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A PAPER OF THE P EOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE
PLENTYWOOD, SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA.
Continuing Plentywood Pioneer Press, Vol. 9, No. 42
Official PaP er
VII. No. 9
Continuing the Outlook Promoter
Sheridan County News & Dooley Sun
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1924
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Farmer-Labor Ticket Leads In Sheridan County
National Committeemen Answer Published Views Of Sen. La Follette
Chas. E. Taylor Receives as Many Votes as Leaders
of Both the Republican and Democratic Parties Together
in Sheridan County —Is Also High Candidate in Daniels
County.
Senator
limy VOTE LIGHT BUT IS FOR
FARMER-LABOR CANDIDATES
Officie! returns of the Presidential
Preference Primary election in Sheri
coun'y discloses a handsome ma
v for all candidates on the Farm
Senator Charles E.
f Sheridan county leading the
311 votes for delegate to
• Convention at St.
Lynn Frazier re
r v ice president and
ceived 44 votes for
both on the Farm
i«hnr ticket, their names being
ar.
Inbor U<
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Paul on June 1
:ed 63 votes
K. Wheeler
Labor ticket received
1 over the State,
press refuses to
( mention the ticket
aadidate for fear that
al farmers will voie
her ticket straight if
,-uch a ticket is in the
mted that the old cor
their polluted^
?d(i'M to treat the Farm
vement with silence be
r cognize its power and
t by minimizing its
t mentioning it, they
[•orrai the farmers and
into either e.f the two old
>• it cal parties and fool them
n r (he Republican or
ticket. Statewide fig
e at this time be
e very late in be
e F
ie V(
îhe F:
to ihe Secretary of State,
I returns in Sheridan County
oliov«
IS
nd
mce
will be
worker?
to
corru
into voting eit!
the Democratic
ne? are not av;
cause the retun
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257
309
300
are a
FAR.MKR-LABOR PARTY
For President
La Follette
Vice President
k Lynn Frazi*
i B. K. Wheeler .
63
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.44
residential Electors
W. R. Duncan .
J«hn M. Johnsen ....
Ecura Salisbury ....
Ela D. Lord .
IMepates to National Convention
J 1L Anderson ..
S. B. Daddson .
Cba?. Gildea .
Haaland, Jr.
A. L Haelsig .
J«- P. Pilgv-ram .
Ole Sanvik
Glair Si oner ..
Oas. E. Taylor ...
J P- J. Wallace .
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
For President
.285
290
295
88
19
301
297
297
296
305
306
311
300
J®* G. McAdoo
Bob LaFollette
96
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Vice President
T- J Walsh
Presidential Electors
to be Chosen)
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4 Follette .
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luck
93
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to Natl. Convention
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L KNOWN OUT
WK CITIZEN KILLED
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F'rt™,. 'J, .V , e - P ianin ? tbe
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, Plentywood at the
U» boen a resident
k f„ r t i 1( , n „ . f .. ,
th ; her and a ftt her living
V ' ,,llan ls a
fne«." ol,an was 53 years old at
in his"di lhe l acci,lent ' which ended|
< , ath - He was bom in Nor
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wöllan me ani th two!
occupi^j h^been
Out1oc^ Ce
4 ' r e ( ! s ^ nt p;ood too d iat^ C fOT'the!
was ; n f thfl Producers News,
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boycott The Boycotters!
BUSINESS MEN UNFAIR TO FARMERS
ZEIDLER HARWARE
HARRIS CONFECTIONERY
A. 1NGWALSON & CO.
ORPHEUM THEATRE
WEST CABARET
KAVON GARAGE
MONTANA MOTOR CO.
RAY LANG FINALLY
SHOWS HIS COLORS
Gangster and Boycotter Who Calls,
Produce News a Heed-beat Social
ist Outfit. Gets Caught In His Own
Accustations Are
his exulicit faith in the old y-mtr dur
ing the last two election in^Sheridan
county evidenced bv his liberSf bets
Trap;—False
Coming Home to Roost.
Ray Lang, the local Ford- dealer,
Dr. Storkan's bedfellow and one of
the leaders in the boycott ring against
the Producers Nows—also nc.ted for
on their candidates—is reported to bo
in financial difficulties. Several pri
vate tips has cc.me to the Producers
News to the effect that Ray has can
vassed his friends in every part of the
county for the purpose of borrowing
money so that he could escape pro
ceedings which local attorneys threat
ened against him.
From information available it ap
pears that Lang, in his dealings with
a Finance Corporation which handles
all papers for Fords sold on condition
al sales contracts, had
over $2,500.00 from individual pur
chasers of Ford cars but had failed
to remit to the Corporation. Finally,
collected
it is understood, the corporation made
forceful demands upon Lang thru a
local firm of attorneys, and Lang,
fearing the attorneys would proceed
against him and also fearing that
The Producers would expose his deal
ings. made the meet desperate effort
of his life to raise the coin. It is not
known at this time whether or not
he succeeded,'but no further develop
ments ar e reported.
Our readers will remember the
slanderous letters which Lang wrote
to Fr. Wilhelm in which he called the*
Producers News a socialist deadbeat
outfit and
accusing everyone con
nected with it of being deadbeats who
did not even pay their taxes. This
is the same Ray Lang who it is un
derstood organized the boycott
against the Producers News over six
month ago and who instructed The
Ford Company and the Tire Compa
nies not to run any advertising in the
Producers News over his firm's name
although he is not required to pay for
it.
(Continued on page 8)
FARMERS ELEVATOR
OF OUTLOOK MAIL
ING OUT NOTICES
We are mailing to the stockholders
a notice of the annual meeting to be
held in Stivers Hall, Outlook, Mon
tana, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon on
Saturday, June 14th, 1924, and sin- j
cerely hc.pe we will have a good at
tendance at this meeting.
THERE ARE TEN REASONS WHY
YOU SHOULD ATTEND THIS
MEETING.
1. BECAUSE— It is your busi
ness.
2. You ought to know what goes on.
3. You may give somebody a good
idea about the business.
4. You may get a new idea about
the business that may help you.
5. Your attendance adds one to
the crowd and numbers giv e inspira
«bL.
ab 2 Ut Sr k «în** f «
^ office If you stay away?
'T 6 mJrtors need the encour
af™™' » f «f* ■**«"■»
the loans and losses of the past few
ye ^rs.
like to meet a big bunch of their
stockholders face to face.
ho }?- ^ P^^ e t x i^ 0 °ri d a f s k ä
holder , s
effiy'presenL lUs mighty discourag
think P you amount to v ^ry much—go
lading on your presence to hejpms
Eievatir^lompany of ° Out
Fa r™ers Elevator Gompan> ot uut
1 By T. J. LARSON, Manager.
tion.
MEMORIAL DAY
OBSERVED IN
PLENTYWOOD
Program Given at Orpheum Theatre
Which Was Attended By Large
Audience—Baseball Game in After
noon. -
Memorial Day exercises were held
in Plentywood, May 30th. the pro
gram commencing with the usual ssr
1 vices at the cemetery at 10 a. m., cc.n
j ducted by Rev. Boone.
In his sermon, Rev. Boone de
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! n0 'f lc€d war , a "'' the u cause- for war
*2«^ . h °>> e
Lhris ! lan P eo P' es of the world will
j soon be able to abolish mass slaugh
ter of its peoples, replacing hatred
and lust for blood with brotherly love
and good will towards all nations.
At 2 p. m., the regular Decoration
Day program was held at the Orphe
1 1 . im ' A * ty * Howard M. Lewis deliver
in fv the Memorial oration. Short
1 £ lk L we T e ™ ade by A ' Tollefson . A.
\\. March, R. R. Lund and Mayor J.
G^Vagner.
America
Rev. Boone
J. G. Wagner i
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Vocal Solo - - Beryl Pierce
Decoration Day Address H. M. Lewis
Vocal ScJo - - - C. B. Bull
Star Spangled Banner - - - j
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PROGRAM
Orchestra & Audience
Invocation
Opening Address
Short Talks—
A. Tollefson
A. W. March
R. R. Lund
Orchestra and Audience
Rev. Boone
Benediction
BALL GAME •(
At 3:00 o'clock P. M., a crowd of
about 700 gathered at the Herald
Ball Park to witihness the ball game
between Docjey and Plentywood,
which turned out to be one of the
r S *hrfocLT<îiamonT U 'was P 'ln^ i
body's game up to the last half of the
ninth when Plentywood scored, tie-1
ing Dooley. In th e last half of the
eleventh Plentywood brought in the
winning score 'and the game ended
in a victory for Plentywood with the
score 7 to 8. Three home runs-two
for Plentywood and one for Dooley
furnished the fans with plenty of ex-;
citement. Both teams do™ some
woTk^f well'and 'ôniv o™* 1 ba'i Che o r n '
balls was allowed during the 'entire
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mH,» Ai UKAKK, N. D.
Ward has just been received that
Thorvald Ibsen, well known in the
Medicine Lake and Dagmar country,
died at Drake, N. D., Wednesday,
June 4th. The cause of death is un
known..
THORVALD IBSEN
Huge Farmer-Labor Picnic South
Of Dooley Ned Sunday, June 8th
Senator J. W. Anderson Of Sidney Will Speak
BASKET SOCIAL, WE1NIE ROAST, LADIES BRING YOUR BASKETS
The first Farmer-Labor outdoor picnic will be held at the Ole Aspelund farm, 5 miles
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*° u,beart of Doole y nex * Sunday, June 8th.
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Sen. J. W. Anderson of Sidney will speak. This is probably the last time Sen. An
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derson ^ be able to *P eak " Sheridan County until after the primaries and he has a real
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message to deliver that will interest all farmers and working people.
This is the first vacation since spring work commenced, so let's make it a real get-to-1
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gether meeting. A fine time will be had by all and everyone wants to hear the popular
Senator from Richland county tell about what is going on over the State and how the Farmer
^ " pr0glPe88În «
Bring the whole family, the hired man, and tell your neighbors. Ladies do not for
get to bring y our baskets which will be auctioned off to the highest bidder and oh what a
time al1 ^ have roasting weiners and visiting neighbors. Everybody will be there. It will
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be worth coming miles to enjoy.
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• McADOO LOSES OUT IN
* MINNESOTA CONVENTION
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* St. Paul, June 2.—Supporters * j
* of William G. McAdoo for presi
* dent were defeated in the Minne- * i
* sota democratic state convention *
* tonight when only two of the * !
* state's 24 delegates tc. the nation- *
* al convention were instructed for *
* him. *
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RRftftKHART SWFFPS
IOWA WITH 30 000
tunn Mill! au.uvu
Senator Gains Majority in 69 out of
99 Counties Over Burton E. Sweet, j
Old Gang Republican Candidate. j
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Des Moines, June 3.—United States 1
Senator Smith W. Brookhart was re- '
nominated in the republican primary !
election in Iowa Monday by a ma-:
jority somewhat in excess of 30,000
votes.
Returns from 2,272 precincts out of
2,412 in the slate, Tuesday night
gave Brookhart a total vote of 187,
262 and his opponent, Burton E.
Sweet, 157,379.
Senator Brookhart gained a major
ity vole of 69 of the 99 counties of
the state according to almost com- :
plete returns. j
Brookhart is the progressive sena- !
tor who has been working with Sen. !
Whec-ler in different investigations of
graft at Washington. The cid Re
pubiclan machine did their best to
beat him, but fell down on the job.
In Iowa the Republican nomination
is th e same as election.
SENATE APPROVES
CHILD LABOR LAW
"mPOWERS^GOVERNMENT*™
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^ ashington, June 2. Approval
^f5Âft?J e Tîîf ? 0nd f y "Ifi'î
Î? If m J whlch
*°" A„ 6 L'm, / e<ieral . Ç®«™
'» '-mt, regulate or prohib.t the
l ab " r ,°/„'SfA Z i h 1 y ^ TS °a
!?f; l , It Zl been •? pr0 YJ d
^t^fSr ratification. ' TOeS *
t| J be t ™ ta e 'ï as , bl v ta2 3. or five more
than the necessary two-thnds.
Under the amendment congress
would have the power of regulation,
but ' the enforcing power would be
vested in the federal and state gov
ernments. The vote of three-fourths
of the states is necessary for ratifica
tion.
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A dollar spent with the boycotters
| is a dollar to be used against you.—
REGULATE CONDITIONS IN
NATION.
Boycott the boycotters.
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COUNTY COMMRS. IN
REGULÄR SESSION
ers met in regular session last Mon
day afternoon for the purpose of j
transacting routine county business,
allow claims'and discuss road, gridges ;
and other matters.
Pilster storkan s i8n p d inting Contract
tract Kivinfr Pilster Slorkan Ihe sole
priviledge of doing the County Print
ing for the ensuing year. Their at- ;
tention was called to the joker in the
Pilster's bid which provides that any
item not specifically mentioned in the)
The Board of County Commission
Printing law shall be charged for at*
the commercial rates and NOT TO !
EXCEED THE STATUTORY!
RATES. This means that the Pilsteri
may charge anything he likes for any
printing not specifically mentioned inl°I
his bid and such printing amounts to
more than the printing specified in !
many instances. When the statutes
does not mention a certain class of
printing, then there are no statutory J
rates. His joker is therefore purely
fakery fca* the purpose of defeating
the law covering printing.
In its bid, the Producers News i
stated that ANY ITEM NOT SPECI
FIED IN THE BID WILL BE FUR
NISHED AT THE RATES SPEC!
FIED FOR SIMILAR ARTICLES,
PLUS THE DIFFERENCE IN
STOCK AND WORK REQUIRED,
Such a bid is bona-fide and can be re
lied upon, but Tyler and Ibsen evi
dently did not want an honest bid so
they gave it to Storkan. It is un
derstood that Bridget O'Grady is tc
deliver all possible printing to Stro
kan during the coming elections so
that he may reimburse himself for
the grafting he has been unable to
perpetrate upon the taxpayers for his
medical skill as Health Officer due to
the exposures of the Producers News,
and that she in return is to receive
the Pilster's support for some office
in the coming election and also the
support of all grafters and crooks in
Sheridan County. Bridget and Pop
bottle Jack are very reluctant to let
the county pie plate get away from
(Continued on page 4)
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PLENTYWOOD TO
CELEBRATE JULY 4TH
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* The Plentywood Commercial *
* Club has decided to hold a Fourth *
* of July celebration this year. *
* No definite program has yet *
* been outlined but we are advised *
* that further announcements will *
* be made shortly.
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Party Is Not Built Around Any Individual But Is Founded
Economic Interests of the Great Masses of Peopl
Prominent Leaders With Confidence of the People Natur
ally Should Lead Movement and Their Cooperation De
sired.
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PEOPLE WAITING FOR CLEAR-CUT THIRD PARTY
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METHriMC IÄVT
ffltulLlJNt LAIve.
rAKffltKa HULD
SI ACC MECTIMf*
IflAOO lllLFi I Hill
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Investigate Claims Put Into County
By Clifton McKenzie for Road
Work—Not Satisfied By Statement
of McKenzie.
,
Wednesday evening, of last week, a
large number of farmers and people j
Medicine Lake, assembled in the :
Glaenzke hall arranged by County
Surveyor Rasmussen in which Clifton
McKenzie, Commissioners Tyler's
road boss and a close friend, was j
asked to explain to the people of his
community why he overcharged the
county $130.00 for road w r ork. j
Mr. Rasmussen produced all the'TO
data relating to this road work, and j
McKenzie also brought his bills and
affidavits pertaining to the time, date I
and amounts paid to the men employ- j
ed on the read. It was plainly
shown that McKenzie had collected
for four teams when it should have 1
been only three teams. In explaining
Ibis McKenzie said that he had done 1
work for the amount cf money at j
other times, and to balance up with j
this amount bad substituted the extra |
teams. The explanation was rather |
weak on the part of McKenziç- and ■
did not satisfy the large audience.
Mr. Rasmussen took much interest
in the'proceedings and was reason
aWe and fair in his deductions, but
was not convinced by the explana
Hon of Mr. McKenzie.
The conclusion of the proceedings
after a number of suggestions from
people in the audience was that the
matter be taken up for settlement
between Mr. Rasmussen and the
County Commissioners, and if it was
found that excess charges had been
made by Mr. McKenzie they should
be collected from his wages from the
county for road work done since the
third of May.
The people of the Medicine Lake
country and of all Sheridan County
are tired of the protection of crooks
by Commissioners Tyler and Ibsen
and are demanding that they be taken
off the payroll of Sheridan county
and action taken to recover the money
stolen.
Right at this time we might sug
gest that the old gang in Sheridan
county are advocating the placing of
another mart of Tyler's type in the
office of County Commissioner in the
fall election.
FARMER-LABOR
STANDS SOLID
FOR JUNE 17TH
Chicago, June 4.—According to re
ports being received here by Joseph
Manley, secretary c.f the Federated
i Farmer-Labor party, the attack of
: Senator LaFollette on the St. Paul
June 17 convention did not make a
j single dent anywhere in th e national
; class farmer-labor movement. *
Most significant are statements
coming from William Bouck of Sedro
Wooley, Wash., head of the Western
: Progressive Farmers, and from Wil
liam H. Green of Omaha. Neb., prom
party. m the Nebraska Pr °e iessive
j Bouck wires that:
Progressive Farmers stand for a pro
<lucers ' political party,
ground up. We are not for any one
: SdÄ the"Sd"b™k
j nartip«?
I ft We are for the St. Paul conven
SSe^reiSTleade^^ of ^he^people- 1 ^ wie
i who has sympathy with and who will
go with labor nominating him and
I insist that he be there to accept and
Incident .
tio^I?^^^
prindpkfan^iÄ^andidlte hew ^
forJàîd. ° f <he proRram alread > P ut
with not bU buffding Cldent
hopeg Qr party arGQnd any individua]>
(Continued on Page Eight)
Bouck Talks Straight Out.
The Western
ii
from the
our
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St * PaU ' M,nn '~ The NatlonaI
LA FOLLETTE LETTER NOT
TO INTERFERE WITH
ST. PAUL CONVENTION
Committee of Arrangements of the
Farmer-Labor-Progressive convention,
consisting of Wm. Mahoney, Wm. A.
Schaper, Robert Cramer and C. A.
Hathaway, has issued the following
statement in reply to Senator Hobt.
M, La Follette's published views on
th? June 17th convention:
, 100 .
on Jane , •
" as born . ou t oi the intent and pur
P 052 to the farmers and work
® rs a P d ° progressive voters oi
Am en c a an opportunity to vote for
candidates for president ami vice
P*jfsident in the campaign of 1924,
'u 10 ^P u 'd be absolutely free from
vjemus influences tha dominate.
' : * ie °' d P ar *- y organizations.
LAY PERMANENT
FOUNDATION
„ , ... . - .
™ the - ul «mate purpose ci maug
an independent national po
V^ cal movement m the campaign ot
iy ^ 4 was to lay the loundatron tor a
Permanent independent political c.rga
n r lza 1 ', on . "°, represent the
weaitn-prouucmg elements ot tne na
lon '
NOT BUILT AROUND
ANY INDIVIDUAL
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h^fnmulpd
b f t JL C c ° ^ t u
™
Q KvInJÎ P nmarily on the,r labor
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ADVANTAGE OF
PROMINENT LEADERS
A great Farmer-Labor-Progressive
convention will be held at St. Paul
This convention
For this reason it must be evident
that the movement cannot be built
The sponsors for the June 17th con
vention were not oblivious to the
strategic advantage of having prom
inent individuals of national charac
ter, who had the confidence of the
people, lead in this movement. That
is why Senator La Follette has been
from the very conception the choice
of the active proponents of the con
vention.
TO BE INDEPENDENT
FARMER-LABOR
MOVEMENT
At the same time, the danger of
making Senator La Follette the prim©
factor in the movement was not over
looked. From the very outset the point
has been emphasized that this was to
an independent Farmer-Labor
movement and that if Senator La
FcJIette failed or refused to meet the
be
call of leadership the place would
necessarily have to be filled by a less
prominent person.
LA FOLLETTE'S
STATEMENT VAGUE
Senator La Follette's
published
statement gives no absolute assurance
that he will be a candidate for presi
(Continued on page 6)
Pool Room &. Confectionery
Huebner Opens Up New
Charles Huebner of Medicine Lake,
well known in this city, and a former
proprietor of the Brush Lake summer
resort, is making preparations to in
stall a confectionery store and pool
room in the Kranzer building, former
ly occupied by Barney's Grocery.
The interior of the building
been redecorated and Mr.
invites all of his friends to visit him
as soon as he gets located, as well as
all others.
has
Huebner
W. C. T. U. MEETS
All members are especially urged
to be present at the regular meeting
of the W. C. T. U. Tuesday evening,
June 10th, at the Eighth grade school
room at 8:00 p. m.
The evening will be given over to
business matters and discussing plans
for the immediate future. If YOU
are* interested in better government,
better community and better homes,
whether you are a member or not,
COME and line up with us. We need
C. E. Gunhus and Mr. Viking, of
the Sarato Oil Company, will return
to Plentywood about June 12th, to
gether with a geologist by the name
of MacDonald and a rig builder,
indications are that a derrick will be
erected as soon as the geologist has
located the place for the first well.
so