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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-20
DENIES Any
SPECIAL OIL
CONTRACTS

The action OF Big West NeFsnins
company in cutting the price OF
Crude in Kevin~Gnnbursf field This
week precipitated the establishment
of a posted field price BY Imterna-
|tionai Refining cOmpany at 81 30
5 cents a barrel above the Big West
price. international viii take see
|of its customers crude under terms
|recited in formal statamemf. print
cd herewith, issued by o. MI webb,
superintendent OF the ompany's
sunburst plant.
Rumors were current NhAt Big
West aad made special cousraets
With one OF two leading Emaepend-
ents In Ksvin-Sunburst bue these
rumors were mtoutIy denied by l.
+. Hawley Of the Big West, when
called BY the Journal over long dis
tance phone az Spokane.
All contracts are abaoluteay uni
form be said I'VE hava written
no special contracts with Mmpone.
lCsaataned au Page Hzse
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-20

2 Mcknight a. Stock-StaGe No. 4,
SWh NWA 16-35-2W, was COM
pleted this week at q depth of 1879.
Al had but three feet OF sand" but
II started off making six bailers OF
oil per hour, indicating a production
OF around 100 barrels per day, nat
uraL II will be treated with acid
ana may make a big producer
In the Sunburst sand area which
Ohio Oil company abandoned, Cool
idge & Coolidge this week compiet-
cd a we'll on the old O,Haire permit,
in NEA SEA 35-3e-2W, that flow
ed after shot Of so quarts OF nj
tro glyeertn at 1537-154s. OIL rose
within goo feet OF the top OF the
casing, indicating that it Is an ex-
cellent we'll
Since the buyers are taking no
new production, these wells are
merely building up production 70
provide ample crude for new
refinery.
The Texas company recently com
pleted It's Kinney No. 8, NEA NEA
1S-S5-2W. which developed from a
dry hole into a producer. Il y now
making s5 barrels Per day on the
pump.
Texas company is starting its
Reuna-B Bruins No. 40, c So sEA
l0-3s-zW, having spudded in Thurs
day.
Imperial Craiw-BEmam No. 10.
sW SEA MEN 1s-3s-2W. Is drill
ing at 30 fseL
New Era E'nel company Of Min
neap0lis has taken over the Jack
son-Halter well Ia NWA NEN IL
35-2W, which stood at 500 feet.
New Era acquired as acres Of this
Halter farm and Is now drilling at
1850 feet.
A. BeMrdsiee-sweaxs No. 4. NE
SEA NWk s-s5-2W. Is drilling at
lAe0.
CrunAley-Shaw No. 4, In 36-a6-
wv. was making 100 barrels untii
i was shut down for lack Of mar
ket. when production resumed, Il
made only SIS barrels, indicating
nat this Sunburst of deposits par
,ffin on the walls OF the sand.
CFumAey -8lzaw No. 9, SW NWX
3BM 9b-ss-1w, IL drilling At $50.
Cxnnaley ~6eabrook No. D. NK
5BM SEA 24-sS~8W, mna0a 40 bar
'ela after acid treatment.
0rnhnzn-agmeEsvnAala No. q. aNM
iva fs-sg-SW. had 7 TO s bazwelsas
sceatianea sa pass ssakl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-20
Hundred Barrel Wells
Re1Uard Kevi11 Dri11ers

Grim determination marks drilling operations ia Kelvin
sunbus field where operators have the problem
oil fOr present refining capacity and quite enough oil for
rsfinexies.
Determined 70 develop enough oil to justify additional refin-
cries which win dplace imported gasoline and gasoline made
imported crude nsunburst operators drilling
wells acdixng them and allowing them 70 stand idle until
time q 8 market is afforded.
At in the history Of this $35OO0OOO oil field have
results uniformly satisfactory than this years de-
velopment atteased by recent results.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-20
Formal Notice
Posted Price,
kcvin-Sunb'St
sunburst, Montana,
July 40, 1898.

Subject TO discOnftnuance
without notice the Information
al Refining Company win pur-
chase Kevin-gunburs crude pc
txoleum delivered I'm accordance
with the terms and conditions
OF It's davisiom oR8eR. &c $40
per barrel Of 81 Z. 3. gallons.
This price Is established
(netl quanEtsy as eE@6ie@0 60
THE producers by the pipe hne
receiving deliveries for Inter
national Refining Company 81
oil purchased in pursuance here
soG determined I'm accordance
with such pipe lines usuaa prac-
tice at the. time in the field
I'm which the Oh I'm qmese4om
was prDduced, as 90 tank eah&e
dedmcfxOns, Deductions for baskc
sediment. water. and other for
eign substances, and c0rrec-
lions for temperatures.
" however, the Quantity Of
Oh taken is de6ermimed other
wise Eham ms provided im e2aa
preceding senkence t&@m eA@
above posted price win noe be
paid for sucl5 oil, aad instead
there win be paid the above
posted price reduced ow fnereas-
ed proportiOnateIy as the qman-
tffy Of the OH taken he greater
or less wfem 0ekewxmimed u&hew-
wise than In the precedEmg sea-
tence; so thmG the smzme
amount OF momey VIII be paid
for oil taken when it's qmam-
tify Is de1ewmtncd oEA1exwsse
than a. b provided IA the
preceding semtemce as womld
have been paAd for smcA odl
had rs qmamfaty been de&esmkn-
Ell a. provided az elae preced-
ing sem1emee
REFINING
COMPANY, ~ o. ~ WEBB.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-20

CONSTRUCTION of this line would
give employment to thousands Of
workmen throughout Minnesota. the
Dakotas and Montana and the in
fiuenee win be felt thru the metal
trades back TO the miners who will
be given employment ny the demand
for this large order of pipe.
! This Is one Of the few projects
in the country which win pay back
every cent the government may ad-
vance. Our engineers believe that
the pipeline will anortise the in
vestment in from 10 to 20 years.
Every city and town along the
route of the pipeline has petitioned
the president to grant the loan and
market arrangements have been
made for a minimum of 100, OOO,-
600 cubic feet OF gas per day. A
3O-inch line is contemplated to
supply not only the domestic users
in the various towns and cities but
to provide a low cost fuel to smelt
the millions of tons of low-grade
iron ore in the Iron Range. This is
expected to result in permanent en-
pIoyment for from 1000 to 5000
men in Northern Minnesota alone.
Other industrial development will
follow the introduction of natural
gas, he states, giving permanent
employment to many more thou
sands Of men.
Members OF the committee are
Mr.. Schmidt, DR.. J ] VanDrasek,
MINI, who is interested in United
Gas at Baker; e ]. Evasta, MINI,
railroad contractor and oil and
gas investor In Montana; M. o.
Morden and G. H. Drake Of Drake
Jones of Minneapolis.
Mr. Schmidt came to Montana to
confer with Governor Cooney and
other Montana officials. He has al
ready gained the support of the
governors OF Minnesota and North !
Dakota. He has the support, he
states, OF the Montana congressional |
who have already given l
assistance to the project
For the first time we have a
united front" says Mr.. Schmidt.
'Minnesota-Sorthern rs cooperating
and has pledged the delivery OF
enough gas from Baker field alone
70 insure the initial operation Of
he line. We contemplate an sd
rance of money with which additions
Il development and some expl6r-
story drilling viii be done to build
lp the necessary open flow and fe-
erves. There Is now upward OF
'illion cubic feet OF open flow avail
.ble in the field which this line
Till tap and fully two hundred bill
lon cubic feet OF knewn reserves"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-20
international Will Pay $l.2O
Per Barrel and Take 5O% of
all Crude Offered in Kelvin

International Refining company TEX
aco) on Friday announced a posted field
price in Kelvin Sunburst field
The price is $l.20 per barrel-a l5-cent
cut from the old price of $l.35. Information
al win take oil from all producers, with the
understanding, it is reported, that the en-
fire field shall be pro-rated to 500.
This will afford market to l8 pro-
ducers who are now unable to sell their oil
International has been buying 603o of
the oil from its various connections in the
field
This is the first time in the history of
Kevin-Sunburst that a refiner has posted
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-20

the price of crude. Ohio Oil company has
always fixed the price, in the past, but has
bought only whatever crude it needed to care
for its market AT the present time Ohio is
taking only IS per cent of the oil produced
by leases with which it has contractural re-
lations.
1t is understood that Ohio will begin
paying the new price of $l.20 per barrel
The price cut was precipitated by Big
West Oil company which recently announced
a price, based on a graduated scale Deepen
dent on gravity of the crude, starting at
ST. Is per barrel international will pay five
cents more for all grades of crude.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-20
ORGANIxE Now CosEPANYY

The Pohlman interests Of Spokane
who have taken over the Big Seven
mine at Neihart, have organized a
Washington corporation known as
Penryn Gold Mines Co., with cap
italization Of $3.50. 600, par value
10 cents. Edward Pohman. A. M.
Petty and d. v. Pohlman are incor-
porators. Directors are Edward Pohl-
man, % No. Monroe st. Spokane:
William Anderson. Auburn Hotel,
Auburn California; ]. ". PohHman,
SIS W. 14th St.. Spokane.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-20
GuT
FOCUSED on
COBB WELL

an Cut Bank attention VIII
turn on Monday 20 the S0uthl
west part OF Cut Bank oil field
where A. b. Cobb, rated as one
of the fields a'Iuckiest'' opera
tors. will drill In his Young No.
well, half a mile west Of the
sensational Bonnet and ShlearOn
producers, and southeast Of the
likewise sensational Gardner
Smith Tweedy producer.
The Young well is in the bottom
of a deep coulee and as a result
picked up the top Of the sand. with
showing OF oil, at 279s feet,
whereas the wells on the bench
found the sand around 5000. Lo-
cation is SEX NEA 5-35-6W. With
pipe cemented, 1t will drill in Mon
day.
The Santa Rita-Shearon is appar-
emily making some bottom water,
which is a novelty for the field.
No other well in the area has shown
bottom water The Shearon is said
to be making around 165 barrels
OF fluid per day OF which about 20
barrels Is basic sediment and water.
Montana Power Gas Company's
Bonnet No. 2, SWA NWA 4-32-
5W. IL drilling at 1910 feet. Il is
midway between the Cobb and the
Bonnet NO. 1.
The naxt completion in the south
area. following the Young, will
doubtless be the Texas-Morgan No.
1, in NMH NwN s3-33-5W. drill
ing today at 27OO with rotary tools.
This veal Ne south and west Of the
Montana Power-LookOff producer.
Two miles northwest, west OF the
Bonnet pool IL the Tweedy produe-
or which Ia being offset to the west
still lower on structure than the
rweedy well which is by $50 feet
the lowest well. on structure. in
ne sfaaa.
The south area last week had its
'irst dry hole Of this year. the Nc
1abe permit No. 1, in NWH SWK
,s-35-SW The northeast diagonal |
,ffset the Mont Power-COrrigeau /
70. /, SEA- NWA 27-33-5W, was
OmpIeted this week as 3 small
'roduceF, rated at from five to 10
'arrels per day. II is apparc~t ge-
iogists say. that there is an east
rest dry streak running through
his district, similar to the one thru
he t0wm Of Cut Bank, although the
outh ares is generally considered /
sore prolific than the northern area.
'ortuna&eay. Dig production was
0und, n0rfh and south, before the
~ streak became evident. else It
light have been accepted as the
outh IIrmlt Of the field. The Corrt-
enx had ~ feet Of sand. with the
Il 81 tbs bottom, at s062 feet.
wfmd shallow Gas
FARTHER north, two wells located
ast Of the town OF Cut Bank fur
iDnsd surprise BY developing
aailow Kas flows and while not
lcnnsiumed 81 Pnae Bixs
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-20
International Posts Kelvin Price
BIG VEST IS
SIGNING New
CONTRACTS

Oil producers In the west
end of Keyin-sunburst field
were given opportunity 70 sell
100 percentum OF their Oh,
under terms OF THE new con-
tract Of the Big West Re
filming company, during the
past week. Big West requires
from 500 to 1000 barrels per
day.
Recently Big West reduced
the price OF crude TO @f.1B
per harrea ON q gravity basis
which scales up TO &1.25 per
barrel, against q price Of $1.SS
paid By international refining
90 The price cut was neces-
STATED on the part Of the Big
West by drastic cuts In @as-
oline prices throughout Mon
tamA.
Under the contract the produc-
er covenants that he has S5% OF
the oil from his lease, and agrees
to sell all Of the crude oil recover
able from the land described
the purchaser agrees to accept all
crude subject to It's normal require
ments for the operation Of its re-
finery at Kelvin and for its market
for the sale OF surpins oil In the
event the purchaser is obliged 70
prorate it's receipts Of crude oil.
the producer reserves the right to
sell its surplus OF crude of and to
cancel this contract on 80 days
written notice. provided that with
in 80 days the purchaser shall not
resume the acceptance of 1907 Of
such oil.
The price shall be governed by
the bona fide price posted by a
purchaser who shall accept ali pipe
line crude oil offered to 1t, and
when bona fide posted field price
exists. the maximum price to be
paid by Big West shall be Sis
per barrel provided that when the
bona fide posted field price exceeds
$3.50 per barrel the purchaser shall
pay the producer $1.15 plus 50is5 Of
the amount such posted field price
shall exceed $3.50 per barrel. The
minimum price will be 85 cents per
barrel provided that when the bona
hide posted field price falls below
10 cents the purchaser shall pay
he producer 85 cents per barrel
minus seq of the amount such
posted field price shall be less than
(Continued on Pare Five
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-20
BELIEVES S4O,OO0,OOO Federal
FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR GAS
LINE INTO NORTH MINNESOTA

(ONFIDENCE that $40,OO0O00 of federal funds viii Be
made available for the construction of pipeline system
from Montana to the Twin Cities and Iron Range of
northern Minnesota was expressed in Great Falls Wednesday
by W. Schmidt of Anoka Mimi. chairman of Minnesota
committee which is urging the project
1--WE believe that President Roosevelt is anxious have
this line built to as yardstck for natural gas u
ties said Mr. Schmidt Naturally the utility people try
ING to block us so we are not without opposition
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-20
GARr.ANn FEKI.n

Copies Of the new U. 8. q. 3.
map OF Garland anticlfne IN BID
Horn and Parkman counties, wyo..
may be obtained at the u. 8. q. q.
office a. sos Federal Building.
Billings.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-07-20

FARTHER north. two wells located
east Of the town OF Cut Bank fur
nishsd . surprise BY developing
shallow sas flows and while not
fcemsianed 81 Pnse Bixs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-02
Our Ignoramus Club
By Stephen Leacock

was somewhere else. In fact, we are
the world went crazy.
At the last meeting, somebody
asked one Of our lady members some
thing about Flandin. Do We have
ladies? Well, do We! What do you
think we are, professors? OF course
we have lady members. real peaches,
and not one knows where Paraguay
is, either, and they think that Chaco
is chewing gum. Perhaps you saw in
the papers the other day the story
Of how man said to girl. at a
dance: I'D like to ask you for a
dance, but I must confess I'm just a
little stiff from polo" and she said:
"Oh, that's all right. I don't care
where you were born" Well. that
girl is one of our members. She quail
flied on that remark.
What did the lady say about
Flandin? Oh, she said that tablets
like that were all right if you couldn't
sleep.
AS matter of fact, some of our
members seem to get into the club
just in time. They look sick and
worn out when they come in. and in
a week or two they quit worrying
about the Polish Corridor and they
think the Belga Is the name of a
movie star and they're all right.
What do we do at the meetings?
Come round some time and see We
have lunch meetings and evening
meetings, too; usually have a paper
or q discussion, anything as long as
the members don't know anything
about it and don't care. We're hav-
ing lunch on Disarmament Wednes-
day. And, of course, in a way we're
service" club. At least we're
dren. We had smoker for them,
last time-you know, to raise money
for the Scouts, great little fellows!
But we lost out on it; the cigars cost
too much. We had to borrow out of
the little fellows savings bank to
get even. But we'll fix it all later
AS McSorley said, "Boyhood is sacred"
Well see they get their money back.
We can raise it from their parents.
We're just starting up a Summer
camp for underfed kids. Some of
us are going out next Saturday to
see how the food is, and if there is
fishing for the kiddies.
But come to any of the meetings
and you'll see. The best thing we've
started yet is our Legion of Humor.
No, not honor, "humor." It's a vel
low ribbon the color of spilled egg; it
goes on the lapel Of the coat. When
ever any statesman or politician
makes special speech, the thing
called a vital pronouncement," we
send it to him. But come round
some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-02

" YER since we started in our
l. town our new Ignoramus Club,
of which I'm the secretary. I
IL am stopped on the street by
people asking, What Is it?
What is it? How do get IMP" And
letters! I'm simply bombarded BY
them-four yesterday and two more
today. As soon at 1t got round that
there was no fee there was just a
sort of stampede to get in when we
sat down at our Wednesday luncheon
meeting to hear a talk on Abyssinia
dts out west in Canada; the man had
been there). I counted over hun
dred present, and more came in after
the tickets were taken up.
People get into the Ignoramus Club,
YOU see, on their brains, or at least
on their minds, the kind of minds
they have. We do it by question and
answer, just by questioning the people
who want to get in. and seeing If
they have the right qualifications.
For example, yesterday after the
lunch we asked an applicant what was
his idea of Mussolini. and he said
that he was pretty sure 1t was an
artificial silk made in Italy and used
for lingerie.
He got in. That Is exactly what
the club wants. You see, 1t started
from the idea that the world IS all
overworried and preoccupied about
peace and war, and nations who live
God knows where, and economics and
unemployment. People just grab Tor
their paper in the morning to see
who's in the Polish Corridor, and
what's in the Saar Basin, and whether
the plebiscite among that Lat's Will
keep them Lats or turn them into
Stats.
It's too much. We think the
worlds going crazy. Our president,
McSorley, put it that way. Going
crazy!" he said, just like that, snap
ping his fingers, going crazy!" And
McSorley's fine. It's all silly about
his ever having been in an asylum,
because he wasn't. It wasn't an asy-
lum at all, just a place! McSorley
could have had the biggest law prac-
tice In town, but he was too versa
tile for it. He still has his office and
rows and rows of books in calfskin.
He sits there most of the day, work.
ing puzzles. So, of course, when we
started the Ignoramus Club, he was
just the man for president.
Well, we have got together on the
basis Of complete ignorance Of all this
foolishness. We don't know where
the Polish Corridor is, and we don't
care. Ask us where Manchukuo is
and we Just laugh! Just break out
silly and laugh. You see, we don't
know where it is, and II you told US
we'd forget 1t tomorrow and think II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-02

ONE of the earliest and most i'm
~ portant events here occurred in
1755, when Gen. Braddock met five
Colonial Governors in the Carlyle
House, on North Fairfax street, built
in 1852. In the library of this
mansion-and at the time it was one
of the finest residences in the town
the council between Gen. Edward
Braddock, commander of the British
forces in America, and the Governors,
took place, and plans for concen-
trated action against the French and
their Indian allies were discussed. We
are told that out of this meeting grew
the determination to tax the Colonies,
resulting later in the War of the
American Revolution.
George Washington. then a lieu
tenant colonel in the Colonial Army,
was present at this conference and
opposed the plans of Gen. Braddock
for the Indian campaign, though he
accompanied him as volunteer
aide de-camp. Braddock needed not
his advice, but proceeded with his
march to Fort DuqueSne, destina-
ton he never reached, for he was
killed by the Indians in the Battle
of Monongahela July 9, 1855, when
within 10 miles of his objective.
Time wore on and in 1765 the
stamp act was passed, only to be
repealed 10 days later. Then, the fol-
lowing year, came the tax imposed
on tea. In May, 1774, the House of
Burgesses met at Williamsburg, and
the royal Governor saw fit to dissolve
the House. Alexandria was then the
county seat of Fairfax County, having
been formed from Prince William
County in 1742.
Washington, had attended the meet
ing at Williamsburg and, upon return
ing to Mount Vernon, he conferred
with the citizens of the county and
most closely with his neighbor and
friend, George Mason of Gunston
Hall, and brought about at Alexan-
dria, then small but fourishing
town, on July Is, 1774, what was
styled "a general meeting of the free
holders and inhabitants of the County
OF Fairfax"-the meeting over which
Washington presided and which
doOptSo Iilc FdlTldA resolves.
GONE years ago, when r. Walton
- Moore, Assistant Secretary of
State, was serving as a member of
Congress from Virginia. he delivered
an address in the House of Repre-
sentatives on Some Work of George
Washington as a Statesman in His
Home County," and the following ref
erence to the Fairfax County resolves
was made:
They were drawn by Mason, who
spent the afternoon and night before
the meeting at Mount Vernon, and
they expressed Washington's views.
They were from the pen of the re-
markable man who was soon to pre-
pare the Virginia constitution with a
bill of rights at its front, the first
constitution ever written containing a
complete system Of government; the
man whose thought and words run
like golden thread through the Fed
eral Constitution and the constitu-
tons Of all the States Of the Union,