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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02

Ned Cheadle, Shelby attorney. nov
Lieut. Col. e. x. Cheadle. Jr.. in the
u. s. army In Australia, has waxec
poetic, writing to James w. johnson
at Shelby. He contributed q poem witt
the preface: This southern moon L
overrated. 1t hasn't half the horse
power Of the moon that comes over
the mountains in Montana:
Poem
The glittering, twinkling Southern
Cross
So far, to me, Is a total loss.
The irTideScent Southern Star
Is duh to what Montana;s are.
The mellow moon Adontana's got
faint for 1t here; It's too damn hot.
The Heutenant's theme song
Twinkle, twinkle, little bar,
How wish you were q star"
Air raid instructions: II a bomb
makes direct hit on you. keep calm;
don't go to pieces.
Said the doe as she came out Of the
forest: "II never do that for buck
again"
We know a little girl IN our block
who bought 2 bicycle so she could
peddle 1t in the country.
why do you take that terrible old
Indian squaw with you on your hunt
ing tripsP"
well, when she begins to look good
to me, 7 know it's time to go home"
A lot Of these Kelvin fishermen go
fishing Just for the halibut.
eff I take this castor oil do you
think I'll be well enough to get up in
the morning?"
''Wen-you'd better"
A coIorful candidate In the coming
primaries is Byron DeForest. head of I
the Great Falls Credit Exchange. He
IS anti-new-deaP by way OF plat
'orm plus a description the Badger
editor coined for him. In introducing
lim at a large gathering of Great
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02
Greater Safety for the Future

water. II he buys wheat land, he viii like
wise make sure that 1t is not depleted-it
should be capable of yielding 20 or 30 bush
els to the acre In years OF normal precipits-
ton. Whether he farms the land Is not
important The land viii lose none OF its
fertility If left idle. However, he may lease
it to someone who knows how to scientifically
crop it.
The same rules apply to the purchase Of
potential oil land A man may set out 70
buy mere prairie or grazing land and IL he
can do so, he win buy land located on q
known oil structure capable az trapping of.
Such Land may prove far more valuable
than the best irrigated or wheat Land. II
must be oil land that has not been depleted
IF most of the OIL has been removed frOm a
given tract Of land. the investor win prefis
little from its purchase. If It is virgin oil
land, or II It has had one or two wells pro
viding the mere presence Of OIL then the
potential value is greatest. There follows the
coming of the operator who can scientifically
get the maximum ultimate yield of crude on
Be it in Montana, Wyoming, Kansas or
California, the most fortunate person Is enc
who owns or can buy land underIain with
oil. 1t Is one Of the richest of aH "crOps"
and flowing oil wells more frequently enrich
the owners of mere grazing land than own
ers Of high priced agricultural soil It fol-
lows that the purchase Of low-price hnas
on known structures offers perhaps the
greatest opportunity for investment to per-
sons of average means
An investor who buys such lands takes
some risk. He hopes TO get the land for q
price so low that he can resell It for grazing
lands, IL II fails TO produce oil He can
usually felt that he would always be abae
TO get at least half his investment back. NJ
worst. However, his main hope Is in the
possible discovery Of oil. In that he takes
a great risk He can be quite sure abOut
structure. The U.S.G.S. maps indicate pretty
well whether there is 3 structural condftkom
present. 1t Is possible to get Independent
geological and geophysicaI reports In most
promising areas. Not all structures produce,
and therein rests the risk. But If a man
buys land on the basis of farm land and
it turns out to be oil land, his reward b
50 great as to Justify all the risk.
Up to the present we have felt no effects
of land price initiation in Montana, although
values have steadily increased, owing to good
crops and favorable stock raising situation.
We are stiH able to buy lands-chiefIy FROM
mortgage cOmpanies-On known oil struc-
lures, many times at prices less than the
cost of homesteading. We are glad to place
our IS years Of experience In the purchase
OF oil royalties at the disposal Of land In
vestOrs who want 70 be positive about titles
and to know with fair certainty that the
land is located structuraIIy so that il is
likely to produce, with the discovery Of OH
in the structure.
In our current offering Of land we happen
10 be positive on both Of these points. De-
tails win be sent 70 those who request them
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02

Fails business men. the Badger esaiEor
said: Byron Is so old-1ashi0ned thai
he thinks the bays who march away
TO fight for the American Way az
life should find the American Way
Of life when they return.
A man at an auction sale determined
to buy parrot and once he started
to bid he refused to quit and finally
bid 1t IN for much more than he
intended to pay. On the way home he
confided TO friend what a sap he
had been, adding: I'm bet the damn
bird can't even talk"
The parrot turned around in its
cage and retorted: Who the hen do
you think was bidding against you?"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02

another period Of years Of hard work "a
save that much again. But they did not gel
dry hole. It was producer and it appears
to be one that win put them in the high
income tax brackets. Their income taxes viii
do much toward helping win the war and
to tide the nation over, after the war, be-
cause they are creating new wealth. They
are glad to pay the higher taxes because
they can afford to pay from their earnings
"a painful pleasure they would not have
otherwise had
If there were only million people who
could likewise be thrown into high income
tax brackets, 1t would go long way toward
solving the immediate and future problems
Of the United States.
The man who today takes a financial risk
In getting supplies Of lead or zinc or cErO-
MUM, crude oil or other strategic materials
for serving the nations military effort, is
doing a double service for his country as
well as serving himself and his family. 1t
is not expected that members Of the third
or "home" army shall seek impoverishment
by failing to try to "get ahead" 1t is, instead,
all important that they shall redOubIe their
efforts TO care for their futures and to be
prepared to continue paying the cost of the
war and the postwar rehabilitation Of the
American people.
The government action in fixing prices
win reassure the great middle class-the
saIaried men who always get the first cuts
in pay in hard times and the last increases
in pay in returned prosperity. 1t win make
possible careful planning, with fun knOwl-
edge that living costs are not going to con-
tinue to cut down the buying power Of the
weekly or monthly salary check.
Also, the fixing of prices viii curb the
postwar defIatiOn-win minimize the terrific
beating that came TO business and people
generally following World war No. l. That
win benefit stocks and bonds, which are
usually hardest hit, and also Land values.
Land Is the basis of all wealth for 1t is by
products Of the soil that we live. The man
who owns land has the one imperishable
asset that will care for him in years TO come.
If he paid too much for his land he may
suffer from the postwar defIation but IL
he paid price propOrtiOnate to the potential
productivity Of the land, he need have no
worry, now that the government has moved
to halt the pyramiding Of commodity prices,
wages and rentals.
Every man should own some land and be
prepared to keep It, as insurance for the
future It cannot be sold out from under
him, like margins on the stock market; Il
cannot be carried away; 1t cannot be lost
through the bad business Judgment Of others
Land Is a decided American institution and
the right to own land and to be the king
thereof Is the foundation of the American
way
If q man buys irrigated land, he knows
pretty well what TO expect. He win not buy
exhausted land but fresh land capable Of
producing large crops of sugar beets. Iegumes
or alfalfa or other crops which require much
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02
NOTICE OF PLACER LOCATION

NOTICE OF PLACER LOCATION
ION TOOtsie Greek. East butte Of fh.
Sweetgrass Hiils-June, 1921
BY JACK MONROE
Pioneer PrOspectOr and Glacier Parh
Guide.)
we claim all mineral lying round
n ON or under or above the ground.
We claim all oil, all coal as well
From the top Of the grass roots down
to hell.
We claim all timber, all water, too:
The duck, the sagehen, and slim curlew.
We claim the coyotes, we claim the
The skunks. the weasels and grizzly
bears.
We claim the bugs, the ticks and flies,
From bedrock gold up to the skies.
we claim the ruby, the gypsum white,
The sapphire blue and diamond
bright,
Flurspar. onyx and serpentine,
Slate granite, marble, Divine.
We claim the grass: we claim the
bowers;
We claim the perfume. we claim the
flowers,
We claim the bighorn. the mountain
goat,
The biacktafl deer and wondering
shoat.
We claim the plants, the shrubs and
hay,
ent day.
We claim the ether, sound waves of
worth,
We claim-oh. hell. we claim the
earth.
Editors note--Jack Monroe has spent
many years in the Sweetgrass Hills and
Is one of the most colorful characters
Of the surviving old west. AS a guide
he dude wrangled such famous men as
Henry L. Stimson, present secretary of
var; Former Governor Pinchot of
and Lord Barring of Lon
Ion, in the mountains now known as
Glacier park.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02
EXCEPTION Is
GRANTED In
kelvin FIELD
fContinued from &c Onel

(COntlnued rom Page OnoJ
pletion and started one new well this
week on an approved southeast corner
location
Prevol & Shay Govt. No. 9, Sc SEA
SCI 10-35-3W, has 500 feet of oil COM
ing from two showings, one at the con-
tact of the Madison lime at 1781-1782
and the other at 1813-1819, in the first
break" 1t will be acidized after test
ing. Rods and tubing are being run.
Yealey-Shaw No. IL, NE NE4 SW3
35-36-2W, found no break" in the
lime down to l843. 1t was shot with 20
quarts of nitro glycerin and treated
with 500 gallons of acid but 1t failed
to show any oil.
Coolidge & Coolidge Wait No. 4. @
NW3 SEA 13-35-2W. is drilling at 1885.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02

Billings refiners shipped in 336,956
barrels in March; 272, 864 barrels in
February, and ran 322,949 barrels in
March; 289, 1882 In February.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02

The young miss had been given =,
hairless Chewawa dog and IN the colo
Montana spring the animal was con.
stantly cold so she mounted her BIZ
cycle and rode down to the drug store
and asked the druggist: Can you give
me something that win grow hair on
my Chewawa."
We'll" unused the druggist, riding
bicycle won't do it any good"
The soldier who was expecting an
increase in the family, fearing that
he might be laughed at by his buddies,
arranged code with his wife, choosing
the word "kraut," according to a silly
story that is going the rounds. So it
was he received q wire: 'fKraut, kraut,
Taut, two with weiners and one with
out"
81 know a man who has been mar
ried for 40 years, and spends every
evening at home"
That's what I call real love-"
The doctor calls it paralysis"
Wife (wailing): How can you talk
to me like that, after I've given you
the best years Of my lfe?"
Husband (unimpressed by her emo
tom: yah? And who made them the
best years Of your hfe?"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02

NTABLIZATTON of wages and prices Is
the most reassuring development in the
economic situation since the start of the war
and it will serve to make it possible for
average business and professional men to
plan for their future.
OF first importance is winning the war.
There is no such thing as getting ahead"
il the war is lost and the war win not be
lost because the American people have faith
in their cause and have the materials and
the ability to win against powers which have
already spent their chief energies and re-
sources
But because a man cannot carry a gun or
run a tank, it does not follow that he has
no part TO play. Every man owes 1t to him
SELF to his family and to his nati6n 20 exert
every energy toward getting ahead" He
must give more Of himself to his job than
ever before. Even If he Is not in direct mill
tary or in defense work as such, his own Job
calls for his best efforts.
There are three equally important armies
in this war: first, the army on land and sea
which is carrying the war TO the foreign
lands to meet the foe on two sides; second,
the army of defense workers who provide
the arms, ships and munitions; third, the
army Of those who must pay the bills. Those
I'm the fighting army and in the defense
work army cannot possibly pay their own
way; the man who receives his pay from the
government has nothing with which to pay
taxes: he has created no new wealth by his
work, therefore any taxes he pays are merely
a reduction in wages Were the postman to
receive S2,4OO a year and pay $500 I'm taxes
10 to- hs &c
per year. So the burden of paying for the
war rests upon the "hOme army"-those who
are creating new wealth.
Furthermore, the fighting armies and the
defense armies cannot be depended upon to
do much to help pay the war cost after the
war is over with the cessation Of h0stilities
these millions Of men win be thrown upon
their own resources, with the necessity Of
starting over" They viii have to find new
homes, find new jobs and evolve new enter
prises to make living. 1t win take many
years Of readjustment to again get them in
productive enterprise. The expedient Of PWA
jobs or other government employment win
not solve the economic problem. The sOlu-
ton win come only when men are profitabIy
engaged I'm the production of new wealth.
1t follows that the "hOme army" must
its efforts to insure the future.
There is stin another important phase COM
ing, If we are to save the american Way Of
Life" We are thinking of the dry land wheat
farmer of DuttOn who might have been sat
sfied to keep his accumulated funds I'm saw
ngs accounts but instead chose ~ risk them
In an oil enterprise. He Joined with a thrifty
1I man-One who had saved money out Of
wages in oil field empIOyment-and the two
-isked practically everything in the drilling
IF well in the new High Gravity pool west
" Kelvin. Had they drilled dry hole, they
would have had to 'start over"-meaning
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02
Washington Oil News

WENATCHEE-Norco First Drilling
Corp. well has reached a depth of
1856 feet and its sponsors are praying
that they can bring in a pool of high
grade OIL at this time when the most
critical need is apparent. Drilling will
continue, providing financial support
can be found, according to Tyler A.
Rogers, engineer in charge.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02
BOWDON DOME
UNDER BILLINGS
U.SG.S. OFFICE
(Continued from Fac ono

government land. with considerable
fee land included. It is expected that
the state Of Montana viii shortly con-
tribute school land to the unit.
The new division line of the Great
Falls and Billings offices Of the U.s.
G.S. is the east line Of Range 2sE,
near Fort Belknap, following south
ward near the west line Of Phillips
county, thence to the Wyoming line.
Remaining in the Great Falls district
is all Of Montana west of the same
range line
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02
AGAIN SETS RECORD

Tank car movement to the north
east coast sets a new record every week
In the week ended April Is the new
high was 500 500 barrels daily-22 per-
cent above the preceding week. Most
OF these companies are losing money
on every gallon Of products SO shipped
but are investing that loss In the war
effort. Largest shippers were Standard
OF New Jersey, 1924 cars, and The
Texas Co., 2.053 cars.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02

The first WiIdcat to complete dur
ing 1912 viii doubtless be the Lothian
structure test of McDougall and others
near the location of the old Beck Pc
troleum well, in Sec. 24-32N-3E. The
well is nearing the Sunburst sand but
was delayed by the necessity of under
roaming the 7-inch casing at POOP. Oil
is expected at the top of the lime, as
at the Beck well.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02
DERRICK UP
FOR TEST OF
THE DEVONIAN
(Contlnued from Page ono

checked by Ed Hunt, now geologist Of
McColl-Frontenac of Canada, but an
nouncement and awarding of the drill
ing contract has been delayed awaiting
completion of title search. Abstracts
are being completed on every farm In
an entire township-23O 4O acres. The
first well is expected to be near the
center Of township 29N, Range 7W 1t
viii be drilled with rotary tools to a
depth OF 1000 feet, expected to test
only the lower Cretaceous.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02

A battling fishing job still delays
the AA Corp well on the Arch-Apex
structure In Liberty county, near the
west butte of the SweetgraSs Hills
where a 5000. 0O0-foot flow of gas from
a sandy shale keeps drillers from re-
covering lost bit, at 1915 feet They
are now trying to drill by. Location is
on the Fey farm in Sc SW3 SW4 80
37N-2E.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02

r. B. Mclaughlin Of Houston, v1cs
president Of The Texas Pipeline Co,
with SO years Of experience, has be-
come assistant director Of transporta-
ton in the OPC.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-05-02
WE BELIEVE

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS have been definitely proven in
dispensibe in Montana Every wildcat should have both
Madison and Devonian highs" determined by reflection
seismogTaph before drilling begins.
DEEPER DRILLING essential write the real history of
the Montana oil industry The major of Mon
tana petroleum is IN formations BELOW THE BIG
LIME Abandonment of wells at the Cat Creek horizon
is stupidity No we'll should be considered completion
until it is drilled into the Devonan.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
Camden Potters
Getting Full Time
Eight More Members Leave
For Army On MonduY.
September IA

Camden, N. J.-Although we are not
making large variety, the work be-
ing mostly lavatories and urinals, work
has been very good with everybody
getting full time.
There are quite lot of new faces
around here taking the places of men
who are in the Service. There will be
eight more men leave by the 14th of
September. Brothers Stanley Malpas
chairman of our shop committee, f.
MOselewski, Carl POlanski, Stanley
Budnick, Edward Biegalski, John j.
Sianski, and Alex Gazior. This makes
Il total of 81 in the Service.
Withdrawal cards have been granted
to Brothers Blair and Robert krimmell
and Joseph Budnick. They are leaving
for school.
We had quite large crowd out tC
our last meeting. 1t looked good to SET
some of the faces we haven't seen fol
some time. Remember fellows we have
a meeting this Saturday. Try and be
there, I'm sure you will enjoy the
refreshments after the meeting.-O.C
so.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
Increasing Weekly As Busi-
mes And Industry Make
Inrouds On Personnel
ARMY TAKES MANY
Adoption Of State Re-
ciprocdl Program Would
Relieve Situation

Washington, u. c. TLNS).-The ma
ton is short some 10000 school
teachers and the shortage is increasing
weekly, as the draft and war plants
take men teachers and business and
industry make inroads on the women
personnel.
DR. Benjamin W. Frazier of the l.
S. Office of Education says that war
industries, government service and Sc
lective Service are primarily reSponS-
ible for taking the teachers from their
profession. The situation is made all
the more acute because city areas, with
their higher salaries, better living ana
working conditions and often longer
tenure. are drawing teachers from the
rural sections.
The most serious teacher shortage
DR.. Frazier says, is in the elementary
grades. the agricultural and industrial
arts business and commercial educa
tion, home economics, physical educa'
tion for men, physics, chemistry, gen
eral science and mathematics
AS an example, it is reported that
1.744 teachers Of vocational agriculture
had left their field last year, and, be
cause many We're graduates OF land
grant colleges, where they had been il
II. O. +. G. units, 2S per cent were
called in as reserve officers.
In many states more than half the
male teachers have been called in thu
armed services.
Another complication I'm the teacher
shortage is the scarcity Of rubber ah'
gas rationing Many women who other
wise are willing TO teach in rura
schools now are hesitant because the!
can get neither priorleS for tires no.
supplementary gasoline cards. Still
another difficulty is that many State'
do not recognize teaching certificates
granted by other states. Educationa
officials believe the shortage can b'
met to great degree if states adop
a reciprocal certificate program.
Seven states are issuing teachn.
certificates to Is and 10 year old higl
school graduates. In addition, % State'
are giving emergency certificates t'
localities unable to supply legal,
qualified teachers. Twelve states, how
ever continue to require four years o
college, even for elementary schoo
teachers.
Pay, too, Is II sore point for man.
teachers. An average monthly salary %
S77l2 IL month"; or less, is provided il
Tennessee, \ IA bama, Arkansas
Georgia kentucky, Mississippi, Nortl
Dakota, South Carolina and South Da
kOta. These states are among thoS'
that face the most acut" teacher short
age.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-09-10
Unions Urged To Record
Members In Armed Forces

Washington, d. c. President VIII
liam Green and SecretaryTreasurer
George Meany of the American Fedora
tion of Labor sent the secretaries of
directly affiliated local unions a scroll,
with the request that they inscribe the
names of the members of the union
who are serving in the armed forces Of
tn nation. The letter accompanying the
scrolls said:
1--WE are sure you will appreciate
this beautiful SCROLL and that you will
see to it that the names of your mem
bers who are serving in the armed
forces of our country are properly in
scribed thereon. Then, we hope that at
an appropriate time you will have the
scroll properly framed and maintained
by your local union in an appropriate
place for future reference. You can
keep the scroll as a part of the perma
nent records of your local union"