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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-15
CITY'S CHANCES
DEEMED EXCELLENT
BY LOOP DIRECTOR
Wade Says Deposit Biggest
Local Problem In Ball
Transaction
By EDWARD X. SACHS
Star Shorts Editor

The Star was infOrmed,l Last night,
that in all probability, Wilmington
waeAd be welcome addition to the
Glass B Tri-State baseball league
by the leagues director, C. M.
Lewellyn Of Concord.
In telephone conversation with
Lewellyn, it was learned that by
the posting of $4,000 deposit to
insure the city's good faith in play
ing out schedule, the Tri-State
league was almost certain to grant
a franchise to this city.
When it was pointed out to LEVEL
llyn that James E.. L. Wade, Will
mington's. representative in previ-
Gus minor league dealings had told
a local afternoon paper, II
doubt very seriously if the Tri-
State baseball league now reform
ing for the 1916 schedule will en-
terrain bid from Wilmington for
a franchise since the mileage dis
tances are so great as to be al
most beyond consideration -,
Lewellyn answered:
"Of course distances are great
between some Of the league cities
and Wilmington. However, because
Of the type city Wilmington is, it is
my personal opinion that this han
|dicap could easily be overcome"
Lewellyn was in the act OF
answering telegram from Wade,
asking for more information about
the Tri-State league when contact
Jed by this reporter.
The Concord baseball executive
said his reply to- Wade would be,
|'We have two openings in the
heague. Your application would re-
ceive careful consideration. It is
tny personal opinion that it would
Ibe accepted. But have no authori.
ty to accept it definitely"
II He continued the conversation by
saying that if he received the check
for S., 900 from Wilmington by Mon.
day morning it would almost in
sure this city obtaining q fran
chise.
When informed of this financial
requirement last night, Wade said
that he though, he would have
some difficulty in sending thai
amount to Lewellyn by Monday.
after ALL" Wade said, THAT is
a great deal higher than the sums
mentioned in the Piedmont negotia.
tons. The only figure discussed
during our dealings with the Pied.
mont league was $1,575.
It was only yesterday that Wade
was informed by DR.. T. S. Wilson
of Draper, president Of the Caro-
lima league, that his application fol
membership in that league had
been refused.
In releasing that story to the aft
ernoon press, Wade reiterated his
statement that he would not aban
don hope and that he would try
every means to insure baseball fol
local fans. j..
Yesterday afternoon, Wade sem
the following telegram to Con
cord: "Press reports indicate Tri
State league reforming. Under
stand league seeking new entries
Wilmington excellent baseball
town and we want to play ball
Would like to have your PROPOSE
ton"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-15
20, BOZ Fans Sa1u Football
Games At Legion Stadium
Hamilton Thanks Fans For
Support Of New Hanover
Athletic Teams

T. T. Hamilton, principal OF the
New Hanover High school yester.
day announced that 29,307 paid
admissions were received at the
seven New Hanover High school
games here this season.
Gross gate receipts for the sea.
son, before Federal and State tax
les, totaled $15,461.
Largest paid attendance for .
single game was to the New Han.
|over-Rocky Mount game on Oct. J
which drew 1924 fans to Legion
stadium. The Durham game Nov,
10 drew 4, 761 paid admissions and
4, 558 fans attended the Fayettt.
vile game on Nov. 1.
The overall total inclrded in the
report includes 1924 admissions
to the Junior Varsity football
games. Fewer fans 2,660-attepded
the extra season Winston Salem
game than any other game Of the
year. !,
OF the focal paid adznissionqt
no were adult fans while stu
dents comprised 1910 Of THE 70
rnainder.
Accompanying the year-snd RI
port Of attendance was statsmens
by Hamilton thanking all member$
Of the community who supported
the football team and other attn
letic events in the past year.
"Our activities for the remain
lder OF the year will include intrar
mural and varsity basketball,
baseball, track, swimming, goh
land tennis. Much Of the equipment
and other expenses involved in q
broad physical education and at41.
letic set-up has been made pos.
sible through the action and loya
lal support Of our friends" thu
letter said.
The principal concluded by say
ing:
I'VE should like to express ous
sincere thanks for the support rem.
dered by the newspapers and the
local radio station. Their assist.
ance has greatly encouraged tho
enthusiasm and support which we
. have felt.
II would like to take this oppor.
Itunity also to commend Coach
Leon Brogden and his assistant,
J Tom Davis, and the business
. manager, Rupert Bryan, for their
i. faithful and dilgent exercise Of
their responsibilities
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-15
NEW HANOVER FIVE
EASILY WINS OVER
WASHINGTON QUINT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-(Spe-
cial to the Star)-An improving
New Hanover High school squad
improved, at least over their
showing in Greenville Thursday
evening-tomght defeated Wash
ington High school 80 to- IA.
Held to a scanty 3 to 2 lead at
the end Of the first period, the
Wildcats increased their margin
to IL to 8 at hah-time. A squirt
during the third period brought
the Presidents to a striking
distance Of Is to IL, but the New
Hanover team quickly pulled 1t.
self out OF trouble by making two
quick baskets.
To-day Fennel1 continued to pace
the Wilmington entry by making
Is points, giving him a total o.
Il on the two day trip. Louis Col
lie who had made eight points or
the previous evenings play wa,
runner-up with three baskets.
Phelps, Washington forward
paced his team through mos
of the game by virtue of his four
baskets. However, he left the con
test in the last quarter on a fifth
personal foul.
Wilmington scoring was scat
tered, six Wildcats helping make
the total OF 30 points.
In two games this season thu
Wildcats have made 60 points OF
"a baskets and IL free throw!
while their opponents have made
lis baskets and five free throw
for total Of 81 points.
| Er;dau ,,iefhf hoy Scnres.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-15
UNDEFEATD TEAMS J
MEET TONIGHT IN
YMCA LOOP GAMES

Indicated teams will clash to-
night in YMCA Sunday school bas-
ketbau league action at the "Y"
when the First Presbyterians play
the Trinity Methodists at z pm.
and the Tabernacle Baptists meet
the Temple Baptists at Q.
At 8, two teams fighting to stay
out Of the league basement, the
Carolina Beach Methodists and
the Sunset Park Methodists, will
|play.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-15
Louisiana Handicap Run
Today At New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14-R-
Valdina Lamar, the Utopian Sta
bles' winner Of the Thanksgiving
handicap, was assigned top weight
Of 11e pounds for the $4,000 add
ed Louisiana handicap tomorrow at
the Fair Grounds.
Thirteen other thoroughbreds
were listed today as probable
starters in the first major stake
race at the winter meeting here.
The handicap will be run over
a mile and an eighth distance and
is scheduled to 60 to the post at
3:55 pm. Central Standard Time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-15
N. T.. BASKETBALL
Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

North Carolina college quintets
figure in four games tonight.
: Heading the list is the Southern
Conference meeting Of Davidson
and the University OF North Caro-
lima at Chapel Hill. It will be the
second game in as many nights fol-
both clubs, Davidson having play
ed Duke and the Tarheels having
met Catawba last night.
The States busiest team High
Point is at home to the Fort Bragg
All-Stars in the fifth game OF the
week for the Panthers.
Other contests send Wake Forest
against the McCrary Eagles al
Asheboro and Duke against VIZ
ginia at Lynchburg, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-15
Firmemen Play Practice

The Firemen cagers will play
an undisclosed opponent Monday
night at the Lake Forest gym
nasium, Bert Hawley, city bas'
ketball league manager, said
yesterday.
He added that city league bias.
ketban practice games would
start "soon."
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-15
REPORTS DELAYED

PEIPING, Dec. 14.-W.I-Clear-
ing up of conflicting reports on the
crash OF U. S. Marine Helldiver
planes near Tsingtao during
snowstorim last week was delayed
today due to the cutting, alleged
ly by Chinese Communists, Of all
telegraph and telephone lines from
the area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-15
CARDS HOLD CAMP

ALBANY, Ga, Dec. 14-(P-The
St. Louis Cardinals minor league
spring training. camp for Class B,
c, and D, leagues will be held
here beginning about March Is OF
20 and continuing for about six
weeks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-15
Rams Fauored Over Skin
Grdders In Title Game
11THERN SCHOOLS
|(0MPLETE MEETING

,,cHNoND, Va, Dec. 14-RE
,4.r prolonged discussion, the
: s srt, conference decided by a
s Quot Of 10 to 6 today to allow a
. ..,ri Ct group of war veterans
|, ,s', anticipate in athletics at in
@t'tjOns other than those in which
s s,T we're enrolled prior to enter
NJ NJ military service.
N. conference, completing its
., lTr meeting agenda in one day.
'u u, voted to terminate the use OF
s s,,bmen in varsity competition
INV |. l948, and elected Prof.
\ 4 Fisher Of N. c. Sta te college
|, its new president, succeeding
i, Lee W. Milford of Clemson
Tsrpse, Col. william Copper Of
VIRGINIA Military institute, secre'
nv for the past II years, waf
l.rsted to vice president, and Col
s McAllister of the Citadel was
,med secretary.
The servicemen's transfer rule
mir, continues in restricted form
h agreement reached by member
n,itutions last September, pro-
ties that the ban against stu
ants transferring and competing
me same sports at a different
,soOl shall not apply to students
Mo are eligible for educational
benefits under the CT Bill of Rights
nd Rehabilitation Bill, who enter
lthe armed forces before Aug. IA,
Ms, while they ere students at the
p,tution at which they first
r,triculate after leaving the armed
nces. -,
The recorded vote showed Will
an and Mary, the Citadel, V. M. L.
PI.. Wake Forest and Wash
ngton and Lee against adoption
the amendment.
A further restriction offered by
htvey G. Umbeck OF William
bid Mary to require ex-servlce'
ben to have been in residence fol
he year at the institution at which
hey seek to play, either before OF
liter entering military service, was
sfeated 1916.
Unanimous consent was given fol
Eake Forest college and the Uni
ersity Of South Carolina to play
The Gator bowl game Jan.
jacksonville, Fla, and three
Nles changes adopted in addition
those on freshmen and ex-ser
1cemen participation. A constitu
|'nal change will require writer
equest from two-thirds of the mem
en for calling a special meeting
lhrh heretofore could be done
y the president alone. An amend
elt to the bylaws elimins tee
Peelal academic proficiency regu
lns applicable only to the 194s
eason.
a further bylaws revision pro
aes mat students who have parti
Nled in intercollegiate compe
lM on a Southern conference
an prior to Dec. l, 1915, shall
W De rendered ineligible by sub
sueht changes in the rules.
AeportS from the committees OF
''louS sports indicated that onl,
basketball tournament at Ra
sa and probably the outdoor
u, AUX meet would be held in 1915
though the track committee an
.4leed that the invitational in
W.T. meet would be held agail
,.l me hope that member school
wv. .lu felnstate trs ok as a regula
WV as soon as possible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-15

BUY u. S. VICTORY BONDS
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-15

BUY U. s. VICTORY BONDS
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-10-06
Active Monfcxnu
Wildcats
Arch Apex Structure
ARCH.ARRX-PARHMyaA no.

NV NWA NEA &-S6N-SE
Lost first hole. 400 engine repairs, 1870.
BrOadview Dome
BILLINGS o. q G.-MURRAY NO. -
spudded i2-4-44; ell, 4276; So inch pipe
froze 2s1o. Standing. 1865.
Devon Area
PERRY, LINvILLE. sMITHJACOBs NO. 1
Spudded 1915. COMPLETION lO-I-45:
I'D, 755; 2,500,0O0 f. gas.
Hagan Structure
HAGAN sTRUCTURE-LAvINAH HORN NO.
MEL NE SIC s-s1N-7w
Spudded 1854; drilling and carrying
finch, 1855.
bingham
HINGHAsE-HOBsON-FL NO. T.
NE sen sen 25-33N-f0E
Landed 5-inch at 401S; 81 inch cement
ed, 4105. May abandon at 1890 about
half way through Madison lime.
HuntIey Structure
FARMERS UNION CENT. EXCHANGE
Sc Sc NV 31-2N-2SE
Location. (FIRST REPORT)
Joplin Structure
TEXACO-JOPLIN-STA M-Z0Ti NO. T.
Sc Sc NV 16-33N-7E
Spudded 8-2o-45; elevation, s4O2. Ton
Sunbur5t 5000, top ribbon sand 1880
Top Ellis sand 1898. Ellis Madison con
tact, 1888. DIST 3302-3326 open hr and
40 min, rec. so it. drilling mud and
show oil. DIST 3326-4s open 80 min, $40
IT, sulphur water only. DIST. 3351-61,
open 80 min, rec II. drilling mud only
IGN, 3317-18 and 3321-22. Sulphur water
3Sl7-390S; I'D, 390S; P B., 3317. Testing
following four cement squeeze jobs Wen
showing water only.
Lewistown Area
r. C. TARRANT-DUNN NO. L.
NV SW 2-15N-20E
Location. (FIRST REPORT)
r. c. TARRANT-KOVICH NO. T.
G NE NV 29-15N-19E
l0-ineh cemented, 400, for water shutoff
Midway Area
o. n. HENDRICzSON-B RATsRERG NO. 1
c Sc Sc NE 28-28N-1E
Spudded 1O-27~44; gas shows, 4S5 and
$40; water, 1225; top Kootenai 1875 Ell,
$685. Standing 1895
Milk River Wildcat
CARTER-PHILLTPs-LUC WEAsELHEAD
NO. H.
c sW NE 2s-s4N-i2w
Spudded 7-26-45; drilling, 402s.
M0sby Dome
SCHROCK-FTFER NO. T.
NV NV NV 21-15N-30E
Spudded 7-12-45; I'D, 1894 cored from
1870. Slight oil show reported.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-10-06
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North Conrad Area
NORTH CONRAD EYND-YEAGER NO. H.
c NE NV NE 24-SoN-9W
Spudded 7-10-45; EN- $500, 1000 f. sui
phur water. Drilling, 23i5.
North Cut Bank
CARTER-E. N. BRKNDLRY NO. t.
NE NE l2.36N-6W
Spudded 8-i6-45; drilling, 1865.
Pondera Field
A. b. COBB-COPLEY NO. g.
Sc Sc Sc l027N-4W
Location.
TRIwAY-GJUA1dN NO. s.
c En- SWM 102TN-4W
Spudded e-17-45; no report
TETON sYNDICATE-HIRsHBER NO.
c NV NE NE 22-27N-4W
Spudded 6-26-45; water string set, ITO
Potter Greek Structure
X. G. TARRANT-STANLEY NO. T.
NE SW NE s-13N-21E
RattIesnake Butte
H. n. SCHWARTZ JR.-GOVT NO. 81
Section 22-13N-2SE
Drilling. 100. lFTRsT REPoRT)
Reagan Nose Structure
UNEON.TRLBAL f94 NO.
NV Sc Sc 27-37N-7W
spudded e-22-45; I'd, 4OTs, Testing
gals. Cot 500 f. sulphur water. AcidiEed
3845-48 Water and some gas. Moving out
rotary. May abandon.
Teton Structure
GENERAL PET%NO. IS Sc
SW Sc SW 3-25N-sW
Spudded 9-3-45 i6-inch set, 2o2; drilling,
1915.
ThOrpe-Parrent Pool
ASP. on CO..HOLBROoK NO. L.
NE SW NE 2-36N-3W
Spudded S-S-45. COMPLETION 8-29-45;
EN- and I'd, 2027. Dry. P. & A.
Utopia Block
TExACO-sTATE "a fees NO. 81
NV sen SEA fG-53-AE
Averaged 10 hbis. fB-Rrmwtty OH, 10 bnla
water first 10 days. Standing.
rExACO-LAAa NO. IT,
NV SW EW dA-&&-4E
Spudded S-21-4z COMPLETION 9-20-44
It'd, 2010. EM. 23S3. 100000 Gu, II. gas,
920-930. More than &C, 600 600 f. sweet
gas, r. p. 600 lbs, fn basal Ellis above
Madison. OIL cored at top of Madison,
too tight 70 flow. Perforated. 2335-2347.
Picked up additional gas now OF 5000
600 feet In Madison. Standing. Shut-in
pressure. 1025 lbs per square Inch
TExACO-G.F. es4ss2
C NV Sc SW t5-33N-4E
I'd 2544 Shot 80 qts., 2522-42, acidized
with $500 gals. Swabbed II hrs, got
100 bbls. water, 2 bbls. oil. Spudded g.
14-45. COMPLETION s-2s-45. Top basal
Ellis, 246e EN- 2503. Testing Swabbing
80 gals water per hour
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-10-06

U. S. daily average refinery pro
duction of all gasolines (including
aviation) since 1914 Is as follows:
1914, 1,s39,000 barrels; 1912. 1905
600; 194s, 1,623.OOO; 1914, 1875. 900.
and 1945 (estimated) 100000.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-10-06

one locality ION South Fork of Flat
head River near the mouth of Mid
Creek black fissile shales asso-
ciated with Irregular masses of BIZ
luminous matter were found near
the base of the unit
The writers were unable to find
identifiable megafossils in the unit.
However, the black shale mentioned
above bears a cOnodont fauna which
has been examined by Chalmer L.
Cooper He lists the following
species:'
Bryantodus concavus Huddle
Bryantodus nitidus Ulrich and
Bassler
Bryantodus plenus Huddle
Euprioniodina debilis Huddle
Hindeodella aculeata Huddle
Hineodella gracilis Huddle
Hindeodella grandis Huddle
Hindeodella prioniodon Huddle
Hindeodella rotunda Hubbard
Metaprioniodus biangulatus Hud-
die
Polygnathus sp. CT. P. rugosa Hud-
die
Polygnathus triangulatus Bran
CO4 C1AO NlClll
Spathognathus sp. CT S. ampla
Branson and Mehl
According to Cooper the species
in this assemblage SHOW prepon-
derance of forms of Senecan age
from the lower and middle New Al
bany shale of Indiana and the
Rhinestreet shale of New York"
Partial equivalence with the Ghost
River formation of Alberta, and
part of the Jefferson dolomite of
central and southwestern Montana,
is indicated The unit includes
Deiss' Glenn Creek shale and White
Ridge limestone members of the
Jefferson limestone.
Petroleum Possibilities
Mississippian. - Many petroleum
biologists have long believed that
under suitable structural conditions
oil accumulation on the SweetgraSs
arch Is controlled in fairly large
measure by the depth to which pre-
Upper JurasSic erosion has pene-
trated the Mississippian. That the
pre-Upper JuraSsic erosion was ex-
tensive is well illustrated by the
progressive wedging-out of the por-
Gus dolomites of unit MA and the
top of unit NIB between the noun
tain front (section 81 and the Whit
lash dome (section 49,. In the area
of the Kevin-Sunburst field all of
unit MA appears to be missing, and
there remain below the unconform-
ity only disconnected remnants of
the porous zone at the top of unit
NIB. Perhaps the irregular pattern
of producing wells in the field may
be explained in part by the irregu-
lar distribution of these porous
remnants. Similarly, the increased
Continued on Page 81
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-10-06
FINAL INSTALLMENT LAIRD
& SLOSS REPORT. HEREWITH

x SLOSS REPO
Following is the final instalIn
undeveloped Madison-D evonian
front and on the plains areas {
Rockies.
Due to lack of space, 1t has been
found necessary to run the report
in FOUR sections. First was a map
showing locations of mountain out
crops or of wells upon logs of which
the report was based. Second was
a photographic map. Third was COM
mencement of the article in which
SloSs and Laird summarized results
of their study Attention Is directed
to the final portion of the report, in
which is summarized convictions of
the authors based upon their
studies. Final section of the report
follows:
The unit has an abundant fauna
of corals and brachiOpods, including
the following forms:
Disphyllum catenatum Smith
Disphyllum colemanense (War
REM.
Disphyllum sp. CT D. arundina-
ceum tBllllngS).
Macgeea sp. CT. NJ. solitaria (HalI
and Whitefield).
Phillipsastraea sp. cf p macouni
Smith.
Spongophyllum imperfectum
Smith.
Tabulophyllum rectum Fenton
and Fenton.
Atrypa missouriensis Miller.
Atrypa sp. CT. A. montanensis
Kindle
Camarotoeehi sp. CT. c. saxatilis
Hall.
Cyrtospirifer whitney, (Hall).
Leptostrophia Sp. CT L. camerata
Fenton and Fenton
Productella sp. CT. P. walcotti Fen
ton and Fenton.
Schizophoria iowaensis Hall.
Spirifer sp. CT. S. englemanni
Meek.
Spirifer jasperensis Warren.
Spirifer raymond Haynes.
Strophonella sp. CT. S. reversa
Hail.
Stropheodonta sp.
Correlation is indicated with the
lower part of the MinnewanlSa lime
stone of Alberta, the lower part of
the ThreefOrks formation of central
and southwestern Montana, and,
possibly, with the upper part of the
Jefferson dolomite The unit is
equivalent to Deiss' Coopers Lake
limestone member of the Jefferson
limestone.
Unit DC.-In the mountains, unit
DC disconformably overlies a deep
ly channeled surface on the Upper
Cambrian Devils Glen dolomite.
East of the mountain front it rests
on Cambrian shales. The unit thins
markedly from the west to east and
is not present east of the Pondera
field. The unit consists of red and
green dolomitic shales interbedded
with brown and reddish-brown ar
gillaceous and sandy dolomites, the
latter often highly lenticular. At
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-10-06

Following the final nstalmen Of the Sossad report
undeveoped Madison Devonian possibilities along the mountain
front and the plains of northern Montana east of the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-10-06

UNE0NITBKHAL f94 NO. 4
NV Sc Sc 27-37N-TW
Spudded 6-22-45; I'd, 40
through 20 peri. 3S66-76. 4
gals. Got 500 Il. sulphur wat
3s45-4e. Water and some gas.
rotary. May abandon.
Laurel outlook., 1945-03-21
Nazis in Italy Are Told:
You Have Come to Die

WASHINGTON. German sol
diers fighting in Italy have been told
by Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler
that you have come to die" &C
cording to a Swiss newspaper dis
patch reported by the Office of War
Information.
Woe unto you if you try to op-
pose Hitler's WILL" said the Hmm
Ter pamphlet issued to troops.
There will be no pity, no Forgive
ness, there will be only merciless
cruelty for soldiers who try either
singly or collectively to go their own
way in order to avoid fighting.
If Russia Bolshevizes you, you will
have to die. If the Anglo-Americans
catch you, if they occupy your coun-
try, you will equally have to die,
and in that case it would be no bet
ter for you than to die at the front,
proving to the world your abnega-
ton"
Laurel outlook., 1945-03-21
Subscription $3.50 Per Annum in Advance
COMMUNICATING THE E AND CLARK EXPEDITION

That Montana is taking the lead in commemOratng TIT
Lewis and Clark expedition to the northwest l4O years ago VII
be gratifying news to every Montanan. Most Montanans, we
venture to say, know the background of the history of the ex
petition sent out by President Thomas Jefferson just AFTER the
turn of the 18th century.
It is an intriguing story. Every school child should know
the story and every adult should feel a sense of pride in the
foresight of his forebearers, who, nearly a century and a halt
ago accomplished what has been described as the greatest dip
ionatic success in the history of the United States.
This comprised the purchase OF what was known as the
Louisiana territory from France for the trifling sum of $751;
100000. The sum may be called trfling in these days of bill
lions, but at that time it constituted more than the entire fed
eral budget for one year.
Perhaps it is a quirk of fate that the deal turned out as it
did, because the money which was paid for the Louisiana ter
ritory was not authorized by Congress, the men who made the
~deal-Napoleon for France and Robert Livingston for the Unit
ed States, when the deal was contaminated, did not know eX-
actly what it had bought.
England and the United States needed the territory, especially
New Orleans, for its population which was crossing the Allie
ghenies and spreading out in the Mississippi valley in a grow
ing flood.
The property the young United States government bought
for S15,000,0 900 proved to be worth many thousand times more.
Lewis and Clark carried back to President Jefferson a hint
of its value after they came up the Missouri and found a pas
sage through the Rockies to the Northwest.
The Louisiana purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedl-
ton comprise a series of events in the history of our nation
which is more interesting and has more emotional appeal than
fiction.
The Louisiana purchase made the United States and the
Lewis and Clark expedition confirmed it.
So it is only natural that Montanans should be gratified
that this segment of history of the United States is to be
the hearts and minds Of we the people who today are enjoying
the fruits of the foresight of our forebearers.
May we leave such heritage to those who come after us.
Montana Standard.