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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-17

"Mother-you there?" she cried
Eyes. dear"
"Father-Are you there?' she
cried - ;,
replied her father. A fellow travel
er lost patience at this point and
shouted. YES, by thunder-we re
All here, your father, mother,
brother. sister, aunts, uncles and
cousins-all here-nOw go to
sleep"
softly, Mamma"
Eyes, dear"
WAS that God?"
A city man crawled over fence,
only TO find himself in a pasture
with a vicious-looking bull.
''Hey, there" he called to a
farmer, sis this bull safer"
"He sure is answered the
farmer "A durn sight safer than
you are
They tell about the girl who fell
down at Camp Lewis and made $40
before she could get up.
Many a heaving bosom is moth
ing more than hope chest.
Il want a suitable gift for a
wealthy old aunt who is awfully
weak and can hardly walk"
Clerk: How about some floor
wax?"
A girl may be both ignorant and
ihapely but she is never ignorant |
If the fact that she is shapely,
Girls who keep on slapping faces
Don't see sights and don't go
places.
Girls who do not kiss at partin'
Don't get asked again, that's sar-
in.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-17
Oil Chases COlOred Farmers
AUay From Farm Second Time

TEX.-Old Oil il ON the heels
of
in
because by wells.
1T looks arc going o quit to
away he wife
front yard drilling
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-17

The Texas Company has advanc-
ed the price of Illinois basin crude
oil sc Dbl. to 1927 following the
advance announced by Ohio Oil
Co. The company also met the high
er price postings for California
crude oil as initiated by Standard
Oil Co. of California in fields where
its purchases.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-17

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of 1Oc
per Dbl. in prices they will pay for
Michigan crudes were announced by
leading purchasers of these oils.
Increased postings, with one ex-
ception, were retroactive to May
/.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-17
WE BELIEVE

GEOPHYSTCAL SURVEYS haze been definitely pro-
zen indispensable in Montana Every q0dcat should
haze both Madison and De0onan highs" determine
ed BY reflection SeiSmOgrabh before drilling begins
DEEPER DRILLING is essential to 2Vre the real his
tory of the Montana oil industry. The major
source of Montana petroleum rs in formations Be
LOW THE BIG LIME abandonment of 7UeAS at
the Madison contact is a 7CuSte of money Aban-
Comment of qCels at the Cat Greek horizon is stu
bidity No 7UeH slonld be considered completion
ntH it is drilled into the DeVottian
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-17
Oil Trade Notes
Of Interest to Refiners and Marketers

Farmers at
in
Devon station.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-17

as compared Win $4sl05 worth or OIL
per acre in Kevin-Sunburst field But
Kelvin field has more than sixty times
as much producing area as Cat Creek
and will have an ultimate production
many times greater than the total yield
of Cat Greek.
This leads us to careful study of each
potential new oil field. Validating is
no longer a hit-and miss proposition.
Oil prospectors are taking the risk out
of their drilling by the use of science
and the several wells drilling in new ter
ritory in Montana today are far more
likely to succeed than those of any pre-
vious year There is no honest person
Of intelligence who will today state
that no more oil fields or no more pro-
ducing horizons will be found in Mon
tana. It follows that the person who
knows something about the history of
development of present productive fields
can know what to expect on the several
types of folds. He can easily ascertain
whether a potential new oil field has
the characteristics of Cat Creek-with
sharp folding and faulting-or the char
acteristics of a broad dome such as
Kelvin field He then knows better what
to expect and can place his investments
accordingly.
Pioneer investors in montana oil, many
OF whom have made great fortunes new
or had opportunity equal to that afford
ed today. We who have studied devel-
opments of the last two decades are arm
ed with guidance that safeguards us from
mistakes of the past Our investments
are far safer and the outlook more GER
tain.
wv have bought royalties on or
w close to all but one of the most
promising wildcat" tests now
drilling in Montana today. Through these
investments because we know that the
prices paid were right) we are confi-
dent that some of our members are going
to make profits equal to or greater than
those which gave us our start" in Kew
in pioneering days.
The ones who profit most will be
those who have invested thinking along
with their money. They will know how
to profit most by their success; whether
to sell at a cash profit or whether to
sell a part and keep a part else keep
it ALL Those important decisions are as
essential to success as the cash which
was required for the investments.
This organization renders a service to
royalty investors which affords oppor-
tunity to arrive at a fairly intelligent
understanding of the Montana oil in
dustry. We deal in royalties in no other
state than Montana. We confine our eff
forts to capitalizing things we have
known intimately during the past eight
cen years. Our publications and bulle-
tins are invaluable to a royalty investor
Membership in the organization requires
fee of 81 to cover cost of maps and
reports.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-17

L. c. Stevenson, who Financed
the discovery wells in Kevin-Sun-
burst field, denies that he is back
in the oil business" "A man isn't
in the oil business until he gets
some OIL he says.
Just before the concert started
the great singer received a wire
stating that he had just become
the father of twins. Following the
concert one of the spinsters belong
ing to the local committee rushed
up to him back stage and gushed:
"Oh. Mr.. A: we girls are so hap
Ply for you and we want to know
just exactly how you felt when you
received that telegram.
Il can tell you" the great sing
er replied. II felt just as if 1 had
been paid two fees for one perform
ance."
Little Mary was put in an upper
berth of a sleeping car for the
first time She kept crying until
her mother told her not to be
afraid, as God would watch over
her
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
ITS A PRIVILEGE TO LIVE
IN IMPERIAL VALLEY

Here are more slogans submitted IN
the Post-Press contest. Today one dol
lar winner is on page one. Those SUB
mitting slogans should remember that
Saturday will be the last day OF the
contest. Slogans must be in the Post
Press office by 9 o'clock Saturday morn
ing.
One of the slogans published below
may win between now and Saturday. Or
have you a better one?
Imperial Valley, Where We Have Pro
duce, Peace and Contentment.
Mrs. George w. Damron, El Centro.
ooh Imperial Valley, Garden of the
West,
Of All the Places l Have Lived, l
Think This is Best"
H E Woods FL Centre.
Imperial Valley, Where Old King
Winter is Taboo"
Ruth Merryman. El Centro.
at Would be Time Lost Hunting a
Better Place Than Imperial Valley"
B. F Laney Ell Centro.
Imperial Valley, the Palm of Gods
Hand"
Jim Hand. Imperial
Imperial Valley, Cream Of the En-
pire.'
-Winifred Simpson. Imperial.
'You Shouldn't Pass Up Imperial Val
ley"
Mrs NJ. A Flower, Hotve.
Imperial Valley - Gods Garden of
Wild Flowers"
Mrs V. M Watson, Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
Ship Seizures Not
Closed Incident.
Germans Declare

BERLIN, April 2 (UP) - The
authoritative Diplomatische Politi-
Sche korreSpondenz which often
voices the views of the foreign Of
flee today called American seizure
of axis shipping a fragrant wild
west American breach Of the law" ="
The organ said that the Ameri-
can move was IAN act of gangter-
ISM which it said was the latest
violence of the Roosevelt regime -
Nazi informants said that the
possibility Of diplomatic action in
addition to the German protest al
ready filed with the American
state department "could not bc
ruled out"
They said German reaction to the
ship seizures would be made public
soon and added:
1T can be assumed that it will
also refer to similar actions by 9TH
er countries than the United
States.
The fact that one bad boy is in
league with other bad boys does
not detract from the badness Of
what he does
Thus it was Indicated that the
government would comment on the
entire western hemisphere ship
seizure situation.
1nformantS said that the German
protest already made had gone from
the German embassy at Washing
ton to the state department.
The informants said they did not
know whether Germany had de-
manded the return of the ships or
threatened reprisals.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
REFLECTIONS ON A PROBLEM
(Wall Street JOurnaD

wv ali Slittl JOufidlj
"Problem' is useful word and is
therefore in danger of being overWorked.
1t is unprotected by any wage-hOur law.
Most of us are strongly inclined to
think that any difficulty in the days
work presents a problem for which
there should be solution
word constantly threatened with nervous
breakdown. A solution for a problem,
naturally, should take shape IN ''for
mula," a method Of procedure which
can be made to work through coopera
ton among numbers of individuals or
groups. In default of such widespread
intelligence blended with altruism, the
formula must of course be framed in
legislation having the necessary degree
Of compulsion.
The solution of problem, as every
one knows, is primarily the responsibility
of those whom the problem affects. SO
long as these persons are unwilling to
tackle it or are unable to agree on the
way to solve the problem, it remains
their responsibility and perhaps their
disgrace. But, if occasionally they evince
a disposition to shoulder it, the respon-
sibility cannot safely be left with them;
they cannot be trusted to work out a So
cially desirable solution. It then becomes
necessary for others to impose a formu
la on them. To be sure formula does
not always turn out to be a solution;
in fact, it seldom does. But there's no
harm in trying, is there?
No, no harm in trying a formula or
two, or three, unless excessive anxiety
to find a solution for a problem in a
formula leads those concerned to forget
and neglect the means by which most
problems" are "solved," namely, by
patient and persistent endeavor under
the handicap of circumstance while
avoiding problem-breeding formulas.
How to guard ourselves against such
forgetfulness is problem, with no solu-
ton in sight.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
Serb Croai Peace
Assurances Given

BELGRADE, April . CUP)-The
new Jugoslav regime was reported
this afternoon to have succeeded IN
its efforts to establish unity on the
home front in the face of threats
from beyond JugoslaVia's frontiers
and to have won the adherence of
the powerful Croat faction to the
new government.
The Croats repeatedly have reach
ed an agreement with the Serb
faction, which now dominates the
government, and the venerable
Croat statesman, Vladimir Matchek,
was said to have agreed to hold the
portfolio Of vice premier under Gen.
Dusan T. Simovitch.
The adherence Of the Croats TO
the new government will mean
that JugoslaVia presents a solid
front Of all important minority ell
emcnts in this Kingdom against
whatever eVentualities arise from
the deepening crisis
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
CREATED
FOR HARMONY

Now, the heads of all these u
organizations don't have to run to
GEM. every time they want to
talk to the President. Each is an
independent egency, and the idea
of O.EM. is not to cramp the style
of any of the agencies, but to help
them get along with each other
and with other government agenc-
les, and guide these emergency,
civilian agencies through the maze
of government procedure.
To do this, it has under Nc
Reynolds an executive director, Sid
ney Sherwood, an eX-TreaSury De-
partment organizer, and his assist
ant Shane MacCarthy.
1t has budget and finance Off
Ger with a force of SO under Jerome
Gunther, whose job it is to handle
the payroll, expenditures and book
keeping for all these outfits eX-
cept OPM., which is so big it
takes care of its own financing.
In other words, the job of O.E.M
is largely housekeeping and secre-
tarial and clerical. It's the servant
of the defense effort.
If Leon Henderson and Harriet
Elliott want survey of the cost
of living, to determine how much
of a price downholding campaign
they should put on, they call up
Sherwood, who calls up the Bureau
of Labor Statistics and asks them
to do the job. If B. L. S. hasn't
enough researchers or enough h
money, OEM. tells BIS. to hire
the experts and charge it to O.EM
There has been talk that OE.M.
might be given a lot of authority
and really run the defense show.
That's now doubtful. What they
would like is one building big
enough to house their II branches
now in the 16 buildings.
OEM.'s service department is
now in one of the old temporary
buildings built for World War I.
The building has been condemned
for years, smoking is forbidden
and fire drills are regular That's
typical perhaps of all the con-
fusion there has been about OE,
M.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
ONLY A HARD AND FAST
POLICY WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM

The city council cannot escape respon-
sibility for the muddled gambling situa-
tion in Ell Centre.
The police department in such matters
acts under policies laid down by the
council-at least under Ell Centros gov
ernmental setup as of today. And no
hard and fast policy has been laid down
by the council.
Majority members of the city council
went into office on reform ticket last
year. They have had time now to famil-
iariZe themselves with the problems of
government, and should have decided
long ago upon definite policies to carry
out the reform that has been pledged.
They were elected largely because the
people were tired of endless rumors, un-
savory odors and occasional unpleasant
happenings in the gambling picture.
Yet the smell is as bad as it ever was.
There are several things the city can
and should do to relieve the situation.
First and foremost, there should be
declaration of policy, including a list of
games which will be allowed to operate
and games which will not be allowed.
Alternatives are complete abolition of all
gambling under city ordinance, or a wide
open policy under which anything goes.
There should be no more of deputizing
special guards who are paid by the gam
blers. If there are to be deputized guards,
they should be regular officers, charged
with enforcing the law upon gambling
operators and players alike.
If the state will not define percent
age" games, which the law declares to be
illegal, then the city should define them
by ordinance, and enforce the decision
on all card games.
There should be no more attempt to
keep gambling issues in the background,
for they are too vital to the public to
be hush-hushed.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
Belgrade Sends
Note to Moscow

ISTANBUL. April . CUP) - A
special Jugoslav plane was reported
today to be flying to Moscow with
an important message from the
Belgrade government to the Soviet
regime.
The Jugoslav plane was reported
to have flown from Belgrade TO
Istanbul this morning and to have
taken off on the next stage of its
flight to Moscow after a brief stop
over here.
1t was understood two passengers
were aboard the plane. q new coun-
sellor for the Jugoslav legation at
Moscow and an air attache who
was said TO be taking the communi-
cation to Russia. There was no
indication of the nature of the
Jugoslav message although reports
have circulated without official
confirmation of exchanges between
the two countries regarding the
possibility of 4 pact of some kind.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
So They Say

The present struggle involves not
only our destiny as a world power
but our ultimate position as mari
time and commercial nation.
Raymond H. Geist, State De-
partment commercial expert.
Nations, like individuals, can exist
only in freedom and security if
they are prepared to cooperate for
mutual economic welfare and, if
need be, for mutual defense.
-Viscount Halifax, British Ambass-
ador to the U. S.
Modern marriage is handicapped
at the outset by modern living.
Judge Joseph SABBATH of Chicago,
hearing his 52,679th divorce case.
Gilded spittoons of Indianas to-
bacco-chewing era are more approp-
riate to my murals, even when they
hide them, than Greco-Roman
statues or Mayan reliefs.
Thomas Hart Benton, Missouri
artist.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
Romance Blooms
In Wartime London

LONDON, April 2. CUP) Ro-
nance did a booming business dur
ing the wars first year. More mar
riages were performed than in any
year since 1920, returns to the reg
istrar general from England and
Wales showed today.
Nearly 100000 English and Welsh
girls became brides-almost 100000
more than in the last IL months of
peace.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
British-U. s. War
PIuns Examined

MANILA, April 2 CUP)-Air Chief
Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham,
British commander in chief in the
Far East, arrived today with a staff
of British military chieftans and
was expected to engage in confer
ences covering the whole range
OF far eastern defense with Adm.
Thomas c. Hart, commander in
chief of the u. S. Asiatic fleet.
1t was said authoritatively that
on his way TO Manila Brooke-Pop-
ham and his associates visited the
Netherlands East Indies for con-
ference with defense leaders there.
Conferences here We're expected
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02

to take in the entire problem of
defense from the Netherlands East
Indies, through Manila, to waters
farther north.
Brooke-Popham and the Other"
officers, including Maj. Gen. Rich
ard H. Dewing, his chief of staff,
landed at CaVite, the u S. naval
base near here on Manila Bay, in
a four-motored British seaplane
from Singapore.
They are to continue on to Hong
Kong, tomorrow or Friday to sur
vey the situation there.
The Hong Kong visit will con-
clude a series of inspection trips
by Brooke-Popham to British en-
pire defenses throughout the Far
East.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
Another Italian
Destroyer Sunk

LONDON, April (UP) - The
admiralty said today that naval
planes had sunk an italian destroy
et and a British destroyer had in
tercepted a German merchantmen
while the axis ships were trying TO
flee from Massawa, the Eritrean
port upon which British empire
forces are advancing from ASmara.
The destroyer was of the italian
Pantera class.
The merchantmen was the Bert
ram Rickners, 4,l83 tons. 1t was
intercepted by the 1890 ton Brit
ish destroyer Kandahar.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
Berlin Declares
Crisis Worse

BERLIN, April . up Au-
thori2ed German quarters declared
today that Che crisis in German
Ju9oslaV relations had grown worse
during the past "a hours.
"Constantly mounting anti-Ger-
man demonstrations are occurring
in Jugoslavia.s authorized quarters
said.
German newspapers continued to
give prominent display to reports
of Jugoslav atrocities against the
German minority in Jugoslavia.
Newspapers said that except in
Croatia, the systematic pursuit of
Germans was increasing.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
HALFWAY MEASURES
ON ILLEGAL GAMBLING

The gambling picture in Ell Centre is
not pleasant one.
1t will not be a pleasant one until a
definite policy is adopted and followed
out by the city council and all other city
officials policy which absolutely de-
fines what is to be permitted and what
is not, and then enforces the definitions
rigidly.
The recent closing of Broadway gam
bling halls was a half way measure
which only reflected a critical condi-
ton. 1t did not cure the condition. 1t
only gave rise to several questions
l. Why was it necessary for testimony
of illegal gambling to come out in an
open court trial before city officials
needed the advice of District Attorney
Elmer w. Heald to close the establish
ments?
2. Why had the city permitted such
conditions to exist, even in the face of
widespread public rumors that they were
illegal, until an operator of one place
admitted on the witness stand that an
illegal game was played in his place
and was being played in the others?
3. Why had not the city exercised its
supervisory rights sufficiently to know
the illegal aspects of the situation?
A. If the city did know the situation,
why did it not act earlier upon the advice
of Councilman P. l. Moore, who although
in the minority insisted upon closing
down the Broadway places?
5. If illegal games were being played
in the Broadway places without inter-
ference by the city, is it not possible
that Main street card games and other
forms of gambling are contrary to law?
6. What steps does the city take to
make sure that games played within the
city limits are strictly legal?
Z. Why are special guards who are
paid by the gambling interests deputiZed
by city police, since such action possibly
makes the city liable for the acts of gam
bling house employees?
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
BRITISH SUB SINKS
ITALIAN VESSELS

LONDON, April 2 CUP) - An
admiralty communique tonight re-
ported that a British submarine
has sunk an Italian submarine anG
the italian tanker. Laura Corrado,
3645 tons, in the Mediterranean.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
THOUGHTS for the Day

The Lord render to every man his righteousness and
his faithfuness for the Lord delivered thee into my
hand today but would not stretch forth mine hand
against the Lords anointed.-Samuel 1928
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
IS EPILEPSY INHERITED?
WHAT CAUSES IT?

a booklet containing the opinions OF fam.
ous doctors on this interesting subject will
be sent FREE. while they last. to any reader
writing TO the Educational Division. 555
Fifth Ave. New York. N. Y. Dept. F-33S
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
FROM ONE OFFICE
TO Is BUILDINGS

O.E.M. started as one man, Will
lam H. McReynolds, one of the
Presidents administrative assist
ants. 1t now has 200 employees and
is growing. It got its first money
from the Presidents emergency
funds. got some more when The
President took a couple million
away from the Council of National
Defense. and will have available
part of the $40 million earmarkcd
for administration of the 81 billion
British aid bill.
Starting with one office which
McReynolds had in the State De-
partment building, the outfit has
gioWn until it now reaches into
Is different government buildings.
and it is doubtful if anyone eX-
cept the messengers and a few of
the executives have been in all the
l6
Twelve differ ent government
agancies connected with the de
Tense effort are co-ordinated thru
the O.EM.:
Office Of Production Manage
ment the Knudsen- -Hillman out
fit
Division of Defense Housing Co
ordination under Charles F.. Palm
er
Cultural Relations with South
America. under Nelson Rockefeller.
Defense Research Committee,
under DR.. Vanneyar Bush.
Division of State and Local CO.
operation under Frank Bane.
Defense Communications Board
under James Lawrence Fly.
National Defense ediation
Board under DR.. Clarence A. Dyk-
stra. Then come five divisions of
the Advisory Commission experts)
to the Council of National Defense
six cabinet members who shape
the broad outlines of war policy:
Division of Labor under Sidney
Hillman
Division of Agriculture under
Chester C. Davis.
Division of Price Sterilization
under Leon Henderson.
Division Of Transportation un-
der Ralph Budd.
Division Of Consumer Protection
under Miss Harriet Elliott.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-02
Famous Sayings

On you, My Lord, with anxious fear wait and from
your Judgment must expect my fate-Addison