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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-02
u. S. REGULATION
GAS INDUSTRY IS
70 HELP STATES

A statement regarding the new
federal regulation of the gas in
dustry, passed by the recent con-
gress has been issued by Senator
B. X. Wheeler OF Montana. He said
in part:
This bill serves only to compile
ment state regulation, and It spe-
officially limits federal regulation to
the transportation Of natural gas in
interstate commerce, TO the sale of
such natural gas and resale 20 the
public, and to natural gas compan-
les engaged in such transportation
or sale, and does not apply to the
local distribution of natural gas or
to the facilities for such distribu-
ton. nor does 1t apply to the pro-
duction or gathering of natural gas
or the fixing of rates or charges of
a local nature
THE state commissions viii be
aided by the direct regulation of
city gate rates which is the largest
item in the operating expense of
the local distributing companies.
discrimina atoms or prefer
ences as between the gate rates at
various cities will be obviated.
Moreover the state commissions will
be afforded aid in determining the
cost Of the production or transpor-
tation of natural gas in cases where
such investigation is beyond the
power of the state commission. Fur
thernsore. where discrimination goes
to the point of depriving a locali-
" of natural gas despite the fact |
that the locality is Immediately ad-
iacent to transportation facilities or
the territory served by an inter
state natural gas company, relief can
be obtained by an order directing
such interstate company to extend /
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-02
Lady eaIIs on 40 go.

Lady calls on WPA office.
WPA Clerk-'sSorry Madam but
services are only built when your
form is properly filled out"
Lady-'Whyl / like your nerve,
Sir, I've had al kinds Of eompli-
ments on my figure"
us Jones musical?"
Il should say he is When he's
out, he blows hiss own horn and at
home he plays second fiddle
SIGN IN A TAVERN
Even a fish would not be caught
If it kept its mouth shut"
Every year college deans pop the
routine questions to their under
graduates: why did you come to
.coIlege7"
additionally the answers match
the questions in tTdteness. But last
year one University OF Arizona girl
Unexpectedly confided:
Il came to be went Without
amt yeti"
Jubb-"What does that young
boy of yours do?"
Pegrew-"He's a girl scout"
Jubb-''You mean a boy scout
Pegrew-''No, he's always out
scouting for girls"
Salesman addressing oil com
pany receptionist) Is the boss in?
Office Girl: I'm sorry, he is not.
Salesman: Will he be back after
a little?
Office Grill think he's out after
a little!
A homely girl approached the in
formation desk at the tourist park,
and asked for a road map.
Here you are" said the clerk.
We'll, l hope 1 won't go wrong"
replied the girl.
with that map" retorted the
clerk, you can't possibly"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-02
WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE OIL
WHEN DEEP SANDS ARE TAPPED?

Cat Creek sands are more likely to
produce, but it takes strong heart to
establish a precedent.
In northern Montana the established
horizon is the top of the Madison lime.
None would think of stopping in the
Cat Creek horizon (Kootenai sands)
but none seems to think of drilling below
the top of the Madison lime. We saw
a well abandoned recently at the top of
the lime after having had no oil, no gas
and no water. The hole was in good
shape. There was no reason why it
should not keep on drilling until it
found SOMETHING. 1t was a drilling
crew that disobeyed orders and kept on
drilling that brought in the O'Neil-
Lashbaugh S,000-barrel gusher in Kelvin
Sunburst field. 1t was a dry hole at
the top of the lime and under ordinary
practice should have been abandoned.
But the crew kept on drilling and 80
feet IN the lime brought in a great
gusher.
Ask a Kelvin driIler why he quits at
the top of the lime and he will say that
he is afraid of hitting water, because it
is expensive to shut off water. Imagine
a man spending $4,000 to 5000 in the
gamble of getting oil and then refusing
to risk an additional $3.50 which might
be the cost of plugging off water, should
he not get oil in the NEXT horizon with
in reach of his drill. There is no logic
about it, but that is the situation.
Others who would delay deep test
drilling will allege that THERE ARE NO
OIL MAKING MATERIALS BELOW THE
MADISON LIME. That argument is pretty
ridiculous in the light of Turner Valley.
Before Turner Valley was an oil field
we heard these people say that there
was no chance for oil in Alberta. We
many times used this phrase Mother
Nature had no idea OF a theoretical in
ternational boundary when these forma-
tions we're laid down. The formations
were laid down in Alberta and in Mon
tana at the same time by the same
Mother Nature who deposits oil in GER
tain of these formations. There is no
reason why there should be oil in Mon
tana and NOT in Alberta.
Now we can reverse that Oft
used phrase and say that the pre-
sence of oil in the lower lime In
Turner Valley is absolute proof that
there is OIL BELOW THE TOP OF
THE MADISON LIME in Montana.
The oil found in the lower lime in
Alberta could not come from above
so it must come FROM BELOW.
What is true there must be true
here for there was no boundary line.
In a recent publication we pointed out
to our members that the oil found at
the top of the Madison lime MUST come
from below. The scientific world is
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-02
EMPLOYEES WEEKLY PRICEl
REPORT FLOW OF GAS
I'm BROWNING WELL

Newspaper accounts from Brown
ing Friday were that a water well
at the Parkway garage had sudden
ly started gassing, but the report
was without confirmation. The hole
is 80 feet deep and there is four
feet of water standing IN il, the
report said. A garage mechanic
heard a noise in the we'll, which
has not been used because the wa
ter was not good, and when he pull
ed a plank off the well, spray
of water struck him. 1t continued
bubbling throughout wednesday
night, the report said. No gas has
ever been found In wells drilled in
and around Browning.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-02
THE RECORD on THE PETROLEUM NDUsTR

In 1920 the average station price of gasoline with
out tax about 80 cents.
In 1929 it about 10 cents.
In 1887 it was about 1415 cents
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-02
REFINERY SITE
Ar BILLINGS Is
REPORTED SOLD

Continental Oil company is re-
ported to have completed the pur-
chase of a 140-acre refinery site
in Billings, following the compile
tion of a second water well, drill
ed 10 deter mine whether an ample
supply of water was available.
1t was reported recently that a
payment had been made on the site,
and the drilling Of two water wells
followed. Finding adequate water in
both wells, Continental IS reported
to have completed the purchase.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-02

pretty well agreed that oil results from
distillation (under the heat and pres
sure of mountain building) of hydroear-
bon-bearing shales. Lime subjected to
heat and pressure does not yield OIL
Shales DO yield oil under the puny heat
and pressure that man-made appliances
can set up. So it follows that in the
great heat and pressure of the process
of the mountain building of the Rockies
that a lot of oil was distilled from the
hydrocarbon- bearing shales. The oil in
Kevin-Sunburst and other fields is found
at the top of 500 feet of hard, massive
lime Above it is $50 feet Of black lime
Of the Ellis. Above the Ellis lime is
shale which serves as a seal.
1t is impossible that the oil at the
Madison contact was generated in the
white lime of the Madison or the black
lime of the Ellis. Therefore the oil
arrived al the top of the lime FROM
BELOW That is the only answer.
In other words, we are content
to take a few DROPS which seep
through a leak in the dixie when
we might dip up bucketfuIls IL we
but crossed the dixie to the SOURCE.
To the royalty investor this is very
portant 1t means that every property
that has been "disproven" by drilling to
the shallow sands may prove a second
Cole creek when drilling continues to
depth. That is the advan tage of owning
good title landowners royalties. oper-
ators may come and operators may go
but land titles go on forever We may
be content in the knowledge that the
deepest probable producing horizon in
Montana is within the reach Of the drill
under modern rotary drilling methods.
That is not true of all states, but it is
largely true in Montana.
Geophysics can be used, as at Cole
creek, not only to assure the presence
of a structure but to give the necessary
confidence to the operator to KEEP ON
GOING, even If expected producing hor-
icons fail to yield. The Standard of
California is drilling in North Dakota
TWELVE THOUSAND FEET. We doubt
that this we'll would go to any such
depth were it not for the assurances
given by geophysics that there is a
structure present.
The presence of oil at the top of the
lime has been indicative, in other oil
states, of major quantities of oil BE-
Low. We believe that the same will be
true in Montana Except for geophysies
and rotary deep drilling, we of this gem
Grafton might never see the lower hori-
IONS developed, even if we were positive
of oil below the lime. But now we can see
that those two factors will give us deep
drilling in the not distant future and all
we need is just ONE deep field of the
caliber of Turner Valley It is wonder
fully reassuring to us as royalty investors.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-02


This question is already being asked
mostly as a deterrent to deeper drilling
in Montana.
The only way to answer the question
is to ask why General Petroleum, (Stan-
dard of New York subsidiary brought
in Cole creek structure, near Casper,
Wyo, at this time. Wyoming has a far
greater production of oil than Montana
and has greater marketing problems.
Yet General Petroleum drilled 1920 feet
to bring in a new oil field, the discovery
well on which is rated at from 500 to
1000 barrels per day.
There is always a market for oil if
there are sufficient quantities to justify
investment in pipelines, refineries and
marketing facilities. Montanas trouble
has never been one of TOO MUCH OIL
but rather NOT ENOUGH.
The development of Cole creek struc-
ture came about largely as the result
of geophysics. This structure has been
known to biologists for many years.
1t was turned down by many. Because
of the great depth, no operator was will
ling to risk the cost of a test so long as
here was any doubt about the structure
being closed The biologists could not
see into the ground. Then came geo
physics.
Geophysical instrument actually "see"
into the ground. They measure in terms
of sound wave reflection, the slope of a
structure on every side. Geophysics in
dicated the presence of a fully enclosed
trap for oil at Cole creek and General
Petroleum was then willing to make the
large investment necessary to drill to
the known horizons of possible oil pro-
duction.
The same thing is at hand i'm Mon
tana today. The science of geophy-
sizes has barely arrived in Montana.
The science of deep drilling has also
been barely introduced. These two
factors are here to stay. With them
comes the prospect of the really
large production that we know we
can expect from formations BELOW
THE LIME.
The average operator will not drill
below the horizon where he EXPECTS
to get oil. The Cat Greek operator will
quit in the Kootenai sands although he
KNOWS that there are oil bearing hor-
icons below, 1t is hard to explain, but
an operator will drill a wildcat well in
central Montana and abandon it in the
Cat Greek horizon. There is only ONE
oil field in Central Montana that produc-
es from the Cat Creek sands Every
body knows that the sands BELOW the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-02

its transportation facilities TO such
adjacent territory.
Many independent producers Of
natural gas are at the mercy OF
the purchasing companies with pipe
line connections In their respective
fields. This bin Is designed to az
ford independent producers the OPP
portunity to transport by pipe line
at reasonable nondiscriminatory
contract rates"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-02

Experience is not WnaL happens
to a man; it is what a man does
with what happens to him"
June Groom-Who spilled the
mustard on this waffle, dearest?
June Bride-Oh. Jack, how could
you? This is lemon pie!
Mazie-''I was getting fond of Ed
until he got fresh and spoiled IT."
Dazie-"Isn't is terrible how fast
man can undo everything?"
Young Man-Do you believe in
free love?
Girl Friend-Yes. but let's go to
the movies first
Definition
Able, give me a sentence with
the word discrepancy.
Drink some of discrepancy
how you like it..
l just heard the X-ray specialist
is going to marry the head nurse.
Well, l wonder what he can see
in her.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-02
4EsALE COMMODITY PRICEs
PONnERA WELL Ar
1900

A completion is due in Pondera
oil field, the first of the present
year, during the next 10 days, as
Chansbers-E Erickson No. well,
SW SEA SWA 3-27-4W, is drilling
at 1900 feet, nearing the top of
the Kootenais and making good
time This well is east of the Mills
producer, in an area where opera
tors think flowing well is possible.
1t is in the north part of the field
which was opened up after the
science of acidization was applied
to Pondera.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-02

SEND A CONTRIBUTION TO
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-02

WV ITH deep drilling in Montana win
w come the greatest production-far
greater production than anything
found in formations above the top of the
Madison lime.
Then what will we do with the oil?
This question is already being asked
mostly as a deterrent to deeper drilling
in Montana.
Evening star., 1938-04-23
The Joy of Living
Stays at keith's.

THE combination of Jerome Kern
music sung by Irene Dunno and
gay and romantic comedy played by
Miss Dunno and Doug Fairbanks, jr.,
has proved a happy one for Hardie
Meakin, for THE Joy Of Living" has
now begun its second week at R-K-O
Keith's.
The Joy of Living" to be sure, is
not a complete Joy in its every mo-
ment. 1t is slow getting into the meat
OF its story, for one thing, but don't
let this discourage you. Then after it
gets started 1t bogs down on a couple
OF occasions and reverts from bright,
zany comedy to rather boring slap
stick, but don't let this discourage you
either. The picture in the main IS Of
the sort Of stuff which makes you
forget its shortcomings.
While Miss Dunno and Mr.. Fair
banks are involved in the madcap
doings of their nip-and-tuck romance
there is lot of fun to be had. Here
Script Writers Gene Towne and
Graham Baker and Director Tay
Garnett have contrived any number Of
those perky, sprightly moments Of ro-
mantle nonsense in the manner with
which they won well-deserved repu-
tation. The deft way in which Miss
Dunno and Mr.. Fairbanks play the
piece also has a hand in giving it life
and so does the Kern music they intro
duce-"You Couldn't Be Gutter" "Just
Let Me Look at You" and Whats
Good About Good Night?" for instance
It's q lot Of fun, anyhow, even II 1t
could have been better. H. M.
Evening star., 1938-04-23

Good" says the author. Good" /"
echoes the actor . John Carradine
in sinister, long black coat, black
nat pulled low over his eyes, and very
glum. slipping coffee at Schwab's.
Says the soda jerker. He sometimes
sits here for hours without saying q
word. At other times he's as cheerful
as bird" Wallace Beery, in a
crushed white linen suit. dining at the
Trocadero the first evening after his
return from Europe and asking for
news Of Greta Carlos romance with
Stokowski. (Wally was supposed to
be best man at their wedding.)
Handsome Charlie Farrell alone and
unrecognized at the Brown Derby in
spite OF having his picture on the
wall Sidney Howard also there
with his wife. They are leaving for
New York the next day. When are
you coming back?" some one asks
Never" they both echo. See YOU
in two weeks" says the forgetful Sid
ney to the waiter as he pays his
check Loretta Young to Sister
Polly Ann Young, Il wish they'd give
me part with some meat in it," -,
Jimmy Stewart finishing of an ice
cream cone, licking his fingers, then
wiping them on the seat of his pants.
Margaret SULLIVAN sprawled over q
chair in her house with pajamas rolled
up to her knees >. Ernest Lubftsch.
the tip Of his nose a sunburned red.
with Wife Vivian Gay at the Victor
Evening star., 1938-04-23
MacDonald.Eddv
Film Returns.
"CIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST"

"CIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST
Metro-G -Goldwyn-M Mayors revival
OF David Belasco's turmoil -the-century
operetta. moved down to the Columbia
yesterday for third week. It is the
picture which teams anew the famous
singing team of Nelson Eddy and
jeanette Macdonald. both Of whom
sing as well as ever, although the songs
are not up to the old standing and the
acting of the two principals seems a
trifie dismayed because they find
themselves. respectively, a bandit and
the gal who runs saloon. Those
roles are not precisely tailored to 1T
two such restrained personages as the
stars OF Girl of the Golden West" as
any one might guess If he paused to
reflect upon 1t.
As BELTS anything which provides a
vehicle for such glittering talent, this
picture has been given elaborate pro-
duction, its most spacious moment oc-
curing In a ballet scene in which an
army of dancing girls is amazingly
supplemented by a troup of cavalry in
full regalia.
The comedy of Girl Of the Golden
West which also has quality of
quaintness about it, Is carried by two
nice performers In Leo Carrillo and
Buddy Ebsen.
In tune with the major feature is
the third episode of the Columbia 8
spectacular serial. "The Lone Ran
ger" All the excitement that Is lack
ing In the main attraction is to be
found In the vivid exploits and antics
OF the good and bad men in this thrill
er OF . much more recognizable west.
.,- J, G..
Evening star., 1938-04-23
Baseball Features
NeWsreel Array.

BASEBALL matches the largest
share Of footage in the news por-
ton Of this weeks program at the
Trans-Lux. which Is no more than
fair at this just-getting- underway
stage. President Roosevelt who also
Is shown making his fireside chat at
another spot In the compilation, comes
into the cameras range as he throws
out the first ball here. The Red sox-
Yankees. White Sox-Tigers and
Giants-Bees contests also are pictured,
as are Joe Di Maggie signing up for
the season and Dizzy Dean In his new
uniform.
From abroad come clips dealing with
Frances new premier. gas-proof boxes
for babies in Paris. a new English rae
ing automobile. military roads in Italy,
the Scotland-England soccer classic
At home the newsreel men were in at
tendance at Gen. Pershing's arrival
in New York City, a log run in Idaho,
q beauty contest in Miami, Inaugural
tion Of the fishing season in New Jer-
sey, the American Marathon in Bos-
ton, an ice carnival at Atlantic City,
NJ J. Lew Lehr comments ON the an
tics Of a lady fire-eater. ...
The shorts are up to the Trans-L
standard. which means that they pro-
vide ample entertainment. Edgar Ber.
gen and Charlie Mccarthy tangle in
an item called Free and Easy" I'm
usual Hunting" is an interesting sports
subject. Nassau in the Bahamas" is
an excellent travelog. The Old Mill"
u good Disney. G. A. M,
Evening star., 1938-04-23
Chicago
Remains at
Palace
Blaze Ranks High
Among Cinema's
Spectacles.

w YHEN Mr.. Daryl Zanuck gets
\A/ the vaudeville out Of his
wv system and turns to the
v dramatic and the spectac-
ular. In Old Chicago" becomes q mo-
ton picture with q punch. OF course,
some OF the earlier moments of the
hlm, now in its second week at the
Palace, probably look more insipid
than they really are because Of the
comparison with the later sequences
of grandiose excitement. Mr.. Ia
nuck's reproduction Of the blaze which
spread through the tinder of "the
patch" and left the ashes from which
a new metropolis could rise, ranks
right along with the other two Holly
wood synonyms for spectacle-the
earthquake and the hurricane. And
1t Is all stirring business which makes
I'm Old. Chicago" a picture that will
be remembered.
The yarn that leads up to the holo-
caust doesn't even pretend to be flc-
tionaiized history. but its out and out
fabrication provides considerable COM
pelling drama. The story Of the
O'Learys-the mother with brave
dreams for her sons, the son who ruled
with political villainy, and the son
who became the honest mayor who
would clean out all that was sordid
and filthy in Chicago-is a story full
Of vitality. And It is Just minor
quibbling with Mr.. Zanuck to COM
plain about some of those cabaret
show scenes led by Alice Faye, but
they are terribly pallid and dull when
compared with the rest of the picture.
OF course, it probably is just as we'll
that the cinemas No. l song plugger
has couple Of songs to plug, for her
other moments do not come off so well.
There is nothing pallid or dull, how
ever. about the portrayal Of the Mrs.
OLeary, whose cow started all the
trouble, by Alice Brady. Her char
acterization is full of warmth and
human feeling and it is easy to see
why she won the acting award for it.
Mr.. Don Ameche, too does a Job of
work that is all to the good, so much
to the good, in fact, that a lot of us
who have chided him in the past,
probably owe some apologies. Tyrone
Power is the other brother, the none
too-good one. and he's handsome and
young and enthusiastic, at least. And
the fire that burns Chicago crisper
than that toast you forgot is really
a fire what is a fire. HIM
Evening star., 1938-04-23

Hugo Joel McCrea and Frances
Dee holding hands above the table at
Cafe Lamaze Guy Kibbee in his
auto, taking the corner much to quick
ly in front OF my house Jean Ar
thur parking her small coupe before
entering Columbia studio She is wear
ing slacks ). Joe Penner at the Lake
side Golf Club He is wearing yellow
pants. a deep orange sweater. a Tyro-
lean hat, an English foulard tie. and
expensive brown shoes He takes a
stance. mutters There are too many
ducks here" wiggles all over and sinks
a 20-foot putt.
Johnny Weissmuller at Malibu
Beach teaching four young ladies, very
attractive young ladies. how to crawl
under water Marlene Dietrich and
Douglas Fairbanks. jr., posing for
Photographer Hymie Fink at Lamaze
on Monday. the Cocoanut Grove. on
Tuesday, the Cock n Bull Wednesday,
the Trocadero Thursday. Dave Cha
sens Friday. the Vendome Saturday
and the Victor Hugo on Sunday
Robert Kent and Wife Astrid Allwyn
buying magazines. Kent in faded blue
jeans. matching jacket. and bedroom
slippers; Astrid in slacks. sweater,
dark glasses. hair tied with a ribbon
-. Franchot Tone biting his finger
nails on an M-G-M street Bill
Boyd carrying Wife Grace Bradley's
shopping parcels and trying to sign
his autograph at the same time.
Robert Montgomery swearing softly
as he misses an easy lob at the West
Side Tennis Club High-Priced
Writer Sonya Levien, after the pre-
view of -Four Men and q Prayer"
telling James Hilton, Il told Zanuck
the audience would go for one man
after four murderers, but not for four
men after one murderer" (She's
wrong. because the picture hits a new
high in entertainment) Glenda
Farrell shopping at and 10
Russell Gleason rushing up to his IA
vorite operator at the Du-Ray Beauty
Salon, saying: "Whew! Some one told
me you'd run OF with a sailor"
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