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The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1925-04-23
KEVIN FIELD LEADS
IN TOTAL RUNS

Reports of the oil fields of the
state to the Montana railroad CO.
mission for February just issued
shows that there was 205.942 bar
rels of crude collected from the
Kevin and the Cat Creek fields.
The Kevin field led with 108,-
666 barrels of oil received and
transported by the Illinois Pipe
Line company, while the Conti-
mental Oil company, operating in
the Cat Creek field, received
from wells 99,275 barrels, al
though it transported for deliy-
cry 1913, 490.69 barrels.
Of the receipts from wells in
the Kevin field deliveries were
made as follows:
international refining company
1924 barrels; Sunburst Refining
company 23,1l1; Reliance Refn-
ing company 484; Ohio Oil COM
pany 9,252; Continental Oil
company 5,679; Imperial Oil
company 19, $50; Alberta Refining
company $50; total 107, 1888.
At the close of the month the
pipe line company held in storage
forothers 6,254 barrels. The field
price at the beginning Of the
month was SLIP, which was ad-
vanced February 13 to $1.20. Oil
Journal.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1925-04-23
Company
Starts Operations

Drilling will start today at a
well to be sunk on INV ne 8-34-2w
two offsets west of the Kaufman
McCutcheon completion of last
Monday, by 7. F. McCue and his
associates, he announced in Great
Falls Wednesday, after returning
from the field. The McCue group
has owned the 40-acre tract on
which the we'll will be drilled
since last summer and arrange
ments for the drilling of well
was completed in the east last
winter.
The McCue-Dcherty well, 40
miles north of Great Falls, has
not been able to resume drilling
because of the damaged joint Of
casing which prevented the crew
from starting work the first of
the week, Mr.. McCue stated. An
effort has been made since last
Sunday to correct the fault in the
pipe by swedging, but up to We'd
nesday afternoon no apparent
progress had been made.
Mr.. McCue was accompanied
by A. M. Flint of Mansfield, Ohio
and George Burgess of Cleveland
who are interested in both the
McCue-Doheny and the we'll to
be spudded in in Toole county to-
day. Mr.. Flint also is associated
with another group, which con-
templates taking over another
tract in Kelvin and starting oper-
ations Immediately. Mr.. Flint
and Mr.. Burgess left Wednesday
evening for Ohio.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1925-04-23
STARTS
OPERATIONS
Pair of Rigs Under Construc-
ton; Other Operators Ex-
tend Programs

The Western Petroleum Ex-
ploration company, are rigging
up on two locations. One is the
Berglin No. 3, snw NV, 12-35-2w.
The other is the William Swears
No. 4. NV sw NV, 4-35-2w. The
company has two psoducers on
this property.
The Rose Oil company, organ
lied by V. B. Hungerford, has
taken a lease on 40 acres in 1885,
1w. and has a machine on loca-
tion in t h e Sc ne ne of that
section. Hungerford drilled the
Frazer-Tenbroeck No. 2, which
came into production the last of
the week in the Sunburst sand,
and is large stockholder in B.
G. Montana Oil Wells, Ltd, with
three producers; Kewanee Oil
company. with one, and Tecum-
sch Oil company. which is now
starting operations.
The Tri-Standard are erecting
a rig on their No. 2 location n Sc
NV 30-32-1w, offsetting the COM
pany's No l producer in the same
section.
Louis Lilly has taken a contract
to drill the Robertson Danielson
No. |, and is moving material on
location in ne NV NV 21-35-1w.
This offsets the Potlatch-State
in l6-32-fSs 4pd ne
Jones' White No. l in section Il.
The Potlatch has another pro-
ducer in sw sw sw 16-35-1w,
which has 42-degree oil Beaume.
There will be two rigs going here
shortly, when the Buckner-Olsen
Danielson No. /, ne sw NV of
section 21, get started. Three
wells have been drilled in this
extreme northeast corner of the
field, and all have been producers.
Potlatch company has had rig
up for some time on the Potlatch
Grass location in Sc Sc Sc 1851
west.
The B. G. Montana -Stannard
No. 4 has a location in NV Sc NV,
1882 w, and the Johnson Corey
No. 5 has a location offsetting
the Whitman No. in sw NV,
f-34-2 W.
O'Neil Brothers will immedi-
ately drill their No. 2 we'll as
offsett to the No. l producer, the
location Sc Sc NV, 1882 w. This
will force an offset by the Home
stake company.
The Western Drilling-Fryber-
ger No. 1 Sc Sc 24-35-e W, was
drilled deeper the last of the
week in an attempt to increase
production. They have lost their
tools and are fishing. This well
had a showing Of oil at l ,53l feet
when it was drilled in March Is.
Seattle-Foster will drill smother
well on the Sweeney lease in
section 5 to offsett the Kaufman
& McCutcheon No. L, ne ne 1884,
, w.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1925-04-23
Third Dividend of
Kalispell- -Kevin Co.

KalispelI, April IA. The third
dividend of the Kalispell-Kevin
company, one of the local oil COM
panies, was declared Monday,
according to officials of the COM
pany. This distribution makes a
total of 1000 paid to stockhol-
ders within few months. 1t is
also said that six drilling rigs
are getting ready to start opera
tions on the company's holdings
and that six other operating COM
panies which haye purchased ac-
reage will start work later.
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The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1925-04-23
DEMAND FOR
CRUDE GROWS
Gas Distributors Forced to
DroW on Reserves as Con-
sumption Increases

With Mid-continent light oil
production 133, 900 barrels a day
less on April l than on January
II, last, and record demand for
gasoline, oil men regard the crude
oil situation in the country's big
producing center as sound, the
Wall Street Journal says in a re-
view of the oil trade.
Mid-continent on the latest
figures was yielding $4,000 bar
rels of crude oil daily. On Janu-
ary II, this year, the district
was producing 1,047.250 barrels
daily. Decrease in ten weeks,
therefore, was $4,000 barrels
daily or IL per cent.
The last increase in mid-con-
tinent crude price was on March
6 at which time that district was
producing 967, 900 barrels daily.
Thus, in about month, the de-
cline in daily production has been
$4,000 barrels.
By far the largest decrease in
the period from January II to the
end of March occurred in the
Wortham pool of east central
Texas which, along with natural
decline in other pools in that part
of the mid-continent district, de-
creased 100000 barrels daily in
that period.
Oklahoma is another point in
the mid continent where there
has been a progressive decline in
production. The state was pro-
ducing 481,000 barrels daily in
the week of January "a and at
the end of March was yielding
$4,000 barrels. The latter figure
included some temporary stimu-
lation to production by reason of
the shooting of deep wells in
Tonkawa pool.
The large purchasing compan-
les and some of the bigger pro-
ducers in the mid-continent have
been drawing crude from storage
for nearly three months. Several
weeks ago there was some de-
cline in deliveries to refiners, re-
ducing somewhat the amount
coming from storage, but deliver
les are again on the upgrade as
are draughts on storage.
With this condition prevailing,
the large purchasing companies
feel that the crude oil market in
the mid-continent is in sound
position. Refiners are requsition-
ing larger amounts of crude oil
from the pipe lines and, on the
whole, prices received are re-
garded satisfactory for the pres
ent.
The big demand for crude oil
from refners is reflex of the
huge consumption of refined oil
products. One of the biggest oil
companies in the world finds its
demand for gasoline larger than
at any similar period in its his
tory. Coming on top of 19 per
cent gain in consumption in 1924
this is rather remarkable.
Condition of t h e wholesale
gasoline market in the big group
three territory (mid-continent) |
where there is more spot gasoline
than other districts because of
the greater number of small re-
lfneries, is much stronger. This
lis due to the buying up of large
quantities of gasoline by Stand
ard Oil of Indiana and other big
marketing companies who, based
on current large retail demand,
feel they need larger gasoline
stocks to be ready for the six
months Of seasonal large con-
snmption which starts soon.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1925-04-23
EFFECTS IGNEOUS
INTR USION IS OF
IMPORTANCE HERE
By G. G. HOWARD. Petroleum Geologist


The effect of igneous intrusion
on the possibilities 0 f finding
commercial oil deposits in intru-
ded areas is one Of great import
ance to Montana, where so much
territory is affected by such in
trusive action. The presence of
intrusives close to, or in struct-
ures, otherwise favorable to pet
roIeum accumulation, has been
for a long time considered unfav-
orable to the development of
commercial oil fields. The reason
for this idea has been the fear
that such alteration had been
caused by the intrusives that the
oil-bearing formations would have
their contents cooked out" and
dissipated by diffusion and a
chemical change created by the
heat of the igneous material.
Where such intense heat has been
applied to the formations as to
cause such change and diffusion
there is indeed no possibility OF
petroleum production but a study
of areas in which intrusion has
taken place such as Bear Paw
Highwood area, or the Judith
Basin areas affected by igneous
action will show that there is a
greatdealof territory where dikes
are present which are favorable
to the production of oil only on
account of the fact that such
dikes exist.
There are many fields now pro-
ducing in various sections OF the
world that are in the nelghbor-
hood of intrusives. In Mexico the
structures in several places are
cut along their long axis by deep
seated dikes. The oil accumulates
on the long drainage side OF the
structure against the dikes. The
solution action of the volcanic
waters accompanying the lntru-
sions has opened passages and
cavernsin the limestone in which
production is found, allowing the
migration of oil from for
nations out of reach of the drill,
along the faces of the intrusiyes
so that in many places very large
and active seepageS are found in
connection with the intrusive, in
fact in the Tampico-Vera Cruz
region it is unusual to find see
page not adjacent to an intrusion.
In one Of the California fields
flow of lava has sealed the open
end of a monocline and oil has
accumulated beneath the lava at
shallow depths in commercial
There are many other
where intrusives haye
favored production.
A study Of the metamorphism
caused by laccoliths and deep
seated dikes on the formations
to them shows that
the amount Of alteration that has
taken place in the formations is
practically negligible. This is es-
pecially true in Montana, where
the writer has investigated the
effects Of dikes and laccoliths,
he could find contacts
between the igneous and sedi-
mentary formations. The heat
has not extended far enough to
have any effect on the sediment
ary beds more than few feet
from the intrusive contact. Ac-
to some scientists the
effect of volcanic heat on oil bear
ing formations. where it has been
insulatedfrom direct contact with
the petroliferous beds by inter-
yening sedimentaries, is benefi-
cial. This is apparently true in
some of the laccolithic structures
now productive in other sections.
The tendency would be, however
to convert the organic matter of
the sedimentaries into gases,
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1925-04-23

where sufficient insulation was
not present.
/ A good index to the probable
extent Of metamorphism, where
workable Goals are found, is the
fixed carbon content of the Goals.
DIR. White of the United States
Geological Survey has discovered
that after the fixed carbon con-
tent of the Goals has passed 65
percentthere is very little chance
for the existance of commercial
oil in the territory where such
coal is found. Up to that point
the fixed carbon ration Of the
coal is an indicator of the gravity
of the oil to be expected in struc-
lures in such coal bearing terri
tory. Where a low fixed carbon
ratio is found the oils will be
heavy or there will not have been
sufficient distillation to create
commercial amounts of oil.
Along the flanks of the Belt
Mountains where considerable
volcanic activity has taken place
there are several laccolithic
domes. Where the producing for
nations are not eroded away
these domes are worthy of test.
The Big Otter structures, discov-
cred and mapped by Col. N. F.
Jameson of the Sunburst Oil &
Gas Co. are undoubtedly lacco-
lithic. but whatever effect the
laccolifh might have should be
favorable as it is very deep-seat-
ed. Tiger Butte and Skull Butte
are also laccolithic domes, but
here the main producing horizons
have been removed by erosion to
such an extent that production
possibilities are very small.
Where plunging noses or terr-
aces are closed by deep seated
dikes, such structures will have
the same value for potential oil
production as a normal dome.
For this reason the structural
conditions of territory effected
by vulcanism should be studied
carefully a s undoubtedly such
structures exist and it will be
found, when they are tested that
the effect of a deep-seated dixie
sccoss the open end of an other
wise closed fold, will be that Of
a structural reversal and just as
favorable to the accumulation of
commercial quantities Of petrol
cum.
Where dikes exist in closed
structures a careful study should
be made to determine whether
they are superficial or deepseated.
When merely surface dikes they
may be considered as having no
bearing on the production possi
bilities but when the dixie mater
ial shows that it is of deepseated
origin very careful observation
should be made to determine
whether such dixie does not shut
off the structure from the possi
bility of drainage. A deep-seated
dixie paralleling the strike of the
long drainage Of any structure,
near the lowest closing contours
and running clear across that
slope, practically nullifes the
structure as an oil possibility, al
though there will be possibilities
of production against the dixie on
the long drainage slope. A dixie
in the wrong place on a structure
utterly depreciates its value as
potential oil field just as a dixie
in the right place on structure,
which would otherwise be con-
sldered valueless, makes it valu-
able as an oil possibility.
The writer believes that the
History of the Petroleum Devel-
opment of Montana will have
several chapters written around
fields where intrusives play a
prominent part.
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Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-09
ATTICA

Arthur Thomas and family spent
the day with Mrs. Thomas sister, Mrs.
Bill Johnson, Sunday.
Leo johnson has been real sick for
about week. He is no better at this
writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewallen visited Mrs.
Lewallen's mother at Maynard last
week end
Miss Pearl Broadway visited Misses
Bessie and Hazel Simington Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. McNabb went to the
bottoms Sunday. Mrs. McNabbs moth
.er came home with them to stay
while.
John England was seen ON our streets
Monday.
Miss Connie Thomas visited Miss
Mary Hufstedler Sunday.
Emmett Harris and family and As
berry Sage Of Brockett visited Bill Girls.
mons Sunday afternoon.
Il. W. johnson is painting the school
house this week
Delbert and Ida Gross made a busi-
ness trip to Pocahontas Tuesday.
J' A Allison, TriXie and Dora Dean
Nicks took Miss Lattya Arnold home
Monday She had been up here on a
visit.
Mrs, Maize Johnson visited Mrs.
Nellie Hibbard Monday evening.
Mrs Clara Hurn and Lucas Shining
Ton made a business trip to Pocahontas
one day last week.
John eagle passed through our town
Tuesday going to Pocahontas.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-09
LONE OAK

John Rose and family visited viii
Roses Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Page Hackw0rth re-
turned home Sunday from Oklahoma.
Lizzy Hubbard visited her sister,
Mary Hubbard, Monday.
Ed Buckley made a business trip to
| Elm store Monday.
Herbert Cooper and wife visited her
brother, Burley Thompson, of Shan
non Monday.
f.. l.. Mondy made a business trip
to PocahOntas Tuesday.
Plesie HaclwOrth was a guest of Ed
Buckley Saturday night
Gladys L. Johnson visited Lizzy Hub
Hbard Sunday
Tressy Stacy visited Laura Poston
Saturday night and Sunday.
| Gladys and Maize Cook, Louis and
Aline Mondy and Bertha Buckley were
dinner guests of Maize Jones Sunday.
Beulah Rose visited Mary Hubbard
Sunday evening.
Novella Chasfain was a guest Of
Lucille Broom Sunday.
Bill Smith and daughter, Ona, are
real sick with the flu.
Greer Abbott and family visited Guss
Timer Sunday.
Frank Blackshear and wife visited
Bill Smiths Monday.
Gladys Johnson was a supper guest
of Gladys l.. Johnson Sunday night.
Hattie Davis visited Annie Rose
Tuesday
f. L. Mondy and family took dinner
with his sister, Mrs. Erva Buckley,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Thompson and
Herman White were visitors of Beulah
Davis Sunday.
Harry Abbott and family visited
Charley Tharp Saturday night and
Sunday.
b. l.. and Tillman Clark of Myrtle,
Mo-, visited at Erva Buckley's Mon
day night.
Ed Cook and family were dinner
guests of Herbert Cooper Sunday.
Mabel Tharp is on the sick list this
week.
Elmer johnson and family of Shan
non visited his sister, Mrs. John Tarl-
ton, Saturday night.
Brother G. w. Weeks of Walnut
Ridge preached for us Sunday night
VIII Rose and family visited Her
man Davis Sunday.
Charley Buckley and Sular Mondy
visited f. l.. Mondy Saturday night
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-09
WATER VALLEY

Sunday school was well attended
Sunday.
Ben Hawkins, wife and baby visited
at W. r. Haas Sunday night.
Anvil Cremeens and family and W.
r. Haas and wife visited ]. NJ. Blan-
sett and family Sunday.
j. X. Woods visited T. A: Blansett
Saturday night.
Lucian Blansett and wife took din
ner with his father, Uncle Tom Blan-
sett, Sunday.
J. NJ. Blansett and family visited
Mrs. Blansett's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eli Perrin, at Birdell Friday night
Several from this place attended, The
program at Little Spring Friday night.
All reported good program.
Joe Blansett and wife, Lee. Gregory
and family and Henry. Gregory and
family spent the day with Sular Blan-
sett and family Sunday.
J. NJ. Blansett and w. NJ. Clark made
a business trip to Pocahontas Monday.
Vergie Blansett and babies .'pent the
day with Gladys Gregory MCiday.
Shelf Gregory and family OF Ell
nora visited his brother, Lee, at this
place Sunday night.
Clyde Layl and family took dinner
with Fayette Tyer's Sunday.
II. A. Blansett and family took din
ner with Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Dean
Sunday
Jake Hufstedler and Leander Camp
bell visited special friends here Sun
day.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-09
UNION

Little VIM. Thurman Swindle, who
has had malaria slow fever for the
past three weeks, is getting better.
Miss Opal Johnston is visiting her
brother, Ray, and family
G. w. Green and family spent sun
day with Mrs. Green's daughter, Mrs
Troy Graham.
Ollie Odcm and family were Sunday
guests of f. A. Jackson and family at
Maynard
Miss Eta Lewis spent the week end
with homefolks at this place
Mr., and Mrs. Hinton spent last week
end with her son, Ezra Brown, and
family near Success.
Greeley Swindle and family have
been visiting at AIiddlebrook.
A. A. Rapert and family of Blod-
gett, Mo-, have been visiting relatives
and friends here the past week.
Mrs. Grace johnson is ailing in
health.
Jim Jones and family and Hubert
Jones of st. Louis spent the week end
visiting their sister, Mrs. Tom John
son, who has been confined to her
bed for some time past
Grady Swindle spent Saturday night
with Horace Jones at Middlebrook.
Let's everybody try and attend the
school faic at Maynard next Friday
and Saturday.
The good people in this community
gave our efficient teacher, Mr.. Hogan,
a surprise dinner at the close of his
term of school. We, the patrons Of
this district, do declare that Mr.. HO-
gan gave us good school. He is the
kind of teacher that brings out every
thing so clear that all the pupils have
to grasp some knowledge anyway,
whether they are desirOus of learning
or not. He has given entire satisfac-
tion i'll every respect, and is capable of
handling the school in any form. There
was a large crowd present at the big
dinner, and lots of good eats at Mr..
HOgans feast. Mr.. Hogan has our
next school, and let's each patron try
and help make this school one of note.
Let's get together and push, not
pull-boOst not knock.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-09
SKAGGS

Mr.. and Mrs. George Shelby have
been visiting Mrs. Mary Shelby and
Mr.. and Mrs. II. b. Smith the past
week.
Among those who visited Earl Lem
mons and family Saturday and sun
day were Alvin Keech and wife, Clara
Lemmons and the Misses Rose.
Mrs. Webb, who has been visiting at
Walnut Ridge, returned home Satur-
day
Mrs. Mary Shelby has been real sick
but is better at this writing.
Miss Eathel Benson visited rela-
tives in POcahontas Saturday night
and Sunday.
Miss Cora Rose was a guest of Yer
neal Benson one evening last week.
Among those who took dinner with
Misses Flora and Ora Early Sunday
were Misses Jessie and Lily Sisk and
Verneal Benson.
Miss verneal Benson visited Flora
early one day last week.
Mrs. Mary Early and family made
business trip to Pocahontas Satur-
lay.
Several from this place attended
hurch mt shiloh Saturday night and
sunday.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-09

ents, Mr. and Mrs. l.. d. Rapert, Mon
day night.
A. A. Rapert and family of Blodgett,
Mo-, visited his father and family, l..
ID. Rapert's Saturday night.
J. j. Graham visited at the home of
his son. Arthur Graham, at Middle
brook Saturday evening.
l.. ID. Rapert and son, A. A., and
family visited his son, o. r., and wife
of near Maynard Saturday
Little Audrey Graham of Middle
brook visited her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. J. Graham, Monday night.
j. c. Parker and wife and little
daughter. Eva May, are on the indis-
posed list the last few days.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-09
Ella Marshall

Wife of Luke Marshall, died March
81 mt the age of SO years. She was
the mother of eight children, four of
whom survive her. Besides her chill
dren, her husband, three sisters and
two brothers survive her.
The family wishes to thank the peo-
pie of the community for the kind
nesses shown them in their hour of
bereavement.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-09
COPPERAS

Alr' ana Mrs. g. W. Green of High
Point visited at the home Of their
daughter Mrs. Troy Graham. Sunday.
Mrs l.. d. Rapert is suffering with
blood poison on her hand.
MI and Mrs. Arthur Graham OF
visited the lntter,s mar.
Pocahontas star herald., 1925-04-09

Prices reduced to the bottom on
Building Material at Spinnenweber
Lumber Co.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-09-18

The property described to be sold
by said judgment and decree and
said order is situated in the County
Of Gilmore, State of Idaho, and is de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
A tract of land in Sections 81 and
80, Twp. 2 North, Range Z East, de-
seribed as follows. Beginning at
corner No on the line between
Sections 81 and 80, North 90 10
East 1907 chains distant from the
corner of Sections 81 and 80; thence
North n West $3.50 chains to cor
ner No. 2; thence North 34o East
44.32 chains TO corner No. 8; thence
North 34' East 1853 chains to cor
ner No. 4 thence South 40 15'
East 33.1S chains to corner No. s.;
thence South $50 IT. West 39.08
chains to corner No. 6 thence North
II West $50 chains to corner No.
1, the place of beginning, contain
ing 1878 acres, together with all
water, water rights, bitches and can
al rights thereunto belonging or in
any ways appertaining.
Notice is hereby given that on
the 10th day of October, 1925, at the
hour of ten O'Clock, a. m. of that
day, at the front door of the coun-