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The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-15
Black Magic Spots
NezU Location Near
Number One Well

The Black-Magic Oil company
has spotted a locatoon for rig
to be erected within the next sc
days, which is one and one-half
miles from it's No. l we'll in 16-
35 3 w. The new location is in
section 29-35-3 W, and this will
be spudded in as soon as the
weather will permit. The Black
Magic company also expect to
spud in their No. 2 well on Teton
Ridge as soon as the drilling
equipment, which is now at Dut-
ton, can be gotten to the location.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-15
Plan Shelby Well
Near City Limits

Shelby, Feb, IL. "A deal closed
here this week assures Z we'll
almost within the limits of the
city. Canadian capitalists who
have been looking over the field
have decided to drill we'll on
property secured by Hole & Nc
CURE from = local group Of land
owners, consisting Of James A.
Johnson, Mel McCutcheon and
]. w. Spear, lying just outside
the city limits.
By the terms of the agreement
a standard derrick must be erect
ed within 80 days and rugged for
drilling. By April Is the actual
work of drilling must be started.
Drilling starts in the Colorado
shale and production is expected
in the Sunburst or Ellis sand.
The we'll Is one-fourth mile north
east from the center of the city,
and is located on state lands, of
which there is a considerable
amornt near Shelby. So far. pro-
duction in the Kevin field has
n o t approached farther south
than about Is miles north OF
Shelby, as regards oil. althou gh
the Berg No. l is rated at 1900
600 feet Of gas and the Berg No.
2 has almost 1000, 900 feet daily,
both of them being owned by the
Ohio company and both located
about FIVE miles northeast Of this
city. The new owners are conf
dent that oil will be found, and
a heavy flow of gas from the
upper sands in addition. for which
q ready sale could be found in
the city of Shelby.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-15
ountAin fields now stands:

Cat Creek. the highest priced
oil in the Rocky Mountain dis
trict. is now above the 81 mark
with the field price at S2.O5. The
Wyoming oils now runs So for
the majority of the fields.
In the Kevin field, while plac-
ed on graded basis. the pro-
duction will virtually all COM
mand the top price, or 81 40, vir-
tually all of the oil, and all of the
larger wells that make virtually
al of the production, being above
$3.50 degrees Baume.
In addition to the steadily ris-
ing prices in the Kelvin field, op-
orators expect to see a cut in the
present pipe line charges as soon
as the field production is definite
established. A member of the
state railway commission recent
ly said that the commission would
not hold a hearing on the pipe
line rates out of the Kevin field
until production became heavier
as the present initial production
of the field is not sufficient to
lowering prices, the ov-
srhead of the company making
the present charge Of 20 cents
necessary. The pipe line runs
are now said to average about
300 barrels a day OF slightly less.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-15
Duluth Business Men
To Drill Storm Permit

A group of Duluth, Minnesota,
business men have entered into
a contract with C. R. Storm for
the drilling of the Storm permit
in the north part of 34-2 west
Kelvin field. The we'll will be
drilled by Walker Brothers, ex-
perienced drillers in the Cat
Creek field. Mr.. Storm retains q
substantial royalty.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-15
Recent Shows Solve
The Water Problem

The water problem in the
Kevin field is being solved with
the recent snow storms, and
when the active drilling season
starts in the spring, it is hoped
there will be plenty of water in
the reservoirs. The winds Of the
past week has drifted the snow
into the coulees, where it will
melt and 90 into the reservoirs.
If nature fails to supply the
demands for water for drilling
purposes, there are plans now
under way among the larger
companies, Standard and inde-
pendents, for the construction
of = joint pipe line that would
bring water from a large supply
of water to the scene Of drilling
operations.
The use of gasoline engines
for power is being tried out by
the Nontana-Sweet Grass Oil &
Gas company on it's rig in Sec
ton 20-35-2 w, which is said to
cut water consumption by more
than IS per cent. The results
are being watched by oil men.
A boiler uses about so barrels
Of water q day.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-15
Let Contract Soon to
Drill moIumby Well
Hole is Down $50 Feet; Locdt
ed Near Black Magic
at Kelvin

The Molumby Oil company,
group OF about Is business anc
professional men of Great Falls
which holds 120 acres Of permit
lands a short distance from the
Black Magic we'll in the Kevin
field. will close drilling contract
for the completion Of the we'll on
the tract within the next week,
according to officers of the COM
pany.
The acreage held by the Mol
umby Oil company is in section
1882 W, and the well, which is
now down $50 feet, was drilled
about aquarter of a mile from the
Black Magic. The we'll is known
in the field as the Holding &
Royalty well, having been taken
over from that company by the
Molumby group.
The rig and camp are on the
ground, although the string Of
tools have been taken off. The
contract will be for completion
of the hole. the contractors to
provide the new string Of tools.
The Molumby froup, while in
corporated, is a closed corpora
tion and has not offered stock on
the market. 1t is headed by 10y
J. Molumby.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-15
kevin Crude
Price Reaches
$l.40 a Barrel
Ohio Company Concurs to Ten
Cent Advance for West
ern District

The Ohio Oil company concurs
in the 10-cent advance in crude
prices for the Rocky Mountain
district, according to a report re-
Gently from Casper, Wyo., head
quarters, making Kevin produc-
tion bring S1.2O to $1.40 a barrel,
an increase Of 100 per cent over
the first price in the field.
The field price on Keyin oil is
now: Below % degrees Baume,
$1.2O; % to 1919 degrees Baume,
$1.30; above 33.9 degrees Baume,
$1.40.
The price increase was an
nounced by the Midwest Refining
company at Casper and the Mid
Northern followed with the in
crease for Cat Creek. In an
nouncing that the Ohio Oil COM
pany had conformed to the in
crease. the Casper affice announc-
es that the Ohio will act jointly
with the Midwest in all crude
prices, a statement that clears
all crude prices, a statement that
clears the question of price ad-
vances, making it understood
that hereafter the price of Kelvin
oil automatically goes up in ac-
cordance with the rise in other
Rocky Mountain district fields.
The crude market on all Rocky
fields now stands:
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-15
Shertags Of Water
Suspsnds Drilling

Shortage of water at the Camp
bell we'll near harrington has
temporarily suspended drilling
operations. The boiler was dam
aged by freezing, which also
stopped the shallow seepage
water we'll. They were drilling
at about 800 feet when forced to
suspend drilling.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-15
ARCH SYNDICATE
SECURES VALuA-
Bile ACREAGE
Will Start Drilling Well Offset
ing Black Magic Within
q Short Time

The Arch Syndicate has secur-
ed a paidup fifty-ffty drilling
contract on a forty offsettin9
the Black Magic forty to the
southeast, of which the produc-
ing we'll of the Black Magic is an
offset. The Arch forty is thus
surrounded with wells and pro-
duction and makes as sure q
forty for production as is in the
whole field. The Arch forty is
one Of the best pieces n the
proven part of the field.
The Arch Syndicate is one of
the most aggressive organiza-
tiuns in the Northern Montana
fields. They have six men in the
field securing leases and acreage
in different structures j n the
state and already it is said con-
troll perhaps the largest acreage
of any concern in the field. Be-
sides Montana the syndicate are
negotiating for a structure in
Wyoming containing over forty
thousand acres. The syndicate
is also interested in the south
western fields and in the develop
ment Of oil on the Atlantic Sea-
board, t lie so-called Atlantic
Coastal Plain.
G. M. Mcconnell, who has had
several years experience in the
Montana fields, is one Of the
managers Of the Arch organiza-
ton. He is one of the best practi-
cal geologists in he United
States and a numberof experienc-
ed oil operators consider his
judgement on an oil structure
second, only to Gordon Campbell
himself.
1t is understood a large acre
age in the Kevin field is either
under option or being negotiated |
for by the syndicate, said t o
amount to two or three thousand
acres.
In conversation with t h e !
Review representative, Mr.. Nc
Connell said, Until recently we
had some very ambitious plans
for the development O f some
wildcat structures this coming
This plan has been
changed and the syndicate expect
to devote it's attention to secur-
ing production and especially in
the Kevin field. We plan on drill
ing the offset to the Black Magic
and also close our deals on other
inside acreage we have in view.
It is possible the Arch concern
will have several strings of tools
IN Kevin field, before
the summer is over. The price of
Kelvin crude has gone up from
seventy cents to a $1.40 in the
asst few weeks and we believe
crude oil will go over SIS and
maybe more, a barrel within a (
short time. This as a result of
,he political situation rather than
economic conditions. The politi-
,al development has been t h e
cause Of our change of plans.
The sum total of our work will
net us several thousand {
acres of leases on structures in
lifferent parts Of the country. ,
We have a number of offers to
lrill o n part o + this acreage
which we shall probably accept, 9
t is more than probable the bal
lnce will be turned over to others 1
he syndicate having decided to I
ievote all its time and money to
proven territory.
1t is understood a number OF
New York operators are interest
d and own a large part of the 3
Arch Syndicate together with t
ohm F. Campbell, another of the Q
llscoy erer and developer of the q
Aevin oil fields. It is known that 8
hese gentlemen are associated '
ogether in the Atlantic Coastal q
'lan development. .
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-15
Oppose Delay
In Drilling on
Permit Lands
Lond Department Takes Stand
Against Second Extensions
Of Obligations

It will be against the policy OF
the land department to grant
second applications for extension
Of the time Of drilling obligations
according to a ruling received at
the Great Falls land office.
The ruling reads:
In the matter of a second ap-
plication for an extension Of time
to comply with the requirements
of permit to prospect for oil
and gas on the grounds of finan-
cial conditions and the waiting
for the outcome of other opera
tions in the immediate field the
general land Office states:
These permits were issued
with the expectation that the
terms thereof would be met, and
it is not considered to be in inter-
est of the government or other
persons to have land tied up in
these permits without any effort
being made by the permittee to
determine same. Especially is
this true when such permittees
are standing by waiting for 9TH
ers to spend time and money to
test the structures without in
any wise contributing to that de-
termination"
The ruling affects a great num-
Der Of oil and gas permits in
Montana. While tits not inter
preted by oil men as being abso-
lutte, leaving room for some ex-
pectations to the rule, it never
theless will have the effect of
speeding operations in many of
the fields.
1t affects many permits in the
Great Falls district, many of
these now having before the de-
partment applications for second
extensions. None Of these re-
quests have yet beee granted
and none of them have been re.
fused.
Probably the field most affect
ed bv the ruling would be the
Bowdoin field near Saco and
Malta, large structure. virtual
ly half in government land or
land in which the oil rights were
reserved and covered by permits.
Should this rule be held to with
out exception, it would mean that |
probably not less than $50 or 300
wells would have to be drilled
during the next 18 months on
that structure. It would make
impossible the holding of permits
by persons without the necessary
financial backing to validate their
holdings.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-02-15

VIM. Rhea drilling superinten-
dent Of the Gordon Compbell in
terests, is in Denver, Colorrdo,
on a business trip.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-25
AStOTy of
DestinY

tall elms, ugly old people with
plain speech and honest, quiet
eyes, smiling down lovingly on a
skipping, frisking little girl.
a.. / see them shining plain
The happy highways where I
went
And may not go again"
After time she closed her book
and went up on the roof for a
quiet moment alone, to go back
to Ashley, to look at those blue,
remembered hills.
But there was some one else on
the terrazza. She made out a
mans figure under the grapevine.
Being a girl, she thought i'm
patiently, she was obliged to turn
back and shut herself up in her
stuffy room. 1t continued to be
exactly as it had been in Bayonne.
The world was one great Jeanne,
with a nose twitching for scandal.
Ashley was far away
She had watched the horrid little
tragedy of the swallow with such
intensity that When the catastro-
phe came she almost felt those
curved claws sink into her own
flesh bon dieu! What was
that man doing climbing out OF
the window-Sa mailman! No, he
had seen the cat, too. What a
leap. And now how he ran-like
a prestissimo ALA forte passage.
All! He had caught that wretched
cat. But the swallow was dead.
He was too late. How gently he
picked it up. Did men ever feel
compassion for things hurt?
Oh! oh! the swallow had flown
out of his hands. How it SCARED
up and up. Who would not soar,
saved by strong, kind hand from
such terror.
He had turned to come back. 1t
was a good face--but after she had
seen the expression of the deep
set, steady eyes she could see
nothing but that. Eyes that look
ed kind; but not weak. In tho
world about Marise it had been an
understood anxiom that only weak
people were kind.
And what now--eh bienl To, de-
fend the catl What did he care
about cat?
Yet she saw II at once. What
he wanted was Justice. Think OF
any ones wanting justice for any
tblng~~let alone cat.
ITO 30 Continued ToMorrOw.)
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CHAPTER XII.

During the interminable process
of hanging the skirt of that yell
low dress for Donna Antonia's
soiree, Marise kept thinking OF
the Pantheon. The dressmaker's
lodging was near there. If they
could only be done with those
draperies she would have time to
step into the place which she loved
best in Rome. She cast look at
herself in the cracked mirror
which was all the inexpensive
little dressmaker could afford.
I'm afraid it's higher on the right
hip" she said, and settled with a
sigh to endure more pinnings and
unpinnings. Strange, how i'm
portant it is for the correct play
ing of Beethoven she thought
ironically, that the drapery on
one hip shall not be higher than
= on the other" She caught a
glimpse Of herself as she thought
this, and frowned to see her lip
curled ina cold, ugly line of dis.
taste. Her thoughts were showing
more and more on her face She
knew well enough what Nine. Val
len would say. She would say.
Don't pretend, dear child, that
you don't know perfectly we'll that
the kind of dress you wear has a
great deal to do with everything
anybody cares about, and that the
kind Of people you must depend
on to make your music profitable
are the kind who care nothing
about music and altogether about
looks"
That was true, of course, bur
all the same it did make Marise
sick to have people call a ''soiree
musicale" what really was a "sar-
torial evening" OF course it was
understood that people were hypo-
critical about everything. She
granted that they never called
anything by it's right name. But
she did wish they would leave
music alone, She cared about
that!
That's right now" she said
aloud, looking intently from ono
hip to the other. Perhaps a lit.
tie moreno, it will do as it is"
She would have time for the
Pantheon after all-ten minutes
at least. Ten minutes for the
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ROUGH HE w N

Pantheon! She had been three
quarter of an hour with the dress
maker. That was her life. She
walked in through the gray old
portico and, still fretting, her
mouth still in the cold, ugly line,
she stepped through the huge
bronze doorway and stood under
the vault ''ahT'
= She always forgot how it Af-
fected her or she would come in
every day as other people said
their prayers. 1t was as though
it had been made for her and had
waited till she came, sore-hea-ted,
to look at it and find a passing
peace.
She lifted her face to the huge
open circle at the center OF the
dome high over her head. Quiet
strength came into her heart from
those great gray stones. Gen.
fury after century they had en-
closed that lovely circle of open
sky and sunlit cloud and swallow
flights. Every other ancient roof
in Rome had gone down to heaps
of rubbish, save only this, stead
fast, enduring, letting the the in
nocent clear light of every day
down to the heart of the old
temple.
Daylight-that was what made
the Pantheon a place apart for
her-honest daylight. How cheap
beside it was the electrical yellow
of the windows pack in the altar
in st. Peters.
She looked about her for q place
TO sit and, seeing no chair, took a
prie-dien and sank to her knees on
it as though she were praying.
She was praying in her way. She
continued to look up at the heaped
golden clouds, at the infinite depth
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of the blue, blue sky, at the in
effahle clarity of the light, pour
ing in through the great round
opening. It seemed to smile at
her, an honest. loving, reassuring
smile that flooded her vexed,
somher heart as it flooded the SOM
Der, ancient building. What
strength, what strength in those
gray stones, to hold together where
everything else had been broken
and dispersed. How beautiful
primitive things were. How con-
soling and heaiing-the hardness
and strength of stones, the clarity
Of light, the transparency of the
sky. II you could only somehow
make your life up of such things
strength, sunshine, simplicity
and music.
She continued to gazes her hands
clasped. Yes, she was praying,
she was praying for little share
Of all that.
What was that absurd Mr.. Liv-
ingstone saying? Marise glanced
up sharply from her book and
listened. Why, he was talking
about Crittenden's-old Mr.. Crit
tenden dead and had left that
lovely old mountain home to some
Indifferent nephew? To make sure,
she put her book down and asked
a question or two. How strange
that she should be talking about
Ashley to people here in Roman
pension. Ashley. Crittenden's
Cousin Hetty.
She seemed to have gone again
back to her book, but she
was not reading. She was looking
at sunlit green valley, a white
road winding through 1T, a glass
clear little river chanting under
williws, low, friendly homes under
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By Ann Isle.
Copyright, 1923. King Features
Syndicate, Incl

wv nosBm eql psuEor sM
" s'Ieu 6JsnBs OF pe!JllloJ
6nueEoggns ssM NaH
line contingent and got down
to hard work. But. at last
came the dreaded hour when /
had to go home toN my empty
apartment. wanted to ask Betty
to let me stay with her, but /
couldn't bring myself to betray
even to ffer the fact that, Jim had
gone out. And / didn't want to
suggest that I'd stay away from
home again il he were there.
Everybody coming to work to-
morrow night-or are all of you
set on a country week-end?" ask
ed Peter Stanley carelessly as we
were leaving.
The men all agreed to WORK,
but Betty said protectively:
II know Anne has plans with
which we mustn't interfere. But
I'm game to hold up the feminine
end and make stab at doing
her share
The assumed carelessness in
her sIangy way Of expressing her.
self told me that Betty was MAX
ing an elaborate effort to stand
by me. And her manner inspired
me. to like off-hand expression.
''Of course. you can count on
me to join the league of willing
workers, managed with SEEM
ing carelessness.
'Righto!,' said Peter Stanley.
whose patron saint is named
work 2 Only If we're all go
ing to slave OF a Saturday, lets
do II thoroughly. Will it be al
right with you girls IL we AL
gather at your office at three
| and make an afternoon of it?
Then we can dine somewhere
and have bit Of relaxation from
seven to nine and get back on
| the job. That ought to finish it
with time to spare. This sui.
everybody
I was the first to cast an affir-
native vote. But after everyone
had followed suit and the thing
was agreed on. Betty said with
an air of impromptu Inspiration: I
Anne can you wait a minute?
I've semething to show YOU
/ AN EXCUSE.
Yes replied. deciding that
I'd throw myself on her mercy
when we were alone and ask to
stay the night after all and in
spite Of my resolution. But again
Peter the positive interfefed.
Ralph and I viii wait for you,
Mrs. Harrison, down in his car.
Were driving the lady home.
aren't we, Lucy?"
"of course agreed Ralph.
Run along then, boys" COM
manded Betty a shade impa-
tiently. "Anne win join you in
five minutes. claim that mueh
of her time"
"The moment the men departed,
Betty turned to me gravely.
do you think you ought to call
off the weekend or even part of
it and leave Jim to his own de-
vices?'' she asked.
"We're not going to Jeanie's,"
I replied juggling with that part
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-10-25

was crying for. Since l have been
taking Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound I feel younger than
I did ten years ago, and my friends
all tell me I look younger. and owe
it all to the Vegetable Compound. !!
do all my homework FOR q family OF
seven now. I will be glad to answer
any woman who writes me ia regard
to my case Mrs. JOHN MYERS, 30
Union ST., Greenville, Pa.
Many letters similar. to this have
been published testifying to the
merit Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. They are sincere ex-
pressions from women who describe
rs best they can their feelings be-
fore and after taking this well-knowD
medicine.
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HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS

cast faint light around them:
. this is most noticeable on a warm,
dry night after a day of hot SUM-
shine.
Small cakes, buns and pastry
require fairly quick oven.
Bicarbonate of soda should al
ways be at hand In the store cup
board. Apart from it many uses
in cookery a little dissolved In
warm water will quickly relieve
a slight attack Of indigestion, and
often allay q feeling OF bilious
ness.