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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1926-09-02
DORM in Wiscon-
E. o. RICE ID sin at the close
Clerk of fhe Civil 1uar

Il. ". klCE SIN at the close
Clerk of the Civil war.
Graduated from
the Wisconsin State University.
Taught in country and city schools
and worked under civil service for
Uncle Sam. Have years of exper-
fence in office work for large bus
iness concerns.
I have resided in Washington
the past twenty years, seventeen
in Benton county. Understand the
conditions which the people face
in the lower part of the Yakima
valley.
Believe in a dollars worth for
every dollar of the taxpayers
money spent. Will play no favor
ties, but give each and everyone
equal treatment. Think there are
possibilities of making improve
ments in office methods that will
make for better service. Will keep
my feet on the floor and use my
head in the interests of greater
efficiency and more economy.
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Continued on page 81
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27
GENERAL DIGEST OF DEVELOPMENTS IN
KEVIN-SUNBURST OIL FIELD DURING WEEK

The California-Abell No. s, sw sw
sw 26-35-2 west, was completed Tues
day, after the third sand was pene-
trated which production being com
bined will make a good commercial
well, according to reports from the
field. This well offsets the O'Neil-
Lashbaugh well which was completed
last week as commercial well.
The OhiolMaughns No well, sw
NV 32-35-1 west, has several feet of
oil in the hole after two shots Of nj
tro. 1t is now being cleaned, when
a test will be made.
The Putnam No. 7, ne ne
sw 32-35-1 west. is reported as a small
producer. This is an offset to the
Caine well which was completed some
time ago as a gusher.
After drilling to about 1900 feet,
the Tri-Stannard No. 9, ne Sc 3O-35.1
west, is being plugged back to the
bottom of the Ellis. A good showing
of oil vas found in the Ellis when It
was first entered and lans az 10
shoe; this W.. Nth 2ea quarts sf nj
tro in an effort to increase the pro-
dTction.
The Dakota Montana -Emmons No.
8 has been increased by shooting.
This well is entirely surrounded by
small producers and when drilled in
had about 500 feet of oil in the hole.
After the shot the well made more
than 400 barrels in four hours.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27

BELL-FEY WELL
NEARS OIL ZONE

The Bell-Fey well in the Grassy
Butte structure is now down 1000
feet and it is believed that the drill
is nearing an oil or gas bearing sand,
according to Fred r. Munger of Lew
istown, who is associated with A.
Beardslee, W. E. Burks and others
in drilling the wildcat well.
Mr.. Munger said the bottom of the
Colorado formation will be reached
in very short time. Biologists who
studied the formation before drilling
was started asserted that the first
sand should be reached at about 700
feet and that other sands should be
encountered between that point and
the contact which is expected at from
1000 to $500 feet. The we'll was
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27
HILL CITY GETS
HESTER'S TEAM
FIRST OF JUNE
BUSINESS MEN FURNISH FIN
ANcES TO MAINTAIN BALL
CLUB DURING SEASON

Great Folls, May 25-The Shelby
baseball club of the Northern Monta-
ma Industrial league will be transferr-
ed to Havre about June 1, according
to an announcement made Monday
night by H. H. Hester. manager of
the club.
Mr.. Hester stated thot the mer-
chants and business men of Havre
have expressed willingness to spend
a considerable sum to give their city
"a baseball club and they have alreae
dy advanced $4,000 which will be
spent in erecting a boseball park
suitable for the needs of the town.
The new park, according to pres
ent plans. will be completed about
the first of the month and after that
date the games scheduled for Shelby
will be played in Havre. The team
Is expected to remain at Shelby for
the remaining games on the schedule
up to June 1. Manager Hester has
been in conference with Havre bust
ness men for the last ten days and
concluded arrangements which will
result in the transfer Monday.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27
BIG DOME OIL
FILES ARTICLES

Helena, May 25.-The Big Dome on
& Gas company of Van Hook, ". d..
has filed with the secretary of the
state copy of its articles of incor-
poration showing it to have $4,000
invested in Montana. 1t names Bow
doin as its principal place of business
in Montana and Herbert Bartron, of
that ploce, as its Montana agent The
company is capitalized at 100000
and its officers are p o. C. johnson.
Watford City, president; Gus Sather,
Van Hook, vice president; G. v. John.
son, Van Hook, secretary; p NJ.
Sheveland, Van Hook, treasurer.
Articles of Incorporation of the
Larson Brothers Elevator company
of Whitehall. Daniels county, have al
so been filed with the secretary of
state. The authorized capital of the
company is $25,O0O ond its incorpor-
ators are It. J. Larson, Outlook; NJ.
b. Larson, Homestead; J. M. Larson,
Poplar, and Karl Hovland, Whitehall
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27
CARRIER FILES
LOWER TARIFF
ON CRUDE OIL

Helena, May 24.-That the Illinois
Pipe line company expects to CON
form to the recent order of the Mon
tana railrood commission requiring
an extensive reduction in the charge
for the transportation of oil in the
Kevin1Sunburst field was made evil
dent Monday when it filed with the
commission printed tariff Of rates ef-
fective June 1, 1926
This tariff provides for a rate of
12h cents per barrel. as previously
fixed by the commission. for the
gathering of oil from wells in the Ke-
vin-Sunburst field and its transporta-
tion to the pipe line terminus at Sun
burst.
The tariff also carries a rate of
|171s cents for the gathering and
transporting of oil to Sweet Grass at
the international boundary, and a tar
iff Of five cents rer barrel for stor-
age.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27
CRUDE OUTPUT
SLUMPS l1,7OO
BARRELS DAILY

New York, May 17-The daily ay-
erage gross crude oil production in
the United States decreased 11,700
barrels for the week ended May %,
totailing 1897 300 barrels, says the
weekly summary of the American Pc
trOleum institute. The daily average
production east OF California was L..
3SS,SOO barrels, decrease of $780,
The following production is shown for
the various fields.
Oklahoma, $50, $50, decrease $3.50
Kansas, 1O6,5OO, increase 1.7O0.
North Texas, 102,1OO, increase
1900
East central Texas, $3.50, decrease
$50.
West central Texas. 79,5OO. increase
so.
Southwest Texas, Ss.5OO, decrease
1850.
North Louisiana, GO,2OO, increase
4,25O.
Arkansas, 176, 1850. decrease 200.
Gulf coast, S3,100, decrease 1850.
Eastern, 1G6,600, increase 500.
Wyoming, 72,450, decrease 100.
Montana, 27,900, decrease So.
Colorado, 7,100, increase so.
New Mexico $500, unchanged.
California, $4,000, decrease $500.
Total, l,987,30O decrease 11,700.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27

ordered officers to arrest under the
vagrancy law when necessary and to
repeat the arrests every day until the
proper action was secured.
Judge Rose made it clear in plain
English that he intends to see that
proper protection is thrown around
juveniles and that he has declared
war on violation of the liquor laws.
the anti-narcotic laws, the vagrancy
laws, and gambling.
In order that more efficient low
enforcement may be assured he told
the authorities to put on more offic-
ers.
Emphatically, he declard that
where officers fail to do their duty
he intends personally to see that they
are removed from office. He read a
list of some of those who have been
convicted OF violations in the district
court during the last few years and
another list OF places where it is sus-
pected that law is being violated and
ordered the officers to take congniz-
ance of the list and investigate.
"If you want to hold your jobs, get
busy and show results" was his dec
laration. ."--Havre Promoter.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27
EMeNAMER WINS zACHOR LEASE
ON SUPREME COURT DECISION

tiated for the purchase of the lease,
and was given on option on 120 acres
for $4,000, McNamer to retain an
overriding royalty of 21a per cent. and
within a few weeks he succeeded in
selling the assignment which the su-
preme court now holds to be sub
lease and not an assignment of the
original lease. to the Sunburst Oil &
Gas company for $4,000.
After the completion of the deal
and the passing and recording of the
papers, the Sunburst company, on
May II, 1923, failed in its effort to
find an officer of the McNamer com
pany to whom to pay the delay rental
and it then deposited in a Shelby
bank s160 to the credit OF Bertha
zachor, this being claimed by the
Sunburst company to be in accord
ance with a mutual agreement be-
tween the parties, and several days
later a like sum was deposited by the
McNamer company to the credit of
Bertha zachor, both sums being re-
ceived ond checked out of the bank
by her.
On July 6, 1923, the McNamer
company, not having received from
the Sunburst company payment of
the delay rental upon the land cover
ed by the suitcase, brought this ac-
tion for the trmination of the sub
lease, with the result that it obtained
Judgment.
The supreme court, in its opinion.
discusses at great length the evidence
produced before the lower court as
well as the various points brought
out by the defendant in it's appeal.
and, finding no error to have been
committed by the lower court, the
judgment is affirmed
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27

W. A. Miller OF Findlay, Ohio, pres
ident of the Illinois Pipe Line COM
pany, announced Saturday night at
Shelby, after conference with the
owners of the Johnson refinery there,
that his company will Immediately
build six-inch trunk pipe line from
the center Of production in the Kelvin
Sunburst field to Shelby.
The trunk line will be 20 miles
long and the cost will be in excess
of 100000. The line probably will
be connected to the gathering lines
already installed on leases within the
field SO that it will be possible to
transport oil from any section of the
field now served by the Sunburst line
to Shelby.
Construction of the line, it is be-
ieved, will go long way toward re-
lieving congestion in the field and
will result in cheaper operating costs
for the refineries located at Shelby
At present it is necessary to pay the
pipe line charge on oil delivered
from the field to Sunburst and a
freight charge on the crude from
Sunburst to Shelby. When the new
line is completed the branch line
haul will be eliminoted and Shelby
will become the distributing center
for all oil shipped out on the main
line of the Great Northern railway.
The new trunk line also will result
in the transfer of the headquarters of
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27

The Fulton Byrne No. Ia in Sc sw
NV 1851 west, is a producer in the
Ellis sand, with heavy flow of gas
it is estimated from 100000 to g.
100000 cubic feet. This well was
drilled in under control head, and
the oil turned into storage tonks
when crane dropped on it and
knocked the control off The oil was
hurled high above the rig spraying
the prairie for some distance, flowing
in heads until another control head
was placed. There has been no test
made of the amount of production but
it is estimated that il will be 1000
barrels.
The Homestake-State No. 9, in sc
Sc ne 3635-2 west, is also estimated
at around 1000 barrels daily. This
we'll was completed in the Ellis sand
at from 1893 to LAPS feet There
was oil in a stray sand above the Ell
lis that filled the hole, but as soon as
The Ellis was touched the oil began to
flow. The Homestake and Fulton
companies are starting new wells off
setting each other on their acreage,
they are unable to handle their pro
duction on account of storage. and all
wells are pinched in.
The Fulton-Byrne No. z. which was
o good gasser In the Sunburst sand
was drilled deeper. and would have
been completed in the Ellis but hit a
stray sand at 1,24O feet and it flowed
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27

over the mast when 1881 feet was
reached.
The Wismont Oil company are
starting their second well on ne Sc ne
31-35-1w, on the Lewis farm.
The Glacier Oil company is drilling
another well in ne cor. sw NV 1-S4-1
west.
The Ohio company is drilling anoth-
or well on the Engemoen farm in ne
NV 14-35-2w, and are now below 1000
feet. They have spotted a well on
the Batiste-Sinden farm in NV sw
1862 west.
Reservation-Russ No. l, in NV
NV ne 7-34-1 west spudded in last
week and are making good progress.
Trapp-Sohn No. 1. in ne NV NV 26-
1858 west, are now drilling below $50
feet
The Diamond Mccormick No. 1, in
NV sw ne 35-35-2 west are drilling be-
low 700 feet.
The following wells are due for
completion: Batiste-Norum in eel Sc
ne 4-34-2 west; Mid-Northern No 10.
in Sc sw ne 1852 west; Ferdig-Abel
No. in Sc sc sw 1882 west.
The O'Neil-Lashbaugh well in sw
sc Sc 27-S5-2 west, north offset to
the Ferdig- -Lashbaugh No. II which
Is good producer was completed
Saturday as a 1900 barrel gusher aft
er it had been estimated that it would
be only small producer at the best
This well was drilled TO 1880 feet and
found some oil in the Ellis, and was
shot twice, the second shot developed
water after which it was drilled deep
and within W feet new flow
of oil was encountered, which flowed
over the top. This is the best well
drilled in the field by the O'Neil
Brothers. The Lashbaugh lease ON
which this well was drilled contains
80 acres
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27
PIPE Line COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT TRUNK
FROM KEVIN-SUNBURST FIELD TO SHELBY

the Illinois Pipe Line company from
Sunburst to Shelby.
The present pipe line. which termi-
mates at Sunburst, will continue in
operation, according to present plans
but viii be used only for the trans
portation of crude oil from the field
to Sunburst, where it will be refined
or shipped to Sweetgrass and across
the international boundary into Can
ada.
Construction of the new trunk line
will be started Immediately, Mr.. Mil
Ter announced, and will be completed
and ready for transportation of oil to
Shelby by June Is. The line is being
built under an agreement which pro-
yides for carrying capacity of 17h
cents barrel
The Shelby refinery is principally
owned by James A. Johnson. mayor of
Shelby, and his son, j. w. Johnson.
Their new plant which, will have a
capacity OF $500 barrels of crude oil
daily, will be completed and in Oper-
alton by the time the new pipe line
is constructed The site for the tank
farm at Shelby was donated to the
Illinois Pipee Line company by the
Johnson company and the line will be
opened for storage facilities for TO-
900 barrels OF OIL Erection of the
two 35,000-barrel tanks at Shelby is
expected to start Immediately Great
Fails Tribune.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27
OFFICERS ARE TOLD
TO GET BUSY
HAvRE JUDGE TELLS OFFICERS
TO GET BUSY AND MAKE Ar
RESTS OR LOSE JOBS

Declaring that his court was not
going to be made clearing house
for bootleggers, moonshiners, prostl-
tutes, perjurers and gamblers, Judge
Chas A. Rose in the district court
at Havre last Friday afternoon for
more than an hour and half laid
down the law to the city, county and
state officers in the presence OF a
crowded court room, and declared
that he intended personally to see
more rigid law enforcement.
The judge took the occasion OF
sentencing Bert Wade and III. A. Teel
to four months and $500 fine for max
ing his remarks and said that from
now on conviction for liquor law vio-
lators meant the limit in sentences
and the ears of the court would be
deaf to pleas for mercy after the trial
started
He declared that there must be no
passing the buck" that the statutes
made it the duty of city. county and
federal officers to enforce all laws.
He pointed out that witnesses perjur-
ing themselves in behalf of bootleg
gers faced penitentiary terms. He
declared second conviction hereafter
would mean prosecution under the In.
junction statutes without jury trial.
He said that the place where such
cases would have to be tried in the
future was the police court and that
he intended to see that they were so
handled, pointing out the overworked
condition of the district court. He
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27
TooLE COUNTY DECISION AD.
VERSE TO sUN5URsT COM
PANY AFFIRMED AT HELENA
INVOLVES DRILLING ON
100 ACRES

Helena, May 25.-Judgment of the
district court Of Toole county, in a
case brought by the McNamer Realty
company against the Sunburst Oil &
Gas company to have declared void a
instrument granting the Sunburst
company certain drilling rights held
by the McNamer company on the
Bertha Zachor lands, is affirmed by
the supreme court in an opinion de-
livered by Associate Justice John A.
Matthews and handed down Tuesday,
The case had been tried by Judge
w. E. Carroll of Silver Bow county
without a jury under the theory that
1t was on action in equity Judgment
was entered October 20, 1925, in fav-
or of the plaintiff on every issue pre-
scented and from this judgment defen-
dant had appealed to the supreme
court.
The matter involved the oil and
gas rights on 100 acres of land which
had been leased by Bertha zachor,
May rs, 1921, to the McNamer compa-
ny under which the lease agreed to
commence a well on the land within
one year, the lease to terminate, if the
we'll was not commenced, unless les
see should pay to the lessor $3.50 to
operate rental and cover the privi-
lege of deferring commencement of
the well for another year No well
was commenced during the first year,
but the McNamer company protected
its rights by the payment of the rem
tai money on May 26, 1922.
In July, 1922, P. w. Murray nego-
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27
HIGH FREIGHT RATE HAMPERS
OIL INDUSTRY, SAYS MCCORMACK

State Interested in Crude Price
Mr.. Mccormick was asked what
view he took of the states interests
in the recent cut of 10 cents bar.
rel on crude and the cent boost
] in gasoline on the same day. This
matter has been called to my atten-
/ tion on a number of occasions OF
! late" said the lieutenant governor.
II have no doubt that there are in
consistencies in crude prices in the
Kelvin field, compared with other oil
fields from what l have been told.
The state of Montana has much to
expect from oil found in the state,
as it has valuable holdings in the
north field and in all parts of the
state where oil will be found in the
future. l believe a consistent basis
for crude oil in this state should be
definitely settled now while the in
dustry is in its infancy rather than
tc wait until development has
reached a stage where it will he
much more difficult to amicably
solve these problems. Speaking for
myself, / believe that the price of
crude should follow the price of
gasoline. Under such a plan it
would be impossible to witness the
peculiar situation with which we
were confronted some ten days ago,
when gasoline in the state shot up
two cents and crude dropped 10
cents in the Kelvin field on the same
day.
"f there is no adequate law on the
statutes OF Montana to render such a
situation impossible, and / am told
there is not, then it is time that one
be enacted to remedy such g1aring
Inconsistencies.
Il am also told that the last cut
in crude only applied TO the Kevin
field and did not obtoin in Cat Creek
or the Wyoming fields. This would
seem to indicate that the lack of de
mand or the lack of adequate markets
to take the surplus oil is responsible
for this crude price cut without re-
gard to general conditions in the in
dustry at large. The price of crude
in this field, as well as others that
might become productive in other
undeveloped sections of the state, ts
Of more than passing Importance to
the people. II oil is worth $3.50 per
barrel. as some hold, and oniy $1.25
is being paid, the school and other
state beneficiaries are sustaining an
immense loss These are matters
that should and likely will be looked
into by the next legislature.
Mr.. Mccormack said that he an
ticipated that there will be consider
able oil legislation ordered at the com.
ing session of the Legislature and
that his trip to the fields was made
with view to gathering information
on general operations
Monitor.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27
MUST HAVE LOWER RATE TO
ExPAND-LOW PRICE DUE TO
LACK OF MARKET FOR SUR
PLUs-sTATE KEENLY IN
TERESTED

In company with ]. M. Carlson of
the Kalispell5Kevin Oil company,
Lieutenant Governor w. S. McCor-
mack, paid his first real visit to
northern Montana's big oil fields. A
day was spent in the field and many
operators were interviewed by the
lieutenant governor.
The heart of the field is becoming
a wilderness of derricks, and rigs are
scattered for miles in every direc-
tion,' said Mr.. Mccormick From
my observations of the vast territory
ever which the productive area ex-
tends, there will be new producers
brought in there fifty years from
now. Although it is many miles from
the extreme limits on all Sides. the
extent of the productive area has not
yet been fully determined. 1t will
not be surprising to me if the Kelvin
Sunburst field eventually proves to
be the biggest in point of production
yet discovered in the United States.
While it may not prove as sensa-
tional as some of the southern Cali
fornia fields, the life of Montana's
big field will prove much longer, ac-
cording to best available inforIna-
ton
Must Expand Markets
"The limitation of markets appear
to be rather a serious impedement to
the continued rapid development OF
the field just now. Confining the
market of the field to local consump-
tion and nearby Canadian points has
had the effect of piling up surplus
of crude until, I'm told, only abut 40
per cent Of the oil is now finding a
market This is discouraglng and is
largely responsible for the appar-
emily uncalled for low price now be-
ing paid for crude in that field. A
lower freight rate that will conform
with other established fields is one
thing that must come if Montana
hopes to realize the benefits of this
great natural wealth that has so re-
Gently been discovered. The field
must have a freight rate that will
permit it's crude to reach the Twin
Cities and the Mississippi valley on
competitive basis with the Mid
Continent and southern fields. / am
told that freight rates favorable to
extending markets of new oil fields
are not usually made urtil the pro
duction has reached a point where
it is greater than the consumption OF
the area served. If this be true,
Montana's big oil field has been en-
titled to a more favorable freight
rate for some time
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27
a N 7 e 0

One secondhand flat top Office
desk. One secondhand. eight foot
counter. State best cash price IN
first letter.
p. S.
Thousands Of dollars are being in
vested in Sunburst, Montana, tthe
real Oil City, by the big fellows.
Fall in lIne--buy hot in Sunburst.
C. e. MATSON,
(Real Estate Broker)
24t sunburst. Montana.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1926-05-27

started and carried down to depth
of 600 feet with 16-inch hole Ten
inch casing is now being run to the
1,600-foot level
The well is located in sw NV 5-35 3
e and is surrounded by $500 acres CT
land held under lease by the drillers
of the we'll The location is Is miles
northwest of Galata and is IL miles
east of the nearest producing well in
the Kevin- Sunburst field.