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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
A Glance at Our Mail--

It has always been our policy to
discourage investment in royalties
by anyone who cannot afford to
take a risk. We feel that most peo-
pie Of average means cannot afford
to PAIL to take a risk, If they are
to get ahead, but we refuse to agree
that anyone should speculate on
borrowed money or money the In
weston cannot afford to lose.
When we learned several years
ago that Missoula member of this
organization was $500 in debt, and
therefore working on borrowed
money, we tried to discourage him
on buying speculative royalties. He
insisted on buying and we tried to
steer him onto properties which we
thought offered minimum Of risk,
still objecting. Recently a big well
came in on one of his properties. For
the first time he took occasion to
crow he wrote, in part:
This is all grand news, but
when we started buying when
we were $500 worse than broke
and now have 100 royalty deeds
and an income from them of
$50 monthly and acreage not
scratched"
We enjoyed the 'between-the-
lines" implications dating back to
our earlier attitude for we happen to
know that this mans properties are
such that he will not ever worry
about social security or old-age pen
sions. His $50 per month Is a small
beginning in view of the probable
oil reserves which he owns through
his royalty interest in hundreds
Of acres of oil lands, purchased at
low cost, ahead Of the drill.
Then came this week letter from
former member who made quite a
lot more money In royalties and then
dropped out. he was writing on an
other subject recently when he con
cluded:
"This is simply my own ideas
as stakeholder In the Ohio Oil
Co., and owner, as you know, of
several small royalties which, by
the way, after 16 years owner
ship are still paying me around
S45 per month"
We know that had he continued Il
buy oyalties-involving an invest
ment Of only small amount eacf
month-he might have had an In
come three or four times as great
AS it is, it demonstrates how royal
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
WHAT QUOTE THE RAvEN7

The oil industry is beginning to
realize that the Washington blunders
which threaten a serious national oil
shortage are not surprising. The
bungling OF the coal strike shows that
the oil situation is In keeping with
political practice Of the day. II there
is a right way and wrong way, there
is no doubt which way VIII be chosen
until such time as military necessity
forces a change.
We know and have talked with many
western coal miners They were loyal
TO the government and John Lewis was
none too popular when they were called
upon TO quit work. They didn't like
to quit work, lose wages and hurt the
war enterprise. In the face Of this, the
government fined them IS apiece as
punishment for something for which
they felt they were not responsible
Every miner with whom we talked was
mad. through and through. OF course
the government backed down and the
miners were glad when John Lewis
ordered them back to work.
Before they could get back to work,
however, comes q threat TO change the
draft law to make 1t possible TO
punish" coal miners by putting them
in the army-as If army service is the
punishment for disloyalty. Again the
miners, whose patriotism might have
solved the coal wage problem, were
turned against the laundering poll
ticians.
Someone said this week that the
superlative work Of the military and
Of the munitions industry Is not being
matched by the political front" The
reason is that q lot Of black pigeons
are coming home to roost.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26

ties continue to pay, year after year.
When they are purchased at a proper
price-ahead of the drill-they can
be relied upon to provide a stable
income over long period of time.
This man quit buying before Cut
Bank came in.
Contrast these typical letters with
one from q Wisconsin member who
wrote In part:
"a few years back DR.. F.,
distant relative, walked into my
office. He had evidently received
some papers from the west that
were to have come TO me. In the
course of our conversation he
expressed how fortunate he had
been and how he appreciated his
deals and Relationship with your
company. I replied how unfor-
tunate had been by not taking
advantage of your excellent Of
fers made to me, especially in
Cut Bank field. I had the good
fortune Of being in that field
before the first well came in.
Had I played along with you in
the Cut Bank field when royal
ties were on the ground floor, I
am confident I woud have made
a pretty piece Of money"
To this gentleman we now say:
Those opportunities were little less
important than those of the present
time. The difference is that we have
learned lot In the decade since Cut
Bank came into commercial produc
ton. When we bought the Cut Banl
royalties that have made us the mos
money, we did not know the princi
pies Of accumulation Of oil in Cui
Bank area. We were working abso
IuteIy In the dark. We were takinl
big risks. Nearly all of our Cut Banl
royalties have turned out good, no
because our Judgment was so goo'
but because the producing area is 81
great that we couldn't get out of il
under our plan Of buying.
Contrast those days with the pres
emit. We have prepared and filed al
offering sheet on q farm on which
well is to be weilsite roy
alty-wfth q major company OF
orator. The property is located o.
well defined structure mapped b.
the United States Geological Sun
vey. One well drilled 125 feet lowe
on the structure than the presen
test had a showing Of oil in tn
Cut Bank horizon. A closure of IL
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26

A rustic had been hit in the eye by
a golf ball while crossing the links.
He ran, raging towards his assailant,
shouting: "This'n cost you foive
pounds, foive pounds want"
"But my good man." explained the
golfer, 81 called out Forel' as loud
as ever I couldl"
Rustic (greatly mollified): 'Did yer,
guv'norf Well, I didn't 'ear yer. I'll
take four"
John and George, small sons of a
Baptist minister, after listening to one
of their fathers sermons, decided that
they must baptize their family of eats
The kittens made no objection One by
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
ALBERTA OIL NEWS

Discovery of Devonian production
on Ram River structure has led to a
lease rush in the area between Ram
River well, near Clearwater, and ex-
tending northward to the district of
the Home-Brazeau well. Imperial Oil
Co has taken some 100000 acres,
through its subsidiary, Northwest Com
pany. Ram River gives promise of
commercial oil production from the
Devonian limestone. It is about 225
miles north Of the Montana border.
Gene Denton of Calgary is production
manager of the Ram River discovery
well and is preparing to make test
as soon as tankage can be moved in
from Calgary.
The Devonian test in Turner Valley
failed when the bit encountered the
over-thrust and went back into upper
Blairmore shales of Cretaceous age, at
ST95 feet The formation had been nor
NAL to the Banff shales which over
lie the Devonian.
Shell Oil Co. has two wildcats drill
ing in Alberta, neither looking any too
promising, however. Shells Jumping
Pond well is at about 10000 feet and
its Herronton well is at $500.
Gulf Oil Corp. has opened offices
in the Lancaster Building at Calgary,
according to Western Examiner.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
'AICAN'' NAME DROPPED

Its officially the Alaska Military
highway and not Acan or Oilcan or
any other misnomer. The public re-
fused to accept the name Alean and the
military has changed it back, officially
so the 1620-mile road from Dawson
Greek, B. O., to Fairbanks is the Alaska
highway.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26

calf of your leg" The applicant readily
complied and the lady expressed ap-
prevail. 81 think you win de- she
said. "Now may 1 see your testi-
monials.n
Telling about it later the would-be
butler said "You know, think that
if / had a little better education I
would have landed that job"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26
10 PROBE on CoNTRACT

sional COMMITTEES announced plans for
studying the contract which the navy
made to acquire Elk Hills oil lands
owned by Standard Oil Co. Of Califor-
mia. The contract was cancelled by the
navy after the justice department de-
clared it illegal.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26

Gasoline coupon values in the At
lantic coast restricted area have been
reduced to 215 gallons.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26

A combat soldiers daily food weighs
about SIS pounds, while q civilians
averages 8 pounds.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-06-26

Gulf Oil Corp. has opened offices
in the Lancaster Building at Calgary,
according to Western Examiner.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-07
0. J. Mccarthy
Passes Away
RoseviIIe Mons
Funeral Saturday

ROSEVILLE - Funeral serv-
ices for Oscar j. Mccarthy, As,
Of 27333 Elmhurst avenue, who
died Wednesday at Marine hos
pital, Detroit, where he has been
confined % months, will be held
Saturday at 2 p. m. from the
Clyne Funeral Home with Rev.
Edward Williams officiating.
Mr.. Mccarthy, resident here
20 years, was once office man.
ager of the Lambrecht Coal &
Coke company He was MEM
Der of the East Detroit American
Legion Post and Acacia Lodge
in Detroit.
Besides his wife, Emma, he is
survived by a son Lloyd, with
the Marines in the Solomons;
two daughters, Barbara and
Shirley; his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Mccarthy, of Detroit
and two sisters, Mrs. Joseph
Morgan, of Minneapolis, and
Mrs. Hayden Brown, of Detroit.
Burial will be in Clinton
Grove Cemetery with American
Legion furnishing a firing squad.
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Gas
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duction in the East, break
down of vital transportation and
tens of thousands of homes with
out heat.
All persons holding fuel oil
heating rations for other than
private dwellings were directed
by OPA to return them to their
local ration board during the
week commencing Jan. ID #
more than 80 per cent Of the
floor area is used for non-resi.
dental purposes.
REDUCE COUPONS
The number of ration coupons
to be eliminated will be deter
mined by the board for each Of
the three remaining heating
periods, 3, and 5. The amount
of trimming will depend On
the percentage of floor area used
for commercial or other non
residential purposes. Special
arrangements, however, will be
made for hospitals and for war
plants where constant tempera-
lures must be maintained.
Each Of the affected establish
ments such as stores, theaters,
office buildings, barber shops,
markets, beauty parlors, restaur-
ants and similar businesses, is
free to determine whether the
fuel deficit will be made up by
closing for one day week,
shortening hours of operation,
or by adopting any other meas
ure it sees fit.
The added fuel oil restriction IS
expected by Henderson to add
more than 100000 gallons
daily to the amount available for
heating homes, apartments and
other dwellings.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-07
Two-Gun Bill Hart to Give
Roneh House to Public
Request Intended to Repey Debt
He Feels He Owes TO Movie Fans

from his already-lanky frame,
but looked pretty fit, notwith-
standing.
THE bequest IL the least ]
can do" the silent day film star
said, Ito show my gratitude to
the public for the support they
gave me during my long movie
career"
He hasn't completed the de-
tails yet. Maybe the 300-acre
100000 estate, sometimes call
ed Horseshoe Ranch, sometimes
Hill of the Winds, will 90 to the
state, or perhaps to some other
governmental subdivision. Hart
just wants the public to have the
benefit of It.
Hart thinks the place would
make an ideal museum for relics
of the old west. It's practically
that now. The former actor has
q huge collection of old western
firearms, saddles and the like,
and everywhere In the Sprawl
ing 16-room house are the
trophies and mementos Of his
own active days.
And I believe l have one Of
the largest collections Of west
ern art in the country" he said,
adding that all furnishings Of the
estate will be included in the
bequest.
Hart made his last. film,
Tumble Weed" in 1928, and
went into retirement from which
repeated offers failed to lure
him.
He always replied he was hav-
ing too much fun losing SIS. 900
a year on his ranch.
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Sayings
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Nee as well as the FBI when
their husbands did not return
lin a couple of hours" as prom
ised Sunday. Grombolski lacked
a draft registration card, they
said, and they feared the FBl
might have picked them up.
Held said today that evidence
indicates that the Sayings can
be traced to the activities Of the
pair in the Detroit and Ham
tramck policy racket. Held be-
lieves il unlikely the men were
killed in Macomb county and
virtually impossible that the
Staying occurred in Mount
Clemens.
The widows were questioned
by Held, Rosso. Police Sergt.
Eugene l. Smith and State and
Detroit police again yesterday
but could shed no light on the
deaths, the prosecutor said.
Detroit detectives, meanwhile,
were still trying TO link the
Staying with the deaths of Frank
Zajkowski, alias frankie Reed,
and Walter Red" Tylczak, both
former henchmen of the slain
men.
Tylczak's body was found in a
ditch near here in 1893 and Zaj-
kowski was fatally wounded
last May 3 in Detroit.
Police say that Goldyga and
Grombolski operated a policy
racket in Detroit until police
closed cleaning business run
by Goldyga as blind.
FUNERALS FRIDAY
Funeral services for the two
will be held tomorrow from the
Allen j. Brandau Funeral
Home, 1918 Miller, Detroit. Cor
oner Howard V. Groesbeck re-
leased the bodies to Brandau
yesterday, he said.
Groesbeck said an analysis of
the dead mems stomachs has not
been completed.
The car in which the bodies
were found was still in a down
wn garage today. II was there
that the dead men were trans
ferred TO hearse.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-07
Al. Hanleister
Heads kiwanis
New Officers
Installed Wednesday

New officers headed by AL
vim w. Hameister as president
were installed at the Kiwanis
Club meeting held yesterday at
the Medea Hotel.
Other officers installed were:
John Breitmeyer, vice presi-
dent; Alton Noe, secretary, and
William Koehler, treasurer. In
stalled as director were DR..
Milton Smith, Jack Flaacke, C..
H. r. Mackenzie, James Nun
neley, Archie LaPointe, Thomas
Babcock and Otto Nickel.
Retiring president G eorg e
Middlemiss is the new trustee.
Noe indicted the new presi-
dent on behalf of Middlemiss
who is i'll.
Named committee chairmen
were: John Brei.meyer, under
privileged children; Flaacke.
program; Otto Nickel and Ar
thur Rose, public affairs; Joseph
Cody, finance; lillian Kibble,
attendance; Walter Fenton, mu-
sic; Mackenzie, house; Byron
Preussel, inter club relations;
John Vice, reception; Lawrence
Schott, business standards: Har-
old Green, classification; Ray
Callens, laws Ind regul tons;
Envoy Harry Carroll, sickness;
Nickel, sergeant at arms; Har-
old West, agricultural.
Rev. George Merifield, relig-
ious; Noe, achievement; Macon
Trabue, sports; Thomas Bah
cock, vocational guidance; c. w.
Konstanzer, publicity and Ralph
Clark, Kiwanis education.
Lieut.. William Nunneley, an
honorary member, was a guest
along with two boys from St
Marys High school, Bob Du-
prey and Pat Jones, selected as
Kiwanians for a month and in
troduced by Thomas Babcock.
Members volunteered to aic
in processing of fuel oil applica
tons.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-07
Jap Armada
is Expanded
Near Rabaul

MELBOURNE, Jan. 7-(R-
Air Reconnaissance over Japan's
big base at Rabaul, New Britain
Island, has revealed that the
concentration of japanese ship
ping there has been augmented
since Tuesday, when it was first
disclosed by an Australian gov
eminent spokesman, it was as
serted in government circles to-
day.
Pilots returning from missions
over Rabaul were said to have
reported that the amount of war
unprotected shipping now
gathered at Rabaul exceeds even
the forces gathered by the Jap
anese for their first counterat-
tack on the Eastern Solomons,
held by United States forces.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-07

NEWHALL, Calf. Jan. z -
(P) - OH Bill Hart, he Of the
gimlet eyes and blazing six
guns, thinks he owes q lot to the
public and he figures to repay
some of the debt, although he's
in no hurry about it.
The former western film hero,
who used to clean out saloons
full of cattle rustlers single
handed while youngsters whoop-
ed and hollered, disclosed that
he intends to bequeath his great
rambling ranch estate in the hills
near here to the public upon his
passing.
Hart, now u, was In jovial
mood as he left a hospital after a
seven-weeks' stay during which
he underwent an eye operation
and then suffered an attack Of
pleurisy. He had lost % pounds
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-07

Lano, Vanderwerp, Hittle, Car
penter, Sauer, Trip.
Michigan State College -
Bonine, Hittle, Porter, Digs,
Mclaughlin.
Military Affairs and Aviation
Nichols, Sauer, McCallum,
Howell, Digs.
Municipalities - Mckee, Mil
liken, Nichols, Mclaughlin, La
Framboise.
Normal Schools Trip,
Gloon, Nowak, Youngblood,
Blondy.
Public Health - Logic, Mum
shaw. Hittle, Carpenter, Tripp
Smith, Mclaughlin.
Public Utilities and Transpor-
tation - DeLano, McCallum
Logic, Baldwin, Rawson, Mich
OILS, JOHNSTON, Wilkowski
LaFramboise.
Senate Business and Rules -
Rawson, McCallum, Bishop
Porter, Burritt, Mckee, La
Framboise.
State Affairs Munshaw
Howell, Logic, Milliken, Bald
win. Mckee, Wood. DeFoe,
Diggs.
Taxation McCallum
JOHNSTON. Vanderwerp, Reid
Mckee, DeFoe, Nowak.
University Reid, Sauer,
Howell, DeFoe, Wilkowski.
Welfare and Relief - Mill
ken, Porter, Wood, DeLano
nlnrdv
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Wagner
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m S S i ng since Nov. 20, was
found in the wreckage of his p
40 pursuit plane Is miles east
of here.
The craft was demolished and
partly buried, indicating that
1t plunged into the ground out
of control, probably from a steep
spin, said a statement authoriz-
ed by Brig. Gen. Gran olson
Gardner, Elgin commandant.
The 26 year old airman -
youngest lieutenant colonel in
the Army took off from Ell
gin Field at 8 p. m, Nov. 20
for a routine flight to Maxwell
Field, Ala, and Nashville, Tenn.
Brig. Gen. Gardner said he ap-
parently ran into bad weather
north of here.
The plane fell in a sparsely
settled cattle range section. It
was not visible from the Free
port road, $50 yards away, and
lay unbound until the unidenti-
fled farmer came upon it.
Until the very last, Mr.. and
Mrs. Boyd M. Wagner of Johns
town, Pa, had held out hope
that their son would be found
alive.
Col. Wagner, holder OF the
Distinguished Service Cross for
extraordinary heroism," dealt
more in action than words. He
would never discuss his person.
al achievements, but comrades
said he destroyed between Is
and so japanese planes in the
early weeks of the war.
The accounts of his feats are
almost legend. There was the
time when Buzz and squad
ron dove on japanese landing
party at Vigan. His companions
were all shot down, but Buzz
made five separate attacks, re-
turning each time for more am
munition and fuel.
On another occasion, II was
related, three "Zeroes" chased
him around volcano. His fight
err plane was ster on level
flight but slower as climber,
so he kept going around the vol
cano until he was chasing the
Japs.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-07
Russia

almost halfway TO Mineralnye
Vody. the hub of a network of
Central Caucasus railways.
Paralleing this drive, another
Russian column raced northwest
from Nalchik, advancing Is
miles to a cluster Of towns.
AS the Russian offensive surg
ed on without pause, overrun-
ming in hours great stretches OF
territory which the Germans
took weeks to capture last Fall,
it began to appear that Hitler
had ordered a general withdraw
al or that the Nazi Caucasus
front was collapsing on wide
scale.
The 25-mile advance TO Apo
lonskaya indicated 55-milc
gain for the Russians since the
Fall of Nalchik Monday night.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-01-07
Senate


NVnSAuoC0 AAVuh okS
II Senators did not roll out OF
bed early to attend committee
meetings and keep up with bill
files, the daily roll calls TO ex-
pose the slothful to constituents.
The shortcuts approv d
called for use of short-form bill
titles on all amendatory legis-
lation, up to the point OF final
passage, and shortening the
process of obtaining conferences
between the two chambers on
disputed legislation.
Senator Don Wander Werp,
chairman of the finance and ap-
preparations committee, promis-
ed that past criticisms of the
committee for delaying the ses-
sion would not be warranted
this year. He said he was con-
sidering alternative methods to
hasten action on appropriations,
one a move to keep abreast of
the House ways and means
committee by following an in
formal transcript OF its actions,
and the other submission Of half
the finance bills in the Senate.
Normally, all originate in the
House.
The slim Democratic minor
ity in the Senate agreed in eau
Gus to support intellectually
all war measures submitted by
the Republicans, but grumbled
at their share of standing COM
mittee appointments.
They noted there was no Dem
ocrat nor any member from in
dustrial Wayne county on the
labor committee, and that
Wayne county, largest taxpay-
er in the state, lacked represen-
tation on the finance and APP
preparation committee. T h e
same was true of the liquor
control committee. No Democrat
received a committee chairman
ship.
Nugent said he would an
nounce House committee ap-
pointments next week.
SENATE APPOINTMENTS
Agriculture-Porter, Wander
werp, Saur, Rawson, Bonine,
La Framboise, Nowak.
Apportionment - Gloon, Nc
Callum, Bishop, Carpenter, Mil
liken, Youngblood, Mclaughlin,
Munshaw, Delano, Smith
JOHNSTON, Reid, Blondy, No
wax, Wood, Wilkowski, Bon
Inc.
Banks and Corporations =
Bishop. Munshaw, Logic, Bon
inc, JOHNSTON, Burritt, Will
kowski.
College Of Mines - Burritt,
Howell, Gloon. Youngblood,
Blondy.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Nc
Callum, Milliken, Howell, Trip,
Gloon. Burritt, Bonine, Digs.
Education - Sauer, Bishop,
Smith, Rawson, Mckee, Reid,
Blondy.
Electio MS JOHNSTON,
Baldwin, Gloon, Wood, Wilkow.
ski.
Finance and Appropriations
Vanderwerp, Bishop, Sauer,
Porter, Milliken, Carpenter,
Rawson, Smith, La Framboise.
Highways - Howell. Porter,
Hittle, De Lano, Bishop, Car
penter. Burritt Smith, Young
blood.
Insurance - Smith, Logic
Baldwin. Munshaw. DeLano,
Rawson, Nowak.
Institutions for State Wards
De Foe, Nichols, Trip,
Blondy, Mclaughlin, Diggs.
Judiciary - Baldwin, Mum
shaw, Hittle, McCallum, Reid,
JOHNSTON, Nichols, Wood,
Youngblood.
Labor - Hittle, Logic, Reid,
Bonine.
Liquor Control = DeFoc, De-
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Sergeant
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man, that their son, Corp. Ger
aid Rae, formerly of the 18th
Pursuit Squadron at Selfridge
Field, has been officially listed
as a prisoner of war. She said
also that Mrs. Robert Miller,
wife of Lieut.. Robert Miller of
the 31st Infantry, has received
word that he is prisoner Of the
Japanese.
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License
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en- condition on city streets last
night.
The girls said today they were
served whiskey, beer and
drink described as containing
ginger ale in a bar in the resi-
Dental district. At other places
they were denied drinks, they
said.
Rosso said the proprietor Of
the place will be called on the
carpet.