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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28
COMPLETION
Is REPORTED
TsuNBURST

The first completion Of the
year for the California company
is reported in KeYin-sunbursi
field where this company's Smoke
well. in south center NwH
Nwk 27-s5-2W came in max
Ing 40 barrels. It was treated
with acid and is now being
swabbed preparatory to a pro-
duction test.
The Michener-DeGroat well in
Section 1O-s4-2W is having
trouble getting Its casing landed
below the red beds, which have
been Gazing badly.
4 showing OF oil near the top
Of che basal sand OF the RED"
Mcclure well in the northeast
corner Of Kevin-supburst caused
Mcclure to shut down and run
string Of casing. A flow Of
high gravity OIL Is expected IN
This sand. which has not yet
been produced. II It is not
commercial, Mcclure intends to
drill on down to the lime. This.
Is the only part Of the field
where oil is found in any appre-
siabie quantity in the Colorado
SAID.
HawIey Drilling company 81
iTilIing q well for Sweeney-Nailor
interests in the shallow sand area
Il Easf Kevin-sunburst, report
ng q depth OF 1880 feet.
The Cassidy we'll. known IS
ne RocRy Ridge-Haugen No. 2,
"a Rocky Ridge dome northeass
4 Kevln. is reported drilling
aftar having made al
70 treat # With seld.
easGiapae 90 Pass zAua,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28
z heaters" VIII Get
The Big Stick After
Nov. |, Ayers lckes

Secretary OF the Interior Har-
old Ickes, administrator OF the
oil induatry's code, notified oil
men at Chicago that unless
"cheating'' were stopped. and
production held down to the gov
ernment's figures. he would in
woke the drastic powers given
him by the code.
Under the oil code, the admin
istratOr, with the presidents sanc-
tion. can establish a licensing
system for the industry.
Secretary Ickes spoke before
1000 oil producers and dealers
at the American Petroleum in
stitute's convention.
4 regret to say that in spite
Of the fair attitude OF the gov
eminent with respect to pro-
duction there has been some
cheating" be said.
7 am informed that there Is
still too much oil being produced
and unless production ia restrict
ed to the figures permitted By my
last order. / intend 10 exercise
the drastic powers given me by
the oil code.
IF necessary, win In
yoke these extraordinary powers
On Nov I. next, and fair notice
has been given to every producer
d oil that the administration
means business when Il puts
Iimit On the crude 70 BE- pro-
suea
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28
WATRFLM,
Dslm
AT

A fauIted condition on Hob
son dome was revealed by the
drin as It penetrated the Dakota
sandstone. at 1892 feet. accord
ing to reports from Lewist0wn
and it Is stated that =. q Hunt,
the operator, win doubtless move
back and drill a second well.
irrespective Of the outcome Of
this first one.
The Dakota sand had a show
ing Of oil with a little gas and
water appeared 10 feet In the
sand. amounting 70 shout rs bar
rels a day.
Hunt expects to move two lo-
cations back from the fault for
his second well. according to
George Burke. deputy state oil
and gas inspector.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28

When "Ty" Cobb, Wyoming
operator. drilled his Wallberger
well in Cut Bank field down to
the sand without pipe. he started
something.
1t looked like an aweully good
idea, In this day OF corner cutting
to bring back prosperity, and
several OF the lads have tried
to adopt cobb's plan Of economy.
Bpt thus far none has been able
to duplicate the feat.
Nadeau Brothers, one of the
crack drilling outfits in the field,
took the Montana Power-MiIIsr
No. 1. Sec. 4-sg-5w, down to
27s5 without pipe but had to
underream the production string
down 3 few feet. The Kootenai
formation suddenly broke loose
and Topped into the hole and
they were unable to get the
pipe down with the result that
they had to pull It ont and now
they are running 10-inch. Ex-
cept for the understanding. they
would have duplicated Cobb's.
feat.
A couple Of Others tried to get
to the sand without running
larger strings Of pipe but all
aavs ended the same way. And
nenntime Costa ats back and
Egias j
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28

Bill Elliot, veteran Montana
contractor-operator. began NOV
ing materials TO one OF the Dun
stal leases, during the past wesk.
Location is on the center NEA
NwA 22-S4-sw. on the Kennerly
farm.
This block OF leases was bought
at auction by Charles DunstaI,
formerly Eliiot's partner. at
sale OF allotment leases last
spring. Following completion Of
the Fulton well. with an ss-fOot
sand. the west end Of Cut Bank
came into new prominence and
It now appears that shs Dunssmi
block Is pretty well proven By
the Fulton well q mile north and
the Santa Rita Olson well q little
more than a mile East. The
Texas company is understood to
have acquired the Dunstal block
but details OF the sale or Oper-
ting arrangement have not been
made public.
One well is now drilling mid
way between the Fulton well and
the new Elliot location. Il is
the Commonwealth Getty No. /.
in center NEA swH 15-s4-sw.
being drilled by Bni Mcknight.
another veteran Montana opera
TOR. He vas reported drilling at
a depth Of $50 feet. following =
delay occasioned by the storm.
FultOn's No. location Is all
risged up hut has NOT yet
spudded.
Texas company's north offset
% the Fulton producer has COM
'leted steel derrick and the rotary
tcOptinped on Page Thros)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28
Refners See 'Euen Break"
In NetU Price Firing Rules


test against the uniform price
on nationally advertised and
nOn-advsrtised brands of gasO-
line. alleging to the national COM
mittee that . decided advantage
rests with the manufactures Of
nationally advertised brands. The
matter was taken up direct with
Washington.
The code provides for a spread
OF 5M cents on second structure
gasoline, between the refinery
price and the retail price. OF
this sum 3 cents must 90 to
The filling station, leaving but
2 y cents for the tank car job.
Der. who is now getting from
~ to 5 cents per gallon. It Is.
the tank car buyer who has
been picking the grapes" In.
the gasoline business in Montana
for many years. Jobbers are
known to have made as much
~ III cents per gallon in times
past and the heavy 'spread"
allowed the tank car buyer has
kept either the public from en-
Toying lower gasoline prices or
The refiner enjoying a fair price
Tor his product. This regime is
aauniteIy terminated by the
federal code.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28

fish a price TX cents ander tins
Tulsa base-plus-freisht price,
named.
AS an example. the base prizes
for gasoline in California ca
s0-s4.s octane gasoline Is az
cents fob. tanker. plus one
cent tor delivery TO Portland
The rate from Portland to Great
Falls is approximately As cents
per gallon, making the Great
Falls price 71s plus AZ cents Ok
20 cents. Montana and Wyoming
refiners are allowed to quote
105z cents on this business.
Oklahoma prices TOR the SANS
gasoline are s5k cents plus s-1s
freight to Great Falls. making.
approximately 14.7 cents per gall
Ion for Midcontinent gasolinei
In points in Montana other than
the northeast corner which enjoys
lower rates OF group 3.
I'VE feel that this win give
Montana refiners an even break. :"
said ]. w. johnson OF Northwest
ct will serve to cut
The profit Of the tank car buyer
but the Tefiner win be in better
position than at present.
Mr.. Johnson has filed a pro-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28
TARRANT HAS
lie Wells
UNDER WAY

The most active operator in
the Rocky Mountain region Is
Roy G. Tarrant. according to
records Of drilling operations in
this region. Tarrant has nine
active operations in Cut Bank
field-a greater number than
any other Rocky Mountain OPP
orator.
Tarrant-Carman, NV Corner
1-s4-5W, is drilling at 1880.
Tarrant-Britton NO. 2 NV
swA NEA 14-s4-sW. is drill
ing at 21OO.
Tarrant-Miller No. Q sW NE
24-s4-6W. is drilling at 1895.
Tarrant-winkler No. 1, G
sw swA 2s-s4-sw. is drilling
at 1850.
Tarrant-Haglund. ST.. No. 2,
IVY NWH Is-s4-ew. is rig
ging up.
Tarrant-Haglund, Jr.. No. 4,
So sEH SEX 1s-s4-sw. is drill-
ing at $50.
Tarrant is rigging up on Mon-
tana-H eadlight-Williams No. 2 in.
center MEX NEH 1l-s4-sW.
Tarrant has rig up on BrlttonI
No. 3. In c NwA sWH 1874
sW.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28
Twin WILDCATS
GETTING away 70
AN Even START


Two wildcat tests on South
Cut Bank fold we're getting
nicely under way this week, with
reports that the Texaco-state
test in Mex 1e-s2-5w started
drilling tour last week.
Hannah-ImperiaI No. / in Sec
ton 2s-S2-4w drilled to ss2
and then spudded a water we'll
under the rig. making prepara-
lions for winter drilling. A gas
line is being laid from the main
line Of the Montana Power. three
miles west, to get fuel.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28

A division OF opinion as to
- the result of the operation
Of the price fixing pro-
visions OF the petroleum code
appeared among Montana rsfiners
during the past week. An early
meeting or refiners under che
code organization is proposed.
probably at the same time that
marketers meet IN Great Falls,
early in November.
The provision that Montana and
Wyoming rsfinsrs shall be allow
ed q dnferential Of IL cents
per gallon has brought conflict
ing opinions. Some refiners
maintain that the railroad rates
give q decided advantage to.
California refiners. Others
maintain that Midcontinent and.
California gasoline win be pretty
definite barred from local mark
cts by the dffferential.
Whereas some maintain that
there should be a greater differ
entail allowed, others maintain
that 1t would mean more profit
TO Montana rsfiners II the diff
were less.
AS it is, it is expected that
he major marketers viii estab-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28

The first storm Of the fall
season slowed down operations
b CuE Bank field during che
first part of the past wssk
hut che storm ended suddenly
Is . chinook wind "a warm
breeze from the southwest,
cut the eight inches Of snow
sway as II by magic. It left
hed roads, however, and move
ment Of materials Is still diff
cult.
The storm was responsible for
the fact that there we're no.
compilations in the field again
this week. with rs active opera
lions. The TasxanE-Karson No. /
wen in swA MEX 12-sz-6w,
is resumIng drilling today. about.
ready TO driIl into the sand. At
the time the well shut down the
production string had been set
on top Of the gas sand and drill
ing IL resuming at 2717 feet.
A second completion now due
is the BeEl-N yhagen-Anderson
No. 4, well in NEA swlM 1855
81. aightsinrh casing has been
set at 1910 feet and drilling Is
in progress at 1850, with the oiId
sand due at $500. The anderson
well is about midway between
the Cobb and the Santa Rita
flowing wells.
Texss cpmpany's Min1Ie No. 1,
NV NWz NEA 2-s4-eW, IS
drilling at 1900 feet, having
made so feet last week. despite
the storm, using rotary tools.
Texaco Is proceeding to spud
IN its Yunck No. 1, east offset
to the carawall Ia NwH sW y |
with the Big west
spudder. and after cementing
surface string win move the spud-
Ter to the west offset to the
sobb-waIlerger. on the Purdy
arm. Both locations win havef
o wait Tor rotary tools.
Montana Power companies
seeba No. 4, ME NEA NWN
tcsnksnusd sp Page TAreel
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28
SPECIAL SESSION
Nay hit PBOB E
GAS0

Gasoline prices in Montana Will
doubtless be included in the
matters which are to be given
the swift "once over" OF the
special session OF the Montana
legislature next month, called By
Governor F. H. CoOney. The
governor has taken steps toward
bringing about a reduction in the
price OF gasoline and further
regulation Of the oil industry IN
this state.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28
DEVON TEsT sHUT Down

The wildcat test on North De-
Won structure. which encountered
around 100000 feet OF gas Ia
the base OF the Colorado. Is re-
ported shut down awaiting IN
atructions 20 proceed to the MadI-
son lime. Another well On this
fold, drilled several years ago,
ead a connidarable sh0wang og
en ri the Elllsadtagn nansnsG
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28

In region No Colorado, Wyo1s-
ing, Montana and UTAH the vlnimMNs
tank car dels0ered prices of refined pet
yOieum products shall be group prices
pIsss freight or Los angeles OF Portloyd
prices plnS freight, zOhicheyvr Is Io1UeY;
provided, hOaOe0er, yefaDeyies so located
in said states as to enjoy baVey trasSpoy-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28
new TEXACO DEAL At CUT BANK


EatioH rates 10 points IN said states may
reduce Sncls bsi,limMm delivered prices for
gasoline in az amount not exceeding ~
cents per gallon in as much as a consider
able percentage of the refined products
manufacturers 81 said states mast be mark
eted at an adVerSe TRANSPORTATION differ
ewtiaI. 49,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-10-28
DunstaI Block Of
Leases Involved
In Ru1nored Deal
Five Active Operations On Blacklist Indian
Reservation When Elliot Moves
Onto Dunstal Block

Simultaneously with the movement Of materials for
new well on the Blaceet Indian reservation in the west
end of Cut Bank field it rlmored this week that
The Texas company has taken over the Dunsta block
Of allotment leases located along the east edge of the
reservation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-17
SUICIDE EFFORT is
Fooled, POLICE CLAIM
Charge Woman Tried to
End Life With Poison.

Mrs. Pearl K. Bonham, 81, is in
fair condition today at city hospital
to which she was removed Thurs
day afternoon following what police
believe was a prolonged attcr'n- .
suicide. She is roonler at $50
North Meridian street, ap44 .-.---
20.
Police said Mrs. Bonham tod
them She desired to die because of
love affair.
Her statement was that she had
taken six poison tablets in the last
four or five days, obtaining them
from woman she met daily at
Market and Meridian streets, and
VINO said the tablets would cause a
painless death with the appearance
of being natural.
Mrs. Bonham refused to disclose
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-17
farmer TRUST
DIVIDENDS MAY
Be PAID SOON
Receiver RaISton Submits
Second Annual Report
to Judge Weir.

Payment Of substantial divi-
dend" to depositors of the defunct
Farmers Trust Company in the
near future is predicted by Boyd
M. Ralston, receiver, in a second
annual report filed today with
Superior Judge Clarence E. Weir.
Since going into receivership May
4, 1881, the bank has earned a net
operating profit Of $21,498, despite
shrinkage Of more than 100000 in
value of book assets in two years,
the report states.
Payment of the dividend, first in
prospect for depositors, depends Of
sale of farm land held by the in
stitution in the central west.
Weir ordered copies of the report
sent to all depositors and creditors.
According to the report, total cash
revenue under the receivership was
$136,558, with expenses totaling
Sll5, 459.
The $1,321,339 book value of as
sets of the institution have been re-
duced by appraisers to $665,047 the
shrinkage resulting from general
business condition, according to the
report. Liabilities total $685., 900, as
Of Jan. 81 this year, according to
the report, which states that none
Of the books assets was used in OPP
Grating the receiYership.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-17
new STORE TAX TO
GO in EFFECT SOON
Rates Effective When Leg
iSIature Acts Are Published.

New store tax rates set by the
legislature will go into effect as soon
as the legislatures acts are pub
lished within the next few weeks,
store owners were warned today.
Stores not paid for 1888 will be
charged the new rate, higher in
the upper three brackets. Rates were
left at So for one store and $40 for
each store from two to five, but
were increased from SIS to 500 for
six to ten stores, from $40 to $50
for eleven to twenty stores, and
from $25 to $3.50 for each store over
twenty.
Since the store tax law amend
ment act had no date of effective
ness, it will become effective when
the sessions laws are published, au-
tomatically placing the new rates
into effect for stores unpaid for this
year.
However, the new rates will not
apply to stores already paid for 1888.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-17
W6TTE VIZ on 10 1EW

Fifth, the company also had
the right to make the same as
sumption in employing him.
Sixth, the rights of the group
always are above those of the
individual. 1t is a terrible way
out Of a terrible situation, but
the train must not be wrecked.
3. Not nearly as often as sup
posed. Professod William Field
ing Ogburn of the University of
Chicago shows many inventions
are made simultaneously by two
different people.
Of course, in such cases, one
claims he has been cheated. In
one lawsuit fifty people claimed
the same inventionl DR.. Ross
man, of the United States
patient office, shows host Of in
ventions are incomplete. Some
other man completes them and
the first man always claims his
invention was stolen.
Furthermore, scarcely any in
vention is the product of a single
individual DR.. Rossman warns
that many inventors lose their
inventions because they talk too
much about them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-17

/. Not a complete science, be-
cause love-making always will he
mostly an art, but they have
learned a great deal about the
reactions Of both normal and alb
normal seX-attractions and re-
pulsions.
Many love affairs fail, and
many marriages go on the rocks,
because of lack of sound, tech
nical advice, in the art and
science Of lovemaking which
clinical psychologists and
psychiatrists now are perfectly
competent to give. Their advice
should be sought.
2. No. first, there is consider
able presumption that it is due
to his neglie ence that the child
is there. Second, no such pre-
sumption of negligence could lie
against the passengers.
Third, the passengers have en-
trusted their lives to his hands.
Fourth, they have the right to
assume that in accepting his job
he implied he was ready to make
any personal sacrifice for their
safety.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-17
THAT STRANGE RUMBLE?
B0RAH LEARNS SPEECH
Writes II First; Then Memories II
Aloud in Office.
Bg Times Special

~ ImcS Special
WASHINGTON, March II. "A
deep rumble came through the
cracks in the Office door of Sen
ator William Edgar Borah. 1t
sounded somewhat like an air
plane motor, something like a loco
motive going up hill. 1t called for
investigation.
1t was revealed that the sem
ator himself was doing the rum
bling.
When Borah makes a speech, it
developed, he first writes it on a
piece of paper.
Then he memories it.
And to do that the senator has
found he must lock himself in his
Office, take a sip Of water and then
in stentorian tones read the speech
aloud, loudly, and in machine gun
fashion.
All Of which accounts for the
strange noises coming from the
dignified Office of Senator Borah
of Idaho
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-17
Swim Party to Raise Funds

A mixed swimming party to raise
funds for sending mems relay
team to the national swimming
championship contest in New York
will be held Sunday afternoon at
the Hoosier Athletic Club. Members
OF the team have been picked from
the clubs swimming team which
won six dual inter-city meets dur
ing the winter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-17
WORLD PEACE
MAY REST ON
BRITAIN, ITALY
MuSSoIini nd Macdonald
Meeting This Week Seen
of Vast Importance.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS,
scripps Howard Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, March 17.-With
Europe an armed camp and in the
grip of a virulent epidemic Of war
talk - the Mussolini-M Macdonald
meeting at Rome this weekend IS
regarded here as inevitably Of world
Importance.
The fate not only Of disarn1a-
ment, but OF European peace, may
hinge upon the outcome.
If Italy and France can be in
duced to bury the Ratchet, and sup
port Great Britain's dramatic bid
for arms reduction and limitation
at Geneva Thursday, the new Nazi-
Nationalist Germany either will
have to abandon her present war
like program and join the general
theme, else find herself completely
isolated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-17

the name of the woman or give a
description.
Acquaintance of Mrs. Bonham
told police she has a son-in-Iaw
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Higgins, living in Columbus, Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-17
DOG GIVES FIRE ALARM
Rat Terrier Warns Owner When
Log Drops Out of Fireplace.

~ IWIItU FTtS6
KENNEWICK, Wash, March II.
His name is Goofus. but he's not
so "Goofus' after all. The six
month-old rat terrier barked so
long and loudly here recently that
his owner, H. E. Oliver, came down
stairs to see what was the matter.
A log had rolled out of the fire
place on to the floor and was burn
ing a goodly-sized hole. The fire
was put out, and Goofus was re-
warded with a generous portion of
liver.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-17
Fear HitIer's Program

Mostly responsible for Europe's
new war scare is the saber-rattling
of NaM Chancellor Adolf Hitler. He
has demanded arms equality with
! France and the rest of Germany's
neighbors, otherwise Germany viii
arm herself to the teeth.
Thursday Premier Macdonald
sprang a compromise He proposed
to allow Germany to double her
present standing army and other
concessions.
If Chancellor Hitler refuses the
profer Of Justice and peace" and
Italy and France stand by Great
Britain, Germany will find herself
once more hemmed in on all sides.
Thus the newborn balance of
power in Europe is now at state
On one side arc Germany, Austria,
Hungary and Bulgaria. On the
other are France, Poland and the
Little Entente.
France Also "On Spot
Britain and Italy still are on the
sidelines. If Premiers Macdonald
and Mussolini now can agree, they
can sway this balance Of power, or
at least pull its teeth, at will.
France, therefore, as we'll as Ger
many, can be put on the spot at
Rome, automatically speaking.
France, in Premier MacDonald's
new disarmament scheme, is called
upon to make concessions not only
to Germany but to Italy for the
sake Of peace.
If she refuses, he warned, not
only would the arms conference be
wrecked but world peace as well.
With the general lines of Great
Britain's proposals, Washington to-
day appeared in agreement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-17
RADIO USED IN SURGERY
Physician Describes Operation TO
= His Class in Amphitheater.

. His Class in Amphitheater.
BIZ Science Service
LOS ANGELES. March 17.-Radio
has found its way to the operating
room. A surgeon here, DR.. RATE c.
Chaftin, now wears a microphone
under his face mask while operating,
so that he may describe the opera
ton step by step to his students in
the amphitheater.
His application of microphone,
amplifler, and loud speaker to the
teaching of surgery is reported in
the current issue Of the American
Journal of Surgery.