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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-12-22


GENERAL PET.-NO. IS Sc
SW Sc S4V 8-9dE-8W
Spudded a-S-&5. f6inch set 202; derrick
blown down and replaced. Cemented
liz inch at 2400. Shut down until
spring, 2725.
Thorpe Parent Pool
THORPE-PARRENT-H NO. g.
n SW NE 2-36N-3W
Rig up.
Utopia Block
TExAC0-sTATE N fes4 NO. g.
NV SEA SEA l6-23-4E
Averaged 10 bhla. 1aawrmwfty Oh. 10 bids.
water first 10 days. Standing.
TExACO-LAAs NO. -
NV sW SW 14-3S-4E
Spudded 5-21-44. COMPLETION 9-20-44.
I'd, 2610. EN-. 2333. $4,000 Gu. n gas,
821-030. More than 10000 600 n. sweet
gas, r.. p. 300 lbs, In basal Ellis shove
Madison. on cored at top of Madison.
TOO tight TO flow. Perforated. 133b-234T
Picked up additional ass flow Of 5000
900 feet In Madison. Standing. Shut-in
pressure. 1026 lbs. per square Inch.
TExACO-C.F. 0sa869
G NV Sc SW 15-33N-4E
I'd. 2S44. Shot so qts, 2522-42, acidized
with $500 gals. SwRbbed II hrs, got
100 bills water, bbis. oil Spudded 8
14-45. COMPLETION 6-28-45. Top basal
Ellis. 246S. EN-, 25O3. P.B., 252e. Re
acidized with 5000 gals. Pumped 20
bbls. oil. 60 bbls. water, Oct 80; pumped
"a bbls. oil, "A bbls. water, Oct 81.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-12-22
PONDERA COUNTY TRANSFERS
BY Pondera Ceumfy Abstract Co.
Conrad, Montana
OIL AND GAS LEASES

OIL AND GAS LEASES
p B. Haber Investments. Inc, a corpo-
ration, TO A. b. Cobb A. Co, corporation,
ne 8, W Sc. Sc sc 4-27-4w; l2h e market
value.
Hans b. Erickson, et ux, to A. b. Cobb
& Co. NV 2. ne 3. ne Sc 3-27-4.
RELEASE OF OIL AND GAS LEASE
Triway Oil Co, to Ole n. GjuIlin. dated
Oct 20, 1949 recorded book Is.
During the critical fuel shortage
early in 1915 the navy released 49,
100000 gallons of fuel oil to metro
politan New York area to relieve
suffering civilians.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-12-22
Deepened Well


Continued vrpm PAGE n
plans for additional drilling to the
Madison lime are reported being
made by other operators. in loca-
tons both south and north of the
failure.
A quarter of a mile south of the
Carter Brindley discovery well, now
flowing 37-gravity oil from the top
of the Madison lime, the company's
No. / Larmon, Madison limestone
test, spudded in Dec. Is and is drill
ing ahead after setting surface Dipe +
Location of this well is Sc NE ID
36N-6W.
In other sections of the field,
where operators are devoting their
efforts to obtaining production only
from the Cut Bank sands, there
were few developments of interest.
Three new locations were an
nounced and some competitions
registered, none of unusual calfber.
The full field report:
CARTER-JACOBsEN NO.
Gold Cut Bank sand producer being
deepened TO Madison lime.)
NV SW 23-37N-5W
COMPLETION 1220-45. I'd. 2729. Top
s.
water and Y BOPH. P. G. A.
CARTER-LARMoN NO. 1
c Sc NE 12-36N-8W
Spudded 12-13-45; drilling, 1400.
CARTER-wEAVER NO.
G Eh W. sWA z5,S5N.ssW -
A. b. COBB-JACKsON NO.
NE NE NE 5-32N-5W
Drilling, 2625.
DESIMONE.TRTBAL 9zs NO. s.
Spudded 11-6-45; woo, 823.
B. l.. FRARY-TRIRAL CONTRACT NOS
NV NV NV 13-32N-6W
spndded 1896. cOMPEETIeN 12-l5-4s;
T.D- 314S, Average wei.
G. s. CHARACTERIZATION NO.
Sc NE NE 22-22N-6W
Moving In tools.
WRIGHT HAGRRTY-TRIBAL sos NO.
Sc NV SW 12-82N-6W
Spudded 1o-16-45. COMPLETION 1918
As; I'd. 3157. Small well.
HANL0NINLAND EMPIRE-TRTBAL 2s7
Sc Sc sw 12-s2N-ew
Spudded 9-12-45; standing, $3.50.
HANNAH-PORTER-TRIB SCI NO.
Sc NE NE 26-32N-6W
Spudded 7-24-46; standing, 10.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s4s MOI
Sc Sc Sc 23-32N-6W
spudded 7-2e-45; whipstock cemented,
INLAND EMPIREsTRTBAI sos NO.
NV Sc Sc 26-32N-6W
Spudded 7-25-45; standing, 300.
KLUTHKENNERLY NO. g.
SW NV NE 22~34N6W
Spudded 11-1-45. COMPLETION l2-12-45;
I'd, $685. Small well
JACK LEwTS-TRIBAL CONTRACT IL NO
s.
NV NV NE 26-32N-6W
Spudded 11-12-45; last report, drilling,
1900
MCDONALD, HENDERSON OVERCAST
TEEPLES NO. T.
Sc NE NV 1433N-6W
Spudded 11-12-45; drilling, 2730.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sOA NO.
CNA NEA NwA 23-s2N-ow
Location.
PLOTKE-TNLAND EMPIRE TRIBAL see
NO.
Sc NE Sc 11-32N-sW
Spudded s-25-45; last report, drilling,
$40.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1945-12-22

Rockets, as weapons of war, date
as far back as 1882 when the Chi
nese turned them loose on the
hordes of Kubla Khan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
Life Ends for Brave
 Soldier Who CaIneio
 Parents Home 10 Die

FORT WORTH. Texas, Aug. G. A gallant soldier who survived three years of hell in Japanese prison camps is dead after 3l days of heaven at home
 Cpl. James E. Newman, 25, whose fight against disease touched the heart of the nation. just couldn't battle one more malady.
 Newman, identified in the minds of thousands as the soldier who came home to die, had spent an uneventful night. But yesterday morning Newman suffered an as thmatic spasm
 His doctor relieved this with an increase of oxygen, and gave him stimulant. The young soldier went into sound slumber He did not recover consciousness.
 He died from sheer exhaustion the doctor said.
 His mother. who had said "the Lord will see him through the rest of the way" collapsed with grief
 His brothers stood with tears in their eyes as they arranged for his funeral, to be held Monday after noon.
 Only the father, o, F. Newman. gave no sign of sorrow. The gray haired man seemed mountain of strength in an otherwise devitaliz- ing scene.
 Young. Newman had survived the March of Death, he had lived through three years of Japanese imprisonment suffering starvation, maltreatment, disease His body wyacked by pain. he had escaped Cabanantuan Prison when Rangers raided that notorious camp when it was still behind Japanese lines
 Doctors on two hemispheres had given up hope.
 But Newman wouldn't give up he wanted to come home to Fort Worth, Texas, he said. He wanted to come back to a little white cottage he had left seven years before.
 He said his mothers cooking
 tContinued on Page F;oe)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
Neu Terrible Bomb Now Hits Jap flo,
Aue of Atomic Force
 uShered in With Use
 Of Latest Air Weapon

LOS ALAMOS, N. M, Aug. G. The age of atomic force, described by the War Department as most destructive known to man, was ushered in July IT, 1945, when a group of renowned scientists and military leaders gathered in New Mexico's desert wastelands to witt ness the results of the $2,000, ,000, 900 experiment.
 The War Department disclosed today that the test took place on that date on an isolated section of the Alamo Gordo. N. M, air base.
 The blast from the test jared windows in homes as distant as southern Arizona.
 At Albuquerque, 120 miles away, blind girl, when the flash Of the test lighted the sky before the ex- plosion could be heard, asked, what was that?"
 A thunderstorm delayed the test an hour and a half and plotted out aerial observation.
 The nearest lookout point was set up 10000 yards from the steel tower from which the experiment took place. Key figures in the ex- pertinent took their position s 17,0O0 yards away. They were or 6ered to lie down with their heads away from the blast tower.
 Final assembly of the atomic bomb had begun the night of July l2 in an old ranch house. Various component parts were assembled from distant points and put to- gether there 4
 One false move would have blasted the scientists and their eff forts into eternity.
 At the appointed time there was blinding flash lighting up the whole area brighter than the brightest daylight. A mountain range three miles from the ob- servation point stood out in bold relief. Then came tremendous sustained roar and heavy pres sure wave which knocked down two men outside the control tower. Immediately thereafter huge multi-colored surging cloud boiled to an altitude of over 40,000 feet. Clouds in it's path disappeared. Soon the shifting sub-stratosphere winds dispersed the now gray mass.
 The test was over, the project Q success.
 The steel tower had been entirely vaporized.
 Where the tower had stood there was huge sloping crater.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
TAxpAYER5 MUST ENTER pR0TE5TS
 SAYS COMMITTEE
Appearance Before Equal.
 izdtion Board Is NeCes- sary Step

The committee appointed by the Juneau Taxpayers Association to look into the matter of this years assessments, today advises the tax paying public to protest to the Board of Equalization in all cases where they are not satisfied with the present assessment.
 Under the law, if no protest is filed by the individual taxpayer. he has no standing in court. in case he desires to test the validity of the assessment" c. E. Naghel, Committee Chairman, said.
 Tt is realized that a great many taxpayers are fishermen and men away from Juneau in defense work anu 1t will be impossible for them to be here. This is most unfortun- ate, for the reason that the law requires all persons to file pro- tests if they intend to contest the validity of the assessment in court.
 "In all cases as much data as possible should be furnished the Board of Equalization in support of the protest. but where it is not possible to go into details due to the very short time available, or for other reasons, protest itself, against the assessment. to be en- tered on the records of the meet ings of the Board of Equalization, will be sufficient"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-Senator Hiram w. Johnson of California. militant opponent of the League of Nations and the San Francisco Charter for a United Nations or ganization, died today at 70 years
 The veteran Republican senator succumbed at Naval Hospital, where he had been confined for two and cne-half weeks. His physician. Capt. Robert E. Duncan, USN, said he died from a thrombosis of a cerebral ar tery.
 His political activities extended over third of a century, covering some of the most stirring events in the nations history
 A striking figure in the Senate since first elected to Congress in 1916. he played a leading part in defeating President Wilson's League of Nations covenant and later in opposing United States adherence to the World Court.
 His wife, whom he referred to as the boss, was with him at the time of his death.
 One of his last great Senate fights was against passage of the teen age draft bill He told his colleagues with tears in his eyes, that he op- posed calling children to fight our battles"
 He had been expected to take a lead in opposition to the recently ap- proved World Charter, but illness prevented
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
JAP ISLE5 BOMBED IN
 N. PACIFIC
Ndvy's New Long Range Bombers Smash Out
 at KuriIes
By Olen Clements Associated Press War Correspondent)


 AJAX. Aleutians. Aug. 6.-Navy Privateers, making their first ap- pearance in North Pacific skies, struck two widely separated North ern Kurilcs targets Saturday. They teachcd seven Japanese fishing boats at hitherto untouched Oneko- aan Island.
 A eecond target was to Toroshima Islands at the entrance to the Para mushiro Straits, where separate flight of Priyateers bombed fisheries and an enemy warning station through an undercast. Results were not observed
 All planes returned safely from both flights.
 A fishing fleet of Il Japanese boats was surprised in a small bay near towering Otamari zaki on One kotan. Each Neyy plane bored in with all 12 of Its 50 caliEer guns blazing and scattered the small craft which were beached by their crews.
 A few rounds of machinegun fire came from the largest of the fishing boats, 100-tonner. but the guns were silenced by the Privateers. The lo0-tonner. probably the mother ship for smaller fishing craft in that area, was left smoking, as were six others of the smaller craft hit by the long range Navy version of the Armys Liherators.
 The Onekotan raid indicates that the Navy's Privateers. with range of more than 5000 miles, can be used to hit Japanese islands in the central and southern Kuriles. last remaining part of the enemy home land untouched by American ships or planes.
 Eleventh Air Force Liberators flew across the stormy North Pacific last Friday and bombed the Ataoka naval base in the Northern Kuriles without opposition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
Douglas Man Drowns Here
 In Accident
Wade Lacey Dead as Load ed Truck Falls Through
 Juneau Dock

Wade Lacey, truck driver recently returned from Adak, was drowned early today when loaded dump truck which he was driving, crash ed through the planking between the Alaska Steamship Dock and the Columbia Lumber Co. building.
 Engaged in hauling rock to the Federal Housing Project on Will loughby Avenue. Lacey evidently cut through behind the Columbia Lumber Company plant, to avoid waiting to pass pile-driver on South Franklin Street, coming out on that part of the dock marked No Thoroughfare."
 An alarm sounded at 11:55 o'clock called out the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department and Coast Guard and an unsuccessful attempt was made to locate diver who could extricate the driver of the truck. When none was available. it became necessary to hoist the truck above water far enough for rescuers to break the windshield, through which the body was removed.
 No bruises or marks were visible on the body and it was thought death came by drowning. About an hour and a half elapsed before the combined efforts of the Coast Guard Fire Department, Juneau Motors wrecker, Sommers Construction Go hoist truck and Wayne Graham with loaded truck, succeeded in getting the truck above water.
 The only eyewitness who actual ly saw the accident occur was E. G. Osterholm, a painter on the Snow White Laundry building, who saw just the tail-end of the truck as it disappeared through the planking.
 A resident of Douglas for several years, Lacey is survived by his wife and four-year- son, Wade, Jr.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
DRAMATIC REPORT BY
 PRESIDENT
Huge Weapon Has Force of 10000 Tons of INT,
 Is Report
By JOHN M. HIGHTOwER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. - The most terrible destructive force ever harnessed by man-atomic energy is being turned on the island of Japan by United States bombers The Japanese face threat of utter deselation, and their equalization may be greatly speeded up.
 Existence of the great new weapon was announced by President Truman in statement issued through the White House. He said the first atomic bomb, invented and perfected iu the United States, had been drop ped on the Japanese Army base of Hiroshima Is hours before.
 That one bomb alone carried a wallop more violent than 2,000 B-29 Superfortresses normally could hand an enemy city, using old type INT bombs.
 Secretary of War Stimson follow ed through with report that the blast stirred cloud of smoke and dust So impenetrable as to make immediate, accurate observation of results impossible. The power of the bomb, 6timson said, is such as to "stagger the imagination and he asserted it would prove tre- rnenious aid' in shortening the Japanese war.
 Stimson's emphasis on this point renewed speculation all over again as to whether Japan may be com pletely crushed by air attack with out invasion.
 s Japs Given Chance
 MT. Truman noted that the Japa- nese rejected the Big Three sur- render ultimatum from Potsdam. and that this has been intended to save the Japanese people from "ut- ter destruction.
 Now, he said, with the new bomb, the Japanese may expect rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth"
 2 The announcement heralded an Anglo American victory at cost of 32,00O, ,O00. .OO0 in one of the grimmest battles of the war-the battle of the laboratories-to unlock the secrets of the atom and yoke its energies to military use.
 The Germans were striving des- perately to win this highly secret contest in the closing months of the European struggle.
 Scientists agreed that new epoch in both war and peace was probably at hand. Although much experi- menting remains to be done, this newly controlled energy can doubt less also be used to drive rockets, planes, ships and trains for con- structive as well as destructive pur- poses.
 $ President Truman said the new bomb, which draws it's energy from
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
6S0 PLANES HIT EN E M Y
 WAR PLANTS
Spread Fire and Desirut- lion Over Wide Nip-
 pon Areas
By MURLIN SPENCER

a
 GUAM. Aug. 6.--Striking savagely for the second time in five days, 680 Superfortresses and Mustang fight CTS spread fire and destruction through six Japanese war centers stretching almost from the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to the southern home island of Kyushu yesterday and today.
 Once again an all but helpless Japan-warned that the big bombers were coming on mission of death was unable to offer effective resis- tance while the industrial areas of Nirhinomiya, Imabari. Maebashi and Saga and Uhe Coal Liquefaction Company burned and fell apart from 3,85O tons of incendiary and high explosive bombs dropped by fleet of 580 Supcrforts.
 Yesterday air raid sirens scream cd throughout Tokyo in a warning that 100 P-5l Mustangs had re- turned to strike terror with rockets and machineguns against anything they could find in the Tokyo area. Radio Tokyo said 15o MuStangs carried the assault into the daylight today with an attack on the Tokyo area.
 A single Japanese fighter watched them come yesterday and then fled from the skies.
 The B-29s in two raids August ?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
First Troops 0fCanadain
 Pacific War

GUAM, Aug. 6-Canadian troops, the vanguard of 30.000 men of the Canadian Army Pacific Force, have arrived in advanced Pacific areas.
 They will be followed by Royal Canadian Air Force Squadrons and 60 ships of the Canadian Navy. including two aircraft carriers, two cruisers. destroyers and frigates. : Col. Richard s. Malone, Director of the Canadian Army Public Re- lations, said the Canadians will fight alongside the Americans in the Pacific, using American wea- pons, organization, tactics and terms.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
EQUALIZATION BOARD OPENS
 SHOP TONIGHT
EvaIuator Henreffa Ex. plains Eydludting Pro-
 cess 10 Committee

- +fs.sfzs < Commencing a week of scheduled day and evening sessions, the Juneau City Council will begin sitting as a Board of Equalization this evening at o'clock in the City Hall.
 The highlight of this evening $ opening hearing is expected to be the report of the special committee of-three appointed on behalf of the taxpayers to preview the assessment rolls and bring in recommendations for eliminating inequities
 As previously reported, the special committees main recommendation will be to toss out the entire r,- valuation of property in Juneau re- gently completed by Howard s. Henretta and delivered to the City Administration, complete with $11.- $50 price tag.
 Evaluator Henretta. recently re. turned from Fairbanks where he is engaged in evaluating properties ot citizens there, met Saturday after noon here with members of the special committee of three: John Beck. Walter Sharpe and James Larsen.
 The interview with Evaluator Henretta brought out several in teresting facts concerning the man. ner in which the assessment of prop critics here was undertaken:
 Lot valuations were set by g Council committee, on basis o1 zones: not by MT. Henretta. Mem bers of the Council committee were :: Councilmen Don Skuse, Harry Lea and Stanley V. Grummett.
 2-The year 1941 was set as the base year for evaluation, by the City Council.
 3-Depreciation allowances made on buildings was entirely matter of the opinion of Mir Henretta. Tn answer to the question "Is there any set theory that you apply in arriving at the depreciation rate?" MT. Hen retta replied to the committee: For tax purposes there's no set rule that I know of, to be frank about it."
 Assessments were based on a cubage formula which MT. Hen retta declared had been worked out by engineers associations in larger cities. The formula is not concern ed with the actual cubic contents of any structure but is arrived at by established arbitrary standards for story heights.
 5-After arriving at the normal value per cubic foot for the class of building. MT. Henretta added ad- ditional values for any special equipment.
 MT. Henretta declared that some errors were to be expected in mak- ing such an evaluation as he did here, that to correct them is why he has returned to Juneau.
 His remark that working outside under weather conditions both here and. in Ketchikan is likely to result in mistakes through blurring of fig ures by rain constrained Commit teeman Sharpe to suggest that the next assessor for Juneau be equipped with an umbrella.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
URGE MORE
 HOME RULE
 F0RALA5kA
lawmakers Hold Hearing at Ketlhikdn -Ilkes
 Discussed

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. G. Alaskans argued for statehood and he right to elect their own gover- nor and handle their own wild game problems at hearing held here by the Congressional Commit ;ees on Roads and Territories.
 They proposed also that the Ter itory be permitted to draft its own divorce legislation, be given it's own veterans and insane hospitals and that its land laws be liberalized.
 w. C.. Arnold, representing the ialmon canning industry, said he favored statehood as the ultimate goal but "all we'll get is statehood with reservations"
 Statehood without control over resources was not desired by AL askans, he indicated, adding that Interior Departmen methods "hamstring progress and develop ment of industries"
 Arnold asserted the greatest threat" under Secretary Ickes' In- dian land reservation ruling an- nounced this week, was to miners. fur farmers and lumbermen. He said the Alaska Indians had an unusual non-treaty status which gave the Interior Department a chance to attempt almost any thing based on letters they write to each other"
 w. c. Stump told the Congress men flatly Alaska wants state hood. Any other request we make is an interim request"
 He also urged extension of the Federal Highway Act to Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
CANADA LIFTS
 LIQUOR RATION

OTTAWA, Aug. 6-The wartime alcoholic beverages order, under which the sale of liquor was ra- tioned in Canada. was lifted today
 "In view of the termination of hostilities in Europe" said an an- nouncement from the office of Prime Minister Mackenzie King. the principal reasons for imposi- tion of the restrictions no longer exist"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
The W ashington. Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON It. Col. Robert S. Allen now on activ, service with the Army) ,y

WASHINGTON. - G.I.'s in the American Army of Occupation for Germany will not be able to take their wives to Europe. despite the fact that some of them have been separated from their families for two and three years.
 President Truman made this very clear in his recent interview with the Stars and Stripes, and, be- cause of tight transportation, this ruling seems logical.
 But apparently, the rule won't apply to generals. Almost simul- taneous with Truman's statement. it became known that the wife of Gen. Robert A. Mcclure. head of the Army's Psychological Warfare Division, was able to go to Europe.
 Furthermore, Gen. Nc Clure s wife was transported across the Atlantic at the taxpayers expense
 iNOmffnued on P00e k0uf)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. Aug. 6 Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is T, Anaconda 32h, Curtiss- Wright 6h. International Harvester 82b, Kennecott STA i. New York Central 25%. Northern Pacific 28as, U. s. Steel 67A, Pound $4.027s.
 Sales today totaled 100000 shares.
 Dow. Jones averages today arc as follows: Industrials. l63.19: rails, s736; utilities, 32.45.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
Atomic Bomb Developed In Secret

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. The atomic bomb disclosed by President Truman today was developed at factories in Tennessee, Washington and New Mexico.
 MT. Truman in his announcement said that from 65,000 to 125,000 workers were employed at the proj- ect at Oak Ridge near Knoxville, Tenn. at Richland near Pasco, Wash, and at an unnamed in stallation near Santa Fe. N. M.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06
MCDONALD IN JUNEAU

J. J. Mcdonald. of Seattle. is . guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-06

MT. and Mrs. Cushing, of Sitka, are guests at the Baranof Hotel.