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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-12-30
Will the Parallel Hold?

One of the interesting questions answered
tanas oil fields during the coming year whether
happenings in Alberta will find echo Montana the
south.
In Alberta only 100 miles north of the boundary, the
Standard of California not long ago brought flowing well
from the Devonan formation that lies uniformly beneath
the Madison lime blanketng both Alberta and Montana
In Montana, wells far drilled TO the Devonian have
developed commercial production though have had
promising oil showings and though the Devonian where
posed in the Rockies is distinctly petroliferous
Whether the Devonian win be productive in 1916 in Mon
is indeed $64 question.
More food for thought provided by the Shell Co., which
sesmographed located fold just east of the Rockies and
has apparently brought in field Albertas famed
Turner Valley. The field is Jumping Pound.
Will field be brought n in Montana, the Willow
Greek ancne also sharp dip structure east of the Rockies
which the Shell likewise mapped with seismograph before
turning the Union Oil Co. of California? Answer
that may be provided in three months when the
Unions rotary has drilled to the granite.
The IL months should prove profitable and inter-
esng those who keep informed Join their ranksask to
receive our bulletins
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
Far Horizons

Shortly before Germany invaded Poland, New York brokerage house which has been studying the American aviation industry from the investment angle, counSeled caution in putting money into this industry which was small. Today, six years later, the division of commercial research of the Curtis Pub fishing Company brings out wartime appraisal of aviation that is breathtaking in the possibilities it reveals - like a trip among the sky's contellations.
 It justifieS the following opinion offered by the far-seeing Curtis company four teen years ago, which said: Ut would be a rash person who would put any limita- tionS on the future developments of avia- ton, either in the transport of pasSen- gers and freight or in the private use of planes. The opportunities of the indus try for service to the nation and for broadening and quickening the lives of individuals are so great that ones mind balkS at trying to believe the develop ments which may take place and at the revolutionary changes in national and world thought and life which the indus try may make"
 Aircraft manufacturing for war will ultimately taper off to peacetime needs and the nations air lines will then begin a steady, peaceful march to fulfill des- tiny limned for them in the realm of transportation, by the immortal Wright Brothers, the fathers of flight.
 Unquestionably the war has expanded commercial scheduled flying, but for years the curve of expansion was upward, because air lines offered speed plus safety. The last year with available figures, 1941, saw only five fatal commercial air line accidents in 148, 8,O0O,O00 passenger miles of flying, an enviable record, In 1922, domestic air lines alone excluding transoceanic operations rolled up total of almost 1-2 billion passenger miles.
 The nations press and the air trans port industry have the vision to see far horizons, and they understand that avla- ton is now ready to take it's place in help ing provide the United States with the greatest coordination transport system in the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
Draw the Pure Strings

According to the National Industrial Conference Board, private debt was re- duced by almost two billion dollars dur ing 1942, with further reduction likely in 194S. Meanwhile, public spending and public debt scared to dizzy heights. This is a continuance of trend that has been in evidence for more than a decade. The initiative and productive capacities of private citizens have been increasingly displaced by government. War has great ly Speeded the trend. If you happen to be socialist, you will be cheered by the pros poets. But if you believe iii private enter prise and the superiority of individual op- porunity, you will look upon expanding centralized government with chill.
 Shrinking private debts mean that fewer new enterprises are being launched by individuals. Opportunity and savings arc not available to start anything new; old, established industries are not expand ing with private capital In short, it means if the trend continues there will be fewer jobs in private industry, which is the same as saying there will be more and more jobs on the government payroll
 After the war, the purse strings must be drawn on the public spenderS or they will tax away our initiative and our free dCm. A movement has been started among the states to limit the taxing power of the Federal government Eff teen state legislatures have passed reso- lUtons for Constitutional amendment to restrict Federal income and inheritance taxes in peacetime to twenty-five per cent. Such an amendment would not take away the power of the government to levy taxes for needed revenue. It would take away the power to destroy taxpaying industries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
Living On Borrowed Time

The coal miners should heed the words of Western labor spokesman while they yet have the opportunity to do so. The editor of the Washington Teamster, in commenting on the question of socialized industry, observes that: Labor recog- nizes the danger of too much public ownership of industry. It also knows from experience that such government owned monopoly industries are often harsh employers"
 The miners have ruthlessly pushed for government ownership of the coal mines. And in the course of several ineXcusable wartime strikes, they have temporarily achieved their objective. The mines are largely in the hands of government. If the present state of socialization should become permanent, the miners may as we'll diSband their union.
 Unions are an outgrowth of free enter prise Wherever free enterprise ceases to exist, unions also cease to exist. At pres ent, free enterprise has been throttled in the coal industry. The coal mine oper- ators are no more than hired managers. As result, whether coal miners realize it or not, their union organizations are living on borrowed time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
Wolf at the Bar

To anyone who doubts that both the term wolf and it's connotation have become part of our national life, we commend a reading of the New Year Law Journal for January 31
 This publication is one of the most arid and austere of trade papers. It holds it. self aloof from the broils of daily life, except as they might happen to come, by due legal process, within the sphere of the New York bar. Its lead story is likely to be a decision of the Court of Appeals, in all its fascinating involutions. Its pages contain column after column Of cases pending, being tried, or recently decided.
 In short, the New York Law Journal is the last place in the world in which you might expect the wolf to show his leering countenance. Yet, on January 31, the Law Journal devoted two full columns to an editorial titled, ''IS the Term Wolf LibeleuS?"
 The editorial writer went about his task with typical legaliStic thoroughneSS. First he asked himself, What precisely is wolff" The 45 volumes of 'WordS and Phrases Judicially Defined'' failed to yield up an answer in all their 45 900 pages.
 Then he consulted the dictionary, which told him that wolf could be "any raven ouS, cruel or rapacious person or thing" But in the Bible he found Isaiah men, tioning something about the wolf dwell ing in peace with the lamb.
 Confused by this clash of definitions, the editorial writer consulted his friends. A recent debutante scoffed at the idea of libel. She told him that the male wolf was as necessary to social gaiety as the female "gold digger" and not half as dangerous. A former Belle of the Nine ties, however, defined "wolf'' as "a man with interruptions designs on unso- phisticated girls"
 Unfortunately, perhaps, he did not come upon the cynical and uncompromiSinng miss who is on record with the simple statement that "A wolf is many
 Still groping, the Law Journals man turned to the pages of English and Amer jean legal decisions. And here he found that calling man dog is not libel - Socrates having said that the more he saw of some men the more he liked his dog = but that it had been libelous to call a man skunk, a hog, frozen snake or an itchy old toad.
 Taking due account of precedent, the Law Journal accordingly decided that swDlf' is probably not libelous appel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

because every Texan is always glad to see any other Texan, even Jesse Jones, get ahead in Wash ington. However, they wonder a little just how smart Grover is going to be in his new job.
 For some folks still remember the time when Grover Hill ap- peared before railroad-rate hear ing to try to get freight rates reduced on cattle feed because of the drouth. He was croSS-ex- amined by Fred Wallace, attor- ney for the Fort Worth and Den- yer Railroad, wno pulled out a clipping of an article Grover hat written for the Amarillo News saying that conditions were fine.
 The railroad attorney read the first part of the article to Hill, who was a little Mustered.
 How do you reconcile this glowing article with your state ment before us today that things are so bad?' the attorney asked.
 'sOh, you know how we like to tout things up in this part of the country" was Growers red- faced reply.
 However, if he had remembered what he wrote in the article, he would have known that, a little further along, he went on to ex- plain that this year conditions were bad. But apparently, he had had the article ghost-written for him, or else his memory was quite poor that day.
 Copyright. 1914. by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
MILLIONS OBJECT, TOO
(New Haven Evening Register

 Petitions being circulated in agi- tation for federal lotteries for rev. enue are asserted by congressional proponents of such plan to bear up to a million signatures. If that is so, the country surely will hear more of this scheme for partly solv- ing the federal governments war time revenue worries.
 A few years ago such agitations used to suffer from their lack of tophight sponsorship. They secured names of numerous individuals prominent in private capacity, but did not do so we'll in the way of other support. Some time ago, how ever, the lottery project received a boost from no less an economist of national renown than O. Glenn Saxon formerly top fiscal officer of the State of Connecticut as well as adviser to citizens organized in the interest of economy and efficiency in government. Some of the names of political sponsors are coming higher, too.
 In some quarters the lotteries are estimated as potential producers of from five to as many as ten billions of dollars year. Even after all due allowance for the strength of the gambling bug, such an estimate seems a bit on the high side. Fur thermore, the scope and the pro- ceeds in any such undertaking would be governed to a considerable extent by state laws and local or dinanceS on games of chance. Des- pite million signatures on peti- tions, one may imagine that for some time to come federal revenues will continue to be raised largely through taxation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

no matter what Jim Farley found when he was down here last fall, Texas today may grouse against the President and cuss out every one around him, but will vote for him in the end.
 Willkie came through here Sev- eral weeks ago and received tremendous ovation. Folks showed they liked him as he travelled on the Fort Worth and Denver Rail- way up through West Texas. All along the line, crowds were at the stations to see him, though there had been no announcement of his coming.
 However, he pulled one um- fOrgettable bOner at Dallas. The Dallas Times Herald, afternoon newspaper, had arranged to send a photographer with Will kie on his trip through West Texas. But that night, speak ing before tremendous crowd, WiIlkie went out of his way to say what 3 fine, upstanding influential and important news paper was the Dallas News, morning competitor of the TimeS-Herald.
 After that, Willkie's name came off the front page of the Times Herald, and no eS-Herald photographer accompanied him on his trip through West Texas. NEW AGRICULTURE AIDE
 Out here in Texas, everyone was delighted to hear that Grover Hill Amarillo COW man, had become Under-Secretary of Agriculture,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
Views Of The Press

total has to be one of the health jest forces on earth.
 During wartime 1t is bound to have tough sledding in some re- Spects. Thousands Of onetime members or potential volunteer leaders are fighting somewhere over the seven seas or getting ready to go there. Many others find it hard or impossible to get the time to carry on their own regular du- ties. But so far the boys themselves have managed to keep in the swing as the splendid very young men that they are, throwing their eagerness into variety of extraordinary tasks opened up by the war and at the same time managing to have 8 lot of fun out of 1t.
 Thirty-four years old scout ing deserves hearty birthday greet ingS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
BOY SCOUTS AT s4
(New Hayer, Register,

Boy Scout Week begins today and will continue through next Monday. A host of worthy organizations are functioning now on scale without precedent and producing results on that scale. Not many of them, how ever, have closer claim on the earnest attention and friendly back ing of the adult population than the Boy Scouts. This goes particularly for the men, for without the active interest of grown men, the endeav- or of helping boys to grow into good men cannot get far.
 Information from the Scouts national headquarters states that the present active enrolment is more than 1,575,0O0 Scouts, Cubs and volunteer leaders. We seldom see a great many of them together. But If the enthusiasm of the indi- vidual, of whom every person has at least one in his acquaintance, iG multiplied that many times the sum
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

lation, unless spoken with malicious in- tent to injure.
 To this definitive and comforting opin- ion, we can only add our guess that, how ever malicious the intent, the accusation is seldom resented. There may be pre- tense of offended denials But show us the gay dog Ca non-libelous term) who, when someone cries "wolf" at him, will not Smirk, bit and, surreptitiously, Straighten his tie and set his hat at a jauntier angle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
LEWIS NO BARGAIN
(Hartford Courant)


 John L. Lewis still has his appli- cation pending for admission back into the fold of the American Fed eration of Labor. With his return to the old homestead an accom- plished fact, the A. F. of L. would, of course, realize a sizable increase in membership and all that goes with it in the way of membership fees.
 In return for this monetary gain, however. the A. F. of L. would be subjecting itself to several hazard ous possibilities, not the least of which is MT. Lewis well-known de- sire to dominate every situation. Then again, there is his propensity for picking up his marbles and go- ing every time things turn against him. Still worse: the A. F. of L. would be taking to its bosom the man above all others who typifies, to the American way of thinking, the kind of labor leader who places gain before patriotism.
 It's no skin of our nose, but we
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
X-RaY for EXophthalmic GOi.re

A-Ray TOT EXOpntnaUnIc GOlSfe Mother has exophthalmic goitre size of walnut. Doctors advise op- eration, but we have friends who have had severe occurrences after operation and who have found re- lief from a series of X-ray treat- ments. (-R, NJ Answer-1f she were my mother I believe I'd want her to have the X-ray treatments first, consider surgery only after x-ray had failed to give relief.
 CRI
 Your little book on CRI Common cold). It has made a tremendous difference in the health of our family. This is the first winter we have not been more or less dis abled now and then from colds or grip. (Mrs. c. N. F.) Answer-Cri (pronounced kree) does NOT mean common cold" It means Common Respiratory In- lection. You don't know, and probably the doctor doesn't know in the earlier (and most infectious, most communicable stage whether
 
 1t is going to be diphtheria, scarlet fever, grip, flu. infantile paralysis, acute tonsilitis, epidemic Gmeningi- tis, pneumonia, measles or whatnot. So you play fair and just call it cri (thus giving everybody around you fair warning) until a diagnosis can be made. Any one may send Twenty-Five cents and stamped self addressed envelope for the booklet Call It Cri.''
 Preparing for Maternity
 Daughter-in-law going to have baby in spring. Would appreciate 1t if you would advise me about her own care and -.
 (MrS. M. s. Al AnSwer-Send ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress for booklet Preparing for Maternity"
 Copyright, 1944, John F. Dille Co)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
AS A MATTER OF FACT

Soft words butter no parsnips Neither does butter held too long butter toasted English muffin or crisp brown waffle. This week we read that something over two hundred thousand pounds held too long by the government has become un- fit for table use and will be used for cooking. This is sad blow to the indi- vidual who stands in line waiting for his or her customary weekly supply.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

wavering convictions about the un- seen. Without God-without hope: with God-and all things (even the most tragic) will work together for good.
 Hope putteth not to shame. be- cause the love of God hath been shed abroad in our hearts" All Rights Reserved-Babson News paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

squeezed so that it may yield some little satisfaction in the way of sensation, thrill, or indulgence.
 People who are without God in their lives live such drab existences that those of strong faith look upon them day by day and wonder how they can be satisfied to have it so. Hope is the most sustaining and stimulating power in life, and we get hope and keep it by having un-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

QlrecCeu SaDOCaBe to come to our attention in the past year." The report is even bet ter than that. It is, Since the start of the war there has been no evidence of Suc- cessful foreign-di- rected S a b o tage against the Amer ican war effort"
 This record of the FBI drive against foreign cnh4AN-~ .-4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
A Thought for Today

... o the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unSearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! Romans 11:33.
 A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.-Montaigne.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

they are without
 nope in the world. Their sorrow leads
 70 bitte r ness
 their thinking to skepticism, t h cir living to futility. They have no ob-
 jective. Life for such is a day-by- day prop position that is either to be end ured or d e s D erately
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
Selected Poem
MIDNIGHT SNOW

MIDNIGHT SNOW
 Gertrude Robinson in the New York Times The trees that rim the park thiS end Of day Are wearing swaddling clothes of fleecy white; Some lads who frolicked there not long ago Are blanketed in desert sands tonight. The soft far curtains of the sky are down, Shutting us in to quiet dreams and sleep; Some of the lads who called these dim streets home, A few months gone, jungle watch now keep. The trees are holding midnight in the park And in these silent houses people pray For sons who deal with bombs instead of games And now too soon, forget the ways of play.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

This is a good season for Valentines, so they say, despite the number of activ- ities that occupy the ordinary individual. The business popped up this year with folks at home sending them on to the boys in the service, and there's no ration coupon necessary for lacy amorous card.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

The New York Central Railroad car ried 20 per cent more passengers last month than in January, 1943, while the Pennsylvania and New Haven roads report that they carried 10 per cent more. From all who read these lines in January, l943' comes the inevitable question: Where?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

believe this vast bloc of resentment against MT. Lewis far outweighs any advantage to be gained by the A. F. of L. in making the Prodigal Son welcome. MT. Lewis is no bar gain at any price.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
Current Comment

We are about to test finally whether democracy can sustain all- out battle. Gen. Dwight D. EisenhoWer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Juvenile Sabotage In U. S. Alarming
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democratl washington
 Correspondent

Juvenile delinquency caused more sabotage in the United States last year than foreign-dir saboteurs, according to information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
 Knocking on wood, Director John Edgar Hoover is again able to re- port, There were no acts of foreign
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

Some expect and others suspect. Vice President Henry Wallace says he suspects President Roosevelt will run for a fourth term"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
Daily Almanac

Moon rises at 8:43 ?. m. (war time) Sun rises at 7:53 a. m; sets at 6:21 p. m. (warI time) Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after| sunset. We are at the full of the moon. It. the moon,
 had ring around it one night early this week.
 which means-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11

February scratch beneath the surface of Roosevelt Administration
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

HOPE PUTTETH NOT TO
 SHAME"
 In a certain part of the New Testament we find references made to people who are without God, and without hope in the world The two circumstances go togeth- CT. When people are without God.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-11
Washington Merry Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Rotonine Gasoline Moy Oil Reserves Decline Crude Price Runng Small Companies Producers Holt Qualification Prosom Plays Into Hands of Big Companies Observers We Next FDR Popularity in the Southwest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-13
WORLD WAR II A YEAR AGO
 JUNE 13, 1943
By united Press

By United Press Allied forces capture LinOsa, 25 miles northeast of Lampedusa- third Italian island to surrender; yields without shot to British de- strOyer; 140 men taken.
 British Air Ministry announces creation of a Tactical Air Force for the whole home based RAF. Large forces of Soviet planes raid German communications center night of June 12. E
 U. s. Army, Navy and Marine Corps join forces to queII a Jap- anese attack near the Russell Islands.
 Pope Plus XII, addressing 25,O00 Italian workers, declares that so- cial revolution is nothing but empty words impossible of reaI- ixation.''
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-09-21

his lip fringe for Japanese beetles There any, though
the gophers drove them out.
The first morning that home the kids in and
dropped buckets of water while Dolores
with poison ivy vine Sounds rugged but I've been in the
unges long can't take shower in the regular
You should have the size of of those islands
landed One island hit small the gophers had
take turns coming up.
showing the kids souvenir Japanese pistol and
telling them all the dangers of playing with unloaded
Then pulled the trigger and junior sized foxhoe appeared in
the door of closet moth stuck his head and said
whats all the shooting the wrong sde?"
It. Ferguson who very cody handled that forced landing
job for down in Australia back here Los Angeles with
his mother 3day rough after flying those South Pacific
skies for years That landing will always be of the
low spots When the stopped that plane
started down. don't know whether scared but
eagle followed of pmpes for two miles singing:
as you is or Is you amt my baby?"