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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-10
PAY CHAIN STORE TAX

HELENA-The last Of II suits
brought by oil companies to recov-
er a total OF $4,000 fmpounded by
the state under the chain store tax
law Of 1888 was ordered dismissed
by the state Supreme Court today.
The last suit dismissed was that
brought by the H. Earl Clack OIL
company to recover $11, 400, in taxes.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-10
BANK
ONE VAST OIL & GAS FIELD

tensively developed part of the field is
the southwest portion Of Twp. 35-1W.
Kelvin Sunburst was far beyond its peak
and ON the down grade when Cut Bank
field was discovered sCut Bank has pro-
duction in ''stray" sand not present
in Kelvin field. 1t is 800 feet above the
EIlis-MadisOn lime contact and it was for
many years known as a ''stray" in the
KOOtenai formation, below the Sunburst
sand which produces some oil and all of
the gas in the Shelby gas field.
Cut Bank development was fastened
by the discovery OF large amounts of gas
in this ''stray" sand and in the Sunburst
sand above it. Thus there developed on
the west flank Of the great uplift (1)
gas at the top, then (2) OIL then (S)
gas and then a. oil. The textbook theory
of an oil dome calls for ~ gas at the top
and ~ oil below the gas with (S) water
holding the gas in the top of the dome.
In the Kevin-Sunburst uplift this rule
fails because the gas at the top of the
dome is in the Sunburst sand. There is
near the top of this dome q 10000, OOO-
foot gasser producing from the Madison
lime but that is another matter. Most
of the gas is found in the Sunburst sand.
Then 500 feet below the Sunburst sand is
the lime contact which at the top of the
dome is non-pOrous and dry. The soft
material capable of holding oil, found at
the EIIis-Nfadisn contact, is apparently
erOded off the top Of the vast dome.
Lower on structure this porous mater
iaI is found at the contact and thus the
main oil reservoir of Kevtn-Sunburst.
This continues down structure for 800
feet from the top contours, and anything
below the 105O-fOOt contour was I'm the
early days believed too low ON structure
to be productive.
Then came, in 1888, the discovery that
hydrOchloric acid could be forced into
the lime, to open up new channels and
greatly increase the drainage area OF
drill hole. Oddly enough, it was found
that the acid worked better i'm the outer
edges of the field than In the highly de-
FelOped portions.
AS an example, the Kelvin high gravity
DoOI would never have been developed, in
all probability, except for the use of acid.
Wells in this area have a mere showing
of oil when drilled into the lime. After
acid treatment they make as much as
100 bbls. per day and in some exception
al cases these wells make as high as 200
barrels per day of 80 gravity ola re-
finery stock superior TO either Kelvin
Sunburst lime production or Cut Bank
sand production. This pool, which may
be one of the most valuable In the field,
is in the ''in between" territory west OF
Kelvin and east of present eastern limits
of Out Bank.
How far west will this lime production
extend?
Twenty miles northwest OF the Kelvin
high gravity pool is the Del Bonita dis
tF4ct of Alberta where a ''nOse'' running
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-10

Will Kevin-Sunburst and Cut Bank oil
fields be linked up, to form one tremen-
dOus oil field, with three producing hOri-
ions?
This is the outstanding topic of dis
cussiOn in North Montana oil circles today,
with the drilling of wells far west of
Kevin-Sunburst and east OF Cut Bank pro-
ductiOn.
There is a mo operators land In
Range West, between the two fields,
which has been idle for many years. The
two fields were formerly regarded as
separate fields for two reasons:
1. The two fields produce from diff
ferent horizons.
2. Wells drilled west Of Kelvin in the
early days were dry or had only show
.ings of oil.
As result of the foregoing, 1t was
concluded that the fields were separate.
The fact is that the two fields are
located on the identical stratigraphical
dome, Kewin-Suburst occupying the
high" and Gut Bank occupying the west
flank of the structure. Cut Bank is
about 1900 feet DOWN STRUCTURE
from the highest contours Of Kelvin
Sunburst IL seems impossible that any
structure could produce so far down on
the flank, and that was another reason to
conclude that the two fields were sepa-
rate.
, What seems more impossible is that
there should be any oil field I'm the world
OF so great extent. Before the writer
are two mAps Of the producing area OF
the two fields. The Kelvin oil field COW
ers $4,000 acres I'm addition to $4,000
acres of the Kelvin gas field and 1000
acres of the BOrder-Red COuIee oil field.
The Cut Bank oil and gas field in its
present defined producing area covers in
excess of 100000 acres. To add all
these together means $4,000 acres of
producing oil and gas land.
Now comes the possibility that the Gin
between territory viii also prove pro-
ductive The outer edges OF Kevin-Sun-
burst were only sparsely tested for the
reason that there was so much proven
ground that operators have been hesi-
tant about, venturing to drill wells which
might bring In new producing territory.
On the west side of the Kelvin field to-
ward Cut Bank, the early wells proved
very unSta1asAacOOry' H&4u the 0AAMUakSe
well not been completed as a commercial
producer, eight miles east of the Camp
bell discovery well, 1t is doubtful that the
Kelvin field would have had much devel-
Opment for several years after the Camp
bell discovery well proved nOn-commer-
ciaI, for the early wells in township S5N-
3W nearby were not commercial under
primitive methods
So it was that the west side was vtr-
tualIy abandoned as operators plunged
into the next township east, then jumping
over still another township, into Twp.
S5-1W, when he great gushers of the
Fulton-Rice pool came in. The most tn-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-10
Oil Trade Notes
OF Interest to Refiners and MarketerS

prospects Montana gasoline
a amounted 12282721 gal
gallons manufactured
in gasoline amounted 79340S
gallons.
in
Careful scrutiny of all
claim for resulted in curtafment.
gasoline Kirk OF Franne Wyo, H. NC
Billings directors Capital STOCK
with at 500
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-10

up onto this same geological uplift, is
producing identical high-gravity oil
FROM THE TOP OF THE MADISON
LIME. These wells are hardly related in
the sense that there is oil all the way
between them, but it is pretty good evil
dence to us that WHEREVER A NOSE
OR sUPERBEPOSED FOLD is FOUND
ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE up
LIFT, THERE is EXCELLENT CHANCE
FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF OIL AT
THE TOP OF THE MADISON LIME.
Why this flank oil should be higher
gravity than oil found in higher fOrma-
tiOns and in formations higher ON struc-
ture is something that no scientist has tried
to explain, so far we know. The fact
remains that the Kelvin high gravity oil
Is present and furthermore there are
wells in the township between the two
fields that had much oil as some of
the best producers I'm the Kelvin pool.
The wells i'm Range 4W were abandoned
before the days OF acid.
Cut Bank operators are turning their
attention TO the sin between" area. Leas-
es can be had for the asking. 1t is from
900 to 1000 feet shallOwer drilling than
Cut Bank. 1t offers a wonderful wildcat
area.
AS we see it, all this area cannot be
productive. We expect to see the two
fields actually connected up, with pro-
duction all the way across Range west,
ibut on moses" rather than across the
vast area Of three or four townships. This
means that some dry holes win be drilled
These dry holes will furnish the geOl0g1-
cal evidence to prove the location of the
high" ridges. 1t is not impossible that
someone will employ geOphysical tnstru-
ments to locate these irregularities in the
top of the Madison lines. To the person
smart enough TO follow this practice win
probably go a number of highly valuable
oil pools.
An idea of the folding of Kevin-Sun-
burst dome is given by pressing a sheet
of writing paper over ones thumb, with
out breaking the surface, then placing
the crumpled paper ON the table. The
imprint of the thumb viii represent the
thigh" Of the dome and the ridges across
the surface of the paper win represent
the moses" leading up toward the "high".
These ridges may be faults cracks in
the Madison lime, which allow cI to ac-
cummIate at the top of the lime after
migration from lower OiI-fOrTning beds.
We are carefully watching the Tin be-
tween area where there are likewise
opportunities for investment in royalties
on a wildcat basis, frequently affording
the greatest possible return from a small
investment. We win be inclined to move
rather cautiously, combining any purchases
we may make to areas where we have
evidence of high" or trend. Amy who
is interested In following this develop
ment should notify us, so as to receive
any special publications ON the subject.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-10

It was inscribed. FOR Butter-Or
wore"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-07-10

some like that before. They laugh
ed so hard they came back with
sides split.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
There's The Rub

This is the season Of quota
tions.
President Roosevelt. viewing
the battle between the c. I. o.
and the independent steelmen,
calls "a plague on both your
houses"
To which, at somewhat long
last, Mr.. John L. Lewis, deity
answers:
ut i'll behooves one who has
supped at labor's table and who
has been sheltered in labor's
house to curse with equal fervor
and fine impartiality both labor
and it's adversaries when they
become locked in deadly en-
BRACE"
Now there's a fine flight into
metaphor, and, also, there's the
rub"
A little less belligerence on
the part Of Mr.. Lewis, a little
more liberalism on the part Of
William Green, and a general
lessening of the tendencies Of
big steel men to go looking
under the bed for red perils
would make the stay of House
Guest Roosevelt a lot more COM
Portable.
We ordinary folk are begin.
ming to feel like the old lady
who lived in the shoe. LII.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
Marry-GO-
Round
BY HELEN ROWLAND

"It is a mans inordinate in
uuisitiveness," says a prominent
English scientist, (which is re-
sponsible for all the progress
Of the world"
Which, Of course, means all
the discoveries and inventions,
including the North Pole, sox-
suspenders and termites.
How, then, did we women get
the reputation for being the
over-curious sex-the prying,
ever.questioning sex? Eve may
have taken the first bite Of the
apple, but it is a well-knoWn
fact that Adam swallowed the
rest of it so greedily that it
stuck in his throat.
AS far as a woman is con-
cerned, the North Pole, the
South Pole and the equator
might have stayed there, for
ever, and she would never have
bothered to look for them. IN
less, of course, she suspected
that her husband was hanging
around one Of them, with a
blonde.
No little girl ever asked as
many questions in a week as a
small boy can ask in a half
hour. And If you will glance
over the curious crowd around
an excavation or a demonstra-
tors window or a taxicab acct
dent, you will find at least 10
men to one woman trying to
"see what's going on"
A man Is always taking his
watch or his gun or his car or
the lawnmower apart to "see
how it works." But . woman
doesn't care how the radio or
the vacuum.cleaner or the cleo
trio clock works-just so 1t
keeps on working.
Copyright. 1881. by King Features
Syndicate. InO.l
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
Voice of the People

ton that passersby find it i'm.
possible to use the sidewalk adj
joining their lawn without being
Showered?
This condition is especially
prevalent in the so-called "fash-
ionable Northwest section" Of
our city, and I'm certain there
must be some kind Of q regula-
ton against the practice which
could be enforced. In some in
stances, it has been necessary
for me to cross the street in
order to evade the drenching
those whirling whatyamacallits
give out.
How, under these circum-
stances, is a person to dress for
the weather? ALL WET.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
The Lion Only GrOWls

WINE was when Great Britain didn't take insults to
/ its people in other lands from anybody. Britain
had the widow at Windsor with hairy gold crown
on 'er 'ead'; and it was
Hands off o. the O. the Widow
.1,,.J IL Hands off the goods in er shop,
VHOU " For the Kings must down an the
Windsor" Emperors frown
When the Widow at Windsor says "Stop!'
This British determination to take no lip from any
body lasted long after Vctorias time 1t is only since
the World War that the British have gone in for notes
of protest instead of battleshps and marine landing
parties when, for example, British Ambassador is
gravely wounded by japanese arman as an incident
of war in which Britain has part.
What has come over the bulldog breed?
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
Wise Words

The world is too much with
us; late and soon, getting and
spending We lay waste our
powers; little we see in nature
that is ours.-WordSworth.
Genius has somewhat Of the
infantile; but of the childish
not a touch or taint.-Brown'
ing.
All my own experience Of life
teaches me the contempt Of
cunning, not the fear.-Addison.
III fortune never crushed that
man whom good fortune de-
ceived not.-Ben johnson.
The kindness, which is be-
slowed on the good, is never
lost.-PlautuS.
Flatterers are the worst kind
of enemies.-Tacitus.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

IT W VI d
approve only
in very rare
in S t a ce S.
w here the
grievance Of
the employees
is so bad as
to stify
drastic meas
ur eS q n d
where the en-
ployerS refuse
to listen to
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
Sprinkled, Sore

I wonder if you could spare
me the space in your Voice of
the People" column to register
my protest against those
thoughtless citizens who place
lawn Sprinklers in such a posi-
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

excited public sympathy. But
it has been so overdone by ire
sponsible groups that it, is no
longer a desirable practice in
the minds Of many"
George Macdonald, 3417 Wis
conSin Ave. N. W., dry cleaner:
Factories and offices belong
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

S trik IS be-
cause I feel
they are fu-
tile and often
do m o r e
harm tn a n
good. If en-
ployerS a n d
e m p oy e S
have any diff.
ficulties, it is
posS i BILE to
strai G h t e n
he m out
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

S trike S be-
cause I feel
t h ere are
other W avs
Of S e t tt ing
working con-
d l t / o n s.
When frs t
used the sit
dow n strike
was probably
effective and
b e C a u Sc of
its novelty
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

BOake Carter
Invading Foreign Territory
U. s. and the War Racket
A Grim Paradox


WONDER
l. If you realize that we are in
deed a peace-loving nation, that
we promoted the Kellogg Peace
Pact, the Treaty of Versailles,
the League Of NationS-and
have invaded foreign territory
only sixty times since we became
an independent nation! If you
don't believe it, look it UP in
the Congressional Library.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

down strikes
because I feel
the strikers
are wron g.
fully taking
possession Of
a n o t h e RS
property. Be.
sides, I think
t h a t u h
strikes are
losing their
e + fectiVeneSS
because they
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

to the en-
ployers an d
striking work
ers who sit
d o wn on
those prem
iseS are no
more than
trespassers in
the pure S t
sense Of the
word, If an
employer is
not able to
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

and the unsettled question whether the plane or the
battleship is the better weapon in war.
It looks to US if the British are afraid the arpane
D,u y. may be the better of the two and are
- 49, . also afraid to find out at the possible
cost of one or more $5O,OOOO0O battle
ships That is what it will take to find out; show
down in actual war; with planes and batteships en-
gagged in full force and fair fight.
If battleships unquestionably superior-proved
invulnerable from the air-Britan s navy could clap
long distance blockade on Italy or Germany or both
and would have done SO, believe, long before die
tatorshp had grown as impudent as it is today But
with the bateships supremacy in doubt Britain could
not take the chance If Britain navy should be badly
damaged the strings that hold the Empire together
would suffer a sudden and terrific strain
Well, the United States and Great Britain between
hem have thirty first class bateships Fifteen each)
with nine more the way britain five U. S. FOUR;
r- c,. and the two nations have large and
growing air forces. These two navies,
For One ooonora4;ra -.ut r .,lD
standing far short of actual alliance, could blockade
Japan from distance thus cutting off most of Japan's
exports and imports With their air equipment, they
would have fair chance of keeping their present
superiority if the plane should turn out to be
better weapon than the battleship.
As matter of cold common sense the two of us had
better remain friendly now and had better
keep and air power far ahead of Japan's as
we can
New York. Daily New
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
T WONDER

WONDER
L If you realize that while our
total trade with the whole Of
Asia amounts to about $500, 000,-
900, a year and a halls partici-
patton in the World War cost
us $4,000, 100000. That we'd
spend probably the same amount
If we went to war in China to
save less than $250,000, 900.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

meet his employees demands
then the workers should seek
other positions if they don't like
their conditions rather than
strike"
Miss Isabel L. Ladendorff,
1701 Sixteenth st. N. w., stem
ographer:
mo. I do not believe in sit
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

reason, I think even a sit-down
strike is justifiable. I think
workers have a right to make
reasonable demands"
Mrs. Jessie Keith, 1495 New
ton St. N. w. service observer:
II do not approve of sit-down
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
By Elsie Robinson
WHY DOES GOD LET IT
HAPPEN?

geles, is asking. Voicing just
such bewilderment and angry
pity as you and I have felt. Once
she, too, thought God would
keep things straight" Now she
doubts
TITS all such a pointless mess"
she cries. IF there's a God he
must be mighty poor manager.
This God that sees even a spar.
row fall but does nothing to
save it from falling!
whats the sense in it?
What's the use Of trying to be
decent in a world like this
where anything can happen and
nobody careS?"
Tough questions, young Sallie.
So tough that they've stopped
many of us before we even
started-nipped our enthusiasm,
killed our faith-left us saying
Jaw, what's the use?" Yet the
answer seems fairly plain
WHY DOES GOD LET THESE
THINGS HAPPEN?
He Doesn't,
Man Does
God isn't responsible for all
these horrors. outraged babies,
mass murders, cruelty, crooked.
ness and corruption. Mans to
blame for it all.
BUT COULDN'T GOD STEP
IN AND PUT A STOP TO IT?
I presume He could. But
would you want Him to?
NO, YOU WOULDN'T. AND
NEITHER WOULD ANY
OTHER SELF. RESPECTING
PERSON.
WHY NOT?
BECAUSE IF HE DID, HE'D
ROB YOU OF THE ONE
POWER WHICH YOU VALUE
ABOVE ALL OTHERS-YOUR
FREE WILL.
Free will. the right to make
your own decisions. there's the
one thing which makes you a
person instead Of a puppet.
We don't always, Of course, use
that free will right.
To the contrary, 1t causes
hideous Manifestations I'M
fairness-all that ugly mass Of
which Sallie complains. But
even so, we'd rather work OUT
own own destiny than have any.
one, even God, step in and do it
for us.
For we feel, and rightly, that
we can't learn without trying
>. can't succeed without
stumbling as we go along.
No Sign of
Weakness
Why is everything in such a
mess? That's why. These hor'
rors aren't a sign of weakness
they're a sign of POWER
-. OF A POWER WHICH
WE'RE YET TOO STUPID TO
USE WISELY, TOO YOUNG
TO USE FAIRLY.
BUT WE HAVE WHAT TT
TAKES AND SOME DAY
WE'LL MAKE THE GRADE.
Think of that the next time
some foulness sickens you. Don't
get mad-grab your dollragS
and threaten to go home. Don't
Say-ThiS proves there isn't
any God. Or If there is, He
doesn't care!"
Say rather-"Yes, this Is ugly,
But it needn't stay ugly. For
God is on the job and God does
care. He cares so much that he
has given me the power to cure
it ALL"
FREE WILL It H e
POWER TO BUILD A HEAVEN
OR DIG A HE'LL! Well. so far
I certainly seem to have dug a
lot of hells. But I won't keep
digging them!
# I've muddled-I can also
mend. GODS GIVEN ME THE
FIXINGSI so BRING ON
YOUR HORRORS "A N q
WATCH MY SMOKE!
Copyright, 1887. by King Features
Syndicate. Ine.)
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
T WONDER

l. If you have Quincy Howe'S
book. England Expects Every
American to Do His Duty"
which reveals, as no other book
has done, that while we have
Congressional investigations Of
Nazi organizations and Com
munistic activity, and stage
periodical japanese spy scares,
the British Foreign Office
quietly plugs away at the sweet
est network Of foreign propa-
ganda ever established in the
United States.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

within reason to get their
rights, and in this case a sit
down strike would be an eff
fective weapon"
Louis ]. FRANKIE, 1855 TRIM.
dad Ave. N. E.. factory foreman:
II do not approve of sit-down
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

S t rik S be-
cause W ork-
ers are en-
titled to de-
cent h o urS,
W a g eS and
conditions. II
employers re-
fuse to nego-
tia t e, the
workers have
a moral right
to resort to
any m e a n S
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
Traffic Toll

The mounting list Of traffic
victims In the District Of Co
lumbia since January I, 1887,
is graphically shown by the
death watch" .t 49,.
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

have become such an epidemic
and in some cases almost a
game"
Miss Ann Rich, 1856 Taylor
st. N. W., cashier:
Eyes, I believe in sit-down
The Washington times., 1937-09-08

WONDER
L If you saw that bit reported
in the press from a speech
made by DR.. William Hull, pro-
fessor of history and interna-
tional relations at Swarthmore
College, at the Friends World
Conference. He said, America
and Britain should agree to
concede Germany, Italy and
Japan the right to develop"
That reminds me Of what Lloyd
George said not so long ago in
the House Of Commons in Lon
don: why don't some Of the
other nations of the world give
up some Of their territory to
these fellows for a change"
The only trouble is that
Johnny Bull by force Of arms
carved out for himself one-tenth
Of the world and now, having
got all he can handle, says:
Sammy, I'm for peace. So
are you-let's get together, buy
the best ASS we can and stop
these selfish guys from trying
to steal some of my apples"
WONDER
Il If you know that the United
States Government secured
credits for the Chinese govern
ment not so long ago-in an ar
rangement between the Treasury
and the Chinese finance min
ister-and two United States
banking corporations Of New
York are extending credits to
Japan, taking as security Japa-
nese gold and japanese govern
ment bonds.
So while a United States made
plane bombed a United States
liner and United States NUM-
tions go to either side, the
United States is also financing
both sides in the Orient in their
war. And yet the State Depart
ment tops it off by calling on
both nations to settle their diff.
ferences in peace? What a grim
and horrible paradox-again!
The opinions of BoGke Garter
are his otD1t and not necessarily
those of The Washington Times.
Copyright, Ledger Syndicats)
The Washington times., 1937-09-08
The Inquiring
Photographer
The Washington Times In.
vites you to submit timely
and interesting questions to
be used in this column.
THE QUESTION:
Do you approve Of sit-down
strikes?

THE ANSWERS:
Miss Irene Woolwine, 1745 N
st. N. W., secretary: