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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09
THE BAKER NO. 3

Ohio Oil company's Baker
No. 3 was dry hole" at the
top Of the lime-tlle expected
producing horizon. The drill
ers kept on going, although at
s o'clock of the afternoon
when the writer visited the
well il was conceded to be a
lemon" The writer had only
time to drive to Conrad when
he received a telephone call
stating that the web had come
in with an initial of 1900
barrels a day.
The crew had drilled on into
the lime and had encountered
a break" or soft spot. This
brought into being a well that
has produced around a mil
lion dollars worth Of oil and
is still the Ohio Oil company's
best well in Kevin- Sunburst.
II has produced more oil per
acre. engineers say, than the
formation could possibly hold.
II follows that the oil is com
ing from a greater accumula-
ton than may reasonably be
expected in a soft spot in the
lime the extent of which is
known to be limited to a small
space. Petroleum engineers
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09
SOME OIL HISTORY

In Powell orsicana field
the upper horizons carried a
lot of oil and several oper-
ators had an idea that the oil
did not BELONG there but
was coming from below. Some
twenty-seven wells were drill
ed in an effort to find the
source. The twenty-eighth
found it and millions upon
millions of dollars worth Of
oil was the result.
The man who buys royalty
in Montana is very short
sighted if he bases his invest
ment on shallow producing
horizons. If Montana oil his
tory follows that Of the older
oil states, the shallow sands
merely POINT THE WAY
to the more important hori-
IONS. chief of which is the
Wilcox horizon at the top Of
the Ordovician, which IS
within the reach of the drillers
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09
A FORTUNE FOR
THE SOLUTION

There is a definite reason
for this pressure and when
that reason is known to the
world, it will in our opinion
fill several chapters of history
in the story of Montana's de-
velopment.
The guess is that there is
a body of oil and gas near
this depth greater than any
other that has ever been
found in the North Rocky
mountain region. Where is
there a better place to expect
to find it than in an oil field
such as Kevin-Sunburst that
is producing over an area of
100000 acres?
Great fortunes have been
made in Montana oil develop
ment but those fortunes win
not compare one-two-three
with the fortunes that viii be
made from the discovery Of
oil in a pool with the pres
sure of the 1T. p" well be-
hind it.
Those fortunes will likely
be made BY those who own
properties in the producing
areas, purchased at the alb
normally low prices of the
present time.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09
A FOrtln1e-For SolOing A Problem

along the east face Of the
Rocky mountains.
In other states, each dollar
made in shallow sands has
meant ten and hundreds Of
dollars in the lower horizons.
The investor who comes into
Montana today and forgets
the presence Of oil in present
horizons, other than as an in
dication of greater pools in
the lower horizons can make
himself a greater fortune
than the past has ever af-
forded.
Add to this tremendous OPP
portunity the fact that the
present gives rise to the low
est prices for royalties in the
history of commercial oil pro-
duction in Montana and we
can easily see how fortunes
can be made from very small
investments.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09
HOW LONG WILL 1T
WATT

Let the Texas Pacific drill
this well into a new oil pro-
ducing horizon and the OPP
portunities of this day win
never be paralleled in the
lives of people who read these
lines.
Just when the Texas-Pacif-
ic will be able to resume, none
knows. They would resume
Immediately, we are informed,
if it were possible to harness
the maniacal CONFUSION of
Nature that they have un-
leashed.
The presence Of this gigan-
tic pressure is not easily ex-
planned, unless it is related to
PETROLEUM. The normal
pressure of a 3100-foot well
is 1910 pounds. That pressure
does not blow control heads
around on the prairie. The
pressure at this as at the
Frazer well is abnormal be-
Yond explanation.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09
THE LASHBAUGH
GUSHER

The story Of the O'Neil
well on the Lashbaugh farm,
which was drilled into the lime
while an official was on the
way to the field to tell the
drillers to abandon, is another
bit of evidence that the oil
in Kevin-Sunburst field does
not BELONG at the top of
the lime. It has ESCAPED to
the top of the lime, wherever
it is found, from lower levels.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09
EVIDENCE OF
PRESSURE

It is recalled that this well
blew the tools out of the hole
on several occasions a string
of tools weighing 1000 lbs.
blown up 5000 feet and hurl-
ed high over the top of an 30
foot derrick, wrecking the rig
and burying itself in the
ground near the rig. No won
der crews were afraid.
The flow is not steady. In
stead, it purrs along like a
kitten for several days. Then
suddenly it turns loose and
tears everything to pieces. The
gas looks like steam as it
comes from the hole and on
a windy day it travels across
the prairie like a fog.
Where is that pressure
coming from?
Does its presence signify
anything?
AT the present time the pro-
duction Of Kevin-Sunburst is
coming from an average depth
Of around 1,450 feetthe
drill stopping at the top Of the
lime.
This well is drilled through
the first crust of lime and
into one Of the lower, unex-
plored horizons, possibly near
the top of the Ordovician, IN
which formation is located the
Wilcox sand.
In other states the greatest
production has come from hor-
lions BELOW the lime. II is
from the Ordovician that the
great Oklahoma City pool is
getting its great flood Of oil.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09
QUEEN CITY NO. 10

The same story IS told by
drillers on the Queen City
Oil conlpany's famous No. 10
well which failed to find oil
at the top of the lime, con-
tinued on int othe lime and en-
countered a flow that caused
this well to produce $4,000
worth of oil in the first Is
days.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09
BIG WEST ALLEN

Big West Oil company de-
cided to drill a deep test. The
hole was carried into the lime
and suddenly oil shot over the
top of the derrick. II was the
Big Vests greatest Allen pro
Queer.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

Hanmen Swaffer. the captions
critic. rushing BY. hesitated long
enough 10 tell 81 an old LADY In
'Amstsad Eath who was taken
with pains on the appendicitis
side. the new district nsdicc
was called Ia. made examinations
quleted fears and went his way.
That evening the old lady re-
marked 70 her daughter
1T was nice Of the new vicar
TO call.
But. mumsie. that wasn't the
vicar; that was the doctor
20, said tho old lady, musing'
Il thought he was a little ia
mEllar for q vicar. 10. Q. Nc
Entyre.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

she (seeing her first bali
camel: isn't our pitcher per-
fectly grand7 He hits the club
nearly every time he throws"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

why Teachers Get Married
Question What Is a voicanos
Answer-A mountain with q
hole in the top. II you look
down you can see the creator
smoking.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

Dinna spend money on drink,
but aye keep q corkscrew.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

- 07777 ? '717@
"oh-h-h. Lemmei. rat you
t'inkg I vas arrested today for
speeding"
wat. you? Wy. I didn't know
you had q car"
mo. no. not dat. speedink-
speedink-On der sidewalk"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09
..ssuIv Am Is Right

Raatus gstumbling upstairs Of
g .. m.): "De old gray mare
she Amt what she used TO be.
Mandy (coldly) But de old
white mule stili am"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

Don't question your wife's
Judgment look who she married.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

An old favorits: They Called
the BABY woolly Because He
shrank from waahsng.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

Diner: Have you any Wild
duek3
Waiter: No. sir; but We can
take a tame one and irritate e
for you.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

she was just a shoemaker's
daughter. but she gave him her
awlI
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

.'Is your baby a boy or giri9''
"Of course. what else could
Il be9"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

say that it undoubtedly comes
up through a fault or crack
in the lime.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

''Erhaye you heard the song
called saccharins Futnritysr
II don't recolleek having heard
Il. Are you positive that yOu are
calling It By its right sitie9"
'Why-why, believe At s.
commonly called IN the Sweet
Bye and Bye
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

Nurse: chr. Maginnis, you are.
the father Of Quadruplets."
Maginnis: "what7 Tain things
that be runnin around on four
legsl"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

The man who watehss kha
cioch wal alwaya be- csc Of the
hands
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09
OKLAHOMA CITY
HISTORY

Does it not seem probable
that operators should drill to
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

When shes hot. she's very.
very hot, but when she's celd.
she's sober.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

Diplomacy is the art Of letting
some one else have your way.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

'sAnothsv coed eni gons
wrong. iamented the gas sta
ton employee as the tank over
flowed
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

'Lovs-making Is Just like lt|
always was
How 40 you know"
sT've been residing about q
Greek maiden who sat up and
listened 70 3 Tyre All night-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

Only one marriage IN ten y
happy, a scientist claims. Even
this one n made unhappy some
-times when the husband returns
Unexpectedly.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-05-09

A ScotehHmmn once helped q
friend ont with his income tax.
Yeah. He came 70 live win him
a. q dependent
The Washington times., 1931-10-15
Babies GAIN when guarded
from Constipation! %

BABY isn't gaining his six or
eight ounces a week? Constipation
may be the reason. 1t is behind
most of a baby's troubles. Colic.
Fretfulness. Gas. 1t keeps Baby
from accepting or retaining the
proper amount of food.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is
good for any baby. tits q prescription
for the boDelS written by a famous
doctor-one who attended over $500
births without loss of one mother
or baby-a record believed unique
in American medical history.
Half a teaspoonful of this simple
prescription often relieves occa-
sional troubles like that in few
hours. If Baby is bottle-fed or for
any other reason is regularly con-
stipated, give half teaspoonful
daily until the little fellow is
happy; gaining as he should.
The Washington times., 1931-10-15
LABOR REJECTS
D0LE;FAV0RS
. 5-DAY WEEK
Convention Asks Immediate
Hoover ParIey on JobIess;
LegaIized Beer Vote Looms

VANCOUVER. B. c., Oct. IS
UNS0.-Heeding the advice of
its president, william Green, who
stated that the United States was
not yet ripe for the dole syS-
tenn, the American Federation of
Labor today was on record as
being opposed to unemployment
insurance.
Instead the federation recon-
mended a Seven-point program
which, it was hoped, would bring
relief to the unemployed. The
program follows:
Immediate conference to be
called by President Hoover to
consider the unemployment
crisis.
Immediate Inauguration of a
five-day week in public and
private industry.
Maintenance of wage Struc-
ture.
Assurance of work.
Prohibition on child labor.
A comprehensive building
program.
Balanced production.
That labor would go on record
for the legalizing of 2.75 per cent
beer was the opinion expressed
by most of the delegates as the
convention was drawing to a
close.
The Washington times., 1931-10-15
ConUicts. Weep as Guard
Thinkers, Frees Gas

CHICAGO. Oct. 15.--The in
quisitive bent of Guard Nicholas
Geuther at Stateville penitentiary
caused some two dozen convicts
to go on a milk diet and sent
Mr.. Geuther to the hospital.
The guard was on duty at the
solitary-confinement cellhouse and
was trying to find a way to while
away the hours. ,,
Suddenly there was an ex
plosion followed by an outburst
of ho' ing from the convicts.
A score Of guards came gallop-
ing to the scene with clubs; the
guards in the towers leaped to
their machine guns. The memory
of last March's disastrous riots,
and the periodic rumblings since
that time, had left the prison
force in a nervous mood.
The arriving guards found
The Washington times., 1931-10-15
Thieves Get JeWeLS
From TUO Homes

Jewelry valued at $185 was re-
ported stolen last night from two
homes in Northwest Washington.
Carl Schaffer, 5000 Arkansas
Ave. N. W., reported his home
was entered last night and
jewelry worth $3.50 was taken.
Mrs. Alice F. Smith told police
her home at 1918 Ingraham st.
N. w., was entered and a $35
watch stolen.
The Washington times., 1931-10-15

Geuther unconscious, but they
soon discovered the reason, which
Geuther explained in more detail
later:
Geuther had been tinkering
with tear-gas cartridge!
The ventilating system was
turned on quickly, but some of
the convicts we're found with
badly inflamed eyes and others
complained of severe nausea.
Geuther was taken to st. 10.
seph's Hospital and was reported
yesterday to be recovering. He
is As and lives at Mokena.
The prisoners were put on a
milk diet to counteract the effects
of the gas.
The Washington times., 1931-10-15

The pleasant, syrupy flavor Of
DR.. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin COM
mends it to children. Its gentle
action makes it ideal for women. 1t
doesn't sicken. 1t cannot grippe. So
it is a blessing to elderly people.
And it is thoroughly effective for
the most robust man. All drugstoreS.
The Washington times., 1931-10-15
STIFF FINE FOR RUM

Charged with possession of
liquor, Robert Frederick, colored,
of the first block of Defense ST.,
N. W., was fined 5000 when he
appeared before Judge J. Chew
SheriZ in Hyattsville police
court.
The Washington times., 1931-10-15

Whatever your wants may be, there
is always a possibility that they can
be satisfied through the many services
advertised in today's Classified Section.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-02
A. B. REIF DIES FROM
HEART DISEASE HERE
Harness-Maker in City For
Many Years Was in Apparent
Good Health Saturday

A. B. Ref. harness-m maker and
l,ather-worker in Bismarck for several
years, died at his home at GIT Seventh
street about midnight Saturday.
Death was caused by heart disease
after an acute illness of only about
an hour.
Reif apparently was in good health
attending the corn show in the after
noon and party at his home in the
evening.
He was 65 years old and had been
troubled with heart disease for five
months.
Andrew Benedict Reif was born Dec.
8, 1865. at Joliet, ILL.,, the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. August Ref.
Started In At IL
When 13 years old. Ref learned the
harness making trade and three years
later moved to Iowa with his parents.
After working as harness maker for
two years he entered an academy at
Fayette, Ia, where he spent four
years.
He entered the furniture and un-
dertaking business at Sumner, Ia,
after completing his school work. and
remained in business there for 10
years.
He moved to New Salem, N. D., in
1909 and later to Hazen. He moved
to Bismarck from Hazen in 1924.
He was married to Miss Ella Car
penter in 1893. One child, Mrs. Rob-
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-02
URGES MORE EFFORT
IN RED CROSS DRIVE
Says Counties Not Affected BY
Drought Are Apt to Be Lax
in Campaign

Fargo. N. D., Nov. 2.-The story of
states self-help program unfolds
daily in the office Of the Greater
North Dakota association as counties
in the eastern and southern part of
the state report upon their activities
in raising food, clothing and cash,
and as drought-afflicted counties re-
port upon their growing needs.
Wesley G. Mcdowell, Fargo. secre-
tary of the state relief committee. as
sisting the Red Cross. reports that the
drive for funds is completed in many
cities and counties. while others are
just getting under way. Only by su-
preme efforts in every area can the
total Of $500 900 sought, be raised, he
believes.e
Estimate Is Impossible
TT is impossible to give an accurate
estimate as to the total receipts to
date, since many have not reported
Mcdowell said. THE remarkable
part Of this entire campaign is tina;
the counties which are hardest hit by
this unprecedented drought seem to
be making the best diligent effort to
raise their drive quotas, while in some
instances, the counties which were
not affected by the drought are not
manifesting sufficient degree o,
push.
! More than $50 carloads of potatoes
have been contributed from the half
dozen Red River Valley counties
where q surplus of potatoes and veg
etables was grown. No potatoes arc
going undug. despite the low market
quotations. Most counties have met
their quotas on clothing. Fifty o,
more cars of potatoes are In sight for
future shipments.
Among the counties reporting u
date include:
William w. Barr, secretary, Wells
county chapter: lO1 clothing outfits
quota 10: one-third of $3.400 cash
quota raised.
Frank Whitney, Dickinson, chair
man of Stark county chapter, reports
$2,500 in sight on fund drive, with
generous clothing contributions being
shipped from there.
Mclean Needs Clothing
i. Mrs. James T. McCulloch, Wash.
burn. Mclean county chapter secre.
tary, declares that the need for cloth
ing is almost the equivalent of thu
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-02
Stockholders to Fight
Federal Court Ruling

Fargo. Nov. Observation-Disclosures
of the defunct Diamond Motors Parts
company, st. Cloud, many Of whom
are residents of Fargo and North Da-
kota. have appealed to the United
States circuit court of appeals at st.
Louis from an order invoking dou-
bic liability assessment on all stock
holders.
Leigh J. Monson represents the Far
go stockholders. There are $3.50
stockholders in the concern, Monson
said. about 500 of whom are North
Dakotans. A committee of 10 attor-
neys will be selected to prepare the
trial One of this committee will ap-
pear in st. Louis.
The double liability assessment was
invoked by Judge John B. Sanborn in
federal court at Minneapolis on petit
ton of the receiver Of the company
to take care # outstanding debts.
An unusual feature of the case is
the fact that on all stock issued by
the company was written in mon
aSsessable."
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-02
committee and will present its rec
concentrations to the general board.
Ralph Capone Loses
Plea to High Court

Washington, Nov. 2.-R-R Ralph
Capone, brother Of Al Capone. Mon
day was refused a review by the su-
preme court of his conviction Of hav-
ing made false statements in an at
tempt to compromise his income
taxes,
The action ends the gangster's hope
of a legal escape from his three-year
sentence and a fine Of $4,000.
Terry Druggan and frankie Lake,
former Chicago beer barors, have
pleaded guilty to income tax viola
tions with the understanding they
might change their pleas If Ralph
Capone won a review.
Obscured somewhat by his notori-
Gus brother AL. Ralph nevertheless
found underworld operations very
profitable. At his trial. the govern
ment introduced evidence to prove
that in a period Of five years preced-
ing April, 1929, he banked more than
81 ,000,0
He failed to file q return or pay
any tax during 1922, 1923, 1924 and
1925.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-02

ert Paden. Sumner, Ia. was born to
them. Mrs. Reif died In 1896 and In
1898 Mr.. Reif was married to Miss
Elizabeth Dickman, who survives him
One son was born to this union, Ruel
Reif. Cheyenne, Wyo.
He was member Of the First
Evangelical church. being trustee,
and was an active worker In the l.
o. o. F. He was in charge Of the
mems Bible class and a member Of the
mems chorus of the Evangelical
church.
Plan Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services will be conducted
from the Evangelical church at 2:30
p. m. Tuesday, with Rev. Ira E. Herz-
berg officiating. Burial will be made
at Sumner. Ia.
Active pallbearers at the rites here
will be William Small. William Luke
Ben Larkin, Hugo Schwantes, Martin
Brieher, and Carl Bender, while Will
liam Schwartz. Arthur Small. and
Frank Walbert will act as ushers at
the funeral.
Members Of his Bible class will be
honorary pallbearers.
Ruel Reii will arrive in Bismarck
tonight to attend the services.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-02

Of the Madison. Wisconsin, police
force, and Louis Dieden of the Mil
waukee police department.. All three
have been assisting Menomonie police
authorities in inyestigationg the rob-
berry.
The suspect was questioned by Mel
vim Passolt, chief of the state bureau
of criminal Identification Except to
say he still was unconvinced Twin
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-02

Air pilots certificates are held by
10000 men and women in England.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-02
VETERANS ESTATE
REVERTED TO U. s.
Judge Miller Decides Action Not
Be Considered at Escheat
Proceedings

An estate consisting of disability
compensation, left by q World war
veteran who died without heirs, must
revert to the federal government
rather than to the state, according to
a decision by Judge Andrew Miller
in United States district court.
Harold Shaft, assistant attorney
general, representing the state of
North Dakota in the case, contended
that the right of escheat is solely the
the right Of the state, while George
w. Thorp, assistant United States at
torney, claimed the proceedings could
not be considered an escheat action
but that the funds involved belong
to the United States government.
Brought Against Moen
The case was brought by the fed
eral government against E. T. Moen
administrator of the estate of John
G. Benjo, World war veteran and
resident of Ramsey county, who died
July 10, 1880. North Dakota was the
intervening defendant.
During the life of Benjo, various
payments of disability compensation
were made to the guardian for the
benefit of the veteran At Benjo's
death. Moen was named administra-
tor of the estate, consisting of a
$1,000 United States Liberty bond
$l72 cash. and 81 ,042 adjusted service
certificate.
It was agreed that the Liberty bono
and the cash represented the pro-
ceeds of the disability compensation
paid Moen as guardian of Benjo. with
the exception of $62. The govern.
ment made no claim for the $62.
The funds had been paid to the
guardian, Shaft argued, before the
enactment Of a federal statute pro.
viding for the escheat Of funds in the
hands Of guardians.
Paid Before July
The funds involved in the action
Shaft contended, were paid to thu
guardian before July 3, 1880, wher
the law became effective.
Shaft argued that the statute pro.
viding for an escheat to the Unitec
States constitutes an unconstitutiona
invasion of the rights of the state.
The government denied that tn,
proceedings was an escheat proceed
ings and that the funds involved be.
long to the United States government
and that Benjo, prior to his death
had no rights which would pass tt
his estate or to any person or SOW
ereign except as provided in the fed.
eral statutes. The funds were pait
to the guardian, the government con.
tended, as mere trustee or deposi.
tory of the federal government.