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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04

Mosby. 1t always means trouble
and delay, and the fact that no wa
ter was found in Frantz No. 2, to-
gether with the shallow depth at
which commercial oil was found,
means fast work in developing the
land in and about this new strike.
The formation makes for good
drilling.s 1t is just firm enough to
hold the tools nicely in place, and
the bit, in the upper levels, will cut
through the soft rock at the rate
of IFS feet per day of two towers,
or shifts. Say the average depth
to the oil bearing sands of this par
ticular district is 1900 feet, and
one may get an idea of how quick
ly, with good luck, a bit can be
driven into the values. After the
log of the country is thoroughly
understood, process which will
develop with two or three drillings,
a rabbit-footed driller ought to be
able to put down and finish two
wells a month, or "a holes for
single string of tools in II months.
Cut this in two.by half, fair aver
age record of good drilling, would
mean II wells a year. Multiply
this by the number of rigs about
to be put in commission, and they
are coming in by the dozen, and the
layman may get an idea of the ra-
pidity with which the new district
will be developed. In prospective
it is startling, and if moderate sue
cess attends these efforts, a pipe
line, leading over the hills to Win
nett and the end of the railroad, is
a certainty during the next few
That means dividends.
Extent of the District
AS the crow flies it is a little
less than four miles from Discov-
cry well at Mosby northwest to the
new strike in Frantz we'll No. 2,
and producing wells at both ends
Of this long stretch of country
gives to all the escarpmented land
lying between fancy values in the
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04

post of this new place of petroleum
values. The Decker-Collins was
started with the idea of making a
deep we'll test of the district, if this
should be deemed advisable, hence
the Standard equipment, and was
spudded in with a 20 inch hole.
The strike of the Frantz No. 2 may
change the company's plans, with
regard to deep drilling. The well
was down zoo feet when this was
written and it is probably 800 or
900 feet deep now! The drilling
of the Decker-Collins is being
watched with the keenest interest
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04
ANNUAL MEET OF
MONTANA DOCTORS.
CONVENTION OF STATE MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION TO BE HELD
JULY IA AND is
Health Officers Will Also Be There
and Nurses Will Hold a Meeting in
Butte; Next Year All Three Bodies |
Will Assemble in the Same City in
Convention.

! Members of the Montana State
Medical association will meet at Hell
ena July 1 4 and Is, with several hun
dred doctors in attendance. This
meeting will follow the state meeting
of the Montana State Health associa-
ton composed of state and county
health officers, who will gather Oh
July ~ and 49, In addition the Mon
tana State Nurses association will
meet in Butte on July IA and Is. II
is planned to hold all of these meet
ings in one city next year in conjunc-
ton.
The conventions of the doctors and
health officers will be among the i'm
portant meetings to be held in Hell
ena during the year and a big pro-
gram is being prepared
DR.. E. M. Larson of Great Falls is
president of the medical association,
DR.. E. j. Balsam of Billings, secre-
tary and DR.. l.. H. Fligman of Hell
ena is chairman of the program COM
mittee. DR.. o. M. Lanstrum, DR.. E..
D. Hitchcock and DR.. l.. H Fligman
are on the local entertainment COM
mittee and are arranging program
which will be both instructive and
entertaining. They are preparing to
entertain more than 200 visitors.
The health officers will also have
a big program and will devote much
time to, the many and varied activi-
ties of their organization. The asso-
citation is divided into six sections
and each will have program, which
will be carried out with view of en-
bracing a wide scope in a harmon
ious way, without overlapping, and
covering the entire field. Professor
W. A. Cobleigh, state chemist at
Bozeman, is chairman and DR.. w. F.
Cogswell, secretary of the state board
Of health, is secretary.
The sections of the health organi-
zation include, the society for study
and prevention of tuberculosis of
which H. R. Cunningham of Helena
S president, Mrs. Sara Morse of Hell
ana, secretary, and Henry Gerharz of
sanitary engineer; the pub
ic health administrative department,
Dr.. AIlard, chairman, DR.. ]. j. Sippy, |
ecretary; child welfare, Mrs. Farms
worth of Missoula, chairman, Miss |
dary Fox, Helena, secretary; indus
rial hygiene, DR.. P. H. Mccarthy, |
Butte, chairman; Miss Laurie Jean |
seid, secretary; personal hygiene,
)r. E. G. Steele, Plentywood, chair
nan; public health nursing, Mrs. NJ
hughes, Helena, chairman.
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scene of the strike and saw, with
their own eyes, what has been here
described. And every man jack OF
them went away convinced that
another great wealth producing in
dustry was in travail for Montana.
Oil Where There Was Water
Here is a singular circumstance
in connection with the new discov-
cry. The oil which comes so freely
from the bore of we'll No. 2 was
found in the same sands in which
water was found in the Discovery
well at Mosby. Those who are ia
miliar with the history of the Dis
covery we'll will recall that at a
depth of about 800 feet heavy
flow of water was encountered. 1t
required month of strenuous en-
deavor to case this flow off, so as
to permit of further drilling. Ma
turally when the drillers of No. 2
were approaching this same for
which is little deeper at
No. 2 well, they proceeded with
the utmost caution, expecting re-
petition of the treacherous flow of
water which was found in the first
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to them, and fair percentage of
the oil thus caught as it was flow
ing away was saved, although, be-
cause of the high gasoline content
of the fluid, there must have been
considerable loss in values by eva
poration. With the arrival of the
control head the oil was diverted,
flowing directly through piping
from the control head into three
tanks and the reservoired oil was
pumped into tankage. The well is
now capped and under control with
no Wastage.
During the three or four days
following the strike hundreds of
automobiles visited the we'll. Prob
ably 1000 people in all went to the
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04
ANOTHER GREAT MONTANA INDUSTRY I'M TRAVAIL; NEW OIL
STRIKE I'M FERGUS COUNTY PROVES LARGE AREA

or that is has sent Doubling
Thomases, who have been inclined
to pour cold water on the hopes of
those. of great faith, scurrying to
cover. 1t is a good honest well,
of considerable commercial pos
sibilities, and has proven, beyond
peradventure of doubt, that an oil
deposit of considerable magnitude
exists in central Montana.
How the Well Deports Itself
AS long as the well remained
uncapped it flowed at regular in
tervals, II hours out of every 10.
That is to say, it would flow
strongly out of the II inch casing
for II minutes by the watch, and
at the peak of the flow the oil
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04

the Ohio STANDARD OLD on Bush
creek, while the Kansas-Montana,
at Winnifred, Is miles northwest
from Mosby, is said to be fairly
close to where the oil sands should
lie. The bringing in of this well,
which is being drilled on a forrna-
ton that is said to be a continual
ton of the Mosby structure, would
make all the land lying between the
Musselshel1 and Winnifred, semi
proven, stretch of country that
is three time as long as the famous
Salt Creek field, the largest oil dis
trict in Wyoming.
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weeks has been ideal for this work,
and it is being prosecuted with
vigor. Many Star rigs will be
drilling just as soon as they can be
placed in position, and the results
of all this work, if wells like
Frantz No. 2 result, will set Mon
tana aflame with enthusiasm for
this new and wonderful industry.
Other Wells
The Decker-Collins well is only
1880 feet west of Frantz No. 2, and
the derrick of its standard rig, the
only one in the district, breaks into
the sky line, to the vision of the
traveller, miles away, the big guide
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04

had been thrown a dyke, making a
reservoir for the impounding of
the fluid. This reservoir was prob
ably 40 feet long by 20 wide and
was full of oil. In the meantime
tanks had been rushed to the scene
of the strike, and workmen were
busily engaged in putting them to-
gether.
With the completion of the tanks
the reservoired oil was pumped in
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04

against the Frantz property, where
it would be possible and very pro-
fitable, with the further proving of
the district, to put down 10 wells,
or one to every 10 acres, in record
time. Anticipating an early strike
the Decker-Collins is erecting tank
age.
Oil men estimate that Is rigs
will be drilling on the Mosby struc-
ture by September l. The wells
that should be brought in soon, in
addition to the Decker-Collins, in
clude the Frantz No. 3, which is
being drilled on the east bank of
the Musselshell, in Garfield county,
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04

AS to the output of the new well,
that is matter of conjecture, and
one mans guess is as good as
another's. 1t may be $50 barrel
we'll and it may be capable of pro-
ducing much more. The real test
will come when the pump is hook
ed up to the well, but there is no
gainsaying the fact that it will earn
handsome dividends for the stock
holders of the Frantz corporation,
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04

and it should reach the oil bearing
sands within the next few DAYS.
President Jack Decker, a vigor-
GUS young edition of Frank Con-
ley, and who is reputed to be one
of the cleverest drillers in the
Wyoming country, is in charge of
the work. The Decker-Collins has
100 acres of land lying right up
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04
FRANTZ WELL GAUGES
$50 BARRELS PER DAY

Shortly after the casing head
was fixed in position and the
flow put under control and div
erted, through pipes, into tanks
the flow of the Frantz No. 2
well was gagged.
1t was determined that the
well is now flowing, under its
own head, at the rate of 800 bar
rels every "a hours.
The market price of the oil is
$50 per barrel.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04

well. They were astonished when
they cut into the sands and got oil,
and lots of it, instead of water.
No Water in District
Water with depth has been the
great bugbear in central Montana
development, as witness the trouble
it has given pioneer drillers in the
Crazy Woman's Pocket, where it
ruined two wells, in the Devils
Basin and in the Discovery we'll at
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04

estimation of oil men. This sec
ton will be the scene of much
activity during the next few
months, and the road between the
district and Winnett is crowded
with big motor trucks and six
horse teams, freighting tons of
drilling equipment and material in
The weather during the past two
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04
OXFORD SCHOLARSHIPS
OPEN. TO MONTANA BOYS

Two students of Montana will be
elected the third week of September
to represent the state at Oxford uni
versity, England. Each scholarship
pays approximately $1,000 annually
for three years.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04

would stand perhaps two inches
above the casing head, flowing
evenly over the casing walls. Then
it would recede for seven minutes.
After a seven minute respite the
| flow would come back again. This
was its record for the first two
days after the strike was made.
After that it seemed to gain in
strength, and just before the well
was capped, was flowing little
more than IA minutes before reced-
ing. 1t continued this process as
regularly as an age-old geyser
functions, and would probably still
be disgorging its golden flood but
for the gate valve which finally,
after nearly a weeks delay, arrived
for its Gaping.
Reservoir Built for Oil
The oil, in the sunshine looking
for all the world like so much
molten gold, would flow smoothly
down the hillside ditch, which had
been hastily made for its guidance,
in a fairly substantial head, as the
irrigationist would say, into a cou-
lee, across the lower end of which
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04

1t will not be done in day, but
the Augean stables across the Rio
Grande are on the cards for clean
ing.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1920-06-04

By w. w. CHIEFLY.
The end of a wonderful rain
bow sits lightly on Winnett, the
little Tulsa of the north, bathing
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-08-04

set Of six Cups and Sauccrs nice white ware, price $125
lot Ribbons worth up zoe yard sale price yd 10c
l lot Childrcn's Dresses worth 81 to $3.50 Clean
Big line Of Mems and Womcns Low Cut Shoes All
kinds of fine Dress Low Cuts going in this July sale.
Come and select your Shoes We make the price.
lot Mems Elastic Scam Drawers special sale price .$113
lot Mems Union Suits sale price $150
lot B. " d. Shirts and Drawers (undcrwcar) 98c
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-08-04
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| lot Mems Summer Undcrshrts, worth 75c to $1.OO
odd lots and samples, sale price ... .... SOC
lot Sandals and Rubber Bottom Pumps close price 48c
100 nice White Wash Basins w%rh ST. sale price $125
100 covered Steak Dishes worth 800 sale price 69c
set of six white Plates worth $50 sale price 95c
set of six Ice Tea Tumblcls tall Star Cut Glass, $139
lot Tumblcrs, special value, each ..10c
lot Aluminium Cooking Ware sale price any piece $198
lot yard-wdc Scout Bleaching worth 35c sale price 25c
lot best Bleaching, No. 70, soft fnsh worth 40c sale
lot yard wide Sea Island best worth 5c sale price 28c
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lot Tiger Chambrays Dress Goods fine soft finish worth
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lot Boy Knee Pants clean sweep sale, per pair 800
Special lot Buggy Whips, sale price .25c
lot Men best Work Shirts, worth $500 sale price 81 SO
l lot Hickory Shirting and heavy Chcviots worth 35c
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lot Mems Work Shirts worth $3.50, sale price 81 125
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1920-08-04
Clean Sweep August Sale

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Matches 4Sc) Price .25c
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$1.0O bottle Wampolcs Cod Liver OIL sale price -. 79c
$100 bottle McErccs Wine Of Cardu Woman's fricnd)
! table full Of Dress and Apron Ginghams Sea Islands
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Who says Sox high? Not us! 100 dozen Men s Sox
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All Millinery going fare we'll prices the tables
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New-York tribune., 1920-03-06
American Hockey
Team for Olympics
To Be Picked Soon

PITTSBURGH, March 5.-The Amer
lean hockey team to compete in the
Olympic games will be selected from
the players who compose the Pitts
burgh, Boston and St. Paul teams, it
was announced here to-day. The
rules governing the games provide
that each player must be citizen of
the country under whose flag he plays.
"When the National Hockey COM
mittee met in Boston some weeks ago
to arrange for team to go to Bel
gium," said Sheriff William Haddock,
a member Of the committee, to-day,
"it was decided that Pittsburgh and
Boston should play an elimination
series of six games, and the winning
team should represent the United
States in the Olympic games.
"We had not at that time received
the rules governing the contests, and
when they came, few days ago, we
discovered that every player must be
a citizen of the country he represent
ed. AS number Of the Pittsburgh
players are not citizens of the United
States, we then decided to select the
best players from Pittsburgh and Bos-
ton, and to take additional men from
St. Paul
eve will be entitled to a team of
seven men and seven substitutes, and
we want the substitutes to be just as
good as the regular players, st. Paul
Will be here to play Pittsburgh next
week"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-06
Team
In First Victory;
Grimes Still Out
From Special Correspondent

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March g.
The Dodgers did not go through
morning workout to- day, as it was too
cold. In the afternoon, however, the
squad was out on Barr's Field, where
another game between the Konetchys
and Johnstons was played. A high
wind swept across the field, and at the
ED of six innings Manager Robinson
decided to chase the players to the
clubhouse.
The contest resulted in victory
for the "Koneys" by score of to
8. 1t was the "Koney's" first triumph
of the series. The winners batted
against the offerings of Cadore and
Mamaux, two Of Robbies regulars, and
nicked the star pitchers for seven hits.
Outielder Neis was on Johnston's side
and made two singles. Otto Miller
and Johnston each cracked out two
Dagger The series will be resumed
tomorrow afternoon.
Jeff Pfeffer is still a member Of the
Dodgers, but has not signed a con-
tract. The deal that may send him
to the Cardinals has not been COM
pleted. Sherrod Smith, who deserted
the hold-out ranks this morning, will
go through his first workout to-mor-
row.
Burleigh Grimes is the only men,
Der of the Dodgers pitching staff who
has not yet reported. The spit-baller
was ordered to be here with the early
arrivals.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-06
Graham to Meet
Newton in Final
Golf Tilt To-da,
From, a Special Corresnoudent

P1NEHURST, N. c.. March SIS. J.
Graham, Greenwich, will meet F. c.
Newton, Brookline, in the eighteen
hole final tomorrow Cor the presidents
trophy In the annual spring golf tour
nament. Graham started badly to-day
in his match with Carman Messmore
Ardsley. He lost the first two holes in
6 each, but was out in 38, and ended
the match on the fourteenth, and 4.
Newton in his match with B. P. Mer-
riman, Waterbury, was out in 81 to 81
and all even. He came home in 40 for
total Of II, and won on The seven
teenth green, and /.
Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd, Pitts
burgh, was the winner of the Silver
Foils championship to-day. Her 80 to-
day, with SO yestepda gave her total
Of 1873 for the thirty-six holes over the
No. l course, beating Mrs. R. H. Bar
low, Merton, by one stroke. Mrs. j. D.
Chapman, Greenwich was third. with
191.
An amateur-professional four-ball
match over the No. course this after
noon was won, 3 and 2, by S. J. Gra-
ham, Greenwich, and Emmet French.
Youngstown, from j. N. Stearns ir.'
Nassau, and George Mclean, Great
Neck.
The summary:
First sixteen (semi-final round)-s ].
Graham, Greenwich. beat Carman Mess
more; Ardsley, and A. F. c. Newton.
brookline, beat B. p. Merriman Water
bury and l.
Beaten eight-Allan Lord, Chevy Chase.
!, beat C. F Watson jr:. National, and / :;
r. r 5. Danforth. North Fork, beat w. E.
Iruesdell, Garden City, 2 and l.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-06
Ross Stars for Rutgers
In Swamping Harvard

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., March 5.
The Rutgers swimming team downed
Harvard in the depths Of Ballantine
pool, this evening, 80 to ID. Ross,
swimming in place Of Giebel, was the
star performer, winning first in the
100 and 220-yard events and swimming
on the victorious relay team.
The summary:
2oo-ysrd relay-won by Rutgers tLu.
kens Gardner. Redmond. Ross) Harvard
worcester. Mottsmith. Tilton. Brackett),
second. Time, 1913.
seTs; Brackett (Harvardy. second wor-
setter (Harvard). third. Time. :26 3-5.
100-yard swim-Won by Rose (Rut-
gers); Redmond (Rutgers) second Wor-
setter (Harvard), third. Time. 1:O1.
22o-yard swim-won by Ross (Rut-
gers): Mason (Rutgers). second, Douglas
Harvard). third. Time, 2:48 2-5
Plunge for dlstance-won by Davis
(Harvard); Shaefer (Rutgers) second
Knitter. (Rutgers), third. Distance, 81
feet 6 inches.
Fancy dive-won by sherwin (Rut-
(Rutgers), third.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-06
Tender May Box Victor
OF JacksOn-Dundee Bout

Lew Tender, the Philadelphia light
weight, who has been endeavoring for
three years to secure championship
match with Benny Leonard, was signed
yesterday, by Dave Driscoll to appear in
City, week after the Johnny Dundee
Willie Jackson mill, next Monday night.
Tender will meet either Charley White
or the winner of the Dundee-Jackson
bout on Monday, March 22.
Driscoll now has Jackson, Dundee,
Tender, White and Richie Mitchell
signed for bouts at his club. 1t is the
Jersey City promoters plan to hold an
elimination tournament among the best
men in the lightweight class and match
TIE ultimate winner with Leonard. The
conditions for the Leonard match will
caI1 Tor 1876 pounds ringside.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-06
Curley Signs Carpenter
For Ten Weeks Tour

Georges Carpenter, the French war
hero and heavyweight boxing champion
Of Europe, will make a tour through
out the United States under the per
ssonal management of Jack Curley, who
has signed the most popular man
across the sea for tour of ten weeks.
starting May 8. Then Curley has an
option on his services for five weeks
additional.
= Negotiations for the appearance Of
Carpenter have been going on for
many months and nearly every man
ager IN the country has been men
toned as having secured Carpenter
for some sort of a show. While this
was going on Jack Curley has been
working quietly and waited until he
had matters definitely arranged before
ne made this announcement. Not un-
t1l ne received the signed contract did
Curley inform the public Of the aprea-
ment.