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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
Newspaper Chief
Succumbs i'm Ohio

CLEVELAND, May 6. (UP)-Earle
Martin, 63. production manager OF
the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the
Cleveland News, died at his sub
urban home last night after a five
month illness.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
Railroad
Loan Bill Okayed

E WASHINGTON, May 6. up
The senate banking and currency
committee today reported favorably
a bill to permit the Reconstruction
Finance corporation to make more
liberal loans to railroads.
Chairman Jesse Jones OF the
RFc said the loans would speed
unemployment of idle rail workers
and would provide for malnten-
ance work which the railroads
have been forced to abandon III
, General retrenchment program
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06

NEW YORK, May 6. (UP)-Harry
Brandt, portly independent theater
owner who outraged Hollywood's
most exclusive brackets of high
salaried screen stars by calling them
box office poison, tonight invited
them to go ahead and sue" and
then opened a new broadside on
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06

Nineteen speakers will be avail
able for clm znd school programs
in Imperial Valley from May u to
oct. 90 as part Of the American
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
HUSBAND BOUGHT
WIFE WPA ROLE
INQUIRY STARTS

HOLLYWOOD, May 6. (UP)-Rumors that WA
cleopatra" who appeared for brief reign at the Holly
wood Playhouse had obtained the stellar role through
the influence of dollars stirred up tempest in WPA
artistic circles here today Charles GOranson head nves-
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06
Sandia Resident
Buried Sunday

Doult Khan, 65. resident of the
Sandia area, died at his home
Thursday morning. He was born in
India and had made his hcme in
Imperial Valley for 20 years. He is
survived by his wife. Mrs Antonia
Khan, and two children, Rose and
JAMIE. Funeral services will be
held at the Lemons chapel. El Cen
tro. at 2 pm. Sunday
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-06

YOU haven't read ALL the news
Until You've Read ALL the Ads!
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
Lack Of Crude
Blocks Plans
Dakota Plant

A second proposal that has held
fire pending outcome of the Shelby
project was to build a refinery at
Minot, N. D. W. NJ. Fulton, father
of the plan, stated that arrange
ments had been made to market the
entire output. through Established
outlets, and that finances had been
assured to build and operate a mod
ern cracking plant with capacity of
1000 barrels per day. Sponsors of
the plan organized the Dakota Re
filming Co and elected Wilfred
as president When they
came to secure contracts to ade.
quate reserves to amortjze the in
vestment, producers refused to sign
the proposed contracts. Lacking
adequate crude reserves, the Minot
deal has laid dormant for many
weeks.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31

there were no immediate plans for
building a refinery. Oil for this
plant will probably come from near
by Wyoming fields, whenever Cont
mental decides to build
Billings has become one of Mon
tana's principal refinery centers
with the growth of the Yale and
Independent plants. Ohio Oil com
pany is topping its Lowell and Gar
land production, selling the fuel oil
to the Northern Pacific and shin
ping the tops of the Independent
plant, together with Dry Creek pro-
duction and Independent has been
steadily increasing its runs, push
ing the market limits out eastward
into the Dakotas and westward into
Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
Yale Oil corporation has devel-
oped its own production in the Gar
land field in northern wyoming and
has likewise spread its marketing
to cover all of Montana and ada
cent states, having in addition to its
large Billings plant a new refinery
at Kalispell which is not yet up to
capacity operation.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
Kelvin Crude
Finds Little
Added Market

While Cut Bank operators have
created a market for all of the
daily potential of their field, Kelvin
Sunburst operators have increased
their market less than 500 bar
rels per day during the year 1888.
Except for operators in the west
end of the field. little or no effort
has been made to create a new mar
ket for Kelvin oil, while all leases
are restricted, under buyers prora-
ton, to from 80 to so per cent of
capacity.
Pondera has slowly lost its mar
ket during the past year until it
is virtually shut in. Excepting pro-
duction of Rice Oil company. used
by this company's Home refinery at
Great Falls, there has been little
regular movement of oil during the
year. Pondera producers have made
no united effort to improve the sit
uation.
Production in Cat Creek. Rig
Lake and other fields of the state
has been unchanged, all having
market save Baker oil field and Drv
creek which had only a partial
market. 20 '-''-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
YEAR OF BIG

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is reported preparing to put five
strings of tools to work to develop
settled production enough to care
for the future needs of the Spo-
kane refinery, also the company's
own 1500-barrel plant. to be built
east of Cut Bank. The company
will have to develop and maintain
about 1000 barrels of daily
potential
Glacier drilled II wells during
the past year: Texas company seven
and Santa Rita six Texaco compile
tons developed more than enough
new production to offset natural
decline.
The concensus of opinion among
operators interviewed blythe Jour
nal during the past week was that
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
Sweetgrass Arch

The Sweetgrass Arch saw little
prospecting. one we'll was drilled
in the east part of the Arch. north
of Great Falls, on Genou structure
but 1t stopped owing to lack OF fl
nances, at the base of the Colorado
shales. A completion in 1899 is
expected. with excellent chances that
1t will open an oil pool
Beyond the west limits OF the
Arch. in the sharp-dip area along
the face of the Rocky Mountains,
the California company drilled
Devonian test on Dupuyer anticline,
starting in the lower Cretaceous.
1t was completed at 2S14 feet, drill
ling in lime practically all the way,
with no change in formation and no
showings. 1t is on over-thrust fold,
similar to Turner Valley.
A well was started on the west
flank of the Arch, on Hagen dome,
west OF Cut Bank oil field and will
probably be completed in 1889.
Near Augusta. in the disturbed
belt. Bill Hanlon drilled TO $3.50
feet on the Coulmoore structure,
out reached no probable producing
ormation $50
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
Shelby Deal
For Refinery
Still Ponds

In addition, several other refin-
cry proposals have been in the air,
but did not mature during the year
1888. Included was a refinery to
be built by Producers Refining com
pany at Shelby. a Dubbs plant with
capacity of from 1880 to 1900
barrels. 1t was understood that the
output was to have been taken by
one of the major distributors and on
this basis an RFC loan was nego-
tiated A group of Cut Bank and
Kelvin producers joined to form the
corporation which was one of the
earliest moves in the effort to
create a new market outlet for
crude. No announcement has been
made in several weeks.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
Expansion
At SunburSt
Discussed

There is New Year talk in the in
dustry about the possibility that
International Refining company at
Sunburst will increase it's through
put as result of the reduction of
the tariff on gasoline into the Do
minion of Canada from 2h to one
cent per gallon, under the recipro-
cal trade treaty. Whether the price
OF gasoline will be reduced to wine
out this concession has not been de-
termined. An investigation board is
now probing the price of gasoline in
Alberta. Since the trade treaty is
believed to preclude the possibility
that Montana gasoline may be bar
red from Canada by a sudden order
IN council, operators say, there is the
possibility that Texas company can
proceed with plant expansion which
has been held up for more than a
year. A new hot oil pump was in
stalled together with new pumn
house and new laboratory and sew
eral changes were made in the Sun
burst plant during the past year
but there was no increase in capa-
city, which is already the largest
in the state.
Several small topping plants have
been built, one in Twin Falls. Ida.
Of 25O-barrels capacity; one at
Aalispell, another in Cut Bank
'ield, on the Anderson lease, and
me is proposed at Chinook. A new
'lant was started on the Morton
arm in Kelvin field and has been
operated.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
Shell Still
Investigating
This Market

Shell Oil company has been fire.
quently mentioned as one major
which might build a north Montana
refinery and this company has had
three Representatives in Great Falls
during the past month, said to be
making a complete survey of the
situation. The Shell now sells a
large amount of Montana-made gaso-
line but is said to desire a larger
supply than is available in the peak
season.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
Six-cent Cut In Price
OF Silver Is Forecast

WASHINGTON-The administrator IS considering
the feasibility of cutting the price of 6464 cents an ounce
which the federal government pays for newly mined do
nestle silver officials disclosed Friday
President RooseyeR will make the decision on the mat
Saturday in his annual silver price proclamation which
will be based recommendations by Secretary OF the Treas
ury Henry Mogenthau IT, who is known feel that the
present price is excessive
The president will fix the price for 1880 subject dis
cretionary change.
Treasury Officials said that i there any chance The
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31

100 or more wells will be drilled
during the coming year to comply
with lease obligations and to supply
contract demands for crude. Build
ing Of one more refinery will
probably increase this program
Operators figure a decline of one
per cent per month in the average
producing well in Cut Bank field.
No important extensions were re-
corded in Cut Bank this year save
the development of the Darling
pool. the extent of which is not
yet known. Santa Rita opened
south extension to the Big Bend
pool but this did not add much
new proven area.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
DULL YEAR

CONTINUED from pa re Onel
sIV Ieet ana drilled 10 1,uVV before
'l was nalleu oy the colu'
Neptune-Seabrook No. T. NV
n" = SW 4 1s-S9-ZW, had a show
ing OF OIL al 1898 10 1000 nut drill
ing continued 10 1850 where a
snlali How OF water was encounter
ed Drilling Will continue on to the
Crumley break IN the lime.
p,,+.p.1, roro~,ma,. No wv
eu-ir N-r1r o-ot-ow -as,r,ad All
~ 5,-,nn ~ v.aa,, ~ raooh -, -
coo 49, - ooid -roatte, 5000 torceJ
sns,eDsior
e,,.h VII. por,h N ow
orl as % ~, y 90 1qe % d-iIIod -
4otz
Superior -Goeddertz No.
4. Gel SEkSWH 12-35-3W. is shut
down with a showing OF oil at 1893.
This we'll will be acidized when
weather permits.
kippen Oil & Gas-Thompson NO.
J. { NE 4 81 = zS-54-IE' IN the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
sion will be down ward


probably as much as 10 percent. "
This statement was taken to imply
that there will be no price increase,
despite insistent demands by the
congressional silver bloc. II also
leaves the door open for maintain
ing the present rate.
Details of the proclamation have
been guarded to prevent undue spec
ulation If there is a price change
and also to head off premature
explosions among the bigger-price
advocates.
In this connection Senator Key
Pittman, democrat. Nevada one OF
the leaders of the congressional
silver bloc. said that this group
would continue to fight for a S1.29
It ought to be" He
criticized the treasury for taking
as profit the difference between the
6464-cent price and the S129 an
ounce monetary value carried on its
books
He said that an increased price
is necessary to restore employment
to western mines, and that last year,
due to the president cutting the
price from 1857 cents to 64.64, pro-
iuction fell off 10 percent and labor
Is percent
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
CUT BANK

Continued from Page onel
whenever these plants are running
at capacity That is in addition to
the regular market of Northwest.
International and smaller estab-
lished refineries.
Following is the refinery devel-
opment Of the past year:
Capacity
barrels daily
finland Empire, Spokane 2.25O
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
Continental
Has Billings
Refinery Site

Continental Oil company has pur-
chased a 125-acre refinery site in
Billings and plans to build a Mon
tana refinery at some future time
The land was purchased from George
F. Shea and J. A. Emery but w
H. Ferguson, vice president of Con-
tinental. announced at the time that
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
LeWistOWn Area

LewistOwn area saw little activity
this year The Winifred district
where more than 10000 feet of hole
have been drilled without one
adequate deep test had a little ac-
tivity but no results of consequence
were reported Eleven wells have
been drilled the deepest 1896 feet
deep. Developed largely by Canad-
ian capital it is a typical Canadian
operation.
A giant water we'll was drilled
near the town of Lewistown and
proposed Devonian tests were start
ed on Heath structure and other
nearby folds. but they have re-
ported slow progress.
At Hobson dome, in Judith Basin,
a test to the Madison lime develop
ed an S,00O-barrel flow of water
but further testing of shallow oil
sands may continue.
The well on Rattlesnake Butte,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
Tarrant Tests
Billings Area

Near Billings, on MOsser dome,
one oil well was completed this year
by r. C. Tarrant for group of Cali
fornia investors who took over a
part of the high gravity oil pool
and drilled a well with a reported
initial of 80 barrels.
Two tests near Laurel we're idle
practically throughout the year,
likewise the perennial wildcats on
Mission dome, near Livingston, and
on Round Butte.
Prospecting around Hardin slowed
down this year and there is only
one active operation in Big Horn
county, at nresent
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31

Hole, Trustee, Spokane 500
Yale, Kalispell 1900
Glacier Prod. CO. Cut Bank 1900
Idaho Ref Pocatello 1900
Northwest Ref. Co. (expansion) 500
Havre Ref. Havre $50
Cut Bank Ref. (expansion) $50
Treasure State, Shelby 400
AFRO, Lewistown (new MARKET $50
Total new market created
in 1898 $500
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31

near Winifred, was taken over by
new people but has not been com
pleted.
There was no drilling activity
in Cat Creek. Representing opera
lions have helped to sustain pro
duction in this field and Continen-
tai Oil company is preparing TO
carry out a flooding program. This
field has produced over S23.OO0.OOO
worth of oil from less than 500
acres OF producing land but the
deep sands have never been ade-
quately tested. No deep test is anti
cipatd during the coming year.
Havre District
Efforts to develop a gas supply
for municipal gas system at Havre
resulted in the drilling Of five
wells but none found much gas.
of Tiger. Ridge start
ed but halted owing to lack OF
finances before the first sands were
reached.
Montana-Dakota Utilities company
purchased the L. B. O'Neil gas pro-
perties on Box Elder structure, near
Havre. giving that company control
Of the principal gas area outside of
Bowes structure.
A test on Wayne creek, near
Chinook. was abandoned at 1860
feet, finding nothing.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31

OttIAhAToRs and geOIos1sts may avail
themselves Of the use OF the Hontsa.
I'll az and Mining Journals geoioTical
ti O5 ss,s which has the largest cOiisc-
private reports on Montana IN 80
nlning geology. Since many Of thaSs
reports are out OF print. eonJa. S an
De furnished of reports. together With
through the Supply Dens rSn,o. cnsSIrge'
Masi on and Mining Journal FIR
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31
MINING

WANTED: Parties capable Of financing
mall or Of securing finances. 3 Tn5IUon
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NO NEW OIL
CONTINUED from Page Onel

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lime. Showings of oil found thus
far have failed to yield commercial
production Signal Oil & Gas Co.
of California is completing this we'll
Tarrant Tests
Two wells have been started in
the vicinity of Dry Creek oil field
this year, one on Luther-Fox dome
and the other on Sumatra or Ros-
coe dome. R. c. Tarrant is drilling
both wells which will require deep
drilling to 5000 feet or more. In
Dry Creek the discovery well was
drilled on down to the main pro-
ducing horizon without finding oil
production. One new we'll was
started in this field late this fall.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-12-31

Wash. Water Power. $500 $3.50
Mont. Power Pfd.....99. 10000
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Evening star., 1938-12-08
Soldiers Hate. War,
Cox Tells Officers

Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, COM
mander of the District National
Guard, last night told 200 guards
men and reserve officers meeting at
the Carlton Hotel that SOLDIERS
hate war more than their unin-
formed brothers"
Gen. Cox said "cool intellect and
calm reflection should convince the
average reasonable person that
neither uniforms nor military train
ing are responsible for the present
war psychosis." He also said that
II other nations used force to OBJ
tain their ends, I'VE must use force
to meet them to protect our shores" !"
Capt. Percival Elliott, president Of
the Reserve Ofiicers' Association,
presided at the meeting. Gen. Cox
was introduced by Maj. v. O.
Bernard, vice president.
Award Of the International Serv-
ice Patrol Trophy was made to Capt.
George Hart of the Field Artillery
Reserve.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Movie Stars Called
In U. 5. Probe Of
Smuggling
Alleged to Have Received
Goods Brought in
By Choperou

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. ga Federal
prosecutor said today that several
movie and radio stars had received
goods smuggled into the. United
States by Albert N. Chaperau. self
styled Nicaraguan commercial at
tache and cosmopolite.
The same Federal grand jury
which voted smuggling indictments
against Chaperau and Mrs. Elma N.
Lauer, wife of a New York State
Supreme Court justice, has called
for testimony Katharine Hepburn,
George Burns, Jack Benny, Wallace
Ford, Joseph Moskowitz, movie ex-
ecutive, and Ralph Hitz, hotel
magnate.
Assistant United States District
Attorney Joseph Delaney said the
witnesses had received smuggled
articles of clothing or jewelry from
Chaperau, and he wanted to give
them an opportunity to explain their
possession.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
7 uniis
Continued From First Page)

former Emperor of Ethiopia and
former President Eduard Benes of
Czecho-Slovakia. 1t was unsigned,
but informed persons expressed be-
lief Mussolini himself had written
1t. All other newspapers adver-
tlSed the article, as is customary
when II Duce contributes something
to his newspaper
Benes was quoted as saying: IF
l had observed my instincts
would have negotiated with Henlein
(konrad Henlein, Sudeten German
leader and would have finished by
accepting his famous eight points Of
Karlsbad. 1t would have saved the
state and I still would be in the
presidential palace at Prague"
The Negus was made to saw:
After the defeat of Maichio. in
which all my forces were pitted
without results . I decided to
sue for peace. 80 Some day when
I am reduced to extreme misery I
shall appeal to the magnanimity of
Mussolini and perhaps it will not be
in vain"
Anglo French Promises Cited.
Both actors were made to explain
how British and French promises
OF aid had made them decide on
resistance against their better judge
ment.
The ofdcial Stefani News Agency
carried a summary of anti-French
demonstrations in Italian cities yes-
terday and Tuesday which it char
acterized as "dignified and sober
manifestations of protest" against
violence in Tunisia and Corsica"
Newspapers carried accounts of
new violence in Tunisia, accusing
the French Of prosecutions to COM
pei Italians to become naturalized."
Italians there. the papers said, were
resisting and would retain their
Italian nationality at all costs.
The Italian clamor for Tunisia.
which began with a demonstration
in the Chamber of Deputies No
vember 80. Is based partly on the
large Italian population In the pro-
tectorate, 94,289 at the last census.
as compared with 108,06S French,
excluding the army of occupation.
Open Approval for Pact.
I'm responsible Roman circles"
the foreign Office statement said.
"the signature of the Franco-Ger-
man declaration at Paris has been
received with full comprehension of
the causes which inspired it and
with open approval. inasmuch as it
brings a considerable Qualification
to relations between the two coun-
tries"
Inforrazion Diplomatica added
the accord, signed in Paris by
French Foreign Minister Georges
Bonnet and German Foreign Min
lister Joachim Won Ribbentrop, occa-
stoned no surprise in Italy because
Won Ribbentrop had communicated
its text to Premier Mussolini at the
end Of October.
It added that Italy viewed the
improvement in relations between
France and Germany with the same
favor that Germany had accorded
previous Italo- British friendship
agreement.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
Lusitoniu Letterheud
Will Be Auctioned

A letterhead of the ill-fated liner
Lusitania will be auctioned of as a
feature Of the bazaar to be held to-
morrow from 2 to 10 pm. at 1918
New Hampshire avenue NV. under
auspices Of the Goodwill Guild.
Proceeds from the bazaar will 70 to
Evening star., 1938-12-08

The six basic Important raw ma
terials are: Coal, copper, cotton.
iron, oil and rubber.
Evening star., 1938-12-08

Although the Japanese eat little
butter, Japan is one of the worlds
leading butter exporters.
Evening star., 1938-12-08
1e Goodwill Industries OF Wash.

the Goodwill Industries Of wash
ington.
Sonny Cotton's orchestra will play
from 6 to 7:30, Marjorie Lamkin is
scheduled for a program Of songs at
8, magic tricks are to be performed
by Frederick Untiedt at $50 and the
auction is slated to follow at 8. ,Ar-
denia Gale and Ben Sienuta ate to
present Hawaiian music at $50.
Dinner will be served In !the
cafeteria.