The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-10-20
MONTANA INDUS
TRIAL PROGRESS

Butte enjoy building boom. Con-
{ act let for S45, 900 business block
aad apartment house
Test we'll to be drilled between Car
ter and Floweree, 55 miles northeast
Of Great Falls, some time this fall.
Neihart-Contract let for erection q
large concentrating mill for American
Zine and Lead Company.
Company being formed to build
farm machinery; will establish plant
at either Great Falls OF Lewistown.
Havre-G. N. to install oil burning
locomotives on all trains running be-
tween Havre and Pacific coast.
Great Falls-Great Northern order
ed to build crossing on Sun River
Simms highway,
Choteau-Well. to be drilled on Lit
tie Muddy structure.
Dupuyer- ffin-Butte anticline, Il
miles southwest of here, soon to be
scene of active drilling operations.
Winifled- encountered in Kan
sas-Montana well at $3.50 feet
Great. Falls-S35 ,435 in building
permits issued during September.
Billings-Cornerstone laid for new
100000 Baptist church.
Great Falls-Operations springing
up about new Mid Northern well on
DawsonM erkle tract.
WaIzerville-S9O 900 from IA car
loads of ore was cleanup of leasers at
Goldsmith mine.
Great Falls-Bowdoin Oil & Gas
spuds in new we'll on Bowdoin dome.
Deer Lodge-S7,00O contract award
ed to construct 400 #: cement fiume
for Westside Ditch Co.
Between 200 and 400 more cars of
freight being moved weekly over
Butte division Of Great Northern this
year than last.
Deer Lodge-150. men working in
local Milwaukee shops.
Ronan-Total appropriation of
$685., 900 to be asked for Flathead re-
ctamation project.
iyingston-Shields Valley ransh
yielding IS Blu. oats to acre.
Red ge-International mine at
Bearcreek, idle many months, to re-
open.
Great Falls-Activity in area of.
Bewdoin dome promises early devel-
opment of that territory.
Lewistown-Fhe 101st well for Get
Creek field brought in on Section &c.
Notwithstanding of oil encounter
Devils Basin.
Virginia City-Shipments Of lambs
from different railway stations in
Madison county in two weeks total
100000
Survey of IS miles Of surface road
between Broadus and Custer county
line starts.
Harlem-70G acre irrigated ranch
land opened for colonization purposes.
Missoula-More than 400 building
permits have been. issued here this
year.
Great Falls-Bids called for con-
struction of concrete bridge on Sun
River project miles east of Fairfield.
Baker-;Absaroka il Co. now drill
ing out Monrote well.
. Eureka = $4,000 improvements
planned by Glen Lake Irrigation dis
tFict.
Kevin-Californi Co. preparing to
resume drilling operations on well.
Missoula-Potato crop movement
frem Bitter Root valley under way
Lewistown-BIaok Hawk to put
Down second well.
Garneill dome among undeveloped
structures Of Fergus county that give
promise with proper development of
producing oil.
Cat Creek. field now designated by
government bureau of mines as third
largest producing field in Rocky noun
tain region.
There are two producing oil wells
located on Montana state school land
from which the state receives royal
ties on the production.
Since August, 1921, the first well
has paid the state s2,759 in royalties
and the second well brought in in
August, 1922 is producing 200 bbls. a
day on which the state receives a 10
per cent royalty.
In addition to royalty from produc-
ing oil wells, the state for cash rent
ads upon oil land leases no to June
80, 1922, the close of the fiscal year,
had issued 349 old form leases on
school lands from which it received
$3s, .e77.55 in rentals or total of
$50 ,203 from AL leases on 211,135
acres of land. Since June 80. it has
issued about one hundred more leases.
REDSTONE
F. J. Frost, the Outlook meat mar
ket man, was Redstone visitor to-
dag.
j. J. Gtlnther, candidate for County