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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-06

There are three definite
plans afoot, none Of which are
READY for announcement, for
the moving Of rotary rigs
onto Montana oil structures
where production has been
found ia the formations above
the Madison lime. In either
case, a complete test to the
lowest known producing hor-
icons is assured.
Existence Of high-gravity
oil in the deeper sands, such
as are productive in other oil
regions, has long been proven,
butte development has been de-
layed due to the difficulty Of
drilling to the deeper horizons
with cable tools.
Practically every north Mon
tana well is now called a com
pletion when it reaches the
horizons at the top Of, or A.
bove, the Madison limestone
which is from 500 to 500 feet
thick in Northern Montana.
Below the lime are the De-
yonian and Silurian and Ordo.
vician formations. The 0rdo-
yician, below the Dev0nian,
contains the Wilcox sand,
which has produced hundreds
Of millions Of dollars Of oil
ia the states Of Oklahoma and
Texas. It is INFESTED ia Mon
tana.
The Devonian, below the
Madison lime and above the
Ordovician, has been definitely
proven for production Of
oil in various por-
tions Of the north Sweetgrass
Arch.
OH has been found in forma-
tons below the Madison lime
ia three widely separated dis
tricts in Northern Montana.
The FIRST time the Devonian
was penetrated with the drill !
ID Northern Montana was at
Bears Den, in 1924. This well /
was drilled in 5 field where
III has been subsequently found
ID shallow sands but the Fra
yer well had only gas ia these
formations. In the Dev0nian,
however, oil was found at q
iepth of 1890 feet The aig
aiicance Of this showing was
not appreciated at the time.
fcen1anea 81 Paes Mshsl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-06
BLACK HORSE
TEST READY
TO DRILL In

Wildcat Of Agerx Ct Al ~
the north city Iimsts Of Great
Falls Is today setting 8 ans.
inch casing 1T a718 feet,
preparatory 20 drilling deep
e. for testing g 0o-foot sand
expected IN the next 10 Or IS
feet.
Expectation that a sand VIII
be reached at this depth Is based
on correlation OF the log OF
this well with exposures Of
Quadrant formation in the Belt
Mountains 10 the south.
In the mountains, exposures
reveal q thick bed Of red nhale
followed By $50 feet Of blue
shale below which occnrs the
e0-fOot sand.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-06
ASKALFA HITS 1900 BARREL.
WELL IN BORDER OIL FIELD

Askalta Oil Company's No. s Farbo roar
ed into production Wednesday as the great
est gusher ever completed in the Border
oil field, with an initial flow in excess of
1900 barrels daily
Hooked up to two-inch and three
inch line to the control head, the we'll is to-
day putting go barrels per hour of clean
pipeline oil into the flow tanks
Officials of the company plan to pinch
the well in immediately to 1000 barrels, to
minimize danger of water intrusion
Production is coming from the Vanalta
sand in the Ellis formation, topped at PATS
feet
Discovery Of oil at this depth came as
surprise to the crew, which had landed
pipe at 2473, expecting oil at around $500
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-06
BEARS Den
WELL ENDS
PIPE woes

A wen which may extend
the producing area Of the
Bears Den field in the Sweet
grass Bi1ls nearly q mile
east is now rea<kg 70 resume
drilling. following successful
completion Of q sidcfracking
job which has lasted more
than sax months.
The well IS Peoples on & Gas
eompany's No. / First National
Bank. SEX NWA section IN
ssN-eE-
Last week. the crew successful
~ landed a string OF sakanch
pipe at 1000 feet on bottom. past
previously collapsed strings Of
eight and ten-ineh.
The boilers are now being re-
giued and drilling IS scheduled
10 resume during the coming
week, with production expected in
the Dakota sand which should
be reached 10 less than 600 feet
This horizon produces Oh in
the we'll on the scho0nover lease.
I sxaas,.s a. a. - ava ~ gas1A n.Mut
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-06

This is particularly true in
Kelvin Sunburst, where high
gravity oil IS known to exist in
the Devonian formation but
where efforts to bring this h0r-
lion into production have fail
ed because Of inability Of the
cable cool drillers to cope with
the heavy gas pressures en-
countered.
Advent Of the rotary promis-
es new life, not only to Kelvin
Sunburst but also TO P0ndera,
Bannatyne and other state
fields where deep sand posi-
bilities are regarded as unus
ualy bright.
Hitherto Adequate
Coming of the rotary into
northern Montana has long
been delayed by the fact that
cable tools have been adequate
to handle the drilling Of wells
to the shallow horizons from
which operators have been thus
Ear content ID take their oil
esUnued - rsse Rs*ei
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-06

In the Mern wildcat. tins drin
has gone through the red bed
and through rs feet Of the blue
shaie. with prospect that the
sand win be reached 10 Z few
feet Of drilling II the beds con
tinue to cheek uniformly with the
mountain exposures
The shale appears TO be- al
ideal formation IN which 10 land
pipe and assure completion OF
tbs well with the hole dry.
Drilling OF this well % fts
present depth with the equipment
used IS q tribute to the ahilszy
Of the drilled. FLOYD Harfla
who hae bsen ID raazse slnce
the welI STARTED
nlsnusd 81 raes EssM
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-06

After the pipe had been landed, two
feet Of hole had beer made when oil shot over
the crownblock. The crew closed the control
head and hooked up q lead line to a 275-barrel
flow tank, leaving the tools in the hole.
While concessions were being made with
other tanks, the ~ barrel tank overlooked.
In the opinion Of operators who visited
the well, it appears to have drilled into a
crevice Whether, ike the Ohio-Baker No
8, Kevin-Sunburst erevice well, it viii yield
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-06
Proven Oil Horizons
OF Devonian In Easy
Reach Of Heavy Rigs


Development Of deep-sand oil production
in Montana during the next IL months now
appears assured as result of the advent of
the rotary as a factor in state oil develop
ment
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-06

Hazards Of drilling on the
Wild and woody western pImins
are exemplafied BY experience
Of the crew Of the Black
Horse Lake wildcat. since
drilling started. no less 3han
~ ras4lesnakes. Of assorted
siaes. have been killed around
the rig.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-06

On the Milk River anficline,
the rotary supplanted a heavy
duty cable tool outfit which
battled caving shales for more
than a year. using tons Of &C.
ment in the struggle to carry
the l6-inch hole to 2900 feet.
Ia other state fields, proven
for oil in the upper horizons,
r0taries are expected to resume
where cable tools left off, drill
ing to the deeper horizons
where oil is known to exist
but where drilling difficulties
have thus far prevented devel-
opment.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1932-08-06
DRILLING an s4eO

MIX River Petroleum LOlll-
pany's wildcat on the AglEk
River anticHine, north Of
Browning on the Blaclxfees
Indian reservation. l. reported
drilling today at 1890 feet IN
the Kootenai formation. head
ing for the Sunburst sand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-12

AS desperately as the government needs the money
to balance it's budget the proposal to tax low priced
thcater tickets should cause concern not to the
thousands who would pay be barred from entertain
ment but from those who have more wealth at stake
In times OF stress the theater. especially the low
priced theater. has played important part as
paciher.
It. furnishes opportunity to get away from
realities into dream realms and that have multi
piled by overhought become less distrec,ing. 1t is
only fair to say that amused and entertained
people arc less likely arrive at harsh and unwise
decisions than people whose sole attention is
centcred on trouble.
Every business is having difficulty to maintain It
SELF The theatcr has not escaped. Several hundred
Indena thoates have closed during the last two years
Moro neignborhood houses in cities likely to find
The going hard
tax on low-priced tickets might easily result in
either the closing OF theaters, what is worse
the barring Of hundreds who have this occasional
form Of entertainment from any such participation.
The problem Of upholding public morale is quite as
important as the distribution Of food.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-12
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH
Food Is Not Harmed by Aluminium

could get into the body and cause
appendicitis.
Scientifically there is no evidence
to support the view that cooking in
either type of utensils is to any
serious extent detrimental to the hui
man body.
Nevertheless. there are certain
qualities that must be inherent in
any type of utensil used in cooking
First, it must not depreciate the
quality Of the food. If the cooking
utensil adds anything to the taste
Of the food or distorts it in any way.
it is not a good cooking utensil. This
perhaps should not apply to liquors
aged in wood.
Second, the cooking utensils
should not destroy any of the i'm
portant ingredients of the food.
1t now is we'll esta blished that
cooking of fresh fruits or vegetables
in copper utensils in the presence Of
air will destroy vitamin c.
Third, the utensil should not dis
color the food. Finally. it should.
not add to the food any substance
harmful to human health.
To find out whether aluminium
utensils would meet these criteris, a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-12

! relationship of man to man have
been at base mass movements. In
deed, leaders themselves are anxious
to admit as much when things 90
badly. Thus the Great Engineer of
1923 suddenly has become the hard
working martyr afflicted by circum-
stances over which he had no con-
troll.
A party which Broadly boosted
that it had Of its own free will and
inspired talent given prosperity to
the nation is now glad to point out
that economic causation runs deep
and is international in its scope.
The second point of view is more
accurate than the first, but 1t
does not mean that we have out
grown our disposition to single out
some particular half back to crown
as hero of football or a financial
victory. We are still looking for
some other Whitney to bid 200 for
United States Steel and save our
economic structure.
II within the next six months
conditions in America grow appre-
Gladly better. we again will be told
that President Hoover was response.
bic for the new deal. No longer
will his partisans picture him as
poor kibitzer who had nothing on
earth to do with it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-12
Gnvernment by PATRONAGE

Organizations Interested in reducing the cost OF
government should direct their attention to leT.sa-
ton that will wipe out useless state, counts and
local Offices
Apparently the political machinery Of the state
depends upon patronage and especially the dis
tribut,oS Of Offices among those whose sole quslih
cation III, manipulation Of douotfa political
strength
ANY Job that permits IFS holder TO spend any
considerable portion Of time in the playing Of politics
should be abolished.
The state is still suffering from the traditions left
by stephensonism when ne had built himself into
position Of power and arrogance
ID method was 70 create Jobs which required little
Or no time and which performed doubtful service 70
the public
The scheme worked when he turned over to Ed
jackson then secretary Of state the patronage
the state police and enabled the hooded order to build
a gigantic machine for the control Of primaries.
The mvise Of that patronage has wrecked
every successor to Jackson although jackson used it
TO mount 70 the governorshp and then fall back
oblivion free under tho statute OF limitations which
give immunity to his offense
There is need for the cutting down Of expense Of
government. Any argument that departments are self
supporting through the collection Of fees is subterfuge
The final expense comes from the people.
survey now of the state government, listing Of
Job holders who play politics instead Of giving service
determined massng OF forces to abolIh all sinecures
may help to solve the tax problem.
One way to reduce taxes is to cut out every job
which gives full time to politics and little thought 10
the people
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-12
Democratic Relief Plan

The Democratic unemployment relief plan pro
posed by leader Joseph T. Robinson is major polit-
ical development which carries hope Of action before
congress adjourns
In declaring for 81 900 100000 bond public works
program. Robinson made an important differentiation
between public works that are sef-sustaining and
those that are not.
He favored the former Blanket forms Of public
works usually involve projects which necessitate long
future maintenance charges, such as roads. We
agree in principle with Robinson that at this time the
sef-sustaining kind are better as a means Of keeping
federal expenditures within bounds.
Details Of this part Of his plan will be awaited
by the public with interest.
Few will find fault with the secoEd plank in the
Democratic plan, which accepts the need for direct
federal emergency relief to the unemployed through
the states. There are several such plans before the
senate including the Costigan and Wagner bills
Which of the several plans is best is open to debate
Robinson said he accepted the s3OOOOOOOO Wagner
plan. Advocates of the Costigan-La Toilette plan
think the Wagner bill is weak in providing for no
federal supervision Of funds to check possible local
political misuses and apportoning the money solely
the basis Of population without regard to varying
needs
But, apart from all such details it is essential that
~''5AS~N DOAOAS "uJo"iiieAO ploNfue III Some man
ner for aid to states and localities which have ex-
hausted their relief funds and otherwise can not pre-
vent widespread starvation
With these plans for direct emergency aid to pre-
vent starvation, and for self-slstaning public works
to create jobs and orders for industry Robinson linked
demand for balanced budget The latter is in line
with the appeals Of President Hoover last week which
THIS newspaper vigorously is supporting The respon
sbe leaders of both parties on record on this vital
matter.
We welcome the Democratic craftsmanship evil
dent IN the general principle Of the unemployment
and business relief program advanced by Senator
Robinson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-12
Why Not Get Mad?

A ND so I think that there are
N many quarters in the globe.
the nation and the city where
masses could we'll begin a little fer
mentation on their own account
without waiting for any plumed
knight to stand upon a stump and
make them speeches.
Take. for instance. the problem of
the boy friend and the bosses. It is
BIZ no means true that the citizens
Of New York must put up forever
with Tammany because its organ
ization is too powerful and its lead
ership too shrewd to be conquered.
But what can I do?' Is a famil-
lar complaint of Mr.. Average Man.
Generally he is a little nettled at
being told that he might do some
thing as simple as registering and
voting.
The Tiger lives and breathes and
walks the earth not because Of his
claws, but because Of our lack of
them. We haven't cared enough.
We have been too craven and too
cynical.
There never was a time when a
million men and women got excited
about something that an adequate
leader could not be found. But he
must have something to lead. Now
is the time for all good men to be-
come followers and fermenters.
tCoDvright 1892. By The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-12

number OF workers in an eastern
laboratory have made a series Of
tests on foods cooked in aluminium
vessels.
For purpose OF comparison, the
same foods were cooked at the same
time in vessels made of glass.
In general, it was found that
clean aluminium cooking utensils are
attacked to an insignificant degree
by foods Of neutral reaction.
However. acid foods or foods to
which baking soda has been added
dissolve small amounts OF aluminium
from the cooking utensil.
If sugar is present, the amount of
corrosion OF the aluminium cooking
utensil is less.
The largest amount of aluminium
found in any food was l1S parts
to the million in apple butter which
had been cooked in aluminium
utensils for six and a half hours.
II all food TO be eaten during
the day were cooked in aluminium
cooking utensils. there still would
not be enough aluminium taken up
by the food 10 interfere seriously
in any way with normal activities OF
the human body
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-12
Just Every Day Sense
BY MRS. wALTER FERGUSON

IT is praiseworthy but a bit ridiculous that u,e
should have to get the signatures of million
American women to insure building at the Chi
cago worlds fair that will point 10 the progress of
our sex. For If women haven't advanced during the
last few decades don't know who or what has
The men, poor dears. appear to be running around
IN circles. To be sure. they have done great many
wonderful things DynamoS telephones. typewriters
arplanes and radios invented Gables and railroads
laid. Slavery and pestience abolished Poles dis
covered. Sciences developed. Education advanced
along all lines =
They have worked well and feverishly to build ire
mendous cities, countries and civilizations and ther
aoored just as hard to destroy that which they hao
made ~
The most outstanding and the most deplorable act
OF the last half century the World war For nc
reasonable cause. all over the earth fell tr
slaughtering another They used their rarvelou,
IN rntions for the determination of their fellows
/ n deed and in truth. are the only creatures
Il upon the face of the globe who have progressed
in spirit for fifty years They have earned education
and industrial freedom They have emerged from
mental and moral slavery. Along with the black man
they have gained the right OF suffrage
And today finds them standing almost solidlv for
progress through peace which. the recent past
teaches is the only way that progress can be made
Creeping deSpondently back toward that plane
upon which in 1914 the civilized races stood man
witnesses the devastation he has made He remem-
bers the old England France Germany and America.
prosperous and happy. and each with a splendid fu-
ture. And he sees now all their great enterprises
fallen and destroyed.
For men have invented only 10 kill They have
built up only to tear down They have created vast
fortunes. only 10 fling them away in smoke
They have set up governments not to make progress
but to make war
So today finds them disgrmtled and defeated and
poorer than they were in 1898.
Women must 20 forward. II We do not keep our
sanity and help to restore the sanity Of men, there
viii be no more world fairs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-12
Do It Now

Wet victories in the Ohio and Indiana primaries
hasten the national march away from prohibition.
Ohio mother of Presidents and mother Of the Anti
Saloon League is a key state. Indiana is the state
that had the most drastic dry laws.
This general reaction against an experiment which
started with noble purpose and ended ignobly now
is barbed with sharp economic necessity. Prohibition
enforcement swells the federal deficit and at the
same time robs the government Of revenue with which
70 balance the budget and relieve the overburdened
taxpayer.
Those hit by the tax bill are asking to be spared.
The movies the rubber industry. the automobile in
dustrv. the insurance companies-the whole long
list.
And make no mistake about it, they are hit and hit
hsrd--at a time when any extra expense whatsoever
is an inch of the enc Of the nose.
Life or death for many of the industries is in the
provisions of the tax bill; life If the tax is only all
that The traffic will bear: the death sentence beyond
that.
And the death means to the government that the
goose that lays the golden egg is more, that the
thing the bill seeks to accomplish is nullihed by the
bin itself So it is more than natural and human
that cries for mercy raised.
and while all this is going on, the thing which
would relieve ALL the thing which would save industry
from being taxed to death. lies before us-unused.
Congress. the congress which is doing the taxing,
has the power to amend the volstesd act. BY such
amendment a tax on beer can be levied And by such
tax the terrible burden could be lghtened could be
shifted TO shoulders that could bear -shoulders that
now 90 unincumbered with any load whatsoever.
A beer tax would bring in from s375OOoOOO to
s5OOOOo 900 year Think what that would do! It
is a greater sum than the present proposed taxes on
amusements. radio and monographs and commun-
cations combined It is from one-third to one-half
the total tax bill
What q silly situation
Prohibition is doomed. Every sign points to that
fact AS sure as the stars prohibition is on the way
out Every politician in Washington knows It, It's
only matter OF time In what amounts 70 stam-
pede the political drys are turning wet
What an opportunity to do it now-now. when the
awful pressure Of taxation be reeved-not later
when the death sentence on overtaxed Americans has
been executed.
Those industries crying for help have stockholders
Those stockholders are voters We advise the ones
who are lobbying in Washington to get their COM
psnies spared 10 60 to the grass roos-to call upon
their stockholders to express themselves to their con-
grcSsmen.
Amendment OF the volstead act by this congress
would turn the trick. II would clear the skies It
isn't being done because the wary politicians are
waiting for the party conversions month take
the responsibility for something that is inevitable
as tomorrow.
But pressure from back home might change their
minds The politician, admitting that prohibition is
doomed contends that it can't be done in this
session"
He can be made to understand that ANYTHING is
possible IN a time ike this .
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-12
TWILIGHT Defined
THE fun moon AZ tic zeni,b

THE full moon at its zenith. thu.
Il Is, at its highest point in the
sky, gives an illumination OF only
tWo-hundredths OF foot-candle.
DR.. Kimball says.
The moon at first or last quarter
gives only one-tenth as much light
that is. two-thousandths of a foot
candle.
But this figures is still much
higher than starlight. which. ac-
cording to DR.. Kimball, amounts to
only eight dred-thousandths OF
a foot-candle.
The Smithsonian METEOROLOGICAL
tables also give standard for the
duration Of Astronomical twilight"
and civil twilight
The former. according to this
table, ends officially in the evening
and begins in the morning. when
the true position of the sun is is
degrees below the horizon. when
stars OF the sixth magnitude are
visible near the zenith, and gen
orally there is no trace OF the twi-
light glow on the horizon.
The latter ends or begins when
the suns center is just six degrees
below the horizon. AT this time
stars and planets of the first mag
nitude are barely visible.
In the evening the first purple
light just has disappeared and
darkness compels suspension OF out
door work. In the morning the
first purple light is beginning TO be
visible.
The period of twilight has been
subject OF considerable confusion
in the past" DR.. Kimball saws.
because different workers have ac-
cepted different positions of the sun
in respect 10 the horizon to indi-
cate its beginning and ending.
In these tables, evening twilight
is considered to begin when the
upper limb of the sun comedies with
the true horizon. Morning twilight
ends when the sun is in the same
position"