Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-29
|OIL INDUSTRY POSSIBILITIES
PORTRAYED BY GLADYS BELLE
MANAGER IN AID CLUB TALK

!, of all of the money coined BY the
United States since the first mint was
started.
The west leads in the production of
crude oil. The states west of the
| Mississippi produce all but 10 per cent
of the crude oil of the United States.
The eastern states producing crude
are Pennsylvania, New York, West
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, with 10 per cent,
or A, zoe, 900 barrels. The mid-con-
tinent field of Kansas, Oklahoma,
Texas and Louisiana produces 81 per
cent, or 275, 100000 barrels, while
Colorado, Wyoming and Montana pro-
duce but four per cent.
Of the 1857 900 barrels produced
by these three states in 1920, Montana
produced $4,000, Colorado 10000
and Wyoming 17,017,0 900: California
produced "a per cent Of all the oil
of the United States in 1920.
Discussing the rapidity Of the growth
of the industry in Montana Bowles
!! pointed out that in 1921 Montana
passed the million barrel a year.
mark. This wa achieved in six years.
It took Wyoming 10 years to get into
the million barrel a year" class. He
went on to point out the steady in
crease in production which will come
to this state from the many new fields
now being tested and developed.
This point was brought out when
he compared one township in the ke-
! vim Sunburst field with 81 wells in one
! year. with more than LOO wells in the
| same sized area in Greek county, Okla.
| Montana's township has Is producers,
two gas wells, nine drilling and ten
derricks UP. There are more than
1000 wells in the Glenn pool of Okla
! homa which has only 30 square miles:
tThere is room for a similar number OF
wells in the same sized territory in
| the northern field of this state.
Great Falls Logical Center
Great Falls is the logical center for
| the executive offices of many of the
oil companies operating in Montana.
| Great Falls now has the opportunity
to be the Tulsa of Montana" BoWles
| said. and then told the story OF Tulsa
and Sapulpa. Sapulpa, lying practi--
cally between the great Glenn and
Gushing pools, took no notice OF what
was going on. Tulsa extended an
open welcome to the oil men and the
oil and industry and has grown in 20
years from a village to city OF nearly
100000.
Great Falls lies between all of
Montana's fields. She has the rail
roads and other facilities to attract
and hold this new industry. On the
north is the Kelvin unburst field, also
the Bowdoin dome, now to be tested.
east is the Cat Greek, southwest are
the refineries of Billings and Miles
City and the Soap Greek and Elk
Basin fields. The natural trend of
the business will be through Great
Falls and the logical location for its
headquarters is in Great Falls.
THE constructive legislation neces-
sary for the protection of the industry,
the wedding out of the grafters, the
establishment .ef supply houses and of
executive headquarters of what in a
few years will be M%ontana's great
producing companies, should be direct
ed from Great Falls.
"Let US ask every man who goes
to the next legislature to give this
new industry just and equitable taxes
and the same fair start this state has
given her mines. mills, utilities, lum-
bermen, railroads and farmers. Let
us ask fairness to this new industry
and not pass such laws as will retard
its development.