the writer's home
in Allen gulch, in Hill City, in the Black
Hills We recall the night she came
running into our house TO say that she
had received spirit message from her
late husband through the planchette
Written in a scrawling back-hand was
the description of mining claim. She
had no idea about mining claims or how
to describe them but a party of men
went with her and staked out the claim
as described and started to do her as
sessment work. They opened up a rich
vein of gold ore. She sold the claim
and returned to her planchette, writing
day and night She wrote out reams
of descriptions, but none other of them
was ever located and most of them did
not make sense The sad story ended
with the widow in the insane asylum at
Yankton. The miners called her the
bug" and then the "doodlebug."
On coming west the writer first en-
countered water witches people who
locate water wells in arid districts, us
ing forked willow branch. Holding
onto two prongs the operator would
walk along until the willow would dip
downward, seemingly pulled by some
magnetic force in the ground AT that
point a we'll dug would frequently find
water If it failed to find water the
explanation was made 1T is there all
right, but it is much deeper"
Then came the oil industry to Mon
tana and the writer was amazed, one
day, to see man with something re-
sembling a willow witch stick walking
along in the Kelvin oil field The de
vice was different from the one he had
seen the kindly priest use to find water
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Trauerman Retires As President
OF Miners at 9TH Annual Meet
Continued from Page OneJ

last few years, the amount Of work
that has to be done each year has now
reached a point when it Is definitely
necessary to put the association on
such a financial basis that it can en-
ploy and pay an officer to devote nearly
all of his time to the work OF the as
ISOLATION This has been done in other
states and it can be done in Montana.
I'VE especially commend the loyal
members, both individuals and COM
panies, who are not only helping us
with their efforts but also with their
financial support and we believe that
every mining operation in this state
should cooperate with us for its own
good, and financially support the Min
ing Association of Montana; as our
constructive efforts help all the small
mining operations in the state and our
success in combating adverse factors
has saved the small operators many,
many thousands of dollars annually.
Is Not Candidate
Il have been president Of the asso-
citation since its organization, and
while I highly appreciate the honor
and responsibility bestowed on me,
am not candidate for reelection.
Now that our association is definitely
established this honor should be be-
slowed on a different member every
year or so and the active work of the
association should be performed by a
paid secretary-tr believe that
an active secretary-tr can put
this organization on its feet financially
and urge the nominating committee
to take this into consideration when
presenting its nominations for the
forthcoming year At a meeting of
our organization, held during the win
ter Of 1885 in Helena, our bylaws were
changed, upon the motion of John D.
Mackenzie, then manager of the East
Helena plant of the American Smelt-
ing and Refining company, to double
the dues you are now paying This
change of the bylaws was never put
into effect and I think it Should be
put into effect now.
Il take this opportunity to thank
the present officers Of the mining as
ISOLATION, Anthony Strojan, Jr., o. I.
DeSchon, Fred w. Bleck and August
Grunert We also desire to thank the
Last Chance Gulch Mining association.
the Madison County Mining associa-
ton and the Beaverhead County Min
ing association our local chapters, for
their splendid cooperation during the
past year
THE association also thanks the
Cooke City Commercial club and the
Silvergate organization and their splen-
did committee men and women who
have devoted their untiring efforts in
behalf of this meeting. We extend our
thanks to the press of Montana, and
outside of Montana, for the excellent
publicity it has given us through the
year; and we desire to thank the ex-
hibitors Of machinery minerals and
moving pictures at this meeting We
desire to express our great apprecia-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

count OF the comic paper jokes on that
name, and somehow there is a certain
sacredness about the word Mother
that makes me hesitate TO apply It to
any but my own"
We'll" said viii, I can only tell
you OF my own experience. The first
year we were married I addressed my
wife's mother as say; and after that
we called her Grandma"
Joe fixed up blind date for me
the other night"
your pal, Joe7"
mo. my former pal. joe"
Here lies the body
OF Private Stark;
He mistook his Sarge
For a girl IN the dark
A dumb girl is a dope. Dope is a
drug. Doctors give drugs to relieve
pain. Therefore, a dumb girl Is Just
what the doctor ordered.
To make big splash with the bored
to-death modern girl, you have to show
her quite a dive.
Definition Of jungle gentleman:
"A monkey that doesn't monkey
around with another monkeys mon
key"
Sin-an old-fashioned word that is
now called experience"
Free thinker widower or a bach
elor.
Spanking-stern punishment.
Temper-what you pay long price
for If you have short one.
Diplomacy-the art Of letting some
one else have your way.
Berth control something you wish
for on shipboard when you are sea-
sick.
Bottle-the start of some mems lives
and the finish of others.
Visitor: MY. what a large skating
rink"
Instructor: Eyes. 1t has a seating
of 5000"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

The reason a girl becomes tanned on
the beach IS because the sun loves to
do things up brown.
He-Mmmmmm! There's honey on
your lips.
She-Bee hive yourselfl
You left something behind"
"What?"
Your footprints"
Don't want them They're dirty"
I'm admiring your coat. Is that
camel hair?"
Say don't you call my girl friend
a camel"
Simo Sam SEE the reason a chigger
digs in head first is so he can get his
fanny scratched.
Fun is like life insurance. The older
you get the more it costs.
TT won't be wrong now" hummed
the young bride as she strolled down
the aisle.
A drunk staggered into the hotel
lobby yesterday and said to a couple
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

ton to the speakers at this convention
for making our program a success.
Our organization. through its &C
complishments, is well known in min
ing, financial and legislative circles
throughout the nation and a mem
bership card in the Mining Association
of Montana is something to be priced
and is of great value as an introduc-
ton to inspect any operations in the
mining states. Through the co-opera-
ton of the members and the work Of
the officers this prestige has been at
tanned and it brings results. Let us
not only maintain this prestige and all
that it brings to us. but let us ever go
forward"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

Joe: win your wife hit the ceiling
when you come In at this hour7"
jim: Probably. She's a rotten shot.
ee
You can't blame an old maid for
feeling that the world owes her a
loving
The boys nowadays are not as in
terested In the way a girls family tree
shapes up as they are interested in
the way her limbs shape up.
Jim: Gee, that hula dancer / had
a date with last night sure is a treach-
erous little girl"
Jam: yeah, so I've heard. A regu-
lar shake In the grass"
why don't you keep your pay en-
velope, instead Of giving it to your wife
all the time?"
Il can't There's a law against it,"
What law?"
My mother-in-law"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06

these bugs" But the trouble is that
the devices work fine in known oil ter
ritory but fare badly when taken out
into wildcat territory.
There has been an influx of doodle
bug operators in the vicinity of Sun
burst where a well, in West Sunburst
pool, is said to have been drilled on a
eating device. The owners deny that
they were guided by the doodlebug but
the doodlebug men say that neverthe-
less the location was approved" be-
fore the well was started
Good oil men and especially scien-
tific men poo-poo the doodlebug but
there is no longer the fanatical attitude
toward these devices that marked the
days of the Bethel-Adams when none
would go anywhere near a doodlebug
we'll. Some good oil men realize that
the doodlebug-if he can be kept work
ing on a structural thigh" mapped by
the U. S. G. S. or some independent
geologist-rnay drill wells that need to
be drilled and may, perchance, bring
in pools that would never be otherwise
discovered. In the case of the Sunburst
play" they are working close enough
in so that no matter whether the in
strument is right or wrong, they MAY
break into something.
There is a lure about the doodlebug
that causes men to plunge harder than
they would in any other venture. Even
such scientific and proven devices as
the magnetometer and the seismograph
do not stir the imagination as do the
less scientific mechanical oil locating
devices" The reason is that these de-
vices are positive" They can be taken
to known producing oil wells. They
will perform absolutely, with uncanny
precision Also, they never locate small
production. They always locate the
mother pool Every doodlebug loca-
ton is a potential Bethel-Adams with
oil instead of water We are told that
one operator has spotted well on a
narrow crack or fissure in the Madison
lime So narrow is this crack that the
contractor is said to have been obi
gated to complete a hole that, by acid
bottle test, is not more than one foot
off perpendicular. If he had a crooked
hole" it might miss the crack and thus
miss gusher production.
1t won't be long now. If that
well hits, there is one doodlebug that
will never be called doodlebug again
1t will be scientific instrument"
This week we issued new publica-
ton on the West Sunburst pool and in
reviewing this situation we ran into the
doodlebug angle, more details of which
are given therein. The new publica-
ton will be sent to those interested in
the West Sunburst pool
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06
DRILL THROUGH BAILER

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NO. well
on Vaughn structure, west of Great
Falls in C SWa NEl 12-20-1E, is max
ing good progress in drilling through
a lost bailer. The bailer was lowered
full of quickest cement, preparatory
to cementing, and the sand line parted.
The bailer is in position so that ce-
menting can be resumed through the
lost bailer and no effort will be made
to drill it out. The hole bottoms at
$500 feet.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06
NEW FIRM TAXES ovER

The Ryan-BTgess well on Mission
dome has been taken over by Inter
mountain States company and the hole,
in Sc SW3 NWa 28-2S-11E, is said to
bottom at l,735 feet. This company
has started another well on West Boul-
der, south of Mission dome, having
spudded a well on Wolf farm In SW4
6-3S-11E.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-06
WE BELIEVE

WE BELIEVE
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS have been definitely proven in
dspensible in Montana Every wildcat should have both
Madison and highs" determined by reflection
sesmograph before drilling begins.
DEEPER DRILLING essential to write the real history of
the Montana oil industry. The major of Mon
tina petroleum in formations BELOW THE BIG
LIME Abandonment of wells at the Cat Greek horizon
is stupidity No should be considered completion
until it is drilled into the Devonian
La gaceta., 1941-08-29
UNA SUPER-JUNTA PRESI.
DIDA POR WALLACE
Serd mantenidG Ia Oficind
de la OPM

Washington, agosto 29.-Pol
medic de un decreto ell presider
te Roosevelt cre6 anoche una
super-junta, p~residida por e
vicepresidente Wallace, que
'endra la mission de determinai
Como deben ser divididos los ms
.%eriales, fuerza electrical, com
bustible y articulos de primera
necesidad. La oficina de Ia
'OPM, dirigida por William S.
Knudsen, continuara funcionan
do y tendra Jurisdiction sobre
la pro1uccitn de armamentos
para este pals Y las naciones
hue son ayudadas. La nueva a.
gencia tendra poder para cana
liar los materiales hacia las di-
ferentes lineas de production.
Compondran la super-junta.
ademas de Wallace, William s.
Knudsen, Sidney Hillman, Sc
cretario de la guerra Stimson,
secretario de marina Knox,
Leon Henderson y Harry l..
HOpk rs.
Donald NJ. Nelson, exejecuti-
vo de Sears, Roebuck and Co..
se destaca como una figura de
gran lmportancia en- la rueva
organization, que tendra gran
des poderes sobre la economic
americana. Nelson, que es aho-
ra director de compras de la
la OPM, fue nombrado director
executive.
La gaceta., 1941-08-29

Frank Cannella habia anun.
cia7o, anticipadamente, un ac-
to poliico en- la gale Is esqui-
ma a la avenida "a.
Cuando ell acto Sc verificaba
en- la otra esquina los oponentes
de Cannella elevaron sus alta
woes y trataron de interrum-
pir a los oradores.
Els un 'feo" recurso, por GUAM
to ellos pudieron haber psanea-
do tambien sus actos, en- TODD el
distrito, como 10 hicieron los a.
migos de Frank.
La cortesia demandaba de e.
los, estimando 9ue Frank ha-
bia anunciado Ell mitin por me-
do de hojas y peri6dicos, una
mayor consideration.
IPor que no esperaron a que
Frank terminase ell suyo antes
de tocar las "trompetas'?
iQue Sc ha hecho de ] a pro-
verbal finuro latina?
La gaceta., 1941-08-29

La Gestapo, la banda de ase-
sinOs que sirve a Hitler en- Ale
mania, ell territorio conquistadc
y haSta en- la America, ACADIA
de fusilar salvajemente, en-
Lwow, Polonia, al professor Ca
simiro Bartel, exprimer minis
tro de Polonai.
Los sicarios de la tirania a.
rrestaron a go professors de la
Universidad de Lwow Y ell Cole
gio Tecnico..... y es de suponer
que muchos de ellos seran fusi-
lados tambien
iQuieren exterminar los ma
zis a tOdos los polacOs, pero CO.
mo no pueden hacerlo, Sc entire
tienen matando a los mas cul-
tos!
Esa sangre que ellos derra :
man ahora, exigira manana la
sangre de los verdugos.
La gaceta., 1941-08-29
LA JUNTA DE EDUCACI0N
NOMBRO 18 NUEVOSl
MAESTROS

La Junta de Educaci6n nom
bro aver a 18 maestros e hizC
algunos traSlados.
Los designados Sc nombran
Braulio Alfonso, que pasa a
Plant en- lugar de R. E. Town
send, que renunci6: Magdalena
Rodriguez, a Washington, en- lu-
gar de w. o. Byrd; Maria Cas-
tellano a Washington en- lugaI
de Mrs. Harriet Beaver; Rosa
liza Cacciatore . Washington, en-
lugar de Marta Franco; Elisa
Alvarez, Henderson, enl lugar
de Jane Dowdell; Vivian Qua
gliardo, a Ybor, en- lugar deMrs
Dorothy Wilson; Jack Mayn-
ard, Emma James Sacrey, Eliz-
abeth Causey; Ida Pearl Isom,
Mary Clicely Walker, Barbara
Anderson, Doris Crum, Clarice
Smith, Elma Woodham, Opal
Gates, w. w. Pearson y Margie
Segall.
Trasladados: Marta Franco,
desde Washington a Ybor; Es-
ther Minardi, a Wilson; Jose S.
Conte, deFranklyn a Wilson;
Josefina Lazzara, desde Cuesta
a jefferson; Alma Roberts, des
de Washington a Memorial; A
DELTA Disz Alfonso, desde Desc
70 a Bryan; Dorothy Hankins,
iesde Philip Shore a jefferson
Lena Lazzara, desde Phillip
Shore a Washington; Rebecca
Price Gillian, a Wilson.
La gaceta., 1941-08-29

Estamos a favor de los obre-
ros ingleses, del pueblo russo.
del pueblo britannica y de todos
los pueblos ~oprimidos; pero pen
samos hoy, como aver, que Ma
teo Wohl no es otra cosa que un
e~xplotador de los trabajadores
norteamericanOs.
Ahora lie duele, como a ndsO-
tros, ell martirio del pueblo in
giles; perO aver, sadicamente,
cuando ell pueblo espaiol era
barbaramente agredido, Mattel
to, por motives de religion, Sc O.
ponfa a la ayuda a Espaha.
No pOdemos olvidar nosotros
la desfachatez de este tipo que
ahora pide para los Obreros In
gleses... y suponemos que tam
POGO pueden olvidarle Jose
Martinez, R. E. Van Horn y O.
tros que con el hablaron.
La gaceta., 1941-08-29
Las tropas nazis Sc hallan a mas
de cuarenta millas de Leningradc
FL Ejercito Soviet parece haber consolidate
sus posiciones en- Gomel.
Los alemanes sc preparan para una campana
de invierno

Moscu, agosto 29.-El go-
bierno admite ell abandonn de
Tallinn, la capital de Estonia.
1e donde fueron retiradas todas
las tropas.
La eScuadra rusa, protegida
por la aviaci6n, verified la eva
euaci6n.
AsegdraSe que las tropas ru-
as estan destruyendo, por me-
lilo del fuego, a Viipuri, la ca.
pital de la Karelia. Las llamas,
segdn la radio, Sc divisan desde
mas de 30 miIlas de distancia.
Oficialmerte Sc ha anuncia-
do la destruction de la gran re-
presa del Dnieper, valuada en-
mas de $l00, 100000, lanzando
as enormes masas de aqua en-
Il canine del enemigo.
Varios barcos alemanes fue-
ron hundidos frente a Tallinn.
Las tropas alemanas Sc ha-
Han a mas de 40 millas de Le-
ningrado, por ell sitio mas GER
cano, no obstante las noticias
del enemigo.
0urante la noche sc combati6
en- todos los frentes, sin que ell
enemigo ganase terreno.
Los despachos de aver pare
cen indicar que ell ejercito So
Wet ha consolidate sus posicio-
mes en- Gomel.
Centenares de aviones nazis
han sido destruidos en- la 1lti-
La gaceta., 1941-08-29
CHUNGAS Y No CHUNGAS
Complot contra Franco. = La Gestauo ase9ina
-Mateo Wohl. Ayuda al pueblo ingles, perc
sin que Mateo cola ell dinero.

BESIDE Berna comunican que
ell exsecretario de la Falhnge,
Pedro Camera del Castillo, ha
sido arrestado en- ESpana y Sc
lie acusa de conspirar contra la
vida de Francisco Franco, ell
DICTATOR y "generalisimo'.
Planeaba asesinar al idolo
''barrigoncito", abriendo un tu-
mel debajo de una villa" o "cas
tilo" donde Franco antidemo-
cratFcamente Sc refocilaba Y
destruyendo edificio y dictator
con una carga de dinamita.
Explot6 la dinamita; pero
despues que Pedro y sus cola
bOradores estaban en- la carcel
y Panchin fuera de peligro.
Desea ell Sr. Camera que ell
"caudillisimo" Sc ponga de par
tie de Alemania, ahora mismo, y
como el Sc MEGA a hacerlo, por
tenor, no por bondad, pens6 en-
atomizarlo.
va saben nuestros lectores
que ell jefe de la facci6n incli-
NADIA por complete hacia los ma
zis, 10 es e. caballero Ramon
SerranO Suner, cunado del trail
dor n1mero l.
Camera guerra establecer un
''nuevo des6rden" con los hue
SOS del imitadoA de Hitler y
MusSolini.
La gaceta., 1941-08-29
Ell COMITE PRESIDIDO POR
DAMONTE TABORDA A
CUSA AL EMBAJADOR
ALEMAN

BuenoS Aires, agoSto 300
En- 'un informe presentado
hoy a la camara de diputados,
ell comite Investigator presidi
do poi ell diputado Raul Da-
monte Taborda acuSa al en-
bajador . aleman, Edmundo
Won Hermann, de recibir di-
nero de organizaciones ELENA
as e invertirlo EN- obras que no
tienen relaci6n con su carac-
ter diplomatico.
Sostiene ell comite que en- la
Argentina existe una organi-
zaci6n de 10000 nazis alema
mes, todos efos component =
dos a obedecer, "hasta la
muefte," todas las 6rdenes de
Hitler Y los lideres nazis,
Tiene ell comite en- su poder
un recibo, por la cantidad de
100000 que lleva la firma
del embajador y Sc relaciona
con pages hechos a colectivi-
dades alemanas de Beneficen
ella. Mas tarde Sc presentara
un informe sobre las activida-
des de la embajada.
BESIDE ell ano 1888 Van
Hermann viene tratando de
extender su dominic a los hi
jos de alemanes nacidos en- la
Argentina y ell gobierno ma
cional hizo entonces una pro-
tesla.
A los alemanes Sc les Obli-
gaba a prestar este juramen-
to: "Te juramos a II, Adolfo
Hitler, Fuehrer y canciller
del Reich, nuestro coraje y
lealtad. Prometemos obedien-
ella hasta la maerte a If y los
jefes que nombres, y 81 no 10
hacemos ash que Dios nos 10
demande."
Otro de los %juramen.os, pa
ra los nacidos en- la Argenti-
ma, dice: "Apesar de haber a.
sistido a las escuelas locales y
haber desempenado mi profe-
sion en- los circulos locales, yo
soy un aleman."
La gaceta., 1941-08-29

Espolita estuvo a vernos en-
relaci6n con la ayuda a Jos ira
bajadores ingleses.
LIE dijimos que anhelamOs Ia
victoria de los trabajadores ru-
sos e ingleses, de los pueblos a.
gredidos; perO que depreciando
a Mateo Wahl no podfamos CO.
laborar en- actos por el patro-
cinadOs.
Espolita es an trabajador in
teligente e inmediatamente com
prendi6 las poderosas razOnes
de nueStra actitud.
Aver abOrrecia WOhl, como
sectario religioSo Y enganador
iider obreO, al pueblo espafol,
abnegado. mil veces heroico;
hoy, cuandO lie convene, pide
cooperation monetaria de los
espanoles, de los cubanOs y de
los italianos que enviaron CEN
tenares de miles de pesos en-
ayuda de la Espaha inmolada.
81 listed ayud6 a la causa de
Espana, Y 10 hizo por amor a
la democracia y la justicia, a
yude al pueblo ingles y contribu
va para ell fondo de auxilio me
dico a Russia; pero no envie su
dinero a Mateo Wohl.
Que no manchen las manos
de csc hombre, que aver condo
naba y maldecia az pueblo espa-
mol, las pesetas honradamente
ganadas en- los talleres; que no
manohen sus manos los d6lares
de los que durante tres amos,
con admirable tes6n, estuvieron
mandando dinero, medicines y
alimentos al pueblo mas noble y
viril de la terra.