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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-07-22

1t is with much regret and sorrow
that this little community learned of
the death of Mrs. Edward Beaudry
last week. Sympathy is extended
to the grieving relatives.
Mrs. Champagne visited in Bruno
Friday.
Mrs. Harold Anderson and little
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-07-22
Papa Sparks Two OF His Boys:

S
Of
and the rod applied
all Washington fellows
S is
spankings
a ii F. D.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-04-03

The 3s.year- Odds are now reelassified
as 4-B's; big belly, big behind, bifoeals
and bridgework.
aDo you know the difference be-
tween a popular and an unpopular
girlf''
eyes and no"
His early training was at his
mothers knee. The balance was at the
other Joints.
Do you know what little fairies sit
ont
Yes, fairy tales.
A small girl asked her mother: "If
l grow up win have a husband like
papap
eyes, my DEAR" mother replied.
"And if 1 do not get married will 1
be an old maid like Aunt susanq"
"Yes," was the reply.
The little girl thought for minute,
put her hands to her head and said:
"Well, I am in a fix"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-04-03
Why Do Wise Men Go Ahead?

PPRoVAL attitude
industry has been expressed in personal interviews and
letters the latter
dust who participated in the pioneer development of Kelvin field He
Kaufman,
Development Co, of Douglas Wyoming taking the liberty
of reproducing his letter. He writes:
wish congratulate the splendid article
Saturday, under
Royalties entitled
nail possible
all the Independents
dns Montana might be they the old There
that energetic
eabre could lease block and drill sales the major oil
intelligence
that when the big companies quit playing the difficulties financing wild
wells increased such drilling
practically ceased well
fields in Montana practically ceased
majors into in
Illinois, throughout the oil
dormant time
the companies quit playing there Now that the
might again have chance well The there should be
that follows the
play play, playili
for mor activity
Sincerely and regards
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-04-03
LEASE HOUNDS


The Journal must here record q tr1b-
ute to RTidcontinent lease men
This years leasing campaign was I'M
dertaken at the most Impossible time
in the history of the Montana oil In
dustry. The Journal has been publishing
every year since the development Of
commercial oil production so can testify
that the months Of January and Feb
ruary were the most difficult Of all time
70 start ont leasing oil lands. Yet Jan
nary was chosen for crews Of Micontt-
nent lease men TO start on program
which has blocked up thousands Of
acres of potential oil land. They appar-
emily didn't know that this was ''un-
usuar Montana weather, with roads
snow-blocked, a blizzard blowing, and
the thermometer at 80 below, when
automobiles wouldn't run. While we ma
tive Montanans were hugging the stove,
these tenderfeet went out and took
leases-how, we will perhaps never
know. The fact remains that they did
get the leases.
Nothing could stop them-not even
oPA which at that critical time denied
gasoline allowances to lease brokers.
They kept right on going and they must
have burned lot of gasoline. How they
did It, again, is not recorded, but Of
course oPA finally made it legal by al
lowing preferred mileage "to persons
qualified as engineers and technicians
who are engaged in negotiating leases
for prospective oil lands" That they
are qualified goes without saying. If
the war starts going badly we suggest
colonelships for Nelson Ruth of the
Carter and Frank Gauer Of The Texas
company with authority to lead those
lease crews overseas and clean up the
situation quickly.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-04-03

the newly developed lineup - the
new position is that the plea for this
increase in prices has not yet Off
ciaIly reached OPA.
"What, then, is the status Of the
move for higher pricesl
"The status is that it is anguish
ing in the Petroleum Administration
which is supposed to represent the
industry in its dealings with other
wartime government powers and the
one which is supposed to be nearest
the industry and its needs.
whether or not this is the actual
situation, OPA has q perfect abb
for not granting higher oil prices
so long as PAW fails to recommend
them and PAW has so failed up to
now"
This being true, there can be no
question but that higher prices are
at hand.
Thirdly: Where can the munitions
maker invest his money with safety
The only place to put money in
safety is IN THE GROUND. The
one commodity that is growing more
and more necessary and more and
more scarce is PETROLEUM. If the
war-rieh munitions manufacturer
tries to keep his cash gains they
win be taken away from him by
taxation. So he seeks to put it in
the ground by leasing up lands and
drilling wells to ascertain the
presense of oil. If there is no oil,
he has lost only money that would
have otherwise gone TO the tax col
leetor. If he finds oil, he may have
a MILLION DOLLAR property from
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-04-03
A LESSON PROM on

Oil, so essential to victory, is bright
spot in the war effort. We have plenty
of it in the ground and, what is Of
equal Importance, thanks to the oil
industry, there is plenty of it above
ground.
In commencing the oil companies for
a job well done, the San Francisco
Examiner says: "They have given
American aviation high oetane motor
fuel Of a quality equaled by few ma
tions, and in tremendous quantities
possessed by none. They have given
American mechanical warfare superior
lubricants, adaptable to all extremes of
weather, with attendant advantage
over the enemy nations. They have
eliminated inefficiencies, Implications
and waste in transportation and dis
tribution"
The Examiner then observes that the
oil industry is a good example of what
free enterprise can do when capable
government administrative agencies aid
rather than hinder production. In the
case of oil, the regulatory officials
know something about the oil business.
We viii eventually learn that our
free institutions of production and sup
ply are the source of our great strength
in peace as well as war-and that
we viii remain strong only so long
as they remain free.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-04-03

an investment of 100000. But
again he viii not have to lose
through payment Of excess taxes.
He may prove the existence of
million dollars of value but until he
produces the oil and sells it, he pays
no taxes.
The same facts apply to the wise
investor who buys royalties today.
He is risking a little money in the
same manner that the millionaires
are risking their money and he win,
like them, risk only that money
he can afford to lose. He win buy
potential oil in the ground for a few
pennies per barrel in the belief that
his oil viii be brought to the sur
face of the ground FREE OF COST
OF PRODUCTION and sold for
higher prices than exist today.
The rules Of good business that
apply to the war millionaires and the
successful major oil companies that
are now conducting this leasing cam
paign in Montana, apply to the
average citizen who hopes to invest
his savings in an enterprise that
win take care of him in years to
come.
It is possible to buy royalties ad-
vantagously today, just as it is ad-
vantagous to the major companies
to take leases at this time. The cost
win go up later on-that we know.
If there is any who does not under
stand the purchase and operation of
landowners oil royalties, we win be
very glad to send publications which
viii fully explain, and furthermore
to answer all questions.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-04-03
From PTWC Report

eThere comes a time when the appli-
cation of simple logic must preeede
the application of simple arithmetic.
Such time has now arrived with rela-
ton to crude petroleum in recognition
of which the present ceiling on crude
petroleum should be Immediately raised
substantially awaiting any further de-
tailed study that may seem proper"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-04-03

II Is uAI1lculL Tor many people TO
believe that this great campaign of
leasing in Montana and the drilling
program that is to follow is REAL.
Doesn't everyone know that the
price of oil is too low, in view of the
risk involved in finding, producing
and marketing its
Doesn't everyone know that the
cost of labor and materials makes
this an especially bad time to drill
for oils
Furthermore, doesn't everyone
know that this is the wrong time
to make a lot of money-because
income taxes will take away any
major gains7
Then why is the greatest leasing
campaign in the history Of Montana
now in progress a greater
campaign coming in the spring.
Do these companies not know
the conditions Of price, costs and
taxes3
Why are munitions makers and
other war-rieh individuals and in
situations throwing millions of dol
lars into the oil business9 They
MUST know these facts.
Why, in turn, should a royalty
investor put his money into oil in
underground storage9
All of these questions cannot be
answered in one sentence. There are
several reasons:
First: There is a war necessity
for more crude in the Northwest,
with the success of the war in the
Pacific Ringing on the ability to
get enough refined products to sup
ply war machinery: to keep tens of
thousands of training planes flying
in Canada; to get military supplies
to Alaska over the new Alaska
highway; to supply the army in
Alaska with the vast amounts of
motor fuel required for the war
with Japan. Everyone knows that
Alaska is the jumping-off point in
the war with Japan. ONE barrel of
petroleum may prove more valuable
in this region of oil scarcity than a
thousand barrels on the Gulf Coast.
Secondly, there IS a probability
Of an early price increase. Thus the
man who has oil properties secured
on present price basis win have in,
creased values on which be pays nc
income tax but which is an actual
gain. IF a man knew that he was
buying oil for 81 which win be worth
$l.25 next month or even next year
there would be no hesitation about
buying. The same is true Of the pur
chase of a deposit of oil or potentia
deposit Of oil under the ground. Itl
value win increase with q price in
crease. And that price increase il
coming.
We read in the Chicago Journa
Of Commerce in an article by Keitl
Fanshier that Prentiss Brown, the
new OPA administrator, is sympa
thetic to q price increase and, say
Fanshier: @Here is the tip-off on
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-04-03

The story is told Of the tribesman
who bought bottle of cough syrup at
the Cut Bank drug store. The following
day he returned for another bottle, and
on the third day he bought three more.
Everyone having cOlds9" asked the
druggist.
'Nope," was the reply. "Me like 'em
on hot cakes"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-04-03

The hen is immortal; her son will
never set.
And then there was the girl who
was so lazy she wouldn't even exercise
discretion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-24
|bLODeETT Bill
BEFORE HOUSE
Rensian q $4,000 10 Ba
Recommended Cor Form, /
or States Attorney {

ne laglsMtiva Judiciary colnnins
tie has introduced q blll proRlaIH#
REPRESENTATIVE william n. nioaReM
81, winstetk states attorney foa
hitehnalkf Cpnntys with retiFenaeun
pension of S4Q0oI me House res
eeiNed Z favorable report from The
committee q few DAYS ago. but tI1n
stead of voting on It. u waa Hena
hack 10 the committee which d exu
pecte6 again 10 report favorahly on
q.
NE hllt states that q state enlp
plpsel who b. eligible for retirement
can cheese the ffve years durina
which be- vas paid the highest sals
arx Is the basis for figuring hla
pension Instead ef the salary ha
was reeeNtng on retirement. T1la
hin also states that the pension cans
not be more than the total salarN
be D. receiving On retirement.
Nln. Blndgee now receives q salarH
q 5000 and has been states ats
eQrneH for Litchhel6 county f0n
several years However. II he rca
tired under the present law his pens
sion weulf be only half that. or e1ss
500
he was states attorney for aT,a
proHhnatelf Ia years and was state
tax commissioner and received eg,s'
COO II the. pension were not limited
To the salary lie Is now reeeivinR
be- could retire on S4so0 or half tho
salary Of tax commissioner. $4,000.
ma Judiciary committee Is exc
pested 10 prescribe some come
promise before returning the bill 70
the HQnseA
Nfr. Rloslgett revealed that he wa
going 10 resign as states attorney
when he ran for the legislature lasA
TAN but Is yet has not done 50. Per-
sons were perplexed ct the time
Why should be 90 anxious 70 give
dn the lucrative post Of states at
tornev 10 be a representative &C q
SALARY Of $500 for the two-yeaR
period a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-24
ST. MICHAEL'S
LISTS MASSES
Services Starting at S:4a
Easter Morning, Hourly
Until m O'Clock


Watervif1e. April a. Masses a
St. MichaelS Easter sunday mcrn~
ing. Rev. Robert II. Palls. pastor ana
Rev. STANLEY r. Hastil10. assistant
pastor. ere scheduled as follows
Mass at SIS. 6:45. 9. Q. 10 and IN
O'Clock. Chil6ren's Mass at Q o'clock.
The tanior choir viii sing Easter
anthems. SolohStss GLADYS Cunning
hana, Cecelta Poeoski. Betty vrot0~
coe. Loretta Pinto and Master Rays
naond Ahearns, and Robert Mc~
earthly. high Mass at II o'clock
sung hy the senior choir.
Easter Anthem-C Christ Is Risen
Kyrfe-L. Wiegand
Glorfat-L Wtegand
Credo-L Wtegand
0ffertogx
Regina Ccelt-LA Bordeee
Sanetns-J. wiegalad
Angus Deli. Wiegard
SOloists-the Misses Rae and Carr
mella PaloA Frances and sally Pertlas
mrs. Joseph Roztnt and Mrs Joseph
Sullivan. Organist, Winifred v.
Delaney.
Scout Treen Met
Girl Scout Troop No. "a met With
their leader. Mrs. Anthony DiBlasi
at Sprague school gymnasium
THURSDAY afternoon. Miss Ruth
Batchel6er, assistant leader led tho
TenderfoOt class In the Girl Scout
pror.ise. and salute and went over
the Girl Scout log. The girls are
taking orders for cookies. Twenty
eight girls were present at the meet
ing
An Important meeting Of Serge
Casper Davis post. No. 1856 A. L.
win be held Tuesday evening a.
Fraternity han.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-24
News Oddities

dIastonbury. Conn. April o.
.UP)-state Policeman John =.
Ring spotted Q stolen car rolling
along the highway, overhauied II
and took tho woman driver and
soldier companion 70 Hartford bar.
racks fer questioning.
Lieutenant Gene 8. Lenzi asked
the woman her name.
Betsy Ross" she replied, refus-
Ing 10 give On address.
well then" asked Lenxl. "will
you tell me where you got this carr"
II had II In my pocket all the
lime" she answered.
Lend. q bit startled and suspl.
cIous. asked an oticer TO search her
a Norwich State hospital record
gas found, LenH made inquiries and
gas told the woman had escaped
from the institution Friday noon.
she had stolen the car ct Yantic
where Q fisherman parked Il ct the
ode Of the road.
The soldier, hitch-hiker. was re-
.eased.
II thought her driving was pecu.
lIar," he told Lenzi. "ehe was all
over tas road, but nothing scanned
10 bother her. II he'd known what
know now, ! would have kept
walking"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-24
Births Take Lead In
Nations Development


Although immigration has been q
big factor IN the phenomenal growth
Of The cOuntgy's population during
the past three quarters Of = century.
its Importance Is far Over-shadowed
BY that Of the natural increase
caused by the excess o. births over
1eaths, according 20 The staklsticsians
Of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
company. They say it Is estimated
that 'of the additions to our white
population since 1858, about five
Sixths are accounted Tor By births.
with immigration accounting for the
remaining sixth"
In the lifetime Of the insurance
company, which recently celebrated
its 18th anniversary, more than So
100000 immigrants were admitted to
the United States, but the immi-
grafton restrictions imposed In 1924
and the business depression OF the
last decade caused q heavy drop
in such additions TO the population.
The Increase In population was from
100000 In 1858 to about l35. 500 900
in 1913, but during those IS years
q complete shift In the geographical
distribution Of the population took
place. In the early SOS the United
States was essentially rural land,
with only about one-fifth Of the
people living in towns and cities.
In contrast, today, more than half
Of the population make their homes
a..d earn their livelihood in urban
centers.
Not only has the population dis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-24

side 81 the street, even though the
law gives them the right Of way.
There Is no way that the pedestrian
can insist on his right OF way unless
he wants to go to the hospital. On
the other hand we can see the i'm
patient pedestrian who cannot az
ford to wait until the light changes,
he will take q chance dashing
through the moving traffic. The
conflict is there, with the person on
foot always on the receiving end IN
case Of an accident. There are
thousands Of people using the
streets who never had an operators
license and who know nothing
about stopping distances Of cars
and they are the ones who become
involved In the great majority Of
auto VS.. pedestrian type accidents.
Then too there are the pedestrians
suffering from physical handIcaps,
they must be taken into cOnsidera-
ton by the drivers. Let us all get
together and show q little more
courtesy towards each other, and
respect the other fellows rights
whether he be . driver or pedes-
trian. Live and let 1--we should be
our motto.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-24
BANK ROBBERS
SEEK PARDON
Hearing Slated at State
Prison in Wethersfield
May 3

John smeden, IS, and Charles
ZenlIauskas, SO, waterhurians who
staged a hold-up at the WATERFOWL
Trust Company, 10 years ago and
obtained prison sentences, have
applied for pardons and win be
given hearings May 3 before the
state board Of the prision. A third
member Of the gang, Edward Puc-
kus, 80, has not filed q petition.
The trio stole car May ~, 1880
and used It the next morning to
get away after they held up bank
employees and patrons and looted
so, 900. Many weeks passed before
Smeden was apprehended in Detroit
and Puckus in st. Louis. Zenkaus-
kas was caught In Canada but was
not brought back for trial until
September 5, 1899.
Smeden and Puckus were given
sentences Of 20 to rs years, while
Zenkauskas is serving a 10 to Is
year term. The first trials were held
in June, 1850 In tl1eA Litchfield
superior court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-24

tgihution shifted, the stailaeiciAns
say bue q serious change also has
taken place within recent years Elm
the rate Of natural increase q the
population"
Notwithstanding The high death
rates IN the early yeafc Of the
period since lo6o," the statlstlcl-
ans say, ''the birth rates, which were
wen IN excess % 30 per 1000 up to
1890 yielded Q rate Of natural In
crease Of not far below Is per 1000.
since then the birth rate has fallen
more rapidly than the death rate,
pecially so IN the last quarter cen.
fury. IN fact. 50 rapid has been the
fall In the birth rate unttl recently,
that the census OF 1elO actually
found fewer children under IS than
the census Of 1910. This situation Is
something entirely new In the his
tory Of the United States and Is Q
warning symptom suggesting an
eventual decrease In the population
in decades TO come"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-24
LONG CONTESTED
CASE SCHEDULED
Supreme Court to Hear
Arguments on $l2,5OO
Verdict for Boy

Assignment Of the Joseph Maya
raci-Mary Santa Marie common
pleas court appeal hearing will be
made Wednesday In Hartford. 1t waS
disclosed by the State Supreme
Court of Errors May docket released
today. The local case, which has
been pending for many months, Is
printed and ready for trial.
The appeal was instituted by the
defendant after the Magaraci boy
was given a $l2,5O0 uryj verdict
May Is. The suit was based ON IN
jurisS sustained Sept. 16, 1910 when
a dynamite cap picked up by the boy
ON the defendants property at 4O6
Walnut street exploded and tore of
several fingers.
A Inistrial was declared when the
first jury to hear the case failed to
agree and the second hearing was
then scheduled. The defense claims
the 1lry verdict was excessive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-24
brass COMPANY
OFFICIAL I'LL
Fred W. French Victim Of
Heart Attack; Founder Of
Small Tube Plant

Fred W. French, vice-president os
the American Brass %. and found
CT Of the concerns small Tube (ii-
vision, Is seriously I'll at his home.
~ Hale avenue, Sc was revealed yes
tertiay. Mr.. French suffered a heart
attack while at his work at the Rob
bins street factory three weeks ago
and has been ccnfined to his bed
since. Almost 20, MT. French has
been active IN the managing role OF
important war production opera
tons at the plant up TO the time nc
was stricken.
While his condition Is reported TO
be very serious, members 81 his
family reported that he was putting
I'D O hard fight for recovery,
Mr., French was elected vice-pres-
ident Of the American Brass Co. in
1870 wheu the French Small Tube
Co. was purchased BY the Anaconda
subsidiary. He founded the industry
In 1905 IN company with his friend
and neighbCr, Loren r. Carter, VINO
was the cOmpauy's first secretary.
Mr. French has teen . resident Cf
Waterbury since 1855, when he came
here TO pursue his trade as . ma
Chinist and tool maker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-24
MotRM fJapS'
Prisoner Seeks
Sec0ma Papers

@utktaOsAsg a q heal eahaaeA
WssnaA wasO has apaaiRsh aer heF
second slSapsBsAip RIepaRs Dr.
e9Osea She has n sRsh who b q
1alDaRasse RRaR8Rsh. Sss4RRkaE
OBaRt CheRk Sseaage ~ Free
MAN, saea tRsbsSS. HRRalsse a
5aifIIthRy RaSasaBIs bar hasnAits
e@sba met b daxaaRea psaAltRhss
oAe VesaRt elEfRahh stated. Tia
waaRasA Is sshA 10 have sexenah
sAssGr s0sts and daRghtsRs.
MsRe than a9@ prospective
eia6lssnrs were QiaasahaaRta he ns&>
Haana6lHaaiiem eAsaBAARaRS fnanA
@SRbUn and MhRteaRd who helh
SessaSRIs AA ble ea,aaky eaaart
hsaaRe AssiAaasg 0leaGhay thRangh
HhnasaaS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-24
RAILROAD RATES
TO Be DISCUSSED

Further hearings On PROPOSED
freight and passenger rates tW INC
New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad Company and TIE
Central Vermont railway have been
scheduled, according 70 an an
nouncement by the state Public
Utilities Commission The matters
win be discussed April 30 at the
state office building 10 Hartford.
The Vermont company VII De
asked to show why tariff Schcdule
restoring rates in effect On March
II, 1872, should not be filed- Rates
I'm effect for the other company
on February 9, 1872, WI be dss-
cussed and officials VIII be asked %
show cause why they s1Ouh not
be restored.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-24
LUIL NOTICED in
WAR BOND SALES
City Expected to Reach
Official Objective Next
Week Of $4,000, 900

Because Of the bank holiday yes
terday and pre-holiday activities
today, there Is q lull In the sale Of
War Bonds this second weekend
OF the Second War Loan drive.
However, the city Of Waterbury
has approximately one million dol
lars worth Of bonds to sell in Or
der to meet the quota established
for this city, SIS, 900, 900, said @.
Horace Baldwin, co-chaiTInan Of
the war finance committee.
The rally at Victory House Is
being conducted today by the Quota
club and the committee Is under
the supervision Of Miss Margaret
FOX. At 9 .. m. the ~ credit unions
in Waterbury viii begin an evening
rally and predictions have been
made that large subscriptions BY
the credit unions may push the
Victory House drive past its quota
Of $250y000.
Members Of the Waterbury chap
ter, Senior Hadassall, sold 81, S75
In war bonds at the Victory House
rally yesterday. MRS. Clarence
Freedman headed the Hadassah
committee.