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Evening star., 1923-05-06
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.
\ HE United States faces the ne
cessity of securing future sup

1
cegsity of securing future sup
plies of raw materials abroad
| in the same way that oil and
copper rights have tust been acquired
by Rear Admiral c. NJ. Chester from
the Turkish government at Angora
after a twenty-year struggle.
There are two fundamental reasons
for going after these mineral re-
| sources. One is the actual need for
these raw materials in certain cases.
The second is that, with q restricted
supply of labor and larger supply of
gold than we ever had before. IL we
| attempt to put to work in this coun-
try all the gold and the credit that
can properly be built on it. we will
simply have the people bidding
against each other for labor, with
the result that we will run up our
costs until they are completely out Of
line with the rest Of the world.
Supplies Cannot he Created.
We must realize that mineral de-
posits are exhaustible and that we
either have or haven't a mineral. 1t
|
in and cultivated, like grain, so that
We could get a crop in that way. 1t
isn't like a process of manufacture
that can translate one thing into
something else. We can introduce a
| process for making tin plate, but we
can't grow tin. Either it is here or
| it isn't here.
The supplies nature gave US were
| fixed long before this country was
crease those supplies. In other
| words, we have been and are drawing
on a fixed deposit. All we can do is
to learn to substitute and by I'M
proved methods Of production or
| cheapening our processes we can
learn to use Iower-grade materials.
But the time must come eventually
when we have used up all there is.
/ Taking the world as a whole. the
distribution of mineral resources is
very unequal. The United States oc-
| cupies a territory which has not only
| unusual mineral wealth as to variety,
/ but also as to quantity. Our big in
dustrial life here has come with the
expansion and use of those minerals.
Sixty-five per cent of the freight on
| the railroads is mineral freight or
materials manufactured from MIN
!
roads the largest single element In
freight Is mineral.
| No civilization has ever been de-
yeloped which has made the demand
on the fixed supply of mineral re-
sources within the limits of the coun-
| try that we of the United States are
| now making. In other words. We are
| using up our mineral resources at a
| more rapid rate than any other peo-
| pie who ever lived, despite tho fact
| that we started with an unusually
\ large and varied supply.
Fortunately, Of the two minerals
| most fundamental to civilization
! coal and iron-we have resources tha
are adequate to the demands likely
to be made upon them for many,
/ many years.
| Surplus In Some Cases.
With regard to other sources the
! situation varies. OF some. such as
copper, we have a surplus for export
OF others, such as tin, we have prac-
tically no domestic supply and are
wholly dependent upon imports
Platinum and nickel may be men,
toned as metals which, though not
used in large quantity, are of first
Importance to our complex modern in
dustrial civilization. 1t would be
| substantially impossible to make the
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inforee the French M h army in syria should de-
plenty , more French divisions in the of,ng:
is SAID that lsmet Pasha at once ;s adopted
mendacity that the idea Of intimiating France
had never entered tho Turkish cerebeiium
to their new attitude. The Turk is not a per-
son to be conciltated A bold unyieiding front
later report declares that Paris has informed
% ment Of 'th she TurKish % forces along the syrian
border the French delegation will be with
eiIn the past the breaking off Of negotiations
under such circumstances would almost in
fallibly have meant var Is the unsPeaaa1ls be
should bear in mind that there are already
600 British and 5000 French in and around
Constantinople: Should he lose his head and
e. n san i should e% NOT Hraa5 ah shs
French divisions to make up an allied force
capable Of dealing with his army my
his hopes of Mosul. Presumably he has been
o on % of ed
Apparently he has deceived himself on all
of all cess and he would rather fight than
It is reported that Mr.. Crew. our representa-
tive at Lausanne has. under orders from
government Informed Gen. Pelle that
by to so
ais, which may be found to conflict with con-
cessions previously granted to other coun-
Ismet holds out uncompromisingly against the
efforts of the allies to obtain his agreement
TO important guarantees In lieu of the capitu-
lations. 1t is the opinion of some that the
conference will be shipwrecked this issue.
X X y x
Dussia.-A so-caled afl-Russian church
council met in Moscow during the past week.
convened at the instance of the soviet gov
ernment to pass holy judgment upon Patri-
arch Tikhon. Its name would seem to imply
haf ipfA lad fp ipcl lnda nfaft trac
in just proportions Of the old Orthodox Church
and of its numerous dissenting offshoots. 1t
would seem, however, that there were few
Orthodox representatives present that the
council in fact packed No invited
that martyrs crown by saying word for
the patriarch. He was not present
evidence heard in his defense. May was
day to be marked with white stone in re-
ligous annals. On that day the council passed
a resolution in substance as follows:
Declaring the struggle of the soviet govern
ment against capitalism. (which is one OF the
Condemning the Counter revolutionary
acts Of Tikhon and his adherents. declaring
sia. and expelling him from the church.
Abolishing the once of patriarch and es-
supreme directive body" of the church.
The former patriarch; l., formally divested Of
soviet supreme court.
X X x
Miscellane"ps.-The King of Egypt, after
bitter effort to b0 ing about revision of the
Egyptian constitution in an autocratic
sense at least signed it April 20. The
constitution is democratic, declares that all
powers of government are derived from the
people. Islem is recognized the official re-
Hgion. The status of the Sudan is referred to
Anglo Egyptian negotiations. 1t seems prob
able that on this last point there will be diff
work has begun on the Polish port of
Gdingen 1t is to have 42-foot depth of
water against only "a feet at Danzig and
should make Poland independent Of Danzis
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many who perhaps didn't actually
vote against. the BILL but certainly
did refrain from giving it that heart
mess or aggressive support which
might have made the difference be-
tween the success that it could have
Cause OF Embarrassment.
Also. 1t is undoubtedly a fact that
one Of the most embarrassing things
that happened to Harding during
his administration rests on Lasker,s
shoulders. There have been few
things that hurt the administration
SO much as the disclosure that LIQUOR
was being sold on the ships owned
and operated by the United States
Shipping Board. That seriously mis-
taken policy was Lasker's own. Las
ker had to bear the responsibility for
1T, and, be it said to his credit. he
didn't shrink from the responsibility.
1t was a rather serious mistake Of
judgment. and a mistake in q field
which Is sometimes even more fmpor-
tant than judgment-the field Of ta ate
It ought not to have been done. The
put in the position Of being a cheat.
a bootieEger and hypocrite.
But Lasker, characteristically head
long and impetuous, being SO intent
on ma aking success Of the Shipping
Board and SO intent on getting the
largest amount of business for the
ships he was responsible for. asked
his general counsel whether LIQUOR
could be sold on these vessels within
the letter of the law. Having got the
assurance of his general counsel that
1t was legal, he went ahead and did a.
He failed to realize that this was a
case where there is higher law than
the letter OF the actual law. He suf-
Of the intimacy between himself and
Harding, Harding also suffered q
good deal for 1t. ',t -
Stood BY His Friend..
1t was assumed. because Of the In
timacy OF the two men. that Harding
must have known about ii and must
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WHAT FEAT OF THE To
MAY MEAN TO AVIATION
Emphasizes Importance OF Aircraft in
Defending Borders of America From
Any Hostile Attack.

500 hours continuously. solution OF
the problem for future long-distance
nonstop fights greater than that
just recorded would not lie in that
as dead weight without touching a
drop of it half way across the contl-
nent. On the final lap, however. it
was utilized. The gasoline carried
was in fifteen steel drums, and not
many more could have been loaded in
. This leads to the conclusion that a
much greater distance than that flown
by the two Army aviators will not
be overed in one sustained fight until
a plane capable of carrying more
than two and quarter tons of fuel,
to keep it in constant fight, is de-
veloped. But at present the range Of
action of the air service has been
increased from a few hundred miles
to well over a thousand. Centralized
fleet cauld depart on a few hours
notice for any portion of the United
States.
Comparison Of Distances.
The magnitude of the flight is more
evident when it is shown that the
distance covered from LonAIsland to
San Diego would have made it possi<
BILE for the ship to have flown with
out a stop from San Francisco to
Honolulu; from Chicago to Panama; !;
st. Johns, Newfoundland, across the
Atlantic to Paris (Alcock and Brown
in 1920 flew from ST. Johns to Ire
Seattle, Wash; from Seattle north to
the eighty-fourth degree Of latitude.
pole; from Seattle westward to
wranEle Island, whore many polar
expeditions are prepared; from
sues; Gibralter to Jerusalem; San
Francisco to Nome. Alaska; Nome to
within a few hundred miles of Toxic,
q route which never has been trav-
ersed by airplanes. or the two pilots
could have flown across Africa at the
coast of the Australian continent.
All the foregoing routes were meas
ured on the great circle.
The T-2's noteworthy feat will not
remain the peak Of aeronautfcal
achievement by the United States and
tic nonstop flight of Alcock and
Brown in 1920. Attempts shortly are
to be made to cover approximately
the same route take by the Fokker
monoplane by a smaller ship in per
former. It is estimated that q plane
capable Of making 200 miles an hour
can leave New York at dawn and ar
rive in full view OF the Pacific before
nightfall. This. however, would not
be nonstop flight, because the
smaller plane could carry at the most
a supply of fuel for about three
hours flying. 1t would be necessary
on this test to establish a.; line Of
fuel stations across the continent,
each being on the alert to rush to the
plane as 1t landed and flood the gaso-
line tank. The successful completion
of this test, too. would open the way
further for American aeronautics to
reach that stage predicted for 1t.
Aid in Commercial Aviation.
The T-2 also has given commercial
aviation q good push forward. If q
railroad train left New. York At
about the time the Army pilots took
off and il it continued on, It's way
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Alcohol of Acorns

use has been made of acorns, but re-
cent experiments show that alcohol
can be made from them. Shelled
acorns contain about 20 per cent of
starch. which can be readily sacchari-
fed and then converted into alcohol.
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A n airpIane motor has been de-
~ veioped that never stops.
~ An airplane has been per-
fected that can fly nearly
5000 miles with a load Of three tons
Therefore, from the standpoint of
the performance Wednesday and
Thursday Of the T-2. American air
craft could penetrate an enemy's
lines to a depth of almost 1900
miles. carry out their mission and
return to their base with still a few
drops of fuel in the tank.
American aircraft could ze as
signed to proceed from one point in
the United States to another, requir-
ing a flight of 1900 miles. One-half
Of the amount Of fuel required for
the T-2 to make the cross-country
hop could be left behind and tho
planes could take off and deliver
practically to any point in the coun-
try a load of more than one ton of
supplies and ammunition. What ef-
feet would 500 or 1000 T-2s have
on enemies at the doors of the coun-
try? OF course, they would be pro-
tected, but the case may be that
they are not sufficiently guarded to
withstand a carefully planned as
sault Development, design and con-
struction Of lcng-distance bombing
planes will be natural conclusion
undoubtedly from the fight OF the
T-2.
Vital Factor In Defense.
The accomplishment Of the Fokker
monoplane, showing mobility and de-
pendability of the airplane, makes
the air service vital factor in the
position Of the country's defense sys-
tenn, If it never before had been con-
sidered as such, 1t Is declared au-
thoritatiyely. The navy has been
assigned the first line of defense. A
feet of battle ships sent out from
the shores of America to ward off
an attack from an enemy fleet doubt
less would accomplish Its purpose,
but many who are s IN a po1,tson 70 70
birds of similar type, carrying men
"a skillful in bombing as the two
famous transcontinental flyers are
in plotting, could penetrate the
oceans to great distance drop
their deadly eggs and return nome
in a matter of hours
The air service cannot say definitely
that American aircraft activities will
be revolutionized by this epochai Yeat
Of the two McCook Field pilots. They
lay down the situation as stated in
the opening paragraphs, /. e.. an air.
plane motor has been developed that
never stops and an airplane has been
nerfected that can fly nearly 5000
miles with a load of three tons. What
is to follow, they declare, may be left
to conjecture.
WEIGHT Question Looms. 4
Satisfied, Of course, to the utmost
degree with the actual fight Of the
ship, but looking hastily. into the fu-
ture, a. dark obstruction looms up
before the.eyes of air service omMals.
It is the question of weight. Should
the Liberty motor demonstrate con-
ciusively that it could run for 100 or
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Although they cover approximately
the same ares. the United States has
about 25o.0oo miles nf railroad ana
Australia about $4,000.
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Aid in Commercial Aviation

The T-2 also has given commercial
aviation q good push forward. If q
railroad train left New York At
about the time the Army pilots took
off and If it continued on, It's way
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Lasker Close to the President:
How He Gained High Position

Continued from First PageD
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A n airplane motor has been de-
~ veioped that never stops.
~ An airp1ane has been per-
fonfaH II,
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Stood BY His Friend.

1t was assumed. because Of the in
timacy OF the two men. that Harding
must have known about ii and must
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-05-17

+. Summerville, vice presiden,
of The Queen City Oil company,
in company with j. Wesley Woodt
Albert Olsen and Bruce Nc
Kinnis, arrived in Kevin Monday
from Regina, Sask., to look after
the company's holdings here.
Mr.. Swarts, who has the drilling
contract for their we'll in 32-35-2,
has the derrick up and the tools
arrived Tuesday and it is proba-
BILE that the we'll will be spudded
in by the first Of the week and
will be rushed to completion. AS
soon as the number one well is
completed he location of the
number two well will be spotted
a n d operations started. Bill
Thomas. of Cat Creek, will be
the driller in charge.
The Queen City Oil company
have large drilling campaign
outlined for this field.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-05-17
Third Decker
Well Hits OIL;
600 Feet Rise
Will Drill in When Forty Feet
of Cusings Are Cleaned
Out

The third well being drilled by
Decker and Richards came in
Saturday at 1,517 feet, and the
oil rose 600 feet in the casing.
They are running six-inch casing
and will drill in as soon as they
clean out the 40 feet Of cavings
in the hole.
This we'll is higher structuraIly
than t h 9 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mcdonald we'll No. II, and is
said to be even better than the
Hogan No. 1. This makes that
part of the field look exception
ally good for considerable pro-
duction.
The Sweetgrass-McDonald we'll
1882 w, will spud in this week
with standard rig, according to
D. A. Mcdonald, general manag-
or and William Mansfield, field
manager, both Of Vancouver, B.
c., who were in the field this
week.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-05-17
55l Million Barrels
1922 Crude Output

New York. The production OF
crude oil has increased in IL
years from approximately 1885,
100000 barrels, valued a t less
than S100,000,0O0, with imports
negligible, to a domestic produc-
tion of 251, 100000 barrels in
1922, with imports Of about 129,-
100000 barrels, or a total of $780,
100000 barrels, valued at more
than 81 ,0O0,00O,000, according to
figures complied by the American
Petroleum institute.
The daily average gross crude
oil production o f the United
States increased 41,80O barrels
for the week ended May 5, total
ing 1,988.30O barrels, according
to the institute. The daily aver
age production east of the Rocky
mountains was 1,278,300 barrels,
an increase of 26, 800.
California production was 710,-
600 barrels, an increase of $1,000
barrels.
Mid-continent crude was re-
duced 10 cents a barrel, now be-
ing quoted at $1.2O to $3.50 ac-
cording to the gravity Of the oil.
Pennsylvania districts were re-
duced 25 cents a barrel.
Th imports Of petroleum
(crude and refined oils) for April
7,712,500 barrels, COM
pared with 1857 900 barrels for
March. Imports for the week
ended May 5 totaled 1895, 900
barrels, compared with 1,611, 900
for the week ended April %.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-05-17
Fourth Reduction
In Three Weeks

Casper, Wyo. = The Midwest
Refining Id Ohio companies
Monday announced a reduction
of 10 cents barrel in the posted
field prices of Wyoming and
Montana crude oils, the new
prices of all grades affected be-
ing as follows:
Cat Creek, S1.75; Lance Creek,
Usage, Grass Creek, Torchlight.
Elk Basin and Greybull, $1.70;
Rock Creek, S1.35; Salt Creek
and Big Muddy, .25; Mule Creek
95 cents; Kevin 70 cents.
The reduction 8 the fourth
made here in three weeks.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-05-17
Hogan Acreage
Field Royalty
Brings 81 $4,000
Covers 1870 Acres Where Pres
ent Wells are Located;
Record Price

The high-water mark in roy
atty prices was reached when a
deal consumated recently brot
$180,00O, or 35 per cent royalty
in the field. The royalty cover
ed the 120-acre tract where the
Hogan / and 2 wells are located.
The terms call for 100000 in
cash and $4,000 in stock in the
Hogan Oil company, which has
taken over the holdings Of T. S.
Hogan.
E. F. Cobb, J. w. Speer. L. F.
Rutherford and C. M. McCutch-
con originally purchased an 82H
per cent lease on 240 acres from
Helmericks for Sc, 900. The lease
on 12O acres in section 80, con-
veying 80 per cent royalty, sold
for $89, 900 not long after the or
iginal deal went through. Later
a drilling contract was arranged
with 7. S. Hogan on the other
12O acres in 22-35-2 W. on $3.50
basis. It is this 35 per cent held
by the group when this contract
was made. that is involved in the
present deal.
The original Hogan acreage
has all been taken over by the
Hogar4 Oil company. The Hogan
Oil company controls from 16 900
to 1900 acres in the heart Of the
field, and recently turned about
SO per cent Of its stock to the
Mutual Oil company, W h c h
marked the Mutuals first en-
trance into the field.
The price paid for this royalty
would figure 300 per acre. The
entrance of the Mutual into the
Kevin field is taken as significant
of the larger company's attitude
toward the field. It is viewed
favorably because it will proba-
bly, mean more field storage, pipe :
lines, and better market. The
Mutual is refining and market
ing company, with a chain OF
stations in Montana.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-05-17
Notice Subscribers

Beginning with this number,
The Kevin Review has reached
the age Of one year, and in order
to give some Of our subscribers
who are back on their pay and
wish the Review renewed for
another year, we are mailing out
postal cards telling just when
your subscription expires. If you
wish the paper to keep coming,
it will be necessary that you pay
up your subscription at once. as
it is against the laws Of the
United States for US to carry
dead subscribers.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-05-17
Hogan State | Reaches
Ellis at 1923 Feet

The Hogan-State No. l we'll,
NWA NEA section 1882 W.
reached the top Of the sand in
the Ellis at the depth of 1.623
feet. Drilling was stopped a
soon as the sand was struck. and
casing run. The oil rose 600 feet
in the hole with a 70-foot cavern.
TheMutual Oil company. which
recently purchased half inter-
est on the Hogan Oil company
acreage, had just taken charge
of the field operations, and with
in "a hours the well hit the sand.
The Hogan-State is the second
well to be brought in on state
land in this field, and the first on
1882 w, which lies in the cent
er of the township. The first we'll
on state land was the Potlatch
a small producer on 1851 W.
L. F. Sontag of Casper, general
manager for the Mutual Oil com
pany, is in the field and making
the development plans. 1t is pro-
bable they will build large per-
manent camp on section 1882
W.
The material for the first Of
the $4,000 barrel tanks is expect
ed to arrive in the field this week
and conctruction work will start
at once.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-05-17
Black Raven Company
Showing Activity

The first steel derrick in the
Kevin field was used this week
in spudding in the we'll of the
Black Raven Oil company.
P. A. St. Amour, Sunburst
merchant, Walter Jensen and
George Prentice, Great Falls bus
mess men are the officers of the
company, which owns 320 acres
surrounding the well-site.
The holdings of the company
are near Kelvin, being only one
and one-half miles northeast,
brings this well the closest drill
ing near the city.
The steel derrick which is be-
ing used, though new to the Ke-
vim field, is veteran in service,
having drilled 38 other wells.
George Snyder of the Havre Gas
company has the contract, which
was started with a 15-inch hole.
Though its merits are little
known in the Kevin field, the
steel derrick is much favored in
fields.
Many advantages are claimed
for it, among them being cheap
ness and resistance against high
winds and fire. Its first cost is
said to exceed that of a wooden
zig, the lessening in cost arising
from the fact that it may be used |
,ver and over again without no.
,iceable depreciation.
Igniting gas has already burn
ID down two rigs in the Keyin
ield and one on the Bears Den
tructure, in Liberty county.
rhe steel rig, in q field where
laarly all the wells have gas
howings, reduces the fire haz-
rd to a minimum.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1923-05-17
Sparta Rig Perform
ance is Watched

Operators in the Kevin field
are watching with some interest
the progress Of the Sparta drill
ing machine, a gasoline motor
machine is drilling for the Sweet
grass Arch Consolidation on the
northwest quarter of section 2
35-1 W. This is the first time q
Sparta machine has been used in
the northern rig.
Sam Teagarden, formerly edi-
tor of the Montana Oil Fields
Bulletin, is state agent for the
Sparta Drilling Machine compa-
ny and he has contracted for the
delivery of several rigs in Mon
tana. The Sparta machine has a
45-horse power gas engine that
burns either gasoline, natural
gas or kerosene. 1t uses what is
called a LA derrick and standard
tools and will drill 5000 feet. A
15-inch hole was started at the
Consolidation we'll.
Lee Garfield, president of the
Sparta company, made a careful
inspection of the northern field
and examined the logs of various
wells drills. He believes that the
Sparta machine can effect an
economy in drilling Of as high as
$2500 on 1500-foot hole. This
is made possible, he says, by the
saving in fuel and water, in ad-
dition to the lower initial cost of
the rig.
The Consolidation company is
financed by Spokane and Wiscon-
sin capital. Drilling two towers,
head driller Skilton expects an
early completion. = Montana Oil
Journal. u