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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-12-02
Active Montdnd
Wildcats
Arch Apex Structure

=
ARCH-APEx-PARgEE.L NO. r.
NV NWM NEL 4-36N-3E
Lost first hole. $40; fishing for lost bit.
Basin CouIee
n. c. TARRANT-PUGsLEY NO. T.
SW NV NV 24-2sN-4E
Spudded 1o-14-44: standing. rs.
Birch Creek Prospect
TEXACO-TRKBAL xe4 NO. T.
G NV NV 11-30N-7W
Spudded 11-19-44; drilling, 23O
Brady District
TExAC0-SCHLEPP NO. L.
Sc sen SEA 21-27-2w
Tested 8 barrels, 1882.
Button Butte
TARRANT-WOODwOR NO. -
sen sen 20-14N-24E
Standing, 1912.
Br0adview Dome
BROADVIEW PET. CORP. sTOLTEN.
BERG NO. -
SW NE 18-3N-23E
Ran 5h Inch pipe 70 $40; tested oil
show In Madison, 523S, through procuc-
ing tubing. P.B., 51s4. Shot 90 quarts.
Standing; operations suspended.
Cat Creek Field
b. r. GAINER-FRADD NO. T.
So SW SW 4-15N-29E
Rigging up rotary.
Chester Area
PRAIRIE ROsE-THIELTGEs NO. T.
G Sc Sc SW 21-31N-5E
Spudded 8-14-44s standing, IT'S
Clarks Fork
GEN. Observation-Disclosures FORK
Sec. 25-ss-22E
I'd, $3.50; pipe landed GAS to test
showing in Frontier; well swabbing and
flowing 45-gravity oil Testing.
Conrad Area
TEXACO-0. l.. HOVDE NO. T.
g NV NE SW 8-2s-2W
Spudded 10-23-44. COMPLETION 1924
a; I'd, 2044. EN- 2O41, sulphur water.
PA.
Custer Dome
CARTER-YELLOWSTON NO. T.
G SW SW 2-6N-32E
Spudded s-25-44. Top Amsden, 6126;
DIST 1 mr., 6126-6170, recovered As fl.
oil and gas-cut mud, no water; topped
Big Snowy, 6400; topped Madison $3.50;
coring soft spots In Devonian, 1882.
Devon Field
DEVENBAUGH-McHUC NO. T.
SW NE NE 14-33N-1E
Est 1000 M gas 9S1-9S5; roaming to
land finch at 1100
DuttOn Structure
r. c. TARRANT-EMMA HODGES NO. T.
Sc Sc Sc 31-24N-1E
Spudded s-13-44; standing. 1874.
Fox-Luther Dome
CARTER-BOWLEN NO. T.
G SW NE 14-6S-19E
Top Colorado, COLO; fishing for drill
pipe, 1871.
Gypsy Structure
M0RTON-SWANSON NO. 1
SW Sc SW 22-2SN-6W
Waiting on pipe, so.
MORTON-NORTHWEST BANK NO.
c SW NE 332SN-6W
Rig up.
Hagan Structure
HAGEN STRUCTURE OIL CO-ANDER-
SON NO. L.
NE sen NEA e-31-7W
Cemented cave at base of 13-inch pipe,
735. I'd, 22O0. Lost hole. P. & A.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-12-02
Conrad Area

TEXACO-O. l.. HOVDE NO. 1
G NV NE SW S-2S-2W
Spudded 10-23-44. COMPL
a; I'D, 2044. EN- 2041, s
P. g. A.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-12-02
BrOadview Dome


Is. X. GAINER-FRADD NO. l.
Sc SW SW 4-15N-29E
Rigging up rotary.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-12-02
Button Butte

FAkRANT-WOODW NO. t.
sen SEA 20-14N-24E
Standing, 1912.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-12-02

TEXACO-C. Gloon NO. -
c NE NV SW 29-36N-6E
Studded 1O-2S-44: corLng. 2943.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
Citation Awarded
May Be Last
Signed By Knox

Receiving what may be the last
citation signed by Secretary OF
the Navy Frank Knox, Captain
George B. Herlihy, Tucson, Ariz.,
stationed at the Ell Centre Marine
Corps Air Station was honored
Tuesday morning. Captain Herlihy
AFRO received an air medal.
The award was made for meritor-
iouS achievement as a dive bomber
pilot with a marine scout bomb
squadron against the enemy Jap
anese forces in the SolomonS Is
lands.
Previously Captain Herlihy earn
ed the Distinguished Flying Cross
for participation in 80 hazardous
aerial missions during which he
was credited with hits on two
japanese transports and one des-
troyer.
The decorated flyers latest tWar 9
wa for bombing attacks against
enemy fortified airfieldS, troop pos
itionS and shipping. On one occasion
he fought his way through an in
tense hostile anti-aircraft fire and
superior fighter plane opposition
10 score a near miss on an enemy
destroyer while il waC under VIZ.
He was a member of the first air
squadron to bomb Jap-held Munda.
He served four months in opera
tions against the enemy from Quad
alcanal.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
Board Takes Step
To Improve Park

several supervisors said. we should
get some of that"
Harrigan was asked to have the
plan complete to present at the next
regular board meeting.
In discussing the proposed plans
for Identification Harrigan pointed
out that a parking space will relieve
a problem around the court house.
This parking space also will pro-
vide a splendid view of the court
house and grounds. Harrigan sug-
gested that the paintings around
the court house be renewed where
necessary and plans made to keep
up both places and protect the
original investment" in trees and
plants.
This decision OF the board seemed
to close the long controversy be-
tween the county and the city of
El Centre over who should improve
the court house park. BY taking
over the whole park and doing all
the construction and planting, the
county protects its title to the prop
erty it was pointed out. The board
had been informed that they would
endanger their title to the property
if they permitted the city TO do the
Identification as had been suggest
ed.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
Toastmasters Set
For Junior Club

Plans for organization OF a Jun
ior Toastmasters club were COM
pleted at Monday nights meeting
of the Cactus Gavel POSTMASTER
club at the California hotel.
Boys of high school age to q
years are eligible for membership
and at next Mondays meeting
Toastmasters whose sons are eligi-
BILE will take their sons as well as
guests in that age group, as club
guests.
The theme for Monday night S
speaking program was: "A Republi-
cans struggle for election after 20
more years of the present admins
tration." Sergeant Bob Hansen OF
the Marine corps won the vote as
best speaker as a candidate for the
office of selective service admins
TRAITOR.
Captain Mark Hebbelthwaite, in
the role of candidate for the office
Of OPA cministrator, won the vote
as most improved speaker.
Other speakers were Lee Miller,
James E. Marable. Red Mitchell
and Carl Schooss. Frank Rood was
toastmaster. Critics were Alva
Smaller, Viggo Hansen, Ernest
Frame, Cliff Reed, Bill Outlook with
Malcolm Macurda as general critic.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02

CONTINUED From Page One
hedge planted around the place sc
that it will be a place of compara-
tive seclusion which is one of the
main requirements of a park Har-
riean said. People like to sit on
the benches and admire the trees
and flowers but they do not want
TO be exposed to public view as
though in a store window. A park
should be a useful as well as beau
tiful place so the parking place,
comfort stations, walks, and bench
cs should be included in the plan.
The construction should be done
this summer and planting this fall
as this is the wrong time of the
year to start plants, trees, and
shrubs. There should be a sprin-
king system because it has been
found impossible TO flood the lawn
there satisfactorily"
PIPE AVAILABLE
There will be pipe available from
some of the government projects"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
Leases for Oil
Await Study

Continued from Page II
the very near future or in the i'm
mediate area"
Mr.. Rose, if VIC agreed to drill
at once on any land in the area
this country would be full of specu-
lators and sharpShooters and the
land owner certainly would not be
benefited by that" Davis declared.
What happens if you spud in a
we'll and don't continue drilling?"
Rose asked.
Some leases offered call for a
well in 80 days after spudding in
Davis replied. In fact unless our
company spudS, the lease automati-
aclly terminates in three years or
whatever period it covers"
CITES ACREAGE LEASED
The Amerada company has 5000
acres now under lease in the Heber
area, the majority of which are for
five years and many for three. AL
together we have approximately
l25-l30 leases and it is our inten-
ton to start operations as soon as
we decide it is feasible" Davis con-
tinued. He further explained that
his company has spent $4,000 in
exploration.
But it is physically impossible
to drill every bit of land leased, or
to guarantee drilling" Davis said.
T. E. Folsom of the Loren Hill
man company explained that his
company is obtaining leases for the
Superior Oil company of California.
The board discussed the new
Standard Oil company well in the
vicinity of the Beal Well. 1t was
brought out that this we'll had
been spudded in Monday and had
reached a depth Of $50 feet.
That the Heber area was the
next section for development due
to the leasing activities of four
larger companies, which beside the
two above inclute the Texas COM
pany and Standard Oil, was dis
cuSsed at the meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
hoItviIie Waits
On Clearances
For REBUILDING

HOLTVILLE. May 2.-Construc-
ton of the new hotel and business
buildings to replace some OF those
destroyed in the fire early this
spring encountered unexpected de-
lay this week.
Red tape in connection with var
iolls governmental agencies rapidly
is being dispensed with, Holtville
residents said Tuesday. A shortage
of necessary skilled labor was ore
Of the reasons for delay, it was un-
derstood
1t is expected that the hotel
builoi ing will cost between $4,000
and 100000 The plans call for
business buildings on the first floor
with the hetel on the second floor.
Mrs Cecilia Potts is to construct
the hotel building on the corner
across the street from the chamber
OF commerce building.
Joe Holmes also is negotiating for
construction of a building for his
liquor store and cafe TO replace the
one destroyed in the fire.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
Synthetic Tires
Quota Stands

Although the Washington office
of the OPA has announced that
synthetic tires are available fer B
and C gas card holders, Grade l
tires are still under quota which
has not been increased in tie Ell
Centre area, according TO Mildred
Rinehart, Clerk.
In substance, Miss Rinehart said,
this means that more eligible mot
orists may now obtain the new
synthetics, but it does not mean
that there are more tirec.
Grade III tires have been taken
off quota, but since there are few
CT these tires available not great
deal of relief is expected from this
order either, she said.
Ell Centro tire dealers said Tues
day that they have ample stocks
of synthetic tires, and that they
have been able to get all they could
sell under the quota. They added,
however, that the boosts in produc-
tion of synthetic tires merely have
made more available but that the
quota still limits the number they
can sell.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
u. S. Subs Sink
II jap Ships

closely the naval task force raid
April 10 on Sabang, off the north
ern tip of Sumatra, indicated the
increasing attention being given
the Singapore Burma supply route
by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbat-
tens southeast Asia command as a
prelude to further ground offensive
operations.
One submarine torpedoed and
sank a destroyer and damaged the
medium sized supply ship it was
escorting south of the Andaman ISL
ands, the aGmiralty said. Another
medium-si supply vessel was sunk
in the same area while travelling
under strong escort
STRIKE AT CONVOY
In the Malacca Straits, between.
Sumatra and the Malay peninsula.
another submarine sank three sup
ply ships travelling in convoy and
damaged an escort vessel and a.
cargo ship.
The admiralty said third SUBJ
marine successfully bombarded''
military targets at Port Blair and
RooS island in the Andamans, which
lie in the Bay CT Bengal southwest
of Burma.
Shore batteries ineffectively re-
turned the fire" the communiques
said
The latest sinkings increased the
number of Japanese ships sent to
hnt Al.
to 1878, including 279 warships. An,
other l,l62, including 324 combat
ships, have been damaged
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
Broken Levees
Flood Farms

ST. LOUIS, May 2. CUP)-Thc
Mississippi river dropped slowly
here Tuesday as levees continued
to crumble and let the record flood
spread over fertile farmlands where
livestock already was suffering from
a shortage of feed.
A levee collapsed near Aldridge,
H., letting the flood waters race
across 81 1000 acres in the Preston,
Clear Greek, East Cape Girardeau,
Miller Pond, and North Alexander
levee districts.
Army engineers prepared TO send
food by boat to Grand Towers ILL.,,
which they said would be isolated by
the swirling flood waters. The
muddy current swept through Weir
and Mcclure, Ill.
Rain fell in the flood area again
as the crest Of the river passed
Chester, Ill.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
EI Centre Payinq
Work Progresses

Paving Of the widened stretch of
Highway 80 from Orange street to
Ross avenue will get under way i'll
the next two weeks according to F.
Paul Ford, Ell Centro director of
public works.
The $4,000 project being carried
on by the state of out of gas tax
money allocated to be spent within
corporated cities. has been in the
primary stage several weeks, Ford
added.
The water mains have been re-
lined the power and telephone poles
have been moved and street repairs
all completed, Ford declared
The widening to total of Ga
feet includes a 43-foot road and
eight feet of parking on each side
New sidewalks are being laid replac-
ing those taken up on the eight
block stretch.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
Building Permits
Reach S15,7b3

Building permits for April totaled
sl5,763 according to the city engi-
neer's office Tuesday
Twelve permits issued during the
month called for S9.650 residential
building permits. s4,26S business and
alterations. Last year April'S per-
mits totalled S4,470.
The total permits TO May for
1914 were Si0,478 as compared TO
S18,910 in 1913.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
TWA ACQUIRES INTEREST
IN HAWAIIAN FIRM

LOS ANGELES, May 2. tUPD-
Transcontinentsl and Western Air,
Inc. has bought a 100000 20 per
cent interest in Hawaiian Air Lines,
Ltd, TWA President Jack Frye said
Tuesday. The Hawaiian Air Lines
transaction was another In the COM
pany's program TO extend airline
holdings outside continental United
States. Last fall TWA acquired
381z per cent interest in the Latin
American TACA Airline.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
County Employees
Salary Raises
Get Board Study

Taking notice of the constant
bic.l ring about salaries in the
various departments of the county
the board of supervisors Monday
sought a way out of the difficulty
This is the greatest poker
game I ever saw" Chairman A.
Y. Preble said. We've got to call
them because we can't continue
to raise salaries. If we raise in one
department, tie others come in and
demand a raise also. Let's put a
maximum and a minimum on the
salaries in the different depart
mems ard let the department
heads divide it up according to
the ability and necessity of the diff
ferent employees. New, inexperienc-
ed people shouldn't get the same
salaries as those who have been
Acre for years and know the
work"
CITES BOARDS DUTIES
ITS the boards duties to set
salaries" District Attorney Charles
G. Halliday interposed. "The
board has no legal right to pass
the duty on to anyone else
How can we be fair about this,
Suptlv.sor B. M. Graham said
The heads of these departments
are elected by more people than
we are. They should know about
the ability of their employees. They
work for them"
The board then attempted to de-
eide which departments had CHIEF
deputies whose work was so inn
portant that they required specia
training and knowledge. After scmt
discussion the members settled or
the clerks office, the recorders
office, the auditors office and the
county school superintendent's Of
flee. The assessors office already
was placed in that category.
MORE PAY FOR NURSES
The salary discussion was started
bv a letter from Mrs. Louise Allen
head nurse at the county hospita
who asked the board to raise the
salaries of tie graduate, under
graduate, and practical nurses Sic
month. The board postponed
action until next meeting SO that
Mrs. Allen could be asked to ex-
plain the situation mere fully.
The board IT'LL seeks a way out
of the salary problem which board
members say dogs their steps
wherever they go and comes UP
at every meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
CHURCH MEET MAPS PROGRAM
FOR laps. NAZIS AFTER WAR

KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 2. CUP)
A committee report calling for
Safeguards and controls but not
oppression" of Germany and Japan
after the war was before the World
Conference of the Methodist church
Tuesday.
Germany, the report said, should
be re-educated to assume the re-
sponSibilities and rights of men,
bership in a world organization of
nations. For Japan, terms should
be more severe. but not precluding
possibility of that nations return
10 world society.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
SUPERVISORS APPOINT
ACTING LIBRARIAN

Mrs. Violet Thompson, employed
in the Imperial county library for
many years. Monday was appointed
acting county librarian.
She was appointed TO take the
place of Mrs. Marvin Patterson, the
former Lois CoSand, who resigned.
Mrs. Thompson was appointed TO
the position by the board Of super
yiSOrS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02

MELBOURNE, May 2. (UP)-The
"pajama girl, whose body had been
preserved in a formalin bath for
nearly 10 years, was identified
Tuesday in coroner's finding as
Linda Angostini and her husband,
Antonio Angostini, Al, former Sgd
ney waiter, was ordered committed
for trial on charge of numbering
her. The pajama clad, partly burn
ed body of the woman was found
under a road culvert near Albury
in September, 1884.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
BACKS PRICE CONTROL

WASHINGTON, May ?. OUP)-
Secretary of War Henry l.. Stimson
Tuesday urged the house banking
and currency committee to con-
tinue price control legislation with
out material modification" through
out the war and into the recOnver-
sion period. The committee is con-
sidering bill to extend the price
control act, which expires June 80.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
MRS. CLARK'S FUNERAL
RITES SET WEDNESDAY

Last rites for Mrs. Sarah Frances
Clark, 81 who died in Ell Centre
Monday. will be held at the Lemons
chapel at p. m. Wednesday.
The Rev. Mr. Hayden Sears, pas
tor Of the First Methodist church,
will preach the funeral sermon.
Burial will be in Evergreen ceme-
terry.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
Imperial Officer
Held as MISSING
By ROY CIR .ANE
By V. +. HAMLIN

Second Lieutenant Edward E.
Craig of Imperial is amcng the
war departments list of men miss
ing in action. He is son of Ed
ward Craig. The casualty report
failed to identify the front on
which Lieutenant Craig was fight
inc
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
AUTO CRASH KILLS TWO

Los Angeler, May Q. UP-Wil-
liam quentin Coddington, "a, Lo'
Angeles, and Maxine Peterson
Scott, 81, Huntington Park were
killed early Tuesday when the car
in which they were riding crashed
with Pacific electric train.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
Man, IS, Killed
On Highway

Continued from Page II
wife. Mrs. Cinda Graham, and
other relatives survive him.
Funeral arrangements were de-
layed pending an inquest scheduled
for Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
Store Hearing
Closes, Judge
To Rule Monday
Continued from Page l

tionalfty involved.
Smith told the court that the
substance of the governments case
was: That the President has the
power to confiscate Wards private
property because of the existence of
a national emergency which invests
him as commander in chief OF the
armed forces with an extraordinary
and terrifying power of seizure
NO LAW ON BOOKS
He argued that there is no law
or constitutional provision which
confers such a power on the chief
executive, and he contended
That it is an unreasonable SelZ-
ure contrary to the fourth article
of the Bill of Rights and that it
deprives them (the company of
liberty and property without due
process of law and constitutes the
taking of private property for pub
lie use without just compensation,
in direct violation of article five of
the Bill of Rights"
Smith added that unusual times
may call for the exercise of other
wise latent powers, but by the
same token, in such times the pro-
lection of constitutional guarantees
is indispensable to the preservation
of a free people"
The Smith, -Connally act, Smith
said, confers upon the executive
the extraordinary power of seizure
of private property in certain cir
cumstances without resort to the
normal processes Of law.
POWERS CONFINED
But the very language which
confers this unusual power Specifi-
cally confines it to a plant, mine,
or facility equipped for the manu-
facture. production, or mining of
any articles or materials which may
be required for the war effort or
which may be useful in connection
herewith" Smith said.
This is not a case where an un-
limited or blanket power has been
conferred upon the executive by
constitutional or statutory provi-
sion: On the contrary, the statute
which generates power, at the same
time and with good reason circum-
Scribes its extent and exercise
IF congress had intended to sub
ject the entire economy of the
country TO seizure by presto ential
proclamation, If it had intended to
subject all civilian business and
property to presidential fiat, that
intention would have been clearly
expressed"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
Find Help For Itch
of Simple Skin RasheS

When torturing itch of simple skin rashcs
stings and smarts.. get quick relief with
der with ingredients often used by many
specialists. Sprinkle on tender irritated
ekin and enjoy cooling, soothing relief.
e supply costs little. Get hIexsana.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
OIL WELL BURNS

MONTEBELLO, Cal, May 2.
(UP)-Damage estimated at 100000
resulted Tuesday when an oil we'll
fire of undetermined origin COM
pletely destroyed the derrick and
oil pumping equipment of the
Standard Oil we'll near here. 1t
was the second such less to the
company in recent months.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
LICENSE ISSUED

County Clerk w. j. McClelland
Monday issued a marriage license
TO John G.. Zimdahl. 35. San Diego
retail grocer, and Riva Zimdahl, 81,
LaMesa SaleSWoman.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
FIRE RAZES BUILDING

POMONA, Cal, May 2. (UP) =
Fire of undetermined origin early
Tuesday destroyed skating rink
and a large quantity of paper
products stored in the building by
the Fernstrom Paper Mill &c. DAM
age was estimated at $35,000
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02
RAMBLING REPORTER
Continued from Page II

10 Dizney.
What did you Say?" Dizney shout
ed back. The two men carried on
conversation at the top of their
lungs while the rest of the gang
enjoyed the fun. This went on un-
til Dizney's throat became sore
and he had to confess.
If we had been the newcomer
we would go shopping for a glass
of deadly poison,
Help Wanted
Will some one please find out
what the table topic was at Toast
masters club in Ell Centro Monday
night?
OF course if it is one of those
topics that will not bear the light
CT day . skip it.
QUESTIONABLE Dope
Since there is lot of talk about
silly questionnaires being sent busy
farmers by government bureaus
RR hereby sticks in an oar.
These little gems were cleaned
from four-page QUESTIONABLE
carried here and there to farmers
by paid government employees.
would you favor or oppose
making the local school building ts)
available for community activities
after school hours? Would favor
Would oppose Unde-
cided-'
do you think young farm people,
by and large, will find it more or
less difficult to make a decent
living on the farm than did their
fathers?
would you favor or oppose an
increase of public clinics?"
As compared to 1912 did your
family in 1943 buy mere or less
food. clothing, household furnish
ings. war bonds?"
Would you favor or oppose the
continued rationing of food after
tie war in order to help the people
in war-torn countries get a new
start?'
And so far into the ink.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02

LONDON, May 2. CUP = British
submarines blockading Japan's sea
lanes between Singapore and Burma
have sunk a destroyer and four mer-
chant vessels and bombarded Port
Blair, main port in the Andaman
islands, the admiralty announced
Tuesday.
SUPPLY SHIPS HIT
Two medium-sized supply ships and
a small escort vessel were damaged
by submarines, the admiralty COM
munique added.
The submarine attacks, following
Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-02

CONTINUED from Page Il
raid probably hit the enemy air
field on SaJawan, largest of the
three islands composing the Nomoi
group.