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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-30
ITO TAKES
over TOOLS
on BIGLAkE

BILLINGS Territory IL
Illuminating OIL Co. Is drilling ahead
at $500 feet on its Hepp No. 2, well
NV NwANWA 25-1N-2sE, Big
Lake field. rs miles west OF Bill
lings Rocky Mountain Drilling Co.
finished its contract depth down to
$3.50 feet and the TITO has taken
over the drilling oeration.
Considerable difficulty was ex-
Deifenced in the drilling around
1890 to 5100 feet. Rocky Noun
tain twisted off several bits and had
as many fishing jobs and the most
recent trouble was caused by
frozen" bit which required 10 days
to loosen. Hole bottoms in forma-
tion similar to that from around
$3.50 to 5000 in the Broadview
dome we'll Is miles northeast. The
we'll is soon topping some interest
ing formation at $3.50 where pro-
duction is possible.
C. o. Risen, general superinten-
dent of ITO, said: I'VE have tax
en- over drilling operations on our
own and will go into the Madison
lime or as much deeper as we feel
iustifiable. We have no depth limi-
tations so long as conditions will
deeper drilling"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-30
WHEN YOU INVEST

TACK in the days when John D.
was allegedly endangering lives by
pouring gasoline into the kerosene
universally used for Illuminating lamps,
it took more than a gambling spirit to
make an investment in oil. While Goal
Oil Johnny had made and spent his for
tune made in oil, it was apparent that
some use for gasoline had to be provided
if there was to any money in the oil
business
The man who saw the light of day in
those horseless buggies that Henry Ford,
Haines, Apperson and others were put
ting on the market is the one who made
a tremendous fortune in the oil business.
The money that Coal Oil Johnny made in
the kerosene age OF the oil business is
mere chicken feed" as compared with
the powerful fortunes that have come
with the gasoline age"
The changes are coming in the oil in
dustry so rapidly that the investor who
hopes to succeed today must keep abreast
of the rapidly moving sciences that have
taken up the oil industry to make it
far more profitable than ever before.
Montana is a "hinterland'' in the oil
world and this is in a measure very
advantageous to those of us who un-
derstand this situation The modern in
ventions come to Montana only after they
have been definitely worked out in other
States We have reason to complain that
some of them seem to arrive too slowly
but the fact remains that we can watch
the events of other oil states and know
definitely that in due course of time the
same events will be taking place here in
Montana.
Montana today has some of the finest
refineries in the world. They are not
built-over and patched-up plants In which
modern refining practice has been added
to worn-out equipment. In a manner we
are fortunate that refinery construction
did not begin until modern refinery equip
ment had been evolved in other states.
However, even these fine plants must be
modernized from year to year as new
market requirements demand There is
less and less of waste in refinery opera
ton today, whereas once only the kero-
sene was valuable. Then only gasoline was
valuable. Followed the development of
Diesel motors which made Disel fuel al
most as valuable as gasoline. Manufac-
ture of road oil developed into a science
that has proven highly profitable. Crack
ing plants have made so little of the
lower ends of refined crude available
that there has been a highly profitable
market in these products that were for
merly drug on the market
Refiners are even turning the sulphur
content of crude oil into a profit today.
They have a publication operation that
not only prevents erosion of equipment
and hydrogen sulfide from which &C.
deg. -Baume sulfuric acid can be made at
an operating cost of only 1926 per ton.
BY this means the Investment in the pur-
ification and acid plant can be amortiz-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-30

undeveloped oil lands today knows that
his oil will be recovered by modern
methods which will conserve the flow,
will increase the vaue of the oil to it's
maximum, will get the utmost ultimate
recovery and that his crude will. go into
a greatly stabilized refining industry
which is prepared to sell all the products
of the crude petroleum, rather than de-
pend on any one product such as kero-
sene or gasoline.
The experienced oil man from the Mid
continent grins at the primitive methods
here in Montana. He knows that except
for deep drilling through the ''big lime
there would be an oil shortage in the
United States today Yet Montana has
vet to start commercial production of oil
from horizons below the "big lime" All
our production TO date has come from
formations ABOVE the ''big lime. Okla
homa City field, as an example, would
not be an oil field today EXCEPT FOR
DEEP DRILLING. How many Oklahoma
City fields will be found in the scores of
known structures in Montana will be
known only when they are drilled to
depths far below the top of the Madison
lime
Oil at the top of the lime has proven
downward to the source of the crude
Oil does not originate in the lime, there
sCre it must arrive at the top of the
lime through cracks and faults in the
massive limestone from below. There
fore it is reasonable to look to the deep
er horizons below a lime-producing field.
- that is true of other states, ii is
likely true in Montana, for Mother Ma
ture did not anticipate the establishment
of of he
and accumulation of oil. These things
seem simple, yet how many people stop
to think?
Furthermore, the science of geology
is rapidly becoming an exact science,
as a result of geophysics When we in
vest today we have far greater odds of
success in our favor than ever before
during the evolution of geological
theories.
To the man who is willing to READ
and to study his investments, the pur-
chase OF landowners royalties offer the
greatest opportunity, we believe, in the
Industrial world today The royalty own
ers oil is delivered to him free of cost
of production and If the investment is
intelIigentiy made, the investor is freed
OF the details of the conduct of compli-
Gated modern business Once he has pro-
duction on his properties, he has opera
tors working for him day and night, each
operator trying to recover the maximum
amount of oil of the highest cash value.
In view of the fact that the landowner
gets 1914 barrels out of every 100 bar
rels produced, he and his assigns benefit
by the application of modern methods
to the science of production.
Details regarding investment oppor-
tunties in Montana will be furnished to
those who request them
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-30

ed in two years. No such plant has yet
been built in Montana but that will come,
along with polymerzation and other devic-
es that utilize all of the crude oil.
THERE was a time when oil wells
were brought in as "gushers." The
oil was allowed to flow over the
prairies. The writer has been "honored''
several times by obliging operators who
would open up their wells and allow them
to flow over the crown block just for the
spectacle or for the purpose of getting a
picture.
That is no longer done. Every well is
brought in under control, where possible
and the reservoir energy is maintained
tor several reasons. One of these is to
conserve the gravity of crude oil, adding
thousands of dollars to its value. Here
in Montana we have not yet arrived at
the point where refiners pay for oil on
its gravity, but that day is at hand At
that time, operators will eliminate losses
through evaporation of the volatile con-
stituents by using modern handling meth
DDS and by maintenance of a low gas-oil
ratio in wells and high back-pressure in
separators, obviating the loss of as high
as two degrees. A saving of three cents
per barrel is made possible by vapor-
tight storage tanks. These seem like
small items but they mount into millions
of dollars in the history of an oil field
Had operators known 10 or IL years
ago what they know now about methods
of maintaining pressure in oil fields, the
profits of Montana's early fields might
have been increased millions of dollars
Increased ultimate recovery of oil and
reduced oil-production costs are made pos
sible by modern methods which every
operator can use.
However, we have before us the science
Of representing, which has been developed
in other states. Recovery of oil has
been increased up to 500 per cent by
this science and there are instances of
old oil fields which were represented and
as much oil was produced as was OBJ
tanned before the fields were abandoned
AS new oil fields are developed in Mon
tana, these representing methods will be
used beginning with the early stages of
development. A fine example of this
practice is found in a field at Tepetate,
La, where the oil-producing rate has
been kept constant for more than a year
as a result of representing begun when
bottom-hole pressures had started to de-
cline and more than 1000, 600 Dbl. of
oil have been produced after the output
had given indications of falling away
before half the quantity had been brought
to the surface Modern methods effect
a 40 per cent reduction in drilling OPP
eIations as an estimated saving of 80
per cent in the cost per ultimate barrel
of oil produced.
ITO the man who bought royalties
many years ago this is important
but il is MORE important to the
man who buys royalties today A roy
atty investor buys OIL IN UNDER
GROUND STORAGE. The man who buys
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-30
MARKET SHOWS
IMPROVEMENT
OVER YEAR 81

The fifth month Of the present
year saw an increased market for
gasoline In the United States and
the May demand was III per cent
over May OF 1887. Also stocks
OF gasoline decreased $4,000 bar
rels during the month. At the
same time. prices went down. the
price index for petroleum products
being 56.4 compared with SITS in
April and sos in May, 1887. Crude
production showed the results OF
curtailment and was the lowest in
May Of any month this year. This
IN turn brought decline OF $780,
600 barrels in stocks of refinabIe
domestic crude Exports of $780,
600 barrels of crude petroleum set
a new record. Refiners increased
runs to stills over April and as a
result piled up stocks of fuel oil.
In the first four months of this
year gasoline consumption was M
2.S8 percent over 1887. In Mon
tana gasoline consumption was M
Sd per cent; in Idaho. 11.9 per
cent; and Washington 6.7 per cent.
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HOERR LOOKS FOR
FIELD SOUTH Of
COLUMBIA FALLS

Bill Hoerr. the original sheep
herder geologist" of Cut Bank, has
turned his attention to a wildcat
venture in Columbia Falls district
Although this area is generally con-
sidered mountainous, HoerT believes
the accumulation of oil likely at a
location on the William d. Shir-
refs farm, six miles southwest of
Columbia Falls.
Standard rig is being moved and
the well will start Immediately,
Hoerr says. Associated with him
are Chris Jensen and A. E. Kelsey
of Poplar. They have incorporated
under the name Of Hoerr-Jensen cor
poration of Kalispell, with capitali-
zation of 100000 shares of 81 par
value
Production is expected at 1900
feet.
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PHELPs DODGE DIVIDEND

A zoe per share common dividend
was declared by the Phelps Dodge
Co. principal copper producer, for
disbursement Set. on shares held
on Aug. 49, on June 10, the COM
pany paid 15c share, but the Sep
TENDER dividend last year was much
larger at 45c.
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baby tonic. Who takes tine or
my husband7"
An absent-nainded professor drove
up to his garage. looked inside,
jumped back into his car and raced
to the police station.
"Sergeantl" he gasped. my
cars been .stolen!'
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-30

A young bride walked into a
drug store and approached a clerk
timidly.
THAT baby tonic you advertise"
she began, docs il really make
babies bigger and stronger"
I'VE sell lots of it, replied the
druggist, land we've never had
complaint"
We'll, I'll take a bottle" said
the bride after moment, and went
out. In five minutes she was back.
She got the druggist into a corner
and whispered into his ear:
Il forgot to ask you about this
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LANDOWNERS ROYALTIES COMPANY
Great Falls. Montana
without obligation please furnish with publications
of organization together with Offering
sheets, describing available properties.
tYour Name In FULL
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
ELECTION IN '38
ISFATEFUL ONE,
.LANDON AYERS
Regards Government
Principles at Stake

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Sept. IA
U.N.S0 One Of the most i'm.
portant elections in American
history faces the nation this
November, in the opinion of Alfred
M. Landon, 1896 Republican presi-
Dental nominee. He declared
here:
THE 1888 election is a fate
full one. 1t is fateful because it
will indicate how much we value
vital principles of representa-
tive government and how much
attachment we have for old
loves and old prejudices."
He pleaded for a strong Repub-
lican vote to combat the Admin
istration'S march toward q one
man government"
Landon urged the South to for
get old prejudices and join the
Republicans, saying:
THE Republican party, after
fighting to keep the South in
the Union, unhappily has ever
since pursued a tragic policy,
the effect of which has been to
keep the South out of the
Union"
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
LIBERAL PARTY FORESEEN:
F. D. r. PLANS SHIFT
IN PURGE TACTICS
New Deal Loses
5 ON Committee

Democratic congressional
leaders yesterday counted five
New Deal casualties on the
powerful House Ways and
Means Committee, and set In
motion machinery to fill the
vacancies with prO-ROOSeVelt
men.
White House elmer circle"
members told Democratic
leaders they want New Deal
erS put into the vacancies be-
cause the 18 Democratic mem
bers constitute the majOrity's
committee ON committees,
which prepares the commit
tee states for each Congress.
Two Of the casualties, Rep
reSentativeS David J. Lewis,
of Maryland, and Otha d.
Wearin, of Iowa, were hand
picked candidates In the
Presidents unsuccessful sena-
tOriaI purge attempt. Two
other New Dealers, Morgan G.
Sanders, of Texas, and Claude
A. Fuller, of Arkansas, were
defeated for denomination.
Fred VinsOn, Of Kentucky,
who faced q tough anti-New
Deal fight, was elevated to a
Federal judgeShip.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14

otherwise the Conservatives prob
ably will pick up a vote there in
the election of Republican Phillip
Bancroft as McAdoo's successor.
In Wisconsin Senator F. Ryan
Duffy, whom the President COM
plimented by having him along on
his cruise up the Bay ten days ago
when he visited the Eastern Shore,
is up against Republican and
Progressive opposition this year
in his fight for reelection. He ex-
poets to be nominated when Wis
consin Democrats hold their State
convention next Tuesday, but If
he comes through there will still
be a three-cornered fight in No
vemher.
What it all boilS down to is that
the purge program hasn't worked
out so well. =
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
ArdOr of NeWDedl
Undampened by
SetbQckS
BY EARL GOODWIN

You don't think a little thing
like a setback for the New Deal
in Maryland, South Carolina, pos
sibly Georgia, is going to stop
Mr.. Roosevelt from going right
down the line for the purge" do
you?
INTO A HUDDLE
Well, it isn't. Any more than
being thrown for three successive
losses in a football game is going
to stop a good team from uncork-
ing a few new tricks and sweep
ing down the field for a whirl-
wind finish.
At least, that is the sort Of
talk the Presidents close friends
are spreading today. They figure
they can't buck the right side of
the line, so they are going into
q huddle and adopt a few new
tricks. Long range tricks that
will have but one objective. A
new Liberal Party.
~ AAdy 4AOV OC q IIllIu party 3,
but the way these ardent New
Dealers see it, the game will be
a loss if they don't turn the old
Democratic Party into a liberal
progressive aggregation without a
Tydings, a Cotton Ed' Smith, q
George or an O'Connor in it any
where.
ARDOR UNCOOLED
The failure of the Presidents
sorties into recent State primaries
will not cool the ardor of his New
Deal left wing friends.
The President is pictured today
by one of his close aides as being
sincere in his desire to see present
political parties realigned, one
liberal, the other conservative. He
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
Washington

AdminiStration-endorsed candi'
dates led by overwhelming MAORI,
ties. Senator Homer T. Bone, with
the backing of Postmaster General
Farley, held 5-to-1 margin over
Otto A. Case former State treas
urer, with LOTT precincts counted
out of 1851 in the State. The vote
was: Bone, 84,944; Case, 15,449.
Ewing Colvin led Frank Goodwin
1882 to 6,995 in the Republican
contest for the United States SEN
ate nomination.
All Democratic congressman
were victorious in seeking renoml-
nation.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
South Carolina

Gov. Olin D. Johnston called
out two companies of the National
Guard to guard ballot boxes in the
runoff primary between Mayor
Burnet M. Maybank, of Charles
ton, and Wyndham M. Manning,
Sumter, for the governorship. Re
turns from all but Is of the States
1909 precincts gave Maybank,
l60,728; Manning, 147,133. Two
incumbent Congressman were de-
feated,
The Washington times., 1938-09-14

the burgers on their own line to
catch another nomination fol
himself in Indiana.
Against that the President has
his own offsets in the renomina-
tion of New Dealers Barkley in
Kentucky, Caraway in Arkansas,
Pepper in Florida, and Elmer
Thomas in Oklahoma, for all of
whom he or son Jimmie went to
bat in the best Roosevelt manner.
But that's a more or less negative
result, at that, since most of them
probably would have won on their
own, and none Of them replaces
a conservative.
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Viewing the Senate lineup, the
general outlook for the next ses-
sion at this time appears to be
this:
New Dealers will have one less
vote, in the loss Of Pope.
Conservatives will have one
more, in the probable election of
Clark in Pope'S place.
Townsendites will have a new
recruit in Democrat Sheridan
Downey if he wins in California.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14

is said to feel that this is the
best thing he could do for Ameri-
can politics.
However, he is reputedly not
defeated in spirit by the recent
primary results, and wants to
keep right on putting the label
Of liberal" or conservative" on
every man in public life who seeks
election.
The President has other ideals:
he wants to reorganize the Fed
eral Government Set-up and will
probably consult leaders of the
next Congress on ways and means
to accomplish this end, which
failed in the present Congress.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
Unified Education
For Chiropractors

Standardization Of educational
training in the chiropractic
science is the aim of the National
Chiropractic Association, it was
announced yesterday by DR.. E. M.
Gustafson, of Washington, execu-
tive director Of the organization.
He said the association has just
adopted a program calling for o
four-year college course.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
Comes to Capital

D'Alesandro, however, jubi-
lantly asserted he was coming to
Washington today to take look
around and get ready for the next
session of Congress.
Palmisano, who was chairman
Of che House District Committee
and blocked important legislation
urged by residents of the Capital,
refused to comment.
In other Congressional races,
Ambrose J. Kennedy, who is next
in line to head the District Com,
mittee, but stated he probably
would step aside because of the
amount of work involved, had a
strong majority; Representative T.
Alan GoldSborough was unopposed,
and Representative Stephen Gam.
brill had a huge majority.
A. Charles Stewart, of Frost
burg, had a 2-to-1 lead over Frank
R. Long, Of Kensington, for the
seat given UP by Representative
Lewis.
j. Millard Tawes, of Crisfield
won the nomination for State
comptroller and James A. Young
for clerk of the court of appeals.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
Utah

In the States first primary cleo
tion, DR.. Franklin S. Harris, presi'
dent of Brigham Young Uni
versity, won the Republican nomi
nation, according to unofficial
returns, and the right to meet the
incumbent Democratic Senator
Ebert D. Thomas, who was un
opposed. Both Democratic con
gressional incumbents were vic
toriouS.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
NEW DEAL IN SUPREME TEST
AS GEORGIA GOES TO POLLS
Victory for George
In Senate Race
Is Predicted

16.48O; DR.. Colt Hughes, 4,430;
Robert E. Miller, 5,192.
For Governor: The same mum
ber of precincts gave Robert T
Jones, Phoenix druggist, 1898;
Secretary of State James Kerby,
1858; Sidney Osborn, Phoenix
publisher and New Dealer, 1921.
Representative John r. Murdock
running for denomination on a
New Deal platform had 15,025 votes
to 1O,423 for Attorney James R.
Moore, for Arizona's lone congress
sional contest.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
Michigan

Former Gov. Frank D. Fitzger-
aid, defeated by Gov. Frank Muir
ply in the 1885 New Deal land
slide, was nominated again by the
Republicans in a 2-to-1 vote over
his closest rival. Murphy, unop-
posed for the Democratic nomina-
ton, polled a relatively light vote,
which was kept lower for the pres
ent by election officials who
neglected to count his votes be-
cause there was no contest.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
Colorado

George j. Knapp, Pueblo pub
Usher, who gained a place on the
ballot through petition, showed
unexpected strength in the race
for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination against Gov. Teller
Ammons, but was trailing in scat
tered returns.
Senator Alva Adams, Demo
cratic incumbent, and Archibald
A. Lee, Republican senatorial nom
inee, were unopposed.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14

lard Tydings held commanding
lead throughout the State.
The last count gave Senator
Tydings 169,847 as against 113,367
for Lewis. This gave the incum-
bent Senator Ill votes in conven-
tion and only 38 for Lewis, who
had the support of President
Roosevelt.
One of the amazing results of
Mondays election was the defeat
of Representative Vincent L.
Palmisano, the little mayor" of
Washington.
Palmisano, a veteran Of IL
years on Capitol Hill, was defeated
by the narrow margin of 48 votes
by Thomas D'Alesandro, young
insurance broker and political nov
ice
In view of the small majority
given D'Alesandro, Palmisano
managers refused to ooncede de-
feat, and indicated recount might
be demanded in event the official
result shows their candidate de-
feated,
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
Vermont

Governor George D. Aiken, Re-
publican, was renominated by
eight to one; Senator Ernest w.
Gibson, Republican, renominated
five to one. Representative Charles
Plumley, Republican, renominated.
Democrats named Fred c. Mar.
tin, John McGrath and James
Leamy, respectively, to oppose
them.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14
MD. Governor
CONTEST Goes
TO CONVENTION
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II counties, while O'Conor was
successful in only five.
State Senator Lansdale SasScer,
Of Prince Georges county, presi-
dent of the Senate, carried three
counties in Southern Maryland,
while Comptroller William S.
Gordy, jr., carried three on the
Eastern Shore.
The Washington times., 1938-09-14

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