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The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1927-10-20
HIGHLY RESPECTED
KEVIN LADY CALLED
THIS MORNING

Mrs. Raymond Sorrell passed away
at her home this morning between
the hours Of 444 44and A. M. Mrs
the hours OF four and five a. M Mrs
days and everything that possibly
could be done was attempted to save
her life but to no avail Death came
from intestinal flu.
A gloom Of sorrow prevails, for Mrs.
Sorrell was admin ed and loved by all
her acquaiptances She was ever
willing to assist the needy, and was
at all times cheerful, and her friends
were numerous,
Mr. and Mrs Sorrell have resided
in Kevfn for the past ten years, Mr.
Sorrell being the proprietor Of the
Kevin Garage, and he is also a mem
Der Of the city council, the Sorrell
family are permanent fixtures of Ke-
vim, and their sorrow in the loss Of
their beloved wife and mother is
kGOuly 1O4l W lAO CHILLY OOAlAAAA III - :
Besides her husband, Mrs. SorrelI
leaves her mother and four children
to mourn her loss, three daughters,
Winifred, age IA; Francis, age II, and
Mary Catherine, age 8 and one son,
Raymond, age g. She also leaves 3
brothers, o. d. Crawford Of this place,
Ely Crawford of Great Falls and En-
met Crawford Of Pratt, Kansas. Two
sisters survive, Mrs. w. w. Short
ridge Of Augusta and Mrs Otis
Thompson of this place.
Funeral arrangements have not
been made at the time of our going
to press, awaiting word from her
mother who recently went to Casper
Wyoming. Inter1nent will be made
at the Shelby cemetery.
The large circle Of friends of those
who are left to mourn the loss Of Mrs.
Sorrell, will join with the Review in
extending their heart felt sympathy
in the loss Of this splendid woman,
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1927-10-20
NORTH END BANKS
PROGRESSING RAPIDLY

The statements Of both Sunburst
State Bank and the Kelvin State
Bank appear in this number Of the
Review. TO say that these two banks
are rated as the best in the state, con
forms with the absolute truth. The
Sunburst State Bank is the Oldest
bank Of continuous service in Toole
county, and it carries the largest de-
posits Of any bank between Great
and Lethbridge. While the Ke+
vim State Bank is a younger institu-
ton, it is fast becoming recognized,
and its board Of directors are bunch
of strong business men, and courtesy
prevails at this place.
The head of the Sunburst State
Bank is a man of wide ADVERTISING
fcr his place Of business, and the re-
suits are keenly noticed, as we said
Lefore that this is by far the strongest
bank in this county The Review is
proud to publish statements the kind
that both these institutions hand in
and with the growing of this wonder
full oil field they will be recognized
among the ''top-notchers."
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1927-10-20
.LoRENsoN IS COMES IN
AS OIL PRODUCER

Another producer was added to the
list. in the Kevin-Sunburst field this
week when the California company's
Lorenson No. Is came in with oil just
above the Ellis at ], ,453 and in the FL
lis at 1,45S The well is located in ne
Sc 28-35-2 west.
The initial production of the we'll is
estimated at from 1,4OO to 1900 bar
rels, but it has been pinched to 80
barrels day and is flowing steadily
Flowing at this gait, the well is MAX
ing no water and because It found
such large production in basal sand
Of the Ellis formation operators be-
lieve it shOlld have small rate OF de-
cline.
The Lorenson No. 16 is the first
well completed in the pool for some
time and the largest since the Loren
son No 8 was brought in.
The Great Falls Tribune states that
S. G. Ferdig has brought in well in.
the Bannatyne field. This makes
three producers for that field now.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1927-10-20
FRoWN ON CLERGY MARRYING
COUPLES IN scANT ATTIRE

The Presbytery Of Kalispell met N
joint session October 5th and 9th in
regular annual session. The work Of
the organization is usually routine, en-
falling such changes in the regular
routine work of the year and making
such recommendations as might aD-
Eear to the Presbtery as practical.
The usual peaceful routine of the
gathering was somewhat distu1ibed
when a resolution was offered. to be
presented to the synod Of Montana,
which meets during the summer, cen
suring the Presbyterian minister who
performed marriage ceremony for a
couple over in Gallatin valley who
were scantIy attired in bathing suits.
The incident attracted widespread at
tention throughout the state by pub
ication in practically all the Montana
newspapers. While the tone of the
resolution was somewhat modified
from its original wording, the practice
OF performing such marriages was
condemned in the resolution to be
sent to the synod Of Montana, the con-
census Of opinion Of the local church
people being that such practice de-
tracts from the sacredness Of the mar
rfage ceremony land lends ridicule
rather than dignity to the ceremony.
KalispelI Monitor.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1927-10-20
Z new WELLS
ARE BEGUN IN
KEVIN FIELD
1lDo Completions Of Last Week
Are Listed as Commercial
Producers

There we're seven new wells
started, seven spudded in and
five completed in the Kevin-
Sunburst oil field during the
past week. Two of the com
pleted have been listed as
commercial oil producers, one
as a commercial gas well, one
was dry and the other is drill
ing in the Madison limestone
with only showing of oil at
the Ellis contact.
The Carter-Lind No. 5 we'll,
NV NV 1852 west, was shot
with 20 quarts and was not
benefited. 1t then was shot
with 100 quarts and now is be-
ing cleaned out. There was
500 feet of oil in the hole be-
fore the first shot.
The HeISa- SunburSt- -McMan-
us No. 5, sw sw Sc 21- -35-2 west,
was abandoned after ii was
drilled into the Madison lime,
with only a showing of oil at
the Ellis-Madison contact.
The Maharg- Goeddertz No.
PA, W <w sw 23-v5-3, west, has
around 900 feet of oil in the
hole from the Ellis sand and
is now being tested. II is esti-
mated around 80 barrels.
The FlickertaiI- Schact No 5,
lie NV NV 33-25-1 west, Swabb-
ed 100 barrels Of Ellis oil the
first 42 hours. Several good
wells have been completed
recently on this lease.
The P. M. K.-Kalispell-Kevin
No. z is estimated to be good
for 30 to 35 barrels, initial. The
Diamond T-Rice-Rus No.
18 has been abandoned after
finding the Ellis-Madison con-
tact at 1850 dry and then drill
ing 80 feet into the Madison
lime.
The Meows No. 2 we'll in sec
ton 1852 west, is estimated
at 400 barrels daily. but the
crew has had difficulty in keep
ing it in production because Of
trouble growing out of the big
flow of gas.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1927-10-20
RHoNE LEASES RANCH

Harry Rhone, store keeper and
postmaster, has given lease on his
farm three miles southeast Of Sun
burst to Banks D. Burns who has en-
rloyed v. H slim" Hungerford to
spud we'll at once Slim" has drill.
ed everything from dry holes to gush.
ers, about three hundred Of them and
once lie starts it will take him about
two weeks to finish the we'll The
Harry Rhone location joins the lease
that l. G. Stevenson drilled some
years ago and that came in a gusher
but afterwards turned to water Sun.
burst Oil News
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1927-10-20
GORDON & 4MPBEI.L
TO BE FREE AND HOME
IN ANOTHER WEEK

Great Falls Tribune: The antici
rated release OF Gordon Campbell
discoverer OF the Kevin-Sunburst oil
field, from Leavenworth penitentiars
will become a certainty next week
following Attorney General Sargent {
approval, Saturday, Of his parole
which was recommended last month
~ the federal prison board
Associated Press dispatches Satur
day afternoon brought word here that
Gampbells parole had been approved
by Attorney General Sargent The
parole papers probably will not De
received at Leavenworth for several
dags. but Campbell will be released
rs soon as the documents reach War
cen Thomas B White eaHapbeH i
expected to arrive in Great Falls be
fore the end of the week
Campbell was convicted in federal
court here May, 1926, and the charge
that he made fraudulent use Of the
mails in promoting one of his oil syn
dicates. Judge George M. Bourquin,
who presided at the trial sentenced
him to serve two years in the Leaven-
worth penitentiary and to pay fine
cf $1,000.
All indictments Discussed
Campbelps release was impossible,
under a standing ruling OF the pardon
board, until all remaining indictments
returned against him had been dis
missed and the $1,000 fine paid. One
Indictment still Of record here was
dismissed two weeks ago by Federal
Judge Charles N. Pray on motion Of
District Attorney w. D. Rankin Mr..
Rankin had requested the department
of Justice to issue authority for the
motion and presented the request to
the court when the department had
consented The fine was paid last
month with fund subscribed by oil
operators in Montana, who also have
forwarded to Leavenworth enough
money to pay CampbeiIs expenses on.
his return trip to the state
Charge to Jury
In charging the jury which heard
the evidence in the Campbell case,
Judge Bourquin held that the jury
should decide whether guilt resulted
from the fact that portion Of the
received from sale Of stock il
CampbeIl's syndicate had been used
for promotion expenses. The point
was one that had not been raised BY
the prosecution in the course Of the
trial
CampbeIps plans for the future are
not definitely known, but his friends
expect that he will Immediately re-
enter the oil industry in this state or
in Canada. He did geological work
Il several Montana and Canadian
fields before leaving to begin serving
his term and It is thought that de-
velopment work in certain areas
which he recommended for exploration
viii be begun as soon as he returns.
Later-It Is learned here that Cor
Ion Campbell has been released and
he is expected to arrive IL Great Falls
loday.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1927-10-20

is later learned that Walters mother not the
lady at the Friday morning but Mrs Yealey Mr. Wal
mother having died abou year ago. His father was
of but died Time ago from pneu
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1927-10-20
TOOLE COURT
OIL DECISIONS
ARE REVERSED
Supreme Bench Returns YER
diets on SchWob. SteDen
judgments

Helena, Oct. 1911 was UP
to J.. G. Schwab to prove that
J. B. Peterson was responsible
tor undue delay in drilling his
we'll, if Schwab expected to
collect overtime for the job,
said the supreme court Thurs
day, reversing the district court
for Toole county.
Schwab was under contract
TO drill an oil well for Peterson
for $1,000, unless operations
were delayed by Peterson, in
which case he was to receive
so a day for his rig and the
same amount for himself after
go days. The well was a dry
hole, but Schwab was paid S.
600. He then claimed an addi-
lional amount, the work having
taken longer than go days. The
district court allowed his claim
for 1,500. The supreme court
sets aside the judgment. ex-
cept for a small sum claimed
by other persons engaged ia
the work.
The contract, il referring 70
delay obviously meant delay
in active operations, the SUI
preme court says, placing the
burden oil proof on Schwab to
show that the work consumed
more Than SO days Of actual
operation.
Helena. Oct. Is. William II.
Steven had no ground for de-
nantIing cancellation of an
soil and gas lease on his land by
Ihc PotIatcll Oil and Gas Re-
filming company, and no cause
Tor action, says the supreme
court in reversing the decision
ct the district court for TooIe
county and ordering dismissal
Of the action.
Stevens leased on a royalty
basis, the lease to run for five
years or longer if oil or gas
we're produced and providing
that, il the we'll we're shut
down because OF lack of mark
st for the product, no royalty
should be paid during the per-
iod.
The oil company struck
flow Of gas but Of insufficient
pressure to compete with other
neighboring wells for the Shell
by market, therefore was
plugged.
Steven demanded cancelIa-
tion Of the lease and, refused,
brought suit for damages. He
was given q Judgment Of S4,
600, which the supreme court
overturnS.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1927-10-20
CARD or THANKS

We desire to thank our friends and
neighbors who SO kindly assisted US
during our recent bereavement.
MR. and Mrs. e. Patterson.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1927-10-20

Call and look over the beautiful
line Of Christmas Cards at the Re-
view office.
The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1927-10-20

Call at the Review office and ses
cur nice line Of Christmas Cards.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-07-29
NON-vOTING BECOMES A HABIT

The non-voting habit has taken possession of
the American people. In city and in rural COM
munities the report is the same-the people do
not care to bother to vote.
CuriOusly enough, the country districts show a
higher voting percentage than the city sections.
All kinds of "bait" have been offered in hope of
Turing voters to the ballot boxes, but without
avail. Voting booths have been placed within half
a block of one another. Absentee ballots have
been provided so that the franchise could be exer-
cised with fountain pen and two-cent stamp.
But all these have been in vain.
American government today is the result of
minority rule. 1t is agreed that less than 40 per
cent of the eligible voters mark their ballots Is
it surprising, then, that municipal, county, and
state expenditures and, consequently, taxes-are
rising steadily? The present regime of indiffer-
ence on the part of voters offers magnificent
opportunity for governmental ''bootleggers" who
are not only feathering their own nests but put
ting through their pet projects with impunity.
The remedy is not in pulpit or platform ad
dresses, or even in penalizing non-voters as Aus
tralia has attempted to do, but in letting this
situation'of waste of public money through indif
ference reach such a point that in the end fol
their selfish protection, citizens will be forceC
again to take an interest in what the men elected
to governmental offices are doing.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-07-29
THE WEST AND THE PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The really
important thing about the Coolidge
Western stay is not what the East
thinks, but how the West is taking it.
Here is what the Evening Huronite
editorially. says:
eve here in this region have been
disposed to think of President Cool
idge as a man apart. He has been
pictured to US as man somewhat
without normal human instincts-that
he is much given ito keeping his own
counsels, even to the extent Of re-
naming aloof from the influences OF
points of contact. 1t has been easy
for us to believe that the common
amenities distressed MIN.
eff this picture of him has beer
true in the past, it cannot be said tt
obtain now that he is in South Da.
kota. He has been surprisingly in
terested in US and in our endeavors
He has seemed to be deeply inter
eSted in our problems of every sort
He has not been the unresponsive per
son we have been led to believe he is
People have met him and visited will
him. He has been eager to hear wha
they have had to say and he has en-
tered into the whole spirit of tn,
community in which he is sojourn
ing"
The Bozeman courier., 1927-07-29
T. II. Sears, Business Manager

troduced by the counsel for the defense, and that
the evidence was sufficient to convict 1t is point
ed out that if the decision had not been fairly
rendered the supreme court of Massachusetts
would not continuously have refused to grant a
new trial. 1t is also declared that the delay and
the international protest have been caused by the
influence of the organization of which the men
are members
We believe it is indeed serious state of affairs
if an international body, composed largely of
aliens, in America can interfere with the internal
affairs of this country or deter the mandates of
its courts In fact, if any organization has gained
such power or exerts it's power to such an end
as to enable one or more of it's members to escape
the penalty of crime, then that organization has
become a dangerous element.
The United States, having large alien popula-
tiOn, offers field for the promulgation of ideas
and the formation of societies that are adverse
to American principles. 1t behooves the citizens
of this nation to be on their guard against such
groups. AS insurance against the encroachments
of an alien population the restrictive immigration
laws should be strictly enforced and further
statutes of that nature enacted.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-07-29
OUR SECRETARY OF STATE
From the Chicago Tribune

It would seem that Frank G.. Kellogg is a Sec
retary who belongs to the great tradition of the
state department. We suspect he has Adams
blood in his veins At any rate, he is evidently
supporting essential national interests in the Cen
eva negotiations with firmness and foresight
for which the American people may well be deeply.
grateful. This nation has had its fill of states
men who entered all international negotiations
with the assumption that America had no rights
or interests they were concerned to protect or
advance. It is refreshing and reassuring to find
again secretary of state who will not have a
tablet in Westminster Abbey but who will have a
place in our annals as an American who would
and could serve his own country without injustice
or belligerency toward any other.
Secretary Kellogg's energy in the Nicaraguan
crisis, his combination of firmness and wise re-
straint in China, and his insistence upon parity
with Great Britain in naval limitation have done
much towards restoring our international influ-
ence. He has prevented most vexatious develop
ment in the Isthmus avoided costly and improvi-
dent commitments in the Yangtze while reassur-
ing the better forces in China Of our friendiness
to progress there, and at Geneva he is protecting
our right to security for our expanding trade
while holding to our policy of limitation in naval
expenditure. In ali these he has the approval and
support of the nation, notwithstanding the unes-
capable criticism and Misrepresentation of politics
and international sentimentalism
The Bozeman courier., 1927-07-29
By National Press Service
FEMALE TAXI DRIVERS

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Automo-
tive power is responsible for many
innovations. One of the latest is the
employment of girl taxi drivers by
operating companies in several of our
largest cities. Concerning their ef-
ficiency, a Philadelphia company
which gives employment to a number
of well-trained taxi girls reports that
the men drivers employed by the
company have three times as many
serious accidents as the women. 1t
is also claimed that the women do not
drive so fast; they take fewer
chances, and there is no alcoholic
problem with them. They are gener.
ally employed on the day shift and
are neatly attired in khaki uniforms
military knickers and regulation caps
Of the 648 female chauffeurs, re.
ported by the last United States cen
sus, 113 are colored, and it is prob
able that this number has greatly in
! creased due to the success of the ex
periments made by the large tax
companies in various cities. In the
old days before the passing of thu
horse, men had a monopoly as coach
men and footmen, but times hav,
changed.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-07-29
GREAT EXCESSES IN WEATH-
Err" WAS THE PREDICTION

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The east
ern country, after a four-day hot
spell, at once decided that Henry Jam
vrin Browne, who had been broad
casted throughout the country as the
prophet Of the Sunless Summer -
was a false member of the brother
hood. Now Mr.. Browne, as is his
right, has come to the front to pro-
claim that instead of predicting q
year without a summer, he predicted
a series Of great excesses in weather
and that the facts to date have veri-
fled his predictions.
As he predicted, he says, there was
heat wave in the east around July
1, and at the same time SHOWS in
Colorado, frosts in North. Dakota anC
snow flurries in northern New Yorl
and Montreal. July 4, he said, wa.
recorded throughout the country a!
the coolest independence day of which
amy record has been kept. After all
to predict no more than "great ex
cesses in weather" is not such steel
venture in the realm wherein the fig
ure Mark Twain called "Old Proba
bilities," so long charted "the process
es of the suns"
The Bozeman courier., 1927-07-29
THE UNITED STATES AND THE
NAVAL CONFERENCE.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The United
States will win in the end in the
naval disarmament conference. Even
though the Geneva mission should
dissolve without anything in black
and white under the seals of the
great powers, public attention has
been aroused and the sympathy of
the public which has to pay the bills
is with the United States. We en-
tered the conference with a genuine
ambition to life the crushing weight
of naval expenditures from the necks
of the people of the world and Am
bassadOr Gibson made that plain from
the. beginning. The British intro
duced naval experts to whom the hu-
manitarian issues were merely Incl
dental.
Gibson has sought to build up be.
fore the eyes Of the world the spec
tacle of three great powers willing
to trust each other. The British, fol
their part, because technical advisors
rather than statesmen have been the
dominating members of their delega
tion, have fought for technical ad
vantages. AS Gibson said the othel
day, the great thing which the op
ponents of the American program
have missed is that San agreement be
tween the three powers we represen
! is worth more to all of US than any
The Bozeman courier., 1927-07-29
A LOST OPPORTUNITY

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Eastern
people and Eastern newspapers are
frankly disappointed at the failure
of the St. Paul conference to clarity
the farm situation. The East is VI
tally interested, contrary to the
ballyhoO charging of Eastern Gin
difference" in a genuine solution of
the issue, and before the meeting
was called the hope was expressed
that suggestions might be developed
which could be effectively applied.
The record of the happenings at St.
Paul has left everybody in a state
of uneasiness. An attempt was made
to mix politics with the issue, and
so instead of any forward step being
taken which would have enlightened
the people as a whole, a considerable
part of the time was consumed with
'third-party" threats In which the
sitting Democrats gleefully joined
against the president and the Repub-
lican party.
iOus discussion of ways and means.
1t is impossible to ecape the feeling
! that great opportunity was vast
ed.