Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-01-22
MONTANA GASOLINE.


turned the meeting over to q. C..
Hoyt. chairman of the Shelby com
mittee who called upon w. M.
Fulton, dean OF Montana oil pion-
GERS. Mr.. Fulton recalled the in
cidents of his arrival in Great
Falls from Lawton, Okla, in 1915
when he drilled the first test in
this area, near Augusta.
Since the early years spent in
drilling dry holes Mr.. Fulton has
witnessed the development of a
dozen oil fields in Montana, bring
ing a PRODUCTION of So, 700. 900
worth Of oil and gas. He declared
that oil development in Montana
has barely begun, with horizons
below the big lime yet to he pros
pected The history of other oil
producing states indicates, he says,
that the greatest production will
come from formations below the
'big Lime"
shelby Now 1902
He paid tribute to members of
Tire Shelby Lions club committee
whose efforts resulted in getting
Shelby people to use 100 per cent
Montana made gasoline. The sue
cess of this organization in North
ern Montana proves. he says, that
a statewide campaign can be equal
ly successful
Ralph -Bricker of the Great
Falls Townsite company talked on
the value of organization to hasten
the development in the develop
ment Of Montana.
John N. Thelen related his ex-
Derience in the oil industry. saying
that he filed a homestead in Toole
county only to find that his worth
less" dry land had oil under it,
From his royalties ne paid off
the mortgage on his home and
bought a suit of clothes" and he
enjoys an income and a degree of
prosperity dependent upon the mar
ket for crude, he said He urged
that through the purchase of gasO-
line made from Montana crude il is
possible to increase the school fund
revenues so that they will be largely
supported by the oil industry.
Need Publicity
lockwood Brown of Billings told
some of the history of the Con-
iumers' cooperative movement in
the state which has grown to
of 10000 The need
of the movement. which can be Of
tremendous benefit to Montana pro-
ducers and refiners, he said, is a
medium of publicity. He plans to
issue a publication for general cir
culahon, he says, in which the
cause of Montana industries will
be fairly presented without the dis
of the influence of i'm
Dorters who are large advertisers |
in the local newspapers and who
thus curtail the activity of news
papers in any buy-Montana cam
paign He INSISTED that Chambers
Of Commerce in the state have
come to the place where they can
no longe be lukewarm in these
matters. They must take a stand,
he said
Resolutions
At the afternoon session the reso-
utions committee, composed of ].
Y. Thelen, F. e. Vandemark Of Cut
Bank, J. E.. Kumpf of Conrad,
~ W. 4uOunlalu VI OHCADy anu ".
[. DeSchon of Great Falls, recon-
nended a plan of organization
which was carried out. General
discussion was participated in by
/ large number of those present.
Prominent in the discussions were
of the Northern
Montana Beet Growers association.
y G. Hellstern of Hinsdale declared
hat they were buying only gasoline
made from Montana crude They
SIX for reciprocal patronage of the
chinook sugar factory, inasmuch
s local sale Of this sugar means
higher price for the sugar beets
han when the sugar must be ship
led to a distant market
Paul Trigg of Great Falls dis
used the Importance of tax rev.
nues from the various phases of
he oil industry, presenting detailed
igures to support his contention
hat the use. of gasoline made from
Iontana crude pays dividends to