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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-07-11

The East Mahoney crude price Is based
1Oc below the Salt Creek posting, and
the Wertz and Mahoney prices are
based zoe below the Salt Greek posting.
LaBarge follows Aidcontinent prices
Csc above Salt Creek. It is derived
from the average of the prices posted
by Standard Oil and Texas in Mid
continent. Since Standard posts down
to 81 gravity and Texas stops at be-
low %, the average prices apply to
LaBarge crude below % gravity.
Medicine Bow, effective a. m,
May 20. 1941
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-07-11

HELENA-The state civilian defense
organization will terminate its train
ing period Aug. / in order to test the
progress made, according to w. G..
Ferguson, director, who has returned
from a To-day trip in which he in
spected civilian defense setups in IL
western Montana counties.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-07-11

HELENA Russell H Hart, Helena,
veteran of World war 1, has left here
for Salt Lake for induction into the
army. Hart, who is one Of the first
Montana veterans to go back into
service, is a past state president and
national officer of the 40 and 8 Of the
American Legion.
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(F'ollows Salt Greek posting)
(Tensleep zoe under)
Mahoney, 5-20-41 ....... xxx
(2Oc below Salt Creek posting)
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RECORD MEAT PRODUCTION

Meat production in June was the
greatest on record for that month, and
approximately Is percent greater than
a year ago, the American Meat insti-
tute pointed out in a review of the
livestock and meat trade.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-07-11

Terou and others were manning
''pompom" guns. They went over the
side 70 help with the nfeboats and
took many sick and injured men to
other ships for safety.
HELENA - Bob Bradford, "a. Of
Bozeman, was awarded q 500 war
bond for the grand sweepstakes prize
at the state model plane contest held
near here. The Jim Speer trophy
awarded the model plane club which
makes the most points In the state
meet. went 10 the Bozeman club for
the second straight year.
HYSHAM-John M. Bellies. rs. who
died here, was a retired rancher and
Montana native. he was born at
Virginia City In 1857. Bellies lived In
Bozeman for 40 years and then moved
to Custer, where he lived until his
wife's death In 1910. He had lived with
a son on a ranch at Big Horn since
then.
HEIENA-An indication that Mon
tanans, who are noted for mentioning
in wilderness areas, are spending their
vacations working In back yard gar
dens this year has been given by the
fish and game department with the
report that the sale Of fishing licenses
so far this year is 30 percent under
last.
MISSOULA - Ben Zimmerman Of
Roosevelt county has been elected
president Of the Montana Association
of County Commissioners. other new
officers are w. ]. Fouse Of Carbon
county, vice president; B. H. McCarty
of Big Horn county, secretary treas
urer, and William Brown Of Lewis and |
Clark county, counsel.
GREAT FALLS-Montana residents
who attended the Christian mission |
here last fall were saddened to learn |
Of the death of DR.. Carl Sumner
Rnopf, who was the victim Of a heart
attack at Salem, Ore. DR.. Knopf was
one of the most popular speakers on
the mission program and was to have
conducted Bible conference here in
October.
HARLOWTON-The body of man
Identified as Nels P. Olsen of Seattle,
vas found dangling from the 60-foot
oiling in the Milwaukee material
yard here by Helen Prato, local high
school girl Officers said Olsen hanged
himself with 1-inch rope feet long,
secured by q heavy piece of wire
strung between two Of the heavy pill
ngs. The body was sent to Seattle.
GREAT Theodore G. Carl
on, who died at the veterans hospital
It Fort Mckenzie, near Sheridan,
Vyo., was a Great Falls resident. He
lad been a patient at Fort Mckenzie
or many years. Born in Sweden IN
1888, Carlson came to Great Falls with
lis mother in 1895, where they joined
he father, Antoine Carlson. The fam
" lived at ranch west Of Belt for
number of years.
THOMPSON FALLS Charges of
Irst degree murder against Agnes
hurley Parker and her son, Joe Par
er, were ordered dismissed because
( lack Of evidence In district court
ere. They had been charged with the
laying last year of Alice Archie,
aughter of Mrs. Parker, whose body
ras found near Perma.
HELENA - Evidence that tourists
nd M0ntanans are taking the tire
heritage seriously is found in the fact
nat gasoline tax revenues from May
) to June is this year were down
lore than $155, 900 in comparison with
ne same period in 1871. Receipts from
an. ! to June is declined $685., 1854,
with last years collections.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-07-11

A new method Of waterproofing ar
ticles, such as dress shields and baby
pants, has been developed. No rubber
is used.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-07-11
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
POSTED PRICES
FOR CRUDE OIL

Following are the current prices for
crude oil per barrel as posted by the
principal purchasers In various fields
Of the Rocky Mountain Division with
the effective date Of the price, by
states and fields:
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-07-11
WYOMING
Salt Greek. effective z a. m,
NAV 20. 1871

% utgIEtS dLu aUUVt ........,... ~
Cole Greek, LaBarge, Midway Dome,
Dutton Greek, Iron Greek, Lost Soldier,
and Teapot fields in wyoming, and the
Noffat field in Colorado, crude oil
prices follow the Salt Greek posting.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-07-11

HELENA - Evidence that tourists
and Montanans are taking the tire
shortage seriously is found In the fact
that gasoline tax revenues from May
Is to June is this year were down
more than $155, 900 in comparison with
the same period in 1871. Receipts from
compared with last years collections
Evening star., 1942-12-03
SONG Of Defect

Premier MuSsolinis speech IN
answer to Winston Churchill was
that of broken and beaten man
a bombastic orator Debated by one
crushing defeat after another.
The dream of empire which
spurred him and his Fascist followers
into the war two-and-a-haf years
ago is thing of the past, 1taly's
overseas possessions are in ruins.
Her army is shattered and fully half
of the navy with which II Duce hoped
to dominate the Mediterranean Is out
of action. Henceforth, Italy cannot
stand alone, and Mussolini admitted
as much.
With powerful American and Brit
ish Armies few miles away in North
Africa, he said, his forces might not
be equal to the defense Of Italy, but
he promised that Hitler would re-
inforce him with powerful contribu-
tions" To the italian people, already
squirming in the Nazi grasp, this
cannot be too pleasant to contem-
plate. Nor can they find much to
reassure them in the comfort which
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Public Be Damned

There may be some explanation for
burning the wood cut from the area
now being cleared for the Camp
Springs (MarylandD Airport, instead
of giving it away or selling it to the
farmers who want it. But the Army
officers in charge have taken the
attitude that it is none of the
publlc's business. A Star reporter.
seeking an explanation was told bv
Major Howard D. Nottingham, the
officer in charge, that he did
not have time to talk about "rumors."
Furthermore, the officer belligerentlv
demanded the name and address of
the man spreading the rumors. He
was too busy building an airport to
discuss such things, he said. In the
meantime, cord after cord of good
flreWood is being burned in spite of
the offers of farmers to buy it and
haul 1t away. That is hot efficiency.
Ihat is not speeding the construction
or the airport. That is wasteful and
stupid. We are fighting war, to be
sure, but not against our own people
Evening star., 1942-12-03
MusSolini drew from the fact o
Japan'S entry into the war.

Mussolini drew from the fact Of
Japan's entry into the war.
"Japan's Intervention" he told his
people, lis the absolute guarantee of
Axis victory. Japan is invincible. +"
But what of Italy? Even If she
could be rescued from utter defeat,
which will not be the case, what
could the Italians hope for from
their European and Asiatic masters?
Much less, certainly, than they had
on that fateful day in June of 1910
when their infallible leader gave the
signal to march on France, and less,
even, than they might reasonably
expect to get if they should withdraw
from the war and come to terms with
the Allies.
These must be some of the thoughts
that the people of Italy take with
them as they flee to the hills to
escape the rising fury of British and
American aerial bombardment. No
one will envy them the period of
further reflection that lies ahead.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Reunion Island

The average American probably
never had heard of Reunion Island
until it was taken over by the United
Nations troops a few days ago. but
like many another distant dot upon
the surface of the universal ocean, it
now has become important as an out
post of civilization against the Axis
powers. Strategically, Reunion is re-
lated to Madagascar, 430 miles to the
west, and Mauritius, 1870 miles to the
northeast. 1t lies just nosth of the
Tropic of Capricorn and is on line
with New Caledonia, Pitcairn, Easter
and st. Helena. Ships on their way
to and from India pass fairly near
but not within sight.
Measuring 80 miles long and %
miles wide and with total area OF
about 970 square miles, Reunion Is
wholly volcanic in origin. Mountains
In the center rise to 10000 feet.
EARTHQUAKES and eruptions are rel
atively frequent The lowlands are
hot and fever ridden, the highlands
cooler but n-drenched from No
vember to April. Most of the culti-
waited portions are devoted to sugar
cane, maize. potatoes. coffee, cocoa
and vanilla. The population num-
bers approximately 225,o00, includ-
ing creoles, mulattoes, Negroes, In
dams, Chinese and other Asiatics.
All the principal towns bear the
Evening star., 1942-12-03

names Of saints-Denis, Peter, Paul,
Louis. Benoit.
Reunion commonly is believed to
have been discovered by Pedro Mas
carenhas, a Portuguese navigator, in
1545. 1t was uninhabited when
claimed for France by a certain
Captain Gaubert or Colbert in 1898.
The earliest permanent European
colonists arrived in 1854 Slavery
prevailed until 1848. Public affairs
in recent years have been in the
hands of resident governor with
three delegates to the French Par
lament in Paris.
Vichy held Reunion nominally, if
not in actual fact, even after Mad
agascar was occupied. Now, how
ever, South African and perhaps
some American soldiers have made
sure that no pro-Hitler change of
authority is attempted.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trdce,UeH.

left on the grass and beneath the
benches.
Apple cores are eaten by all hungry
birds.
In the old days banana peels afforded
much sustenance.
Downtown birds cannot be finicky, in
the human sense. They must take what
they find. A crust of bread ground be-
meath dirty shoes is just as good to them
as the cleanest whitest slice on table.
1t is interesting to discover that the
sparrows which are so fearless in the
downtown areas become very "jittery"
when they migrate to the suburbs.
Whereas in the closely built-up areas
they will permit passersby almost to
tread on them, in the suburbs they will
fly away at the opening of door. We
have often wondered if in the downtown
they feel that no sound will harm them,
whereas the moment they get intoe the
suburbs they believe that every sudden
sharp noise is shot. 1t would not be
impossible, for these birds are very in
telligent, and probably might realize as
well as any other two-legged being that
there is much more likelihood of shoot
ing in the less closely built-up areas.
X X **
Co-ordinated flying is the speciality Of
the starlings.
An entire band of several hundred
will fly as one bird
Experts have been unable to deter
mine just how they do it.
Every wing will tilt to the right at
exactly the same moment. 1t would be
nothing unusual if the birds, one by
one, followed the leader.
This, however, is not what they do.
The mystery comes in the exact simul-
taneous operation. This coordination
may be achieved by prior signal from
the leader, but, if SO, it is impossible to
see any difference, even with powerful
glasses.
Our opinion is that these intelligent
birds are alike sensitive to conditions
and that the moment they hit cer-
tain kind of air current, the reaction
every other bird, and therefore each one
makes exactly the same movement at
the same time.
The next time you see band Of
starlings, instead of cursing them for
their dirty habits, look at them with
appreciation of their powers of flight
Flight is native to all birds, but it is
something in which some species far
excel others. 1t is such fundamental
in the life of birds that it would seem
as If the best flyers were the best birds,
at least from the standpoint of birds
| themselves.
We seldom stop to consider animals
from their own standpoints. cow, to
human, is beef, or milk, or hide, but to
a COW she is just COW.
Emerson said that the thoughts of a
turtle are all turtle. BY that he meant
that 1t is impossible to think of a
turtle, or any other creature, thinking
in manterms. Theodore Roosevelt haC
the same idea when he spoke out against
mature fakers." We believe that star
ling, If he thinks at all, must think OF
himself as very superior bird.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
BeIeuqured

The night had brought a luu to bat
tered men,
Pale stars began to peer throuoh
drifting smoke;
Deep silence s,Dnthed the blood
drenched city streets,
But no1D and then q drotUsv sentry
spoke;
Long g-,oearied soldiers crumpled IN
to rest,
And dreto once more to stricken
lungs, deep breath:
The Uicked dirplanes had returned
to base
For fuel and to take ne,o loads of
death.
Then suddenly hatcher OF the skv
Sees strange, dark shapes outlined.
hears teathered ,Dings,
Feels freshness In the cool, youno
t0ind of ddDn
And In his heart an anthem ,oildly
sings.
His cry rings out, and goes from
mouth to mouth.
"The cranes! The cranes are hy-
ting SOUTH"
EDITH TATuM.
Evening star., 1942-12-03

Even the Moslems of these Near East
countries who hold to their faith, afili-
ate with their fellow-Arab Christians
without a semblance of bitterness, as
they also do with Christians of other
lands. But it is plain to see that the
Moslems of this Near East region par
ticularly like the American. So that
when the American President spoke to
their heart" as the Arab says he spoke
their language
1t does not take a prophet to see that
day of decision must dawn ere long
when at peace table of the victorious
United Nations, certain demands will be
made which will call for diplomacy and
fine discrimination on the part of those
who must adjust differences. A little
strip of country between North Syria
and the Egyptian border once more will
become the apple of discord," unless
deity dealt with. The Mosque OF Omar
stands next, in the estimation of the
Moslems, to Mecca. Its green dome rises
above the Sacred Rock of the long-de-
stroyed Jewish Temple. To touch that
N1ooquC 40 W cIHdSc lllc Onc-QuarCer OF
billion followers of the Islam faith.
When both Jews and Moslems appeal to
our President to help decide this uues-
tion that in recent years has affected
almost all of our international relations,
then what?
May I give the judgment Of Oscar
Straus. with whom had the privilege
OF travelling through this entire section:
Palestine is a Holy Land to three dis
tinct faiths-Jewish, Christian and Mos
lem. Let 1t be internationalized. Do not
give it to any one of the three groups,
since all of them have certain claims to
1t. Then let the three faiths learn there
to live in accord, and prove that from
Jerusalem the law of brotherhood NAV
go forth to the world. Would not that
be the fulfillment of Hebrew phophecy?"
Has anybody better solution?
j. O. KNOTT.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
"THORNAPPLE STREET.
Dear Sir:

bedT OH.
"A big flock of starlings descended
upon my place the other day. There was
nothing for them to eat, but they walked
around in the yard for time.
what interested me was their flight
I had never paid much attention to 1t
before, but this time there was nothing
else to watch, and I was amazed at the
ease and perfection with which they fly.
Il have read a great deal about birds,
but as far as can recall nobody has
ever pointed out what superb flyers these
birds are. Too much perhaps has been
said about the nuisance they cause in
perching on buildings, but why hasn't
some one pointed out how well they fly?
1T interested me particularly to see
how they all flew together, almost as If
they were on string, all pulled and
turned by single hand.
Many species do this, I know but I
have never seen any other do it with
such perfection. realize now that the
large flights of black birds in the sky
going to the northwest every morning
are starlings.
II believe that few persons, even bird
lovers, realize just what superb flyers
these birds are. In day when crouch
ing seems to be in order, it might be a
good thing for people interested in bird
life to speak now and then of the good
points of starlings, instead of their bad
points. Sincerely, T. G. W.
This column has more than once in
the past seven years pointed out the
ability of the starting in sheer flying.
Experts declare that there Is no other
bird which excels 1t in this way, and few
that can compare with it.
Starlings which spend the night
downtown in the morning fly to Rock
vile and other suburban points to rustic
up their living.
"Pickings" in the downtown areas are
not very good for such large, hearty
fellows
English sparrows may be able to get
along on what they find on the streets,
but not so the starlings. They must fan
over nearby Maryland and Virginia,
seeking what is left in the farmers field
1t is interesting to note that during
the past ten years even the English
sparrows have developed a keen sense for
the food to be found in farming and
| suburban areas. With the growth OF
bird feeding in popularity, the sparrows
have been among the first to take ad-
vantage of the free lunch" so liberaly
provided in many gardens.
There still is plenty to eat In the
downtown areas. Many persons are
careless in littering the streets, and
these offenses against the cleanliness OF
the city tend to help the birds.
A bit of discarded sandwich will be
a godsend to hungry sparrow.
The custom of eating in the downtown
parks has contributed much to the birds
particularly the sparrows and pigeons
Not only are they fed "by hand" at the
lunch hour but they find bits Of food
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Warns Of Danger of Disaster
In Local Places of Assembly.
BIZ Thomas r. Henri.
70 the Editor of The Star,

The tragedy of Saturday night in Bos-
ton precipitates a fresh and immediate
duty on the fire department in WASH
ington. 1t required the loss of several
hundred children, whose little bodies
were heaped against an in-swinging
school door about 20 years ago, to arouse
the country to the necessity of having
all such doors of public assembly places
swinging outward.
Let this latest disaster arouse us to
the necessity of ready egress on the first
hand and elimination OF inflammable
decorations on the second hand in night
clubs and all such. I can think of at
least three places within stones throw
almost of where am writing, where
from all appearances this tragedy could
be duplicated on a smaller scale. Now
is the time to act
ALBERT JOSEPH MCCARTNEY.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Brave New World

Sir William Beveridge's Planning
Commission has made a report to
the British people which is as in
spring, In It's own way. as one of
Mr.. Churchill's belligerent speeches
on fighting the war. For it concerns
Itself chiefly with the promise that
lies in a peace in which, over the
ruins of war, the battle will be re-
Sumed again against poverty, want
and insecurity. And there Is no
question in the minds of the planners
that the British people will be equal
to the task.
The present war may be even
more destructive" than the last the
report points out. But to suppose
that these difficulties cannot be
overcome, that the power of read
lustment has deserted the British
people, that technical advance has
ended or can end, that the British
OF the future must be permanently
poor because they have spent their
fathers savings is defeatism with
out reason and against reason
Want could have been abolished in
Britain before the present war. 1t
can be abolished after the present
war unless the British people prove
less productive than they and their
fathers always have been. There is
no sense in believing to the contrary"
The Beveridge report outlines
new program for social security after
the war far beyond anything at
tempted in England, or anywhere
else, up to this time. It's aim is to
provide every person with the mini
mum sum the government considers
necessary for subsistence, from ma
ternity grants through health and
unemployment and accident insur-
ance to retirement pension and
decent burial. The cost would be
borne by the employer, the employe
and the state. 1t would mean a
further redistribution of income, but
it would not break the budget. The
abolition of want before the war
was easily within the economic re-
sources of the community; want
was a needless scandal due to not
taking trouble to prevent it," Exc
cution of the plan will be within the
economic resources of q postwar
Britain, in the opinion of the plan
nerS
This social security plan, Sir Will
liam points out, is an attack upon
want. But want is merely one of
the five giants on the road of re-
construction and in some ways the
easiest to attack. The others are
disease, ignorance, squalor and idle
ness" The attainment of freedom
from want, and the foundation for
attacks against the four other
giants" depend upon "a world in
which nations set themselves to CO.
operate for production in peace
rather than plotting mutual destruc-
ton by war, whether open or con-
cealed"; in adjusting British eco
nomic policy to maintain productive
employment; in a plan for social
security free from unnecessary costs
of administration and other waste
fulness of resources" and, finally, on
decisions regarding the nature of
this plan" made during the war.
The Beveridge report is full of
confidence and hope in its glimpse
of a victory that will make the peace
worth fighting for.
Evening star., 1942-12-03
Suggests Transit Operators
Be Taught knowledge of City,

To the Editor OF The Star.
The Capital Transit Co. is advertis-
ing extensively for operators, saying that
they are given complete training.
Seems to me 1t would be well worth
the time of the company to include in
the training knowledge of the city and
particularly all transfer points. 1t really
is crime the way strangers are mis-
directed on buses and trolleys.
Any number Of times I have told
persons where to transfer or how to get
to their particular destinations after a
transit operator had floundered around
and either finally admitted he did not
know or gave wrong direction. Es-
pecially on cross-town runs they should
be familiar with transfer points.
H. L. II.