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The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05

The Aloe, in section 6-34-2 W
only about three miles east OF
Kevin, is expected to reach the
pay at most any time. The last
reports were to the effect that
they were drilling at a depth of
between 1400 and 1900 feet and
had reached the oil sands. The
well is not operating today,
(Thursday) as they are waiting
on casing, but expect to over
come this difficulty at once and
will be drilling tomorrow. Some
time was lost the past week by
lost tools which were found We'd
nesday. The eyes Of most every
one are on this we'll as it is only
a short distance from the Swartz-
Kevin well, which came in last
week, and should this prove to
be producer it would prove be-
yond doubt that when the
Kevin Townsite is drilled that a
gusher would be the outcome.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05
New Name Recorded
For Campbell Company

Certificate Of change of name
and annual report Of the Gordon
Campbell Oil & Refining COM
pany were filed Monday in the
office of County Clerk j. E. Mo-
ran. The name of the company
is changed to Campbell Oil COM
pany.
The annual report shows that
the company, which was organic
ed under the laws of Delaware,
has no capital invested at this
time in Montana.
Officers of the company are
Gordon Campbell, president; H.
M. Campbell, vice president and
C. A. Springmyer, secretary
treasurer.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05

in Spokane and adjacent terrific
ry will take the entire capacity
of the plant, and even more. The
company will be indirectly con-
nected with the other great pet
roleum organizations that Mr..
Hursh heads. giving it a connec-
tion and an outlet that is much
needed by a local refinery. and
should be highly successful from
the very beginning.
Materials are being bought and
assembled, and work will start
at once on the refinery, as well
as the pipeline; franchise hav-
ing been obtained, and land for
storage and loading facilities as
sured; SO that the refinery and
pipeline should be in operation
early in the summer, and in time
to get big share of the summer
gasoline business. The company
having its own pipeline in the
Kevin field, securing contracts
for crude oil in sufficient quanti-
ty with which to operate the
Spokane plant to its full capaci-
ty, will also market crude oil for
the producers.
Mr.. Hursh, or his personal rep
resentative, will be in Spokane
aud in Montana in a few days, at
which time a site for the refinery
will be selected and purchased,
and further announcements in
regard to his plans will be made.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05
Kelvin Oil & Gas
Outlines Extensive
Drilling Campaign

The Kevin Oil & Gas company
have outlined an extensive drill
ing campaign on their holdings
in the Keyin field, which con-
sist of $50 acres on the west side
of the field, which is attracting
many OF the large oil companies,
and is due to be one of the best
developed sections of the field.
With he Campbell syndicate,
the Black Magic company, the
Kevin-Roberts syndicate, tn e
Arch syndicate, the Kevin-Mon-
tana Oil company, the Scott Oil
company the California and sew
eral other companies who have
holdings on the west side, their
acreage is considered valuable.
The Kevin Oil & Gas company
have a we'll in section 21-36-3 W.
drilled to the depth Of $40 feet,
which will be completed during
the next few months. Gas was
struck in this we'll at 80 and
also at $50 feet. Water supply
has been arranged for by casing
off water which was encountered
in drilling to this depth.
Their No. 2 we'll will probably
be located on its holdings in Sec
tion 5-35-3 w.
The Kevin Oil & Gas company
are placing only a small amount
of shares of the capital stock on
the market at $1.00 par value
each, or just enough stock to pay
the necessary drilling expences.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05

The California-M. M. Neuman
well NWA NE4 SWA section
22-35-2 W, Offset on the south to
Hogan No. 2, came into produc-
tion Sunday at 1895 feet, accord
ing to report from the field.
The drill had just touched the
sand when the drillers stopped
and are awaiting the coming of
the California officials and in
structions as to what action to
make. A short time after the
sand had been touched the oil
was 400 feet in the casing and
was rising rapidly. 1t was es-
timated that it would prove a
we'll of about the same produc-
ton as the Hogan No. 2, which
is now under a control head for
want of tankage and is probably
a 250-barrel we'll or better. The
Hogan No. 2 flows when the
control head is taken off.
The depth Of the Neuman is
virtually the same as the Hogan
No. 2. The coming in of this
we'll indicates that the produc-
tion extends to the south Of the
Hogan No. l well, as shown by
the failure of tn e Homestake
offset to the nornh of the Hogan
No. 2 to get more than small
production. This now makes 3
good wells in the Hogan group
while the result of a shot in the
Homestake-Andersch has not yet
been determined.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05
Announce el11ent I
The Hursch Pipeline and Refining
Company to Run Pipeline
Into Kelvin Field

After more than twelve months
of careful investigation. Mr.. Al
exander Hursh Of Long Beach,
California, president of the Hursh
Refneries of California, and one
of the most successful independ-
ent refners in southern Califor-
MIA, and who is also constructing
the famous Blue Talk Pipeline
and Refinery Of Signal Hill and
Los Angeles harbor, has found
Spokane to be an ideal location
for crude oil refinery. He has
succeeded in getting some of the
most prominent men in Spokane
and Montana to associate them
selves with him and will build a
modern, up-to-date, refinery in
Spokane. The first unit of this
refinery Will have a capacity for
handling one thousand barrels of
crude oil per day, but will be so
constructed that additional units
may be added as the business
grows.
Special freight rates on crude
oil have been secured, which en-
ables the company to load it's
crude oil through it's own pipe
line in the Kevin field, which can
be done at a very nominal cost,
and transport it to, Spokane at
such rate that the saving in
freight alone, as compared with
the rate on refined products,
gives a handsome profit. The de-
mand for refined and by-products
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05
Heavy Gas Flow
In Canada w ell

A strong flow of gas said to be
wet, has been encountered In the
Canadian Petroleum (Rogers)
we'll just north of the Canadian
border near the Sweetgrass hills.
1t flowed intermittently, ac-
cording to the report, and threw
slush and water above the der
rick. The gas has been shut off
and IL 1-2 inch casing is being
run.
The first gas in the well was
found at 800 feet, while the
present flow was struck at 1,l50.
President Rogers of the company
has announced that he is plann-
ing to place three standard rigs
from the Fort Norman field on
this acreage.
The Rogers we'll was formely
known as the Rowe-Segar well
and is located on block of acre
age some miles north of the wells
previously drilled south Of the
border, by the Anaconda Copper
Mining company, the Canadian
Montana and where the Gladys
Belle is now drilling. The Gladys
Belle, through G. C. Stebbins, its
president, hold considerable acre
age north of the border.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05
Expect 10 Complete the
BowdOin Well Soon

The Homestake Exploration
company's well on the Bowdoin
dome will be a completion in the
next two weeks, The we'll is now
drilling below 2,275 feet and pro-
duction is expected at $500 feet.
Operations at the we'll have
been held up during the past two
weeks with cayings. This how
ever, has been overcome, and
drilling progressing rapidly.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05
PotIatch-State 10
Continue TO Ellis

After finding a small produc-
tion in the lower Kootenai, the
Potlatch-Stat No. 2 company
have decided to continue to the
Ellis as was intended, before the
showing was encountered in the
Kootenai, where it was shot and
cleaned and placed on the pump.
The first "a hours test showed 65
barrels and the second 40 barrels
daily.
The we'll will be carried the
200 feet to the Ellis formation
which is the real producing sand
of the field. The company had
first thought of drilling an offset
to test the Ellis when production
was obtained from the Kootenai,
but decided that 200 feet of hole
would be cheaper to drill than
over 1000 feet as there is prac-
tically no danger of spelling the
we'll. Casing will be set below
the Kootenai horizon before the
well is drilled into the Ellis, and
in the event of production from
the Ellis sand, the casing at the
Kootenai will be perforated and
production obtained from both
horizons.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05

The Fulton-Sunburst- -Gunder-
son we'll, in 1882 w, was shot
yesterday with $50 quarts of
nitro-glycerene. AS we go to
press we understand that it had
very little effect on the we'll as to
producing, but the large shot
forced water and mud over the
top of the derrick. This we'll was
cleaned only a short time ago,
and it was reported at that time
as being around ten barrel well.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05
Kelvin Oil Field Best
Prospect For 1923

The Kevin oil field is consider
ed to be the location Of the bigg-
est probable development in the
United States in 1928. Many oil
men nationally known in the oil
industry will visit here during
this spring and summer. With
their arrival acreage i'll be
closely inspected and it is GER
tain that a great deal Of money
is going to be invested.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05
Nitro From Wyoming
For kevin Wells

A supply Of 600 quarts of nitro
glycerine was brought from Wyo-
ming on a truck for the Indepen-
dent Torpedo company at Shelby.
Several wells have been wait
ing for this shipment of nitro
and will be shot as soon as possi-
BILE. The Independent Torpedo
company have about completed
their plant near Shelby, and will
not have to haul future supplies
from Wyoming.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05
Spokane Firm
Starts Plans
For Refinery

Spokane business men and
capitalists are beginning the con-
struction of refinery of from
500 to 1000 barrels capacity, ac-
cording to a Spokane newspaper.
The company, to be known as
the Spokane Refining company,
will be capitalized at 5000, 900, of
which seven Spokane business
men have subscribed 100000,
according to the report.
The new organization is being
built to refine Kevin production
and is headed by Jay P. Graves
of Spokane, prominent capital
ist of Spokane, who organized
the Inland Empire electric sys-
tenn and for a long time was
principal stockholder in the Gran
by mines. Clyde Graves has been
connected with operations in the
Kevin field.
In making the announcement,
Mr.. Graves said:
"A competent man has been
obtained and will have charge of
building and operating the re-
fnery. He will report in Spokane
April Is.
I'VE have the assurance of the
railways that rates will be given
us on crude oil from the fields to
the refinery and on the refined
products to the Spokane territory.
Biologists have assured us of the
permanence Of the Montana oil
supply
Many Spokane people are in
terested in the Kelvin field and
own or have leased many thou
sand acres Of land in ii. This field
is one of the largest in area re-
Gently discovered. Within the
last year 40 wells have been
brought in and we are credibly
that 800 more are to be
drilled there this season, so we
feel that the field will afford
larger supply of crude oil than
we will need or can handle.
1--WE expect t o increase our
plant to a daily capacity of sew
eral thousand barrels as the mar
ket develops. We will have stor-
age tanks for the crude oil and
refined oils here in Spokane and
for the crude at the railway
point in Montana. We will have
our own tank cars to bring the
oil here and distribute the pro-
duet.
"We believe that the Kevin
field offers to Spokane the same
chance Of progress and develop
ment that has been afforded in
the past by the development of
the mining districts of the Coeur-
d'Alenes, the Slocum and the
Individual mines, whose mineral
wealth has more than once brot
Spokane to the front when the
future looked black. indeed.
Spokane is only a night s ride
from the oil field. 1t is much
nearer than some of the mines
that have poured their wealth
into Spokane in the past. Spo-
kane should not overlook this op-
oortunity. Great Falls Tribune.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05

Joe B. Baker has purchased
from D. L. Maind, of Manhattan,
Montana, an eighty acre tract in
the NJ of section 18-34-2 W.
about one mile from the Kelvin
Swartz we'll, also a 40-acre tract
near the Black Magic we'll and
40 acres near the Troy-Sweet-
Grass we'll.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05
treasurer

VIM. Rice, who recently re-
turned from the east expects to
start drilling operations in the
near future on section s. Their
well known as the Rice we'll in
section 1852 W, resulted in a
crooked hole and was abandoned,
it was located about two miles
from the Baker No. 3, which is
estimated as a 1900 barrel well.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05
When the Wei is
Sbudded In

IF they drill the Kevin townsite
4 And that is what they say.
Oil will be running through the streets
And shacks will float away
Well have to build more hotels
To accommodate the rush
When the old drill hits the pay sands
And the oil begins to gush.
ATOW we know we're in the center
Of an oil field and the best.
And we have the largest structure
From the east coast to the west.
Opportunity knocks at all doors,
Some will open, some will not.
But you sure can make a killing
IL you buy Kevin Lot.
&C. S. VINCENT
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05

The Black Magic Oil company
recently purchased 100 acres in
section 36-35-4 w from E.. e.
Mintline of Helena, and expect
to drill on this tract this spring.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05

H. ]. McAllister, oil editor for
the Shelby Promoter, was look
ing over the Kevin field Wednes-
day. The Review acknowledges
a very pleasant call.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05

The Kevtana Refining com
pany, are now operation daily,
and are turning out Al pronucts.
E. E Cecil, Of Calgary, Alberta.
IS In the city today on business.
MIR. Cecil is very optimistic over
the oil situation in this field.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-04-05

J. H. Coulter, field manager
for the Queen City Oil company
informs us that they are making
preparations drill n their
holdings in 35 2 and 34-2, near
the Aloe we'll.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-28
New York Day by Day
BY o. o. M'INTYRE.

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dviney.
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side street dance place Florence aged with ncr
fpr Gherbours sail America She had had her fling.
And continued the with nonant of his hand
hitting Iiades since But don't blame the
happened be dancer And he
WINGED that this and dances
of They
they arrived Beatrice the lady laid
pride Six laid with hek that
taken entire when the
night broadway The entire Bronx could hear the aying of the
of the ipf and the yowl of the gazel
the Beatrice the
did for months the until
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goan boot in oOke whether the children
properly raised or not
The dobbies call them They young
picking of fluff off the ladies with
familiarity.
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-28

America TO assume their burdens. But
actual experience would doubtless soon
cure them OF such illusions.
In the meantime lcvcl-hcadcd Euro
pcans, encouraged by Americas CO.
operation, would be putting i'll some cor
structivc work, and those who have
miSintcrprcted Americas attitude would
be heartencd by renewed confidence in
her spirit OF sane hclpfulncss. There
arc some Americans, too. who have
formed an utterly mistaken idea of their
country'S philosophy with respect to in
tcrnational relations. They have come
to regard America as a hard-boilcd ma
ton. and have grown to believe that such
an imputed attribute must be praise
worthy-such belief being in their opin-
ion, an expression Of their patriotism.
II the misguided Americans and un-
duly apprchcnsivc Europeans could be
made to give up their basclcss notions
by this country's participation in the
International court under the rcserva-
tons proposed by Secretary Hughes.
adoption of the Presidents plan would
be worth while even though the tribunal
should never hold a session.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-28
Watching the Parade
BY John Pilgrim.

Deacon WillOughby says he has
not varied the form of his morning
prayer for forty years. 1t does not
make so much difference about his
evening prayer, he says. There is
not much the Lord can do for him
during the night except see to it that
fire does not break out in the
house. Mostly. he says, he merely
wants to be let alone during the
night. But in the morning he really
prays.
"Lord." he prays. "Lord, please
try to keep me from making dern
fool of myself during the day. Espec-
tally with my mouth, oh Lord"
The Deacon declares himself puz-
zled by the mastery which the mouth
has obtained over a majority of hui
mans, including himself. He says
he likes his neighbors as we'll as any
man has n right to like 'em. They
are good men to the last of them.
They pay their debts, GO to church.
are good to their wives, and obey the
laws of the road.
But | talk about 'em, cOnsarn
it," walled the Deacon. Nothing
much. | don't mean any harm any
more than any other dern fool does
who lets his tongue run. | wonder
how that new fellow who bought the
white house under the elm trees can
drive the sort of a ear he does, and
| complain because of the way some
of their little daughters dress, and
if one of the wives has been passing
a few compliments about some other
wife I have my little say about it."
Then. the Deacon says, by some
extraordinary chance what he says
always gets back TO the man or wo-
man he said it about.
"And usually I'm correctly report
ed" he admitted. I'm not going
to pretend that what l say is twisted
in transit. But there isn't human
being on earth who does not resent
the fact that two other human be-
ings are talking him over in a more
| or less critical way"
Consequently the talked about one
retaliatcs by few shots Mt the Dea-
con. and the Deacon replies by richo-
chet and the feud is one. He says
that he has not been on what you
might call really pleasant, intimate
terms with any one Of his nCighbors
| in year.
Hence his prayer:
Il hope some day I'll get enough
sense not to make a dern fool of my
self. Especially with my mouth
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-28

tails regular army men TO assist them
in attaining military lore. Yet Iii the
face of that, Wisconsin has shown that
large number OF people in that state
arc favorable to an attempt to wipe out
the states only protective force.
Such 4 situation has never before chal-
lcnged the defensive plans OF the War
Department If any number OF states
should take a similar attitude, what
would become of the National Defense
Act and the War Departments we'll
laid program;
As is usually the case in radical leg
iSlaturcs, the legislative senate is the
last hope of Wisconsin to save the state
troops. In a senate committee. the bill
passed by the house will have a thorough
airing and something OF the motives
behind it may come to light. 1t is not
improbable, advocates OF the National
Guard say, that the senate committee
may report the bill adversely or even
allow it to die in committee for this
session. But what becomes OF this bill
is not material. What becomes of the
idea of aboliShing all state military
forces. is the important thing. Ii other
states take up the cry and other lcgis-
laturcS adopt such measures Our entire
system OF national defense may have to
be worked over Manifestly it would not
he fair for the states that appropriate
money and furnish men for a National
Guard organization to be called upon to
defend the safety of states where the
people lcgiSlatc their National Guard
out OF business. Nor should such a
state, in times OF public peril, expect to
RELY solely upon the federal forces, the
United States army and navy and Ma
rinc corps.
Maintaining National Guard organi-
cation in times of peace is a difficult
and trying job even when it is receiving
every encouragement from the state and
the War Department. But when the
state itself is apathetic or openly hos
tile. the National Guard is certain to
wthcr and die.
The state troops proved their worth
in the late war as they proved their
worth on many an occasion before. They
arc an important branch of our national
defense and arc entitled to active sup
port OF the people and Of the legisla-
lures OF the various states. In time
Of stress, the sight OF a uniformed and
disciplined sentry is about the sweet
est thing in the world to a stricken
community. Net the National Guards
man on other occasions is neglected and
forgotten. II Wisconsin proceeds along
the lines indicated to abolish her state
forces. the day will come we very much
fear, when she will pay dearly for her
miserliness.