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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-14
north DAKOTA MEN
READY TO PRESENT
DIVERSION PROJECT
Arrive IN Washington to UrQe
$65, 600, 900 Improvement
On Missouri

washington, Oct. l4.-lR-A North
Dakota delegation came to Washins-
ton Saturday to lay the groundwork
tor consideration Of the 4os. 900 900
Missouri river diversion project BY the
public works administration.
They viii ask for . formal hearing
before the public works administer.
ton and indicated it would be at.
tended by Frank Murphy, public
works adviser for the fourth region,
and representatives Of North Dakota.
South Dakota. Nebraska, Iowa, Min.
nesota, and Wyoming state public
works advisory boards.
The project involves construction or
q dam on the Missouri river. near
Garrison, North Dakota, to impound
flood waters and divert them into the
Cheyenne ana James rivers to raise
water tables In those rivers and
alleviate drouth conditions. It would
affect chiefly the eastern and north.
west corner Of North Dakota, an east
ern portion Of South Dakota, q west
ern strip Of Minnesota and portions
Of Nebraska and Iowa bordering on
the Missouri river.
Public works advisory boards Of the
six states recently approved the pro-
ject In joint meeting.
The delegation conferred with SIN
stors Nye (Rep-ND) and Norbeck
lRep-SD) and plans to start q series
Of conversations with federal officials
soon. The group includes s. w.
Thompson, president Of the Missouri
River Diversion association; Howard
E. Simpson, North Dakota state geol-
ogist, and Earle r. Buell., press repre-.
sentative OF the association.
Would Sell Power
The project Is being pressed a. an
all-federal undertaking to be financed
entirely from the public works fund,
but the proponents say It would be
self-liquidating to some extent
through the sale Of power generated
at the main dam.
They said 1t would not interfere
with the proposed reservoir at Fort
Peck, Montana, and general develop
Inent Of the Missouri river for navi-
cation.
No actual irrigation IS contemplated
they explained, but diversion Of waste
Missouri river floodwaters to the
James and Cheyenne rivers would
raise the sub-surface water level and
thus increase droughts which they
said are menace to the agricultural
future OF that north mid-western
area.
This project would employ about
$4,000 men for four or five years,
Senator Nye said. II challenge any
other public works project to show
that q greater percentage Of its total
cost goes into actual labor"
Senator Norbeck said he would
support the project, out advised in
clusion Of diversion from the James
River above Cakes, North Dakota, Il
Lake Traverse and Big Stone Lake
miles apart on the South Dakota
Minnesota state line. He said the
latter diversion would make both the
Minnesota and Red Rivers navigable
in that region, improve about 1000. 00C
acres Of farm land In the two states
and open additional potentialities foz
power development.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-14
70 THE POLICYHOLDERS or
THE PRUDENTIAL

INSURANCE. COMPANY OF AMERICA
NOTICE j. hereby given that meeting Of
coMpA1 ec& Sc AnEReA
will be held At the Home Office Of said Com
pany in the City of Newark, New Jersey, On
Monday, the Fourth day Of December, 1855. at
twelve o'clock noon, for the purpose Of select
ing four persons to be voted for by the policy:
Directors at the annual election Of Directors
Of the Company 70 Be held On the Eighth day
Of January, 1884.
At such meeting every polieyholdes Of The
corporation who 10 Of the age Of .twenty-one
force for ct least one year last past shall b
entitled TO cast one vote in person OK BY proxy.
EDWARD p. DUFFlELD, ksssjdsmt.
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In the lower grades programs were
worked up for Columbus Day, de-
picttng the life and works Of the
great discoverer. In connection with
this Indian life has been studied.
The children have made wigwams
and pottery such as Columbus found
among the natives Of America.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-14
May CUT STRIKERS
FROM RELIEF ROLLS
# THEY ARE WRONG
Charity Administration Agrees
With Labor Department on
Plan Of Action

Strikers were confronted Saturday
with the possibility Of losing federal
relief aid II their strikes were found
to be unjustified.
Agreement between the federal re-
lief administration and tho labor de-
partment on such action was reported
70 have been reached, with federal in
vestigators and conciliators looking
INTO all major strikes in this light.
That such q step might be applied
IN the strike Of western Pennsylvania
coal miners was considered possible
in view Of statement by Gen. Hugh
s. johnson, MIRA chief. that miners
refusing to accept the check-off sys-
ZEN offered by steel company own
crS Of captive" mines would be re-
tarding the national recovery pro-
gram.
The miners had before them q
message from Governor Pinchot Of
Pennsylvania urging them to end the
three weeks walkout and to accept
the mine owners concessions as q
great victory" Leaders on both
sides predicted the miners would heed
tie message and return to work next
| week.
Clearing of the strike situation in
some sections was seen In the return
70 work of close to TOO men III the
Ford Moto. company's Chester, Pa.
plant, and with a truce declared in
the strike Of sardine fishermen and
stevedores In San Francisco.
| Detroit tool makers planned mass
meeting Saturday night to urge auto
mobile workers to join their strike.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-14
INTRODUCE NEW TEXTS

IN1NOUUCE NEW TEATS
AT st. Mary's school the Cham
pion Arithmetics" have been intro
duced into the third. fourth, fifth,
sixth and seventh grades. Other new
texts introduced include STANDARD
History Of America" by Bonaventure
Lawler; Health and Success" by
Address and Evans; Pioneers and
Patriots Of America" by Philip Fur
long: and Health Habits" by Bur-
kard, Chambers and Maroney.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-14

The fifth grade enjoyed their
geography work very much this
week. In one corner Of the room
on the floor they made q large
sand map Of South America on
which they showed the jungles
Of the Amazon, rivers and the
principal physical features Of the
country.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-14
Williston Prepares
For Farmers Union

Willtston, N. D.. Oct. l4.--(P}-Plans
for the state convention Of the North
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-14
|a|RZIE9|I'|a

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
The California Wave Nook. lO2 Third
Street. Bismarck. specializes in COM
bination permanents ct $3.50, 400
and $500 complete. Our patrons
send their friends. Phone 782.
REAL STEAM-Supercurline Perma-
nents. No electricity. no kinks:
comes down dripping wet: done 2
hours. $50 until MA agroe..lent
requires raise. Get yours betore
the raiaa. Harrington'A Plume 100.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-10-14
st. Mary's School
Grade Activities

The sixth grade has just finished
a study Of the prehistoric man. In
order to comprehend more clearly
the life at that time and the charac-
teristics Of the age, the children made
weapons and other articles used by
these people.
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IVI, N0GIl GVG40O1ls 1xGA1A1 G148Sp va y
Dixon. Barbara Weigel. Cynthia Dur.
sema, Gertrude Engen. Esther Gray.
Delma Dewitt, Helen Hedstrom, VII
jam Howe. Mary Louise Finney. Janice
Erbie, Alice Martin, MurTell Harding,
Charles Foesum, Ruth Callahan,
frank 0oetx, Fred Green. Harold
Griffith. Hazel Hanson, Donald Hart
ley, Floyd Helfenstein, Joan Hughes,
Alvina Kallenberger. Robert Illchen,
Ralph Ward. Paul Kenjou, Robert
Killing, Alice Knowles. Charles WEIGH,
Victor Westbrook. Glenn CARTRIDGE
Hazel Jacobson. william Kelley.
Jeanne Kraft, Francis Register,
Milton Rosen, Martha Rosenberg,
Raymond Yeasley, Fern Yeater. Bob,
0ussner. LaVerne Bertsch, Richard
LaRue. Russell Arnot, Winona Hag-
gerty, Cleo Arness. James Hyland,
Norman Joerss, Earl Mccall, Dorothy
Sigurdson, Irene Smith, Jack Smith
James spohn, Harold Tellinghusen
Elizabeth Toschilsly. Magdalen Wal.
ter. Maxine and Clayton WEIGH, May
Welliver. Beruice Wenaas. Edith Asre
Mabel Aunc, Helen Bashara. John
Cameron. Virginia Cayou. Ruth
Christensen, Billy Oorwin. Louise
Diets. Tom Dolan. Bernard Flaherty
Ruth Rand, Lester Porter, Arleu
Schultx, Keith Morris, Lem Lasken
James Mc0uinness, Al Ode, Betty
Melville. Harriet Main. solweig Mel
son, Emma LANCER, Patricia LaRue
Jeanne Paris, Richard shater, Edna
McCrorte. Rueben Tellinghausen
Bernice Peteron. Myrtle Swenson
Emma Montgomery. Ted Omett. Ar
Sandin, Art Norum, Stanton Roberts
Leslie NcCroeie. Dtlbert Perry, BLU
Owens, Mary Louise Nuessle. Norma
Peterson, Mary Mailman. Peggy JAM
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11

A Lot OF Stations TO Let

There CONSERVATION the large distributing
when the lower house the Montana legislature with dng
hase which includes special provision for filling stations
Under this filling
for the first stations For than 10 bulk
will
$4,000 year Nothing
bookeeper 1888 After
Charge, there isn't money to bookkeepers
Before the fall of the of the big
of Cascade urging him the chain There
totaEng
the work proceeded far
About all
companies will lease their stations Hopes of the independent industry
people
of
n
of big Foundation back in City.
Beyond the hearings obbes really
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11

The storm stopped Work on
this well along with al other
wells In the field and no further
work can be done until the
storm abates. However. Il is ex-
pected that this well will be shOt
with not less than 80 quarts Of
nitro glycerin and its owners be-
lieve that the shot viii double
or treble SITS present production.
The success Of the small shet
in the Tarrant-BrfttOn well led
20 the decision Of Dakota-Mon-
tana to shoot its first wen. which
is an average producer as It
stands. The well Il offsets has
been making 80 barrels per day.
The Tarrant-Britton well Is
known to have been greatly im-
proved by a 4O-quart shot Of
nitro glycerin, although the crew
was stiIl 10 feet off bottom in
the work OF cleaning out, when
the storm hit.
A program OF not less than
three additional wells is con-
templated by Dakota-Montana
during the present year. starting
the second as soon as the No. /
Is put on production. This well
calls for an offset on the north,
pm the w. Ewing farm.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11
OPERATORS
keep GOING
At PAYETTE

Renewed activity in Payette
field, in Idaho. is insured for
the coming spring. according 70
reports from operators who are
proceeding despite the failure OF
the Ohio OIL company test to
find as much gas as had been
expected.
The district has several new
entrants. Included among the
biologists who have worked the
area is Irving Stewart, now with
L. B. O'Neil interests.
Gas from wells in the Payette
district yielded a very rich gas
with a B. T. U. content OF 1903,
which is unusually hot gas.
Interstate Finance corporation
of Spokane has spudded in a test
well at Malheur Butte, near On
tario, in Oregon. This wen win
be drilled for oil and viii go
to a depth Of 1000 feet. Inter-
state Finance corporation con-
trolls more than 100000 acres in
Oregon and Idaho and expects 70
have several wells drilled on Its
Boise Petroleum corporation Is
reported to have had showing
Of oil in its test 30 miles east OF
the town Of Payette, after hav-
ing had q 5.OoO,000-foot gasser
in an upper sand. There are now
SIX companies interested n shs
field with acreage scattered ever
an area OF IS square miles.
The possibility Of development
Of large amounts Of gas Which
tcontinusd ca Rage MAmA0
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11

cape, as the pipe was drawn up.
VIII Save SEQ A Day
Mr.. foreman telephoned over
to Coquille and within an hour
LATE Compton. J. L. Stevens,
ii. A. Young, and Albert Matson,
Of Marshfield, were at the well.
viewing what Mr.. foreman as
serts is a greater quantity OF
crude oil than has ever before
been brought up from the bowls
of the earth in Washington or
Oregon. he adds that the show
ing means that this well viii run
enough crude to furnish the fuel
for the next well to be drilled.
at a saving of $40 a day.
The first visitors at the well
brought the news to Coquille and
it soon spread all over the
country, a report OF the Strike
in Thursdays Port
land dailies. The men also
brought a quart jar Of oil from
the well and it is on display at
The hotel.
Like Canada Crude
It's thinner than the crude oil
found in Kansas, Oklahoma or
California, and darker, but It
has the gas odor which clearly
distinguishes it from Diesel en-
sine oil or distiIlate, from which
he gasoline has been extracted.
Mr.. foreman says there Is a
Held in Canada which produces
his same kind Of crude OIL.
Mr.. foreman also state that
.his oil b not necessarily q
tcontinued 90 Pase bivsl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11

The CoQuile Valley Seminal
describes the event as follows:
Mr.. foreman, Jim Elsea and
Robert Violet have been pulling
the six-inch casing from the old
well for the past week. Wednes-
day morning they had reached
the fourteenth 2O-foot section
of pipe and as that was un-
screwed a larger quantity Of oil
spattered out all over the derrick
house and drenehing Elsea's
clothing.
zoo Feet Crude
They quickly lowered that sec
ton and looked into the top Of
the remaining casing. 1t was
filled to the top with crude oil
and a measurement taken showed
that there was 200 feet Of the
crude In the pipe, and no water.
The reason the oil remained in
the casing as the entire length
was pulled mp. one section at the
top being removed at a time, is
easily explained.
How Il Happened
When drilling was stopped
three months ago. the whole
length OF easing was raised 20
Of 80 feet. Before starting to
remove the string Of pipe II was
let down again to the bottom OF
he hole. through 200 feet OF
oil and the muck and earth,
moved BY the power which has
'aused SO much difficulty in
Iriiling, forced the earth up into
he pipe making a plug which
permitted none OF the oil to ss-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11
BILL
AGAIN STARTS
HOT BATTLE

Although reported out with
a mojority voting to kin the
measure. Senate Bill No. 81, viii
go before the Montana legislature
again precipitating a battle in
the ranks of the Montana oil in
dustry over the sulphur content
Of gasoline.
This announcement was receiv-
ed by the Montana OIL 4 Mining
Journal by long distance from
Helena Friday when the bill was
reported out OF committee with
a majority Of frye recommending
that the bill be killed and a
minority of two succeeding in
getting the bill printed and plac-
ed before the senate. 1t Is un-
derstood that the measure will
come up for a vote in the senate
on or about Tuesday Of next
week.
The vote of the committee
was:
To kill H. B. 81, Donovan.
COburn, Burr, Hansell,
KildufS.
To approve H. B. 81, Kalberg.
Who Started Trouble?
The bill as originally introduce
ID proposed to change the sui
,hur content OF gasoline back
rom 2 of 10 to 4 Of ~.
rhe bill was introduced by Page,
'ut none seems to know its
censorship. Had it not been IN
reduced. It is doubtful whether
he renewal of the battle would
lave been precipitated, since the
for 2 Of ~ mode no
other than It gave a
bird grade gasoline structure.
The Page bill was amended
Continued on Page Five)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11
TEXANS THINK IT'S
GREAT TO DRILL IN
MIDST OF WIN TER

Forcasting a boom" in Cut
Bank, the Oil Weekly, published
in Houston, Texas, says;
''It has been the custom that
oil field operations along the
Canadian border all but cease
during the winter when sub-zerO
temperatures are not conducive
to such activity. But forecast
ing the period OF practically
boom activity when the weather
is more propitious. the Cut Bank
area Of NOrther Montana Is busy
through the winter and promises
big development when spring
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11
foreman Reports Showing
Of Oil In Oregon Well AS
He Pulls Pipe To Abandon
Claims 200 Gallons Of Crude In Pipe Does
Not Look Like Distillate Proposes
To Drill Another Well

Newspaper clippings COqule, Coos County, Oregon
bring information Ellis foreman, formerly
reported showing Of oil in the Fat Elk well he
been drilling I'm COquiIIe valley.
says that the OIL found in sixinch
casing string being pulled preparatory abandon
oil reported in the pipe
being allowed remain, hanging I'm the WELL
arrival o. Marion, president on
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11
Water Lines
Freeze When
Storm Hits

The grounding act waa
staged by drillers in Gut Bank
field on Monday Of this week.
A storm hit Sunday noon
a sweeping, howIing bIizEard
ont of the north. The Their
mometer did q high dive from
a comfortable springtime tenn
perature TO a record low.
Monday morning the drilIers
peered out from their bunk
while, as Br'r Grounding is
want to do from his burrow.
Instead Of looking at their
shadows, they looked at Their
mometers. The Thermometers
were not recording the erst-
while long, red streak was
curled up as a little ball IA
the bottom Of the tube.
Thereafter followed vaFioua high
dives In which big brawny drill
ers dived into burrows OF blank
cts and comforters.
Whereas the afternoon tours
had battled through to midnight,
every water line in the field was
frozen by the following morning
and it was impossible for a man
to stay outdoors for long with |
the thermometer at 20 below
and a gale blowing. Not more
than five or six inches of snow
fell Sunday but the wind piled
it high alongside derricks aud
on country roads.
This was the second touch"
of winter but the first chill
blast that has frozen all drill
ing activity. The last to shut
down was Postelwait on Santa
No. / in Section
Continued on Page Five)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11
ADAMS LOOKS
UPON UNx AS
LUCKY ON

The black. ugly-looking JIM
bird that has been Hopping back
and forth to tops Of derricks in
Cut Bank field during the past
few weeks may be a bird of para
disc in diguise, according to
crews Of Adams Drilling company,
which has had three wells tied
up by a series of accidents.
All three wells were cleared
up and ready to proceed before
the storm hit and the bird of
paradise idea is that the hard
luck on these wells may be off
set by some big producers. job
was rewarded. they point out, so
In this case Mother Nature may
''say It with crude"
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NO.
/, offsetting three producers, has
l-inch casing at 2s42 feet. The
small production string was nee
sssitated by the loss OF tools
which had to be sidetracked.
The same company had resum-
ID work on the A. P Con-Kissel
No. well, farther west, where
CONTINUED on page Eight
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11
PASCO GAS
FIELD GETS
Deep TEST

The first adequate deep test
of the Pasco, Washington, gas
field is now insured by North
west Oil & Gas company. princi-
pal operator in this, the most
unusual natural gas field in the
world.
Contract for a 6,OOO-foot ro-
tary test has been awarded to
Sheldon-Burden company, which
drilled the Frye well on MIX
River. Part of the Milk River
equipment is now being moved
to Pasco.
There are now 16 gas wells in
thi field. producing from basalt,
a volcanic flow, which is ordin-
ariIy believed to be incapable Of
gas production. The gas is
found at depths from 700 to
500 feet and has no pressure.
It Is pumped from the ground
and forced into a pipeline that
serves Grandview, Mabton, Sunny
side and PrOsser, WASH, and the
company has found the business
highly profitable.
Belief that the gas in the
basalt is foreign to the forma-
tiOn and that it is escaping from
sedimentary beds beneath the
basalt through faults or erae-
lures has led to the deep test.
Should large volume Of gas be
found ct greater depth, market
expansion to and including Puget
Sound cities Is expected.
fcontanned On page Eightl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11
JOHN BARTON NEW
DISTRICT MANAGER
TExACO OPERA ATOMS

The Texas company announces
the appointment of John d. Bar
ton as district manager Of Texa-
co operation in the states Of
Montana, Utah and Idaho. Mr..
Barton returns to the western
territory from the Chicago dis
trict office. With the company
for the past 90 years, he was
formerly Is charge OF activities
in Montana. Idaho, Washington
and Oregon. District head
quarters are located In Butte.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11
Four Hour Test Shows
New Cut Bank Producer
Is Equal To ReichOff
DakOtans VIII Try Heavy Shot OF Nitro To
Break Up Hard Sand In Belief Pro-
ductiOn Can Be Doubled

Starring TO sab with only 500 feet Of fluid IN The h0a
the Dakota Montana companys first producer in the Gut
Bank field swabbed III barrels Ia four hours.
This we'll ofsettng the Tarrant Reich0n producer ws
ternmost oil well in the field win doubtless BE- developed
into one Of the largest wells in the field following shooting
now contemplated
The Washington times., 1933-12-09
MARROW RANCE
COVERED BY
COTTON

NEW YORK. Dec. 9 G.NS0.
Cotton futures maintained q
steady tone throughout today's
short session with prices little
changed from previous final levels.
Higher at Liverpool
Although Liverpool cables were
8 to 10 American points higher
than due, the market here opened
up 2 points to off point and
then held within very narrow
limits.
Purchases by the trade, both
domestic and foreign, Wall Street
and Liverpool, offset scattered
purchases by the South, New
Orleans and spot interests. Trad
ing was at a quiet pace with
turnover the smallest for a Satur.
day in months.
Notice Day Advanced
The first notice day for Janu-
ary contracts on the cotton ex-
change has been switched to De-
cember % from December 26, due
to the holidays arranged for the
Saturdays before Christmas and
New Year.
Toward the close prices were
unchanged to 2 points higher
with December unchanged at
9.89, March up at 1906, May up
2 at 1919. July UNCHANGED at
1881, and October up l at 10.49.